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Aaj Holi Khelenge Saajan Ke Sang
Posted on: March 4, 2026
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6438 | Post No. : | 19985 |
A Very Happy Holi celebration to all.
Well yes, coming at almost the end of the celebration day. But the greetings and good wishes are being delivered with a one year warranty, valid for a full year, till we come to the next instalment of this celebration.
Maybe many folks did not notice it, but this year’s occurrence of this festival of colours is likely the most rare and unique play out of the celebrations ever. At least I do not remember having encountered this version of the celebration ever in my life. And I would like to hear from the readers, if anyone else has. Like a few other things that happen once in life, this celebration of Holi is once in a lifetime experience.
So let me tell you what is rare and unique about this year’s Holi. In normal circumstances, the Holi is an eight days affair, which is called the holashtak in regular parlance. On the seventh day of this period, we celebrate the Holika Dahan, with the lighting of a bonfire at sunset time. And then on the 8th day, the folks will have a play of colours and water, lot of dancing and music, lot of funny songs – and the folks will do a lot of acts and pranks which one will never think of doing on any of the rest of the 364 days of the year. And the saying that goes along with all that is – Bura Naa Maano Holi Hai – please don’t mind, today is Holi.
A real prank that I remember in my family. Many years ago, when my elder sister had got married, and the first Holi celebration came around for the new couple, my mother invited them and the family members who could join, to come for tea and snacks to our home, during the Holi celebration hours. They came, we had arranged simple snacks and tea. And my mother, without even telling me or my dad, prepared some barfi at home. It was not barfi, it was kneaded maida flour, cut into barfi size pieces, with some elaichi daana stuck on it, giving a very real appearance of plain white barfi. And served it at the end. After the tea, everyone picked up a piece, with the expected outcome of expressions and reactions – which were only controlled by us repeating the adage – Bura Naa Maano Holi Hai.
Ah but I digress. We want to know about the rare peculiarity of this years Holi celebration. Well, for the first time in my memory, a Lunar eclipse has intervened, and that too on the very day of the full moon, which is the final day of the Holi – the one celebrated with water and colours. So in keeping with the ancient wisdom of this land, the astrology and the panchaang and the pundits in temples disallowed the playing of water and colour Holi on the day it was supposed to be. And said that the water and colour Holi be celebrated on the day next to the full moon day. To the children and regular followers of this festival, did that make any difference? Not at all. It just meant that everybody got one extra day of celebrating the Holi. So actually this year’s Holi was celebrated today, on the officially first day of the next lunar fortnight cycle.
Ah but then, you will ask, what is the big deal. Well the big deal is not really a big deal – it is a mid sized deal. 😀
Under regular circumstances, discounting the Holashtak effect, there are two days Holi is played – one is called chhoti Holi and the other is called badi Holi. That we are all familiar with.
And this year – well, a new concept got introduced – that of majhli Holi – the day of Holi in between. I was taken by surprise yesterday when memes started flowing in the morning congratulating me on the first-time-in-life celebration of majhli Holi. 😀
Today’s song is from the very first decade of Hindi films – a song from film ‘Aurat’ from 1940. ‘Aurat’ is a magnum opus by producer director Mehboob, a much celebrated film of its era, that was remade by Mehboob himself, as a significantly more celebrated and iconic film in 1957 –‘Mother India’. The latter creation also carries within its list of songs one of the most celebrated Holi songs of all times – “Holi Aayee Re Kanhaai Rang Barse Sunaa De Zaraa Baansuri”.
The song for today is created by Dr. Safdar Aah Sitapuri, and it is tied into the scintillating threads of music by Anil Biswas. One of the cases where the video of the film is available. The song is a chorus only song. Although the Geet Kosh lists Anil Biswas as one singer, the song itself does not exhibit any solo singing portion.
Once again, greetings to all on today’s celebration of this colourful festival, delivered with a warranty of one year, till we get to the Holi festival in 2027. Enjoy.
