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

Blog Day :

6600Post No. :20500

Mohd Rafi – A Journey Divine – 2
(1947)

तेरी आवाज की जादूगरी से
ना जाने किस जहां में खो गया हूँ
इसी आवाज से चौंका था लेकिन
इसी आवाज में गुम हो गया हूँ
जहां में खो गया हूँ

The coincidence that we arrive at today, was indicated to me by Mahesh ji about 10 days back. And after some back and forth explanations, discussions and negotiations, the editors agreed to designate today as a dual century milestone day.

Yes, we arrive at the 6600th day of continuous musical disbursal of Hindi film songs. All numerical analysis and all the performance superlatives can be done and stated, but then that will just be a repetition of what has been told and discussed numerous times in the past. What we are moving towards forward is a glorious ongoing celebration, as always. Neither this ocean of HF music is going to deplete, and nor will the momentum and potential of this musical bandwagon will falter and rest. Miles to go yet, yes, many many more miles to go, but nothing like sleep to pause on the way.

May the journey of this bandwagon be blessed, and may it continue to accumulate the accolades and the bouquets – for the unstinted and the peerless effort anywhere on the world wide web. And come to think of it this way – maybe some will ask this in their minds – what purpose is being served by this endeavor ? Besides of course putting together a massive compilation of Hindi film songs. Well, my answer to that is – this venture, this so appropriately and so truly designated as a labor of love – it is the ongoing honoring of the stalwarts – both big and small, both popular and anonymous, both celebrated and neglected – the stalwarts who spent their lives to feed this oceanic enterprise called the Hindi cinema, and build this vast repository of music. A grandiose legacy that has been bequeathed to this world at large – to entertain, to give an expression to all the human emotions in all their various colors and flavors. Taking the thousand foot view of this enterprise, it is an ongoing humungous project that continues to assimilate, enumerate and generate asseverations of the multitude flavors of human emotions.

Yes, the effort of this bandwagon, led by the fearless leader (who now verily has an enhanced observation vision 🙂 ), is unmatched, is without a peer anywhere on the net. And I am proud and delighted to be part of this effort along with all my comrades in arm, all pitching in with their knowledge and insights into this ocean of music.

6600 days is a huge chunk of life itself. A passage of years that brings on at least two new generations in the human population. And so we continue, to work within this enterprise, crossing generations of time. And to compound the celebration today, we just slid past another massive milestone – the 205th century song to showcased on our blog. But what to say about it – so much has been said before, and I will just be rephrasing the past. But then, one certain thing to be said – that we all doff our caps in salute, and with a minimal pause, the trek continues. As always, the backlog in the pipeline does not allow a breather to relax. Past this 20500th song post, and on to now the next song, the next century song, the next thousandth . . .

I continue, after a gap of some months – the journey to track and catalog the flow of that divine voice that we so lovingly and respectfully call as Mohammed Rafi.

In the previous and first episode that was published as the song “Dupatta Mora Aaj Hi Rang Dijo“, (from film ‘Mansarovar’ of 1946) I had covered first three years of Rafi Sb’s career – from 1944 to 46. With this post I venture into 1947, and see the beginning of this singing voice. With three songs in 1944, then 12 songs in 1945, on to 39 songs in 1946, we come into 1947 and find a recorded list of 28 songs in 16 films, which are listed below.

