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This article is written by nahm, 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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23 rd September was Tanuja’s 77th Birthday and 25th September, 2020 is the 81st birth Anniversary of Feroze Khan. Incidentally, these two have acted opposite each other in at least one film, i.e. Ek Paheli (1971). These are three songs already posted in the blog from this film :
Aansoo ki ek boond hoon main
kaahe karta hai tu itna shor…tera mera ik rasta
Mera tumhaaera saath to sadiyon ka saath hai
I have seen a few songs yesterday while deciding which one to post, they are mostly in the same genre of songs where the heroine Tanuja is singing in some ruined fort like locality with a cemetery inside the ruins. I found one more song of similar setting, where the face of lady singing the song is not shown, so I could not be sure that it is Tanuja. In the song that I have selected, the smiling Tanuja is very much visible and in her customary stylish self with high heels and a small handbag dangling from one hand. The formal attire with the party dress also is not suitable for the location where she is singing the song and leading a curious Feroze khan inside the cavernous ruins of the fort, in broad daylight. She is looking like no “bhoot’, so no bhoot or rooh in this song. SumanKalyanpure is the singer of this song composed by UshaKhanna. Asad Bhopali is the lyricist.
I can find a lot of similarities between these two actors of yesteryears. Both were stylish and good looking. While Tanuja came from a film family and must have been surrounded by the family connections in the film industry, Feroz Khan was an outsider. They both had siblings in the film industry, but I think Tanuja’s sister Nutan was estranged from her family. From the filmography it is seen that most of Feroze Khan’s films are with Mumtaz. They must have a good personal equation also, much like common people do, which results in their children marrying each other. I have read somewhere these two, Mumtaz and Feroz Khan became great friends during their struggling days and Amitabh Bachchan was also a part of this friendly circle, also a struggler.
There are a lot of bad and worst things being said, heard, written and repeated about the film industry and its so called ‘movers and shakers’, in recent times. It is a known fact that all that glitters is not gold. There are always dark and murkier things below the surface. And those who choose to be part of it are going in the murky waters with their eyes open. There are hardly any secrets in this world anymore, let alone the film industry. We as outsiders can only be this much detached and away from the ugliness, and try to maintain the façade of art and culture, and hide our knowledge and apprehension behind beautiful music, or what else we find good and appreciable.
In the 50’s and 60’s decades, there were people going in the industry to make a living or decent living. Some were maybe so impoverished that, there was hardly a choice to make, between flesh trade or do hard labour in the film studio as extra artist. And there are always ambitious people ready to give all and compromise all for either easy money or name and fame, or to be rid of financial ruin caused by their family members. Too much money or too little, it is a factor. Nepotism exists here too as it does everywhere else, in any form.
This is what MeenaKumari means when she says :
Aabl apaa koyi iss dasht mein aaya hogaa
Warna aandhi mein diya kisne jalaaya hogaa
Or when she says this :
Jalti bujhti si roshni ke pare
Simta simta sa ek makaan tanhaa
This was an insider view, saying things through poetry, what cannot be said for fear of losing its charm, glitter and shine.
The two actors Feroze Khan and Tanuja have spent their lives in the industry, been right in the thick of things. We can certainly say a few good things about these two, that they were talented and their successes were due to their talent and hard work.
Song-Main ek paheli hoon barson se akeli hoon (Ek Paheli)(1971) Singer-Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics-Asad Bhopali, MD-Usha Khanna
Lyrics
Main ek paheli hoon
barson se akeli hoon
mujhe jaan’ne walaaa koyi nahin
pehchanne waalaa koyi nahin
main ek paheli hoon
barson se akeli hoon
mere paas aa
mere meharbaan
na de door hi se
sadaa mujhe ae
main hoon ik charaagh
bujhaa huaa
tu jalaa sakey to
jalaa mujhe
tu jalaa sakey to
jalaa mujhe
main ek paheli hoon
barson se akeli hoon
barson se akeli hoon
meri kab se hai
yahi aarzoo
ke mujhe galey se
lagaaye tu
tere dil ka dard
mitaaun main
mere dil ki pyaas
bujhaaye tu
mere dil ki pyaas
bujhaaye tu
main ek paheli hoon
barson se akeli hoon
tujhe kya khabar
ke tere liye
main na jaane kab se
udaas hoon
meraa pyaar dekh ke
har ghadi
tere saathh hoon
tere paas hoon
tere saathh hoon
tere paas hoon
main ek paheli hoon
barson se akeli hoon
mujhe jaan’ne waalaa koyi nahin
pehchaan’ne waalaa koyi nahin
main ek paheli hoon
barson se akeli hoon
This article is written by nahm, 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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64th Birthday of Ranjeeta Kaur – 22.09.2020
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I wish life could be just a song for the road just like this song on a motorcycle. A song heard in childhood, mainly on radio. In 1980 we had a T.V. at home, but that was only aired in the evening. The radio could be heard during the day also, but they were on air for specific hours only, be it “vividh bharati” or “All india Radio”, of which urdu service was the one for film songs. All these years the lyrics of the song complete with the first stanza have stayed in the memory. After the advent of youtube, I may have looked up this song too alongwith many other old songs.
I have seen quite a few films of Ranjeeta while she was active in the 80’s, as I and my mother used to like her innocent, homely looks. Many of these films were B grade low-budget films like ‘Qismat”, “Tarana” and ‘Khwaab” to name a few. She was paired with Mithun Chakrovorty in these films. I was under the impression that “Ankhiyon ke jharoke se”(1978) was a debut film for her, whereas she had appeared in the hit film “Laila Majnu” in 1976, opposite Rishi Kapoor. Both these are notable films of her career. But there after she appeared in few A grade films in bit roles like ‘‘Rajput”, “Satte Pe Satta” and “Krodhi”. Films like “Ham se Badhkar kaun”, “Aap to aise na the”, “Ustadi Ustad se” and “Tarana” are all seen and forgotten films.
As Ranjeeta Kaur turns 64 today, I am presenting this happy romantic song where she is singing this duet on motorcycle and the beach. The name of the film is “Khwaab”(1980) and singers are Hemlata and Yasudas. The lyricist and music director is Ravindra Jain.
Two songs from the film are posted.
Tu hi wo haseen hai
Ek aas liye vishwaas liye
“Khwaab” is one of its kind title as I could find no other film with the title as ‘Khwab” or ‘Khwaab”. The word means dream, and this year 2020 is turning out like a bad dream. I am sure all of us have had this feeling that we are asleep and embroiled in a bad dream, and hope fervently that we will wake up soon and this whole tragic crisis will disappear. Hope that it will dissolve like a bad dream, is soon forgotten.
Let us go to the song, which I would have categorized as a “in the family way songs” seeing the words of first stanza, but this one is not such a song. I have a few songs for this category in mind. Let us see when I get around to those songs. They are mostly 80’s/90’s songs, so this can be a precursor to that series.
