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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast 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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#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# R.D. Burman – Music from ‘The 1970s’# (Darling Darling-1977)
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With this post we go back to the ‘decade of ‘seventies’. Of late very few songs from the ‘seventies’ have been posted on the blog. We are still a long way off from the estimated eight thousand songs that were created in this decade, so far, only 2834 songs from 1970s have been posted on the blog. On personal front,I also have many songs from this decade lined up to be present here. All these days I was listening to and enjoying songs on ‘radio’ every morning and evening while travelling to workplace and returning back to home.

Today’s song is from the movie ‘Darling Darling-1977’. I have presented a song from this movie in the past where I had mentioned that this movie had a few good songs that were played frequently on loud-speakers on those years.

Title song of this movie was heard more than other songs. I have mentioned that I did not like this ‘title song’ ‘hello darling bolo hello darling’ as I found it very irritating. As growing children the word ‘darling’ was taboo for us growing up in conservative surroundings. It was an ‘ultra-modern’ word for children like us who were studying in ‘small village school’:). This song is yet to appear on this blog and it will be coming here soon 🙂

Today another song from this movie is being presented with this post.

“Darling Darling-1977” was directed by Gogi Anand for ‘Fortune Films International, Bombay’. It was produced by Kishore Doshi. ‘Darling Darling-1977’ is mentioned as a movie from ‘genre’ of ‘social movies’ in HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980). It had Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman, Mahmood, Jeevan, Nadira, Dheeraj Kumar, Poonam, Sajjan, Durga Khote, Helen, Ranjan, Raj Verma, Shivraj, Shefali, V. Gopal, Hercules, Baby Goody, Baby Padmini, Janki Das, Zankhana, Pushpanjali, Birbal, Roopa, Dev Raj, Julian, Hira, Geeta Khanna, Monto, Pushpa Nepali, Bhushan Sawhny, Dhanna, Shahid Bijnori, Shaikh, and others.

Story and screenplay of this movie was written by Gulshan Nanda. Dialogues of this movie were written by Bhushan Banmali. Editing of this film was done by Ashok Ghai.

This movie has six songs that were written by Anand Bakshi and composed by R.D. Burman. Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle and R.D. Burman had given their voices to the songs in this movie.

Following is the brief about the story of this movie taken from filmiclub.com

‘Darling Darling’ is a 1977 Indian Bollywood social film released in 1977. The film is directed by Gogi Anand.
It is the story of a young man and woman brought together by circumstances. In a bid to solve their own individual problems, they strike a bargain with each other, pass through various vicissitudes and ultimately fall in love and are united. – “Darling Darling” is the story of two lovers who are caught in the cob-web of crime and conspiracy. The story takes unexpected turns almost in every reel and keeps the audience engrossed throughout the film. . Kumar (Dev Anand) is the grandson of a wealthy widow (Durga Khote). Having been jilted in love by Seema (Poonam), Kumar resolves never to marry. His grandmother wants a good wife in the house and threatens Kumar to disinherit him of the money if he did not marry soon. . On the other hand, there is Madhu (Zeenat Aman) who has been brought up by her step-mother (Nadira) and tortured by step-sister Seema. To inherit the entire property of Madhu, left to her by her father Rai Bahadur Dinanath (Sajjan) Jeevan, Nadira, Seema and Jeevan’s son, Dheeraj conspire to marry Madhu with Dheeraj and kill her after marriage. . Madhu is saved from the pursuing thugs of Mrs. Rai Bahadur by Kumar, who on the adivce of his friend Debu (Mahmood) brings her to his house with Debu posing as her father and makes her acceptable to his grandmother. Kumar thinks that he will get the entire property by having a “hired wife while the grandmother reveals to Madhu that they are actually very poor and the entire property has been mortgaged. . . The story takes a sudden twist when, in the absence of his grandmother, Kumar is unable to pay off the creditors. Madhu then offers to take him out of trouble if he became her “hired husband” and brought the conspirators to book. Where this all leads to is to be watched in the movie. 🙂

This movie ‘Darling Darling-1977’ which has good music by Pancham featured in the top twenty ‘Bollywood movies’ of ‘1977’ (as per IMDB). None of the songs from this movie appeared in the annual list of ‘Binaca Geetmala’ of ‘1977’. Though this annual Binaca Geetmala list of 1977 had as many as eleven other songs composed by Pancham there.

‘Radio listeners’ know that the song ‘aise naa mujhe tum dekho’ is the top favorite of almost all FM channels on radio nowadays and it gets frequently played on radio in between. Four songs out of the six songs from this movie have already been posted on the blog.

Today I am presenting the fifth song from this movie which is a nice entertaining hummable song with the special ‘Pancham’ beats. There is an interesting story behind the ‘fast paced’ clap-sound in this song which are part of the interlude of this song. It is mentioned in the biography of Pancham – ‘R.D. Burman – The Man, The Music’ – by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal that Pancham asked his musician Amrutrao Katkar to take off his shirt and sit in the recording room where Pancham played these ‘series of beats’ by his hands like a ‘tabla’ on the shirtless back of Amrutrao (listen in video of this song from 05:27 to 05:40 & 03:00 to 03:15 in the audio of this song). Now we all know that there are many such stories when Pancham created music by using unconventional ways and achieve new heights in his musical journey making him a ‘genius’ and ‘unique’ the history of music of Hindi Cinema. The story of Pancham songs will keep continuing further.

Today’s song happens when Kumar (Dev Anand) takes Madhu (Zeenat Aman) to a club party where the club dancer (Helen) teases Kumar after Kumar tells her that he has been engaged to Madhu and is going to marry her. While the club dancer sings the song to Kumar, Madhu being a simple girl watches her but provoked by the club dancer’s singing and dancing she joins the performance with her ultra-modern get-up.

We have Dev Anand lip-syncing for Kishore Kumar and Helen and Zeenat Aman lip-syncing for Asha Bhonsle in this foot tapping song. There are many other artists present in the picturization of this song. Lyrics for the song are by Anand Bakshi and music is composed by R.D. Burman.

Enjoy the song!!!
Audio

Video (video, with dialogues)

Song-Bhool gaye tum ham ko(Darling Darling)(1977) Singers – Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar,LYRICS – Anand Bakshi, MUSIC – R.D. Burman
chorus

Lyrics

Ha ha ha ha aa ha
hey ae
bhool gaye tum ham ko
yaad nahin kya tum ko
arey re re re re re
kal miley thhe
ham tum

aaj phir milnaa thhaa aa
arey ek mulaaqaat
ek raat ki baat
raat gayee
baat gayee

haa haa
ha haa haa
ha haa haa
bhool gaye tum ham ko
yaad nahin kya tum ko
kal miley thhe ham tum
aaj phir milnaa thhaa aa aa
hey ae ek mulaaqaat
ek raat ki baat
raat gayee
baat gayee

ho ho
o ho ho
o ho ho
bhool gaye tum ham ko
yaad nahin kya tum ko
ho o kal miley thhe
ham tum
aaj phir milnaa thhaa aa aa
haan haan ek mulaaqaat
ek raat ki baat
raat gayee
baat gayee samjhe

aa ssssssssss
samjhe ae
aa aa aa

wow wow
wow wow
wow wow

roz shuroo karte hain
ham ek kahaani nayee ee

paa paa paa paa
maaf karnaa aa
maaf karnaa aa
dost naye pyaar nayaa
aur zindagaani nayee ee

paa paa paa paa
maaf karnaa aa aa
beqadar tum nikley
bewafaa harjaayee ee
kal miley thhe
ham tum
aaj phir milnaa thhaa aa aa
arey sab jazbaat
ek raat ki baat
raat gayee
baat gayee
samjhe

aa aa aa

paa paa pa ra paa
paa pa ra paa
paa paa paa
paa paa paa

paa paa paa
paa paa paa
paa aa
paa paa paa
paa aa
paa paa paa

aap ka hamaaraa bhi
pyaar puraanaa huaa
ru ru ru ru oo
maaf karnaa aa
maaf karnaa aa
ek hi soorat dekhte
zamaanaa huaa
ru ru ru ru oo
maaf karnaa aa
bewafaai tum se hi
seekh li
kal miley thhe
ham tum
aaj phir milnaa thhaa aa aa
pyaar ki baaraat
ik raat ki baat
raat gayee
baat gayee
haa haa
ha haa haa
ha haa haa
bhool gaye tum ham ko
yaad nahin kya tum ko
ho o kal miley thhe ham tum
aaj phir milnaa thhaa aa aa aa ssssssssss


This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast 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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‘Gulmohar’ (2023) was produced under the banner of 3 film production companies – Star Studios, Chalkboard Entertainment and Autonomous Works and was directed by debutant Rahul Chittella. The cast included Sharmila Tagore, Manoj Bajpayee, Simran, Suraj Sharma, Kaveri Seth, Utsavi Jha, Santhy, Jatin Goswami, Gandharv Dewan, Chandan Roy, Anurag Arora, Devika Shahani, Shriharsh Sharma, Talat Aziz, Vinod Nagpal, Danish Sood, Tanvi Rao, Abhinav Bhattacharjee, Tripti Sahu, Nargis Nandal, Varun Narayan, Kanishk Seth, Puja Sarup, Deepak Bagga, Kavita Seth, Angad Sharma etc. Amol Palekar made a guest appearance in the film. The film was released on OTT platforms on March 23, 2023.

