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Tu aisa kaisa marad
Posted on: May 18, 2023
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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Hullo Atuldom
“Aakrosh” (1980) was directed by Govind Nihalani. Produced by Devi Dutt & NFDC. It had Vijay Tendulkar & Satyadev Dubey as writers; which meant that the film was either an Art film (meaning audiences fed on fantasy & escapist stories would not buy a ticket to see it) or at least a middle of the road film (meaning it showed the realities of the times in a not-so-harsh manner). I have never seen the film, so I don’t know what category it falls under. But various sites on the internet have classified “Aakrosh” as crime – drama.
The film had a cast of Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Achyut Potdar, Amrish Puri, Mohan Agashe, Arvind Deshpande, Vinay Apte, Reema Lagoo etc.; indicating that the film must have been a performance-filled film complete with heavy & hard-hitting dialogues. Almost bordering on stage-like feel looking at the super actors present in the film. The songs were written by Vasant Deo & Suryabhanu Gupt. Ajit Verman was the music director, the film had three songs.
The film was based on some real-life incident of those times and was part of Vijay Tendulkar’s series of works based on explorations on violence. It was a scathing satire on the corruption in the judicial system and the victimization of the underprivileged by the able & the powerful. It showed the public prosecutor (I think Naseeruddin Shah played this part) discovering the harsh realities of the scheduled tribes of India, in the 1980s, when defending the case of a tribesman (Om Puri) accused of murdering his wife (Smita Patil).
I was sure with such a stark subject, there would have been no scope for any song-n-dance sequence in this film. But I was wrong. I discovered that there was a dance number; which would have been tagged as an item-number in today’s parlance. I discovered this song on 18-May-2017. What was so special that I remember this date so vividly?
That was the date, when the news channels broke the news of Reema Lagoo’s death. She was one of the many artists who was popular in all the entertainment formats- stage, films, television etc. She was born Nayan Bhadbhade and her mother Mandakini Bhadbhade was a stage actress. Nayan took to acting on stage as a student and her professional stage assignments continued even when she took employment. She became Reema Lagoo after her marriage to Vivek Lagoo in 1978. Reema and Vivek Lagoo have a daughter who is also an actress and theatre actress.
Reema debuted in films in 1979 with Jabbar Patel’s ‘Sinhasan’. If I am not wrong, “Aakrosh” was her Hindi debut, where she performed in the song with today’s post. ‘Kalyug’ produced by Shashi Kapoor was her next in Hindi which was followed by a few more until ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ (QSQT) & ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ (MPK) came along in 1988 & 1989 (respectively) and she became the lovable sweet mother who is always in support of her children. Along with these films, she was seen on Doordarshan in serials like ‘Khandaan’ but her portrayal of Kokila Kulkarni in ‘Shrimaan Shrimati’ (1994-1999) & Devaki Verma in Sachin Pilgaonkar’s (a.k.a Master Sachin) ‘Tu Tu Main Main’ (1994-2000) made her a darling of the audiences. And to think, she was just around 30 years of age when she played a mother to Juhi Chawla (QSQT) or Salman Khan (MPK).
Thinking of this lovely, sweet, cute lady whose career was cut short by her untimely death. She was busy shooting for serial till the previous day.
Today’s song is sung by Madhuri Purandare (never heard this name before), written by Vasant Deo and composed by Ajit Verman. The song shows that Reema Lagoo could dance too.
Song-Tu aisa kaisa marad (Aakrosh)(1980) Singer-Madhuri Purandare, Lyrics-Vasant Deo, MD-Ajit Verman
Unknown male voice
Female chorus
Lyrics
ho o
aa aa aaa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aaa
tu aisa kaisa marad
kaun ga
barf sa sarad
are re re re re re
toone kya thhaani ee ee
haan aan aan aan aan
tu aisa kaisa marad
barf sa sarad
toone kya thhaani
zara dekh ke meri garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaaa aa aani
tu aisa kaisa marad
baraf sa sarad
toone kya thhaani
zara dekh ke meri garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaa aa aani
zara dekh ke iski garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaa aaa aani
chauthhe roz naha ke main to badal rahi thhi saadi
ho badal rahi thhi saadi
chauthhe roj naha ke main to badal rahi thhi saadi
tu aaya ke main ghabrai
ke haay fisal padi meri saadi ee ee
vo aaya
ke ye ghabraayi
ke haaye phisal padi ee saadi
tu aankh meench ke khada aa aa
bana munh aisa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
gunguna raha
jo o o o
hanuman chaalisa
main beech se kat gayi
ho gayi paani paani paani ee ee
arre paani paani paani
main beech se kat gayi
ho gayi paani paani paani ee ee
zara dekh ke meri garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaa aa aani
tu aisa kaisa marad
baraf sa sarad
toone kya thhaani ee
zara dekh ke meri garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaa aa aani
zara dekh ke iski garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaa aa aani
?? jale to hota
saaree raat ujaalaa
arre saaree raat ujaala
bina prem ke karm khule na
bin chaabhi ke taala
arre bin chaabhi ke taala
mujhe ang laga lo aas rahe na koi ee ee ee
?? ye na kahe koi ee ee
ye khili kunj mein sej piya ??
zara dekh ke meri garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaa aa aani
zara dekh ke iski garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaa aa aani
tu aisa kaisa marad
barf sa sarad
toone kya thhaani
zara dekh ke meri garam mom si pighli jaaye jawaaa aani
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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.
