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Saawan Barse Tarse Dil
Posted on: August 4, 2023
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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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‘Dahek’ (1999) was produced by Milan Jhaveri and was directed by Lateef Binny. The cast included Akshay Khanna and Sonali Bendre in the lead roles supported by Danny Denzongpa, Dalip Tahil, KK Raina, Anang Desai, Achala Sachdev, Anjana Mumtaz, Heena Qureshi, Achyut Potdar, Anil Nagrath, Rahul Singh etc. For both the producer, Milan Jhaveri and the director, Lateef Binny, this was their maiden film. According to director, Lateef Binny, the film took over 3 years to complete and another 2 years to get released.
Milan Jhaveri is the son of film financier, Chandrasen Jhaveri. After this film, he turned writer and director under a new name – Milap Milan Zaveri. He directed ‘Jaane Kahaan Se Aayi Hai’ (2010), ‘Mastizaade’ (2016), ‘Raakh’ (2016) and ‘Satyamev Jayate (2018). Lateef Binny came from the theatre background as an actor and director. He has assisted Rajkumar Santoshi for 8 years.
The film is about the inter-faith romance and the obstacle the boy and the girl faced from their family. The political and religious elements in both the religious groups create a divide between two communities even though the boy and the girl fall in love without the knowledge of the religion of each other. Their end is tragic. The gist of the film’s story is as under:
Sameer Roshan (Akshay Khanna), a Hindu and Neelima Bakshi (Sonali Bendre), a Muslim fall in love with each other when they first meet at the post office. They have a common interest in becoming the doctors. Their love is blossomed after they frequently meet, unmindful of their religion as their names are deceptive to get any clue to their respective religion. After a few meetings, they get to know each other’s religion and decide to break the relationship as their parent would not accept the marriage. However, they soon realise that they cannot live apart. They decide to get married.
Neelima is afraid to reveal her intention to her uncle Jabbar Bakshi (Danny Denzongpa), the head of the family. For, he is an orthodox Muslim who will not approve the marriage. Also, Jabbar has recently returned from jail after serving 12 years of imprisonment for killing the husband of his sister, Sabina (again the role played by Sonali Bendre) for marrying without his consent, even though her husband was a Muslim. Sameer’s father Bhushan (Dalip Tahil) has reservation about this marriage as he does not want a showdown with Jabbar.
Jabbar comes to know about Neelima’s affairs with Sameer. He is infuriated as Neelima is planning to get married to Sameer who is a Hindu. His attempt to get Neelima married to a Muslim boy proves futile. Having failed in his intimidating tactics with Sameer, Jabbar decides to get rid of both of them in the same way as he had done with his sister’s husband 12 years back for violating the family’s code of conduct. Jabbar’s younger brother Naseem (KK Raina) and Sameer’s father Bhushan mend ways but Jabbar is adamant. Sameer and Neelima elope from the city to an unknown place. The next morning, their elopement becomes the headline in the newspapers.
The elopement triggers the communal violence and riots turning the family issues into a political conspiracy by the interested groups. In the meanwhile, Jabbar is able to get the whereabouts of Sameer and Neelima and proceeds to kill them with a sword. Nassem, his younger brother, follows him to avoid the bloodshed. He tries to prevent Jabbar from killing them by his sword. But he is accidentally killed by Jabbar. Jabbar is arrested and put in the police custody. In the night when Sameer and Neelima come out from their hiding to meet each other, they are shot dead by those who are opposed to their relationship. The love story of Sameer and Neelima results in a tragic end.
The story of the film is contemporary and would have been great if it was handled better. It may be due to delay in the completion of the film as the director has limited options fulfilling his requirements in the delayed project. As a result, the film does not create an aura of sensitivity on the subject as it should have generated. Incidentally, the screenplay was written by the director himself. By the time the film was released, films with more or less similar theme, ‘Bombay’ (1994) and ‘Zakhm’ (1998) got released. The result was that ‘Dahek’ (1999) failed at the box office.
There are six songs in the film of which one song has two versions. The songs were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri (2), Dev Kohli (2), Madan Pal (1) and Shyam Raj (1). The songs written by Majrooh Sultanpuri were set to music by Anand-Milind. Rest of the 4 songs were composed by Aadesh Shrivastava.
I present the first song “Saawan Barse Tarse Dil” from the film to appear on the Blog to time with the Hindu calendar month of Saawan. The song is rendered by Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam which is written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and set to music by Anand-Milind.
The background of the song is that Sameer (Akshay Khanna) sends a letter to Neelima (Sonali Bendre) asking her for a date. Though it is raining, both set out from their respective houses and are determined reach their destination with whatever the mode of transport available. Sameer travels even on road roller and handcart to finally reach their meeting point.
According to an article, ‘The Stories Behind Five of the Best Rain Songs in Hindi Cinema’ which appeared in scroll.in, the film’s director, Lateef Binny has been quoted as saying that the song under discussion was shot over three years and was shot all over Mumbai – in Goregaon, Andheri and South Mumbai. At the time of the shooting of the song, both Akshay Kumar and Sonali Bendre were newcomers. Being unrecognized faces, it was possible to shoot them in live rains in Mumbai. While Sonali Bendre did the shooting in the rains enthusiastically, Akshay Khanna was the reluctant participant. Nearly 70 percent of the song was shot in live rains, while the rest was shot indoor due to the delay by which time, the actors became the known faces.
This song reminds me of, more or less. a similar scene in the iconic rain song in Lata Mangeshkar’s version, “Rimjhim Gire Saawan Sulag Sulag Jaaye Mann” in ‘Manzil’ (1979).