Saawan Kee Ghata Dheere Dheere AanaAage Badho1947Mohd Rafi, KhursheedSudhir FadkeAmar Verma
Desh Mein Sankat Aaya Hai, Ab Kuchh Kar Ke Dikhlaana HaiAap Ki Sewa Mein1947Mohd Rafi, G M Saajan, ChorusDatta DavjekarMahipal
Main Teri Tu Mera, Dono Ka Sang Sang Ho BaseraAap Ki Sewa Mein1947Mohd Rafi, Mohantara TalpadeDatta DavjekarMahipal
Meri Aankhon Ke Taare, Ye Phool Suhaye Haaye PiyaAap Ki Sewa Mein1947Mohd RafiDatta DavjekarMahipal
Jab Baithe Baithe Dil Bhar Aaye Aur Lab Se Nikle HaayeDak Bangla1947Mohd RafiNaresh BhattacharyaDeena Nath madhok
Duniya Mein Meri Aaj Andhera Hee AndheraDo Bhai1947Mohd RafiSachin Dev BurmanRaja Mehndi Ali Khan
Do Din Ginti Ke, Umariya Beeti JaayeDo Dil1947Mohd RafiGobind RamDeena Nath Madhok
Tu Bhi Reh Main BhiEk Kadam1947Mohd Rafi, Shamshad BegumPrakash Nath Sharma
Wo Apni Yaad Dilaane Ko Ek Ishq Ki Duniya Chhod GayeJugnu1947Mohd Rafi, ChorusFiroz NizamiAsgar Sarhadi
Yahan Badla Wafa Ka Bewafayi Ke Siwa Kya HaiJugnu1947Mohd Rafi, Noor JahanFiroz NizamiShakeel Badayuni
Das Na Jaayen Tujh Ko Zulfen KaaliyanMalika1947Mohd RafiAllah Rakkha QureshiTanveer Naqvi
Meri Dilruba, Mere Paas AaMalika1947Mohd, Rafi, Allauddin KhanAllah Rakkha QureshiTanveer Naqvi
Maya Man Ka Rog Hai Moorakh Maya Man Ka RogRishta1947Mohd RafiMohammed ShafiVehashi Jaunpuri
Hum Banjaare Sang Hamare Dhoom Macha Le DuniyaSaajan1947Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lalita Deolkar, ChorusC RamachandraMoti
Hum Ko Tumahara Hee Aasra, Tum Hamare Ho Na HOSaajan1947Mohd RafiC RamachandraMoti
Kis Ko Sunaaun Haale Dil… Hum Ko Tumhara Hee AasraSaajan1947Mohd Rafi, Lalita DeolkarC RamachandraMoti
Main Hoon Jaipur Ki Banjaran Chanchal Mera NaamSaajan1947Mohd Rafi, Lalita DeulkarC RamachandraQamar Jalalabadi
O Babu, Aji Babu, Gali Meri Teri Chaand Chamka DekhoSaajan1947Mohd RafiC RamachandraQamar Jalalabadi
Sambhal Sambhal Ke Jaiyo Ho Banjaare, Dilli Door HaiSaajan1947Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lalita Deolkar, ChorusC RamachandraRam Murty Chaturvedi
Imtihan Jab Aata Hai… Ae Jee mat Poochho Baat, College AlbeliSamaaj Ko Badal Dalo1947Mohd Rafi, Arun, MannadeyKhemchandra Prakash
Chali Saajan Ghar Jaaye, Aaj Dulhaniya Kes SanwaareShadi Se Pehle / Juve Ka Nateeja1947Mohd RafiPaigankar / KarnaadPt Mukhram Sharma
Chalo Ho Gayi Taiyar, Zara Thehro JeeShadi Se Pehle / Juve Ka Nateeja1947Mohd Rafi, Lata MangeshkarPaigankar / KarnaadPt Mukhram Sharma
Nainon Se Naina Mila LeShahkaar1947Mohd Rafi & RajkumariK.DuttaArzoo Lucknavi
Ae Duniya Hai Sab Prem Kee, Tu Prem Kiye JaShahkar1947Mohd Rafi, Shamshad BegumK DuttaAarzoo Lakhnavi
Jeevan Hai Anmol Musafir, Jeevan Hai AnmolShanti1947Mohd RafiB S ThakurShakeel Badayuni
Tohe Jaana Hai Toh Hanste Hanste JaanaShanti1947Mohd RafiB.S.ThakurShakeel Badayuni

And beginning to track his progress from year to year, I prepare the following table, which will get updated as we progress from one episode to the next.

