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Pehan Ke Nau Gaj Ki Main Saaree
Posted by: skapur01 on: July 18, 2020
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Today, 18th July, is the fourth remembrance day of the renowned singer, Mubarak Begum. In 2016, she had passed away in Bombay, at the age of 80, after a protracted illness.
A very unique voice that stands apart from all her contemporary singers, her repertoire of songs rendered reads like a list of favorites all the way through. Our dear friend Girdharilal ji of Jodhpur has painstakingly compiled a near exhaustive list of her songs in films. This includes songs in Hindi films, unreleased films, regional language films and also three films from Pakistan. The total number of films across all categories for which she has sung, is close to 135, and the total number of songs is close to 215. There is also a very small number of known non-film songs also that she has rendered.
She started her singing career in Hindi films in 1949, with the film ‘Aaiye’, in which she sang “Mujhe Aane Lagi Angdaai Re” under the music direction of Shaukat Haidri, also known as Nashaad later in his career. The list of films indicates that she was actively singing in films till as late As early to mid 1980s, a career that well stretched across three decades. The number of 215 may not sound very impressive given the duration of active years in the industry, but as mentioned earlier, the list is near stocked with favorite songs one after the other. An impressive portfolio, given that she – by her own admission, and as written by other observers about her – was not at all skilled at networking and self promotion in the industry.
Mubarak Begum had come to Delhi for a live program in October 2012. Our dear friend AK ji (of Songs of Yore) and myself got the opportunity for a personal meeting with her. One thing that she mentioned with stress was that it happened many times with her, that a recording was done, and then it was never used, or the song got re-recorded in another voice, without any information to her. She said that she lost many an opportunity this way, for her songs being published on gramophone records. Not many may know this, but she had recorded a song for ‘Mughal e Azam’ (1960) under the baton of Naushad Sb – a trio song in which she accompanied Lata Mangeshkar and Shamshad Begum. That song was later scrapped from the film.
Today, I present this very lesser known song from an obscure film from 1972 – ‘Naarad Leela’. As the name may indicate, this a mythological film produced under the banner of Neena Films, Bombay and is directed by Dhirubahi Desai. The cast of actors listed for this film are Shahu Modak, Sushma, BM Vyas, Indira Billi, SN Tripathi, Madhumati, Jeevan, Himmat Singh Chauhan, Lata Arora, Madhuri, AK Tiwari, Shri Bhagwan, Anjali Devi, Pal Sharma, Uma Khosla, Moolraj Rajda, Lakkiram, Om Prakash, Digvijay Narayan, Asit Sen, Tuntun, Yashodhara Katju, Parbha Desai, and Satyajeet. The songs of this film are penned by Madan and he music is given by Narayan Dutt.
On screen, this song is performed by Tuntun (originally Uma Devi), as she tries to woo and entice a bearded ascetic. Given the beard, I am not able to put name to this face in the video clip. I request other knowledgeable readers to please help identify this actor. And also add more information about the film.
The lyrics of this song have been sent in by our dear Prakash ji.
Song – Pehan Ke Nau Gaj Ki Main Saaree (Naarad Leela) (1972) Singer – Mubarak Begum, Lyrics – Madan, MD – Narayan Dutt
Unknown Male Voice 1
Unknown Male Voice 2
Chorus
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
pehan ke nau gaj ke main saari
aayee hoon ban ke sundar naari
jaag tu jaag arrey brahmachari
qasam meri jee jee jee
rey jee jee jee jee jee
rey jee jee jee jee jee
jee jeee jee jee
jee jee
kaun, maayaasur ?
nahin main maaya rani
prem ki teri diwani
haaye meri chadhthi jawani
banaa ley mujhko rani
aaa aaa aaa
daadhi moonchhein ab saaf karaa ke
arrey ban ja baankey jawaan
tod ke tan ki maala kar ley
in adharon ka paan
o oo o o o o o oo
daal ke sawaa laakh ki nathani
rijhaane aayi teri sajni
o chhaila abhi to kar ley mangni
baad mein
baad mein kyaa ehh
baad mien
jee jee jee jee
jee jee jeee jeee
jee jee jeee jeee jee
jee jee
chala ja yahaan se
yahaan se kaise jaaun
jahaan jaaun tum ko paaun
mann ko kaise samjhaaun
lagi ab kaise bujhaaun
aaa aaa aaa aaa
khoob jamegi teri meri
jodi o albele
chhod jog bairaag chal kahin
khel pyaar ka khelein
aan…aaan…aaan…aaan
sharam kyon karta mujhe apna le
arrey khol ke apne dil ke taaley
o chhaila
us mein mujhe bittha le
baad mein
baad mein kyaa
baad mein
jee jee jee
jee jee jee jee jee
hey jee jee jee jee jee
jee jee jee jee jee
jee jee jee jee jee
jee jee jee jee jee
jee jee jee jee jee
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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पहन के नौ गज की मैं साड़ी
आई हूँ बन के सुंदर नारी
जाग तू जाग अरे ब्रह्मचारी
कसम मेरी जी जी जी
रे जी जी जी जी जी
रे जी जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी
जी जी
कौन, मायासुर?
नहीं मैं माया रानी
प्रेम की तेरी दीवानी
हाय मेरी चढ़ती जवानी
बना ले मुझको रानी
आ आ आ
दाढ़ी मूछें अब साफ करा के
अरे बन जा बाँके जवान
तोड़ के तन की माला कर ले
इन अधरों का पान
ओ ओ ओ ओ
डाल के सवा लाख की नथनी
रिझाने आई तेरी सजनी’
ओ छैला अभी तो कर ले मंगनी
बाद में
बाद में क्या एहह
बाद में
जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी जी
जी जी
चला जा यहाँ से
यहाँ से कैसे जाऊँ
जहाँ जाऊँ तुमको पाऊँ
मन को कैसे समझाऊँ
लगी अब कैसे बुझाऊँ
आ आ आ आ
खूब जमेगी तेरी मेरी
जोड़ी ओ अलबेले
छोड़ जोग बैराग चल कहीं
खेल प्यार का खेलें
आ आ आ आ
शरम क्यों करता मुझे अपना ले
अरे खोल के अपने दिल के ताले
ओ छैला उसमें मुझे बिठा ले
बाद में
बाद में क्या
बाद में
जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी जी
जी जी जी जी जी
Ruke ruke se kadam mud ke baar baar chale
Posted by: Atul on: November 9, 2019
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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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Hindi Songs in Bangla Films – 6
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A couple of months’ back, I had come across a Hindi song ‘ruke ruke se kadam’ from a Bangla film, ‘Laal Pathore’ (1964) sung by Mubarak Begum under the music direction of Salil Chowdhury. I could not locate the picturised version of the song. The tune of the song gives me an impression that it is picturised as a mujra song. While it was a new song for me, the ‘mukhda’ of the song sounded familiar to me. Oh! Yes. It was the more famous song, ruke ruke se kadam from ‘Mausam’ (1975) sung by Lata Mangeshkar under the music direction of Madan Mohan. Both the songs have almost the same lyrics which are accredited to Gulzar. So, it is one song, composed in two tunes by two different music directors, depicting two different emotions.
There is a section of the Hindi film music lovers who feels that credit for both the songs should go to Mirza Ghalib as he had originally written this ghazal which Gulzar has merely changed a few words to give an easy understanding of the original words. So, I decided to make a reality check by comparing the original ghazal written by Mirza Gahlib and the versions written by Gulzar for both the films mentioned above.