This song starts with the urdu alphabet ‘khai’ making it one of rare songs for ‘antakshari” 🙂 . Only other song I can remember is “khwaab ho tum ya koyi haqeeqat kaun ho tum batlaao……..”. Not that most people bother with the fine distinction between the ‘kh’ of “khilauna” and ‘kh’ of ‘Khwaab’. I can wish all I want for a way of distinguishing it in the English script, with a dot or some such thing. Rekhta.com has adopted an entirely different way of spelling the urdu /hindi words in English script, which is rather complicated even for someone like me. Urdu is a language with fewest dictionary words. Sometimes the same word is used for different meanings in different situation. One example is the word “taarikh” which means “date” and history, but not inclusive. Then there is the confusion with ‘q’ and ‘k’.
Common words where K is correct are :
Mushkil – difficulty
Ashk – tear (aansoo)
Rashk – envy
Shak – doubt
Kalaam – spoken word or talk
Shikwa – grievance
Shikayat – complaint
Shaukat – power or dignity
Q is appropriate here :
Qalam – pen
Ishq – love
Raqs – dance
Qalb – heart
Sadaqah – charity (sort of)
Beqaraar – restless, disturbed
Shauq – deep interest, zeal
Qataar – line, queue or array
Iqraar – acceptance or agree, promise
And there is added complication of words where ‘Q’ is compulsorily written as ‘que’ as it is done in ‘Ishque’ or ‘aashiqui’ or some names such as siddique and taarique. I have not gotten to two different alphabet with different sounds for whom the alphabet ‘t’ is used. The ‘t’ of ‘taara’ is different from the ‘t’ of ‘totaa’. There is confusion galore for the untutored. So we let it be, the ‘no pain no gain’ school of thought be brushed under the carpet 🙂 .
Now that I have heard the song two three times, I have realized that it remained in the memory because of its very sweet and melodious sound. It is memorable for the lyrics as well as tune and the singing of both Hemlata and Yasudas.
Song-Ham khwaab ko badal denge haqeeqat mein (Khwaab)(1980) Singers-Yesudas, Hemlata, Lyrics-Ravindra Jain, MD-Ravindra Jain
Both
Lyrics
khwaab ko
badal denge
haqeeqat mein
ham khwaab ko
badal denge
haqeeqat mein
mil ke rahenge donon
armaanon ki jannat mein
ham apne khwaab ko
badal denge ae
haqeeqat mein
ham khwaab ko
badal denge ae
haqeeqat mein
chhotaa sa ek ghar hogaa
haan chhotaa sa ek ghar hogaa
aur ghar mein honge
saanwle salone
hanste bolte khilaune
ham do hamaare do
nahin nahin
mere do tumhaare do
kat jaayegaa ye jeewan
unhi ki hifaajat mein
ham apne khwaab ko
badal denge
haqeeqat mein
ham khwaab ko
badal denge
haqeeqat mein
kabhi kabhi
beete dinon par
jaayegi jab nazar
oo ooo
sochenge kitne haseen thhe
woh shaam woh sehar
oo ooo
sochenge kitne haseen thhe
woh shaam woh sehar
nit aayengi bahaaren
nit khilenge phool suhaane
oo hoo ooo
nit aayengi bahaaren
nit khilenge phool suhaane
yoonhi rahenge zamaanon tak
khushiyon ke zamaane
aa haa haa
aa haa haa
ham tum judaa na honge
ab to kisi soorat mein
ham apne khwaab ko
badal denge
haqeeqat mein
ham khwaab ko
badal denge
haqeeqat mein
O mere pyaaron zameen ke taaron
Posted on: September 8, 2020
This article is written by nahm, 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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S. Mohinder (8/09/1925-6/9/2020) : A tribute
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Just as I was preparing this post for the birth anniversaries of both S. Mohinder and Asha Bhosle, comes the news demise of S. Mohinder. As I don’t know much about the music director, I was looking up on Google for basic information if it is available. I found the sad news and this news item.
S. Mohinder, among the last of the musicians of the 40’s, was born in Punjab on 8th September, 1925. The end has come just two days before he was to turn 95.
K. S. Shenoy Sir had made this comment to my recent post :
Nahm Ji, not heard this one before. Nice rendering by Rafi Ji.
At the beginning when I read that the post is about a children’s song, two songs immediately flashed in my mind
(Iconic) ‘Nanhe Munne….’
And ‘O mere pyarozameenke taro…’. Such beautiful song by Rafi Ji ,Asha&Sudha. Though not a sad tune, in the context of the movie it brings tears to my eyes.
He also gave the link for this song from the film ‘Zameen Ke Taare” (1960), which I found to be very sweet and poignant. Not just the mukhda only which Rafi sahab is singing, but the stanzas by two kids for whom Asha Bhonsle and Sudha Malhotra are singing. This was an unknown song and I heard it for the first time that day. It felt a familiar and dear song right from the first hearing. It is a lorry song also with the lorry driver, who is I think ‘Anwar Hussain’, the brother of Nargis. But his filmography everywhere has missed this movie,”Zameen ke Taare”, where he is getting to sing such a melodious song. The songs are composed by S. Mohinder and lyricist of this song is Pandit Indra.
Since I am doing anniversary posts regularly whenever possible, I decided to write a post for this children’s song for 8th September is the birth date of both S. Mohinder and Asha Bhonsle.
But that 95th birthday was not destined to be. So as a tribute to S. Mohinder I am reproducing a few lines from the famous song by the veteran composer of melodious songs :
mere liye sahar bhi aayi hai raat ban kar
niklaa meraa janaazaa meri baraat ban kar
achchhaa huaa jo tumne dekhaa na ye nazaaraa
haafiz khudaa tumhaaraa
guzraa huaa zamaanaa
aataa nahin dubaaraa
haafiz khudaa tumhaaraa
haafiz khudaa tumhaaraa
The famous song actually starts with this sha’ir byTanvir Naqvi :
Bhool jaana meri wafaaon ko
Bakhsh denaa meri khataaon ko…..
May the departed soul, rest in eternal, heavenly peace.