The story of the film is about Batra joint family staying in their family bungalow ‘Gulmohar’ in Delhi for decades. The family is required to vacate the bungalow after sale for its redevelopment and are in the process of shifting to apartments. At this point of time, each family wants to be independent leading to the potential break-up of the joint family. The matriarch of the family is shifting to Puducherry for her own reason. The family has only 4 days to stay together in Gulmohar until the Holi festival. During a get together party, many secrets of the family come out creating some discord among the family members. It is now a testing time for the family on the secrets of their past, creating the tensions for the present and the future uncertainties for the family as a single unit.

The film is available for viewing only on one of the OTT platforms. The story of the film is as under:

Batra family consists of Kusum Batra (Sharmila Tagore), the matriarch of the family, her son Arun Batra (Manoj Bajpayee), his wife, Indu (Simran) and their son, Aaditya Batra (Suraj Sharma), his wife, Divya (Kaveri Seth) and their daughter, Amrita (Utsavi Jha). Arun Batra runs a family business started by his father which is doing very well. They all stay together in their Gulmohar Bungalow in Delhi which Arun’s father had bought 30 years back so that all the family members stay together. Arun’s wife, Indu is a perfect housewife who takes care of the family without any hiccups.

Under pressure from a builder, their bungalow has been sold for redevelopment and the family is in the process of shifting to a hotel as a stop-gap arrangement before they think of shifting to an apartment. It appears that it was at the instance of Sudhakar Batra (Amol Palekar), the uncle of Arun that builder has pressurised Kusum to sell their Gulmohar Bungalow as he is bitter about Kusum who persuaded his brother (and her husband) to move to Delhi. The bitterness between Kusum Batra’s family and Sudhakar Batra has been continued for a long time. Nonetheless, Arun has financially helped his uncle, Sudhakar for the higher education of his grandson.

The film actually starts with Kusum Batra, the matriarch of the family hosting a get-together, being the last one in Gulmohar, for the family members and her close friends during which she reveals two things. First, the family would shift from Gulmohar after 4 days, that is, after Holi celebrations so that the entire family leaves Gulmohar with good memories. Secondly, she would be shifting to Puducherry where she has already bought a house. With Arun’s son, Aaditya having already decided that he and his family would live independently, with his mother’s revelation, Arun is tremendously disturbed but refrains from reacting to his mother’s decision.

Arun’s son, Aaditya wants to become an entrepreneur on his own strength without the help of his father. However, he is not able to get the investors. He is looking for a separate house on rental, but he is not able to afford a high rental. His wife, Divya suggests him not to give up on his dream of becoming an entrepreneur and suggests him to take the financial help from his father who is willing to support him.

During the packing of the moveable items from the bungalow, Indu finds a file containing a will written by Arun’s late father. She hands it over to her husband, Arun. After reading the will on which he finds his mother’s signature also, he calls a meeting in Gulmohar in which he invites his uncle, Sudhakar Batra (Amol Palekar) and his son. He reads out the contents of the will which states that after his death, his brother, Sudhakar Batra and his son would be the owners of the bungalow. Kusum can stay in one part of the bungalow till her last after which that portion of the bungalow will also devolve on Sudhakar and his son.

Arun feels very bad about the will, not because he was not one of the beneficiaries of the will but because his late father has regarded him as his adopted son. He has always regarded his mother and father as real parents even after he came to know about his adoption. Kusum invites Sudhakar and hands over the property papers to him. While drinking water from a glass, Sudhakar accidentally spills the water on the property papers obliterating the signatures etc. Watching the spilling of water on the will, Kusum says to him that whatever has happened is good for the family.

There is another secret getting out in the open. Aaditya’s daughter, Amrita who is a budding singer, returns home from the song rehearsal after getting upset with her boyfriend. After some time, Deepika from her singing band visits her. The fact is that both Amrita and Deepika are in love with each other, and their closeness is witnessed by Kusum who, instead of reprimanding them, starts telling her own story of her college days when she was in love with Supriya who later become a popular singer.

Devasted by his father’s will, Arun leaves Gulmohar and checks into a hotel. Indu comes to the hotel to meet him. During the conversation, Arun tells her that he has located his real father and has visited the area a number of times but did not meet him. He runs a tea shop. On the insistence of Indu, Arun meets his father for the first time without revealing his identity. He tells him that like any father, he also wished to provide the best for his son but felt incapable of providing what his newborn son deserved to get during his life span. At this juncture, Arun realises as to how lucky he was to be adopted by Kusum and her husband.

On the last day before the final shifting, Batra family meets for the last time in Gulmohar on the day of Holi celebrations. Indu convinces Arun to return home for Holi celebrations. The Batra family celebrates their last Holi in the Gulmohar with every member of the family enjoying the Holi celebrations leaving their worries behind. The film ends with Avinash (Talat Aziz) telling Kusum who is getting ready to leave Gulmohar for Puducherry that Supriya the popular singer is also staying in Puducherry after her retirement. Amrita who is listening to the conversations, looks at her great grandmother, Kusum who winks at her. Now, it dawns on Amrita as to why Kusum has chosen Puducherry to stay independently.

The film is an emotional family drama in which inter-personal relationship forms a core issue. The changes in cultural ethos of the three generations of the family add to the complexity in a joint family system. Despite the crumbling of joint family system, the film stresses the importance of family bonding even during the inter-personal stresses. There are sub-plots in the story like lesbian relationship and romance of two house-keeping staff more as a by-product of the changing scenarios in the high society.

All the main actors have given their best performances. However, it is Manoj Bajpayee who stands tall with his stellar performance in the film. Kudos to debutant director, Rahul Chittella who is also the screenplay and dialogue writer, for making the film engrossing to watch. I also liked the tagline at the end of the film which says:

घरोंदे जो हम बनाते हैं
रिश्ते जो इनमें बसते हैं

The film had 7 songs of which names of the lyricist are available for 5 songs – Shellee (4) and Hasan Kazmi (1). There were 5 music directors – Sidharth Khosla (1), Sidharth Khosla-Alan Demoss (3), Talat Aziz (1), Maadhavan Bhattacharjee (1) and Mukhtiyar Ali (1). I am presenting the first song from the film, ‘dilkash sazaa ye deeje’ to appear on the Blog. The song is written by Shellee (real name: Shailender Singh Sodhi) which is set to music by Sidharth Khosla. Talat Aziz sings for himself. The orchestration of the song is soothing.

This is the opening scene of the film depicting a get together of the family members and a few close friends of Kusum (Sharmila Tagore) in their bungalow, Gulmohar. Avinash (Talat Aziz) is a family friend who renders a ghazal in the get together. It is interesting to note that while Avinash is singing and family members seem to enjoy the party, the undercurrent is a bit tense within the family members. Kusum is worried as to how to break the news that she is going to shift to Puducherry. Arun (Manoj Bajpayee) is disturbed by the decision of his son, Aditya (Suraj Sharma) and his wife, Divya (Kaveri Seth) with their daughter, Amrita (Utsavi Jha) to live separately. Aditya also has a worried look after watching the message on his mobile because for his start-up business, he is not getting investors. Even maid servant and her fiance, a security staff of Gulmohar shows worried look. Everyone is afraid of their secrets which eventually comes out as the film’s story progresses.

