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‘Laaga Chunari Mein Daag’ (2007) was produced under the banner of Yash Raj Films and was directed by Pradeep Sarkar. The star cast included Rani Mukherjee, Jaya Bahaduri, Konkana Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher, Abhishek Bachchan, Kunal Kapoor, Tinnu Anand, Sushant Singh, Kamini Kaushal, Suchitra Pillai etc. Hema Malini made a special appearance in the film in the role of a courtesan. This was the second film of Pradeep Sarkar as a director after his critically acclaimed film, ‘Parineeta’ (2005). The film is available for viewing only on the OTT platform.
The gist of the story of the film is as under:
The family of Shivshankar Sahay (Anupam Kher) consisting of his wife, Savitri (Jaya Bachchan) and the two daughters – Vibha (Rani Mukherjee) and Shubha (Konkona Sen Sharma) is going through hard days. Due to financial constraints, Vibha’s education has been discontinued after 12th standard. Their haveli located at Banaras ghat is in danger of going on the auction by the creditors including Shivshankar’s elder brother, Rajshankar (Tinnu Anand) who wants his share in it.
To take care of the financial problem of the family, Vibha moves to Mumbai to get a job. But her educational qualification is not enough to get her a job. Willy-nilly, she falls into a trap which forces her to become a call girl and later the job of an escort under a new name, Natasha. With her new job, Vibha is flushed with money not only to regularly remit the money to her family in Banaras, but she has an apartment to stay in and owns a car. Except her mother, none of the other members of the family is aware as to how Vibha earns so much money. But the financial crunch makes Savitri to keep mum.
With Vibha’s financial support, Shubha completes her MBA and moves to Mumbai for her internship in a company. She becomes close to Vivaan Verma (Kunal Kapoor) during her internship in the company. Vibha is sent to Switzerland as a part of her PR job to make necessary arrangements for a meeting. In the flight, she meets Rohan Verma (Abhishek Bachchan) and develops an acquaintance. She again meets him during the meeting, and they become close friends.
In Mumbai, the relationship between Shubha and Vivaan goes to a higher level and their marriage is fixed in Banaras. However, Savitri does not want Vibha to attend the marriage for fear of her antecedent. Shubha convinces Vibha to join her marriage in Banaras where she is surprised to see Rohan Verma joining the pre-marriage ceremony. He turns out to be the elder brother of the bridegroom, Vivaan Verma. During the ceremony, Rohan proposes to Vibha which she is reluctant to agree to. However, things are sorted out as Rohan is already aware of Vibha’s background and he has no reservation about it. The film ends with both brothers getting married to sisters on the same day.
The story discussed above seems to be a familiar one. Yes, ‘Aaina’ (1977) had, more or less, the same story. I will not be surprised, there could be a couple of more films with the near identical theme. That may be the reason as to why the film becomes predictable after Vibha moves to Mumbai for a job. Perhaps, for this reason, Rani Mikherjee’s role in the film, despite her good performance, does not generate sympathy.
After watching the film, I felt a let down from director, Pradeep Sarkar who had directed a sensitive film and critically acclaimed ‘Parineeta’ (2005). The problem starts with the selection of an outdated story which, to my mind, would not be good enough even as the family soap opera on TV channels. The film starts with a song picturised on Rani Mukherjee and Konkona Sen Sharma of more than 5 minutes duration when the credit titles are displayed. Though the picturisation has been aesthetically done, the song gives an impression more of a music video than a part of the film. Even the end of the film is lackluster.
‘Laagi Chunari Mein Daag’ (2007) had six songs accredited to Swanand Kirkire as a lyricist which were set to music by Shantanu Moitra. I am presenting the first song “Ehi Thaiyaan Motiya Hiraaye Gayili Raama” from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Rekha Bhardwaj. The lyrics of the song are accredited to Swanand Kirkire probably because in the credit titles of the film, only his name appears as a lyricist. However, the lyrics are traditional if one goes by the renditions of the song by Hindustani classical singers like Rasoolan Bai, Girija Devi, Nirmala Devi and Pandit Channulal Mishra with, more or less, the identical wordings decades back.
