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Aaj watan ne hamen pukaara

Posted by: Atul on: August 15, 2022

In: Devnagri script lyrics by Sudhir | Lyrics by Avinash Scrapwala | Lyrics contributed by readers | Nation Building song | National integration song | Patriotic song | Rafi solo | Rafi songs | Song from unreleased movie | Songs from Unreleased Films of 1960s | Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970) | Songs of 1970 | Theme song | Title song | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Today (15 August 2022) is the 76^th Independence day for India.So India has completed 75 years of independence. I have seen 60 Independence days. It is the 15^th Independence day for the blog. This constitutes a nice 5:4:1 ratio.

Only 15 years had passed since independence when I was born. The country was still ruled by its first Prime Minister (Jawaharlal Nehru) and first President (Dr Rajendra Prasad). The country was still trying to find its feet. When I look back at the situation of India those days, India was in as bad shape as the most underdeveloped countries in Africa. The literacy rate was abysmal. Life expectancy was 32 years.

Here I present some important indices that India had in 1947. I have also provided figures for the same indices in 1962, 2008 and 2022. The change in values over the years have been quite remarkable.

Life expectancy in india in years
1947	1962	2008	2022
32	42	66	70

We can see that the life expectancy in India has become more than doubled from 32 years to 70 years.

Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)
1947	1962	2008	2022
218	157	49	27

Infant mortality rate was quite alarming till a few decades ago. The figure of 27 deaths per 1000 live births is still unsatisfactory but it is a vast improvement from the figure of 1947.

Maternal mortality rate (per 100000 live births)
1947	1962	2008	2022
2000	1000	212	103

The Maternal mortality rate had improved by nearly 20 times in 75 years.

Literacy rate in India in %
1947	1962	2008	2022
12 %	29 %	70 %	77%

India was among the most illiterate nations on earth. Today Indian literacy rate is quite high and that has enabled India to take rapid strides in economic activities that require skilled manpower, viz service sector and manufacturing sector.

Population of India in crores
1947	1962	2008	2022
34 cr	47 cr	121 cr	140 cr

Indian population had quadrupled in 75 years.

Human Development Index
1947	1962	2008	2022
NA	NA	0.563	0.645

Human development index was devised in 1990. It consists of indices of health, education and standard of living. As health, education and standard of living improves, so does HDI.

Agriculture production in Million tonnes
1947	1962	2008	2022
50 Million Tonnes (50 % of GDP)	71 Million tonnes	216 million tonnes	316 Million tonnes (17%)

Population has quadrupled whereas food grain production had increased more than six times. It had happened while agriculture sector is now contributing less than 20 % of GDP, while it was over 50 % of GDP in 1947.

GDP in billion $
1947	1962	2008	2022
24	42	1200	3200

The figures are based on the current values of those years using exchange rate of those days.

GDP per capita in $
1947	1962	2008	2022
70	90	1000	2277

The figures are based on the current values of those years using exchange rate of those days.

One can notice that India, despite its problems, including wrong policy decisions and adverse geo political circumstances, has come up a long way in last 75 years. Now India seems poised to take its rightful place among the nations of the world. It is a matter of time (three decades in my estimate) before India will join the list of advanced nations of the world.

There are lots of things that can be mentioned here, but the above tables give us clear idea about the progress that India has made in various areas.

On this occasion, here is a song from an unreleased movie called ‘Aaj Watan Ne Hamen Pukaara’ (1970). The movie was made under the banner of Sangam Productions, Bombay. That is all the information that is known about this movie.

This song is sung by Rafi and chorus. Bismil Ludhianvi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Mohinder Kaur.

Lyrics of this rare song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.

I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy 76^th independence day.

Song-Aaj watan ne hamen pukaara (Aaj watan ne hamen pukaara)(UR)(1970) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics– Bismil Ludhianvi, MD-Mohinder Kaur
Chorus

Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)

aaj watan ne hamein pukaara
aa aa aa
aao apna farz nibhaa dein

aaj watan ne hamein pukaara
aao apna farz nibhaa dein aen
jai hind jai hind
aman pe jisne haath uthhaaya
julm ki wo buniyaad hilaa dein
jai hind jai hind
aaj watan ne hamein pukaara
aao apna farz nibhaa dein
jai hind jai hind
aman pe jisne haath uthaaya
julm ki wo buniyaad hilaa den
jai hind jai hind

o o o
o o o

wo aazaadi jiski khaatir
kal thhe sar katwaaye
wo aazaadi jiski khaatir
kal thhe sar katwaaye
kitne moti aur jawaahar
kaam watan ke aaye
jaliyaanwaala baagh mein
jo thhe khoon ki holi nahaaye
o ho ho ho
ham mein bhi wo khoon rawaan hain
dushman ko batlaa dein
ho ho
ho ho
ham mein bhi wo khoon rawaan hain
dushman ko batlaadein
dushman ko batlaadein

aaj watan ne hamein pukaara
aao apna farz nibhaa dein
jai hind jai hind
aman pe jisne haath uthhaaya
julm ki wo buniyaad hilaa den
jai hind jai hind

o o o
o o o

haq kisi ka koi dabaaye
wo hargiz insaan nahin
haq kisi ka koi dabaaye
wo hargiz insaan nahin
manavtaa ke dushman ki
koi isse badi pehchaan nahin
lok raaj se takkar lena
itna to aasaan nahin
ho ho ho
aankh uthha kar jisne dekha
uski aankh jhuka dein
ho ho
ho ho
aankh uthha kar jisne dekha
uski aankh jhuka dein
uski aankh jhuka dein

aaj watan ne hamein pukaara
aao apna farz nibhaa dein
jai hind jai hind
aman pe jisne haath uthhaaya
julm ki wo buniyaad hilaa den
jai hind jai hind
o o o
o o o

in haathon ki mehnat se jo hamne
dam usaare ae
in haathon ki mehnat se jo hamne
dam usaare ae
yahi hamaare mandir masjid aur
girje gurudwaare
naye hind ke naye bane ye
teerathsthaan hamaare
ho ho ho o
aanch na aane denge in par
chaahe jaan gawaa dein
ho ho o
ho ho o
aanch na aane denge in par
chaahe jaan gawaa dein
chaahe jaan gawaa dein

aaj watan ne hamein pukaara
aao apna farz nibhaa dein
jai hind jai hind
aman pe jisne haath uthhaaya
julm ki wo buniyaad hilaa dein
jai hind jai hind

o o o
o o o

daftar mein ham kaam karein
ya ham machine chalaayein
daftar mein ham kaam karein
ya ham machine chalaayein
kheton mein ham boyen paseena
aur sonaa upjaayen
sabhi morche hain mehnat ke
in par ham jut jaayein
ho ho o
sarhad par jo date huye hain
unkaa haath bataa dein
ho ho o
ho ho
sarhad par jo date huye hain
unkaa haath bataa dein
unkaa haath bataa dein

aaj watan ne hamein pukaara
aao apna farz nibhaa dein
jai hind jai hind
aman pe jisne haath uthhaaya
julm ki wo buniyaad hilaa dein
jai hind jai hind
jai hind jai hind
o o o o o
jai hind jai hind
jai hind jai hind
jai hind jai hind

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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आज वतन ने हमें पुकारा
आ आ आ
आओ अपना फर्ज़ निभा दें

आज वतन ने हमें पुकारा
आओ अपना फर्ज़ निभा दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
अम्न पे जिसने हाथ उठाया
जुल्म की वो बुनियाद हिला दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
आज वतन ने हमें पुकारा
आओ अपना फर्ज़ निभा दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
अम्न पे जिसने हाथ उठाया
जुल्म की वो बुनियाद हिला दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द

ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ ओ

वो आज़ादी जिसकी खातिर
कल थे सर कटवाए
वो आज़ादी जिसकी खातिर
कल थे सर कटवाए
कितने मोती और जवाहर
काम वतन के आए
जलियाँवाला बाग में जो थे
खून की होली नहाये
ओ हो हो हो
हम में भी वो खून रवां है
दुश्मन को बतला दें
हो हो
हो हो
हम में भी वो खून रवां है
दुश्मन को बतला दें
दुश्मन को बतला दें

आज वतन ने हमें पुकारा
आओ अपना फर्ज़ निभा दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
अम्न पे जिसने हाथ उठाया
जुल्म की वो बुनियाद हिला दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द

ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ ओ

हक़ किसी का कोई दबाये
वो हरगिज़ इंसान नहीं
हक़ किसी का कोई दबाये
वो हरगिज़ इंसान नहीं
मानवता के दुशमन की
कोई इससे बड़ी पहचान नहीं
लोक राज से टक्कर लेना
इतना तो आसान नहीं
हो हो हो
आँख उठा कर जिसने देखा
उसकी आँख झुका दें
हो हो
हो हो
आँख उठा कर जिसने देखा
उसकी आँख झुका दें
उसकी आँख झुका दें

ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ ओ

इन हाथों के मेहनत से
जो हमने डैम उसारे
इन हाथों के मेहनत से
जो हमने डैम उसारे
यही हमारे मंदिर मस्जिद
और गिरजे गुरुद्वारे
नए हिन्द के नए बने ये
तीर्थस्थान हमारे
हो हो हो ओ
आंच नहीं आने देंगे इन पर
चाहे जां गवां दें
हो हो ओ
हो हो ओ
आंच नहीं आने देंगे इन पर
चाहे जां गवां दें
चाहे जां गवां दें

ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ ओ

दफ्तर में हम काम करें या
हम मशीन चलाएं
दफ्तर में हम काम करें या
हम मशीन चलाएं
खेतों में हम बोएं पसीना
और सोना उपजाएँ
सभी मोर्चे हैं मेहनत के
इन पर हम जुट जाएँ
हो हो ओ
सरहद पर जो जुटे हुये हैं
उनका हाथ बटा दें
हो हो ओ
हो हो ओ
सरहद पर जो जुटे हुये हैं
उनका हाथ बटा दें
उनका हाथ बटा दें

आज वतन ने हमें पुकारा
आओ अपना फर्ज़ निभा दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
अम्न पे जिसने हाथ उठाया
जुल्म की वो बुनियाद हिला दें
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
ओ ओ ओ ओ ओ
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द
जय हिन्द जय हिन्द

Tags: 1970, Aaj Watan Ne Hamen Pukaara, Bismil Ludhianvi, Mohinder Kaur, Rafi

Ram Kaho Ya Rahim Kaho Tum Krishn Kaho Ya Kareem Kaho

Posted by: skapur01 on: January 15, 2022

This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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Movie Count :

4565

Mukesh and his Co-Singers – 8
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Today, we take up Mukesh’s association with playback singer Jagjit Kaur wherein there is a solitary duet and that too in an unreleased film called ‘Hum Ek Hain’.

There are 3 released movies named ‘Hum Ek Hain’ and one unreleased. Mukesh has sung one solo in one of the released movies under Usha Khanna and one solo and a duet in the unreleased movie under Khaiyyam. Confused? Well, me too and hence the table below.

Films titled ‘HUM EK HAIN’
Year of release	Composer	Mukesh songs
1946	Hunslal Bhagatram	Nil
1969	Usha Khanna	One solo
Unreleased	Khayyam	A solo and a duet with Jagjit Kaur
1982	N/A	N/A

Further, I came across a rather familiar song which is again represented by the name “Hum Ek Hain” – “Awaaz Do Hum Ek Hain“. And seeing that popular actors have been featured in the video version of the song, one is left to imagine which of the above films, the said song belongs to.

Fortunately, I did not have to struggle much to trace the details as it was amply clear that it was a stand-alone NFS (1962) patriotic song produced by Govt of India’s Films Division and sung with much gusto by Rafi Saab. Details of the said song are represented on our blog in this link here. Of all the composers Khayyam Saab scored music for the album thereby creating additional curiosity as well as confusion for me.

