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Ye jawaanee badee badnaam hai
Posted on: April 21, 2024
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Today’s song is from the social film Sunehre Qadam-1966.
It was a social film directed by Satish Nigam and Music Directors were Bulo C Rani and S. Mohinder.There were 4 Lyricists for the 7+1(2 part) songs. The cast of the film was Rehman, Shashikala, Agha, Sabita Chatterjee, Randhir etc.
Majority of the cinegoers these days prefer a ‘Happy End’ film. There was a period-mid 40’s to mid 50’s- when Tragedy films were the ‘in’ thing, but as the younger generation grew up, ‘Devdas’ type films became a ‘No-No’. Musicals and Romantic comedies took over. Dilip Kumar who was the cause of such ‘ Tragedy wave’ films, suffered healthwise and stopped acting in such films. ( He had ‘Died’ in 7 such Tragedy films during this period.). Like a pendulum, he went to the other side, doing comic roles and films of other Genres. Big producer-directors like V.Shantaram hated films where the hero ‘died’ in the end and had made films like ” Aadmi”-1937, with a message “Life is for living”.
The other day, I was searching on Google to get an answer to my curious question ” Why does a man want a ‘Happy End’ to all matters in life ?” After searching for a long time for a few days, I came across a Research paper titled ” Human mind and the desire for a Happy End’. As per this scientist, the Human mind basically wants peace and joy so that he performs well in life, without wasting time on solution-less matters which have a ‘Tragic End’.
Applying this to film viewing, people seek entertainment and happy times when they go to see a film. From the mid 50’s onwards the trend fully changed to stress on Music, Humour and Happy End. Personally, I like only ‘Happy End’ films. I am sure most people are in my category.
The story of film Sunehre Qadam-1966 was a mixture of attempts to satisfy both types of people – people who liked tragedies and people who liked ‘Happy end’. in this effort, the whole story became patchy and meaningless. take a look at the film’s story….
This is a story of a spoiled motherless rich girl who is also a singer. Shekhar (Rehman) falls in love with Shefali (Shashikala). In their first meeting, Shefali slaps Shekhar, who still loves her. There is a singing competition which is won by Shekhar defeating Shefali. Shekhar wins the Trophy.
Shekhar’s poor parents and brother and sister live in a village. Sheklhar’s earning is limited. To cope up, he has to sell the Trophy. Shefali knows that Shekhar would never ask for money from anyone, so she buys the trophy from the dealer and gifts it to Shekhar. After a few months, he sold it again. Shefali gets it again and gives it to him. Third time there is some misunderstanding in the shop and the shop owner accuses Shefali of stealing the trophy from him. Sheklhar thinks she stole it and accepts the theft himself and goes to jail.
Shefali wants to redeem her foolish behaviour , so she goes to his village to take care of his parents. The father dies soon and the mother too dies. Meanwhile Shekhar comes back from jail. Seeing Shefali at his house, he is angry and fires her and throws her out, without listening to her pleas.
Shefali decides to end her life, after thinking for few days. Meanwhile the shopkeeper meets Shekhar and clears the fact that the Trophy was bought by Shefali 3 times and not stolen. His neighbours also tell Shekhar how Shefali looked after his parents and siblings. Shekhar repents and goes to her. He learns that she has gone to the river. When he reaches the river, he sees Shefali jumping into the river to die. He too jumps and saves her. All matters are cleared and both unite happily.
I don’t know what you think of this story, but I feel it is a third rate story. Neither story nor music was noteworthy. The only redeeming factor was the excellent acting by Shashikala and Rehman. I liked Rehman. He looked like a Royal person and was very impressive. Sai’d Rehman Khan was born on 23 June 1921 at Lahore, British India, now Pakistan, in a Pashtun-origin family. He graduated from Robertson College, Jabalpur, staying in Beohar Niwas Palace. Among his nephews are prominent Pakistani film and TV actor Faisal Rehman and Fasih Ur Rehman, Indian classical dancer, and sons of his younger brother Massud-ur-Rehman, the famous cinematographer in Pakistan.
