Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

Archive for the ‘stage dance’ Category


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Blog Day :

5399 Post No. : 17711

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.102
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On this date ten years ago (30 April 2013), five songs from five different movies (plus one Non film song) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
8007 Meri veena ro rahi hai Juthika Roy NFS(1950)
8008 Morey angna mein Nishaan(1949) 5 songs covered out of 8 by now
8009 O piya mera bhola jiya Maalkin (1953) Movie YIPPEED by now
8010 Jiya beimaan Do Dil(1947) Movie YIPPEED by now
8011 Khuda huzoor ko meri bhi zindagi de de Saawan Ki Ghata (1966) Movie YIPPEED by now
8011 Phool muskuraaye kyun Sarfarosh (1964) 3 songs covered out of 6 by now

We observe that three movies (out of five) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with two unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (30 April 2023).

“Nishaan”(1949) is one of the two unYIPPEED movies for today’s BTYC.

“Nishaan”(1949) was produced and directed by S S Wasan for Gemini Pictures, Madras. The movie had Bhanumati (as Ranjana), Ranjan (as Vijay Singh and Vikram Singh), R.Nagendra Rao (as Zorawar Singh), J.S.Casshyap (as Doctor Shanker), Maya Banerji (as Neelam), Balkrishna Kalla (as Madho Singh), M.S.Sengar (as Chandan), Suryaprabha (as Al Beli), Narayan Rao as (Zorawar`s Valet ), Ramakrishana Rao (as Messenger), D.Bal Subramanyam (as Mahendra Singh), V.P.S.Mani (as Himmat), G.Pattu Iyer (as Raj Sekhar), Venkatamba (As Mahendra Singh`s wife), Krishna Bai (as Doctor`s sister), Shyam Sunder (as doctor`s brother in law), Vijay rao ,Anand, Sampat Kumar (as Zorawar`s Soldiers), I.M.Ram , Y.S.S.Rao (as Mahendra Singh`s Soldiers), M.K.Radha etc in it.

“Nishaan”(1949) had 8 songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the blog so far.

Here is the sixth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali and Moti. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music is composed by B K Kalla. The song is picturised as a stage dance song which is watched by a houseful crowd as was the case in all stage dance performance picturisations of those days.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra. Audio and video versions differ from each other in some lines. The two versions are clubbed together in the lyrics provided below..

Video link:

Audio link:

Song-Ye raaz e zindagi kya hai haqeeqat hai ya hai sapna (Nishaan)(1949) Singers-Zohrabai Ambalewali, Moti, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-B K Kalla
Zohrabai Ambalewali + Moti
Chorus

Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)

ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
khushee apnee na gham apnaa
na dil apnaa na dard apnaa aa

ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai

kahaan gayaa bachpan..nnn…nn meraa
woh runjhunn
woh runjhunn
woh runjhunn runnjhunn pyaar
dhool bharey ae ae
sab annnng thhe aey
doodh dahee se gaal
machhal kar god mein maa se
kahaanee chaand kee sun`naa
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai

jahaan mein sabse aalaa hai ae
aey ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae
to hai mausam jawaanee kaa aa aa aa
fidaa hai husn bhee jis par..rrr…rrr
woh hai ae ae aalam jawaanee kaa aaa
ke dum bhartee hai dum bhar ke liye
shabnam jawaanee kaa

sharaabon se nashaa hai to
?? har dum jawaanee ka
bahut mushqil hai ae aey ae
bahut mushqil hai
is tezaab ki tezee se bach rehnaa

haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai ae

ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai ae

haayye budhaapaa aa aaa
aaa aaaaa aaa gayaa aaa
ho gayaa ant..aaa…aa basant
kamar jhukee ee ee ee ee
pag dagmagey ae ae aey
girey aen batteeson dant

ajee gangaa kinaarey baithh kar
hari..ee naam ab japnaa

haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
khushee apnee na gham apnaa
na dil apnaa na dard apnaa aan
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai ae ae


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Blog Day :

5371 Post No. : 17614

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.58
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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
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).

Three movies that are eligible for BTYC today have already been taken up earlier in the day.

The fourth BTYC eligible movie to the day is “Naach Uthhe Sansaar”(1976).

“Naach Uthhe Sansaar”(1976) was directed by Yakub Hasan Rizvi for Regal Theatres, Bombay. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Simmi Garewal, Rajinder Nath, Leela Mishra etc in it.

“Naach Uthhe Sansaar”(1976) had six songs in it. Two songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the third song from the movie. the song is sung by Rafai and female chorus. the song is picturised as a stage dance song on Shashi Kapoor, Hema Malini and many other dancers.

Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal

Audio

Video

Song-Aa ab to aajaa bahut din beet gaye aaja (Naach Uthhe Sansaar)(1976) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Female chorus

Lyrics

sookhi dharti dhool udaawe
jalta gagan agan barsaawe
daar se patiyaan toot ke gir gayin
chhaanv nahin panchhi ee ee kit jaaye

rut basant ki ee ee jaane kahaan hai
gali gali main raha bulaaye ae
kahin se ab to bol de sajni
gale mein kaante pad gaye haaye

aa ab to aaja aa
bahut din beet gaye aaja
aa ab to aaja aa
bahut din beet gaye aaja
pyaase dil pe
pyaar ki barkha
chham chham barsa jaa aa
kasam se
aa ab to aaja aa
bahut din beet gaye aaja
aa ab to aaja
bahut din beet gaye aaja

koi birha ki dhoop mein sulge
koi birha ki dhoop mein sulge
teri dagri se ankhiyaan jode
aaja o meri pawan basanti ee
baadal ki chunariya odhe
aa jeewan ke veeraane mein
bahaar banke chhaa ja
aa ab to aaja
bahut din beet gaye aaja
aa ab to aaja aaaaa
aaajaaa aa
aaaaajaa
aaaaaja aa

aayi more raaja
tere liye
aayi more raaja
aayi more raaja
tere liye
aayi more raaja
ankhiyaan milaayi
ras ki boonden pee ke lehra jaa
kasam se
aayi more raaja
tere liye
aayi more raaja
aayi more raaja
tere liye
aayi more raaja

bin baadal bijli chamki
din mein taare toot gaye
aa aa aa
aa aa aa

bin baadal bijli chamki
din mein taare toot gaye
pyaar ne aisi angdaayi li
bandhan saare toot gaye
khil gaye phulwa
dekh milan ke
tu bhi khilta jaa aa kasam se
aayi more raaja
tere liye
aayi more raaja
aayi more raaja
tere liye
aayi more raaja

aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa


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Blog Day :

5371 Post No. : 17613

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.57
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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
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 movies) 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).

Two oldest unYIPPEED movies have been taken up under BTYC earlier in the day.

The third oldest unYIPPEED movie on that day is “Maa Aur Mamta”(1970).

“Maa Aur Mamta”(1970) was Produced by M.M.Malhotra and Baldev Pushkarna and directed by Asit Sen for Suchitra Kala Mandir, Bombay. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Jeetendra, Mumtaz,Rehman, Sujit Kumar, Shabnam, Roopesh Kumar, Nirupa Roy, Birbal, Shivraj, Leela Misra, Brahm Bhardwaj, Keshto Mukerji, Karan Diwan, Paro,Bilquis, Dilip Dutt, Machhar, Madhu Apte, Jayant etc in it.

