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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is a famous Ghazal by Mirza Ghalib, from the film Qaidi-1940.
Film Qaidi-1940 was a Landmark movie. It was a Muslim social film. It was not the first film depicting the muslim culture in a hindi film, still it occupies a special place in this Genre for many reasons. Muslims have been a major and the biggest Minority in India for many centuries. Muslim kings who came from outside India ruled this country for many years too. Therefore it was but natural that films depicting Muslim culture were made in India from the early era onwards after Talkie films started.
Indian film history has many unsolved riddles yet. At the same time misconceptions and wrong information inputs have been misleading the Indian Film History students. Questions like
1. Who was the first Female MD ?
2. Which was the First MD Pair in Hindi films ?
3. Which was the First Hindi film shot abroad ?
4. Which is the First songless Hindi film ?
have either been not answered properly or the answers have become outdated with the new evidence becoming available now. Those readers who have the answers to these questions are requested to check with the Mythical answers and the actual true answers here.
1.Many people still believe that Usha khanna is the first female MD, But actually she is the 4rd female MD. The First female MD was Isharat Jehan aka Bibbo, who gave music to films Adl E Jahangir-1934 and Qazzack ki beti-1937. Jaddan bai was the second and Saraswati Devi was the third female MD.
2.The First MD Pair is generally considered as Husnlal-Bhagatram. However, the First MD Pair was Rewashankar Marwadi and Banne Khan, who gave music to 12 Hindi films from 1935 to 1937.
3. Generally it is believed that film Naaz-1954 is the First hindi film to be shot abroad. Even HFGK also mentions this. However, the truth is, the film ” India in Africa”-1939 was the First film to be shot in Africa with the Hero B.Nandrekar ( Ref: Maharashtra- The Birthplace of Indian Cinema, author Isak Mujawar).
4. Hindi film “Naujawan”-1937, made by the Wadia Brothers is considered as the First Songless film. However it is no longer true. Film ” Mamta”-1936 made by Bombay Talkies (and released along with film “Miya Bibi”) was the First songless film.
Like many other myths in the Hindi film industry, one myth is that Mehboob Khan was the pioneer in making Muslim social films in India. This probably originated because the first film of Mehboob’s own company Mehboob Productions was ” Najma”-43, a Muslim social film starring Ashok Kumar, Veena, Sitara, Kumar, Yaqub etc. But the fact is different.
The first Muslim social film was “Rashida”-35, made by Madon Theatres, Calcutta, featuring Kajjan, Effendi and others. It was directed by a Jew-Izra Mir. The name of the film indicated that it was about a Muslim girl. Somehow, I find a lot of Muslim social films made that had titles of girl’s names, Like Zeenat, Ameena, Najma, Shama, Heena, Zubeida, Salma, Ismat etc etc.
The beginning of serious Muslim social films was done by Fazli Brothers- Hasnain and Sibtain Fazli. They first made a Muslim social film Qaidi-1940, featuring Ramola,Mehtab, B.Nandrekar, Wasti etc. This was a period of struggle for Indian Independence. The fundamentalists in Muslims were active and due to the fear of their reaction, film makers were wary of producing such films.Even Fazli brothers were also afraid that there would be obstruction from these people to their film, so they decided to make the film in Calcutta. Their first Muslim Social film Qaidi-40 was very successful. Encouraged, they made 2 more such films (Masoom-41 and Chowringhee-42) in Calcutta. For film Chowringhee-42, the Fazli Brothers roped in famous Bangla poet (who later on became the National Poet of Bangladesh) Kazi Nazrul Islam- the creator of Nazrul geeti, as a Lyricist and MD for the film.
After 1942, Fazli Brothers shifted their activities to Bombay and made many Muslim social films like Fashion-43,Ismat-44, Dil-46 and Mehendi 47. So, in true sense, it is the Fazli Brothers who were the pioneers of Muslim Social films in India.
From the 40s to the 47, there was a line of Muslim social films lined with pride and confidence. Notable amongst them were Paak Daaman-40 by Rustom Modi, Masoom-41 by Fazli brothers, Muslim ka lal-41 by Mohan Pictures, Fashion -43 by Fazli Brothers, Najma-43 by Mehboob, Salma-43 by Nazir Ahmed, Ismat-44 by Fazli Brothers, Bade Nawab saab-44 by actor Kumar and Pramila, Bhaijaan-45 by United Films, Phool-45 by K.Asif, and Director Mazhar Khan’s Muslim social film “Pehli Nazar” in 1945. Amongst these, the film “Elan”-47 was a milestone film, produced by Mehboob. It dwelt upon the needs of improvements for Muslim community.
After 1947, India lost a very big market for its Muslim social films, when Pakistan-East and West- was formed. It does not mean that Muslim social films were not made after 1947 in India. Films like Kaneez-49, Nisbat-49, Parda-49, Hyderabad ki Nazneen-52,Darwaza-54, Chandni Chowk-54, Maalik-58, Maa ke aansoo-59, Pahli Raat-59 etc were all Muslim socials. They, however, were not successful, for whatever reasons. But the fun is films of muslim backgrounds but non social films like Anarkali,Mirza Ghalib,Hatimtai,Alibaba and forty thieves etc were good grossers and ran well. The first Hindi film to win the President’s Gold Medal (the first was Marathi film-Shyam chi aai ), was Mirza Ghalib-54. This indicated that there was no audience for Muslim social films now. Later on the conditions changed and Muslim social films like Chaudhavi ka chaand,Barsaat ki raat,Chhote Nawab,Bahu Begum, Mere huzoor, Pakeeza etc became quite successful. However,some opine that these films succeeded due to other reasons like Music, songs etc. One funny thing was that most Muslim social films-from the beginning- showed Lucknow as the background of the story ! (Film names being mentioned are only indicative and not exhaustive, so many names will be missing here.).
Film Qaidi-1940 star cast included Ramola, Mehtab, Madhuri, Monica Desai, B.Nandrekar, Wasti, Leela Mishra and many others. There were 8 songs in the film written by Arzoo lucknowi and Kidar Sharma, which were composed by Acharya bhishmadev Chaterjee – a highly respected name in the musical field of Bengal. Two Gazals by Mirza Galib were also used in this film. Today’s song is one of these gazals. We do not know the singer’s name. Name of ” Aziz ka gaana” is given on the record. Aziz was the name of the film’s Hero, enacted by Nandrekar. One peculiar point about this film was that the Hero, his mother and sister all die in this film. The name of Monica Desai in the star cast may be unfamiliar to many readers.
Monica Desai was a famous Indian actress during the 1930’s and 40’s. She was the daughter of Dr. Umedram Lalbhai Desai and Satyabhama Devi, a well-known musician of the early 20th Century. Her father was a Gujarati, and her mother hailed from Bihar. Her father who was a reputed Doctor of that period died in the year 1930.
Monica Desai first worked for Bangla movie ‘Nimai Sanyasi’ which was released in the year 1940. She was an actress who represented the era of upcoming character actresses like Leela Mishra, Ram Dulari, who made debut along with her and later ruled the Indian screen.
Monica Desai acted under the direction of Phani Majumdar and Kidar Nath Sharma. She did not concentrate much on acting as she got married to Phani Majumdar, a pioneering Indian film director, who worked in Hindi cinema. Phani Majumdar is known for Meena Kumari’s classic films ‘Aarti’ (1962) and ‘Oonche Log’ (1965). Monica Desai had a sister named Leela Desai, who was a renowned actress in Hindi and Bengali cinema. Leela Desai has even acted in the film ‘Kapal Kundala’ (1939) directed by Phani Majumdar. After completion of the venture, Phani Majumdar married Monica Desai.
Monica acted with Prithviraj Kapoor in her career, in the film Gauri. ‘Gauri’ was an Indian Bollywood film that was the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 1943 and this established Monica Desai as an actress. Later, she featured in a film ‘Devdasi’ as a heroine that was also among the top seven grossing films at the Indian box office in 1945. She appeared in the film ‘Chitralekha’ which was the second-highest grossing Indian film of 1941, in this movie, she portrayed the character of Yashodhara. She had also acted in 2 films with Saigal – Bhakta Surdas-1942 and Bhanwara-1944.