After college (1942), he joined the Royal Indian Air Force and trained at Poona as a pilot. The Air Force didn’t appeal to him and soon left for a career in films at Bombay. He is best known for his suave sophisticated roles, which suited his personality. His movie career started with a job as third assistant director to Vishram Bedekar at the studios in Pune. Vishram needed an Afghan who could tie a Pashtun turban on one of his characters. Rehman could do that, being a Pashtun, and that brought him to the screen for some lead roles. One of his major hits as hero was Pyar Ki Jeet with Suraiya, and the song-“Ek Dil Ke Tukde Hazar Hue, Koi Yahan Gira, “Koi Wahan Gira ” was a major hit. Badi Behen was another big hit with Suraiya. He was also interested in marrying Suraiya, along with many other suitors, though she was adamant in wanting to marry Dev Anand.
Initially he played lead roles, but as time passed, he accepted supporting roles and made his mark in some hit films like Pyaasa, Chaudhvin Ka Chand and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (in which he played a debauched zamindar, Chhote Sarkar), and Waqt which were some of his memorable roles, the first two with Guru Dutt, famous actor, producer, director. Rehman also did key roles in Baharon Ki Manzil, Gomti Ke Kinare, Dushman and Holi Aayi Re. Rehman received four Filmfare nominations as Best Supporting Actor for Phir Subah Hogi (1958), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) and Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya (1966).
Rehman had a deep, impressive and powerful voice and it is a great irony that he died of throat cancer, It can easily be said that his colourful role as Chenoy Seth in B.R.Chopra’s 1965 film Waqt was one of his best loved performances. Despite his evil designs for Raaj Kumar in the film, audiences admired his style and prosperous look. He proved the perfect match for” Jaani” Raaj Kumar. The scenes between the two, especially at the swimming pool, are among the highlights of the first multi-starrer of our film industry. Word for word, expression for expression, Rehman stood his own opposite Raaj Kumar who was known for his unique voice, style and dialogue delivery. In fact, Rehman seemed more in control than “Jaani”. How smoothly and politely an evil man can accomplish his goals is what Chenoy Seth shows us in Waqt. Indeed, a memorable performance!
Rehman’s first film was Hum Ek Hain-1946 and in 1982 his last 3 films were released-Dil aakhir dil hain, Rajput and Vakil Babu. In all Rehman acted in 113 films and lip synched just 17 songs on the screen, in his career.
Not much is known about Rehman’s personal life except that he lived behind Regal Cinema in Colaba area of Bombay and was extremely devoted to his wife. Director Lekh Tandon informs that the tough Rehman married his girlfriend who looked after him when he fell upon lean times during the 1950s. But as she kept him and his confidence afloat, Rehman was perpetually grateful to her for her supreme sacrifice and the devoted couple lived a reclusive life with Guru Dutt, Johnny Walker and Abrar Alvi amongst their few friends from the industry. Perhaps this seclusion from the moviedom’s social circuit explains the near absence of any stories about him or his family. Nevertheless, like Lekh Tandon opines, “he was a rare breed of actor who brought his own sheen and sophistication to a character”, discerning audiences know he was an actor who was worth his weight in gold. Like a rare melody that is little remembered but never forgotten by our heart, Rehman twinkles in our memory.
In 1977, he suffered three heart attacks due to excessive alcohol consumption . He was also a chain smoker and he was diagnosed with throat cancer. A man whose majestic voice was his signature, lost his voice and he was unable to speak during his last days in his life. Rehman died on 5-11-1984.
Sunehre Qadam-1966 was the last film of Bulo C Rani. Despite the popularity of a stray song such as ‘Hamen to loot liya milke husn Walon ne’ (Ismail Azad/’Al Hilal’/1958). Bulo C Rani just continued to drift because his music had not remained a viable commercial proposition.After ‘Sunhare Qadam’ (1966). Bulo’s career came to an end. Having once enjoyed the position of prominence the lack of assignment made him restless. No films came to him. In addition, his family sold his posh flat in Shivaji Park and shifted to Versova, which hurt him a lot. He lost the will to live.
In a career spanning over 22 years, Bulo C Rani gave music in 71 films. He also gave music in few Sindhi hit films. Practically with no work towards the latter half, he started taking coaching classes in light music. He was isolated which led to depression. To overcome this he developed the habit of drinking. This led his health to deteriorate and he had to be admitted to hospitals multiple times. When acute depression became unbearable & after his family sold their house at Shivaji Park and moved to Versova, he took the extreme step and committed suicide by burning himself on May 24, 1993. He died at 73 leaving behind some unforgettable creations. Bulo C Rani’s death remained largely unreported in the press. It was an irony of fate that the song he composed in the voice of Lata in his last film ‘Sunhare Qadam’ was ‘Maangne se jo maut mil jaati, Kaun jeeta zamane men’.
