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Chaar sau chaalees volt kee ladkee
Posted on: March 25, 2024
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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5729 | Post No. : | 18250 |
Hullo Atuldom
Today (25 march 2024) is the festival of Holi, which by the panchang falls on the day following Purnima in the month of Falgun. This corresponds to any date in the month of March of the Gregorian calendar. Last year (2023), it was on 8th of March.
Many folks of the Hindi film industry, hold Holi parties; a thing that I heard first about in film magazines of the 1980s. Those magazines used to carry pictures of the party at RK Studio & in later years of the party that Shubash Ghai hosted. In recent times, newspapers carry details of Holi parties that Amitabh Bachchan hosts at his house etc.
Yesterday, I read a statement attributed to Shabana Azmi about how Holi parties will not be the same anymore. On reading the article, I found that she was telling about how she will miss a dear friend, who left this mortal world last year, a day after Holi.
Last year, in the evening of 9th March, news channels gave us the news of the passing away of Satish Kaushik, of a cardiac arrest, in Delhi. It seems he was in Mumbai the previous day enjoying Holi with his friends at the party hosted by Javed Akhtar & Shabana Azmi. Next day brought this unbelievable news. He was survived by his wife Shashi & a daughter who was born in 2012.
Satish Kaushik was a writer, producer, director & actor who excelled in comedy. His character of “Calendar” in Mr India (1987) brought him fame in commercial films. But, his fans remember him as the straight-faced Ashok assistant to Tarneja (Pankaj Kapur). Satish Kaushik’s initial films were Chakra, Masoom (he was also assistant director), Woh 7 Din, etc. He had won the Filmfare award for Best Comedian twice- for “Ram Lakhan” & “Saajan Chale Sasural”.
As a filmmaker he had made films with serious topics too like “Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain”,”Humara Dil Aapke Paas hain” along with teen love stories like ” Mujhe Kuchh Kehna Hain”.
Today we shall have a song that Satish Kaushik lip synced on screen with Raja Bundela in their bid to either amuse the hero or push him into falling in love with the heroine Anita Raj. The song is from the 1984 release “Ab Ayega Mazaa” which was produced by Aloknath & Girija Shankar. It was directed by Pankaj Parasher & music by Anand Milind. Sameer was the lyricist. The cast included Farooque Sheikh, Ravi Baswani, Girija Shankar, Himani Shivpuri etc. Shoma Anand was also there but I can’t recall where she comes in the film (I have seen the film a long time back).
The film was the debut of Anand Milind and Pankaj Parasher. It was the first time for Sameer that he got to write songs for a full film.
Today’s song is in the voices of Pankaj Mitra & Udit Narayan.
With this song we also remember Farooque Sheikh whose birth anniversary it is today.
Song-Chaarsau chaalees volt kee ladkee (Ab Aayegaa Mazaa)(1984) Singers-Udit Narayan, Pankaj Mitra, Lyrics-Samir, MD-Anand Milind
Lyrics
Chaarsau chaalees volt ki ladki
note waali ho ya kadki
Chaarsau chaalees volt ki ladki
note waali ho ya kadki
gar ishq kiya hai sachcha
to pakad ke rakho jakad ke rakho
kabhi na peechhe hatna bachcha
Chaarsau chaalees volt ki ladki
currant maare bijli jaisi
ud jaaye wo titli jaisi
teekhe teekhe aankh ka kaajal
dilwaalon ko kar de paagal
pyaar ka sapna saja ke
roye hai kyun dil lagaa ke
aiai yo
aiaiyo ai ai yo
arre ho o
arre ho arre ho
pagal khaane mein bhijwaaye
ya jail ki wo raah dikhaawe
chaaku chale chale talwaar
ya ho goli ki bauchhaar
ya ho goli ki bauchhaar
chaaku chale chale talwaar
haar na karna tum sweekaar
haar na karna tum sweekaar
haar na karna tum sweekaar
haar na karna tum sweekaar
chup
Chaarsau chaalees volt ki ladki
Chaarsau chaalees volt ki ladki
taun taun taun taun taun taun
ik din aisa aawega
jab sapna sach ho jaawega
taun
bangla ghar te phone aur car
o o o
bangla ghar te phone aur car
uske liye honge bekaar
giregi tere paanv pe aake
ae ae
giregi tere paanv pe aake
tujhpe dil ka pyaar lutaa ke
ab ye tere haath hai pappu
jaise chaahe chala le chappu
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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
Heard a song this morning after almost 45-46 years.
It was from “Amar Shakti”(1978) which was produced by A.K.Nadiadwala & directed by Harmesh Malhotra. It had Sulakshana Pandit, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha leading the cast with Pradeep Kumar, Jeevan, Om Shivpuri, Ranjeet, Roopesh Kumar, Indrani Mukherjee, Alka, Murad, Birbal, B.M. Vyas etc. playing supporting characters.
Manjula who was from South India; active in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada films, played a banjaran character in the film. She was seen in a few Hindi films of the late 1970s.
The songs of “Amar Shakti” were written by Anand Bakshi & composed by Laxmikant – Pyarelal. Asha Bhonsle, Sulakshana Pandit, Chandrani Mukherjee, with Kishore Kumar & Mohd. Rafi being the male singers.
The story of the film was of the typical “lost and found” story, where there is also a royal family involved. Since it was the story of royals, inheritance etc there has to be a scheming Diwan & a sulking brother of the King- Jeevan & Pradeep Kumar played these characters. There is a Maharaj (Murad) who becomes ill on hearing of the assassination of his Yuvraj & his wife. The Maharaj is also poisoned to death, but somehow the young Rajkumars (sons of the Yuvraj I think) escape or are saved. They come back as grownups to regain their lost titles etc. Along the way, there are the usual twists & turns, where the brothers are unaware of the relation between them (to start with). Then one brother is in love with the traitor’s (who is the current Maharaj) daughter & is also the Senapati of the land. This naturally puts the brothers on opposite sides of the law, before they discover their identities & unite before the HAPPY ENDING. Very typical!!!!
Today’s song happens after the brothers have found each other. They are celebrating in the ‘kabeela’ which had given shelter to one of the brothers & the palace nanny (Indrani Mukherjee). The princess (Sulakshana Pandit) also joins the dance routine. The lady in the red costume is Manjula.
