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O Mrignainee Madhubainee Menaka
Posted on: January 26, 2026
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Mr. Sampat (1952) was produced and directed by S S Vasan under the banner of Gemini Pictures. The film starred Motilal, Padmini, Vanaja, Sundari Bai, Swaraj, Agha, Kanhaiyalal, Badriprasad, Kailash Nath, Ramamurthy, J S Casshyap, B S Kalla etc. The film was adapted from R K Narayan’s novel, ‘Mr. Sampat – Printer of Malgudi’ (1949). It is a satirical film. This was Padmini’s first Hindi film in a lead role while Motilal was in the title role of Mr. Sampat. The film was first made in Tamil in 1948 but R K Narayan made some revision in the story based on which the Hindi version was made.
I have already given the story of the film in some detail while covering one of the film’s songs, laila laila pukaaroon main ban mein. So, I will cover here only the gist of the story which is as under:
Mr. Sampat, (Motilal) sustains himself by coning the people through presenting himself in immaculate western attires with his smooth and humourous talks. He has the power to convince his potential targets with his believable schemes. One of his potential targets is Malini (Padmini), a stage artist who has a good fan base. Simultaneously, he has one more target, Seth Makhanlal Gheewala (Kanhaiyalal) who is standing for a municipal election. Sampat uses Malini in the guise of an interview for a newspaper and brings her at Gheewala’s tea party for her. Because of Malini’s fan base, Gheewala wins the municipal election thus creating a confidence in the ability of Sampat.
With this success, Sampat spells out a scheme, both for Malini and Gheewala to start a bank by offering the customers a high interest rates on deposits. The new bank thrives in its business and attract huge deposits. Raj Mohan (Kailash Nath) from a former royal family member has put a large chunk of deposits in the banks because he has developed infatuation with Malini. For Sampat, things are working nicely as per his plans and he has now improved his status. One day, Malini rejects Raj Mohan’s advances which angers him. He immediately withdraws his entire deposits from the bank. Soon the bank collapses and the entire investments made by Malini and Gheewala are lost. Creditors are queuing up and to meet their demand, Malini’s house is under auction. Knowing that he has nothing to gain now, Sampat leaves them after pocketing Malini’s theatre collections and moves on to select his next potential target for coning. And this time, he has been seen as a godman giving an impressive lecture to his followers.
The film was under production before India became a republic in 1952 and before the first general election took place. So, there was no major corruption and fraudsters cases at the time of making the film. The Haridas Mundra case and much later, Natwarlal’s coning instances came to light only sometime in mid-1950s though he was involved in theft and cheatings during the British Rule. Hence, it is to the credit of story writer, R K Narayan that he could foresee such scenarios which became realities in India in the later years. The film is still relevant and it is for the reason that film is enjoyable to watch even after seven decades from its release. Despite the role of Sampat having some negative shades, Motilal in the title role, has given an excellent performance and has been successful in creating an impression on the audience of his likeable character mainly because of his natural acting.
The film had 13 songs written by Pandit Indra (10) and others (3) which were set to music by Balkrishna Kalla and E Shankar Shastri. All are the stage songs. Surprisingly, not a single song was picturised on Motilal.
Five songs have been represented on the Blog. I present the 6th song, ‘o mrignaini madhubani……o bairaagi banwaasi’ which is tandem song rendered by Talat Mehmood, Shamshad Begum and Geeta Dutt. The soundtrack of the song in the film appears as a continuous song. Due to technical reasons, this song on gramophone records have been released in two parts. Geeta Dutt parts of the song is composed in Baul style, a type of kirtan song, which has been prevalent in Bengal.
This tandem song is a part of the mythological story of Menaka and sage Vishwamitra being staged in a theatre. In the first part of the song, Menaka (Padmini) is directed by Lord Indra () to entice sage Vishwamitra (Ramamurthy) who is on a deep meditation to attain the highest status of a Brahmarishi which can dethrone Lord Indra in heaven. In the second part of the song, Menaka goes from heaven to earth and starts singing and dancing. Towards the end of the song, Menaka is successful in breaking sage Vishwamitra’s meditation and he gets attracted to Menaka.
Incidentally, HFGK shows the song under discussion as two different songs because it has been issued on 78 RPM gramophone records with two different matrix numbers. In the film, it is a continuous but tandem song. Since the theme of both the songs is a part of the same story with continuity in stage performance, I felt that both the songs should form a part of the single post for the better understanding of the context of the song.