Video Clip:

Audio Clip:

Song-Dilkash sazaa ye deeje (Gulmohar)(2023) Singer-Talat Aziz, Lyrics-Shellee, MD-Sidharth Khosla

Lyrics:

dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
hai kabse mureed tumhaare
nazaakat ye uspe ishaare
younhin naaz uthaayen
qurbaan huye jaayen
inaayat yahee bas keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje

dhai aakhar preet kaa hai jo
atar mein liptaa mehkaa mehkaa
tumsaa ho koi yaa mujhsaa deeewaana
har ek gharonde mein jaadoo saa chehkaa
younhi muskuraayen
har pal jiye jaayen
ye sohni si zehmat to keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje

pyaar wo kissa aisi kahaanee
rukti na jiski sadiyon rawaanee
dar ho ghar ho
jeewan safar ho
har shay mein milti jiski nishaanee
ye lamhe haay yaadon ke saaye
tohfe mohabbat ke leeje ae
dilkash sazaa ye deeje ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje
hai kabse mureed tumhaare ae
nazaakat ye uspe ishaare
younhi naaz uthhaayen
qurbaan huye jaayen
inaayat yahee bas keeje
dilkash sazaa ye deeje..ae
jurm e haseen haay keeje


This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast 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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‘Naukri’ (1978) was produced under the banner of R S J Productions and was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The cast included Rajesh Khanna, Zaheera and Raj Kapoor in main roles supported by Om Shivpuri, Pratima Devi, Tom Alter, V Gopal, Meena Roy, Vijay Sharma, Aarti, Lalita Kumari, Master Akbar etc. Nadira, A K Hangal, Jayshree T and Younus Parvez made the friendly appearances and Keshto Mukherjee, Padma Khanna and Deven Varma made guest appearances in the film. The film was released in the theatres on June 09, 1978. The film’s story was written by Salil Chowdhury who also provided the background music.

After the box office success of Hrishikesh Mukherjee-Rajesh Khanna combination in ‘Anand’ (1970), ‘Baawarchi’ (1972) and Namak Haraam’ (1973), Hrishikesh Mukherjee commenced shooting of ‘Naukri’ (1978) sometime in 1974 in which he also took his close friend, Raj Kapoor. However, the film took relatively longer time to complete in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s standard. While I could not get authentic information as to why the film got delayed, it appears that there was some disagreement between Rajesh Khanna and the film’s producers which made the shooting schedules going awry. My guess is that when two super stars are working in the film, getting the fresh common dates from them becomes difficult. I also came to know from Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s biography that he lost interest in the film due to delay as well as the prevailing political situation in the country (Emergency during 1975-77).

The film had an unusual story of a World War-II soldier who has become physically challenged after the war. After the end of the war and till few days before India’s independence in 1947, he has remained unemployed. Hence, he cannot take care of his mother, sister and a brother. In desperation, he commits suicide. The interesting part of the story of the film begins at this point when he meets a Captain who reveals that both of them belong to a different world (ghosts’ world) now. The rest of the film is about sharing their past lives and mingling with other ghosts who in turns also share their past lives. The detailed story of the film is as under:

Physically challenged Ranjit (Rajesh Khanna) stays with his widowed mother (Pratima Devi), a teenage sister, Rekha (Aarti) and an adopted younger brother in a small house. Due to his physical condition, Ranjit is not able to get employment and to take care of his family. His landlord has asked him to vacate the house within 24 hours because he has not paid the rent for months. Depressed with the family’s condition, Ranjit commit suicide by jumping from the bridge over a passing train. He is dead.

A crowd gather watching the dead body of Ranjit. Suddenly, a bewildered Ranjit finds himself with the crowd. At that moment, Swaraj Singh (Raj Kapoor) appears and introduces himself as Captain to Ranjit. He points out that both of them now belong to the community of ghosts and people around them would not feel their presence nor would they hear their voices. First, Ranjit refuses to believe what Captain says. But when he realises that both his legs have become normal and his dead body still lies on the railway track, he tends to believe what Captain has told him.

Captain introduces other ghosts, one of them being a couple (Deven Varma and Jayshri T) who had committed suicide when their parents opposed their marriage. They get united in the ghost community. However, as they are ghosts, they cannot be physically close. Then, there is Rasiklal (Yunus Parvez) who is after Deven Varma for running away with his wife of previous birth (Jayshri T) but cannot catch them physically. Ranjit also meets a former British police officer, Anderson (Tom Alter) who was killed by two revolutionaries. Ranjit is surprised because being a British national, he should have been in their community of ghosts. Captain explains that he is here because apart from his bonhomie with two revolutionaries who are also here after they were hanged till death, his lover, Ferozabai (Padma Khanna) is also here.

Captain tells Ranjit that, now it is the time for him to tell as to why he has committed suicide. Ranjit starts his story from the college days when he spent good days with his family. He was a mixed doubles champion in Badminton in the college with his partner, Ramola (Zaheera) who was in love with Ranjit. However, Ranjit was not sure that their love for each other would convert into a marriage as Ramola was from a wealthy family and her father (Om Shivpuri) would not agree for the marriage. Ranjit’s father who was not keeping good health had to mortgage his house to run the family. After his death, he sold the house and shifted to a small house with his family.

Ramola continued her relationship with Ranjit. Even Ramola’s father was agreeable for the marriage provided he joined his company and proved his worthy of being his son-in-law. Ranjit was not agreeable, and the marriage proposal was terminated. At this stage, Captain interrupts Ranjit and tells him that his life story sounds like a Hindi film story – like Devdas, and he knows as to what next stage of his story would be. He presumes that after separation from Ramola, either Ranjit would get soaked in alcohol or he would start singing ghazals of separation. Ranjit tells Captain that he has not done anything of those sorts. Instead, he joined the army and in a war front, he got badly injured on both the legs. He was hospitalised and after recovery, he was on the crutches making his life miserable and for the same reason, he was unemployed. He could not get compensation from the army despite persuing for months because he could not prove that he lost his legs in the army operations. So, he committed suicide.

Curiosity makes Ranjit to ask Captain as to how he has landed in the community of ghosts. Captains says that his story is simple. As his name. Swaraj Singh suggests, he was from a freedom fighter’s family. However, he lost his father in the freedom struggle, and he had to look for some job to earn money for the family. So, he came to Mumbai and joined the film industry as a body double. During a scene picturisation when he was sitting astride on the horse as a body double for the hero, the horse suddenly slipped and fell in the deep valley killing him.

Ranjit is worried as to how his mother, sister and brother are managing to sustain. Captain points out that now it is none of his business to worry about them. If he was really concerned about them, he would not have committed suicide. Nonetheless, Captain takes him to show that his mother has become a beggar. His sister has become a prostitute, and his younger brother is selling candy in the train. Ranjit is devasted seeing his family’s flights. But he cannot help them as he is a ghost. Captain reminds him that he should have thought of this before committing suicide which is akin to running away from one’s responsibilities.

A gloomy Ranjit suddenly sees Ramola and a smile comes to his face. Ramola is also happy to see Ranjit and tells him that she committed suicide when she came to know that he had committed suicide. With this happy coincidence, Captain arranges a party for community of ghosts to cheer up Ranjit who has now got the company of Ramola. In the party, Captain is surprised to find his acquittance, Lily (Nadira), a call girl who had met Ranjit when he was alive and was in depressed mood. She gives a good and bad news to Captain. The good news is that India has got independence, and the bad news is that India is partitioned on the basis of Hindi and Muslim. Captain is devasted by the second news who was a firm believer of an united India. Captain vanishes into thin air.

Ranjit and Ramola exchange the events which led to their respective suicides. She laments that if he had apprised her of his problems, she would have managed to get him some work and in that case lives of both of them would have been saved. Now since both of them are ghosts, she wants to hear from him that he still loves her. When Ranjit tells her the same, she says she has remained ghost to hear these words. Having heard so, she is now free to renounce her present form. After this, Ramola also vanishes into thin air as if she has got salvation after Ranjit’s affirmation that he still loves her. Having left alone, Ranjit sees a procession in which his mother, sister and brother are participants. A police van comes and a police officer fires on the procession in which most of the persons are killed including Ranjit’s family. The film has a very unusual, surprising end.