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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
Mera naam yaaron mahaachor hai
Posted on: March 30, 2023
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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Hullo Atuldom
Anand Bakshi …. a poet & lyricist who was nominated for the Filmfare Best Lyricist award 40 times that resulted in 4 wins. Poetry writing was a hobby for him in his younger days which became an occasional activity after he joined the Indian Navy due to paucity of time. He came to Bombay to try his luck at writing songs and singing for films. He got his first break in a Bhagwan Dada starrer in 1958; from then he kept getting to write songs every year.
Anand Bakshi was the go-to lyricist for Rajesh Khanna starrers beginning with “Aradhana” in 1969 following it up with a bagful of (mostly) hit films like ‘Aan Milo Sajna’, ‘Roti’, ‘Raja Rani’, ‘Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka’, ‘Chhailla babu’, ‘Anurodh’, ‘Aakraman’ and all those movies which I have not mentioned but die-hard Rajesh Khanna- Anand Bakshi fans will know, for sure!
His wish to try singing got fulfilled when he sang for ‘Mom Ki Gudiya’ in 1972. The other films for which he sang were ‘Sholay’ (1975), ‘Charas’ (1976), ‘Balika Badhu’ (1976), ‘Mahachor’ (1976); and the blog has all the songs Anand Bakshi ever sang in Hindi Films. His career began with Nisaar Bazmi compositions for ‘Bhala Aadmi’ (1958) and the last movie with songs written by him came in 2008 which had music by Ismail Darbar – ‘Mehbooba’. Interesting trivia to note is that there were two “Mehbooba”/s in his career – the 1976 MR Productions ‘Mehbooba’ (another Rajesh Khanna film) being the more easily remembered one.
“Bhala Aadmi” (1958) had 10 songs of which 5 were written by Anand Bakshi (the blog has two of these). “Mehbooba” (2008) had 10 songs and it is yet to come on the blog.
As I write this, I recall an anecdote that Pyarelal Sharma of the Laxmi-Pyare duo, loves to relate. It seems they were having sittings for finalizing the songs of ‘Aan Milo Sajna’ and Bakshi Saab (as Pyarelalji addresses him) was unable to come up with words for a tune. Giving up (for the time being) Bakshi saab stood up and said -‘achha to hum chalte hain’; to which Laxmikant asked- ‘phir kab miloge?’ Pat came the reply- ‘jab tum kahoge’. And that was the start to the evergreen song of ‘Aan Milo Sajna’. Pyarelalji further said that Bakshi saab instantly sat down and completed the song. I have seen a video on a news channel’s Sunday entertainment program- ‘Total Recall’ where music composers who had worked with Bakshisaab have related how well meaning songs, bhajans etc which the common man could also sing along & relate to were written by the lyricist, rather easily. His relatable songs may have been the reason for his long career and popularity.
I am (as usual) spoilt for choice for a song to go with this post. I could settle for a popular song from a Rajesh Khanna film, or look up if songs from “Bhala Aadmi” are available – uploaded for use here or bring up a song from any movie that has a few of its songs on the blog. Or finally, bring up a new movie hitherto unrepresented on the blog. I think we should have a song from a movie which has a few of its songs on the blog. But choosing a song in this criteria is also not easy because even that is a long list.
Finally, the song that I have chosen is from the 1976 released “Mahachor”. It had music by R D Burman. Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle & Anand Bakshi were the payback singers used. The following songs from the film are there on the blog
| Song | Date of post in the blog |
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| Main tumse pyaar karti hoon | 29 December 2011 |
| Meethhi meethhi ankhiyon se man bhar de | 18 July 2016 |
| Hindu hoon main na musalmaan hoon | 30 March 2021 |
| Sun Banto baat meri | 19 July 2022 |
Today’s will be the penultimate song from a film that had Rajesh Khanna, Neetu Singh, Prem Chopra, Kamini Kaushal, Aruna Irani, Anwar Hussain, Manmohan, Krishan Dhawan, Manorama in its cast. This was a film from the time when stories featuring kings, queens, princes, princesses, (corrupt) dewans, senapatis etc. were still being made. The prince or the princess will be separated from the royal family and the film will then wind its way through trying to locate the missing heir with the dewans & senapatis trying their best to use the situation to their benefit. I can give a long list of films with this storyline in films post 1975. These costume dramas had a charm of their own and actors readily agreed to don sequinned gowns, gladiator-style leather suits, funny looking Jodhpurs etc.
