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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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#the Decade of Fifties –1951 – 1960 #
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In this post we have a song sung by Hemant Kumar from the movie ‘Kitnaa Badal Gayaa Insaan-1957’.
Two songs from this movie have been posted on the blog in the past.
As mentioned by Shri Atul ji in his post while launching this movie on the blog, the title of this movie seems to be inspired from the iconic song ‘dekh tere sansaar ki haalat’ from ‘Naastik-1954’. And the same leading pair of ‘Naastik-1954’ Nalini Jaywant and Ajit was cast in this movie ‘Kitnaa Badal Gayaa Insaan’ again. Both the movies were directed by I.S. Johar.
‘Kitnaa Badal Gayaa Insaan-1957’ was a ‘costume drama movie’ directed by I.S. Johar for ‘Modern Theatre Ltd, Madras’.
It had Nalini Jaywant, Ajit, I.S. Johar, Kamaljeet, Thakkar, Anil Dutt, Harbanslal, Khopkar, Gopal, Lakshami Narayan, Reeta, Rajamani, Saroja, P. Bala, Shanti, G. Bala, Udaylakshami and others.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 17.09.1957.
‘Kitnaa Badal Gayaa Insaan-1957’ has eleven songs written by S.H. Bihari and the music for this movie was composed by Hemant Kumar.
Hemant Kumar, Ghulam Mohammad, Asha Bhonsle, Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt, Mohd Rafi, Shamshad Begam, and Bande Hasan are the singers whose voices appear in the songs of this movie.
Going by the list of songs of this movie I don’t think I am familiar with any of the songs of this movie. As mentioned above two songs from this movie have been posted earlier on the blog.
Today’s song is sung by Hemant Kumar and luckily video of this song is also available where we can see Ajit racing a ‘tonga’ (not exactly a traditional tong, as the carriage is of different type like used in a ‘jugaad’). We can also see ‘boatmen’ ferrying the boat (must be in Kerala) and then suddenly we are taken back into the lakes of ‘Kashmir’ (I guess). 🙂
So, let us now enjoy this song where this guy is out to ‘sell his heart’ not for money but only to ‘someone who is ‘dilwaala’ and having a ‘flower like face’:) (translation?)
“saudaa hai kitnaa pyaaraa
samjho mera ishaara
aisi ghadi suhaani
aati nahin dobaaraa”
Video
Audio
Song-Hai chaar din ki duniya hain chaar din ke mele (Kitna Badal Gaya Insaan)(1957) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-S H Bihari, MD-Hemant Kumar
Lyrics
hai chaar din ki duniya
hain chaar din ke mele ae
dil bechne chale hain
dilwaalaa koyi le le
hai chaar din ki duniya
hain chaar din ke mele ae
dil bechne chale hain
dilwaalaa koyi le le ae
saathi ho koyi aisaa
chehra ho phool jaisaa
is dil se dil badal le ae
maange naa koi paisaa
saathi ho koyi aisaa
chehra ho phool jaisaa
is dil se dil badal le ae
maange naa koi paisaa
samjhe
armaan se hamaare
jee bhar ke roz khele
dil bechne chale hain
dilwaalaa koyi le le
hai chaar din ki duniya
hain chaar din ke mele
dil bechne chale hain
dilwaalaa koyi le le ae
saudaa hai kitnaa pyaaraa
samjho mera ishaara
aisi ghadi suhaani
aati nahin dobaaraa
saudaa hai kitnaa pyaaraa
samjho mera ishaara
aisi ghadi suhaani
aati nahin dobaaraa
samjhe
aa apne saath ho le
ham bhi to hain akele
dil bechne chale hain
dilwaalaa koyi le le
hai chaar din ki duniya
hain chaar din ke mele ae
dil bechne chale hain
dilwaalaa koyi le le ae
hai chaar din ki duniya
hain chaar din ke mele
dil bechne chale hain
dilwaalaa koyi le le ae
Piya in charanan bali jaaun
Posted on: March 27, 2023
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 religious film ” Raami Dhoban”-1953. It is described and classified as a ” Bhakti Pradhan” (भक्ती प्रधान ) Genre film in HFGK.
Those who own copies of HFGK, know that every film that is featured herein is classified and described to which genre it belongs to – like Historical, Social, Comedy, Stunt, Folklore, Imaginary, Costume, Mythological, Mystery etc etc. To indicate ‘ Dharmik’ films, 2 Genres are used. One is Mythological (पौराणिक ) and the other is Religious (भक्ती प्रधान ). Now, what is the difference between these two ? The difference is about the source of the story. All stories from Ramayan, Mahabharat and all Puranas are classified as Mythological and all other stories about the Bhaktas, Saints, Folkstories and stories about The god and the religion carried through generations and storybooks are listed as Religious films. Thus, a film on Ramayan story or Waman Avtar is Mythological and a film on Dussehra or Yatrik is called Religious. I hope this point is clear now.
Today’s film Raami Dhoban-1953 is a Religious film or भक्ती प्रधान film. This is because this story is not from any Holy Scripture but it is a Folklore carried through generations and religious books. In Hindu religion there are 2 ‘DHOBANS’ (washerwomen), who were famous. One was who came in the Uttarakhand part of Ramayana , whose husband refused her entry into his house stating that he is not Shri Ram to forgive her night out somewhere else, like Seeta. This had led to the exile of Seeta etc. The second Dhoban was during the 15th Century, in Bengal, where her love story with a Vaishnav Priest-Chandidas was compared to love of Radha and krishna. In those times this love affair of a Vaishnava invited a lot of criticism also.
For a long time since the ” Bhakti Movement” in India, in the period from the 6th Century to the 17 th Century, the disputes between the ‘ Shaivas’ and the ‘Vaishnavas’ virtually divided the educated classes all over the country. They are clearly identified from their Tilak on the forehead. V Shaped perpendicular Tilak on the forehead (as on Balaji) means ‘ Vaishnav’ and the 3 lined horizontal Tilak on forehead (like Shiv ji) means ‘Shaiva’. These followers of Vishnu and Shiv, once upon a time were quite diehards, but in today’s modern era most people neither know the difference nor they care two hoots !
The story of Raami Dhoban is not new to Hindi films. Calcutta’s New Theatres had made a film in Banglea – Chandidas in 1932 on this story. A Hindi remake of this film was made as Chandidas in 1934, with Saigal and Uma Shashi. R.C.Boral had composed excellent songs in it ( famous song was ‘ Prem nagar mein basaungi ghar main’). The same story was made into today’s film Raami Dhoban-1953. The producer Ramesh vyas made this film under his own banner-Navkala Niketan, bombay. The film was directed by Hiren Bose and the music director was also Hiren Bose !
There are rare cases in Hindi films where the director and the composer are the same for a film. During the 1930’s it was Pt. Badri Prashad (2 films) and in the 1940s it was Pt. S.N.tripathi (18 films), who were directors as well as composers of their some films. After these 3 cases, I have not known any other such case in Hindi films. Perhaps there were no multifaceted artistes anymore in the film industry, like the oldies.
Hiren Bose was actually the Mentor of Anil Biswas. On his suggestion and help only he shifted to Bombay from Calcutta. While film music crossed several barriers, the films themselves proved to be a mix of experts from every corner of India. Hindi films have actors, Directors and composers from almost every state. In this, however, Bengal has taken a lead in providing the raw material.
Several well known actors came from Bengal. Many Directors like Bimal Roy ,Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Nabendu Ghosh, Basu Chaterjee, Basu Bhattacharya, Shakti Samant, Amiya Chakravarty, Gyan Mukherjee etc. enriched the Hindi cinema. Music directors who came from Bengal like, Hemant Kumar, Salil Chaudhari, S D Burman, Anil Biswas, K C Dey, Pankaj Mullik etc provided us wonderful everlasting music. Most of the directors and composers from Bengal are well known to most of us,but there was ONE name that appeared in many categories like Actor, Director, Story writer, S/Play writer, Lyricist, and Composer too, yet that name is as obscure today as it can be !
That name is HIREN BOSE ( Hirendra Kumar Bose).
