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Today’s song is from a Costume film ” Raj Mukut” (1950).
The decade of the 1950 was the one in which possibly the highest number of films having “King and Queen” stories were made . A cursory look at the Film Title Index shows a total of 77 such film titles, starting with the letters “Raj…”. Out of these, 17 films are from the 50’s. There must be more films having the trio of ” King,Queen and the Vazir”, but starting with other words like Raami Dhoban or films starting with Samrat or words connected with kingdoms etc. Finally I gave up my ‘Research’ !
This film was produced by Ramniklal Shah (husband of the Heroine Indurani – from the 30’s and the 40’s era) under his own banner Mohan Pictures. The film was directed by his Co-Brother (साडू ) Nanubhai Vakil (husband of actress Sarojini aka Roshan jahan aka Rani – sister of Indurani).
Nanubhai was an expert in directing C grade action/stunt/costume films. He was unique in two ways. Firstly, he was a highly educated person in those days in the film industry having done his B.A.,LL.B. and secondly, though he was in the film industry for so many years, he never attended any film function or a party or any celebration !
Nanubhai Vakil was born in Valsad in Gujarat in 1904. In his family there were many Advocates including his father,so their family name itself became Vakil. Nanubhai came to Bombay to study Law. He completed his B.A. LL.B from Wilson College, Bombay but he did not join his family profession. Instead he was attracted towards the film world.
He joined Sharada films as a screenplay writer and later joined Ranjit films as a Director. He directed 18 silent films for Ranjit studios. However, it was Sagar Movietone which gave him the first opportunity to direct his first Talkie film. It was the First Gujarati Talkie film, “Narsimh Mehto” in 1932. After this there was no looking back. He selected and became expert in directing only Fantasy,Stunt and Costume films.
In his career from 1929 to 1973 period,he directed 20 silent and 70 Talkie films -all stunt and fantasy films, except one social film Kya yeh Bambai hai in 1959.
He was associated with Mohan pictures for a long time and directed 18 films for this company. During this period he also married his Heroine Sarojini ( real name Roshan Jehan alias Ranee), sister of another actress – Indurani. They had one daughter-AZRA, who too became an actress. Unlike most of his colleagues ,who had no formal school education ,Mr Vakil was highly educated ,being B.A.L.L.B. in those days.
Since beginning,he was attracted to Fantasy & Arabian Night movies.He believed that,the audience visits the cinema hall,to experience some thing,which he has not seen in his real life.He wants to be entertained & to forget the harsh realities of the outer world.Fantasy/ Costume movies transports him to an imaginary world of King & Queens,where beside the crafty Vazir,he finds gorgeous girls dancing,the handsome,manly & brave hero,rescues the pretty damsel from the clutches of evil magician.The movie come to an end and the viewers come out from the theater,happy & satisfied,since evil doers have been eliminated & brave man living happily with the petite gal,in their fairy land.
Bulbul E Bagh,Rashk E Laila,Fakhr E Islam,Gulshan E Alam,Kumud Kumari were his earlier movies.In 50s & 60s,few of his movies were,Shan E Hatim,Khul Ja Sim Sim,Shan E Khuda,Idd Ka Chand,NoorMahal,Flying Rani,Alam Ara Ki Beti,Bansri Bala, Hatim Tai Ka Beta etc..He made remakes of many movies like Lal E Yaman, Alam Ara (Twice, in 1956 & !973) & Hatim Tai KiBeti in 1940 & 1955.During his five decades long career, he made movies with a small budget, with less paid actors and he was known as the fastest film maker !
Nanu Bhai Vakil had two production Companies viz. Desai Films & Vakil Production. All his movies had no connection with the present. Elite & pseudo intellectuals avoided to even discuss his movies, but Vakil Sahib had a dedicated audience consisting of the common public, less privileged & so called front benchers,who enjoyed his brand of cinema.