“Maa Aur Mamta”(1970) had six songs in it. Four songs have been covered so far. Here is the fifth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Rafi and Asha Bhonsle alongwith chorus. Anand Bakshi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

The song is picturised on Jeetendra, Mumtaz and others as a stage dance song. Housefull audience is seen in the picturisation. Roopesh Kumar clearly upto something villainous (such as switching off the lights just as the performance ends.:) ) is also visible in the audience.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

Audio link:

Video link:

Song-Tere roop ne ye kaam kiyaa (Maa Aur Mamta)(1970) Singers-Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Female chorus
Male chorus
All chorus

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra) (Based on video link)

ho o o h
ooo ho o
aa aaaa aaaa
hhaa aaa
ho o o
ooo ho o ho o o oooooo ooo o
aa aaaa aaaa
hhaaa aaa

aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
ooo ooo ooo haaaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaaa aaaa aaa aaa aaaa aaaa
ooo ooo ooo hhaaaa aaaa aaa aaaa

ho o ho o o
ho o o ho o o o
hoyye ae aey ae

tere roop ne ye kaam kiyaa aaa aa aaa
mere pyaar ko badnaam kiyaa aaa aaa
jo baat huyee chupke chupke
us baat kaa charchaa aam kiyaa aa aa aaa
aaa aaaaa aaa
tere pyaar ne ye kaam kiyaa aaaa
mere roop ko badnaam kiyaa aa aa
jo raat katee chori choree
us raat ka charchaa aam kiyaa aaaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa aaaaa
tere pyaar ne ye kaam kiyaa aaaa aaa aaa

ye haal kiyaa toone meraa
kabhi chhed diyaa
kabhi tok diyaa aa aa aaa
aaa aaa aaaa
ye haal kiyaa toone meraa
kabhi chhed diyaa
kabhi tok diyaa
kabhi aanchal meraa thhaam liyaa
kabhi rastaa meraa rok diyaa aaa
din raat kiyaa bechain mujhe ae ae ae
haayye tang saverey shaam kiyaa aa aa
jo raat katee chori choree
us raat ka charchaa aam kiyaa aaaa
aa aa aaa aaa aaaa

tere pyaar ne ye kaam kiyaa aaaa aaa aaa

teree in reshmi zulfon kaa
main kyun deewaanaa ho baithhaa aaa aaa
aaa aa aaaaaa
teree in reshmi zulfon kaa
main kyon deewaanaa ho baithhaa
pehle main chaain se sothaa thha
ab neend bhi apnaa kho baithhaa
kyun pher na lee maine aankhein aen aen ae ae
jab toone mujhe salaam kiyaa aaa aa aa aaa
jo baat huyee chupke chupke
us baat ka charchaa aam kiyaa aaa aaa
aa aaa aaaaa
tere roop ne ye kaam kiyaa aaa aa

(Chorus singing and cheering)


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.

Blog Day :

5359 Post No. : 17575

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.52
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As the title of the post suggests, in this post we have a ‘blog ten-year challenge’ song to listen to.

The month of ‘March’ ten years back in ‘2013’ clocked a ‘double century’ and added sixteen more song to it, making the total of ‘216’ songs in the month.
That gives us an average of 6.96 songs per day or almost seven songs per day.

On this day ten years ago (21 march 2013), eight songswere posted on the blog as per details given below:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
7726 Aaj kar le jee bhar ke singaar Maa Baap-1944 8 of 9 songs posted
7727 O varsha ke pehle baadal Meghdoot-1945 01 song posted
7728 Ae dard e jigar mere dard e jigar Parchhaain-1952 All songs covered
7729 Main kal phir miloongi isi gulsitaan mein Dr Vidya-1962 All songs covered
7730 Ek ladki hai jisne jeena mushqil kar diya Gumnaam-1965 All songs covered
7731 Mori baali re umariyaa Chhoti Chhoti Baatein-1965 All songs covered
7732 Ae mere dil sun meri jaan Kunwaari-1966 3 of 9 songs posted
7733 Bheega bheega mausam aaya barse ghataa ghanghor Bhayaanak-1979 3 of 5 songs posted

From the above table we can see that out of eight movies represented on the blog ‘four’ movies have achieved ‘Yippeeee’ed’ status on the blog i.e. all songs from these four movies viz. ‘Parchhaain-1952’, ‘Dr.Vidya-1962’, ‘Gumnaam-1965’ and ‘Chhoti Chhoti Baatein-1965’ have been covered on the blog.

So, four movies are eligible for Blog ten Year Challenge today as they still have a few songs left to be covered on the blog.

In this post let us have a song from the movie ‘Kunwaari-1966’

“Kunwaari-1966” was produced by R N Mandloi for Ravi Kala Chitra Production. It was directed by S N Tripathi.

The movie had Indrani Mukherjee, Ravindra Kapoor, Jeevan, Tabassum, Leela Mishra, Prem Chopra, Murad, Sunder, Shammi, Tuntun, Mridula, S N Tripathi, Mumtaz Begum, Babu Raje, Khursheed, Raj Kishore, Susheela, Sheela Kashmiri, Chanda Bai, Daya Devi, Ajeet, Maula, Omprakash, Munshi Munakka, Safdar, Radhe Shyam, Ameeta, Anwari, Meera, Helen, Shashi, Chhunni etc in it.

“Kunwaari-1966” has nine songs sin it. Seven of them were penned by Shailendra and two by B.D. Mishra. Music for this movie was composed by S.N. Tripathi.
Three songs from this movie have been posted on the blog so far.

The song presented in this post is the fourth song from this movie to appear on the blog. It is sung by Lata Mangeshkar and its lyrics are by Shailendra.

Only the audio of the complete song is available. The partial video of the song shows the song getting played in the background with the movie titles on screen and we can see Shashi, Chunni, Sheila, Kashmiri and Jeevan in the picturisation (as noted by Prakashchandra while sharing the lyrics of this song).

This song is a lovely melodious song to listen to with the magical words of Shailendra and the composition of S.N. Tripathi perfectly bringing the message in the song.

Audio

Partial video

Song-Jal bharee gagree sa chhalke jiyarwaa (Kunwaari)(1966) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Shailendra, MD-S N Tripathi
Female Chorus

Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)

aaa aaa aaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaaaa
aaa aaa aaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa haa aaaaa
o o

jal bharee gagree saa
chhalkey jiyarwaa
balmaa basey pardes rey
jal bharee gagree saa
chhalkey jiyarwaa
balmaa basey pardes rey ae

aa ke baras gaye kitney badarwaa
balmaa basey pardes rey

sajnaa ki pyaaree kajraaree
mori ankhiyaan aan
hho o omoree ankhiyaan aaa
pathh pe bichhee hain
ye bechaari din ratiyaan
haayye din ratiyaa aan
jaaney kyun paraayaa laagey
baabul ka gharwaa aa
balmaa basey pardes rey
jal bharee gagree saa
chhalkey jiyarwaa
balmaa basey pardes rey ae

haadi(?) chaubaaree pe
sitaarey gin haari main aen
taarey gin haaree main
nindiyaa kahaan se aaye
birhaa ki maaree main aen
birhaa ki maaree main
ghadi ghadi bolee boley
paapi rey papeeharaa
balmaa basey pardes rey
jal bharee gagree saa
chhalkey jiyarwaa
balmaa basey pardes rey ae
aaa aaa aaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaaaa
aaa aaa aaa aaaa
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaaaa


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.

Blog Day :

5351 Post No. : 17547

Today’s song is from the film Aplam Chaplam-1961.

This film was directed by Roop K. Shorey, under the banner of Mukul Pictures, Bombay.

Whenever the name of Roop Shorey comes across, I always remember the title of an Asrani film “Hum nahi Sudhrenge”-1980. It’s the title of the film , not its story, which applied 100 % to Roop Shorey- the director of today’s film. He lived perhaps, like a patient of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

In his career he directed 18 Talkie films + 1 Silent film. From 1935 to 1946 he made 6 films on different stories, but when his film Ek Thi Ladki-01949 became a huge Hit, his mind had only that story. He always felt that any film he made using the same story (with variations) would be successful. Unfortunately his audience did not think the same way and his films which used to be on the same story and the same comedy pair of Johar and Majnu (real name Harold Lewis) failed miserably. His wife Meena Shorey migrated to Pakistan leaving him in India and his life was a story of loneliness,misery and failure. Ironically, many years later 2 directors, Manmohan Desai and Nasir Hussain came up with just one story each and made several successful films on the same story, like nobody’s business !

