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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, 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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Mukesh and his Composers – 26
There are many songs of Mukesh which I avoid listening too often. For every time I listen to them, I like to savour the magic in his voice afresh. Some of such songs are “Aansoo Bhari Hain Ye Jeevan Ki Raahen“, “Jaane Kahaan Gaye Wo Din“, “Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaaye“, “Ye Mera Deewaanapan Hai” and a host of many other songs. I know that the sample of above quoted songs are quite familiar and well-known, but then there are dozens of songs in the 40’s and 50’s which have additional flavor and uniqueness in them. It is extremely difficult to describe in words what effect the mind and soul experience on listening to such songs. Mukesh did sing them for situations in the film. What remains today of these movies is mainly the vocal impulses of his melodious voice.
Thus, when Avinash ji sent me lyrics and details of yet another Mukesh song, my mind raced to another such song because of the name of Sikkim state in the title. The song I recalled is from the film ‘Road To Sikkim’ (1969). I have already listened to it four times as I write this post. Just grab your headphones and enjoy the trance that this song generates – “Tum Jahaan Ho Wahaan Kya Ye Mausam Nahin“. This is the only Mukesh song from the film and needless to say, it has already been covered on the blog. In fact, it is the only song from the movie to be covered so far. It again gives us an indication of the popularity of the songs sung by Mukesh. Many films of yesteryear are now known only because of the songs he has sung in them.
In today’s post we are discussing another film called ‘Romeo In Sikkim’ released 6 years later in 1975. I reproduce below, the details provided by Avinash ji who has also provided the lyrics for this song.
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Film Details provided by Avinash ji
‘Romeo In Sikkim’ (1975) was directed by Hari Kishan Kaul for Radhika Films, Bombay. It had Shyam Pradhan, Ameena Kareem, Kundan, Rajan Haksar, Shyam Kumar, Dev Kishan, Raj Kamal, Om Prakash, Nazima, Polson and others. KN Singh, Junior Mehmood, Appi Umrani, Seema Kapoor and Hari Kishan Kaul had guest appearances in this movie.
Geet Kosh mentions four songs for this movie while also indicating the possibility of more songs for this movie. Mahendra Mishra, Shaily Shailendra and Sanam Gorakhpuri are the lyricist and Vishwanath is music composer. wsSuman Kalyanpur, Mukesh, Rafi and Usha Mangeshkar had given the playback.
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In my quest to find more info of the film on the net, I came across this blog sikhim.blogspot which provides very good information about some aspects on making of the film. Here is the link for the particular article – Romeo in Sikkim ; Sikkim’s first Hindi film (1975). I reproduce below the lines that the author states in the above post regarding Mukesh.
After 37 years of the first release of Romeo in Sikkim, the only thing that remains popular is that immortal song, “Jiska Sapana”.
It is this immortal song that I have taken up for today’s post. It’s a fast-tracked romantic song; not exactly Mukesh’s forte but it he pulls it quite well. Shaily Shailendra is the lyricist for this particular songand Vishwanath is the composer for the song. As per Mukesh Geet Kosh (2nd edition) it’s the only song that Mukesh has sung for composer Vishwanth.
I made a few queries on RMIM regarding the composer and also Sudhir ji sent me a couple of links to explore more on the composer. From the feedback on RMIM group and also my own efforts it appears this was the only film that he scored music for. There is another movie called Hanuman Vijay 1974 with Ajay Vishwanth as the composer. He seems to be a different person.
And then, there is detailed wiki page on the duo of Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy. This music director duo mainly worked for South Indian films. They composed music for one Hindi film – ‘Naya Aadmi’ (1956) which is already covered on the blog. This film apparently had 3 songs composed by Madan Mohan too. This duo had a break-up in 1965-1966 after which they also worked independently where in Viswanathan used his name as MS Vishwanathan.
Well, quite a digression. The obvious reason being same name confusions. I request knowledgeable readers to correct me if any of my content regarding the various composers is incorrect.
So, finally onto to this song by Mukesh. This is not an unheard song, but surely it is one of his lesser heard songs. And as is the case with all his lesser heard songs, this one too is a gem.
[Editor Note: Mukesh was born on 22nd July, 1923. We are less than one month away from the birth centenary of this peerless singer, to be celebrated on this coming 22nd July. This post is the first one in a short series leading up to this celebration, In this series, we will be publishing some of his rarest of rare songs. So please stay tuned.]
Song – Tum Hi To Ho Jiska Sapna Maine Dekha Tha (Romeo In Sikkim) (1975) Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – Shailey Shailendra, MD – Vishwanath
Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
tum hi to ho o
jiskaa sapnaa aa
maine dekhaa tha
tum hi to ho
jiska sapna
tum hi to ho
jiskaa sapnaa
maine dekha tha
jaane kab se
tum ko apna
maine samjha tha
tum hi to ho
sabhi kuchh mila tha lekin phir bhi
kuchh to kami thee meri khushi mein
dekha jo tumko dil ne ye jaana
tum hi nahin thee meri zindagi mein
tum hi nahin thee meri zindagi mein
tum hi nahin thee meri zindagi mein
tum hi to ho o
jiska sapna
maine dekha tha
tum hi to ho
ab to baahon mein aa jaao
chhod bhi do tum ye sharmaana
seekh liyaa hai kab se tum ne
khud bhi tadapna aur tadpaana
khud bhi tadapna aur tadpaana
khud bhi tadapna aur tadpaana
tum hi to ho
jiska sapna
maine dekha tha
jaane kab se
tum ko apna
maine samjha tha
tum hi to ho
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
जाने कब से
तुमको अपना
मैंने समझा था
तुम ही तो हो
सभी कुछ मिला था लेकिन फिर भी
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी खुशी में
देखा जो तुमको दिल ने ये जाना
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी ज़िंदगी में
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी ज़िंदगी में
कुछ तो कमी थी मेरी ज़िंदगी में
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
तुम ही तो हो
अब तो बाहों में आ जाओ
छोड़ भी दो तुम ये शरमाना
सीख लिया है कब से ये तुमने
खुद भी तड़पना और तड़पाना
खुद भी तड़पना और तड़पाना
खुद भी तड़पना और तड़पाना
तुम ही तो हो
जिसका सपना
मैंने देखा था
जाने कब से
तुमको अपना
मैंने समझा था
तुम ही तो हो
Honee Rahe Ho Kar
Posted on: June 7, 2023
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Today, we come to the 25th post in this series wherein Mukesh’s association with various composers is discussed. Usually, the highlight of posts in such series is the listing of songs in a tabular form wherein all details can be studied/viewed at a glance. However, there are many composers for whom Mukesh sang only a handful of songs. In fact, for the last two posts, it was the case of a solitary song sung for Lachchiram – “Bigdi Mein Koi Poochhnewala Nahin Hota” and Nandu-Pyaare – “Kiski Dharti Kiska Gaam“.