The original ghazal written by Mirza Ghalib has five she’rs. The ghazal written by Gulzar for the Bangla film ‘Laal Pathore’ (1964) has four she’rs and that for ‘Mausam’ (1975) has three she’rs. Let us compare the she’rs of all the three versions of the ghazal in a tabular form for easy verification as to whether the ‘allegation’ on Gulzar has substance or not.
| Original ghazal by Mirza Ghalib | Gulzar’s version of the ghazal – ‘Laal Pathore’ (1964) | Gulzar’s version of the ghazal – ‘Mausam’ (1975) |
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| Ruke ruke se kadam ruk ke baar baar chale.Qaraar de ke tere dar se beqaraar chale. |
Ruke ruke se kadam mud ke baar baar chale.Qaraar le ke tere dar se beqaraar chale. |
Ruke ruke se kadam ruk ke baar baar chale.Qaraar le ke tere dar se beqaraar chale |
| Uthaaye phirte thhe ehsaan jism kaa jaan par.
Chale jahaan se to |
Uthaaye phirte thhe ehsaan dil kaa seene par.
Tumhaare kadmon mein |
Uthaaye phirte thhe ehsaan dil kaa seene par.
Le tere kadmon mein |
| Na jaane kaun si mitti watan ki mitti thhi.
Nazar mein dhool jigar mein liye ghubaar chale. |
[Not used] | [Not used] |
| Sahar naa aayi kayi baar neend se jaage.
Thhi raat raat ki ye zindagi guzaar chale. |
Sahar naa aayi kayi baar aaftaab aaya.
Ham intezaar mein ye raat bhi guzaar chale. |
Subah naa aayi kayi baar neend se jaage.
ki ek raat ki ye zindagi guzaar chale |
| Mili hai shama se ye rasm-e-aashiqui hamko.
Gunaah haath pe le kar gunaahgaar chale. |
Shama se seekhi hai ye rasm-e-aashiqui hamne.
Gunaah haath pe le kar gunaahgaar chale. |
[Not used] |
Note: Bold words indicate changes from the original she’rs.
It will be observed from the above table that Gulzar has made only some cosmetic changes in the original ghazal written by Mirza Ghalib which has been used in the two films mentioned above. Hence, the credit for the two ghazals used in the films should have rightly gone to Mirza Ghalib. I am aware that Gulzar is a great fan of Mirza Ghalib and he had used Mirza Ghalib’s she’rs in a couple of his other songs including dil dhoondhta hai phir wahi fursat ke raat din. So, I thought that he may have given due credit to Mirza Ghalib in his film ‘Mausam’ (1975) for his inspirations. But in the credit title of the film in DVD version, there is no acknowledgement to Mirza Ghalib.
Coming back to the song ‘ruke ruke se kadam mud ke baar baar chale’ from the Bangla film, ‘Laal Pathore’ (1964), as mentioned earlier, this song is not available in the DVD version of the film. I feel that this mujra song may have been partially used in the film. But the full song is available on the record version which was issued by Saregama (then HMV). There is another Hindi song in the film, ‘saans ke zakhm bhar raha hai koi’ written by Gulzar and sung by Manna Dey which is partially used in the film.
‘Laal Pathore’ (1964, Bangla) in which Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi (Chaudhury) and Srabani Basu acted in main roles was later made in Hindi as ‘Laal Pathar’ (1971) with corresponding roles for Rajkumar, Hema Malini and Rakhi. Both the versions were directed by Sushil Majumdar. While Salil Chowdhury composed the music for Bangla version, Shankar-Jaikishan composed the music for Hindi version.
I was enthralled with the Ghazal King Madan Mohan’s version of the ghazal, ‘ruke ruke se kadam’ from ‘Mausam’ (1975)’ Let us now enjoy Salil Chowdhury’s version of the same ghazal in a different setting.
Lastly, let us also give credit to Mirza Ghalib for the lyrics of both the version of the ghazal along with Gulzar.
Audio link:
Song-Ruke ruke se kadam mud ke baar baar chale (Laal Pathore)(Bangla)(1964) Singer-Mubarak Begam, Lyrics-Gulzar, MD-Salil Chaudhary
Lyrics
ruke ruke se kadam mud ke baar baar chale
ruke ruke se kadam mud ke baar baar chale
qaraar le ke tere dar se beqaraar chale
qaraar le ke tere dar se beqaraar chale
sahar naa aayi kayi baar aaftaab aaya
sahar naa aayi kayi baar aaftaab aaya
sahar naa aayi kayi baar aaftaab aaya
ham intezaar mein ye raat bhi guzaar chale
ham intezaar mein ye raat bhi guzaar chale
qaraar le ke tere dar se beqaraar chale
shama se seekhi hai ye rasm-e-aashiqui hamne
shama se seekhi hai ye rasm-e-aashiqui hamne
shama se seekhi hai ye rasm-e-aashiqui hamne
gunaah haath pe le kar gunaahgaar chale
gunaah haath pe le kar gunaahgaar chale
qaraar le ke tere dar se beqaraar chale
uthaaye phirte thhe ehsaan dil kaa seene par
uthaaye phirte thhe ehsaan dil kaa seene par
uthaaye phirte thhe ehsaan dil kaa seene par
tumhaare kadmon mein ye karz bhi utaar chale
tumhaare kadmon mein ye karz bhi utaar chale
qaraar le ke tere dar se beqaraar chale
ruke ruke se kadam mud ke baar baar chale
Kyon Hum Ne Mohabbat Ki Un Se
Posted by: skapur01 on: July 5, 2019
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Missing Films of 1960s – 113
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Famous last words, and all the associated idiomatic paraphernalia that goes along – well, it has happened with me too. 🙂 On Monday last (1st July), while posting the 112th episode of this series, I had, with much fanfare announced that no more films of 1960s are traceable at present. And the very same day, our dear Sadanand ji pointed me towards a link on YT – a song uploaded by Shri Girdhari Lal ji (of Jodhpur), from the film ‘Rang Raliyaan’ of 1962. This film is on the list of 79 films that I posted in that article – list of films that are still to be traced.
And so in my defense I want to state that Girdhari Lal ji is one of the earliest sources that I consulted, while searching for the missing films and songs. That must have been about 3 to 4 years ago, when I had started working on this series. At that point in time, he had told me that, he had not yet started working on the films from 1960s, so he could not say with certainty. Later, as I was getting to close this series, I should have checked with him again, but missed doing that. And this upload has been online for about 11 months now. 🙂
In my article I have written at one place,
The last column gives the no. of films which are not yet available, and I mean, not available from any source, period. As far as my search of the past almost four years reveals, songs of these films are not available anywhere in public domain. I could be wrong, and oh boy, I will be the happiest person to be told that I am wrong 🙂 .
Yes, I am happy to get hold of songs from a very rare and obscure film, and also to bring this film on board. And I heartfully thank Sadanand ji for bringing this song and upload to my notice. Further, I am so glad that providence made me close that article with the lines,
I suspend further publications in this series. I say suspend, because I want to leave the door open for the possibility that any of the remaining 79 films of this decade, may turn up, only God knows where and when.
Well, one of the films did turn up right away. 🙂
Not only has Girdhari Lal ji uploaded these songs online, he also sent me many more details about the film itself, which I am presenting here.
The film is produced by Achchhe Saheb (name given in Geet Kosh). It is directed by Aziz Kashmiri, who has also written the songs in this film. The cast of actors of this film includes Meena, Manhar Desai, Manju, Randheer, Dalpat and Om Prakash.
The film has seven songs, one of which is a long two part song. All songs are written by Aziz Kashmiri. Three music directors have contributed to the film – Vinod, Lachhiram and S Bannerji. This particular song is composed by Lachhiram. The singing voice is that of Mubarak Begum.
This song is vintage Mubarak Begum. As I listened to this song multiple times, the rendition and the nuances kept taking my mind back to her other hit songs like “Tumhaara Dil Mere Dil Ke Muqaabil Ho Nahin Sakta. . . Bemuravvat Bewafaa. . .”, “Aankhon Aankhon Mein Har Ek Raat Guzar Jaati Hai”, and “Mere Aansuon Pe Na Muskura”. A sad song of a broken heart, I simply do not seem to be able to get enough of listening to it. A very rare and a very obscure addition to our blog – a song whose existence we have not been aware of all these years.