Because of Roop K.Shorey, even I.S.Johar and Majnu started thinking that they are the best comedy pair like Laurel and Hardy ! They acted together in many films. In film Ek thi ladki-49, their names were Mohan-Sohan, in film Hum sab chor hain-56 their names were Dukhiram-Sukhiram and in film Aplam-Chaplam-61 their names were Aplam and Chaplam. Luckily Johar realized the reality and he paired with Mehmood in later films.

Roop K Shorey was known in industry circles as the wizard of comedy. Born on 28-1-1914 in Quetta, Balochistan, with a silver spoon in his mouth, and raised by an English governess, Roop K Shorey acquired an early interest in Western music and English literature. As a child, he was a prolific writer and composer, and followed in the footsteps of his father Roshanlal Shorey in making his first full-length comedy “Lucky Lovers” at the age of 17.

Roop’s next venture was Majnu (1935) — a musical comedy satirising the old story of Laila Majnu, produced, directed and shot in Lahore with Ghulam Haider as music director. Playing the lead was Roop’s childhood friend Harold Lewis, who has since been known by his screen name Majnu. With daring motorbike stunts and special effects, audiences were thrilled at the sight of Majnu trapped on the railway tracks by the villain. The film confirmed his success as a film-maker, and audiences leaving the first show lifted him on their shoulders and danced joyously.

Roop’s next film, Tarzan ki Beti (1938) was hailed as the best jungle picture ever produced in India at the time. Filmed in the snowy Himalayas, the film topped its predecessor in its action sequences and placedPunjab on the entertainment map of India and the world. Majnu made a marked return in Nishani (1942), a musical situational comedy with Majnu in a double role. With music scored by Pandit Amaranth, and Ragini as the heroine, Roop and his father personally trained the technical staff and musicians, who worked morning to night on a fixed salary.

With a solid reputation in Hindi and Punjabi cinema already established, Roop began to set new trends in comedy films with Ek Thi Ladki (1949, starring Motilal, Meena Shorey, Kuldeep Kaur, Majnu and introducing I S Johar. One of Roop’s biggest hits as a producer, it launched Meena Shorey’s acting career, known by her screen name as Lara Lappa girl, and I S Johar’s popularity as a comedian. With Partition, Roop and his family lost their film empire in Lahore, but they shifted to Bombay and tenaciously continued as before. In the meantime,Roop had married Meena. In the years following independence, he produced Dr Chaman (Punjabi), starring Meena Shorey, Karan Dewan, Om Prakash and Kuldeep Kaur, Dholak (1951), with Meena Shorey and Ajit in the lead-role, and Ek Do Teen (1953) starring the by-now-familiar Motilal-Meena team.

Roop specialised in the pure situational comedy in which the characters were ready to laugh at themselves rather than take pleasure at laughing at others. R K Karanjia, writing for Blitz in 1953, called Roop `The King of Comedy’, and litterateur Mulk Raj Anand paid him an eloquent tribute.

Roop could never duplicate the success of Ek thi Ladki, but he was obsessed with the story and went on trying that same formula in many of his films, without much success. He considered I S Johar and Majnu as his Lucky Mascot and repeated them in the same role in many films. Meena had migrated to Pakistan despite his protests. He too had gone with her, but returned alone. Meena kept coming to India to work in films here. She used to even stay with Roop Shorey. Then she went back to Pakistan never to come back. She died in absolute poverty and neglect in Pakistan.

Starting with Majnu in 1935 Roop directed a total of 18 films. His last directed film was Ek thi Reeta-71. In Pakistan,he had directed the film ‘Miss 56’, in which his then wife Meena Shorey was the Heroine. The film was a copy of ‘Mr. and Mrs 55’ made by Guru Dutt,in India.

Roop soon relinquished his directorial responsibilities, but continued to produce full-length comedies throughout the sixties, including Aplam Chaplam (1961), Main Shadi Karne Chala (1962), Akalmand (1966). In 1971, he produced Ek Thi Rita, a smash hit based on the English play A Girl Called Rita, which launched new talents Vinod Mehra, Yog Raj, Kumar, Madhvi and Pompi.

Despite the closing of Shorey Studios in Lahore, Roop’s popularity in Punjabi cinema continued throughout the Partition. Among the Punjabi pictures directed by Roop were Dulla Bhatti, Koel and Mangti. Mangti became very popular for its situational music scored by Govindram, its witty dialogues and healthy humor. This film broke all records of previous Hindi and Punjabi films, running for over 75 weeks in one cinema hall at Lahore. It gained a profit of over 15 lakh, an enormous sum in the forties. Roop Shorey, who passed away at the age of 56, on 3-6-1973, will always be remembered for his serious approach to a genre known for its lightheartedness. ( adapted with thanks from an Indian Express article.)

APLAM CHAPLAM-1961 was yet another attempt by Roop K Shorey to relive the magic of Ek thi Ladki-1949. Throughout his life he was obsessed with this one theme only. Additionally he would invariably take I.S.Johar and Majnu, whom he considered as his mascots. Johar considered this pair as “Bob Hope and Bing Crosby ” of India.

In this film again the story was written by Johar on the same lines with minor changes.

Aplam(Johar) and Chaplam(Majnu) are small-time crooks. One day they bring a beautiful girl Lajwanti(Kum kum) from an orphanage with a promise to make her a big film star. They set up a Theatre and arrange Lajo’s dances. They make a lot of money.

Ramesh(Ravinder Kapoor), a young man from a town, comes to the city to invest some money. This jodi catches him and invests (swallow) his money in the theatre. Lajo and Ramesh fall in love. Actually Lajo is an orphan with her aunt in a village, who sends her to an orphanage to save her from her own husband Biharilal(Tiwari). When Biharilal learns from the aunt where Lajo is, he comes to the city to get her, as she is an heiress to a great fortune. He contacts Aplam Chaplam to get to Lajo. Meanwhile Ramesh and Lajo are separated due to a misunderstanding.

When the crooks realise that Biharilal wants to kill Lajo, they decide to save her and in the process also repent and reform. In the end Lajo is saved, Biharilal goes to jail and Lajo and Ramesh get reunited and Aplam-Chaplam become Lajo’s Estate Managers.

The cast of the film was I.S.Johar, Majnu, Kumkum, Ravindra kapoor, Badriprasad, Tun Tun, mrudula, kathana and others. In this list you can see the name of an actress, Mrudula. Not many readers will remember who she was. For your information , Mrudula was the FIRST heroine of Dilip Kumar in his Debut film ” Jwar Bhata”-1944, We all know what height Dilip Kumar reached in Hindi films, but Mrudula was a victim of her contract with Bombay Talkies. Here is her story…….

Mrudula ( real name Chandrakanta) was born on 2-11-1924 at Almora, but was educated in Delhi. When she was in college doing her graduation, Amiya Chakravarty of Bombay Talkies came to Delhi on a Talent Hunt. He contacted her and gave her an offer. She signed a 5 year contract with Bombay Talkies and Devika Rani became her Mentor, teaching her everything. She was paid 2500 rupees salary with a furnished house. Her first film was “Jwar Bhata”-44, opposite another Debutant Dilip Kumar (Yousuf Khan). After Himanshu Rai’s death, Bombay Talkies was already in disarray. Many people had left the company due to differences with Devika Rai. A group of them formed Filmistan.

She got married to her lover Mr. G C Andley. However the marriage was unsuccessful and she went back to Delhi. She spent a miserable life selling whatever she had to survive. She got divorce and came back to Bombay to work in films, in 1954. She worked in 53 films in all. Her last released film was Saboot-80, though she had married again and retired some time before that.

Mrudula was also a victim of her contract with Bombay Talkies. It destroyed her career as a Heroine forever. Devika Rani was her Mentor in Bombay Talkies. However, after Himanshu Rai’s death, no one was listening to her in the company due to groupism. Disgusted, Devika rani left Bombay Talkies,having sold all the shares. Mridula got stuck in the company without work, due to her 5 year contract. It was Vijay Bhatt of Prakash Pictures who somehow convinced Bombay Talkies to loan her to him and she got roles in 2 of their films. In the film ‘Bhakta Dhruva”-47, she played mother to 16 year old Shashi kapoor (sr) when she herself was about 23 year old only ! But she had no choice. The film and her role became famous, but she lost her chances of becoming Heroine in any film thereafter.