Born in Calcutta on 26-9-1903,Hiren completed his college education and learnt classical music & Rabindra sangeet to such proficiency that soon he earned titles of “Vidya Bhushan” and “Sangeet Ratna “. He wrote in Bengali papers and for Bangla films too. In the years 1928 to 1932, Hiren had joined HMV as a Music Director. Here he became a close friend of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Dhiren Das. Both Kazi and Hiren wrote lyrics for songs in HMV .
Around 1929,a new , young and attractive singer came to HMV. Her name was KANAN BALA. She came for recording songs. Soon the handsome Hiren cast his spell on Kanan and she started considering him as her mentor in HMV. They were a quartet of friends, Kanan, Hiren, Kazi and Dhiren. In HMV Kanan recorded many songs set to tune or written by Hiren Bose. In 1932,this team left HMV, on the issue of Royalty and joined the newly formed Megaphone Recording company. Here too after 2 years, this team left Megaphone and joined Columbia recording company. By 1934,Hiren wrote in his autobiography- JATI SMAR (My memories)-later that he had lost interest in Kananbala.
Hiren’s eyes were now set on a bigger Horizon -BOMBAY. he knew that remaining in Calcutta may not be suitable for him. Meanwhile he had met another Struggler, ANIL BISWAS. Hiren advised him to go to Bombay for a brighter future and also promised him all his help. Although, by then ANIL BISWAS was comfortably placed in Calcutta, he left for Bombay as per Hiren’s advice. Hiren Bose was a highly respected name in the musical circles of Calcutta.
Hiren started working in Bombay. His fame as a versatile film person had already reached Bombay and he had no difficulty in getting work there. Hiren directed Dharam ki Devi-35, followed by Piya ki Jogan-36 and then Mahageet 1937. As per his promise he gave a chance to Anil Biswas to give music,independently to DHARAM KI DEVI-1935. As such earlier he had composed a song in Bharat ki Beti-35- “Tere poojan ko Bhagwan” sung by Rattan bai. But then he had shared the Music direction with Zande Khan. That song had become quite popular then.
Hiren Bose was very fond of acting in films and he also acted in MAHAGEET-1937. It was in this film that Anil Biswas FIRST introduced playback singing in a Bombay film. (In Calcutta R C Boral had started playback in 1935 itself). The FIRST ever Playback song in this film was ” Jeevan hai ek kahani, Duniya bhi hai ek kahani ” . It was sung by Anil Biswas and was filmed on Hiren Bose on the screen. Thus Hiren Bose’s name became a Historical name in Bombay film industry. This was, Anil Biswas repaid the debt of Hiren Bose, in helping him to get established in the Bombay Music field.
(Ref- ‘The early composers- Music beyond Boundaries by Dr. Ashok Ranade pp 183-186).
After Mahageet, Hiren Bose got an offer from Madras to direct a Telugu film- Bhakta Jaydev-1938,which he did successfully.
Hiren Bose kept on shuttling between Bombay and Calcutta, doing some films here and some there. He also acted in some Bangla films during that period. He was so versatile in many departments that he did acting, directing, lyrics, singing, and composing. His complete Filmography is not available but some details are available.
As a Director 15 films are to his credit- Chup-31, Mahua-34, Dharm ki Devi-35, Piya ki Jogan-36, Mahageet-37, Bhakta jaidev-38, India in Afica-39, Amar Geeti-40, Kabi Joydeb-41, Daasi-44, Banjarey-48, Sree Tulsidas-50, Ghungroo-52, Raami Dhoban-53 and Ektara-57.
He acted in Rishir prem-31, Chup-31, Udayer pathe-44, Towards the Light-44, Sesh Raksha-44 and Mahageet-37. As a writer- Meerabai (s/Play and story)-32 and Rajrani Meera(story)-33. As a composer- India in Africa-39, Kabi Joydeb-41, Raami Dhoban-53.
After directing his last film Ektara in 1957, Hiren Bose lived a retired life. His last few years were mostly unhealthy and he spent time writing lyrics for geets in Bangla which were usually sung by Hemant Kumar, Kanan Bala and Suprova sarkar. Hiren Bose died on 18-6-1987 and one of the most versatile, multifaceted and multilingual artiste disappeared forever….
The story of the love between Chandidas and Raami was not an ordinary one. The other day I found this story on speakingtree.in, on the internet. Here it is….
Chandidas was the son of a Brahman priest. He was very handsome, charming and of a quiet countenance, but was forever lost in some world of his own. His father, tired of him, died, and Chandidas was forced to succeed him as the purohit of the local temple of a goddess.
Chandidas’ heart was never into these frivolities. He was devoted to Lord Krishna immensely. Then, one day, as he was sitting silently on the banks of the river in their village, his heart filled with sadness and disillusionment at the world. Legend has it that the Devi of the temple of their village appeared there, and told him that he would become a great poet and philosopher.
Then, when he was returning, he beheld a washerwoman washing clothes. When she got up, the two looked at each other, and it was love at first sight.
Chandidas thought that Rami, the washerwoman, was divinely beautiful. She was the source of strength and courage to him, just as Radha had been for Krishna. And this marked the beginning of Chandidas’ poetry.
Chandidas’s brother, who was ashamed of Chandidas because of his romantic involvement with the low-caste Rami, forced him to take part in a shudhikaran ceremony and purge himself of the sin of Rami’s touch. But just at that moment, Rami came, weeping and struggling as guards stopped her. ‘Chandithakur, would you leave me forever for society? Do I have just this much value for you?’
Chandidas was put in a dilemma. Here was the woman he loved like no one else, who always stood by him when people turned on him. And on the other side, the society his father had structured, and the people who revered his family, still stuck in social conventions and stupid rites and traditions.
Chandidas made his decision on the spot. He walked towards Rami, took her hand, and led her away from the village forever. They stopped at the house of Ganesha the singer, where Chandidas and Rami spent the rest of their lives singing hymns for Krishna and Radha.
Let us now enjoy the duet by two Bengali singers – Geeta Roy and Hemant kumar….
Song-Piya in charanan bali jaaun (Raami Dhoban)(1953) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Rammurty Chaturvedi, MD-Hiren Bose
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Lyrics
piya aa aa aa aa aa
in charanan bali jaaun
piya charanan bali jaaun
jeewan maran janam janam inko na bhulaaun
jeewan maran janam janam inko na bhulaaun
piya charanan bali jaaun
in charanan bali jaaun
hamri ee ee lagan
tumhre charan aa aa aa a aa
laagi prem phaansi
hamri lagan
tumhre charan
laagi prem phaansi
tan man inpe nisaar
aaj bani daasi
tan man inpe nisaar
aaj bani daasi
sakhi ree ee ee ee ee
sun sun dhoban raami
sun sun dhoban raami ee ee
kaise main samjhaaun
kaise main samjhaaun
tere in sheetal charanan ki
chhaaya mein sukh paaun
tere in shital charanan ki
chhaaya mein sukh paaun
sharanan mein main aau
sharanan mein main aaun
sharanan mein main aaun
jeewan maran janam janam tumhaari preet paaun
jeevan maran janam janam tumhaari preet paaun
Musaafir mujhko tu pehchaan
Posted on: January 23, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today 23rd January (2023) is the 126th birth anniversary of one of the greatest ‘sons of this soil’, a great visionary, courageous and brave leader Subhash Chandra Bose.
He was born on 23rd January’1897.
This grateful nation pays tributes to him on his birth anniversary today.
This blog in turn pays tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by bringing here songs from such movies which are based on the life of Subhash Chandra Bose.
I had in one of my earlier posts here noted such movies which have been represented on the blog. Two movies more have been added to this list later and I am now presenting below the updated list of such movies on the blog.
Here is the list of movies made on the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that have been represented on the blog till now.
| SNo | Movie | Year of the movie |
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| 01 | Pehla Aadmi | 1950 |
| 02 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose | 1966 |
| 03 | Subhash Chandra | 1978 |
| 04 | Subhash Chandra (Bangla) | 1978 |
| 05 | Bose- The forgotten hero | 2004 |
| 06 | Gumnaami (Bangla) | 2019 |
Other films inspired by Subhash Bose and INA are,
1. ’Samadhi’ (1950) was inspired from Indian National Army and it had couple of patriotic songs too).
