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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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Today’s song is from an old film Charnon ki Dasi – 1941.
This was a bilingual film, in Hindi and Marathi (as पायाची दासी ). It was made by Atre Pictures, Bombay. The producer was the owner of the banner itself – Acharya Pralhad Keshav Atre. The film was directed by Gajanan Jahagirdar, who also played an important role in the film. The Lyricist was Pt. Anand Kumar and the Music Director was Annasaheb Mainkar. The cast included Master Avinash, Vanmala, Durga khote, Gajanan Jahagirdar, Kusum deshpande, Kelkar, Prem Anand (brother of the lyricist), Ramesh and many others.
The system of making Bilinguals first started in Bombay on a big scale. The First ever Marathi talkie film ” अयोध्येचा राजा ” – 1932 was also made as ‘ Ayodhya ka Raja ‘ in Hindi at the same time. It was made by Prabhat films and directed by V.Shantaram. (Although Shantaram directed the first Marathi Talkie, it is interesting to know that initially, along with others, he was against the Talkie films. He was of the opinion that Talkie films were a seasonal fad and would vanish soon ! ).
Consequent to this first Talkie in Marathi made in Hindi too, many Marathi films were made bilingual and these were very popular. Meanwhile, Calcutta’s New Theatres too decided to go for Bilinguals and made almost all of their Hit and popular films in Bangla and Hindi. Thank God for that. Because of that, the All India audience could enjoy Saigal’s films and songs. This went on till late 40’s and became an inspiration for S.S.Vasan in Madras. He made his Tamil film “Chandralekha ” in 1948 in Hindi also. Of course he did it on a mammoth scale, making more than 600 prints of the Hindi film for an All India simultaneous release on 9-4-1948. Other producers saw this and were keen on making not just Bilingual, but films in Madras were being made in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhali and Hindi at the same time.
Consequently Maharashtra and Calcutta stopped making Bilinguals as their own regional cinema became more profitable and big business. However from the South this continues still and that too on a massive scale. Nowadays the trend is to make Remakes rather than bilinguals.
Coming back to today’s film. This film was made in the times when not many educated people were keen to join the film industry, though in the 1940s such artistes, writers, directors etc. started coming into the industry. For this reason the advertisement of today’s film-Charnon ki Dasi-1941 was done with a mention of the qualification of its artistes, like Vanmala B.A;B.T, Gajanan Jahagirdar B.A. and Kusum Deshpande B.A. etc.
The Lyricist Pt. Anand kumar was a successful author. The suffix of Pt. was used to be put before the author’s name just to match the suffix “Munshi” put to Muslim authors’ names. Pt.Anand kumar was born in Delhi on 4-9- 1907. He was a producer, director, writer and Lyricist. From childhood, he was not interested in studies in English medium. He was taught Urdu, Hindi and Sanskrit by his poor Brahmin Shastri father.
When he was 15 year old, he entered a business. He was always discontented. He wanted to become an actor, but family resisted. He tried fasting and even suicide. Then he stole some money and ran to Bombay. He could not get into any studio and after money finished, he returned to Delhi, only to take more money and run to Bombay again. Even after this failure, he went back to Delhi and started writing stories.
His first book ‘ Mera Huq ‘ became a hot seller and he started earning money. He was invited by film people and he went to Bombay nth time. He wrote stories, dialogues and Lyrics of scores of films and earned name and money. He produced the film ‘Zameen’-43, under his own banner Anand Brothers. He directed 5 films,including a Hit Marathi film, Gora Kumbhar-42. Some of his films as a Lyricist were Suvarn Mandir-34,Katle aam-35, Pratibha-37, Divorce-38, Saathi-38, Alakh Niranjan-40, Punarmilan-40, Charnon ki Dasi-41, Raja Rani-42 etc. As a writer some films were, Divorce-38, Honhaar-36, Saathi-38, Vasant sena-42, Rang mahal-48 etc etc.
Music Director Annasaheb Mainkar is not a name known to the younger generation. He was one of the old style composers, depending on the ‘Natyageet” tunes and classical music. His real name was Shankar Vinayak Mainkar. He was born in Sangli state in Maharashtra, in 1904. His father was a well known Advocate and a political leader. He was fond of music and had gifted an Organ to Shankar to inculcate the musical interests. Surely, he not only picked up the organ but when he joined a Drama Company, after his Matriculation, he also achieved expertise in playing Sitar, Sarod, Sarangi, Been, Dilruba and Harmonium etc. With all this he formed his own Music Group.
He was trained in classical music at Poona,Baroda,Indore, Mysore and Lucknow. Before joining the filmline, he had cut many discs of his songs. His first film was in Marathi in 1932.
His first Hindi film was AWARA SHEHZADA-1933. Incidentally, this was also India’s first Hindi Talkie film having a double role. Shahu Modak had done the roles of a Rajkumar and a commoner Bholaram in it. It was also the first film of Master Vithal as a Director. He himself was the first to do a double role in a silent film in 1928.
Annasaheb worked for Saraswati cinetone, Imperial, Venus, Huns, Atre and Sunrise films. He was the favourite MD for Master Vinayak. He gave music to 21 Hindi films, composing 187 songs. His singers were,Master Vinayak, Vanmala, Shahu Modak, Shanta Hublikar, Kalyanibai, Sarla Devi, Vatsala Kumathekar etc. His last film was Ashirwad-1943. He died young at 41 in 1944 due to severe Diabetes. He was fondly called Annasaheb. In the Hindi film industry, there were 3 MDs called Annasaheb…. Mainkar as stated herein, Datta Korgaonkar aka K.Datta and C.Ramchandra aka Ramchandra Narhari Chitalkar.
The story of the film was a typical Marathi reform social film consisting of the age-old friction of ”Saas-Bahu“. Durga Khote was the evil mother in law, who tortures the educated daughter in law-Vidya (Vanmala), with husband Murari (Avinash) protesting meekly. After the interval and towards the last part, the husband decides to be tough with his mother and the shocked saas surrenders and makes the Bahu head of the affairs. However, true to the middle class philosophy, the good Bahu returns the honour to the Saas and requests her to continue as family head ( minus the torture part, obviously), gives a very big speech and all is well in the end. The spice was added by the widowed Nanad- Champa (Kusum Deshpande). Gajanan Jahagirdar played Anokheram, the village scoundrel flirt, who is duly punished by the bahu, in the end.
Today’s song is only the second song from this film, coming to you after the film’s first song 5 years ago ! Enjoy….