Till 30-9-2016 she was living in worli, Mumbai all alone. Her only daughter stayed nearby and looked after her. There is no news about her anymore.

All the 7 songs of this film were written by Prem Dhavan and the music was by the Melody King- Chitragupt. Today’s lovely song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar.


Song-Hum dar pe tere jab aa hi gaye (Aplam Chaplam)(1961) Singer- Lata Mangeshkar, Lyricist-Prem Dhavan, MD-Chitragupt

Lyrics

aa haa
aa haa
o ho o o o o

hum dar pe tere jab aa hi gaye
thhukraa naa hamen dilwaale
hum dar pe tere jab aa hi gaye
thhukraa naa hamen dilwaale
mehfil mein teri ik ham bhi sahi
ho khair teri matwaale
hum dar pe tere ae ae

dil humse miley na miley
nazren to milaa le sanam
kab tak ye teri berukhee
itna to karo na sitam
dil humse miley na miley
nazren to milaa le sanam
kab tak ye teri berukhee
itna to karo na sitam
ab tu hi bataa hum jaayen kahaan
jab jaan hai tere hawaale
hum dar pe tere jab aa hi gaye
thhukraa naa hamen dilwaale
hum dar pe tere ae ae

dil tujh pe luta hi chuke
par tujhko khabar hi nahin
hum tadpe hain tere liye
per koi asar hi nahin
jab mil hi gayi tujhse ye nazar
hai kaun jo dil ko sambhaale
hum dar pe tere jab aa hi gaye
thhukraa naa hamen dilwaale
hum dar pe tere ae ae

tujhse hi kiya hai gilaa
jab dil se raha na gaya
per humne jo chaaha wahi
humse hi kaha na gaya
tujhse hi kiya hai gilaa
jab dil se raha na gaya
per humne jo chaaha wahi
humse hi kaha na gaya
kuchh keh na sake
chup reh na sake
andaaz tere hain niraale
hum dar pe tere jab aa hi gaye
thhukraa naa hamen dilwaale
hum dar pe tere ae ae


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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5327 Post No. : 17462

Today’s song is from a C grade imaginary film – Jadui Angoothi-1948.

The man has been attracted, with awe, towards the miracles and magic powers from the time immemorial. All of us, in our school days were drawn towards stories of magic, be it from Puranas, or from Arabian Night type stories. This is a worldwide phenomenon and you find books for children have about 30 to 40 % stories about magic, super powers and supermen. Even the film industry all over the world-in all languages, have taken advantage of this fact and made films on men with magic and super powers.

Being a normal school child, I was not an exception and loved to read such books and see such films. Maybe because of this, I was fascinated by the Mythological films from childhood. When I started seeing films, my first priority, in the initial phase, was for films which would quench my thirst for magic. This was easily fulfilled by the Mythological and cheap stunt films in third rate theatres, where the ticket rates were low ! Even Hollywood films like Superman, Captain Marvel, The 3-D Man, The invisible man and the others of this ilk were my staple food on Sundays and Holidays. Actually most adults too are enamoured by magic and miracles but hesitate to admit openly. I do not suppress the child in me and I am always ready for such films even now, knowing full well that it is nothing but trash !

As per the film Index list, about 40 films are made with the titles starting with the word ‘Jadu’ and 16 films with ‘Jadui’. It feels funny when you see films made like jadui Topi, Jadui Shehnai,Jadui Sindoor, Jadui Sandook or Jadui Danda !

Today’s film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was made by Mohan Pictures owned by Ramnik Lal Shah, husband of yesteryear heroine Indurani. She was a popular Heroinein the 1930s and the 1940s, before she quit films. I have interviewed her son Salim Shah , who is settled in the USA, and written about her on the Internet. Later Dr. Surjit Singh ji published a detailed book on her. There were few film companies which were specialised in making stunt, action, costume and imaginary films together with popular Arabian Night stories. Mohan Pictures was one of them. In the year 1948 itself they had made such C grade films like Jadui Angoothji, jadui Bansuri and jadui Shehnai. Film Jadui Sindoor-also made in 1948 was censored in early 1949,

Film Jadui Angoothi was directed by A.M.Khan. Now, this Khan was a person with many qualities. He was an actor, a lyricist and a director. In his 30 years’ career he had acted in 2 films – Dil-46 and Bigde dil-49. He wrote 24 songs in 3 films – Cyclewali-38, Ran Sangream-39 and Bahana-42. A M Khan directed 37 films. His first film was Woh kaun-1935 and his last film was Jadui Anguthi-1965. When I went through his Filmography as a Director, I found that he directed mostly Stunt, Action and Costume films only.

Some of his films had interesting Titles….Cycle Wali-38, Chabuk wali-39, Motor wali-42, Khanjar wali-43 and to top it all, he also directed Police wali-49 ! Titles of his films had words like Lutari, Lutaran, Bala, Sundari, Lady, Tilasmi, Jadui, and Toofani. These are typically indicative of their genre-Stunt. A M Khan was also a Stunt specialist. In those days, some directors specialised in such films. For example, Nari Ghadiyali, Aspy irani, Ramniklal Shah,Master Bhagwan, Harischandra rao and Chandra rao kadam etc. Other than Khan’s Filmography, no information about him is available.

The story of film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was….Sunder Singh, a poor youth, wishes to leave home in search of fame and fortune, but his mother, believing that one’s life is determined by fate, tries to reason with her son, and as a test she suggests he try to marry a princess and see what happens. Sunder takes the challenge and heads out to find and woo his would-be bride. On the journey, Sunder battles two ruffians, Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, and when the princess learns of Sunder’s valor and heroism, she falls in love.

Sunder requests to marry the princess, and the king agrees, but on one condition — that the young man search for, and bring back, a legendary magic ring which is kept by an evil wizard. Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, still stinging from their defeat, use black magic to try and stop Sunder from reaching his goal.

Sunder Singh, with great courage and valour fights all evils, kills the evil wizard and gets the Magic Ring. The king is very happy and marries the princess with Sunder singh. However, after the marriage, the Magic Ring is transformed into a Fairy who blesses Sunder singh, the king and the princess and vanishes. (with thanks to cinemajadoo.com)

The cast of the film was Husn Ara, Anil Kumar, Shanta Patel,P.D.Lal,Gulnar, Agha Shapoor, Anwari, Razia Begum etc. Anwari was the second wife of Music Director Rafiq Ghaznavi and was already divorced. Razia Begum was the elder sister of actress Suraiya Zulfi.

Actor Anil Kumar (Sardar Gul) was born in 1915 at Calcutta.His father had a fruit business. They were from Peshawar (just like Dilip Kumar). He was not much educated but could speak Hindi, Urdu and English fluently. Once he went to Bombay to meet a friend. There he met an old acquaintance, who took him to Sohrab Modi.

The good looking Sardar Gul was liked by Modi and he offered him the lead role in his film ‘ Saed E Havas’-36. Sardar Gul was given the screen name of Chandra Kumar. The film was based on a translation of William Shakespeare’s drama- King John, by Agha Hashra Kashmiri in 1907. Sardar Gul was to get Rs. 200 for this work. The film was a flop and Sohrab Modi refused to pay him more than Rs 50. Annoyed, he left Bombay and returned to Calcutta.

However he came back in 1938 and did his first film with a new screen name Anil Kumar. The film was Talwar ka Dhani-38. Soon he was well known and acted in 10 films in the next 3 years. As the decade of the 40s saw many new actors, producers and directors, he was reduced to Character roles and side roles. By 1950, he was almost like an extra. He did work in many films, but only few films credited him, as his roles were negligible. We find his name in just 30 films, where he was credited, the last such film being Tarzan and Deliailah-64.

He had married an actress named Nurjehan, who left films after their marriage.

Today’s song is a duet sung by Hamida Bano and Miss Kalyani aka Kalyani Bai. This seems to be a comedy song.