194433
19451215
19463954
19472882

Listening to this voice in all its different colors, emotions and renditions, the thought goes out to the quality of expression of this voice. I am sure all of us must have come across and viewed the few handful videos live interviews of Rafi Sb. Viewing these videos and hearing him speak, a wondrous thought comes to mind. Listening to his voice in these informal conversations, one is struck by the relaxed soft tones of this voice – so unhurried, so humble. One almost has to strain one’s listening to catch his words. And then the wonder appears in the mind – is this really the voice that has been recorded as “Bhagwaan, Bhagwaan. . . O Duniya Ke Rakhwaale”, or “Baar Baar Dekho, Hazaar Baar Dekho”, or the cresendoing notes of “. . . Inteha Ye Hai Ke Bande Ko Khuda Karta Hai Ishq” in the qawwaali “Na To Karvaan Ki Talash Hai”, and few thousand other sound and emotional variations that we are so used to hearing since childhood. Seriously, it is really a stretch of imagination to equate this humble soft voice in the live interviews, with the wondrous, and sometimes thunderous, variations of rendition that Rafi Sb has produced and presented from within himself. And I keep wondering – is this the same person.

Well, more observations on this topic in the next episode. I am already so drastically late with this post, that I curtail my thoughts – to be continued later.

Today’s song in from the 1947 film ‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’.

‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’ is a production from the banner of Chandrama Pictures, and is directed by Vasant Joglekar. The eight songs of this film are penned by Mahipal, yes the same Mahipal that we are more familiar as the actor. The music composition is by Dutta Davjekar. The interesting thing to note is that this is the film in which Lata Mageshkar has sung plaback in Hindi films for the first time.

Rafi Sb’s voice, in this song, sounds so familiar and so mature already. Very similar to the voice we are so used to listening in the songs of 1950s and 60s. Listen and judge for yourself.

Song – Main Teri Tu Mera (Aap Ki Sewa Mein) (1947) Singer – Mohantara Talpade, Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics – Mahipal, MD – Dutta Davjekar
Mohantara Talpade + Mohammed Rafi

Lyrics

ho ho ho oo

ho ho ho oo

main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera

chhod ke mujhko
kidhar chale
o kidhar chale
bichhde door huye
bichhde door huye
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera

aawo
aawo jhoolte chalen kinaare
aawo
aawo jhoolte chalen kinaare
paani mein ho mahal hamaare
paani mein ho mahal hamaare

lehar lehar mein dol dol kar
naache pawan jhakora

lehar lehar mein dol dol kar
naache pawan jhakora

aa ha ha
main teri
(aa ha ha)
tu mera
(aa aa aa aa)
donon ka sang sang ho basera

mann ki rani
mann pe chhaao..oo
mann ki rani
mann pe chhaao
prem hilore laao
prem hilore laao

ghir ghir kaale baadal aaye
aao maine haath badhaaye
ghir ghir kaale baadal aaye
aao maine haath badhaaye
sajan daal de aaj yahaan
meethe sapnon ka ghera
sajan daal de aaj yahaan
meethe sapnon ka ghera
aa ha ha
main teri
(aa ha ha)
tu mera
(aa aa aa aa)
donon ka sang sang ho basera


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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हो हो हो ओ

हो हो हो ओ

मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
छोड़ के मुझको
किधर चले
ओ किध चले
बिछोड़े दूर हुए
बिछोड़े दूर हुए
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा

आवो
आवो झूलते चलें किनारे
आवो
आवो झूलते चलें किनारे
पानी में हों महल हमारे
पानी में हों महल हमारे
लहर लहर में डोल डोल कर
नाचे पवन झकोरा

लहर लहर में डोल डोल कर
नाचे पवन झकोरा

आ हा हा
मैं तेरी
(आ हा हा)
तू मेरा
(आ हा हा)
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा

मन की रानी
मन पर छाओ..o
मन की रानी
मन पर छाओ..o
प्रेम हिलोरे लाओ
प्रेम हिलोरे लाओ

घिर घिर काले बादल आए
आओ मैंने हाथ बढ़ाए
घिर घिर काले बादल आए
आओ मैंने हाथ बढ़ाए
सजन डाल दे आज यहाँ
मीठे सपनों का घेरा
सजन डाल दे आज यहाँ
मीठे सपनों का घेरा
आ हा हा
मैं तेरी
(आ हा हा)
तू मेरा
(आ आ आ)
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा





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

This article is the 20000th song post in the blog. It covers a song that was released in the year 1931 but whose existence came to light only just recently.