Song – Dekho re logon chor churaaye liye jaaye hai (Charnon Ki Daasi)(1941) Singer- S.D.Batish, Lyricist- Pt. Anand Kumar, MD- Annasaheb Mainkar
Lyrics
Haan dekho re logon
o o o o o
dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
chor churaaye liye jaaye hai
dekho re logon
chor churaaye liye jaaye hai
baandh boondh sat sheel(??) ki gathdi
chala musaafir ghar se ae ae
bhoola bhatka bacha akela
gaya kaafila taj ke
saanjh huyi
aur ghana andhera aa aa
saanjh huyi
aur ghana andhera aa
hua beech jungle ke
hua beech jungle ke
saanjh huyi
aur ghana andhera aa aa
hua beech jungle ke
hua beech jungle ke
haath liye
maaya kee jeewat
aaya chor nikal ke ae
dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
chhaliya ??
dekho chhaliya ??
liye jaaye hai
dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
chor churaaye liye jaaye hai
dekho re logon o o o o
dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
chor churaaye liye jaaye hai
dhyaan kee jeewat
dhyaan ki aasha
apne haathhon kar le ae ae ae
dheer ka dhan
santosh ki poonji
vipda mein sang dhar le ae ae
aankh khol kar r re a a aha
aankh khol kar chor ?? mein
aap ise samajh len
jab jungle ke chauraahe mein ae a ae ae
jab jungle ke cchun le
maarag ?? jin logon (?)
haan haan
maarag jin logon
haan haan
maarag jin logon ??
?? ki jalna paaye hai
dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
chor churaaye liye jaaye hai
dekho re logon o o o o o o
dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
haan haan dekho re logon
chor churaaye
dekho chor churaaye liye jaaye hai
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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Today’s song is from the film Kanchan-1941.
1941 was the first year in the second decade of the Talkie Era and it was the beginning of the emergence of a New film industry. When Talkie started in 1931, for many years after that, the films were made by the people who had done work in the Silent films. These films had a spill over for the silent era artistes. Once the films started talking,most silent artistes who could not speak Hindi or Urdu automatically disappeared. Thus started the influx of new actors who could speak Hindi and sing songs, in whatever way they could. Intelligent directors like V Shantaram,Bhavnani, Sohrab Modi, Chandulal Shah, Himanshu Rai, B N Sircar, L V Prasad and a host of Gujarati directors understood that the Talkie needs a different treatment than silent films. Music directors from stage dramas tried their hand in composing film music.
In the next 8-9 years, there was a perceptible change in the film making, acting, singing, and composing music in the films that were made. Quality artistes from the silent era continued for some more years – finally giving way to the new artistes. The 30s and the 40s mostly differed in film music and story contents. The new blood composers like Anil Biswas, C Ramchandra, Naushad, Ghulam Haider, K Datta, Hansraj Behl, Bulo C Rani, Gyan Dutt and many more replaced the Parsi, Marathi and Gujarati drama music to more acceptable lilting songs. Many musical films were made and some everlasting songs were composed by these people. At the end of the 1940s, one more major change in the film industry took place due to Partition. Let us see some important films.
JBH Wadfia became Chairman of the Film Advisory Board. He produced the First Sindhi film “Ekta”-1940. His film Court Dancer was also in English.
Asra– Debut of actor director N A Ansari.
Behan– Mehboob directed this film having an incest suggestive story.
Chandan– Debut of S N Tripathi as an MD
Chitralekha– First big success of Kidar Sharma. Mehtab’s bath scene caused a ripple.
Dhandhora– Actor comedian Charlie directed the only film.
Doctor– Pankaj Mullick gave excellent songs. First popular song with woof beats-‘ Chale pawan ki chaal ‘.
Jhoola– One of the most successful films like kangan and bandhan, starring Ashok kunmar and Leela Chitnis.
Kanchan– First composed song of naushad-” Bata do koi”
Khazanchi– A milestone in musical revolution with Punjabi Theka, by Ghulam haider. Debut of Shamshad Begum in Hindi films.
Lagan– Saigal, as usual, gives good songs.
Mala– was remade as ‘ Amar-54’ with music again by Naushad only. Jayant played the same role in both films.
Naya Sansar– Story of Newspaper world. A novelty. Ashok Kumar’s famous cigarette smoking in films started from this film, solving his problem of ‘ what to do with the hands during acting’ !
Nirdosh– Mukesh sings his first song.
Padosi– Last film of V Shantaram before leaving Prabhat. A Landmark film. ” Kaisa chhaya hai ujala” is a popular chorus song.
Pardesi– Debut of actress Anjali Devi (not the southwali) with real name ‘Durgesh’
Radhika– Debut of Nalini Jaywant.
Raj Nartaki– Ambitious Wadia film in English , Bangla and Hindi. Released in the USA by Columbia Pictures of Hollywood.
Sangam– Amritlal Nagar’s first film as a writer. He did 18 films as writer and Lyricist.
Sikandar– A Magnum-Opus from Minerva. Chorus song- ” Zindagi hai pyar se” is very popular.
Taj mahal– Debut of Baby Suraiya as an actress.
Sasural and Ummeed were 2 films in which Noorjehan senior acted and sang. However these films are usually wrongly included in the filmography of Malika E Tarannum Noor jehan. She entered Hindi films only with the film Khandan-1942 at Lahore.
Under this scene the film Kanchan-1941 was made by Chitra productions, Bombay. It was produced by Leela Chitnis and C.R.Gwalani. The entire film was shot in the studios of Ranjit Movietone, using their technical staff like cinematographer, editor etc. This film is important because of one song from this film – ” Bata do koi ” sung by Leela Chitnis. This song was the first composed and recorded song of Music Director Naushad, although his first film ‘ Premnagar-1940′ was released much before film Kanchan-41.
There is a short but interesting history to this song.
D.N.Madhok,who was a good friend of Naushad in his struggling days had full faith in his capabilities as a composer and took Naushad to Chandulal Shah.He offered to employ him for his forthcoming film.Naushad prepared a tune for Madhok’s bhajan,”Bata do koi kaun gali gaye shyam”.However the film was shelved.
When Naushad assisted Gyan Dutt for the Punjabi film ‘Mirza sahiba’ in 1938,Gyan dutt heard it and used it later in Kanchan in 1941.
Although Premnagar was released in 1940 as Naushad’s first independent film,the above song is the first recorded song of Naushad,independently prepared.
Gyan Dutt was a noble soul.He did give the credit to Naushad for this song. The credits of the film mentioned both names,Naushad as well as Gyan Dutt as Music Directors,though Naushad’s filmography does not mention this film at many places. (from an extract of D.N.Madhok’s interview.).