Song- Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru (Jaadui Angoothhi)(1948) Singers- Hamida Bano, Miss Kalyani, Lyricist- Roopbani, MD- Allah Rakha Qureshi

Lyrics

Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
haaye raam
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho ho
ho o
zamaana buraa hai

aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai

joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
tum ho badi bemisaal
meri sakhiyon
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai

joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
na munni na godi mein laal
meri pyaari
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai

swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ho ?? hazaar
sakhi ree
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai


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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5312 Post No. : 17418

#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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#A tribute to Jani Babu Qawwal-Remembrance Day 28th Jan’2023 #
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As the title of this post suggests this post is in ‘Remembrance of the great Qawwal – Jani Babu Qawwal.

We are paying a belated tribute to him on his ‘Remembrance Anniversary’ which was on 28th January.

I had in my earlier posts in the series of ‘Qawwalis from the Seventies’ mentioned that I grow up hearing these names for ‘singing Qawwalis’, Jani Babu, Shakila Bano Bhopali, Aziz Nazan and Shankar-Shambhu in my childhood days.

I vaguely remember to have attended one such program with my father when I was a child. And, when I get associated with this blog, I was always eager to read about these artistes. I have a big nostalgia with this ‘mehangaayi maar gayi’ song from ‘Roti Kapada Aur Makaan-1974’ and the voice of Jani Babu in it (in fact voices of all in this song). During recent years I was looking for detailed information about his biography and career but could not get to know much about him.

Then I came across his Qawwalis uploaded on ‘YouTube’ by a person in Dhamangaon-Amravati (Maharashtra). I was in Kenya then. In fact, I even spoked to this person on phone but could not get much information or details. I also contacted one senior person in the WhatsApp group from Nagpur and he helped me with a brief write-up. About a couple of days back when I was just going through my book collection, I find this book ‘Swaron Ki Yatra’ (Hindi Film Gaayaki ka Safar). When I checked this book, I find a detailed two-page article on Jani Babu Qawwal. Using this information, I am presenting a brief about Jani Babu as given below.

Jani Babu Qawwal was born as Syed Jaan Muhammad at Hinganghat (a big city in District Wardha, near Nagpur Maharashtra). Details of his date of birth are not available so far.

He mastered in singing Qawwalis at a very young age. He started taking lessons in classical music and Qawwalis from Ustad Mohammad Khan Shamshiry when he was seven years old only. After that he came to Jalgaon (Maharashtra) and took lessons in music from Abdul Rehman Kaanchwaale. Later he came to Bombay (now Mumbai).

In those years Qawwalis were played like ‘kirtans’ in social gatherings. Jaani Babu wanted Qawwalis to be more entertaining with easily understandable language for common people. So, he gave Qawwalis a simple texture, and a new dimension to Qawwalis, like Qawwalis on ‘husn aur ishq’, ‘sawaal-jawaab’ etc. Many film personalities showed interest in his works and motivated him in his efforts to make ‘Qawwalis’ more entertaining. He also got a major support from Shakila Bano Bhopali. They jointly entertained people for years together thereafter. Their concerts always run to packed houses and even the tickets for their concerts used to be sold in ‘black’.

Jaani Babu’s first film song, a Qawwali from the movie -‘Jungle Princess’ – came in 1958 with Shakila Bano Bhopali only. It was ‘adaayen teer hain andaaz barchhi bhaale hain’ which was picturized on Jaani Babu and Shakila Bano Bhopali. Playback for Shakila Bano Bhopali was given by Mubarak Begum. This is said to be the first qawwali of ‘men vs. women’ competition and is considered a ‘modern qawwali’ well ahead of its time as it did contain ‘English words’ into its lyrics as well.

After ‘Jungle Princess’ Jaani Babu’s Qawwalis appeared in ‘Behram Daaku-1959’, ‘Aalamaara ki Beti’, ‘Choron Ki Baaraat’, ‘Diler Haseena’ (all from 1960), ‘Black Shadow’ (1961), ‘Magic Box-1963’, ‘Birju Ustaad’(1964), ‘Chaar Darvesh’(1964), ‘Magic Carpet’(1964), ‘Rustom-E-Rome’(1964), ‘Accident’(1965), ‘Black Arrow’(1965), ‘Chhupa Rustom’(1965), ‘Son of Hatimtai’(1965), ‘Sakhi Lootera’(1969), ‘Truck Driver’(1970), ‘Mere Ghareeb Nawaaz’(1973),
In the movie ‘Son of Hatimtai’ he sang with Mohd Rafi. His qawwali – from ‘Sakhi Lootera’ (meethhi baaton mein na inki aana kabhi) also became very popular then.

In 1974 his voice was again very well appreciated by all, in the qawwali ‘mehangaayi maar gayi’ (for me this song is pure nostalgia) (it stood at no.1 in the annual ‘Binaca Geetmala’ of 1975).
There after Jani Babu’s voice featured in ‘Shankar-Shambhu-1976’, ‘Do Khilaadi-1976’ (raat abhi baaki hai, baat abhi baaki hai’ (again a pure nostalgic song for me), ‘Mandir Masjid-1977’, ‘Do Dilwaale’ (1977), ‘Mastaan Dada’ (1977), ‘Aulia E Islaam-1979’. In ‘Shirdi Ke Sai Baba-1977’ his voice appeared in the song ‘Saibaba bolo’.

(There must be many more which did not find mentioned above. We need to compile the total list of his songs in HFM. I would be happy to share the list of his songs in HFM in future whenever I get an opportunity for that.)

Jani Babu also took lessons from Shabbir Hussain (Pakistani Ghazal Singer?) in singing Ghazals and he started moulding ghazals into qawwali format which again tells us how innovative he was.

Some of his ghazal-qawwalis like ‘seenaa dhuaan dhuaan hai, ishaare kahaan gaye’ and ‘is tarah gardish e ayyaam se baatein ki hai, kabhi taubaa kabhi jaam se baatein ki hai’ became very popular.

His devotional qawwali ‘aasaar -e -qayaamat’ created new records and its ‘records’ were sold in many thousands.

As a music director he gave music for the movies ‘Noor Mahal-1965’ and ‘Aulia-E-Islaam-1979’.

Jani Babu Qawwal passed away on 28th January’2008.

He will be always remembered for his pioneering works in Qawwali and for giving new dimensions to qawwali singing. Qawwalis which were hitherto restricted to Sufi Saints and to singing in Dargah’ only became popular and reach out to common man because of Jani Babu Qawwal.

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In remembrance of Jani Babu Qawwal I am presenting a song from the movie
‘Noor Mahal – 1965’.

“Noor Mahal-1965” was a costume drama movie directed by Naushir Engineer for ‘Ratan Productions, Bombay’.

It had Chitra, Jagdeep, Tiwari, Lalita Desai, Wazeer Muhammad Khan, Madhumati and others.

This movie had six songs written by Saba Afghani (four songs), Aziz Ghazi and Noor Dewasi (one song each).

Music for this movie was composed by Jani Babu Qawwal.

In the singers’ list, for the songs of this movie, HFGK Vol-IV (1961-1970) mentions the names of Mohd Rafi, Manna Dey, Suman Kalyanpur, Suresh Rajwanshi, Kamal Barot and Krishna Kalle.

The most well-known song from this movie ‘mere mehboob na jaa, aaj ki raat na jaa’ was posted on the blog on 04.01.2009 and one more song – a qawwali– has been posted from this movie on 14.12.2021. (I was under the impression that the Rafi song from this movie has already been posted by Atul ji, but it seems that we still have to wait or it further 🙂 ).

Today’s song is sung by Manna Dey and lyrics are by Aziz Ghazi. Music is composed by Jani Babu.

In the movie this song happens in the back ground of a stage-act where, I guess, a dance troop is playing a show where they play a typical ‘radha-krishna’ love song.

We can see people watching this play in the movie and some ‘conspiracy’ going on behind the scenes in the movie.
I am unable to identify the actors and actresses performing on this song.

The audio version of this song is longer version. The song picturisation in the movie doesn’t have the first stanza. (I am not aware if the movie video available on internet is an edited one or complete version).