Monica worked in only 9 Hindi films- Qaidi-40, Chitralekha-41, Bhakta Surdas-42, Gauri-43, Bhanwara-44, Lakharani-45, Devdasi-45, Rangeen Zamana-48 and Vikram Shashikala-49.
Let us now listen to Galib’s ghazal. This same ghazal was later used in the film ‘Mirza Ghalib’-1954, in which Suraiya sang this ghazal beautifully.
Song- Rahiye ab aisi jagah chal kar jahaan koi na ho (Qaidi)(1940) Singer- Not known, Lyricist- Mirza Ghalib, MD- Bhishmadev Chatterjee
Lyrics
rahiye ab a a a
aisi jagah
chal kar jahaan koi na ho
rahiye ab a a a
aisi jagah
chal kar jahaan koi na ho
hamasukhan koi na ho o
aur hamazubaan koi na ho
rahiye ab a ab
aisi jagah
be-dar-o-deewaar kaa aa
ik ghar banaaya chaahiye
koi hamasaayaa na ho
aur paasabaan koi na ho
padiye gar beemaar to
koi na ho teemaaradaar
aur agar mar jaaiye
aur agar mar jaaiye
to nauhakhwaan koi na ho
rahiye ab aisi jagah
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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In this article, I propose to explore the film ‘Mimi’ (2021) which was a remake of a Marathi film, ‘Mala Aai Vhhaychy!’ (2011) [meaning, I want to be a mother]. The film is about surrogacy. The Marathi film was produced by Samruoddhi Porey, a lawyer in Bombay High Court. The story was based on one of the surrogacy cases she handled in the High Court. The film won the National Film Award for the best feature film in Marathi. While the Marathi film was a complete melodrama, ‘Mimi’ (2021) added some situational comedy elements to reduce the impact of melodrama.
‘Mimi’ (2021) was produced by Dinesh Vijan under the banner of Maddock Films and was directed by Laxman Utekar. The star cast included Kirti Sanon, Pankaj Tripathi, Sai Tamhankar, Manoj Pahwa, Supriya Pathak, Evelyn Edwards, Aidan Whytock, Jacob Smith, Jaya Bhattacharya etc.
The film was majorly shot in Mandwa in Rajasthan during October to December 2019 and thereafter in around Jaipur in February-March 2020. When only 5 days’ shooting was required for completion of the film, the imposition of first coronavirus lockdown on March 25, 2020, derailed the completion schedule. The leftover shooting could be completed only in January 2021 and the patchwork shooting involving the foreign artists for continuity purposes were completed thereafter. Film was planned for a theatrical release in May 2021 when the second wave of coronavirus forced the authorities to clamp lockdown from the mid-April 2021. So, ‘Mimi’ (2021) got released on the digital platforms – Netflix and Jio TV on July 27, 2021.
The gist of the story of the film, ‘Mimi” (2021) is as under:
Mimi (Kriti Sanon), a dancer in a small town in Rajasthan is aspiring to be an actor in Bollywood. For her aspiration to become true, she needs to earn money for the preparatory work in becoming an actor which she tries to do so by her dance programme. But this does not give her enough money.
An American couple are in India who are looking for a surrogate mother. When staying in a hotel in Rajasthan, they watch Mimi’s dance and zeroes on her as the possible surrogate mother. They entrust their driver, Bhanu (Pankaj Tripathi) as a middleman to convince Mimi for surrogacy. After initial reservation, Mimi agrees to become the surrogate mother for the American couple for Rs.20 lakhs which will more than take care of her preparatory expenses to become an actor in Bollywood. She signs the contract of surrogacy. After a successful surrogacy procedure in a hospital, Mimi is declared pregnant. The American couple is happy. They take care of Mimi’s financial requirements for the next few months before they depart for the USA.
Now, the problem for Mimi is how to conceal her pregnant tummy from her parents and the rest of society in her town. Mimi lies to her parents that she is going to Mumbai for 9 months for a film shoot. She shifts to stays with her friend, Shama (Sai Tamhankar) who is her singing/dancing partner for the dance shows and stays in the other part of the town. On the instructions of the American couple, Bhanu also joins her.
After few weeks, the American couple returns to India to check the progress of Mimi’s pregnancy. They take her to the doctor for a check-up which reveals that the child is likely to be born with some deformity. Both Mimi and the American couple are shocked. The American couple returns to US without informing Mimi and advises her through Bhanu that she should get the child aborted. Mimi refuses to do abortion and instead she and Bhanu return to her home town in Rajasthan. Now the pregnancy is known to her parents as well as the town. To hide her surrogacy, Mimi tells her parents that while in Mumbai, she got married to Bhanu and the child in the womb was that of Bhanu. After some hesitation, Mimi’s parents accept to take care of her.
Few weeks later, Mimi delivers a baby boy with fair skin, blue eyes and the blond hair. People make fun of Bhanu as to how he could be father of such a fair skin and blond boy. In the meanwhile, Bhanu’s real wife and mother also comes to know that he has a son from a different woman. Bhanu, however, successfully convinces that the boy is born out of surrogacy, and he has only lent his name as Mimi’s husband to hide the truth. Due to his unique unusual appearance, the boy is loved by all around him. Both Mimi’s and Bhanu’s families accept the baby boy. They are all happy with a growing child around them. Raj is now 4-year-old.
After watching a viral short video of Mimi dancing with Raj, the American couple visits India and land in Mimi’s house. They demand the child back as per the contract. Mimi, who is now emotionally attached to Raj, refuses to part with Raj to the American couple. They plead that his wife, out of depression, tried to commit suicide and only the child would bring happiness in her. Neither Mimi nor their family is ready to hand over the child. The American couple decide to take the legal course to settle the issue. Mimi’s family also consults a lawyer who tells them that to fight the case, Raj would need to be present in the court for every hearing. Mimi does not want 4-year Raj to go through such an ordeal and confuse him further about his status. She decides to handover Raj to the American couple.
The film ends with the entire Mimi and Bhanu families unanimously agreeing to handover Raj to the American couple only to be told by them that they have already adopted an Indian girl child as they feel that Raj would be happy with Mimi, his biological mother.
The film raises the important issues – social, emotional, and legal, concerning surrogacy. After watching the film, the audience would be forced to think as to how far surrogacy is morally and ethically right due to its commercial nature. Anyway, in India, under the new Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, the commercial surrogacy has been banned. Even for altruistic surrogacy, there are very tough conditions to be met before getting approval for a surrogate mother.
The film was critically acclaimed. Kirti Sanon was appreciated for her performance as a surrogate mother. Pankaj Tripathi’s performance was excellent. Other actors fitted very well in their respective roles. Due to coronavirus, the entire financial arithmetic of the film’s budget went awry, first because of the delay in release of the film and secondly, it did not get the theatrical release. With the passage of time, the film has stated to have not only recovered the cost but has also earned some profit as per box office report.
The film has 7 songs, all written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and set to music by A R Rahman. I present the first song, ‘chhoti si chiraiyya udke chali kis gaaon’ to appear on the Blog. The song is sung by Kailash Kher. This is a very emotional song played in the background when Mimi and her families starts the day’s activities waking up Raj from the bed, getting him bathe and feeding him. He is ready with his new dress and the baggage to travel. There are melodramatic scenes involving Mimi, her family and neighbours during the duration of the song. Raj, unaware of the his final disconnect with his biological mother and the family, is in a happy mood. The family travels in the car with Raj and reach the premises to hand him over to the American couple as the background song comes to an end.
