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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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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Today’s song is from the film Kundan-1955.

The film was made by Minerva Movietone, produced and directed by Sohrab Modi. I liked Sohrab Modi very much. Not only because he could deliver long dialogues forcefully, but because his life story was very inspiring. In India there were few other filmmakers and directors who handled topics normally considered Taboo by others and some filmmakers who never hesitated to make films on unusual themes, when the trend was to make entertaining, musical and romantic films. Sohrab Modi was perhaps the only filmmaker who made films to expose the social ills through the cinematic medium from his first film.

When he started his film career, he faltered, he failed but he learnt lessons, improved on his filmmaking presentation and used his own strengths. He chose stories which will appeal to Indian audiences and topics which were important to the majority of people. While doing this, he had to be tough and a disciplinarian, at times even dictatorial but he was always target oriented.

When his first film, from his own banner Minerva Movietone, flopped miserably, with only about 20-30 people in the audience on the first shown of film ” Atma Tarang”-1937, he was, like any other normal person, so much dejected that he thought of quitting films. But then the encouraging comments by a group of 4 people in that audience gave him a lot of motivation and subsequently he made history in filmmaking in India.

Like a true Parsee, he sometimes behaved in a way difficult to understand for a common person. Those who worked with him in his initial career- like Music Director C.Ramchandra had written a lot about him and expressed how and why he not only adored him but also considered him as one who helped him in his career building. The life story of Sohrab Modi is full of ups and downs, but there were more ups than downs.

Sohrab Merwanji Modi was born in a Parsi family on 2nd November, 1897. His parents were Parsi civil Servants. For a few years he stayed in the Parsi community in Bombay. Sohrab Modi’s childhood was spent with a lot of activities. As he grew up, his more interest was in exercise and sports. Though in childhood many times he was severely sick and a few times he was also hospitalized. Due to which he looked tall but he was thin. But later he was very active. In school he was an average student, he never got hooked on History. Many times a teacher complained to his parents for his lagging behind in history subjects. His parents turned all the stones to make him study but it all went in waste. But Sohrab was good at sports and from childhood he was interested in exercise which helped him to develop his personality in stage acting. Later he shifted with his family to Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. At the age of 14 -15 his mind absorbed many interesting things in acting as he watched silent movies. Soon his mind got diverted toward stage acting.

At the age of 17 years, he worked as a travelling exhibitor in Gwalior. Elder brother Rustom Modi, along with his close friend Ittefaq, set up Arya Subodh Natak Mandali theatre group in 1923.

In the beginning, Sohrab Modi only acted as an extra or side role which was not that important. But Sohrab was looking for the opportunity where he could act as a leading actor. Very soon he got an opportunity and he broke the ice. Soon He earned the reputation as a Shakespearean actor. Sohrab Modi’s elder brother Rustom helped him in stage acting and people really appreciated the Sohrab acting. Sohrab played Jehangir (Hamlet) opposite Naseem Bano (Ophelia) in Khoon ka Khoon, one of the biggest Urdu stage Hits of the 20s. As Sohrab was growing up, his personality kept developing. His personality suited the role of a king. His two plays ‘Khoon Ka Khoon’ and ‘Saed-E-havas’ added flying colors to his acting.

In 1931 Hindi movie ‘Alam Ara’ was released with sound. On one hand, ‘Alam Ara’ was a big leap for Bollywood. But on the other hand, the introduction of sound in movies created a very big crack in the theatre business. People started getting interested in watching movies rather than watching theatre plays. To save theatre art, the Modi brothers set up the Stage Film Company in 1935. From this year Sohrab Modi never looked back in acting career.

Sohrab Modi’s talents soon reached the ears of ‘Dadasaheb Phalke’. Though Sohrab Modi had worked in a few silent movies before, Dadasaheb Phalke never appreciated Sohrab Modi’s acting. One day Phalke Saab personally went to see Sohrab’s play ‘Alexander the Great’.

Sohrab Modi is remembered fondly by the film buffs for his towering personality, solid voice and his forceful dialogue delivery. Actually, Modi was much more than that. He was the first and the only film maker who took up Historical subjects to make films that left a long lasting impression on the film goers. He loved to do the roles of Historical persons ( actual or mythical) and deliver long dialogues in his resonant voice, clear diction and superb voice modulation.

Sohrab Modi developed these qualities from his stage acting days. In his growing up age at Rampur, he had spent hours in the library of the local Nawab, where his father worked as a Superintendent. This gave him a command on Urdu language. Added to this was his brother Rustom’s drama company ” The Arya Subodh Natak Mandali” in which he acted. In 1935, the brothers set up the ” Stage Films ” to film the two dramas, namely Hamlet aka Khoon ka khoon-35 and Sayeed E Hawas-36, based on Shakespeare’s play King John, as movies. However, these movies did not do too well, as the audience had seen them on stage several times. But this failure didn’t stop Sohrab Modi from acting. Taking a clue from this, Modi decided to start a new company, Minerva Movietone to produce independent films on different stories of merit.

Minerva Movietone was started by Sohrab and brother Rustom Modi in 1936, when they realised that the stage dramas, filmed as Feature films, did not get the public approval. Logo of his banner was the Lion. Does this personally symbolize Sohrab Modi personality? Production from Stage films- their first film production enterprise- was suspended till Minerva became successful. ” Aatma Tarang-37″ was the new company’s first film. C. Ramchandra was the Harmonium accompanist for M.D. Habib Khan and Bundu Khan. He also did a small role in Aatma Tarang and earlier Saeed E Havas-36. Minerva’s first film proved to be a let down.

Sohrab found that there were hardly 20 to 30 persons in the audience on the very First show. The film was based on the power of ‘ Bramhacharya’ (Celibacy). In those days, Sohrab was greatly influenced by the teachings of Ramakrishna Mission. Seeing the poor response, he was upset. Thoughts of quitting the film production line were crowding in his mind. Suddenly, he saw four men coming towards him. They came, confirmed that he was Sohrab modi and told him that his film was very good. They further advised him to keep making such good films and one day he will be on Top. Later on he learnt that these gentlemen were the Judges of Bombay High Court.

This gave a lot of motivation to Modi. It also boosted his self confidence. As such he was sure of his success in films, but now he knew that he must make films on subjects of interest of the public and not his own philosophy, if he wants to succeed commercially. His second film was Khan Bahadur-37, based on the bravery and generosity of a Muslim king who became famous for his bravery. The English rulers gave him the title of Khan Bahadur. The film did a reasonable business.

This incident infused him with new hopes and enthusiasm. This changed his life. Initially he focused on making films on social evils like Drinking (Meetha Zehar-38), Husband-wife separation ( Divorce-38) and Incest ( Bharosa-40 ). Enthused with this experience, he made successful films and took his company to the Top. Renowned for big budget historical films, Minerva benefited from the Modi family’s distribution interests in Gwalior, expanded by his third brother Keki Modi into western India. At one time he controlled a chain of 27 theatres in 10 cities. In 1952, they established India’s first Technicolour Laboratory.

In 1944, Central Studio signed Mehtab for their film “Parakh”. Sohrab Modi was directing the film. At the time of signing the contract, Mehtab told Modi that she had heard that he only took his own close-ups in his films and ignored the others. He told her that he wasn’t acting in that film. Thereafter, Sohrab Modi again took Mehtab as heroine in his film “Ek Din Ka Sultan” opposite Wasti under his own banner Minerva Movietone. Slowly, Sohrab Modi fell in love with her and proposed to her. Mehtab agreed only on the condition that she would not leave her son Ismail. Sohrab didn’t find any problem in that and they got married on the birthday of Mehtab, 28 April 1946. Sohrab Modi’s family didn’t approve as they were Parsi and Mehtab was Muslim. Sohrab never interfered in Mehtab’s career or religion. Mehtab had a son from Modi named Mehli who was brought up as Parsi. Modi sent both the sons abroad to study.

Mehtab did few films after marriage like “Behram Khan” (1946), “Saathi” (1946), Shama (1946). Her last major film was “Jhansi Ki Rani” (1953). (She did a small role in the film Samay Bada Balwan-69.) Sohrab Modi was the producer, director and the hero of the film. It was Sohrab’s first colour film. She acted in a total of 40 films. Sohrab Modi acted in 32 films. First was Hamlet-35 and the last was Razia Sultan–83.He directed 27 films. First was Hamlet-35 and the last was Meena Kumari ki Amar Kahani-81.

Sohrab Modi died on 28 January 1984 due to cancer of the bone marrow. Mehtab’s both sons were settled abroad, though she spent her life in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai till her death. She died on 8-4-1997. ( I thank Upperstall for some information used herein, book ‘ Hero ‘ Vol 1 by Ashok Raj and my notes.)

Film Kundan was the first film made by Sohrab Modi, after his ambitious film ” Jhansi ki Rani”-1953 failed at the Box office. The first Technicolor film made in India was his dream project and he had expected much from it. Unfortunately it did not fulfil his dream. But he did not give up. He came out of it and made 5 films in subsequent 4 years continuously. The story of film Kundan-1955 was based on the famous novel ” Les Miserables’ by the French author Victor Hugo, published first in 1862. The Indianised story of this film was…..

The film starts with Kundan (Sohrab Modi) stealing a loaf of bread from a kitchen and running home with it to feed his young niece Radha, and ailing mother. He is arrested, and in court he says that he had tried to find work, begged, and in the end was forced to steal. The judge sentences him to two years in prison. His niece visits him in jail telling him of his mother’s death. Kundan bends the iron rods and escapes, but is caught. He is imprisoned for a further five years for trying to escape. The second time he tries to do so, he gets an additional seven years. Kundan spends a total of fourteen years in prison doing hard labour. Radha (Nimmi) is married to Gopal (Pran) and they have a baby girl Uma. Gopal, who is in bad company, and a crook get her to part with all her jewellery and he disappears with it. Radha and her baby find refuge with a tea-stall owner (Om Prakash) and his wife (Manorama), who employ her to work for them for minimal wages. Kundan, on release from jail, sets out to find Radha. He has been told by the jail authorities, including Inspector Sher Singh (Ulhas), a devout policeman, to keep them informed about his whereabouts and to present himself regularly at the police station. When he returns to his locality, he is unable to find Radha, and the neighbours drive him away, calling him a dacoit.