I will be completing a hat-trick of sorts with this post wherein we take up Mukesh’s only song sung for composer Surinder Kohli.
Unlike the much familiar GS Kohli, not much is known about Surinder Kohli though he seems to have sizable work in Hindi and Punjabi films. Our blog has only two songs so far for the composer – “Tu Mera Ranjha, Main Teri Heer” from the film ‘Qasam’ (1976) and “Vekho Loko Khidan To Pehlon Taahniaan To Phul Jhad’de Ne” from the film ‘Shaheed e Azam Bhagat Singh’ (1974). The following brief biosketch is from an earlier post by our dear Arun ji.
Surinder Kohli was born in 1937 in Lahore. He was educated in Gaziabad-UP and came down to Bombay to become a singer, when he was just 25 yrs old. Nishi Kohli was his relative and with her help he got a break and he sang first time in ‘Gul e Bakavali’ . Subsequently he sang in some other films like ‘Ek Din ka Badshah’, ‘Toofani Takkar’, ‘Phool aur Insaan’, ‘Rifle Girl’, ‘Cricketer. etc. He gave his voice to songs from 11 filmds. When songs stopped coming he became a Music Director and gave music to C grade and dharmik films. His first film as a Music Director was ‘Phool Aur Insaan’ (1976). He gave music to some 20 insignificant films. When films stopped coming he turned to cutting devotional albums in various languages and at last, in this he was extremely successful. So far more than 40 of his albums have come in Hindi, Punjabi, Gujrat, Marathi, Kannada, Bhojpuri Oriya etc. He gave music with Lalit Sen, Arvind Jha etc.
Yet again, I have been prodded by Avinash ji stating that the lyrics of the song are ready and incidentally, its again a philosophical song by Mukesh.
The name of the film is “The Revenger” which according to Mukesh Geet Kosh (MGK) had its shooting started somewhere in 1973. The film was not released and as such not many details are available about the film on the net.
MGK which provides more information about the film states that it was produced by Garima Films Enterprises, Bombay and directed by VN Mangal who incidentally is also the lyricist for the five songs listed for this film in Geet Kosh. As per HFGK star cast of the movie lists the names of Harish Kumar, Shaili, Satyadeep, KN Singh, Manmohan, Krishna and Ramesh Malhotra.
This movie ‘The Revenger’ (UR) makes its debut on the blog with the today’s song.
Now, let us listen to yet another philosophical song sung by Mukesh.
Song – Honee Rahe Ho Kar (The Revenger)(UR) (1970s) Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – VN Mangal, MD – Surinder Kohli
Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
honee rahe ho kar
koyee kya kare ro kar
karm ki batiyaan
tarey nahin taare ho raam
honee rahe ho kar
koyee kya kare ro kar
karm ki batiyaan
tarey nahin taare ho raam
ho o o
ho o
jeewan maran hai
maalik ki maayaa aa
kahaan saath deti hai ae
hardam wo kaayaa
sab kuchh samajh kar
moorakh hi rowey
tan ka ramaiya aa
jag nahin jaare ho ram
honee rahe ho kar
koyee kya kare ro kar
karm ki batiyaan
tarey nahin taare ho ram
mausam sukhon ke
mausam dukhon ke
jaaye na saawan
man ko bheego ke
maanav ki duniyaa
mangal khayaali
taaron ki chhatiyaan
barey naahin baare ho ram
jaane ye kyun hain
kaisaa hai melaa hai
bichhad kar musaafir
chalaa hai akelaa aa
jahaan din dhalegaa aa
manzil bhi hogi ee
chandaa bhi hogaa aa aa
phir tere dwaare ho ram
honee rahe ho kar
koyee kya kare ro kar
karm ki batiyaan
tarey nahin taare ho ram
tarey nahin taare ho ram
tarey nahin taare ho ram
tarey nahin taare ho ram
tarey nahin taare ho ram
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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होनी रहे हो कर
कोई क्या करे रो कर
करम की बतियाँ
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
होनी रहे हो कर
कोई क्या करे रो कर
करम की बतियाँ
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
हो ओ ओ
हो ओ
जीवन मरण है
मालिक की माया
कहाँ साथ देती है
हरदम ये काया
सब कुछ समझ कर
मूर्ख ही रोवे
तन का रमाइया
जग नहीं जारे हो राम
होनी रहे हो कर
कोई क्या करे रो कर
करम की बतियाँ
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
मौसम सुखों के
मौसम दुखों के
जाये ना सावन
मन को भिगो के
मानव की दुनिया
मंगल ख़याली
तारों की छतियाँ
बरे नाहीं बारे हो राम
जाने ये क्यों है
कैसा है मेला
बिछड़ कर मुसाफिर
चला है अकेला
जहां दिन ढलेगा
मंज़िल भी होगी
चंदा भी होगा
फिर तेरे द्वारे हो राम
होनी रहे हो कर
कोई क्या करे रो कर
करम की बतियाँ
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
तरे नहीं तारे हो राम
Kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
Posted on: May 31, 2023
This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, 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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Mukesh and his Composers – 24
LTNS is an unofficial Internet expression in vogue so much so that there is a wiki page too on it.
Well, its “Long Time No See” as far as my posts on the blog are concerned.
My honest excuses are detailed below.
Apart from the work routine, it was some sort of dejection that kept me away from writing. Dejection of meeting almost dead ends as far as search for rare Mukesh songs are concerned. It was my want of concentrating my efforts to try and trace rare songs that kept me away from adding new posts.
In the last couple of months, I pursued my efforts with renewed vigor by directly contacting some uploaders and collectors with my queries. A few responded, but there has been no communication or any hints regarding the sample rare list of elusive Mukesh songs. In fact, I have nearly half a dozen lists of untraceable songs.
