Archive for the ‘Song of 1940’ Category
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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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
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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
Daadgar baniye
Posted on: November 6, 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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6320 | Post No. : | 19568 |
Today’s song is from an 85 year old film- Paak Daman-1940.
The year 1940 was the end of the first decade of Talkie films. From 1931 to 1939 most of the film music was made and sung by people who were experts in Classical Music. Classical music has never been the area of common people. It was born in Temples and nurtured in the Darbars of Kings and Nawabs. When film music relied heavily on classical mode, it became an imposition on the masses. Luckily, from the last 2 years of the 30’s, film music started changing and the emphasis shifted to traditional and Folk tunes over the classical.
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Kaise sundar phoolan ke haar
Posted on: October 28, 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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6311 | Post No. : | 19538 |
Today’s song is from a 85 year old film Haar jeet-1940.
I find so many similar film titles in the film index that sometimes I feel like taking up this issue also as a “Same title Confusions” problem. Luckily there is one trick to clarify among these similar titles and that is its year of making ! Therefore it is necessary that whenever a film is mentioned, its year must also be mentioned to avoid the possible ‘Same Title Confusion’ ! There were 4 films of this title made in 1940, 1954, 1972 and 1990. In addition, I also found 2 more Har jeet films which were left incomplete.
1940 was a period when New Theatres, the makers of Haar jeet-1940, were in top speed and in its Golden period. The film was directed by Amar Mullick. Music was by R.C.Boral-considered as the ‘Grand Old man’ of film music in India. His contribution to the film industry is unforgettable.
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Apne maston ko besudh bana de
Posted on: October 26, 2025
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6309 | Post No. : | 19528 |
“Aurat”(1940), the original version of “Mother India”(1957) was directed by Mehboob Khan for National Studios. This movie had Sardar Akhtar, Surendra, Lala Yaqoob, Jyoti, Harish, Arun Kumar Ahuja, Vatsala Kumthekar, Brij Rani, Akbar Ghulam Ali, etc in it.
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Preet kiye pachhtaaye saajan
Posted on: June 19, 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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6180 | Post No. : | 19077 |
Today’s song is from the film Holi-1940.
The film was made by Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. The director was A.R.Kardar and the Music was by Khemchand Prakash, who had taken over from Gyan Dutt in the beginning of 1940. The first paid composer of Ranjit was Gyan Dutt from 1937 to 1940. In this period he gave music to 15 films. Khemchand Prakash gave music to 20 films in his period from 1940 to 1945, when Bulo C Rani took over in 1945 onwards. The film cast included Motilal, Ishwarlal,Keshavrao Datey, Lala yakub, Mirza Musharraf, Khursheed, Sitara, Tarabai, Dikshit and Ghori and many others. Actually the major stars of this film , Motilal, Ishwarlal, Sitara and Khursheed were all well known singers. However it was strange that Ishwar lal sang in the voice of Kantilal and Khursheed got the playback of Kalyani in this film, without getting a single song for themself.
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Meree mehandee rang le aayee
Posted on: May 8, 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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6138 | Post No. : | 18973 |
Today’s song is from an 85 year old film, Ghar ki Rani-1940.
The film Ghar ki Rani-1940 was made by Huns Pictures of master Vinayak. It was directed by him. This was a Bi-lingual film, made in Marathi as Ardhangi( अर्धांगी ) or Better half and in Hindi. The cast was Leela Chitnis, Vinayak, Meenakshi, Kusum Deshpande, Baburao Pendharkar, Damuanna Malvankar, Dada Salvi etc. The music was by Dada Chandekar.
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