2. ‘Ami Subhash Bolchi’ (2011) (Bangla) – a film about a social movement in Bengal inspired by the vision of Subhash Bose (something akin to ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ (2006)).
3. ‘Raag Desh’ (2017) – a film about the famous Red Fort trials in which the leading soldiers of INA, Colonel Prem Sahgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, and Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, were tried by the British Govt. for sedition and waging war against the British Empire. They were sentenced to deportation for life, but the public outcry in favour of these soldiers was so great that the British were forced to release all the defendants. The protest slogan of ‘Sehgal-Dhillon-Shah Nawaz’ became very popular amongst the masses.
Today I am presenting a song from the ‘1978’ movie ‘Subhaash Chandra’.
‘Subhash Chandra-1978’ was directed by Piyush Bose.
It was an ‘A.K.B. Films, Calcutta’ presentation and passed by Censor Board on 06.02.1978.
It had Ashish Ghosh, Amar Dutt, Samar Kumar, Ajit Prakash, N. Vishwanathan, Lamsden, Bown, Smith, Reba Devi, and Rama Das.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 06.02.1978.
This movie has six songs written by Kaifi Azmi and Saraswati Kumar ‘Deepak’.
Bansari Lahiri, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Mohd Rafi, Hemant Kumar, and Usha Mangeshkar had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
Music of this film was composed by Aparesh Lahiri.
Here is the list of songs in this movi. (HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980) does not mention the name of the lyricist for individual songs except for one song.
| SNo | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Nahin maane jiyaraa | Not mentioned | Bansari Lahiri | |
| 02 | Yahaan raadha kund hai | ‘Deepak’ | Mukesh | 27.08.2018 |
| 03 | Neer na bahaa | Not mentioned | Manna Dey | |
| 04 | Hamaara bharat hamaari janani | Not mentioned | Mohd Rafi | 23.01.2016 |
| 05 | Musaafir mujhko | Not mentioned | Hemant Kumar | Song under discussion in this post |
| 06 | Desh hamaara | Not mentioned | Usha Mangeshkar | 26.01.2019 |
Today I present a song from this movie ‘Subhaash Chandra-1978’ which is sung by Hemant Kumar and composed by Aparesh Lahiri. It is the fourth songs from this movie to be posted on the blog.
I guess that in the movie this songs happens showing the journey of Subhash Chandra Bose when he escaped from Calcutta to Afghanistan and travels further to Russia and Germany.
I have not been able to note correct words at few places. I would request knowledgeable readers to kindly provide the correct words.
Let us listen to this poignant song sung by Hemant Kumar. Only the audio of this song is available.
Song-Musaafir mujhko tu pehchaan (Subhash Chandra)(1978) Singer-Hemant Kumar, MD-Aparesh Lahiri
Lyrics
musaafir rrr
are ho o o o
o o o
musaafir
mujhko tu pehchaan
mujhe na chhoo sakti hai maaya
mujhe na chhoo sakti hai chhaaya (?)
mere kuchh bhi nahin hai kaaya
mujhko tu pehchaan
musaafir rrr
mujhko tu pehchaan
mukti nahin main
gyaan nahin main ae
mukti nahin main
gyaan nahin main
swaarth nahin
abhimaan nahin main
aas lagaa phal(?) praan nahin main
aas lagaa phal(?) praan nahin main
jeewan ka maidaan (?)
musaafir rrr
mujhko tu pehchaan
yahaan nahin main
wahaan nahin main
yahaan nahin main
wahaan nahin main
is dharti par kahaan nahin main
dagar kaun si jahaan nahin main
dagar kaun si jahaan nahin main
sabko de(?) vardaan
musaafir rrr
mujhko tu pehchaan
mujhko tu pehchaan
mujhko tu pehchaan
Roti hai duniya meri
Posted on: January 18, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #
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Today’s song is from the ‘1953’ movie ‘Raami Dhoban’.
It was directed by Hiren Bose for ‘Navkala Niketan’. This movie was produced by Ramesh Vyas.
Its star cast included Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya, Tiwari, Ashita, Ramesh Vyas, Shalini, Bannerjee, Mishra, Sankatha Prasad, Rai Mohan, Gautam, Sachin Ghosh, Nandini, Sona Chatterjee, Uma Devi, Sulochana Chatterjee and others.
Prem Adib makes a guest appearance in this movie.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 25.11.1953.
This movie has fourteen songs in it which were written by Ram Murti. Music for this movie was composed by Hiren Bose.
Six songs from this movie have been posted earlier on the blog. This movie had made its debut on the blog on 23.12.2012 with its song ‘sun sun sun sun maanush bhaai’ which was presented with a detailed post about the music composer Hiren Bose under his series ‘Unknown Composers’.
This movie has thus completed a ‘decade’ on the blog.
With five more songs posted on the blog after 23.12.2012 this movies’ tally on the blog as of now is six songs as mentioned above.
Today’s song is the seventh song from this movie which is in the voice of Hemant Kumar. Lyrics are by Ram Murti and music is composed by Hiren Bose.
It is a ‘sad melancholic song’ by a lover ‘missing his beloved’.
Only the audio of this song is available.
Lyrics of this song have been sent by Prakashchandra.
Let us now listen to this song…
Audio
Song-Roti hai duniya meri (Raami Dhoban)(1953) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Rammurty Chaturvedi, MD-Hiren Bose
Lyrics( Provided by Prakashchandra)
roti hai ae ae duniyaa meri
roti hai ae ae duniyaa meri
wo o o mujhko chhod sidhaare ae
roti hai ae ae duniyaa meri
hans hans kar chaand sitaare ae ae ae ae
hans hans kar chaand sitaare ae
barsaate hain aen angaarey ae ae
roti hai ae ae duniyaa meri
wo o o mujhko chhod sidhaare ae
roti hai ae ae duniyaa meri
reh gaye jeewan geet adhoore
sapne ae bhi to o huye naa poore ae
reh gaye jeewan geet adhoore
sapne ae bhi to o huye naa poore
jal kar dhheri bani raakh ki ee ee ee ee
jal kar dhheri bani raakh ki
meri preet pukaare ae ae
roti hai ae ae duniyaa meri
wo o o mujh ko chhod sidhaare ae
roti hai ae ae duniyaa meree…ee…ee
Tum chor ho haan haan chor ho
Posted on: July 15, 2022
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 an obscure film Giribala-1947.
This is one of those films, whose story and almost the whole crew came from Bengal. In the past also we have many such films.Right from the Silent films era, Calcutta has been making films and showing them in important markets. After the advent of Talkie films in 1931 itself, out of the 24 films that were released that year, as many as 7 films were made by Madan Theatres, Calcutta alone ! The rest 17 were made by different studios in Bombay. Surprisingly, there was no movie from New Theatres, Calcutta in Hindi, in the first year of Talkie films,i.e. 1931. Their first Hindi Talkie film ” Mohabbat ke aansoo” came only in 1932, but it was such a great flop that it probably did not cross Calcutta’s borders even !
In due course of time, Calcutta’s famous New Theatres became quite active and aggressive and presented hits after hits in Bangla and Hindi languages for successive years till about mid 1940’s. There were of course other 20-25 film making studios and film companies in Bengal during this period, but new Theatre performance outshone all others. One of the major strengths of Bangla films made in Calcutta, especially, New Theatres was that their films were based on famous works of literature, stories, novels and dramas in Bangla Literature. This made the base of the films so solid that other weak areas like language, dialogues, diction of speaking Hindi, too bookish conversations and too artificial acting were easily overlooked.
The use of stories of prominent authors in films started from the Silent films itself. Bengali people are very fond of reading. The poorest Bengali also would have few books in his cottage. In addition, Bengali are the people who love to remain in past glories. Added to this their extraordinary Regional pride – especially about their language ( they consider Bangla Language more important than even their Religion) made them see the films on their favourite stories with utmost love and liking, reliving in Nostalgia !