And yes, this find also gives hope and encouragement that more of the missing films and songs may be recovered in time.
Aameen.
Song – Kyon Hum Ne Mohabbat Ki Un Se (Rang Raliyaan) (1962) Singer – Mubarak Begum, Lyrics – Aziz Kashmiri, MD – Lachhiram
Lyrics
kya bhale din the
tabiyat jab kahin aai na thi
chot wo khaai hai dil par
jo kabhi khaai na thi
kyon hum ne mohabbat ki un se
oo oo oo
kyon hum ne mohabbat ki un se
kyon dil ka sukoon barbaad kiya
kyon un ke liye badnaam huye
oo oo oo
kyon un ke liye badnaam huye
kyon khaana e gham abaad kiya
kyon hum ne mohabbat. . .
daaman mein hai gham tum kya jaano
daaman mein hai gham tum kya jaano
majboor hain hum tum kya jaano
tum kya jaano
wo dil ki khushi paayenge kahaan
oo oo oo
wo dil ki khushi paayenge kahaan
kismet ne jinhen nashaad kiya
kyon hum ne mohabbat. . .
ae baad e saba tu jaa ke zara
ae baad e saba tu jaa ke zara
keh dena ye paighaam mera
paighaam mera
hum aur to sab kuchh bhool gaye
oo oo oo
hum aur to sab kuchh bhool gaye
ik teri wafaa ko yaad kiya..aa..aa. . .
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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क्या भले दिन थे
तबीयत जब कहीं आई ना थी
चोट वो खाई है दिल पर
जो कभी खाई ना थी
क्यों हमने मोहब्बत की तुमसे
ओ ओ ओ
क्यों हमने मोहब्बत की तुमसे
क्यों दिल का सुकूँ बर्बाद किया
क्यों उनके लिए बदनाम हुये
ओ ओ ओ
क्यों उनके लिए बदनाम हुये
क्यों खाना ए ग़म आबाद किया
क्यों हमने मोहब्बत॰ ॰ ॰
दामन में है ग़म तुम क्या जानो
दामन में है ग़म तुम क्या जानो
मजबूर हैं हम तुम क्या जानो
तुम क्या जानो
वो दिल की खुशी पाएंगे कहाँ
ओ ओ ओ
वो दिल की खुशी पाएंगे कहाँ
किस्मत ने जिन्हें नाशाद किया
क्यों हमने मोहब्बत॰ ॰ ॰
ए बाद ए सबा तू जा के ज़रा
ए बाद ए सबा तू जा के ज़रा
कह देना ये पैग़ाम मेरा
पैग़ाम मेरा
हम और तो सब कुछ भूल गए
ओ ओ ओ
हम और तो सब कुछ भूल गए
इक तेरी वफ़ा को याद किया॰॰आ॰॰आ॰ ॰ ॰
Dil ki duniya pe chha gaya koi
Posted by: Atul on: November 18, 2018
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“Africa” (1954) was produced by by C Chandrakant and directed by K Kant for Movie India, Bombay. The movie had Baburao pahalwan , Krishna Kumari, Habib, Alice, Ishwar, R S Pawar, Madan Kapoor, Shaikh, D N Devesh, Parmesh, Babu, Raghu, Gopal, Ahmad, Kaka, Nagendra, Kumar Sharma, R S Dewan (Gorilla) etc in it.
The movie had five songs in it. One song has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from this obscure movie. The song is sung by Mubarak Begam. Lyricist is Kumar Sharma Vanvasi. Music is composed by Robin Chatterji.
Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
(Audio video not available on Youtube – This is another site audio mp3 song)
Audio – Mp3 Link
Click Here – Dil Ki Duniya Pe Chha Gaya Koi.mp3
Song-Dil ki duniya pe chhaa gaya koi (Africa)(1954) Singer-Mubarak Begam, Lyrics-Kumar Sharma Vanwasi, MD-Robin Chatterji
Lyrics
dil ki duniya pe chha gaya koi
mujhko apna bana gaya koi
bana gaya koi
dil ki duniya pe chha gaya koi
mujhko apna bana gaya koi
bana gaya koi
maine ab tak na kuchh bhi seekha tha
pyar karna sikha gaya koi
sikha gaya koi
dil ki duniya pe chha gaya koi
mujhko apna bana gaya koi
bana gaya koi
mast aankhon ke ek ishaare se
aag dil mein laga gaya koi
laga gaya koi
dil ki duniya pe chha gaya koi
mujhko apna bana gaya koi
bana gaya koi
chain tab se hi ho gaya rukhsat
aankh jab se lada gaya koi
lada gaya koi
dil ki duniya pe chha gaya koi
mujhko apna bana gaya koi
bana gaya koi
pyaar mein main to ho gayi paagal
mujhpe jaadu chala gaya koi
chala gaya koi
dil ki duniya pe chha gaya koi
mujhko apna bana gaya koi
bana gaya koi
O ho dilwaale
Posted by: Atul on: September 4, 2018
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| Blog Day : | 3700 | Post No. : | 14621 |
Today (4 september 2018) happens to be the 3700th day of existence for this blog. Though we have had 37 such centuries so far, we began to take notice of this century only from century number 34 (viz post number 3400) onwards.
We began to post special articles and songs to mark these special occasions. The 3400th day has an interesting post by Sudhir Jee followed by a post by me and thus started the tradition of celebrating these special kinds of centuries in the blog.
3400th day saw the 3400th song from the decade of 1960s being covered in the blog and that happened to be the century post for lyricist Shewan Rizvi.
Then the 3500th day saw Sudhir Jee digging out a song containing the word “hazaar” in it while I covered a joie de vivre song containing the word “shehnaai” in it.
3600th day saw the memorable title song of “Naseeb”(1981) being discussed on the occasion.
Today (4 september 2018) happens to be the 3700th day of the blog. This occasion too merits special posts marking the occasion. It turns out that the special posts being covered on the occasion were originally meant for some other special occasions, but they are finally ending up as posts celebrating THIS occasion.
For Instance, Sudhir Jee’s post, a thesis par excellence on the HFM scene of 1936, which also coveres K N Singh in detail, was originally meant as part of our series on “Yearwise statistics of HFM”, whose previous instalment was covered in 2015, so this article was in the making for nearly three years. 🙂
Likewise, the song and the topic that I cover in this post was originally meant to be covered on the day the blog turned ten years old, viz on 19 july 2018. My plan was to have a detailed statistical analysis of Mubarak Begam accompanied by her 100th song in the blog. As things happened, I could not achieve that target. Finally we reconciled by marking Mubarak Begam’s century later, coinciding it with the last century of the blog, viz the post number 14600.
I had decided that the next Mubarak Begam song that I was going to cover would contain the statistical analysis of Mubarak Begam. Like Sudhir Jee, I too have decided to fast forward my efforts to coincide my article to appear today as part of 3700th day celebrations.
My research on Mubarak Begam, which has taken me several weeks, reveal that she may have sung a little more than 200 songs in HFM (plus in Bhojpuri, Avadhi etc), and my figure is higher than what is mentioned online by “authentic” sources. I found that quite a few songs not sung by Mubarak Begam are incorrectly attributed to her online. On the other hand, several songs sung by her have gone unattributed to her. Even HFGK does not fully credit all her songs to her. I found that a few movies whose songs contain no mention of singers in HFGK are sung by Mubarak Begam. Finally I ended up a tally of 195 Mubarak Begam songs from 125 movies. I am quite sure that this figure would go up and cross 200 as I listen to a few more songs that are not attributed to any singers in HFGK.