Blog Day :

6445 Post No. : 20000 Movie Count :

5197

Things do not get any more rare than this.  Plus celebrations like today’s, also do not get any more better and rare.

Milestones is a habit now long forgotten on this blog. No, I do not mean to say we do not celebrate. But it has now become a matter of routine. However, a milestone such as today, came to fore after a journey of more than 17 years. And that too – we can just bask in this glory for a few hours more. Night will fall, the sun will rise, and this milestone will be left behind – forever.

In five decades of recorded data (1931-80), there is an estimated approximation – about 45 thousand songs, give or take. Beyond that, another 45 years of an industry that I and more in my category have not tracked sincerely. But taking just a crude estimate, let us say, another 40 thousand songs. We are talking of a huge repository that is about 85 thousand songs. I am sure, it is a number that cannot be matched by any other segment of the industry world wide. And if I take a look at the counter on the top of this article, a whopping 20+ percent of that repository is already showcased on Atul-Song-a-Day.

A moment it takes to absorb this. Time to ruminate, to contemplate and to let this number sink in inside.
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Blog Day :

6438 Post No. : 19985

 

A Very Happy Holi celebration to all.

Well yes, coming at almost the end of the celebration day. But the greetings and good wishes are being delivered with a one year warranty, valid for a full year, till we come to the next instalment of this celebration.

Maybe many folks did not notice it, but this year’s occurrence of this festival of colours is likely the most rare and unique play out of the celebrations ever. At least I do not remember having encountered this version of the celebration ever in my life. And I would like to hear from the readers, if anyone else has. Like a few other things that happen once in life, this celebration of Holi is once in a lifetime experience.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

6436Post No. :19979

Mohd Rafi – A Journey Divine – 1
(1944-46)

किसी ने कभी पानी से पूछा — पानी रे पानी तेरा रंग कैसा

तो जवाब जो पानी ने दिया — जिसमें मिला दो लगे उस जैसा

Someone once asked water, “Water, water, what color is yours?” The answer water gave was, “My color will resemble whatever I am mixed with.” This isn’t a quality, a skill, an art, or anything significant. It’s the very nature of water, a gift from God, bestowed upon water. When God created water in the universe, He granted it an inexhaustible treasure: despite being colorless, it possesses the unique ability to manifest every other color. Perhaps with a similar thought in mind, God brought to this earth an individual whose voice was so gifted with the ability to become the voice of any and every personality, every character. He shaped that individual’s personality with such natural simplicity that it could provide a voice for everyone behind the scenes, yet its own existence remained completely inconspicuous. This individual’s voice might be in the background, but listeners might not even be aware of its presence. Over time, this voice would linger behind hundreds of characters. Only those who knew would know what it was.

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Blog Day :

5963 Post No. : 18623

Children’s Day special today.

Wondrous memories I have – of the special 14th November programs and treats. In Delhi, I remember there used to fun fairs for children.  At the Children’s Park next to India Gate in Central Delhi, there were occasions when Nehru ji would himself be present with the kids for a short while, in the early evenings. I have never been present at such gatherings myself. By the time I would be of the age to understand and enjoy such events, Nehru ji had passed away. But I have seen such events in the newsreels at the cinemas – Nehru ji surrounded by a huge number of children. And I especially remember, he would let fly some white pigeons – a symbol of peace and friendship.
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Blog Day :

5845 Post No. : 18396

 

Today, 19 July 2024, is a special day for the blog. It was on this date 16 years ago that this blog had come into existence with its debut post “Miley Na Phool To Kaanton Se Dosti Kr Li” on 19 July 2008. We have come a long way in the blog from that small beginning. On this occasion, we will have quite a few posts today to celebrate the occasion. Keep watching this blog throughout the day.