The cast of the film Kanchan-1941 was Leela Chitnis, Arun Ahuja, Mubarak, Pramila, Nagendra Muzumdar, Kesari, Tarabai (sister of actresses Sitara Devi and Alaknanda and mother of dancxer Gopi krishna) and others. The film released in august and its story appeared in the October issue of the film magazine Film India. Our Sadanand ji had given its edited copy as follows…….
A tailor (Nagendra Mazumdar) has two daughters – Kanchan (Leela Chitnis) and Kumud (Pramila). Both the daughters are in love with Kishore (Arun Ahuja), an educated young man. Kishore likes Kanchan and he reciprocates her feelings towards him whereas he avoids Kumud. Subsequently, Kumud works out a plot which forces Kishore to leave for a city job.
Now a landlord (Mubarak) enters the scene. He has a vicked manager who, for a very minor reason, burns down the huts of the farmers. Kishore comes to know about it and he rescues the farmers from the clutches of the fire. In this process, the father of Kanchan and Kumud also comes under the monetary trap of the landlord as he lends money to reset the house.
Since the father is not able to repay the loan, the landlord gives him options of either attaching his whatever the assets or to give one of his daughters in marriage. Kumud refuses to act as a pawn to the landlord. Kanchan agrees to marry the landlord thus sacrificing her love for Kishore.
When the arrangements for the marriage are going in full swing, Kanchan’s mother who had known the landlord from her younger days when she was in love with him, gives the landlord a long lecture of self-consciousness on the issue. The landlord has a change of heart and he withdraws himself as the bridegroom. Kanchan gets married to Kishore.
One of the cast members- Nagendra Muzumdar was the father of Music Director Ninu Muzumdar. Nagendra was born in a happy family in the year 1894 in Bombay. After his father died, “Pearl Dairy’ established by his father ran very well doing good business. Suddenly, Nagendra’s wife fell seriously ill and despite taking her full care, she expired. Due to neglect of the Dairy in this period, Dairy also closed down.
He shifted to Baroda and worked as a State Police Inspector.Later he worked as Watch and Ward Inspector in Baroda Railways. He left the job and started working as a hero in dramas of famous dramatist R.V.Desai. Heeralal, the owner of Laxmi Film Company, Bombay was impressed with his personality and took him to Bombay in 1926 to act in his silent films. Thus started his film career. In those days Silent films used to be completed within a month. He worked as a Hero in films of Laxmi, Jagdish and Imperial film companies.
In the same year, he directed a film ‘Paani mein aag’-1926, made by Royal Arts. Then came two more films made by Kaiser E Hind films. He also directed films for other companies. In all, he directed 15 Silent films by 1932. By then the Talkie had arrived. In the next 14 years he directed 12 Talkie films like – Ras Vilas-32, Sassi Punnu-32, Patit Pawan-33, mirza Sahibaan-33, Mera Imaan-34, Kala Wagh-34, Rangila nawab-35, Kimiyagar-36, Aaj ka Aladdin aka Aladdin II-36, Lehri lutera-37, Talwarwala-46 and Swadesh Sewa-46.
When offers for direction became few, he started acting in films. He acted in 12 films. When K L Saigal came to Bombay, Nagendra wanted to work with him. In the film Tansen-43, he did the role of Tansen’s (Saigal’s) father and he was very happy. The films that he acted in were Kanchan-41,Beti-41, Khilauna-42, Bhakt Surdas-42, Armaan-42, Tansen-43, Gauri-43, Adab Arz-43, Bharthari-44, Prabhu ka Ghar-45, Ghazal-45 and Dhanna Bhagat-45.
His last 2 films came in 1946, but his health was not cooperating for quite a few years. He gave up work and took a rest. However, he suffered from paralysis and died on 22-8-1951. His son Ninu Majumdar worked in Bombay A.I.R. as head of Gujarati programmes, since 1937. By the time Nagendra died, Ninu had already started working as a Music Director. As a Director, Nagendra had worked with the best of his times like, Master Vithal, Zubeida, Jillo, Billimorea brothers, Madhuri, Navinchandra, Durga Khote, Jairaj, Sultana, Noorjehan sr and such luminaries of those days. He worked for Ranjit, Imperial, Sharda, Lakshmi, Jayant Desai films, Yagnik films etc etc.
( Information for this article is collated from various sources like Listener’s Bulletins No. 40 of Feb-80 and No.145 of July 2010, HFGK, muVyz, Sapnon ke Saudagar by Vithal Pandya, Silent films by Dr.Verma, Lost Treasures by kamlakar P. and my notes.)
The heroine of this film Leela Chitnis had led a life full of ups and downs. She earned money, name and fame but her family life was not a happy one. When I read her autobiography in Marathi – चंदेरी दुनियेत ( Life in the world of Silver Screen ) I felt sympathy for her. Her son was a failure as a Hero and she died a lonely death in an Old age home in America where her son and relatives lived in luxury.
Today’s song is sung by the Music Director Gyan Dutt and the comedian Kesari, with a chorus. Enjoy…..
Song- Paani ka tu bulbula tera kaun thhikaana (Kanchan)(1941) Singers- Gyan Dutt, Kesari, Lyricist- D.N.Madhok, MD- Gyan Dutt
Chorus
Gyan Dutt + Chorus
Lyrics
Paani ka tu bulbula
tera kaun thhikaana
Paani ka tu bulbula
tera kaun thhikaana
paani se uthha hai pagle
paani mein mil jaana
tera kaun thhikaana
paani se uthha hai pagle
paani mein mil jaana
tera kaun thhikaana
Paani ka tu bulbula
tera kaun thhikaana
hawa ke ghode pe chadhke tu kaaahe ko itraaye
hawa ke ghode pe chadhke tu kaaahe ko itraaye
is jeewan ka maan kare tu
maut ka ek bahaana
tera kaun thhikaana
is jeewan ka maan kare tu
maut ka ek bahaana
tera kaun thhikaana
Paani ka tu bulbula
tera kaun thhikaana
khel khel le jeewan ka tu u u u
khel khel le jeewan ka tu
jab lagta ras le hai
khel khel le jeewan ka tu
jab lagta ras le hai
ye sapna ka jhonkaa aaya
aakhir ko mar jaana
tera kaun thhikaana
ye sapna ka jhonka aaya
aakhir ko mar jaana
tera kaun thhikaana
tera kaun thhikaana
haan tera kaun thhikaana
haan tera kaun thhikaana
Paani ka tu bulbula
tera kaun thhikaana
maayaa ke laade laade hai ae ae
maayaa ke laade laade hai
kaun kaam aayenge
maayaa ke laade laade hai
kaun kaam aayenge
hari naam ki ?? dagariya
badi door hai jaana
tera kaun thhikaana
hari naam ki ?? dagariya
badi door hai jaana
tera kaun thhikaana
Paani ka tu bulbula
tera kaun thhikaana
Paani ka tu bulbula
tera kaun thhikaana
tera kaun thhikaana
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Today (18 April 2023) is the remembrance anniversary of Khursheed Bano (14 april 1914-18 april 2001). She was active in Hindi movies right from 1931 when talkies films began. Her debut film was Madan Theatre, Calcutta’s “Laila Majnu”(1931). Incidentally a movie with the same title was made in 1931 in Bombay as well. 🙂
Khursheed Bano was the top notch female singer-actor of those days. It was a crown that she held till 1948 when she migrated to the newly formed country of Pakistan as she belonged to that place, being born in Kusur and brought up in Lahore.