The background to this song is that the haveli on the Banaras ghat in which the family of Shivshankar Sahay (Anupam Kher) are staying, has been selected for a film shooting. During the film unit’s reconnaissance visit to the haveli, one lady crew member, Sofia (Tarana Raja) wants to visit the kotha to watch and shoot the mujra dance of the famous Banaras courtesan, Dulari Bai (Hema Malini). Since the ladies are prohibited to watch mujra, Vibha and Shubha take Sofia to an ante room of the kotha from where she can watch and shoot the mujra dance through a lattice window. The song is picturised on Hema Malini who is performing a mujra dance in front of the select audience. The song is interspersed with the dialogues between Anupam Kher and Jaya Bahaduri in their haveli about their financial condition. The audio clip contains the full song.
This is a traditional Chaiti song – a sub-sect of Thumri/Dadra under semi-classical form of Hindustani classical music. Lyrics are mostly in Purbi dialect which is spoken in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Western part of Bihar. Chaiti is sung in the Hindu month of Chaitra that falls in March-April. Chaiti songs generally have the romantic theme with words like ‘ho raama’, ‘arrey raama’, ‘re raama’.
The first line of the song has an erotic element. The deeper meaning of courtesan losing a nose ring is indicative of messing with her lover. In keeping with the erotic nature of the lyrics, Rekha Bhardwaj has sensually rendered the song.
The tune of the song under discussion sounds like that of “Kaise Din Beete Kaise Beeti Ratiyaan” from film ‘Anuradha’ (1960) which has been composed by Pandit Ravishankar. The song is based on Raag Manj Khammaj which is said to be invented by Ustad Allauddin Khan, the Guru of Pandit Ravi Shankar.
Video (Partial)
Audio (Full)
Song – Ehi Thaiyaan Motiyaan Hiraaye Gayili Raama (Laaga Chunari Mein Daag) (2007) Singer – Rekha Bhardwaj, Lyrics – Sawanand Kirkire, MD – Shantanu Moitra
Lyrics
(Based on Audio)
aa aa aa aa maa
aa aa aaa
aa aa aaa
ehi thaiyaan motiya hiraaye gayili raama..aa
kahaan wa….aa main dhoondoon
ehi thaiyaan motiya hiraaye gayili raama..aa
kahaan wa…aa main dhoondoon
ho o o
ae hi thaiyaan motiya hiraaye gayili raama..aa
kahaan wa…aa main dhoondoon
nathni se moti kahin hir gaya raama
nathni se moti kahin hir gaya raama
kahaan wa…aa main dhoondoo…..oon
haa……ay ehi thaiyaan
[Tabla Beats]
saasu se poochha
nanadiyaa se poochhaaa
aa aa aa aa
hey raam
saa..su se poochha
nanadiyaa se poochha
saiyyaan ji se poochha to lajaaye gayi raama
haan aa aan
saiyyaan ji se poochha to lajaaye gayi raama
kahaan wa main dhoondoo..oon
ehi thaiyaan
ehi thaiyaan
ehi thaiyaan aa aa aa aa
ehi thaiyana motiya hiraaye gayili raama
kahaan wa main dhoondoon
ehi thaiyaan
ehi thaiyaan
ehi thaiyaan
ehi thaiyaan aa aa aa aa
ehi thaiyaan motiyaa hiraaye gayili raama
kahaan wa..aa main dhoondoon
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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आ आ आ आ मा
आ आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ
एही थइयान मोतिया हिराये गईली रामा॰॰आ
कहाँ वा॰॰आ मैं ढूँढूँ
एही थइयान मोतिया हिराये गईली रामा॰॰आ
कहाँ वा॰॰आ मैं ढूँढूँ
हो ओ ओ
एही थइयान मोतिया हिराये गईली रामा॰॰आ
कहाँ वा॰॰आ मैं ढूँढूँ
नथनी से मोती कहीं हिर गया रामा
नथनी से मोती कहीं हिर गया रामा
कहाँ वा॰॰आ मैं ढूँढूँ
हाए
एही थइयान
[तबले की ताल]
सासू से पूछा
ननदिया से पूछा
आ आ आ आ
हे राम
सा॰॰सू से पूछा
ननदिया से पूछा
सइय्याँ जी से पूछा तो लजाये गयी रामा
हाँ॰॰आं
सइय्याँ जी से पूछा तो लजाये गयी रामा
कहाँ वा मैं ढूँढूँ॰॰ऊँ
एही थइयान
एही थइयान
एही थइयान आ आ आ आ
एही थइयान मोतिया हिराये गईली रामा॰॰आ
कहाँ वा मैं ढूँढूँ
एही थइयान
एही थइयान
एही थइयान
एही थइयान आ आ आ आ
एही थइयान मोतिया हिराये गईली रामा॰॰आ
कहाँ वा॰॰आ मैं ढूँढूँ
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