With this song we also remember the super sweet, cute, handsome, Shashi kapoor on what would have been his 86th birthday. He had worked in 4 films as child star (from 1948-53) before making his debut as an adult in ‘Dharmputra’ that released in 1961. He was about 23 then, but already married to Jennifer Kendall. It was ‘Jab Jab Phool Khile’ (1965) opposite Nanda that helped him find a place among popular actors of the 1970s & much of the 1980s.
He had acted in around 160 films before he took retirement from films sometime in late 1990s. He had acted in 12 English & 148 Hindi films – solo hero films were 61 & 53 were in multi-starrers. He was seen playing supporting characters roles in 21 films (has played father to Govinda, I remember). “Ghar Bazar” which released in 1999 was Shashi Kapoor’s last film, his was a special appearance in the film which released 10 years after it was completed.
Here is the song that shows the handsome Shashi Kapoor who was a good actor but an average dancer. Kudos to the choreographer for giving the heroes horses in the middle of the song and making things easy for them.
Song-Sabko pata hai ye sabko khabar hai (Amar Shakti)(1978) Singers-Kishore Kumar, Rafi, Chandrani Mukherjee, Anuradha Paudwal, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Kishore Kumar + Rafi
Male chorus
Female chorus
All chorus
Kishore Kumar+Rafi+ Chandrani Mukherjee + Anuradha Paudwal
Lyrics
hey ae
Aa hey ae
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
phir kaahe ka dar hai ae ae ae
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
tu meri jaan hai
tu mera jigar jaane jigar
sabko pata hai yeh sabko khabar hai
sabko pata hai yeh sabko khabar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
parbat uthhaa loon jo tu saath de
tu saath de
jo tu saath de
laa mere haathhon mein tu haath de
tu haath de
tu haath de
ho o o
bachpan mein toh saath khele nahin
khelenge abb hum akele nahin
abb saath apna zindagi bhar hai ae
maa ki duaaon mein
maa ki duaaon mein kitna asar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
humko kisi ki nazar na lage
nazar na lage
nazar na lage
mujh par lage
tum par na lage
tum par na lage
tum par na lage
ho o o o
kyun apne dushman saare banen
chhoote mehal banjaare banen
gham na kar
hamaari lambi umar hai
mehlon se bhi oonchaa
mehlon se bhi oonchaa aaj yeh sar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
kismat se tu mehmaan hai
mehmaan hai
mehmaan hai
hum pe bada tera ehsaan hai
ehsaan hai
ehsaan hai
o o o o
mujhko bhi tum apne kaabil karo
apnon mein mujhko bhi shaamil karo
yeh zindagaani ek safar hai
meree tumhaaree
meri tumhaari ek dagar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
aa hey
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
sabko pata hai
yeh sabko khabar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
amar hai shakti
shakti amar hai
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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5691 | Post No. : | 18209 |
Hullo Atuldom
6th February 2022 followers of Indian music, across the genres of Bhav-geet, Film Sangeet, Bhajans and any other that we can think of, lost the most accomplished, sought after, loved (& any other add-ons that we know of) singer. She went by the name Lata Mangeshkar fondly addressed as Lata Didi by the multitude of her followers. She was the go-to voice (a modern day term for first choice) of all music composers for their debut films – remember ‘ghar aaja ghir aayi’ RD Burman, ‘Parasmani’ & its songs which was the first released film of Laxmi- Pyare. Even Madan Mohan is said to have approached Lata Mangeshkar to sing for his debut film ‘Aankhen’ but could get her into the recording room only for his next ‘ Adaa’ which released in 1951.
“Patita” (1980) was a movie that had music by Bappi Lahiri. He had Lata Mangeshkar sing some melodious songs which are in the “not so easily recalled” category. Songs like ‘baithe baithe aaj aayi mere mann mein’; “sunte sunte yeh meri kahaani” which were filmed on a very young Shoma Anand. The other actors in the film were Mithun Chakravarty, Raj Kiran, Vikram, Seema Deo, Ramesh Deo, Madan Puri, Sulochana etc. The movie was directed by I. V. Sasi who remade it from his own Malayalam film & Mukul Roy was the producer. Anand Bakshi was the lyricist for the film. The film had 5 songs of which 3 were Lata Mangeshkar solos & 2 Kishore Kumar solos. One Of Kishore Kumar solos is already on the blog with a post by Avinashji on 4 August 2018:-
Dil dhhak dhhak karne laga
Here is the next song today to wish the bright eyed, sweet looking Shoma Anand on turning 65 today. She made her debut in 1976 with Pramod Chakravarty’s “Barood” where Rishi Kapoor was her costar. She was a regular in many movies of the 70s, 80s, & 90s; though her run as lead actress was limited she was seen very often as the scheming sister-in-law, daughter-in-law etc. in family-dramas. She was most appreciated for playing BINA MATHUR in Ekta Kapoor’s (first television production) HUM PAANCH; a full-on comedy show.
The song with this post is a song which speaks about the aspirations of a young girl. I recall seeing this film on TV a few years back but cannot recall when the song happens, after she comes in contact with which of the heroes. From the video it looks like Raj Kiran is the trigger for the song but Vikram is also seen keeping an eye on the singer.
Thanking Bappida (whose death anniversary was yesterday) for giving us this Lata Mangeshkar melody.
