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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is from a C grade Stunt film – Fighting Hero-1946.
1946 was an important year in the history of Hindi films. This was the period when the impending Independence of India was on the Anvil and everyone knew that in the year 1947 it would take place. At the same time when the country was to be divided on the basis of Religion and another muslim country Pakistan was to come into existence. Many of the muslims in the film industry were excitedly awaiting their departure from India to the Utopia. This would, naturally, create a lot of vacancies in every department of film making. However, there was enough talent available in the remaining India to fill up the void. Hence from the year 1946 itself there were several debutantes. This made the year 1946 an year of Debuts of several new actors, directors, MDs, Lyricists etc etc.
The second World War had just ended, which had created inumerable millionaires, fed on black marketing and illegal trades in the war period. Many of them were keen on investing their ill gotten wealth in the film industry. Thus, there was no dearth of finances in the industry. From 1946 to around the early years of the 50’s, some of these ” novo-rich” persons provided finance. Some even tried their hand at directing films or even acting in it. Let us see what other things happened during this period.
By 1946 to 1950 old towers shook hard to crumble. The studio system almost disappeared. Film industry could now boast of people highly educated, talented and hard working. Even artistes with International experience and success like Dewan Sharar, Shakuntala Paranjpye, actor Ranjan, Balraj Sahni etc contributed to Indian films. The old horse of Calcutta-New Theatres broke down and actors, directors and Music specialists from Bengal made a Bee-Line to Bombay, thus making it the strongest ever film centre.
1946 was also an year of consolidation, in a sense that due to the iminent Partition of India on the basis of Religion, agreed upon by Gandhi-Nehru combine, made Muslim artistes and filmmakers plan to pack their bags and move over to the new Utopia across the border. Their vacancies were to be filled up by the waiting second line of actors,directors and MDs. The film industry was to have a complete new look within 1-2 years and the beginning was from 1946. Thus the year was very important.
The year 1946 was an year which saw many changes in the film industry. The II world war had just ended. Rationing and control on many items had created Black marketing. This made many people Millionaires. The extra income started getting invested in Film making. The increased cost of Raw Films made filmmaking 7 to 8 times costlier. A film which was made in about 1 Lakh rupees in 1940, needed 8 Lakhs now. Studio system was waning and artiste rates increased in Lakhs instead of thousands.
In 1945, only74 films were made. This number increased to 153 films in 1946. Further, in 1947, the film industry produced a record number of films – 181, but of course that was due to Partition. The quality of films was sacrificed at the cost of the quantity of films made in 1946. However, some quality films were made in 1946, indicating the changing face of filmmaking.
Film Dharati ke Lal-46 was made by IPTA people and it became the first film to be exhibited in Russia. Neecha Nagar-46 won the Grand Prix award in the French Film Festival. Film Dr. Kotnis ki amar kahani-46 was dubbed in English as ‘ The journey of Dr. Kotnis’. It was shown in the USA and then in the Venice Film Festival. Two musical films- Anmol Ghadi and Shahjahan were made in 1946.
Year 1946 also saw the Debut of several stars and artistes. In fact one can call 1946 as the ” Debut year” of the Hindi film industry. See this….
Nirupa Roy debuted in film Amar Raaj-46
Nasreen (real name Zareena), daughter of Rafiq Gaznavi and Anwari bai had debuted in her first released film ” Shahjahan-1946.
Geeta Bali debuted with a dance in film Badnami-46
Geeta Roy sang her first film song in film Bhakta Prahlad-46
Balraj Sahni debuted in the film Insaaf-46. It was a small role,though.
K A Abbas-Director, Pt.Ravi Shankar-MD, Balraj Sahni as Hero and Damayanti Sahni as Heroine made their Debut in film Dharti Ke Lal-46
Meena kapoor sang her first released Hindi film song in the film Eight Days-46. She also recorded her first Hindi film song in the film ‘Door Chalen’-1946, which was released later than the film Eight Days-46.