Kundan, on being turned away by everyone, finally finds a saviour in Gurudev (Murad), a priest, who helps him find himself and introduces him to making pottery and earning money. Kundan does well for himself and meets up with Radha and Uma. Radha dies from an illness and Kundan brings up Uma. Inspector Sher Singh meanwhile, is after him all the time. A grown up Uma (Nimmi) meets Amrit (Sunil Dutt), a freedom fighter involved in the Quit India Movement against the British. Amrit and Uma fall in love, but Amrit has the police after him. In a fight between the revolutionaries and the police, Sher Singh is imprisoned by them, but subsequently let free by Kundan. Amrit gets injured and Singh tries to arrest him. Kundan knocks the policeman down and escapes through a drainage pipe with Amrit. When the Inspector comes looking for them again, there is a confrontation between Kundan and the Inspector while Amrit lies wounded. Kundan tells Sher Singh that he will give himself up to the police if he allows Amrit to get treatment. Sher Singh agrees to let Amrit’s wounds be treated and waits as the doctor attends him. When Amrit recovers, Kundan goes down to find a note written by the Inspector, in which he states that he’s letting two people wanted by the police go free, hence his only salvation for not doing his duty is to kill himself. Kundan manages to see the Inspector jumping into the river. Amrit and Uma are reunited with a repentant Gopal asking Kundan’s forgiveness.

Today’s song is the last and final song from this film, making it an YIPPEED film.


Song-Matwaale o matwaale nainon ke teer khaa le (Kundan)(1955) Singers-Shamshad Begam, Lata, Lyrics-Shakeel Badayuni, MD-Ghulam Mohammad
Chorus

Matwaale o matwaale
nainon ke teer kha le
matwaale o matwaale
nainon ke teer kha le
dil mein dard basa le ae
dil mein dard basa le ae
matwaale o matwaale
nainon ke teer kha le
dil mein dard basa le ae
dil mein dard basa le ae

duniya hai aani jaani
chhode jaa koi nishaani
ho o o o o
duniya hai aani jaani
chhode jaa koi nishaani
ulfat mein choor ho jaa
har gham se door ho jaa

hans le aur hansa le ae
hans le aur hansa le ae
matwaale o matwaale
nainon ke teer kha le
dil mein dard basa le ae
dil mein dard basa le ae

aa aa aa aa aa
kisi ke dil pe nigaahon ke teer chalte hain
aen aen aen aen aen
mere jahaan mein
aahon ke teer chalte hain

ho o o o
daulat ke sab hain bhookhe
bekas ko koi na poochhe
bekas ko koi na poochhe
ho o o o
daulat ke sab hain bhookhe
bekas ko koi na poochhe
bekas ko koi na poochhe
duniya hai paagal saari
soorat hai sabki pyaari

duniya hai paagal saari
soorat hai sabki pyaari

dil ke rang hain kaale ae
dil ke rang hain kaale ae
matwaale o matwaale
nainon ke teer kha le
matwaale o matwaale
nainon ke teer kha le
dil mein dard basa le ae

dil mein dard basa le ae


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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5450 Post No. : 17861 Movie Count :

4772

#the Decade of – 2000 – 2010 #
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During the travels that I had in recent months, I had a trip to north. It included visiting Dalhousie, Dharamshala, and the tourist spots near to these places. The last leg of our trip was visiting Amritsar. We had planned to visit the Jalianwaala Bagh Memorial, Golden Temple and the Wagah Border. On 16th April 2023 morning we started from Dharamshala for Amritsar. Since we got late in the morning we reached Amritsar around three o’ clock in the afternoon. We straightway visited the Jalianwaala Bagh Memorial first and from there decided to go to Wagah Border first as the time for beating retreat ceremony was getting closer. So we thought that after the visit to the border we would be visiting the Golden Temple in the evening later.

It was getting late and by the time we reached the Wagah Post and it was around five in the evening. The stadium there was already fully crowded as it was a Sunday that day. We got our seats in the balcony on the top floor. The whole atmosphere there was full of joy, excitement and pride for the country. The stands were full and the music on. There were the big TV screens already on the corners of the gates at the borders and it was playing the history and achievements of BSF.

Here I am not going into the details of the parade, its process or the other technicalities and the procedures. It is all available on the internet and there is a wiki page on it too. But here I would definitely like to mention that I was totally in a different world there and so were all the members with me and I think even all the audiences gathered there. Being physically present there is totally different than watching the parade on TV screen at your home. The anchor or conductor in charge there is so full of energy that there is not a single dull moment you would feel and all our senses are only focused on the gates at the border, the tricolor at the top and the non-stop slogans enchanted by the peoples present there.

The officer in charge seemed to be carrying a non-stop flow of huge energy within him. He keep motivating the stands from each side and then combining them as whole and all responding to him with the same energy in return. I was feeling myself very fortunate to get this witnessed all and that too on the border where I can see the neighboring country’s land so near to me. It was like a dream coming true for me. Though I have traveled a lot but still a lot is still to be visited. And visiting places that we had read about in books of history since schooldays gives a rare satisfaction and a moment full of pride and love for one’s country.

This is something all that is beyond words for me. Our hearts get filled with pride, our chests pumped to the fullest and our heads held high!!! Such was this moment!!!

Later on we met the guards or the soldiers there and speak to some of them. Then only we realize how they are performing their duties there with a round the clock vigil there at the border. The soldiers come from different states and speak different languages but here they are all one. They are all Indians. And we the people are all Indians there. Not a single moment the thought of caste, creed, religion, race etc comes to our mind there.

I had to celebrate this visit and so this post.

You may call it a ‘by-product-post’ of that detailed post I had written here earlier. (And, yes, one more related to that trip is yet to come). Eventually these posts got delayed. But I had a song in my mind since long that I wished to share here. And it couldn’t have better song than a song from a Sunny Deol movie where he is performing on it in his ‘own style’.

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And in between, after that travel the Mumba Gangout happened. And I got a chance to meet Atul ji. Another long cherished dream to meet him in person was fulfilled. Someone won’t believe this but I have to share this that many times I had dreams of meeting Atul ji and Sudhir ji in person before actually meeting them. And whenever I had such dreams I used to think if I would ever be able to meet them in person or not? But I am thankful to God for giving me this opportunity to meet them and our other senior members (second time) in this life only. 🙂
Nahin to main bhoot ban ke mandraataa phirtaa. . .

Atul ji has given us this unique blog and the many many reasons to enjoy music, nostalgia, childhood memories and the real life situations that we have passed through and that we will be going through more till we are here. This unique blog now has become a very special unique blog on internet over the globe. This blog have won millions of heart and continues to do so.

Jahaan jaatein hain chhaa jaatein hain … Atul ji tussi great ho!!

 I don’t know why but sometimes I become Punjabi. (I am Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Bihari, UPian and like that … I am Indian after all 🙂 ).

Our Shri Sudhir ji has often mentioned Atul ji as our ‘fearless leader’ which also means

Sherdil Indian

What did you say? You are getting to some song or want to ‘have’ a ‘bhangraa’ (bangraa paa le … i.e. why the ‘have’ and not ‘do’ :). We have a reason for that too!!!

It is our Atul ji’s birthday today.

And I wish that when he is cutting the cake he plays this song on the speakers with a big volume if not full volume. I hope there is not any Nana Patekar ‘Agnisakshi’ type neighbor around around there.

In the first meeting with Atul ji we all were expecting him to speak more because we want to listen to him. But I think he is as ‘shy’ as we see ‘Sunny Deol’ in public appearances, but he is in full ‘action’ when he is on the blog. Sunny Paa ji also excels in ‘action’ only. 🙂

That is why they say ‘your actions should speak louder than your words’ . (In Sunny paa ji’s case only both can speak quite loud). 🙂

Oh. . . again I am back to Sunny paa ji. . . 

There was a time in those ‘Gadar’ days when I used to watch every Sunny Deol movie at least two times or more.

Hoping more sunny days around …

Wishing Atul ji a very happy birthday … once again with a ‘rocking’ Sunny Deol song…

 

About the movie

 ‘Jaal – The Trap’ (2003) was directed by Guddu Dhanoa for Parth Productions, Mumbai. It was produced by Vinod Shah and Harish Shah. It had Sunny Deol, Tabu, Reema Sen, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mukesh Rishi, and Amrish Puri. The  supporting cast include Virendra Saxena, Shahbaz Khan, Ragesh Asthana, Amit Bhalla, Kishori Kulkarni, Bobby Saini, Prem Lala, Raj Nair, Ghanshyam Rohera, Susheel Parashar, Raj Tilak, Deepak Bhatia, Nikhil Kumar, Rocky Fernandes, Sanjeev Nanda, and others.

Story and screenplay of this movie was written by Rajiv Kaul and Praful Parekh. Dialogues for this movie were written by Dilip Shukla. Sanjay Verma was the editor of this film. Background music for this movie was given by Aadesh Shrivastava. The action by Tinu Verma in this movie is brilliant and that all comes in the second half of the movie. This movie was passed by Censor Board on 12.03.2003.

The movie has six songs. Sameer and Anand Raj Anand are the lyricists for this movie. And songs were composed by Anand Raj Anand. Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Zubin, Chitra, and Anand Raj Anand had given their voices to the songs in this movie.

I would like to mention in very brief about this movie that this movie had a very good plot with a ‘tricky-twist’. From the cast we can easily guess that the performances were good too. But still this movie failed to make an impact on the box office. It was because of the length of the movie and especially the first half of the movie which got a bad review by all. Had the first half of this movie been edited and the film was reduced in length like a Hollywood movie, it would have been a great movie. Yes, of course, the songs also needed to be ‘cut’ except today’s song. 🙂

This movie was shot at some beautiful outdoor locations in New Zealand, Kulu, Manali, Dalhousie, Shimla, Bikaner and Nasik. This song is picturised in Shimla, at the picturesque Ridge location on the Mall. The hero of the movie Sunny Deol as expected excels in ‘action’ but none the less whenever he is doing a ‘foot tapping’ performance like in the today’s song is always a ‘treat’ to watch and enjoyable too.

Major Amrish Kaul (Amrish Puri) has been given with the responsibility of protecting Anita Chaudhury (Reema Sen) who is a daughter of Minister Bhagwat Chaudhury (Virendra Saxena). Assisting Major Kaul in this assignment is Captain Amarjeet Singh (Shahbaz Khan). Anita is in New Zealand and terror groups are planning to kidnap her.

In this gang we have Naved Rabbani (Ashish Vidyarthi) and Junaid Afghani (Mukesh Rishi). Naved Rabbani is already arrested earlier and in police custody. To get Naved released, the ‘terrorists’ have plans to kidnap Anita. Anita has been given special instructions for venturing outside and the limits have been prescribed which she should not cross over. But she ventures out with her friends for skiing. As expected the terrorists group attacks Anita but their attempt is foiled by Major Kaul and his army.

Anita begs pardon of Major Uncle after this incident. Major Uncle is supposed to travel to India but he is trying to cancel this visit. But finally, Anita accepts her mistake and assures to obey the instructions of Mr. Kaul further. Kaul Saab is travelling to India and Anita insists to see him off at the airport. So she accompanies him to the airport. On the way she inquires about the family of Major Kaul and the family members. When Major tells her that he has son named Ajay (Sunny Deol), she asks what he is doing ‘kya kartaa hai wo’.