Song-Baithhe baithhe aaj aayee mere man mein(Patita)(1980) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Bappi Lahiri
Lyrics
baithhe baithhe aaj aayi mere man mein
ban jaaun main ghata
ud jaaun gagan mein
o baithhe baithhe aaj aayi mere man mein
ban jaaun main ghata
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein aen aen aen
baithhe baithhe aaj aayi mere man mein
ban jaaun main ghata
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
kabhi kheloon main phoolon se
kabhi saawan ke jhoolon se
kabhi kheloon main phoolon se ae
kabhi saawan ke jhoolon se
daali daali pe main lahraaun oon
baithhe baithhe aaj aayi mere man mein
ban jaaun main hawa
kho jaaun chaman mein
kho jaaun chaman mein aen aen
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
ye jo subah naweli hai ae
raina ki saheli hai
ye jo subah naweli hai ae
raina ki saheli hai
donon hans ke gale mil rahe hain aen
baithhe baithhe aaj aayi mere man mein
ban jaaun main ?? is madhur milan mein
is madhur milan mein aen aen
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
phool saare nahin khilte ae
chaand sabko nahin milte
phool saare nahin khilte ae
chaand sabko nahin milte
dhoondhhoon main kahaan phir ujaala aa
baithhe baithhe aaj aayi mere man mein
ban jaaun main diya
jal jaaun agan mein
jal jaaun agan mein aen aen
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
ud jaaun gagan mein
Pyaar ka matlab rab hota hai
Posted on: February 5, 2024
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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5680 | Post No. : | 18194 |
Hullo Atuldom
Beginning this post with a few thoughts that have been running through my head. What is the time or age to define something as old?
I have been observing people around me, for the last few years of my better half’s tenure, at his last workplace. I am saying “last workplace” as he has decided to call it a day; inspite of loving what he has achieved over the last 45 years. People consider him young enough to open up about their joys & sorrows. His colleagues cannot believe or don’t want him to hang his boots yet. Of course, I am very proud of all that his co-workers (he doesn’t call them subordinates) have to say about him.
Then there are residents in this colony who may be about the same age as my spouse but look so old & my deduction for that is ‘maybe because the concerned individual is not physically occupied with things that interest them; or because they have retired from their jobs & not kept themselves occupied; or simply that the individual has let himself/ herself be labelled old’. But when when I look at my spouses’ brothers who are nearing 70, still look like in their 50s & are sure they can pull wool over people’s eyes about their age.
The above are the points that made me think “how old is old? when is a person or thing old?”
Similarly, movies of what period are categorised as old, older, still older & oldest. Plus, our blog has one nomenclature of it’s own- “new by the standards of this blog.” 🙂
The song in today’s post falls into the bracket of NEW i.e. “Newer than the standards of this blog”. But it was released in 2002; that means it is 22 years old. That means for a section of followers of the blog it will be part of their growing up years; some would have seen the film with their young children; & some would have never heard of the film.
The film that I am speaking of is the 2002 released Anupam Kher directorial debut “Om Jai Jagdish”. It had an all star cast which was lead by Waheeda Rehman. Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Fardeen Khan, Urmila Matondkar, Mahima Chaudhary, Tara Sharma, played Waheeda Rehman’s family. Parmeet Sethi, Achint Kaur, Lillette Dubey, Raju Kher, Annu Kapoor, Rakesh Bedi, Shirish Sharma, Anjan Shrivastav, etc were in the supporting cast. Anu Malik was the music director with Sameer writing the 7 songs. Kunal Ganjawala, Sonu Nigam, Abhijit, Alka Yagnik, Hariharan, Shaan, KK, Udit Narayan, Hema Sardesai, and Kavitha Krishnamurthy were the playback singers used.
The story of the film is thus:
“Saraswati Batra (Waheeda Rehman) is the widowed mother of Om (Anil Kapoor), Jai (Fardeen Khan) and Jagadish (Abhishek Bachchan). Om is responsible and provides the income for the whole family. He works in a music company owned by his friend, Shekhar Malhotra (Parmeet Sethi). Jai is very ambitious (he wants to construct the world’s fastest car) and is studying in the United States. His education is paid by Om for which he has taken loan from Shekhar Malhotra. Jagadish is a college student who is very good with computers.
They all want different things and soon Om & Jai marry. Om marries the bubbly Ayesha (Mahima Chaudhry), an MTV VJ and Jai marries Neetu (Urmila Matondkar), the daughter of a rich NRI. Jagadish is in love with Pooja (Tara Sharma) who is from Bangalore; they meet at a college festival. When Jai clashes with Om’s values, they drift apart.
Soon Jai receives a promotion back in the United States and leaves with Neetu. Jagadish is caught computer hacking after trying to help a friend get the answers to a test and Om throws him out of the house as a result. Om, Ayesha and his mother have to leave the house after Om failed to pay the loan covering it. The three brothers are separated. Eventually, they all come together at the house auction to buy it back. Om is at the auction to see the winner and is surprised when Jagadish shows up to bid. He reveals that he used his hacking skills to create a program to block hackers instead. Jai comes at the end of the auction and bids more, which he got by selling his engine for the fastest car and realizes that his future is in India not in the United States. He doesn’t have enough so the three brothers combine their money to win back the house, but it isn’t enough. Finally, it is revealed that the CEO of the company that Jagadish made the hacking program bid for the house and won. Jagadish made a deal that the price of the house is the price of the program. The three brothers reunite and move back into the house.”
The above goes to show that it was a family-drama like those that were popular in the 60s.
Today’s song has the Batra matriarch (Waheeda Rehman) out on a picnic with her family. Alka Yagnik, Kavitha Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan & Sonu Nigam give their voices to the song. With this we wish Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner Waheeda Rehman (3rd February) on her birthday. She turned 86. Also Urmila Matondkar turned 50 yesterday (4th February). 5th February happens to be Abhishek Bachchan’s birthday, he turns 48.