We are having this song by the deadly foursome (all of who have left us their legacy) Anand Bakshi, R D Burman, Kishore Kumar and Rajesh Khanna today to remember the lyricist who left us this date 22 years ago.
Video
Audio (longer)
Song-Mera naam yaaron mahaachor hai (Mahachor)(1976) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics(Based on audio link)
he ho ha
bure kaamon ka duniya mein
bura anjaam hota hai
magar kuchh bhi kaho
ye bad se buraa
badmaan hota hai
kehte hain
mera naam
mahaa chor hai
mera naam yaaron mahaachor hai
mera naam yaaron mahaachor hai
mahaachor lekin koi aur hai
mahaachor lekin koi aur hai
haan
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai ae
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai
samjhe
usey koi jaa kar pakadta nahin
kabhi hathhkadi mein jakadta nahin
nazar tez qaanoon ki hai magar
bahut door hai jail se uska ghar
kabhi saamne bhi jo aata hai wo
ishaaron pe sabko nachaata hai wo
usi ke to haathhon mein har dor hai
usi ke to haathhon mein har dor hai
dor hai dor hai dor hai
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai ae
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai
samjhe naa
mera naam to sirf thhaane mein hai
mera naam to sirf thhaane mein hai
magar uski shohrat zamaane mein hai
usey yoon to sab jaante hain janaab
magar uske chehre pe hai ek naqaab
nahin koi ustaad aisa bahut
magar paas uske hai paisa bahut
to paise mein saahab bada zor hai
to paise mein saahab bada zor hai
zor hai hai zor hai hai zor hai
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai ae
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai
haan aan aan aan
hey ae ae ae
o o oy
main galiyon ka raaja wo mehlon ka king
main chaandi ka challa wo sone ki ring
kahoon kya usey har khata maaf hai ae
main andar wo baahar ye insaaf hai
main karta hoon chori ke main hoon gareeb
usey kya padi wo to hai khushnaseeb
suno baat ye kaabil e gaur hai
suno baat ye kaabil e gaur hai
gaur hai gaur hai gaur hai
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai ae
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai
mahaachor lekin koi aur hai
haan
mahaachor lekin koi aur hai
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai ae
mera naam yaaron mahachor hai ae ae
Raajaa ki aayee hai baaraat
Posted on: March 21, 2023
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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Hullo Atuldom
Born into the film industry. Married into another famous movie-making family. Debut film (in Hindi) with a star-son; a Khan at that. In fact, heroes in her first six films had KHAN as their last name.
I am speaking of Rani Mukherjee who was born into the Mukherjee-Samarth family. Her father Ram Mukherjee was the son of Ravindramohan Mukherjee who was Sashadhar Mukherjee’s (founder of Filmalaya studios) brother. Her mother is the playback singer Krishna Mukherjee. Additionally her brother is director Raja Mukherjee. So that is Rani’s maayka.
She is married to Aditya Chopra; Yash Chopra’s son. ‘Shadaab Khan’ (Amjad Khan’s son) in ‘Raja ki Aayegi Baraat’; ‘Aamir Khan’ in ‘Ghulam’; ‘Shahrukh Khan’ in ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’; ‘Faraaz Khan’ (son of Yusuf Khan a.k.a Zebisco of ‘Amar Akbar Anthoy’) in ‘Mehndi’; ‘Salman Khan’ in ‘Hello Brother’; were her first five movies with the Khans. The sixth film, that I spoke of at the start of this post, ‘Mann’ had Rani only for a song where she shared screen time with Aamir Khan for a song.
Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Abhishek Bachchan, Govinda, where the other heroes she was usually cast opposite in the first few years of her career. She also played Kamal Haasan’s wife in ‘Hey Ram’; incidentally Shahrukh Khan also had a role in the film, not opposite Rani though.
Subsequent films saw her in a few two-heroine films like ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’; ‘Kahin Pyaar Na ho jaaye’; ‘Mujhse Dosti Karoge’ etc.
Movies with Rani Mukherjee were full of good songs, and commercial entertainers. Today she turns a year older- 45 to be exact.
Last Friday saw the release of “Mrs Chatterjee v/s Norway” which has Rani playing a mother and the promos show her to be playing some kind if activist. She has been seen in this type of movies since 2011 when she appeared in ‘No one killed Jessica’.
The song with this post is from her debut film ‘Raja ki Aayegi Baraat’ (1996). Other than Rani Mukherjee & Shadaab Khan the film also had Saeed Jaffery, Raja Murad, Gulshan Grover, Divya Dutta, Asrani, Shashi Sharma, Mohnish Behl, Goga Kapoor, Yunus Parvez etc. in the cast. The film showed Rani playing a girl with happy dreams of marriage and a rosy life. These dreams are shattered when Shadaab Khan enters her life, rapes her to avenge her humiliating him etc. But Shadaab is forced to marry Rani as a punishment for his crime against her by the judge played by Yunus Parvez. Rani uses this opportunity to get even with her tormentor but the couple end up falling in love and the marriage becomes a success. There are some twists and turns before the movie ends in a “marriage baraat”; the kind which Rani had dreamt of.
