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Beet gaya beet gaya Prabhu Raam ka raaj re

Posted by: Atul on: September 3, 2025

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Today’s song is from an unknown film of 1948 – Adalat-1948.

1948 was an year when the filmmakers breathed a sigh of relief, because now there was no restriction on making films openly on our Independence efforts or having songs of patriotism and Indian culture.

Film Shaheed made by Filmistan was based on the 1942 Quit India Movement. This was Dilip Kumar’s first Hit film.

Bombay Talkies made Majboor on the exit of the British from India. There was a song also describing it.

Internationally famous dancer Uday Shankar made ‘Kalpana’ glorifying different dances of india. It ran well in Calcutta, but other places it had a lukewarm reception.

Suhag Raat by Kidar Sharma -his best in career- presented Geeta Bali (who resembled his wife Kamla Chaterjee), as a Heroine for the first time. She too did justice to her role.

Raj Kapoor established his RK Studio and made Aag with 3 heroines- Nargis, Kamini Kaushal and Nigar Sultana. He did not match them, but managed well with good songs.

Another Dilip film Mela was full of melodious songs. Suraiya’s Pyar ki jeet too was a musical.

Chandralekha from the South created history with its impressive challenge to Hindi films. Lavishly made and released with over 600 prints all over India at the same time it indicated the future competition from southern films !

Dev Anand’s Vidya and Ziddi made an impression.

Kishore Kumar sang his first song in Ziddi. Asha Bhosle sang her first solo in Chunaria.

Anokhi Ada with veteran Naseem and Surendra was successful.

Grihasthi, Pagdi, Gopinath, Nadiya ke Paar etc were other notable films.

Among these famous and hit films, a film made with artists who were unknown to Hindi film audiences had no chance to succeed. Additionally, the film had nothing unusual about it…story, music, songs or anything else It was the first film with this title. Later on came the more famous and successful film Adalat in 1958 and then Adalat in 1976.

This film was produced by Mangal Pictures. It was directed by Vasant Joglekar and the music was provided by Datta Davjekar, for songs written by Mahipal and Narendra Sharma. Yes, he is the same Mahipal who became a regular feature in 131 Hindi Stunt, Action, Costume, Historical and Mythological films. Incidentally, Adalat-48 was Mahipal’s last film as a Lyricist. he wrote 13 songs in 4 Hindi films.

The cast of the film was Baburao Pendharkar (brother of Bhalji Pendharkar),Salvi, Jog, Madgulkar, Jaysingh, Saroj Borkar, Sudha Apte, Nalini Dhere, Shalini and Rajan (Jawale). The cast, MD, Director all singers except Mohd.Rafi were Marathi people. Most of them are unknown to Hindi audiences.

Jaysingh was the son of director Bhalji Pendharkar, from his first wife. From his second wife(Miss Leela aka Leela Chandragiri) he got another son Prabhakar. Combining the names of these two sons, Bhalji named his new studio “Jayprabha” at Kolhapur. During the riots against the Bramhins, after the murder of Gandhi, this studio was burnt, because Bhalji Pendharkar was a Brahmin. The studio was rebuilt. It was later purchased by Lata Mangeshkar,only to get embroiled in court cases with the Maharashtra Government, for a long time.

Actor Rajan (Jawle) was a Marathi actor. He is the person who lived with and looked after actress Hansa Wadkar in her later bad days in her life, till she died. Actress Nalini Dhere was a Marathi actress but had done few Hindi films like Nagad Narayan-43 etc. In Hindi film industry, at some or the other times, there were as many as 8 Nalini’s operating as actresses and singers – Nalini Tarkhad, Nalini Jaywant, Nalini Nagpurkar, Nalini Gupte, Nalini Dhere, Nalini Saraf (who became Seema Deo-wife of actor Ramesh Deo), Nalini Chonkar and Nalini Korgaonkar (singer-Jail Yatra-47).

Our film industry is full of ungrateful people. There is nothing like true friendship here. So called friends do not hesitate to cut the throat of others for selfish purposes. There are hundreds of such instances here. However for every rule there is an exception and there was ONE friendship which was used as an example here. That is the friendship of Vasant Joglekar and Ashok Kumar. They were true friends and their friendship ended only when Joglekar died.

Vasant Joglekar, actor-by compulsion and producer/Director-by choice was born on the Christmas day, 25th September 1914 at Nagpur. He started his filmi career as asstt. to Master Vinayak in 1942. In the struggling days he met Ashok Kumar and they became friends forever.

Starting with Aap ki seva mein-47, in which Lata Mangeshkar sang her first Hindi film solo, Joglekar produced 10 films and directed 20 films ( 11 Hindi and 9 Marathi). In one of the Marathi films directed by this young man-Vasant Joglekar, actress Sumati Gupte was acting in it. They fell in love and soon got married in 1943. Sumati became Sumati Gupte Joglekar. In due course, the couple had 3 daughters- Meera, Chanda and Madhushri.