Following is a brief gist of what I am frantically searching,
• The very first two private songs that Mukesh sang in Delhi before he came to Bombay are pressed on a disc with number N 14504. This particular disc and the two NFS therein does not seem to be available. Here is a post on the details of these total 6 NFS.
• The famous Rafi number from Do Badan (1966) “Raha gardishon mein hardam” was in fact sung by Mukesh for Ravi himself in the film Ghunghat (1960) but was not used in the said film. I sent an email to Gemini Studios also with no response from the other end. According to some sources, spool recording of Mukesh version was available with composer Ravi, who unfortunately lost it in 2005 Mumbai floods.
• Sangam (1964) has an unused song with the title “Kabhie na kabhi, koi na koi”. This could be available somewhere but is elusive as of now.
• Bebus (1950) with S K Pal as one of the composers has two fantastic solos and a great duet with Geeta Roy. However, one more solo “Do dil ho do dilon ka” does not seem to have been released on records. Needless to say, the film is lost in all probabilities and hence the question of film soundtrack version does not arise.
• Raat ki Rani (1949) had a Mukesh duet recorded by Hansraj Behl with Geeta Dutt. However, the same was re-recorded in the voices of Rafi and Lata and retained in the film. The Mukesh Geeta Dutt version has not surfaced anywhere.
Unfortunately, my efforts over the last couple of months to have some leads on the above have come to a naught. Well, the endeavor will continue for sure. And, as I said earlier there are many more untraceable songs in my lists.
Coming to today’s post, I tried to pull Avinash ji’s leg by reminding him that the month is ending soon, and the three-figure tally is yet to be achieved. In return, he pulled both my legs and reminded me of my LTNS on the blog. 😊
Further, in our direct messages on whatsapp, I sent him proof that I was indeed on the job. During this conversation, he reminded me for the second or third time that the lyrics of a Mukesh’s song from a 1971 film Sri Krishna Anjun Yudhh are pending with him for a long time. I was thus sort of compelled to take up this post.
One song from this film is already represented on the blog.
I have included today’s song in this series to have some sort of continuity. The composers are rather unknown, and it seems to be their only film. There are 5 songs in the film and the one sung by Mukesh is sung at the beginning of the film as the titles roll.
The title of the film is rather unusual as we all know the friendship of Krishna and Arjun in Mahabharata. However, there are several accounts stating the battle amongst the two to have indeed occurred. Whilst I was trying to find some lead regarding the story and circumstances of this battle, I came across another film of the same title released earlier in 1945. Naturally, the next step was to see if any songs from this 1945 film have been covered on the blog.
Lo and behold, there was indeed a debut representation of this film authored by our Sadanand Kamath ji. What is even more satisfying is the detailed story of this battle which Kamath ji has explained in full detail in his post.
I reiterate that the wealth of information available on this blog is simply matchless.
Again, coming back to today’s post, I have not included any table in this post as this is the only song sung by Mukesh in what was probably the only film of the composers Nandu-Pyaare.
Now, lets listen to this highly philosophical song sung by Mukesh.
Video
Song-Kiski dharti kiska gaam (Shree Krishn Arjun Yudhh)(1971) Singer-Mukesh, Lyrics-Pt Madhur, MD-Nandu Pyaare
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
subah ko dekha bante shaam
aanewaalon ko raam raam
jaanewaalon ko raam raam
kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
subah ko dekha bante shaam
aanewaalon ko raam raam
jaanewaalon ko raam raam
kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
har hriday paashaan hai
ghar ghar mein shamshaan hai
kuchh badlaa insaan hai
kuchh badlaa bhagwaan hai
kaun banaaye bigde kaam
kaun banaaye bigde kaam
aanewaalon ko raam raam
jaanewaalon ko raam raam
kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
bhaai bhaai mein phoot yahaan
mitr mitr mein loot yahaan
maar kaat ki chhoot yahaan
baat baat mein jhoothh yahaan
door huaa jag se aaraam
door huaa jag se aaraam
aanewaalon ko raam raam
jaanewaalon ko raam raam
kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
raam raajya ka raag kahaan
lachhman sa anuraag kahaan
bharat saa wo vairaag kahaan
seeta jaisaa tyaag(?) kahaan
seeta jaisaa tyaag(?) kahaan
kahaan ayodhya saa wo dhaam
kahaan ayodhya saa wo dhaam
aanewaalon ko raam raam
jaanewaalon ko raam raam
kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
subah ko dekha bante shaam
aanewaalon ko raam raam
jaanewaalon ko raam raam
kiski dharti kiskaa gaam
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When I was informed that today (8 May 2023) is World Donkey Day, then my Initial reaction was to have a hearty laugh. I thought that yesterday (7 May ) was World laughter day. How come the next day is an extension of that Laughter day. I in fact thought of writing a post of World Donkey day. I asked Avinash Scrapwala, who sent me lyrics of a song for World laughter day, for a song for World Donkey day. He promptly sent me lyrics of a song.
My original idea was to write a light hearted post on this occasion. But when I carried out some research on the subject, the mood of amusement soon turned into a sombre mood. I realised that making fun of Donkeys was unfair. They have traditionally been given a rough deal in Indian culture which they did not deserve. Even our Hindi film songs where donkeys have been covered, have used donkeys as a matter of ridicule. When I listened to the song sent on this occasion, I was relieved to know that Donkey is not made a subject of ridicule in this song that I was afraid of.
Yesterday while discussing “Laughter” day, I was wondering who are the persons behind such days. I could not get the answer for World Laughter day, but I could readily get the answer for World Donkey day. It is Dr Abdul Raziq Kakar, Low Carbon Livestock Expert, Camelogist & Ethnoecologist. He is behind not just World Donkey day (8 May) but also behind World Camel Day (4 August).
He realized that the hardworking donkey wasn’t being recognized for its efforts in building our society. Their input has improved the quality of life for people all around the world. He started by creating a Facebook group talking about the animal. In 2018, World Donkey Day was officially set up and it’s been celebrated every year since. Its purpose is to spread information about donkeys and how they impact human lives.