Let us wish Rani a Happy Birthday with this song which sees Rani living her dream of a “Grand Baraat” at her wedding.
Song-Raaja ki aayee hai baaraat (Raja Ki aayegi Baaraat)(1996) Singer-Vijeyta Pandit, Lyrics-Sameer, MD-Aadesh Srivastava
Female chorus
Lyrics
raaja ki aayi hai baaraat mere aangan mein
raaja ki aayi hai baaraat mere aangan mein
main to naachoon hilaa ke roomaal mere aangan mein
aangan mein
sabke chehre khil rahe hain
masti aisi hai chhaayi
haaye
masti aisi hai chhaayi
phool barse
rang bikhre
mil rahi hai badhaayi
haaye haaye
mil rahi hai badhaayi
ye to bade hi shagun ki hai baat mere aangan mein
raaja ki aayi hai baaraat mere aangan mein
main to naachoon hilaa ke roomaal mere aangan mein
aangan mein
dulhe raaja janch rahe hain
baandh ke sar pe sehra
haaye
baandh ke sar pe sehra
is khushi mein lag raha hai
waqt jaise ho thahra
haaye haaye
waqt jaise ho thahra
saath dulhan ke saj gayi raat mere aangan mein
raaja ki aayi hai baaraat mere aangan mein
main to naachoon hilaa ke roomaal mere aangan mein
aangan mein
bhaabhi meetha munh karaaye
note bahnon ne waare
haaye haaye
note bahnon ne waare
bin piye hi jhoom rahe hain paapa jee bhi hamaare
haaye
paapa jee bhi hamaare
aisi khushiyon ki huyi barsat mere aangan mein
raaja ki aayi hai baaraat mere aangan mein
main to naachoon hilaa ke roomaal mere aangan mein
aangan mein
oye
oye
oye oye oye
Badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
Posted on: March 20, 2023
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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Hullo Atuldom
Presenting
“Badi Mushkil Baba
Badi Mushkil
Gore gore gaalon pe hain
Kala kala til”
A song that I love to see. Why?!!
(1) Because of its choreography
(2) Because of the smiling ladies in the sequence.
(3) A visual treat.
I hope the followers of the blog will get the same pleasure from this song that I experience every time I see it. The song is from the Rajkumar Santoshi produced & directed “Lajja” (2001). The story of the film was woman-centric just like “Damini” (1993); the major difference between ‘Damini’ & ‘Lajja’ being that ‘Lajja’ had four female characters as its protagonist.
The film had a cast of highly talented, super versatile actors with Rekha, Madhuri Dixit, Mahima Chaudhry, Manisha Koirala (as the main ladies), Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, with Danny, Gulshan Grover, Suresh Oberoi, Razak Khan, Johnny Lever, Sharman Joshi, Tinnu Anand, Farida Jalal, Dina Pathak, Anjan Shrivastav, Beena, Govind Namdeo, Rohini Hattangadi etc in supporting roles. The film also had Sonali Bendre & Urmila Matondkar for a song sequence each. Also there were Viju Khote, Asrani, Jagdeep, Samir Soni, Jaya Bhattacharya in guest appearances. That is a very long list and most of the supporting actors have been given near-equal screen time.
The film was the story of Vaidehi (Manisha Koirala) who is a girl with conservative family values and undergoes a culture shock when she has to shift to the USA after marriage to Raghu (Jackie Shroff). The film then follows her journey after she leaves her husband and the USA; comes to India and encounters other ladies in similar or worse situations. The ladies Maithili (Mahima Chaudhry), Janki (Madhuri Dixit), and Rampyari (Rekha) are all shown to be coping with the good & bad happenings in their lives to the best of their abilitiies. Mathili & Rampyari have Raju (Anil Kapoor- a common thief) & Bhulwa (Ajay Devgan- a not-so-dreaded bandit) helping the ladies in their own way.
In spite of good performances by the cast, excellent songs, and being well-directed with a good second half the film was not a commercial success. It was felt by some critics that the film tried to pack in too many issues viz. dowry, computer education, female literacy, (only) females being accountable in society and female infanticide. But Rekha & Madhuri were nominated for best supporting actress at the 47th Filmfare awards and Ajay Devgan for best supporting actor.
The film had background score was by Ilaiyaraja and Anu Malik was the music director for the songs that were sung by Richa Sharma, Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, Anuradha Sriram, K.K., Shubha Mudgal & Lata Mangeshkar. The songs were written by Sameer.
