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Blog Day :

5424 Post No. : 17790

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.124
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On this date ten years ago (25 May 2013),two songs from two different movies was covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
8127 Is duniya mein sab chor chor Bhai Bhai (1956) Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now
8128 Aa jaa aa jaa o jaane waale Sabak (1950) 8 songs covered out of 10 by now

We observe that one movie (out of two) whose songs were represented in the blog on this day ten years ago (on 25 May 2013) has since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with one song which is unYIPPEED and is therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (25 May 2023).

This movie is “Sabak”(1950).

“Sabak”(1950) was produced and directed by M Sadiq for Sadiq Productions Private Limited, Bombay. The movie had Munawar Sultana,Jagirdar,Karan Dewan,Om Prakash,Kumar, Cuckoo, Jilloo Maa, Shyama etc in it.

The movie had ten songs in it. Eight songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the ninth song from “Sabak” (1950). This song is sung by G M Durrani. D N Madhok is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Qureshi.

Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

audio link:

Song-Ni sa ga ma pa (Sabak)(1950) singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-D N Madhok, MD-A R Qureshi

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

ni saa gaa maa paa..aa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
ni saa gaa maa paa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa

bachpan se ye meraa saathi…eee
ab to banaa dey isko haathi…eee
bachpan se ye meraa saathi…eee
ab to banaa dey isko haathi…eee
kartaa hoon yahee duaa
haayye raam jee pa ma gaa rey saa
kartaa hoon yahee duaa
haayye raam jee pa ma gaa rey saa
hoyye ni saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa

lagaataar ghanton rotaa hai..aey ae
jab kahey punjaabi tu khotaa hai ae ae
lagaataar ghanton rotaa hai..aey ae ae
jab kahey punjaabi tu khotaa hai ae
chhod ghaas khaataa hai hawaa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
chhod ghaas khaataa hai hawaa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
ni saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa

donon ka ghar aabaad karo..oo
hamein ek baar to yaad karo..oo
donon ka ghar aabaad karo..o..oo
hamein ek baar to yaad karo..oo
Hindu ke Raam Muslim ke Khudaa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
Hindu ke Raam Muslim ke Khudaa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
hoyye nee saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam jee paa maa gaa rey saa
paa maa gaa rey saa
paa maa gaa rey saa


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Blog Day :

5393 Post No. : 17693

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.91
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On this date ten years ago (24 April 2013), seven songs from seven different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
7965 Lo chaand bhi jalne laga Jungle Princess (1942) 5 songs covered out of 8 by now
7966 Qismat ne hamen majboor kiya Aankhen (1950) Movie YIPPEED by now
7967 O bhoolne waale main tujhe kaise bhula doon Pagli (1943) 3 songs covered out of 10 by now
7968 Aankhon mein aansuon ko piye jaa rahi hoon main Chehra (1946) 6 songs covered out of 9 by now
7969 O dil mein basaane waale Jeewan Nauka (1952) 2 songs covered out of 13 by now
7970 Ae falak yoon hi sataata jaayegaa But Taraash (1947) 4 songs covered out of 11 by now
7971 Baansuriya haay toot gayi man ki Dekho Ji(1947) 5 songs covered out of 11 by now

We observe that one movie (out of seven movies) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (viz on 24 April 2013) has since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with six unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (24 April 2023).

“But Taraash”(1947) is one of the BTYC eligible movie today.

“But Taraash”(1947) was directed by B D Garg and Afzal Jahangeer. The movie had Shirin, Harish, Arshad, Manorama, Pran, Farida, Suresh etc in it.

The movie had 11 songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the fifth song from “But Taraash”(1947) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by G M Durrani and chorus. Lyricist is not known. Music is composed by Ghulam Haider.

Only audio of this inspirational song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturiastion of the song.

Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

audio link

Song-Tu himmat na haar (But Taraash)(1947) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-Ghulam Haider
Chorus
G M Durrani + Chorus

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aa aa aa aa aa aa

tu himmat na haar tu himmat na haar (aa aa aa aa aa aa )
tu himmat na haar tu himmat na haar (aa aa aa aa aa aa
tu himmat naa haar musaafir
tu himmat naa haar
tu himmat naa haar musaafir
tu himmat naa haar
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
(aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
)

ye naiyya wo door kinaaraa/kanaaraa aa aa
ye naiyya wo door kinaaraa
haath mein ley patwaar musaafir
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar

aa aa aa aa aa aaaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa

dekh ke man teraa na doley ae ae
dekh ke man teraa na doley
laakh padey manjhdhaar
aandhi baadal barkhaa bijlee
tu sabko lalkaar
tu sabko lalkaar musaafir
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar
tu himmat na haar

aa aa aa aaa aaa
aa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa

dukh jo padey ghabraa nahin moorakh a a a a
dukh jo padey ghabraa nahin moorakh
dukhee hai sab sansaar
mar kar bhee gar chain na paayaa
phir marnaa bekaar
marnaa hai bekaar
marnaa hai bekaar


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Blog Day :

5350 Post No. : 17544

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 39
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On this date ten years back viz on 12 March 2013, eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Blog post number Song Movie (Year) Remarks
7658 Kyun tumne hamko daraaya Prem Sangeet (1943) 4 songs covered out of 10 by now
7659 Raat ki malka ban thhan ke Ismat(1944) 3 songs covered out of 7 by now
7660 Preet ki jyot jalaakar chup hai Vishkanya(1943) 7 songs covered out of 12 by now
7661 Chaand mera baadalon mein kho gaya Pathan (1962) 4 songs covered out of 7 by now
7662 Raja haweli ki khidki zara kholna re Veer Rajputaani(1955) 5 songs covered out of 9 by now
7663 Assalaam aalekum baabu Kalpana(1960) 6 songs covered out of 10 by now
7664 Aayegaa kaun yahaan Gumnaam (1965) Movie YIPPEED by now
7665 Meri patni mujhe sataati hai Pati Patni(1966) movie YIPPEED by now

It can be noticed that two movies (out of eight movies) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 12 March 2013) have since been YIPPEED on the blog. That leaves us with six movies that are still unYIPPEED and therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (12 March 2023).

“Prem Sangeet”(1943) is one BTYC eligible movie today. This movie was produced and directed by W Z Ahmad for Shalimar Pictures, Bombay. The movie had P.Jairaj, Tiwari, Nina, H.Prakash, Munshi Zaheer, Rekha, Rajkumari Shikla, Shanta Thaakar, Maalaa, Wazir Muhammad Khan, Ram Avtar, Kathana, Randhir etc in it.

“Prem Sangeet”(1943) had ten songs in it. Four songs have been covered so far.

Here is the fifth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by G M Durrani. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by S K Pal.

Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.


Song-Kaun hai ye dilruba (Prem Sangeet)(1943) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-S K Pal

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

kaun hai ye dilruba
dilrubaa
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilruba
dilruba
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa

dheere se nainon kaa kar ke ishaaraa
moh liyaa
moh liyaa man
chupke se hamaaraa
is mohini ki reet koyi
hamko bataawe
hamko bataawe aey ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
dilrubaa
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawey ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa

chamkey badan
chamkey badan
jaise gori gori chaandnee
boley madhur
boley madhur jaisey meethhi meethhi raaginee
aaj phoolon se sundar milee saajnee
aaj phoolon se sundar milee saajnee
man ko lubhaawe
sab ko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
dilrubaa
man ko lubhaawe
sabko suhaawe
nainaa nachaawey ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa

ye prem ka sangeet hai yaa prem kahaani
ye prem ka sangeet hai yaa prem kahaani
ye hoor hai jannat ki ya pariyon ki hai raanee
baalon ki ghataaon mein
kabhi chaand chupaawey
kabhi chaand khilaawe
baalon ki ghataaon mein
kabhi chaand chupaawey
kabhi chaand khilaawe
kabhi phool kaa
us phool se woh mel karaawey
kabhi door hataawe
kabhi mel karaawey
kabhi hamko rijhaawey
kabhi aans lagaawe aey ae ae ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa dilruba
man ko lubhaaye
sabko suhaawe
naainaa nachaawe ae ae
kaun hai ye dilrubaa
dilrubaa


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Blog Day :

5287 Post No. : 17319

Today’s song is from the ‘1947’ movie ‘Romeo And Juliet’,

It was directed by Akhtar Hussaain for ‘Nargis Art Concern, Bombay’ (home production of actress Nargis).