In almost all his films Ashok Kumar was a fixture. There was a time when Ashok kumar was involved in 30 films at one time,still the 31st film was that of Joglekar. The only condition Dadamuni used to put was that Joglekar’s wife, actress/housewife Sumati Gupte Joglekar should provide him food Tiffin cooked by her own hands, at the shooting place ! . He was very fond of her cooking. No wonder, Sumati was a CKP by birth-a fish eater and Bangali babu liked Fish dishes very much !

Joglekar’s Filmography as a Director in Hindi films – Aap ki sewa mein-47, Adalat-48, Nand Kishore-51, Jeet Kiski-52, Firdaus-53, Samaj-54, Karigar-58, Aanchal-60, Aaj aur kal-63, Ek Kali Muskayee-68 and last film Prarthana-69. Vasant Joglekar tried to promote his daughter Meera as a Heroine in Hindi films, with the film Ek Kali Muskayee-68. However, she was not successful and the film was a flop. Vasant Joglekar died on 13-1-1993.

One of the cast members was G.D.Madgulkar. Though this name is unknown to most Hindi film lovers, he has contributed to films in a substantial way In marathi literature and films, his name is taken with respect. Gajanan Digambar Madguḷkar (1 October 1919 – 14 December 1977) was a Marathi poet, lyricist, writer and actor. He was born in village Shetphal, Atpadi Taluka, Sangli district in Maharashtra. His family hailed from village Madgule in the same Taluka.

He is popularly known in his home state of Maharashtra by just his initials as Ga Di Ma (गदिमा). He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1951 and Padma Shri in 1969. He has written 157 screen plays and over 2000 songs in his career. He was called Adhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki) of the current era due to his composition of Geet Ramayan ( Ramayana in Songs) as the most notable work. 2019 was celebrated as his Birth Century year. The Government of Maharashtra hosted various events and festivals to grace the occasion.

Madgulkar wrote poetry, short stories, novels, autobiographies and scripts, dialogues and lyrics for Marathi as well as Hindi movies. His poems have been adapted to a wide range of musical forms such as Sugam-Sangeet (light music), Bhav-Geet (emotional songs), Bhakti-Geet (devotional songs), and Lawani (a genre of folk songs in Maharashtra). Madgulkar entered the world of movies in 1938 at Kolhāpur. He contributed to 157 Marathi and 25 Hindi movies. He was also an artist. He loved to draw nature scenes. Special mention must be made for the films, Jeewan Jyoti-53-S/play and dialogues, Toofan aur Diya-56- story, and Do aankhen barah haath-57-Story, S/play and dialogues.

A noteworthy fact about Madgulkar is that during his peak period in Marathi films, he created a World Record. He teamed up with Music Director Sudhir Phadke and director Raja Paranjape. Together, as a team, they gave a total of 11 Hit films,in a row in 18 years- from 1948 to 1966 … a record for a Team.

He had knowledge of 10 languages including Marathi, Hindi, English, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.

Madgulkar was married to Vidya (Padma Patankar, Kolhapur) and they had 3 sons (Shridhar, Anand, Sharad Kumar) and 4 daughters (Varsha, Kalpalata, Deepa, Shubhada). The popular Marathi writer, Vyankatesh Madgulkar was his younger brother.

His home in Pune (‘Panchavati Bungalow’) has become a place of attraction for his fans.

I was based in Poona during the period 1974 to 1976. In this period one of my local friends took me to Madgulkar’s bungalow and introduced me. When Madgulkar came to know that I hailed from Hyderabad, he was very excited and asked me several questions. I spent about 4-5 hours with him and had lunch also with him, on his repeated insistence. He was a good conversionist and loved to talk and listen. I will never forget this meeting. Those days he was not keeping good health.

I have not seen this film, but I know that this was a film based on a Love marriage which goes sour ending up in a family court for a divorce. However, the skillful judge tries and the couple reunite with greater love and return to their sweet home happily.

Here is a 77 year old song, sung by V.S.Jog. This must be his first song on this Blog. V.S. Jog was a notable Indian actor, primarily known for his work in Marathi films and theatre, with notable films including Pratibha (1937), Lagna Pahave Karun (1940), and Amrit (1941). He was involved in the Marathi theatre scene, particularly in a period when naturalism was gaining prominence, with connections to the Natyamanwantar group and actor-writer K. Narayan Kale.

He made a comedy pair with Damuanna Malavankar. He also was ‘Gundyabhau’ in some films of a known popular character ‘Chimanrao’, along with Damuanna Malavankar.
Enjoy the song….

