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5394 | Post No. : | 17697 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.94
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On this date ten years ago (25 April 2013), six songs from six different movies (plus one non film song) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 7972 | O maina mastaani o pinjre ki raani | Jungle Princess (1942) | 7 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7973 | Jhumka gira re Bareli ke baazaar mein | Dekho Ji(1947) | 7 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7974 | Maaroongi nainon ke baan zara bachke rehna | Bijli (1950) | 5 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 7975 | Chandrakiran ke daal hindoley jhool rahin aashaayen | Veena(1948) | 8 songs covered out of 12 by now |
| 7976 | Meri ghaghri noo ghunghroo lawaa de | Saawan (1959) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7977 | Wo jo roothen to manaana chaahiye | Mukesh Talat Mehmood NFS(1969) | |
| 7977 | Raat ki hathheli par chaand jagmagaata hai | Refugee(2000) | 2 songs covered out of 8 by now |
We observe that one movie (out of six) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 25 April 2013) has since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with five movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (25 April 2023).
“Dekho Jee”(1947) is one such movie.
“Dekho Jee”(1947) was produced and directed by Wali Sahab for Punjab Film Corporation. This movie had Mumtaz Shanti, Anjum, A.Shah, Khatoon, Haroon, Afzal, Dilshad, Mintobai,P.D.Lal, Gulnar, Prakash Trehan etc in it.
“Dekho Jee”(1947) had 11 songs in it. Seven songs have been covered in the blog in the past.
Here is the eighth song from “Dekho Jee”(1947) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Hamida Bano and chorus. Wali Sahab is the lyricist. Music is composed by Sabir Hussain.
This song is a fun song where kids are hoping that their teacher falls sick so that they could have a field day enjoying themselves in school. So school kids 75 years ago were no different from school kids of subsequent generations. 🙂
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Hamaara master allah kare beemaar ho jaaye (Dekho Jee)(1947) Singer-Hamida Bano, Lyrics-Wali Sahab, MD-Sabir Hussain
Chorus
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
hamaaraa master haan haan
hamaara mastar ho ho
hamaara mastar hee hee
hamaara mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye
hamaara mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye
hamaaraa mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
hamaaraa mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
hamaara mastar
hamaaraa mastar…rrr allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
ae aey ae ae ey ae
hamaaraa mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
hamaaraa mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye
to mangalwaar bhi apne liye
itwaar ho jaaye
to mangalwaar bhi apne liye
itwaar ho jaaye
hamaaraa master haan haaan
hamaara mastar ho o ho o
hamaara mastar hee hee
hamaara mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
hamaara mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
hamaaraa mastar
chadhaa den mastar ko o o
do maheeney ke liye ae phaansee eeee
haa aaa aaa haaa aaa aaa
chadhaa den mastar ko do maheene ke liye phansee
chadhaa den mastar ko do maheene ke liye phansee
jo hum mein se koyee do din ko
thhaanedaar ho jaaye
to hum mein se koyee do din ko thhaanedaar ho jaaye
hamaaraa master haan haaan
hamaara mastar o ho
hamaara mastar hee hee
hamaara mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
hamaara mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye ae
hamaaraa mastar
jo sotey hee main boloon raam
ho jaaye kaheen unnkaa aaan aaa
aaa aaan aaa aaaa
aaa aaan aaa aaaa
ho o ho
jo sotey hee main
bolo raam
raam hee raam
bolo raam
raam hee raam
bolo raam
raam hee raam
bolo raam
raam hee raam
bolo raam
raam hee raam
jo sotey hee main boloon raam
ho jaaye kaheen unnkaa
jo sotey hee main boloon raam
ho jaaye kaheen unnkaa
to phir saaree jamaat kaa hee
bedhaa paar ho jaaye
to phir saaree jamaat kaa hee bedhaa paar ho jaaye
hamaara mastar allaahaa karey beemaar ho jaaye
hamaara mastar
Dil tu hi bataa
Posted on: April 13, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.76
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On this date ten years ago (13 April 2013), nine songs from nine different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 7886 | Shyaam se nainan mila aayi | Raj Nartaki(1941) | One song covered out of 8 by now |
| 7887 | Ab na been bajaa | Sharbati Aankhen(1945) | 4 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7888 | Jeewan hai anmol musaafir | Shanti(1947) | 3 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7889 | Hello Mr Dil | Anand Bhawan(1953) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7890 | Hotel ka kinaara ho | Gunsundari(1948) | 5 songs covered out of 14 by now |
| 7891 | L O V E love love ka matlab hai pyaar | Love in Shimla (1960) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7892 | Ham kyun rote hain raaton ko | Darbaar (1955) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7893 | Tujh ko yoon dekha hai | Chaand Grahan(1997) | Total number of songs not known |
| 7894 | Aayi baisaakhi bagiya mehki | Duniya Ek Saraai (1947) | 5 songs covered out of 9 by now |
We observe that three movies (out of nine) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (viz on 13 april 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with six movies that are unYIPPEED and therefore eligible for Blog ten year challenge today (13 April 2023).
“Sharbati Aankhen”(1945) is one BTYC eligible movie today.
“Sharbati Aankhen”(1945) was directed by Ramchandra Thakur for Wadia Movietone, Bombay. This movie had Vanmala, Ishwarlal, Agha, Sumati Gupte, Rajkumari Shukla, Aftab, Harish,Anwari, Kelkar, Firoz Dastur,Asbela Begum,Alaknanda, Nand Kishore, Sayyed Ahmed, M.K.Hasan etc in it.
“Sharbati Aankhen”(1945) had ten songs in it. Four songs have been covered so far.
Here is the next song from the movie. This song is a multiple version song. It has happy version and sad version. Hamida Bano is the singer for happy version whereas Ameerbai Karnataki’s voice is heard in the sad version. Tanveer Naqvi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Feroz Nizami.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Happy version
Sad version
Song-Dil tu hi bata (Sharbati Aankhen)(1945) Singer-Hamida Bano/ Amirbai Karnataki, Lyrics-Tanveer Naqvi, MD-Feroz Nizami
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
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Lyrics of Happy version
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tu hi bataa
dil tu hi bataa aa
tu hi bataa ye ae pyaar hai kyaa
ye ae jeet hai kyaa
ye ae haar hai kyaa
dil tu hi bataa aaaa
hansti gaatee madhur jawaanee ee eee
ee eee ee eeee
hansti gaatee madhur jawaanee eee eeee
ee ee eee eeee
madhur jawaani
atee suhaanee eee
ee eee eeee
madhur jawaani
atee suhaanee eee
ee ee eeee
koyi bataayein yehee jawaani
koyi bataaye yehee jawaani
sapnon kaa sansaar hai kyaa aa
sapnon kaa sansaar hai kyaa
tu hi bataa dil tu hi bataa aa
ye ae pyaar hai kyaa
ye ae jeet hai kyaa
ye ae haar hai kyaa
dil tu hi bataa
apni sudh budh bhool rahee hoon
apni sudh budh bhool rahee hoon
bina hindoley ae ae
ae ae ae
jhool rahee hoon oon
jhool rahee hoon
jhool rahee hoon
bina hindoley ae ae
ae ae ae
jhool rahee hoon oon
jhool rahee hoon
jhool rahee hoon
(jaanti ho kyon ??)