Dr Abdul Raziq Kakar is a Pashtun from Khaiber Pakhtunwa area of Pakistan. In his facebook page he describes himself as “a camelist, desert explorer, animal scientist, extensive livestock ecologist, nature lover, traditional knowledge seeker, and camel advocate (for food and agriculture). I love exploring the deserts and understanding the attitude of Mother Earth. I do environmental activism and planting trees on my own.” He did B Sc, M Sc and Ph D from Faislabad University of Pakistan. His PhD subject was Camel Science.
Donkeys, like Human, first originated in Africa and from there they spread world wide. According to wikipedia -“Donkeys were probably first domesticated by pastoral people in Nubia, and they supplanted the ox as the chief pack animal of that culture. The domestication of donkeys served to increase the mobility of pastoral cultures, having the advantage over ruminants of not needing time to chew their cud, and were vital in the development of long-distance trade across Egypt. In the Dynasty IV era of Egypt, between 2675 and 2565 BC, wealthy members of society were known to own over 1,000 donkeys, employed in agriculture, as dairy and meat animals and as pack animals. In 2003, the tomb of either King Narmer or King Hor-Aha (two of the first Egyptian pharaohs) was excavated and the skeletons of ten donkeys were found buried in a manner usually used with high ranking humans. These burials show the importance of donkeys to the early Egyptian state and its ruler.”
It is heartening to know that Egyptians treated Donkeys with respect for their contributions in their lives, even if people of some other countries, including India were rather ungrateful towards them.
Wikipedia further mentions that
By the end of the fourth millennium BC, the donkey had spread to Southwest Asia, and the main breeding centre had shifted to Mesopotamia by 1800 BC. The breeding of large, white riding asses made Damascus famous[citation needed], while Syrian breeders developed at least three other breeds, including one preferred by women for its easy gait. The Muscat or Yemen ass was developed in Arabia. By the second millennium BC, the donkey was brought to Europe, possibly at the same time as viticulture was introduced, as the donkey is associated with the Syrian god of wine, Dionysus. Greeks spread both of these to many of their colonies, including those in what are now Italy, France and Spain; Romans dispersed them throughout their empire.[24]
The first donkeys came to the Americas on ships of the Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus, and were landed at Hispaniola in 1495.[26] The first to reach North America may have been two animals taken to Mexico by Juan de Zumárraga, the first bishop of Mexico, who arrived there on 6 December 1528, while the first donkeys to reach what is now the United States may have crossed the Rio Grande with Juan de Oñate in April 1598.[27] From that time on they spread northward, finding use in missions and mines. Donkeys were documented as present in what today is Arizona in 1679. By the Gold Rush years of the 19th century, the burro was the beast of burden of choice of early prospectors in the western United States. With the end of the placer mining boom, many of them escaped or were abandoned, and a feral population established itself.
As for their use, Wikipedia has great details:
The donkey has been used as a working animal for at least 5000 years. Of the more than 40 million donkeys in the world, about 96% are in underdeveloped countries, where they are used principally as pack animals or for draught work in transport or agriculture. After human labour, the donkey is the cheapest form of agricultural power.[53] They may also be ridden, or used for threshing, raising water, milling and other work.[54] Some cultures that prohibit women from working with oxen in agriculture do not extend this taboo to donkeys.[55]
In developed countries where their use as beasts of burden has disappeared, donkeys are used to sire mules, to guard sheep, for donkey rides for children or tourists, and as pets. Donkeys may be pastured or stabled with horses and ponies, and are thought to have a calming effect on nervous horses. If a donkey is introduced to a mare and foal, the foal may turn to the donkey for support after it has been weaned from its mother.[57]
A few donkeys are milked or raised for meat. Approximately 3.5 million donkeys and mules are slaughtered each year for meat worldwide.[58] In Italy, which has the highest consumption of equine meat in Europe and where donkey meat is the main ingredient of several regional dishes, about 1,000 donkeys were slaughtered in 2010, yielding approximately 100 tonnes (98 long tons; 110 short tons) of meat.[59] Asses’ milk may command good prices: the average price in Italy in 2009 was €15 per litre, and a price of €6 per 100 ml was reported from Croatia in 2008; it is used for soaps and cosmetics as well as dietary purposes. The niche markets for both milk and meat are expanding.[28] In the past, donkey skin was used in the production of parchment.[28] In 2017, the UK based charity The Donkey Sanctuary estimated that 1.8 million skins were traded every year, but the demand could be as high as 10 million.[36]
In China, donkey meat is considered a delicacy with some restaurants specializing in such dishes, and Guo Li Zhuang restaurants offer the genitals of donkeys in dishes. Donkey-hide gelatin is produced by soaking and stewing the hide to make a traditional Chinese medicine product. Ejiao, the gelatine produced by boiling donkey skins, can sell for up to $388 per kilo, at October 2017 prices.
Bulk of donkeys are found is underdeveloped parts of the world where their treatment leaves much to be desired. They are kept under nourised and over worked by humans who themselves are from the lowest strata of society. In developed parts though, they are treated with more dignity.
In developed countries, the welfare of donkeys both at home and abroad has become a concern, and a number of sanctuaries for retired and rescued donkeys have been set up. The largest is The Donkey Sanctuary near Sidmouth, England, which also supports donkey welfare projects in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and Mexico.[35]
In 2017, a drop in the number of Chinese donkeys, combined with the fact that they are slow to reproduce, meant that Chinese suppliers began to look to Africa. As a result of the increase in demand, and the price that could be charged, Kenya opened three donkey abattoirs. Concerns for donkeys’ well-being, however, have resulted in a number of African countries (including Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal) banning China from buying their donkey products.
In 2019, The Donkey Sanctuary warned that the global donkey population could be reduced by half over the next half decade as the demand for ejiao increases in China.
Though Pakistan has someone like Dr Abdul Raziq Kakar who was instrumental in establishing World Donkey Day, Pakistan (unlike African countries) hs shown no hesitation in selling its donkeys to China on a big scale as has been reported in media.
We all have noticed that we do not care about our stray animals once they lose their usefulness. I hope India too joins the ranks of developed world and creates sanctuaries for these stray animals. In India, we have seen stray cows leading miserable lives on streets struggling to get nourishment. Under this circumstances, an animal like Donkey faces far more hardships, which it hardly deserves.