In the 1930s and the 1940s successful Bangla films were remade for Hindi audiences and for a bigger commercial market in india. Thus the Hindi audiencegot to see the best films contentwise. Songs based on ‘ Rabindra Sangeet’ were a novelty outside Bengal and these songs also became popular. Singers like Pankaj Mullik, Jagmohan Sursagar, K.C.Dey, Juthika Roy, Hemant kumar, kamla Jharia etc amde Hindi film and non film music popular all over India during the period of 1935 to 1960.
When Bangla films chose famous author’s stories for making films, can they overlook Rabindranath Tagore ? Impossible ! So, I was keen to know how many films in Bangla and other languages were made on Tagore’s stories. Luckily I came across a table of such details on the net. As per this table from Wiki,, a total of 52 films were made on Tagore stories. It also showed 11 independent Hindi films made on Tagore stories, without counting original Bangla and remade Hindi films. The film names I got are….
Milan-46 and Ghunghat-57 (Nauka Doobi)
Do Bigha Zamin-53 (Title based on Tagore’s poem Dui Bigha Jomi)
Kabuliwala-61 and Bioscopewala-2017 (Kabuliwala)
Uphaar-71 (Samapti)
Lekin-91 (Kshudhita Pashan)
Chaar Adhyay-97 (same name)
Patralekha-2012 (Tagore poem)
Mukti-2012 (Tagore poem) and
Darbaan-2020 (The child’s return)
Today’s film Giribala-1947 is also based on Tagore’s story of 1895. A silent film Giribala was made first in 1930. The 1947 Hindi film Giribala was also a remake of Bangla film of the same year. That explains the all Bangla cast and crew. The film was made by Bodhu Bose Productions, Calcutta. It was directed by Madhu Bose (1900-1969) – husband of actress Sadhona Bose. he acted in 1 silent film A throw of Dice-1930. He directed 6 Hindi films….Selima-1945, Bala ki Raat-1936, Kumkum-The Dancer-1940, Raj nartaki-1941, Meenakshi-1942 and his last Hindi film-Giribala-1947.
The Music Director was Kamal Dasgupta (28-7-1912 to 28-7-1974), who gave music to 17 Hindi films starting from Jawab-1942 to Phulwari-1952. The cast of the film was Indrani devi, Dhiraj Bhattacharya (who had also worked in the silent film Giribala-1930), Ahindra Choudhari, Rajlakshmi, Poornima, Vithaldas Panchotiya, Tulsi Chakraworty and others.
Trom the cast, I find Vithaldas Panchotiya a very versatile artiste who dabbled in several departments of filmmaking. Here is more information about him. Vithaldas Panchotiya ( 15 th October 1906 to 2-10-1987 ). Except those readers, who have a knowledge of early era Hindi films, it is unlikely that other readers might have even heard this name. In the early era, when the studio system was firmly established, the artistes employed by the studio had no specific duties. Anybody and everybody had to do what was needed by the company. Due to this many capable artistes became all rounders in film making.
Vithaldas Panchotiya was certainly one such person. He has been a Producer, Director, story writer, dialogue writer, screenplay writer, lyricist, Singer, Music Director and God knows what else !
Born in October 1906 in Vadnagar in Gujarat, he followed his father’s footsteps. His father worked in stage dramas and toured with the drama company. From the age of 8 years Vithaldas started acting in dramas. Later he joined Calcutta’s Alfred Drama company, owned by Madon Theatres Limited. He worked on a salary of Rs. 35 pm. While working in dramas, he established his own Gujarat Film company and produced 12 silent films in 10 years. Vithaldas first acted in the silent film ‘ Dhruv charitra’-1921. He learnt dance and music too. He acted , directed, sang songs and gave music also. He acted in Talkie film ” Muflis Ashiqe”-1932, claimed to be India’s first comedy film. He acted, sang and composed music for this film.
Being a staunch Gandhian, he used to participate in rallies etc. Some of his films were Hindustan-32, Insaf ki Tope-34, Gaibi Gola-35 ( he was the writer and the director too.He gave a break to Baby Noorjahan in this film.), Khudai Khidamadgar-37 aka Garib ki Tope, Takdir ki Tope-38 etc . As per one source, he acted in 35 films, directed 10 talkie films, sang 8 songs, gave music to 1 film and wrote Lyrics to 2 films. Additionally story, dialogues and screenplay writing were also done by him. Some of his films were, Shaikh chilli-37, Khush naseeb-46, Prabhu ki maya-55, Ghar ki numaish-49, Karmaveer-38, Raman-54, Jagriti-54, Hum sab chor hain-56, Basant 60, Bhagvat mahima etc.
I find it very difficult to know exactly how many films he did in various capacities in the 1930s, as there are conflicting claims by him and Master Fida Hussain. In a few cases the details in HFGK and what he claims, gets contradicted. Some of his films in the 40s are Ramanuj-43, Giribala-47, Grihalaxmi-48, Ghar ki Numaish-48 ( released only in 1962, with the title ‘ Jai ho muhabbat ki ‘ )
Thanks to information and statistical data provided by Shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji of Surat, we know that his Filmography consists of a total 11+ 26 films. The break up is-
11 silent films
25 Talkie films as Actor and 1 film as a writer only.
9 films as a Director
2 films as Lyricist and
2 films as Music Director
As per Muvyz data, he sang 37 songs in 8 films.
From 1951 to 1960, he did 13 films- mostly ( 9) for Filmistan. He directed 2 of them. After 1960 his work was reduced. The death of his 3 sons broke him emotionally. As a true Gandhian, it was his dream to make a film- Gandhi Sangram- on Mahatma Gandhi. He had done all the spade work and the Muhurat of shooting was also done on 2-10-1987, The Government had promised finance. Even Rajiv Gandhi promised him that. However nothing came to him and he died on 30-10-1996, with his dream unfulfilled.
His daughter Shradha used to work in Gujarati films. She too died in a Train accident in 2000. Her daughter Deepshikha is an actress.
Today’s song is a very melodious duet sung by Kalyani Das and Hemant Kumar. Kalyani Das was a part of Same Name Confusion pair of Kalyani Bai and Kalyani Das. Both sang in Calcutta. Kalyani Das was a playback singer who started her career in Hindi films from Calcutta with PC Barua’s ‘Jawaab’ (1942) and ended her playback singing career in Hindi films with ‘Iran Ki Ek Raat’ (1949). She also sang for a few films made in Bombay. To the best of my knowledge, she did not act in any films.
It is not so difficult to segregate ‘Kalyanis’ as both of them worked in Calcutta at different times. Kalyani Bai worked in films produced in Calcutta up to 1937 whereas Kalyani Das commenced her playback singing career from Calcutta from 1942 onward. She mostly worked for music director Kamal Dasgupta (8 out of 11 Hindi films in which she was playback singer). She sang 37 songs in 11 films….Jawab-42, meghdoot-45, Kurukshetra-45, Zameen Aasmaan-46, Prem ki Duniya-46, Bindiya-46, Manmaani-47, Giribala-47, Faisla-47, Swayamsidha-49 and Iran ki ek raat-49.
Let us now enjoy this very good duet.
Song-Tum chor ho haan haan chor ho (Giribaala)(1947) Singers-Kalyani Das, Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Pt Madhur, MD-Kamal Dasgupta
Lyrics
tum chor ho
haan haan chor ho
haan haan chor ho
chor ho chor ho ji
tum chor ho
haan haan chor ho
haan haan chor ho
chor ho chor ho ji
tumne seekha hai dil ka churaana aa
tumne seekha hai dil ka churaana aa
aur chori chori
haan ji chori chori
dil mein aana
dil mein aana
tum chor ho
haan haan chor ho
haan haan chor ho
chor ho chor ho ji
meri galiyon ka
galiyon ka
meri galiyon ka
tumko pata hai
tumhen maaloom mera thhikaana
thhikaana aa
tum chor ho
haan haan chor ho
haan haan chor ho
chor ho chor ho ji
ye chori ka jhhootha iljaam hai
dil leke kiya badnaam hai
ye chori ka jhhootha iljaam hai
dil leke kiya badnaam hai
chor kehke hamen na bulaana
chor kehke hamen na bulaana
mere pehlu se
pehlu se
mere pehlu se dil bhola bhaala
tumne naina aa aa aa
tumne naina milaake nikaala
mere pehlu se dil bhola bhaala
tumne naina aa aa aa aa
tumne naina milaake nikaala
lutke ulte bane ae ae ae
lutke ulte bane chor hum hain
husnwaalon ke ye bhi sitam hain
lut ke ulte bane chor hum hain
husnwaalon ke ye bhi sitam hain
tumne jo kuchh kahaa
haan aan aan aan
tumne jo kuchh kahaa
hamne maana aa aa
hamne maana aa aa
maanaaa
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‘Raahgeer’ (1969), is a production from Geetanjali Chitradeep, Calcutta. It was directed by Tarun Majumdar. The movie has Biswajeet, Nirupa Roy, Asit Sen, Sandhya Roy, Vasant Chowdhury, Shashikala, Padma Chauhan, Anwar Hussain, Pahari Sanyal, Master Prasenjit, Ifthekar, Kanhaiyyalal, Chaman Puri, Savita Chatterjee, Ram Avtar, Rashid Khan, CS Dubey and others in it.