mohey pee ke dwaarey jaanaa hai
aur soye bhaag jagaanaa hai
mohey pee ke dwaarey jaanaa hai
aur soye bhaag jagaanaa hai
kuchch khonaa hai
kuchch paanaa hai
kuchch khonaa hai
kuchch paanaa hai
yoonn ulfat kaa vyaapaar hai kyaa
ulfat kaa vyaapaar hai kyaa
tu hi bataa dil tu hi bataa aa
ye ae pyaar hai kyaa
ye ae ae jeet hai kyaa
ye ae ae haar hai kyaa
dil tu hi bataa aaaa aaa
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Lyrics of sad version
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dil..lll
tu hi bataa
dil..lll
tu hi bataa
kya tujhko huaa aaa
dil..lll
tu hi bataa
kyon dhak dhak dhak dhak kartaa hai
kyon dhakk dhakk dhakk dhakk kartaa hai
kyon dhakk dhakk dhakk dhakk kartaa hai
kyon tandi aahein aen aen
kyon tandi aahein bhartaa hai
kyon tandi aahein aen aen
kyon tandi aahein bhartaa hai
bechain na ho o
aansoo na bahaa aaa aaa
aa aaa aaaaa
tu hee bataa kya tujhko huaa
bechain na ho o
aansoo na bahaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaaaa
tu hee bataa kya tujhko huaa
dil..lll
tu hi bataa
dil..lll
tu hi bataa
hum jinkee aas lagaaye thhe ae
hum jinkee aas lagaaye thhe
kyon manmandir mein samaaye thhe
qismat ne kiyaa donon ko milaa
qismat ne diyaa donon ko milaa
kya tujhko huaa dil tu hi bataa
kya tujhko huaa dil tu hi bataa
dil..ll
tu hi bataa aaa aaa
dil..ll
tu hi bataa aaa
woh sun na sakey
hum keh na sakey
woh sun na sakey
hum keh na sakey
aur binaa kahey bhi reh na sakey
aur binaa kahey bhi reh na sakey ae
apnaa yeh jo thhaa
apnaa na rahaa aaa
dil..ll
tu hi bataa aaa
dil..ll
tu hi bataa aaa
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#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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The song presented in this post is from the movie “Magadhraj-1946’.
It was directed by R.S. Chaudhary for ‘Kamal Pictures’. It had Mumtaz Shanti, Chandra Mohan, Baburao Pendharkar, Sulochana Chatterjee, Harish, Anita Sharma, Pande, Feroz Dastoor, Munshi Khanjar, Ibrahim and others.
This movie has ten songs which were penned by Pandit Indra. Music for this movie was composed by Bulo C. Rani.
HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950) mentions the name of the singers for six songs out of ten songs. The singers are Mohantara Talpade, Hamida Banu, and Feroz Dastoor. For the remaining four songs the name of the singers is not mentioned/not known.
One song from this movie was posted on the blog almost ten years ago on 16.04.2013. This song is ‘laakh karo chaturaayi’ which was presented by Atul ji and in fact it was uploaded by him then, since the songs from this movie were not easily available at that time. However, now one can locate a few more songs of this movie that have since become available on the internet.
Today we listen to the second song from this movie. It is sung by Hamida Banu. As mentioned above lyrics for the today’s song are by Pt Indra and music is composed by Bulo C. Rani.
Let us listen to the song now. Only audio of this song is available.
I would request readers to add more information about this movie and its songs please.
Song-Apni duniya mitaa ke tum kiski duniya basaa chaley (Magadhraj)(1946) Singer-Hamida Bano, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-Bulo C Rani
Lyrics
apni duniyaa aa mitaa ke tum
kiski duniyaa basaa chaley
apni duniyaa aa mitaa ke tum
kiski duniyaa basaa chaley ae
aasha ke deep jalaa ke kyon(jo?)
aansuon se bujhaa chaley
aasha ke deep jalaa ke kyon(jo?)
aansuon se bujhaa chaley
sookhe man ke kunj ban mein
ae ae ae
sookhe man ke kunj ban mein
ban ke saawan
chhaa rahe thhe
ban ke saawan
chhaa rahe thhe
bijliyaan aan
bijliyaan giraa ke tum
aag jal mein lagaa chaley
bijliyaan giraa ke tum
aag jal mein lagaa chaley
apni duniyaa aa mitaa ke tum
kiski duniyaa basaa chaley
chaar aankhon ne mil ke ae
man se
chaar aankhon ne mil ke ae
man se
suni thhi jeewan kahaani
ik din
suni thhi jeewan kahaani
ik din
aankhen churaa ke
aankhen churaa ke
ab ek pal mein
wohi kahaani bhulaa chaley ae
aankhen churaa ke
ab ek pal mein
wo hi kahaani bhulaa chaley ae
apni duniyaa aa mitaa ke tum
kiski duniyaa basaa chaley ae
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is from a C grade imaginary film – Jadui Angoothi-1948.
The man has been attracted, with awe, towards the miracles and magic powers from the time immemorial. All of us, in our school days were drawn towards stories of magic, be it from Puranas, or from Arabian Night type stories. This is a worldwide phenomenon and you find books for children have about 30 to 40 % stories about magic, super powers and supermen. Even the film industry all over the world-in all languages, have taken advantage of this fact and made films on men with magic and super powers.
Being a normal school child, I was not an exception and loved to read such books and see such films. Maybe because of this, I was fascinated by the Mythological films from childhood. When I started seeing films, my first priority, in the initial phase, was for films which would quench my thirst for magic. This was easily fulfilled by the Mythological and cheap stunt films in third rate theatres, where the ticket rates were low ! Even Hollywood films like Superman, Captain Marvel, The 3-D Man, The invisible man and the others of this ilk were my staple food on Sundays and Holidays. Actually most adults too are enamoured by magic and miracles but hesitate to admit openly. I do not suppress the child in me and I am always ready for such films even now, knowing full well that it is nothing but trash !
As per the film Index list, about 40 films are made with the titles starting with the word ‘Jadu’ and 16 films with ‘Jadui’. It feels funny when you see films made like jadui Topi, Jadui Shehnai,Jadui Sindoor, Jadui Sandook or Jadui Danda !
Today’s film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was made by Mohan Pictures owned by Ramnik Lal Shah, husband of yesteryear heroine Indurani. She was a popular Heroinein the 1930s and the 1940s, before she quit films. I have interviewed her son Salim Shah , who is settled in the USA, and written about her on the Internet. Later Dr. Surjit Singh ji published a detailed book on her. There were few film companies which were specialised in making stunt, action, costume and imaginary films together with popular Arabian Night stories. Mohan Pictures was one of them. In the year 1948 itself they had made such C grade films like Jadui Angoothji, jadui Bansuri and jadui Shehnai. Film Jadui Sindoor-also made in 1948 was censored in early 1949,
Film Jadui Angoothi was directed by A.M.Khan. Now, this Khan was a person with many qualities. He was an actor, a lyricist and a director. In his 30 years’ career he had acted in 2 films – Dil-46 and Bigde dil-49. He wrote 24 songs in 3 films – Cyclewali-38, Ran Sangream-39 and Bahana-42. A M Khan directed 37 films. His first film was Woh kaun-1935 and his last film was Jadui Anguthi-1965. When I went through his Filmography as a Director, I found that he directed mostly Stunt, Action and Costume films only.