As for its nature, wikipedia rightfully mentions that :
Donkeys have a notorious reputation for stubbornness, but this has been attributed to a much stronger sense of self-preservation than exhibited by horses. Likely based on a stronger prey instinct and a weaker connection with humans, it is considerably more difficult to force or frighten a donkey into doing something it perceives to be dangerous for whatever reason. Once a person has earned their confidence they can be willing and companionable partners and very dependable in work.
Although formal studies of their behaviour and cognition are rather limited, donkeys appear to be quite intelligent, cautious, friendly, playful, and eager to learn.
I am quite sure that donkeys are intelligent animals. If we treat them with dignity and respect, I am sure we can get them to respond better to human commands, provided they are reasonable commands. We Indians consider Donkey as well as Owl as synonyms of fool, which is not correct. Donkes are intelligent, so are Owls.
When I checked up, I found that several other animals too have their international days. But most of these days have been pioneered by Americans and perhaps Europeans. In India, we supposedly consider cow a very important animal, but Indians have not pioneered anything like World Cow Day. There is one Cow Appreciation day in USA. India has the largest population of water buffalo. Together, these two creatures have made India world’s largest milk producer. But we do not even have a World Buffalo day pioneered by India. There is one national Buffalo day of USA, that is all. All this speaks very poorly for us Indians who cannot get World Cow Day or World Buffalo day and here I had planned to use World Donkey Day to ridicule the poor creatute. Not any longer. I have begun to look at donkeys with respect. They have played an important role in the advancement of human civilisation. They deserve to be treated with dignity. It is high time we shed our biased and outdated outlook towards animals like Donkeys, Owl, Buffalo etc, which gets reflected in the phrases that our language possess, viz “Gadha kahin ka”, “Ulloo ka pattha”, “bhains ke aage been bajaaye” etc.
The idea behind these days is to create awareness among people. I think I have certainly become more aware about Donkeys thanks to this “World Donkey Day”.
Let us come to the song.
The song under discussion is from an obscure movie called “Koraa Aanchal”(1973)
“Koraa Aanchal”(1973) was directed by Somesh Joshi & V. Mhatre for ‘Mexico Films, Bombay’. The movie had had Dheeraj, Narendra Nath, Snehlata, Laxmi Chhaya, Joginder, Junior Mehmood, Kamini Devi, Indumati, Birbal, Rajaji, Preeti, Vilas, Jerry, Junior Jerry, Nath Sayam and others in it. Actress Veena made guest appearance in this movie.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 02.08.1973.
“Koraa Aanchal”(1973) has six songs composed by Roshanlal Khatri.
The six songs were shared by four lyricist viz. Somesh Joshi, Shadab, Gauhar Kanpuri, and Paras Budhwani (one each). (Credit for two songs has been jointly shared by Shadab+Gauhar Kanpuri and Shadab+Paras Budhwani as mentioned in the foot-note for this movie page in HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980).
It is a movie of 1973 that was so far missing from the blog. It is Avinash Scrapwala who was bringing these missing movies of 1973 to the blog, but in this case, he has graciously allowed me to introduce this movie on the blog, for the reason that this song does contain a “Donkey” related song.
This song is sung by Usha Mangeshkar and an unknown child voice. Lyrics are by Somesh Joshi. Music is composed by Roshanlal Khatri.
Only audio of this rare song are available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
With this song, the movie “Koraa Aanchal”(1973) makes its debut in the blog.
Song-Jaanwaron mein seedhha saada ye hai ik chaupaaya (Koraa Aanchal)(1973) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Unidentified voice , Lyrics-Somesh Joshi, MD-Roshanlal Khatri
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
jaanwaron mein
seedhaa saadhaa
ye hai ik chaupaayaa
jaanwaron mein
seedhaa saadhaa
ye hai ik chaupaayaa
mehnat kartaa rehtaa
jo bhi laado wahi ladaayaa
samajh mein aayaa aa
bolo ji ?
nahin aayaa !!
koodaa karkat
ghaas paat jo bhi paaya
so khaayaa
koodaa karkat
ghaas paat jo bhi paaya
so khaayaa
dil ka sachchaa
akal ka kachchaa
ye prabhu ki maaya
samajh mein aaya
haan aayaa
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
gadhaa aa !!!
phaagun mein
khush hotaa hai wo
par saawan mein
rotaa hai wo
(donkey crying)
aley baap le
ye to bahot rotaa hai
guluji
ye kyun lotaa hai
phaagun mein sookhaa hariyaalaa
uski nazar na aaye ae
sab kuchh usne khaaya samajhke
ye phoolaa na samaaye ae
saawan paaye haraa jidhar wo
apni nazar ghumaaye ae
kuchh bhi charaa nahin hai usne
aisaa munh banaaye
aur motey motey ashq bahaaye
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
to bolo kya hai
bolo kya hai
gadhaa aa !!!
insaanon mein bhi hote hain
gadhey tumhen batlaayen
jo apni aukaat ko bhooley
bolo to wo kya hai
insaanon mein bhi hote hain
gadhey tumhe batlaayen
jo apni aukaat ko bhooley
bolo to wo kya hai
aise gadhe ko kya samjhen
jo chaand se aankh milaaye
chaand chakor kaa pyaar jo ho to
apni samajh mein aaye
gadhaa baawraa aa
chaand se aankh milaaye ae
chaand se aankh milaaye ae
gadhaa baawraa aa
baawraa aa
baawraa aa
Laali mere laal ki
Posted on: May 7, 2023
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We often hear this lament from oldtimers that things were simpler in their days and they have become complicated now a days. As a fresh entrant into the club of oldtimers, I tend to agree. Things were really simple in the old days. And they were easy to remember as well if you were a student who was required to remember these facts.
Take some examples from the past(my days of 1960s) and compare them with the present situation (2023)
| Question asked | Reply in 1960s | Reply in 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Name of all Presidents of India | Dr Rajendra Prasad, S Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain | Too many to recall and name |
| Name of all Prime Ministers of India | Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Indira Gandhi | Too many to recall and name |
| How many cricketers have scored over 8000 test runs | Only one, Garfield Sobers | Too many to recall and name |
| How many cricketers have taken over 300 test wickets | Only one, Freddie Trueman | Too many to recall and name |
| How many Indian cricketers have scored over 3000 test runs | Only three, Polly Umrigar, Vijay Manjrekar, Chandu Borde | Too many to recall and name |
| What are the various car models manufactured in India | Ambassador, Premier Padmini | Too many to recall and name |
| Days that are celebrated | New Year, Republic Day, Independence day, Children’s day, Labour day | Too many to recall and name |
It is the answer to the last question that has led to this writeup. This morning Avinash Scrapwala informed me that today (7 May) is Laughter day. Now what is this laughter day ? And who decides these days ? Every day now a days has some vague day or the other. There are some days that celebrate more than one topic, often vague and unheard ones. There are 365 days but there many be more number of “Day” to celebrate. It is an overload of “days” now a days. No one can remember them, and no one can “celebrate” them all.