His films included less known stars like Sarojini, Navin Chandra, Rafiq, Prakash,Gulnar,Daljit, Chitra etc. He also worked with Zubeida, Yakub, Jal Merchant, Jaddanbai,Shanta Hublikar, Nimmi, Veena, Jairaj, Shakila,Nirupa Roy, Nadira,Mehmood,Shobhana Samarth, Nirmala,her husband Arun Ahuja etc. His MDs were also little known. However,Music Director A.R.Qureshi ( the famous Tabla Nawaz Alla Rakha-father of Zakir Hussain) gave music to his 18 films.
He never mixed with film folks and spent his life aloof. He died quietly on 29-12-1980 at Bombay.
The film had comparatively a cast of well known artistes like Nimmi, Veena, Jairaj, Sapru, Ramsingh, Gulab, Janakidas, Baby Tabassum and others. let us take a look at the film’s story……..
Film Raaj Mukut-50 story was about a Prince who is more interested in doing social service for the poor and downtrodden ( and a love affair with the Village Mukhiya’s daughter) than getting crowned legitimately. So he disappears and goes to a village, to do what he always wanted to do, but could not do so far.
He learns that his younger brother, crowned after the deliberate false rumour of the prince- was perpetrating tyranny on the kingdom’s people and also arrested his own parents and jailed them. His blood boils and he enters the capital incognito, along with his girlfriend and others. There is a fight and the younger brother is killed. The King and Queen are released. The prince becomes the King and his girlfriend becomes his Queen. Clap, Clap !
From time to time there were some artistes in the Hindi film Industry who had achieved laurels in different fields, at the International levels. Some examples are Dewan Sharar, actor Ranjan and Shakuntala Paranjpye. The list may have more names but only a few are quoted here to prove the point. Today’s film also had one such actor who had won laurels in a different field at the International Level. His name was Janaki Das.
One can understand that people in India, with whatever avocation they followed were attracted to the film industry, but even a person with exceptional achievements at International levels, one who represented India 3 times in International games and established records – he too ? Yes, surprisingly one gentleman of this description and calibre, was keen to join films. His name was JANAKIDAS MEHRA.
Jankidas was born on 13th June 1916. He completed his M.A. from Punjab University. He was an athlete and a Cycle champion. By the age of 22 years, he represented India in 3 International meets and in 1938 had established a record for 1/2 mile race. He was the First and the only Indian to win the British Empire Games Distinction Medal.
Janakidas was also an author. He wrote and published books like, ” Mahatma Gandhi in his own words”, “Extinction of Tasmanian race’, “From brothel to Victory Stand”, and ” My sports ventures”. He was described as ” a rare combination of Student, sportsman, idealist, Aristocrat and Democrat” by Australia’s leading weekly ” Smith Weekly”, dated 22nd January 1938 !
Jankidas was keen to join the film industry. His first role was in Pancholi’s ” Khazanchi”-41. On coming to Bombay, he found that his high qualifications and achievements were deterrents for most illiterate producers, to get him roles. Frustrated, he told a lie to a Producer that he was illiterate and he got a role in the film ” Her highness”-46, but he was not credited. Disgusted, on some friend’s advice, he contacted V. Shantaram. Here he got a role in the film ” Jeevan Yatra”-46 and ” Dr. Kotnis ki amar kahani”-46.
Janakidas went on to do 344 films in his career of 60 years. In the later stage of his career he became India’s First ” Production Designer “. ( Nowadays, this is a very important post in the industry). As a production designer, Jankidas was responsible for the founding of many famous Indian actor’s careers. He was responsible for Madhubala’s role in Sohrab Modi’s Daulat in 1947, and introduced Meena Kumari in Nanabhai Bhatt’s Hamara Ghar, and Khushboo in Sunil Dutt’s Dard Ka Rishta. He also introduced actress Mala Sinha in Hamlet, produced and directed by Kishore Sahu.
In 1985, he wrote the script for the film Yaadon Ki Kasam.
Jankidas was the recipient of numerous national and international awards. In May 1996, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association.
Janakidas always remembered what his dear friend Dalsukh Pancholi told him, just minutes before his death. A film tycoon who carved a film empire at Lahore & made Khazanchi which celebrated Golden Jubilee, breathed his last, as he got into his car, while returning from the office of his distributor, who refused to pay him the installment. Actor Janki Das was with his mentor, when Pancholi uttered his last words “Janki Das ! Never put your children in films’. It was 10th october 1958 & Dalsukh Pancholi was of 53 years. He was driving his own car himself that time. He got an attack and stopped the car and died on his seat itself.