It had Nargis, Sapru, Anwar Hussain, Sunalini Devi, Nisar, John Cavas, Hameed Murad, Nazir Kashmiri, Violet, Pushpa, Abdul Rasheed, Amanullah and others.

This movie has eight songs in it and it had made its debut on the blog on 12.08.2014 with a song sung by Khayyam Saab and Zohrabai Ambalewali.
The second song from this movie followed immediately in next month and it was posted on 21.09.2014 which was sung by G.M. Durrani.
Thereafter it was a gap of almost three years after which the third song from this movie was posted on 26.07.2017. This song was a solo song sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali.

The fourth song from this movie again took more than three years to appear on the blog, and it was posted on 28.12.2020. This song again was a solo sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali.

The fifth song of this movie was discussed on 08.06.2022. So it was again after a gap of almost one and half year that the fifth song of this movie was posted after its fourth song.

Out of the eight songs of this movie, lyricist for three songs is Manohar Khanna. One song each is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, Akhtar Shirani, Jigar Moradabadi and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Lyricist’s name for one song is not mentioned in HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950). However one of the audio links of this song mentions the lyricist name as Majrooh Sultanpuri for this song. We are going to listen to this song today.

*(In my earlier write-up with the songs of this movie I had mentioned two songs for Majrooh Sultanpuri considering the above link. But today I am correcting myself and leaving it to the knowledgeable readers to throw light on this song and its songs.).

Here is the list of songs of this movie.

S.No. Song Title Lyricist Singer Posted On
01 Mast jawaani aayi mast jawaani aayi Majrooh Sultanpuri Zohrabai Ambalewali 28.12.2020
02 Mausam ye suhaanaa, ahaa ahaa Manohar Khanna Zohrabai Ambalewali 26.07.2017
03 Tumhe sitaaron ne be-akhtiyaar dekha Akhtar Shirani G.M. Durrani 21.09.2014
04 Koyi dil mein samaaya jaaye Manohar Khanna Zohrabai Ambalewali
05 Kisko khabar thi, dil ki ye duniya Manohar Khanna
06 Kya bataayen ishq zaalim Jigar Moradabadi Zohrabai Ambalewali 08.06.2022
07 Wo yaad aa rahen hai, laaye unhe kahaan se *not mentioned in HFGK Vol-II G.M.Durrani Being discussed in this post
08 Donon jahaan teri muhabbat mein haar ke Faiz Ahmed Faiz Khayyam, Zohrabai Ambalewali 12.08.2014

As mentioned above and can be seen from the above table five songs from this movie have been posted on the blog earlier.

Today’s song is the sixth song from this movie. It is sung by G.M. Durrani.

Music is composed by Husnlal Bhagatram.

The lyricist name for this song is yet to be confirmed.

Let us now listen to today’s song.

Audio

Song-Wo yaad aa rahe hain (Romeo And Juliet)(1947) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Not known, MD-Husnlal Bhagatram

Lyrics

Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain

Aawaaz kisko den ham
Ye dil kise pukaare ae
Gham ki siyaah raatein
Kaise koi guzaare
Baadal se chhaa rahe hain ae
Baadal se chhaa rahe hain
Fariyaad aasmaan se
Fariyaad aasmaan se
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se
Wo yaad aa rahe hain

Keh den ye unse jaa kar
Keh den ye unse jaa kar
Jaayen agar hawaaein ae
Jaayen agar hawaaein
Majboor hain ummeedein ae
Majboor hain ummeedein
Maayoos hain duaaein ae
Maayoos hain duaaein
Sharmaaye jaa rahe hain ae
Sharmaaye jaa rahe hain
Shikwe meri zubaan ke
Shikwe meri zubaan ke
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Laayen unhen ae kahaan se ae
Wo yaad aa rahe hain
Wo yaad aa rahe hain


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Blog Day :

5226 Post No. : 17220

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 126
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Ten years back on this date viz on 8 November 2012, six songs from six movies were covered on the blog. Here are the details:-

Blog post number Song Movie (Year) Remarks
6965 Tu jo likhe kismat aisi kaun tujhe bhagwan kahe Laadla(1954) 7 songs covered out of 10 by now
6966 Bahut din huye taaron ke desh mein Anuraadha (1960) Movie YIPPEED by now
6967 Pyaar ka maara hoon Julie Private Secretary (1962) 6 songs covered out of 7 by now
6968 Dulhan ban ke aayi Saaz Aur Aawaaz (1966) Movie YIPPEED by now
6969 Ho keh do keh do tum jo keh do Sachcha Jhootha (1970) Movie YIPPEED by now
6970 Pyaar mein jeena pyaar mein marna Do Ustaad (1982) One song covered out of 5 by now

We can see that three movies (out of six) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (8 november 2012) have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with only two movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (8 november 2022).

“Laadla”(1954) is one such movie. It was directed by Surya Kumar for Varma Films, Bombay. The movie had Shyama, Karan Dewan, Agha, Raj Mehra, Krishna Kumari, S.Nazir, Dar Kashmiri, Dev Kishan,Parvati, Maruti etc with Guest appearance by Sundar.

“Laadla”(1954) had ten songs in it. seven of these songs have been covered so far.

Here is the eighth song from “Laadla”(1954). It is sung by G M Durrani. Balkrishna Mauj is the lyricist. Music is composed by Vinod.

Only audio of this song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this ‘sales pitch” song.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

Audio link:

song-Paisa sabki jaan hai (Laadla)(1954) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Balkrishna Mauj, MD-Vinod

Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)

paisa sabki jaan hai ae
paisey mein bhagwaan hai
hho o paisa sabki jaan hai ae
paisey mein bhagwaan hai
paisaa hai to sab kuchch hai
paisaa hai to sab kuchch hai
jo naheen to phir shamshaan hai
hoyye paisaa sab ki jaan hai ae ae
paisey mein bhagwaan hai

gar chaaho to tum maal bachaanaa
seedhey iss store pe aanaa
gar chaaho tum maal bachaanaaa
seedhey iss store pe aanaa
haan aaa aan aaaa aaan
aath aaney mein wahee milega
duniyaa jiskaa le dus aanaaa aan
aath aaney mein wahee milegaa
duniyaa jiskaa le dus aanaaa aa
jamaa karo oo o
kuchch maal bachaao o
arrey kuchch jamaa karo
kuchch maal bachaao
gur kitnaa aasaan hai
hoyye paisaa sabki jaan hai ae
paisey mein bhagwaan hai

kapdaa ley lo
teri saun lattaa ley lo
kapdaa le lo
teri saun lattaa ley lo
duniyaa bhar se sastaa ley lo
duniyaa bhar se sastaa ley lo
bibi jee ki bindi ley lo
baabaa ji ka bastaa ley lo
bibi jee ki bindi ley lo
baabaa ji kaa bastaa ley lo
tere mere mere tere
tyere myere myere tyere
ghar kaa sab saamaan hai
ghar kaa sab saamaan hai
hoyye paisaa sabki jaan hai ae ae
paisey mein Bhagwaan hai ae

teri meri marzi bhi hai
hoyye teri meri meri teri
teri meri marzee bhi hai
aur phir dil ki pyaas hai
aur phir dil ki pyaas hai
Lailaa jee ki bhaawaj bhee hai
Lailaa jee ki bhaawaj bhee hai
Majnoo ji ki saas hai
tere mere mere tere
tere merey aey ae ae
ghar kaa sab saamaan hai ae
ghar kaa sab saamaan hai
hoyye paisaa sabki jaan hai aey
paisey mein bhagwaan hai
paisaa hai to sab kuchch hai
paisaa hai to sab kuchch hai
jo naheen to phir shamshaan hai
paisaa sabki jaan hai aey ae
paisey mein bhagwaan hai ae


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Blog Day :

5164 Post No. : 17129

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 88
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This date ten years ago (viz 7 September 2012) saw four songs from four different movies getting covered in the blog.