After seeing the song I would like to know about “who is old older & oldest” among the cast of this film. 🙂
Song-Pyaar ka matlab rab hota hai (Om Jai Jagdeesh)(2002) Singers-Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Lyrics-Sameer, MD-Anu Malik
Chorus
Lyrics
pyaar kisi se
kab hota hai
jab hona ho
tab hota hai
pyaar ka kya
matlab hota hai
pyaar ka kya
matlab hota hai
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kisi se
kab hota hai
jab hona ho
tab hota hai
pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
tak dhin tak dhin
tak dhin tak dhin
tak dhin dhin
tak dhin dhin
tak dhin tak
koi mehsoos kar ke to dekhe ise
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
khoobsoorat se bhi khoobsoorat hai ye
aa aa aa
khushboo ban ke ye saanson mein ghul jaata hai
dil ki bechainiyon ki zaroorat hai ye
hmmm
koi mehsoos karke to dekhe ise
aa aa aa aa
khoobsoorat se bhi khoobsoorat hai ye
aa aa aa aa
khushbu ban ke ye saanso me ghul jaata hai
dil ki bechainiyon ki zaroorat hai ye
iski dhadkan anjaani si
iska dard ajab hota hai
pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
lalalal
lalalalal
aa aa aa aa
naa subah kaa pata
naa khabar shaam ki
iski chaahat mein hai bas nasha hi nasha
koi maane naa maane
magar sach hai ye
sabse hoti hai ik baar aisi khata
naa subah kaa pata
na khabar shaam ki
aa aa aa aa
iski chaahat mein hai bas nasha hi nasha
aa aa aa aa
koi maane naa maane magar sach hai ye
sabse hoti hai ik baar aisi khata
iski pyaas pata chalti hai
jab honthon pe lab hota hai
pyaar kaa kya
matlab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
pyaar kaa matlab
rab rab rab rab
rab hota hai
Phool ye kahaan se aaye hain
Posted on: February 1, 2024
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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5676 | Post No. : | 18189 |
Hullo Atuldom
“Kaash” (1987) was produced by Anwar Ali & F.K. Rattonsey & directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Dimple Kapadia- Jackie Shroff- Master Makrand Joshi formed the main cast, with Anupam Kher playing a character that was important for the story viz. he played the third angle of the love triangle; of course Jackie & Dimple were the other two angles. Akash Khurana, Dalip Tahil, Mehmood, Mukri, R.S. Chopra, Kamal Chopra, Avtar Gill, Satish Kaushik, Vikas Anand, Subbiraj, Raju Kher all had small important parts to play; tagged as either special or guest appearance in the titles of the film.
The film was the story of the struggle an actor goes through when he cannot accept the fact of being tagged an “ex. SUPERSTAR”. Jackie Shroff played the character of the down-but-not-ready to accept star. Dimple played the wife who tries her best to keep the family together as well as her husband in good cheer. Anupam Kher played a good-samaritan who rescues Dimple from being molested & also offers her a better job. But, Jackie reads the whole setup as a man-woman thing and Dimple has to choose between job & family. She tries to get custody of the child but is given ‘visiting’ rights.
Matters come to a boil when the child falls ill & the doctor says that he has very little time left. The child asks Jackie if he can fulfill a few of his wishes; the doting father says “yes”. With this the story changes track. The parents come together to keep him happy in his last days; setting aside their personal emotions.
All the lead actors played their parts well, even Master Makrand- the heart bleeds when he asks his father “why only he should die, when all his friends will still be around”. 🙂
I don’t recall the fate of the film at the box office, but I recall having seen it back then & almost every time it comes on TV. It is one of the one films whose music is on my list of favorites. Rajesh Roshan was the music director for songs written by Farooque Qaiser. Kishore Kumar was the main male playback singer used; Mohd Aziz & Mehmood were the other male singers. Sonali Bajpai & Sadhana Sargam’s voices were used for the child & Dimple Kapadia sang in the voices of Asha Bhosle & Anupama.
We are revisiting the film today (one song from the filmis on the blog with a post by Rajaji), to wish Jackie Shroff on turning 67. He has been entertaining his fans quietly for the last 42 years. We first saw a glimpse of him in Dev Anand’s ‘Swami Dada’; he played a henchman to Shakti Kapoor – an uncredited role. Subhash Ghai introduced him as a hero in “Hero” which released in December 1983 & we can say that there has been no looking-back from then. He was seen in many two or three hero films, badly- made films etc but his acting has been appreciated in films like ‘Gardish’, ‘Parinda’, ‘Rangeela’ etc. One almost forgets that he was present in ‘1942: A live story’, ‘Mission Kashmir’ etc. He has played a few negative characters too over the years. I find it interesting that in 1993 he played a cop in ‘Khalnayak’ when Sanjay Dutt played a terrorist & a few years later, in 2000, Jackie played a terrorist in ‘Mission Kashmir’ when Sanjay Dutt was the cop. He says that he is ready to play even a blink-n-miss role in Subhash Ghai films as it was “Hero” made by Ghai that gave Jackie his place in the industry, he played a father of grown-up girls in Ghai’s “Yaadein”, a 5-minute scene in “Saudagar” etc.
In today’s song Jackie is on a trip to Kashmir with his son as the son has expressed ‘a trip to Kashmir’ as one of the things on his wish-list. Kishore Kumar & Sadhana Sargam have sung this ‘educational’ song where the child keeps asking questions to the father who has only one answer for everything- “sab kuch hai banaaya jaadoo se”
Song-Phool ye kahaan se aaye hain boloon (Kaash)(1987) Singers-Kishore Kumar, Sadhana Sargam, Lyrics-Farooque Kaiser, MD-Rajesh Roshan
Chorus
Lyrics
aa aa
aa aa aa
aa
phool yeh kahaan se aaya hain
boloon
phal yeh kahaan se aaye hain
boloon
ped ye kahaan se aaye hai
o sun mere bete jahaan waale ne
sab kuchh hai banaaya jaadu se
kamaal hai daddy
jahaan waale ne
kya khoob banaya jaadu se
paani hai nadi mein
nadi dariya mein
dariya saagar mein
meetha meetha paani ban jaaye khaara
jaa ke samundar mein
paani hai nadi mein
nadi dariya mein
dariya saagar mein
meetha meetha paani ban jaaye khara jake samundar mein
paani kaise bane khaara
boloon
yeh kaun kare saara
boloon
hai kaam bada nyaara
yeh sun mere bete jahaan waale ne
sab kuchh hai chhupaaya jaadu se
kamaal hai daddy
jahaan waale ne
kya khoob chhupaaya jaadu se
rangonwaali titli pankhon waale panchhi achchhe lagte hain
baagh mein chaman mein soone soone ban mein
udte phirte hain
rangonwaali titli pankhon waale panchhi achchhe lagte hain
baagh mein chaman mein sune sune ban me udate phirate hai
yeh kaise udte hain
boloon
hawa mein rehte hain
boloon
yeh kyun nahin girte hain
yeh sun mere bete jahaan waale ne
sabko hai udaaya jaadu se
kamaal hai daddy
jahaan waale ne
kya khoob udaaya jaadu se
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
chaand aur sooraj aasmaan pe rehkar
kabhi na nilken saath
din mein chamakta gol gol sooraj
chaand ko bhaaye raat
chaand aur sooraj aasmaan pe rehkar
kabhi na nilken saath
din mein chamakta gol gol sooraj
chaand ko bhaaye raat
yeh din kya hota hai
boloon
yeh raat kya hoti hai
boloon
yeh shaam kyun hoti hai
yeh sun mere bete jahaan waale ne
sab kuchh hai rachaaya jaadu se
kamal hai daddy
jahaan waale ne
kya khoob rachaaya jaadu se
phool yeh kahaan se aaye hain
boloon
phal yeh kahaan se aaye hain
boloon
ped yeh kahaan se aaye hain
Tere mere liye taaron ke diye
Posted on: January 10, 2024
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5654 | Post No. : | 18152 |
Hullo Atuldom
“Safed Jhooth” (1977) was directed by Basu Chatterjee (10 January 1920- 4 June 2020) & produced by Ashim Kumar for Matrichhaaya, Bombay. It had a cast of Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Mitthu Mukherjee, Deven Verma etc. with Pradeep Kumar, Amol Palekar & Vidya Sinha in guest appearances. Yogesh Gaur was the lyricist for songs composed by Shyamal Mitra. K.J. Yesudas, & Asha Bhonsle were the playback singers used. The film had four songs of which only one is posted on the blog five years back on the occasion of singer K.J. Yesudas’s birthday with a post by Avinashji.