Song-O mere pyaaron zameen ke taaron (Zameen Ke Taare)(1960) Singers-Rafi, Sudha Malhotra, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Pt Indra, MD-S Mohinder
Sudha Malhotra + Asha Bhonsle
Lyrics
aaa aaa aaa aaa
ohhohoho
hoooooooo
o mere pyaaron
zameen ke taaron
o mere pyaaron
zameen ke taaron
jaana tumhenhaikahaan
o gaadi waale
le chal udaake
maiyyan hamaari jahaanaan
le chal tu ham ko wahaan
o mere pyaaron
zameen ke taaron
le jaaungaa main wahaan
kaajal lagaa ke
lori sunaake
hamko sulaati thhi maa aa
pyaar se jhoomke
mukhde ko choom ke
hamko jagaati thhi maa aa
khadi akeli
baat nihaare
maiyyan hamaari jahaanaan
le chal tu ham ko wahaan
o mere pyaaron
zameen ke taaron
le jaaungaa main wahaan
kehna na maana
ham ne jomaakaa
hamko rulaati thhi maan an
khilone de ke
pappi le ke
hamko hansaati thhi maan an
khadi akeli
baat nihaare
maiyyan hamaari jahaanaan
le chal tu ham ko wahaan
o mere pyaaron
zameen ke taaron
le jaaungaa main wahaan an
ham roothh jaate
aansoo bahaate
ham ko manaati thhi maanaan
god bithhaake
laddoo khilaa ke
hamko rijhaati thhi maanaan
khadi akeli
baat nihaare
maiyyan hamaari jahaanaan
le chal tu ham ko wahaan
o mere pyaaron
zameen ke taaron
le jaaungaa main wahaan
o gaadi waale
le chal udaake
maiyyan hamaari jahaanaan
le chal tu ham ko wahaan
o mere pyaaron
zameen ke taaron
le jaaungaa main wahaan
aaa aaa aaa aaa
oh oho ho
aaa aaa aaa aaa
oh oho ho
aaa aaa aaa aaa
oh oho ho
hmmmmmmmmmmm
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 72
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This day ten years ago (7 september 2010) saw six songs being covered in the blog. The first song was posted at 7 :30 AM whereas the sixth and final song was covered at 9:42 AM.
Here are the details of those six songs:-
| Song | Movie title-Year | Remarks |
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| Kyun yaad aa rahe hain guzre huye zamaane | Anmol Ghadi-1946 | All songs covered |
| Ye raat suhaani raat nahin | Dil E Naadaan-1953 | All songs covered |
| Meri veena tum bin roye | Dekh Kabira Roya-1957 | All songs covered |
| Main apne aap se ghabraa gayaa hoon | Bindiya-1960 | All songs covered |
| Gardish mein hon taare naa ghabraanaa pyaare | Reshmi Roomaal-1961 | All songs covered |
| Tu mera ho gaya main teri ho gayi | Khoon Pasinaa-1977 | 01 song posted |
The first five movies whose songs were discussed ten years ago, have been YIPPEED by now. That leaves us with only one movie, namely “Khoon Paseena”(1977) which can be taken up today (7 september 2020) under “Blog Ten Year Challenge”.
“Khoon Paseenaa”(1977) had made its debut in the blog ten years ago. That song remains the only song from the discussed in the blog have been posted on the blog. That song was :-
| Song | Posted On |
| Tu mera ho gaya main teri ho gayi | 07.09.2010 |
That article was written by an Amitabh Bachchan Rekha fan extraordinaire Santosh Ojha, who those days used to contribute some fantastic aricles in this blog, in addition to writing some wonderful articles in his own blog as well.
The song that appears today is the title song cum theme song of the movie. This song is sung by Kishore Kumar and chorus. Anjaan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Kalyanji Anandji.
The song is lip synced on screen by Amitabh Bachchan in an archtypically Amitabh Bachcahn style. Rekha, Nirupa Roy, Aruna Irani , Asrani and many others can also be seen in the picturization of this song.
This song, a popular song of those days stood at 30th position in that year’s Binaca Geetmala finals..
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
With this song, Kishore Kumar now has 1200 songs in the blog as a playback singer.
Video
Audio (Full)
Song-Khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge (Khoon Paseena)(1977) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-Anjaan, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Chorus
Lyrics(as per audio link) (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
haan aa aa
suno suno o
apney kaanon mein tel daal kar suno o
ke bandaa apne pyaaron ko aadaab bajaa laataa hai
apni ammaa aur
apni joru ke sar pe haath rakh ke
apni qasam dohraataa hai
kyaa aa
ye
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
arey khoon pasine ki jo milegi to khaayenge
nahin to yaaron ham
bhookhe hi so jaayenge
daulat haraam ki ee
naa naa aa
hai ye kis kaam ki ee
haan haan aa
daulat haraam ki
hai ye kis kaam ki
khaa lo qasam isey
haath naa lagaayenge
haath naa lagaayenge
haath naa lagaayenge
arey khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
nahin to yaaron ham
bhookhe hi so jaayenge ae
hey ae ae ae
seth karodimal ki biwi
ek raat ye boli ee
neend nahin kyun aati tumko
binaa neend ki goli ee
haan
binaa neend ki goli
hey ae
kahey kya seth karodi
hu hu
kamaa ke kaudi kaudi
hu hu
haraam ki daulat jodi ee
magar lagti thhi thhodi
magar lagti thhi thhodi
khul gayi chor bazaari
arey lut gayi daulat saari
seth bhi andar
maal bhi andar
donon naa bach paayenge
jaise seth maraa hai waise
saare maare jaayenge
saare maare jaayenge
saare maare jaayenge
arey isi liye to kehtaa hoon pyaaron o
ke khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
nahin to yaaron ham
bhookhe hi so jaayenge ae
hey ae ae ae
auron ka haq loot ke khaataa
thha ek gundaa naami ee
hukam chalaata thha sab par wo
sab karte thhe ghulaami ee
haan
sab karte thhe ghulaami ee
chadhaa rehtaa thha paaraa aa
shahar dartaa thha saaraa
magar maaraa maari ne ae
usey kis mod pe maaraa aa
usey kis mod pe maaraa aa
huaa jo MISA zaari
akad wo tooti saari
to zaalim andar
josh bhi andar
hosh thhikaane aayenge
jaise maaraa gayaa wo zaalim
saare maare jaayenge ae
saare maare jaayenge
saare maare jaayenge
arey isi liye to kehtaa hoon pyaaron o
ke khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge ae
nahin to yaaron ham
bhookhe hi so jaayenge ae
ye daulat hai beemaari ee
haan haan haan haan
hai laanat chor bazaari
haan haan haan haan
ye daulat hai beemaari
hai laanat chor bazaari
arey chhod do maaraa maari
aur phenk do chhuri qataari ee
haan aa
phenk do chhuri qataari ee
haan haan
phenk do chhuri qataari ee
mohabbat naam hai jiska aa
wahi to cheez hai pyaari
pyaar se jeet dilon ko
sabhi se kar le yaari ee
sabhi se kar le yaari
mehnat ki jo rookhi sookhi miley
baant ke khayenge ae
agar karenge jhagdaa pyaare
saare maare jaayenge
saare maare jaayenge ae
isi liye to kehtaa hoon pyaaron o
ke khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge ae
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge ae
nahin to yaaron ham
bhookhe hi so jaayenge ae
nahin to yaaron ham
bhookhe hi so jaayenge ae
daulat haraam ki ee
naa naa aa
hai ye kis kaam ki ee
haan haan aa
daulat haraam ki
hai ye kis kaam ki
khaalo qasam isey
haath naa lagaayenge ae
haath naa lagaayenge
haath naa lagaayenge
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
shaabaash …
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
khoon paseene ki jo milegi to khaayenge
Chal chal chal re
Posted on: September 5, 2020
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#The Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # 101 # Remembering Salil Chowdhury #
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Today 5th September 2020 is the twenty-fifth (19 November 1922 – 5 September 1995) ‘Remembrance anniversary’ of yesteryears’ great music director and also lyricist, writer and poet Salil Chowdhary.