The prelude and interlude music have some shades of Carnatic style which add to the poignancy of the song.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Chhoti si chiraiyya udke chali kis gaaon(Mimi)(2021) Singer-Kailash Kher, Lyrics-Amitabh Bhattacharya, MD-A R Rahman
Chorus
Lyrics
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali kis gaaon
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali kis gaaon
reh gaya daana
reh gaya paani
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
muniya mori
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali re kis gaaon aan
ajab niraali moh ki maaya
samjhe samajh nahi aaye
angna se tohri chehak to jaaye
tohri mehak nahin jaaye
nain samandar saath bhale par
bhare na karejwaa ke ghaav
muniya mori
bhare na karejwaa ke ghaav
chhoti si chiraiyya aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
de vidaayi mein tujhe kya keemti saamaan
de jaa nindiya rain ki subah ki le muskaan
bhar ke apni chonch mein
le jaa hamre praan
aa aa aaa aa
chhoti si chiraiyya
chhoti si chiraiyya
udke chali kis gaaon
reh gaya daana
reh gaya paani
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
muniya mori
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
muniya mori
sooni bhayi amuwaa ki chhaaon
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.56
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On this date ten years ago (2 April 2013), eight songs were covered in the blog. Seven of them were from seven different movie while one song was a non film song. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 7801 | Kis paapi sang uljhhin ankhiyaan | Suhaag Raat (1948) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7802 | Aayi milan ki bahaar re | Naiyya (1947) | 3 songs covered out of 6 by now |
| 7803 | Jab pyaar kiya to marna kyun | Raaz(1967) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7804 | Aankh milaaye na muskuraaye na | Milan Ki Raat (1967) | 2 songs covered out of 5 by now |
| 7805 | Raaj Kapoor ki neeli aankhen | Maa Aur Mamta (1970) | 4 songs covered out of 6 by now |
| 7806 | Tere sang jeena tere sang marna | Naach Uthhe Sansaar(1976) | 2 songs covered out of 6 by now |
| 7807 | Phir shaam se dooba jaaye dil mera | Suman Kalyanpur NFS(1981) | |
| 7808 | Dhoop ke makaan sa ye | Break Ke Baad (2010) | One song covered out of 6 by now |
We observe that two movies (out of 7) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 2 april 2013) have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with five unYIPPEED movies that re eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (2 april 2023).
One of the unYIPPEED movies has been taken up under BTYC earlier in the day.
Chronoologically the second oldest unYIPPEED movie of that date was “Milan Ki Raat”(1967). This movie was produced by Makin,Pratima(Protima),Yusuf & Prakash and directed by R Bhattacharya for Musical movies, Bombay. The movie had Sharmila Tagore, Sanjay, Prakash Thapa, Helen, Johnny Walker, Abhi Bhattacharya, Laxmi Chhaya, Jeevan Kala, Chand Usmani, S.K.Prem, Jankidas, Amar, Rirkoo, Moni Chatterji, Jerry, Mirza Musharraf, Master Ranu, Vijay Kumar, Shyama, Sulochana(Latkar), Shahid Bijnori, Paul Sharma, Ranoo, Rajan Kapoor etc in it.
“Milan Ki Raat”(1967) had five songs in it. Two songs have been covered so far.
Here is the third song from the movie. It is sung by Mukesh. Anand Bakshi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
The song is picturised as a poignant background song with sombre looking Sharmila Tagore visible, whereas Sanjay Khan is seen trying to pacify a disconsolate master Ranu. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Editor’s Note:
[Updated 06 Apr, 2023]
Dear Mahesh ji pointed out with reference to the Mukesh Geet Kosh, that the film version and the 78 rpm version of this song are entirely different. However, the 78 rpm version song is not yet available anywhere online. His observation led me to track down the 78 rpm version of this song from my hard disk, and upload it on YT. The lyrics section below has also been updated with the lyrics of the 78 rpm version.
Thanks Mahesh ji, for your alert tracking.
Audio
Video
Audio (from 78 rpm – two extra stanzas)
Song-Gham ki badli chhaayee judaayee leke aayee milan ki raat (Milan Ki Raat)(1967) Singer-Mukesh, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
gham ki badli chhaai
judaai leke aayi
milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaai
judaai leke aayi milan ki raat
o mere raama rey teri duhaai
judaai leke aayi milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaai
judaai leke aayi milan ki raat
bichchdaa ek maa se dulaara
bichchdaa ek maa se dulaara
doobaa in aankhon ka taara
tootaa is man ka sahaara
man ka sahaara
hamre aangan mein bhes judaai
badal kar aayi eee
milan kee raat
gham ki badli chhaai
judaayi leke aayi milan ki raat
dukh ne saarey ae sukh loote
dukh ne saarey sukh lootey ae
sach nikley ae saarey jhoothhey ae
sapnon ke ae ae mandir tootey
mandir tootey
roothey raadha se krishn kanhaai
ke baanh chhudaai
milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaai
judaai leke aayi milan kee raat
o mere raamaa re teri duhaai
judaai leke aayi
milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaai
judaai leke aayi milan ki raat
milan ki raat
milan ki raat
milan ki raat
Lyrics (78 rpm version) (Provided by Sudhir)
gham ki badli chhaayi
judaai leke aayi
milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaayi
judaai leke aayi milan kee raat
o mere raama rey teri duhaai
judaai leke aayi milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaayi
judaai leke aayi milan ki raat
is raat ki reet nahin ye
is raat ki reet nahin ye
is rut ka geet nahin ye
dushman hai meet nahin ye
chali roti hui re puvaai
baji na shehnai
milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaayee
judaayee leke aayee milan kee raat
yun bichhde hum saajan se
yun bichhde hum saajan se
jaise rimjhim saawan se
koi poochhe toot mann se
toot mann se
mann tadpa najar bhar aayi
yun hum ne bitaai
milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaayee
judaayee leke aayee milan kee raat
o mere raamaa rey teree duhaayee
judaayee leke aayee milan ki raat
gham ki badli chhaayee
judaayee leke aayee milan ki raat
Hindi Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई
मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ओ मेरे रामा रे तेरी दुहाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
बिछड़ा एक माँ से दुलारा
बिछड़ा एक माँ से दुलारा
डूबा इन आँखों का तारा
टूटा इस मन का सहारा
मन का सहारा
हमरे आँगन में भेस जुदाई
बादल कर आई
मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
दुख ने सारे सुख लूटे
दुख ने सारे सुख लूटे
सच निकले सारे झूठे
सपनों के मंदिर टूटे
मंदिर टूटे
रूठे राधा से कृष्ण कन्हाई
के बाँह छुड़ाई
मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ओ मेरे रामा रे तेरी दुहाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
मिलन की रात
मिलन की रात
मिलन की रात
Hindi Lyrics (78 rpm version)
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई
मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ओ मेरे रामा रे तेरी दुहाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
इस रात की रीत नहीं ये
इस रात की रीत नहीं ये
इस रुत का गीत नहीं ये
दुश्मन है ये मीत नहीं ये
चली रोती हुई पुरवाई
बाजी ना शहनाई
मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
यूं बिछड़े हम साजन से
यूं बिछड़े हम साजन से
जैसे रिमझिम सावन से
कोई पूछे टूटे मन से
टूटे मन से
मन तड़पा नजर भर आई
यूं हमने बिताई
मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ओ मेरे रामा रे तेरी दुहाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
ग़म की बदली छाई
जुदाई लेके आई मिलन की रात
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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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I was not aware that there was film with the title ‘Rog’ (2005). Recently, I heard a song from the film for the first time and liked it. This led me to the film. I also found that there were couple of more songs which were also good to my ears. Box Office India report has categorized the film as ‘disaster’. That explains as to why this film was not much talked about. Even then, I watched this film mainly for the songs and for Irfan Khan.
‘Rog’ (2005) was produced by Pooja Bhatt and Sujit Kumar Singh and was directed by the debutante Himanshu Brahmbhatt who had earlier worked with Mahesh Bhatt as Assistant Director. The story and the screenplay was written by Mahesh Bhatt. The main cast included Irfan Khan, Himanshu Malik, Suhel Seth and Munish Makhija. In addition, it was the first film for Shyamoli Varma and Ilene Hamann, a South African model. The film is a ‘romantic’ murder mystery. It is almost a remake of an American film, ‘Laura’ (1944) which can be watched here. I did not find the acknowledgement for the same in the credit titles of ‘Rog’ (2005).