Sudhir Phadke debuted as MD in film Gokul-46
P L Santoshi as Director, Dev Anand, Rehman, Rehana and Kamla Kotnis debuted as actors in film Hum Ek Hai-46
Chitragupta did his first film as MD in Lady Robin Hood-46
Ram Ganguly became MD with film Maharana Pratap-46
Abhi Bhattacharya debuted in Hindi film Milan-46
Chetan Anand as Director, Uma Anand and Kamini kaushal as actresses debuted in film Neecha Nagar-46
Hansraj Behl debuted as MD with film Pujari-46
Madhubala(as Baby Mumtaz) sang her first song in film Pujari-46
Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote his first Hindi film song in film Shahjahan-46
S D Burman as MD and Kishore Kumar as an actor debuted with film Shikari-46
So, you will find the year 1946 was truly an year of change. The winds of Partition were already blowing and the second line of supplementary artistes was ready to replace the Migrators, after the Partition.
Film Fighting Hero-46 was produced by Keshav k. Talpade, under his own banner- Talpade productions, Bombay. He also directed the film. He had already directed another film-Stunt king-in 1944, so he got confidence. Later he also directed 2 more films for Basant Pictures of Homi Wadia and directed Fearless Nadia in Tigress-48 and Maya Mahal-49. After this his name does not appear anywhere. Keshav was earlier in the petrochemical business and apparently had earned a lot. However after this one film – Fighting Hero he did not produce any other film. He purposely chose this Genre of stunt films, because in that period, this was a genre in which a stunt film could be made in 5 to 7 lakhs only. Further it did not require well known actors or Music directors.
The Music Director for this film was Chitragupt for whom this was only the third film as a Music Director, having debuted in the same year with the film Lady Robin Hood-46. Chitragupt (16-11-1917 to 14-1-1991) later became a Melody maker giving music to 149 films and composing 1036 songs. He also sang29 songs in 16 films. He was one of my favourite composers. Though a genius, he was not lucky enough to ever join the grade A MDs simply because he did not get any famous film house as a mentor.
The film had only 6 songs, 3 of which were sung by Mohantara Talpade, niece of the Producer/Director. She started in 1942 and sang 117 songs in 54 films till 1958. She was a very popular singer in marathi films and NFS. She was born on 24-10-1926 in Bombay. She studied upto matriculation. She learnt music from Heerabai Zaveri, Shyamalabai Mazgaonkar and Navrang Master too. Khemchand Prakash recorded her first song in 1941 but her song in the film Mamaji-1942 was released first. It was composed by H.C.Bali, who was responsible for Saigal’s entry in films.
1946 was the best year for her as she sang in 12 films in 1946. Her best period was 1946 to 1948. Then Lata overtook and she fell back. She was married in 1949 and took a 3 years’ gap to raise a family. She became Mohantara Ajinkya. From 1952 to 1955 again she sang. Then she shifted to Marathi and became popular there.
The cast of the film included Sudha Rao, Iqbal Begum, Kavita Sardesai, Romesh Vyas, Moolchand, Niranjan Sharma and others. Except Moolchand and Niranjan Sharma, I do not know about anyone else in the cast. Moolchand made his acting Debut in this film. He acted in 131 films till the film Toofan-1989. He died on 18-12-1988. Niranjan Sharma was a well known Character actor. He too made his Debut in this film. He worked in 129 films till mata vaishno devi-1971. He wrote Lyrics in 3 films for 23 songs. Niranjan Sharma wrote the story and Dialogues of the film Fighting Hero-1946, besides acting in it. All in all, I guess this must be one of the most economically made films of that time.
Today’s song is sung by Mohantara Talpade and written by I.C.Kapoor.