Some of his films had interesting Titles….Cycle Wali-38, Chabuk wali-39, Motor wali-42, Khanjar wali-43 and to top it all, he also directed Police wali-49 ! Titles of his films had words like Lutari, Lutaran, Bala, Sundari, Lady, Tilasmi, Jadui, and Toofani. These are typically indicative of their genre-Stunt. A M Khan was also a Stunt specialist. In those days, some directors specialised in such films. For example, Nari Ghadiyali, Aspy irani, Ramniklal Shah,Master Bhagwan, Harischandra rao and Chandra rao kadam etc. Other than Khan’s Filmography, no information about him is available.
The story of film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was….Sunder Singh, a poor youth, wishes to leave home in search of fame and fortune, but his mother, believing that one’s life is determined by fate, tries to reason with her son, and as a test she suggests he try to marry a princess and see what happens. Sunder takes the challenge and heads out to find and woo his would-be bride. On the journey, Sunder battles two ruffians, Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, and when the princess learns of Sunder’s valor and heroism, she falls in love.
Sunder requests to marry the princess, and the king agrees, but on one condition — that the young man search for, and bring back, a legendary magic ring which is kept by an evil wizard. Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, still stinging from their defeat, use black magic to try and stop Sunder from reaching his goal.
Sunder Singh, with great courage and valour fights all evils, kills the evil wizard and gets the Magic Ring. The king is very happy and marries the princess with Sunder singh. However, after the marriage, the Magic Ring is transformed into a Fairy who blesses Sunder singh, the king and the princess and vanishes. (with thanks to cinemajadoo.com)
The cast of the film was Husn Ara, Anil Kumar, Shanta Patel,P.D.Lal,Gulnar, Agha Shapoor, Anwari, Razia Begum etc. Anwari was the second wife of Music Director Rafiq Ghaznavi and was already divorced. Razia Begum was the elder sister of actress Suraiya Zulfi.
Actor Anil Kumar (Sardar Gul) was born in 1915 at Calcutta.His father had a fruit business. They were from Peshawar (just like Dilip Kumar). He was not much educated but could speak Hindi, Urdu and English fluently. Once he went to Bombay to meet a friend. There he met an old acquaintance, who took him to Sohrab Modi.
The good looking Sardar Gul was liked by Modi and he offered him the lead role in his film ‘ Saed E Havas’-36. Sardar Gul was given the screen name of Chandra Kumar. The film was based on a translation of William Shakespeare’s drama- King John, by Agha Hashra Kashmiri in 1907. Sardar Gul was to get Rs. 200 for this work. The film was a flop and Sohrab Modi refused to pay him more than Rs 50. Annoyed, he left Bombay and returned to Calcutta.
However he came back in 1938 and did his first film with a new screen name Anil Kumar. The film was Talwar ka Dhani-38. Soon he was well known and acted in 10 films in the next 3 years. As the decade of the 40s saw many new actors, producers and directors, he was reduced to Character roles and side roles. By 1950, he was almost like an extra. He did work in many films, but only few films credited him, as his roles were negligible. We find his name in just 30 films, where he was credited, the last such film being Tarzan and Deliailah-64.
He had married an actress named Nurjehan, who left films after their marriage.
Today’s song is a duet sung by Hamida Bano and Miss Kalyani aka Kalyani Bai. This seems to be a comedy song.
Song- Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru (Jaadui Angoothhi)(1948) Singers- Hamida Bano, Miss Kalyani, Lyricist- Roopbani, MD- Allah Rakha Qureshi
Lyrics
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
haaye raam
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho ho
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
tum ho badi bemisaal
meri sakhiyon
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
na munni na godi mein laal
meri pyaari
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ho ?? hazaar
sakhi ree
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is from a stunt film – Bahadur-1944. This was one of those ordinary films made by Jagriti Pictures, Bombay, owned by Master Bhagwan. The film was also directed by Bhagwan and the film’s music was provided by his friend C.Ramchandra with an alias Ram Chitalkar. The Lyricist was Ehsan Rizvi and the cast of the films was Baburao Pehelwan, Bhagwan, Shanta Patel, Samson, Bhagwandas, yeshwant, Bibi, Surekha and Nirasha (what a name ! Her parents must have expected a Boy baby and she was born, hence she must have been named as Nirasha. My intelligent guess !).
Music Director C.Ramchandra was one of a kind composer. Though he had learnt music, to start with, he began his film career with acting and that too as a Hero ! His first film Naganand-1935, was made and directed by Y.V.Rao at Kolhapur. I wonder what he saw in this lanky, thin boy and made him a Hero. His heroine was a professional Tawaif singer from Kolhapur, named Azam bai. When I first saw this name, I was confused, because generally Azam is a male name. Later when I found out about her, I came to know that her real name was ” Vidya Pisal’- a typical female Marathi name. She was trained in Jaipur-Atrauli gharana by Alladiya khan and due to her expertise in singing, the station director of A.I.R. Bukhari gave her the name Azam Bai (meaning the Great singer).
Tragically, CR’s first film Naganand-1935 was a Super Grand Flop, getting only 5 people in the audience in the first show, as per his own account in his auto-biography. Obviously, there was no second show of this film as it was urgently withdrawn from the theatre. With this history of acting behind him, he changed the track and concentrated on music. Initially he was employed by Sohrab Modi’s Minerva Movietone and worked as an assistant to MDs Bundu khan, Habeeb khan, B.S.Hoogan and lastly Meer Sahib. During this period he learned a lot from Hoogan and Meer Sahib. Later he became an independent composer -starting with 2 Tamil films and then with his first Hindi film- “Sukhi Jeevan”-1942.
His career started with the help of his good friend master Bhagwan. As a gesture of gratitude, he gave music to Bhagwan’s stunt films whenever he was called. CR concentrated on social and musical films and used his newly acquired filmy name “C.Ramchandra”, while working for Jayant Desai. However, when he gave music to Bhagwan’s stunt films, he never used his C.Ramchandra name but used aliases like Ram Chitalkar for films Jayakodi and Van Mohini (both in Tamil), Sukhi jeevan, Badla, Mr. Jhatpat,Bahadur and Dosti. He also used the name “Anna saheb” for films like Bahadur Pratap, Matwale and Madadgaar. For the first time he used his popular name for Bhagwan’s film was for his first social film ” Albela-1951″.
Using aliases or Pen names was prevalent in the film industry. Some examples are Snehal Bhatkar using different names like V.G.Bhatkar, B.Vasudev and Snehal. Even Snehal Bhatkar was not his own name which he used for all his films after the film ‘Hamari beti’-1950 onwards. Snehal (Snehalata) was his daughter’s name. Similarly Mohd. Shafi used the name Shafi M.Nagari for 8 films. Composer Nashaad used names like Shaukat Dehalavi, Shaukat Hussain Dehlavi, Shaukat Ali and Shaukat Haidari. Actually, Nashaad was also not his own name, which was Shaukat Haidari. ‘ Nashaad’ name was given to him by Lyricist/Producer/Director Nakshab Jarachavi.
G.M.Durrani gave music as Gunjan, S.D.Batish used the name Nirmal kumar. Aziz khan and Aziz Hindi were the same person. His brother Hafiz Khan was later known as Khan Mastana. There may be some more examples. I have described only the well known aliases. In this matter, here is an absolutely unknown case which hardly anyone knows and I too have never read about it in any book, magazine or on any site etc. The case is of Anil Biswas. He gave music to the film ” Begunah”-1949 in the name of ‘ Haribhai’. His co-MD for this film was Shyamoo, who was none other than C.Ramchandra. CR also gave music to the film ‘ Yeh hai zindagi’ as Shyamoo. This information is given in Ashish Rajadhyaksha’s book Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema, on pp 67 and 190.