Who decided that today is Laughter day ? Does he mean that we need not laugh on other days, or did he think that laughter has become so rare that a day needed to be dedicated for it ? I do not think that alarming situation has arrived as yet.
My own view is that all these days are meant to create business for say greeting card makers. But now a days even greeting card makers cannot keep up with these days.
We also have world music day. This one day is for others. We in this blog have our music day every day.
My take on all these days is that they are for lazy people. What is the need to have say Music day. We do not have this need. Every day is music day for us. Why should we have Women’s day. Every day should be a Women’s day and well as Men’s day. Also Children’s day.
Coming to Laughter day, I think this day too is unnecessary. At least for us music lovers. Regulars of this blog many of them also connected through whatsapp, share jokes in the group every day. So we are having our laughter day daily.
Nevertheless, someone has decided to have a world laughter day today on 7 May. By the way, is this fellow the same one who came up with the idea of Happiness Index ? Let him come up with a laughter Index as well. I can predict that European countries will top the ranking. India will be ranked behind Pakistan and Bangladesh and this ranking will be used by Western Media to pooh pooh India achievements in various sectors.
But that is in the future. So far we only have a world Laughter day today. So we have to celebrate it.
Looking at the right side of the blog, I notice that there are 88 songs under the category of “Comedy” and another 73 under “comedy songs”. Then there are 319 songs under the category of “lighthearted” songs. There may be more but they have not been categorised under these heads. So this suggests that we have about 450 songs out of 17000 plus songs as comedy song. This suggesdts that 2.5 % of the songs represented in the blog are comedy songs.
If we have world sadness day or world melancholic day, we in the blog will be right up there with the best sad and / or melancholic people there. But they someone will create a world melancholy index and prove that Indians are way down that list too. 🙂
When we think of laughter, one thinks of Kishore Kumar immediately. Quite a few of his comedy songs are already represented in the blog. To celebrate the Laughter day, here is a less known of his comedy song. This song is from “Phagun”(1973).
“Phagun”(1973) was directed by Rajinder Singh Bedi for ‘Dachi Films, Bombay’. The movie had Waheeda Rehman, Dharmendra (special appearance), Jaya Bhaduri, Vijay Arora, Om Prakash, Ravi Ghosh, Jagdev Bhambri, K.S. Kriplani, Vimal Joshi, Indu Mehta, Smita, Rajrani, Suman Sinha, Baldev Trehan, Ramlal, Pardesi, Narmada Shankar, V. Gopal, Anand (Mamaji), Beri and others in it.
“Phagun”(1973) had six songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the past. Here is this song, the fifth from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Mitra, Sunil Kumar and R.S. Bedi. Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by S D Burman.
It appears that only audio of the song is available. The movie itself came during the days when Rajesh Khanna ruled the roost and movies with other heroes did not find much favour with the audience. This movie was one of the lesser patronised movies of its time. That explains why this song, despite having the voice of Kishore Kumar in it failed to get popular. Personally I am listening to this for the first time. The song would have become popular had the movie done better at the box office.
Song-Laali mere laal ki (Phaagun)(1973) Singers-Kishore Kumar, Pankaj Mitra, Sunil Kumar, R.S. Bedi, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-S D Burman
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
Arey bhai
Tum log chup kyun ho
Bolo
Kuchh to bolo
So jaao o
Arre mitthu miyaan
Kuchh bolo ni
Hmm hmm
Kuchh chaalo ni
Hmm
Wadi chup kyun ho
Kuchh bolo ni
Haan bolon se Banti hai boli
Aur boli se bante hain geet
Geet
Haan haan geet
To phir
Haan haan aan aan
Hun hun hunh oon
Haan haan aan
Hun hun hunh oon
Haan haan aan
Hun hun hunh oon
Laali mere laal ki
Hun hun hunh oon
Laali mere laal ki
jit dekhoon tit laal
Hun hun hunh oon oon oon
Laali dekhan main gayi ee
arey
Arey main bhi ho gayi laal
Waah waah
Haa haa
Saadhu saadhu
Phir
Phir
raat huyi
Ek baat huyi
Chori chori chori ee
Mulaaqaat huyi
Phir
Phurr
Phurr phurr rr
Bataao ni wadi
Kyaa baat huyi
Keh doon
Keh do
Keh doon
Keh do
Hunh hunh
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Chaahe maaro
Chaahe peeto
Chaahe maskaa lagaao
Chaahe maaro
Chaahe peeto
Chaahe maskaa lagaao
Magar
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Bolo naa
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Chanakya pandit bol gaye
Udoon
Hi hi
Haa haa
Waah waah
Haa aa aa aan
Suno suno aur suno o
Wo oonchaa saa
Haan haan
Ped jo hain naa
Haan haan
Kal main uske
He hey
paas gayaa thhaa
achchaa achchaa
patte neeche pade huye thhe
pandit mullaah aa chadhey huye thhe
Ishwar allaah ladey huye thhe ae
Sar ke liye
Nahin re nahin
Ghar ke liye
Naahi re naahi
Dar ke liye
Nahin re nahin
To phir kiske liye ae
Keh doon
Keh do
Keh doon
Keh do
Hunh hunh
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Nahin kahoongaa
Chaahe maaro
Chaahe peeto
Chaahe maskaa lagaao
Chaahe maaro
Chaahe peeto
Chaahe maskaa lagaao
magar
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Bolo naa
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Nahin boloongaa
Chanakya pandit bol gaye ae