The Irony was that in life he asked for death and he got it. And how horribly too ! It is said that on 24-5-1993, he committed suicide by immolating himself. When his body was burning, he ran on the streets shouting in pain and finally fell on the road dead.
Today’s song is the last and final song of this film , making it YIPPEED, with all songs covered.
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Song- Ye jawaani badi badnaam hai (Sunahre Qadam)(1966) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra, Lyricist- Anand Bakshi, MD-S Mohinder
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Lyrics
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
o o o o o o
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
zulfen bikhere to haar jaaye raat jee
zulfen bikhere to haar jaaye raat jee
mukhda dikhaaye to din khaaye maat jee
mukhda dikhaaye to din khaaye maat
iske bas mein
waah waah
iske bas mein subah hai shaam bhi
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
ik chitchor ka sunte hi naam jee
ik chitchor ka sunte hi naam jee
bade bade dil ko lete hain thhaam ji
bade bade dil ko lete hain thhaam
dil churaana
dil churaana isi ka kaam hai
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
suna hoga aapne naam e sharaab ji
suna hoga aapne naam e sharaab ji
kahti hai duniya jisko kharaab ji
kahti hai duniya jisko kharaab
ye umar bhi
haaye haaye
ye umar bhi nasheelaa jaam hai
shola bijli hawa
allah jaane kya kya
sau sau naamon ka ek naam hai
ye jawaani badi badnaam hai
Chunnu patang ko kehta hai kite
Posted on: September 8, 2021
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Hullo Atuldom
The song with this post is from “Zameen Ke Taare” (1960) not to be confused with the modern day “Taare Zameen Par” (2007). Both the movies had children as center of the movies. But that is where the similarities end.
“Zameen Ke Taare” had a cast of Daisy Irani, Honey Irani, Motilal, Achala Sachdev, Prem Kumar, Kiran Kumari, Anwar Hussain, Kumud Tripathi, Tun Tun, etc. I think Mumtaz and Jayshree T. too were in the movie as child actors. It was directed by Chandulal Shah and produced by Navinchandra Shah for Chandra Movies. It had music by S. Mohinder and songs were written by Tanveer Naqvi, Pandit Indra and Anand Bakshi. The movie had Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra, Manna Dey and Mohd Rafi as playback singers. It had eight songs of which the blog has the following three.
| Song | Date of posting |
|---|---|
| Tinke pe tinka chhutti ke din ka | 2 June 2011 |
| Deep gagan ke tum ho | 29 November 2016 |
| O mere pyaaron zameen ke taaron | 8 september 2020 |
The last song posted (O mere pyaaron zameen ke taaron) had a post by Nahmji. It was an attempt to combine the birthdays of the singing legend Asha Bhonsle and music director of yesteryears S. Mohinder. Almost like what I am attempting with this post. And just like Nahmji, I also realized that the composer of the ’50s and ’60s passed away last September on the 6th, two days before he would have turned 95. I read through this news item which was written by Kushal Gopalka. It gave me a lot of knowledge about the music director of such popular songs as ‘Guzara hua zamaana aata nahi dobaara’ from the 1956 release ‘Shirin Farhad’. If I had not read that article I would not have known that I have heard songs tuned by him and enjoyed them.
Today’s song has the child actors Daisy Irani (Mangoo) and Honey Irani (Tingu) lip-syncing to Asha Bhonsle and Sudha Malhotra. This sweet and cute sounding song is penned by Anand Bakshi. The kids Mangoo and Tingu are on a trip in quest of Bhagwan because they have been told that their mothers have gone to “Bhagwan ka ghar”. In the course of their travels they come in contact with a number of people who provide them with diverse answers about where to find Bhagwan. The songs of the movie are set around these incidents. Rather interesting movie, I managed to see part of it in my quest of locating the actors mentioned in the cast.
With this post I wish my favourite singer Asha Bhonsleji on turning a year older. May she have a healthy and lovely life and may we have the pleasure of hearing her for some more years.