Salil Chowdhury has given us some of the unforgettable and even immortal songs in movies like ‘Do Bigha Zameen-1953’, ‘Naukri-1954’, ‘Jaagte Raho-1956’, ‘Madhumati-1958’, ‘Parakh-1960’, ‘Chhayaa-1961’, ‘Anand-1971’, ‘Mere Apne-1971’, ‘Rajnigandha-1974’ and many many others. There is a long list of his achievements and recognitions which very well deserved a detailed post. However today we will discuss a lesser known movie where music is composed by him.
Today’s song is from a movie ‘Sabse Badaa Sukh-1972’.
I came across this song almost seven years back and it is lying pending since then. That time the very less information was available with me about his movie. After that I got information from HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980). The movie had also become available online for some time before becoming unavailable again.
Here are the details about his movie.
‘Sabse Badaa Sukh-1972’ was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee for ‘Lakshmi Enterprise’ and ‘Hrishikesh Mukherjee Unit’. Saroj Bannerjee, Susheela Kamat, Nitin Mukesh and Shakeel Chandra were assistant directors. The movie was presented by Ashok Hira and Kishore Kanungo
Story and screenplay of this movie was written by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Nityanand Dutt and D.N. Mukherjee were his associates.
Dialogues for this movie were written by Gulzar. Additional scenes were written by Salil Chowdhary and lyrics were written by Yogesh.
Das Dhaimade was the Editor in chief for this movie whereas Subhash Gupta was the sound editor. Editing was done by Shanker Pradhan, Shreedhar Mishra, Khan Zaman Khan and Anil Pradhan. Biren Tripathy was the Dialogue director of this movie. Anil Ghosh was the associate director and controller of production.
This movie had Vijay Arora, Robi Ghosh, Meeta Faiyyaz, Naarghita, Kumud Damle, Meher Banu, Rajni Bala, Sabeena, Sunita, Tun Tun. Kali Bannerjee, Utpal Dutt, Asrani and Keshto Mukherjee. They were supported by S. N. Banerjee, Raj Verma, Bhola, Noni, Tarun Ghosh, Mukund Babu, Sudha, Sarita Devi, Shreedhar, Jagjit, Meena Rai and others.
Manna Dey, Nitin Mukesh and Naarghita had given their voice to the two songs in this movie. Music for this movie was composed by Salil Chowdhury. Kanu Ghosh and Shashikant assisted him in music.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 24.11.1972.
Today’s song is a background song played while the titles of the movie are rolling. Earlier video links were available which now seem to have become obsolete and only the audio of this song is available.
This song is sung by Manna Dey. This movie had total two songs and the other song is sung by Nitin Mukesh and Naarghita.
I have not watched this movie so can’t say much about it. However, I would request knowledgeable readers to throw light on this movie and its songs.
Let us now enjoy today’s song. Lyrics are written by Yogesh and music is composed by Salil Chowdhury.
With this song ‘Sabse Badaa Suh-1972’ makes its debut on the blog.
Audio
Song-Chal chal chal re (Sabse Bada Sukh)(1972) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Yogesh, MD-Salil Chaudhary
All chorus
Male chorus
Female chorus
Lyrics
Chal chal chal re ae ae
Pyaase man mere mujhe
Ab na chhal re ae ae
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Aa aa aa
Aa aa aa
Jag hai bada albela aa
Aa
Lagaa hai yahaan ik mela
Aa
Jag hai bada albela aa
Aa
Lagaa hai yahaan ik mela
Aa
Sambhal sambhal kar yahaan se nikal
Na mailaa ho aanchal al
Chal chal chal re ae
Pyaase man mere mujhe ab na chhal re ae
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Aa
Aa
Aa
Sapnon ke lekar jhule ae
Aa
Kitne yahaan path bhule ae
Aa
Sapnon ke lekar jhule ae
Aa
Kitne yahaan path bhule ae
Aa
Dagar dagar pe hai taashon ka nagar
Thehar na man chanchal al
Chal chal chal re ae ae
Pyaase man mere mujhe
Ab na chhal re ae ae
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
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Devnagari Script Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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चल चल चल रे
प्यासे मन मेरे मुझे
अब न छल रे ए
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
आ
आ
जग है बड़ा अलबेला आ
आ
लगा है यहाँ इक मेला
आ
जग है बड़ा अलबेला आ
आ
लगा है यहाँ इक मेला
आ
संभल संभल कर यहाँ से निकल
न मैला हो आँचल अल
चल चल चल रे
प्यासे मन मेरे मुझे
अब न छल रे ए
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
आ
आ
आ
सपनों के लेकर झूले ए
आ
कितने यहाँ पथ भूले ए
आ
सपनों के लेकर झूले ए
आ
कितने यहाँ पथ भूले ए
आ
डगर डगर पे है ताशों का नगर
ठहर न मन चंचल अल
चल चल चल रे
प्यासे मन मेरे मुझे
अब न छल रे ए
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusaist 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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Today’s song is from a comedy film “Haa haa hee hee hoo hoo”(1955) (called HHH hereafter).
Some days back, I saw a comment on the Blog, made by one of the visitors, who complained that songs from the films of the 50’s decade are not posted here these days. I don’t remember his exact words, but the gist,I suppose , was this. Atul ji had replied to him appropriately. However, when I checked my own posts on songs from the 50s, I found that from January 2020 to July 2020 end, I had written 10 posts on 50’s songs. Perhaps the reader was complaining about Shankar Jaikishan songs of the 50s. Maybe.
From the statistics of the decade wise songs, the maximum number of songs discussed are from the decade of 1951 tg 1960 – 5014 songs. I do not have my own statistics of posts written on decade wise songs, but even I must have written maximum posts on 50’s songs, closely followed by the 40’s songs. There are still plenty of songs from the 50’s to be discussed and I am planning to take up at least a few of them – with an eye on Shankar Jaikishan songs – for my posts in coming time. Maybe we will stumble upon some hidden Gems among the remaining songs !