Now, an original film booklet sheet of 1969 film in which Mukesh has a solo is easily available on the net and is reproduced below.

For some strange reason, Mukesh’s name is missing in the list of playback singers. I am not sure if the song was dropped from the film soundtrack, but the solo does exist in audio form.

I have covered one post on Mukesh’s complete association with Usha Khanna – “Tera Mera Pyaar Koi, Aaj Kal Ki To Baat Nahin“, and two separate posts on his filmi (“Sab Tthaath Pada Reh Jaayega“) and NFS songs (“Na Hui Gar Mere Marne Se Tasalli Na Sahi“) under composer Khaiyyam. Many songs in the said three posts are still available for grabs for covering in the blog.

Coming to Mukesh’s combo with Jagjit Kaur, I have said in the beginning of the post that there is a solitary duet. It’s a surprise that the two artists did not collaborate more in spite of Mukesh seemingly to be close to Khayyam Saab family. However, we should remember that Khayyam Saab himself engaged Jagit Kaur sparingly for playback songs and relied more on the two Mangeshkar sisters.

As we are well aware, both Khayyam Saab and his wife Jagjit Kaur left for their heavenly abode in the very recent past.

Khayyam Saab: 18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019
Jagjit Kaur: 1930 – 15 August 2021

I pay tributes to both the artists and bring forth this duet of Jagjit Kaur and Mukesh from an unreleased film titled ‘Hum Ek Hain’ and composed by Khayyam Saab. Jagjit Kaur sings in unison with Mukesh and her voice is not heard separately. Such is the rarity of this only duet of the combo.

Song – Ram Kaho Ya Rahim Kaho Tum Krishn Kaho Ya Kareem Kaho (Hum Ek Hain) (UR) (1960s) Singer – Mukesh, Jagjit Kaur (only in chorus with Mukesh), Lyrics – Jaan Nisar Akhtar, MD – Khayyaam
Mukesh + Jagjit Kaur
Mukesh + Jagjit Kaur + Chorus
Chorus

Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)

wo hai allah
wo hai ishwar
wo hai mukti dhaam
ek nahin sau roop hain us ke
ek nahin sau naam

ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
awaaz tumhari pahunchegi
maalik tak jo bhi naam bhajo
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho

mandir masjid ek hain dono us ke aage
uski leela dekh naa paayen mahal abhaage
duniya rasta bhool gayi hai aisa laage
mann mein koi khot rahe na mann tab jaage
aapas mein matbhed na barto
itna mat abhimaan karo
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
awaaz tumhari pahunchegi
maalik tak jo bhi naam bhajo
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho

zaaten paaten varg niyam sab jhootthe naare
rasmen hon yaa reet ke bandhan dhong hain saare
nadaanon ne aap kiye hain ye batwaare
wo hai sab ka aaj bhi us ko sab hain pyaare
deen yahi hai dharm yahi hai
maanavta ka maan karo
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
awaaz tumhari pahunchegi
maalik tak jo bhi naam bhajo
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho

kaun ye mandir dwaar khada hai sheesh jhukaaye
(aaa aaa aaa aaa)
tarse par bhagwan ke darshan kar na paaye
(aaa aaa aaa aaa)
sab par mandir dwaar khulen kab wo din aaye
(hmm hmm hmm hmm)
kab tak ye andher kahaan tak ye anyaay..ae..ae
kab tak ye andher kahaan tak ye anyaay..ae..ae
jis ne sabko ek banaaya
uska mat apmaan karo
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
awaaz tumhari pahunchegi
maalik tak jo bhi naam bhajo
ram kaho ya rahim kaho
tum krishn kaho ya kareem kaho
ram kaho ya rahim kaho

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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वो है अल्लाह
वो है ईश्वर
वो है मुक्ति धाम
एक नहीं सौ रूप हैं उसके
एक नहीं सौ नाम

राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
आवाज़ तुम्हारी पहुंचेगी
मालिक तक जो भी नाम भजो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो

मंदिर मस्जिद एक हैं दोनों उसके आगे
उसकी लीला देख ना पाएँ महल अभागे
दुनिया रस्ता भूल गई है ऐसा लागे
मन में कोइ खोट रहे ना मन तब जागे
आपस में मतभेद ना बरतो
इतना मत अभिमान करो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
आवाज़ तुम्हारी पहुंचेगी
मालिक तक जो भी नाम भजो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो

ज़ातें पातें वर्ग नियम सब झूठे सारे
रस्में हों या रीत के बंधन ढोंग हैं सारे
नादानों ने आप किए हैं ये बटवारे
वो है सबका आज भी उसको सब हैं प्यारे
दीन यही है धर्म यही है
मानवता का मान करो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
आवाज़ तुम्हारी पहुंचेगी
मालिक तक जो भी नाम भजो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो

कौन ये मंदिर द्वार खड़ा है शीश झुकाये
(आ आ आ आ)
तरसे पर भगवान के दर्शन कर ना पाये
(आ आ आ आ)
सब पर मंदिर द्वार खुलें कब वो दिन आए
(हम्म हम्म हम्म हम्म)
कब तक ये अंधेर कहाँ तक ये अन्याय॰॰ए॰॰ए
कब तक ये अंधेर कहाँ तक ये अन्याय॰॰ए॰॰ए
जिसने सबको एक बनाया
उसका मत अपमान करो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
आवाज़ तुम्हारी पहुंचेगी
मालिक तक जो भी नाम भजो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो
तुम कृष्ण कहो या करीम कहो
राम कहो या रहीम कहो

Tags: 1960s, Hum Ek Hain, Jaan Nisar Akhtar, Jagjit Kaur, Khayyaam, Mukesh

Ye Hai Wo Gaadi, Desh Ki Gaadi

Posted by: skapur01 on: April 22, 2020

This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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sone ko ham kalandar
aate hain bori bandar. . .

Yes, one of the very well known landmarks of Bombay (now Mumbai). And a very historic landmark at that. A lot has changed over the decades, but let us talk about the origins first.

As I searched for the meaning of the word Bori Bunder, I came across the following definition – a storage house for sacks; translating ‘bori’ as the sack made from jute thread, and ‘bunder’ identified as a variation of ‘bhandaar’ i.e. a storage house. This latter meaning is incorrect in my opinion. Some people who want to populate the Wikipedia and write with a modern mindset, probably are not aware that there are things called dictionaries for Hindi also. A quick check shows that ‘bunder’ (बंदर) is short form of ‘bundergaah’ (बन्दरगाह) which means a seaport, where ships come and stay for some time.

So anyways, coming back to the original thread. The claim for fame for Bori Bunder is that it is the first railway station built in India, and from where the first passenger train service was started on 16^th April, 1853. This last Thursday, 16^th April, the country celebrated the 167^thanniversary or let us say, birthday of the Indian Railways as an organization. This post has been in the making good part of the past week. And so belated wishes to all, and especially to our fearless leader. 🙂

Yes, a lot has changed since that fateful date in 1853. The original Bori Bunder station was rebuilt in a much larger format. The construction started in 1878 by a railway company founded in London – Great Indian Peninsula Railway and it took 9 years for the work to complete on this magnificent Gothic style buiding. In 1888 It was inaugurated as, to honor the milestone of 50 years of the reign of Queent Victoria, the then monarch of England. The initials VT (for Victoria Terminus) are still in widespread use in the local parlance in Bombay. Then, more than a century later, in 1996, the then current state government in Maharashtra renamed this iconic heritage site as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, in the honor of the valiant Maratha leader and king Chhatrapati Shivaji, who established the Maratha Empire.

Ah but, I digress again. Let’s get back to the original thread. April 16^th. The year is 1853. The first war of Independence (1857) is still four years hence. Time is 3.30 pm in the afternoon. A train waits on the Bori Bunder station – the boiler all steamed up, the smoke from the coal fires in the heart of the rising from the chimney of the locomotive, a band all ready to pom-pom, and a row of 21 cannons all set for the firing salute. The bands start to play. The 21 gun salute is initiated. There is a hurrah – approx 400 passengers on the train and an equal or more number on the platform. At 3.35, the crankshaft starts to chug, the train starts to move slowly, and picking up speed, slithers out of the station, all 14 carriages of it. The destination – a small town named Tanna, a distance of 21 miles north east from Bori Bunder. The train left at a fair clip of about 20 miles per hour, and completed the journey in just about one hour plus. And the history was recorded – that the first rail service in India, which carried passengers. Certainly a very significant red letter day in the history of India.

As I said, lot has changed. So has Tanna – it is now called Thane.

So, I did mention ‘passenger rail service’. Yes, the train tracks have been around in India since as early as 1835. Prior to the 1853 trip, all the train projects in India were related to haulage of construction material, timber and goods etc. Many of these earlier rail services were not even driven by locomotives, but in some places by horses, and even men. I garnered and edited the below summary from www.irfca.org which is the official website of the Indian Railways Fan Club – Ah yes we do have a fan club for railways – it was news to me too. 🙂