One of the names in the cast of today’s film is Yeshwant. Normally hardly anything is ever known about artistes working in Stunt films. Today, however, let us know more about this yeshwant (Dave). There was yet another yeshwant (Bhatt), who was a singer. More about him sometime later.
It was not uncommon during the days of early cinema for people to hang around studios and filming locations in the hopes of being discovered. One such intrepid soul was Yeshwant Dave (or Yashwant Dave), who was at Kohinoor Studios observing a picture being made by producer J.B.H. Wadia. The handsome and athletic Yeshwant cornered Wadia, insisting that he would make a fine hero for an action film.
Wadia agreed to test Yeshwant by having him jump from the roof of one set piece to another. He did so successfully, and J.B.H. decided to cast him in a film that he was to direct for Young United Players, the 1931 silent THUNDERBOLT (aka DILER DAKU) featuring Mumtaz as the heroine.
Yashwant was again directed by Wadia in TOOFAN MAIL (1932) and there after became a sought after action star appearing in the stunt films of other directors like Aspi, Dhirubhai Desai, Nari Ghadiali, Chunilal Parekh, and Harshadrai Mehta. Some of his films include BHARAT VEER (1932), JADUI JUNG (1934), BOMBSHELL (1935), VASANTBENGALI (1937), FLYING RANEE (1939), MAGIC CITY (1940), TORPEDO (1941), BAHADUR (1944), ROYAL MAIL (1946), and KAUN PARDESI (1947).
Growing out of the stunt hero persona, he turned to character parts and made infrequent onscreen appearances throughout the 1950s, including in SHEIKH CHILLI and MAKKHEE CHOOS both released in 1956 and starring comedian Bhagwan. What became of Yeshwant Dave afterwards is anybody’s guess, as the once popular action star faded into obscurity and, sadly, is barely remembered today.
Today’s song is a duet, sung by Chitalkar and Hameeda Banu.
Song- Aankh mein Laaliyaan mad ki pyaaliyaan(Bahaadur)(1944) Singers- Chitalkar, Hamida Bano, Lyrics-Ehsan Rizvi, MD-C Ramchandra
Both
Lyrics
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
baal jo jhoome
baal jo jhoome
jhoome ree gaal choome gori
lat uljhee mori
jiya doley gori
o bainyya chhodo mori
o painyya padoon tori
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
ho o o
ho o o
baali hai umariya
sataaye koi haaye kyun
baali hai umariya
baali hai umariya
sataaye koi haaye kyun
nainwa sharaabi
ae ae ae ae
nainwa sharaabi
man bhaaye kyun
man bhaaye kyun
chhodo chhodo
lat mein ulajh gayin baaliyaan
chhodo chhodo
lat mein ulajh gayin baaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
baal jo jhoome
baal jo jhoome
jhoome ree gaal choomen gori
lat uljhee mori
jiya doley gori
o bainyya chhodo mori
o painyya padoon tori
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
ho o o
ho o o
raat bhaye rasiya
jagaaye mujhe haaye kyun
raat bhaye rasiya
raat bhaye rasiya
jagaaye mujhe haaye kyun
mast hai jawaani
ae ae ae ae
mast hai jawaani
tarsaaye kyun
tarsaaye kyun
dekh lega koi
dekh lega koi
to doongi tumhen gaaliyaan
dekh lega koi
to doongi tumhen gaaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
baal jo jhoome
baal jo jhoome
jhoome ree gaal choome gori
lat uljhee mori
jiya doley gori
o bainyya chhodo mori
o painyya padoon tori
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
Aankh mein Laaliyaan
mad ki pyaaliyaan
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is from the film Majboori-1954.
The song-“Tere poojan ko Bhagwan, bana man mandir aalishan”- is a famous traditional song. Not only in a few Hindi films, but the song is also sung by many singers as NFS. No one knows how old this song is or who is the original Lyricist of this song. It is sung like a Bhajan by most people.
The known first record for this song was made in 1934.
When singer Shamshad Begum was discovered by music director Ghulam Haider, she was in her early teens. After talking to her father, she was taught this song and this became her first recorded song in Lahore for the record company Xenophone. Since the song was a Hindu bhajan, in order to avoid Hindu displeasure for a ” Muslim girl singing a Hindu devotional song “, her name on the record was mentioned as Radha Rani. This first song of Shamshad was posted on this Blog a few years back (on 30 may 2013).
The second time this song appeared was almost immediate. The actress-singer Rattanbai had come to Bombay from Calcutta. Her name in Calcutta made films and she having worked with a great artiste like Saigal, Rattanbai’s name was already well known and popular in Bombay. In her first film in Bombay ‘Bharat ki Beti’-1935, its Music Director Anil Biswas gave her this traditional song to sing in the film. The third time this song featured in a Hindi film was in the film Majboori-1954 (today’s song). It is sung by Asha Bhosale and Hamida Bano. Actually, this was Hamida Bano’s last song in India, because she migrated to Pakistan after this.
Thus while this song was the first song of Shamshad Begum as an NFS and first song of Rattanbai in a Bombay film, it was the last song of Hamida Bano in India !
( This traditional Bhajan Was also used as a Parody song in the film ” Shaadi”-1962. It was sung by Rafi and on screen by Omprakash.)
Similarly, there is another traditional Mujra song “Inhi logon ne le leena dupatta mera”, which is used in few films. First time this song appeared in the film “Himmat”-1941. By coincidence it was sung by Shamshad Begum. Next time it appeared in the film ” Aabroo”-1943, sung and enacted on screen by actor singer Yaqub. Third time, this song was used in the film “Pakeezah”-1972, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and on screen by Meena kumari.
Both these Traditional songs are sung as NFS by many singers from India and Pakistan as well.
If one looks keenly, one can find a few NFS written by Soordas, Kabir, Meerabai, Narsi Mehta and some other saints of India. These are sung by many famous and not so famous singers. Some of these have appeared in Hindi films also.
Film Majboori-1954 was made by Murli Movietone. It was directed by the producer Ram Daryani himself. The music was by Robin Chatterjee. He was born on 8-1-1914, at Calcutta. His name is not too well known to Hindi film lovers, though he was very famous in Bengal, where he composed several NFS and film songs. For many years he assisted Anupam Ghatak,MD. He even sang in the chorus for New Theatre’s film Adhikar-1938. However he was not so successful in Hindi films.
His first Hindi film was Rajlakshmi-1945, wherein he gave the first opportunity to Talat Mahmood to sing a Hindi film song. Till then he was singing Bangla NFS and film songs with the name Tapan kumar. His next film was Tum aur main-1946 which had very good songs by kanan Devi. Then came Voh Dono-1947 and here Sandhya Mukherjee gave good songs. Robin Chatterjee gave music to 14 Hindi films,namely – Rajlakshmi-45, Tum aur main-46, Voh Dono-47, Sabyasachi-48,Ratnadeep-51, Pehli Shadi-53, Firdaus-53, Shobha-54, Majboori-54, Africa-54, Dhake ki malmal-56, Miss Toofan mail-58, Police Station-59 and Chimney ka Dhuvan-1973…this was a much delayed film. He also gave music to a Bhojpuri film- Saiya se kar le milanwa-1966.