Here are the details:-

Blog post number Song Movie (Year) Remarks
6601 Prem nagar mein basne waalon Barsaat (1949) Movie YIPPEED by now
6602 Na ummeed hoke bhi duniya mein jiye jaate hain Sangeeta(1950) Movie YIPPEED by now
6603 Aao baitho baat suno Maang(1950) 5 songs covered out of 10 so far
6604 Ham rang rangeeli joban ban ki titliyaan Paighaam(1959) Movie YIPPEED by now

It can be seen that three movies (out of four) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago, have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with only one movie that is eligible for Blog Ten YEar Challenge today (7 September 2022).

That movie is “Maang”(1950).

“Maang”(1950) was directed by Saghir Usmani for New light Films, Bombay. The movie had Ramola, Wasti, Amar, Pritma ,Malhotra, Leela Pande,Zia, Basu, Shanti Madhok, Hemlata, Mubarak, Sharif, Syed Jan etc in it.

“Maang”(1950) had ten songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the blog so far.

Here is the sixth song from “Maang”(1950) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by G M Durrani. Sagar Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ghulam Mohammad.

Only audio of this melancholic song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

Audio link:

Song-Main kisko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani (Maang)(1950) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Sagar Badayuni, MD-Ghulam Mohammad

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

main kisko sunaaoon
gham ki kahaani ee ee
main kisko sunaaoon
gham ki kahaanee ee ee ee
saarey sahaarey chhoot gaye ae
chhoot gaye
ab haayye muqaddar kaisaa sitam hai ae ae
ab haayye muqaddar kaisaa sitam hai aey ae aey ae
saathi hamaarey chhoot gaye aey ae
chhoot gaye
ab kisko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani

afsos ke gham ki duniyaa mein ae ae
aansoon bhi hamaarey ho na sakey aey ae
ho na sakey
taaron ki tarhaa palkon pe mere ae
taaron ki tarhaa palkon pe mere ae ae ae
chamkey kaanpey aur toot gaye aey ae ae
toot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani

ae dard-e-mohabbat
tu hi bataa aa aa aa
kis tarhaa chaley
ab manzil tak
manzil tak
hum jin ka sahaaraa le le kar
hum jinn ka sahaara ley le kar r r r
chalte thhe
wo chhaaley phoot gaye aey ae
phoot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani ee

kis tarhaa bahaarein raas aate
qismat ko hi jab manzoor na thaa
manzoor na tha
kuchch gham ki hawaa ke jhonkey chaley ae ae
kuchch gham ki hawaa ke jhonkey chaley aey ae aey ae ae
dil ki bahaarein loot gaye aey ae ae
loot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani


This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

4848 Post No. : 16637 Movie Count :

4531

Today’s song is from an absolutely obscure film called Vijay Laxmi-1943. The film’s song are not available on social media like YT etc, but I had 4 songs of this film and I found that this film is yet to make a Debut on our Blog.

If 100 films are made in one year, only about 10% of films are Hits or popular. About 10 to 20 % of films do an average business on Box office, but the rest number of films either flop or disappear from the theatres quickly. That means the majority of the films are not worth remembering. Why does this happen when so much money is poured into the films ? No one wants to waste his money on making a film.

Filmmaking is like playing on a Race Course. 100 people buy tickets and put their money on different horses. Only a few win. The rest lose their money, but then everybody can’t win. It is a matter of Luck, because there is no fixed formula for success. When a producer puts his money into making a film, he has all the hopes to earn profit by making the film a Hit. However, not every film can become a Hit. In Spite of this uncertainty in races, films and other such matters, people take chances again and again by changing their strategies.

Let us now take a look at what the Film scenario was in the year 1943….

1943 was a year in which the II world war was in full swing. Both sides were almost equal. The effects of the war on India were… it faced the infamous Bengal Famine, caused by the war profiteering. Controls on film production were tightened by the Government. I.P.T.A. became operative with its first staged p0lay ‘ Nibanna’. Film Kismet became one of the biggests Hits ever. V.Shantaram’s Rajkamal Kalamandir debuted with Shakuntala, as did Mehboob with his film Najma. Government made showing of Newsreel before any film mandatory. Film Raj Nartaki’s english version The Court Dancer was exhibited in the USA, first time for an Indian film.

1943 produced 105 Hindi films, the highest number during the war years, 1939 to 1945. Many landmark and musical films appeared in this year giving a respite to the war torn audience of Indian Cinema. Let us take a look at some of these films.

Film Bhaichara had music by the only other ” Sursagar” musician – Himangshu Dutt ( the more well known being the singer Jagmohan Sursagar).

C.Ramchandra had his first musical hit with the film Bhakta Raj, made by Jayant Desai productions.

Film Gauri from Ranjit became Monica Desai’s first Hindi film in Bombay. It was a very successful film with songs by Khemchand Prakash, based on Bangla Folk tunes.

Kanan Devi gave some sweet songs in the film Hospital, under Kamal Dasgupta’s baton.

Bombay Talkies film Hamari Baat was the last film in which Devika Rani acted. Anil Biswas was the composer.

Music Director Khurshid Anwar brought Gauhar Sultana from Lucknow to sing some songs in the film Ishara. Naushad'[s musical film Kanoon had some good Suraiya and Shyam duets.

Film Kashinath was Nitin Bose’s last film in New Theatres, after he developed differences with B.N.Sircar.

Anil Biswas gave his career best musical Hit film ” Kismet”- the longest running film from Bombay Talkies.

Nurjehan’s musical film Nadaan was popular with songs from composer K.Datta. Director Mehboob made his first film Najma, under his own banner Mehboob productions.

Yet one more musical from Naushad- film Namaste.

At last a musical hit for composer S.N.Tripathi- Panghat from prakash Pictures. Rajkumari Shukla sang her only Hindi song in this film;. (the film was remade as Chitchor-1976).

Film Paraya Dhan had music by Bengal’s famous musician Gyan Prakash Ghosh. Deena Pathak sang her only 2 songs in this film as Deena Sanghavi.

Ghulam Haider makes merry again with Shamshad hit songs in the film Poonji from Pancholi, Lahore.

One more superhit film – Ram Rajya from Prakash Pictures had very good songs from composer Shankar Rao Vyas. Saraswati Rane gave 2 melodious songs. Yashwant joshi and Yashwant Nikam sang the famous song ” Bharat ki ek Sannari ki katha”. Ram Rajya had also a distinction as the only Hindi film that was seen by Mahatma Gandhi, on 2-6-1944.
( before this Gandhi had seen ” Mission to Moscow-43′ an English film, in Wardha, according to The Hindu (Kathmandu Ed.) dt.8-2-2010). The film had early songs by Manna Dey also.

Naushad in full swing with his 3rd Musical Sanjog, where Suraiya gave playback to Mehtab, the Heroine.

Vasant Desai gave excellent songs in the hit film Shakuntala by V.Shantaram.

Hospital- excellent songs by kanan Devi.

Kanoon- another hit from Naushad.

Mera Khwab- MD Ghulam Mohammed’s Debut film

Najma- Mehboob khan’s first film, on Muslim society.