That research would wait. In the meanwhile, here is the moviewise break up of Mubarak Begam songs that I have been able to locate. I have also mentioned the number of Mubarak Begam songs from these movies that have been covered in the blog.
| Mubarak Begam songs in movies | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN | Movie | Year | MD | Songs by Mubarak Begam in the blog | Songs by Mubarak Begam in the movie | Remarks |
| 1 | Aaiye | 1949 | Naashaad | 2 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Lata |
| 2 | Basera | 1950 | M A Rauf | 2 | 4 | Three solo, one duet with B S Nanji |
| 3 | Dolti Naiyya | 1950 | Ram Prasad | 0 | 1 | Sung with Nargis (singer) and Munni |
| 4 | Phoolon ke Haar | 1951 | Hansraj Bahl | 1 | 7 | Five solos, two duets with Devendra Mohan |
| 5 | Mamta | 1952 | Sonik | 1 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Premlata |
| 6 | Mordhwaj | 1952 | Narayan Dutt | 0 | 2 | Two solos |
| 7 | Sheesha | 1952 | Ghulam Mohammad | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 8 | Chaar Chaand | 1953 | Naashaad | 1 | 1 | One duet with Shivram |
| 9 | Dharm Patni | 1953 | Jamal Sen | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 10 | Daaera | 1953 | Jamal Sen | 4 | 4 | Three solo, one duet with Rafi |
| 11 | Africa | 1954 | Robin Chatterji | 1 | 2 | Two solos |
| 12 | Ameer | 1954 | Pt Lachchiram | 0 | 2 | Two solos |
| 13 | Aulaad | 1954 | Sardar Malik | 1 | 1 | One duet with Shamshad Begam |
| 14 | Chaandni Chowk | 1954 | Roshan | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 15 | Daak Baabu | 1954 | Dhaniram | 2 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Talat Mehmood |
| 16 | Gawaiyya | 1954 | Ram Ganguly | 2 | 2 | Two solo |
| 17 | Gul Bahaar | 1954 | Dhaniram | 1 | 2 | Two solo |
| 18 | Haar Jeet | 1954 | S D Batish | 1 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Geeta Dutt |
| 19 | Maan | 1954 | Anil Biswas | 1 | 1 | One duet with Kalyani |
| 20 | Rishta | 1954 | K Datta | 2 | 2 | Two solo |
| 21 | Sangam | 1954 | Ram Ganguly | 1 | 1 | One duet with Talat Mehmood |
| 22 | Shabaab | 1954 | Naushad | 1 | 1 | Song with Rafi and Bande Hasan |
| 23 | Baradari | 1955 | Naashaad | 1 | 1 | One duet with Lata |
| 24 | Devdas | 1955 | S D Burman | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 25 | Jasoos (UR)/td> | 1955 | Iqbal Qureshi | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 26 | Khaandaan | 1955 | A R Qureshi | 1 | 1 | One duet with Yashodhara |
| 27 | Kundan | 1955 | Ghulam Mohammad | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 28 | Patit Paawan | 1955 | Jamal Sen | 1 | 1 | One duet with Sudha Malhotra |
| 29 | Post Master | 1955 | Ram Ganguly | 0 | 2 | One solo, one duet with O P Verma |
| 30 | Rukhsaana | 1955 | Sajjad Hussain | 2 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 31 | Sakhi Lutera | 1955 | Iqbal Qureshi | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 32 | Sau Ka Note | 1955 | S Mohinder | 1 | 1 | One duet with Shamshad Begam |
| 33 | Shaahi Chor | 1955 | Dhaniram | 1 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 34 | Shah Behram | 1955 | Hansraj Bahl | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 35 | Taatar Ka Chor | 1955 | Khayyam | 1 | 1 | One song with Talat Mehmood and Asha Bhonsle |
| 36 | Aan Baan | 1956 | Husnlal Bhagatram | 0 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 37 | Aawaara Shahzaadi | 1956 | Naashaad | 0 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Shashikant |
| 38 | Baadal Aur Bijli | 1956 | Bipin Baabul | 1 | 3 | Two solo, one duet with Talat Mehmood |
| 39 | Baaghi Sardaar | 1956 | B N Bali | 1 | 2 | Two solo |
| 40 | Baghdad Ka Jaadoo | 1956 | Shafi M Nagri | 3 | 3 | Two solo, one duet with Manmohan Krishna |
| 41 | Dhola Maaru | 1956 | S K Pal | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 42 | Do Shahzaade | 1956 | Pt Lachchiram | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 43 | Fighting Queen | 1956 | Nisaar Bazmi | 0 | 3 | Three solo |
| 44 | Harihar Bhakti | 1956 | K Datta | 1 | 4 | Two solo, one duet with Talat Mehmood, one duet with Sulochana Chonkar |
| 45 | Hatimtai | 1956 | S N Tripathi | 0 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 46 | Jungle Queen | 1956 | Nisaar Bazmi | 0 | 4 | Four solo |
| 47 | Laal e Yaman | 1956 | A R Qureshi | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 48 | Rangeen Raaten | 1956 | Roshan | 1 | 1 | One duet with Sudha Malhotra |
| 49 | Sultaana Daaku | 1956 | Bipin Babul | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 50 | Fashion | 1957 | Hemant Kumar | 0 | 1 | One duet with Sulochana Chonkar |
| 51 | Gateway of India | 1957 | Madan Mohan | 1 | 1 | One song with Asha Bhonsle, Meena Mangeshkar and Usha Mangeshkar |
| 52 | Paak Daaman | 1957 | Ghulam Mohammad | 0 | 1 | One song with Rafi, S Balbir and Mirza Musharraf |
| 53 | Paataal Pari | 1957 | S Mohinder | 1 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 54 | Paisa | 1957 | Ram Ganguly | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 55 | Parveen | 1957 | A R Qureshi | 1 | 2 | Two solo |
| 56 | Chetak Rana Pratap | 1958 | Iqal Qureshi | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 57 | Jungle Princess | 1958 | Bipin Mehboob | 1 | 1 | One duet with Jaani Babu Qawwaal |
| 58 | Madhumati | 1958 | Salil Chaudhary | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 59 | Sim Sim Marjeena | 1958 | A R Qureshi | 0 | 1 | One song with Rafi and Sudha Malhotra |
| 60 | Behraam Daaku | 1959 | Saadat Khan | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 61 | Blackmailer | 1959 | Iqbal | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 62 | Cheeni Jaadoogar | 1959 | Shafi M Nagri | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 63 | Circus Queen | 1959 | Shafi M Nagri | 1 | 3 | One solo, two duets with S Balbir |
| 64 | Hero No 1 | 1959 | Iqbal | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 65 | Maa Ka Aansoo | 1959 | Sardar Malik | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 66 | Mughal e Azam | 1960 | Naushad | 0 | 1 | One song with Lata and Shamshad Begam |
| 67 | Return of Mr Superman | 1960 | Anil Biswas | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 68 | Veer Durgadas | 1960 | S N Tripathi | 1 | 1 | One duet with Sudha Malhotra |
| 69 | Zaalim Jaadoogar | 1960 | Iqbal Qureshi | 2 | 3 | One duet with Khursheed Bawra |
| 70 | Arab Ka Sitaara | 1961 | Saadat Ali | 1 | 4 | Three solo, one duet with Minu Purushottam |
| 71 | Daakoo Mansoor | 1961 | Krishn Kamal | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 72 | Dekhi Teri Bambai | 1961 | Vinod | 1 | 1 | One duet with S Balbir |
| 73 | Hamaari Yaad Aayegi | 1961 | Snehal Bhatkar | 2 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Mukesh |
| 74 | Nightbird | 1961 | Iqbal | 1 | 1 | One duet with Chaandbala |
| 75 | Piya Milan Ki Aas | 1961 | S N Tripathi | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 76 | Shaahi Farmaan | 1961 | Harbans | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 77 | State Express | 1961 | Gunjan | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 78 | Zindagi Aur Khwaab | 1961 | Dattaram | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 79 | Cobra Girl | 1963 | S N Tripathi | 1 | 1 | One duet with Suman Kalyanpur |
| 80 | Hamraahi | 1963 | Shankar Jaikishan | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 81 | Sunahri Naagin | 1963 | Kalyanji Anandji | 1 | 1 | One duet with Kamal Barot |
| 82 | Ye Dil Kisko Doon | 1963 | Iqbal Qureshi | 1 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 83 | Aandhi Aur Toofaan | 1964 | Robin Bannerji | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 84 | Balma Bada Nadaan (Bhojpuri) | 1964 | Hemant Kumar | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 85 | Benazir | 1964 | S D Burman | 2 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 86 | Fariyaad | 1964 | Snehal Bhatkar | 1 | 3 | Two solo, one duet with Rafi |