Audio
Video
Song-Aaj Holi Khelenge Saajan Ke Sang (Aurat)(1940) Singers – Chorus, Lyrics-Safdar Aah Sitapuri, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
saajan ke sang piya rajan ke sang
haan haan
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
bhar bhar pichkaari maarat bihaari
bhar bhar pichkaari maarat bihaari
dhadkat hai jiyaara larjat hai rang
haan haan larjat hai rang
dhadkat hai jiyaara larjat hai rang
haan haan larjat hai rang
maarat hai sakhiyon pe holi ka rang
wo to maarat hai sakhiyon pe holi ka rang
haan haan
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
saajan ke sang piya rajan ke sang
haan haan
aaj holi khelenge saajan ke sang
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
साजन के संग पिया राजन के संग
हाँ हाँ
आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
भर भर पिचकारी मारत बिहारी
भर भर पिचकारी मारत बिहारी
धड़कत है जियरा लरजत है रंग
हाँ हाँ लरजत है रंग
धड़कत है जियरा लरजत है रंग
हाँ हाँ लरजत है रंग
मारत है सखियों पे होली का रंग
वो तो मारत है सखियों पे होली का रंग
हाँ हाँ
आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
साजन के संग पिया राजन के संग
हाँ हाँ
आज होली खेलेंगे साजन के संग
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6417 | Post No. : | 19915 |
There are some popular Kishore Kumar songs that were inspired from songs that were originally created in 1930 and 1940s and they were from movies featuring Ashok Kumar. For example, Kishore Kumar’s “Padosan” song “ek chatur naar karke singaar” was inspired from “Jhoola”(1941) song, “ek chatur naar kar kar singaar” which was sung by Ashok Kumar and it was picturised on Ashok Kumar himself. For that matter, even the movie “Padosan” was inspired from “Jhoola”(1941).
Then there is Kishore Kumar’s popular song “koi humdum na raha” from “Jhumroo”(1961). This song was inspired from “Jeewan Naiyya”(1936) song Koi humdum na raha which was sung by Ashok Kumar and was picturised on him as well.
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O chandrmukhee o mrignainee
Posted on: January 29, 2026
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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6404 | Post No. : | 19865 | Movie Count : |
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‘Taqdeer Ki Tope’ (1939) was produced and directed by Vithaldas Panchotia under the banner of Shri Bharat Lakshmi Pictures. The cast included Master Nissar, Husn Bano, Vithaldas Panchotia, Jyotsana Gupta, Sultana Banu, Fakir Mohammed, Abdul Kabuli, Narbada Shankar, Master Gama, Shanti Devi, Aruna Devi etc. I have no idea about the genre of the film. I came across the name of the film while listening, for the first time, the audio clip of a song rendered by Master Nisaar. I found the song interesting because it is rendered by Master Nissar in the Hindustani semi-classical style. Before I listened to the song, I was under the impression that Master Nissar was an actor first and had to sing for himself as during his time, the playback singing system was yet to be evolved. But his voice sounded like a trained singer.
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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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6374 | Post No. : | 19767 |
Today’s song is from a social film the early era -Janmabhoomi-1936.
This was sort of a hidden or disguised Patriotic film. In those days films were scrutinised minutely by the British Government to eliminate any scene, dialogue or a song, which they suspected was a criticism of the Government. This was to ensure that there should not be any room to create or spread criticism of the Government or to promote patriotism leading to a revolt.
The police became stricter during the war period and it became the reasonKavi pradeep had to go underground for a few months for writing a daring songforthe film ” Kismet”-1943. The song was ” Door hato aye duniya walo (move away, O outsiders)”, which invited the ire of the then Government.
The first Talkie film came in 1931. The first year had just 24 films, but within a span of 3 years, the Talkie films crossed the century mark, with 121 films in 1934, 152 in 1935 and 134 in 1936. Making a film was a complicated process which needed a studio, the latest machinery and a lot of money. This was difficult for a single person and thus the Studio System got established. The studios ruled the industry and the film making. Films were sold on the names of the studios and the actors had secondary appeal to the audience.
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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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6354 | Post No. : | 19698 |
Today, December 10, 2025, is the 24th Remembrance Day of Kumudlal Ganguly, well-known by his screen name, Ashok Kumar (13/10/1911 – 10/12/2001), the first super star and the Bhishma Pitamah of Hindi films. He was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1988 for his contributions to Indian Cinema and Padma Bhushan Award in 1999.
Ashok Kumar was the eldest among four siblings and his father, a practicing lawyer in Khandwa wanted him to follow his profession. He was admitted to a law college in Kolkata where he may have been influenced by New Theatres films thus creating his interest in cinema. But his interest was confined to the technical side of the film making. He joined The Bombay Talkies as a laboratory technician where his brother-in-law (sister’s husband), Sashadhar Mukerji was a sound engineer and production manager in 1934.
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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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6351 | Post No. : | 19683 | Movie Count : |
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#the Decade of Thirties – 1931 – 1940 #
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(Debutant Movie-‘Double Cross-1938’)
Today I am presenting a song from a movie of 1938. Regulars on this blog will be surprised to see a write-up from me presenting a song from a movie which is around eighty-seven years old. I have been sharing older songs but this must be the oldest of them. I had come across this song more than a year back.