Her initial movies were productions of Calcutta and Lahore, such as “Laila Majnu”(1931), “Hathheeli Dulhan”(1932), “Chatra Bakawali”(1932), “Muflis Aashiq”(1932), “Naqlee Doctor”(1933), “Swarg ki Seedhi”(1935), “Mirza Sahiban”(1935), etc
She moved to Bombay in late 1930s and and her biggest hits were delived there. “Bhakt Surdas”(1941), “Tansen”(1942), “Nurse”(1943), “Shahanshah Babr”(1944), “Moorti”(1945), “Mitti”(1947) and “Aap Beeti”(1948), “Papeeha Re”(1948) etc were her memorable movies during her Bombay stint.
After Partition, she along with her husband Lala Yakub, went to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. While in Pakistan, she acted in two movies in 1956, but they both flopped badly. She then retired for movies. In 1956, she divorced Lala Yakub and married a business man Yusuf Bhai Mian. She died in Karachi, Pakistan on 18 april 2001.
We can see that all her big hits were delivered while she worked in Indian films in undivided India. She was in her mid thirtees when she migrated to Pakistan but she could not find fertile ground for her talent there. From the topmost actor-Singer in India, she was reduced to almost nothing as an artist in Pakistan.
As a tribute to Khursheed Bano, here is a song from “Shaadi”(1941).
“Shaadi”(1941) was directed by Jayant Desai for Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. This movie had Madhuri, Motilal, Khrusheed Bano, Ishwarlal, Dixit, Ghori, Bhagwandas, Kantilal, BhoopatRai, Tarabai, Brijmala, Keshari, Baby Kamala etc in it.
The movie had 14 songs in it. 8 songs have been covered in the blog. Here is the ninth song from the movie to appear in the blog.
This song is sung by Khursheed Bano and female chorus. Lyrics are by Munshi Dil. Music is composed by Khemchand Prakash.
Only audio of the song is available. The song was picturised on Khursheed Bano herself, of course.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Ghir ghir aayee badariya..o gori jee ke saaheba ghar aa (Shaadi)(1941) Singer-Khursheed Bano, Lyrics-Munshi Dil Lucknowi, MD-Khemchand Prakash
Female chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
o gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
o gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
morey naainaa baawrey baawrey
o morey naainaa baawrey baawrey
o gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
o gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
o gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
o gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
morey sang key o moree saiyyaan
do do ghoont pilaaye
morey sang key o morey saiyyaan
do do ghoont pilaaye
dekh dekh goree ke naina
saajan bhar bhar aaye
dekh dekh goree ke naina
saajan bhar bhar aaye
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
ho gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
ho gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
o gori jee ke saanwarey ghar aa
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
ghir ghir aayee badariyaa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
o gori jee ke saahebaa ghar aa
Wo hamen bulaayen goree
Posted on: April 10, 2023
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“Shaadi”(1941) was directed by Jayant Desai for Shree Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. The movie had Madhuri, Motilal, Khrusheed Bano, Ishwarlal, Dixit, Ghori, Bhagwandas, Kantilal, BhoopatRai, Tarabai, Brijmala, Keshari, Baby Kamala etyc in it.
The movie had 14 songs in it. Seven songs have been covered in the blog.
Here is the eighth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Khursheed Bano and female chorus. The movie had two lyricists, but the lyricist of this song is not known. Music is composed by Khemchand Prakash.
Only audio of the song is available but it is clear that this song was picturised on Khursheed Babo herself who was one of the biggest acting-singing stars of those days.
Lyrics of this song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Wo hamen bulaayen goree (Shaadi)(1941) Singer-Khursheed Bano, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-Khemchand prakash
Female Chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
woh hamein bulaayen goree
kahoon main oon hoon oon hhoon oon
woh hamein bulaaye goree
kahoon main oon hoon oon hhoon oon
chaley aayen joraa joree
kahoon main oon hoon oon hmmm…mmmm
chaley aayen joraa joree
kahoon main oon hoon oon hoon oon oon
phir solahwaan baras hai ae
phir solahwaan baras hai ae
nainon mein nayaa ras hai ae
phir solahwaan baras hai ae
nainon mein nayaa ras hai ae
goree ki kanakhiyon se
goree ki kanakhiyon se
baatein na karo kori/gori
goree ki kanakhiyon se
baatein na karo kori
woh hamein bulaaye goree
kahoon main oon hhoon oon hoon oon oon
woh hamein bulaayen goree
kahoon main oon hoon oon hoon oon oon
mere dil mein dhadaktaa dil
aankhon mein phadkthaa see eee
mere dil mein dhadaktaa see
aankhon mein phadkthaa see
sharmaa gayeen nigaahein aen ae
sharmaa raheen nigaahein aen
unglee piyaa marodee
uyyee eee
sharmaa gayee/rahee nigaahein aen
unglee piyaa marodee
uyyee eee
woh hamein bulaaye goree
kahoon main oon hoon oon hhoon oon oon
woh hamein bulaaye goree
kahoon main oon hhoon hhoon hhoon oon
Joban ki bagiyaa mehkee mehkee
Posted on: April 6, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.64
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On this date ten years ago (6 April 2013), eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7831 | Ek nek tabeeyat raaja thha | Abhagin (1938) | 5 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7832 | Naiyya dheere dheere jaana | Chitralekha (1941) | 4 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7833 | Sochta kya hai sudarshan ke chalaane waale | Neelkamal(1947) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7834 | Ho tere bin meri zindagi kis kaam ki | Suhaag Raat (1948) | movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7835 | Nahin boloon nahin boloon | Tamaasha(1952) | 7 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 7836 | Torey naina raseelry kateeley haay raam | Hamdard (1953) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7836 | Jhoomo re jhoomne ke din aaye | Fashionable Wife (1959) | 4 songs covered out of 10 by now |
We observe that four movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 6 April 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with four unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (6 april 2023).
“Chitralekha”(1941) in one of the four unYIPPEED movies and is therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (6 aprl 2023).