| 87 | Hameer Hathh | 1964 | Sanmukh Babu Upadhya | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 88 | Kab Hoihain Gavanwa Hamaar (Bhojpuri) | 1964 | Iqbal Qureshi | 0 | 2 | Two solo |
| 89 | Magic Carpet | 1964 | Ram Prasad | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 90 | Marvel Man | 1964 | Robin Bannerji | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 91 | Naihar Chhutal Jaaye (Bhojpuri) | 1964 | Jaidev | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 92 | Pahaadi Naagin | 1964 | Iqbal Qureshi | 1 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Ambar Kumar |
| 93 | Punar Milan | 1964 | C Arjun | 1 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 94 | Qawwaali Ki Raat | 1964 | Iqbal Qureshi | 2 | 2 | Two duets with Rafi |
| 95 | Shagoon | 1964 | Khayyam | 1 | 1 | One duet with Talat Mehmood |
| 96 | Tarzan and Captain Kishore | 1964 | Manoharlal-S Kishan | 0 | 2 | Two solos |
| 97 | Aarzoo | 1965 | Shankar Jaikishan | 1 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 98 | Black Arrow | 1965 | Iqbal Qureshi | 0 | 1 | One duet with Jaani Babu Qawwaal |
| 99 | Khooni Khazaana | 1965 | S Kishan | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 100 | Main Hoon Jaadoogar | 1965 | Nashaad-Premnath | 1 | 2 | One duet with Meena Patki, one duet with Suman Kalyanpur |
| 101 | Mohabbat Iski Kehte Hain | 1965 | Khayyam | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 102 | Morey Man Mitwa | 1965 | Dattaram | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 103 | Shakespearwaallah | 1965 | Prayag Raj | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 104 | Tarzan and King Kong | 1965 | Robin Bannerji | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 105 | Gogola | 1966 | Roy-Frank | 2 | 2 | One duet with Talat Mehmood, one duet with Mahendra Kapoor |
| 106 | Neend Hamaari Khwaab Tumhaare | 1966 | Madan Mohan | 1 | 1 | One duet with Asha Bhonsle |
| 107 | Professor Aur Jaadoogar | 1966 | Sardar Singh | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 108 | Susheela | 1966 | C Arjun | 2 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Rafi Same songs were later reused in “Subah Zaroor Aayegi”(1977) |
| 109 | Teesri Kasam | 1966 | Shankar Jaikishan | 1 | 1 | One duet with Shambhu Qawwaal |
| 110 | Zimbo Finds a Son | 1966 | Sapan Jagmohan | 0 | 1 | One duet with Bhupinder Singh |
| 111 | Aawaara Ladki | 1967 | Dhaniram | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 112 | Around The World | 1967 | Shankar Jaikishan | 1 | 1 | One duet with Sharda |
| 113 | Mera Bhai Mera Dushman | 1967 | Khayyam | 0 | 2 | One solo, one duet with S Balbir |
| 114 | Poonam Ka Chaand | 1967 | Ninu Majumdar | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 115 | Juaari | 1968 | Kalyanji Anandji | 1 | 1 | One song with Suman Kalyanpur and Krishna Bose |
| 116 | Nadirshah | 1968 | S N Tripathi | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 117 | Saraswati Chandra | 1968 | Kalyanji Anandji | 1 | 1 | One solo |
| 118 | Ham Ek Hain | 1969 | Usha Khanna | 0 | 1 | One duet with Kamal Barot |
| 119 | Murder on Highway (UR) | 1970 | C Arjun | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 120 | Chandan | 1971 | Sonik Omi | 0 | 2 | One solo, one duet with Usha Mangeshkar |
| 121 | Narad Leela | 1972 | Narayan Dutt | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 122 | Chattan Singh | 1974 | Kalyanji Anandji | 0 | 1 | One solo |
| 123 | Ramu To Deewaana Hai | 1980 | Chandru | 1 | 2 | Two solo |
| 124 | Ganga Maang Rahi Balidaan | 1981 | Prem Dhawan | 0 | 3 | Three duets with Shamshad Begam |
| 125 | Sister | 1982 | J Kaushik | 1 | 1 | One solo |
One can see from the above that Mubarak Begam typically got two or three songs in a movie and that she typically got to sing in five or six movies in a year. In addition, she mostly sang in small budget movies that had small time struggling music directors in them. In all, she worked with 61 music directors. So, on an average, she sang three or four songs with each of her music directors.
On rare occasions, she got to work with A grade music directors, viz Naushad and S D Burman, but only in two movies each. The music director who collaborated with her most frequently was Iqbal Qureshi. She had 15 songs with him from nine movies. These are the figures for her most fruitful collaboration ! She was not able to forge any long term collaboration with any established music directors and that is reflected in her poor return of around 200 songs in a career spanning nearly three decades.
On this occasion, here is a song from “Circus Queen”(1959). This movie was directed by Noshir Engineer for Basant Pictures, Bombay. The movie had John Cawas, Nadia, Samar Roy, Sheila Kashmiri, Sheikh, Neelofar, Habeeb, Master Suresh, Shree Bhagwan, Mansoor, Dalpat, Ajit Kumar, Abdullah, Julien, Korega, Yadav, angre, S B Gayakvad etc in it.
This movie had four songs in it. One song from the movie has been covered in the past.
HFGK does not mention the singers of the four songs from this movie. On listening to these songs, one finds that as many as three of these songs contain the voice of Mubarak Begam in them.
Here is the second song from “Circus Queen”(1959) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Mubarak Begam. Naqsh Llayalpuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Shafi M Nagri.
The song is picturised as a club dance song. I am unable to identify the dancer. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify the dancer as well as the other actors visible in the picturisation.
Audio
Video
Song-O ho dil waale (Circus Queen)(1959) Singer-Mubarak Begam, Lyrics-Naqsh Llayalpuri, MD-Shafi M Nagri
Chorus
Lyrics
o ho dil waale
o ho dil waale
nigaahen milaa le
dil ke daaman ko
dil ke daaman ko rangeen banaa le
o ho dil waale
nigaahen milaa le
dil ke daaman ko
dil ke daaman ko rangeen banaa le
o ho dil waale
nain teekhe hain qaatil nigaahen
meri phoolon se naazuk hain baahen
nain teekhe hain qaatil nigaahen
meri phoolon se naazuk hain baahen
chaal behki huyi
zulf mehki huyi
mere mukhde pe jhoome ujaale
o ho dilwaale
nigaahen milaa le
dil ke daaman ko
dil ke daaman ko rangeen banaa le
o ho dil waale
aa haseenon ki mehfil mein aa ke
dekh le do ghadi muskuraa ke
aa haseenon ki mehfil mein aa ke
dekh le do ghadi muskuraa ke
saaj dil ka uthha
geet khushiyon ke gaa
jhoom kar zindagi ka maza le
o ho dilwaale
nigaahen milaa le
dil ke daaman ko
dil ke daaman ko rangeen banaa le
o ho dil waale
zindagi hai safar jeenewaale
hanste hanste guzar jeene waale
zindagi hai safar jeenewaale
hanste hanste guzar jeene waale
kho ke masti mein jee
hai yahi zindagi
kar na dil ko ghamon ke hawaale
o ho dilwaale
nigaahen milaa le
dil ke daaman ko
dil ke daaman ko rangeen banaa le
o ho dil waale
Ik Pardesi Mann Bhaaya, Mere Mann Bhaaya
Posted by: skapur01 on: August 25, 2018
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| Blog Day : | 3690 | Post No. : | 14600 |
हम हाल ए दिल सुनाएँगे, सुनिए के ना सुनिए
सौ बार मुस्कुराएंगे, सुनिए के ना सुनिए॰ ॰ ॰
Or
मुझको अपने गले लगा लो ए मेरे हमराही॰ ॰ ॰
Or
मेरे आंसुओं पे ना मुस्कुरा, कई ख़्वाब थे जो मचल गए॰ ॰ ॰
Or maybe
दीप के संग जलूँ मैं॰ ॰ ॰
Or maybe even
निगाहों से दिल में चले आइयेगा॰ ॰ ॰
And but why not
कभी तनहाईओं में यूं, हमारी याद आएगी॰ ॰ ॰
If I start listing favorites, then it will take a long time to get to the matter of the subject. Ah yes, the songs listed above clearly point to the artist this article is about. The songs listed are iconic as well as popular hits. When she recorded “Kabhi Tanhaai’on Mein. . .”, and her father listened to it for the first time, his prophetic reaction was that this song is going to remain in popular memory for generations. And these words are so true for so many of her other songs, if the above sampler is anything to go by. Going beyond the barriers of time and space, her songs continue to enchant and touch listeners and lovers of this music, across the world.