Today, Alka Yagnik, the playback singer of this song turns a year older. She was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in a Gujarati family. Herr mother was a Indian Classical music singer and Alka too beegan singing at a very young age. She came to Mumbai with her parents to try her luck & was advised by Kalyanji-Anandji as well as Laxmikant of Laxmi-Pyare duo to wait a few years for her voice to mature a bit more before taking up professional assignments. She was first heard in Rajshri Productions’ “Payal Ki Jhankaar” and followed it up with “Hotel”, “Itni Si Baat”, “Hamaari Bahu Alka” etc. She tasted real success with “Mere Angane Mein” from “Lawaaris” (1981). And, since then, she has her place in the music industry & is the voice for Madhuri Dixit, Manisha Koirala, Juhi Chawla etc. She has been a Judge on a few reality shows on various television channels.
Here is wishing her All the best and a life filled with music.
Song-Badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil (Lajja)(2001) Singer-Alka Yagnik, Lyrics-Sameer, MD-Anu Malik
Lyrics
ha aa
ha aa
kangna kangna kangna
haa aa
jhumka jhumka jhumka
haa aa
paayaliya paayaliya
haa aa
kangna kangna kangna
jhumka jhumka jhumka
paayaliya paayaliya
chhanak chhanak ke bole
chhanak chhanak ke bole
o o o o
badi mushqil baqba badi mushqil
gorey gorey gaalon pe hai kaala kaala til
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
til pe atak jaaye aashiko ka dil
zara bachke
rehna chhaliye
zara bachke
rehna chhaliye
meri ada bhi hai qaatil
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
gorey gorey gaalon pe hai kaala kaala til
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
til pe atak jaaye aashiqon ka dil
haa aa
koi kahe
ho mujhko chhamiya
koi kahe
mujhko nautanki
shehar shehar meri baaten
Mumbai ya Barabanki
sab kahen mujhe aake mil
aake mil baaba aake mil
meri ada bhi hai qaatil
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
gorey gorey gaalon pe hai kaala kaala til
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
til pe atak jaaye aashiqon ka dil
haa aa
haa aa
chal chalen in galiyon se
chalen
in rangraliyon se
loot na le pyaase bhanwre
khushbu mahki kaliyon se
ye nahin chaahat ke qaaabil
ye nahin chaahat ke qaabil
meri ada bhi hai qaatil
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
gorey gorey gaalon pe hai kaala kaala til
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
til pe atak jaaye aashiqon ka dil
zara bachke rehna chhaliye
jara bachke rehna chhaliye
meri ada bhi hai qaatil
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
gorey gorey gaalon pe hai kaala kaala til
badi mushqil baaba badi mushqil
til pe atak jaaye aashiqon ka dil
haa aa
haa aa
haa aa
Keti ko keti ko
Posted on: February 25, 2023
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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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
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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Hullo Atuldom
I must say that I am spoilt with choices for a song to go with this post. I checked our blog’s “List Of Songs- Moviewise” page and I can see many eligible movies whose song can be used.
I think I will take the easy way out and settle for one of the movies from the 1980s whose most differently (hatke as filmfolk would like to say) romantic song is yet to arrive on the blog. This song shows how beautiful a simple sari-clad lady can look. Post this every actress worth her name was ready to drape a saree and romance the camera on the condition that it gave them as much fame as the lady in this Sky-Blue saree achieved. Of course, through the 100+ years of Indian cinema, a saree was considered sign of a Bharatiya (to be understood as domesticated) Nari. There were the odd songs or situations where the lady used to get wet & the wet-saree would make the villain lust after her or the hero would get passionate with her (depending on who is with the lady in the scene).
But this 1987 song was a different level altogether. A class of it’s own. The credit for the choreography goes to the leading choreographer of those days- Saroj Khan. It seems she took very little time to set the steps but she has said in an interview that it was a difficult song. I have read somewhere that it was shot in Srinagar. The song was written by Javed Akhtar and Laxmikant- Pyarelal were the music director duo. The duet was sung by Kishore Kumar and Alisha Chinai. Some critics hailed the director Shekhar Kapur for “inserting grown-up feelings into an otherwise family-friendly film without being tasteless” by this song.
Yes we are having a song from “Mr. India”. Only two songs from this movie are on the blog.
This movie had Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Harish Patel, Sharat Saxena, Ajit Vachani, Satish Kaushik, Annu Kapoor, Ashok Kumar (in a guest appearance) and a whole lot of cute kids- many of whom have grown up into the film industry and made a name for themselves in various departments of filmmaking. There was Aftab Shivdasani – now an actor, Ahmed Khan who is now a choreographer, producer, writer, director etc.
This film had Sridevi looking fabulous in every scene. She was excellent in the scene where she dressed up as Charlie Chaplin from “The Tramp” and we got to see her comic timing. And finally today’s song. Dancing with an invisible lover- too good.
With this song we remember Sridevi who died an accidental death on 24th February, 2018; in a Dubai hotel leaving her family and fans in shock. She was one actress who had a huge fan following – across the length & breadth of the country; across all age groups and genders.