The gist of the story of ‘Rog’ (2005) is presented below:
Uday Singh Rathod (Irfan Khan), an insomniac detective is entrusted with investigating the murder of a high-profile model Maya (Ilene Hamann), with in a week’s time by the police commissioner. The preliminary investigation leads to three prime suspects – Harsh (Suhel Seth), a journalist and the mentor of Maya, Ali (Himanshu Malik) a wealthy playboy and Maya’s boyfriend, and Shyamoli (Shyamoli Varma), Ali’s partner. Each of them has got motives to kill Maya.
Rathod meets the first suspect, Harsh who offers him to facilitate in his investigation and takes him to Shyamoli and Ali. After he interrogates all the three suspects, Rathod visits Maya’s flat to gather further evidence. He see a portrait of Maya hanging on the wall. Rathod is mesmerised by beauty of Maya and falls in love with her portrait. He finds some letters and books which gives him some key information about Maya. Suddenly, the door of the flat gets opened by a key and a girl appears. Rathod is flabbergasted as the girl is Maya and she is alive.
Rathod starts interrogating her while admiring her beauty and the innocence in her replies. She tells him that she had gone on two days’ holiday before that night when murder purportedly took place. She had told both Harsh and Ali about her holiday plan which she preferred to spend alone. Rathod thinks that in all probability, Ali could have used duplicate key of Maya’s flat to spend a night with his new girlfriend in the flat. After interrogating Maya and Ali, he concludes that it was a different girl who got murdered. So, Rathod has to rework on his investigation. Before leaving the flat, he tells Maya not to leave the flat or contact anyone as she could be in trouble. He again interrogates Harsh and Ali to get some clues.
In the meanwhile, Maya flouts Rathod’s instruction and meets Ali which Rathod comes to know from her tapped phone. He goes to her house and brings her to the police station. In the interrogation room, he tells her that there is evidence to put her under arrest for the murder of the girl in her flat. The authorities wants at least someone to be arrested to show to their political bosses the progress in the investigation. But he tells her that he personally feels she is innocent. He suggests Maya to flee, and he would make all the arrangements. Maya refuses to leave. But his concern for her makes Maya to realize that for the first time, she has come across a man in her life who can be trusted. She goes back to her flat.
Next day, Rathod visits her flat to search for a gun which has been used for the murder and he gets it. Harsh, after knowing that Maya is alive, also visit her flat when he finds Maya in her bath-cum dressing room. He accuses her of neglecting him despite being her mentor, in favour of Ali. He tries to kill her by pointing gun at her. In shuffle between them, his gun falls. The sound of shuffle bring Rathod to the bathroom where Harsh now takes out his knife to stab Rathod. In the fight between Rathod and Harsh, Maya escapes to from the bathroom, comes back with a gun and kills Harsh to save Rathod. Maya and Rathod are united.
The film is supposed to be a suspense thriller. But sometime in the second half, the elements of suspense and thrills get diluted as the murdered girl returns to her house. The investigation goes into background as Rathod is more interested in insulating Maya from her potential killer due to now his romantic involvement with her. And it is not difficult to guess the killer of the girl who thought her to be Maya.
As for the performances of the actors, the film is a one-man show, that is Irfan Khan. Performances of the rest of the actors looks pale against him. One can watch this film only for the performance of Irfan Khan. MM Kreem’s compositions are good but only for listening and not for watching in the film. Ideally, the film of this genre should not have songs except snippets of one or two background songs.
The film has 7 songs – 5 of them are written by Nilesh Mishra and 1 by Sayeed Quadri. These are set to music by MM Kreem. In addition, there is a traditional Sufi Qawwaali song set to music by Gaudi. I am presenting the first song, “Maine Dil Se Kaha Dhoondh Laana Khushi” from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is written by Nilesh Mishra and is sung by KK (Krishnakumar Kunnath).
This songs is played in the film in the background with sleep deprived Irfan Khan shown in sombre mood. The song is played in the film on three different occasions. The video clip combines all the three situations in the film with three different antaras. The second antara in the video clip is not included in the audio clip. The 4th antara in the audio clip is not included in the video clip.
The orchestration of the song, mainly with the use of guitar, trumpet and violins has been kept soft in line with the poignant mood of the song.
Video
Audio
Song – Maine Dil Se Kaha Dhoondh Laana Khushi (Rog) (1996) Singer – KK, Lyrics – Nilesh Mishra, MD – MM Kreem
Lyrics
(Based on Audio Clip with Additional Stanza from Video Clip)
maine dil se kaha dhoond laana khushi
naasamajh laaya gham
to ye gham hi sahi
maine dil se kaha dhoond laana khushi
naasamajh laaya gham
to ye gham hi sahi
maine dil se kaha dhoond laana khushi
bechaara kahaan jaanta hai
khalish hai ye kya khala hai
shehar bhar ki khushi se
ye dard mera bhala hai
jashn ye raas naa aaye
maza to bas gham mein aaya hai
maine dil se kaha dhoond laana khushi
na samajh laaya gham
to ye gham hi sahi
(Additional Stanza from Video Clip)
khula hai iss raat mein jo
behakta noor uska
kabhi wo ek chehra ban ke
agar ho jaaye apna
yahi meri haqeeqat hai
magar ab tak hai to sapna
maine dil se kaha dhoondh laana khushi
na samjah laaya gham
to ye gham hi sahi
kabhi hai ishq ka ujaala
kabhi hai maut ka andhera
bataao kaun bhes hoga
main jogi banu ya lootera
kai chehre hain iss dil ke
na jaane kaun saa mera
maine dil se kaha dhoond laana khushi
na samajh laaya gham
to yeh gham hi sahi
hazaaron aise faasle thhe
jo tay karne chale thhe
raahen magar chal padi thhi
aur peeche hum reh gaye thhe
kadam do chaar chal paaye
kiye phere tere mann ke
maine dil se kaha dhoond laana khushi
na samajh laaya gham
to ye gham hi sahi
maine dil se kaha dhoond laana khushi
na samajh laaya gham
to yeh gham hi sahi
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
नासमझ लाया ग़म
तो ये ग़म ही सही
मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
नासमझ लाया ग़म
तो ये ग़म ही सही
मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
बेचारा कहाँ जानता है
ख़लिश है ये क्या खला है
शहर भर की खुशी से
ये दर्द मेरा भला है
जश्न ये रास ना आए
मज़ा तो बस ग़म में आया है
मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
नासमझ लाया ग़म
तो ये ग़म ही सही
खुला है इस रात में जो
बहकता नूर उसका
कभी वो इक चेहरा बन के
अगर हो जाये अपना
यही मेरी हक़ीक़त है
मगर अब तक तो है सपना
मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
नासमझ लाया ग़म
तो ये ग़म ही सही
कभी है ईशक़ का उजाला
कभी है मौत का अंधेरा
बताओ कौन भेस होगा
मैं जोगी बनूँ या लुटेरा
कई चेहरे हैं इस दिल के
ना जाने कौन सा मेरा
मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
नासमझ लाया ग़म
तो ये ग़म ही सही
हजारों ऐसे फासले थे
जो तय करने चले थे
राहें मगर चल पड़ीं थीं
और पीछे हम रह गए थे
कदम दो चार चल पाये
किए फेरे तेरे मन के
मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
नासमझ लाया ग़म
तो ये ग़म ही सही
मैंने दिल से कहा ढूंढ लाना खुशी
नासमझ लाया ग़म
तो ये ग़म ही सही
Loot liya sansaar
Posted on: March 4, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # (Fauji-1976)
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In my list of ‘songs that brings back memories’ there is one song from the movie ‘Fauji-1976’. This song ‘vardi hai bhagwaan fauji mera naam’, has been in my memory associated with the name of this movie, since my childhood.
I vaguely remember to have watched this movie with my Uncle during vacations at Akola city. I think this song was also my Uncle’s favourite or there must be some discussions about this song that it gets permanently embedded on my mind.
Later on this Uncle of mine joined the Indian Military (if I am correct that must be in 1981-82).