Yes, there is something about this voice – something so special that the emotion descends right down into the being and reach the soul. A voice that is soft like the first beams of the rising sun, that is fresh like the petals of a newly blossomed flower, that carries the brightness of a velvety full moon, that is gentle like the humming of the unhurried breeze of early morning, that carries within a perceptible tinge of a soothing pathos, signaling a touch of sadness that simply engulfs your heart when the words play “. . .tum ko kya batlaaun main, ke tumse kitna pyaar hai”. The emotions makes the heart overflow with a tender fondness of love, while at the same time you feel you can’t hold back your tears for the beseeching pleas from the heart.
That is the magic of her voice, that keeps bringing me back to her songs, over and over again. The tinge of sadness is evident even in the lilting songs of happiness, as if expressing the imperative emotion acknowledging the frailty of existence and the ephemeral passing of the moments of joy – a fleeting this and a fleeting that, and soon the life is done with. That despondency that always sits low at the bottom edge of the voice, is what makes it so endearing.
Mubarak Begum – an artist, an uneducated, unlettered artist, who struggled throughout her career, both to make a mark and to make ends meet at home – was the owner of this contented combination of ecstasy and sadness. A voice that will never be forgotten so long as there is a needle that can be placed on shellac.
Arriving at the 14 thousandth and 6 hundredth station of this remarkable journey that has lasted for over a decade now, we also combine the celebration with a century of songs for this remarkable, remarkably underrated and incredibly ignored artist. In an active career that lasted for a little over three decades – of which the last decade was a pitiful smattering of singing assignments, few and far between – she did not even get to a 200 song mark, despite the fact that she recorded the type of superlative gems that are sampled above.
She was born on 4th January in 1940, at Jhunjhunu in Churu district of Rajasthan. Her mother’s name was Chand Bibi. When she was born, a learned person associated with the family said that she has taken birth under very auspicious planetary conjunctions, and suggested that the child should be named ‘Mubarak’.
Her father was a lorry driver. She was one of five siblings. Her voice was tuneful and her singing was impressive from her early years. The family moved when she was just a child, to Ahmedabad. Her father arranged for her tutelage in classical music under the guidance of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Ustad Riyaazudin Khan. After spending her childhood in Ahemdabad, she moved once again with family to Bombay. The burden of the family and its economic frailty did not allow Mubarak to attend school. She could read a little, and not write much. It is said that in later years, when she would go for recordings, she would commit the song and its renditions into memory during the rehearsals, and would sing from memory when the recording happened.
In circumstances not clear, she was introduced to Rafiq Ghazanvi, and impressed as he was with her singing, he called her for an audition and recording. Appearing in a recording studio for the first time, encircled by a large number of people she was unfamiliar with, and standing in front of the mike, ready to render a piece, she lost her nerve and no sound came from her. She left the recording studio in this extreme stage fright. The incident was repeated once again, this time for a recording session for a film produced by Ram Daryani. Given that her first successful recordings is from 1949, these failed attempts would be in the time frame of 1948-49.
Then in 1949, producer and actor Yakub gave her a chance to sing for his film ‘Aaiye’. This first successful recording was “Mohe Aane Lagi Angdaai Re”. Her singing was impressive and the word started to go around. Hansraj Behl invited her to sing 6 songs in the 1951 film ‘Phoolon Ke Haar’. Jamaal Sen called her to sing for him in 1953 – the film was ‘Daaera’. It is said that producer Kamaal Amrohi was so possessive of his film, and also very proud of its music and songs, that at a meeting of distributors, he was reluctant to show the film, but readily agreed to share the music and the songs.
In 1955, when ‘Devdas’ was under preparation, Sachin Da (SD Burman) called her over to sing the soulful ghazal of Sahir Sb – “Wo Na Aayenge Palat Kar. . .”. Bimal Roy, the producer and director was summarily impressed by her singing. Then in 1957 – recording of the mujra song for ‘Madhumati’ – “Hum Haal e Dil Sunaayenge. . .”. Originally this was supposed to be a brief shot with just one she’er – “Tumhaara Dil Mere Dil Ke Muqaabil Ho Nahin Sakta. . .”, and just this one couplet and the next the couplet were recorded. On hearing the recording, Bimal Roy was so enchanted that he told Salil Chaudhry to make this a full song. And so, Shailendra was asked to write more and complete this ghazal (which incidentally based on certain references, is partly borrowed from the famous poet Daagh Dehlavi). So the part song was recreated as a full song and Mubarak Begum was called in for the recording once again.
The episode of ‘Hamaari Yaad Aayegi’ (1961) and the song “Kabhi Tanhaai’on Mein Yun. . .” is well known. Lata was the original choice of the producer Kedar Sharma and music director Snehal Bhatkar. But when an ego clash happened based on certain exchange between the producer and the singer, Kedar Sb replace Lata with Mubarak Begum, instead of giving in. The recording and the rendition – well, rest is history. This song became the signature recognition of the artist forever.
But this episode also possibly created a certain animosity between the singers. This, and then maybe the next major similar face-off between the two – when Shankar Jaikishan called in Mubarak Begum to record the wonderful hit song “Mujhko Apne Galey Laga Lo. . .” for the film ‘Hamraahi’ (1963), in a period when Lata was refusing to sing with Rafi Sb. It is Mubarak Begum’s claim (which she also mentioned to me in a private conversation) that she was systematically singled out to be sidelined by pressurizing producers and music directors. She has gone on record to state that there are instances (films ‘Jab Jab Phool Khile’ and ‘Kaajal’ both from 1965) when songs originally recorded in her voice were later on replaced by newer recordings in a different voice.
For an artist already from an economically weak origins, such bias and prejudice wrought havoc with her personal situations. Fate dealt her some very difficult cards in her life. Her husband abandoned her quite early, and vanished without a trace. Her daughter was diagnosed with Parkinsons at a very early age. With just a handful of recordings in the 70s and then almost no assignments after that, it can be easily surmised as to the difficult years she spent in her advancing age. At one time, with the help of some industry friends and with the intervention of Sunil Dutt, who was active in politics and a minister in the govt. for some time, she was given a small flat in Jogeshwari area of Bombay, and a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 was allocated. In 2008, the Films Division prepared a biopic-documentary on her life, which was screened first time at the International Film Festival in Goa that year.
She passed away on 18th July, 2016.
In 2011, a program was held in Delhi, at which she performed live, some of her most famous songs, plus some songs at the request of the audience. After the performance, AK ji (of Songs Of Yore) and I went backstage to have a brief private conversation with her. She was weak and needed help to even get up and walk. We talked for about fifteen minutes – she had complaints about the industry, as to how she was treated, and how her assignments were changed, even after recordings that were approved for release. A sad end to a difficult life of such gifted artist.