Video
Audio
song-Kaate nahin kat’te ye din ye raat (Mr India)(1987) Singers-Kishore Kumar, Alisha Chinoi, Lyrics-Javed Akhtar, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Both
I love you
hahahaha
kaate nahin katate ye din ye raat
kahni thhi tumase jo dil ki baat
kaate nahin katate ye din ye raat
kahani thhi tumse jo dil ki baat
lo aaj main kehta hoon
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
koi nahin hai bas tum ho saath
kehni thi tumse jo dil ki baat
koi nahin hai bas tum ho saath
kehni thi tumse jo dil ki baat
lo aaj main kehti hoon
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
umm
kaisi hawaa hai
dhuli dhuli
aaj fiza hai
khuli khuli
kaisi havaa hai
dhuli dhuli
aaj fiza hai
khuli khuli
saara nazaara
naya naya
dil ne pukaara
piya piya
saara nazaara
naya naya
dil ne pukaara
piya piya
piya piya
piya piya
piya piya
tumne jo li angdaai hai
phir baat wahi yaad aai hai
tumne jo li angdaai hai
phir baat wahi yaad aai hai
lo aaj main kehata hoon oon oon oon
I love you
I love you
I love you
love you love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
lalala
I love you
love you love you
mehka mehka
tera badan
behka behka
mera ye man
mehka mehka
tera badan
behka behka
mera ye man
chhalka chhalka
roop tera
halka halka
nasha mera
chhalka chhalka
roop tera
halka halka
nasha mera
nasha mera
nasha mera
nasha mera
jab aa hi gayi main paas tere
keh doon jo dil mein hai mere
jab aa hi gayi main paas tere
keh doon jo dil mein hai mere
lo aaj main kehti hoon oon oon
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
kaate nahin kat’te ye din ye raat
kehni thhi tumse jo dil ki baat
koi nahin hai bas tum ho saath
kehani thhi tumse jo dil ki baat
lo aaj main kahta(kehti) hoon oon oon
I love you
I love you
I love you
love you
I love you
I love you
I love you
love you love you
I love you
umm umm
I love you
aa haa
I love you
aa haa
I love you
I love you
Main hoon Rana main hoon Raja
Posted on: February 12, 2023
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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Hullo Atuldom
At the outset let me wish an active Atulite on his birthday. These days his status has changed from ‘active’ to ‘hyper-active’ Atulite. He is the major guest contributor for the blog these days. It is almost like he has taken it upon himself that the blog should continue its race towards centuries at superfast pace; so much so that, the century number 174 happened in 28 days- the fastest since 23rd March 2018. In fact January 2023 saw a 100 posts- the last time this happened was also in March of 2018 (118 posts). 53 of the 100 posts of January was by this hyper-active guest contributor who goes by the name Avinash Scrapwala- and it should be kept in mind that none of his posts are SCRAP they are all good to read with accurate lyrics and most of his 688 posts have lyrics in Devnagri script too. (the number for this stands at 410).
Avinashji, Wishing you lots & lots of free hours so that you can keep sending gems to Atulji & Sudhirji to post here on the blog. May you reach your next milestone here quickly. Wish you a very Happy Birthday. 🙂
12th February happens to be the birth anniversary of a yesteryear actor who didn’t loose steam till almost the very end (his last release was in 2007 & he passed away in 2013). He was so versatile that he managed to make people hate the characters he enacted as villain, love his characters of father/ grandfather etc. He was a constant in the film industry from 1940. He had acted in 22 films before 1947 after which he came to Bombay (post partition of India after Indian Independence). After a brief gap, his career took off again from 1948. Then there was no stopping till 1998 when (at 78) he had health and age related issues. Then he cut down his work but still made exceptions when Amitabh Bachchan approached him with characters in his productions “Mritudaata” and “Tere Mere Sapne” where special arrangements were made to accommodate the actor’s health problems.
We are remembering the actor who played varied characters for over 50 years. We are remembering Pran Saab (as the industry used to address him – is what I have read at various places).
I had written this post in 2019. Where in I had written this:-
“The year 1972 saw a new genre of films wherein two actors who were past their prime – 61 and 52 was definitely not the age where actors play college students or young characters- were playing the central characters in a movie where the lead actor or the supposed- hero played second fiddle to these two. I am talking of “Victoria No 203″ by Brij Sadanah. Brij himself made another movie a few years later “Chori Mera Kaam” with these two seniors playing central characters. I am talking of an all-time favourite Jodi of cinelovers – Ashok Kumar and Pran.”
That was part of a post for a song from “Raaja aur Raana” (1983). I had not seen the movie at the time of writing that post, have not seen even now. But I have discovered, subsequently, that Ashok Kumar & Pran feature in almost all the songs of the film. There is a song in the voices of Mahendra Kapoor and Shailendra Singh that can be said to be a tribute to the character the legendary duo played in “Victoria No 203”. The duo regale us with their “do-bechaare-binaa-sahaare/” style antics. There is a female voice too in this song, which is lip synced by Manorama, which I am unable to identify and cannot find mention on any of the known internet sites.