Nurse- Gyan Dutt gave an excellent song of Rajkumari-‘ Vo gaye nahin’

Prithvi Vallabh- A big budget costume drama made by Minerva, based on story of K.M.Munshi. It had songs by Minakshi Shirodkar.

Tansen- Saigal’s first film in Bombay. Khurshid matches him song by song.

Taqdeer- Nargis aka Baby Fatima debuted as an adult. However her name comes third in the credits, after Motilal and Chandramohan.

Besides these films, the following films were also made but their names are not even known to most people. These films just came and went into oblivion !
Andhera, Angoothi, Ashirwad, Bhalai, Chhed Chhad, Daawat, Duniya Deewani, Jangi jawan, Kurbani,Mohabbat, mauj, Pati pooja, prem sangeet, Rekha, Sahara, Salma, Sawaal, Tasweer, Vijay laxmi and Zameen etc etc. These are only sample names. I have not counted C grade and stunt or costume films, which were plenty in numbers.

Today’s film Vijay Laxmi was made by Indian Art Pictures and was directed by one G.S.Kashyap. I find that his name appears as a Director only for this film in the HFGK. Possibly he was a one film director like many in the war period ( who would provide finance also for the film to become a director ). The music was composed by G.M.Durrani, who was basically a singer but had a strong desire to also be a composer. While he sang 305 songs in 168 films, he also composed music in 8 films and acted in 16 films. He even wrote 1 song in film Nazare-1949.

The cast of the film was Shobhana Samarth, Motilal, Yashodhara katju, Gope, David, Meher Bano (actress Purnima, in adult life),Bhudo Advani, Leela Mishra and many others. In this film even Leela Mishra’s husband Ram Prasad Mishra had also done a small role and his name appears in the credits too.

Leela Mishra (1 January 1908 – 17 January 1988) was a Hindi film actress. She worked as a character actor in over 300 Hindi films for five decades, and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (Chachi or Mausi). She is best known for her role of “mausi” in the blockbuster Sholay (1975), Dil Se Mile Dil (1978), Baton Baton Mein (1979), Rajesh Khanna films such as Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein, Aanchal, Mehbooba, Amar Prem and Rajshri Productions hits such as Geet Gaata Chal (1975), Nadiya Ke Paar (1982) and Abodh (1984). Her career’s best performance was in Naani Maa in 1981, for which she received the Best Actress award at the age of 73.

Leela Mishra was married to Ram Prasad Mishra, who was a character artist, then working in silent films. She got married at the very young age of 12. By the time she was 17, she had two daughters. She hailed from Jais, Raebareli, and she and her husband were from zamindar (landowners) families.

Leela Mishra was discovered by a man called Mama Shinde, who was working for Dadasaheb Phalke’s Nasik Cinetone. He persuaded her husband to make her work in films. During those days there was a severe scarcity of women actors in films; this was evident in the paychecks that the Mishras received when they went to Nasik for the shooting. While Ram Prasad Mishra was hired on a salary of Rs. 150 per month, Leela Mishra was offered Rs. 500 per month. However, as they fared poorly in front of the camera, their contracts were cancelled.

The next opportunity that came their way was an offer to work in the movie Bhikarin, which was being produced by a company owned by the Maharaja of Kolhapur. However, Leela Mishra lost out on this opportunity too, as the role required her to put her arms round the actor (who was not her husband) while delivering a dialogue, which she point-blank refused to do.

Their next film was Gangavataran-37, directed by Dadasaheb Phalke. This was his only and the last Talkie film. In this film Leela did the role of Parvati. This became her first film.

She faced a similar problem while working in another film titled Honhaar. She was cast opposite Shahu Modak as a heroine, and was supposed to hug and embrace him, which she again refused steadfastly. Since the company was legally in a weak position, they couldn’t turn her out of the film, which proved to be a blessing in disguise for her. She was offered Modak’s mother’s role in the film and it clicked instantly. This opened the doors for her to play mother roles at the young age of 18.

Early on in her career she acted in notable films such as the musical hit Anmol Ghadi (1946), Raj Kapoor’s Awaara (1951) and Nargis-Balraj Sahni starrer Lajwanti (1958), which was nominated for the Palme d’Or for Best Film at 1959 Cannes Film Festival.

She acted in the first Bhojpuri film, Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo (1962), which also starred Kumkum, Helen and Nasir Hussain.

Her roles varied from mothers, benign or evil aunts, to comic roles.

She acted in 344 films. Her last released film was Aatank-96. 8 films were released after her death. ( Thanks to wiki, Ateet ke sitare, muVyz, HFGK and my notes).

I have no idea about the film’s story or other details. The song was given to me by friend Abhay Jain (USA) and was uploaded by our Sadanand Kamath ji. Thanks to both.

Editor’s note:_Readers are request to suggest correction to the lyrics wherever applicable.


Song- Bano sudeshi bano Sudeshi (Vijay Laxmi)(1943) Singers- G M Durrani, Lyricist- Not known, MD- G M Durrani

Lyrics

Bano sudeshi
Bano sudeshi
Bano sudeshi
Bano sudeshi
?? bhayo ??
?? bhayo ??
?? bhayo ??

tan sudeshi man sudeshi
maal ?? deshwaalon
kyun nahin lete sudeshi
desh hai kangaal
desh hai kangaal

?? bhayo ??
?? bhayo ??
?? bhayo ??
??
bano sudeshi
bano sudeshi
bano sudeshi
bano sudeshi

laakhon hamaare bhai
zinda hi mar rahe hain
roti ka nahin tukda
faakon se mar rahe hain
aanten hain unki bhookhi
aanten hain unki bhookhin
bachche hain unke bhookhe
maayen hain unki bhookhi

kapdon ko mohtaaj
dhaanp nahin saktin
maa behnen
apne tan ki laaj
apne tan ki laaj
unki roti aatma ka
unse hai sawaal
unse hai sawaal
unki roti aatma ka
unse hai sawaal
unse hai sawaal
?? bhayo ??
?? bhayo ??
bano sudeshi
bano sudeshi
bano sudeshi
bano sudeshi

jo desh pe urbaan
achche wahi insaan
desh laakhon mit gaye
zinda hai Hindustan
zinda hai Hindustan

Desh apna bemisaal
uska tum se hai sawaal
Desh apna bemisaal
uska tum se hai sawaal
?? bhayo ??
?? bhayo ??
marte dam Bhagwaan
de yahi vardaan
har har janam humko miley
ye pyaara Hindustaan
har har janam humko miley
ye pyaara Hindustaan
pyaara Hindustaan
pyaara Hindustaan
pyaara Hindustaaaan


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Today’s song is from Dolti Naiya-1950. This film was made by Shaan E Hind Pictures, Bombay. It had music by Pt.Ram Prasad Sharma. The film’s 10 songs were written by a record number of 8 Lyricists and were sung also by 8 singers. In those days, it must have been a record, I guess. The cast of the film was Amarnath, Nigar Sultana, Shyama Dulari, Veena Kohli, Cuckoo, Bhudo Advani, Mukri, Mirza Musharraf, Munshi Munakka and others.

When I was in school, every year a “Self Governance Day” used to be celebrated in our school. I do not know whether this was a practice elsewhere. On this day selected senior students of class 12th standard used to run the school. Head Master, Supervisor, Sports teacher, Teachers and even Peons’ roles were done by the students themselves. When I reached 12th standard, I was very eager to become a Teacher on this day. I was made a teacher of English language of 7th standard and was given a lesson to be taken on that day. All students looked forward to run the school and become teachers on this day.

I think, this feeling of ruling or being in authority is in every field as a dormant wish. A Clerk looks forward becoming a Manager and a Manager wants to become General Manager. An MLA wants to become an MP and MP wants to become a Minister. Film industry is not too different. Every actress wants to become a Heroine, and actors dream of becoming Director some day. There are several examples when all this has actually happened.