Song- Mere sapnon ke raaja mere jeewan mein aa jaa (Fighting Hero)(1946) Singer- Mohantara Talpade, Lyricist- I.C.Kapoor, MD- Chitragupt
Lyrics
Mere sapnon ke raaja
mere sapnon ke raaja
mere jeewan mein aa jaa
mere jeewan mein aa jaa
aa jaa aa jaa
mere sapnon ke raaja
mere sapnon ke raaja
mere jeewan mein aa jaa
mere jeewan mein aa jaa
aa jaa aa jaa
sapnon mein hans hans kar aanaa
sapnon mein hans hans kar aanaa
jeevan mein tarsaana
sapnon mein hans hans kar aanaa
jeevan mein tarsaana
kaisi hai ye preet balamwaa
kaisi hai ye reet
kaisi hai ye preet balamwaa
kaisi hai ye reet
kuchh mujhko samjha jaa
mere jeewan mein aa jaa
aa jaa aa jaa
mere sapnon ke raaja
mere sapnon ke raaja
mere jeewan mein aa jaa
mere jeewan mein aa jaa
aa jaa aa jaa
jab se tose nain lade hain
jab se tose nain lade hain
tab se teri raah khade hain
tab se teri raah khade hain
dil mein meethhi meethhi chaahen
dil mein meethhi meethhi chaahen
khuli huyi hain meri baahen
khuli huyi hain meri baahen
mere dil ki aag bujhaa jaa
mere jeevan mein aa jaa
mere dil ki aag bujhaa jaa
mere jeevan mein aa jaa
aa jaa aa jaa
Jai Ambe jayaa Ambe
Posted on: January 20, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 3
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On this date ten years back viz on 20 January 2013, six songs from six movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 7371 | Kiye ja pyaar kiye ja pyaar | Rajputaani(1946) | 3 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7372 | Dhak dhak dhak jiya kare dhak | Sazaa (1951) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7373 | Kabul ki main naar | Krorepati(1961) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7374 | Ho mera dil hai nikhhattoo | Niraala(1950) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7375 | Ik shab ke musaafir hain ham to | Maikhaana(1967) | 2 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 7376 | Aa jaa badli ke sang mera jiya doley re | Dhobi Doctor(1954) | 2 songs covered out of 7 by now |
One can observe that three movies (out of six) whose songs were discussed this day ten years ago (on 20 January 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with three unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today.
“Rajputani”(1946) is chronologically the oldest of the three eligible movies. This movie was directed by Aspi for Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. The movie had Veena, P.Jairaj, Bipin Gupta, Ghulam Mohammed, Altaf Hussain, Azim, Baby Mumtaz, Noorie, Usha devi etc in it.
“Rajputani”(1946) had nine songs in it. Three songs have been covered in the blog in the past.
Here is the fourth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Mohantara Talpade. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music is composed by Bulo C Rani.
The song is a Durga stuti. So it was a fit song to be presented on the occasion of Durga Puja. But I guess that the movie uses this song as a prelude to some battle, where the lady seeking the blessings of Maa Durga prior to the battle sings this song.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio link:
Song-Jai Ambe Jaya Ambe (Rajputani)(1946) Singer-Mohantara Talpade, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-Bulo C Rani
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
jai ambe jaya ambe
jai ambe jaya ambe
jai chandike kul taarini
jai chandike kul taarini
jai ambike shubh kaarini
jai ambike shubh kaarini
jai khadaga khappar dhaarini
jai asur kulsanhaarini
jai ambe jaya ambe
jai ambe jaya ambe
shumbh nishumbh vidaarey
mahishaasur maarey ae
shumbh nishumbh vidaarey
mahishaasur maarey ae
maiyya mahishaasur maarey ae
brahma vishnu maheshwar..rr
brahma vishnu maheshwar..rr
sab tumse haarey aey ae
jai…aey ae ae
jai ambe jayaa ambe
jai ambe jayaa ambe
oonch neech koyee bhee
jo tumko dhyaawey
oonch neech koyee bhee
jo tumkho dhyaawey
maiyya jo tumko dhyaawey
man vaanchhit phal paawey ae
man vaanchhit phal paawey ae
sab jag it gaawey (?)
jai…ae
jai ambe jaya ambe
jai ambe jayaa ambe ae
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“Khidki”(1948) was produced by P L Santoshi under the banner of Arvind And Anand Films, Bombay. This movie had Rehana, Jawahar Kaul, Mumtaz Ali, Radha Kishan, Tiwari, Ram Singh, Srinath, Baba Raja, Abbas Rizvi, Harun, Deshraj, Shanta Kunwar, Indira, Neelam, Mona, Kamal Rani, Usha, Chanchal Kumari, Kalpana, V H Desai, Leela Mishra etc in it.