“Raaja Aur Raana” was directed by Shibu Mitra and produced by S.K. Kapur. It had a cast of Ajit, Shakti Kapoor, Puneet Issar, Madhu Malhotra, Chand Usmani, Aaloka etc etc supporting Ashok Kumar and Pran. The songs were written by Verma Malik and Bappi Lahiri was the music director.
Here is the lovable jodi of ‘Raja aur Rana’ a.k.a Ashok Kumar & Pran on Pransaab’s birth anniversary
Song-Main hoon Rana main hoon Raja (Raja aur Rana)(1983) Singers-Shailendra Singh, Mahendra Kapoor, unknown female voice, Unknown mushtanda voice, unknown hijra voice, Lyrics-Verma Malik, MD-Bappi Lahiri
Shailendra Singh + Mahendra Kapoor
Lyrics
hum do brahmchaari
karke taiyyaari
hum do brahmchaari
karke taiyyari
dhoondhe tera thhikaana
main hoon raja
main hoon rana
ae main hoon raja
main hoon rana
humen jaane hai ye saara zamaana
poorab paschhim uttar dakshin
chala jo tu paataal
kahin bhi ghus ja
kahin bhi chhup ja
lenge tujhe nikaal
are poorab paschhim utar dakshin
chala jo tu paataal
arre kahin bhi ghus ja
kahin bhi chhup ja
lenge tujhe nikaal
haan ab na chalegi teri chaal
baahar aaja tejalaal
haan ab na chalegi teri chaal
baahar aaja tejalaal
kya
teri ye majaal
ye mushtande maar ke dande
kar na de dono ko thande
bhaag ke jaan bachaana
main hoon raja
haan ho main hoon rana haan
main hoon raja
main main main hoon rana
hum do brahmchari
karke taiyyari
dhoondhe tera thikaana
ho tu hai raja
o tu hai rana
haan hume jaane hai ye saara zamaana
dhha
tikd dhaa
tikd dhaa
tikd dhaa
tikd dhaa
tikd dhaa
dha ha tun tun
naanaa tikdig
tigdig
tigdig dhagadha gadha
nana
katdha katdha katdha
na na
katdha katdha katdha
waah re ustaad
waah re ustaad
dil mein bas gayi teri yaad
waah re ustaad
waah re ustaad
dil mein bas gayi teri yaad
main sadke jaaun pyaarelaal
tumne kiya hai bada kamaal
main sadke jaaun pyarelaal
tumne kiya hai bada kamaal
khoob bajaate ho tum ye saaz
kitni meethi hai ye aawaaz
khoob bajaate ho tum ye saaz
kitni meethi hai ye aawaaz
khoobsoorat hai ye andaaz
chhupa hai ismein kaun sa raaz
waah re ustaad
waah re ustaad
chhupa hai ismein kaun sa raaz
waah re ustaad
waah re ustaad
chhupa hai ismein kaun sa raaz
raaz
raaz ki baat kah doon to
jaan mehfil mein phir kya ho
raaz kahne se pahle tum
zara anjaam soch lo
ishaaron ko agar samjho
raaz ko raaz rahne do
waah re ustaad
waah re ustaad
dil mein bas gayi teri yaad
waah re ustaad
waah re ustaad
dil mein bas gayi teri yaad
haan arre
aaja aaja mere raja
nahin to baja degi ye baaja
tera bheja mera kaleja
mil gaye mila na teja
are tu hi uska pata koi deja
humse bottle le leja
arre tera bheja mera kaleja
mil gaye mila na teja
haan
tu hi uska pata koi deja
humse bottle leja
jaldi se baahar aaja
nahin to todenge darwaaza
aa gaye rana raja
main hoon raja
main hoon rana
o main hoon raja
main main main hoon rana
are sultana
are rihana
are aao rukhsaana
aa gaye raja rana
are inko bata de apna thikaana
aa mere raja godi mein aaja
aa mere rana tere sang jaana
chaahe roke saara zamaana
pyaar se mujhko gale lagaalo
bahut dinon ki pyaas bujha le
aaj mujhe baahon mein bhar le
jo teri marji hai tu karle
jahaan jahaan jaaoge wahin main jaaungi
har din raat mein tere kaam aaungi
hum donon ki khoob nibhegi
apni jodi khoob sajegi
main teri laila
tu mera majnu
tera mera puraana yaaraana
lo aa gaye dekho dekho
haaye haaye raja rana
aaja aaja mere godee mein aaja
jo tere marji mein karle aaja aaja
baahon mein bhar le
haaye haaye main kurbaan
arre bhaago bhaago rana
na idhar ke na udhar ke
ho ho ho chal chal chal raaja
are kaise maarte hai dhakke
aa gaye hain chakke
bhaago bhaago ae bhaago bhaago ae
ae ae
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Hullo Atuldom
Unbelievable!!!! It is already one year. I don’t know if it is coincidence or the creator thought it was the best date to recall his beloved creation.