“Chitralekha”(1941) was produced and directed by Kidar Sharma for Film Corporation, Calcutta. This movie had Mehtab, Nandrekar, Gyani, Rajinder, Monika desai, Ram dulari, Leela Mishra, Ganpatrao Premi, Amarnath Pasaan, Kalawati, nand Kishore, Himmat Ri, Kapoor, Ebrahim, M.N.Malhotra, B.N.Dhar, Bharat Bhushan, Tandon etc in it.
“Chitralekha”(1941) had 10 songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the blog so far.
Here is the fifth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by an unknown female voice. Kidar Sharm is the lyricist. Music director is not known.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Joban ki bagiya mehkee mehkee (Chitralekha)(1941) Singer-Unknown female voice, Lyrics-Kidar Sharma, MD-Unknown
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
joban ki bagiyaa mehkee mehkee
mehak uthhaa jag saaraa
hhaan joban ki bagiyaa mehkee mehkee
mehak uthhaa jag saaraa
mere man ki mainaa chehkee chehkee
chahak uthhaa jag saaraa
mere man ki mainaa chehkee chehkee
chahak uthhaa jag saaraa
hhaa joban ki bagiyaa mehkee mehkee
mehak uthhaa jag saaraa
hhaan joban ki bagiyaa
man mrig aur joban kastoori
mehakey aur mehkaaye
man mrig aur joban kastoori
mehakey aur mehkaaye
haan aaa aaan aaaa aaan
mehakey ae aur mehkaaye
haan aaa aaan aaaa aaan
mehakey ae aur mehkaaye
paa kar bhee woh o usko khojey ae
paa kar bhee woh o usko khojey
khoj khoj mar jaaye
paa kar bhee woh o usko khojey
khoj khoj mar jaaye
aisey ae man guyiyyaan ka bhatkey
aisey ae man guyiyyaan ka bhatkey
aisey ae man guyiyyaan ka bhatkey
aisey ae man guyiyyaan ka bhatkey
jaisey harin bechaaraa
jaisey harin bechaaraa
joban ki bagiyaa mehkee mehkee
mehak uthhhaa jag saaraa
hhaan joban ki bagiyaa mehkee mehkee
mehak uthhhaa jag saaraa
mere man ki mainaa chehkee chehkee
chahak uthhaa jag saaraa
mere man ki mainaa chehkee chehkee
chahak uththaa jag saaraa
hhaan joban kee bagiyaa mehkee mehkee
mehak uthhaa jag saaraa
hhaan joban ki bagiyaa mehkee
Ek mainaa thhee mastaanee
Posted on: March 14, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 43
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On this date ten years back viz on 14 March 2013, nine songs from eight different movies (plus one Non Film song) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7672 | Ud jaa re ud jaa papeehe | Vishkanya(1943) | 7 songs covered out of 12 by now |
| 7673 | Nanha sa dil deti hoon | Chandan(1941) | one song covered out of 12 by now |
| 7674 | Kuchh keh na sake kuchh keh bhi gaye | Shahnaaz(1948) | 7 songs covered out of 12 by now |
| 7675 | Sur ki gati main kyaa jaanoon | Mukesh NFS(1950) | |
| 7676 | Ek matwaala aaj chala apni manzil ko | Aapki Parchhaiyaan (1964) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7677 | Aaye re din saawan ke | Gaban (1966) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7678 | Badla dilwaayegaa yaa rab | Alam Ara(1931) | Songs unavailable |
| 7679 | Kaho kahaan chalen | Bulandi(1980) | One song out of 6 covered by now |
| 7680 | Papa kehte hain bada naam karega | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) | 3 songs covered out of 6 by now |
It can be seen that out of two movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 14 March 21013) have since been YIPPEED. So technically six movies are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today. But in reality, songs of some of the movies are unavailable.
One movie whose songs are available, is “Chandan”(1941). This movie was directed by Dhirubai B Desai for Ashok Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Nazir, Kanta(Kumari), Ashiq Husein, Baby Lalita, Bala Bhai, Miss Maya Devi, Wazir Muhammad Khan, Jamshed Ji, Miss Anwari, Srimati Sindhu Gadgil, Saadik, Hari das, etc in it.
Chandan”(1941) had 12 songs in it. One song has been covered so far.
Here is the second song from “Chandan”(1941), exactly ten years later to the date after the movie debuted in the blog on 14 March 2013.
The song is sung by Rajkumari. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Ek maina thhee mastaanee (Chandan)(1941) Singer-Rajkumari, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
ek mainaa thhee mastaani
ek mainaa thhi mastaani
ek tote ki thhi deewaanee
ek tote ki thhi deewaani
ek mainaa thhi mastaani
harey bharey ban kee kunjon mein
meethi bolee boley ae aen
harey bharey ban kee kunjon mein
meethi bolee boley ae aen
aazaadee ke neel gagan mein
sang sang doley
aazaadee ke neel gagan mein
sang sang doley ae
ek niraalee duniyaa thhee aur
ek niraalaa raaj
ek niraalee duniyaa thhee aur
ek niraalaa raaj
mainaa thhi mahaaraanee uski
totaa thhaa mahaaraaj
mainaa thhi mahaaraanee uski
totaa thhaa mahaaraaj
chain se karthe thhe manmaanee
chain se karthe thhe manmaanee
ek maainaa thhee mastaani
ek tothe ki thhi deewaanee
ek din us ban mein bairee..eee
ek shikaaree aayaa aa
ek din us ban mein bairee..eee
ek shikaaree aayaa aaa
tote ko le gayaa pakad kar
tote ko le gayaa pakad kar
mainaa ko bichhdaayaa aaa aaa
mainaa ko bichhdaayaa aaa aaa
tab se mainaa phirey baawree
ujad gayaa woh raaj
tab se mainaa phirey baawree
ujad gayaa woh raaj
phoot gayaa jeevan ras pyaalaa aan
toot gayaa sukh saaz
phoot gayaa jeevan ras pyaalaa aan
toot gayaa sukh saaz
chupne se(?) huyee kahaanee
chupne se (?) huyee kahaanee
ek mainaa aaa
ek mainaa aaa
ek mainaa aa thhee mastaani…eeee
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Today’s song is a female-female duet from the film Swami-1941.
1941 was the beginning of a new decade. After the Talkie film’s entry, this was the second decade. There were many changes taking place continuously in the film making and so it was interesting to know how the year 1941 fared. The 30s and the 40s mostly differed in film music and story contents. The new blood composers like Anil Biswas, C Ramchandra, Naushad, Ghulam Haider, K Datta, Hansraj Behl, Bulo C Rani, Gyan Dutt and many more replaced the Parsi, Marathi and Gujarati drama music to more acceptable lilting songs. Many musical films were made and some everlasting songs were composed by these people.