‘Woh kya kartaa hai aur kya karnaa chaahtaa hai inhin sawaalon ke jawaab to dhhoondhhne ki koshish kar rahaa hoon. Jo main chaahtaa hoon woh chaahtaa nahin, aur jo woh kartaa hai meri samajh mein nahin aata’. 

‘Magar, aisaa kartaa kya hai?’

Here, enters Ajay on the screen with a mandolin in his hand singing this song.

. . .

This film makes its debut on the blog today.

Enjoy 🙂

For Atul ji – jahaan jaatein hain chhaa jaatein hain – musical blogs ki duniyaa mein ‘NUMBER ONE’ . 

Video

Audio

Song – Indian, Indian, Sher Dil Indian  (Jaal – The Trap) (2003) Singers – Anand Raj Anand, Lyrics – Sameer, MD – Anand Raj Anand
Unidentified Child Voice
Chorus

Lyrics (Based on Audio)

o aa aa aa aa

hoye
hoye
hoye
hoye
hoye
hoye
hoye

jahaan jaatein hain
chhaa jaatein hain ae
har dil ko ye
bhaa jaatein hain ae aen aen aen

hoye
hoye
hoye
hoye
hoye
hoye

jahaan jaatein hain
chhaa jaatein hain ae
har dil ko ye
bhaa jaatein hain
ho ishq watan se
ya husn se
ye karte hain to
nibhaate hain ae ae
har baat mein number one
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil indian
hoye
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil
hoye

indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil
hoye
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil

jahaan jaatein hain
chhaa jaatein hain ae
har dil ko ye
bhaa jaatein hain
ho ishq watan se
ya husn se
ye karte hain to
nibhaate hain ae ae
har baat mein number one
indian
indian
sherdil indian
indian
indian
sherdil

indian
indian
sherdil indian
indian
indian
sherdil

o o o o o o o o
o
(brurrrr oo oo )

hoye
hoye
hoye

hoye
hoye
hoye

nehru aur gandhi
oye oye oye
laaye ik aandhi
oye oye oye
aaye josh mein fauzi
oye oye oye
hil gayaa dalhousie
oye oye oye
aazaad bhagat singh
udham singh ne
chalaa di goli tan
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil indian
hoye
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil

indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil indian
hoye
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil
hey

yo !

aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa

yahaan mother teresa
oye oye oye
de shaanti sandeshaa
oye oye oye
jhaansi ki raani
oye oye oye
kar gayi qurbaani
oye oye oye
raana prataap ke aage
kabhi thhehraa na koyi dushman
chal

indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil indian
hoye
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil
hoye

indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil indian
hoye
indian
hoye
indian
hoye
sherdil
hoye

hee ya aa !!

yahaan ram ramaiyyaa
oye oye oye
yahaan krishn kanhaiyya
oye oye oye
is desh ke daani
oye oye oye
is desh ke shaani
oye oye oye
yahaan sone jaisi mitti hai
jal amrit saa paawan

yo !!

indian
indian
sherdil indian
indian
indian
sherdil

indian
indian
sherdil indian
indian
indian
sherdil

ni saa re saa saa
. . . . .
. . . . .
ma pa pa ni ni
saa saa re re saa

indian
indian
sohne sohne indian
indian
indian
sohne sohne indian

indian
indian
sohne sohne
indian
indian
sohne sohne indian
indian
indian
sohne sohne

india de munde
oye oye oye
india diyaan kudiyaan
oye oye oye
ye meethhi baatein
oye oye oye
misri diyaan pudiyaan
oye oye oye
yahaan raanjhe jaisa har dulha
aur heer si har dulhan

indian
indian
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chhaa jaatein hain aen aen aen ae
har dil ko ye bhaa jaatein hain aen
ho ishq watan se
ya husn se
ye karte hain to
nibhaate hain
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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 :

5402 Post No. : 17726 Movie Count :

4748

Hullo Atuldom

Back after a gap of around one & half months.

Have been so active, doing various other activities, that for the first time, since 2009 (when I discovered the blog) and 2012 (when my first post appeared on the blog), I missed a few milestones (the 17,700th post) on the day it was posted. Also missed a post by Sudhir ji, which featured a song which I simply love to see “Wo Ladki Hai Kahaan“.

Also I missed writing posts on a few occasions for which I had drafts ready in my mind, but could not get down to writing or typing them. Occasions like the Hindu New Year (call them by any name- Ugadi, Vishu, Baishakhi, Cheti Chand etc.), birthdates and anniversaries of a few favourite celebs (Sachin Tendulkar, Rishi Kapoor, Irfan Khan, etc). Of course, there were posts on these special dates, just that I have been catching up on them over the last few days.

This last month and half, I have been attending a few weddings and landmark birthdays of my brothers & beloved Aunty (‘Kaaki‘ sounds more personal than Aunty). That meant hurried trips to Kerala & Mumbai (twice), and three days in Chennai. I managed to meet Guru ji on my first trip to Mumbai, but could spend only an hour with him. And saw he was preparing for his book ‘Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same name Confusion’ release.  Feel so proud that I know him.

Getting to the purpose of this post- 3rd May is a special date in the annals of Indian Film Industry. It was on this date, in the year 1913, that Dadasaheb Phalke’s ‘Raja Harishchandra’, the  first full length feature film produced in India, was premiered at Coronation Theater in Bombay. (The first ever film, projected moving pictures, was presented by the Lumiere Brothers in December 1895 in Paris, France).

Starting from that screening of the silent film ‘Raja Harishchandra’ till today, it is 110 years. We have had hundreds & thousands films made in almost all the Indian languages possible. There have been instances of films borrowing story ideas from our mythologies, folklore etc. Stories of India’s freedom struggle, biographies of leaders who were at the forefront at that time. The films made in India have converted novels, books into moving images that have left a permanent imprint in the minds of the enthralled fans. The list of ideas on which films are based are as varied as the framework of our country.

I have never felt the need to see films made in any other country, never had time to discover anything else. Of course, there have been a few English films that have crept into my list of films seen in my lifetime, these may add up to 15/20. But, largely, I have relished films made in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu etc. In the days when Doordarshan was the sole home-entertainment source, I have even seen films in Gujarati, Bengali & Punjabi.

I know for sure that films were initially made in Lahore, Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Kolhapur, Poona etc. Post 1947, Bombay, Madras & Calcutta (don’t know about Kolhapur & Poona) were the movie making centres with most South Indian language films being made in Madras. I am not sure about when Kerala, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka and other states set up their own film cities. (I am expecting answers to all my doubts from the knowledgeable Atulites).

Just as story-ideas were exchanged between the films of all the languages, actors from one region were seen in films of other regions. That trend still continues.

Similarly, there has been a trend of bilinguals & trilinguals (movies made in two or three languages simultaneously) that is accepted by the audiences. And finally there are dubbed versions of popular films too. Even, this system has not been given up, and so we have ‘KGF’ (essentially a Kannada film), ‘RRR’ (Telugu), ‘Bombay’ (Tamil), ‘Roja’ (Tamil) being brought to the notice of the Hindi audiences by dubbing them. I would love to add instances of films from other languages too , but I am ignorant of these. I know for sure that ‘English Vinglish’, ‘Dil Se’, ‘PK’ have been dubbed into south Indian languages.

To celebrate the birthday of the Indian Film Industry I have chosen a song from the film ‘Doli Saja ke Rakhna’ (1998). This is Priyadarshan remaking Fazil’s (who normally made movies in Tamil and Malayalam) ‘Aniyathi Pravu’ (which directly translates as ‘Younger Sister Dove’). ‘Aniyathi Praavu’ was remade as ‘Premisthunnanu’ in Telugu, ‘Kadhalukku Mariyadhai’ in Tamil & ‘Preethigagi’ in Kannada. This is what made me feel ‘DSKR’ was an eligible option to celebrate the Indian Film Industry. It has Anupam Kher, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Tej Sapru, Ninad Kamat, Suresh Menon, Umesh Shukla playing the family and friends to Akshaye Khanna and Jyothika. Amrish Puri had a special appearance in this film. Malayalam actor Innocent Vareed Thekkethala,  known mononymously as Innocent, also made his Hindi debut in this film.

‘DSKR’ is also the debut film of Jyothika who was born in Mumbai in 1978. She starred in many South Indian films and became very popular too.

I would like to put in a few words about Innocent. He was a versatile actor who graced the Malayalam screen from 1972 and was seen playing characters that mostly brought a smile on the viewers face. He made an excellent foil, co-actor to all his co-stars and his pairing with KPAC Lalitha (who passed away in 2022) was well-received. His career of close to 700 films featured Tamil & Kannada films too. There were two Hindi films also, both made by Priyadarshan. He was also a writer, film producer and a politician. Innocent, who was born on 28th February 1948 died recently, on 26th March at the age of 75. He was a cancer survivor who took ill on 3rd March and died three weeks later. We can see him in today’s song in the uniform of an Army Colonel.

Today’s song is sung by Babul Supriyo & Srinivas. (Again meeting of artists from two regions). The song is composed by AR Rehman and written by Mehboob Kotwal (who is always credited as Mehboob).

Song – Taram Pum Taram Pum Taram Pumm, Chalo Usko Dhhodhenge Hum (Doli Saja Ke Rakhna) (1998) Singer – Babul Supriyo, Srinivas, Lyrics – Mehboob, MD – AR
Male Chorus
Female Chorus

Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)

ye khoya khoya rehta hai
ye din mein soya soya rehta hai
ye raaton mein uth uth ke yahi gaata hai
wo le gai dil
tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
chalo usko dhoondhenge hum
pari hai wo hai hoor koi
jo dhaaya hai itna sitam
nahin wo to kuchh aur hi hai
kahen kya yaaro tumse hum
tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
chalo usko dhoondhenge hum

itni haseenon mein
chhupi ik aisi haseena hai
ke moti seep mein ho jaise
angoothi mein ho
nageena koi wo
dekha hai tumne
kaho kya usko
ho o o o
jaise nageena koi wo
dekha hai tumne
kaho kya usko oo oo oo
tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
chalo usko dhoondhenge hum
pari hai wo hai hoor koi
jo dhaaya hai itna sitam
nahin wo to kuchh aur hi hai
kahen kya yaaro tumse hum
tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
chalo usko dhoondhenge hum

tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
tarram pum pum pum pum pum pumm
tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
tarram pum pum pum pum pum pumm

doodh si rangat hai
dhuli ho chaandni se jaise
kamal ke jaisi nazaakat hai
karishma hai wo
khuda hi ka to jo
dekha hai tumne
kaho kya usko oo oo
jaise karishma hai wo
dekha hai tumne
kaho kya usko oo oo oo
tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
chalo usko dhoondhenge hum
pari hai wo hai hoor koi
jo dhaaya hai itna sitam
nahin wo to kuchh aur hi hai
kahen kya yaaro tumse hum
tarram pum tarram pum tarramm pumm
chalo usko dhoondhenge hum
pari hai wo hai hoor koi
jo dhaaya hai itna sitam