The movie had ten songs in it. Nine songs from this movie have been discussed in the past. Here is the breakup of the songs from the movie that have been covered so far:
| Song | Movie | Year | Sono Post number | Post date |
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| Tere binaa soonaa soonaa man ka meraa aangnaa | Khidki | 1948 | 2517 | 7-June-2010 |
| Qismat hamaare saath hai jalne waale jalaa karen Multiple version song | Khidki | 1948 | 5058 | 24-Nov-2011 |
| Kya hai zamaana chaahta fifty fifty | Khidki | 1948 | 7424 | 29-Jan-2013 |
| Jai bolo Mahatma Gandhi ki | Khidki | 1948 | 7426 | 30-Jan-2013 |
| Badi badi paati likhwainyaan | Khidki | 1948 | 10642 | 5-Jan-15 |
| Ae jee munh kyun chhupaana | Khidki | 1948 | 11134 | 16-May-15 |
| Hamen bhi koi yaad karta Multiple version song | Khidki | 1948 | 15389 | 20-Jan-2020 |
As can be seen, it has taken almost a decade before all the songs of the movie could be covered. The songs covered this year were rare songs not easily available.
Here is the tenth and final song from “Khidki”(1948) to appear in the blog. HFGK mentions this song as sung by Mohantara Talpade. It would seem that most of the song is sung by chorus, though.
P L Santoshi is the lyricist. Music is composed by C Ramchandra.
The song, created more than seven decades ago is an inspirational song, and talks about women empowerment in an era when this concept was difficult to accept even in western countries, forget India. Kudos to the movie makers for coming up with such a song. Indeed, a nation cannot progress if its women do not come forward and participate actively in this act of nation building.
With this song, all the songs of “Khidki”(1948) are covered in the blog and this song joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan jalti chingaariyaan(Khidki)(1948) Singer-Mohantara Talpade, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-C Ramchandra
Lyrics
Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan
jalti chingaariyaan
samjhe na koi hamen phoolon ki kyaariyaan
Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan
jalti chingaariyaan
samjhe na koi hamen phoolon ki kyaariyaan
Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan
waqt jab wo aayega
ki apne pran tyaag do
waqt jab wo aayega
ki apne pran tyaag do
apne khoon se jagaao
bujhti hui aag ko
apne khoon se jagaao
bujhti hui aag ko
hum machal uthhengin
hum machal uthhengin
ek saathh banke aandhiyaan
hum machal uthhengin
ek saathh banke aandhiyaan
Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan
jalti chingaariyaan
samjhe na koi hamen phoolon ki kyaariyaan
Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan
purushon ke aage aage hum kadam badhaayenge
purushon ke aage aage hum kadam badhaayenge
hum kisi se kam nahin
hum kisi se kam nahin
ye dniya ko dikhaayenge
apni aan ke liye
apni shaan ke liye
denge kurbaaniyaan
denge kurbaaniyaan
Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan
jalti chingaariyaan
samjhe na koi hamen phoolon ki kyaariyaan
Ham Hind ki hain naariyaan
Hawa chale saany saany
Posted on: October 19, 2019
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Today’s song is a Parody song from film Phoolwari-46. It is sung by Mohantara Talpade. Jayashree T and Meena T were her brother’s daughters, I believe. Mohantara was a major female playback singer in the 40s. Starting with film Mamaji-42,she sang 117 songs in 54 films, till Inaam-55. Though she got married in 1950 to Dr. Ajinkya, she continued with using her maiden name to avoid confusion. Mohantara was a popular Bhavgeet and film singer in Marathi also.