Video Clip (Part-1):
Video Clip (Part-2):
Audio Clip (Part-1):
Audio Clip (Part-2):
Song-O mrignainee madhubainee Menaka (Mr Sampat)(1952) Singers-Talat Mehmood, Shamshad Begum/ Geeta Dutt, Lyricist-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-B S Kalla
Chorus
Lyrics:
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Part-1 (Based on Video Clip)
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Devendra dev ki jai jai jai
?? kee jai jai jai
Gajpati Narendra kee jai jai jai
Gajpati Mahendra kee jai
Mahendra kee jai
Mahendra Kee jai
[Dialogues]
o o
mrignaini madhubaini Menaka
tum ho kahaan
tum ho kahaan
swaami ee
o o o o
haazir hoon main naath yahaan
haazir hoon main naath yahaan
haazir hoon main naath yahaan
o o o
mrignaini madhubaini Menaka
tum jaao
tum jaao
o o o
o o
meree laaj aabroo
ab to tumheen bachaao
salonee jaao
tum jaao
ab tajo shok tum swaami naath hamaare
ab tajo shok tum swaami naath hamaare
naath hamaare
sab bade bade brahmchaaree mujhse haare
mujhse haare
main jaaun
main jaaun aur suljhaaoon sabhee samasya
taphaaree kee kar aaoon
bhang tapasyaa
bhang tapasyaa…..aa
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Part-2 (Based on Audio Clip)
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o o o
bairaagee banwaasee..ee
o o o
bairaagee banwaasee ee
charnon kee daasee
darash ko pyaasee
bairaagee banwaasee
o o o
bairaagee banwaasee ee
ab nain khol kar dekh re
ab nain khol kar
ab nain khol kar dekh
dwaar tere chhaayee pooranmaasee
o bairaagee banwaasee
main daaroongee galbaiyaan
tod de maala
main daaroongee galbaiyaan
tod de maala
main apnaa hriday bichhaaoon
phenk mrigchhaala
dho daal bhaal ke bhabhoot
bhagwa taj de
?? ang ang ras bhar le
dho daal bhaal ke bhabhoot
bhagwa taj de
?? ang ang ras bhar le
preet mohse kar le
preet mohse kar le
preet mohse kar le
chhod udaasee
preet mohse kar le
chhod udaasee
o banwaasee
o banwaasee
o banwaasee
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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6248 | Post No. : | 19323 |
#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #
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In this post I am presenting a song from the movie ‘Taajposhi-1957’. This movie had made its debut on the blog long back on 03.01.2014. No songs from this movie were posted on this blog thereafter; the non-availability of these songs on internet might have been the reason behind this. However, now I noticed that some songs from this movie (if not all) are available on internet. And when I looked for this song which has the voice of Talat Mahmood, and found that it is available, I am taking this opportunity to present it here.
This song is a duet song in the voices of Asha Bhonsle and Talat Mahmood.
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Laila Laila pukaaron main ban mein
Posted on: March 10, 2025
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6079 | Post No. : | 18870 |
‘Mr Sampat’ (1952) was produced and directed by S S Vasan under the banner of Gemini Pictures. The film starred Motilal in the title role of Mr Sampat with Padmini, Vanaja, Sundari Bai, Swaraj, Agha, Kanhaiyalal, Badriprasad, Kailash Nath, J S Casshyap, B S Kalla etc. This was Padmini’s first Hindi film in a lead role. The film was adapted from R K Narayan’s novel, ‘Mr Sampat – Printer of Malgudi’ (1949). It is a satirical film.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6020 | Post No. : | 18751 |
Today’s song is from a Costume C grade film -‘Shah Behram’-1955.
The film was made by Producer Mulkraj Bhakari, under the banner of Baharistan Productions, Bombay. The film was directed by a veteran of such genres – Nanubhai Vakil. He was not just a ” Vakil” (An Advocate) by name, but including him, most of the elders of his family were B.A.LL.B. advocates. It is another matter that he was inclined to make a name for himself in the film industry rather than practising Law in courts.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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5946 | Post No. : | 18581 |
Today’s song is from the film Diwali ki Raat-1956.
This was a film in which singer Talat Mahmood acted as a hero opposite heroine Roopmala. Talat Mahmood (24-2-1924 to 9-5-1998) acted in 12 films from 1945 to 1958 and he also did a cameo role, singing a song-“Shukriya Ae Pyar Tera Shukriya“, of three and half minutes in film Aaram-1951. In his early career starting in Calcutta, he fell in love with a Bangla actress Latika Mullick. They got married on 20-2-1951. She was converted to Islam and was renamed Nasreen, who bore two children to Talat. As per a book by Manek Premchand, ‘Talat Mahmood – The Velvet Touch’, he sang 777 songs which included Hindi film songs, NFS and unreleased films etc. As per another source he sang 451 Hindi film songs from 259 Hindi films.
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Meri Duniya Hai Tu Mera Armaan Tu Hai
Posted on: May 9, 2024
- In: Blog century song | Century songs for the blog | Devnagri script lyrics by Sudhir | expression of love | Feelings of heart | Ghazal | Guest posts | Lyrics contributed by readers | Post by Mahesh Mamadapur | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1955 | Talat Mehmood solo | Talat Mehmood songs | Yearwise breakup of songs
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This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
This article is the 18300th post in the blog.
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5774 | Post No. : | 18300 |
chhed kar taaron pe dil ke
ek adhoori ragini
aur deewaane ko deewaana bana jaate ho tum
24 February 2024 marked the birth centenary of legendary singer and actor Talat Mahmood. Born on 24 Feb 1924, he passed away on 09 May 1998 at the age of 74. This write up was planned to coincide with the Birth centenary, but the article got delayed. The remembrance day today (9 May 1998) offers us another opportunity to pay our tributes to Talat Mehmood (24 Feb 1924-9 May 1998).
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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5586 | Post No. : | 18060 |
Today’s song is from a Costume film- Naqabposh-1956.
The film was produced by N. Buli under the banner of Kaizer Films. The film’s director was Ram Pahwa-a Debutante. He went on to direct 5 more films – Apna Ghar-1960, Nai Imarat-1981, Jai Karolin Maa-1988, Chintamani Surdas-1988 and Majboor ladji-1991….all obscure and unknown films. Comparatively his first film was known better. The cast of the film was Chitra, Manhar Desai, Kumkum, Leela Mishra, Bhudo Advani, Fazloo, Maruti, Gope and others.
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Preetmay sansaar pyaare
Posted on: May 26, 2023
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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5425 | Post No. : | 17794 |
#the Decade of Fifties –1951 – 1960 #
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In this post I present a song from the movie “Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu-1953”.
When I came across this movie while browsing the blog I realised that I had heard about the movie, but I had not listened to any songs from this movie.
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