Here is what our dear Arun ji has mentioned in brief about this film while commenting on the song-post of the song “Janam Se Banjaara Hoon Bandhu”
Atul ji,
First of all, this is a production of GITANJALI CHITRADEEP, CALCUTTA.
The name of Hemant Kumar’s production house was GEETANJALI PICTURES, BOMBAY. So there is every possibility that this may be a home production, in some way or the other, of Biswajeet.
I remember having seen this film halfway, in the theatre, as it was very much boring.
Directed by Tarun Mujumdar, its cast was, Biswajeet, Sandhya Roy, Shashikala, Padma, Nirupa Roy, Kanhaiyalal, Anwar Hussain, Pahadi Sanyal, Prasanjit, Iftekhar, Asit Sen, Sabita Chatterjee etc.
The story, as I remember, was of a young man who is fond of wandering and sets out on an endless journey. The film depicts various experiences he encounters in his travels. He does not get attached to anybody but becomes a darling of many.
Neither the story, nor the music, nor the actors were of much interest and hence no wonder the film wandered aimlessly in search of success.
-AD
NB- There seems to be no record of any major award given to Rahgir. Maybe, Bengal Govt. or critics or journalists award may have been given to it.
The movie has ten songs and lyrics for all the ten songs are penned by Gulzar. The music is composed by Hemant Kumar. Here is the list of songs this movie has.
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Song Title | Singer/s |
Posted On |
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Janam Se Banjaaraa Hoon Bandhu | Hemant Kumar | 21.09.2011 |
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02 |
He He, … Vaidhh Ke Palle Pade | Kishore Kumar | 13.07.2018 |
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03 |
Aa, Do Do Pankh Lagaake Panchhi Banenge | Hemant Kumar, Aarti Mukherjee, Chorus |
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04 |
Daiyya Kasam-Sharam Laage, Ae Sakhi, Badaa Besharam Balam | Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar |
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05 |
Babu Ghabraate Hain, Chori Chori Aankhon Se Teer Chalaate Hain | Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar |
17.07.2018 |
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06 |
Tumhaare Nain Dekh Ke Sunaa Hai Log Jogi Ho Gaye | Hemant Kumar | 27.10.2013 |
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07 |
Haay Haay, Panchhi Re, Ude Gagan Gagan Mast Magan | Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit, Chorus |
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08 |
Mujhko Dosh Na Dena Bandhu… Kabhi Ruk Gaye Hain Kabhi Chal Diye Hain | Hemant Kumar | |
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09 |
Bairi Aanchar Pag Pag Urjhe Hamaar, | Lata Mangeshkar, Chorus | |
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10 |
Mitwaa Re, Bhool Gaye Thhe Raahen Mitwa | Lata Mangeshkar, Chorus | 06.07.2016 |
This movie made its debut on the blog on 21.09.2011. However, as we can see in the above table, so far only five out of ten songs of this movie have been posted on the blog.
Today we take this opportunity to present the sixth song from this movie on the blog. It will be after a gap of almost four years since the fifth song of this movie was discussed on the blog.
Today’s song is sung by Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, and Sulakshana Pandit. And is a light-hearted group chorus song having a philosophical side too. The lyrics are by Gulzar Sb and music is composed by Hemant Kumar.
Let us listen to and enjoy the today’s wonderful song now …
Song – Panchhi Re Udey Gagan Gagan Mast Magan (Raahgeer) (1969) Singers – Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Lyrics – Gulzar, MD – Hemant Kumar
Manna Dey + Sulakshana Pandit
Chorus
Lyrics
haay haay
panchhi re ae ae ae
ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
panchhi re ae ae ae
ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
hoy
panchhi re ae ae ae
ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
o o o o
kaisi chaahton ki tujhe hawaa lagi hai
tujhe hawaa laagi hai
kaunse milan ke liye vidaa lagi hai
tujhe vidaa lagi hai
kaisi chaahton ki tujhe hawaa lagi hai
kaunse milan ke liye vidaa lagi hai
o o o
aasmaan pe mil gayaa hai
kaisaa watan
kaisaa watan
kaisaa watan re
panchhi re ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
ghaat ghaat boond chune
chune ud jaaye
o o o
ghaat ghaat boond chune
chune ud jaaye
pyaasi maatiyon pe kahin jaaye barsaaye
o o o
pyaasi maatiyon pe kahin jaaye barsaaye
kiske gaon jayegaa re ae ae ae ae
kiske gaon jayegaa re
kiske watan
kiske watan
kiske watan re
panchhi re ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
o o o
chaand si pari ke desh me bhi jaayiyo
ha ha desh jaayiyo
hoy sone waali baaliyon ke kaan laaiyiyo
ha ha kaan laaiyo
chaand si pari ke desh me bhi jaayiyo
sone waali baaliyon ke kaan laaiyiyo
o o o
os waale moti leke aana watan
aana watan
aana watan re
panchhi re ude gagan gagan
mast magan
kiske sang lagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
panchhi re ae ae
panchhi re ude gagan gagan
ae
mast magan
ae
kiske sang laagi lagan
kaisi lagan laagi re
ae ae ae
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Today’s song is from the ‘1959’ movie ‘Saahil’.
I recall becoming aware of this title while going throough HFGK Vol-III (1951-1960) during my stay at Nagpur. I would regularly browse through the IIIrd volume of HFGK for the decade 1951-1960 those days(2015-2017). After that I went to Kenya for a project which lasted around three years. I came back after completion of the project in December’2019. Since then, I am more or less sharing songs from seventies and eighties, sometimes end of sixties. Songs of 1950s have become few and far between.
I do not recall being aware of the songs of ‘Saahil-1959’. It was only a few days back that our regular reader Shri. Deepak Patwardhan ji suggested a song from this movie which was sung by Hemant Kumar and Asha Bhonsle. On checking the details, I find that the song he had suggested had already been posted on the blog long back (in 2011) and it is from the movie ‘Aandhiyaan-1952’. The song is ‘wo chaand nahin hai dil hai kisi deewaane ka’ ….
However, that gave me an opportunity to know more about the songs from ‘Saahil-1959’. I listened to some of them. Today I am presenting a lovely duet sung by Hemant Kumar and Asha Bhonsle from this movie.
“Saahil-1959” was directed by Agrawal K. Bhushan for ‘Filmnagar Studios, Bombay’. Agrawal K. Bhushan was also the producer of this movie.
“Saahil-1959” had Shammi Kapoor, Chitra, Murad, Sapru, Amar, Jankidas, Rajan Kapoor, Kuldeep Kaur, and others.