Today’s film HHH-55 was a comedy film. From the beginning of the Talkie films, till about the late 70s, comedy and comedians were an inseparable part of the Hindi films. A common man going to the theatre to see a film wants to spend happy times. Normally important ingredients of a film like Comedy, Fights or Conflicts, successful Love story and good Music were enough for any moviegoer.
Comedy has been an essential part of human life for a long time. Bharat Muni (200 B.C.) has described the Navarasas in his book “Natyashastra”. He talks about “Hasya-Ras” in it. For comedy, the early Kings used to maintain a “Vidushak” (Court Jester) in their Darbar. Every Sanskrit drama will have a Vidushak in it. When film making started in India, many silent films had comedians in their films. However for lack of sound the films lost the verbal jokes etc. After the Talkie started, it was an opportunity for Fun makers to feature in them. Thus started the Comedian’s role in films.
The first year of Talkie had films on such topics that there was no scope for Comedy. However, from the next year,i.e. 1932, comedy films were made. India’s First Comedy film “Muflis Ashiq”-32 was made by Madon Theatres. It was closely followed by Ranjit’s “Char Chakram”, featuring Ghory and Dixit- the Pioneer comedy pair of Hindi films. They operated together from 1932 to 1947. They were likened to Laurel and Hardy of the Hollywood films. Unfortunately, none of their films survived.
In the early Cinema comedians like Ghori and Dixit, Noor Mohd. Charlie, Bhudo Advani, Damuanna Malvankar, Master Vinayak, V H Desai, Gope, Yakub, Jeevan, Mirza Musharraf etc operated full steam. From the late 40s to late 70s, a big band of small and big comedians acted in films. Each one had a special style . Some comedians formed a pair – like Gope and Yakub, Johar and Majnu, Johar and Mehmood, Mehmood and Dhumal etc. The other comedians were Master Bhagwan, Agha,Jagdeep,Radhakishen,Mukri, Sunder, Anup kumar, Rajendranath,Asit Sen, Mohan Choti, Keshto Mukherjee, Kamal Mehra, Jankidas etc etc. Major comedians were Kishore Kumar ( according to author Sanjit Narwekar he was a “reluctant Comedian”), Mehmood, Omprakash and Johnny Walker. Films were made for them, as they commanded their own audiences.
After the rise of Amitabh Bachhan, in the latter part of the 70s the importance of comedians in the films started diminishing, because the Heroes themselves started doing the Comedy part. Remember the typical MMD films of Bachhan and those of Dharmendra. Slowly almost all the heroes did the comedy. Infact the story and Dialogues were made out such that even actors like Govinda did comedy films. Now of course, I dont find any specialist comedians in films anymore. The comedian had a tragic death !
There were many comedy films made in Hindi. I have seen many of them, but my favourite Comedy films are Bhagam Bhag-56, New Delhi-56, Chalti ka naam Gaadi-57 and among the later ones- Chupke Chupke-75 and lastly Chameli ki Shaadi-86. Some comedians like Kishore Kumar and Mohan Choti produced Çomedy’films like “Badhati ka naam dadhi”and ” Dhoti, Lota aur Dukan””, but they were not successful at all. Comedy films in India are made on one of these themes-
a. Situational Comedy
b. Mistaken Identity
c. Exchanged identities and
d. Funny stories.
Today’s film HHH-55 was supposed to be based on more than one ingredient listed above. The story of this film was…
The chief artiste of the ” Ha Ha Dancing Party “- Kamala is unmarried. her mother Kalavati, contacts a Marriage Broker, Chaupatlal and fixes her marriage with a wealthy prince Kumar. Unfortunately, Kumar loses all his wealth and the title after the merger of his state in India. He becomes poor, but decides to marry a rich bride. The broker Chaupatlal suggests Roopmati-daughter of Rai Saheb Deen dayal. Same time the broker informs another client, a poor young man called Kumar, that he can not help him. The letters are wrongly delivered.
As a consequence the poor Kumar, with his uncle, reaches Hotel Rajmahal to meet the rich bride Roopmati and her father. But Kamalas friends introduce Kamla to this Kumar and they promptly fall in love. Same time Roopmati with Deen dayal reaches Rajmahal hotel and wants to marry this Kumar. At this juncture the Prince Kumar also reaches there to complicate the matter.
Anyway, to the relief of everyone in the audience, the pairs are Poor Kumar and Kamala and Prince Kumar with Roopmati. Both marriages take place and the film ends in a Happy mood.
With this kind of predictable story line, there was very little to laugh. The film was directed by P L Santoshi, who tried the same formula many times in his films. The film was produced by Raja Nene. The film was censored on 23rd and released on 27th May 1955. The cast of the film was Shyama, Sajjan, Ranjana, Raja Gosavi, Vasant Shinde, Mirza Musharraf, Prakash, Sulochana, P,Kailash, Heera Sawant etc etc.
Among the cast, the name of P.Kailash who had worked as a Hero in the past, may be a matter of surprise for some readers. For a long time, I was very curious about this actor. One day I was reading a book ” Asli Nakli Chehre ” ( असली नकली चेहरे ) by Vithal Pandya. In this book, he has given information about P.Kailash, who did the main role in the film ” Jai Hanuman-48″, for which Pandya was an assistant Director. Vithal Pandya had spent over 30 years in the film industry from the 30s and 40s. He worked with many directors and under many banners. He wrote 2 books in Gujarati/Hindi, which are highly informative with first hand knowledge. For example, he mentions that S N Tripathi, the Music Director was also an actor and was famous in the role of Hanuman in all Wadia movies. However in this film-Jai Hanuman-48, he had done the role of Ravan. Anyway, based on information in this book coupled with an article by M N Sardana ji, on the Fb page ‘Woh din yaad karo’ about P.Kailash, here is some information on P.Kailash for our readers. My thanks to both of them.
Mr P Kailash (Pandit Kailash Chandra Sharma), was born on 03 February 1924 at Multai, a small town in Distt Betul ( Madhya Pradesh ). After doing H.S.C., he did a stint of teaching in Akola. Bestowed with sharp features, and deep voice, fair coloured P Kailash came to Bombay in 1946 to become an actor. He did not have to wait for much longer to have an entry in the film line .
Seth Chandulal Shah gave him a chance in his mythological movie Jai Hanuman ,as the hero opposite Nirupa Roy . The movie, made under the banner of Ranjit Movietone, was directed by Ramchandra Thakur. Thereafter, Mr Kailash appeared in many mythological, fantasy and historical movies like Veer Durga Das, Sati Anusuiya, Maha Bharat, Prabhu Ki Mahima, Veer Arjun, Gopal Krishna, Nadir Shah, Thief Of Baghdad, Hercules, Aab E Hayat, Gul E Bakawali etc. In 1953, he performed as a cop in Ranjit Mvietone’s Papi ,along with Raj Kapoor. With Dilip Kumar, he did a role which had comic shades in Leader. Shirin Farhad, made by veteran filmmaker Aspi Irani, was another movie in which his performance was much appreciated .