Many successful and famous actors have tried their hand at being a Director of a film ( conversely, many directors also were eager to act in a film. Even such examples are there). Few examples of some actors directing films are Dev Anand-19 films ( he takes the cake), Shammi Kapoor-2 films, Balraj Sahni-1 film, Rajesh Khanna-1 film. Even Comedians like Asrani-5 films and Deven verma-4 films are into this. The case of comedian Radha kishen, who produced a film and when it flopped due to delay and loans mounted, committed suicide.

Some examples of old time actors are Prem Adib-1 film, M.Kumar-2 films, Shahu Modak-1 film. Among actresses, from Fatma Begum-8 films to Hema Malini-4 films, examples are less. Surprisingly, leading actors like Amitabh Bachhan, Dilip kumar, Sanjeev kumar etc never went this way. I wish Dilip kumar had become a Director openly rather than making his directors’ lives miserable by interfering in their work, as a nasty habit.

Mirza Musharraf was a comedian of old times. Though he was successful as an actor, he too wanted to become a Director. Today’s film Dolti naiya-50 is his attempt at directing a movie.

In my quest for information on old time actors and other artistes, I came across many good and some not so good experiences. When I first interviewed Ramesh ji, Bhudo Advani’s son, he told me that their family friend Mirza Musharraf’s daughter also stayed nearby. I took her address and reached her house. Her husband did not allow me to meet her, as they were Muslims, and perhaps because it was my first visit to them. When I explained what I wanted, he expected some money. I told him that this is my hobby and I do not do this for money, he was very skeptic. However, after my persistent visits to him,he relented. Her husband, Mr. Muneer Khan,( now deceased) ex production manager of Firoze Khan, gave me some information.

The name of MIRZA MUSHARRAF AGHA may not ring any bells in the newer generation, as he was a comedian in the 30s and 40s-till the late 60s.
During the 30s and 40s there were quite a few real comedians, who regaled the audiences with their humour. Comedians like V.H.Desai, Ghory and Dikshit (the jodi like Laurel and Hardy),Mirza Musharraf, Bhudo Advani, Noor Mohd.Charlie, Yakub (he had travelled to 15 countries including UK and USA,before joining films) and Gope, Fatty Prasad and Durga Mota were much in demand for comic roles in the films.With the times,one by one,all went behind the curtains, giving way to newer set of comedians like Bhagwan, Sunder, Radhkishen, Mukri, I.S.Johar, Majnu,etc. Nowadays, of course, Comedians have disappeared from films, because almost everyone in a film does Comedy, these days.

Artistes fading away is a natural phenomena, but out of the above comedians, the end of Durga Mota was very pathetic and touching.
Durga Mota or Durga Prasad was very fat and this fatness which fetched him name and fame in the industry also became the cause of his death. In 1947,there were riots everywhere. Durga was in Lahore. He wanted to come back to India like other thousands.He came to Lahore station and boarded the train. Just then a frenzied mob came to the station and started killing the passengers. People ran helter skelter and saved themselves, but due to his fatness Durga Mota could not run and he was slaughtered on the station of Lahore itself.

Mirza Musharraf was born in a sophisticated educated family, on 12-6-1912, at Shujanabad-Punjab. His father was an inspector of Police and claimed to be a scion of the Royal Mughal family. He matriculated from Lahore in 1930. He was keen on becoming a Journalist, so he worked in Daily Zamindar, Tariyaq and Shahid. He was a Nationalist, joined Congress and became Secretary of Lahore Congress committee. He was imprisoned but father got him released. He decided to change profession to films.

He got a small role of a party guest in film ” Qazak ki beti-37′, which was being made by one of his acquaintances in Lahore. His second film was Prem Yatra-37. These were uncredited and insignificant roles, but they gave his clever mind a good idea of film line and acting.

A R Kardar who was into films was known to him in Lahore. Kardar took Mirza to Calcutta. There he acted in film Milap-37. The Hero was Gul Hamid,who died in between and was replaced by Prithviraj Kapoor. Mirza also acted in film Mandir-37. When Kardar shifted to Bombay, he too shifted.

He was very fond of writing Lyrics.He came to Bombay to write film songs and was employed by General films.Those days educated persons were eagerly employed by film studios. He first wrote Lyrics for A.R.Kardar’s film “Baghbaan”-1938. This was the film in which K N Singh did his first role as a villain. In this period, Mirza got married also.

During shootings Kardar required an artist and Mirza was called to fill up the slot, as per the studio norms. Mirza had no dialogues, but he exhibited excellent use of facial expressions and comic timing.This actually killed his dream of becoming a lyrics writer, because after that he was made a comedian and got several films. As a comedian,Mirza worked from 1938 to 1972,working in over 400 films. His last film was Roop tera Mastana-1972, where he was credited. Later he made appearance in films like Pathar se takkar-80 and Anjaam khuda jaane-89 uncredited.

When he was on the peak of his career,a happy producer gave his Bungalow at Versova free to him for living.Though Versova was then quite far off and sparsely populated, Mirza lived there like a king.The marriages of both of his daughters took place there.

Mr.Sanjeet Narwekar-the famous Film historian/journalist writes in his book, The story of Hindi Film comedy,about Mirza”. His specialty was interspersing his Hindi dialogues with English words-quite a curiosity in the pre-independence days. He was almost a permanent with V.M.Vyas and played cameo roles in a fairly long career.” According to Saadat Hasan Manto in his book,stars of another sky, -whichever film he acted, he used to be the darling of the Heroes. He was particularly liked by Kardar, K.Asif and Rafiq Ghaznavi. In many films Mirza lip synched songs, but only in ONE film,he got to sing himself. That was the film Gharib ka laal-1939, in a duet. He also sung few lines in film Piya Milan-45 and CAPTAIN KISHORE-1957. He sang along with Mohd.Rafi and Tun Tun.

In one of the interviews Mirza gave to magazine Shama, in August 1981, he described some of his experiences in the film world. This interview is a part of the book ” Ye un dinon ki baat hai” written by my friend Yasir Abbasi. Here are few of his stories. In Bombay, he got to know Nazir-actor, director, producer and owner of Hind Pictures studios, and his nephew K.Asif (Mughal-E-Azam fame). Asif did no work, so Nazir opened a Tailor’s shop for him, but still he did nothing. His interests were different.

Mirza also came closer to director S M Yousuf. Mirza was present in his marriage to actress Nigar Sultana. Mirza describes how K.Asif eloped with Nazir’s wife (and his Mami- aunt) Sitara Devi. Asif later married Yousuf’s wife Nigar Sultana also. Still later Asif married Dilip kumar’s sister too. Asif was notorious in such matters.

Mirza knew Mohd. Rafi since Lahore days. When Rafi came to Bombay, Mirza introduced Rafi to many film people. Mirza claims that Rafi’s first Hindi recorded song was from film Kul Kalank-45, ” Topiwale Babu’ – a duet with Amirbai Karnataki. This song was shot on Mirza and Amirbai on screen. Rafi, it seems, got Rs. 75 for this song. Mirza acted in film Grihasthi-48, which became a Hit film, running for 105 weeks in Bombay. In a public poll, Mirza got a second prize for acting in this film (first was Yaqub) and he got a Gold medal of 3 Tolas. In his difficult days, Mirza sold it, says he.
There are many more anecdotes he describes, but may be some other time.

Mirza Musharraf died in 1991.

Film Industry is one industry which grew very fast. Firstly, there was no competition (except from AIR for entertainment) and secondly, joining this industry needed no special qualifications. Moreover, from the beginning, the ROI (Returns On the Investment) ratio was quite high,once you took care of few parameters like, good actors, good songs and a mix of Romance and Comedy !