Other than this song I do not remember anything about this movie ‘Fauji-1976’. In later years, I came to know that it was directed by Joginder Singh. By the time I was grown up I became aware of this actor Joginder Singh too.
This movie ‘Fauji-1976’ made its debut on the blog long time back on 15.08.2012.
I was keen to know about the other songs from this movie and few years back I had watched this song ‘ki lamiyaa paa denge aa’ from this movie and I liked it too.
While going through the list of songs from this movie I noted that there is one solo song sung by Narendra Chanchal in this movie. Today I am presenting this song from ‘Fauji-1976’.
“Fauji-1976’ or ‘Fauzi’ was directed by Joginder for ‘J & J Art International’. It was produced by Prem Arora and J.S. Matti.
It had Vikram, Romesh Sharma, Nazneen, Aruna Irani, Jagdeep, Sujit Kumar, Arpana Chaudhury, Anjum Savera, Rajan Haksar, Randhir, Yogesh Chhabra, Johny Whisky, Sadhana Khote, Feroz, Kumar Sonik, Surendranath, Shahid Bijnori, Assie, Paresh Nanda, Tun Tun, Husna Banoo, Rattan Singh, Krishna Duggal, Gurcharan, Matti, Hakeem, Balbir, Jaswant, and Nazima with Joginder.
M.G. Hashmat and Dheeraj Kumar had a special appearance in this movie.
The story idea of this movie was by Prem Arora. Dialogues and screenplay of this movie was written by M.G. Hashmat who also wrote the lyrics for the songs in this movie.
Joginder who acted in this movie also directed it, and he was the writer of this movie too. Editing of this film was done by P.S. Wagle.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 14.01.1976.
This movie has six songs written by M.G. Hashmat. Music for this movie was composed by Sonik-Omi
Asha Bhonsle, Mohd Rafi, Manna Dey, Chanchal, Minoo Puroshottam, Kumar Sonik, Mahindra Pal, Jaspal Singh and Joginder had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
In a very brief note about this movie I will only mention the following.
This story is about two ex-soldiers (as the titles of the movie also mention this), played by Vikram and Joginder. They are from a small village which is attacked and looted several times by a notorious dacoit played by Sujit Kumar.
The dacoit once attacked the villagers and particularly the father (played by Surendranath) of Vikram and Nazima and kills him. Joginder and Vikram are good friends. They were on the front when this dacoit attacked their village. When they are back and learn about this incidence they try to unite the villagers to fight Sujit Kumar and his gang with the help of student played by Jagdeep, Romesh Sharma, Aruna Irani and others.
The police also provide the much needed help to them. Dheeraj plays the role of Police Inspector.
Finally the dacoit is arrested and his gangsters are eliminated.
Today’s song is a background song from this movie which appears in parts in the movie. The central character in this song is Vikram’s Sister (played by Nazima) who is raped by the Dacoit Sujit Kumar when he raids the village and kills her father.
In the village there are two ‘sahukaars’ (played by Randhir and Rajan Haksar) who have a soft corner for the dacoit and they help him by providing him information about the villagers. They are assisted by a few goons from the villagers.
From time to time they try to molest and harass Nazima in the movie after the ‘rape incidence’. The other parts of this song appear in the background during such moments.
The lyrics of this song are poignant and pathos laden as they depict the mental condition of the girl after the unfortunate incidence and further adversities in her life. The soulful singing of this song by Narendra Chanchal makes it more poignant to listen to, epecially when he repeats the ‘mukhdaa’ when the song ends.
I have been a fan of Narendra Chanchal’s voice and his voice is one of those ‘special voices from the seventies’ which are purely nostalgic for me. The main article about Narendra Chanchal under the series of ‘special voices’, has been delayed from my side and it will be coming in the future on the blog. Meanwhile we also have to bring the very few songs sung by him in HFM on this blog.
Today’s song is one such song sung by him.
This song is the second song from the movie ‘Fauzi-1976’ on the blog. The full audio is being presented with the song. The video is in four parts as it gets played in the background partially on four different occasions in the movie.
Video Part I
Video Part II
Video Part III
Video Part IV
Audio Full
Song-Loot liyaa sansaar (Fauzi)(1976) Singer-Narendra Chanchal, Lyrics-M G Hashmat, MD-Sonik Omi
Lyrics
toot gaye wo
jiske sapney ae ae ae
bachpan aur anjaane mein
jeenaa marnaa ek baraabar
uska tere zamaane mein
loot liyaa sansaar
loot liyaa sansaar
kuchal di kali kanwaari
udaa lee khushboo saari ee
loot liyaa aa
loot liyaa sansaar
loot liyaa sansaar
jiske ae haathhon
lagi naa mehndi
uski doli ee
kaun sajaaye
jiske haathhon on
lagi naa mehndi
uski doli ee
kaun sajaaye
bhatak rahi hai
gali gali mein
apni zindaa
laash uthhaaye ae
apni zindaa
laash uthhaaye
laashon ka vyopaar
laashon ka vyopaar
kare duniya vyopaari
bikey baazaar mein naari ee
loot liyaa aa aa
loot liyaa sansaar
loot liyaa sansaar
kaun banaaye
isko beti
kaun kahegaa
isko behnaa
kaun banaaye
isko beti
kaun kahegaa
isko behnaa
bikhhre laaj ke
kachche moti
loot liyaa izzat ka
gehnaa aa
loot liyaa izzat ka
gehnaa aa
kiske galey ka haar
kiske galey ka haar
banegi ye bechaari
phire ye maari maari
loot liyaa aa aa
loot liyaa sansaar
loot liyaa sansaar
aankh mein aansoo
bikhhre ae gesoo
jo dekhe
samjhe aawaaraa
aankh mein aansoo
bikhhre gesoo
jo dekhe
samjhe aawaaraa
badhh ke kisi ne
khenchaa aanchal
hans ke kisi ne
pathhar maaraa aa aa
hans ke kisi ne ae
pathhar maaraa
chhoot gaya gharbaar
chhoot gaya gharbaar
banaa jeewan chingaari
kafan ban jaaye saari
loot liyaa aa
loot liyaa sansaar
loot liyaa sansaar
kuchal di kali kanwaari
udaa lee khushboo saari ee
loot liyaa aa aa
loot liyaa sansaar
loot liyaa sansaar
loot liyaa sansaaaaar
This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Mukesh and his Composers – 23
This post is dedicated to Shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji of Surat for his pioneering work in collating songs and providing invaluable information on films and artists.
Mukesh’s collaboration with composer Lachhiram hardly rings any bell and rightly so as “they never worked in any film”.
With some surfing on the net, one comes across two devotional NFS that Mukesh sang for him. With more rigorous search one can find references of some rare and untraceable couplet that Mukesh sang in Lachhiram’s last film Main Suhangan Hoon released in 1964.
Arguably, this was the last as well as the most famous film that he scored music for. All available compilations of this film’s songs on the net and elsewhere rightly contain 7 songs. In fact, this film is also yipped on this blog with all the 7 songs duly represented.
And this is where the work of Harish ji comes into picture. In his latest version of Mukesh Geetkosh, there is no reference to this film in the index. However, under 1964 songs, there is a special mention that Mukesh rendered a short 33 second couplet in this film.
Thus, with all eagerness, I started to “watch” the film on youtube where it is fortunately uploaded. Apparently, the credit titles do not reflect Mukesh’s name under playback singers. But then a little over half an hour into the movie, there is unmistakable voice of Mukesh for the said couplet.
The first thought that came to my mind on hearing the 33 second rendering was to thank Harish ji for all the painstaking efforts that he has taken to compile almost everything that Mukesh ever sang.
Music lovers and especially Mukesh fans will always remain indebted to Harish ji.