Hi
Hoore ae…
Hi hi
Hurey
Hurey
Arey baap re a
Main to darr rrr gayaa
Ha
Ha
Ha
He ah ah ah
He ah ah ah
He ah ah ah
(hunh ha ha hunh ha ha )
He ah ah ah
(hunh ha ha hunh ha ha )
Gaadi roko o
Paaro
Bolo devdaashaa aa
Roti kyun ho paaro
Haan haan
Preetam jo main jaanti
Hunh hunh oon oon
Preetam jo main jaanti
Preet kiye dukh hoye ae
Hunh hunh oon oon oon
Nagar dhhandhhoraa
Dhhandhhoraa aa
pit ti
Preet na
kariyo koye ae
chh chh chh chh
Allaah
To aashiq ko naa
Dikhlaaye buddhaapaa
Allaah
To aashiq ko naa
Dikhlaaye buddhaapaa
Haaye haaye re
Budhhapaa
Haaye haaye
Haaye are budhhaapaa
Haaye haaye re
Budhhapaa
Haaye haaye
Haaye are budhhaapaa
Jab ham bhi chaley
Saath chaley
Reechh ka bachchaa
Jab ham bhi chaley
Saath chalaa
Reechh ka bachchaa
Arey reechh kaa bachchaa
Arey reechh kaa bachchaa
Jaako naahin
Phate biwaai
U kaa jaane
Peer paraayee
Jaako naahin
Phate biwaai
U kaa jaane
Peer paraayee
Ayin
Raghu kul chalaa sati
Raghu kul reet sadaa
Chali aayi
pran jaaye par bachan na jaayee
jaayee jaayee
Ban chaley
Raam raghuraayi ee
Ban chaley
Raam raghuraayi ee
Chanakya
chi chi chi chanakya
Ban chaley
Raam raghuraayi ee
Chanakya pandit bol gaye
Hi hi
Hi hi
Ae guduum
Arey bhaalu aaya
Nahin aaya
To phir so jaao
(Snoring sound)
(whistling sound)
Dard ka doosraa naam hai zindagi
Posted on: February 6, 2023
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This article is written by Dr PradeepKumar Shetty, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new 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 Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #
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(The movie – ‘Saaraansh-1984’)
“Saaraansh-1984” is a landmark movie in the careers of director Mahesh Bhatt and debutant actor Anupam Kher.
The two songs in the movie were composed by Ajit Varman. A detailed writeup on him was posted in the blog, penned by Peevesie’s mom jee.
Varman, born in Calcutta in 1947, was fascinated by Music from early childhood, and had a flair for it. He ran away from home when he was sixteen. Living rough for the next few years, he learnt music (vocals, piano, harmonium, drums ) on the go. He calls piano a ‘complete musical instrument. He would loiter about while a church choir sang or would peep into Salil Chaudhary’s home when he was rehearsing a tune. Noting the boy’s interest in music Salil Da took him at musician in his orchestra. He got a chance to work with Pankaj Mullick, Satyajit Ray and Hemant Kumar too.
Varman came to Bombay (Mumbai) in 1970 to join Salil Da, who was an established composer by then. The soft bongo in Anand’s ‘kahin door jab din dhhal jaaye’ was played by Varman. A chance encounter with music arranger Sebastian D’ Souza opened the doors to the orchestra of Shankar-Jaikishan who were working on ‘Mera Naam Joker’. He later worked with Laxmikant-Pyarelal too.
The credits of low budget Muslim social ‘Noor E Ilaahi-1976’ shows Babloo-Dheeraj as music directors. Babloo actually is the nickname of Ajit Varman. The songs were well received, but, the partnership didn’t last.
(Among beautiful Sufiyana Qawwalis, romantic duets and bidai songs, there is a good rendition by Anwar of Bahadur Shah Jafar’s ‘Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon’, immortalized by Rafi Saab and S.N. Tripathi in Laal Quilaa-1960.).
Varman and Govind Nihalani stayed in the same lodge in Bandra (?) and Nihalani was aware of Varman’s prowess for and ability in music. ‘If ever, I become a director, you will be my composer’ the ace cinematographer had said. He kept his word when he debuted as a director with ‘Aakrosh-1980’. The gripping tale had fitting back ground music and for the song ‘kaanha re’ Varman received ‘Sur-Singaar Samsad’s’ Swami Haridas award. He recreated the magic again in Nihalani’s next movie ‘Vijeta-1982’ and ‘Ardh-Satya-1983’.
He worked with Mahesh Bhatt in ‘Saaraansh-1984’, ‘Janam-1985’ and ‘Jeewan Sandhya-1984 (Tele film). His total movies are about twenty plus. ‘Yeh Aashiqui Meri’ was his last. ‘Life is Beautiful-20212’ has his back ground score.
He took pride in being a musician, arranger, conductor and composer all himself. He scored music for several ‘tele-serials’ – Imtihaan, Agni, Apne Jaise types.
Believing firmly in work ethics and not lobbying for work, the assignments stopped coming. Married twice, both marriages ended in divorce. I think he had one son and one daughter. Poverty and ill-health led to depression. He died a lonely death in a Mumbai Hospital on 15th December’2016. The neighbors had to pool money for his treatment and funeral with zero help/attendance from the film industry.
The song under discussion is the second and final song of ‘Saaraansh’. Touching lyrics by Vasant Dev, beautifully sung by Amit Kumar (who sang the most number of Varman’s songs). The picturisation will make you emotional with ‘dard’ almost palpable on Anupam Kher’s face. Rohini Hattangadi, Soni Razdan, Madan Jain are among the others seen here.
Vasant Dev received the ‘best lyricist’ award at the 32nd National Film Awards.
With this song ‘Saaraansh-1984’ gets ‘Yippeeee’ed’ on the blog. Perhaps it is the first time when a movie with more than one song is being ‘Yippeeee’ed on the same day of its debut.
I am immensely grateful to dear Avinash ji for his technical support/assistance. He did it willingly as if it were his own post. I stand indebted Avinash ji. But, the troubles have just started for you Avinash ji!! 🙂
Let us listen to this song, “har ghadi dhhal rahi shaam hai”- just as sun is setting in the west.