Video
Audio
Song – Saawan Barse Tarse Dil (Dahek) (1999) Singer – Hariharan, Sadhna Sargam, Lyrics – Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD – Anand Milind
Male Echo
Female Echo
Lyrics
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
dekho kaisa beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ke intezaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
dekho kaise beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ki intezaar mein
ek mohabbat ka deewaana
dhoondhata sa phire
koi chaahat ka nazaraana
dilruba ke liye
ho ek mohabbat ka deewaana
dhodhata sa phire
(dhoondhate sa phire)
koyi chaahat kaa nazaraana
dilruba ke liye
(dilruba ke liye)
chham chham chale paagal pawan
aaye maza bheege balam
bheege balam
phisle kadam
barkha bahaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
(barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai)
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
(ye pyaar nahi to kya hai)
dekho kaise beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ke intezaar mein
ek haseena idhar dekho
kaisi bechain hai
raaste par lagey kaise
uske do nain hai
ho ek haseena idhar dekho
kaisi bechain hai
(kaisi bechain hai)
raaste par lagey kaise
uske do nain hai
(uske do nain hai)
sach poochhiye to mere yaar
dono ke dil beikhtiyaar
beikhtiyaar
hain pehli baar
pehli bahaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
(barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai)
ye pyaar nahin to kya hai
(ye pyaar nahin to kya hai)
dekho kaisa beqraar
hain bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ki intezaar mein
saawan barse tarse dil
kyun na nikle ghar se dil
barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai
(barkha mein bhi dil pyaasa hai)
ye pyaar nahi to kya hai
(ye pyaar nahi to kya hai)
dekho kaise beqraar
hai bhare baazaar mein
yaar ek yaar ke intezaar mein
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
एक मोहब्बत का दीवाना
ढूँढता सा फिरे
कोई चाहत का नज़राना
दिलरुबा के लिए
हो एक मोहब्बत का दीवाना
ढूँढता सा फिरे
(ढूँढता सा फिरे)
कोई चाहत का नज़राना
दिलरुबा के लिए
(दिलरुबा के लिए)
छम छम चले पागल पवन
आए मज़ा भीगे बलम
भीगे बलम
फिसले कदम
बरखा बहार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
(बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है)
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
(ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है)
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
एक हसीना इधर देखो
कैसी बेचैन है
रास्ते पर लगे कैसे
उसके दो नैन हैं
एक हसीना इधर देखो
कैसी बेचैन है
(कैसी बेचैन है)
रास्ते पर लगे कैसे
उसके दो नैन हैं
(उसके दो नैन हैं)
सच पूछिए तो मेरे यार
दोनों के दिल बेइख्तियार
बेइख्तियार
हैं पहली बार
पहली बहार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
(बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है)
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
(ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है)
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
सावन बरसे तरसे दिल
क्यों ना घर से निकले दिल
बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है
(बरखा में भी दिल प्यासा है)
ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है
(ये प्यार नहीं तो क्या है)
देखो कैसा बेक़रार
है भरे बाज़ार में
यार एक यार के इंतज़ार में
Saawan beet gayo maayee ree
Posted on: April 29, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.101
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On this date ten years ago (29 April 2013), six songs from six different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 8001 | Mera husn lootne aayaa | Chandralekha (1948) | 8 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 8002 | Chanda ki chaandni na suhaaye to kya karen | Duniya Ek Saraai (1947) | 5 songs out of 9 by now |
| 8003 | Tere saath chal rahe hain ye zameen ye chaand taare | Angaarey(1954) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 8004 | Itni si baat ka fasaana na banaao | Ek Ladki Saat Ladke(1961) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 8005 | Ham pe daya rakhna | Aas (1953) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this song |
| 8006 | Jaa jaa jaa jaa tujhe ham jaan gaye | Sehraa (1963) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
We observe that four movies (out of six) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 29 April 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with two unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (29 April 2023).
“Duniya Ek Saraai”(1947) is one of the BTYC eligible movies today.
“Duniya Ek Saraai”(1947) was directed by Kidar Sharma for Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. The movie had Jagirdar, Begum Para, Altaf, Rajendra, Meena Kumari, Shanta Kumari, Nazirabai, Kesarbai, Pt.Iqbal, Kumar Junior etc in it.
The movie had 9 songs in it. Five songs have been covered so far.
Here is the sixth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Meena Kumari. Kidar Sharma is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hansraj Bahl.
Only audio of the song is available. It is clear that the song was picturised on Meena Kumari herself as a “separated from beloved” genre of song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Saawan beet gayo maayee ree (Duniya Ek Saraai)(1947) Singer-Meena Kumari, Lyrics-Kidar Sharma, MD-Hansraj Bahl
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
saawan beet gayo maayi ree ee ee
saawan beet gayo
nahin likheen balam ne
chithhiyaan aa aan
aa aa aaa aaan
saawan beet gayo maayi ree ee ee
saawan beet gayo
baras gayee badlee ee
chhalak gayeen nadiyaan aan aan aan
beh gaye aansoo
sookh gayeen ankhiyaan aan
beh gaye ae aansoo
sookh gayeen ankhiyaan aan
meri ro ro katat hain ratiyaan aan aan aaa
saawan beet gayo maayi ree ee ee
saawan beet gayo
aayee deewaalee ee
deeyaa jaley ree ee ee eee
bin saajan meraa
hiyaa jaley ree eee
bin saajan meraa
hiyaa jaley ree ee
kaa se kahoon jee ki batiyaan aa aaan aaa
saawan beet gayo maayi ree ee ee
saawan beet gayo
holee mein sab
karey tatolee eee ee
ee ee ee eee
ansuwan se main aen bhartee jholee eee
ansuwan se ae main aen bharthee jholee eee
mohey birahan kehtee sakhiyaan aan aaa aaan
saawan beet gayo maayi ree ee ee
saawan beet gayo o
Aayo re aayo re saawan aayo re
Posted on: July 22, 2022
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 auspicious month of ‘saawan’ has already begun in some parts of the country (specially the ‘northern parts’).
As has been said in many earlier posts on the blog this is the month which is ‘musically important’ season as many festivals come during this season and there have been songs based on them in Hindi movies. Then many traditions like hanging the ‘swing’ on the trees and singing folklores and folksongs is also followed in may parts of the country.
Then there are ‘love songs’, ‘milna-bichhadnaa-judaai’ songs, and many ‘virah-geets’ for the lovers who left their places for job and staying far-away, have also been composed in our films. The month of ‘saawan’ brings back many memories and remind us of those many ‘saawan’ song in Hindi movies.
On the blog we already have more than one hundred songs in the category of ‘saawan songs.’
Today I am adding one more ‘saawan’ song on the blog. The video of this song is not available, but it seems to be a song played on the arrival of the ‘saawan’ or welcoming the ‘saawan’.
This song is from the movie “Jhoom Uthaa Aakaash-1973”.
‘Jhoom Uthaa Aakaash-1973’ was directed by Y.N. Kapoor for ‘Bahaar-Milan Productions’.
It had Sujit Kumar, Lakshmichhaaya, Anita, Rajdeep, Bharat Bhushan, Tiwari, Abhi Bhattacharya, Randhir, Mohan Choti, Jhankana Desai, Nana Palsikar, Bramhachari, Rajraani, Kalpana Diwan, Uma Khosla, Geeta Kapoor, Soni, Koki, S.M. Akhtar, Master Deepak, Master Dinkar, Ravi Bhatnagar, Ambar Kumar, Yogesh Kapoor, and others.
This movie seems to an obscure movie of its time. However, audio of its songs is available on internet which are uploaded by enthusiastic music lovers.
This movie had seven songs written by Siraj Aghazi (five songs) and Atish Jalali (two songs).
Music for this movie was composed by Kanti Kiran.
Mohd Rafi, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor, Mukesh, Hemlata, and Krishna Kalle had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
Here is the list of songs of this movie.
| SNo. | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Ab to bahaale aankhon se aansoo | Siraj Aghazi | Mohd Rafi | 03.06.2022 |
| 02 | Tera mera saath jaise din aur raat | Atish Jalali | Mahendra Kapoor, Hemlata | |
| 03 | Sainyya anaadi na jaane pyaar ko | Siraj Aghazi | Manna Dey, Hemlata | |
| 04 | Ho o nadiyaa kinaare nain hamaare | Siraj Aghazi | Mukesh, Hemlata | 22.07.2020 |
| 05 | Dekh lo bhagwaan teri meharbaani dekh lo … | Siraj Aghazi | Hemlata | |
| 06 | Saawan aayo re bin mausam aayo | Siraj Aghazi | Mahendra Kapoor, Hemlata | |
| 07 | Zulmi najariyaa | Atish Jalali | Hemlata, Krishna Kalle |
From the above table we can see that, so far, two songs from this movie have been posted on the blog.