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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ये खोया खोया रहता है
ये दिन में सोया सोया रहता है
ये रातों में उठ उठ के यही गाता है
वो ले गई दिल
तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
चलो उसको ढूँढेंगे हम
परी है वो है हूर कोई
जो ढाया है इतना सितम
नहीं वो तो कुछ और ही है
कहें क्या यारो तुमसे हम
तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
चलो उसको ढूँढेंगे हम

इतनी हसीनों में
छुपी इक ऐसी हसीना है
के मोती सीप में हो जैसे
अंगूठी में हो
नगीना कोई वो
देखा है तुमने
कहो क्या उसको
हो ओ ओ ओ
जैसे नगीना कोई वो
देखा है तुमने
कहो क्या उसको ओ ओ ओ
तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
चलो उसको ढूँढेंगे हम
परी है वो है हूर कोई
जो ढाया है इतना सितम
नहीं वो तो कुछ और ही है
कहें क्या यारो तुमसे हम
तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
चलो उसको ढूँढेंगे हम

तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
तर्रम पम पम पम पम पम पम्म
तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
तर्रम पम पम पम पम पम पम्म

दूध सी रंगत है
धुली हो चाँदनी से जैसे
कमाल के जैसी नज़ाकत है
करिश्मा है वो
खुदा ही का तो जो
देखा है तुमने
कहो क्या उसको ओ ओ
जैसे करिश्मा है वो
देखा है तुमने
कहो क्या उसको ओ ओ ओ
तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
चलो उसको ढूँढेंगे हम
परी है वो है हूर कोई
जो ढाया है इतना सितम
नहीं वो तो कुछ और ही है
कहें क्या यारो तुमसे हम
तर्रम पम तर्रम पम तर्रम्म पम्म
चलो उसको ढूँढेंगे हम
परी है वो है हूर कोई
जो ढाया है इतना सितम

 


This article is written by nahm, 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 :

5401 Post No. : 17723

This is the song, part of which is shot near to the Thajiwas glacier, near Sonamarg, Kashmir. This is the route going to Laddakh, travelling east of Srinagar.   Further on this road falls Kargil area, about which many people have told me is much too beautiful to miss.  Laddakh is a sight to behold too.  I have missed both Laddakh and Kargil, but hope to visit in future, in-sha-Allah.

When we spoke to local people and guides in the valley at Sonamarg, one of them told us that many Hindi film songs are filmed in the area and very near to the Thajiwas glacier.  He mentioned a song from the 1982 film ‘Satte Pe Satta’. I forgot all about this and only discovered this song accidentally.  It is indeed filmed nearer to the glacier, than we could travel.   A few decades ago, the vehicles were allowed to go up to the valley where the glacier is near, and the rivers and waterfalls start, fed by the Thajiwas glacier.   Obviously, the location is visible from the highway, but far away for us city people to walk up or even ride a horse. I clicked great many photos, to capture different fingers of the main glacier, whatever I could see from one side i.e. the highway and Sonamarg side. It must be magnificent to look at from the other sides, which are truly remote and not habitable areas. This is only one glacier of the 10,000 which fall in the Indian territory. One needs several lives to fully watch and savour the magnificence of the Himalayan Mountain range, and its various attributes and aspects.  The Himalayas were formed due to the friction and constant northward movement of the Indian plate against the Asian plate, over thousands of years.

This is my previous post on Kashmir visit – “Jiya Jiya Re Jiya Re“.

Todays’s song is from the film ‘Satte pe Satta’ (1982), which is mostly shot in Kashmir over 40 years ago, and one part of it is near the famous glacier. Must be in fair weather, the full star cast of the film went up there to shoot in bright sunlight. But they all returned to the base farmhouse/ farmstead where rest of the song is filmed. The singers are RD BurmanKishore KumarAsha BhosleBhupinder SinghSapan ChakrabortyBasu Chakraborty and the music is composed by RD Burman.  The lyricist is Gulshan Bawra and it is the title song of the film.

Interestingly, Gulshan Bawra has rhymed the words satte pe satta with the word albatta.  This gives us a unique word, and as far as I am aware, used only once in a Hindi film song.  The word is a common usage affirmative / emphasising in cultured chaste Urdu.   In old Hindi films this word is common, in dialogues, where the speaker wants to say or assert a view, despite this or inspite of that, ‘albatta‘, the truth prevails 😊.

اَلبَتَّہکےاردومعانی پوشیدہ فعلمتعلق یقیناً، قطعیطورپر، بےشک، ضرور، یقینہےکہ، لیکن، مگر، اتناضروریہے

albatta. अलबत्ताالبتہ. although, but, on the other hand. Isth

This explains the origin of the word.

Is the English word ‘albeit’ derived from the Urdu word ‘Albatta’?

No, the word ‘albeit’ is not derived from the Urdu word ‘Albatta’. ‘Although’ is a conjunction that means ‘in spite of the fact that’ or ‘even though’. It is derived from the Old English word ‘þeah’ which means ‘even though’ or ‘although’. The Urdu word ‘albatta‘ is a conjunction that means ‘although’ or ‘notwithstanding’. It is derived from the Arabic word ‘al-batta‘ which means ‘however’ or ‘despite’.

I have fond memories of watching this film at Minerva (or was it Apsara?) in 1982. We lived in the BEST officer’s quarters and the many families decided to watch the film collectively.  The tickets were booked through the theater management, via the PSU’s good offices, as the supplier of electricity. I remember the theater management had put up a welcome message for the BEST officers and their families on screen, before the start of the film.

I am truly amazed to have had such unique experiences of movie watching, in theaters. Some memories, like being hit with a clothes hanger, and being forced to go to watch ‘Muqaddar ka Sikander’ (1978); and leaving the Liberty cinema in interval after not watching ‘Lekin’ (1990), walking up to Maratha Mandir to watch a re-release matinee show of ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ (1960) in knee deep water-logged streets; the experience of watching coins being thrown at the screen on the song “Tere Chehre Mein Wo Jaadu Hai” in a dilapidated theatre in Belgaum while watching ‘Dharmata’ (1975) sometime in the mid 80’s; the best of which is my friend being told by the usher, “No madam, it is waiting for you” at Regal cinema where we were late for the show of ‘Gone With The Wind’  (1939), in reply to her question “Has the movie started?”. There are more such memories, which will surface in time.  I will share them in future posts.

Song – Dukki Pe Dukki Ho Ya Satte Pe Satta (Satte Pe Satta) (1982) Singer – Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Bhupinder Singh, Sapan Chakraborty, Basu Chakraborty, Lyrics – Gulshan Bawra, MD – RD Burman
Chorus

Lyrics

hey…

dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
gaur se dekha jaaye
to bas hai patte pe patta
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
hoy koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta

haan
dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
gaur se dekha jaaye
to bas hai patte pe patta
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
hoy koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta

tu mere dil ka raja hai
ya tere dil ki main raani
tu mere dil ka raja hai
ya teredil ki main raani
o o o
tu meri baahon mein aa
main teri baahon mein hoon
pyar to hoga jaani
banegi wohi kahaani
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
ho koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
dukki pe dukki ho
wow
ya satte pe satta
gaur se dekha jaaye
to bas hai patte pe patta
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
hoy koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta

ho ho ho
ah ha haa
oh ho ho ho ho ho ho
qismat mein jin ki milna hai
wo kisi tarah bhi mil jaayen
qismat mein jin ki milna hai
wo kisi tarah bhi mil jaayen
o o purab se paschim ki ee
uttar se dakshin ki ee
mil jaati hain rekhayen
laakhon pehre lagaayen
atak gaya
kyun
ka ko ka ko ka ka
ka ka kao kao
bolo bolo bolte raho
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
ho koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
ho dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
gaur se dekha jaaye
to bas hai patte pe patta
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
hoy koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta

dono ka ek matlab hai
dil de de ya to dil le le
ho dono ka ek matlab hai
dil de de ya to dil le le
ho….
sadiyon se hota hai jo
aakhir ko wohi hoga
lagte hain pyar ke mele
jaayenge sabhi akele
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
hoy koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
dukki pe dukki ho
ya satte pe satta
gaur se dekha jaaye
to bas hai patte pe patta
koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta
hoy koi faraq nahin albatta
koi faraq nahin albatta

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हे ॰ ॰ ॰

दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
गौर से देखा जाये
तो बस है पत्ते पे पत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
होय कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता

हाँ
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
गौर से देखा जाये
तो बस है पत्ते पे पत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
होय कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता

तू मेरे दिल का राजा है
या तेरे दिल की मैं रानी
तू मेरे दिल का राजा है
या तेरे दिल की मैं रानी
ओ ओ ओ
तू मेरी बाहों में आ
मैं तेरी बाहों में हूँ
प्यार तो होगा जानी
बनेगी वही कहानी
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
हो कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
वॉव
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
गौर से देखा जाये
तो बस है पत्ते पे पत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
होय कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता

हो हो हो
आ हा हा
ओह हो हो हो हो हो हो
क़िस्मत में जिनकी मिलना है
वो किसी तरह भी मिल जाएँ
क़िस्मत में जिनकी मिलना है
वो किसी तरह भी मिल जाएँ
ओ ओ पूरब से पश्चिम की॰ ॰ ॰
उत्तर से दक्षिण की॰ ॰ ॰
मिल जाती हैं रेखाएँ
लाखों पहरे लगाएँ
अटक गया
क्यों
का को का को का का
का का काओ काओ
बोलो बोलो बोलते रहो
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
हो कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
गौर से देखा जाये
तो बस है पत्ते पे पत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
होय कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता

दोनों का एक मतलब है
दिल दे दे या तो दिल ले ले
दोनों का एक मतलब है
दिल दे दे या तो दिल ले ले
हो॰ ॰ ॰
सदियों से होता है जो
आखिर को वोही होगा
लगते हैं प्यार के मेले
जाएँगे सभी अकेले
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
होय कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
दुक्की पे दुक्की हो
या सत्ते पे सत्ता
गौर से देखा जाये
तो बस है पत्ते पे पत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
होय कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता
कोई फरक नहीं अलबत्ता


This article is written by Sudhir, 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 :

5394 Post No. : 17699

It really has been a while– I do not follow the current Hindi films scene on a regular basis. I think this started in mid 1980s. One factor was that my life became quite mobile as far as my work situation was concerned. Moving to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1987, then on to US in 1988, back in Delhi 1996, change of workplace two times, and then back again in the US in 2000. Back in Delhi 2009/10, and then more ongoing travel albeit shorter and less frequent.