The film had Vinod Mehra (Vinod Thakur) & Mitthu Mukherjee (Anitha Thakur) playing newly-weds. Vinod is employed at an office where Ashok Kumar (Baldev Raj Gulati) is his boss. Vinod’s application for a day off to get married is rejected. So, he just takes a morning off, gets his marriage registered & gets back to work. He then gives a story for taking his wife on a honeymoon. Unfortunately for him his boss also lands up at the same spot & Daak Bungalow. He finds Anitha Thakur there & takes it upon himself to be her guardian since she reminds him of his sister (Vidya Sinha). Anitha is unable to tell him that she is a married lady & has come there with her husband. Meantime, Vinod spends his time trying to wriggle out of the situation & hiding from his boss. He also sends his best friend (Amol Palekar) who is a local drama artiste to pose as Anitha’s brother and bring her out of the safe-care of Gulati. The whole film has many comical situations and everything is resolved in the end Gulati sends the couple on a honeymoon sponsored by him.
I have seen this film a long time ago. Neele ambar ke taley is a song that is still in public memory. There is one more Yesudas song in this film that was very melodious. We shall have that today to celebrate the singing legends 84th birthday. I don’t know the exact number of songs that this Ganagandharvan haas hung in Hindi. Today’s song would be his 69th on the blog. Here is wishing him good health and joy.
Also we shall thank Basu Chatterjee for all the entertaining films that he has left for his admirers to relish. He would have been 102.
Song-Tere mere liye taaron ke diye (Safed Jhoothh)(1977) Singer-Yesudas, Lyrics-Yogesh, MD-Shyamal Mitra
Lyrics
tere mere liye
taaron ke diye
ye raat le kar
kab se phire jaagi jaagi
tere mere liye
taaron ke diye
ye raat le kar
kab se phire jaagi jaagi
aao karo koi jatan
tere bina dharti gagan
lagte hain bairaagi
ye bahaaron ki dulhan
mausam ke hain saath magan
kaise kab hoga magar
tera mera madhur milan
kab talak tarsenge ye
pyaase pyaase mere nayan
aao karo koi jatan
tere bina dharti gagan
lagte hain bairaagi
tere mere liye
taaron ke diye
ye raat le kar
kab se phire jaagi jaagi
waqt aisa bhi kahin
aaye dushman pe nahi
saamne meet ho par
ski lage phir bhi kami
chaandni kaisi hai ye
jisne laga di hai agan
aao karo koi jatan
tere bina dharti gagan
lagte hain bairaagi
tere mere liye
taaron ke diye
ye raat le kar
kab se phire jaagi jaagi
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5653 | Post No. : | 18150 |
Hullo Atuldom
“Mahaan” (1983) was a film that released in my teenage years & released in the summer holidays of 1983. I have seen it then & a number of times after that. It was produced by Satyanarayana & A. Suryanarayana; directed by S. Ramanathan. Anjaan wrote the songs which were tuned by R.D. Burman. Waheeda Rehman, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi, Shakti Kapoor, Ashok Kumar, Mac Mohan, Urmila Bhatt, Mukri, Nandita Thakur, Aruna Irani, Sujit Kumar etc. etc. & Kadar Khan were the actors/ stars in the film. The film was the official remake of the Kannada film ‘Shankar Guru’ (1978).
The film was the story of a lawyer (father Amitabh) who has an artist/ painter wife (Waheeda Rehman). He has a friend (Amjad Khan) who is sent to jail for possession of drugs by the lawyer with the intention that the friend will get reformed. The friend comes out with revenge in mind, kills his business associate (Sujit Kumar) & frames the lawyer. This forces the lawyer to run to escape arrest, but in the process he is separated from his wife who is pregnant at the time. She gives birth to twins but isn’t aware of it i.e. she doesn’t know that one of the twin has been handed over to a lady who has given birth to a still-born for the 3rd time. The boys grow up to be cop & dramatist (Nautanki should be the right word here), fall in love with beautiful girls, land up in Kathmandu. Their roads cross at the palace of their father who has taken refuge there & is the guardian of one of the beauties. The family comes together after all complications are resolved.
The film had seven songs with Jidhar dekhoon teri tasweer nazar aati hai being a multi-version song. Both the versions were in male voices of Kishore Kumar & Amitabh Bachchan. Amit Kumar, Asha Bhonsle & RD Burman were the other playback singers in the film. The following are the songs of the film are on the blog :_
| Song | Date of post | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Jidhar dekhoon teri tasweer nazar aati hai | 22 September 2010 | Multiple version song |
| Aadhi baat ho chuki tu aadhi baat kar le | 22 September 2020 | (post by Avinashji, part of BTYC) |
| Har chhori raani yahaan har chhora raaja | 11 October 2022 |
Today we are having the next song on the occasion of the 11th death anniversary of S. Ramanathan. He began as an assistant director in the 1950s and he became a director from 1958. He went on to direct & produce many Kannada films till 1971/72 when he directed his first Hindi film ‘Bombay To Goa’. He went on to make 10 more films in Hindi.