1832	First proposal for a railway in India, in Madras. This remained a dream on paper.
1835-1836	A short experimental railway line is constructed at Chintadripet, near Madras, which later became the Red Hill Railroad.
1837	The first operational railway in India – the Red Hill Railroad near Madras, used for transporting granite stone.
1838	Likely date of first locomotive built in India – an Avery design rotary engine built for the Red Hill Railroad.
1840s	Various proposals for railways in India, especially around Calcutta (EIR) and Bombay (GIPR).
1844	R MacDonald Stephenson’s “Report upon the Practicability and Advantages of the Introduction of Railways into British India” is published.
1845	A railway is in operation near Rajahmundry for conveying construction material and stone for irrigation works and a dam across the Godavari. Survey work carried out for Bombay-Kalyan line and an extension up the Malay Ghat for proposed connections to Khandwa and Pune. May 8: Madras Railway Company is formed. East India Railway company is formed.
1849	Great Indian Peninsular Railway incorporated by an Act of Parliament.
1851	Locomotive Thomason is used for construction work in Roorkee, beginning on December 22. Construction begins of an “experimental” section of track (Howrah-Rajmahal) for the proposed Calcutta-Delhi link via Mirzapur (EIR).
1852	Construction of a line out of Bombay begins, and a locomotive, Falkland, begins shunting operations on February 23. The line is ready by November, and on the 18th of November, a trial run of the Bombay-Thane trip (35 km) is held. (Some accounts suggest another locomotive, Vulcan might have also been used for shunting operations here.) The Madras Guaranteed Railway Company is formed.
1853	On April 16th, at 3:35pm, the first train in India leaves Bombay for Thane (see above for details). Initial scheduled services consist of two trains each way between Bombay and Thane and later Bombay and Mahim via Dadar. Madras Railway incorporated; work begins on Madras-Arcot line.
1854	On August 15th, the first passenger train in the eastern section is operated, from Howrah to Hoogly (24 miles). The section is soon extended to Pundooah. Howrah station at the time is simply a tin shed with a small booking office, and a single narrow platform. By May, GIPR Bombay-Thane line is extended to Kalyan and is a double tracked line; inaugurated by Lord Elphinstone. Dapoorie viaduct is completed. GIPR opens its first workshops at Byculla. Stations are classified into 4 groups on some railways, according to traffic and the proportion of European and Indian passengers.
1855	BB&CI Railway incorporated, and begins work on a Surat-Baroda line. Thane-Kalyan line extended to Vasind on the north-east. February 3: EIR’s “experimental” track for a Calcutta-Delhi route now consists of a Howrah to Raneegunje (Raniganj, collieries near Asansol) section of 121 miles. August: EIR 21 and 22 (‘Express’ and ‘Fairy Queen’) begin work. The Fairy Queen is still working! HMS Goodwin carrying railway carriages for East Indian Railway Co. sinks. Another ship carrying a locomotive is mis-routed to Australia.
1856	Royapuram – Wallajah Road line constructed by the Madras Railway Company Jul 1: The first train service in the south begins, from Royapuram / Veyasarapady (Madras) to Wallajah Road (Arcot) (approx. 100km) by the Madras Railway Company. A combined Loco, Carriage and Wagon Workshop is set up by the Madras Guaranteed Rly. (later part of the MSMR) at Perambur, near Madras, later to become the Carriage and Wagon Workshops of SR (and the Loco Workshops at Perambur). Sind (later Sind, Punjab and Delhi) Railway is formed, a guaranteed railway. GIPR line extended to Khopoli via Palasdhari on the south-east. Regular services are now run from Mumbai to Vasind and from Mumbai to Khopoli. Stations opened at Dadar, Kurla, Titwala, Badlapur, and Neral.
1858	Eastern Bengal Railway and the Great Southern of India formed (guaranteed railways). June 14: Khandala-Pune section of GIPR open to traffic. The 21km gap over the Bhore ghat (Karjat – Khandala) is crossed by palanquin, horses, or on foot. In some cases the passenger cars were also carried over each way.
1859	On March 3rd, the first train in the north was operated, from Allahabad to Kanpur (180km). BBCI Railway obtains permission to extend its lines southwards from Surat, and opens its Grant Road terminus for its proposed line from Surat. Eastern Bengal Railway begins construction on Calcutta-Kushtia line (175km). Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway formed, with 5% guarantee from the government.
1860	Bhusawal station set up by GIPR. Vasind-Asangaon line opened.
1861-65	Several (about a dozen) railway companies are incorporated. Various early experiments with providing passenger amenities such as toilets, lights, etc. These naturally tended to be introduced first in the First Class carriages and only later in the lower classes of accommodation. Sind and Punjab Railway is engaged in construction of a northward line from Karachi, a Lahore-Multan line, and a Lahore-Delhi line. Kanpur-Etawah section opened.
1861	Madras Railway’s trunk route from Madras extended to Beypur / Kadalundi (near Calicut). Work begins on a north-western branch out of Arakkonam. Great Southern Railway of India completes 125km BG line between Nagapatnam and Trichinopoly. (Some sources suggest the line was till Tanjore, and extended to Trichinopoly by March 1862.) Churchgate station opened by BBCI Railway as its new terminus for Bombay. January 1: GIPR’s Kasara line opens (extended from Asangaon). May 13: Karachi-Kotri section of the Scinde Rly. opens to public traffic, the first section in the region that would later become Pakistan.
1862	Feb. 8: Jamalpur Loco Works established. Khanderao, the Gaekwar of Baroda, opens 8 miles of an NG railway line from Dabhoi towards Miyagam. Oxen were used as the motive power! EIR’s Delhi-Calcutta route progresses as far as the west bank of the Yamuna, via Mughalsarai. Sahibganj Loop. Sealdah station commissioned. Bhore ghat incline constructed, connecting Palasdhari to Khandala. November: EBR’s Calcutta-Kushtia line open for traffic. Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway’s 45km line from Calcutta to Port Canning is constructed. Amritsar-Attari section completed on the route to Lahore. The Indian Branch Railway Co. formed to construct short branches and feeder lines in northern India, with a 20-year subsidy but no guarantee. The Indian Tramway Co. is formed for building short lines around Madras, also with a 20-year subsidy. This suffered losses later, was reorganized to become the Carnatic Railway and finally was taken over by the South Indian Railway. Two-tier seating is introduced in Third Class (on EIR, GIPR, etc.) as a measure to alleviate overcrowding. A typical coach carries 50 passengers on the lower seats, and 70 on the upper level, nearly doubling the capacity of the already overcrowded third-class coaches. These were the first double-decker coaches to be used in India, and perhaps in the world (?). Madras Railway extends its lines to Renigunta. GSIR’s Nagapatnam – Trichinopoly line opened to traffic.
1863	May 14: GIPR line from Bombay across the Bhore Ghat to Pune constructed. BB&CI Railway completes Surat-Baroda-Ahmedabad line. EIR completes Arrah bridge over the Sone. Port Canning – Mutlah line opened by the Calcutta & South-Eastern R Railway. Nalhati – Azimganj 4′ gauge line built by the Indian Branch Railway Co. First luxury carriage in India is built for the Governor of Bombay.
1864	August 1: First train into Delhi. Through trains run between Delhi and Calcutta; coaches are ferried on boats across the river at Allahabad. Bombay-Surat line completed by BB&CI Railway. Jolarpettai – Bangalore Cantt. branch added by Madras Railway; Bangalore Mail begins running. First proposals for (horse-drawn) trams in Bombay.
1865	Sind and Punjab Railway’s Multan-Lahore-Amritsar line is completed. Works begins on line from Delhi to Amritsar. BB&CI completes Bombay-Ahmedabad rail link. Yamuna bridge at Allahabad opened, allowing EIR trains to cross over without using ferries. Arakkonam-Conjeevaram 3’6″ line built by the Indian Tramways Co. Kasara line extended to Igatpuri over the Thull (Thall) ghat. GIPR timetables show ‘local trains’ separately for the first time. These are in the sections to Mahim and Kalyan. Alambagh Workshops set up by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Rly. (formerly the Indian Branch Rly. Co.). Howrah station gets a second platform.
1866	Railway Branch formed in Central Public Works Department. Delhi and Calcutta are linked directly by rail as the completion of the Yamuna bridge (road and rail) in Delhi allows the trains to reach what later became Delhi Junction. The 1 Dn / 2 Up Mail begins running — this is the predecessor of the Howrah – Kalka Mail. Bhusawal-Khandwa section opened. W. Newman & Co. begins publishing the “Newman’s Indian Bradshaw” for train timetables in India. Indian Branch Rly. Co. begins construction of Lucknow-Kanpur light MG line.
1867	Virar – Bombay Backbay suburban service commences (BB&CI); one train in each direction each day. Some Indian locos are sent overseas for the Abyssinian expedition. GIPR branch line extended to Nagpur; Bhusawal-Badnera section opened. EIR branch line extends from Allahabad to Jubbulpore (Jabalpur). Lucknow-Kanpur line opened by the Indian Branch Railway Co.
1868	Madras Railway extends its network (with a new terminus at Royapuram) to Salem, and also finishes the Jolarpettai – Bangalore Cantonment branch. November: Sind, Punjab, and Delhi Railway’s line towards Amritsar from Delhi (Ghaziabad) is open for traffic up to Ambala. Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway, having suffered extensive losses on their Sealdah-Canning line because of floods and other problems, decide to transfer the line to the government in return for capital costs, becoming the first railway to be taken over by the state. GSIR’s line reaches Erode, connecting to the Madras State Rly. Charbagh workshops set up by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Rly
1869	GIPR locals extended from Mahim to Bandra. Jan. 25: Runaway train on the Bhore Ghat derails and crashes after failing to be stopped by a catch siding, and is made (in)famous by pictures in the Illustrated London News. Total trackage in India is about 4000 miles.

Whew, and this is just the highlights from the first three decades of railway establishment activity in the country. Covering the entire history just in highlights will take probably 8 to 10 such posts. I will pause here and present some current statistics. By the way, after the partition, GIPR was reorganized and packaged as the Central Railway of the Indian Railways.

Currently, the Indian Railway system is the fourth largest in the world today, with over 68,000 km of route coverage, with running track length of 87,040 kms. The total trackage including yards, sidings etc. stands at 113,993 kms. It is the largest single employer in the country with over thirteen lac employees. In terms of passenger volumes, I had read in an article some years back, that at any given point in time, 1% of our country’s population is riding in trains. That, my friends, is a massive number. By that measure, I am sure the Indian Railway system is the largest in the world.

The most important highlight for the members of this blog is that this blog manages the Mechanical Workshop of North East Railways, in Gorakhpur. 🙂 🙂

Coming to the song presented with this post. A brief background. The idea about this song was shared with me, during my search for the song “Khud Jiyo Auron Ko Bhi Jeene Do” which had been requested by Nahm ji. In course of my search, as I was checking the Films Division sources, another input that I got was that there are two songs which were also produced by Films Division, relating to Indian Railways. And possibly these songs are also in the voice of Rafi Sb. I checked with other friends in my circle, especially the Rafi Sb specialists. They confirmed that they have heard about these two songs but the songs themselves have not been traced so far. Later, when Ahsaan Bhai (of Hapur) passed on to me the song that Nahm ji had requested, he confirmed that Films Division does list two documentaries about Indian Railways which possibly could contain these two songs. But the documentaries themselves are not available.

I then turned to my friends in the Railways itself. Of course, Atul ji is the first person I sent request to help trace these documentaries. And the next person I talked with is Shri KL Pandey ji, the retired additional member of Rail Board. Readers and friends would be more familiar with him as the person behind the monumental work he has done to identify the classical raag basis of Hindi film songs. To date, he has cataloged more than 18 thousand Hindi film songs with complete raag analysis. He referred to his network inside the rail ministry, and then quickly sent me the link to the web site of the Indian Railways Fan Club. This fan club has unearthed the original Films Division documentaries, and has published them on its web site.

About this song. It turns out to be in the voice of Mahendra Kapoor and not Rafi Sb. The songwriter and the music director is Prem Dhawan. It is a long song, almost 9 minutes in duration. I could not ascertain the date on this documentary. The Films Division archives page says the database is not available. My guess is that this documentary would have been made sometimes uin 1974-75 time frame.

The shutdown of the complete rail services is in progress currently, in step with the nationwide lockdown on account of the COVID-19 infection spread. Some parts of media have highlighted this as the first ever time that the railways have been shut down totally. However, this is not a true statement. Some parts of media have also recalled the one solitary occasion in the past, when a similar total shutdown had occurred.

In May of 1974, there was a total strike called by the coordination committee of all the trade unions of railway employees. The strike was led by the late George Fernandes, a senior leader of the Socialist party. That strike had lasted for 20 days from 8^th to 27^th May of 1974, that was the first and the biggest disruption of countrywide services of the railways. Never before, under any emergent circumstances had the complete railway system been shut down. I have memories of those hot days of the summer of 1974, when the rail service across the country had been shut down, and that was the major topic of discussion at home and in the newspapers. This documentary was most probably created just after this strike, so I guess it must have been in 1974 or 1975 at the latest.

A big salute to the entire Indian Railways – the lifeline of our country. That theme is highlighted in this song. The visuals are from more than four decades ago. But the intent and the message of this song remains unchanged. A rare and marathon song, Mahendra Kapoor at his typical best. Enjoy.