The film is stated to be loosely inspired from Hollywood film, ‘It is a Wonderful Life’ (1946) by Frank Capra. While the basic idea may have been derived from this film, ‘Naukri’ (1978) is different in terms of story background and supernatural events peculiar to India. The first half of the film has been beautifully crafted which has Hrishikesh Mukherjee touch. However, in the second half of the film, Hrishikesh Mukherjee touch is majorly missing. Towards the end of the film, there are some preachings on the lines of what IPTA members would usually raise in their films. As mentioned earlier, it was said that Hrishikesh Mukherjee had lost interest in this film due to delay in completing the film.

Nonetheless, I found the film to be interesting one to watch. More than two-thirds of the film have Raj Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna in the frames. I always liked Rajesh Khanna in unconventional roles and this film was no exception. The role of Raj Kapoor in this film was dominant one whereas Rajesh Khanna was in a subdued role. The super stars in their contrasting roles gave their excellent performances worthy of watching them together for the first time in this film. Despite the presence of two super stars, the film failed at the box office. I feel that the film was not well publicised as I do not even recall this film. R D Burman’s average compositions failed to make the songs popular. As often happens, most of the delayed films do not perform well on the box office. By the way, it was the last film, both for Raj Kapoor and Rajesh Khanna with Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

The film had 4 songs written by Anand Bakshi and set to music by R D Burman. I am presenting the first song from the film, ‘upar jaake yaad aayi neeche ki baaten’ to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Mukesh for Raj Kapoor. Rajesh Khanna and Zaheera are also present in the audience.

The background to the song is that on the eve of India’s independence and also for the first time, Captain (Raj Kapoor) has seen Ranjit (Rajesh Khanna) in a happy face, (Raj Kapoor ) arranges a party for the ghost community. Ranjit is happy that his beloved Ramola (Zaheera) has also joined the ghost community after her suicide. Incidentally, much before this song sequence, Captain (Raj Kapoor) has actually delivered the dialogue which corresponds to the first two lines of the song when Ranjit starts worrying about the well beings of his mother, sister and brother.

Video Clip:

Audio Clip:

Song-Oopar jaa ke yaad aayin neeche ki baaten (Naukri)(1978) Singer-Mukesh, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman
Female voice

Lyrics:

ae……….hee…………ee aa haa
hee hee hee hee o o

oopar jaa ke yaad aayi neeche kee baaten
honthhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten
arre oopar jaa ke yaad aayi neeche kee baaten
honthhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten

ae haseenon…. aao
ae haseenon aao meraa dil behlaao
reshmi zulfon ke jaal bichhaao
zindagi se bhi lambi hai ye kaali raaten
honthhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten
arre oopar jaa ke yaad aayi neeche kee baaten
honthhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten

hee…………. hee hee hee
hee tu tu tu
yaa tu tu tu tu tu…
yaa tu tu tu tu tu…

doston…… dushmanon
doston dushmanon galey mil ke zaraa
chhed do koi kisse dil ke zaraa
kaun jaane kab hongi phir ye mulaaqaaten
honthhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten
arre oopar jaa ke yaad aayi neeche kee baaten
hothhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten

chaahe aahen bharo chaahe chhedo taraane
log mil baithne ke dhoondhen bahaane
chaahe aahen bharo chaahe chhedo taraane
arre log mil baithne ke dhoondhen bahaane
ek jaise lagte hain janaaze aur baaraaten
honthhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten
arre oopar jaa ke yaad aayi neeche kee baaten
honthhon pe aayi dil ke peechhe kee baaten


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast 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.

Blog Day :

5680 Post No. : 18194

Hullo Atuldom

Beginning this post with a few thoughts that have been running through my head. What is the time or age to define something as old?

I have been observing people around me, for the last few years of my better half’s tenure, at his last workplace. I am saying “last workplace” as he has decided to call it a day; inspite of loving what he has achieved over the last 45 years. People consider him young enough to open up about their joys & sorrows. His colleagues cannot believe or don’t want him to hang his boots yet. Of course, I am very proud of all that his co-workers (he doesn’t call them subordinates) have to say about him.

Then there are residents in this colony who may be about the same age as my spouse but look so old & my deduction for that is ‘maybe because the concerned individual is not physically occupied with things that interest them; or because they have retired from their jobs & not kept themselves occupied; or simply that the individual has let himself/ herself be labelled old’. But when when I look at my spouses’ brothers who are nearing 70, still look like in their 50s & are sure they can pull wool over people’s eyes about their age.

The above are the points that made me think “how old is old? when is a person or thing old?”

Similarly, movies of what period are categorised as old, older, still older & oldest. Plus, our blog has one nomenclature of it’s own- “new by the standards of this blog.” 🙂

The song in today’s post falls into the bracket of NEW i.e. “Newer than the standards of this blog”. But it was released in 2002; that means it is 22 years old. That means for a section of followers of the blog it will be part of their growing up years; some would have seen the film with their young children; & some would have never heard of the film.

The film that I am speaking of is the 2002 released Anupam Kher directorial debut “Om Jai Jagdish”. It had an all star cast which was lead by Waheeda Rehman. Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Fardeen Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Mahima Chaudhary, Tara Sharma, played Waheeda Rehman’s family. Parmeet Sethi, Achint Kaur, Lillette Dubey, Raju Kher, Annu Kapoor, Rakesh Bedi, Shirish Sharma, Anjan Shrivastav, etc were in the supporting cast. Anu Malik was the music director with Sameer writing the 7 songs. Kunal Ganjawala, Sonu Nigam, Abhijit, Alka Yagnik, Hariharan, Shaan, KK, Udit Narayan, Hema Sardesai, and Kavitha Krishnamurthy were the playback singers used.
The story of the film is thus:

“Saraswati Batra (Waheeda Rehman) is the widowed mother of Om (Anil Kapoor), Jai (Fardeen Khan) and Jagadish (Abhishek Bachchan). Om is responsible and provides the income for the whole family. He works in a music company owned by his friend, Shekhar Malhotra (Parmeet Sethi). Jai is very ambitious (he wants to construct the world’s fastest car) and is studying in the United States. His education is paid by Om for which he has taken loan from Shekhar Malhotra. Jagadish is a college student who is very good with computers.

They all want different things and soon Om & Jai marry. Om marries the bubbly Ayesha (Mahima Chaudhry), an MTV VJ and Jai marries Neetu (Urmila Matondkar), the daughter of a rich NRI. Jagadish is in love with Pooja (Tara Sharma) who is from Bangalore; they meet at a college festival. When Jai clashes with Om’s values, they drift apart.

Soon Jai receives a promotion back in the United States and leaves with Neetu. Jagadish is caught computer hacking after trying to help a friend get the answers to a test and Om throws him out of the house as a result. Om, Ayesha and his mother have to leave the house after Om failed to pay the loan covering it. The three brothers are separated. Eventually, they all come together at the house auction to buy it back. Om is at the auction to see the winner and is surprised when Jagadish shows up to bid. He reveals that he used his hacking skills to create a program to block hackers instead. Jai comes at the end of the auction and bids more, which he got by selling his engine for the fastest car and realizes that his future is in India not in the United States. He doesn’t have enough so the three brothers combine their money to win back the house, but it isn’t enough. Finally, it is revealed that the CEO of the company that Jagadish made the hacking program bid for the house and won. Jagadish made a deal that the price of the house is the price of the program. The three brothers reunite and move back into the house.”

The above goes to show that it was a family-drama like those that were popular in the 60s.