Listening to this composition reminds me of the ‘holi song’ from the movie ‘Navrang-1959’.

Let us now enjoy the today’s wonderful composition by Music Director Jani Babu ‘Qawwal’…

(Source of Information about Jani Babu Qawwal is– ‘Swaron Ki Yatra’– Hindi Film Gaayaki Ka Safar- (1931-2010), by Shri. Anil Bhargava)

Audio

Video


Song-Radha gori Govinda hai kaala (Noor Mahal)(1965) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Aziz Ghazi, MD-Jaani Babu Qawwaal

Lyrics

hei ee ee ee ee ee ee brijbala aa aa
hei ee ee ee ee ee ee brijbala aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
hei ee ee ee ee ee ee brijbala re
baala aa aa

pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa

chhede radha ko
radha ki sakhiyaan aan
gori hamse chhupaa
tu na batiyaan aan
chhede radha ko
radha ki sakhiyaan
gori hamse chhupaa
tu na batiyaan aan
pyaar kaise huaa
ye bataa de zaraa
kab andhere mein dekha
ujaala re
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa

brij mein khelta hai wo holi
rang mein doobi hai
radha bholi
brij mein khelta hai wo holi
rang mein doobi hai
radha bholi
saamne jo gaya uske
wo naa bachaa
badaa natkhat hai wo
murliwaala re
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa

isko tokaa wahaan
khatpat kii
khaaya maakhan
kahin phodi matki ee ee
isko tokaa wahaan
khatpat kii
khaaya maakhan
kahin phodi matki ee ee
maa yashode zaraa
dekh le tu bhi aa
raah chalne naa de
tera paala re
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala

naam uske jape
sab zamaanaa
shyam govinda
giridhaari kaanhaa aa aa
naam uske jape
sab zamaanaa
shyam govinda
giridhaari kaanhaa aa aa
man ko chain aaye naa
usko dekhe binaa aa
aisaa jaadoo hai kuchh
usne daala re ae
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa


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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5312 Post No. : 17413

Today’s song is a very melodious duet from the film Actor-1951.

The film was directed by Ramjibhai Arya. I could not get any information about him except that he directed 6 Hindi films namely, Hind ke lal-40, Manthan-41, Jungle ki pukar-46, Bhedi Dushman-46, Sher E Bengal-47 and his last film as a director, Actor-1951. The musical score for this film was by 2 MDs – Aziz Hindi aka Aziz Khan and Ibrahim aka Master Ibrahim. There are many films having 2 MDs or even 3 MDs and also an unique case like the film Pathan-1962 which had a record 9 MDs ! (This film has nothing to do with Shahrukh khan’s controversial film Pathan released recently). In almost all cases songs are separately credited to each MD, as it is a Team work. In rare cases we find that a few songs are composed jointly by both MDs and credited accordingly.

In film Actor-51, as many as 4 songs were composed by both MDs together as per HFGK credits. I can understand composers working jointly on a song but I wonder how lyrics can be written by 2 Lyricists together. But in Hindi films this was not a rarity. Actually, a few years back, thinking that this phenomenon was worth discussing, I started finding such songs from the HFGK. After getting names of films where more than 1 lyricist have jointly written songs, like Chandrtalekha-48, Anyaya-49, Sheesh Mahal-50 Hum Log-51, Buzdil-51, Footpath-53, Chandni Chowk-54, Dhobi Doctor-54, Darbar-55, Miss Bombay-57, Changez Khan-57, Pardesi-57…I stopped my search. I realised that this happened in many films and was not a novelty. I cancelled my idea of discussing this matter in my posts.

Connected to these issues is another problem with stories of films like Actor -51. There are many cases in Hindi films, where remakes of earlier films on the same stories are made. As far as Folklore like Laila Majnu or Shirin Farhad or stories from Ramayan and Mahabharat, one can surely understand, but it is very strange why people want to make films on the same stories.

In some cases, in addition to the same stories, even the film titles are the same. The case of actress Sulochana-Ruby Meyers, is unique. She featured in 7 such films where the Titles and stories were the same. Sulochana acted in Anarkali-28, Anarkali-35 and Anarkali-53. She also acted in Madhuri-28 and Madhuri-32. She also acted in Indira B.A.-29 and Indira M.A.-34. Then there was Gunsundari-27 and Gunsundari-48, with different heroines. All these films had the same Titles and same stories.Actually Sulochana became the first ever actress to have worked in 3 films of the same title and story. The first male actor to do this was W.M.Khan who acted and sang in 3 films – Alam Ara-1931, Alam Ara-1956 and Alam Ara-1973. Ashok Kumar also acted in 3 films of the same title – Kangan-1939, Kangan-1959 and Kangan-1972, but here the stories were different.

Then there are other films which have same stories, but different Titles.Some of such films are Panghat-43 and Chitchor-76, Mala-41 and Amar-54 (MD was Naushad for both films and Jayant did the same role in both films), Grihasthi-48 and Ghar Basa ke dekho-63, Malkin-53 and Biradari-66, Aurat-40 and Mother India-57(Kanhaiyalal did the same role in both films) etc etc. There are 100s of such remakes, but I have yet to see a film which mentions it in their credits. One can not forget films like Do dooni chaar-68 and Angoor-82. Here the first hindi film Do dooni chaar was a remake of Bengali film of 1963, ” Bhrantibilas”, which was based on the novel of the same name by Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar who had taken inspiration from Shakespeare’s play ” Comedy of Errors“- which was an adaptation of a play by Plautus “ Menaechmi”. Hope this was atleast the original story !

It is a notable coincidence that in 1951, in just One year alone, there were 3 films with almost the same story and Bhagwan was the Hero in all 3 films – Actor-51, Damad-51 and Albela-51. The basic story was that a poor man, without any help, tries to become a Singer or an Actor and how Luck helps him to become a famous artiste. Film Daamaad was censored on 8-2-51, film Actor was censored on 1-5-51 and Albela was censored on 13-12-51 and released immediately on the next day i.e. 14-12-51.

The cast of the film Actor -51 was Ramola, Bhagwan,Sunder, Murad, Manchi Thoothi, Violet, Sulochana, Cuckoo and others. Actress Violet was the sister of her more famous actress sister Patience Cooper. Their one more sister Pearl was also in Hindi films. While Patience acted in 34 Talkie films, Violet acted in 16 films and Pearl acted only in 6 films. At the same time there was another set of 3 sisters in Hindi films namely Zubeida- 22 films, Shahzadi-26 films and Sultana-9 films. (actress Mehtab was their step sister who acted in 40 films. Mehtab was Sohrab Modi’s wife.) In later times there were the Travancore sisters – Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini who danced their way into Hindi films. Padmini and Ragini also acted in films.Padmini did 47 films while Ragini acted only in 23 films. Chandralekha-1948 was their first Hindi film.

You will find one name in the cast -Murad. Hardly anyone writes about him. I remember his role of a Land jahagirdar, who gives loan to Balraj Sahni in the film Do Bigha Zameen-1953. Actually finding information on Murad was difficult. Hamid Ali Murad or simply Murad was born at Rampur in Uttar Pradesh in 1911. He was very fair and good looking. He came to Bombay in 1942 to seek roles in films. Mehboob Khan had just established his own studio and Production house and was making his first film Najma. He gave a role to the fair and handsome Murad in the film Najma and thus started his film career with a character role. His career lasted till film Tamacha-1988, All these years he did only character roles. Murad was so fair and tall that ,in those days, many Policemen saluted him as if he was a British person !

Due to his personality, he would be selected for the roles of Judge, Police Commissioner, Badshah or a Maharaja. He was a favourite of producers / directors like Mehboob, K.Asif, Sohrab Modi, Kardar, Nitin Bose, Bimal Roy, K.A.Abbas, M.Sadiq etc, who would cast him in their films. Murad did more than 300 films and in almost 250 films, he did the role of a Judge. That must be a sort of a record,like Iftekhar as Police Commissioner !