Today’s song is the third song from this movie to be posted on the blog.
Today’s song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor and Hemlata. Only the audio of this song is available so far.
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and its songs.
Let us now listen to today’s song …
Song-Aayo re aayo re saawan aayo re (Jhoom Uthha Aakaash)(1973) Singers-Mahendra Kapoor, Hemlata, Lyrics-Siraz Aghazi, MD-Kanti Kiran
All chorus
Female chorus
Male chorus
Lyrics
Ara ra ra rab dekho ras barsaataa
Saawan aayo re
O bin mausam aayo re
O o o o o o
O o o o o o
O o o o o o
Are rim jhim jhanjh bajaata
Hamre aangan aayo re
Are o sun mastaani
Kaho ke kya hain dil mein thhaani
Ho gora rang laal gajra chunar dhaani
Ho tori khoti najar ko main pehchaani
Are o sun mastaani
O kaho ke kya hain dil mein thhaani
Aayo re aayo re
Saawan aayo re
Saawan aayo re
Ara ra ra ra
Aayo re aayo re saawan aayo re
Ae ae
Saawan aayo re
Ho o o o
Ho o o o
Ho o
Jab chale purwaiyya to manwa jaley
Ho o o o
More manwa pe mora bas na chale
O o o o
O o o o o o
O dekho chhayi ghata bijli chamke
Ho jiya larje mora kanganaa khanke
Are gaao khushi mein
O ho
Are nacho khushi mein
Aha
Are rim jhim jhanjh bajaata
Hamre aangan aayo re
Are o sun mastaani
Kaho ke kya dil me hain thhani
Aayo re aayo re
Saawan aayo re ae
Saawan aayo re
Ara ra ra ra
Aayo re aayo re
Saawan aayo re ae ae
Saawan aayo re
Ho ek baar to gori lag ja gale
Ho o o o
Ho ghar aaungi sajna saanjh dhale
O o o o
Ho ho ho o o o
Ho mujhe jeewan bhar ka pyaar mila
Ho mujhe tum jo mile sansaar mila
Are gaao khushi mein
Aa ho
Are nacho khushi mein
Aha
Are rim jhim jhanjh bajaata
Hamre aangan aayo re
Are o sun mastaani
Kaho ke kya dil mein hain thhaani
Aayo re aayo re
Saawan aayo re ae
Saawan aayo re
Ara ra ra ra
Aayo re aayo re
Saawan aayo re ae ae
Saawan aayo re
Saawan Ki Raat Kaari Kaari
Posted on: March 3, 2022
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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‘Meharbaan’ was directed by A Bhim Singh for AVM, Madras’. It was produced by AV Meiyappan.
It had Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Mehmood, Sudesh Kumar, Bhalla, Shaymlal, Jankidas, Umesh Sharma, Ramavtaar, Rajkishore, Mukri, Sulochana, Shashikala, Shyama, Raj Mehra, Ramesh Deo, Ashim Kumar, Kumari Padma, Master Levi, Jayanthi, Bharathi and others.
‘Meharbaan’ had seven songs that were written by Rajinder Krishan. Following is the list of songs as mentioned in HFGK Vol-IV (1961-1970).
| SNo | Song Title | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Mera Gadhaa Gadhon Ka Leader | Mohd Rafi, Mehmood | 09.12.2016 |
| 02 | Aayega Aayega Ik Chhail Chhabilaa Aayega | Mohd Rafi | |
| 03 | Ik Raaja Ki Sun Lo Kahaani | Lata Mangeshkar, Rafi | 06.06.2021 |
| 04 | Saawan Ki Raat Kaari Kaari | Asha Bhonsle | |
| 05 | Ae Mere Dost Ae Mere Humdum | Mohd Rafi | 21.01.2013 |
| 06 | Saari Duniya Mein Dekhe Hain Do Anpadh Naadaan | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 07 | Ik Raaja Ki Sun Lo Kahaani | Mohd Rafi | 06.06.2021 |
This movie made its debut on the blog on 21.01.2013 with its song “Ae Mere Dost Ae Mere Humdum” which I had myself shared then as a ‘lyrics contributor’ on the blog. This song is a solo song by Rafi Saab. The second song from this movie, “Mera Gadhaa Gadhon Ka Leader“, which appeared on the blog was sung by Rafi Saab and Mehmood. This song was posted on 09.12.2016 which is almost after a gap of four years.
The most beautiful and well known song from this movie ” Ik Raaja Ki Sun Lo Kahaani“, a multiple version song – one duet and other solo – was posted on the blog on 06.06.2021 and that was almost after a gap of four and half years from the second song posted on the blog.
I had read about this movie (‘Meharbaan’) earlier when the movie ‘Swarg’ (1990) was released. I had watched ‘Swarg’ then for Rajesh Khanna.
So the name of this movie ‘Meharbaan’ had in my memory since then. When I became associated with this blog, I was under the impression that the songs from this movie should be already there. However, I was in for a surprise when I realized that none of the songs from this movie ‘Meharbaan’ were posted on the blog. I listened to the songs from this movie and noted down the lyrics of all the songs then itself in 2013. This movie will be completing its ten-year run on the blog.
All the songs of ‘Meharbaan’ are composed by the legendary music director Ravi Shankar Sharma known to us as Ravi. Today 3rd March, 2022 is the ninety-sixth birth anniversary of music director Ravi (3 March 1926 – 7 March 2012). On this occasion let us listen to this composition of Ravi. It is sung by Asha Bhonsle. This song, a semi classical song is the only song that Asha Bhonsle sung in this movie.
Only audio of the today’s song is available. (This was the case even then in 2013) I think this song may not have been included in the movie. I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this song and today’s movie.