Song – Ye Hai Wo Gaadi, Desh Ki Gaadi (Mahendra Kapoor NFS) (1970s) Singer – Mahendra Kapoor, Lyrics – Prem Dhawan, MD – Prem Dhawan

Lyrics

ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai
chhota bada ho
koi bhi kaisa
sabke kaam ye aati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai

ek hain wo jo desh ki khaatir
chaand pe pahunche jaate hain
aur doosre hum hain
bani cheezon ko aag lagaate hain
ye kaun hain desh drohi jo
iska satyanaash karen
aap bhi hain
aur aap bhi hain
aap bhi hain
aur aap bhi hain
mere bhaaiyo yaad rahe
har samay ye saath nibhaati hai
roz marra ki cheezon ko
yahaan wahaan pahunchaati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai

jab dushman hamla karta hai
jab dushman hamla karta hai
to desh pe vipda aati hai
yehi wo gaadi veeron ko
seema par le jaati hai
jab zakhmi bhai hotey hain
to unke kaam ye aati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai

ye paapi dekho kaise hain
jo jeevan hatya karte hain
ye paapi dekho kaise hain
jo jeevan hatya karte hain
inhin ki kaali kartooton se
laakhon bhai marte hain
marne waale chale gaye
par vipda in par aati hai
marne waale chale gaye
par vipda in par aati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai

laakhon log jo is ke zariye
apna pet bhi bharte hain
raat aur din ki mazdoori se
beewi bachche palte hain
in ki sewa sachchi hai
jo desh ki sewa karte hain
injan gaadi line ho dabba
laakhon rupaiye lagte hain
in par kharcha karne waale
aap bhi hain
aur aap bhi hain
aap bhi hain
aur aap bhi hain
aap ke khoon pasine se
jab desh ki unnati hoti hai
desh ki unnati honay se
khushali desh mein aati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai

ye bhi dekho maa ke laal
jo desh ka haath bataate hain
ye bhi dekho maa ke laal
jo desh ka haath bataate hain
apna khoon bhi dene mein
ye kabhi nahin ghabraate hain
in ki sewa sachchi hai
jo desh ke kaam mein aati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai

kaam bhi kar lo
naam bhi kar lo
duniya se kya le jaana hai
khaali haath hi aaye the
aur khaali . . .
[. . .]
. . . waahe guru
aur eesa sabka saathi hai

ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai
chhota bada ho
koi bhi kaisa
sabke kaam ye aati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai
uttar dakshin
poorab pashchim
sabko saath milaati hai
uttar dakshin
poorab pashchim
sabko saath milaati hai
ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi
sabka saath nibhaati hai

ye hai wo gaadi
desh ki gaadi

ye hai wo gaadi. . .

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है
छोटा बड़ा हो
कोई भी कैसा
सबके काम ये आती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है

एक हैं वो जो देश की खातिर
चाँद पे पहुंचे जाते हैं
और दूसरे हम हैं
बनी चीजों को आग लगाते हैं
ये कौन हैं देश द्रोही जो
इसका सत्यानाश करें
आप भी हैं
और आप भी हैं
आप भी हैं
और आप भी हैं
मेरे भाइयो याद रहे
हर समय ये साथ निभाती है
रोज़मर्रा की चीजों को
यहाँ वहाँ पहुंचाती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है

जब दुश्मन हमला करता है
जब दुश्मन हमला करता है
तो देश पे विपदा आती है
यही वो गाड़ी वीरों को
सीमा पर ले जाती है
जब ज़ख्मी भाई होते हैं
तो उनके काम ये आती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है

ये पापी देखो कैसे हैं
जो जीवन हत्या करते हैं
ये पापी देखो कैसे हैं
जो जीवन हत्या करते हैं
इन्हीं की काली करतूतों से
लाखों भाई मरते हैं
मरने वाले चले गए
पर विपदा इन पर आती है
मरने वाले चले गए
पर विपदा इन पर आती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है

लाखों लोग जो इसके ज़रिये
अपना पेट भी भरते हैं
रात और दिन की मज़दूरी से
बीवी बच्चे पलते हैं
इनकी सेवा सच्ची है
जो देश की सेवा करते हैं
इंजन गाड़ी लाइन हो डब्बा
लाखों रूपइए लगते हैं
इन पर खर्चा करने वाले
आप भी हैं
और आप भी हैं
आप भी हैं
और आप भी हैं
आप के खून पसीने से
जब देश की उन्नति होती है
देश की उन्नति होने से
खुशहाली देश में आती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है

ये भी देखो माँ के लाल
जो देश का हाथ बटाते हैं
ये भी देखो माँ के लाल
जो देश का हाथ बटाते हैं
अपना खून भी देने में
ये कभी नहीं घबराते हैं
इनकी सेवा सच्ची है
जो देश के काम में आती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है

काम भी कर लो
नाम भी कर लो
दुनिया से क्या ले जाना है
खाली हाथ आए थे
और खाली ॰ ॰ ॰
[॰॰॰]
॰ ॰ ॰ वाहे गुरु
और ईसा सबका साथी है

ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है
छोटा बड़ा हो
कोई भी कैसा
सबके काम ये आती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है
उत्तर दक्षिण
पूरब पश्चिम
सबको साथी मिलाती है
ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी
सबका साथ निभाती है

ये है वो गाड़ी
देश की गाड़ी

ये है वो गाड़ी॰ ॰ ॰

Tags: 1970s, Mahendra Kapoor, NFS, Prem Dhawan

Raah e Wafaa Mein Nikle Hain Seenon Ko Taan Ke

Posted by: skapur01 on: June 21, 2019

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 film ‘Kashmir’ (1951).

More than 3 years ago I had discussed one song from this film. That time I had said this, which is true even today.

In Hindi films, there were quite a few films made on the background of Kashmir. The first such film was ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’ (1940), in which the lead pair was handsome Master Vithal and petite, lovely Kavita Devi. Next was ‘Kashmir Hamara Hai’ (1950) (original name was ‘Bapoo Ne Kaha Tha’) with lead pair of Paresh Bannerjee and Meera Mishra. This was also the first Hindi film of Bombay, in which Jagmohan Sursagar sang a song – Rang De Kesariya’. The third film was ‘Kashmir’ (1951), where the lead pair was beautiful, regal Veena and handsome Al Nasir. This film was actually filmed in Kashmir ghati.

Next film was ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’ (1964), by far the most successful of all Kashmir films so far. The lead pair was debonaire Shammi Kapoor and a debutante Sharmila Tagore. There was also a documentary ‘Kashmir Hamara Hai’ made by Films Division of Indian Government in 1948 which was shown in all theatres in India, in the wake of tribal attacks by Pakistan on Kashmir. Later on some more films on Kashmir were made – (the list is indicative, not exhaustive)

Johar in Kashmir (1966)

Shayar-E-Kashmir (1972)

Love in Kashmir (1976)

Mission Kashmir (2000)

Kashmir Hamara Hai (2001) ( Unreleased, though Censored on 17-10-2001)

Border Kashmir (2002).

‘Kashmir’ (1951) was not a very popular film. The reason was, after the partition and independence, people were looking for a respite from all that patriotic fervor, which they had more than enough for the last few years. They were tired. Now they got what they wanted and some peace of mind was sought, perhaps. Additionally, the Hindi film music was going through its Golden Period and so many films with excellent music were enjoyed by people, may be hence serious films like ‘Kashmir’ issue got side tracked. Though a film buff myself, even I had not seen this film.

The film was produced and directed by Rajendranath Jolly, for Raajdeep Pictures, Bombay. The MD was Hansraj Behl and the lyricists were Sasrshaar Sailaani and Baaba ji, for 9 songs of the film. The song is sung by Mohd. Rafi and Master Sonik.

Master Sonik aka Manohar Lal Sonik was born on 26-11-1926 in Siyalkot, Punjab. By the time he was three years old, he lost his vision completely. Undaunted, he learnt music – first from music school of Lahore and then from Lucknow. For sometime, he was assistant to Pt Amarnath Batish.

After partition he joined All India Radio, Delhi. Later, he sang 8 songs in 7 Hindi films, namely ‘Chaar Din’ (1949), ‘Stage’ (1951), ‘Kashmir’ (1951), ‘Khaibar’ (1954), ‘Mast Qalandar’ (1955), ‘Inquilab’ (1956) and then after 20 years he sang in film ‘Umar Qaid’ (1975) also. He gave music to film ‘Ishwar Bhakti’ (1951) along with Giridhar and then film ‘Mamta’ (1952), with Hansraj Behl.

Meanwhile, his nephew Omprakash Sonik, who was a singer on Delhi AIR, proposed working as a team of composers. They got their first film ‘Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya’ (1966). The songs became very popular. They continued to give music till ‘Anaadi Dada’ (1993). Master Sonik died on 9-7-1993.

The cast of the film was an interesting mix of fading and emerging actors, like Veena, Al Nasir, Badriprashad, Tiwari, Kailash, Uma Dutt, Kamal Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Arun Ahuja etc. There was also an actress who made her debut with this film. Let us take a look at her short bio again.

For the actress Achala Sachdev (3-5-1920 to 30-4-2012), this was her debut Hindi film (though another film ‘Dilruba’ (1950) featuring her was released prior to this film, but she considers this film as her debut film). Achala Sachdev’s original name was Rajinder. Her name is permanently conjoined with a mother’s role. She did a mother’s role when she was very young and since then – more than a heroine – she has been seen either as a sister or mother in films. In her earliest film ‘Dilruba’ (1950) she was Dev Anand’s sister and later in many films she was a fixed mother of Dev Anand.

She worked in All India Radio, Lahore. She came to Delhi after the Partition and continued her job in All India Radio, till her first film. She acted in 181 Hindi films, 3 Punjabi films and 1 Gujarati film, in addition to 1 incomplete Bangla film. She acted in few television serials and FD documentaries too.

In her early years she had got married to Gyan Sachdeva. She begot one son and one daughter from him. Her son settled in US and daughter in Bombay. When she could not pull on, she divorced her husband. After 12 years of loneliness she fell in love and married an American Clifford Douglas Peters, who was an Engineer and ran an electronics factory in Poona. She stopped accepting new films after 1976 and then shifted to Poona.

After her second husband died, she shifted from her bungalow in Bhosari, near Poona to a spacious flat in Hadapsar area of Poona. She had completed all films on hand, but due to insistence of family friend Yash Chopra, she acted in some of his films – notably ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge’ (1995). Though her last film was ‘Dahak’ (1998), her last released film was ‘Suno Sasur Ji’ (2003).

During her heydays, she was very friendly with Sunil Dutt and Nargis, Mona Dev Anand (Kalpana Kartik), Meena Kumari, Saira Bano and her mother Naseem Bano. She was very punctual during her shootings. Once while working in a Rajesh Khanna film, she had to wait for him for 4 hours, with all make up done. When this continued to happen for next 10 days, she left the film and went back to Poona. Rajesh Khanna wrote an apology letter to her and then only she came back to complete the film.

After her husband passed away in 2002, she was all alone. Her last film released in 2003. After that no one from film industry ever contacted her till her last days. She was very generous. She had donated 25 lakhs to an NGO, Janseva Foundation to start ‘Achala Sachdev Institute of Education’. She also gave 15 Lakhs to Dr. HV Desai Eye Hospital for a ward construction. In her last days, she even donated her flat also to the NGO Janseva Foundation.

She was seriously unwell for last 6 months of her life, and was looked after by the NGO. Admitted to Poona General Hospital ICU, she got paralysis, lost her vision and then lost her life on 30-4-2012. A highly successful film star with lots of money, but she was neglected by her own son and daughter. Above all, during her last lonely 10 years in Poona, not one soul from the film world met her. What was pathetic was, when she was admitted in ICU, her attending doctor, Dr. Mehta sent messages to Yash Chopra and others in film industry, but none came or even enquired and she died a lonely death.

(Based on Cine Blitz, Madhuri,Times of India, Indian Express, Wikipedia and info kindly given by Shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji ).

Another interesting person in this film was actor Al Nasir. Many people make a confusion in him and actor Nasir Khan. Some sites even wrongly mix up their filmography. Even earlier, I have clarified this difference. Not many readers will be aware of him. Al Nasir was one of the most handsome actors of his times. ABDUL REHMAN AL NASIR GAZNAVI (popularly known as Al Nasir ) was born on 27-11-1922 in Kabul. His father was a big shot – Chancellor of Law. He was related to the Begum of Junagadh and also to the Nawab of Bhopal.