Robin Chatterjee died on 2-4-1976 at Bombay at the age of just 61 years.
The cast of the film Majboori-54 was Shyama, Balraj Sahni, Agha, kumar, Pramila and many others. There were 8 songs in the film. Some of the songs were recorded as “Chhoti Behan”, the original name for the film. Today’s song is the 5th song to be presented here. It is sung byAsha Bhosale and Hamida Bano, as per HFGK. After this film, Hamida Bano migrated to Pakistan.
Singer Hamida Bano was born on 19-10-1928, in Lahore. Her family shifted to Bombay in 1942, the same year as Geeta Roy’s family did. Hamida’s elder brother Akbar worked with a Drama company. He gave her the initial training in singing. This kindled a desire in her mind to sing in Hindi Films. Those days,the well known Actor/Director Master Bhagwan lived nearby. He once recommended her name to his best friend-C.Ramchandra. He was the MD for Bhagwan’s film “Naghma-e-Sahara “-1943. He gave her a break with 3 songs in this film. Unfortunately, this film got delayed and was released only in 1945. Meanwhile, Naushad had found her and he gave her a song in film ” Sanjog”-43 and she sang her first released song with Shyam kumar.
C.Ramchandra continued using her in films like Bahadur, Lalkar, Manorama, Raunaq, Sawan etc. In those years C.Ramchandra himself was not very famous-till his HIT films like Safar-46 and Shehnai-47 etc. So Hamida was not much benefitted by these songs. From 1945, it was composer Bulo C Rani, who used Hamida Bano for some really memorable songs like in the film ” Moorti”-45-Badariya baras gayi us paar . Then came Rajputani, Chheen le Azadi, Phulwari, Badi baat, Shahenshah Babar, Naseeb, Parayi aag, Preet, Devar, Dharti, Nek Parveen, Neelkamal, Tohfa and Rimjhim. After 1950 her songs became less and she sang in Bikhre Moti, Rajput, Anjaam,and Majboori-54-her last film in India. She sang about 125 odd songs in about 62 films.
In 1956, she migrated to Pakistan. In Karachi, she recorded some songs. Then she settled in Lahore and became active in social work. Occasionally, she was seen in functions like ” Nigar Awards Function ” etc. She continued singing on Lahore Radio. Hamida Bano died on 20-11-2006 at the age of 78 yrs. Her last song in India was with Asha in Majboori-1954-“Tere poojan ko Bhagwan bana Manmandir alishan”.
Let us now enjoy this traditional song…..
Song-Tere poojan ko Bhagwaan bana man mandir aalishaan(Majboori)(1954) Singers- Hamida Bano, Asha Bhosale, Lyricist- D N Madhok, MD-Robin Chatterjee
Lyrics
Tere poojan ko Bhagwaan
Bana man mandir aalishaan
Tere poojan ko Bhagwaan
Bana man mandir aalishaan
kaun banaaye teri moorat
kisne dekhi teri soorat
kaun banaaye teri moorat
kisne dekhi teri soorat
kaun banaaye teri moorat
kisne dekhi teri soorat
saare jag mein roop hai tera
saare jag mein roop hai tera
andekhe Bhagwaan
Bana man mandir aalishaan
Tere poojan ko Bhagwaan
Bana man mandir aalishaan
saagar teri shaan dikhaaye
parvat tera khauf jataaye(??)
saagar teri shaan dikhaaye
parvat tera khauf jataaye(??)
saagar teri shaan dikhaaye
parvat tera khauf jataaye(??)
kaliyon mein hai khushboo teri
kaliyon mein hai khushboo teri
phoolon mein muskaan
Bana man mandir aalishaan
Tere poojan ko Bhagwaan
Bana man mandir aalishaan
Tere poojan ko Bhagwaan
Bana man mandir aalishaan
Baamna ki chhori dil le gayi
Posted on: September 13, 2021
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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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‘Main Kya Karoon’ (1945) was produced under the banner of Flora Films and was directed by Sudhir Sen. The star cast included Suraiya, Hansa Wadkar, Pahadi Sanyal, Bikram Kapoor, Anil Kumar, Agha, Shah Nawaz, E Billimoria, Gulab, Cuckoo, Sunetra, Motibai, Ratan Piya etc. The film was released on July 12, 1946.
It is interesting to note from the advertisement of this film (which I have included in the video clip of the song) is that Cuckoo’s name appears in the cast list as ‘Kukoo’. The name of the dance director, ‘Prof. More’ appears prominently in the advertisement which is bolder than that of names of the supporting actors like Pahadi Sanyal, Shah Nawaz etc. I guess, ‘Prof. More’ is the same person as K S More (also spelled as ‘Moray’ or ‘Morey’) who was also the Dance Director to whom Cuckoo had married.
‘Filmindia’ in its October 1946 issue, had written a favourable review. While noting that the film had an usual story of a marriage tangle, the review had commended the work of the dialogue-writer in making an ordinary story into a fast-paced narratives thus sustaining the audience interest in the film. The gist of the story is as under:
Two head-strong fathers (Shah Nawaz and Bikram Kapoor) get their boy and the girl married in their childhood. Soon the fathers start quarrelling eventually cutting off their relationship. The girl comes back to her father house.
Both the boy and the girl lose sight of each other over a period of time. They have grown up in their own environments. One day both of them meet each other without knowing that they were married in their childhood. The hero (Agha) falls in love with the heroine (Suraiya) who is a bit hesitant because she thinks that she was a child widow. However, the hero convinces her for the marriage.
In the meanwhile, there is another development. The hero’s friend is in love with his sister (Hansa Wadkar) who is the friend of the heroine. Multiple misunderstandings develop between all the four main characters resulting in some humorous situations. Finally, the marriage tangle is solved to the satisfaction of all.
The fact that the film was released on July 12, 1946 and the review was published after about 3 months indicates that the film must have run for at least 3 months.
‘Main Kya Karoon’ (1945) had 8 songs – written by D N Madhok (7) and Rammurti Chaturvedi (1) which were set to music by Ninu Mazumdar. The Blog has so far covered 5 songs from the film. I am presenting the 6th song, ‘baamna ki chhori dil le gayi, baniye ka poot jiya le gaya’ rendered by Ninu Mazumdar and Hamida Bano. The song is written by D N Madhok.
This is a love song as a tete a tete between lovers in which there is a bit of teasing as well as the assessment of the then prevailing situation in India where inter-caste marriages were frowned upon. The boy admits that his heart has been taken away by a daughter of a brahmin. The girl retorts that her heart has been taken away by a baniya’s (trader’s) son. Then they talk about how they lost their heart to each other. The girl says that her beloved’s magical eyes, his fair complexion and smiles cast spell on her. The boy reminds his beloved that they have yet to cross the stumbling block of the respective families as both of them belong to different castes. The girl is confident that more than the caste and the family, it is the mutual love for each other that matters the most in the marriage.
I heard this song for the first time only a couple of days back and I immensely liked both the tune and the orchestration. Both the prelude and interlude orchestrations enhance the mood of the song. Another innovative use of the orchestration is instead of the short ‘musical fillers’ in-between lines of the song, there is what I would call it as ‘extra interlude’ orchestrations after the first four lines of the antara of the song to avoid monotony of the repeat of the lines thereafter.