Today’s song is the pre-climax song where the two brothers are dancing around in a Gym owned by Amjad Khan. The family have all reached there, one after the other. I have seen the film a number of times but I can’t remember how the ladies landed there. (need to see the film again). The song is in the voices of Kishore Kumar & Amit Kumar.
Video
Audio
Song-Asli kya hai naqli kya hai inko aaj bata denge(Mahaan)(1983) Singers-Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar, Lyrics-Anjaan, MD-R D Burman
Both
Lyrics
hey hey
brr brr
hey hey
hey hey
asli kya hai naqli kya hai
inko aaj bata denge
marte dam tak yaad rahe wo
jalwa aaj dikha denge
kyon biraadar
arre haan biraadar
arre kyon biraadar
arre haan haan biraadar
hey asli kya hai nakli kya hai
inko aaj bata denge
marte dam tak yaad rahe wo
jalwa aaj dikha denge
hey kyon biraadar
arre haan haan biraadar
arre kyo biraadar
arre haan haan haan haan biraadar
chor karenge khaak faisla
kya sach hai kya jhooth
pesha jinka khoon kharaaba chori daaka loot
chor karenge khaak faisla kya sach hai kya jhooth
pesha jinka khoon kharaaba chori daaka loot
daal ke daaka
khoon bahaake
aish karen ye maal dabaa ke
andar maal chhupa jitna hum aaj wo baahar la denge
hey kyo biraadar
arre haan haan biraadar
kyon biraadar
arre haan haan biraader
arre asli kya hai naqli kya hai
inko aaj bata denge
marte dam tak yaad rahe wo
jalwa aaj dikha denge
hey kyon biraadar
arre haan haan biraader
kyon biraadar
arre haan haan biraadar
hmmm
dekha pyaare gaur karen
kya phool se naazuk haath
phool ye shole ban jaate hain
yahaan waqt ke saath
dekha pyaare gaur karen
kya phool se naazuk haath
phool ye shole ban jaate hain
yahaan waqt ke saath
de ghumaa ke haath jamaa ke
are josh bhulaa ke hosh udaa ke
sher ki khaal mein ye geedad hain
duniya ko dikhla denge
hey kyon biraadar
arre haan biraadar
arre kyon biraadar
are haan biraader
arre asli kya hai naqli kya hai
inko aaj bata denge
marte dam tak yaad rahe wo
jalwa aaj dikha denge
hey kyon biraadar
are haan haan biraadar
chaalu raho chaalu raho
arre kyon biraadar
arre haan haan biraadar
haan
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5651 | Post No. : | 18147 |
Hullo Atuldom
“Lakshmi” (1982) which was directed by B. S. Thapa; produced by Raja Desai & Raja Roy.
The story was revolving around Reena Roy’s character -Lakshmi; Raj Babbar played her husband Vijay Singh & son Ajay Singh. Ranjeet played a pimp who has a change of heart & emotion when Lakshmi addresses him as ‘Bhaiyya’ & pleads him to help her keep herself ‘GANGA KI TARAH PAVITRA’ inspite of being a courtesan. Nadira played the owner of the ‘Kotha’ where Lakshmi takes refuge in her bid to escape goons. She also has a change of thinking & heart when she sees Ranjeet standing up for Lakshmi when Kadar Khan (in a guest appearance)-playing a daku- tries to molest her. Nadira eventually takes sanyaas but not before seeing Lakshmi give birth to her daughter (she was pregnant with her second child when she had landed at the kotha)
Saw this film (and heard of it for the first time today) this afternoon on Doordarshan. Then I recalled that today (7 January 2024) is Reena Roy’s janamdin. She turns 67. She was seen in a lot of regular heroine type of roles before “Nagin” happened in 1976 and audiences & filmmakers saw what she was capable of. Movies by J. Om Prakash ‘Asha’, ‘Arpan’, ‘Apnapan’ etc. also helped her consolidate her place in Bollywood.
“Lakshmi” was a film on similar lines (like those J Om Prakash movies mentioned above) where her character goes through a lot of hardships before she dies in the climax. Dina Pathak, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Sulakshna Pandit, Raj Mehra, Danny Denzongpa, Birbal, Seema Deo all had either special or guest appearances. Only Ranjeet, Bharat Kapoor & Raj Babbar had longer screen time.
As I read the background of Raja Roy, I found that he was Reena Roy’s brother & that explains why all those named under guest & special appearances were there in the cast. They have all been involved in Reena Roy’s journey in the industry at some time or the other.
Usha Khanna was the music director for songs written by Sahir Ludhianvi, Indeevar & Kaifi Azmi. Asha Bhonsle, Amit Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor were the playback singers used. The film had 6 songs of which the following two (both written by Sahir Ludhianvi) are on the blog.
| Song | Date of post | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Jalwon se dil behla lo zamaane waalon | 26 July 2013 | lyrics by Avinashji |
| Seeta bhi jahaan sukh paa na saki | 25 October 2018 | post by Rajaji |
Today’s is the pre-climax song, after which Bharat Kapoor dies and the film moves on to become a courtroom drama, where eventually the Public Prosecutor turns pleader for the accused. 🙂 This song is written by Kaifi Azmi.
Happy Birthday to Reena Roy.
Song-Shaam peene ki phir na aayegee is shaam ke baad(Lakshmi)(1982) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Kaifi Azmi, MD-Usha Khanna
Lyrics
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
is shaam ke baad
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
is shaam ke baad
rooh lahraayegi rakt(?) farmaayegi
rooh lahraayegi rakt(?) farmaayegi
pyaas mit jayegi tan man ki
is jaam ke baad
ho
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
is shaam ke baad
meri nazron mein jo tezi hai
wo khanjar mein nahin
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
meri nazron mein jo tezi hai
wo khanjar mein nahin
jitni honthon mein hai
utni kisi saaghar mein nahin
aur kya chaahiye inaam
aur kya chahiye inaam
is inaam ke baad
ho
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
is shaam ke baad
dil ye patthar to nahin hai
ki machal hi na sake
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
dil ye patthar to nahin hai
ki machal hi na sake
toone yoon humko pukaara
ke sambhal hi na sake
kiska paighaam sunen hum
kiska paighaam sunen hum
tere paighaam ke baad
ho
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
is shaam ke baad
ho
shaam peene ki phir na aayegi
is shaam ke baad
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5648 | Post No. : | 18143 |
Hullo Atuldom
Wishing all a very Happy 2024.