In Hindi films we find a variety of songs. Love songs, Happy songs, Sad songs, Comedy songs, Birthday songs, patriotic songs, Chorus songs, prayers, Lories, Bhajans and many more types.
However there is one type of songs which is a sure hit with all viewers and that is a PARODY SONG(in Hindi it is called VIDAMBAN song – विडंबन ). Normally a Parody song is equated with a medley of old popular song tunes, set to new Lyrics, enacted by someone else.
While this is right to a great extent, the actual definition of a Parody song is ” A song which involves changing or copying well known musical ideas or lyrics or copying a particular style of a composer or an actor or even a general twisted style of Music ”.
Our friend AK ji of Songs of Yore says, “As is commonly known, parody is an exaggerated imitation of a person, song, literature or performance to produce a comic effect. It seems parody has existed from the earliest days of dramatic performance. Wikipedia states that according to Aristotle, Hegemon of Thasos was the inventor of a kind of parody; by slightly altering the wording in well-known poems he transformed the sublime into the ridiculous. In ancient Greek literature, a parodia was a narrative poem imitating the style and prosody of epics “but treating light, satirical or mock-heroic subjects”. The ancient Indian treatise on dramaturgy, Natyashstra by Bharat Muni, is of similar antiquity. Though it mentions Prahasan as one of the ten types of play, from its definition it seems to be a low form of performance – something like burlesque – and not quite parody as we know today.
Where do parody songs in Hindi films fit in the above general description? Parody songs do not have any pretensions of being art. They are not intended to mock the original either. Very simply, these songs are a recognition of the original’s popularity. They include a large number of such songs. Broadly classified Parody songs are in two types: one, parody based on a single song, and the other, a medley of songs. There could be some more subtle variations within these broad categories.” (adapted, with thanks, from his article on Songs of Yore dt.2-3-2018)
The very FIRST Parody song in Hindi films came as early as 1936. It came from a film called ” Sunehara Sansaar”-1936. It was a Parody of a famous patriotic song by Dr. Iqbal-” Saare jahan se achha Hindosta hamara…” The parody song was ‘ Saare jahan se achha saabun bana hamara,hum kishtiyan hai iski…’
The lyricist was Vijay Kumar, B.A. and the Music Director was K C Dey.
When the song was released, instead of becoming popular, it drew people’s ire for distorting a patriotic song. There was criticism and several protests.
Another Music Director Master Mohd. (who was well known for composing many patriotic songs in those days, in his films) decided to make a Parody of K C Dey’s famous song, ‘Jao jao aye mere sadhu…’ from Pooran Bhagat-1933.
He included this parody song in same year in his film ‘ Miss frontier Mail ‘-1936. The lyrics for this song were- gaao gaao aye mere aye mere sadhu…’.
It was sung by Minu,the Mystique in the film.
This Minu was actually Minoo Cooper, a regular singer in Bombay city Parsi circles. He used to sing in many Hotels in those days. He has also sung a few more songs in Hindi films later.
This retaliatory Parody song was well received by the audience and it became popular too.
This song has been posted on this Blog, by our dear SUDHIR ji, on 29th June 2012.,along with a very interesting write up, for which he is known.
So, parody songs entered Hindi films with an interesting History behind them !
I can recall that during our younger days, it was our hobby to twist the popular songs with comic lyrics. Even today I still remember a few of them…
1) Jiya beqarar hai
Nargis ko bukhar hai,
Aja be Dilip kumar
tera intejar hai.
2) Dhoti chhod ke mat jaana
Dhoti saath mein le jaana
kasam tujhe mere Pehelwanki….
3) Bhaiya mere, saambaar mein Idli na dubaana
4) Ek saal pehle,tum to Bekaar the
Gadhe pe sawar the,
aaj bhi ho,aur kal bhi rahoge…
5) De gayi bill, budhiya dukaan ki… etc etc
I am sure many of the readers also must have done this,in their times. These song Parodies added spice to our lives. So when some film had a Parody song, we used to see that film without fail !