Mr P Kailash appeared in numerous movies made by Filmmakers like Shree Ram Bohra, B K Adarsh and Filmistan. Maine Jeena Seekh Liya, Hum Kahan Ja Rahe Hain ,Picnic ,Baba Sari Ladli (Rajasthani), Jekra Charnwa Mein Lagle Pranwa (Bhojpuri), Love and Murder were the movies , Mr P Kailash did for the said film makers.
Versatile director Krishan Chopra (May God Bless His Soul),who died before completing his second movie, gave him a lifetime role of a tyrannical landlord in Heera Moti which was based upon the heart warming story Do Bailon Ki Katha,written by great writer Prem Chand. He brought alive the arrogant and heartless Zamindaar on the screen with his dynamic performance.
Krishan Chopra, impressed with the magnificent personality of Mr P Kailash, gave him an important role in his next movie Gaban ,which was completed by Hrishkesh Mukherjee,after Mr Chopra passed away untimely. It was a sad coincidence that Mr P Kailash,also did not live long. While on a visit to his birth place Multai, he suffered a massive heart attack and left for his heavenly abode on 23 May 1967. Payal Ki Jhankaar, made by Filmistan and Thief of Baghdad by Mr Shree Ram Bohra were released later, after he had gone forever at the young age of 43 years,leaving behind his two daughters, one son and wife .
P.Kailash acted in 43 films. His first film was Jai Hanuman-48 and the last released film was Irada-1971.
Today’s song is sung by Asha Bhosale and Chorus. Written by P L Santoshi, it is composed by Vinod, MD of the film. Enjoy…..
(Thanks to book “Eena Mina Dika” by Sanjit Narwekar, for some points).
Song-Ye mana ki duniya mein..haa haa hee hee hoo hoo (Haa Haa Hee Hee Hoo Hoo)(1955) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyricist- P L Santoshi, MD- Vinod
All chorus
Female chorus
Male chorus
Asha Bhonsle + All chorus
Lyrics
Ye mana ki duniya mein gham hi gham hai
magar gham nahin kuchh
salaamat jo hum hain
khushi mein to hansta hai saara zamaana
khushi mein to hansta hai saara zamaana
maza to tab hai
ke gham mein bhi gaa tu
hey
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo
hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
hoy hoy
haa haa hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
hote rahte hain
pyaar mein jhoothhe sachche waayde
hote rahte hain
pyaar mein jhoothhe sachche waayde
ulfat ke jahaan ke
ulte seedhhe kaayde
ulfat ke jahaan ke
ulte seedhhe kaayde
main nahin wo main
tu nahin wo tu
main nahin wo main
tu nahin wo tu
hey
haa haa hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
haa haa he hee hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
duniya ke baazaar mein
lut jaane ka shor hai
ha ha ha shor hai
duniya ke baazaar mein
lut jaane ka shor hai
sach poochho to dil ke andar
dil ka baithha chor hai
sach poochho to dil ke andar
dil ka baithha chor hai
main nahin wo main
tu nahin wo tu
main nahin wo main
tu nahin wo tu
hey
haa haa hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
hoo hoo
ha ha hee hee hoo hoo
haa haa hee hee hoo
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Today (4 August 2020) is the 91st birth anniversary of Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929- 13 october 1987). And incidentally, today is the 4400th day for the blog !
Three articles from three regulars discussing Kishore Kumar have already appeared on the blog today. It is interesting to note that all the three regulars decided to discuss three songs from the decade of 1980s.
The golden era of HFM, which began in 1949, ended in 1980. People who lived through the golden era can notice a palpable lack of overall quality in HFM after 1980. There were quite a few reasons for that. I have given this matter some thought and I have come up with some interesting observations. I will use those observations some other time in some other article. Here I will mention it in brief that the golden era of HFM began when Indian classical base (melody based) was wedded with western classical base (symphony based). This marriage, which gave us the best of both the worlds, got dissolved in 1980. Western symphony was replaced by western cacophony while lyrics of the songs were dispensed with.
Another reason was gradual demise of the doyens of HFM maestroes. Shailendra (1966), Roshan (1968), Shakeel Badayuni (1970), Jaikishan (1971), Geeta Dutt (1972), Madan Mohan , Vasant Desai, S D Burman (all 1975), Mukesh (1976) and Rafi (1980) left the scene one after the other creating big voids. With the demise of Rafi on 31 july 1980, the HFM golden era literally ended.
If we still have a few songs worth listening to in 1980s, then they are invariably the creations of those who began their careers during the golden era and they had the musical wherewithals to create quality music. It was the old guard that kept creating good music in 1980s.
One will notice that majority of memorable songs of 1980s were sung by old guard, viz Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle. This state of affairs continued till late 1980s when Kishore Kumar died in 1987. R D Burman, who was sticking to Kishore Kumar confided in Amit Kumar that his music was unlikely to remain the same with the absence of Kishore Kumar.
Ironically, the music director who was the most responsible for the demise of HFM golden era, viz Bappi Lahiri, was also the music director who created the most number of memorable songs post 1980s. And no prizes for guessing who were the singers in these songs. When Bappi Lahiri was not creating forgettable (but saleable) disco numbers, he was also creating golden era quality songs with Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle.
Unlike the golden era hit songs, these 1980s era songs were light on lyrics, making them chaalu songs. Still, these songs became popular because the singers could carry off these songs with inane lyrics with aplomb.
There are several Bappi Lahiri chaalu songs that Kishore Kumar turned into timeless classics. Some examples are movies like “Namakhalaal”(1982), “Sharaabi”(1984), “Aaj Ka Arjun”(1990). Incidentally , all these songs had Amitabh Bachchan in lead roles.
Then there were Jeetendra starrers where the lyrics were of even more “Chaalu” variery. But Kishore Kumar turned even those songs into classics. In these songs he often had the company of Asha Bhonsle, who could be regarded as his female version among playback singers, as far as singing versatility was concerned.
As a tribute to Kishore Kumar, here is the title song of “Tohfa”(1984). This movie was produced by D Ramanaidu and directed by K Raghvendra Rao for Suresh Productions, Madras. This archtypical Madrasi movie (Hindi remake) of 1980s had Jeetendra, JayaPrada, Sridevi, Kadar Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Mohan Choti, Urmila Bhatt, Leela Mishra, Jagdeep, Aruna Irani, Jayshree T, Master Rinku etc in it, with friendly appearance by Asrani.
This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Kishore Kumar. Indeewar is the lyricist. Music is composed by Bappi Lahiri.