Song – Saawan Ki Raat Kaari Kaari (Meharbaan) (1967) Singer – Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics – Rajinder Krishan, MD – Ravi
Lyrics
saawan ki raat kaari kaari
saawan ki raat kaari kaari
jiyara sataaye morey piyara na aaye
haaye baat takat main to
haari haari haari
saawan ki raat kaari kaari
saawan ki raat kaari
baahar barsat badra pal pal
aur idhar ankhiyan mein jal thhal
baahar barsat badra pal pal
aur idhar ankhiyan me jal thhal
main wo abhaagan radha
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa
main wo abhaagan radha jiske
roothh gaye baanwaari
ee ee ee
saawan ki raat kaari
kaari
saawan ki raat kaari
naina jitna neer bahaaye
aur bhi man ki agan bhadkaaye
naina jitna neer bahaaye
aur bhi man ki agan bhadkaaye
saawan se keh do ab jaaye
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
saawan se
saawan se
saawan se keh do ab jaaye
raakh bhayi phulwaari ee ee
saawan ki raat kaari kaari
saawan ki raat kaaaaaari
saawan ki raat kaaaaari
saawan ki raat kaaaari
saawan ki raat kaari
raat kaari
raat kaaaaari
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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सावन की रात कारी कारी
सावन की रात कारी कारी
जियरा सताये मोरे पियरा ना आए
हाए बाट तकत मैं तो
हारी हारी हारी
सावन की रात कारी कारी
सावन की रात कारी
बाहर बरसत बदरा पल पल
और इधर अखियों में जल थल
बाहर बरसत बदरा पल पल
और इधर अखियों में जल थल
मैं वो अभागन राधा
आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ
आ आ
मैं वो अभागन राधा
जिसके रूठ गए बनवारी॰ ॰ ॰
सावन की रात कारी
कारी
सावन की रात कारी
नैना जितना नीर बहाये
और भी मन की अगन भड़काए
नैना जितना नीर बहाये
और भी मन की अगन भड़काए
सावन से कह दो अब जाये
आ आ आ
आ आ आ आ
सावन से
सावन से
सावन से कह दो अब जाये
राख़ भई फुलवारी॰ ॰ ॰
सावन की रात कारी कारी
सावन की रात का॰॰आ॰॰आ॰॰री
सावन की रात का॰॰आ॰॰री
सावन की रात का॰॰॰री
सावन की रात कारी
रात का॰॰॰री
रात का॰॰आ॰॰री
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“Kurbaani”(1943) was directed by Ram Daryani for Murli Movietone, Bombay. This obscure “social” movie had Durga Khote, Ishwarlal, Vasanti, Kaushalya, Gulab, Kamla, Gope, Majid, Sheikh, Dharpure etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it.
One song from “Kurbaani”(1943) has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Kurbaani”(1943) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Kaushalya and Ishwarlal. Wali Sahab is the lyricist. Music is composed by Khemchand Prakash.
Only the audio of this song is available. Seeing that the singers of this song acted in the movie as well, one can assume that the song was picturised on Kaushalya and Ishwarlal themselves.
Like the first song from the movie, this song too is a delightful song to listen to. This song has retained its freshness even today nearly 80 years after the song was created. Clearly a song that deserves to be better known among music lovers.
Song-Aao aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun (Kurbaani)(1943) Singers-Kaushalya, Ishwarlal, Lyrics-Wali Sahab, MD-Khemchand Prakash
Both
Lyrics
aao
aao
aao
aao aao
aao aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
saawan saawan manaao
saawan saawan manaao
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
kaajal ki dori ka jhoola banaa ke
kaajal ki dori ka jhoola banaa ke
nainon ki putli mein tohe bithha ke
nainon ki putli mein tohe bithha ke
aasha ki duniya basaaun
aasha ki duniya basaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
jhoolo to main baanh ka jhoola banaaun
jhoolo to main baanh ka jhoola banaaun
tumhen is naye jhoolne mein bithhaaun
tumhen is naye jhuoolne mein bithhaaun
udhar gaao tum
main idhar gungunaaun
udhar gaao tum
main idhar gungunaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao
aao
aao
aao aao
aao aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
saawan saawan manaaun
saawan saawan manaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
aao sajan tohe jhoola jhulaaun
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“Chunariya”(1948) was directed by Ravindra Dave for Kuldeep Pictures, Bombay. Mulkraj Bhakri had written the story, dialogues, screen-play and lyrics. For all practical purposes, Mulkraj Bhakri was the producer of the movie as well, though Kuldeep Sehgal was credited as producer and Lekhraj Bhakri as production controller. Almost all persons involved in the making of this movie were displaced from Lahore during partition and this movie was their attempt to establish themselves in Bombay fil industry.
This movie had Wasti, Manorama, Pran, Randhira, Cuckoo, Narbada Shanker, Sofia, Chaand Burke,Ramesh, Sarita, Baij Sharma, Shrimati Motipal,Krishn Duggal, Menhdi Raza Raja etc in it.
The movie turned out to be a hit and that went a long way in establishing the persons in Bombay film industry.
The movie had ten songs in it. Nine songs have been covered so far. Here are the details of these songs:-
| Song | Date of posting | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Sab kuchh lutaayaa hamne aakar teri gali mein | 2 April 2011 | Rafi |
| Aankh meri lad gayi re lad gayi | 21 December 2011 | Lata Mangeshkar, Indra Goyal |
| O motor waale babu | 23 December 2011 | Geeta Dutt |
| Dil e naashaad ko jeene ki hasrat ho gayee tumse | 1 September 2012 | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Tera kaanton se pyaar | 4 February 2013 | Geeta Dutt, Rafi |
| O koi nain mila ke chala gaya | 3 April 2017 | Geeta Dutt |
| Hansi le ke aaye thhe ro kar chale | 3 August 2017 | S D Batish |
| Tere milne ko jee dhadke | 2 May 2018 | Geeta Dutt |
| Daaman se bandh gayi choli re | 11 September 2021 | Geeta Dutt |
One can notice that as many as five singers were used in the nine songs that have been covered so far. The singers were strugglers at that time. This movie saw Lata Mangeshkar singing a ghazal for the first time in Hindi movies. The Rafi Geeta Dutt duet in this movie is the oldest Rafi Geeta Dutt duet in Hindi movies that is available. Lata Mangeshkar had sung only one duet with a male singer till 1947. This year, she sang eight such duets. Her duet with Indra Goyal was her only duet with that singer.
The tenth and final song from the movie is a rare song. It would appear that very few people have actually listened to this song. HFGK mentions this song as “saawan aaya-3 re jaage more bhaag sakhi re”. The words “Saawan aaya” appear in the movie only towards the end of the song. “Jaage mora bhaag sakhi re” is not at all there. Instead, we find the opposite words, viz “Soye mora bhaag saki ree” in the song. 🙂
Listening to the song, one would classify it as a Geeta Dutt solo with chorus towards the end. But, HFGK mentions this song as sung by Geeta Dutt, Zohrabai Ambalewaali and Asha Bhonsle. HFGK also mention this song as the first Hindi film song sung by Asha Bhonsle.
If Zohrabai Ambalewaali and Asha Bhonsle have sung in this song, then that would be in the last stanza that is sung by chorus though personally I could not detect the individual voices of Zohrabai Ambalewaali and Asha Bhonsle. People with better hearing abilities may be able to detect their voices.
Nevertheless, this rare song does have the distinction of being the first Hindi movie song with Asha Bhonsle’s voice in it.