Making a Parody song is one of the easiest matters for the Music Directors and many Music Directors have resorted to Parody songs at least once, except probably serious composers.
The cast of the film Phoolwari was Motilal, Khursheed, Dikshit, Tiwari, Himmat Sharma (brother of Kidar Sharma), Leela Shinde, Baby Anwari etc etc. The film was made in Ranjit studios. Ranjit was almost like a factory, churning out films after films continuously. The studio had 6 shooting floors. When a Ranjit film was not shooting, the floor would be given on hire to other producers. When film Phulwari was being made, there were other five films shooting in Ranjit , on other floors. They were Prabhu ka Ghar, Chaand Chakori, Dharati, Rajputani and Seeta Haran. In this list, Khurshid had 2 films, Trilok kapoor was in 2 films and Mumtaz Shanti also had 2 films being shot there at the same time. In other films actors like Jairaj and Surendra were acting. By the way this was Khurshid’s last film at Ranjit Studios.
The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. Chaturbhuj Doshi (1894–1969) was a Hindi and Gujarati writer-director of Indian cinema. He was one of the top Gujarati screenplay writers, who helped script stories for the Punatar productions. He is stated to be one of the leading figures who launched the Gujarati film industry with work on notable films like Gunsundari (1948) and Nanand Bhojai (1948). He was well known for his family socials and had become a celebrity in his own right. He made a name for himself as a journalist initially and was referred to as the “famous journalist” & publicist by Baburao Patel, editor of Filmindia.
His debut film as a director was Gorakh Aya (1938), produced by Ranjit Movietone, though he joined Ranjit in 1929, as a scriptwriter. In 1938, he directed another film for Ranjit, a social comedy, The Secretary, and both films were box-office successes for Doshi. His forte was socials, regularly adapting stories and novels for films. He worked initially on comedies like Secretary and Musafir (1940), but then “shifted to more significant films”.
Chaturbhuj Anandji Doshi was born in 1894 in Kathiawad, Gujarat, British India. He was educated at the University of Bombay, after graduation he started work as a journalist for a daily, Hindustan (1926), working for editor Indulal Yagnik. His entry into films was working as a scenarist in the silent era for directors like Jayant Desai, Nandlal Jaswantlal & Nanubhai Vakil. He joined Ranjit Movietone in 1929, and wrote stories and screenplay for several of Ranjit films.
Film Gorakh Aya (Gorakh has come) in 1938, was the first film directed by Doshi. It was produced by Ranjit Movietone with screenplay by Gunvantrai Acharya & dialog-ues by P. L. Santoshi. The music, termed “good” was composed by Gyan Dutt. The Secretary (1938), was a “riotous comedy”, starring Madhuri, Trilok Kapoor. Charlie. The music was composed by Gyan Dutt, became a regular in most of the films directed by Doshi. Musafir in 1940 was a comedy costume drama, which had Charlie playing a prince.
Bhakta Surdas, a devotional film directed by Doshi in 1942, is stated to be the “most famous” of the several versions made. It starred K. L. Saigal and Khursheed “the singing idol(s) of millions”, winning “unprecedented popularity” everywhere.
Maheman (1942) starred Madhuri, Ishwarlal, Shamim and Mubarak. Music director Bulo C. Rani had come to Bombay in 1942, and joined Ranjit Studios assisting Khemchand Prakash in music direction.
Doshi helped enormously in the development of the Gujarati cinema. During 1948-49 he directed three successful Gujarati films which “brought immense success to the industry”. The success of the Gujarati film Kariyavar in 1948, directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi from a story by Shaida, called Vanzari Vaav, helped establish the Gujarati film industry along with other films like Vadilo Ne Vanke (1948) by Ram chandra Thakur and Gadono Bel (1950) by Ratibhai Punatar. His next Gujarati film was Jesal Toral (1948) based on folk-lore, which proved a big box-office success. In 1949, Doshi directed another Gujarati film, Vevishal, an adaptation of Meghani’s novel of the same name.