There are two more factors that I can think of. My deep interest in Hindi films and film music has been with me since I was a student of 3rd/4th grade school. A big chunk of my memory is full of many items starting from that period. However, as we get on to 1980s, and beyond the mid 1980s, the flavors of music in films were changing. For good or bad, I do not make this judgment, but it became different from the likeable and favorite stock stored in me. And so the interest started to wane somewhat. 1980s was also a period of significant transition and churn in terms of the artists and persona who had molded my interest and my love for this art form. Many left us, and many others were sidelined, for reasons I once again do not want to make a judgment on. Bottom line was that the music that was being created in the industry was holding less and less attraction and interest for me.

No, this is not a blanket dismissal of everything that has happened in the industry since mid 1980s. Just that there were progressively lesser artifacts that would catch my attention, and get added to my list of favorites in the memory stores.

Another factor that started becoming more prominent in life relates to the advent of the internet in the 1990s. Being in the IT industry, we were always at the forefront of the changes that were being brought in technology. Email appeared, messaging appeared, and network connectivity in some limited manner became available. Working in IT companies, I was always connected to whatever was the extent of the online net availability. Public networks and home connectivity was still a few years ahead, but from the offices, we had the luxury of being able to access whatever online resources were available then.

I remember I was on an assignment in San Dimas, close to LA in California. While browsing the internet from my office I stumbled upon a web site that had been put up by a gentleman named Amarjeet Singh Anand, who lived in San Fernando, further south from where I was. I discovered a gold mine – songs that were heard on radio in the 60s and 70s, and then never heard of again. The recordings were very low bit rate – the networks could not support high volumes. But I latched on to this website, and my entire weekends were spent in office, dedicated to downloading everything I could. The websites were not restricted, the concept and ability to download was not well known, and the office networks also did not have any controls as yet. Once having figured out the download capability, it was a trip into a wonderland of music of the years gone by, the music that was burnt onto the hard drives in my memory.

Then started this new phase of my passion for this music. Now the trip became to collect Hindi film songs in digital form. As time progressed, more and more online resources were discovered. Also one started getting introduced to more people who were doing such collections – the network grew and so did the collections by exchange and sharing.

And so, the interest in the current Hindi cinema and its music never really took any roots inside. The search still continues. This activity brought me in contact with many more like minded collectors, archivists and film history buffs. Geet Kosh came into life and a lot changed after that. And then Atul ji stepped into my life through Atul-Song-A-Day. And of course, the things in life were never the same again.

So in the current times, viewing of films and listening to music is more as per recommendations from friends and family members. I continue to read enough news to keep abreast of the current happenings in Hindi cinema, but only rarely do I get motivated to see any films of the new crop.

But that does not mean that my contact with current cinema is zero. As I said, based on recommendations I do keep in touch. The film ‘Dil Chaahta Hai’ (2001) – I had heard good things about this film. A maiden production effort by Farhan Akhtar ; a story revolving around the lives of three very close friends, and their fortunes in personal relationships.

I was based in San Jose at that time. I think I got to see this film probably in 2003 or 2004. A junior Indian colleague at work coaxed me to see this film. He expressed surprise that I had not seen this film. He promptly made a DVD disc for me, to view at leisure.

In many ways, it was a first introduction to many an actor from the newer generation. It was the first time to find out that Farhan Akhtar is the son of Javed Akhtar (from his earlier marriage with Honey Irani). Also the first time to be introduced to the lyrics from the pen of Javed Akhtar. Also to know that the tradition of duo and trio music directors in Hindi cinema is still alive with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. And to be introduced to the new crop of actors – Aamir, Priety, Saif, Akshay (Khanna), Sonali et al. And to find out to my dismay that my sweet little Bobby, the heartthrob of my college days, had actually aged.

The film is about love, about different flavors of it. That different people view it differently, treat it differently, have different interpretations and expectations. The fundamental message being that each person has a different opinion of love, and it is a great fortune to meet someone who has the similar view in life. Yes, truly a great fortune. Having been fed on primarily happy ending fairy tales that I had been viewing since childhood, the mindset of the child within was that there is always a smooth ride and a happy outcome of a love story. No, not that I have not viewed films at variance with this view, but still. After a gap of having kept distance from Hindi films, ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ was a wonderful refresher course in looking at filmy love stories once again.

I liked the film at first viewing itself. And also the music and songs. A learning for me that yes, music can be refreshing coming from artists whose names I had never heard before, and names that did not inspire any confidence. And yet, this film and its music entered my list of favorites. And that too, post 2000.

Four songs of this film are already on the blog. I present today a lilting exchange between the girl-boy pair in their effort to find the perfect match in life. There is a certain old world charm and a slowly sinking in surrealism in the presentation of this song. Sameer (role played by Saif Ali Khan) and Pooja (role played by Sonali Kulkarni) are friends who go to see a film. The magic happens in the cinema hall, and we come face to face with another “dream of wide awake eyes” experience. Immersed in the music, both Sameer and Pooja fancy themselves to be the protagonists on the screen. The love song being played is “dreamed” of as being enacted by them. There is disbelief at first, which is then followed by a disarming acceptance of a shared experience that brings to surface realizations that they have probably been nurturing inside.

And the surrealism comes to a sharp pitch at the end of the song sequence, when the entire audience inside the hall joins the love birds in chorus, acknowledging the presence of an “Aha” moment amidst them. A cute presentation. The song picturization, the dress up, the dance steps all are an enlivening throwback on the earlier decades of Hindi cinema.

This song once again further emboldens the firm belief that all it takes to make love and consent appear between the supposed love birds is three minutes (in this case five), i.e. the duration of a song. All that is in doubt is set right, all that is hidden beneath surprised appearances surfaces, the smiles come on, and the hand-in-hand arms entwined happy outcome is signaled at the end of the three minutes. Well, somethings will probably never change. And thankfully so. 😀

Getting close to time out and I must pause to make this post online. The century marker trumpet is just waiting behind me to tootle the announcement of the 177th century milestone. So without much further ado, take a listen to this song and then on to the milestone.

Happy listening.

 

Song – Wo Ladki Hai Kahaan  (Dil Chaahta Hai) (2001) Singer – Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Lyrics – Javed Akhtar, MD – Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy

Lyrics

jise dhoondhta hoon main har gali
jo kabhi mili mujhe hai nahin
mujhe jiske pyaar par ho yakeen
wo ladki hai kahaan

jise sirf mujhse hi pyaar ho
jo ye kehne ko bhi taiyaar ho
suno tum hi mere dildaar ho
wo ladki hai kahaan

jo tumhaare khwaabon mein hai basi
wo haseen murti pyaar ki
miliegi tumhen kabhi na kabhi
zara dekho yahan wahan

chalo dhoondhte hain hum tum kahin
wo pari wo hoor wo naazneen
jise dekho to kaho tum wahi
arey ye to hai yahaan

jaane kyon
khayaal aaya mujhe
ke wo ladki kahin tum to nahin..een
tum mein hain
wo saari khoobiyaan
hai jinko dhoondhta
main har kahin
tumhen dhokha lagta hai ho gaya
mujhe hai samajh liya jaane kya
na main hoon pari na hoon apsara
karo tum na ye gumaan
jise dhoondhta hoon main har gali
jo kabhi mili mujhe hai nahin
mujhe jiske pyaar par ho yakeen
wo ladki hai kahaan

maan lo
agar main ye kahoon
ke mere khwaabon mein
tum hi to ho..oo..oo
jaan lo
mera armaan hai
ke mere saath hi
ab tum raho..oo..oo
mujhe tumne kya ye samjha diya
mere dil ko kaise dadhka diya
mere tan badan ko pighla diya
wo sunaai daastaan..aan

jise dhoondhta hoon main har gali
jo kabhi mili mujhe hai nahin
mujhe jiske pyaar par ho yakeen
wo ladki hai kahaan
wo ladki hai yahaan

wo ladki hai kahaan
wo ladki hai yahaan

wo ladki hai kahaan
wo ladki hai yahaan

wo ladki hai kahaan
wo ladki hai yahaan

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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जिसे ढूँढता हूँ मैं हर गली
जो कभी मिली मुझे है नहीं
मुझे जिसके प्यार पर हो यकीं
वो लड़की है कहाँ

जिसे सिर्फ मुझसे ही प्यार हो
जो ये कहने को भी तैयार हो
सुनो तुम ही मेरे दिलदार हो
वो लड़की है कहाँ

जो तुम्हारे ख्वाबों में है बसी
वो हसीन मूर्ति प्यार की
मिलेगी तुम्हें कभी ना कभी
ज़रा देखो यहाँ वहाँ

चलो ढूंढते हैं हम तुम कहीं
वो परी वो हूर वो नाज़नीं
जिसे देखो तो कहो तुम वही
अरे ये तो है यहाँ

जाने क्यों
खयाल आया मुझे
के वो लड़की कहीं तुम तो नहीं॰॰ईं
तुम में हैं
वो सारी खूबियाँ
है जिनको ढूँढता
मैं हर कहीं
तुम्हें धोखा लगता है हो गया
मुझे है समझ लिया जाने क्या
ना मैं हूँ परी ना हूँ अप्सरा
करो तुम ना ये गुमाँ
जिसे ढूँढता हूँ मैं हर गली
जो कभी मिली मुझे है नहीं
मुझे जिसके प्यार पर हो यकीं
वो लड़की है कहाँ

मान लो
अगर मैं ये कहूँ
के मेरे ख्वाबों में
तुम ही तो हो॰॰ओ॰॰ओ
जान लो
ये मेरा अरमान है
के मेरे साथ ही
अब तुम रहो॰॰ओ॰॰ओ
मुझे तुमने क्या ये समझा दिया
मेरे दिल को कैसे धड़का दिया
मेरे तन बदन को पिघला दिया
वो सुनाई दास्तान॰॰आं

जिसे ढूँढता हूँ मैं हर गली
जो कभी मिली मुझे है नहीं
मुझे जिसके प्यार पर हो यकीं
वो लड़की है कहाँ
वो लड़की है यहाँ

वो लड़की है कहाँ
वो लड़की है यहाँ

वो लड़की है कहाँ
वो लड़की है यहाँ

वो लड़की है कहाँ
वो लड़की है यहाँ


This article is written by Sudhir, 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 :

5194 Post No. : 17175

Greetings and Happy Birthday wishes to Usha Khanna ji.

Born this day in 1941, she is all of 81 years old today. With a reign lasting from 1959 to 2003, she may be the most prolific and accomplished lady music director in the Hindi film industry. In the early decades of Hindi cinema, we have been earlier introduced to lady music directors viz., Bibbo, Jaddan Bai and Saraswati Rane. Then after a gap of maybe a decade, the teenaged Usha Khanna (she was 18 years when ‘Dil Deke Dekho’ was released in 1959) made her debut.