Some of his famous films were Andaz, Anandmath, Do Bigha Zameen, Mirza Ghalib, Durgesh Nandini, Heer, Yahudi, Mugha e Azam, Palki etc etc. He fitted perfectly in Costume, Mughal and Historical films. In 1976-77, he became President of Cine Artistes Association. In 1981, he suffered from Paralysis, but continued to work in films till 1988.

Murad died on 24-4-1997, leaving behind a wife, 3 daughters and one son. His son Raza Murad-famous for his voice- is also an actor. ( Thanks to Shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji for information on Murad. )

Today’s duet is sung by Sulochana Kadam ( my favourite singer) and G.M.Durrani. It is very melodious and as usual, Sulochana is very good in this song. Enjoy….


Song- Teri galiyon mein aayee gore rang ki lugaai (Actor)(1951) Singers- Sulochana Kadam, G M Durrani, Lyricist-Nazim Panipati, MD- Aziz Hindi and Ibrahim (joint composition)

Lyrics

Teri galiyon mein aayi
gore rang ki lugaai
zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja
mori saasu ji ke chhore
mori nanad ke bhai
zara nainon se
o zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja

mujhe tujhse hai pyaar
mujhe aaye na karaar
haaye saari saari raat karoon tera intzaar
mujhe tujhse hai pyaar
mujhe aaye na karaar
haaye saari sari raat karoon tera intzaar

dil deta hai duhaai
mujhe neend na aayi
zara nainon se
o zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja
teri galiyo me aayi gore rang ki lugaai
zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja

mori saasu ji ke chhore
mori nanad ke bhai
zara nainon se
o zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja

jeene dete hi nahin chaahne waale mujhko
chaahne waale mujhko
jeene dete hi nahin chaahne waale mujhko
chaahne waale mujhko
koi naazim(?) se ye kahde ke bacha le mujhko
haaye re bacha le mujhko

mori bainyya ko thhaam
koi kare hai salaam
haaye gali gali ghar ghar huyi badnaam
mori bainyya ko thhaam
koi kare hai salaam
haaye gali gali ghar ghar huyi badnaam
sab kare hain buraai huyi mori ruswaai
zara nainon se
o zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja
teri galiyon mein aayi gore rang ki lugaai
zara nainon se
o zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja

mori saasu ji ke chhore
mori nanad ke bhai
zara nainon se
o zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja
Teri galiyon mein aayi
gore rang ki lugaai
zara nainon se naina milaaye ja
o milaaye ja milaaye ja milaaye ja


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5300 Post No. : 17361

Today’s song is from the film Milan-1958.

Films having titles as Milan were made in 1946, 1958, 1967, and 1994. Then there was Milan ki Aag-1991, Milan ki Pyaas-1989, Milan ki Raat-1967 and Milan Talkies-2019. Even during the Silent era 2 such films were made, one in 1924 and the other in 1929. Milan-1946 had a historical value as it was made in Hindi and Bangla and was based on Tagore’s novel ” Noukadubi”. This was a Debut film for 2 Heroines, namely Meera Mishra and Ranjana- both opposite Dilip Kumar. The more famous film was Milan-1967, starring Sunil Dutt and Nutan and it was a remake of a hit Telugu film ” Mooga Manasulu”-1963. Its song ‘ Saawan ka mahina’ by Mukesh and Lata was very famous. It had a ‘rebirth’ story.

Film Milan-1958 was not actually based on a Rebirth story, but its story was about a loving couple separated and joined together after some years. The Indian audience loves such stories. That is why films having ‘ Happy Ending ‘ are made 100 times more than ‘ Sad Ending ‘ films ! When Saigal featured in the film ” Devdas’ in 1935, in which he died at the end, there was a wave of films in which the hero dies at the end. Dilip Kumar was a victim of such 8 consecutive films. Though his initial fame came with these films, it also stamped him as ” Tragedy King” and he had to consult a Psychiatrist and as per advice he shifted to Comedy films !

Film Milan-58 was directed by Kedar Kapoor. Kedar Kapoor was born on 2-9-1927. Not much information is available about him. Kedar joined the film line in 1945 and did a small role in the film Bhakta Prahlad-46. Working as an assistant to many directors, he started his career by directing the film Lal Pari-1954. In all he directed 35 Hindi films, mostly B and C grade. He specialised in Dara singh films. He directed 8 films of Dara Singh in the 60s. Some of his films were, Miss Cocacola-55, Changez khan-57, Senapati-57, Dara singh-64, Patanga-71 etc etc. His last film was Bekhabar-83. Kedar kapoor died on 5-6-1987.

The film was made by N.C.Films, a family concern and it was produced by Gulshan Behl-his brother. My sincere opinion is that there were only 2 MDs who were real melody makers. They were Hansraj Behl and Chitragupt. In every film atleast 50% songs used to be very melodious. Unfortunately, both of them never ranked in the “A” grade or within the first 5 to 10 MDs. This was because, barring some exceptions, they were never attached to any famous or well known film houses. That is how the film industry worked !

Hansraj Behl and his brother, Gulshan Behl founded N.C.Films, on their father’s name-Nihal Chand- and produced B and C grade movies to which Hansraj gave his music. Hansraj was known as Master ji, in the industry. Only two people were known as Master ji…one was Ghulam Haider and the other was Hansraj Behl. Hansraj usually worked alone and rarely used any assistant while giving music.

Hansraj is remembered for giving initial playback singing breaks to Asha Bhonsle and Madhubala Jhaveri. He also gave a chance to his own friend Verma Malik-Lyricist. Malik used to live with him initially, in Bombay. He composed music for 62 films from Pujari-46 to Badmashon ka Badmash-79. One film “Insaaf ka Khoon” was released after his death,in 1988.

Hansraj Behl is one of the music directors who became successful in the post independence era. He composed music for not only Hindi films but also for Punjabi films. Hansraj was born on 26th November 1916 in Punjab. He got his basic education in music from Pt. Chunnilal. Then he opened his music school in Lahore and he had some non-film records released under the label of HMV. In 1944 Hansraj came to Bombay to try his luck in the Hindi film industry as a music director.

After one year of struggle he got his first film Pujari, made by Ardeshir Irani, in 1946. He got films like Gwaalan and Phulwari in the same year, but all these films could not do well at the box office. Behl tasted success in 1947 with the release of Lakhon Mein Ek and Chheen Le Azadi. ‘Moti Chugne Gayi Re Hansi..’ sung by Shamshad Begum and Mukesh from the film Chheen Le Azadi became very popular. In 1948 he came up with four films – Chunariya, Mitti Ke Khilone, Pardesi Mehmaan and Satya Narayan, of which Chunariya’s music was a hit especially the song ‘Dil-e-Nashaad Ko Jeene Ki Hasrat Ho Gayi..’ sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The song which placed him among high class music directors was ‘Sab Kuchh Lutaya Hamne Aakar Teri Gali Me..’ sung by Mohammed Rafi and written by Mulk Raj Bhaakri.

In the year 1949, he came out with Chakori, Raat Ki Raani, Zevraat and few more films. Lata sang one of her favourite songs, ‘Haye Chanda Gaye Pardes Chakori Yahan Ro Ro Mare..’ in Chakori, which became very popular and it helped Hansraj to gain popularity among music lovers. ‘Jin Raaton Mein Neend Ud Jaati Hai..’ sung by Mohammed Rafi in Raat Ki Raani was a nationwide hit.

In 1950-51 he gave many hit songs with Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt and Suraiyya. Songs of Kisi Ki Yaad became very popular soon after the release of the film. ‘Koi Mujhko Na Bulaye..’ and ‘Tadapta Chhod Kar Mujhko Kahaan Tum Reh Gaye..’ both sung by Geeta Dutt and ‘O Jaane Wale Ye Kya Kiya..’ by Mohammed Rafi gained immense popularity. In 1952 he introduced Madhubala Jhaveri as a playback singer in Apni Izzat and Jaggu. Madhubala sang ‘Dil Mere Tera Diwaana..’ with Talat Mehmood and ‘Meethi Meethi Loriyaan Main Dheere Dheere Gaoon..’ (both Apni Izzat) featured her solo voice. In 1954, he again came out with musical films like Dost and Khaiber. ‘Aaye Bhi Akela Jaye Bhi Akela..’ from Dost (1954) sung by Talat Mehmood was among one of his memorable compositions.