Today’s song has the Batra matriarch (Waheeda Rehman) out on a picnic with her family. Alka Yagnik, Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan & Sonu Nigam give their voices to the song. With this we wish Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Waheeda Rehman (3rd February) on her birthday. She turned 86. Also Urmila Matondkar turned 50 yesterday (4th February). 5th February happens to be Abhishek Bachchan’s birthday, he turns 48.
After seeing the song I would like to know about “who is old older & oldest” among the cast of this film. 🙂


Song-Pyaar ka matlab rab hota hai (Om Jai Jagdeesh)(2002) Singers-Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Lyrics-Sameer, MD-Anu Malik
Chorus

Lyrics

pyaar kisi se
kab hota hai
jab hona ho
tab hota hai

pyaar ka kya
matlab hota hai
pyaar ka kya
matlab hota hai
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kisi se
kab hota hai

jab hona ho
tab hota hai

pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai

tak dhin tak dhin
tak dhin tak dhin
tak dhin dhin
tak dhin dhin
tak dhin tak

koi mehsoos kar ke to dekhe ise
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
khoobsoorat se bhi khoobsoorat hai ye
aa aa aa
khushboo ban ke ye saanson mein ghul jaata hai
dil ki bechainiyon ki zaroorat hai ye
hmmm
koi mehsoos karke to dekhe ise
aa aa aa aa
khoobsoorat se bhi khoobsoorat hai ye
aa aa aa aa
khushbu ban ke ye saanso me ghul jaata hai
dil ki bechainiyon ki zaroorat hai ye
iski dhadkan anjaani si
iska dard ajab hota hai
pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai

aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
lalalal
lalalalal
aa aa aa aa

naa subah kaa pata
naa khabar shaam ki
iski chaahat mein hai bas nasha hi nasha

koi maane naa maane
magar sach hai ye

sabse hoti hai ik baar aisi khata
naa subah kaa pata
na khabar shaam ki

aa aa aa aa
iski chaahat mein hai bas nasha hi nasha
aa aa aa aa
koi maane naa maane magar sach hai ye
sabse hoti hai ik baar aisi khata
iski pyaas pata chalti hai
jab honthon pe lab hota hai
pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai

pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast 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.

Blog Day :

5528 Post No. : 17982

Hullo Atuldom

A very very Happy Birthday to the Eighth Avatar of Lord Vishnu – Shree Krishna. He also goes by the names- Kaanha, Nandlala, Gopala, Govinda, Kanhaiya, Guruvayurappa, Dwarikadheesh, Mohan, Giridhar, Jagannath, Chakradhar, Kannan, Srinathji, Vithoba, Parthasarthy, Radha Vallabh, Gopi Krishna etc. The names are all due to the various legends associated with the Lord during his stay on this earth as the Eighth Avatar. Some of the names of the Lord hold regional importance.

Shree Krishna is the God of protection, compassion, tenderness, love etc. and is one of the most popular divinities. I wouldn’t be wrong if I say that Shree Ganesha is the other popular divinity. Shree Krishna’s iconography reflects these legends, and shows him in different stages of his life, such as an infant eating butter (Maakhan Chor) , a young boy playing a flute (Murlidhar), a young boy with Radha (Radha Vallabh) or surrounded by female devotees (Gopi Krishna), or a friendly charioteer giving counsel to Arjuna (Parthasarthy).

Indian music – both classical & non classical – has numerous songs bhajans etc. that sing praises of the Lord, ask favors from the Lord etc. Some of them have found their way into dance ballets, theater etc. Then will the film industry remain devoid of songs praising the lord. Remember “Bada Natkhat Hai Re Krishna Kanhaiya“, “Govinda Aala Re Aala“, “He Re Kanhaiya Kisko Kahega Tu Maiyya“, “Mohe Panghat Pe Nandlal Chhed Gayo Re“and many more that have been present in films right from the start of Indian talkies.

Today’s song is from the 1970 release ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Kahaani’. It was directed by T Prakash Rao and produced by B Nagi Reddy & Chakrapani. It had songs written by Rajendra Krishan, Hasrat Jaipuri & Qamar Jalalabadi and composed by Kalyanji Anandji. Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Hemlata, and Mahendra Kapoor were the playback singers used. Balraj Sahni & Nirupa Roy played central characters as parents to Master Ripple, Baby Sonia & Master Mahesh. Gajanan Jagirdar, Sulochana Chatterjee, Maruti, Jagdeep, Shabnam, Praveen Paul, Jalal Agha etc. with Junior Mehmood formed the rest of the cast. Shashikala & Om Prakash were there in special appearances. Any Indian movie, whatever be the main plot, need a young romantic couple – Bharati & Rakesh Roshan were that couple.

The situation for today’s song is that the marriage of the young couple is being fixed. The bride-to-be is requested to sing some song and showcase her talent. Now she cannot sing the feelings of her heart directly to her lover in the presence of elders so she resorts to singing a song praising ‘Kaanha’. The song enters fantasy mode and we have Bharathi & Rakesh Roshan turning into Radha & Krishna.

We can also use this opportunity to wish Rakesh Roshan on his birthday today. He was born on 6th September 1949. He is the son of yesteryear music director Roshan, brother of present day music director Rajesh Roshan and father of Hrithik Roshan. He is an actor and filmmaker associated with many successful Hindi films most of which have titles starting with the letter ‘K’. ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Kahaani’ was his debut film, he looks very very young and vulnerable in this song. He must have been only 20 when he shot for this song.


Song-Aise na na dekho Kaanha (Ghar Ghar Ki Kahaani)(1970) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Kalyanji Anandji

Lyrics

aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aise na
na aa dekho Kaanha aa
aise na
na dekho Kaanha
aise na
na dekho Kaanha
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
aise na
na dekho Kaanha
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam

murli bajaaye
murli bajaaye
mori sudh bisraaye
taan suna ke mohe ratiya jagaaye
taan suna ke mohe ratiya jagaaye
aise peechhe
aise peechhe pade Ghanshyaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
aise na
na dekho Kaanha

chunri kheenchee
lat uljhaayee
hoy hoy lat uljhaayee
chunri kheenchee
lat uljhaayee
lat uljha kar phir suljhaayee
lat uljha kar phir suljhaayee
aur leenhi kalaiyyaa bhi thhaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
aise na
na dekho Kaanha

beech dagariya chhod na dena
beech dagariya chhod na dena
preet ka bandhan tod na dena
preet ka bandhan tod na dena
Raadhe jaayegi
Raadhe jaayegi
tumhre hi gaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
aise na
na dekho Kaanha
aise na
na dekho Kaanha
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
tori Raadha na hove badnaam
aise na
na dekho Kaanha

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

आ आ आ
आ आ आ
ऐसे ना
ना॰॰आ देखो कान्हा॰॰आ
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा॰॰आ
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा॰॰आ
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा॰॰आ
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम

मुरली बजाए
मुरली बजाए
मोरी सुध बिसराए
तान सुना के मोहे रतियाँ जगाये
तान सुना के मोहे रतियाँ जगाये
ऐसे पीछे पड़े घनश्याम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा॰॰आ

चुनरी खींचे
लट उलझाये
होय होय लट उलझाये
चुनरी खींचे
लट उलझाये
लट उलझा कर फिर सुलझाइए
लट उलझा कर फिर सुलझाइए
और लीन्ही कलइयाँ भी थाम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा॰॰आ

बीच डगरीया छोड़ ना देना
बीच डगरीया छोड़ ना देना
प्रीत का बंधन तोड़ ना देना
प्रीत का बंधन तोड़ ना देना
राधे जाएगी
राधे जाएगी
तुमरे ही गाँव
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
तोरी राधा ना होवे बदनाम
ऐसे ना
ना देखो कान्हा


This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast 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.

Blog Day :

5521 Post No. : 17969 Movie Count :

4807

‘Main Meri Patni Aur Woh’ (2005) was produced under the banner of UTV Motion Pictures and was directed by Chandan Arora. The main cast consisted of Rajpal Yadav and Rituparna Sengupta in the lead roles with the supporting cast of Kay Kay Menon, Vinod Nagpal, Veena Mehta, Varun Bandola, Abdul Basir, Anil Rastogi etc. Nasiruddin Shah was a voice-over actor giving narrations. The film can be categorised as family drama comedy. From the film’s title, ‘Main’ is Rajpal Yadav, ‘Meri Patni’ is Rituparna Sengupta and ‘Who’ does not represent the third person but multiple persons. The film has been majorly shot in Lucknow. The film is available for watching on one of the video sharing platforms.