“Sanam Teri Kasam” (1982) was a film that was produced by Barkha Roy & directed by Narendra Bedi. It had music by RD Burman for songs written by Gulshan Bawra. The cast was headed by Reena Roy- Kamal Haasan- Kadar Khan with Jeevan, Ranjeet, Seema Deo, Jagdeep, Guddi Maruti, Birbal, Viju Khote, Raj Kishore, Bhagwandada, Mala Jaggi etc in the supporting cast. Mahesh Anand (who later married Barkha Roy) made his debut in this film, his dance moves were used in the title sequence. Kamal Kapoor had a guest appearance.
The story was inspired from Shammi Kapoor’s “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1957). That should give us an idea about the relation between Kadar Khan, Seema Deo & Kamal Haasan. Kadar Khan, who is separated from his family, is led to believe that Ranjeet is his biological son by Jeevan. Kamal Haasan who is employed in Kadar Khan’s hotel, is shown to have a grudge towards his father who had abandoned the family years back. Then there is Reena Roy who is Kadar Khan’s ward (his friend’s daughter) who falls in love with Kamal Haasan after a few scenes of Tu-Tu-Main-Main (bickering). So, all-in-all a movie with a regular story.
The songs were pretty feet-tapping, hummable & do send the listeners down-memory-lane even today. There 6 songs in the film of which Kitne bhi tu kar le sitam was a 2-version song. The following songs of the film are on the blog i.e. 3 out of 6 have been posted.
| Song | Date of post |
|---|---|
| Kitne bhi tu kar le sitam Multiple version song | 21 apr 2012 |
| Dekhta hoon koi lagki haseen | 7 November 2013 |
We can see that the last song was posted 10 years & 2 months ago. Let us have one more today, on the occasion of R D Burman a.k.a. Panchamda’s death anniversary.
I had thought of another song from another film for today, that was also a Pancham- playback song this is also a Pancham-playback song. The song that I saved up for later use & the one in this post were part of my teenage years. But I shall not divulge that song now. We shall just sit back and enjoy this dance number which is part of that period in the film when Kamal & Reena haven’t yet fallen in love. It happens when the two are pranking each other.
I must admit that I was reminded of it when I heard it on Radio Ceylon this morning. Hearing it made me check if it is already on the blog. The film is 44 years old (I cannot believe it), but is it old enough to be called an old movie? 🙂
I also cannot understand the speed of light & time. It is already 4 days since the Gregorian calendar changed to 2024. It is already 365 days since I wrote this post. It is already thirty (30!!!!) years since RD Burman bid goodbye to this world. Why does time have to run ?
Thinking of the Music Director- Singer- Actor RD Burman who had his own style & was an inspiration for future music composers. He had a fan-following among his own fraternity as crazy about him as the aam-janta was. How else do we explain movies like ‘Dil Vil Pyar Pyar’ (2002), ‘Jhankaar Beats’ (2003) which were truthful about being tributes to Panchamda. There are other films too which keep paying homage to the genius. Filmfare named its award for the New Music Talent “RD Burman Award for New Music Talent” in 1995; & A.R. Rehman was its first recipient (apt winner in my opinion).
I think I must add that though he had been nominated for Filmfare awards since 1972 (for Caravan) he won his first Filmfare for “Sanam Teri Kasam” which was followed by an award for “Masoom” in 1984. His last Filmfare came in 1995 for “1942: A Love Story” but after his death.
Song-Jaanaa o meri jaanaa aaja meree baahon mein aajaa (Sanam Teri Kasam)(1982) Singer-R D Burman, Lyrics-Gulshan Baawra, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics
u u u u
ru ru
u u u u u
ruru ru ru ru
ruru ru
waao waao
ruru ru
waao waao
tu ruru ru ru
tururu ru ru
bore
aahaha
kukru kurku koo
koo
heh heh heh heh
hah
jaana
o meri jaana
arre mai hoon tere khwaabon ka raaja
arre laila
o meri laila
are aaja meri baahon mein aaja
jaana
o meri jaana
arre main hoon tere khwaabon ka raaja
arre laila
o meri laila
are aaja meri baahon mein aaja
naazneen gulbadan aankhen hain maikhaana
dekh to pyaar se aisa kya tadpaana
arre naazneen gulbadan aankhen hain maikhaana
dekh to pyaar se aisa kya tadpaana
are ohoho hoho hoho
arre jaana
o meri jaana
arre main hoon tere khwaabon ka raaja
arre laila
o meri laila
are aaja meri baahon mein aaja
jhoom ke aa zara pehlu mein diljaani
beet hi jaaye na tanha ye jawaani
arre jhoom ke aa zara pehlu mein diljaani
beet hi jaaye na tanha ye jawaani
aah aah aah aah aah aah
jaana
o meri jaana
arre main hoon tere khwaabon ka raaja
are laila
o meri laila
arre aaja meri baahon mein aaja
kukurukukuruku
uh hu uh oh oh oh oh oh hoh oh
ae baba
kukruku
aur bhi gusse mein khile tu haseena
soch le mere bina tera kya hai jeena baaba
arre aur bhi gusse mein khile tu haseena
soch le mere bina tera kya hai jeena
oho oho oho oho oho oho
arre jaana
o meri jaana
arre main hoon tere khwaabon ka raaja
arre laila
o meri laila
arre aaja meri baahon mein aaja
arre jaana
o meri jaana
arre main hoon tere khwaabon ka raaja
arre laila
o meri laila
arre aaja meri baahon mein aaja
Swaamijee o Swaamijee
Posted on: December 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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5625 | Post No. : | 18112 |
Hullo Atuldom
As students, i.e. during school days, we used to be given an exercise in language class. We would be given a paragraph, story or poetry & asked to read it for a few minutes. There would be a set of questions, at the end of the passage or writeup, that would test how much we have understood what was written. Often the last question would be to give a suitable Title to the writeup. This activity used to be called COMPREHENSION in English, forgive me for not being able to recall what ‘comprehension’ is Hindi & Marathi. These are the three main languages that I learnt in school, that is why I am looking for the word in Hindi & Marathi. Different matter that I learnt Malayalam too in school but I don’t recall having this in my Malayalam question paper.
