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The name Neeraj means one that is born of water. The singular reference is towards the lotus flower. In Hindi, ‘नीरज’ is a synonym for the lotus flower.  And so is Gopaldas Saxena ‘Neeraj’ – a lotus amongst the poets and songwriters whose verses have graced the screens of Hindi Cinema.

The mention of Neeraj brings to mind a multitude of so many popular songs – songs that popular songs because of their lyrics.

subah naa aayi, shaam na aayi
jis din teri yaad na aayi, yaad na aayi
(‘Cha Cha Cha’,1964)

. . .
aur hum ajaan se
door ke makaan se
paalki liye huya kahaar dekhte rahe
kaarwaan guzar gaya gubaar dekhte rahe
(‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’, 1965)

wo hum na the wo tum na the
wo rehguzar thhi pyaar ki
luti jahaan be bewajeh paalki bahaar ki . . .
(‘Cha Cha Cha’,1964)

umariya. . . bin khewak ki naiyya
paal nahin patwaar nahin
aur tez chale purvaiyya
(‘Majhli Didi’, 1968)

ye kaun thak ke so raha hai
gulmohar ki chhaon mein
(‘Tu Hi Meri Zindagi’, 1965)

kaal ka pahiyya ghoome bhaiya
laakh tareh insaan chalen
le ke chale baraat kabhi
to kabhi bina samaan chale
(‘Chanda Aur Bijli’, 1969)

kehta hai joker, saara zamaana
aadhi haqeeqat aadha fasaana
(‘Mera Naam Joker’, 1970)

raaja gaye taj gaye badlaa jahaan saara
roz magar badhta jaaye caravaan hamaara
phool ham hazaaron lekin khushboo ek hamaari
prem ke pujari
ham hain ras ke bhikhaari
ham hain prem ke pujaari
(‘Prem Pujaari’, 1970)

dil aaj shaayar hai gham aaj naghma hai
shab ye ghazal hai sanam
auron ke sheron ko o sun’ne waale
ho is taraf bhi karam
(‘Gambler’, 1971)

sooni sooni saans ke sitaar par
bheege bheege aansuon ke taar par
(‘Lal Patthar, 1971)

jhoom ke gaa yoon aaj mere dil
raat to guzre subah na aaye
jaise koi bachpan ki kahani
yaad bhi ho aur bhool bhi jaaye
(‘Patanga’, 1971)

 

All these songs, and more, touch so many threads of endearing memories, of songs heard decades back, but they still are fresh in the mind. The flavor of these songs will never grow stale, no matter how many times they are heard.

All from the pen of Gopaldas Saxena – ‘Neeraj’.

Neeraj was born on 4th January, 1924, in the village of Puravali, near Mahewa in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. His school and college education happened in Aligarh, where he also became a professor of Hindi Literature in the Dharma Samaj College. Faraway from the world of cinema, Gopaldas was writing his poetry and presenting at the kavi sammelans all across India. His introduction to films happened by accident.

In February of 1960, he was visiting Bombay to attend one such kavi sammelan. He was staying at the home of Manhar, a poet friend. One day he had a visitor, a young man named R Chandra. Chandra was earlier a student of Gopaldas in Aligarh, and now was in Bombay, connected with the film world. He was a producer, and had just completed work on the film ‘Barsaat Ki Raat’ (1960). He was now planning his next venture, to be titled ‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’. He was there to request his former teacher to write the songs for his upcoming film. And so, the film journey of Neeraj was initiated.

The planned film was unusually delayed, and eventually released in 1965. This was the first film for which Neeraj wrote and recorded the songs. In the interim, however, he also got the offer to write for another film ‘Cha Cha Cha’ for the banner Bhavdeep Films, Bombay, being directed by Chandrashekhar, who was also the hero of the film. This film got released earlier than ‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’, in 1964. And so it has come to be considered as the debut film for Neeraj.

The songs of ‘Cha Cha Cha’ became popular and were frequently played on the radio waves. So did the songs of ‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’. These films were followed by ‘Sati Nari’ (1965) with the song “Tum Naacho Ras Barse”, then “Ye Kaun Thak Ke So Raha Hai” and “Ae Mere Watan, Mere Pyaare Watan” in the film ‘Tu Hi Meri Zindagi’ (1965), “Zindagi Dulhan Hai Ek Raat Ki” in the film ‘Dulhan EK Raat Ki’ (1966) etc. By the mid 1960s, Neeraj was a songwriter quite popular and quite much in demand in the Bombay cinema world.