A short table of the two NFS and this couplet under consideration are presented in the table below as far as the work of Lachhiram and Mukesh is concerned. Needless to say, even the two NFS are yet to be covered on the blog.
| S. No | Name of the song | Movie (Year of release) | Lyricist |
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| 1 | Chhod jhamela jhoote jag ka | Devotional NFS | Madhukar Rajasthani |
| 2 | Ram kare so hoy re manvaa | Devotional NFS | Madhukar Rajasthani |
| 3 | Bigadi main koi | Main Suhagan Hoon (1964) | Unknown |
One can only guess as to why the composer who never used Mukesh for his work, thought of including his voice for such short snippet in the film. One could be that during the recording of these two NFS, the composer must have felt that a short song be introduced at this juncture of the film to depict the suffering and state of mind of the actor. And he must have felt that the voice of Mukesh could do justice to the scenes.
Anyway, these are just presumptions, and the real reasons may never be known.
I have requested multiple tasks to our Sudhir ji, including attributing the lyrics, cutting of the snippet from the film and uploading, lyrics etc. I thank him in advance for all his help in completing this post.
I have not dwelled much into the life and works of Lachhiram. However, plenty of information on Lachchiram can be found on AK ji’s blog.
song-Bigdi mein koi (Main Suhaagan Hoon)(1964) Singer-Mukesh, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-Pt Lachchiram
Lyrics
Bigdi mein koi
poochhne waala nahin hotaaa
aa aa aa aa
sau deep jalaao o to o o
ujaalaa nahin hota
O maa meri maa tujhko dekhna hai
Posted on: February 7, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # (‘Yippeeee’ Movie- Chhoti Bahu-1971)
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While discussing a song from “Aag Aur Daag”(1971) on 31 December 2022, I had mentioned that :-
We have been introducing new movies on the blog at a fair rate. Somehow in this process our other objective of ‘Yippeeee’ing’ the movies closer to their final songs have taken a back seat. With this post we once again resume this activity and start taking such movies to ‘Yippeeee-land’.
But it was, as they say, ‘easier said than done :). The ‘Yippeeee’ing’ activity somehow didn’t gather the momentum that I expecting. I had to blame myself only, because I have not been able to execute this activity in a ‘planned’ way. No issues, I am again re-starting this activity and this time I am going to make it a regular feature here 🙂 (bolne par koi ki paabandi thhode hi hai hamaare desh mein 🙂 ) …
Today’s movie is another movie waiting for a long time to join the ‘Yippeeee’ed Movies’ Club. This movie is ‘Chhoti Bahu’ of the year ‘1971’ and its penultimate song was posted in April’2022.
I had earlier drafted this post few months back but during that process I came across an article on internet and after reading this article I felt that I should watch this movie to refresh my memory and also relate what the article noted in its contents.
I remember watching this movie on TV during 1983-1985, but I had forgotten all about its story and other things.
So, I watched this movie and finished the final phase of watching it yesterday. (Watching a movie at home is a far cry from the atmosphere that one experiences at a theatre. One cannot concetrate on watching the movie in one go unlike in a theatre.).
I want to highlight what the abovementioned article is about.
The first thing that got my attention was the sub title of the article which mentioned that this movie ‘Chhoti Bahu-1971’ was based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s book ‘Bindur Chhele’. Since I had watched the movie titles I remember that they didn’t mention anything about this. And since I have great liking for ‘Bengali literature’ and movies too I read what the article said and so watched the movie too.
There is no doubt that this movie a great family drama to watch,though the new generation might find it too slow in present circumstances when lifestyle has gbecome much faster. The article also mentioned about the female character or the female protagonists that has been the highlight of most of or all Sarat Babu’s works. They are not like normal women characters but have their independent personalities, views and even grey shades.
Just before sending this post I came across another article ‘Warped Women (Chhoti Bahu)’ which is also a very nice read about this movie and its presentation of the things with the heroine of the movie being an ‘epileptic female protagonist’ and how this role is performed strongly by Sharmila Tagore in the movie.
That also reminded me what my childhood friend had said to me during our Rajesh Khanna movie watching days, that in Rajesh Khanna movies the others characters too have scope to perform and they do get their share of screen time unlike in other hero’s movies where the female roles are just for the sake of showbiz.
So, those interested in ‘family dramas’ should watch this movie and also look for good performance from Nirupa Roy, Rajesh Khanna, Tarun Bose, Shivraj, Junior Mehmood, Sarika and others.
“Chhoti Bahu-1971” was directed by K. B. Tilak for ‘Delux Productions, Bombay’. It was produced by Darius Gotla and Seeroo Daryanani. It had Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Nirupa Roy, Shashikala, I.S. Johar, Master Sooraj, Junior Mehmood, Tarun Bose, Shivraj, Jairaj, Satyan Kumar, Radhika Rani, Irshad Panjtan, Chandrima Bhaduri, Master Ratan, Babalal, Rashid (Jackpot), Rangnath Yadav, C.N. Reddi, Chamki, V. Jhulan Babu, Madhumati, Jayshree T., and others.
Screenplay and dialogues of this movie was written by Vishwamitra Adil. Editing of this movie was done by Venkateshwar Rao.
‘Chhoti Bahu-1971’ had six songs. Four songs were written by Indeevar whereas Kafi Azmi and Uddhav Kumar had penned one song each.
Music for this movie was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji.
Here is the list of songs in this moviewith details of the Singers, Lyricists for the songs, and the date of songs already posted on the blog.
| SNo | Song Title | Singer/s | Lyricist | Posted On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Koyal boli daali se | Usha Mangeshkar | Indeevar | 09.12.2019 |
| 02 | Dulhaniya bataa de ree | Asha Bhonsle, Usha Khanna, chorus | Uddhav Kumar | 24.11.2011 |
| 03. | Hey re kanhaiyya, kisko kahega tu maiyya | Kishore Kumar | Indeevar | 27.10.2008 |
| 04. | Ye raat hai pyaasi pyaasi | Mohd Rafi | Kaifi Afzmi | 13.04.2011 |
| 05 | O motumal, maal akele akele…Arre ghar ko mat godaam banaa | Hemlata, Chorus | Indeevar | 07.04.2022 |
| 06 | O maa meri maa tujhko dekhna hai | Lata Mangeshkar | Indeevar | Song under discussion |
As mentioned in the above table five songs from this movie have been posted on the blog. Today’s song is the last song of ‘Chhoti Bahu-1971’ to be posted on the blog.
Lyrics for this song were sent by Prakashchandra.
This song appears in the movie when ‘Satyanarayana Pooja’ is being organised at Rajesh-Sharmila’s new house and all family members, except the child ‘Gopi (Baby Sarika)’ have reached there. Gopi has been told by her aunt (Shashikala) that if he sees her mother or spoke to her, his mother will die. So Gopi is avoiding his mother for many days and he avoids attending this ‘pooja’ despite several efforts of the family members to take him there. While the ‘pooja’ ceremony is going on one side, Gopi missing his mother expresses his feeling of helplessness in this song …
This song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Indeevar is the lyricist and and music is composed by Kalyanji-Anandji.
With this song, all the songs of ‘Chhoti Bahu-1971’ get covered on the blog !!!
YIPPEEEE!!! 🙂
Video
Audio
Song-O maa meri maa tujhko dekhna hai (Chhoti Bahu)(1971) Singer-Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Indeewar, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
o maa aa aa aa
meri maa
tujhko dekhnaa hai ae
tujhko dekhnaa hai ae
o maa aa
meri maa aa
tujhko dekhnaa hai ae ae
tujhko dekhnaa hai ae
ab mujhse koyi
bhool na hogi
itnaa kehna hai ae ae
maa tujhko dekhna hai ae
meraa jee na lagey
padhne mein
tu hi tu dikhti hai ae ae
sapney mein
o maa aa aa aa aa aa
meri maa..aa
ek bhool chhoti si
kii maine
itni badi saugandh uthhaa lee toone
ek baar bas
tujhe dekh kar
tujhse lipatnaa hai ae ae
maa tujhko dekhnaa hai ae
teri taraf o maa
paaon mere kheenche ae
dhhoondh rahi hain
tujhko o meri aankhein
na dekhoon to dil
meraa ghabraaye
aur dekhoon to maa…
ho maa aa…aa aa aa aa aa
meri maa…aaa
tujhe dekhna
manaa hai mujhko
mushqil jeenaa hai ae
maa tujhko dekhnaa hai
o maa…aaa..aaa aa aaa
meri maaa
tujhko dekhnaa hai ae ae ae
tujhko dekhnaa hai ae
Dard ka doosraa naam hai zindagi
Posted on: February 6, 2023
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#the Decade of Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #
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(The movie – ‘Saaraansh-1984’)
“Saaraansh-1984” is a landmark movie in the careers of director Mahesh Bhatt and debutant actor Anupam Kher.