I am sure, readers will be wondering where I am getting to. Well, I was thinking about films & their titles. How filmmakers think up titles for their work. So many times, in innumerable instances, I have read about a film having a working title & then getting a release with a different title. Many times, I have sat through films & found no connection between the title & the film. Of course, those are very rare cases, mostly the titles are apt for the movies.
The song with today’s post is from the 1984 released action-comedy-drama film “John Jani Janardhan”. The title may look like it is inspired by the very famous song of the Manmohan Desai hit of 1981 ‘Naseeb’. But, in reality, this film had this title because the hero had these three names. The hero played father John Mendez & his twin sons Jani & Janardhan.
“John Jani Janardhan” (1984) was produced by A. Purnachandra Rao & directed by T. Rama Rao. Anand Bakshi wrote the songs that were composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The playback singers used were Kavita Krishnamurthy, S.Janaki, S.P. Balasubramaniam, Suresh Wadkar, & Shailendra Singh.
The film had six songs of which this song is already present on our blog. That song was posted exactly five years back, on this date, to wish the stylish unconventional looking hero-Rajnikanth- on his birthday.
Rajnikanth was born, in Bangalore as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, on December 12th 1950 (some places his birth year is given as 1949). Initially he was working as a bus conductor and his style & mannerisms of issuing tickets, blowing whistle etc. caught the fancy of the travellers. On being encouraged by a few of his friends, he moved to Madras (now Chennai), joined the Madras Film Institute where he caught the eye of filmmaker K. Balachander who introduced him to the Tamil film industry in a small role in 1975. From then on there was no looking back. He has played a villain in many of his initial films and was the ‘bad character’ who the audience loved to hate. His style, swagger, & casual unique style of action is something that his fans love him for; and this has overshadowed many of his comedy roles & even serious characters.
“Moondru Mugam” (1982) meaning ‘three faces’ was a film where Rajnikanth had action, emotion & comedy scenes. This was the film which was remade in Hindi as “John Jani Janardhan”.
Rati Agnihotri & Poonam Dhillon were the two heroines of this film which was the story of an honest police officer John Mendez (father Rajnikanth) who lives a middle-class lifestyle with his wife, Cheryl (Poonam Dhillon), and a maidservant, Fatimabi (Dulari). John busts a gang that makes illicit liquor and holds them in a cell, bringing him into confrontation with their leader, Gajanand ‘Gajju’ (Kadar Khan), who goes to threaten John, but is himself arrested and sentenced. When he is acquitted, he decides to avenge his humiliation by entrapping John and killing him. Cheryl gives birth to twin sons and passes away. A rich childless couple, Brijmohan Gupta (Utpal Dutt) adopts one of the twins and names him Janardhan (Rajnikanth -son number 1), while the second is named Jani (Rajnikanth- son number 2) and lives with Fatimabi. Twenty-five years later, Janardhan is an America- returned young man, in love with Madhu (Rati Agnihotri). On his birthday party he comes face to face with a man named Gopaldas (played by south actor Thyagarajan), and his entire personality changes as he is taken over by the vengeful spirit of John. Subsequently, Gopaldas is killed, and Janardhan is arrested and tried in Court. And then there is the usual climax when the brothers discover each other etc. (seen this movie a long time ago in Tamil never in Hindi).
For today’s post I have chosen a song where Rati Agnihotri is trying her best to woo her hero. I am not sure about the background of the song, whether this is ‘Jani’ or ‘Janardhan’ that has decided to renounce the world. The lady is surely having a gala time; but by the end of the song, the chorus dancers switch sides much to the dismay of the lady.
This was possibly the only Hindi film where Rati Agnihotri was cast alongside Rajnikanth though they were co-actors in a few Tamil films. Let us wish Rati Agnihotri too on turning a year older on 10th of December.
Video
Audio (Longer)
Song-Swaamiji o Swaamiji (John Jani Janardan)(1984) Singers-Shailendra Singh, S Janaki, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Female chorus
Shailendra Singh + Female chorus
Lyrics(Based on audio link)
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
la la la la la la
la la la laa
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
chhodo ye neknaami ji
swaamiji o swaamiji
chhodo ye neknaami ji
hamse aankh ladaakar le lo
thhodi si badnaami
jee
ho swaamiji
swaamiji
aankhen kholo swaamiji
aankhen khol ke dekho to
dekho to
dekho to
munh se bol ke dekho to
dekho to
dekho to
aankhen khol ke dekho to
munh se bol ke dekho to
nainon ke taraazu mein
joban taul ke dekho to
hare raam raam raam
roop mera sharmila ji
rang mera baadaami
jeee
ho swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
prem kaa mantar sachchaa hai ae ae
swaamijee swaamiji
swaamijee swaamiji
bhakti mein kyaa rakha hai ae ae
swaami jee swamiji ji
swaamijee swaamiji
saans ki doree ee kachchee hai aey ae ae
prem kaa dhaagaa pakcaa hai ae ae
hare krishna krishnaa hare ae
pyaar hai man ki azaadee
bhakti sirf ghulaamee
jee ee eeeee eee
o swamiji jee ee eee
sawamijee eee o swaamiji
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
pyaar agar thhukraaoge
ant samay pachhtaaoge
ant samay pachhtaaoge
ant samay pachhtaaoge
pyaar agar thhukraaoge
ant saamy pachhtaaoge
apne man ko mat maaro o
varna khud mar jaaoge
varna khud mar jaaoge
varna khud mar jaaoge
aage main kya aur kahoon
tum ho antaryaami
jee
ho swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
chhodo ye neknaaamee jee
hamse aankh ladaakar le lo
thhodi si badnaami jee
swaamiji o swaamiji
swaamiji o swaamiji
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj gopalam
bolo
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
govindam bhaj govindam
govindam bhaj gopalam
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