At the end of the 1940s, one more major change in the film industry took place due to Partition. More about it in the coming times. Let us see some important films which were worth a second look in 1941….
JBH Wadia produced the First Sindhi film ‘Ekta’ in 1940 and released it in 1941. His film Court Dancer-1941 (Raj Nartaki in Hindi and Bangla) was also in English.
Asra- Debut of actor director N A Ansari.
Behan- Mehboob directed this film having an incest suggestive story.
Chandan- Debut of S N Tripathi as an MD
Chitralekha- First big success of Kidar Sharma. Mehtab’s bath scene caused a ripple.
Dhandhora- Actor comedian Charlie directed the only film.
Doctor- Pankaj Mullick gave excellent songs. First popular song with Hoof beats-‘ Chale pawan ki chaal ‘.
Jhoola- One of the most successful films like Kangan and Bandhan, starring Ashok kunmar and Leela Chitnis.
Kanchan- First composed song of Naushad-” Bata do koi”
Khazanchi- A milestone in musical revolution with Punjabi Theka, by Ghulam Haider. Debut of Shamshad Begum in Hindi films.
Lagan- Saigal, as usual, gives good songs.
Mala- was remade as ‘ Amar-55’ with music again by Naushad only.
Naya Sansar- Story of Newspaper world. A novelty. Ashok Kumar’s famous cigarette smoking in films started from this film, solving his problem of ‘ what to do with the hands during acting’ !
Nirdosh- Mukesh sings his first film song.
Padosi- Last film of V Shantaram before leaving Prabhat. A Landmark film. ” Kaisa chhaya hai ujala” is a popular chorus song.
Pardesi- Debut of actress Anjali Devi (not the southwali) with real name ‘Durgesh’.
Radhika- Debut of Nalini Jaywant.
Raj Nartaki- Ambitious Wadia film in English , Bangla and Hindi. Released in the USA by Columbia Pictures of Hollywood.
Sangam- Amritlal Nagar’s first film as a writer. He did 18 films as writer and Lyricist.
Sikandar- A Magnum-Opus from Minerva. Chorus song- ” Zindagi hai pyar se” is very popular.
Taj mahal- Debut of Baby Suraiya as an actress.
Sasural and Ummeed were 2 films in which Noorjehan senior acted and sang. However these films are usually wrongly included in the filmography of Malika E Tarannum Noor jehan. She entered Hindi films only with the film Khandan-1942 at Lahore.
With a backdrop of such films and music in 1941, no wonder film Swami-41 was not shining. It was an average film There was neither anything special in its story nor its music. This resulted in an average response at the Box office. As such the music director and most of the cast was in the fading phase. This affected the producer of the film Chimanlal Trivedi – owner of the banner CIRCO Productions. Soon he closed it down and started his new company ‘ Laxmi Productions’. Trivedi was an interesting person.
Chiman Lal Trivedi, was one of the major filmmakers of the 30s and the 40s decade. He was more a Producer businessman than a Director. While he directed hardly 7 films, he produced close to 50 films- all having A grade actors, directors and composers !
Born on 19-3-1909 at a village near Anand in Gujarat he was from a Brahmin family. He did his schooling in Ahmedabad and technical graduation from Baroda. Being an expert in weaving, he took up a job as a weaving Master in Calcutta. Fond of writing, he started writing Dramas, which were staged in Bengal and Gujarat. He was attracted towards Cinema and tried some work in New Theatres. Knowing that the real playing field is Bombay he reached there. He wrote stories for the film Chevrolet-36 and Danger Signal-37 for Mohan pictures.
He established his own production company CIRCO (Cine Industries Recording Company) in 1937. By 1943, he had made 12 films. He preferred not to direct his films, but appointed directors like Mohan Sinha for Laxmi-40, Anuradha-40 and Vanmala-41, Balwant Bhatt for Suhag-40 and Madhusudan-41, A R Kardar for Swami-41 and Nai Duniya-42 and Debki Bose for Apna Ghar-42.
He had the art of getting the most popular stars for his films like, Prithviraj kapoor, Chandramohan, Durga Khote,Mazhar khan, Bibbo,Surendra, Jairaj, Sitara, Jeevan, Yaqub, Shobhana Samarth, Prem Adeeb, Vishnupant Pagnis,Leela Desai, Pahadi Sanyal, Shanta Apte and many others. Even big directors like Debki Bose,Nitin Bose, Kardar,Mohan Sinha, Sarvottam Badami, Nandlal Jaswantlal,Profull Roy, Sudhir Sen, R S Chaudhary, Phani mujumdar, Balwant Bhatt etc. worked for him. From Prabhat he brought Shanta Apte for Rs.1000 pm, and also Chandramohan, Pagnis and Mazhar khan. His friend Chandulal Shah followed his way and brought K L Saigal from New Theatres !
C L Trivedi was an expert in gathering funds for his films. After CIRCO at Parel, he started Laxmi Productions at Andheri, in 1942. He made mera Gaon,Sharafat,Bhagya Laxmi,Kadambari,Tamanna,Inkaar,Mohabbat, Miss Devi etc. In 1951, it was Supreme Pictures, Trivedi Productions was in 1952, Kala Kendra in 1953 and with Chitra Bharati in 1954, he made 13 films upto 1961. Top Composers like Timir Baran,Ashok Ghosh,Rafiq Gaznavi,K C Dey,Saraswati Devi,Husnlal-Bhagatram and Naushad gave music to his films.
In the end, he turned to Stage and started Abhinay Bharati. He staged many dramas in Bombay and Gujarat. Chimanlal always went for big names. He had close relations with Nehru, Menon, Morarji Desai, and other National leaders. His wife Kantaben was a Leader herself. Chimanlal Trivedi died on 25-11-1973. His wife, 3 sons and a daughter settled in the USA.
It may be a coincidence, but Gujarati businessmen like Chimanlal Trivedi, Chimanlal Desai,Chimanlal Luhar, Chaturbhuj Doshi, Chimankant Desai, Chunibhai Desai and Chandulal Shah made sizable contribution to Hindi cinema in the first 20 years of the Talkie era. All names started with CH ( ? ) !
(Thanks to Harish Raghuwanshi ji for his book ” बॉलिवूडमा गुजरातीयो ” in Gujarati.)
The cast of the film Swami-41 was Sitara, Jairaj, Jeevan, Yaqub, Majid, Badri Prasad, Rajkumari, Radha Rani, S.Nazir, Ram Avtar and others. The lesser known names were Majid and Ram Avtar.