For the century celebrations of Mubarak Begum, I have picked this gem of a lilting rendition from ‘Daak Babu’ – a film from 1954. Listening to this song, I was surprised to see that this song is not already showcased on our blog. Such a beautiful song – lovely words, sweet melody and such lovely rendition – how this song has escaped the attention of listeners is a surprise. The song writer is Prem Dhawan and the music is composed by Dhaniram.
Anyway, we have it up now on our blog, and for your listening pleasure. Centuries and centuries have come and passed. And many more are still awaited. Congratulations to Atul ji and all the band-wagoneers. Enjoy this enchanting song of first love.
Song – Ik Pardesi Mann Bhaaya, Mere Mann Bhaaya (Daak Babu) (1954) Singer – Mubarak Begum, Lyrics – Prem Dhawan, MD – Dhaniram
Lyrics
ik pardesi mann bhaaya
mere mann
mere mann bhaaya ri
usey apna kahoon ya sapna
ho usey apna kahoon ya sapna
akhian mein aan samaaya
jo aan
jo aan samaaya ri
usey apna kahoon ya sapna
ho usey apna kahoon ya sapna
mann boley ye teri bhool hai
mann boley
mann boley ye teri bhool hai
tu un charnon ki dhool hai
tu un charnon ki dhool hai
par mujhko samajh na aaya
samajh na
samajh na aaya ri
usey apna kahoon ya sapna
ho usey apna kahoon ya sapna
oo oo oo oo oo oo
oo oo oo
main aaj sambhal na paaun ri
main aaj
main aaj sambhal na paaun ri
main jhoomon ri balkhaaun ri
main jhoomon ri balkhaaun ri
kis ne ye jaadu jagaaya
ye jaadu
ye jaadu jagaaya ri
usey apna kahoon ya sapna
ho usey apna kahoon ya sapna
oo oo oo oo oo oo
oo oo oo
mera un sang itna naata ri
mera un sang
mera un sang itna naata ri
unhen dekhe mann khil jaata ri
unhen dekhe mann khil jaata ri
jisey dekh jiya lehraaya
ke jiyaraa
ke jiya lehraaya ri
usey apna kahoon ya sapna
ho usey apna kahoon ya sapna
ik pardesi mann bhaaya
mere mann
mere mann bhaaya ri
usey apna kahoon ya sapna
ho usey apna kahoon ya sapna
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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इक परदेसी मन भाया
मेरे मन
मेरे मन भाया री
उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
हो उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
अखियन में आन समाया
जो आन
जो आन समाया री
उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
हो उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
मन बोले ये तेरी भूल है
मन बोले
मन बोले ये तेरी भूल है
तू उन चरणों की धूल है
तू उन चरणों की धूल है
पर मुझको समझ ना आया
समझ ना
समझ ना आया री
उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
हो उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
ओ ओ ओ ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ ओ
मैं आज संभाल ना पाऊँ री
मैं आज
मैं आज संभाल ना पाऊँ री
मैं झूमूँ री बलखाऊँ री
मैं झूमूँ री बलखाऊँ री
किसने ये जादू जगाया
ये जादू
ये जादू जगाया री
उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
हो उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
ओ ओ ओ ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ ओ
मेरा उन संग इतना नाता री
मेरा उन संग
मेरा उन संग इतना नाता री
उन्हें देखे मन खिल जाता री
उन्हें देखे मन खिल जाता री
जिसे देख जिया लहराया
के जियरा
के जिया लहराया री
उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
हो उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
इक परदेसी मन भाया
मेरे मन
मेरे मन भाया री
उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
हो उसे अपना कहूँ या सपना
Kaisi been bajaayi toone saanwariyaa
Posted by: Atul on: August 17, 2018
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“Zaalim Jaadoogar”(1960) was produced and directed by Sultan for Firdaus Films Bombay. This movie, a fantasy movie had Hercules, Neeta, Rajrani, Shaam, Sujata Kumari, Harbans, Kenny, Leela, Bagla, Maqbool, Begam, Ameer Ahmad, Hameed Majnu, Zippy, Ghulam Hussain, Mansoor, Md Sandow, Moosa, Gopal, Badri Narayan, Shaukat, Saban Ali, Om Prakash etc in it.
The movie had five songs in it. Two of these songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the third song from “Zaalim Jaadoogar”(1960) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Mubarak Begam. Shor Niyazi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Iqbal.
The music of this song is clearly inflenced by the iconic been song from “Naagin”(1954).
Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Audio
Song-Kaisi been bajaayi toone saanwariya (Zaalim Jaadoogar)(1960) Singer-Mubarak Begam, Lyrics-Shor Niyazi, MD-Iqbal
Lyrics
kaisi been bajaayi toone saanwariya
kaisi been bajaayi toone saanwariya
teri dhun pe main ho gayi baawariya
teri dhun pe main ho gayi baawariya
kaisi been bajaayi
kaisi been bajaayi toone saanwariya
mujhe dhokhe se mat kar tu bas mein
mujhe dhokhe se mat kar tu bas mein
hai zehar bhara meri nas nas mein
hai zehar bhara meri nas nas mein
meri nas nas mein
tujhe pyaar se dass loongi o rasiya
tujhe pyaar se dass loongi o rasiya
teri sargam par deewaani hui
teri sargam par deewaani hui
dukh deke tujhe main haar gayi
dukh deke tujhe main haar gayi
main haar gayi
mera pyaar mujhe de man basiya
mera pyaar mujhe de man basiya
teri dhun pe main ho gayi baawariya
teri dhun pe main ho gayi baawariya
kaisi been bajaayi toone saanwariya
kaisi been bajaayi toone saanwariya
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| Blog Day : | 3671 | Post No. : | 14552 |
We have read many accounts of artists, famous as well as obscure and those in between, in the blog. One theme that repeatedly gets played while discussing all these artists is that very few of them managed to have successful and fruitful careers throughout their lives. In most cases, a vast majority of aspirants failed to achieve any worthwhile success. Some relatively lucky persons managed to achieve some modicum of success though that was not enough for them to be considered as successful.
Then these are some people whose tales turned out to be rags to riches and hen back to rags !
We have described many such artists in the blog- for instance names like Master Nisar, Bhagwan Dada, Vatsala Kumthekar readily come to mind.
Why is it so that some successful artists managed to remain successful throughout their careers whereas some artists, having tasted crazy stardom could not handle that and came crashing down !
If one tries to analyse such cases, may be one can come to some conclusions that may help explain the matter.
I, with my experience, have this hypothesis that every individual needs to be good at (1) his chosen profession (2) his inter personal relations and (3) financial matters.
1. Good in chosen profession:-
There are a good number of people who believe that one needs to have “talent” in his chosen field and that would take care of the rest. That is hardly the case. One gets to show one’s “talent” only when one gets the “breaks”. And one needs qualities like patience, persistne, tenaciy, fighting spirit, strength of character, never say die spirit etc that are essential without which one can not get the right reaks. Once a person gets the break, he needs to make it count. If he fails at first, he still needs to persist.
Moreover, one needs to keep reinventing oneself instead of just doing the same old stuff again and again which after some time may turn stale and unappealing to the public.
2. Inter personal relations- No matter how “talented” a person may be in his profession, if he is unable to get along with people, including his patrons/ employers then one can be prety sure that the person will only get limited opportunities to prove his worth. A Sajjad Hussain, exteremely talented musician but quite poor in getting along with people, readily comes to mind. O P Nayyar is another such example though he managed to have far more success than Sajjad Hussain. But that was inspite of his poor man management skills, and not because of that. As soon as success began to desert him, O P Nayyar found himself getting snubbed by even those whom he had helped get established in their careers.