And the audience and the industry took notice of this new and attractive sound of music. After a slow beginning, she went on to become one of the mainline music directors in the industry. Over the period of about four and a half decade, she has composed music for more than 160 films. Her last film was released on 2003 – ‘Dil To Pardesi Hai’. We do not see more films from her after this, although technically she has not formally announced her retirement from an active career.

The song that I bring up today is from the 1964 film ‘Awaara Baadal’. This is a song performed on screen by Helen. And true to the spirit of this fabulous danseuse, the composition is so lilting and magical. On screen we see a dance being  performed by Helen and a group of supporting dancers. The performance is being viewed by Niranjan Sharma.

The lyrics of the song have been penned by Javed Anwar and the singing voice is that of Asha Bhosle.

A quick reminder for the readers, regarding the lyricist. Javed Anwar is a pseudonym for a team of two songwriters working together. Javed is the name that is used by Manohar Khanna, who is the father of Usha Khanna in real life. And Anwar is the pen name of the second songwriter – Raheel Gorakhpuri.

Wishing Usha ji for good health and many more such celebrations to come.

I invite you to listen to this foot tapping melody that is so apt for a Helen dance song.

Song – Dil To Niraala Hi Sharaabi Hai (Awaara Baadal) (1964) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Lyrics – Javed Anwar, MD – Usha Khanna

Lyrics

dil to niraala hi sharaabi hai
kehta hai un aankhon mein gulaabi hai
thodi si pee loon to kya kharaabi hai
haaye maasha allah maasha allah
maasha allah maasha allah

dil to niraala hi sharaabi hai
kehta hai un aankhon mein gulaabi hai
thodi si pee loon to kya kharaabi hai
haaye maasha allah maasha allah
maasha allah maasha allah

oo oo oo
o nasheeli aankhon waale sun
oo oo oo
o raseeli aankhon waale sun
ho
ho
ho
ho oo
o nasheeli aankhon waale sun
oo oo oo
o raseeli aankhon waale sun
in aankhon se
hamen peene de
hamen jeena hai
hamen jeene de
ho
ho
ho oo oo
dil to niraala hi sharaabi hai
kehta hai un aankhon mein gulaabi hai
thodi si pee loon to kya kharaabi hai
haaye maasha allah maasha allah
maasha allah maasha allah

oo oo oo
laakh rokega zamaana ye
oo oo oo
jhoomta rahega deewaana ye
ho
ho
ho oo
laakh rokega zamaana ye
oo oo oo
jhoomta rahega deewaana ye
samjhega ye
mastaana kya
mastaane ko
samjhaana kya
ho
ho
ho oo oo
dil to niraala hi sharaabi hai
kehta hai un aankhon mein gulaabi hai
thodi si pee loon to kya kharaabi hai
haaye maasha allah maasha allah
maasha allah maasha allah

oo oo oo
aa gayin hain wo hawaayen bhi
oo oo oo
chhaa gayin hain wo ghataayen bhi
haaye
haaye
haaye
aa gayin hain wo hawaayen bhi
oo oo oo
chhaa gayin hain wo ghataayen bhi
saari duniya
chaahe roothegi
tauba tooti hai
tauba tootegi
ho
ho
ho oo oo
dil to niraala hi sharaabi hai
kehta hai un aankhon mein gulaabi hai
thodi si pee loon to kya kharaabi hai
haaye maasha allah maasha allah
maasha allah maasha allah

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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दिल तो निराला ही शराबी है
कहता है उन आँखों में गुलाबी है
थोड़ी सी पी लूँ तो क्या खराबी है
हाए माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह
माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह

दिल तो निराला ही शराबी है
कहता है उन आँखों में गुलाबी है
थोड़ी सी पी लूँ तो क्या खराबी है
हाए माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह
माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह

ओ ओ ओ
ओ नशीली आँखों वाले सुन
ओ ओ ओ
ओ रसीली आँखों वाले सुन
हो
हो
हो
हो ओ
ओ नशीली आँखों वाले सुन
ओ ओ ओ
ओ रसीली आँखों वाले सुन
इन आँखों से
हमें पीने दे
हमें जीना है
हमें जीने दे
हो
हो
हो ओ ओ
दिल तो निराला ही शराबी है
कहता है उन आँखों में गुलाबी है
थोड़ी सी पी लूँ तो क्या खराबी है
हाए माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह
माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह

ओ ओ ओ
लाख रोकेगा ज़माना ये
ओ ओ ओ
झूमता रहेगा दीवाना ये
हो
हो
हो ओ
लाख रोकेगा ज़माना ये
ओ ओ ओ
झूमता रहेगा दीवाना ये
समझेगा ये
मस्ताना क्या
मस्ताने को
समझाना क्या
हो
हो
हो ओ ओ
दिल तो निराला ही शराबी है
कहता है उन आँखों में गुलाबी है
थोड़ी सी पी लूँ तो क्या खराबी है
हाए माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह
माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह

ओ ओ ओ
आ गईं हैं वो हवाएँ भी
ओ ओ ओ
छा गईं हैं वो घटाएँ भी
हाए
हाए
हाए
आ गईं हैं वो हवाएँ भी
ओ ओ ओ
छा गईं हैं वो घटाएँ भी
सारी दुनिया
चाहे रूठेगी
तौबा टूटी है
तौबा टूटेगी
हो
हो
हो ओ ओ
दिल तो निराला ही शराबी है
कहता है उन आँखों में गुलाबी है
थोड़ी सी पी लूँ तो क्या खराबी है
हाए माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह
माशा अल्लाह माशा अल्लाह


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.

Blog Day :

5099 Post No. : 17032

Rajesh Khanna – The Phenomenon – 10
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Welcome all to this post which again is coming after a ‘long gap’ in this series. Well, I hope to conclude this series too at the earliest possible 🙂 .

In this tenth episode of ‘Rajesh Khanna – the Phenomenon’ we look at Rajesh Khanna movies in the year 1983. This was the year of Rajesh Khanna. He was back on the top with a bang. I don’t know if I should say this that he was reinstated as the ‘King of Bollywood’ once again.

The successes of the movies ‘Avtaar’, ‘Sautan’, and to an extent of the movie ‘Agar Tum Naa Hote’ brought Kaka back into the limelight again. Another movie ‘Nishaan’ starring Kaka which was also released during this year 1983 also performed well at the box-office. Though he had delivered some versatile performances and kept doing different roles during the period 1975 to 1978 he was still far away from that level of success which he had tasted before.

He finally got a big boost in 1983 after his continued good performances, critically acclaimed performances and some commercially hit performances in the previous years i.e. from 1979 to 1982. Hit movies like ‘Amardeep’ (1979), ’Thodisi Bewafaai’ (1980); critically acclaimed movies like ‘Red Rose’ (1980), ‘Phir Wohi Raat’ (1980); successful movies like ‘Bandish’ in 1980; and then multi-starrer hits like ‘Qudrat’ in 1981, and ‘Raajput’, ‘Ashaanti’, and ‘Dharam Kaanta’ in 1982 had finally paid off. With two back-to-back hits – ‘Avtaar’ and ‘Sautan’, where Kaka was the main lead and a semi-hit like ‘Agar Tum Naa Hote’, brought a new life to Kaka’s filmi career or his ‘second innings’ as it is generally said.

In the year 1983 the following five movies of Rajesh Khanna were released. Although the movie ‘Baabu’ was passed by Censor Board in 1983, I remember it was released in theaters in 1985. Knowledgeable readers can throw more light on this.

Sl. No. Movie Title Director Censor Date
01 Agar Tum Na Hote Lekh Tandon 27.10.1983
02 Avtaar Mohan Kumar 27.01.1983
03 Baabu^ A.C. Trilokchander 01.11.1983
04 Nishaan Surendra Mohan 06.01.1983
05 Sautan Sawan Kumar 24.05.1983

Today I present a song from the movie ‘Avtaar’. And since this year 1983 was a special year for Kaka, I would like to present more posts covering songs from this year. Let us see how it works.

‘Avtaar’ made its debut on the blog on 27.08.2012 with this song “Ho Ooperwaale Tera Jawaab Nahin” and I would like to quote below what Atul ji had written about this movie of Rajesh Khanna.

“Avtaar” (1983) was a movie of Rajesh Khanna during the second innings of his acting career when he was no longer a superstar. The movies in which Rajesh Khanna acted during this phase won critical acclaim though even if Rajesh Khanna came nowhere close to regaining his lost crown.

 

‘Avtaar’ was produced and directed by Mohan Kumar for his home productions Emkay Enterprises. It had Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Sachin, AK Hangal, Sujit Kumar, Rajni Sharma, Madhu Malini, Yunus Parvez, Shashi Puri, Gulshan Grover, Pichoo Kapoor, Ranjan Grewal, Preeti Sapru and others. Madan Puri had a guest appearance in this movie.

Story of this movie was written by Mohan Kumar and Mushtaq Jalili. Screenplay of this movies was written by Mohan Kumar and dialogues were written by Mushtaq Jalili. Editing of this movie was done by Pratap Bhatt. It was passed by Censor Board on 27.01.1983. HFGK Vol-VI (1981-1985) mentions in the foot note of this movie page that this film was re-certified with English sub-titles by Censor Board on 06.05.1983.

The movie has five songs (including one two-part song) penned by Anand Bakshi and composed to music by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. So far two songs from this movie have been posted on the blog. This is the third song from this movie to be posted on the blog.

Today’s song is sung by Suresh Wadkar, Alka Yagnik, and Mahendra Kapoor. This song is picturized on Shashi Puri-Preeti Sapru, Gulshan Grover-Rajni Sharma. Both couples are lip syncing the voices of Suresh Wadkar and Alka Yagnik. Mahendra Kapoor’s voice is used for background score where we can see Rajesh Khanna working hard in his own garage and preparing himself for a greater challenge.

In the movie this song happens when Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi have left their home as their sons have betrayed them. Sachin (Sewak) accompanies them and arranges a temporary shelter for them. Not only this, after listening the conversation between his master and bibi ji he understands what his master needs. He then donates his blood and from the money for the blood, he buys aujaar (tools) for his master so that he can start his own garage. Rajesh Khanna has an uphill task from here to turn the fortunes while his sons are enjoying with their friends. That is where this song takes place, and we have some meaningful lyrics to listen.

That was all around forty years back now.

And if we go back fifty years i.e. to the year 1973 we have the following movies of Rajesh Khanna released in that year.

Sl. No.

Movie Title Director

Censor Date

01

Aavishkaar Basu Bhattacharya

26.09.1973

02

Daagh Yash Chopra

30.03.1973

03

Namak Haraam Hrishikesh Mukherjee

19.11.1973

 

Let us listen to the today’s song now.