Basant Panchami, celebrated as Saraswathi Pooja in many parts of India, marks the preparation for the arrival of Spring. Everything everywhere is dressed in the colours of Yellow- the flowers of the mustard crop a colour associated with Mata Saraswathi. People dress in yellow dresses, make delicacies that are yellow in colour etc. Many families mark this day by sitting with babies and young children, encouraging their children to write their first words with their fingers, and some study or create music together.
And what happened last year- on Basant Panchami 2022 ? India’s ‘Swar Kokila’ ‘Nightingale’ (and all the epithets that we have used to describe Lata Didi) bid goodbye to this mortal world. The news was broken to the world on the morning of 6th February that her illness took a turn for the worse on 5th and the end came in the early hours of 6th.
She was the voice that generations woke up to. Her’s was the voice that was soothing to listeners. Her songs were the inspiration for generations that followed to try singing- classical, semi-classical, devotional, light-hearted etc. Her career spanned from 1942 to 2015 (when she was last heard in a Hindi film). She is said to have recorded in 36 languages – Indian & a few foreign put together. Her last recorded song was “Saugandh mujhe iss mitti ki” was released on March 30, 2019 as a tribute to the Indian Armed forces and the Nation.
She was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 2001 by the Government of India; the other singer who was conferred the Bharat Ratna was M.S. Subbulakshmi in 1998. Lata Didi was also a Dadasaheb Award winner along with numerous other awards.
But, of course, whatever I have written till now is all public knowledge.
She had reduced assignments in films after 2000. Atulji’s series “Yearwise review of Lata Mangeshkar HF songs” had 63 episodes and we have a near complete list of her work in Hindi films, with statistics of her association with the music directors, lyricists through her career. This was the last post in the series. I have taken help from the list that Atulji has provided in the series to decide on a song with this post.
“Page 3” (2005) was a film produced by Bobby Pushkarna & Kavita Pushkarna and was directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. It had a cast of semi-realistic movie-specialists:- Atul Kulkarni, Konkona Sen Sharma, Sandhya Mridul, Soni Razdan, Tara Sharma, Suchitra Pillai etc. Plus there was Boman Irani, Anju Mahendroo, Kunika, Navni Parihar, etc in the cast. It was a take on the interactions between ‘Page3’ celebrities and media. How the so-called ‘High Society’ beings behaved with each other and loyalties changed with the coming & going of people’s fortunes. How money & sponsors controlled what appeared as headlines.
One dialogue by the drivers of these celebs has stayed with me “why do people wear dark sunglasses when they come for condolences?’ Another driver replies “to coverup blood shot and hangover- laden eyes” (This is not verbatim, but gist of the conversation).
The movie had a song which almost gave the plot of the movie in its lyrics. The song was written by Sandeep Nath & Ajay Jhingran. Shamir Tandon was the music director. That song was sung by Lata Mangeshkar.
Thinking of Lata Didi with this song.
Normal version
Sad version
Song-Kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe (Page 3)(2005) Singer-Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Sandeep Nath, MD-Shamir Tandon
Lyrics
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Normal version
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kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
jab mod aaye to
bach ke nikalte hain
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
jab mod aaye to
bach ke nikalte hain
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
yahaan sabhi apni hi
dhun mein deewaane hain
yahaan sabhi apni hi
dhun mein deewaane hain
kare wo hi jo apna dil thheek maane hai
kaun kisko poochhe
kaun kisko bole
kaun kisko poochhe
kaun kisko bole
sab ke labon par
apne taraane hain aen
sab ke labon par
apne taraane hain aen
le jaaye naseeb
kisko kahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
khwaabon ki ye duniya hai
khwaabon mein hi rahna hai
khwaabon ki ye duniya hai
khwaabon mein hi rahna hai
raahen le jaayen jahaan
sang sang chalna hai
waqt ne hamesha yahaan naye khel khele
waqt ne hamesha yahaan naye khel khele
kuchh bhi ho jaaye yahaan
bas khush rahna hai ae
kuchh bhi ho jaye yahaan
bas khush rahna hai
manzil lage kareeb
sabko yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
jab mod aaye to
bach ke nikalte hain
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahaan pe
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Sad version
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do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
do pal milte hain
saath saath chalte hain
jab mod aaye to
bachke nikalte hain
kitne ajeeb
rishte hain yahaan pe
kitne ajeeb
rishte hain yahaan pe
thhokar bhi khaana hai
chalte bhi jaana hai
thhokar bhi khaana hai
chalte bhi jaana hai
waada kiya to wo
kisko nibhaana hai
yahaan sabko saare
daanv aazmaane hain aen aen
yahaan sabko saare
daanv aazmaane hain
sabhi ek dooje se
zyaada sayaane hain aen
sabhi ek dooje se
zyaada sayaane hain
kitne ajeeb
rishte hain yahaan pe ae
kitne ajeeb
rishte hain yahaan pe
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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