He continued to give his best in films like Rajdhani, Milan, Miss Bombay, Changez Khan and Saawan. Songs like ‘Bhool Ja Sapne Suhane..’ from Rajdhani (1956), ‘Mohabbat Zinda rehti Hai..’ from Changez Khan (1957), ‘ Jab Raat Nahi Katti..’ from Changez Khan (1957), ‘Zindagi Bhar Gham Judaai Ka..’ from Miss Bombay (1957), ‘Haseen Ho Khuda To Nahi..’ from Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh (1960), ‘Bheega Bheega Pyar Ka Sama..’ from Saawan (1959) and ‘Tujhko Dhundu To Dhoondu Kahan..’ from Milan (1959) crossed all the barriers of success and Hansraj Behl’s name was on the lips of every music lover.

After all these successful films he continued to give music till 1969 but failed to give any hit because his later films were either stunts or fantasy films with little scope for having good music. His last hit song was an all time great creation ‘Jahan Daal Daal Pe Sone Ki Chidiya Karti Hai Basera..’ which was sung by Mohammed Rafi for the film Sikandar-e-Aazam in 1965.

Hansraj Behl died of Cancer in Bombay on 20-5-1984.

The cast of the film Milan-1958 was Nalini jaywant, Ajit, Nishi, Helen, Tiwari, Tun Tun, Narmada Shankar etc. Nalini Jaywant worked with Ajit in 10 films and with Ashok Kumar in 11 films. In this matter Nirupa Roy beats all Heroines. She worked with balraj sahani in 12 films, With Jairaj in 16 films, with Trilok Kapoor in 18 films and ….hold your breath, with Ashok Kumar, she worked in 21 Films ! (By the way she acted as Amitabh’s mother in 12 films too !).

The story of the film was….

Ajit and Nalini love each other and get married. They also have one son. While the son is growing up, they have serious differences and they separate from each other. Nalini , with her son, shifts to another town and works as a Nurse in a Hospital. Ajit gets involved with another girl-Nishi. After a few months, Nishi cheats Ajit and leaves him. Ajit gets disgusted with his life and leaves the town. By coincidence he too lands in the same town where Nalini and his son are living. They do not know about each other’s existence in the same town. One day, Ajit meets with an accident and is brought to the same hospital where Nalini is serving. She is shocked to see Ajit. She looks after him with care and as soon as he is well enough to be discharged, Nalini resigns from the hospital and packs her luggage to shift to another town- to be away from Ajit. Ajit enquires at the hospital about her address and goes to her house. Ajit begs her pardon and pleads her to be with him again. Both weep a lot together and then accept each other happily !

Today’s song is a duet by Rafi and Shamshad Begum, who have sung some of the best duets in Hindi films. Together, they sang 160 duets in their career. I am sure, more than 50 % will account for my favourites. Let us enjoy this duet now….


Song-Ho lamba chauda jaat jaat re khud ko samjhe Laat (Milan)(1958) Singers-Shamshad Begam, Rafi, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-Hansraj Bahl

Lyrics

ho lamba chauda jaat jaat re
khud ko samjhe laat
baat meri maane na
hoy dil leke bedardi
ab pehchaane na
makhna
hoy girgit jaisi naar
naar tu badle rang hazaar
pyaar ko jaane na
hota hai ik baar pyaar
tu maane na
meri banto

o o o
?? to nahin hai koi aur(??) jee
dekho dil ko na todo
o o o
o o o
koi ho
man hi jaayega koi aur jee
jaao peechha chhodo

tu lathhmaar ganwaar
bada hai
pyaar ka thhekedaar
baat meri maane na
hoy dil leke bedardi ab pehchaane na
o makhna

o o o
mere peechhe to pad gayi chhokri
dekho duniya waalon

o o o o
o o o o
main to karoongi tumhaare sang naukri
zara preet lagaa lo
o basre ki hoor
hoor
o khatte hain angoor
pyaar ko jaane na
hota hai ik baar pyaar
tu maane na
o banto

o o o o
dil diya hai to sadke jaan bhi
chaahe hamen aazmaa le
o o o o
o o o o
sachche pyaar ki hamen hai pehchaan jee
jaao dorey na daalo

??
per maane na
hoy dil leke bedardi
ab pehchaane na
hurrrr
o girgit jaisi naar
naar tu badle hai rang hazaar
pyaar ko jaane na
hota hai ik baar pyaar
tu maane naa
meri banto

ho lamba chauda jaat
jaat re khud ko samjhe laat
baat meri maane na
hey dil leke bedardi ab pehchaane na
o makhna


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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5296 Post No. : 17343

#the Decade of Fiftees – 1951 – 1960 #
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Today’s song is from the ‘1960’ movie ‘Kalpanaa’.

Music for this movie was composed by O.P. Nayyar. Yesterday 16th January was O.P. Nayyar’s ninety-seventh birth anniversary. As a belated tribute to him we are presenting a song composed by him.

O.P. was born on 16th January’1926, and he passed away on 28th January’2007.

He was one the greatest music directors of the golden era of Hindi Cinema. He has given us timeless, unforgettable music to cherish forever.

Today we are presenting a song from the movie “Kalpanaa-1960”. It was directed by Rakhan for ‘Ashok Pictures Pvt. Ltd.’

It was produced by Ashok Kumar and Ganesh.

This movie had Ashok Kumar, Padmini, Ragini, S Nazir, Sunder, Balam, Pachhi, Achala Sachdev, Sarita Devi, Baby Farida, Rani Kumar, Harbans, Amrit, Khatana, Iftekhar, Brahm Bhardwaj, Keshav, Ibne Hasan, Shakil Nomani and others in it.

This movie was passed by Censor Board on 01.08.1960.

“Kalpanaa” has ten songs composed by O.P. Nayyar. Four lyricist viz. Raja Mehndi Ali Khan, Qamar Jalalabadi, Hasrat Jaipuri and Janisar Akhtar wrote the lyrics of the songs in this movie.

So far, five songs from this movie have been posted on the blog. Today’s song is the sixth song of this movie being presented on the blog.

The song is written by Raja Mehndi Ali Khan.

Lyrics for this song have been sent by Prakashchandra.

The song is a stage-song-dance in a program where Padmini is performing on the song in front of spectators. On the other side we can see Baby Farida and Ashok Kumar in a scene on the screen.

Let us now listen to today’s song …

Audio

Video

Song-Aana aana atariya pe aana (Kalpana)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-O P Nayyar

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

aana aanaa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
o babu re ae ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae ae

aana aanaa aa aa aa
aa aa
aana aana atariyaa pe aana aa
aana aana atariyaa pe aana
dekh le chaahe saaraa zamaana
hoye aaana aaana atariyaa pe aana aa
dekh le chaahe saaraa zamaana
ho o o o ho o o ho o

pyaar laayi nazar mein chhupaake ae
pyaar laayi nazar mein chhupaake
dekh le ik nazar muskuraa ke
ho dekh le ik nazar muskuraa ke
meri aankhon se jhaanke hai pyaar baar baar
aana aana aa aa
aana aana atariyaa pe aana aa aa
dekh le chaahe saaraa zamaana
aana aana atariyaa pe aana
dekh le chaahe saaraa zamaana
ho o o o ho o o ho o o

main kahin hoon meraa dil kahin hai ae ae
main kahin hoon meraa dil kahin hai
meraa dil mere bas mein nahin hai
ho meraa dil mere bas mein nahin hai
chheen letaa hai koyi qaraar baar baar
aana aana aa aa
aana aanaa atariyaa pe aana aa
dekh le chaahe saaraa zamaana
aana aana atariyaa pe aana aa
dekh le chaahe saaraa zamaana

(Whistling sounds)


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