With this rare and special song, all the songs of “Chunariya”(1948)have now been covered and this movie joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Soye more bhaag sakhi ree Saawaan aaya re (Chunariya)(1948) Singers-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Mulkraj Bhakri, MD-Hansraj Bahl
Zohrabai Ambalewaali + Asha Bhonsle
Geeta Dutt + Zohrabai Ambalewaali + Asha Bhonsle
Lyrics
o o o
o o o o
bhanwar padi hai mori naiyya
bhanwar padi hai mori naiyya
roothh gaya
roothh gaya
roothh gaya hai hamse khewaiyya
roothh gaya hai hamse khewaiyya
na mora baabul
na mora bhaiyya
na mora bhaiyya
saawan sakhi ree main kaise gaaun
kisko dil ka haal sunaaoon
haal sunaaoon oon oon
saawan sakhi ree main kaise gaaun
kisko dil ka haal sunaaun
haal sunaaoon oon oon
naa gaa ree sakhi
naa gaa ree sakhi
ye saawan ka raag
em>more man mein laage aag sakhi
more man mein laage aag
more man mein laage aag sakhi
more man mein laage aag
soye more bhaag sakhi ree
saawan aaya re
saawan aaya re
soye more bhaag sakhi ree
saawan aaya re
saawan aaya re
saawan aaya saawan aaya
saawan aaya re
saawan aaya saawan aaya
saawan aaya re
jaage more bhaag sakhi ree
saawan aaya re
saawan aaya re
Saawan mein barkhaa sataaye
Posted on: September 26, 2021
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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Today 26th September’2021 is the thirty-secondth Remembrance Anniversary of Legendary Singer and Music Director of yesteryears Hemant Kumar.
Hemant Kumar Mukhopadhyay was born on 16th June 1920 at Benaras, Benaras State under British India.
He passed away on 26th September 1989 at the age of sixty-nine.
As a fan of Hemant Kumar’s voice, I had always liked his singing and his compositions that he has given us in the Hindi Film Music. He also sang in many regional languages including my mother tongue – ‘Marathi’. Ravindra Sangeet sung by him in ‘Bengali language’ is an immortal gift he left for all music connoisseurs.
Here, I am not going to mention his long list of achievements and the various awards and felicitations he received in his career in Music.
Today, as a tribute to him on his ‘Remembrance Day’ I would like to present a song from the 1966 movie – ‘Biwi Aur Makaan’. I had noted this song long back i.e., in 2013 however it still remained to be posted. Later, I tried to get it posted on anniversary of Gulzar and Hemant Kumar, but it could not succeed.
It is a ‘saawan song’ and though the ‘saawan’ month is behind us by now, we still have ‘showers’ continuing in some parts. This song will join the ‘saawan song’ club where we have more than hundred songs already posted.
I became aware of today’s song long back when I was in my ‘teens’. I think I listened to it for the first time on ‘All India Radio’ Urdu service program. After that when I started collecting music ‘cassettes’ I got this song in the ‘Vintage Favorites – Hemant Kumar’ brought by HMV in 1986. I have earlier given the details of other songs in this compilation in my post on the blog.
‘Biwi Aur Makaan-1966’ was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee for ‘Geetanjali Pictures, Bombay’.
It had Vishwajeet, Kalpana, Mehmood, Shabnam, Ashish Kumar, Padma Devi, Bipin Gupta, Badri Prasad, Kanu Roy, Sarita Devi, Keshto Mukherjee, Ajit Chatterjee, Moni Chatterjee, Brahm Bharadwaj and many others.
This movie had ten songs written by Gulzar and composed by Hemant Kumar.
Here is the list of these nine songs of ‘Biwi Aur Makaan-1966’.
| SNo | Song Title | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Khul simsim khullam khulaa | Bula, Manna Dey Hemant Kumar | |
| 02 | Yaar Kishan yah had ho gayi hai…jab dosti hoti hai to | Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Balbir, Ghulam Muhammad | |
| 03 | Rehne ko ghar do, chhat pe ho farsh yaa farsh pe chhat ho | Manna Dey | |
| 04 | Duniya mein do sayaane | Jayant Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, chorus | |
| 05 | Nahin hota suno aur … jab sanam | Manna Dey, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar | |
| 06 | Dabe labon se kabhi jo koyi salaam le le | Asha Bhonsle, Lata Mangeshkar | 23.06.2009 |
| 07 | Kitni anjaan sooratein lekar… jaane kahaan dekha hai | Mohd Rafi | 02.06.2014 |
| 08 | Saawan mein barkha sataaye | Hemant Kumar | |
| 09 | Mujhko mohabbat ho gayi hai | Joginder, Talat Mehmood, Manna Dey, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar | 22.12.2016 |
| 10 | Aise daaton mein ungli dabaao nahin | Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle | 18.08.2021 |
From the table given above, we can see that so far only fours songs of this movie have been posted on the blog. Today’s song will be the fifth song from this movie to be posted on the blog.
The movie which started its journey on 23.06.2009, already having’ a long run on the blog, seems to be taking another ‘marathon run’ to cover all of its songs on the blog 😊
Let us now enjoy today’s song composed and sung by Hemant Kumar. Lyrics are by Gulzar …
I hope readers will enjoy this song as I did …
Song-Saawan mein barkha sataaye (Biwi Aur Makaan)(1966) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Gulzar, MD-Hemant Kumar
Lyrics
saawan mein ae ae
barkhaa sataaye
pal pal chhin chhin barse
ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse
ae ae ae
tere liye ae man tarse ae
tu hi bataade saawan
samajh na aaye
agan lagaaye kahin
agan bujhaaye
tu hi bataade saawan
samajh na aaye
agan lagaaye kahin
agan bujhaaye
barkhaa raseeli jaise teri hansi ho
hans de zaraa ras barse ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae ae
tere liye man tarse
saawan mein barkhaa sataaye
pal pal chhin chhin barse ae ae
tere liye ae man tarse
aaj to barasne de
inn baadlon ko o
gori mili hai koyi in saanwlon ko
aaj to barasne de
inn baadlon ko o
gori mili hain koyi in saanwlon ko
barkhaa rangeeli jaisi nain ho tere
nain milaa rang barse ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae
saawan mein ae barkhaa sataaye
pal pal chhin chhin barse ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse
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Devnagri Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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सावन में ए ए
बरखा सताए
पल पल छिन छिन बरसे
ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे
ए ए ए
तेरे लिए ए मन तरसे ए
तू ही बता दे सावन
समझ न आये
अगन लगाए कहीं
अगन बुझाए
तू ही बता दे सावन
समझ न आये
अगन लगाए कहीं
अगन बुझाए
बरखा रसीली जैसे तेरी हंसी हो
हंसदे ज़रा रस बरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे
सावन में बरखा सताए
पल पल छिन छिन बरसे ए ए
तेरे लिए ए मन तरसे
आज तो बरसने दे
इन बादलों को ओ
गोरी मिली हैं कोई इन साँवलों को
आज तो बरसने दे
इन बादलों को ओ
गोरी मिली हैं कोई इन साँवलों को
बरखा रंगीली जैसे नैन हो तेरे
नैन मिला रंग बरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए
सावन मे ए बरखा सताए
पल पल छिन छिन बरसे ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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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Today’s song is from the film Prarthana-1943. The film was made by Minerva Movietone. The music was composed by Saraswati Devi. After a vertical rift between a disgruntled group led by S. Mukherjee in Bombay Talkies, the group left Bombay talkies and established their own Filmistan studio. Many people went with them. Some remained with Devika Rani. Saraswati devi also left Bombay Talkies but became a Free-Lance, without joining any group. The cast of the film was Sabita Devi, Motilal, Jahanara Kajjan, Nimbalkar, Menaka, K.N.Singh and many others.