Audio (longer)
Video
song-Dard ka doosra naam hai zindagi (Saaraansh)(1984) Singer-Amit Kumar, Lyrics-Vasant Dev, MD-Ajit Verman
Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
har ghadi
dhhal rahi
shaam hai
zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai zindagi
har ghadi ee
dhhal rahi ee
shaam hai
zindagi ee
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
kya karen
baat jab
baat wo naa rahi
ham kahen
ham suney
baat phir kya rahi
zabaan pe aa ke ruk gayi
baat hai zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
aasmaan aan
hai wahi
aur wahi
hai zameen
hai makaan
gair kaa aa
gair hai
yaa ham hi
ajnabi ee aas(?) si
aaj hai zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
kyun khade
raah mein ae
raah bhi
so gayi
apni to o
chhaanh bhi
apne se
kho gayi
bhatke huye panchhi ki
raat hai zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
Andhiyaara gehraaya
Posted on: February 6, 2023
This article is written by Dr PradeepKumar Shetty, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new 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.
Dr PradeepKumar Shetty makes his debut in the blog as an article contributor with this post.
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5315 | Post No. : | 17427 | Movie Count : |
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#the Decade of Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #
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(The movie – ‘Saaraansh-1984’, and tribute to Singer Bhupinder Singh)
Some movies touch you deeply, pull at your heart strings and get embedded permanently in your very being. It could be due the theme, the direction, or in the majority of the instances, the performances.
A few that have had such an effect on me are BOOT POLISH, MOTHER INDIA, SAHAB BIBI AUR GHULAM, DOST, KASTURI NIVASA (Kannada), MAUSAM, MOONRAM PIRAI (original Tamil version of Sadmaa), MASOOM, NAYAGAN, RUDAALI, BLACK.
The movie that is making its debut on the blog today is one such movie.
“SAARAANSH-1984” where a 29 year old NSD Graduate Anupam Kher debuted in the role of a 65 years old retired School Teacher, moved me to the very core. Kher’s acting and Mahesh Bhatt’s direction was superb in this movie.
Bhatt wrote the story, screenplay (with Sujit Sen), and dialogues written by Sujit Sen and Amit Khanna made the movie an emotional roller coaster ride. Able support was provided by Rohini Hattangadi, Neelu Phule, and Suhas Bhalekar.
Soni Razdan, Madan Jain, Akash Khurana, Alok Nath etc were in the cast.
Produced by Tarachand Barjatya of Rajshri Pictures the other credits of this movie are as;
Cinematography – Adeep Tandon, Editing-David Dhawan, Costumes-Amal Allana, Make up-S. Jayanta, Sound-Hitendra Ghosh, Art Direction – Madhukar Shinde.
The struggle of an old father coming into terms with the greatest loss of his life – the murdering of his only son in New York, his wife’s attempts at finding solace in the rituals and Pundits, standing up for a young woman whom they had taken as Paying Guest (against a local politician and his goons), contemplating suicide together earlier – the events unfold like a ‘tragic poem’ on the celluloid, but without losing hope for the final ‘ALL is WELL’.
Sanjeev Kumar, the thespian (with Sholay, Mausam, Zindagi, and Arjun Pandit, Trishul behind him) was the choice (in spite of Kher having been finalized by Mr. Bhatt) for the role by the Producers. But, Kher’s brilliant performance won him the ‘Filmfare Award’ for the Best Actor. Bhatt and Shinde also won for Story and Art Direction respectively.
The honor at the National Awards went to Naseeruddin Shah that year for ‘PAAR’. But Vasant Dev won the Best Lyricist award for ‘Saaraansh’.
This movie was India’s official entry for the Academy Award for the ‘Best Foreign Language Film’. It was included in the Panorama section of the 1984-IFFI. At the 14th Moscow International Film Festival, it was nominated for the ‘Golden Prize’ and Bhatt was given a ‘special prize’.
(At the ‘Filmfare Awards’, the other nominations for the film were for Best Film, Director, Actress and supporting actress- almost all the major categories).
So far for Mahesh Bhatt his movies ‘Arth’, ‘Naam’, ‘Janam’, ‘Aashiqui’, ‘Sadak’, ‘Dil Hai Ke Maantaa Nahin’, ‘Ham Hain Raahi Pyaar Ke’, ‘Sir’, ‘Daddy’, ‘Zakhm’ etc have won him critical acclaim and many were commercially successful too. But to me ‘Saaransh’ is his most sensitive work same like Anupam Kher’s sensitive performance in this movie among his other movies.
Today’s song is a beautifully created and equally well picturised one. Kher, Hattangadi, Bhalekar and Alok Nath are the known faces here. Sung hauntingly by Bhupinder Singh, the lyrics are by Vasant Dev and music by Ajit Verman.
As mentioned earlier, Vasant Dev was given the ‘best lyricist award’ at the 32nd National Film Festivals.
Today is Bhupinder Singh’s birth anniversary (born on 6th February’1940). Surprisingly his voice features in two other favorite movies I have listed above.
This part was conceived on the 18th July’2022 the day Bhupinder Singh left for his heavenly journey and was informed to Avinash ji.
Lyrics noted are as per the audio of this song which is a longer version than the video, and provided by Avinash Scrapwala.
I am grateful to dear Avinash Scrapwala ji for his technical help. I feel lost with these things. He reminded me often, waited patiently and helped to make this post happen. (As mentioned above it was conceived on the day Bhupinder Singh left for his heavenly journey i.e. 18th July’2022, a gestation period of nearly nine months!!!)
Thanks also to all our ASAD friends who constantly goaded me to make a start.
Let us pay our tributes to Bhupinder Singh with this song.
Audio
Video
Song-Andhiyaara gehraaya (Saaraansh)(1984) Singer-Bhupinder Singh, Lyrics-Vasant Dev, MD-Ajit Verman
Lyrics (Based on audio link)(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
hmm hmm mmmm
hmm
hmm hoo oo aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm mm
charnon mein aaya
hmm mm
kyun ho tum
hmm mm
yoon gum sum
hmm mm
kirnon ko aane do
hmm mm
patthar ki aankhon se
hmm mm
karuna ko jharne do
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
patton tinkon ka
banaa thha aa
ghar mera aa
dhhah gaya
bah gaya
ab kahaan baseraa
bheega hai man paakhi
anjali mein palne do
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
ye udaasi agar
chhaayi hai mere liye ae
peer ki raah bhi
hai bani mere liye
seh loon main har jalan
chandan wo ban’ne do
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
aisi chali aandhi ki
jhare paat sabhi
gir gaya
mil gaya
dhool mein
phool bhi
dhool ke phool ko
ankur ban
ugney do o
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
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