Jankidas expired on 18th June 2003.
There were 11 songs in the film, all written by Bharat Vyas. They were composed by one of the most respected Music Directors of that era. However he was downhill in his long career by this time. He was Pt. Gobind Ram.
In the pre-partition period of Hindi films, there were many schools of music directors, many times on a regional basis, but some were just unique. The Punjabi school of film composing was a very important and innovative school among these. This school gained popularity in the 1940s, which also resulted in the immense popularity of Punjabi folk music. Ghulam Haider was considered to be the most important of these, but equally great were Pandit Amarnath , Shyam Sundar , Husnlal – Bhagatram , G. A. Chishti , and Pandit Gobindram .
Pandit Gobindram Ji ( born in 1912) was a trained musician from Lahore, and was equally popular in both Hindi and Punjabi films. Unlike other music directors of the Punjabi school, music composed by him did not typically reflect native Punjabi trends, but instead lay firmly in the category of mainstream 1940s’ music. One could very well say that he played a crucial part in shaping the music of the 1940s. His music is truly melodious and varied, with a unique combination of highly expressive tunes, yet very fun and foot tapping and rhythmically catchy. He is one of the music directors who used a very large number of singers, only second to Gyan Dutt, one of his worthy contemporaries. He excelled equally in composing happy, sad, romantic, serious, comical, classical, just any kind of songs. It is a pity that he has never received the attention that he deserved.
Forgotten today, Gobind Ram ji was so important a composer in his times that when K.Asif conceived making Mughal-E-Azam for the first time, he had selected Gobind Ram as its MD. It is another matter that after many years, when that film was re-started afresh, by that time Gobind Ram had left this world. The two MDs who had influenced C.Ramchandra in his career were Sajjad Hussain and Pt. Gobind Ram. Lata Mangeshkar also respected him very much. However, none of her songs under his baton ever became noteworthy !
Among his landmarks are the introduction of enormous contributions to making Shamshad Begum and Zohrabai the top singers in Hindi films. He recorded the maximum number of Hindi film songs with Shamshad Begum – 86 songs in 19 films. He was also one of the foremost music directors to encourage and bring forward great veteran Rafi , and also introduced great singer Zeenat Begum to films. He has 32 films to his credit and each one had equally superb music. He composed 302 songs.
Some of his films were Himmat-41,Sahara-43, Pagli-43, Aabroo-43, Naseeb-45, Laila Majnu-45, Sassi Punnu-46, Chalis Karod-46, Ghar ki izzat-49, Nisbat-49, Bholi-49, Raj mukut-50, Chore-50, Sarkar-51 and his last film Naqab-55. Most popular singers of that period have graced his songs. His use of light music, Ghazals, Thumris and various popular music forms in films, provide a ready insight into the uniqueness of 1940s music, and with a slightly unique flavour of both his compositions as well as a tiny tinge of Punjabi style.
Pandit Gobindram Ji started his career with Jeevan Jyoti (1937), but his first Hindi film in the 1940s was Himmat (1941). Today, it is remembered for being the second ever Hindi film of veteran singer Shamshad Begum Ji, where she beautifully sang the traditional Dadra ‘Inhin Logon Ne Le Leena Dupatta Mora’ , in her young, sweet but powerful voice. The famous song with the same lyrics in Pakeezah (1972) is largely a copy of this song. The song was composed by him again for the film ‘ Aabroo’. This was the first song composed by Gobindram that helped him gain recognition. Other songs from this film included a beautiful duet by Ghulam Haider and Umraozia Begum , ‘Main Hoon Rani Ek Sunehri Nagri Ki’.
His last film was Naqaab-55. Gobindram worked with more than 30 lyricists during his career. With 56 songs in 8 films, his collaboration was the highest with Ishwar Chandra Kapoor. Some of the other prominent lyricists he worked with include Bharat Vyas , Ram Murti Chaturvedi , Ramesh Gupta , and Qamar Jalalabadi . (based on information from an article by Vidur Sury, book Dhunon ki Yatra by Pankaj Raag, Suvarn yug wale Sangeetkar by Prof. Yadav, muVyz, HFGK and my notes, with thanks).