The film was directed by Sarvottam Badami. Badami’s case is an example how strong will and hard work can really help anyone to come up in life. The rise and life of Sarvottam Badami shows how a simple Motor mechanic can reach a high place in the career by mere will to succeed. His life story can become a lesson to all who want to achieve success.
Sarvottam Badami was born in 1910 at Channapatna in Karnataka,to a revenue officer working in Mysore. He passed his SSLC and worked as a garage mechanic and then a projectionist in Select Picture House, Bangalore, both of which were owned by Dr. Ambalal Patel. Patel moved to Bombay and financed Ardeshir Irani of Imperial Film Company, and Chimanlal Desai as a partner forming Sagar Movietone in 1930.
At the age of 19 years, Badami went to Bombay to study automobile engineering. He was asked by Ardeshir Irani who met him at a wedding to help out with the recording equipment he had purchased from abroad.
Badami helped in the sound recording department for the first Talkie in India, Ardeshir Irani’s Alam Ara (1931). Around that time a German director making the film Harishchandra left half-way and Badami offered to complete it, the co-director was Raja Chandrasekhar, although the co-director credit has also been cited as T. C. Vadivelu Naicker. The film turned out to be successful. He was contracted by Sagar Movietone (Sagar Film Company) to direct three films, two in Telugu and one in Tamil: Galava Rishi (Tamil), Rama Paduka Pattabhishekam and Shakuntala in Telugu. The success of these films established him as a director. His working team had people like the cinematographer Faredoon Irani, music director Anil Biswas and the Sagar Movietone favourites Sabita Devi and Motilal.
Initially, to avoid embarrassment to his family he requested not to be credited in the regional language films. He did not know Hindi but from 1932-1947, he worked for Sagar Movietone and also directed nearly 30 films in Hindi, for many others. His first Hindi film was Chandrahasa (1933) starring Noor Mohammed Charlie. He was paid Rs 2000 per film with the complete film being made within Rs 50,000. He worked with most of the top actors of the time like Motilal, Nargis, Ashok Kumar and Pahari Sanyal. He brought Mehboob Khan who was then doing roles as an extra out of obscurity and gave him the role of Sabita Devi’s father in the film Vengeance is mine(1935).
He made several films based on novels. Some of the writers whose work he used were K.M.Munshi, Sarat Chandra and Ramanlal Vasanthlal Desai. The film Aap ki Marzi (1939) was inspired by the Hollywood film Paradise for Three (1938). He became known for his satirical comedies and “socially relevant films”.His film Grihalaxmi (1934), which starred Jal Merchant and Sabita Devi had the woman getting into marriage only if her doctor husband agreed not to want children. The success of the film mitigated the enraged public reaction at the time.
He showed his understanding of media publicity required for films when in 1937, Badami resorted to woo audiences by announcing cash prizes of Rs.500, Rs.200 and Rs.100 for the best reviews of his newly released film Kulvadhu (1937). The promotional gambit worked sending audiences to the theatres. According to an interview, most of Badami’s films didn’t survive as the negatives were burnt to extract the silver from the silver nitrate.
After Aap ki Marzi-38, he followed his mentor, Dr. Patel and joined Sudama Pictures, when in 1939, Sagar Movietone merged into National Films. Badami
also worked in Famous Cine Laboratories, from 46 to 48.
Apparently, in 1948 Deputy Prime Minister Vallabh bhai Patel, who was then also in charge of the Information Ministry, on a visit to the Cine Laboratories Bombay, asked Badami to help set up a NewsReel and Documentary section. The Films Division was established in 1948. He became chief producer in the newsreel department and made several documentaries. He worked in the Films Division making documentaries from 1948-1952. After that he stopped making films and returned to Bangalore to retire as “I was a forgotten man in the feature film world”. He became an industrialist by starting a manufacturing business. Later he worked as a Consultant for Kamani Group of Industries also. He died in 2005 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
FILMOGRAPHY: 1932: Harishchandra; Galava Rishi; Paduka Pattabhishekham; Shakuntala; 1933: Chandrahasa; 1934: Grihalakshmi; 1935: Dr. Madhurika; Vengeance is Mine; 1936: Jeevan Lata; Grama Kanya; 1937: Kokila; Kulavadhu; 1938: Three Hundred Days and After; 1939: Aap Ki Marzi; Ladies Only; 1940: Chingari; Sajani; 1941: Holiday in Bombay; 1942: Khilona; 1943: Prarthana; 1944: Bhagya Lakshmi; 1945: Ramayani; 1946: Uttara Abhimanyu; 1947: Manmani; 1951: Vinoba Bhave (Doc);1952: Roof over the head
(Ack: Sapnon ke saudagar by Vithal Pandya, Sagar Movietone by Biren Kothari, HFGK, muVyz, Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema, and my notes)
The film cast includes the name of Jahanara Kajjan. She was one of the last operating successful actresses from the Silent era. From a Tawaif family, Kajjan was counted amongst the elite society of Calcutta. In Bombay, however, she was not having that aura around her name.
JAHAN ARA BEGUM KAJJAN was born in Patna, Bihar, on 15-2-1915. She was the daughter of the courtesan Suggan and the Nawab of Bhagalpur’. Her mother was a famous singer from Lucknow. She grew up in Patna. She got a lot of attention for her education. She was taught Urdu at home and her maternal grandfather Syed Hussain taught her English. She , being very clever ,soon became proficient in both languages. At the same time she learnt household chores also. She learnt music under the guidance of Ustad Husnu Khan of Patna. Singing was in her blood anyway. She was very beautiful.
Kajjan belonged to a family of professional artistes, who carried the tag of tawaifs or courtesans. They were also invited by the princely courts and aristocracy to perform at their private mehfils. With their refined manners they provided stimulating company to the male elite. An established code of conduct ruled out marriage in their profession but they were allowed to have a liaison with a chosen patron. Kajjan’s mother Suggan apparently had one such relationship with her father.
The anti-nautch campaign at the beginning of the 20th Century denigrated the singing and dancing profession. Some, among them, became gramophone singers or theatre stage actors. Kajjan had received education at home and even learnt English. Well versed in Urdu literature, she wrote poetry under the pen name “Ada” and some of her poems were published in Urdu magazines. She received intensive training in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Hussain Khan of Patna. Noting her mastery of ragas, her mellifluous voice and also her charming looks, she was hired by a theatre company at Patna. She is said to have performed on stage for three days at a fee of Rs.250 per show. She enchanted the audience with her golden voice. This paved the way to her joining Alfred Company owned by Madan Theatres of Calcutta. According to Fida Hussain, a Parsi theatre legend, “He worked with actress Jahanara Kajjan becoming her director and leading man”. Kajjan attained name and fame as a very popular singer and actor of the stage.