Majid’s name was Abdul Majid Syed. He was born at Farrukhabad in U.P. in 1915. His father was an Overseer. After matric in 1929, he started his business of Leather in Akola, Maharashtra. in 1935, actor, director and producer Nazeer of Hind pictures, introduced him to S.K.Daryani and he got a small role in Sher ka Panja-36 and Sangdil samaj-36. However, from film Bulldog-37, he got side roles and lead roles in films like Gentleman daku-37, insaaf-37, Rajkumari-38, Masterman-38, Zamana-38, Mud-40, Saubhagya-40, Swami-41, Swaminath-42, he also acted in more films like Najma-43, Babar-44 and Zeenat-45.
In all he did over 100 films till 1947. After Partition, he migrated to Pakistan with Nazeer and Swarnalata. In Pakistan he did just 7 films. He died on 24-9-1959.
Now about Ram Avtar- my favourite comedian. Ram Avtar Pandey was born on 11-11-1911, at Rampur-UP,. He started his filmi career in 1938 with character roles. In the early 50s, he switched to comedy, when he gained weight and a pot belly.
Ram Avtar was a fixture in many Nasir Hussain films. His roles in Badi Behan-49, Nagin-54, Hum sub chor hain-56, Tumsa nahin dekha-57, jab pyar kisi se hota hai-61, Phir vohi dil laya hoon-63, Teesri Manzil-67, Yaadon ki Baraat etc are memorable. I like his role in film Teesri Manzil-1967. His last film was Prem Geet-1981. His last released film, however, was Love and God-1986. He acted in 133 Hindi films. He died on 23-12-2011 at Mumbai.
Today’s female duet is sung by Rajkumari and Sitara. In this films they sang 2 such duets. Before or after this, they never sang together again. Rafiq Ghaznavi’s music still followed the 30’s music pattern only, which had already been discarded by people in the 40’s.
Song-Man mein samaaye piya man mein samaaye (Swaami)(1941) Singers- Rajkumari, Sitara, Lyricist- Shatir Ghaznavi, MD- Rafiq Ghaznavi
Lyrics
hoy
hoy
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
hoy
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
nainan mein aaye gori
nainan mein aaye gori
jeewan mein chhaaye
nainan mein aaye gori
jeewan mein chhaaye
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
hoy
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
oonchi aatariya pe kaagarwa bole
haaye
oonchi aatariya pe kaagarwa bole
man ki talaiyya mein aa ?? dole
man ki talaiyya mein aa ?? dole
nainan mein jhoole balam
nainan mein jhoole balam
??
nainan mein jhoole balam
??
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
hoy
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
hoy
hoy
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
ho
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
sainyya ke aangna mein balam ke dere
ho
sainyya ke aangna mein balam ke dere
sau sau bahaane se panghat pe chhede
sau sau bahaane se panghat pe chhede
baanke sipahiya tohe raste mein ghere
baanke sipahiya tohe raste mein ghere
naina churaaye gori
naina churaaye gori
man mein lajaaye
naina churaaye gori
man mein lajaaye
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
ho
man mein samaye piya
man mein saamaye
nainan mein aaye gori
nainan mein aaye gori
jeewan pe chhaaye
nainan mein aaye gori
jeewan pe chhaaye
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
ho
man mein samaaye piya
man mein samaaye
Ye khel tamaasha do din ka
Posted on: December 10, 2022
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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Today’s song is from the film Circus ki sundari aka Circus Queen-1941.
This was the first ever Talkie film having a story with a background of a Circus atmosphere. On checking the film list of silent films, I did not find any film title connected with Circus. From 1941 to 2007, I found 6 film titles in which the word Circus is there. They are….
| Name of movie | Year of release | Heroine of the movie |
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| Circus ki sundari | 1941 | Miss Moti |
| Circus Girl | 1943 | Miss Brijrani |
| Circus king | 1946 | Miss Brijrani |
| Circus wale | 1950 | Fearless Nadia |
| Circus Queen | 1959 | Fearless Nadia |
| Cirkus | 2007 | Jacqueline Fernandes |
The last film, Cirkus-2007 had nothing to do with Circus. I have seen its trailer.
Fearless Nadia working in a film having a Circus backdrop is understandable. She had actually worked in a circus before joining the film line. However, about the other Heroines, I have absolutely no information about the actress Miss Moti ( 13 films from 1934 to 1943) and Miss Brij Rani’s biodata is with me, but she was never connected with any circus in her life.
The film was released on 28-11-1941. As per Film India magazine review, the entire film was shot inside a circus. I wonder how Miss Moti must have managed, when she had no experience of being in the company of wild animals like lions, tigers or elephants ! The story of the film was a typical stunt film story. I will not repeat the story because our Sadanand Kamath ji has already given it in his post in 2018, on one of the songs of this film. The film was produced by Kikubhai Desai – father of the potboiler maker Manmohan Desai. Unfortunately Kikubhai died just 2 days before this film was released.
The film was made by Paramount Movietone, famous for making Stunt films, before Wadia Movieone surpassed it ! Perhaps this was their last film too. The film was directed by Balwant Bhatt – the elder brother of Nanubhai Bhatt, another director of stunt films. Balwant directed only B or C grade films in his career. Balwant Bhatt (13-1-1909 to 7-2-19650 directed 33 films. He also directed many Gujarati films. He was famous in Gujarat for his film Divadandi-1952 in which Dilip Dholakia sang the iconic song ” Taari aankhni affini”. Balwant also helped MD Narayan Dutt by giving him the Debut opportunity for film Mordhwaj-1952.
The cast of the film was Miss Moti, Jal Merchant, Gulab, Agha, Puri, Rekha, A. Kareem and many others. The dialogues and songs were written by P.L.Santoshi and A. Kareem. There were few artistes in the Film Industry who were ‘all- rounders’. These artistes achieved excellence in many departments of film making. A. Kareem was one such artiste. He was brother of Music Director Ghulam Mohammed. He was an Actor, Producer, Director, Composer, Lyricist, writer, s/play and dialogue writer and a Costume designer ! In my opinion, he can be compared with only Badri Prashad, who was Actor, Producer, Director, Composer, Singer, Character artiste and a Choreographer too !..
In the early era, there were many such artistes who did many things-sometimes out of necessity or compulsion or to sustain jobs. But they were known for ONE main activity. Similarly A. Kareem was known as a Lyricist. He started his career with Aaj ki Duniya-40 as an actor. He also acted in Jagat mohini-40, Meri Khwaish-041, and Circus ki Sundari-41. He wrote s/p and dialogues, with P L Santoshi for films Circus ki sundari-41 and Bombay Calling-42. He composed music for 5 stunt films like Kashmir ki kali-46, Toofani Teerandaz-47,Atom Bomb-47,Dhoomketu-49 and Maya Mahal-49. He had composed 35 songs.