In this film, Rajpal Yadav in the role of Mithilesh from a middle-class family has already crossed his prime age for marriage. He does not want to get married now. On the insistence from his uncle, he goes to see a prospective bride, Veena (Rituparna Sengupta) and is hooked to get married to her who is much taller and savvier than him. After marriage, he develops inferiority complex and becomes paranoid to believe that any man who come across his wife is infatuated by her beauty. But he does not let his wife know about his insecurities until the end. The film presents Rajpal Yadav’s serious obsession in a humourous way.

The gist of the story of the film is as under:

Mithilesh Shukla (Rajpal Yadav) belongs to a middle-class family based in Lucknow. He works as a Librarian in the university of Lucknow. His short height and not so attractive looks makes him uncomfortable. He is past 30 and had decided to remain unmarried. But his widowed mother is pressurising him to get married. His maternal uncle, Mama ji (Vinod Nagpal) has brought a proposal to see a prospective bride for which he has to travel to Bareilly. He reluctantly agrees to accompany his uncle thinking that the prospective bride would eventually reject him for his short height and the looks.

On reaching there, he is introduced to a beautiful Veena who is much taller than him. They both like each other as they have common interest in literature. Both decide to get married. After marriage, Veena comes to stay with Mithilesh. Whenever they are seen in the public, he finds people staring at Veena as she looks savvy with her good height. He feels that people are infatuated with his wife. He avoids having been seen with his wife in public. He even discontinues the milkman and vegetable vendors coming of home delivery. He suggests his best friend and a sport coach, Salim (Varun Bundela) who often comes to his house and chats with his wife, to become a Rakhi brother to his wife and to Veena to become Rakhi sister to Salim. They happily accept the suggestion as Veena and Salim do not have a brother and sister, respectively.

When Mithilesh has minimised his insecurity level and things are working fine with him, Aakash (Kay Kay Menon), Veena’s friend from her college days, arrives and stay in the opposite building to Mithilesh’s house. Veena and Aakash meets quite often and they are quite informal. Mithilesh is jealous of his tall stature, smart looks, and his multi-facet personality. Aakash has become the centre of attention wherever he goes. He starts suspecting his wife of having an affair with Aakash. He even fears that his wife would divorce him to marry Aakash. After much thought, Mithilesh concludes that Aakash is better suited to Veena than himself.

On the next day, Veena suggests Mithilesh to have a candlelight dinner in a hotel to give him good news. Mithilesh agrees for the dinner thinking that it is a good opportunity to break the news to her that he knows about her ‘affair’ with Aakash, and he has no objection if she marries him if she is happy with that. Veena gets shocked to hear what Mithilesh had said on the dinner table. She is upset that he has suspected her of affair with Aakash whereas she wanted to give him the good news about her pregnancy during the dinner. She walks out of the dinner in a huff and goes back to Bareilly. It is Mama ji who gives Mithilesh a nice dressing down, asking him to apologise and bring Veena back from Bareilly. She forgives him knowing very well as to how simple and devoted husband he is.

In the recent period, I have watched many ‘off-beat’ films. Most of these films have simple stories. But it the screenplay which makes watching the films interesting. This film is not an exception. The screenplay of the film has created the light humourous situations on a serious issue of inferiority complex and the suspicion on the wife. The protagonist does not want his wife to know about his inferiority complex. There is no rift between husband and wife.

The film does not have the typical Bollywood star cast. Of course, Rituparna Sengupta has been one of the star actresses of Bangla films. The director has been able to extract from the main actors a feel of the real characters to the audience as if things are happening in one’s own neighbourhood. Both Rajpal Yadav and Rituparna Sengupta have given the intense performances during the last 15 minutes of the film, mainly through their expressions. Hence what I have written above about the film’s ending part appears too simplistic. But the way Rajpal Yadav breaks down in front of Rituparna Sengupta would melt down anyone and she forgives him without any hesitation.

The film has six songs written by Rocky Khanna (4), Zaheer Anwar (1) and, Vivek Kumar ‘Vinay’ (1). The songs have been set to music by Mohit Chauhan (2), Rajendra Shiv (3), and Nayab Raja (1). Except one, all the songs are played in the background.

I am presenting the first song from the film, a Ghazal, ‘guncha koi mere naam kar diya’ rendered and set to music by Mohit Chauhan. The song is written by Rocky Khanna. The situation in the song is that the Dean of Lucknow University has hosted a dinner for Aakash who has come to the university for computerisation of library. Dean’s wife during the dinner laments to Aakash that people from Delhi have forgotten how to recite even a couplet, forget about the entire ghazal. Aakash, being from Delhi, wants to prove that he can not only recite but can also sing full ghazal and he sings. Rajpal Yadav and Rituparna Ghosh are present during the dinner. Next day, Rajpal Yadav who is already jealous of Aakash for his closeness with his wife, watches her humming his ghazal which adds to his woes.

I have seen Rajpal Yadav in many films. But this is the first film in which I am seeing him in suit, and he looks great.

Video Clip:

Audio Clip:

Song-Guncha koi mere naam kar gaya (Main Meri Patni Aur Woh)(2005) Singer-Mohit Chauhan, Lyrics-Rocky Khanna, MD-Mohit Chauhan

Lyrics (Based on Audio Clip):

guncha koi mere naam kar diya..aa aa
guncha koi mere naam kar diya..aa aa
saaqi ne phir se mera jaam bhar diya..aa
saaqi ne phir se mera jaam bhar diya..aa
guncha koi hmm hmm

tum jaisa koi nahin iss jahaan mein
tum jaisa koi nahin iss jahaan mein
subaha ko teri zulf ne shaam kar diya
subaha ko teri zulf ne shaam kar diya
saaqi ne phir se mera jaam bhar diya..aa
guncha koi

mehfil mein baar baar idhar dekha kiye
mehfil mein baar baar idhar dekha kiye
aankhon ke zajeeron ko mere naam kar diya..aa
aankhon ke zajeeron ko mere naam kar diya..aa
saaqi ne phir se mera jaam bhar diya..aa
guncha koi hmm hmm

hosh bekhabar se huye unke bagair
hosh bekhabar se huye unke bagair
wo jo humse keh na sake
dil ne keh diya
wo jo humse keh na sake
dil ne keh diya
saaqi ne phir se mera jaam bhar diya..aa
saaqi ne phir se mera jaam bhar diya..aa
guncha koi mere naam kar diya..aa
saaqi ne phir se mera jaam bhar diya..aa
guncha koi mere naam kar diya
hmm hmm hmm
o o o
o o
hjmm mm m
aa aa aa aa
o o o o
aa aa aa aa


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5487 Post No. : 17920

“Santaan”(1959) was produced by Mahesh Kaul and directed by Jyoti Swaroop for Anupam Chitra Production. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Kamini Kadam, Nazir Hussain ,Rita Roy (Bindu), Dulaari, Leela Mishra, Manorama, David Abraham etc in it.

“Santaan”(1959) had seven songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the fifth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Chorus and a child’s voice are also there in the song. Lyrics are penned by Hasrat Jaipuri. Music is composed by Dattaram.

The song is picturised a children’s get together song. Several children are gathered in the home of Kamini Kadam. This song is lip synced by Kamini Kadam and Bindu (credited as Rita Roy). Manorama is also visible in the picturisation.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.