This movie had the following ten songs in it.
| SNo | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer/s | Composer |
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| 01 | Sheetal pawan sanaasan doley | Janardan Muktidoot | Asha Bhonsle | Suresh Talwar |
| 02 | Aayi milan ki raat, raja ho raja | Anjaan | Asha Bhonsle,chorus | Suresh Talwar |
| 03 | O gori huaa huaa… maan ya na | Jeet | Asha Bhonsle, Mohd Rafi, chorus | Suresh Talwar |
| 04 | Raat aadhi ho gayi…tere mere mere tere dil… | Janardan Muktidoot | Asha Bhonsle, Hemant Kumar | Suresh Talwar |
| 05 | Dekho ji, hamen na dena dhokha | Indeevar | Asha Bhonsle | D.C. Dutt |
| 06 | Afsos meri taqdeer bante hi bigad gayi | Indeevar | Asha Bhonsle | D.C. Dutt |
| 07 | Muhabbat sabko milti hai … door hataa do | Saraswati Kr ‘Deepak’ | Asha Bhonsle,chorus | Suresh Talwar |
| 08 | Tumhaari muhabbat hai ik cheez aisi | Kulbhushan | Asha Bhonsle, Hemant Kumar | Suresh Talwar |
| 09 | Aaja re manjhdhaar mein …ye pyaar ki pukaar hai | Taban Jhansvi | Geeta Dutt | Suresh Talwar |
| 10 | Tum judaa kya ho gaye… khatm kar de daastaan | Taban Jhansvi | Geeta Dutt | Suresh Talwar |
HFGK Vol-III (1951-1960) mentions in the footnote that the songs of this movie were recorded in 1954-1955, though the movie was released in 1959.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 08.04.1959.
Only one song ‘aaja re manjhdhaar mein … ye pyaar ki pukaar hai’ has been posted on the blog on 20.10.2016.
Today we are going to listen to the second song from this movie. Today’s song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Hemant Kumar.
Lyrics are by Kulbhushan and music is composed by Suresh Talwar.
Let us enjoy today’s song. Only audio of this song is available.
Song-Tumhaari muhabbat hai ik cheez aisi (Saahil)(1959) Singers-Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Kulbhushan, MD-Suresh Talwar
Lyrics
tumhaari muhabbat hai
ik cheez aisi ee
jise ham kabhi naa
kabhi le hi lenge
kabhi le hi lenge
chhupaaoge jisko nigaahon ke neeche
usey ham kabhi naa
kabhi dekh lenge
kabhi dekh lenge
hmm hmm hmm hmm mm
hmm hmm hmm mm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
peechhe padega jo
koyi hamaare ae
koyi hamaare
bulaayega hamko o o
karega ishaare
jo maangega koyi
mohabbat hamaari
tumhaari qasam ham
kisi ko na denge
kisi ko na denge
haa haa haa aa
aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
maangenge tumse naa
gaalon ki shokhi
hmm hmmhmm hmmhmm
hmm hmm hmm
maangenge tumse naa
gaalon ki shokhi
naa hothhon ki laali
naa kaajal ki pyaali
magar ek dil mein hai
chaahat hamaari
jise ham kabhi to
poori karenge
poori karenge
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hamm mm mm hmm
samajhte hain ham ko bhi
iraade tumhaare
iraade tumhaare
bahaane tumhaare ae
ishaare tumhaare
magar yaad rakhnaa
vaadaa e ulfat
kisi din kahin to
poora karenge
poora karenge ae
hmmhmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm mmm mm hmm
Kitna dukh bhulaaya tumne pyaari
Posted on: June 11, 2021
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4711 | Post No. : | 16417 |
MUSIC is an integral part of every Indian. From birth to death, we are drenched in music. During Vedic times, the Rishis used to teach their students verses in Taal and Sur, so that the students would remember them easily. You will have observed that whenever there is a Mahapooja or an Yadnya, the Purohits will recite the Mantras in a typical rhythm and sur.
In our school days, teachers used to literally force us to learn poems by heart in a tune, so that it was easier to remember. Not only poems, even the Maths teacher taught us the ” Pahade ” (Paadhe or the Tables) in a particular tune. That is how we remember the difficult tables of 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1-1/2,or the 1-1/4 etc even today. In these days of calculators and Mobiles, the tables are nowhere now !
In ancient times, Fine Arts like Dance, Drama and Music were the exclusive preserves of the Royalties and the Rich. Over a period, the commoners too found pleasures in village arts like Folk dances and Folk songs. In every festival and during the Harvesting times, there used to be musical entertainments.
Record making came to India in 1902, when a song by a professional singer ( read Tawayaf) Gauhar Jan was recorded by a German technician in a Hotel in Calcutta. A factory was set up in Dumdum,Calcutta in 1908 by the gramophone company-UK to make records in India. There was no looking back ever since. There was a spate of records of songs and geets, Bhajans and Gazals etc, by noted singers and classical gurus. By 1925, Electrical recordings started. Gramophones became popular and singers also multiplied. Records of geets, Thumris, ghazals, natya sangeet, Bhajans, Naats,love songs, sad songs etc became available and the songs became popular quickly.
In 1930, All India Radio started and in 1931 the films started talking. However, records of film songs were in general not made those days, though the first film song record came in 1932. Until about 1939-40, records of all film songs were not made from every film. So, people continued to enjoy the NON FILM SONGS by famous singers. This trend of making records of NFS was so popular that most Film singers started their careers by recording NFS. Examples are Talat Mehmood, Hemant Kumar, S D Burman, Lata, Asha, Mukesh, Rafi etc.
Those of our readers, who were young in the 40s…50s….60s, will remember the melodious NFS played on Radios and in homes. Songs of Saigal, Jagmohan, Pankaj Mullick, Kamla Jharia, Juthika Roy, Paluskar, Talat, Mukesh, Hemant etc were played in many Hotels and restaurants too.
NON FILM SONGS played a very vital role in entertaining people and in giving opportunities to singers to become famous. As Radio became popular, these songs reached millions of Indians, and the singer’s names became famous all over India. Singers like Jagmohan, Pankaj Mullick and Talat Mehmood were invited to sing their NFS on stage shows and they toured countries all over the world for these shows.
As Radio Ceylon became more and more popular after 1950 and the Vividh Bharati after 1957, film songs started getting extensive exposure and slowly they stole the limelight from the NFS. However some NFS were immortal and are remembered even today.
There is a popular equation that Non Film Songs means Talat, Jagmohan, Pankaj mullick, Juthika Roy, Hemant etc. But the fact is from 1930 onwards, almost every Film singer sang Non Film songs, because NFS had a special place in people’s heart then.
Today we are about to enjoy one such famous and very very melodious NFS by Hemant Kumar- ” Kitna dukh bhulaya tumne pyari “, which was recorded somewhere in early 40s, when Hemant Kumar started recording Bangla and Hindi Geets, prior to his involvement in film music.
Poet Lyricist Faiyaz Hashmi and composer Kamal Dasgupta were regularly churning out wonderful melodies on 78 RPM every month and listeners all over India were enjoying them fully.
Actually,in 1985,Jagmohan Sursagar wrote in his Autobiography…..
” In the initial stages Kamal Dasgupta was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore’s songs and compositions(Rabindra sangeet) were extremely popular, but were limited to Bangla people only. Ghazal, qawwali, Dadra, Naat, Thumri, Hori, Kajari etc used to come to market but had a very limited listenership. These never reached the top.
” The fusion of Gazal,Dadra and Qawali with Bangla Geet style gave birth to Hindi Hindi Non Film Songs or geets. As such Geet had a known and accepted place in Literature, but not in Music. To establish this new Genre, Kamal babu used lyrics by Pt.Madhur, Pt. Anjum and Faiyaz Hashmi, got them sung by Jagmohan, Hemant, Talat, Juthika etc. Their records were inscribed with ‘ Hindi Geet (Hindustani Song) ‘. What thus started as NFS Geet from 1936 continued upto next 20 years non stop. “
Let us know about Faiyyaz Hashmi first……Fayyaz was born on 18-6- 1920 at Calcutta. His father, Syed Muhammad Hussain Hashmi Dilgeer was a very famous poet and writer of stage drama. He was director at the top class theater of that time named “ MADAN THEATER LTD.” He knew 8 languages.
Senior lyricist, Faiyyaz Hashmi, passed away in Karachi on Nov 29 th 2011. He shot to fame after penning lyrics for such non-film songs as ;Ye Raatein Ye Mausam; (Pankaj Mullick), ;Tasveer Teri Dil Mera; (Talat Mehmood), ;Dil Ko Hai Tum Se Pyar Kyun; (Jagmohan), ;Bhala Tha Kitna Apna Bachpan; (Hemant Kumar), and so many more rendered by the likes of Juthika Roy and Feroza Begum.