He directed 13 films like Kalakar-42,Talash-43,Badmash-44,Jeewan swapna-46,Parbat ki Rani-48,Rangeele Musafir-50,Josh-50,Gazab-51,Char chand-53. Maharani-57,Mehfil-57,Tilasmi Duniya-62 and Mehbooba-65.
As a Costume designer he worked for Naya Daur-57, Dil apna aur Preet Parayee-60, Mere Mehboob-63,Kaajal-65, Main vohi hoon-66 and Dastak-70. As a Lyricist his most famous song was Talat’s “Hai ye vohi aasman, aur vohi zameen, par meri Taqdeer ka ab vo zamana nahin “. He wrote 146 songs in 20 films.
Nowadays, it is impossible to find such All rounders in the film industry. Among the cast members, Jal Merchant was from the Parsee Community. In the 30’s and the 40’s there were many Parsee actors in Hindi films. Initially they rolled over to Talkie films from the silent era, when the silent films stopped being made from 1934. Later on many parsees joing films willinglky too. Some parsee artistes were Sohrab Modi, Billimoria brothers, Shammi etc.
Jal Merchant was a typical Parsi born on 15-1-1920 and brought up in the Parsi Colony area in Bombay. Though his family had a business, he did not join it as he was keen to make a career in films. Bombay being the centre of filmmaking he had plenty of chances. He did not have a masculine, wide chested body, but he compensated with his superb acting skills. He could also sing in his soft voice.
It was a colorful stellar team that Jal Merchant formed with Zubaida in the early talkies. But it was in mythological roles, and not romantic parts, that they first won the hearts of cinegoers. The first picture that made them a rage everywhere was Sagar’s “Veer Abhimanyu,” in which Jal played Abhimanyu to Zubaida’s Uttara. In the next one- Subhadra Haran-32, Jal was Arjun, Abhimanyu’s father, while Zubaida played Subhadra.
Like Zubaida, Jal Merchant joined films in the “silent days”. It was a change of medium for him, for he had been playing female roles on the Gujarati stage! His performance as the heroine of “Shankit Hriday,” a Gujarati play, proved a hit, and Nagendra Majumdar, who directed the play, induced him to switch over to screen acting. Jal joined the Imperial Film Company, and among his early films the most notable was “Vasant Bengali,” a social picture directed by R.S. Chowdhury. In those days, the screen hero generally had more brawn than brains, but the lead player of “Vasant Bengali” was called upon to show more intelligence than physical prowess. Jal did just that – and won instant fame.
After the advent of sound, Jal’s first four films for Sagar were mythologicals – “Veer Abhimanyu-1931,” Subhadra Haran-1932,” “Pandav Kaurav-1933” and “Mahabharat-1933”. For close-ups of these pictures, Jal used to wear trousers and only the upper part of his body was made up for his role. But in one close-up his pants were also visible! The shot was cut on the first day of screening in Bombay.
Gifted with a fine voice, he also delighted cinegoers with his singing. He sang 33 songs in 7 films-Meerabai-32, Pandav Kaurav-33, Mahabharat-33, Grihalaxmi-34, Aaj kal-34, Sone ka Shahar-35 and Toofan Express-1938.
In “Zarina,” written and directed by Ezra Mir, he was the tongawallah who falls in love with a dancing girl at a carnival. This poignant romantic tragedy won plaudits for both Jal and Zubaida. It was their last picture together for Sagar. Zubaida left Sagar and Sabita Devi took her place. Sabita and Kumar were the first stars imported from Calcutta. Sabita co-starred with Jal in “Phantom of the Hills,” directed by Ezra Mir, in which he played a dashing Pathan riding a white charger. In “Educated Wife” (Grihalaxmi), directed by Sarvottam Badami, he played a modern educated youth. In this role the versatile Jal revealed a genial personality. Sabita was again his co-star.
Jal and Zubaida played stellar roles together once again in “Aaj Kal,” directed by R.S. Chowdhury. This was the last important picture for both stars. Jal acted in about n15 Silent films and 29 Talkie films. His first Talkie film was Veer Abhimanyu-1931 and his last Talkie film was Armaan 1953.
Jal Merchant, who already had a family flourishing business, retired from the screen. Later, he started to live a quiet life in Bandra. Jal was an excellent shikari in his younger days. His screen associates also remember his soft voice, gentle manners and sensitive, handsome face. His pairing with Zubeida and Sabita Devi was very popular. He had all the gentle Parsee manners and was a popular co-star for the heroines.
I have read somewhere that Jal Merchant died in 1963 in Bombay. He was unmarried till the end, like many Parsis. ( information from an article by V.P.Sathe in Screen, ‘Screenplay’ by Isak Mujawar, Harish Raghuwanshi ji, HFGK, muVyz and my notes have been used in this post, with thanks.)
Today’s song is sung by Khan Mastana, Miss Kamal and chorus. I do not know who this Miss Kamal was. The music was by Khan Mastana. It is a good song.
Song-Ye khel tamasha do din ka (Circus Queen)(1941) Singers- Khan Mastana, Miss Kamal, Lyricist- P.L.Santoshi and A.Kareem, MD- Khan Mastana
Khan Mastana + Miss Kamal
All chorus
Male chorus
Female horus
Lyrics
Ye khel
Ye khel tamaasha do din ka
bhai khel tamasha do din ka
ye khel
Ye khel tamaasha do din ka
bhai khel tamaasha do din ka
ye taana baana do din ka
ye hansna gaana do din kaa
ye taana baana do din ka
ye hansna gaana do din kaa
ye raunaq pyaari do din ki
ye mehlen ataari do din ki
ye raunaq pyaari do din ki
ye mehlen ataari do din ki
kya thhaur thhikaana hai in ka
kya thhaur thhikaana hai in ka
ye khel
Ye khel tamasha do din ka
bhai khel tamasha do din ka
ye khel
Ye khel tamasha do din ka
bhai khel tamasha do din ka
chalte phirte saudaagar hum
chalte phirte saudaagar
chalte phirte saudaagar hum
chalte phirte saudaagar
jahaan daal den apna dera
wahin basaa den ek nagar
jahaan daal den apna dera
wahin basaa den ek nagar
hum panchhi ee ee
hum panchhi hain parde par(??) khelen
jaate hain chun chun kar ke
hum panchhi hain parde par(??) khelen
jaate hain chun chun kar ke
apna apna tinka tinka
apna apna tinka tinka
ye khel tamaasha do din ka
ye khel tamaasha do din ka
ye khel
ye khel tamaasha do din ka
bhai khel tamaasha do din ka
ye khel
ye khel
ye khel
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