The song is picturised on Jayaprada and Jeetendra. They are seen prancing, with Saris of all varieties forming the background as well as the prop. Quite an imaginative picturisation.
And as observed earlier, the song on its own is nothing much to write home about. Still, this is one of those songs that had stood the test of time and it is still regarded as one of the popular songs of its era. Much of the credit for this has to go to the singers, viz Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle.
Just like R D Burman’s music suffered after the demise of Kishore Kumar, bappi Lahiri’s music too failed to reach the same heights in the absence of Kishore Kumar’s vocals. It shows the calibre of Kishore Kumar’s singing abilities who with his Midas touch could convert a seemingly mediocre song into a timeless classic.
Personally, I found the music of 1980s bearably enjoyable, mainly because of songs like this. And unsurprisingly, most such songs had the voice of Kishore Kumar in them.
Enjoy this song. This song demostrates that one can act silly and it can be still enjoyable and fun for all concerned, provided you have the calibre to carry it off.
Video
Audio
Song-Pyaar ka tohfa tera bana hai jeewan mera (Tohfa)(1984) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-Indeewar, MD-Bappi Lahiri
Lyrics
tohfa tohfa tohfa tohfa
laaya laaya laaya laaya
mere mere mere mere
dil pe chhaaya chhaaya chhaaya
pyaar ka tohfa tera
bana hai jeeean mera
pyaar ka tohfa tera
bana hai jeewan mera
dil ke sahaare maine pa liye ae
jeene ko aur kya chaahiye
ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae
pyaar ka tohfa tera
bana hai jeewan mera
pyaar ka tohfa tera
bana hai jeewan mera
dil ke sahaare maine pa liye ae ae
jeene ko aur kya chaahiye
tohfa tohfa tohfa tohfa
laaya laaya laaya laaya
jaan ke bina jaise ho tan
tere bina main aise sajan
kasturi sa tera badan
mehki mehki phirti pavan
ho o
jaan ke bina jaise ho tan
tere bina main aise sajan
kasturi sa tera badan
mehki mehki phirti pavan
daude mere man ka hiran
chhoone ko yauvan tera
ta ta ta
pyaar ka tohfa tera
bana hai jeewan mera
dil ke sahaare maine pa liye ae
jeene ko aur kya chaahiye
ae ae ae ae ae ae ae ae
tohfa tohfa tohfa tohfa
laaya laaya laaya laaya
tohfa to bas ik naam hai
dil ka mere paighaam hai
saadi nahin tera pyaar hai
suhaagan ka ye singaar hai
tohfa to bas ik naam hai
dil ka mere paighaam hai
saadi nahin tera pyaar hai
suhaagan ka ye singaar hai
resham ke roop mein tan se mere
lipta hua man tera
ta ta ta
pyaar ka tohfa tera
bana hai jeewan mera
dil ke sahaare maine pa liye ae
jeene ko aur kya chaahiye ae ae ae ae
tohfa tohfa tohfa tohfa
laaya laaya laaya laaya
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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There are Hindi films in which almost all the songs have become popular. But those films are often identified with a single song in the sense that the name of the film brings back the memory of the most popular song of that film which has been stuck in the minds of the listeners for long. I give below a sample list of five films which are often identified with one of its popular songs:
Aaraam (1951): ae jaan-e-jigar dil mein samaane aajaa
Yahudi (1958): ye mera deewaanapan hai
Bambai Ka Babu (1960): chal ri sajni ab kya soche
Soorat Aur Seerat (1962): bahut diya dene waale ne tuhjko
Bandini (1963): o jaane waale ho sake to laut ke aana
The significance of these five films with songs mentioned thereagainst is that all these five songs have been sung by Mukesh and that too the only song he has rendered in these films. That is the power of Mukesh’s melonchalic voice laced with sadness. Mukesh had said in one of his interviews that if he has a choice of 10 songs to sing, out of which one is a sad song, he would reject remaining nine songs.
Today, July 22, 2020 is the 97th birth anniversary of Mukesh Chand Mathur (22/07/1923 – 27/08/1976). Mukesh, like many of his compatriot popular playback singers needs no introduction on the blog. Moreover, there are a number of detailed posts on Mukesh in the blog. So, I will limit the coverage in this article to the stages of his zigzag filmy career which ended with a high note.
Motilal, a distant relative of Mukesh was already impressed by his singing. When Mukesh came to Mumbai, sometime 1940, Motilal placed him under the tutelage of Pandit Jagannath Prasad, a Hindustani classical vocalist, for training in singing. During the training, Mukesh became acquainted with Raj Kapoor who would occasionally come for training as a substitute for his mother who was practicing classical singing with Pandit Jagannath Prasad whenever she was free from her household work. One of those days when Mukesh was practising a particular Raag, Raj Kapoor loved his voice and felt that his own voice paled compared to Mukesh’s voice. At that time, Mukesh said to Raj Kapoor that he could take his voice. At that time, both were in their teens and I do not think that Mukesh had ever thought that one day he would become the voice of Raj Kapoor on the screen.
While his musical training was going on, Mukesh got an opportunity to work with Nalini Jaywant in a film (I guess, it was National Studio’s ‘Radhika’ 1941). However, his father did not permit him to act in the film. When the same production house was planning to make a new film for which they were looking for a young new comer as a hero opposite Nalini Jaywant, they again approached Mukesh. This time, his father permitted him to join the film. ‘Nirdosh’ (1941) became his first film in which he was an actor-singer. The film flopped.
It is well known that KL Saigal was Mukesh’s idol and had adopted his singing style. From his eagerness to become an actor, Mukesh seems to have been also obsessed with becoming a great actor-singer like KL Saigal. Even after the failure of his first film, Mukesh tried as a side actor in ‘Dukh Sukh’ (1942), ‘Addab Arz’ (1943) and ‘Uss Paar’ (1944) but could not get success as an actor-singer. He had almost made up his mind to return to Delhi when Motilal came to his rescue and manage to get Mukesh sing for him in ‘Pehli Nazar’ (1945).
How Mukesh got to sing his first song, “Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De” as a playback singer in ‘Pehli Nazar’ (1945) is well documented in the write-up covering the song on the blog itself. So, I will not go into it. But Mukesh was not yet out of wood then. When the film was completed and was being previewed before its release, producer-director Mazhar Khan decided to delete this song as he felt that the sad song did not suit Motilal’s personality who has been known as a flamboyant actor by his fans.
When Mukesh came to know about it, he met Mazhar Khan and requested to retain his song. Mazhar Khan said that this song was boring and it was dragging the smooth movement of the story in the film. After a lot of pleading by Mukesh, Mazhar Khan agreed to retain the song for one week after the release of the film. If the public liked the song, it would be retained in the film. Otherwise, the song would be deleted from the film. Mukesh also got some breather as due to communal riots, the release of the film was delayed. As we know now, this song became the most popular amongst the songs of the film. This song also became a turning point in the career of Mukesh as he turned to playback singing as a career rather than the actor-singer. [Source: Last Interview of Mukesh by BBC Hindi Services].