He also wrote stories, and one of his stories Pati Bhakti was used in the Tamil film En Kanawar (1948) produced by Ajit Pictures, which starred the Veena maestro, Sundaram Balachander, who was also the debut director and music composer for the film. In all he directed 24 Hindi films. His last Hindi film was Sanskar-1958. He had also written few songs in film Maya Bazar-32.
Chaturbhuj Doshi died on 21 January 1969 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Filmography-1932: Narasinh Mehta (Writer), 1934: Sitamgarh (Writer), 1938: Gorakh Aya, Secretary, 1939: Adhuri Kahani, 1940: Musafir, 1941:Pardesi, Sasural, 1942: Bhakta Surdas, Dhiraj, Mehmaan, 1943: Chhoti Maa, Shankar Parvati (Director, Writer), 1944: Bhartrahari, 1945:Murti, 1946: Phulwari, 1947: Bela, Kaun Hamara, 1948: Jesal Toral, Kariyavar (Director, Writer), Sati Sone, 1949: Bhakta Puran, Vevishal, 1950: Akhand Saubhagya, Kisi Ki Yaad, Ramtaram, 1954: Aurat Teri Yahi Kahani, 1956: Aabroo, Dashera, Dassehra, 1957: Khuda Ka Banda, Shesh Naag, 1958: Sanskar, 1960: Mehndi Rang Lagyo (Writer, Lyricist) (Thanks to Gujarati articles provided by Harish Raghuwanshi ji and Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema).
In the cast, you will find a name Dikshit or Dixit. In the olden films Dixit and Ghory was a comedy pair, which became very famous. Some times they even acted singly in different films. Phoolwari-46 was one such film for Dixit.
Manohar Janardhan Dixit was born on 12-11-1906 at Sinner in Nashik district,Maharashtra (Bombay state at that time.) His comedy career started with silent film ‘Sparkling youth’-1930. His first day of work in a film was 14-11-1929. He did 3 more silent films with Navjivan Films and then joined Ranjit studio. Here he met his mate Nazir Ahmed Ghori,born on 11-8-1901 at Bombay.He was the senior of the two,having started in 1927. He worked till 1931 in silent films of various companies and then joined Ranjit studio in 1931 Here too he did 4 silent films.
He paired with Dixit first time in Char Chakram-1932,directed by Jayant Desai.The film was a terrific hit and the pair did many films together like, Bhutio mahal, Do Badmash, Bhola shikar, Bhool bhulaiya, Vishwamohini, Nadira etc. They worked together till 1947,doing solo films also in between. Unfortunately none of their films have survived and we know about their acting only through Photographs,interviews and articles. However Dixit’s solo films like Pehle Aap-44, Jeevan yatra-46, Aap ki sewa mein-47 and Pugree-47 are still available. In film Pugree,his name was Ramu kaka and the very fat Dixit (222 pounds) carried the world’s smallest dog-Chikoo in the film. Later comedian Omprakash did this role in the remake of the film in Dil Daulat Duniya-1972.
Dixit acted in 66 Talkie films and 8 silent films in 17 years. He died on 29-6-1949 due to a massive heart attack. His partner Ghori migrated to Pakistan and did 8 films there till 1960,without much success. He too died on 9-12-1977 at Karachi. (Thanks to book Ina Mina Dika by Sanjit Narwekar.)
Music was by Hansraj Behl, for this Ranjit movie. I have heard many many parody songs, have seen also many, but this must be the only time when the singer of the original song is also in the same film in which that singer’s song is ‘parody- ed’. Today’s song is a parody of the famous song of Khurshid from film Tansen-43 ” Ghataa ghanghor ghor, Mor machaave shor “. I wish I was able to this film.