Over the next part of the 1960s decade Neeraj developed fruitful and worthy association with SD Burman and Shanker Jaikishan. With S-J he worked in 16 films. With SD his association started with ‘Prem Pujari’ (1970), when Dev Anand decided to bring Neeraj in to NavKetan camp. He would do three more films with Dev Anand – ‘Gambler’ (1971), ‘Chhupa Rustam’ (1972) and ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ (1973). He also worked with SD Burman on the film ‘Sharmilee’ (1971).

1971 proved to be his most prolific year – 10 films came to the cinema theaters with songs written by him. And that watershed year also saw the limiting phase out of Neeraj’s association with Hindi cinema. Jaikishan passed away in 1971 and SD Burman in 1975. His two closest relationships that were built with MDs of Hindi films came to an abrupt closure. The fortunes of SJ began dwindling after the departure of Jaikishan. With the passing away of SD Burman, the work by Neeraj in Hindi cinema also started to slowly phase out. By the middle of 1970s, Neeraj’s association with Hindi film world wound itself up, and the poet returned to Aligarh. He hung up his filmi coat and returned to his earlier profession as a teacher.

Neeraj’s body of work in Hindi films comprises of just about 100 odd songs. But a glance at the portfolio of his songs, one easily identifies a very large number of popular hit songs. A sampler is presented at the beginning of this write up. And there are more.

Neeraj passed away on 19 July, 2018 at New Delhi at the age of 93.

Neeraj’s year of birth is indicated both as 1924 and 1925 in different references online. Whatever the correct year may be, this year turns out to be the centenary year for him. A week back, his birth date – 4th January was his centenary of birth.

For this post, I present this wonderful female duet song from the 1965 film ‘Sati Nari’. This is a fairly fast paced and melodious composition by Pt Shivram Krishna. The singing voices are of Usha Timothy and Kamal Barot. The words of the song tell about Radha ji being advised by her friends not to go to the banks of Jamuna river, because there Krishna will ensnare in his trap with his charm and beauty – “Wahaan Kanha Phaanse Machhli Bina Kaanta Dor Ke”.

A fun song of sahelis teasing Radha ji about her terms of endearment with Krishna. A wonderfully imagined, composed and rendered song – it is a pleasurable listen.

Song – Jaiyo Na Jamna Pe Akeli Tum Radha (Sati Naari)) (1965) Singer – Usha Timothy, Kamal Barot, Lyrics – Neeraj, MD – Pt Shivram Krishna
Both
Chorus

Lyrics

jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

kaahe na sunegi kuchh
baiyyaan pakad ke thaam le
o o o
aankhon se sauda kar hothon se daam le
hothon se daam le
hothon se daam le
are kaise
aise
chal hat ri
hothon se daam le
gajre ke phool soonghe
aa aa aa aa
gajre ke phool soonghe chor chor ke
ae ji chor chor ke
ae ji chor chor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na
jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

rookhe mann ki hundi maange byaaj mein wo pyaar re
tan mann bhi deke chuke na uska udhaar re
na uska udhaar re
na uska udhaar re
na uska udhaar re
beete umariya
haaye
beete umar aansoo jod jod ke
aansoo jod jod ke
aansoo jod jod ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na
jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

choron ki ye chor ye to uski hai murali
inhen darr kaahe ka wo bhaunra ye kali
wo bhaunra ye kali
wo bhaunra ye kali
are kaise
aise
chal hat ri
ha ha ha ha
kehna na ye baat
kehna na ye baat gori kisi aur se
gori kisi aur se
gori kisi aur se
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na
jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

——————————————
Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
——————————————

जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

काहे ना सुनेगी कुछ
बइयाँ पकड़ के थाम ले
ओ ओ ओ
आँखों से सौदा कर होठों से दाम ले
होठों से दाम ले
होठों से दाम ले
अरे कैसे
ऐसे
चल हट री
होठों से दाम ले
गजरे के फूल सूंघे
आ आ आ आ
चोर चोर के
ए जी चोर चोर के
ए जी चोर चोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना
जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

रूखे मन की हुँडी मांगे ब्याज में वो प्यार रे
तन मन भी दे के चुके ना उसका उधार रे
ना उसका उधार रे
ना उसका उधार रे
ना उसका उधार रे
बीते उमरिया
हाय
बीते उमर आँसू जोड़ जोड़ के
आँसू जोड़ जोड़ के
आँसू जोड़ जोड़ के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना
जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

चोरों की ये चोर ये तो उसकी है मुरली
इन्हें डर काहे का वो भौंरा ये कली
वो भौंरा ये कली
वो भौंरा ये कली
अरे कैसे
ऐसे
चल हट री
हा हा हा
कहना ना ये बात
कहना ना ये बात गोरी किसी और से
गोरी किसी और से
गोरी किसी और से
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना
जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना


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