The two songs in the movie were composed by Ajit Varman. A detailed writeup on him was posted in the blog, penned by Peevesie’s mom jee.
Varman, born in Calcutta in 1947, was fascinated by Music from early childhood, and had a flair for it. He ran away from home when he was sixteen. Living rough for the next few years, he learnt music (vocals, piano, harmonium, drums ) on the go. He calls piano a ‘complete musical instrument. He would loiter about while a church choir sang or would peep into Salil Chaudhary’s home when he was rehearsing a tune. Noting the boy’s interest in music Salil Da took him at musician in his orchestra. He got a chance to work with Pankaj Mullick, Satyajit Ray and Hemant Kumar too.
Varman came to Bombay (Mumbai) in 1970 to join Salil Da, who was an established composer by then. The soft bongo in Anand’s ‘kahin door jab din dhhal jaaye’ was played by Varman. A chance encounter with music arranger Sebastian D’ Souza opened the doors to the orchestra of Shankar-Jaikishan who were working on ‘Mera Naam Joker’. He later worked with Laxmikant-Pyarelal too.
The credits of low budget Muslim social ‘Noor E Ilaahi-1976’ shows Babloo-Dheeraj as music directors. Babloo actually is the nickname of Ajit Varman. The songs were well received, but, the partnership didn’t last.
(Among beautiful Sufiyana Qawwalis, romantic duets and bidai songs, there is a good rendition by Anwar of Bahadur Shah Jafar’s ‘Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon’, immortalized by Rafi Saab and S.N. Tripathi in Laal Quilaa-1960.).
Varman and Govind Nihalani stayed in the same lodge in Bandra (?) and Nihalani was aware of Varman’s prowess for and ability in music. ‘If ever, I become a director, you will be my composer’ the ace cinematographer had said. He kept his word when he debuted as a director with ‘Aakrosh-1980’. The gripping tale had fitting back ground music and for the song ‘kaanha re’ Varman received ‘Sur-Singaar Samsad’s’ Swami Haridas award. He recreated the magic again in Nihalani’s next movie ‘Vijeta-1982’ and ‘Ardh-Satya-1983’.
He worked with Mahesh Bhatt in ‘Saaraansh-1984’, ‘Janam-1985’ and ‘Jeewan Sandhya-1984 (Tele film). His total movies are about twenty plus. ‘Yeh Aashiqui Meri’ was his last. ‘Life is Beautiful-20212’ has his back ground score.
He took pride in being a musician, arranger, conductor and composer all himself. He scored music for several ‘tele-serials’ – Imtihaan, Agni, Apne Jaise types.
Believing firmly in work ethics and not lobbying for work, the assignments stopped coming. Married twice, both marriages ended in divorce. I think he had one son and one daughter. Poverty and ill-health led to depression. He died a lonely death in a Mumbai Hospital on 15th December’2016. The neighbors had to pool money for his treatment and funeral with zero help/attendance from the film industry.
The song under discussion is the second and final song of ‘Saaraansh’. Touching lyrics by Vasant Dev, beautifully sung by Amit Kumar (who sang the most number of Varman’s songs). The picturisation will make you emotional with ‘dard’ almost palpable on Anupam Kher’s face. Rohini Hattangadi, Soni Razdan, Madan Jain are among the others seen here.
Vasant Dev received the ‘best lyricist’ award at the 32nd National Film Awards.
With this song ‘Saaraansh-1984’ gets ‘Yippeeee’ed’ on the blog. Perhaps it is the first time when a movie with more than one song is being ‘Yippeeee’ed on the same day of its debut.
I am immensely grateful to dear Avinash ji for his technical support/assistance. He did it willingly as if it were his own post. I stand indebted Avinash ji. But, the troubles have just started for you Avinash ji!! 🙂
Let us listen to this song, “har ghadi dhhal rahi shaam hai”- just as sun is setting in the west.
Audio (longer)
Video
song-Dard ka doosra naam hai zindagi (Saaraansh)(1984) Singer-Amit Kumar, Lyrics-Vasant Dev, MD-Ajit Verman
Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
har ghadi
dhhal rahi
shaam hai
zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai zindagi
har ghadi ee
dhhal rahi ee
shaam hai
zindagi ee
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
kya karen
baat jab
baat wo naa rahi
ham kahen
ham suney
baat phir kya rahi
zabaan pe aa ke ruk gayi
baat hai zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
aasmaan aan
hai wahi
aur wahi
hai zameen
hai makaan
gair kaa aa
gair hai
yaa ham hi
ajnabi ee aas(?) si
aaj hai zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
kyun khade
raah mein ae
raah bhi
so gayi
apni to o
chhaanh bhi
apne se
kho gayi
bhatke huye panchhi ki
raat hai zindagi
dard ka aa doosraa
naam hai
zindagi ee
Andhiyaara gehraaya
Posted on: February 6, 2023
This article is written by Dr PradeepKumar Shetty, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
Dr PradeepKumar Shetty makes his debut in the blog as an article contributor with this post.
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#the Decade of Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #
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(The movie – ‘Saaraansh-1984’, and tribute to Singer Bhupinder Singh)
Some movies touch you deeply, pull at your heart strings and get embedded permanently in your very being. It could be due the theme, the direction, or in the majority of the instances, the performances.
A few that have had such an effect on me are BOOT POLISH, MOTHER INDIA, SAHAB BIBI AUR GHULAM, DOST, KASTURI NIVASA (Kannada), MAUSAM, MOONRAM PIRAI (original Tamil version of Sadmaa), MASOOM, NAYAGAN, RUDAALI, BLACK.
The movie that is making its debut on the blog today is one such movie.
“SAARAANSH-1984” where a 29 year old NSD Graduate Anupam Kher debuted in the role of a 65 years old retired School Teacher, moved me to the very core. Kher’s acting and Mahesh Bhatt’s direction was superb in this movie.
Bhatt wrote the story, screenplay (with Sujit Sen), and dialogues written by Sujit Sen and Amit Khanna made the movie an emotional roller coaster ride. Able support was provided by Rohini Hattangadi, Neelu Phule, and Suhas Bhalekar.
Soni Razdan, Madan Jain, Akash Khurana, Alok Nath etc were in the cast.
Produced by Tarachand Barjatya of Rajshri Pictures the other credits of this movie are as;
Cinematography – Adeep Tandon, Editing-David Dhawan, Costumes-Amal Allana, Make up-S. Jayanta, Sound-Hitendra Ghosh, Art Direction – Madhukar Shinde.
The struggle of an old father coming into terms with the greatest loss of his life – the murdering of his only son in New York, his wife’s attempts at finding solace in the rituals and Pundits, standing up for a young woman whom they had taken as Paying Guest (against a local politician and his goons), contemplating suicide together earlier – the events unfold like a ‘tragic poem’ on the celluloid, but without losing hope for the final ‘ALL is WELL’.
Sanjeev Kumar, the thespian (with Sholay, Mausam, Zindagi, and Arjun Pandit, Trishul behind him) was the choice (in spite of Kher having been finalized by Mr. Bhatt) for the role by the Producers. But, Kher’s brilliant performance won him the ‘Filmfare Award’ for the Best Actor. Bhatt and Shinde also won for Story and Art Direction respectively.
The honor at the National Awards went to Naseeruddin Shah that year for ‘PAAR’. But Vasant Dev won the Best Lyricist award for ‘Saaraansh’.
This movie was India’s official entry for the Academy Award for the ‘Best Foreign Language Film’. It was included in the Panorama section of the 1984-IFFI. At the 14th Moscow International Film Festival, it was nominated for the ‘Golden Prize’ and Bhatt was given a ‘special prize’.