Thousands of aspirants, the Good looking, the Bad looking and the Ugly looking rushed to Bombay, Lahore and Calcutta to try their luck. Tawaifs and stage artists had an easy entry, so was for the Handsome and Muscular bodied males.

The studio system took care of grooming its employees. Most people were hired without any specific job description. When needed, the script writer or the Lyricist had to act in the film, and Choreographer-Dance Master in those days-had to take up Direction- if needed. Artists graduated from menial jobs to important positions.That is how Choreographer Guru Dutt became a Director and a Hero, Lyricist and writer J.S.Casshyap became actor/singer, or Amiya Chakrawarty became famous Director from being the Canteen Manager in Bombay Talkies, Ashok kumar became Hero from being a Technician in Camera Department and an Extra working as one of the 40 thieves in ” Alibaba and 40 Thieves”-1929, became the Movie Mughal, Director Mehboob Khan.

Those times were different.Industry needed people in all departments. Heads of Studios were like expert jewellers. They knew how to nurture talents. Successful strugglers had empathy towards existing strugglers and gave them opportunity to showcase their skills. Studios got right persons for right jobs. Real Talents survived, rest disappeared.

There were many One timers, who acted in only 1-2 films, directed just 1 film, produced 1 movie, sung only few songs or gave music to only 1 or 2 films. Luck also played an important role. Artists seeking opportunities in Music Departments like singing and composing were many. Most got chances,few prospered.

But it is important to note that every One timer was contributing towards Industry’s growth. Like every drop makes an ocean, these one timers or short distance runners also gave their might to the industry. Those who disappeared after a short performance remained alive through their contribution on record. Hundreds of aspirants came to become Music Directors, only few made the grade, survived and the rest simply vanished.These short time passengers or composers had their time of glory too. Their songs were cherished but their names were forgotten.

Before I proceed further, can you tell me what is the common link in the following names ?

Pyarelal-Ganesh-Naresh-Mahesh-Anand-Gorakh

They are all brothers and sons of Pandit RAMPRASAD SHARMA. He is the Music Director of today’s film Dolti Naiya-1950.
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Pt.Ramprasad Sharma, born in 1900, belonged to Gorakhpur in United provinces(today’s U.P.). Seeing his love for music, he was brought to Bharatpur State by the king’s bandmaster. He played Trumpet here, then played in Agra Military Band and ended up joining a Circus as a Band Master himself. He toured Delhi, Lahore and Calcutta ,where he settled for some time.He married a local Post Master’s daughter and also worked for Columbia and New Theatres. By now he was an expert in 10 instruments and knew all Ragas.

He came to Bombay in 1938 and played in many studios. His first film as MD was Nayi Baat-1947, then Taqdeerwale-48, Shakti-48, Bedard-49, Banu- 49, Anyay-49, Dolti Naiyya-50 and finally Magic Carpet-64.

His knowledge of Music was so deep that many Composers like,Kalyan ji, Roshan, Uttamsingh, Hridaynath Mangeshkar etc came to him to learn notations in which he was a master. Probably, having played as a Band Master helped him.Those days, very few musicians knew how to write music in Notations. This art was carried further by his another son Ganesh.

Despite his knowledge of music, he failed as a composer himself and worked/played for other Music Directors like Naushad, K.Dutta, C. Ramchandra etc. His trumpet playing in the famous song of Rafi ” Suhani raat dhal chuki” (film Dulari-1949) is unforgettable.

Pt.Ramprasad will be remembered by many composers as their teacher. His music was melodious, his Luck was not too kind on him, though.

His two sons Pyarelal and Ganesh became famous composers.

Pt.Ramprasad died on 22-8-1995 at Mumbai.

Today’s song is a very melodious one – as such, I like Durrani as a singer. He has sung one of the best songs of Hindi films, in my opinion (Neend hamari, khwaab tumhare-Nai kahani-1943). Pt. Ramprasad’s tune and music is just superb. To give such a music in 1950 was in itself an achievement. When I hear today’s song, I feel a similarity to Talat’s song ‘ Meri yaad mein na aansoo bahana” from film Madhosh-51. I may be wrong also. Alas, Film industry does not go by quality, it goes by measurable success in terms of popularity of songs. Whom to blame, music lovers or the industry ?
Enjoy the song.


Song- Meri zindgi bhi koi zindagi hai (Dolti Naiyya)(1950) Singer- G M Durrani, Lyricist- Zafar Malihabadi, MD- Pt. Ram Prasad

Lyrics

meri zindagi bhi koi zindagi hai
na dil mein umangen na lab par hansi hai
meri zindagi bhi

kiya hai muqaddar ne barbaad aisa
kiya hai muqaddar ne barbaad aisa
jidhar dekhta hoon nahin koi apna
jidhar dekhta hoon nahin koi apna
nahin koi apna
nazar ik zamaane se badle huye hain
meri zindagi bhi

mere dil ko hardam dukhaati hai duniya
mere dil ko hardam dukhaati hai duniya
tadapta hoon main muskuraati hai duniya
tadapta hoon mai muskuraati hai duniya
muskurati hai duniya
mujhe kis khata par saza mil rahi hai
meri zindagi bhi

sunaata raha laakh ghamon ka fasaana
sunaata raha laakh ghamon ka fasaana
kisi ne magar dard dil ka na jaana
kisi ne magar dard dil ka na jaana
dil ka na jaana
zamaane ne kab bekason ki suni hai
meri zindagi bhi koi zindagi hai
na dil mein umangen na lab par hansi hai
meri zindagi bhi


This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusaist of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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Today’s song is from film Bharat Milap-1942. It is sung by G M Durani and the music is by Shankar Rao Vyas, for lyrics written by Pt.Indra.

Few years back, I remember, Dr. Surjit Singh ji had published a list of 7000 names of actors, who had acted in films from the beginning till up to the year 2000. He had found this list on a site which was no more existing. I had meticulously copied that list on my Laptop, in the year 2010. Since then, I have changed my Laptop 3 times and now I do not find this list with me anymore. God knows when it got deleted or was left out uncopied, sometime.

Of course, that is not the point at all. I wonder how so many people joined an industry which did not provide any security, nor did it assure continuous earnings. Leave aside the stigma of working in” films” in olden times, but this industry neither had permanent jobs nor a fixed income. Take a look at any film-Silent or Talkie-only a handful people were credited. Later in the Talkie films, this list became larger. One can see this in any volume of HFGK of 30s or 40s. But then, if you exclude the names which got repeated in films, the total list of actors may not cross 2-3 thousand,perhaps.

Barring the main and known actors, most other actors are not even identifiable for the general public. Names without faces! Such actors constitute the bulk of numbers in the industry. If you take a look at the cast of a film, more than half of names are unknown or known by only repeat value in many films. These names have no faces. Information about them is not available in any books. They remain only names, replaced by other names after few years. The extras or junior artistes who are seen on screens in many scenes, throughout the film are also members of the industry.

There are some groups on Fb, who have experts among them. These people keep on identifying obscure faces on screen scenes and name them. One glaring crusader in these specialists is M N SARDANA ji, who writes short notes about almost unknown actors seen on the screen as judges,lawyers, police inspectors, beggars, villain cronies and people in such insignificant roles. Hats off to him and people like SANDEEP PAHAWA ji, whose comments are lapped up by readers. I may be one of the dedicated readers of their notes and comments on Fb.

Like any other language, there are writers and authors in Marathi too, who write on old films and old actors etc from the vintage Hindi films. One such author calls himself ” Babu Moshoi “. His articles are published regularly in newspapers, magazines etc. He has written several books. His real name is Hemant Desai. Another such writer in Hindi and Gujarati is Vithal Pandya. I have many such books in my library. Through these books I get to know old actors and their information, sometimes. I get surprised at many names as I read about some names about whom I had never known. For example, do you know who did King Dashrath’s role in films Bharat Milap-42 and Ramrajya-43, or the role of Kanva Muni in film Shakuntala-43 ? Who was the actress in Kaushalya’s role in Ramrajya-43 or Ram Vivah-49 ?