This song is from the movie ‘Double Cross’ from the year 1938. Most of us are aware of the movie titled ‘Double Cross-1977’. This movie of 1977 has a song that is part of my childhood and I had shared that song on this blog. Adding songs from movies with same title is one of my missions, and that is the reason for this post as well. With this post ‘Double Cross’ of 1938 joins the ‘Double Cross’ of ‘1977 🙂 on the blog.
“Double Cross-1938” was directed by M. Bhawnani for ‘Bhawnani Productions, Bombay’. M. Bhawnani was also the story writer of this movie. The cast of this movie had Bimla Kumari, S.B. Nayampalli, Faity (Fatty?) Prasad, Ameena, David, Kishore, A.S. Gyani, R. Dilawar, Master Hussain, Rai Mohan and others. This movie has eight songs as listed in Geet Kosh Vol-I (1931-1940). However the lyricists name is not known for this movie. Music for this movie was composed by Pt Badri Prasad and Walter Coffman was the ‘orchestra organizer’(as mentioned in Geet Kosh). Singer’s names for all the eight songs are mentioned in Geet Kosh. They are Gauhar (Bikaner), Bimla Kumari, Bashir Qawwaal, Faity Prasad, and Ameena.
It will be interesting to know if all songs from this movie can be located. So far, only this song is available. It is a duet song and one of the oldest example of a ‘nok-jhonk’ song.
Let us now listen to this song. The man likens himself to vegetables and likens his sweetheart to sweets. 🙂 Faity Prasad and Ameena are the singers of this song. Lyricist is not known whereas music is composed by Pt Badri Prasad.
I was not able to note correct words at some places.I would request knowledgeable readers to kindly suggest the correct words at those places.
Only audio of the song is available. Seeing that the singers had also acted in the movie, one can guess that the song was picturised on themselves in the movie.
With this song, let us welcome ‘Double Cross-1938’ on this blog !!!
Song-Suno pyaaree suno pyaaree zaraa aaahistaa aahistaa (Double Cross)(1938) Singers-Fatty Prasad, Ameena, Lyricist-Unknown, MD-Pt Badri Prasad
Lyrics
suno pyaaree ee
suno pyaaree ee
zaraa aahistaa aahistaa
suno pyaaree ee suno pyaaree ee
zaraa aahistaa aahistaa
tere milne se main
???
agar pahle main kathal thhaa to
ab main rah gayaa bhaataa
chalaa do prem pichkaaree
zaraa aahistaa aahistaa
bukhaar aayaa hai mujhko prem kaa
ae jaan meree pyaaree
tere paanee chhidakne se
huyee hai aur bedaaree
na kar aashiq kee tu khvaaree
zaraa aahistaa aahistaa
hua King kong hai
Shaitaaan yaa ulloo gadhaa hai tu
manaa karne pe bhee jo
sar ko mere kha rahaa hai tu
naa karnaa mujhse hoshiyaaree
zaraa aahistaa aahistaa
meree chamcham
meree barfee
meree revdee
meree paapad
agar tujhko sataaun main to
de denaa mujhe jhaapad
banaanaa meree ???kaaree
zaraa aahistaa aahistaa
ye sun lo phir
mere nanhe se dil ko gar sataaoge
banegee khub gat apne kee
ye ki aap paaoge
jab aayegee meree baaree
zaraa aahistaa aahistaa
suno pyaaree ee
suno pyaaree ee
zaraa aahistaa
aahistaa
(laughters)
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Khvaaree
contemptibleness, meanness, baseness, vileness
abjectness, friendlessness, wretchedness, distress
Aag ke saathh hawaa
Posted on: November 25, 2025
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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6339 | Post No. : | 19638 |
Today’s song is from an 87 year old film Jwala-1938.
The film was made by Producer/Director Master Vinayak for his banner, Huns Pictures. Going out of his tradition, he had made a different type of film. Additionally, he continued to give the music responsibility of this film also to Classical musician – Dhamman khan, who had earlier done music for the film Chhaya-1936.
Dhamman Khan was one of those giants of classical music who had developed an urge (call it itch) to try their hand at composing film music, do a film or two and return to their own comfort zone again. Some such other examples are Bhurji Khan(Kurukshetra-33), Ameer saab(Nirdosh abla-35), Nawab Khan(Mirza sahiban-35), Wamanrao Sadolikar(Naganand-35…this is C.Ramchandra’s First film as a Hero. The film ran for just ONE day !), Abdul Kareem Khan (Maut ka Toofan-35 and Voh kaun-35), Master Giyasuddin (Typist girl-35) etc etc.
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