Because of her beauty and singing skills,she was invited to work on the Urdu stage. Master Fida Hussain, who was a well known actor, singer, composer and director on Urdu stage had joined ‘Alfred Theatre co.’. It was owned by the Madons of calcutta. Kajjan was taken in it and the troupe toured U.P. and M.P. During this period, Kajjan was romantically involved in Master Fida hussain.
She used to appear on stage at the rate of Rs.250 per show per day. Once when she was performing in Patna, one of the owners of Madon Theatres, Calcutta saw her and offered her roles in films. She immediately accepted it and went to Calcutta.
Silent film era was dominated by Parsee, Anglo-Indian and Jew girls, due to their white skin and open attitudes. Once the Talkie films started, they became useless as they did not know how to speak in Hindi or sing. In such circumstances actresses like Kajjan got the opportunities. Her first film was ‘ Shirin Farhad’-1931. paired with Master Nissar she sang 17 songs in this film. This pair became very popular. Her next film was ‘Indrasabha 1932’,having a world record 71 songs in the film. Kajjan sang 29 songs in it. The film was based on the drama by Agha Hasan Amaanat.
In Calcutta kajjan became very famous. She lived a rich and lavish life, mixing among the elite of Calcutta like Prices, Nawabs, High authorities, the mega rich etc. her dresses and jewellery were talk of the women of the rich and the famous. She had instructed her designer to make only such sarees, which no one in India will ever wear ! She was a regular invitee to even Viceroy’s parties.
She worked only with Madon Theatres. Brijlal Verma was the composer of Madon Theatres. It was a favourite quartet of Madon films, Brijlal’s misc kajjan and Master Nissar. Together they ruled the early phase of Talkie films. Films like Shirin farhad-31,Laila majnu-31,Shakuntala-31,Bilwamangal-32,Aankh ka nasha-33,Dhruva charitra-33,Turki sher-33,Zahreela saanp-33 had kajjan songs by brijlal Verma. During this period, she was the highest paid actress in India. Kajjan had a romantic affair with Brijlal Verma too. Kajjan also sang in Roopkumari-34,Sakhi lutera-34,Apradhi abla-35, and Mera Pyara-35 which had her songs.
Kajjan was a good dancer. She learnt dancing from Miss Ruqayya khatoon. She was among the regular dancers in Calcutta Clubs, along with actress Mahazabeen. Kajjan was friendly with westerners. She was fond of pets. For some time she had 2 tiger cubs as her pets and this became the talk of the town in Calcutta.
After Brijlal Verma,it was a rich financer, Seth Karnani, who, just to impress kajjan, bought the entire Madon theatres for a sum of Rs. 24 lakhs in those days ! A very handsome actor of that era Najmul hassa had a torrid affair with Kajjan. He is the same Najmul Hassan, who had eloped with Devika Rani-wife of Himanshu Rai, owner of Bombay Talkies, from Bombay to Calcutta. Devika rani returned to her husband shortly, but he had to remain in Calcutta-for safety.
Kajjan worked in Gulru zarina, Swami Bhakti Alibaba aur chaalis chor and Jahan Ara also. By end of the 30s Madon Theatres closed down and Kajjan also stopped work for few years.
In the early 40s,kajjan worked in Abla shakti and Ghar sansar-42,Prarthana and Prithvi Vallabh-43 and her last film Bharthari-1944. The songs of Bharthari, composed by Khemchand Praksah also became very popular. Due to her sweet voice she was called ” The Lark of Indian Cinema”.
Jahan Ara Kajjan died on 15-12-1945,at the age of only 30 years. 2 films, Jadui putli-46 and tiger man-47 were released after her death. Kajjan acted in 40 films. She sang78 songs in 14 films.
During her lifetime she lived like a queen. She became a Legend. She acted and sang in almost 40 films in her small career. During the period 1931 to 1937 there was a ” Kajjan Mania ” in India. Her styles and fashions were copied by the elite ladies.
Credits and references- with thanks-
1.Stages of life: Indian Theatre Biographies-By Kathryn Hansen
2. Kamalp.blogspot.in
3.Dhunon ki yatra-Pankaj Raag
4.the big Indian picture.com
5.My own notes from diaries.
Song- Aaya saawan aa jaa sajan sooni sejariya (Prarthana)(1943) Singer- Jahanara Kajjan, Lyricist-Dr. Safdar Aah Sitapuri, MD- Saraswati devi
Lyrics
Aaya sawan, aa jaa sajan, sooni sejariya
Aaya sawan, aa jaa sajan, sooni sejariya
aay rahi chhaay rahi kaari badariya
kaari badariya
aay rahi chhaay rahi kaari badariya
kaari badariya
Aaya sawan, aa jaa sajan, sooni sejariya
dheere dheere dol rahi mast hawaayen
dheere dheere dol rahi mast hawaayen
ped hilen galey milen
pushp lataayen
ped hilen galey milen
pushp lataayen
laagi najariya mohe laagi najariya
aa aa aa
laagi najariya mohe laagi najariya
aay rahi chhaay rahi kaari badariya
kaari badariya
Aaya sawan, aa jaa sajan, sooni sejariya
ban mein udhar pihu pihu mor chinghaade
ban mein udhar pihu pihu mor chinghaade
jiya mora naam tera le ke pukaare
jiya mora naam tera le ke pukaare
haay sanwariya
haay haay sanwariya
haay sanwariya
haay haay sanwariya
aay rahi chhaay rahi kaari badariya
kaari badariya
Aaya sawan, aa jaa sajan, sooni sejariya
Aaya sawan, aa jaa sajan, sooni sejariya
Barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwaa
Posted on: August 17, 2021
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We are in the midst of Saawan, the 5th month of the Hindu calendar. Besides, being a holy month for Hindus, it is also a month for romanticism. After experiencing the scorching summer for a couple of months, rains bring a great relief to the people. By the time, the month of saawan starts, the rains have already transformed not only the dry agricultural fields into green but also the surroundings areas. Also, in the saawan month, the intensity of the rains gets reduced allowing the inter-play of showers and soft sunrays. All these changes in the climate make the atmosphere congenial for romanticism. Longing, rejoicing and separation become the part of the romantic month of saawan for those in love. Poets, writers and artists have been inspired by the romaticism of saawan in their works.
In ‘Meghdoot’, written by Kalidas about 1600 years ago, there is no direct reference to ‘saawan’ in the poems. But the reference to the clouds gives an indication of the rainy season when the exiled Yaksha on a mountain sees a cloud perched on the peak. He requests the cloud to deliver his message to his beloved in the Himalayan city of Alaka. Probably, this was the inspiration for some ‘saawan’ songs in Hindi films, the popular one being saawan ke baadalon unse ye jaa kaho from ‘Rattan’ (1944).