Audio
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Song-Chunnu patang ko kehta hai kite (Zameen Ke Taare)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-S Mohinder
Lyrics
{whistling}
chunnu patang ko kehta hai kite
bolo beta tingu yeh wrong hai ya right
right right right
ram ke murge ki hai ek taang
bolo beta tingu yeh right hai ya wrong
wrong wrong wrong
lakdi ki khatiya pe haathi gaya let
hathni se kaha ke banao aamlet
lakdi ki khatiya pe haathi gaya let
hathni se kaha ke banao aamlet
football match mein jeeta hai maine cup
arre bolo beta tingu ye sachch hai ya gap
arre gap gap gap
{whistling}
oont ne chidiya ko kar liya catch
donon mein hua phir khushti ka match
oont ne chidiya ko kar liya catch
donon mein hua phir khushti ka match
chidiya se oont ki taang gayi toot
arre bolo beta tingu ye sachch hai ya jhoot
jhooth jhooth jhooth
ek tamasha maine dekha mere meet
paan khaake ek chooha gaa raha tha geet
ooohoo ooohoo
ek tamasha maine dekha mere meet
paan khaake ek chooha gaa raha tha geet
paas baithi billi tabla rahi thi peet
paas baithi billi tabla rahi thi peet
bolo beta tingu yeh galat hai ya theek
theek arre re re galat
{whistling}
Ham bhi thhe anjaan se
Posted on: March 3, 2017
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“Main Suhaagan Hoon” (1964) is a Nayyar Films Production. It was produced by V N Nayyar and directed by Kundan Kumar. Starcast of the movie had names like Mala Sinha, Ajit, Mishra, Kewal Kumar, Nazir Hussain, Nishi,Ramayan Tiwari, Durga Khote, Chand Burque, Najma, Raja, Kesri, Daya Devi, Altaf, Sarla, Mastram, Indira Bansal, T.N.Sinha, Sardul, Bimla, Rajnath, Manohar, Bihari etc.
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Dil hai bada beimaan bedardaa
Posted on: January 3, 2017
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“Zindagi Ya Toofaan”(1958) was directed by Nakshab for Seraphim Pictures, Bombay. the movie had Nutan, Pradeep Kumar, Johny Walker, Minu Mumtaz, Yakoob, Om Prakash etc in it.
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“Ustaad”(1957) was produced by Darshan and directed by Nanabhai Bhatt for Shree Krishn Films, Bombay. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Anjali Devi, Anita Guha, Rehman, K N Singh, Kumkum, Bhagwan, Yashodhra, Ramesh Kapoor, Kammo, Cuckoo, Robert, Kamaldeep, Jagdish Kamal, Rajan Kapoor, Vishwanath, Verma, Yusuf H H , Sheila Vaz etc in it.
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Sachche ka hai bol baala
Posted on: October 17, 2016
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“Sachche Moti”(1962)was directed by Om Bedi for Shri Dilip Chitra, Bombay. The movie had Suresh, Zabeen, Johnny Walker, Shammi, Sulochana, Manmohan Krishan, Helen, Sushil Kumar, Romi, Gopi Krishan, SN Bannerji, Tuntun, Munshi Munakka, Nazir Kashmiri, Dubey etc. in it.
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“Kinaare Kinaare”(1963) is an obscure movie by now. The making of this movie makes for an iteresting reading.
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“Picnic” (1966) was directed by Shahid for Filmistan Productions. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Kalpana, Shobha Khote, P. Kailash, David Abraham, Murad etc in it.
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Jaane kaisa jaadoo kiya re
Posted on: July 25, 2013
“Parvarish” (1958) was a Roop Kala pictures production. It was produced by Mahiptray Shah and directed by S Bannerji. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Lalita Pawar, Nazir Hussain, Krishnakant, Mahmood, Radhakishan, Sheila Vaaz, Meena, Brahm Bhardvaj, Devraj, Munshi, Burhan, Nadir, Jenifar, Razaak, Deepak, Raja, Tilakraj, Sohni, Kamal Chowdhary, Akhtar, Narbadashankar, Mirajkar, Swami etc in it.
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Assalaam aalekum baabu
Posted on: March 12, 2013
“Kalpana” (1960) was an Ashok Pictures Private Limited production. It was produced by Ashok Kumar and Ganesh and directed by Rakhan. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Padmini, Ragini, S Nazir, Sunder, Balam,Pachhi, Achala Sachdev, Sarita Devi, Baby Farida, Rani Kumar, Harbans, Amrit, Khatana, Iftekhar, Brahm Bhardwaj, Keshav, Ibne Hasan, Shakil Nomani etc in it.
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