His schooling was done in Dehradun up to Sr. Cambridge and degree was obtained from Kabul college. He was a tall and handsome young man, who was keen on joining Air Force. He went to Bombay in 1941 for this purpose. While in National Studios to meet a friend, Mehboob spotted him and offered him a job. He was taken on the rolls of studio.

For next 6 months there was only pay, but no work. In 1942 National Studios closed down, but Mohan Sinha offered him hero’s role in film ‘Preetam’ (1942). His father did not like this. However Al Nasir worked in 17 films till 1957.

Being handsome and polished he impressed women . He was a womaniser. During the shooting of film ‘Prithvi Vallabh’ (1943), he married Khursheed Jehan commonly known as Meena (later Meena Shorey). Whenever she was away, he would run after other women. He had an affair with Nigar Sultana. After the divorce with Meena, he married actress Manorama, when he had gone to Lahore.

He divorced Manorama in 1946 and married actress Veena. They had 2 children. Daughter Huma became a professor and son was Altamash. Al Nasir was fond of hunting and reading English books.

He acted in ‘Preetam’, ‘Prithvi Vallabh’, ‘Pathron Ke Shehar’, ‘Shehar Se Door’, ‘Dhamkee’, ‘Shalimaar’, ‘Khamosh Nigaahen’, ‘Aarsi’, ‘Ek Roz’, ‘Daastaan’, ‘Bewee’, ‘Kashmir’, ‘Mr and Mrs 55’, ‘Hatimtai Ki Beti’, ‘Sakhi Haatim’, ‘Indrasabha’ and ‘Mera Salaam’.

Al Nasir died at the age of only 35 years, on 17-10-1957.

As mentioned earlier, the film had 9 songs. Today’s song will be the 4th song to be discussed from this film. Coincidence is that both songs, earlier discussed by me – “Uth Ae Watan Ke Naujawan” and today’s song, happen to be patriotic songs, sung by Indian fighters in the film. Surprisingly, both these patriotic songs were not released in Pakistan. My guess is that, the then Government possibly did not want to hurt Pakistan’s feelings, so these songs were released only in India.

One more thing. The first song of this film , discussed earlier by me, was in 2 parts (gramophone record no. N-36728). One more part (part 3) was recorded in the voices of Rafi, Geeta and chorus. This Patriotic song too was not issued on a commercial record (possibly for the same reason). This information is given in the HFGK itself.

Let us now enjoy the second patriotic song from this film, released only in India and not in Pakistan.

Song – Raah e Wafaa Mein Nikle Hain Seenon Ko Taan Ke (Kashmir) (1951) Singer – Mohammed Rafi, Master Sonik, Lyrics – Saarshaar Sailaani, MD – Hansraj Behl
Chorus

Lyrics

raah e wafaa mein nikle hain
seenon ko taan ke
raah e wafaa mein nikle hain
seenon ko taan ke
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke

hum hausle ke sher hain
dil ke daler hain
dil ke daler hain
parbat hamaare saamne matti ke dher hain
matti ked her hain
sikke bichha ke chhodenge bharat ki shaan ke
bharat ki shaan ke
farzand hum hain
farzand hum hain
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke

ubhre to aasmaan ko neecha dikhaayenge
neecha dikhaayenge
uthe hain apne saath qayaamat uthaayenge
qayaamat uthaayenge
sachche hain apni baat ke
pakke zubaan ke
pakke zubaan ke
farzand hum hain
farzand hum hain
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke

mazhab hai aur cheez
qayaamat hai aur shai
qayaamat hai aur shai
mazhab judaa judaa hain magar qaum ek hai
magar qaum ek hai
taare hain shaikh o barhaman ik aasmaan ke
ik aasmaan ke
farzand hum hain
farzand hum hain
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke
farzand hum hain maadr e hindostan ke

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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राह ए वफा में निकले हैं
सीनों को तान के
राह ए वफा में निकले हैं
सीनों को तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के

हम हौसले के शेर हैं
दिल के दलेर हैं
दिल के दलेर हैं
परबत हमारे सामने मट्टी के ढेर हैं
मट्टी के ढेर हैं
सिक्के बिछा के छोड़ेंगे भारत की शान के
भारत की शान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के

उभरे तो आसमान को नीचा दिखाएंगे
नीचा दिखाएंगे
उठे हैं अपने साथ क़यामत उठाएंगे
क़यामत उठाएंगे
सच्चे हैं अपनी बात के
पक्के ज़ुबान के
पक्के ज़ुबान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के

मज़हब है और चीज़
क़यामत है और शै
क़यामत है और शै
मज़हब जुदा जुदा हैं मगर क़ौम एक है
मगर क़ौम एक है
तारे हैं शैख ओ बरहमन इक आसमान के
इक आसमान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के

राह ए वफा में निकले हैं
सीनों को तान के
राह ए वफा में निकले हैं
सीनों को तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के
फ़रज़ंद हम हैं मादरे हिंदोस्तान के

Tags: 1951, Hansraj Behl, Kashmir, Master Sonik, Mohammed Rafi, Saarshaar Sailaani

Jeevan Panchhi Boli Boley

Posted by: skapur01 on: June 24, 2018

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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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Today’s song is from a film ‘Paaro’ (1947), made during the turmoil of Independence of India. By early 1947, it was clear that India would be divided and a new nation, based on religion, would be carved out by bifurcating United India. The name Pakistan was also known to everyone.

Like in every other field of activity, Hindi film industry was also abuzz with rumours of who is migrating and who is not. Close to the month of June, July 1947, many ‘would be’ migrators were seen selling their properties. There was total chaos in film world. People were seen with suspicion and caution. All this culminated in a frenzy of activity in the industry. Everyone was in a hurry to complete his assignments. Financiers were hastening the producers and directors to complete their films somehow.

This finally ended in a record number of films made in the year 1947. The number of total films made was 280, and only Hindi films were 181. This record number was surpassed only after 41 years ! In the year 1985, the number of Hindi films made was 185. These figures are taken from Film Index by Harmandir ji. It automatically transpired that the quantity was achieved at the cost of quality. Almost 75 to 80 % films of 1947 were obscure and forgotten within a short time.

Films like ‘Aisa Kyun’, ‘Atom Bomb’, ‘Barrister’, ‘Beete Din’, ‘Chalte Chalte’, ‘Chandrahaas’, ‘Dehati’, ‘Daulat Ke Liye’, ‘Extra Girl’, ‘Farz’, ‘Gaurav’, ‘Gudiya’, ‘Heera’, ‘Janata’, ‘Jhalak’, ‘Khandaani’, ‘Lalat’, ‘Manmaani’, ‘Mere Bhagwan’, ‘Mohan’, ‘Nai Baat’, ‘Pehla Pyaar’, ‘Riwaaz’, ‘Shabari’, ‘Shahkaar’, ‘Tohfa’, ‘Toote Dil’, ‘Veerangana’ are some of the films made in 1947. How many of us even know about them ? Actually, some of these were films in which well known and major stars of the times had acted. For example, Mohan had Dev Anand as hero, Lalat was the debut film of Usha Kiran (as Usha Marathe), Prem Adib and Vanmala had acted in Chandrahaas etc.

‘Paaro’ was also one such film which was probably the outcome of the frenzy of 1947. The music director, the heroine, the director, both the lyricists and one singer of this film migrated to Pakistan at their earliest. I have not seen this film. perhaps it never came to Hyderabad. After Independence, Sardar Patel had launched ‘Operation Polo’, to annexe Hyderabad state to India in 1948. The state was in turmoil, so new releases of 1947 came only after October 1948, that too only the most popular ones like ‘Shehnai’, ‘Saajan’, ‘Naatak’, ‘Neelkamal’, ‘Jugnu’, ‘Elaan’, ‘Dard’ and the likes of them.

The cast of film ‘Paaro’ was Geeta Nizami, Randhir, Jeevan, Ranjeet Kumari (who married actor Ram Singh and settled in UP) , Saroj Borkar, Kusum Bhate (sister of Rohini Bhate, the internationally famous dancer, on whom Lata’s first playback song was filmed in film ‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’) etc. Geeta Nizami’s real name was Rashida Begum. She was born in 1926, in a middle class family of Lahore. At the age of 14, she was married to Barkat Nizami, uncle of actress Mumtaz Shanti. This was his second marriage.

It was through the efforts of Barkat Nizami that she was introduced to the screen. This person had a knack for recruiting girls to cinema. First he brought in Mumtaz Shanti and then his own wife. According to him this was a business, more than a marriage. He used to take 50% of earnings from Mumtaz Shanti, but after she married Wali Saheb, this stopped. To compensate, he brought Geeta. He had made a written agreement with her that she will give 50% of her income to Barkat and 25 % to his son from first wife. She earned only 25 %. This type of arrangements used to be there in those days. This was nothing but exploitation of helpless poor girls.

Geeta Nizami made her debut as a Heroine. Initially, she took on the name of Mohini, but after realizing that there was another actress Mohna, already in films, she became Geeta and added Nizami to it. Another actress having such a Hybrid name was Mumtaz Shanti, in the same period.

In her first film ‘Mann Ki Jeet’ (1944), she acted and had a song and dance. The song was “More Jubna Ka Dekho Ubhaar” sung by Zohrabai, written by Josh Malihabadi and composed by SK Pal. The dance Geeta did on this song was very sensuous. She was shown emerging from a blooming lotus and at that time she did such provocative actions that soon the song became talk of the town. The then Bombay Government, led by Morarji Desai, promptly banned the song, but in the rest of India the song became very popular. Her second film was Navyug’s propaganda film ‘Panna’ (1944). Her acting in this film was so good that the Govt. of India gave her a gift of Rs. 9000 as a reward.

Famous author Manto says in his book, ‘Dastavej ‘ Vol 5, that after this film, Geeta Nizami left Barkat Nizami, refusing to give him any share of her earnings. He went to the court and his case lingered, meanwhile he migrated to Pakistan also. Geeta Nizami then married several times and was known for that.

Geeta Nizami could not continue long as a heroine in films. She was lead actress in only seven films, out of total 13 that she did in India. The reason why she did not get more roles as a heroine was found in a book by a well known author. According to this author, Geeta took a bath only once a week, smelt horrible and her head was full of lice. No actor was ready to do a close up scene with her. (I remember another actress of the early 1960s – Kalpana, with same reputation. Shammi Kapoor was on record saying that Kalpana smelt very foul as she probably took bath only once a month. He had refused to work again with her in any film, after ‘Professor’ (1962).)

Geeta Nizami did just 13 films. Her last film was ‘Ek Tha Ladka’ (1951). After this she migrated to Pakistan. In Pakistan she formed a dance troupe and did shows in various cities of Pakistan. She died on 28-4-2008.

The film had only 7 songs, written by Nakshab Jarchavi and S. Nadeem, composed by Music Director Rashid Atre.

Composer RASHEED ABDUL ATRE was born in Amritsar on 15-2-1919. His father Khushi Mohammed was a well known musician and singer. Rasheed learnt music from Ustad Khan Saheb Ashfaq Hussain. Then he went to Calcutta and worked under RC Boral. During his stay in Calcutta he is presumed to have composed songs for films ‘Pardanasheen’ (1942) and ‘Mamta’ (1942), under the name RA Atra. After coming back to Bombay he joined Jhande Khan and Gobindram in composing songs for Pagli’ (1943). He was assistant to composer Amir Ali in ‘Panna’ (1944). With Pt Amarnath, he composed songs for ‘Shirin Farhad’ (1945). Then came ‘Room No. 9’ (1946), ‘Nateeja’ (1947), ‘Paaro’ (1947) and ‘Shikaayat’ (1948). From 43 to 48 he gave music to 6 (confirmed) films. Not much, but then he did not get much time too.