Song-Chhotee see dulhaniyaa kee shaadee (Santaan)(1959) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Dattaram
Childrens’ Chorus
Unknown child voice

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

(laughing sound)
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
dekho jee dekho aaye
saarey baraati dekho
saarey baraati
kamlaa aayi bimlaa aayi
ghoonghat kaadhey seeta aayee
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati
saaley balaati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadi
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee

aisi baandho preet ki doree
jo kabhee naa chhootey ho o o
jo kabhee naa chhootey ae
ho o ho o
pyaar ka naataa aa
sachchaa naataa
baaqi sab hai jhoothey aey ae ae
baaqi sab hai jhoothey
aandhi aaye toofaan aaye
dil se dil kaa saath na chhootey
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati
saaley balaati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati dekho saarey baraati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadi..eee
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee

maat pitaa ki laaj ko gori..ee
dekho hanske nibhaanaa
ho o o
dekho hanske nibhaanaa
ho o o
pee ke charan kee dhool bhi saajan
nainon beech sajaanaa aa aa aaa
nainon beech sajaaanaa
behnein boley bhaiyya boley
aaj bichaari maiyya boley
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati
saaley balaati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati dekho saarey baraati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadi
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee

desh piyaa ke jaakar laado o
pyaar se hilmil rehnaa
ho o o
pyaar se hilmil rehnaa
ho o o
sewaa karnaa apney ghar kee
kadhwey bol bhi sehnaa aa aa
kadhwey bol bhi sehnaa
chupp chupp rehnaa
kuchch na kehnaa
saas nanad ki dil mein rehnaa
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati
saaley balaati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati dekho saarey baraati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
dekho jee dekho aaye saarey baraati dekho saarey baraati
chhoti si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee
pyaaree si dulhaniyaa ki shaadee


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast 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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5468 Post No. : 17887 Movie Count :

4780

Hullo Atuldom

For this post I have a song from an absolutely new film. I thought it was a brand new film, but as of 24th June, the movie is an year old. I didn’t know it was already a year since it released. The movie was on my wish-list, and I don’t know what happened, why I didn’t go to a cinema hall to see it. I am sure a few in Atuldom would have seen it.

This family-comedy-drama (as per some sites on the internet) was directed by Raj Mehta and produced by Dharma Productions (meaning Hiroo Johar & Karan Johar) and Viacom18 Studios (a joint venture of Paramount Pictures & Network18). It had a cast headed by Anil Kapoor- Neetu Kapoor (nee Singh)- Kiara Advani- Varun Dhawan. Maniesh Paul, Prajakta Koli (debuting with this film), Tisca Chopra (special appearance), Varun Sood & a few more actors whom ardent television/ OTT watchers would be familiar of but whose name we would not know.

A note about Maniesh Paul & Prajakta Koli. Both are very good at comedy. I have seen a few videos of Prajakta Koli on YouTube, she is also a host on a chat-show. She is a graduate of Mass Media & has interned on FM channels. And Maniesh Paul is an RJ, VJ, actor, singer, anchor, model, TV presenter and other things.

The songs of the film were composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Kanishk & Kavita Seth, Vishal Shelke etc. (all new names for me). Similarly, even the names of the song writers are new to me viz. Abrar-Ul-Haq, Ginny Diwan, Dhruv Yogi, Shamsher Sandhu & Tanishk Bagchi. This Tanishk Bagchi’s name appears in the list of playback singers too. The other singers used in the film were:- Gippy Grewal, Zahrah S Khan, Romy, Kanishk & Kavita Seth, Guru Randhawa, Asees Kaur, Simiran Kaur Dhadli, Swati Sharma, Shreya Sharma, Lisa Mishra, and Diesby (someone whose name I am unable to pronounce). I would like to find out more about all these new entrants to the world of Hindi film music.

A classic thumri originally sung by (late) Shobha Gurtu was recreated & sung for this film by Kanishk & Kavita Seth. Similarly, an original romantic number by Ghulam Mohd. Khavar was translated by Kumaar, set to tune by Vishal Shelke & sung by Guru Randhawa- Asees Kaur – Lisa Mishra. Hope to get these songs too on to the blog at some point.

For today, we shall have a song in the voices of Tanishk Bagchi, Romy, Zahrah S Khan, & Gippy Grewal. It is tuned & written by Tanishk Bagchi. On screen we can see the Saini family comprising of Geeta Saini (Neetu), Bheem Saini (Anil), son Kukoo (Varun Dhawan), bahu Naina (Kiara Advani), daughter Ginny (Prajakta Koli) shaking a leg at some happy occasion along with Maniesh Paul and all those known faces whose names we don’t know (that I wrote off in the introduction para).

I am sure that I don’t need to explain why this movie was on my wish list– of course the unique jodi (pair) of Neetu Kapoor & Anil Kapoor. This would have been one eye-soothing jodi if they had been cast together in their younger days (IMO). But Neetu had stopped acting or rather stopped accepting fresh assignments when Anil Kapoor decided to take his first steps into films. And, may I be allowed to warn readers from making comments like ‘she would have looked older opposite him’ or ‘she was past her prime’ or ‘the pair would have not looked good together’. Just to put these comments to rest, I would like to say, that in reality, actually Anil Kapoor is the older of the two. But these two are people who have looked after themselves well and look nice together.

I rest my case. 🙂

This is the link to the opening of the film where Neetu Kapoor has been given first place in the credits.

Let us enjoy this song and wish our pyaari Sonia a.k.a Neetu Kapoor (nee Singh) on her birthday. May she glow like this forever.


Song-Naach punjaban naach punjaban naach punjaban naach (Jugjugg Jeeyo)(2022) Singers-Gippy Grewal, Zahrah S Khan, Tanishk Bagchi, Romy Lyrics-Abrar Ul Haq, MD-Tanishk Bagchi

Lyrics

hoy
hoy
hoy
hoy
hoy
hoy
hoy
hoy
aha aha

jitne bhi nach de ne saare
koi naiyyo tere jaisa lagda
gir gaye aasmaan se taare
na bindiya tu aise chamka

jee kalle kalle raina mainu achcha lagdaa
jo bhi tu kahe saara mainu jhoothha lagdaa
na mere jaisa mille carribean tu kutch

Angrezi music mein de de tu Punjaabi touch
naach Punjaaban naach Punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
hoy aaja sajke aajaa
oye aaja kamar hilaa jaa
ho saare mood jamaa jaa
hoy mausam taaza taazaa

saaree duniya mein jee hit hai punjaabi saaz
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
hoy
hoy
hoy
hoy

laga le jee kaalaa teeka
najar na tainu laage
sona sona rang ye tera
mar jaawaan gud khaake
hoy
hoy
lag lo jee kaala teeka
najar na tainu laage
sona sona rang ye tera
mar jaawaan gud khaake
tu jo naache saare tainu
dekhen jee paglaa ke
are paaga paaga
are paaga paaga
are paaga paaga paaga paaga
paglaa ke
je tu naache howe dhamaaka jee too much much much
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
hoy aaja sajke aaja
oy aaja kamar hilaa jaa
ho saare mood jamaa jaa
hoy mausam taaja taaja

saaree duniya mein jee hit hai punjaabi saaz
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
hoy
hoy
hoy
hurra
hoy

naache naache naache naache
naache naache naache
naach punjaaban
naache naache naache naache
naache naache naache
dekh teree chaal
meree jaan jaandee hai
hil jaaye dil tu jo paas aandee hai
arre dekh teree chaal mere jaan jaandee hai
aha
arre hil jaaye dil tu jo paas aatee hai
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaaban naach
naach
naach punjaban naach punjaban
naach punjaaban naach
naachee naachee
oy naach
naach punjaaban naach punjaaban
naach punjaban naach
hila hila ke
naach punjaban naach punjaban
naach punjaaban naach


This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast 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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5416 Post No. : 17760

#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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“Daada-1966” was directed by Kedar Kapoor for ‘Amar Jyot Films, Bombay’. It was a ‘social genre’ film.

It had Dara Singh, Jayanthi, Savita, Sudhir, Tiwari, Helen, Mohan Choti, Rajan Haksar, Laxmichhaya, Gauri, Saudagar Singh, Leela Mishra, Mridula, Mirza Musharraf, Ram Avtar, R. Tiwari, Aasi, Anand, Mala, Meena, Manna, Hardit Singh, Basant Singh, Rinku and others.

“Daada-1966” has five songs. All of them were written by Asad Bhopali. Music was composed by Usha Khanna.

Movies with this title ‘Daada’ were released in the years ‘1949’, ‘1966’ and ‘1979’. Out of these three the music for the ‘Daada’ of ‘1966’ and ‘1979’ was composed by Usha Khanna. Music composer for ‘Daada-1949’ was Nashaad.

Following is the list of songs in this movie ‘Daada-1966’ as mentioned in HFGK Vol-IV (1961-1970)

SNo Song Title Singer/s Posted On
01 Yaaron ki mehfil mein aa Mahendra Kapoor
02 Do nain haay haay tere do nain Usha Khanna, Mukesh
03 Chali mathura ki gujariyaa Lata Mangeshkar
04 Saawan ka mausam hai Asha Bhonsle
05 Tera mera pyaar koyi aaj kal ki to baat nahin Usha Khanna, Mukesh 07.10.2015

It can be seen from the above table that only one song from this movie has been posted on the blog so far. This song was presented by Mahesh ji on the blog.