Song – Zindagi Mauj Udaane Ka Naam Hai (Avtaar) (1983) Singers – Suresh Wadkar, Alka Yagnik, Mahendra Kapoor, Lyrics – Anand Bakshi, MD – Laxmikant Pyaarelal
Suresh Wadkar + Alka Yagnik
Chorus

Lyrics 

taara ram
taara ram
tu tu ru tu ru
tu ru tu ru tu ru
zindagi mauj udaane ka naam hai
zindagi yaaron ki jawaani ka jaam hai
jaam hai
payaam hai
zindagi
taara ram
taara ram
tu tu ru
tu ru
tu ru

zindagi mauj udaane ka naam hai
zindagi yaaron ki jawaani ka jaam hai
jaam hai
payaam hai
zindagi

nahin nahin ye zindagi
to mehnaton ka naam hai
waqt hai bahut hi kam
aur bada kaam hai
waqt hai bahut hi kam
aur bada kaam hai
zindagi

ho jitney khushiyon ke sapne hain
yaaro wo saare apne hain
ta ra ra ra ram
ta ra ra ra ram
jitney khushiyon ke sapne hain
yaaro wo saare apne hain
gam to kisi begaane kaa naam hai
jaam hai
payaam hai
zindagi

kaisa ye riwaaj hai
duniya ki saraay mein
ped jala dhoop mein
log baithe saaye mein
ped jala dhoop mein
log baithe saaye mein
zindagi

haq pyaar kaa aaj ada kar doon
tujhpe jaan fida kar doon
ta ra ra ra ram
ho
ta ra ra ra ram
haq pyaar kaa aaj ada kar doon
tujhpe jaan fida kar doon
ho jeena yoon hi
mar jaane ka naam hai
jaam hai
payaam hai
zindagi

marta hai aadmi
sau baar janam leta hai
marta hai aadmi
sau baar janam leta hai
himmat ki kokh se
avtaar janam leta hai
himmat ki kokh se
avtaar janam leta hai

zindagi ee . . .



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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‘Raahgeer’ (1969), is a production from Geetanjali Chitradeep, Calcutta. It was directed by Tarun Majumdar. The movie has Biswajeet, Nirupa Roy, Asit Sen, Sandhya Roy, Vasant Chowdhury, Shashikala, Padma Chauhan, Anwar Hussain, Pahari Sanyal, Master Prasenjit, Ifthekar, Kanhaiyyalal, Chaman Puri, Savita Chatterjee, Ram Avtar, Rashid Khan, CS Dubey and others in it.

Here is what our dear Arun ji has mentioned in brief about this film while commenting on the song-post of the song “Janam Se Banjaara Hoon Bandhu

Atul ji,

First of all, this is a production of GITANJALI CHITRADEEP, CALCUTTA.
The name of Hemant Kumar’s production house was GEETANJALI PICTURES, BOMBAY. So there is every possibility that this may be a home production, in some way or the other, of Biswajeet.
I remember having seen this film halfway, in the theatre, as it was very much boring.
Directed by Tarun Mujumdar, its cast was, Biswajeet, Sandhya Roy, Shashikala, Padma, Nirupa Roy, Kanhaiyalal, Anwar Hussain, Pahadi Sanyal, Prasanjit, Iftekhar, Asit Sen, Sabita Chatterjee etc.
The story, as I remember, was of a young man who is fond of wandering and sets out on an endless journey. The film depicts various experiences he encounters in his travels. He does not get attached to anybody but becomes a darling of many.
Neither the story, nor the music, nor the actors were of much interest and hence no wonder the film wandered aimlessly in search of success.
-AD
NB- There seems to be no record of any major award given to Rahgir. Maybe, Bengal Govt. or critics or journalists award may have been given to it.

The movie has ten songs and lyrics for all the ten songs are penned by Gulzar. The music is composed by Hemant Kumar. Here is the list of songs this movie has.

Sl. No.

Song Title Singer/s

Posted On

01

Janam Se Banjaaraa Hoon Bandhu Hemant Kumar 21.09.2011

02

He He, … Vaidhh Ke Palle Pade Kishore Kumar 13.07.2018

03

Aa, Do Do Pankh Lagaake Panchhi Banenge Hemant Kumar,
Aarti Mukherjee, Chorus

04

Daiyya Kasam-Sharam Laage, Ae Sakhi, Badaa Besharam Balam Asha Bhonsle,
Usha Mangeshkar

05

Babu Ghabraate Hain, Chori Chori Aankhon Se Teer Chalaate Hain Asha Bhonsle,
Kishore Kumar
17.07.2018

06

Tumhaare Nain Dekh Ke Sunaa Hai Log Jogi Ho Gaye Hemant Kumar 27.10.2013

07

Haay Haay, Panchhi Re, Ude Gagan Gagan Mast Magan Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar,
Sulakshana Pandit, Chorus

08

Mujhko Dosh Na Dena Bandhu… Kabhi Ruk Gaye Hain Kabhi Chal Diye Hain Hemant Kumar

09

Bairi Aanchar Pag Pag Urjhe Hamaar, Lata Mangeshkar, Chorus

10

Mitwaa Re, Bhool Gaye Thhe Raahen Mitwa Lata Mangeshkar, Chorus 06.07.2016

This movie made its debut on the blog on 21.09.2011. However, as we can see in the above table, so far only five out of ten songs of this movie have been posted on the blog.

Today we take this opportunity to present the sixth song from this movie on the blog. It will be after a gap of almost four years since the fifth song of this movie was discussed on the blog.

Today’s song is sung by Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, and Sulakshana Pandit. And is a light-hearted group chorus song having a philosophical side too. The lyrics are by Gulzar Sb and music is composed by Hemant Kumar.

Let us listen to and enjoy the today’s wonderful song now …

Song – Panchhi Re Udey Gagan Gagan Mast Magan (Raahgeer) (1969) Singers – Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Lyrics – Gulzar, MD – Hemant Kumar
Manna Dey + Sulakshana Pandit
Chorus

Lyrics

haay haay
panchhi re ae ae ae
ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re

panchhi re ae ae ae
ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re

hoy

panchhi re ae ae ae
ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re

o o o o
kaisi chaahton ki tujhe hawaa lagi hai
tujhe hawaa laagi hai
kaunse milan ke liye vidaa lagi hai
tujhe vidaa lagi hai
kaisi chaahton ki tujhe hawaa lagi hai
kaunse milan ke liye vidaa lagi hai
o o o
aasmaan pe mil gayaa hai
kaisaa watan
kaisaa watan
kaisaa watan re
panchhi re ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re

ghaat ghaat boond chune
chune ud jaaye
o o o
ghaat ghaat boond chune
chune ud jaaye
pyaasi maatiyon pe kahin jaaye barsaaye
o o o
pyaasi maatiyon pe kahin jaaye barsaaye
kiske gaon jayegaa re ae ae ae ae
kiske gaon jayegaa re
kiske watan
kiske watan
kiske watan re
panchhi re ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re

o o o

chaand si pari ke desh me bhi jaayiyo
ha ha desh jaayiyo
hoy sone waali baaliyon ke kaan laaiyiyo
ha ha kaan laaiyo
chaand si pari ke desh me bhi jaayiyo
sone waali baaliyon ke kaan laaiyiyo
o o o
os waale moti leke aana watan
aana watan
aana watan re

panchhi re ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang lagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
panchhi re ae ae
panchhi re ude gagan gagan
ae
mast magan
ae
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
ae ae ae


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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5085 Post No. : 17010 Movie Count :

4608

Today, 20th June, 2022 is the birthday of our Respected Dear Atul ji. On this occasion we wish him a very happy birthday and a healthy, wealthy, peaceful and ‘full of musical life’ ahead. . .

Previously while selecting a song for this occasion we were specially looking for songs having ‘geet, safar, gaanaa, gaata chal, gaaye jaa, gungunaata chal, gaata chalaa gaya, etc. and words like these and/or similar words like these woven in a ‘philosophical’ song set up to convey the ‘musical journey’ of Atul ji and this blog. However today I am presenting a totally different song to celebrate this occasion with a rocking song and music, once again in a ‘Jat Yamla’ style. 😀

 Also today I will not repeat again what I usually like to mention about Atul ji and my feelings for him and feelings for the blog. I would only like that today he listens to and enjoys this song presented with this post here 🙂

I would once again say ‘Many Happy Returns of the Day to Atul ji’ and move forward to today’s song and its movie.

Today’s song is from the ‘1999’ movie ‘Dillagi’. Today this movie is making its debut on the blog. This film was produced and directed by Sunny Deol for his home production company Vijayta Films. It was presented by Dharmendra.

The movie has Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Urmila Matondkar, Dara Singh, Zohra Sehgal, Harish Patel, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Reema, Vijay Kashyap, Sushmita Mukherjee, Deepshikha, Vaibhavi Raut, Rajshri Solanki, Dimple Inamdar, Goldie Choudhary, Raj Zutshi, Alistar Woodham, Pervinder Gujral, Kanika Shivpuri, Tora Khasgir, Narinder Kaur, Shefali Ganguly, Mac Singh, Raspal Virdee, Steve Nijjar, Bebz Jetha, Col. Kapoor, Jasbir Thandi, Prakash Agarwal, Nirmal, Master Anand, Master Mayank, Master Deepak, Master Arbaaz, and others. New actors introduced in this movie are Praveen Dabas, Amrik Randhawa, Apsara Iyengar, Denise Butler. The movie also has Surekha Sikri in a Guest Apprearance and Preity Zinta in a Special Appearance.

Screenplay of this movie was written by Sutanu Gupta. Dialogues of this movie were written by Sanjay Masoom. Editing of this movie was done by Keshav Naidu. This movie was passed by Censor Board on 08.11.1999.

This movie has as many as eleven songs . Lyrics for this movie are written by Javed Akhtar, Sukhwinder Singh, and Tejpal Kaur. Music for this movie is composed by Jatin-Lalit, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sukhwinder Singh, and Anand-Milind. We will know more about this movie in the future when the other songs of this movie are discussed on the blog.

Lyricist for the today’s song is Sukhwinder Singh who has also composed this song. The singing voices are Mahendra Kapoor, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh, Mridula Desai, Mohini Brahmabhatt and chorus. It is picturised on Sunny Deol, Dara Singh, Bobby Deol, Zohra Sehgal and many other artists are also present there during the picturisation of this song.

Let us now listen to the today’s song and welcome this musical movie on the blog.

Once again wishing our Atul ji a very happy birthday today !!!