‘Nateeja’ was a Muslim social made by Bombay Talkies and he was specially called for it. ‘Nateeja’ music was his best in India and all its songs became very popular. For ‘Room No 9’, he worked in Navyug Chitrapat Co. where one of the owners was PK Atre, a noted Marathi writer and dramatist. PK Atre was, of course a Hindu, but it was a coincidence.

After Partition Atre went to Pakistan. He first served Radio Pakistan, Rawalpindi and then at Lahore. He prospered in Pakistan and gave music in 54 Urdu and Punjabi films. He was awarded the coveted Nigar Award 3 times in a row. The famous marching song of Pakistan ”Allah o Akba ” was composed by him. The first Pakistani film for which Rasheed Atre gave his music was director Masood Pervez’s ‘Beli’ (1950).

Three years after ‘Beli’, Rasheed was in-charge of music for director Nazir Ahmed Khan’s Punjabi film, ‘Shehri Babu’ (1953), whose evergreen songs still are popular in Pakistan . Atre’s music for director WZ Ahmed’s 1954 family-friendly film ‘Roohi’ (1954) was also a huge success.

Rasheed Atre’s music is all very praise-worthy in director Nazir Ahmed Khan’s film ‘Khatoon’, which was popular for its thumri. Atre’s composition exhibits an astonishing range and power in director Anwar Kamal Pasha’s superhit film ‘Sarfarosh’ (1956). In 1956, Rasheed was also given the responsibility of composing songs for director Anwar Kamal Pasha’s golden jubilee punjabi film ‘Chann Mahi’ (1956) (lyrics: Tufail Hoshiarpuri, starring: Bahar, Aslam Pervaiz). Atre was, indeed, a powerhouse of a musician and a case in point is director WZ Ahmed’s all-time favorite film, ‘Waada’ (1957), which happened to be a movie from a more idealistic time. At the height of his fame, Atre came up with his magical composition for film director Anwar Kamal Pasha’s semi-historical movie, ‘Anarkali’ (1958). To be precise, it was a joint venture of 2 film music composers Rasheed Attre and Master Inayat Hussain.

Rasheed Attre passed away on December 18, 1967, at the age of 48.

Today’s song is sung by Rashid Atre himself with co singers, whose names are not mentioned in HFGK, so no guessing. Both, singer Rashid Atre and the film Paro-47 make a debut on the blog today.

[Author’s Note: Credits- Film directory, mpop.org, pakfilms.net, Encylopedia of Indian Cinema, Harish Raghuwanshi ji, Muvyz, HFGK, my notes.]
[Ed note-With this song, “Paaro” (1947) becomes the 100^th movie of 1947 to get represented in the blog]

Song – Jeevan Panchhi Boli Boley (Paaro) (1947) Singer – Rashid Atre, Unidentified Female Singer, Lyrics – [Unattributed], Music – Rashid Atre

Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)

jeevan panchhi boli boley
jeevan aana jaana re pagle
jeevan aana jaana

kaun chhoot aur kaun achhoot
sab hindustani hain
kaun chhoot aur kaun achhoot
sab hindustani hain
alag alag paudhe bagiya ke
par hai paani ek
alag alag paudhe bagiya ke
par hai paani ek
?? kahaana re
?? kahaana re
jeevan panchhi boli boley
jeevan aana jaana re pagle
jeevan aana jaana

ek baap ke laakhon bete
ek bhoomi par rehte
ek baap ke laakhon bete
ek bhoomi par rehte
aandhi paani aag hawaa sab
ek saath hi sehte
aandhi paani aag hawaa sab
ek saath hi sehte
kyun bairi ban jaana re
kyun bairi ban jaana re
jeevan panchhi boli boley
jeevan aana jaana re pagle
jeevan aana jaana

do din ka hai sab ka jeevan
kaun oonch aur neech
do din ka hai sab ka jeevan
kaun oonch aur neech
palak jhapakte udd jaayen sab
?? ho ya ??
?? ho ya ??
maati mein mil jaana re
maati mein mil jaana re
jeevan panchhi boli boley
jeevan aana jaana re pagle
jeevan aana jaana

desh jal raha
desh jal raha
desh jal raha bhed bhav ki
ab ye aag mita do
ho jaao sab ek
prem ki ganga nadi bahaa do
ho jaao sab ek
ho jaao sab ek
ho jaao sab ek

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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जीवन पंछी बोली बोले
जीवन आना जाना रे पगले
जीवन आना जाना

कौन छूत और कौन अछूत
सब हिंदुस्तानी हैं
कौन छूत और कौन अछूत
सब हिंदुस्तानी हैं
अलग अलग पौधे बगिया के
पर है पानी एक
अलग अलग पौधे बगिया के
पर है पानी एक
?? कहाना रे
?? कहाना रे
जीवन पंछी बोली बोले
जीवन आना जाना रे पगले
जीवन आना जाना

एक बाप के लाखों बेटे
एक भूमि पर रहते
एक बाप के लाखों बेटे
एक भूमि पर रहते
आँधी पानी आग हवा सब
एक साथ ही सहते
आँधी पानी आग हवा सब
एक साथ ही सहते
क्यों बैरी बन जाना रे
क्यों बैरी बन जाना रे
जीवन पंछी बोली बोले
जीवन आना जाना रे पगले
जीवन आना जाना

दो दिन का है सब का जीवन
कौन ऊंच और नीच
दो दिन का है सब का जीवन
कौन ऊंच और नीच
पालक झपकते उड़ जाएँ सब
?? हो या ??
?? हो या ??
माटी में मिल जाना रे
माटी में मिल जाना रे
जीवन पंछी बोली बोले
जीवन आना जाना रे पगले
जीवन आना जाना

देश जल रहा
देश जल रहा
देश जल रहा बेहद भाव की
अब ये आग मिटा दो
हो जाओ सब एक
प्रेम की गंगा नदी बहा दो
हो जाओ सब एक
हो जाओ सब एक
हो जाओ सब एक

Tags: 1947, Paaro, Rashid Atre

Rang Rangeeli Naariyon Ke Rang Rangeele Vesh Hain

Posted by: skapur01 on: May 26, 2018

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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Blog Day :

3599

Post No. :

14366

Today’s song is from the 1953 film ‘Raaj Ratan’.

Since childhood, we have been hearing stories of kings and queens. Most stories have a set pattern- good king, crooked vazier (minister), dutiful son, happy ending ! To go from start to finish, lot of masala used to be present, which actually made these stories interesting. We all knew the end, but it was the curiosity to know how it was achieved in the film. These stories had variations-

– Sometimes the Prince would fall prey to bad company and his beloved would set things right for him

– The Sage declares that a certain fruit of a certain tree from a certain jungle would restore the king’s eyesight or

– The young prince is lost when still an infant, is brought up by a loyal servant, who has a lovely daughter, just made for the prince ! etc.

The attraction of these stories of kings and queens remained with us till around the time we got married and faced the realities of life.

Costume films were made for younger people – children and elders who still felt like children. ALAS ! these types of movies stopped being made by the end of the 50’s decade. Nowadays films are made in this genre, in a disguised way, using computerised special effects and having a science based background. The basic plot of good vs bad still remains the same, but presented in a way suitable for current times. That is why films like Harry Potter etc. are making millions.

Film ‘Raaj Ratan’ was also a costume drama, having the beaten track formula of the lost prince etc. The cast of the film was Nirupa Roy, Ranjana, Ulhas, Jairaj, Sapru, Hiralal, Baby Tabassum etc. Actor Trilok Kapoor had made a Guest appearance in this film. It was produced by the Mohan Pictures workers’ society. The music was by Ninu Majumdar and songs were from Bharat Vyas.

I have seen this film in when it was released, however, I do not have its storyline with me now. I selected a song from this film with a purpose. The heroine of this film was Ranjana. Now, hardly anyone knows about this actress who had worked as a heroine with Dilip Kumar in his early career.No information is available about her in any book or on the internet. Here is some information about her, for our readers.

Ranjana’s real name was Ratan Shantaram Deshpande. She was born in Nagpur on 20-10-1927. While studying in St. Ursula High School, she learnt dancing and music from well known ustads. After passing her 6th standard examination, she came to Bombay to her elder sister, Kusum Deshpande, who was already working as actress with Minerva Movietone films. Kusum married Vasant Thengadi, a handsome actor in Hindi films of those times.

Kusum arranged for specialised dance training for Ratan in the holidays. Later Ratan was taken to Vijay Bhatt of Prakash Pictures for an interview. She was immediately selected and got a role in the famous film ‘Ram Rajya’ (1943). In this film she was Chitralekha, Sita’s sakhi. Vijay Bhatt also changed her name to Ranjana. She was on pay roles of Prakash Pictures for Rs. 2000 pm. She acted in films like ‘Police’ (1944), ‘Vikramaditya’ (1945) and ‘Hamaara Sansar’ (1945). Next films were ‘Nai Maa’ (1946) and ‘Zamin Aasman’ (1946).

Ranjana was called by Bombay Talkies for heroine’s role opposite Dilip kumar in the film ‘Milan’ (1946). This film was based on the Bangla film ‘Nauka Doobi’ written by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. She did the role of Hem Nalini in this film’s Hindi version. The same role was done by Meera Sircar in the Bangla film ‘Nauka Doobi’.

After this film, Ranjana was in great demand, but she wanted to quit films and get married to live a simple life. But as luck would have it, she had to continue working in films till 1975. She also worked in many Marathi films. In all, she worked in about 35 films. Ranjana worked with many big stars of her times like Prem Adeeb, Prithviraj Kapoor, Jairaj, Dilip Kumar, Jeevan, Umakant etc. It is interesting to note that her sister and her brother-in-law acted with her in few films. Some such films were ‘Zamin Aqsman’ (1946) and ‘Shadi Se Pehle’ (1947). In the film ‘Saajan Ka Ghar’ (1948) all three had worked together.

Her sister Kusum Deshpande was born on 20-11-1914 at Nagpur. She came to Bombay in 1930 and worked in Minerva as an apprentice, without pay. She also worked with All India Radio, and in some Marathi dramas and films. Her first Hindi film was ‘Ghar Ki Rani’ (1940). She also did ‘Charnon Ki Daasi’ (1941), ‘Village Girl’ (1945), ‘Wamaq Azra’ (1946) and ‘Zamin Aasmaan’ (1946). In all she did 20 Hindi films. She married actor Vasant Thengadi on 30-11-1944.

Vasant Thengadi was born on 11-1-1910 at Nagpur. He was the son of a Congress leader Dhaniram Thengadi. Vasant had his education in Poona. He could not join army (then the British Army), because of his father’s political connections. He had to leave his Engineering college after father’s death. Being very handsome, tall and with good physique, he started working in Marathi dramas and films. He started his Hindi work with film ‘Dhuwaandhaar’ (1935). [Author Note: This was also the Debut film for Leela Chitnis and Meera Alexander]. He started doing villain roles and became popular and famous. Besides Marathi films, his Hindi films were ‘Taramati’ (1945), ‘Phir Bhi Apna Hai’ (1946), ‘Mera Ladka’ (1938), ‘Din Raat’ (1945), ‘Ten O’clock’ (1942) etc. Later he also worked as assistant director to Raja Nene.