With this song, only two songs from the film remain to be covered on the Blog:
1. Mai-e-gulgun hai jawaani hai by Rajkumari Dubey and Hamida Bano
2. Jaaniyaan maano hamri rasiya maano hamri by Hamida Bano
Audio Clip:
Song-Baamna ki chhori dil le gayi (Main Kya Karoon)(1945) Singers-Ninu Mazumdar, Hamida Bano, Lyrics-D N Madhok, MD-Ninu Majumdar
Lyrics
baamna ki chhori dil le gayi
ho o o o
baniye ka poot jiya le gaya..aa
baamna ki chhori dil le gayi
ho o o o
baniye ka poot jiya le gaya
gaagri utaaye jaaye
gaagri utaaye jaaye
pag to le
o kamar do bal khaaye
jaadu bhari aankh rang hai gora
jaadu bhari aankh rang hai gora
ho o o o
hans hans ke moh liya man mora
ho o o o
hans hans ke moh liya man mora
sukh lekar dukh de gaya
haay
sukh lekar dukh de gaya
ho o o o
baniye ka poot jiya le gaya..aa
baamna ki chhori dil le gayi
ho o o o
baniye ka poot jiya le gaya..aa
jaat begaani biraadari ka dar
ho ham pe lagi hai jaani sab ki nazar
pyaar mein biraadari na jaat koi
ho neh laga liya jo wo kare so hoi
jaat begaani biraadari ka dar
ho ham pe lagi hai jaan sab ki nazar
pyaar mein biraadari na jaat koi
o neh laga liya jo wo kare so hoi
sukh lekar dukh de gaya
haay
sukh lekar dukh de gaya
ho o o
baniye ka poot jiya le gaya..aa
baamna ki chhori dil le gayi
ho o o
baniye ka poot jiya le gaya..aa
Bahaar hai bahaar
Posted on: August 18, 2021
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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 his 1000th post in the blog.
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POST NO. 1000
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I had never imagined that in my life I would ever write 1000 articles on old films and music. When I retired from my regular service in 1998, I had many offers from the Pharma Industry, because of my 35 years’ successful track record. I had joined the Pharma giant – Glaxo Laboratories as a Medical Representative and retired as the General Manager – Marketing.
Instead of doing another job, I started my own Consultancy and ran it till 2008. Then I got fed up of doing the same thing for so many years and closed the consultancy. I spent 2 years travelling all over the country with my wife. In 2010, I decided to learn Computer. My enthusiastic grandchildren became my teachers and I learnt the basics soon. Initially I found fun downloading old film songs and making CDs. I had crossed my 70 years by that time.
Then one day while surfing the Net, I discovered atulsongaday.wordpress.com and I was very glad to see the way songs were discussed here. I became a regular visitor. At that time I remembered about several diaries and notebooks, in which I had written about the films I had seen from the 40’s to the 60’s. I opened those boxes and cleaned the notebooks. Some had been damaged by white ants and few were torn and had become old with faded ink.
With whatever was remaining, I started commenting on the posts of the Blog and soon I was a known person to other regulars. Even at that time, I did not think of writing posts myself. After about 2 years, once Atul ji suggested that i write posts and he himself posted my write up on a song of 1937 sent to him along with the song, so that it could be used for the Blog. The post was published the next day on my name and I was welcomed by all regulars. Enthused with the acceptance, I continued writing regularly from 1-10-2012 onwards and today I am at this stage, with 1000 posts here and some more on other Blogs and sites. I published interviews of relatives of old time actors and also wrote one book, which was published in July 2018.
My journey in this field has been unbelievable. From a Nobody to a person well known in the Cyberworld of old films and music, whose name is mentioned in several books by other authors, national and international. All these accolades and recognition is because of one person, who helped me from the beginning and continues to do so even now. That person is ATUL JI. I thank him wholeheartedly for supporting, encouraging and motivating me throughout. Thank you, ATUL JI.
I also thank all other ATULITES of our group here who have been very appreciative and helpful. Thanks to each one. ATUL JI is not very expressive about the good he does to people, so I express my feelings about him, whenever the occasion comes. I also wish, one day I meet him on one of his visits to Mumbai.
In the journey of the last 10 years, I have devoted a lot of effort to dig out information on the unknown and the less known artistes, films and songs of the yore. I think my best contribution to the history of old films is about the ” SAME NAME CONFUSIONS “. I had found that this was one problem which troubled every student of film history (like me) and no work has been specifically done on solving this problem. My tireless efforts have clarified the SNC cases of about 80 film personalities so far.
Digging up History is a continuous process. None of the writerson old films were present when things took place in the 30’s and the 40’s. At least no one was in the age of understanding matters of films or writing about films. So, all historians have to depend on existing documents like old books, old papers and magazines and similar materials to get credible information. Since old information keeps on cropping up at several intervals, the film history keeps on updating itself. In some cases, new information proves the existing old information wrong. So sometimes old statements are proven wrong in view of the new evidence. Thus you will find that no book on film history is without a mistake.A MISTAKE TODAY WAS THE TRUTH TILL NEW INFORMATION NULLIFIED IT. It does not and should not reduce the credibility of the author in any way. Some of my own comments made in 2011 and 2012 were found to be wrong when new information became available. It happens to all. The readers must understand this.
In my last 9 years, i have written about hundreds of people, films and songs. In my Laptop, I have stored information of more than 1600 people and films. In the last 1000 psots here, i have never written a post without giving some information. I feel the reader must gain something when he spends time reading my post. I don’t claim that my posts had no mistakes…they had, but never intentionally. I also make it a point to credit the source whenever I have taken information from somebody or somewhere. It is possible that I forgot sometimes but never knowingly. I do not feel ashamed to accept my mistakes. A mistake is a mistake, anyway. I never wrote on popular and well known artistes like Dilip, Raj , Dev, AB, Meenakumari etc etc. I hope I have always given something new to readers in my post.
So, what next ?
I can only repeat the verse of Robert Frost………..
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
and miles to go before I sleep
and miles to go before I sleep……
Thank you Atul ji, Sudhir ji, my friends in the ATULITE group, my co-travellers in this journey and guides like Rajni Kumar Pandya ji, Dr Surjit Singh ji, Shishir Krishna Sharma ji, AK ji of Songs of yore, Gopal Pillai ji and many others.
I can not end this without thanking wholeheartedly the help and encouragement given to me at every stage by Shri HARISH RAGHUWANSHI JI, without whom my work would be incomplete. Thank you Sir !
For today’s occasion, I have selected a song from a film which has music by my favourite MD- C. Ramchandra. Film Naghma E Sahra-1945 had a special importance in the lives of Master Bhagwaqn and C. Ramchandra. Master Vithal was the idol for both of them. Though Master Bhagwan himself worked in, produced and directed stunt films, he was keen that his idol Master Vithal should work in his film and that he should do the direction . By 1945, master Vithal was losing his popularity in Hindi films and he was also not getting many films, so he was thinking of concentrating on Marathi films and to go and settle in Kolhapur, where he had bought a big Chawl. So his income from its rent was also guaranteed.