This actor was I.T.Nimbalkar and this actress was Shanta Kothari (nee Shanta Kumari). These were artistes from Silent film era, spilled over the Talkie films. They started as Hero and Heroine, but shifted to character roles, as the time went by. In our film industry, such cases are not new. In fact such type of actors who remained practically unknown to later generations of audiences, were highly respected by film people during shootings. Their seniority and work was respected.

This is a very good practice in the industry, by directors and other actors to give respect to old timers. Raj Kapoor used to send his car to fetch Bhudo Advani for shootings of film Boot Polish scenes. Hrishikesh Mukherjee kept special chair for Master Shiraz, during the shooting of film Guddi. He also ensured to feature Shiraz in the film credits. These are only samples to stress what I have said. Not every such matter is published but it is a special feature of the industry.

I try to gather information on such unknown and forgotten artistes and write on them. Not everytime I am successful, but I have written about many such actors, directors, MDs etc. Some of them are Omkar Devaskar, Zunzar rao pawar, Ganapat rao Bakare, Shankar rao Vazare, Naseem Junior, Shamim Jr, Altaf, Urmila, Ranjana, kusum Deshpande, Vasant rao Thengadi, Jamshed ji etc etc. Today, we will know more about one such old time actor who was prolific and worked in films of Bombay and Calcutta.

I.T.Nimbalkar aka Indurao T. Nimbalkar ( he was always credited as only ‘ Nimbalkar ‘ in all films) was born on 6-12-1893, in Kolhapur state. This was the time Kolhapur was slowly developing as Kalapur (hub of arts) and the seeds of film making were being planted there. Baburao Painter, one of the original film makers had started his ” Maharashtra Film Company” on 1-12 1917.

Baburao, Damle, Fattelal etc were taught painting By Anandrao painter, who was an extraordinary painter of those times. All these people, along with V Shantaram, Keshavrao Dhaiber and few more also joined Baburao painter’s Maharashtra Film company. True that, film making had started even earlier in Maharashtra, but Baburao painter is credited with making films a form of art and spreading it on a larger canvas of India.

Indurao Nimbalkar grew up in this atmosphere in Kolhapur. He passed his Matriculation exam and also did a diploma in Printing. Nimbalkar was six feet tall and had a good physique. He was expert in riding, swimming and wrestling. He did 1000 sit-ups every day. Shahu maharaj, the king of Kolhapur encouraged all arts as well as development of lower castes. Arya Samaj had a ‘ Gurukul’ in Kolhapur. Impressed with Nimbalkar’s education and body, Shahu ji appointed him as Editor of the weekly ‘ Arya’ and secretary of Gurukul.

One day Baburao Painter, along with assistant V Shantaram visited his press and offered Nimbalkar a role in his proposed film Sairandhri. Shahu maharaj also permitted and encouraged him ,so Nimbalkar joined the film line. He was already famous due to his fiery editorials and now people came to see his shootings too. However, due to money shortage, the film did not complete. ( It was later made in 1919, but with different cast. V Shantaram made coloured Sairandhri in 1933 with Nimbalkar again).

Nimbalkar acted in many silent films like Baji Deshpande, Khazanchi (directed by Moti gidwani- England returned), Lanka, Kismet (directed by Baburao Patel) etc etc. After the closure of Maharashtra F. Co., Nimbalkar was invited by V Shantaram to do Vishvamitra’s role in its first Talkie film ” Ayodhya ka Raja” -1932, in Hindi and Marathi. After this, he did Jalti Nishani-32, Sairandhri-33, Maya Machhindra, Sinhagadh etc.

After this, Nimbalkar went to Calcutta on invitation and worked in films made by Radha Films, Laxmi Studios, Devdatta films and New Theatres. From 1934 to 1938, he acted in 12 Hindi films. He was provided a Bungalow, car with driver, servants etc. His son studied in local school there. Returning to Bombay he worked as an assistant director to Keshavrao Dhaiber for film ‘Nandkumar’, made by his Jayashree Films. Next 2 years he shuttled between Calcutta and Bombay. He did King Dashrath’s role in Prakash films’ Bharat Milap-42 and Ramrajya-43 in this period.

He was invited by V Shantaram for acting in his first film under banner of Rajkamal- Shakuntala-43. Nimbalkar did the role of Kanva Muni in it. He later also acted in Jeevan yatra, Subah ka tara, Parchhain, Teen batti char rasta, Toofan aur Diya, Z Z Payal baje. Earlier he did Aapki sewa mein, prarthana,Nal Damayanti, Seedha Rasta, Gokul, Apna Ghar, Maharathi karna, Seeta Swayamvar. He worked in pyasa, Mera Naam Joker, Amar prem etc etc. From 1928 to 1970 he acted in over 250 films.

His wife Sushila was also educated and looked after his home and children. She never visited any sets in her life time. Nimbalkar died on 17-1-1973 at Kolhapur. (Thanks to an article in book Chandraat-चांदरात by Babu moshoi)

Film Bharat Milap-42 was directed by Vijay Bhatt (12-5-1907 to 17-10-1993). The film was made under their own banner Prakash Films. Prakash Studios was built in 1934 at Andheri. The first film to be made there was ‘Actress’ (Bambai ki Mohini), written and produced by Vijay Bhatt. The famed torch of Prakash Pictures continued to shine over decades and in all, 64 films were produced in various genres, in black and white as well as colour.

Vijay Bhatt played an important role in the careers of some major stars. He was the person who gave Mehzabeen (Meena Kumari),the name Baby Meena.

He also gave her the first major heroine’s role in Baiju Bawra-52.Till then she did roles in B and C grade films. O K Dar Kashmiri was given the name ” JEEWAN “, when he did Narad’s role in Bharat Milap. Later he did Narad’s role in over 100 films. Suraiyya got her big singing role in Station Master-42. Manoj Kumar was made hero in Himalaya ki God mein-65.

Today’s song is from film Bharat Milap-42. This was a Bilingual film in Hindi and Marathi(as Bharat-Bhet). Main characters were Prem Adeeb as Ram, Shobhana Samarth as Seeta and Shahu Modak as Bharat. Durga khote was Kaikeyi, Vimla Vashishta was Manthara and Nimbalkar as King Dashrath.

The story of Bharat Milap is too well known and it is to the credit of Bhatt brothers that they kept the story line true to original,supported by several books and curators as well as scholars. This was the first major mythological film of Prakash and they did not spare efforts or money to raise spectacular sets, costumes and war scenes ( when Bharat is attacked by Nishad raja’s army).

It was a delight to see this film. There were no scenes of Miracles. I saw this film in its second run, sometime in the end of 40s, but the memories are still fresh. In fact this film became a benchmark for all subsequent mythological films, in my mind. Shahu Modak, who was Bharat in this film, was popular as Krishna in such films.

Editor’s note:-This song is the 200th song of Pt Indra chandra as a lyricist in the blog.