During 1945 to 1953, Mukesh concentrated on his career as a playback singer and rendered nearly 200 songs. During this time, he had become the main playback singer to actors like Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Premnath, Motilal, Prem Adib etc.
When his career as a playback singer was firmly in saddle, again the bug of becoming an actor-singer seems to have bitten him. In 1951, Mukesh had already turned producer with ‘Malhaar’ (1951). In 1953, he once again tried his luck as actor-singer in ‘Mashooqa’ (1953) opposite Suraiya. The film miserably failed at the box office. Not to be discouraged by the failure, he once again tried his luck by producing ‘Anuraag’ (1956) with himself in the lead role opposite Usha Kiran. This film also failed at the box office.
In his quest for becoming an actor-singer, Mukesh lost out both as an actor and a playback singer. But more than the failure of the films, Mukesh’s career as a playback singer was majorly affected as, due to his non-availability, music directors like Naushad shifted his preference for Mohammed Rafi and Talat Mehmood. During this period, Rafi had emerged as number one playback singer. Other music directors like SD Burman, C Ramchandra, Madan Mohan, Roshan etc had also switched over mainly to Rafi as their lead male playback singer. Even Shankar-Jaikishan had to rely on Manna Dey for Raj Kapoor in films like ‘Shri 420’ (1955) and ‘Chori Chori’ (1956) for some songs. During 1953-56, Mukesh’s output as a playback singer (other than his own films as actor-singer) was dismally low at less than 20 songs.
In Hindi film industry, it is extremely difficult to regain the lost ground as there is constant competitions to take over the ground from those who have lost it. Mukesh had to face a lot of hardship in terms of his financial position as he had heavily lost money in his film making ventures. Added to his woes was that his mentor, Anil Biswas had almost retired as music director towards the end of 1950s. Motilal, another mentor who would demand Mukesh as his voice (he done that in ‘Jaagte Raho, 1956 when it was originally recorded in Manna Dey’s voice) was no longer doing the role of the lead actor in the films.
It was Raj Kapoor, the trusted friend of Mukesh from the days of making ‘Aag’ (1948), who had a major role in rehabilitating Mukesh as playback singer post 1956 years. Mukesh continued to sing for Raj Kapoor in most of his films. Later on, he also became the voice for Manoj Kumar in most of his films. The popularity of the songs of films like ‘Phir Subah Hogi’ (1958), ‘Madhumati’ (1958), ‘Anari’ (1959), ‘Chhalia’ (1960), ‘Hariyali Aur Raasta’ (1962), ‘Himalay Ki Godi Mein’ (1965) re-established as one of the foremost playback singers. Starting with the voice of the superstars of 1940s and 50s like Motilal. Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, Mukesh sang for the superstars of 1970s like Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. He continued to maintain his status as one of the leading playback singers of 1970s till his unfortunate death on August 27, 1976. Even during the emergence of Kishore Kumar as playback singer post-1970, Mukesh clocked a little over 200 songs during 1971-76 (including few songs spilling over post-1976), mainly because no other playback singers could replicate the pathos in his singing.
On the occasion of the 97th birth anniversary of Mukesh, I have selected an inspirational song, “Hai Ye Zameen Hamaari Wo Aaasmaan Hamaara” sung by him for the film ‘Saara Jahaan Hamaara’ (1961). The song is written by Anjum Jaipuri and is set to music by Baabul. I could not locate the video clip of the song on-line, but I have watched a very small video clip of the song which shows that it is a stage song picturised on Premnath.
Song – Hai Ye Zameen Hamaari Wo Aasmaan Hamaara (Saara Jahaan Hamaara) (1961) Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – Anjum Jaipuri, MD – Baabul
Lyrics
hai ye zameen hamaari
wo aasmaan hamaara
lo aaj waqt badla
saara jahaan hamaara
hai ye zameen hamaari
hum jis taraf chale hain
duniya badal gayi hai
tufaan hat gaya hai
aandhi sambhal gayi hai
karta hai naaz khud par
har ek jawaan hamaara
lo aaj waqt badala
saara jahaan hamaara
hai ye zameen hamaari
kashti ko le chale hain
maujon pe hum khushi ki
kashti ko le chale hain
maujon pe hum khushi ki
aawaaz aa rahi hai
kaanon mein zindagi ki
roke nahi rukega
ab kaarwaan hamaara
lo aaj waqt badala
saara jahaan hamaara
hai ye zameen hamaari
ye chimaniyaan milon ki
ye taaj ke minaare
ye chimaniyaan milon ki
ye taaj ke minaare
ganga ki behti maujen
jamna ke tej dhaare
dharti ka zarra zarra
hai raazdaan hamaara
lo aaj waqt badala
saara jahaan hamaara
hai ye zameen hamaari
paighaam de rahen hain
hum sabko dosti ka
paighaam de rahen hain
hum sabko dosti ka
danka baja rahe hain
duniya mein shaanti ka
insaaniyat ka jhanda
hai ab nishaan hamaara
lo aaj waqt badala
saara jahaan hamaara
hai ye zameen hamaari
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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है ये ज़मीं हमारी
वो आसमां हमारा’
लो आज वक़्त बदला
सारा जहां हमारा
है ये ज़मीं हमारी
हम जिस तरफ चले हैं
दुनिया बादल गई है
तूफान हट गया है
आँधी संभाल गई है
करता है नाज़ खुद पर
हर एक जवां हमारा
लो आज वक़्त बदला
सारा जहां हमारा
है ये ज़मीं हमारी
कश्ती को ले चले हैं
मौजों पे हम खुशी की
कश्ती को ले चले हैं
मौजों पे हम खुशी की
आवाज़ आ रही है
कानों में ज़िंदगी की
रोके नहीं रुकेगा
अब कारवां हमारा
लो आज वक़्त बदला
सारा जहां हमारा
है ये ज़मीं हमारी
ये चिमनियाँ मिलों की
ये ताज के मीनारे
ये चिमनियाँ मिलों की
ये ताज के मीनारे
गंगा की बहती मौजें
जमना के तेज़ धारे
धरती का ज़र्रा ज़र्रा
है राज़दां हमारा
लो आज वक़्त बदला
सारा जहां हमारा
है ये ज़मीं हमारी
पैग़ाम दे रहें हैं
हम सबको दोस्ती का
पैग़ाम दे रहें हैं
हम सबको दोस्ती का
डंका बजा रहे हैं
दुनिया में शांति का
इंसानियत का झण्डा
है अब निशां हमारा
लो आज वक़्त बदला
सारा जहां हमारा
है ये ज़मीं हमारी
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