In the 14th century, Amir Khusrau wrote a ‘saawan’ poem, ‘amma mere baba ko bhejo ri ke saawan aaya’. The poem was written in a form of the conversation between the mother and her newly married daughter staying in her sasural (in-law’s place). The full song is as under:
amma mere baba ko bhejo ri ke saawan ayaa
beti tera baba to boodha ri ke saawan ayaa
amma mere bhai ko bhejo ri ke saawan ayaa
beti tera bhai to baala ri ke saawan ayaa
amma mere mamu ko bhejo ri ke saawan ayaa
beti tera mamu to baanka ri ke saawan ayaa
Probably, Amir Khusrau wrote this piognant poem in the background of a convention among the some of the Hindu families that the newly married daughters stay with their parents during the month of saawan, among other reasons, to celebrate the festivals like Naag Panchami, Teej, Raksha Bandhan, Shri Krishna Janmashtmi etc. for the first time after the marriage. In olden days, it was either father, brother or the maternal uncle who would bring the newly married girl to her parent’s house. Khusrau’s poem is the reflection of a newly married girl who is longing to visit her parent’s house in the month of saawan but unable to visit as her father is too old and her brother is too young to undertake the journey to fetch her.
As against this, for the girl whose marriage has been fixed, the month of saawan is the longing for her fiancé. There is an eagerness to meet him. The mood of joie de vivre is well expressed in Shailendra’s lyrics in aaye re din saawan ke in the film ‘Gaban’ (1966).
The rejoicing mood in Meerabai’s bhajan, barse boondiyaan saawan ki which Lata Mangeshkar sang, became very popular though it was a non-film song. I will not be surprised if other poets of Bhakti movements at that period also wrote on the month of saawan.
In the Urdu drama, ‘Inder Sabha’ (1850s) which was written in verses by Amanat Lucknawi, there is a ghazal praying for the early arrival of ‘saawan’. He had used the metaphor of saawan in various romantic instances, like the swirling of beloved’s ‘zulfen’ and ‘dupatta’ to that of the clouds of saawan. A somewhat similar metaphor was used by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan in the mukhda of the song, zulfon ki ghata lekar saawan ki pari aayi in ‘Reshmi Roomaal’ (1961).
This was an unique ghazal in the sense that it had two matla (the first she’r) and had used ‘radif ‘(repeat words) – ‘saawan ki’ in all the 11 she’rs of the ghazal. One can say that it was a ‘saawan dominated’ ghazal. The first two she’rs of the ghazal are as under:
dil ko marghoob hai thandi hawa jo saawan ki
maangta hoon main sada haq se duwa saawan ki
yaad aata hai wo sabza wo ghata saawan ki
shaql dikhlaaye kahin jald khuda saawan ki
And lastly, Amanat Lacknawi writes:
ae ‘Amanat’ yah nikaali hai zameen tu ne nayi
pahle thhi kiski ghazal tere siwa saawan ki
Not all the poets used in their poems, the context of ‘saawan’ in the conventional sense of romance, separation and rejoice. Neeraj used the month of saawan in one of his ghazals to depict the ironies of life. He said:
ab ke saawan mein ye sharaarat mere saath huyi
mera ghar chhod kar kul shahar mein barsaat huyi
zindagi bhar to huyi guftugoo ghairon se magar
aaj tak hamse na hamaari mulaakaat huyi
Hindi film music has also been influenced by ‘saawan’ songs since the sound films appeared in 1931. Unfortunately, in the initial period of sound films, the songs were rarely released on gramophone records. Due to non-availability of the films’s print, most of songs from the films of early 1930s have been lost. The earliest ‘saawan’ song’ from the Hindi films for which I could get the mukhda of the song is from ‘Maharani’ (1934) in which the song ‘saawan ghan barse chaatak kyun tarse’ was listed. However, the song is not available. As far as I know, the earliest ‘saawan’ song from Hindi films that is available for listening (also for watching) is naahin aaye ghanshyam from the film ‘Devdas’ (1935). There has been a steady flow of ‘saawan’ songs in Hindi films since the inception of sound films.
Some of the ‘saawan’ songs in Hindi films which are of my liking (not an exhaustive list) are as under:
saawan aaye na aaye – Sadhana (1939)
saawan ke nazaare hain – Khazaanchi (1941)
kayi din se saawan barasta hai rimjhim rimjhim – Samaaj (1954)
thandi thandi saawan ki phuhaar – Jagate Raho (1956)
do boonden saawan ki – Phir Subah Hogi (1958)
garjat barsat saawan aayo re – Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)
deewaana huwa baadal saawan ki ghata chhaayi – Kashmir Ki Kali (1964)
saawan ke din aaye sajanwa aan milo – Bhumika (1977)
saawan ki aayi bahaar re – Junoon (1978)
lagi aaj saawan ki phir wo jhadi hai – Chaandni (1989)
Notwithstanding my above list, if someone was to ask me to instantly give one example of ‘saawan’ song from the Hindi films, the first song that will invariabnly come to my mind is rimjhim gire saawan sulag sulag jaaye man from ‘Manzil’ (1979) The reason is that I had watched the film and the song was picturised on Amitabh Bachchan and Maushumi Chatterjee in the midst of real rains. This song gives a real feel of the atmosphere of the month of saawan.
Our Blog has covered as many as 99 ‘saawan’ songs. The count could be more as tagging of few ‘saawan’ songs may have been missed. I am presenting today, a lovely ‘saawan’ song, ‘barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwa saawan ka aaya mahina’ from the film ‘Papeeha Re’ (1948). HFGK is silent on the singers of the song. However, I am fairly sure that the two voices sound like that of Munawwar Sultana and Zeenat Begum.
From the lyrics of the song, it appears that Zeenat Begam is singing for an actress doing a male character in this song sequence.
Audio Clip:
Song-Barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwa saawan ka aaya maheena (Papeeha Re)(1948) Singers-Munawwar Sultana, Zeenat Begam, Lyrics-Mulkraj Bhakri, MD-Dhaniram
Both
Lyrics
barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwa
saawan ka aaya maheena
o na jaa pardes
o na jaa pardes
na jaa
na jaa haan
mera mushqil tum bin jeena
saawan ka aaya maheena
tum to chale pardesiya
yahaan laagega kaise jiya
o piya
kaahe ka jadoo kiya
jo thhaa jaana chhod ke hamko
jo thhaa jaana chhod ke hamko..o o o
kaahe ka jaadoo kiya
o raaja
phir kaahe ka jaadoo kiya
barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwa
saawan ka aaya maheena
naukri karne ko jaana zaroori
gori jaana zaroori
aayi badi majboori
dil mein tu apne aake basaa le mori
aake basaa le
phir kaahe ki doori sajaniya
phir kaahe ki doori
barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwa
saawan ka aaya maheena
maar tu goli naukari ko
o raaja naukari ko
morey raaja
rah jaa tu mere paas
dekh sooratiya bhookh mitegi mori
bhookh mitegi
nainon ki jaayegi pyaas
o morey raaja
nainon ki jaayegi pyaas
barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwa
saawan ka aaya maheena
na ro tu na ro
na ro tu na ro
o meri raani na ro
o meri raani
kaahe bhayi tu udaas
ab to karoonga teri main chaakri
ho teri main chaakri
tera banoonga daas
o meri raani
tera banoonga daas
barkha ki rut hai baanke balamwa
saawan ka aaya maheena
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