Today’s song is a comedy duet by Gul Raja and Lata Mangeshkar.
Song- Mithaayee le lo Baabu mithhaayee le lo raaja (Raaj Mukut)(1950) Singers- Raja Gul, Lata Mangeshkar, Lyricist- Bharat Vyas, MD- Gobind Ram
Lyrics
mithaayee le lo babu
mithaayee le lo raaja
mithaayee le lo
aaya halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
mithaayee le lo
aaya halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
laddu le lo peda le lo
le lo baalushaahi
o baalushaahi
laddu le lo peda le lo
le lo baalushaahi
garma garm jalebi le lo
ras ki bhari malaai
o le lo le lo baabu
o le lo le lo raaja
aaya halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
arre bhaaye
ye
shakkar ke badle gud beche
aur baaten kare hazaar
aur Dilli ka ye halwaai hai
jhoothhon ka sardaar
mithhaayee mat lo is se
mithhaayee mat lo is se
jhoothha halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
raaja khaaye bhikaaree khaaye
maal lagaa diya sasta
raaja khaaye bhikaaree khaaye
maal lagaa diya sasta
aslee ghee kee khaa kar dekho
garm kachoree khastaa
mithaayee le lo
haan haan
mithaayee le lo
aaya halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
ghee ke badle tel bechkar
par banta phire raees
ghee ke badle tel bechkar
par banta phire raees
dekho jee ye halwaayee hai
pakka chaar sau bees
dekho jee ye halwaayee hai
pakka chaar sau bees
mithhaayee mat lo is se
mithhaayee mat lo
jhoothha halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
mithaayee le lo
sachcha halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
ae halwaayee
agar tu dewe mujhko maal udhaar
to din duguna aur raat chauguna
badhe tera vyopaar
achcha baba khaa le barfee
naa maangoon main daam
saara maal phokat mein khaa le
mat kariyo badnaam
ye laddoo le
ye peda le
ye taaza taaza paapad
ye rabdee le
rasgulle le
ab mat karna tu gadbad
waah bhai waah bhai waah bhai waah
aahahahaha
aslee ghee hai aslee shakkar
aslee teree mithaayee
aslee ghee hai aslee shakkar
aslee teree mithaayee
ho sachcha sahookaar ye nikla
Dilli ka halwaayee
ho sachcha sahookaar ye nikla
Dilli ka halwaayee
mithaayee le lo is se
mithaayee le lo is se
sachcha halwaayee Dilli shahar ka
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.
So difficult it is to forget, the days that have gone by. Yes, you voice remains with us to be heard, just as a consolation.
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In a departure from the pattern in this series so far, today I am presenting an all male duet. As I was searching for a song starting with ‘व’, I came across this very interesting song from the 1950 film ‘Shaadi Ki Raat’. This one is a male-male duet in which Rafi Sb’s voice is accompanied by that of Raja Gul. And this made me think. I checked back on the songs posted so far in this series, only to find that I have only been posting male-female duets. Then, as I scanned the list of songs, I came across so many male-male duets. And I was asking myself – does that mean another series? I don’t know. Let’s wait and see.
This film has 12 songs listed as per HFGK, eight of which are penned by Sarshaar Sailaani, with other songwriters identified as Firoz, Surjeet and Nazim Panipati having contributed one song each. One song is unattributed as far as songwriter is concerned. Music is by Pt Gobind Ram. Two songs of this film are already showcased on our blog. Today’s song is from the pen of Sarshaar Sailaani.
The film is a social drama produced under the banner of Prakash Pictures and is directed by Yashwant Pethkar. List of actors is given as Geeta Bali, Rehman, Vijaylakshmi, Leela Mishra, Jankidas, Ansari, Shanta Kunwar, Baby Durga, Anwari Bai, and Arun. Given this list of actors, it may be surmised that this song would have been picturized on Rehman and another male actor. Names that figure are Jankidas, Ansari (could that be NA Ansari??), and Arun (possibly Arun Ahuja??), but I am not ready to hazard a guess. I would request other knowledgeable readers and friends to please add more information about this song and the film, if available.