When Bhagwan came to know this, he became panicky, thinking that his dream would remain incomplete. He gathered courage and contacted Master Vithal and offered him a role in his film. To Bhagwan’s delight Master Vithal almost readily accepted the offer. Until then Bhagwan had no idea about his film. He started work along with Ehsan Rizvi, his favourite writer, on the story of the new film. He also contacted C.Ramchandra to give the news. Untill then, C. Ramchandra gave music to Bhagwan’s films, but used other names than C.Ramchandra. For this film, he decided to use his real name. Thus their dream of working with master Vithal was fulfilled.
This way the film was made. As luck would have it, this film really became the last film Master Vithal did in Hindi in Bombay. He left Bombay and went away to Kolhapur. However, he regretted his hurried shift, later in life. I would have written more about Master Vithal, but the post has already become a long one. Maybe some other time.
Today’s song is a duet sung by Khan Mastana and Hamida Bano. Enjoy…..
Song-Bahaar hai Baahar (Naghma e Sahra)(1945) Singers- Chitalkar, Khan Mastana, Hamida Bano, Lyricist- Ehsaan Rizvi, MD- C Ramchandra
Both
Lyrics
bichhdi hui bahaar
galey daalti hai haar
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
ba..haar hai bahaar
ba..haar hai bahaar
hai raab e shokhiyaan
phoolon pe hai nikhaar
ba..haar hai bahaar
ba..haar hai bahaar
na husn ko hai guroor
na ishq ko hai nayaaz
mil ke gale se aa aa aa
karte hain donon naaz
ab baj rahe hain saaz
ab baj rahe hain saaz
ab mil gaye hain taar
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
ba..haar hai bahaar
ba..haar hai bahaar
aankhon mein hai sharaab
ehsaan mere gulaab
chhoo kar na ho bata
aa aa
ab jee apne hi kharaab
do do jiyen chiraa
do do jiyen chiraa
ab kiska intezaar
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
ba..haar hai bahaar
ba..haar hai bahaar
deewaana main tera
dil ko kiye hoon
tu mere liye hai
main tere liye hoon
aa ae dil ki aarzoo
armaan hain beqaraar
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
ba..haar hai bahaar
ba..haar hai bahaar
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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बिछड़ी हुई बहार
गले डालती है हार
आ आ आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ आ
बा..हार है बहार
बा..हार है बहार
है राब ए शोखियाँ
फूलों पे है निखार
बा..हार है बहार
बा..हार है बहार
ना हुस्न को है गुरूर
ना इश्क़ को है नयाज़
मिल के गले से आ आ आ
करते हैं दोनों नाज़
अब बज रहे हैं साज़
अब बज रहे हैं साज़
अब मिल गए हैं तार
आ आ आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ आ
बा..हार है बहार
बा..हार है बहार
आँखों में है शराब
एहसान मेरे गुलाब
छू कर ना हो बता
आ आ
अब जी अपने ही खराब
दो दो जीएं चिरा
दो दो जीएं चिरा
अब किसका इंतज़ार
आ आ आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ आ
बा..हार है बहार
बा..हार है बहार
दीवाना मैं तेरा
दिल को किए हूँ
तू मेरे लिए है
मैं तेरे लिए हूँ
आ ए दिल की आरज़ू
अरमां हैं बेक़रार
आ आ आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ आ
बा..हार है बहार
बा..हार है बहार
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Today’s song is from film Bade Nawab Saheb-44. It was a Muslim social film, produced by Silver films – a joint venture of actors Kumar and Chandra Mohan. The film was directed by Vedi, a name about which I could not get any information except that he was a director from the Silent era. In the Talkie era, he has 4 films to his credit as director. First film is Bade nawab saheb-44, then Naseeb-45, Room Number-9 – 46, and For Ladies only-51. This is all I know about Vedi. Unfortunately, we do come across few such names from the early era films. This is because we have very poor documentation. Information on big actors etc is available. That is why the task of Hindi film History students (like me, for example) is tough in securing and recording information for the posterity.
The music director was Bashir Dehalvi. Here too, we only know that he gave music to films like Jhankar-42, Kalakar-42, Ujala-42, Koshish-43 and hawai Khatola-46, in addition to today’s film. The 10 songs of the film were written by Lyricist Shams Lucknowi. He seems to be a story and dialogue writer too. Story of film Andaz-49 was by him. He wrote the dialogues of films like Idd ka chand-33 and Kimiyagar-36. He also acted in film Parchhain-52. He wrote 104 songs in 15 films from Lal Haveli-44 to Dahej-50. May be , then he migrated to Pakistan or what, we do not know.
Most of the so called Historical (my friend calls them Distortical), Costume dramas, Arabian Night stories films etc have a Muslim background. But ” Muslim Social” films is a separate category. Initially it was considered to be a very sensitive issue to depict the social life of Muslim families in India and so film producers were wary of making such films. When film makers with modern thinking came to the industry – like K Asif, Mehboob or Fazli brothers- there was a cautious but slow beginning of Muslim social films. My two friends, shri Kamlakar Pasupuleti ji (originally from Hyderabad and settled later in US) wrote an informative book, ” Forgotten movies on Muslim Culture 1933 to 1947 and shri Isak Mujawar ji wrote (in Marathi) ” Muslim Cinema”. Both these books give good information on this category of films.
Like many other myths in Hindi film industry, one myth is that Mehboob Khan was the pioneer in making Muslim social films in India. This probably originated because the first film of Mehboob’s own company Mehboob Productions was ” Najma”-43, a Muslim social film starring Ashok kumar, Veena, Stara, Kumar, Yaqub etc. But the fact is different.
The first Muslim social film was ” Rashida”-35, made by Madon Theatres, Calcutta, featuring Kajjan, Effendi and others. It was directed by a Jew-Izra Mir. The name of the film indicated that it was about a Muslim girl. Somehow, I find a lot of Muslim social films made had titles of girl’s names, Like Zeenat, Ameena, Najma, Shama, Heena, Zubeida, Salma, Ismat etc etc.
The beginning of serious Muslim social films was done by Fazli Brothers- Hasnain and Sibtain Fazli. They first made a Muslim social film Qaidi-1940, featuring Ramola,Mehtab, B.Nandrekar, Wasti etc. This was a period of struggle for Indian Independence. The fundamentalists in Muslims were active and due to the fear of their reaction, film makers were wary of producing such films.Even Fazli brothers were also afraid that there would be obstruction from these people to their film, so they decided to make the film in Calcutta. Their first Muslim Social film Qaidi-40 was very successful. Encouraged, they made 2 more such films (Masoom-41 and Chauranghee-42) in Calcutta. For film Chauranghee-42, the Fazli Brothers roped in famous Bangla poet (who later on became the National Poet of Bangladesh) Kazi Nazrul Islam- the creator of Nazrul geeti, as a Lyricist and MD for the film.
After 1942, Fazli Brothers shifted their activities to Bombay and made many Muslim social films like Fashion-43,Ismat-44, Dil-46 and Mehendi 47. So, in true sense, it is the Fazli Brothers who were the pioneers of Muslim Social films in India.
From the 40s to the 47, there was a line of Muslim social films lined with pride and confidence. Notable amongst them were Paak Daaman-40 by Rustom Modi, Masoom-41 by Fazli brothers, Muslim ka lal-41 by Mohan Pictures, Fashion -43 by Fazli Brothers, Najma-43 by Mehboob, Salma-43 by Nazir Ahmed, Ismat-44 by Fazli Brothers, Bade Nawab saab-44 by actor Kumar and Pramila, Bhaijaan-45 by United Films, Phool-45 by K.Asif, and Director Mazhar Khan’s Muslim social film ” Pehli Nazar’ in 1945. Amongst these, film ‘ Elan ‘-47 was a milestone film, produced by Mehboob. It dwelt upon the needs of improvements for Muslim community.