Song-Raam chale Raam chale ban chale Raam Raghuveer (Bharat Milaap)(1942) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-Shankar Rao Vyas

Lyrics

Ram Chale
Ram Chale ae ae ae ae ae
ban chale Ram Raghuveer
ban chale Ram Raghuveer
ban chale Ram Raghuveer
kahaan Janaki Janak dulaari
kahaan Janaki Janak dulaari
kahaan laadla Lakshman re
kahaan laadla Lakshman re
jhoole thhe jo phool hindole
jhoole thhe jo phool hindole
aaj chale kantak ban re
aaj chale kantak ban re

ho gayi sooni
aaj Ayodhya aa aa
soona Saryu teer
soona aa aa Saryu teer
ban chale Ram Raghuveer
ban chale Ram Raghuveer
ban chale Ram Raghuveer

roko o o
koi roko o
rathh roko hey purwaasi
jaate hai punya pravaasi
hote hain kyun banwaasi
hote hain kyun banwaasi

gayi khushi ee ee
aur rahi udaasi

Ram ka rathh kya chalta hai
sab ko ye chakr kuchalta hai
Shree Ram ka rathh kya chalta hai
sab ko ye chakr kuchalta hai
Raghukul ka bhaagya badalta hai
Raghukul ka bhaagya badalta hai
ugta sa suraj dhhalta hai
ugta sa suraj dhhalta hai ae ae
praan chale hain sang Raam ke ae
soona pada shareer
soona pada aa aa shareer

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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राम चले
राम चले ए ए ए ए
बन चले राम रघुवीर
बन चले राम रघुवीर
बन चले राम रघुवीर
कहाँ जानकी जनक दुलारी
कहाँ जानकी जनक दुलारी
कहाँ लाडला लक्ष्मण रे
कहाँ लाडला लक्ष्मण रे
झूले थे जो फूल हिंडोले
झूले थे जो फूल हिंडोले
आज चले कंटक बन रे
आज चले कंटक बन रे

हो गई सूनी
आज अयोध्या॰॰आ॰॰आ
सूना सरयू तीर
सूना॰॰आ॰॰आ सरयू तीर
बन चले राम रघुवीर
बन चले राम रघुवीर
बन चले राम रघुवीर

रोको ओ ओ
कोई रोको ओ
रथ रोको हे पुरवासी
जाते हैं पुण्य प्रवासी
होते हैं क्यों बनवासी’
होते हैं क्यों बनवासी’

गई खुशी॰॰ई॰॰ई
और रही उदासी

राम का रथ क्या चलता है
सबको ये चक्र कुचलता है
श्री राम का रथ क्या चलता है
सबको ये चक्र कुचलता है
रघुकुल का भाग्य बदलता है
रघुकुल का भाग्य बदलता है
उगता सा सूरज ढलता है
प्राण चले हैं संग राम के
सूना पड़ा शरीर
सूना पड़ा॰॰आ॰॰आ शरीर


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Blog Day :

4279 Post No. : 15518

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 17
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When I look back on this day (5 april) ten years ago, this output of this blog had begun to go up. Four songs were covered on 5 april 2010 which was a 100 % improvement on two songs a day that the blog had got reduced to.

Following three sons were covered on that day :

Song Movie title-Year Remarks
Palat meri jaan tere qurbaan Aan Milo Sajna-1970 All songs covered
Duniya hamaare pyaar ki yoon hi jawaan Lahore-1949 08 of 10 songs covered
Bhool na jaana aaj ki baatein Waapas-1943 All songs covered
Door desh ka rahnewaala aayaa Jawab-1942 All songs covered

We can see that three of the movies whose songs were covered have already been YIPPEED during the past ten years. That leaves us with just one movie which qualifies to be discussed under “Blog Ten Year Challenge”.

This movie is “Lahore”(1949). “Lahore” (1949) was based on the aftermath of India’s partition following independence. This movie produced by Jaimini Dewan and directed by M L Anand for was Jaimini Dewan production. The movie had Karan Dewan, Nargis, Kuldeep, Pratima Devi, Gulab, Om Prakash, Randhir, Balakram, Urvashi, Ram Avtaar etc in it.

The movie had ten songs in it. Eight of these songs have been covered in the blog:-

Song Posted On
Bahaarein phir bhi aayengin 20.04.2009
Duniya hamaare pyaar ki yoon hi jawaan 05.04.2010
Toote huye armaanon ki ik duniya basaaye 12.08.2010
Sun lo sajan meri baat 10.11.2011
Wohi rota hua ek dil 06.05.2013
Ik aas badhaaye jaati hai 16.07.2013
Us dil ki kismat kya kahiye 04.06.2014
Bhagwaan kahaan hai 03.10.2016

That leaves us two more songs from the movie. Here is the ninth song from the movie. This song is sung by G M Durrani. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Shyam Sundar.

Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.

Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.

Now just one song from “Lahore” (1949) is left to be covered. I have not been able to locate this song “Hum jahaan mein aaye hain aansoo bahaane ke liye” sung by Karan Dewanby > If our readers are able to locate this song then I request them to bring the song to our notice.

(audio)
Song-Hamne circus mein naukri kar li (Lahore)(1949) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Shyam Sundar

Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)

Hamne ae
hamne circus mein ae
naukri ee ee
kar li ee ee
ho o o o o
hamne circus mein
naukri ee ee
hamne circus mein
naukri kar li ee ee
he he he
o
naa miley rozgaar
ho o
naa miley
naa miley
naa miley rozgaar joote se
ae ae ae
naa miley rozgaar joote se

ishq ke marz ki
dawaa ye hai
haan aan aan aan aa
ishq ke marz ki
dawaa ye hai
ae ae ae ae
ho pal mein utrey bukhaar
ho o pal mein utrey bukhaar
joote se ae ae ae
pal mein utrey bukhaar
joote se

nayi tehzeeb tera kya kehnaa
haan aan aan aan aa
haan aan aan aan aa
nayi tehzeeb
dha dha dha sa ga
ga dha
ga dha
ga dha
ha

(sargam ….)

ha ha
nayi tehzeeb
nayi tehzeeb tera kya kehnaa aa
aa aa

o jaan se jyaada pyaar
ho o
jaan se
jaan se
jaan se jyaada pyaar joote se
ae ae ae
jaan se jyaada pyaar joote se

gair se lift
lift
maang lenge ham
maa aa aa aa ang
maa aa aa aa
aa aa aang
maa aa aa aa aang
maa aa aa aa aang
maa aa aa aa aang
gair se lift maang lenge ham
hm hm hm hm

o naa sahi teri car
ho o
naa sahi
naa sahi
naa sahi
teri car
joote se
naa sahi
teri car
joote se

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Devnagri Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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हमने ए
हमने सर्कस में ए
नौकरी ई ई
कर ली ई ई
हो ओ ओ ओ ओ
हमने सर्कस में
नौकरी ई ई
हमने सर्कस में
नौकरी कर ली ई ई
हे हे हे

ना मिले रोज़गार
हो
ना मिले
ना मिले
ना मिले रोज़गार जूते से
ए ए ए
ना मिले रोज़गार जूते से
इश्क के मर्ज़ कि
दवा ये है
हाँ आँ हाँ हाँ आ
इश्क के मर्ज़ कि
दवा ये है
ए ए ए ए
हो पल में उतरे बुखार
हो ओ पल में उतरे बुखार
जूते से ए ए ए
पल में उतरे बुखार
जूते से
नयी तहज़ीब तेरा क्या कहना
हाँ आँ आँ आँ आँ आ
हाँ आँ आँ आँ आँ आ
नयी तहज़ीब
ध ध ध सा
सा
ग सा ग सा
गधा आ
हे हे
(सरगम …)

नि नि सा
ग ग रे सा गा पा
गा अ…

नयी तहज़ीब
नयी तहज़ीब तेरा क्या कहना आ
आ आ
ओ जान से ज्यादा प्यार
हो ओ
जान से
जान से
जान से ज्यादा प्यार जूते से
ए ए ए
जान से
जान से ज्यादा प्यार जूते से
गैर से लिफ्ट
लिफ्ट
मांग लेंगे हम
माँ s s s s s s ग
माँ आ आ आ ग
माँ आ आ आ आ आ ग
माँ आ आ आ ग
माँ आ आ आ ग
माँ आ आ आ ग
गैर से लिफ्ट मांग लेंगे हम
ह्म ह्म ह्म ह्म
ओ ना सही तेरी कार
हो ओ
ना सही
ना सही
तेरी कार
जूते से
ना सही
तेरी कार
जूते से


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