We have many families like this in Hindi films. I remember Zubeida and her mother and sisters, Sitara Devi and her 2 sisters, Nargis, her mother and brothers, Kapoor family, Dilip kumar, his brother and sister in law, many film couples and families of several film people are examples. Ranjana was perhaps one early example. Thank God this Ranjana was not around when yet another Ranjana came to Hindi films. She was Ranjana Deshmukh, niece of actress Sandhya (nee Vijaya Deshmukh). This Ranjana, however , worked mainly in Marathi films and did only 4 Hindi films starting with the famous film ‘Chaani’ (1977). Unfortunately, she first met with an accident and then died of Heart attack at the age of just 40 years or so.

‘Raaj Ratan’ has 7 songs – 3 Geeta solos, 2 Asha solos 1 solo each of Meena Kapoor and Rafi. Today’s song is a 2 in 1 song. Part 1 and 2 combined in one song having a 78 RPM record of two sides. The Music was by Ninu Mujumdar (9-9-1915 to 3-3-2000), who sang 28 songs in 13 films and composed 169 songs in 18 films.

[Author’s Note: Acknowledgements and thanks – The above write up refers to and has adapted material from ‘Who’s Who in Films’ (1946), muVyz, and my own notes.]

[Ed Note: This is a multilingual song that has the following languages present in the lyrics flow – Hindi, Maarwari, Gujarati, Marathi and Bangla. The lyrics for this multi-lingual song have been deciphered and contributed by,
a. Marathi lyrics by Dr. Anil Satwick
b. Bengali lyrics and Bangla script by Antaraa Nanda Mondal
c. Gujarati lyrics and Gujarati script by yours truly
Both Dr Anil Satwick and Antaraa are very dear friends and are part of our extended music lovers group in Delhi. Acknowledgements and thanks are due to both for their tremendous help in getting the lyrics right.
Regarding the Marathi lyrics, Dr Satwick is not sure of all the words, due to lack of clarity in the recording. I request other friends who are familiar with the Marathi vocabulary and script to please help with corrections to the lyrics, if any.]

Song – Rang Rangeeli Naariyon Ke Rang Rangeele Vesh Hain (Raaj Ratan) (1953) Singer – Geeta Dutt, Lyrics – Bharat Vyas, Music – Ninu Majumdar

Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)

rang rangeeli naariyon ke
rang rengeele vesh hain
rang rangeeli naariyon ke
rang rengeele vesh hain
roop hain anek aur
ek in ka desh hai
ek in ka desh hai

rang rangeeli naariyaan
jaise phulwaariaan
bagiya mein mehak rahi
kesar ki kyaariaan
dekh lo. . .
dekh lo

dekh lo banaras ki sundari
jiski lehraati lehron si chundari
jo gaati hai daadra aur thumri
thumak thumak gaati hai daadra aur thumri

oo oo oo
laagi naahin chhoote ho raama
chaahe jiya jaaye raama ho
chaahe jiya jaaye
chaahe jiya jaaye raama o ho
chaahe jiya jaaye
chaahe jiya jaaye
chaahe jiya jaaye

peepal ke jhaad hain
ret ke pahaad hain
ghunghat mein naach raha mast maarwaad hai
dekh lo. . .
dekh lo
dekh lo

sarvar paani lene jaaun to
najar lag jaaye
sarvar paani lene jaaun to
najar lag jaaye
mhaari toshni pade ko dhaula rang ud jaaye
ho dhaula rang ud jaaye
mhaare heengdu ki tikiya(?) darad bhar jaaye
sarvar paani lene jaaun to
najar lag jaaye
najar lag jaaye
haaye dulhan hoye jaaye
najar lag jaaye
haaye dulhan hoye jaaye
sarvar paani lene jaaun to
najar lag jaaye

rang rangeeli naariyon ke
rang rengeele vesh hain
rang rangeeli naariyon ke
rang rengeele vesh hain
roop hain anek aur
ek in ka desh hai
ek in ka desh hai
rang rangeeli naariyaan
jaise phulwaariaan
bagiya mein mehak rahi
kesar ki kyaariaan

naajukadi naar chale paayal jhankaar
range mehndi se gore gore haath hain
poonam ki raat
goonje garbe ka geet
aisa preet bhara
sangeet bhara pyaar gujraat hai
dekh lo. . .
dekh lo

mehndi ki maandi naar ve
aeno rang gayo goojrat re
mehndi rang laagyo ri
naano jiyaario laadpo kai
laagyo mehndi na chhodbe
mehndi rang laagyo ri

lambe hain kesh
aadha mardaana vesh
aur haathon mein teekhi talwar hai
rann mein lade veer naari maraathan
ran chandi ka avatar hai
dekh lo..oo..oo..oo..oo

hey dhanya maharani jhansi
ghodyavar khaashi
kuthoon kahi ghushi ganeema kare lail ke dwaar
chap-chapa chaal ek talwar
sukhandi pasri kirti paar ji
ji ji ji ji ji
nawaaja (??) hauj(?) to paar ji
ji ji ji ji ji

ey ji saanwra baran
komal komal charan
ey ji saanwra baran
komal komal charan
kaare kaare do naina vishaal hain
taaron ki chhahan taley
bikhra ke kesh chaley
jaadu bhara bangaal hai
ho dekho jaadu bhara bangaal hai
dekh lo. . .
dekh lo

tumi kaader kuler bou
go tumi kaader kuler bou
jamuna jol aante jaachchho
shonge neyi to keu
tumi kaader kuler bou
jamuna jol aante jaachchho
shonge neyi to keu
tumi kaader kuler bou
tumi kaader kuler bou

rang rangeeli naariyon ke
rang rengeele vesh hain
rang rangeeli naariyon ke
rang rengeele vesh hain
roop hain anek aur
ek in ka desh hai
ek in ka desh hai

———————————————————
Hindi and Gujarati script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
Bangla script lyrics (Provided by Antaraa Nanda Mondal)
Marathi lyrics (Provided by Dr Anil Satwick)
———————————————————
रंग रंगीली नारियों के
रंग रंगीले वेश हैं
रंग रंगीली नारियों के
रंग रंगीले वेश हैं
रूप हैं अनेक और
एक इन का देश है
एक इन का देश है

रंग रंगीली नारियां
जैसे फुलवारियाँ
बगिया में महक रही
केसर की क्यारियाँ
देख लो॰ ॰ ॰
देख लो

देख लो बनारस की सुंदरी
जिसकी लहराती लहरों सी चुंदरी
जो गाती है दादरा और ठुमरी
ठुमक ठुमक गाती है दादरा और ठुमरी

ओ ओ ओ
लागि नाहीं छूटे हो रामा
चाहे जिया जाये रामा हो
चाहे जिया जाये
चाहे जिया जाये रामा ओ हो
चाहे जिया जाये
चाहे जिया जाये
चाहे जिया जाये

पीपल के झाड़ हैं
रेत के पहाड़ हैं
घूँघट में नाच रहा मस्त मारवाड़ है
देख लो॰ ॰ ॰
देख लो
देख लो

सरवर पानी लेने जाऊन तो
नजर लग जाये
सरवर पानी लेने जाऊन तो
नजर लग जाये
म्हारी तोशनी पड़े को धौला रंग उड़ जाये
हो धौला रंग उड़ जाये
म्हारे हींगड़ू की तिकिया(?) दरद भर जाये
सरवर पानी लेने जाऊन तो
नजर लग जाये
नजर लग जाये
हाए दुल्हन होए जाए
नजर लग जाये
हाए दुल्हन होए जाए
सरवर पानी लेने जाऊन तो
नजर लग जाये

रंग रंगीली नारियों के
रंग रंगीले वेश हैं
रंग रंगीली नारियों के
रंग रंगीले वेश हैं
रूप हैं अनेक और
एक इन का देश है
एक इन का देश है
रंग रंगीली नारियां
जैसे फुलवारियाँ
बगिया में महक रही
केसर की क्यारियाँ

नाजुकड़ी नार चले पायल झंकार
रंगे मेहंदी से गोरे गोरे हाथ हैं
पूनम की रात
गूँजे गरबे का गीत
ऐसा प्रीत भरा प्यार गुजरात है
देख लो॰ ॰ ॰
देख लो

मेहंदी की मांडी नार वे
ऐनो रंग गयो गूजरात रे
मेहंदी रंग लाग्यो री
नानो जियारिओ लाडपो कई
लाग्यो मेहंदी ना छोडबे
मेहंदी रंग लाग्यो री

મહેંદી કી માંડી નાર વે
એનો રંગ ગેઓ ગુજારાત રે
મહેંદી રંગ લાગઓ રી
નાનો જિયારિયો લાડપો કાઈ
લાગઓ મહેંદી ના છોડબે
મહેંદી રંગ લાગઓ રી

लंबे हैं केश
आधा मर्दाना वेश
और हाथों में तीखी तलवार है
रण में लड़े वीर नारी मराठन
रण चण्डी का अवतार है
देख लो॰॰ओ॰॰ओ॰॰ओ॰॰ओ

हे धन्य महाराणी झांशी
घोड्यावर खाशी
कुठून कोहे घुशी
गनीमा करे लैल के द्वार
चप-चपा चाल एक तलवार
सुखण्डी पसरी किरती पार जी
जी जी जी जी जी
नवाजा (??) हौज(?) तो पार जी
जी जी जी जी जी

ए जी सांवरा बरण
कोमल कोमल चरण
ए जी सांवरा बरण
कोमल कोमल चरण
कारे कारे दो नैना विशाल है
तारों की छाहाँ तले
बिखरा के केश चले
जादू भरा बंगाल है
हो देखो जादू भरा बंगाल है
देख लो॰ ॰ ॰
देख लो

तुमि कादेर कुलेर बोउ
गो तुमि कादेर कुलेर बोउ
जमुना जोल आन्ते जाच्छो
शोंगे नेई तो केयो
तुमि कादेर कुलेर बोउ
जमुना जोल आन्ते जाच्छो
शोंगे नेई तो केयो
तुमि कादेर कुलेर बोउ
तुमि कादेर कुलेर बोउ

তুমি কাদের কুলের বৌ
গো তুমি কাদের কুলের বৌ
যমুনা জল আনতে যাচ্ছ,
সঙ্গে নেই তো কেউ
তুমি কাদের কুলের বৌ
যমুনা জল আনতে যাচ্ছ,
সঙ্গে নেই তো কেউ
তুমি কাদের কুলের বৌ
তুমি কাদের কুলের বৌ

रंग रंगीली नारियों के
रंग रंगीले वेश हैं
रंग रंगीली नारियों के
रंग रंगीले वेश हैं
रूप हैं अनेक और
एक इन का देश है
एक इन का देश है

Tags: 1953, Bharat Vyas, Geeta Dutt, Ninu Majumdar, Raaj Ratan

Satyamev Jayate Satyamev Jayate

Posted by: skapur01 on: January 26, 2018

Blog Day :

3479

Post No. :

13978

The blog activities have picked up pace quite a bit in this new year. Almost all contributors are quite active. I hope this pace is sustained, and does not peter out like the enthusiastic short term flings of the resolutioners. Gajendra ji had commented that it generally is a euphoria that lasts about a week into the new year. But in this case, ‘रब नजर ना लगाए’, we seem to be going great guns for over three weeks now. So far, it portends all good for the continuing activity. Now only if responses in the comments column also pick up pace. 🙂

Greetings to all readers and friends, on the occasion of marking the Republic Day event of our country.

In the notes exchanged with Atul ji over the past week, it comes about that the 1966 film ‘Sushila’ is just one song short of being a Yippeee film on the blog. And quite fortunately, the remaining song in the list is actually very appropriate for the celebration of 26^th January. Scrambling to locate this song, we are unsuccessful to find it posted online. And so the quick decision was to upload the song, post it for 26^th January celebrations and in the process add one more to the list of Yippeee’d films.