(At the ‘Filmfare Awards’, the other nominations for the film were for Best Film, Director, Actress and supporting actress- almost all the major categories).
So far for Mahesh Bhatt his movies ‘Arth’, ‘Naam’, ‘Janam’, ‘Aashiqui’, ‘Sadak’, ‘Dil Hai Ke Maantaa Nahin’, ‘Ham Hain Raahi Pyaar Ke’, ‘Sir’, ‘Daddy’, ‘Zakhm’ etc have won him critical acclaim and many were commercially successful too. But to me ‘Saaransh’ is his most sensitive work same like Anupam Kher’s sensitive performance in this movie among his other movies.
Today’s song is a beautifully created and equally well picturised one. Kher, Hattangadi, Bhalekar and Alok Nath are the known faces here. Sung hauntingly by Bhupinder Singh, the lyrics are by Vasant Dev and music by Ajit Verman.
As mentioned earlier, Vasant Dev was given the ‘best lyricist award’ at the 32nd National Film Festivals.
Today is Bhupinder Singh’s birth anniversary (born on 6th February’1940). Surprisingly his voice features in two other favorite movies I have listed above.
This part was conceived on the 18th July’2022 the day Bhupinder Singh left for his heavenly journey and was informed to Avinash ji.
Lyrics noted are as per the audio of this song which is a longer version than the video, and provided by Avinash Scrapwala.
I am grateful to dear Avinash Scrapwala ji for his technical help. I feel lost with these things. He reminded me often, waited patiently and helped to make this post happen. (As mentioned above it was conceived on the day Bhupinder Singh left for his heavenly journey i.e. 18th July’2022, a gestation period of nearly nine months!!!)
Thanks also to all our ASAD friends who constantly goaded me to make a start.
Let us pay our tributes to Bhupinder Singh with this song.
Audio
Video
Song-Andhiyaara gehraaya (Saaraansh)(1984) Singer-Bhupinder Singh, Lyrics-Vasant Dev, MD-Ajit Verman
Lyrics (Based on audio link)(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
hmm hmm mmmm
hmm
hmm hoo oo aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
o o o o o
hmm hmm mm
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm mm
charnon mein aaya
hmm mm
kyun ho tum
hmm mm
yoon gum sum
hmm mm
kirnon ko aane do
hmm mm
patthar ki aankhon se
hmm mm
karuna ko jharne do
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
patton tinkon ka
banaa thha aa
ghar mera aa
dhhah gaya
bah gaya
ab kahaan baseraa
bheega hai man paakhi
anjali mein palne do
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
ye udaasi agar
chhaayi hai mere liye ae
peer ki raah bhi
hai bani mere liye
seh loon main har jalan
chandan wo ban’ne do
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
hmm mm
aisi chali aandhi ki
jhare paat sabhi
gir gaya
mil gaya
dhool mein
phool bhi
dhool ke phool ko
ankur ban
ugney do o
andhiyaara gehraaya
hmm mm
soonaapan ghir aaya
hmm mm
ghabraaya man mera aa
hmm
charnon mein ae aaya
hmm mm
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
aa aa
Musaafir mujhko tu pehchaan
Posted on: January 23, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today 23rd January (2023) is the 126th birth anniversary of one of the greatest ‘sons of this soil’, a great visionary, courageous and brave leader Subhash Chandra Bose.
He was born on 23rd January’1897.
This grateful nation pays tributes to him on his birth anniversary today.
This blog in turn pays tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by bringing here songs from such movies which are based on the life of Subhash Chandra Bose.
I had in one of my earlier posts here noted such movies which have been represented on the blog. Two movies more have been added to this list later and I am now presenting below the updated list of such movies on the blog.
Here is the list of movies made on the life of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose that have been represented on the blog till now.
| SNo | Movie | Year of the movie |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Pehla Aadmi | 1950 |
| 02 | Netaji Subhashchandra Bose | 1966 |
| 03 | Subhash Chandra | 1978 |
| 04 | Subhash Chandra (Bangla) | 1978 |
| 05 | Bose- The forgotten hero | 2004 |
| 06 | Gumnaami (Bangla) | 2019 |
Other films inspired by Subhash Bose and INA are,
1. ’Samadhi’ (1950) was inspired from Indian National Army and it had couple of patriotic songs too).
2. ‘Ami Subhash Bolchi’ (2011) (Bangla) – a film about a social movement in Bengal inspired by the vision of Subhash Bose (something akin to ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’ (2006)).
3. ‘Raag Desh’ (2017) – a film about the famous Red Fort trials in which the leading soldiers of INA, Colonel Prem Sahgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, and Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, were tried by the British Govt. for sedition and waging war against the British Empire. They were sentenced to deportation for life, but the public outcry in favour of these soldiers was so great that the British were forced to release all the defendants. The protest slogan of ‘Sehgal-Dhillon-Shah Nawaz’ became very popular amongst the masses.
Today I am presenting a song from the ‘1978’ movie ‘Subhaash Chandra’.
‘Subhash Chandra-1978’ was directed by Piyush Bose.
It was an ‘A.K.B. Films, Calcutta’ presentation and passed by Censor Board on 06.02.1978.
It had Ashish Ghosh, Amar Dutt, Samar Kumar, Ajit Prakash, N. Vishwanathan, Lamsden, Bown, Smith, Reba Devi, and Rama Das.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 06.02.1978.
This movie has six songs written by Kaifi Azmi and Saraswati Kumar ‘Deepak’.
Bansari Lahiri, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Mohd Rafi, Hemant Kumar, and Usha Mangeshkar had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
Music of this film was composed by Aparesh Lahiri.
Here is the list of songs in this movi. (HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980) does not mention the name of the lyricist for individual songs except for one song.
| SNo | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer/s | Posted On |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Nahin maane jiyaraa | Not mentioned | Bansari Lahiri | |
| 02 | Yahaan raadha kund hai | ‘Deepak’ | Mukesh | 27.08.2018 |
| 03 | Neer na bahaa | Not mentioned | Manna Dey | |
| 04 | Hamaara bharat hamaari janani | Not mentioned | Mohd Rafi | 23.01.2016 |
| 05 | Musaafir mujhko | Not mentioned | Hemant Kumar | Song under discussion in this post |
| 06 | Desh hamaara | Not mentioned | Usha Mangeshkar | 26.01.2019 |
Today I present a song from this movie ‘Subhaash Chandra-1978’ which is sung by Hemant Kumar and composed by Aparesh Lahiri. It is the fourth songs from this movie to be posted on the blog.
I guess that in the movie this songs happens showing the journey of Subhash Chandra Bose when he escaped from Calcutta to Afghanistan and travels further to Russia and Germany.
I have not been able to note correct words at few places. I would request knowledgeable readers to kindly provide the correct words.
Let us listen to this poignant song sung by Hemant Kumar. Only the audio of this song is available.
Song-Musaafir mujhko tu pehchaan (Subhash Chandra)(1978) Singer-Hemant Kumar, MD-Aparesh Lahiri
Lyrics
musaafir rrr
are ho o o o
o o o
musaafir
mujhko tu pehchaan
mujhe na chhoo sakti hai maaya
mujhe na chhoo sakti hai chhaaya (?)
mere kuchh bhi nahin hai kaaya
mujhko tu pehchaan
musaafir rrr
mujhko tu pehchaan
mukti nahin main
gyaan nahin main ae
mukti nahin main
gyaan nahin main
swaarth nahin
abhimaan nahin main
aas lagaa phal(?) praan nahin main
aas lagaa phal(?) praan nahin main
jeewan ka maidaan (?)
musaafir rrr
mujhko tu pehchaan
yahaan nahin main
wahaan nahin main
yahaan nahin main
wahaan nahin main
is dharti par kahaan nahin main
dagar kaun si jahaan nahin main
dagar kaun si jahaan nahin main
sabko de(?) vardaan
musaafir rrr
mujhko tu pehchaan
mujhko tu pehchaan
mujhko tu pehchaan
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