The song tells of a young heart, that has recently been stolen by a femme fatale. The pilferage seemed to have happened in a jiffy, and the aggrieved party, whose heart is stolen, was just left surprised. A fun song in which one friend is describing this episode to another, and the other also joins in and tries to give some worldly advise. But alas, the laments of woe do not cease as the robbed victim continues to bemoan
wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye reh gaye hum yahanhaath malte huye
Song – Wo To Chutki Mein Dil Le Ke Chalte Huye (Shaadi Ki Raat) (1950) Singer – Mohammed Rafi, Raja Gul, Lyrics – Sarshaar Sailaani, MD – Pt Gobind Ram Mohammed Rafi + Raja Gul
Lyrics
wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye
wo to chutki..ee mein dil le ke chalte huye..ae aur reh gaye hum yahaan reh gaye hum yahan haath malte huye haath malte huye wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye
wo hamen aur hum un ko takte rahe aankh milti rahi dil dhadakte rahe aankh milti rahi dil dhadakte rahe aur paanv sambhale na paa..aanv sambhale na zaalim phisalte huye haan phisalte huye wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye
ik balaa ho gai dillagi aap ki aur baaz aaya main tauba tauba mere baap ki..ee..ee aur raat kat’ti hai kat’ti hai naa arey par kaise kaise raat kat’ti hai karwat badalte huye haan badalte huye raat kat’ti hai karwat badalte huye..ae..ae haaye raat kat’ti hai karwat badalte huye lekin wo to o wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye
dekho bhai jaate jaate mohabbat ka rang jaayega aate aate tabiyat ko chain aayega aur bhai der lagti hai haan der lagti hai dil ko sambhalte huye haan sambhalte huye wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye
haa..aaye kyon kya hua haa..aan ishq ne jis musibat mein daala hamen us musibat se padta na paala hamen
arre bhai soch lete kya soch lete soch lete jo ghar se nikalte huye haan nikalte huye soch lete jo ghar se nikalte huye haan nikalte huye wo to chutki mein dil le ke chalte huye haaye chalte huye. . .
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Hindi Script Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये
हाए चलते हुये
वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये
हाए चलते हुये
वो तो चुटकी॰॰ई में दिल लेके
चलते हुये॰॰ए
और रह गए हम यहाँ रह गए
हम यहाँ
हाथ मलते हुये
हाथ मलते हुये
वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये
हाए चलते हुये
वो हमें
और हम
उनको ताकते रहे
आँख मिलती रही दिल धड़कते रहे
आँख मिलती रही दिल धड़कते रहे
और पाँव संभले ना पा॰॰आँव
संभले ना
ज़ालिम फिसलते हुये
हाँ फिसलते हुये
वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये
हाए चलते हुये
इक बला हो गई
दिल्लगी आपकी
और बाज़ आया मैं तौबा
तौबा मेरे बाप की॰॰ई॰॰ई
और रात कटती है कटती है ना
अरे पर कैसे कैसे
रात कटती है करवट बदलते हुये
हाँ बदलते हुये
लेकिन वो तो
ओ वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये
हाए चलते हुये
वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये
हाए चलते हुये
देखो भाई जाते जाते मोहब्बत का रंग जाएगा आते आते तबीयत को चैन आएगा और भाई देर लगती है हाँ देर लगती है दिल को संभलते हुये हाँ संभलते हुये
वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये
हाए चलते हुये
हाए॰॰ क्यों क्या हुआ
हाँ॰॰
इश्क़ ने जिस मुसीबत में डाला हमें
उस मुसीबत से पड़ता ना पाला हमें
अरे भाई सोच लेते क्या सोच लेते
सोच लेते जो घर से निकलते हुये
हाँ निकलते हुये
सोच लेते जो घर से निकलते हुये
हाँ निकलते हुये वो तो चुटकी में दिल लेके चलते हुये हाए चलते हुये॰ ॰ ॰
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