Dhoom Dhoom Luck Luck

Audio

Video

Song – Dhoom Dhoom Lak Lak (Dillagi) (1999) Singers – Mahendra Kapoor, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh, Mridula Desai, Mohini Brahmabhatt, Lyrics – Sukhwinder Singh, MD – Sukhwinder Singh
Chorus

Lyrics

dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

aaja bhangde ch maar ke chhadaappa pair rakh
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
aaja bhangde ch maar ke chhadaappa pair rakh
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
aaja bhangde ch maar ke chhadaappa pair rakh
aaja bhangech maarke
chhadaappa pair rakh
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

ho o tere chehre pe laakhon sitaare mitra
tujhe dekh ke dilon ki ho jaaye dhak dhak
i want to step in for good luck
and let me try this dhoom lak lak

dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
aaja bhangde ch maar ke chhadaappa pair rakh
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
ho o o o
ho o ho o o
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

putt jattan di bhangde de jad sajnaa raunak lag di
sajnaa raunak lag dii
rut mastaani khol ke zulfaan mehfil de vich nachdi
mehfil de vich nachdi

dola ve dola
haay dola
aaja dove nachiye
haay dola

dola ve dola
haay dola
aa ha aaja dove nachiye
haay dola

he rut mastaani
haay dola
husn ki raani
haay dola
hoy halle ta jawaani
haay dola
he he ae ae
badi deewaani
haay dola

ho ho o o o ho ho
laa laa laa laa laa laa laa
ho o o o o
laa laa laa laa laa laa laa

ho ho o o o o
ho ho ho o ho ho o

kehte hain duniyawaale
daulat ka rang sunehra
daulat ka rang sunehra
par dil waalon ki duniya ka hai
rang badaa hi gehraa
rang badaa hi gehraa

hey jaadugar jaadu kar jaayega
jaadugar jaadu kar jaayega
haa
pi ke gulaabi tar jaayegaa
jaadugar jaadu kar jaayegaa

sun patli patang
chal mere sang sang
patli patang
chal mere sang sang
ik baat kahe dilwaala
ke ghoonghtaa
ke ghoonghtaa aa
ke ghoonghtaa khol zaraa
main bhi dekhoon til kaala
ke ghoonghtaa khol zaraa aa
aa

dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

hoye hoye hoye hoye
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
yaari yaari yaari
dhoom dhoom lak lak
aari aari aari
bruuaah
ke aj main pi leni
ke aj main pi leni
ye saari ki saari
ke aj main chak leni
aj main chak leni
pisti naar kunwaari
mujhe koyi naa roke ae
mujhe koyi naa roke
naa roke duniyaadaari
ke aj main chak leni
pisti naar kunwaari
ke aj main chak leni

paa ji ee ee ee ee
tussi top ho
top ho
top ho
top ho

main keya kaka ji
tussi India di hope ho
o o o o o o

dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

dha tirkit dha …

dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

dha tirkit dha ….

dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

ho o o o

dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak
dhoom dhoom lak lak

o o o o


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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5069 Post No. : 16985 Movie Count :

4601

Hullo Atuldom

‘Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein’ (RHTDM – 2001) was produced by Vashu Bhagnani and directed by Gautam Vasudev Menon. It was either a remake or made along side Gautam Vasudev Menon’s Tamil ‘Minnale’. ‘Minnale’ released in February and RHTDM released in October 2001. Both the versions had R Madhavan play the lead, music was by Harris Jayaraj (I think both the movies were the composers’ debut in the respective languages).

RHTDM was the debut of, second runner-up Miss India 2000, Dia Mirza who had gone to be crowned Miss Asia Pacific 2000. Indian beauties Lara Dutta & Priyanka Chopra were that year’s Miss Universe & Miss World respectively.

‘Rehnaa Hai Terra Dil Mein’ (please note that the extra alphabets in the title may have something to do with numerology and that is how it appeared in the movie’s title card) had Saif Ali Khan as the other male protagonist along with Vrajesh Hirjee, Tannaz Irani (she was Tannaz Currim back then), Anupam Kher, Navin Nischol, etc in the cast. Sameer was the lyricist and Bombay Jayashree, Roop Kumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam, Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Shaan, Preeti – Pinky, Sukhvinder Singh, Shekhar Ravijani, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vasundhara Das and KK were the playback singers used.

The movie was the story of a love-struck man,  (unknowingly) stealing the identity of his former college foe, to pursue his lady-love and the eventual repercussions he has to face, when his cover is blown before he could come clean.

I had originally zeroed in to the songs of this movie to wish R Madhavan on his birthday which was on 1st of June. R Madhavan was born in Jamshedpur to South Indian parents and completed his graduation from Kolhapur. In college he was a leading NCC cadet and had the opportunity to go to England and get training in the Royal Air-Force, Royal Navy and British Army. I read somewhere that he had briefly toyed the idea of joining the armed forces too but missed the cut-off by a few months. A brief stint in modelling helped him gain a foothold in the entertainment industry via the television industry. I remember him playing Satish Shah’s son-in-law and Mandira Bedi’s husband in ‘Ghar Jamai’ in the ’90s. His first chance in Indian films came via Kannada movies.

Before I could complete the post in came the news of the untimely death of the KK aka Krishnakumar Kunnath after a stage performance in Kolkatta. He was only 53.

KK was born to South Indian parents (like Madhavan) in New Delhi. He was an alumnus of Kirori Mal College. He was the voice of the jingles in the ’90s before AR Rehman gave him a break in Tamil. His debut in Hindi films was the full throat song “Tadap Tadap Ke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi” from the film ‘Ham Dil De Chuke Sanam’ (1999) under the baton of Ismail Darbar (the song is already present on our blog with a post by Nahmji).

Yesterday fellow-Atulite Satyajitji shared a short clip featuring hits of KK and I found most of them had been my favorites; of course without knowing who was singing those. I must also admit that I am as ignorant about the current lot of singers as I was about the singers of the Golden Era of Indian Music. Just as some songs are prophetic about the concerned writer, music director, singer etc. There is a song which KK sang “Hum Rahe Ya Na Rahe Kal” from the non film album ‘Pal’. It seems that he had sung this song on-stage on that fateful evening of 31st May.

For this post I present the song which I had originally chosen to wish Madhavan on his birthday on 1st June.

But now this song unfortunately also happens to be a tribute to KK.

Song – Sach Keh Raha Hai Deewaana (Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein) (2001) Singer – KK, Lyrics – Sameer, MD – Harris Jayraj

Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)

sach keh raha hai deewaana
dil
dil na kisi se lagaana
jhoothe hai yaar ke waade saare
jhoothi hain pyaar ki kasmen
maine har lamha jise chaaha
jise pooja
usi ne yaaro mera dil toda
toda
tanha
tanha chhoda

sach keh raha hai deewaana
dil
dil na kisi se lagaana
jhoothe hai yaar ke waade saare
jhoothi hain pyaar ki kasmen
maine har lamha jise chaaha
jise pooja
usi ne yaaro mera dil toda
toda
tanha
tanha chhoda

sunder sunder
wo haseena
badi sunder sunder
main to khone laga
uske nashe mein
bin piye behka. . .
aa aa aa
sunder sunder
wo haseena
badi sunder sunder
main to khone laga
uske nashe mein
bin piye behka. . .
ek din usey bhula doonga main
uske nishaan mita doonga main
chaahoonga na main us patthar ko
ja usey bata de

oo oo
sach keh raha hai deewaana
dil
dil na kisi se lagaana
jhoothe hai yaar ke waade saare
jhoothi hain pyaar ki kasmen
maine har lamha jise chaaha
jise pooja
usi ne yaaro mera dil toda
toda
tanha
tanha chhoda

mausam
mausam
tha bada suhaana
mausam
mausam
maine dekha usey
hua main paagal
bas pal bhar mein
aa aa
mausam
mausam
tha bada suhaana
mausam
mausam
maine dekha usey
hua main paagal
bas pal bhar mein
aake basi hai wo mere mann mein
uski kami hai ab jeevan mein
wo door hai meri nazron se
kyun usey main chaahoon

la laai laai laai laai laa
le
la laai laai laai laai laa
la laai laai laai laai laa
le

maine har lamha jise chaaha
jise pooja
usi ne yaaro mera dil toda
toda
tanha
tanha chhoda

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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सच कह रहा है दीवाना
दिल
दिल ना किसी से लगाना
झूठे हैं यार के वादे सारे
झूठी हैं प्यार की कसमें
मैंने हर लम्हा जिसे चाहा
जिसे पूजा
उसी ने यारो मेरा दिल तोड़ा
तोड़ा
तन्हा
तन्हा छोड़ा

सच कह रहा है दीवाना
दिल
दिल ना किसी से लगाना
झूठे हैं यार के वादे सारे
झूठी हैं प्यार की कसमें
मैंने हर लम्हा जिसे चाहा
जिसे पूजा
उसी ने यारो मेरा दिल तोड़ा
तोड़ा
तन्हा
तन्हा छोड़ा

सुन्दर सुन्दर
वो हसीना
बड़ी सुन्दर सुन्दर
मैं तो खोने लगा
उसके नशे में
बिन पिये बहका
आ आ आ
सुन्दर सुन्दर
वो हसीना
बड़ी सुन्दर सुन्दर
मैं तो खोने लगा
उसके नशे में
बिन पिये बहका॰ ॰ ॰
इक दिन उसे भुला दूँगा मैं
उसके निशां मिटा दूँगा मैं
चाहूँगा ना मैं उस पत्थर को
जा उसे बता दे

ओ ओ
सच कह रहा है दीवाना
दिल
दिल ना किसी से लगाना
झूठे हैं यार के वादे सारे
झूठी हैं प्यार की कसमें
मैंने हर लम्हा जिसे चाहा
जिसे पूजा
उसी ने यारो मेरा दिल तोड़ा
तोड़ा
तन्हा
तन्हा छोड़ा

मौसम
मौसम
था सुहाना बड़ा
मौसम
मौसम
मैंने देखा उसे
हुआ मन पागल
बस पल भर में
आ आ
मौसम
मौसम
था सुहाना बड़ा
मौसम
मौसम
मैंने देखा उसे
हुआ मन पागल
बस पल भर में
आके बसी है वो मेरे मन में
उसकी कमी है अब जीवन में
वो दूर है मेरी नज़रों से
क्यों उसे मैं चाहूँ

ल लाई लाई लाई लाई ला
ले
ल लाई लाई लाई लाई ला
ल लाई लाई लाई लाई ला
ले

मैंने हर लम्हा जिसे चाहा
जिसे पूजा
उसी ने यारो मेरा दिल तोड़ा
तोड़ा
तन्हा
तन्हा छोड़ा


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This blog discusses Bollywood songs of yesteryears. Every song has a brief description, followed by a video link, and complete lyrics of the song.

This is a labour of love, where “new” songs are added every day, and that has been the case for over FIFTEEN years. This blog has over 18300 song posts by now.

This blog is active and online for over 5000 days since its beginning on 19 july 2008.

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Total number of songs posts discussed

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Number of movies covered in the blog

Movies with all their songs covered =1411
Total Number of movies covered=4951

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