After 1947, India lost a very big market for its Muslim social films, when Pakistan-East and West- was formed. It does not mean that Muslim social films were not made after 1947 in India. Films like Kaneez-49, Nisbat-49, Parda-49, Hyderabad ki Nazneen0-52,Darwaza-54, Chandni Chowk-54, Maalik-58, Maa ke aansoo-59, Pahli Raat-59 etc were all Muslim socials. They, however, were not successful, for whatever reasons. But the fun is films of Muslim backgrounds but non social films like Anarkali,Mirza Ghalib,Hatimtai,Alibaba and forty thieves etc were good grossers and ran well. The first Hindi film to win the President’s Gold Medal (the first was Marathi film-Shyam chi aai ), was Mirza Ghalib-54. This indicated that there was no audience for Muslim social films now. Later on, the conditions changed and Muslim social films like Chaudhavi ka chaand, Barsaat ki raat, Chhote Nawab, Bahu Begum, Mere huzur, Pakeeza etc became quite successful. However, some opine that these films succeeded due to other reasons like Music, songs etc. One funny thing was that most Muslim social films-from the beginning- showed Lucknow as the background of the story ! (Film names being mentioned are only indicative and not exhaustive, so many names will be missing here.)
The cast of film Bade Nawab Saheb-44 was Chandra Mohan, Pahadi Sanyal, Kumar, Pramila, Bibbo, Sushil Kumar, Leela Mishra, Kamala, Agha Jaan etc. etc. Chandra Mohan was one of the most handsome actors of Hindi cinema. Some other handsome actors were B. Nandrekar, Vijay Kumar, Al Nasir etc. Chandra Mohan was also a versatile actor. Incensed by losing a role in the Marathi version of film Amrit Manthan-1934, just because he could not speak Marathi fluently, he learnt Marathi in no time and later worked as Hero in 3 Marathi versions of Hindi films !
Born on 24-7-1906 in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh, Chandra Mohan was known for his large grey eyes, voice modulation and dialog delivery. His eyes form the opening sequence in V. Shantaram’s 1934 film Amrit Manthan, which was also his film debut. It was the first film made in the new established Prabhat Films studio, and made both in Hindi and Marathi. Mohan received acclaim for his role as role Rajguru and went on to establish himself as noted villains of times.
In film Geeta-40, Chandramohan was the Hero and had done the Father and Son double role. This was a Bilingual film in Hindi and Marathi, and in both versions, Chandramohan was the Hero. Earlier, V. Shantaram had given a break to Chandramohan in his film ” Amrit Manthan”-34, which also was a Bilingual film in Hindi and Marathi. Chandramohan being a Kashmiri and not knowing Marathi, in the Marathi version, his role of Rajguru was done by keshavrao Datey.
However. soon Chandramohan picked up fluent Marathi and acted in the Bilingual films of Hindi and Marathi like, Jwala-38, Geeta-40 and Apna Ghar-42 He became the first Hindi actor to do roles in Marathi films.
Chandra Mohan later appeared as Emperor Jehangir in Sohrab Modi’s Pukar, as Randhir Singh in Mehboob Khan’s Humayun and as Seth Dharamdas in Mehboob Khan’s Roti.
Actor Kumar did many films in Ranjit, but in 1942, he was removed from Ranjit. At the same time his friend Chandra Mohan also left Minerva Movietone ( reason – inspite of Pukar-39 being a Blockbuster, his salary was not increased, though Modi had promised him so.) They both decided to launch their own company and on 16-3-1942, SILVER FILM COMPANY was launched. Its first film was Jhankaar-42. They produced Bhalai-43, Bade Nawab Saab-44, Naseeb-45, Devar-46, Dhun-53 and Bahana-60. Kumar had acted in these films. He also directed Dhun and Bahana.
One of his last appearances was in Ramesh Saigal’s film Shaheed-48. As Rai Bahadur Dwarka Nath, he played father to Ram, who was portrayed by Dilip Kumar. His character in this film, initially supports the British Government, but later favours the Freedom struggle. Chandra Mohan’s last major film was Raambaan-1949, in which he played the role of demon emperor Ravan. Chandra Mohan had acted in 31 films in all from Amrit Manthan-1934 to film Chocolate-50, which was released after his death.
Chandra Mohan despite being a Kashmiri himself was against Kashmiri girls working in films. He is said to have intimidated actress Shyama Zutshi from working in Hindi films and she left the films. However, later when Yashodhara Katju came into the films, she did not care for his opposition and continued successfully in films. He was very friendly with actor Motilal and treated him as his son.
He was the original choice to play the lead role in K. Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam, but due to his untimely death the film had to be reshot after ten reels were shot with him as lead. The film was eventually released in 1960.
Chandra Mohan took to heavy gambling and drinking and died penniless on 2nd April 1949 at the age of 44 at his residence, Bilkha House, in Bombay.
The story of Bade Nawab Saheb-44 was …….
Nawab Kokub Mirza had 2 wives, but he loved the younger one so much that he even tolerated her younger brother Mushir, a trouble maker. Sikandar was Mirza’s younger brother and they had an old loyal servant Baksho. Sikandar marries an orphan girl-Anwar from an orphanage. On this count, the younger wife and Mushir are able to throw Sikandar and Baksho out of the house.
Sikandar goes out of Lucknow to look for a job. His wife, unaware of the relations, starts working as Maid in Nawab saheb’s house. Mushir tries to misbehave with the modesty of Anwar and is thrown out of the house. Now the nawab is closer to Badi Begum, who convinces him to recall Sikandar. Nawab calls Sikandar and also pardons Mushir.
Now Mushir wants to poison Nawab saheb. He adds poison to his Kheer. Unfortunately, the Kheer is eaten by his sister, the young Begum. She dies and Police arrest Mushir. Now the 2 couples live happily !
Today’s song is a duet by Hamida and Durrani. This is the second song of this film to feature on this Blog. (Thanks to information from books mentioned in the post, which is used herein)
Song-Jaag gayi Jaag gayi Hamaari kismat (Bade Nawab Sahab)(1944) Singers- Hamida Bano, G M Durrani, Lyrics-Shams Lakhnavi, MD- Bashir Dehalvi
Both
Lyrics
Jaag gayi
Jaag gayi
Hamaari
kismat
Hamaari kismat
jaag gayi
Jaag gayi
Hamaari kismat
prem nadi mein josh jo ??
bhai ne bhai ko bulaaya
prem nadi mein josh jo ??
bhai ne bhai ko bulaaya
chhant gaye
zulf ke baadal saare
samjho chaand sitaare
chhant gaye
zulf ke baadal saare
samjho chaand sitaare
chaand sitaare
sachchi
ulfat
sachchi
ulfat
jaag gayi
jaag gayi
hamaari
kismat
hamaari
kismat
jaag gayi
jaag gayi
hamaari kismat
toote huye phir dil milenge
toote huye phir phool khilenge
toote huye phir dil milenge
toote huye phir phool khilenge
kaun
khilenge
sachchi
ulfat
sachchi
ulfat
jaag gayi
jaag gayi
hamaari
kismat
hamaari
kismat
jaag gayi
jaag gayi
hamaari kismat
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