Mr. Fayyaz Hashmi is a legendary song and dialogue writer and above all a true loving person. He is by himself an institution and a common asset of the Indo-Pakistan film-world. His admirers as ever are not confined in national frontiers. Those fond of Hindi / Urdu songs anywhere in the world have affection for him. The emergence of this bright star was evidenced much before independence of India, when Fayyaz Hashmi, still a teenager wrote the most famous song “Tasveer Teri Dil Mera Behla Na Sakhe Gi”. It was recorded in the voice of Talat Mehmood and music was composed by Kamal Das Gupta. This song brought “Talat” to limelight. Music for most of the Fayyaz Hashmi’s songs recorded at Calcutta was composed by Kamal Das Gupta.
The dynamic achievements of young Fayyaz Hashmi and his clarity of expression by using simple words were greatly appreciated by Qazi Nazrul Islam -“Tum mann main doob kar mann ka bhed nikaltey ho. Aasan shubdoon mein mushkil baat kehna buhut mushkil hay”. His unique combination of Urdu, Hindi and Sanskrit words to produce a harmonious song thus became a guideline for the future poets of geets. The transformation of some traditional Bangla songs was also facilitated. He has also written songs in Brij Bhasa and Purbi. His pre-independence songs total to about 1000.
Fayyaz Hashmi wrote his first verse “Chaman main Ghuncha-o-gul ka tabassum dekhne walo – Kabhi tum ne haseen kalyoon ka murjhana bhi dekha hai” when he was in 7th class. As a student of 9th class, he was participating in regular “mushairas”. He got an assignment in the British owned Gramophone Company at DumDum (now called Jessore Road, Kolkotta) India. He served there during 1943 to 1948 period. At that time the average monthly production of record was only 16. Once all the records (16) issued in a month were written by Mr. Fayyaz Hashmi- a record by itself. Some of the evergreen hit songs of Mr. Fayyaz Hashmi are quoted here:
1- Honton se gulfishan hain who – Aankhoon se ashkbar hum Talat Mahmood
2- Do Kafir Aankhoon ne mara Talat Mahmood
3- Dil ko hai tum se pyar kyoon Jag Mohan
4- Aaj use phir dekha hai Jag Mohan
5- Bhala tha kitna apna bachpan Hemant Kumar
6- Yeh Raaten yeh mausam yeh hansa hansana Pankhaj Mallick
(Also re-sung by Lata Mangeshkar as a tribute to the legendary Pankhaj Mallick)
7- Tasveer teri dil mera behla na sake gi Talat Mehmood
8- Ab yad hamein kyoon aati ho Hemant Kumar
9- Kitna dukh bhulaya tum ne Hemant Kumar
10-Maloom hay mujhko – ban Jao gi tum ek din taqdeer hamari Jag Mohan.
While in India, he wrote 48 songs in 9 Hindi films, namely-Subah Shyam-44, Meghdoot-45, Zameen Aasmaan-46, Pehchan-46, Krishna Leela-46, Arabian Nights-46, Giribala-47, Faisla-47 and Iran ki ek raat-49
He chose to migrate to Pakistan after the Partition.
In 1948, he was posted as recording Manager at Dhaka Center of the Gramophone Company and thereafter in 1951 at Lahore. He promoted many talents like Farida Khanum, Saeen Marna, Saeen Akhtar and Saeen Budha. He diverted towards the writing of film songs in 1956. “Kunwari Bewa” was the first film in Pakistan with his songs. He wrote more than 2000 songs for films and Gramophone Recording Company. He had also written stories, dialogues and scripts of many hit films like AULAD, ZAMAN KIYA KAHE GA, NEHLEY PE DEHLA, INTEKHAB, PEHCHAN, KHUDA AUR MUHABBAT, GHAREEBON KA BADSHAH etc. including “ HUM AIK HAIN” which was also directed by him. It was the first Pakistani film with 5 songs filmed in colour and as such a record in Pakistan film industry.
Every film, songs of which were written by Mr. Fayyaz Hashmi became super hit like SAHELI, AULAD, ASHIANA, SUHAGAN, HONAHAR, PEGHAM, SARTAJ, SHAREEK-E-HAYAT, EID MUBARAK, SHABNAM, LOVE IN JUNGLE, TOBA, SAWAL, LAKHOON MAIN AIK, DEWAR BHABI etc.
He received Graduate Award 3 times and also Nigar award for the best song in 1978 on “Chalo Achha Hua Tum Bhool Gaye” film “Lakhoon Main Aik”. He received International award in 1986 and another Nigar award in 1988 for the best dialogue of film “ Ghareebon Ka Badshah”. In addition to these he recounts about 11 Silver Jubilee Awards and 17 Golden Jubilee**. “Deewane Tere Pyar ke” is the latest film all songs of which have been written Fayyaz Hashmi.
The first compilation of his poetry was published as “ RAG RANG” in 1944 in India. His poems were published in various journals and magazines like Adbi Duniya, Adbe Lateef, Alamgeer, Beesveen Sadi, Shama (Delhi), Chitrali (Dhaka), Nigar (Karachi), Amar Jadeed and Amrit Bazar Patrika (Calcutta, India). He wrote many Naats and Qawwalis. He also wrote many National songs like (Ae Quiad-e-Azam tera ehsan hai ehsan” & “ Suraj Kare Salam – Chanda kare Salam”.
On the publication of his mystic verses, Mr. Raees Amrohi commented that “History of Sufi poets is indicative of a glorious future for them and Mr. Fayyaz.
(Based primarily on the article by Nadeemur Rehman, courtesy shri Rajnikumar Pandya ji and my own notes. )
Today’s NFS by Hemant kumar – my favourite singer – is very melodious and had become very popular in the 40s, 50s and the 60s. Enjoy…..
Song- Kitna dukh bhulaaya tumne pyaari (Hemant Kumar NFS)(1945) Singer-Singer- Hemant Kumar, Lyricist- Fayyaz Hashmi, MD- Kamal Dasgupta
Lyrics
kitna dukh bhulaaya tumne pyaari ee
kitna dukh bhulaaya tumne pyaari ee
mere zakhmi dil pe rakhkar apna komal haath
mere zakhmi dil pe rakhkar apna komal haath
preetam kyun ghabraaye ho
preetam kyun ghabraaye ho
bas chhed ke itni baat
sab dard mitaaya tumne ae pyaari
sab dard mitaaya tumne ae pyaari
apni bal khaayi zulfen seene se mere bichha ke
apni bal khaayi zulfen seene se mere bichha ke
apne gulaabi honthon ko
apne gulaabi honthon ko
mere honthon se milaa ke ae
amrit ras pilaaya tumne pyaari
amrit ras pilaaya tumne pyaari
ham tum chup baithhe hain
ham tum chup baithhe hain
dil kahta hai kisse dil ke
churaa liyaa hai hosh hamaara
churaa liyaa hai hosh hamaara
chaar aankhon ne milke
kismat ko jagaaya tumne pyaari
kismat ko jagaaya tumne pyaari
kismat ko jagaaya tumne pyaari
So ja nanhe mere tu to so jaa
Posted on: March 31, 2021
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Hullo Atuldom
“Ek Hi Raasta” (1956) was a movie that was produced and directed by B.R.Chopra with story-screenplay- dialogue written by Pt. Mukhram Sharma. Its songs were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri and composed by Hemant Kumar who had Ravi as assistant and Yash Chopra was assistant to B R Chopra.
This is a movie which I saw only recently. It is popular as a movie on widow remarriage. But it dealt with a lot more.
It showed the young lady’s problems after her remarriage. It showed that the lady had a problem getting her son to accept the new man in her life as his father in spite of the new father being his own father’s boss and friend as also the little one’s. The movie tried to find the mental challenges a little boy faces when he is not told the whole truth regarding his father’s death. There are more complexities when the lady gives birth to a baby from her second marriage. The little boy leaves his foster father’s home with his infant brother in search of his father and mother. There are some tense moments (I was on the edge of my seat) before the movie comes to a close.