In the process of realizing this plan, as I checked the songs folder for this film in my collection, I was in for a very peculiar surprise. I checked and checked again with the Geet Kosh and also with the list of songs available on the blog. There had to be an error somewhere. Actually, the songs folder in my collection was showing one song extra than the 6 songs that are supposed to be there. Checking with Geet Kosh, the number seems to tally. Our Yippeee films lists also shows this film as being one song short. So how come I have an extra song.

My first reaction of course was that another song has been inserted in this folder by mistake. I took a chance and called up my collector friend to check. He said that the song (the extra song I was enquiring about) belongs to this film. In confusion, I completed the call, without asking him another important question – who says it is?

In confusion, I resorted back to the Geet Kosh. And it just struck me to check the corrigenda of volume IV. And as I did, I find that this ‘supposed’ extra song does exist for this film. The corrigenda entry lists this song, as one more song for this film, which is missing from the main Geet Kosh listings.

So the silver lining to this confusion cloud is that this film has seven and not six songs – one more unheard song to enjoy. Ah yes, but there is also a cloud to this silver lining – that this film cannot be yippeee’d today. So, there. 🙂

Today’s song is written by Jaan Nisar Akhtar, and the music is by C Arjun. The singing voices are of Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar accompanied by chorus. I haven’t had the opportunity to see this film. The manner in which the song is presented, it appears that a teacher is singing this song, accompanied by a group of school students. The teacher is telling about the glory and the history of India, and then she poses a query to the students, to tell briefly about some of the great people of our country. Apparently, the students take turns to sing out a brief introduction to certain great leaders of our country, past and present.

At the end of the song, the teacher takes over once again, and tells the students about the continuing problems and social ills, and then exhorts them to become the great leaders of the future, and help to address these problems.

The issues mentioned, were valid for the 1960s, and sadly, they continue more aggravated-ly, even fifty years later. It seems as if the human progress continues, in many aspects and many spheres of life. But apparently, these social evils are a given constant in the society. Nothing seems to have the power to effect any change in status quo. These issues have been discussed in ancient texts, in the teachings of great men over the ages, and continue to seize the time and attention of the leaders today. And that is all I have to say about this situation.

Enjoy this rare song from the mid 1960s, that apparently went out of circulation for quite some time in the interim.

Once again, greetings for a Happy Republic Day.

Song – Satyamev Jayate Satyamev Jayate (Sushila) (1966) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Usha Mnageshkar, Lyrics – Jaan Nisar Akhtar, MD – C Arjun
Chorus

Lyrics

bharat ke hum rehne waale
bharat hum ko pyaara hai
is dharti ka maan badhaana
pehla farz hamaara hai
is dharti ka maan badhaana
pehla farz hamaara hai
sadiyon ke itihas ne humko
raaz yahi batlaaya hai
desh ki jis ne sewa ki hai
wohi bada kehlaaya hai
desh ki jis ne sewa ki hai
wohi bada kehlaaya hai
aise mahaan insaanon ke
naam zara batlaao to
desh ki khatir kis ne kiya
kya kaam zara batlaao to
desh ki khatir kis ne kiya
kya kaam zara batlaao to

chandragupt samraat ke jiska daur sunehra daur hua
daur sunehra daur hua
mulk tha apna tukde tukde
ek bana kuchh aur hua
mulk tha apna tukde tukde
ek bana kuchh aur hua
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

amn ka khud paighaam ho jaise
naam ashok e azam ka
naam ashok e azam ka
aaj bhi chakra nishaan hai
apne tirange parcham ka
aaj bhi chakra nishaan hai
apne tirange parcham ka
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

akbar jis ne maanavta ka
farz sikhaana chaaha tha
farz sikhaana chaaha tha
hind ki saar kaumon ko
ik kaum banana chaaha tha
hind ki saar kaumon ko
ik kaum banana chaaha tha
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

tipu jisko naam watan ka
jaan se apni pyaara tha
jaan se apni pyaara tha
jisne aage badh ke videsi taaqat ko lalkaara tha
jisne aage badh ke videsi taaqat ko lalkaara tha
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

naam hai zinda laxmi bai
jhansi ki maharani ka
jhansi ki maharani ka
hum ko jisne sabak diya hai
himmat ka qurbaani ka
hum ko jisne sabak diya hai
himmat ka qurbaani ka
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

veer bhagt singh desh pe jis ne
apne ko qurbaan kiya
apne ko qurbaan kiya
chadh kar jis ne sooli pe
azaadi ka ailaan kiya
chadh kar jis ne sooli pe
azaadi ka ailaan kiya
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

neta wo subhash ke jin se
andolan ki mauj chali
andolan ki mauj chali
kaandhe par ik jhanda le kar
azaadi ki fauj chali
kaandhe par ik jhanda le kar
azaadi ki fauj chali
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

bapu bin hathiyaar jinhon ne
jung ladi azaadi ki
jung ladi azaadi ki
jin ke kaaran hum ne dekhi
aaj ghadi azaadi ki
jin ke kaaran hum ne dekhi
aaj ghadi azaadi ki
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

nehru apna pyara rehbar
jis ne har balidan diya
jis ne har balidan diya
saare jag ki nazron mein
is desh ko ooncha maan diya
saare jag ki nazron mein
is desh ko ooncha maan diya
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate
satyamev jayate satyamev jayate

goonji hai awaaz samay ki
waqt ke hain paighaam bahut
aage aage karna honge
hum ko tum ko kaam bahut
kab tak aakhir aur sahen
is gurbat is bekaari ko
khatm abhi karna hai hamen
dualat ki zaaradaari ko
zaat ke bandhan cheez hain kya
kyon doori apne beech rahe
desh mein koi dukh kyon jhele
kyon ye oonch aur neech rahe
tumko bhi kal badh ke
apne baagh ki khushboo ban’na hai
bachcho ik din tumko gandhi
tumko nehru ban’na hai

gandhi ban’na hai
nehru ban’na hai

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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भारत के हम रहने वाले
भारत हमको प्यारा है
इस धरती का मान बढ़ाना
पहला फर्ज़ हमारा है
इस धरती का मान बढ़ाना
पहला फर्ज़ हमारा है
सदियों के इतिहास ने हमको
राज़ यही बतलाया है
देश की जिसने सेवा की है
वही बड़ा कहलाया है
देश की जिसने सेवा की है
वही बड़ा कहलाया है
ऐसे महान इन्सानों के
नाम ज़रा बतलाओ तो
देश की खातिर किसने किया
क्या काम ज़रा बतलाओ तो
देश की खातिर किसने किया
क्या काम ज़रा बतलाओ तो

चन्द्रगुप्त सम्राट के जिसका दौर सुनहरा दौर हुआ
दौर सुनहरा दौर हुआ
मुल्क था अपना टुकड़े टुकड़े
एक बना कुछ और हुआ
मुल्क था अपना टुकड़े टुकड़े
एक बना कुछ और हुआ
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

अम्न का खुद पैगाम हो जैसे
नाम अशोक ए आज़म का
नाम अशोक ए आज़म का
आज भी जिसका चक्र निशां है
अपने तिरंगे परचम का
आज भी जिसका चक्र निशां है
अपने तिरंगे परचम का
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

अकबर जिसने मानवता का
फर्ज़ सिखाना चाहा था
फर्ज़ सिखाना चाहा था
हिन्द की सारी क़ौमों को
इक कौम बनाना चाहा था
हिन्द की सारी क़ौमों को
इक कौम बनाना चाहा था
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

टीपू जिसको नाम वतन का
जान से अपनी प्यारा था
जान से अपनी प्यारा था
जिसने आगे बढ़ के
विदेशी ताक़त को ललकारा था
जिसने आगे बढ़ के
विदेशी ताक़त को ललकारा था
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

नाम है ज़िंदा लक्ष्मी बाई
झाँसी की महारानी का
झाँसी की महारानी का
हमको जिसने सबक दिया है
हिम्मत का कुर्बानी का
हमको जिसने सबक दिया है
हिम्मत का कुर्बानी का
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

वीर भगत सिंह देश पे जिसने
अपने को कुर्बान किया
अपने को कुर्बान किया
चढ़ कर जिसने सूली पे
आज़ादी का ऐलान किया
चढ़ कर जिसने सूली पे
आज़ादी का ऐलान किया
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

नेता वो सुभाष के जिन से
आंदोलन की मौज चली
आंदोलन की मौज चली
कांधे पर इक झण्डा ले कर
आज़ादी की फौज चली
कांधे पर इक झण्डा ले कर
आज़ादी की फौज चली
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

बापू बिन हथियार जिन्हों ने
जंग लड़ी आज़ादी की
जंग लड़ी आज़ादी की
जिन के कारण हमने देखी
आज घड़ी आज़ादी की
जिन के कारण हमने देखी
आज घड़ी आज़ादी की
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

नेहरू अपना प्यारा रहबर
जिसने हर बलिदान दिया
जिसने हर बलिदान दिया
सारे जग की नज़रों में
इस देश को ऊंचा मान दिया
सारे जग की नज़रों में
इस देश को ऊंचा मान दिया
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते
सत्यमेव जयते सत्यमेव जयते

गूंजी है आवाज़ समय की
वक़्त के हैं पैगाम बहुत
आगे आगे करना होंगे
हमको तुमको काम बहुत
कब तक आखिर और सहें
इस गुरबत और बेकारी को
खत्म अभी करना हाई हमको
इस दौलत की ज़ारादारी को
ज़ात के बंधन चीज़ हैं क्या
क्यों दूरी अपने बीच रहे
देश में कोई दुख क्यों झेले
क्यों ये ऊंच और नीच रहे
तुमको भी कर बढ़ के
अपने बाग की खुशबू बनना है
बच्चो इक दिन तुमको गांधी
तुमको नेहरू बनना है

गांधी बनना है
नेहरू बनना है

Tags: 1966, Asha Bhosle, C Arjun, Jaan Nisar Akhtar, Sushila, Usha Mangeshkar

Ham Punjaabi Ham Bangaali

Posted by: Atul on: May 13, 2017

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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

REPORT ON MUMBAI GANGOUT – Part 2
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……Javed ji was introduced to Sadanand ji, as they were meeting each other for the first time. Even I had met him for the first time, though we had E-mail communications earlier. It so happened that, in the last Mumbai Gangout which Sudhir ji attended, he had gifted all of us a copy of Javed ji’s first Hindi book ( he has more books in Urdu), ” Kuchh kalaakaar-kuchh yaden “. After reading that book, I wrote a mail to Javed ji about certain discrepancies, I had found in the book. Actually I was hesitant whether to write such a mail to him, but my adventurism won over me and the mail was sent finally.
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Tags: 1969, Asha Bhonsle, Ham Ek Hain, Indeewar, Manna Dey, Rafi, Usha Khanna

Ka Se Kul Duniya Hamaari Jis Mein Bharat Desh Hai

Posted by: skapur01 on: March 8, 2017

This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

Today, the 8^th of March, is a very special day for some of us.

No, it’s not because it is International Women’s Day. Well, that too, but also because it is the birthday of somebody associated with the Hindi film industry who is very close to us.

Yes, I’m talking about Sahir Ludhianvi. Sahir Sb would have been 96 today had he been alive.
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Tags: 1964, Asha Bhosle, Chaandi Ki Deewaar, N Datta, Sahir Ludhianvi

Nafrat ki laathhi todo laalach ka khanzar phenko

Posted by: Atul on: January 14, 2017

This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

To keep up our New Year resolution of one movie getting Yippeeeed per day I found that the 1982 Manmohan Desai produced & directed “Desh Premee” falls short by a song to achieve YIPPEEHOOD.
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Tags: 1982, Amitabh Bachchan, Anand Bakshi, Desh Premee, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Rafi

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