Today I present the second song from this movie. It is sung by Mahendra Kapoor. It is a nice hummable song. This song seems to be a party song or song in a ‘club dance party’.

Only the audio of this song is available.

This movie ‘Daada-1966’ seems to be an obscure and forgotten movie of its time as its video is unavailable as of now on internet.

Lyrics for the song are by Asad Bhopali and music is composed by Usha Khanna.

I would request knowledgeable readers to add more information about this movie and its songs.

Let us now enjoy this song …


Song-Haaye yaaron ki mehfil mein aa (Daada)(1966) Singer-Mahendra Kapoor, Lyrics-Asad Bhopali, MD-Usha Khanna

Lyrics

haaye ae ae
yaaron ki mehfil mein aa
haaye ae ae
yaaron ki mehfil mein aa
ham se naa daaman bachaa aa
saanson ki garmee
baahon ki narmee
paighaam hai zindagi kaa aa
haaye ae ae
yaaron ki mehfil mein aa

ye khanakti hansee
ye lachaktey badan n
ye khanakti hansee
ye lachaktey badan
is chaman ka hai har phool
jaan e chaman
ham manchalon ki
zindaadilon ki
ham manchalon ki
zindaadilon ki
duniyaa hai
sabse judaa aa aa
haaye ae ae
yaaron ki mehfil mein aa

saaz jaage to
naghmein chhalakne lagey ae
saaz jaage to
naghmein chhalakne lagey
baahen lehraayin
paaon thhirakne lagey ae
aanchal ka udnaa
zulfon ka mudnaa
aanchal ka udnaa
zulfon ka mudnaa
barsaa rahaa hai nashaa aa
haaye ae ae
yaaron ki mehfil mein aa

dekh wo mast aankhon ke
saaghar chaley ae
dekh wo mast
aankhon ke
saaghar chaley
ab kise hosh hai
jo sambhal kar chaley ae
aa muskuraa le
kuchh gungunaa len
aa muskuraa le
kuchh gungunaa len
kal kaa kise hain pataa aa aa
haaye ae ae
yaaron ki mehfil mein aa
ham se naa daaman bachaa aa
saanson ki garmee
baahon ki narmee
paighaam hai zindagi kaa aa
haaye ae ae
yaaron ki mehfil mein aa


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast 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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5335 Post No. : 17499 Movie Count :

4708

Hullo Atuldom

India is celebrating the 75th year of its Independence. Mumbai based Rajshri productions and distribution company is also celebrating its 75th year.

I am sure we have many knowledgeable followers in the blog who will give us information on how Rajshri took to making critically acclaimed films that were also commercially successful. Most of their films had stories that stressed on values, family ties, unity etc. and provided opportunity for family outings. I recall a cinema hall in Chembur, Mumbai was decked up, almost like a wedding hall, when Rajshri’s ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ was released and all of the outfits worn by its characters became a rage at that time.

Rajshri Productions have been instrumental in giving life to careers of many actors, introducing new faces on the silver screen, etc. Sachin (Pilgaonkar), Sarika, (Master) Satyajit, Junior Mehmood, had their first adult roles in films made by Rajshri Productions. Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhadhuri, Ranjeeta, Amol Palekar, Farida Jalal, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher and numerous other actors have featured in Rajshri films in the initial part of their career. There will be many many more artists who have been associated with this film making house at various times and in various capacities.

There is one actor though, I don’t recall, seeing in a Rajshri movie – Danny. The handsome actor from Sikkim who has been actively entertaining his fans since 1971, in Hindi, Bengali, Nepali and even a Tamil film. He has sung a few songs too and the first time was under S. D. Burman’s baton in “Ye Gulistaan Humara” alongside Lata Mangeshkar (mera-naam-yaao-mere-paas-aao/) an event that he has said was ‘a dream come true.’ It seems that it was a daring experiment that Burman dada conducted and he asked Danny to sing with a comic effect while maintaining melody. He has shared the recording room with Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, and Mohd. Rafi.

He was named Tshering Phintso Denzongpa at birth and on a recommendation from his then-classmate, at FTII, Jaya Bhadhuri he changed his name to a simpler sounding ‘Danny’. But his son has not done any such thing – he made a debut in the 2021 released, ‘Squad’ as Rinzing Denzongpa.
Danny has played a large variety of characters – positive, negative and the in-betweens too. But gave up a chance to play Gabbar Singh in Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Sholay’ as the dates were clashing with Feroz Khan’s ‘Dharmatma’. He is a two-time winner of the Filmfare award for Best supporting actor- for ‘Sanam Bewafaa’ in 1992 and ‘Khuda Gawah’ in 1993.

My husband is a Danny-fan. He loves the way he has maintained himself and his age is not visible in his demeanour. He is turning 75 today.

The last film of Danny that I saw in a cinema hall was “Uunchai” that released on 11th November 2022. (I saw it on 12th, night show). I discovered the movie rather by accident. I was seeing some video on youtube when this video popped up.

My first reaction was – “wow!! what a cast.” Amitabh Bachchan & Danny together on-screen again….. after 18 years; their last film together came in 2004 “Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo”.

The last time Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher & Danny were in a film together was Mukul Anand’s ‘Hum’ (1991). And the tadka on all of this is it was a Rajshri Film. So we were guaranteed of wholesome entertainment (it was good entertainment). It brought together the stalwarts as friends who are goaded to undertake a trek to the Base Camp of Mount Everest. I forgot to mention that Boman Irani played the fourth friend. Bhupen (played by Danny) makes arrangements for the trek to which Amit (Amitabh Bachchan retained his original name Amit Shrivastav) agrees. He manages to convince Boman Irani and Anupam Kher too, but Bhupen dies before the friends (of a lifetime) can embark on the trip. The remaining three undertake the trek in the process they battle their physical limitations, and discover what true freedom is. Parineeti Chopra played their guide in the trek, Sarika (returning to Rajshri films after years) played Bhupen’s lost love who joins the trio on the trek. Neena Gupta played Boman Irani’s wife, Nafisa Ali was Amitabh Bachchan’s wife (in a guest appearance).

“Uunchai” was a visual treat. And as I was seeing the film I kept thinking of our Sadanand Kamath ji and his passion for trekking.

Today’s song doesn’t feature the magnificent Himalayas though it is a major part of the film. Today’s song happens in the film as the friends get together to celebrate their friend Bhupen’s (Danny) birthday. I had Goosebumps as I saw the song in the film. The singer for this song NaKash Aziz with Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant, and Arun Kamath being the backing vocals. The song was written by Irshad Kamil and Amit Trivedi was the music director.


Song-Keti ko keti ko (Uunchai)(2022) Singers- NaKash Aziz, Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant, Arun Kamath, Lyrics-Irshad Kamil, MD-Amit Trivedi

Lyrics

Ho Ho Ho
Ho o o
ho ho ho ho
ho o o
ho o
ho o
ho o o
ho o
ho o
ho o o
ho o o
ho o

makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
kanchan kaanchi kori
natkhat naami chhori
jabran jora jori
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi

Oh Keti Ko Keti Ko
barf badan hai
Keti Ko Keti Ko
surkh agan hai
mushqil jeena khaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
mushqil sona gaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui

Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Ho Baanke
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko

lampat yaari jaisi
nartaki naari jaisi
katkhani aari jaisi
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi ee

dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
Ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo

ho ho
uski chhoti chaandi ki
choomoon kaise bolo jee
mujhse badi door hai woh
uske baalon mein ghata
dhoop ka hai ghoonghta
jaise koyi Hoor hai woh
Keti Ko Keti Ko
sard chubhan hai
Keti Ko Keti Ko
naram chhuan hai
mushqil jeena khaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
mushqil sona gaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui

Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Ho Baanke
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko

hmm..hmm hmm
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
kanchan kaanchi kori
natkhat naami chhori
jabran jora jori
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi ee ee ee ee

o o o o o
o o o o
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo

pyaar se milo
pyaar se milo o o o


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