Song-Hawaa chale saany saany (Phoolwaari)(1946) Singer- Mohantara Talpade, Lyrics- Pt Indra Chandra, MD- Hansraj Behl
Lyrics
hawa chale saany saany
hawa chale saany saany
kauwa kare kaany kaany
more sajan jaago o
jaago
more sajan jaago o
murga jaaga
murgi jaagi
jaage khel kabootar
murga jaaga
murgi jaagi
jaage khel kabootar
bhadak bhadak kar jaagi bhainsan
jaage saanp chhachhundar
bhadak bhadak kar jaagi bhainsan
jaage saanp chhachhundar
chhodo piya chaarpaayi
chhodo piya chaarpaayi
garma garam chaai laayi
more sajan jaago o
jaago
more sajan jaago o
dhanna dhobi ganga teli
natkhat nanda naai
dhanna dhobi, ganga teli
natkhat nanda naai
chhagan sambholi laaya goli
koot raha halwaai
chhagan sambholi laaya goli
koot raha halwaai
chaukwa khaska de bhaiya
chaukwa khaska de bhaiya
wahaan dekho jaaya(?) sainya
more sajan jaago o
jaago
more sajan jaago o
daal chadhi choolhe per meri
garam masaala laao
daal chadhi choolhe per meri
garam masaala laao
main talti hoon bhajiya bhaaji
tum bacche nahlaao
main talti hoon bhajiya bhaaji
tum bacche nahlaao
raho piya ?? joda
raho piya ?? joda
rahe jaise ?? ghoda
more sajan jaago o
jaago
more sajan jaago o
Main parwat khadi pukaaroon
Posted on: September 8, 2018
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“Wo Zamaana”(1947) was directed by Manibhai Vyas for Ranjeet Movietone, Bombay. This “historical” movie had Khursheed (Junior), Lalita Pawar, Altaf, Padma bannerji, Subhadra Devi, Sheikh Hasan, S N Tripathi, Pt Iqbal, Joshi, Ramswaroop, Nafeez Khalili, Kaabuli, Iqbal Hussain, Ibrahim, Bhupatrai Ojha etc in it.
This movie had ten obscure songs in it. One song has been covered in the past
Here is the second song from “Wo Zamaana”(1947) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Mohantara Talpade. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music is composed by Bulo C Rani.
Only the audio of this “calling the beloved” song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of the song.
Song-Main parwat khadi pukaaroon (Wo Zamaana)(1947) Singer-Mohantara Talpade, Lyrics-Pt Indra, MD-Bulo C Rani
Lyrics
main parwat khadi pukaaroon
balamva aa aa re
sajanva aa aa re
main parwat khadi pukaaroon
balamva aa aa re
sajanva aa aa re
teri palchhin baat nihaaroon
balamva aa aa re
sajanva aa aa re
teri palchhin baat nihaaroon
sajanva aa aa re
balamva aa aa re
wo mast morni ee ee
wo mast morni
mor dekh kar dole ae dole
wo mast morni ee ee
wo mast morni
mor dekh kar dole ae dole
tum aao to mere man ki maina bole ae bole
tum aao to mere man ki maina bole ae bole
main preet ka jaadoo daaroon
balamva aa aa re
sajanva aa aa re
main preet ka jaadoo daaroon
balamva aa aa re
balamva aa aa re
kya karoon kya karoon
kya karoon kya karoon
kya karoon
preet meri laaj ka ghoonghat khole ae khole
kya karoon
preet meri laaj ka ghoonghat khole ae khole
lo suno
jiya mora piya piya piya bole ae bole
lo suno
jiya mora piya piya piya bole ae bole
main kaise tujhe bisaaroon
balamva aa aa re
sajanva aa aa re
main kaise tujhe bisaaroon
balamva aa aa re
balamva aa aa re
main parwat khadi pukaaroon
balamva aa aa re
sajanva aa aa re
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“Mere Laal”(1948) was directed by Bal Gajbhar for Maharashtra Chitravani, Bombay. This obscure movie had Hansa, Pratima Devi, Chandrakant, Ram Upadhyay, Bhimrao Kale, shanta Thakur, Jog, Baby Devi, Ram karnik, Manohar, Ram Raje etc in it.
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