3. Financial matters- This third and final point is the most underrated one. No matter how much one knows about one’s profession, one needs to have good understnding of financial matters. If one is unable to handle one’s finances well, then the money will sooner or later part ways with the artist who is not savvy enough to be able to manage his finances well.
Sadly, Indians in the past were brought up to believe that poverty was noble while being rich was evil. Our leaders made us think so. With some exceptions, most leaders themselves came from moneyed families and continued to remain moneyed while glorifying poverty. Little wonder then that many artists who suddenly found themselves covered with money were unable to handle success. They had no clue what to do with all that money and they blew the money up.
There were some wise artists, who were like the political leaders. While they often championed the cause of povery on screen, they were savvy enough to soon turn movie producers and thus became the owners rather than employees of the movie making business. Ashok Kumar is aclassic example. He was a humble lab technician in fild world. A chance occurence found himself being made the hero of a movie opposite a lady who was his employer, no less ! And in less than a decade, the business savvy Ashok Kumar had become a film studio owner and film producer. Ashok Kumar was one filmy character who never saw and bad days, financially speaking, throughout his long career in Hindi movies.
People who woud fail to capitalise despite getting good opportunities were those who lacked the abbilities to sell themselves. It does not surprise me to realise that this category of artts are those who were rather poorly educated. So they did not have the wisdom that a well rounded formal education could have given them. They often did not know how to get heir due or how to survive in the film world.
If one looks at Mubarak Begam, one can see that she was an extremely talented playback singer no doubt but she lacked in the other departments that I have discussed. She had no idea how to sell her artistry among film producers as well as music directors who ultimately decide the playback singers for their movies. The fact that she was poorly educated (in fact uneducated) was a clear handicap for her.
The fact that she ended up in a poor financial condition is also a well known fact. And that should come as no surprise really.
With this background, let us have a song sung by an artist who was “talented” in singing but was not quite so in matters of “inter personal relations: as well as “financial matters”. I am talking about Mubarak Begam
“Rishta”(1954)was produced by Rashid Parvez and directed by Aslam for Rajasthan Productions, Bombay. This movie had Nigar Sultana, Suresh, Anwar, S Nazir, Rai Mohan, Leela Mishra, Neelam, Faizi, Agni, Sheikh, Ramlal, K R Thapar, Baby Chaand, Nadir, Kalyan, Vijaylaxmi etc in it.
This movie had seven songs in it. Four of these songs have been covered in the blog in the past.
Here is the fifth song from “Rishta”(1954) to appear in the blog. This song, a forgotten gem, is sung by Mubarak Begam. Pt Phani is the lyricist. Music is composed by K Datta aka Datta Korgaaonkar.
Only the audio of this song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Audio
Song-Kya khabar thhi yoon tamanna khaaq mein mil jaaayegi (Rishta)(1954) Singer-Mubarak Begam, Lyrics-Pt Phani, MD-K Datta
Lyrics
kya khabar thhi
yoon tamanna khaaq mein mil jaayegi
kya khabar thhi
yoon tamanna khaaq mein mil jaayegi
hum to samjhe thhe
mohabbat raas hamko aayegi
hum to samjhe thhe
mohabbat raas hamko aayegi
ashq aankhon mein machal kar
keh rahe hain baar baar
dil ki dhadkan dard ban kar
har ghadi tadpaayegi
kya khabar thhi
yoon tamanna khaaq mein mil jaayegi
ghamzadon ka koi na hoga
is jahaan mein gham gusaar(?)
ghamzadon ka koi na hoga
is jahaan mein gham gusaar(?)
zindagi ko har kadam par
maut bhi thukraayegi
raat rone mein kategi
din katega yaad mein
raat rone mein kategi
din katega yaad mein
ye judaai bewafaai
umr bhar tadpaayegi
kya khabar thhi
yoon tamanna khaaq mein mil jaayegi
Ye mausam suhaana rut hai suhaani
Posted by: Atul on: July 17, 2018
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| Blog Day : | 3651 | Post No. : | 14497 |
“Baaghi Sardaar”(1956) was directed by Majnoo for Baroda Theatre Super Movies, Bombay. This “costume drama” (Veshbhoosha Pradhan) movie had Daljeet, Chitra, Majnoo, Ameeta, Amarnath, Prithvipal, Sheikh, Ramesh Thakar, Helen, Kammo, Shakuntala, Satish batra, Kanchanmala, Jugal Kishore etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it. Two songs from the movie have been covered in the past.
Here is the third song from “Baaghi Sardaar”(1956) in the blog. This song is sung by Mubarak Begam. Aziz Kashmiri is the lyricist. Music is composed by B N Bali. It is a nice song to listen to at evening time. 🙂
Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
Audio
Song-Ye mausam suhaana rut hai suhaani (Baaghi Sardaar)(1956) Singer-Mubarak Begam, Lyrics-Aziz Kashmiri, MD-B N Bali
Lyrics
hmm hmm
hmm hmm
hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm
ye mausam suhaana
rut hai suhaani
teri deewaani
teri deewaani
ye mausam suhaana
ye rut hai suhaani
main teri deewaani
teri deewaani
ye mausam suhaana
meri zindagi ki bahaaron mein tu hai
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
meri zindagi ki bahaaron mein tu hai
nigaahon mein tu hai
nazaaron mein tu hai
nigaahon mein tu hai
nazaaron mein tu hai
tera dard hai zindagi ki nishaani
main teri deewaani
teri deewaani
ye mausam suhaana
ye rut hai suhaani
main teri deewaani teri deewaani
ye mausam suhaana
main kadmon mein tere sitaare bichhaa doon
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
main kadmon mein tere sitare bichha doon
tere dil mein chaahat ki shamma jala doon
tere dil mein chaahat ki shamma jala doon
sunaaun tujhe apne dil ki kahaani
main teri deewaani
teri deewaani
ye mausam suhaana
ye rut hai suhaani
main teri deewaani
teri deewaani
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmh hmm hmm
Gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
Posted by: Atul on: July 16, 2018
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| Blog Day : | 3650 | Post No. : | 14492 |
“Piya Milan Ki Aas” (1961) was directed by S N Tripathi for Vijay Films. J S Cashyap was the producer. The movie had Ameeta, Manoj Kumar, Sunder, Pratima Devi, Jeevan, Nalini Chonker, Daisy Irani, Indira Bansal, Polson, S. N. Tripathi etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it. One song from the movie was discussed in the blog per year from 2010 till 2014 and as a result five songs from the movie have been covered in the blog. If the same pattern was followed then this movie would have been YIPPEED by now. 🙂
Here is the sixth song from “Piya Milan Ki Aas” (1961) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Mubarak Begam. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
The song is picturised as a mujra dance song on a lady whom I am unable to identify. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify her.
In one of the past songs, we found Mubarak Begam singing a lullaby song which was the first song of that genre by her in the blog. Likewise, this song is most likely the first mujra song by Mubarak Begam to appear in the blog.
Audio
Video
Gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka (Piya Milan Ki Aas)(1961) Singer-Mubarak Begam, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics
aa aa aa aa aa aa
gham chhodo
aji gham chhodo
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
ye mausam hai
ye mausam hai khushiyaan manaane ka
ye mausam hai khushiyaan manaane ka
gham bhulaane ka
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
kisi ki yaad mein
kisi ki yaad mein khoye huzur baithe hain
kisi ki yaad mein khoye huzur baithe hain
kisi ko dil mein basaaye zuroor baithe hain
aa aa aa aa aa aa
haan nigaahen pher ke
aa aa aa aa
nigaahen pher ke jo humse door baithe hain
haaye ae ae
idhar bhi dekhiye
idhar bhi dekhiye
idhar bhi dekhiye hum bekasoor baithe hain
meharbaan
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
gham chhodo ye sare zamaane ka
meharbaan
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
ye mausam hai
ye mausam hai khushiyaan manaane ka
ye mausam hai khushiyaan manaane ka
gham bhulaane ka
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
gham chhodo ye saare zamaane ka
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