Songs Repeated in Hindi Films – 32
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

Ah, before anything about this song, the important start to this day is the Congratulations that must be given today, to all the readers of this blog, to all the members of this musical bandwagon, and most importantly, to dear dear Atul ji. Today, we begin the 17th year of this wondrous and overwhelming musical journey, that Atul ji had initiated 16 years ago. The year was 2008, and on the 19th July of that year, Atul ji had made the first post on this blog.
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Blog Day :

5813 Post No. : 18348

‘Daada’ (1978) was produced by Jugal Productions Combine, Bombay and directed by Jugal Kishore. This social drama movie had Vinod Mehra, Bindiya Goswami, Shashi Puri, Madhumalini, Amjad Khan, Indrani Mukherjee, Jayshree T, Jeevan, Seema Dev, Ramesh Dev, Jagdeep, Rajendra Nath, Raza Murad, Satyen Kappu, Vijaya Chaudhary, Mohan Choti, Maruti, Mohan Sherry, Sheikh, Baby Pallavi, Coca Cola, Ramaavtar, Shyam Kumar, Ratan Gaurang, Manmauji etc. in it.
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Blog Day :

5785 Post No. : 18316

Saga Of Sleepless Nights – 10
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

raat bhar muaa sone naa de. . .

This snippet line is from a song that has not made it on the blog as yet. The film is ‘Vidhaata’ from 1982. This snippet line is from the naughty song “Saat Saheliaan Khadi Khadi, Fariyaad Sunaayen Ghadi Ghadi” (YT link). The song is kind of an item song that is performed on screen by a bearded and plump Shammi Kapoor lip syncing the voice of Kishore Kumar, with a harmonium in front of him, as he leads a local get together into a sort of celebration song. I am sure most readers will be familiar with this song. The lyrics are kind of raunchy, penned by Anand Bakshi. The song tells of the plight of seven friends whose husbands are in different professions. Each ‘saheli‘ tells of her woes as to how her husband does not let her sleep all night.

Rewind back 33 years earlier, to 1949. Another song that tells a similar story – the lady has the same complain, that her companion did not let her sleep all night. That the entire night was spent tossing and turning, and the night passed in this uljhan only.
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Blog Day :

5782 Post No. : 18312

Tu Chhupi Hai Kahaan
Main Tadapta Yahaan. . .

The anguished voice of Diwakar, the poet, that begins as a whisper from a famished throat, rises up to the heavens, as the poet is so painfully trying to search for his creativity – his muse, his love of life, a fantasy woman whom he has woven into his writings.

Mohini, whom he meets often at many a turn of the passages of life, is the romance that is rooted in his imagination, the power of creativity that propels his pen to create music and songs which are not understood, not accepted by his family and dear ones.
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Blog Day :

5780 Post No. : 18308

Phir Aane Laga Yaad Wahi Pyaar Ka Aalam

This, and many other iconic compositions flow through the mind when the name Iqbal Qureshi is mentioned. One of that group of hugely talented music directors who never could break into the so called ‘Legendary Club’, no matter so many of his creations have become legends in as of themselves. Starting with his first film ‘Panchaayat’ from 1958 – the iconic duets “Taa Thaiya Karte Aana, O Jaadugar Morey Sainyyan” (Lata and Geeta) and “Haal Ye Kar Diya Zaalim Tere Tadpaane Ne” (Rafi and Lata), and browsing through musical gems of such films as ‘Bindya’ and ‘Love In Simla’ (both 1960), ‘Umar Qaid’ (1961), ‘Ye Dil Kisko Doon’ (1963), the legendary ‘Cha Cha Cha’ and the lilting ‘Qawwaali Ki Raat’ of 1964, ‘Sarhadi Lutera’ of 1966, on to strumming the songs of the unreleased ‘Pyaar Bana Afsaana’, all the way up to ‘Lakhpati’ of 1991. An era that is dotted with lilting creations of Iqbal Qureshi.

Remembering Iqbal Qureshi on his birth anniversary on 12th May. At 6 feet 4 inches, he was arguably the tallest member of the industry in his time.
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