Daisy Irani (credited as Raja alias Roop Kumar in the movie’s titles) was simply brilliant. And who better to play the young mother than Meena Kumari.
Meena Kumari may have been typecast as a tragedy queen but there have been movies where she has shown her comic timing as in “Azaad”; “Mem Sahib”; “Miss Mary” etc. This movie too had comic moments between Sunil Dutt, Daisy Irani and Meena Kumari. There are also scenes that show her dancing capabilities.
This movie had eight songs and the blog has five of them. Two of the songs are in the same video on YouTube maybe because they follow each other in the movie with a very small dialogue in between.
| Song | Date of posting |
|---|---|
| Chali gori pee ke milan ko chali | 31 January 2009 |
| Saaanwle salone aaye din bahaar ke | 21 April 2009 |
| Bade bhaiyya laaye hain London se chhori | 11 April 2012 |
| Chamka ban kar aman ka taara | 15 august 2012 |
| Bekas ki aabroo ko neelaam kar ke chhoda | 27 November 2012 |
The above are the songs from “Ek Hi Raasta” that are on the blog. The last post was in November of 2012. Don’t know how the movie has missed being YYIIPPEEEED. This post hopes to take it one step closer.
Meena Kumari was barely 38 when she bid goodbye to this world in 1972. Unbelievable that it is 49 years ago. Paying tribute to this uniquely beautiful lady who had a sweet voice too.
Today’s song is in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar, the first part of the song being in Hemant Kumar’s voice. It shows the young mother trying to forget her pain and put her son to sleep and how both of them are missing the father.
Audio
Video
Song-So jaa nanhe mere tu to so jaa(Ek Hi Raasta)(1956) Singers-Hemant Kumar, Lata, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-Hemant Kumar
Lyrics
bhola bachpan
dukhi jawaani
lambi sooni raahon mein
nikle dard liye manzil ka
do khaamosh nigaahon mein
kaun kahe raahi ko
kitni door kahaan tak jaana hai
jeewan ki sunsaan dagar mein
kab tak thokar khaana hai
so jaa nanhe mere
tu toh so ja
tu toh so o o ja
so jaa nanhe mere
tu toh so ja
tu toh so o o ja
jaagne ko pade hai
abhi din tere
tu toh so ja
so jaa nanhe mere
tu toh so ja
tu toh so o o ja
laut kar phir na aayenge
bachpan ke din
laut kar phir na aayenge
bachpan ke din
kho ja sapnon mein
tu mere aansoo na gin
tera nanha sa dil
mera gham kyun kare
tu toh so ja
so ja nanhe mere
tu toh so ja
tu toh so o o ja aa
mera saathi chhoota
meri kismat luti
mera saathi chhoota
meri kismat luti
aansuon ki toh ab hai meri zindagi
jaagna meri taqdeer hai baaware
tu toh so ja
so ja nanhe mere
tu toh so ja
tu toh so o o ja
so ja nanhe mere
tu toh so ja
tu toh so o o ja
Phir wahi naghma suna de
Posted on: October 9, 2020
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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These days I am searching for movies where only one song was covered. I discussed one such movie in my earlier post here where only one song from the movie was posted. Now I have come across another such movie. It is “Shaahi Baazaar”(1957). The movie made its debut in the blog with the song ‘dil mastaane jhoom le aaj gulon ko choom le’ which was posted on 29.01.2017. That remains the only song from the movie in the blog so far.
I had mentioned it in my post that I was revisiting and listening to many Hemant Kumar songs during recent months. This exercise gave me immense pleasure. Around the same time our respected Arun Kumar ji had posted this NFS from Hemant Kumar – main saaz bajaaun tum gaao. After listening to it I was totally lost in the magic of the voice of Hemant Kumar. It went down memory lane to my ‘cassettes collecting years’ from ‘1985 to 2004’ when I used to listen to such songs contained in my prized collections of cassettes.
After that I was following with our editors for one of the ‘vintage favorites’ of Hemant Kumar which I had shared earlier to post but somehow it didn’t materuialise. Nevertheless, another vintage favorite of Hemant Kumar (from my wish list) was again posted by Arun Kumar ji which was ‘wo khushnaseeb hai jinko yahaan qaraar mila’.
I came across today’s song when I noted one comment on ‘YouTube’ that this song was an ‘NFS’ but it clarified by someone that it was from the movie ‘Shaahi Baazaar-1957’ and maybe it was not included in the movie. When I checked in HFGK Vol-III for this movie’s song it was listed there. So, I am presenting this wonderful song today here on the blog.
“Shaahi Baazaar-1957” was directed by Balwant Dave and Padmakant Pathak for ‘Chandni Chitra Productions’, Bombay. It was produced by G.A. Thakur and Lim Bilimoria.
‘Shaahi Baazaar-1957’ was a ‘costume drama’ movie. The movie had Chitra, Mahipal, Rajkumar, Sapru, Maruti, Ramesh Thakur, Chaman Puri, Naazi, Helen, Sheila Vaz, Tuntun, Bhalerao and others. Mirza Musharraf and Sheikh make guest appearance in the movie.
The movie had eight songs which were sung by six singers viz. Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhonsle, Shamshad Begam, Mohd Rafi and Balbir. Lyrics of these songs were penned by four lyricists – Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (2 songs), Aziz Kashmiri (4 songs), and Pandit Shivraj and Madan Parihar – one song each.
Music was composed by two music directors Dhani Ram and S. Haridarshan.
Today’s song is written by Pt Shivraj and it is sung by Hemant Kumar. HFGK is silent about the music director of this song.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 27.03.1957.
Let us now enjoy today’s song in the voice of Hemant Kumar. I am sure one will immediately fall in love with this voice. The song grows on you as we listen to this song repeatedly. The composition spells magic . I am not sure if it is by Dhani Ram as many YT comments mention or it is by S. Haridarshan. Lyrics by Pandit Shivraj are beautifully penned.
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and its songs. Actor Mahipal and actress Chitra (I guess) can be seen in the picturization of this song.)
Video
Audio
Song-Phir wahi naghma suna de (Shaahi Baazaar)(1957) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Pt Shivraj, MD-Dhaniram
Lyrics
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de
dil ko deewaana banaa de ae
saaz-e-dilkash chhed de ae
chhed de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de ae
ghamzadaa khwaabon mein ae khoyaa aa
dard hai pehlu mein soya aa
ghamzadaa khwaabon mein khoyaa aa
dard hai pehlu mein soya aa
yaad phir naa be-wafaa ki ee
yaad phir naa be-wafaa ki
dil mein ik toofaan uthhaa de
dil mein ik toofaan uthhaa de ae
saaz-e-dilkash chhed de ae
chhed de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de ae
bhool jaa aa aa aa aa
bhool jaa aa
bhool jaa guzri wo raatein
pyaar o ulfat ki wo baatein
bhool jaa guzri wo raatein
pyaar o ulfat ki wo baatein
ho sakegaa jo naa apnaa aa
ho sakegaa jo naa apnaa aa
dil se us but? ko bhoolaa de
dil se us but? ko bhoolaa de ae
saaz-e-dilkash chhed de ae
chhed de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de
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Devnagri script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे
दिल को दीवाना बना दे ए
साज़ ए दिलकश छेड़ दे ए
छेड़ दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
ग़मज़दा ख़्वाबों में ए खोया आ
दर्द है पहलु में सोया आ
ग़मज़दा ख़्वाबों में खोया आ
दर्द है पहलु में सोया आ
याद फिर ना बे-वफ़ा कि ई
याद फिर ना बे-वफ़ा कि
दिल में इक तूफ़ान उठा दे
दिल में इक तूफ़ान उठा दे ए
साज़ ए दिलकश छेड़ दे ए
छेड़ दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
भूल जा आ आ आ आ
भूल जा आ
भूल जा गुजरी वो रातें
प्यार ओ उल्फत कि वो बातें
भूल जा गुजरी वो रातें
प्यार ओ उल्फत कि वो बातें
हो सकेगा जो ना अपना आ
हो सकेगा जो ना अपना आ
दिल से उस बुत को भूला दे
दिल से उस बुत को भूला दे ए
साज़ ए दिलकश छेड़ दे ए
छेड़ दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
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