Song- Beet gaya beet gaya Prabhu Raam ka raaj re (Adalat)(1948) Singer- V S Jog, Lyricist- Mahipal, MD- Datta Davjekar

Lyrics

Beet gaya aa aa aa aa
beet gaya aa aa aa

Beet gaya
Beet gaya
Prabhu Raam ka raaj re
Prabhu Raam ka raaj re
Beet gaya
Beet gaya
Prabhu Raam ka raaj re
Prabhu Raam ka raaj re
kalah ka Raavan ghar ghar janma
kalah ka Raavan ghar ghar janma
nasht bhaye sab kaaj re
nasht bhaye sab kaaj re
nasht bhaye sab kaaj re
nasht bhaye sab kaaj re
Beet gaya
Beet gaya
Prabhu Ram ka raaj re
Prabhu Ram ka raaj re

dukh ke madir(??) baraabar bikhre
dukh ke madir(??) baraabar bikhre
aaj sanehee sanehee ko bisre
dukh ke madir(??) baraabar bikhre
aaj sanehee sanehee ko bisre
palat gaye patwaaar
palat gaye patwaar
samajh ke
ulta beech(?) jahaaj re
ulta beech(?) jahaaj re
ulta beech(?) jahaaj re
ulta beech(?) jahaaj re
Beet gaya
Beet gaya
Prabhu Raam ka raaj re
Prabhu Raam ka raaj re

Danav ka avtaran hua hai
Danav ka avtaran hua hai
Seeta maa ka haran hua hai ae ae
Seeta maa ka haran hua hai
koi upaay karo Prabhu aisa
koi upaay karo Prabhu aisa
Lanka dahan ho aaj re
Lanka dahan ho aaj re
Lanka dahan ho aaj re
Lanka dahan ho aaj re ae ae ae

Tags: 1948, Actor-Singer, Adalat, Datta Davjekar, Mahipal, V S Jog

Bhaj lo Ram Ram Siyaram

Posted by: Atul on: August 27, 2025

In: Bhajan | Guest posts | Lord Ram related songs | Post by Arunkumar Deshmukh | Rafi solo | Rafi songs | Ram bhajan | Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950) | Songs of 1948
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Blog Day :

6249

Post No. :

19327

Today’s song is from the film Shri Rambhakta Hanuman-1948.

The film was produced and directed by Homi Wadia for his own banner Basant Pictures. The film story was adapted from Valmiki Ramayan by Shivram Vashikar and the dialogues were by P.C. Joshi- who had also acted in the film in the role of Lakshman. The film starred Trilok Kapoor (Shri Ram), Prabhas Joshi (Lakshman), Sona Chaterjee (Seeta), Niranjan Sharma (Ravan), S.N.Tripathi (Hanuman), Dalpat Joshi, Amarnath and many others.The music was by S.N.Tripathi. This was his first role as Hanuman. He went on to do Hanuman’s role 6 more times.

Film Shri Rambhakta Hanuman-48 was the first of the Mythological films Homi Wadia’s Basant Pictures had made. Due to the extraordinary success of religious films from Prakash Pictures, suddenly there was a spurt in making Mythological films. Though Prakash Pictures made hit films like Bharat Milap-42 and Ram Rajya-43, in their films, the entire focus was on Shri Ram and Seeta Mai. They did not give any importance to Hanuman in their films. When I checked the credits of these two films yesterday, I found that Hanuman’s name was not there in the credits and we do not know who did that role ! Sensing this as an opportunity, the business minded Wadia made a film on Hanuman as the central character.
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Tags: 1948, Pt Indra Chandra, Rafi, S N Tripathi, ShriRam bhakt Hanuman

Aayee saawan kee rut hamaar dagmag doley jiyaa

Posted by: Atul on: August 6, 2025

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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#The Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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(Celebrating Saawan-2025-8)
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If one takes a look at the number of saawan songs’ on the blog saawan songs from the decades of 1930s through 1970s that are yet to be represented here. This year we are posting some songs from this category under the ‘celebrating saawan-2025’ series. Today’s song is the eighth song in this series.

The song under discussion is from the 1948 movie ‘Gopinath’. It was directed by Mahesh Kaul for Shanti Lokchitra, Bombay. It was a “social” movie. The cast of this movie had Raj Kapoor, Trupti Mitra, Latika, Nand Kishore, Sachin Ghosh, Randheer, Anwari Bai, Feroz, Mahesh Kaul, Bay Zubeida, Niranjan Tiwari and others. This movie has nine songs written by Ram Murty – five songs, and four bhajans which are attributed to Surdas and Meerabai two bhajans each. The singers for this movie are Meena Kapoor, Ninu Mazumdar, and Shamshad Begam.
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Tags: 1948, Gopinath, Ninu Mazumdar, Rammurty Chaturvedi, Shamshad Begam

Piya piya baaghon mein papeeha boley

Posted by: Atul on: July 28, 2025

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“Chanda Ki Chaandni” (1948) was directed by Dwarka Khosla for I.A. Patel Productions, Bombay. This “social” movie had Rehana, Jairaj, Veera, Bilimoria, Shanta, Neelkanth Tiwari, Moni Chatterjee, Pandey, Keshri, Ameer Banu etc in it.
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Tags: 1948, Chanda Ki Chaandi, D N Madhok, Geeta Dutt, Gyan Dutt

Zindagee kee raah mein tez chal

Posted by: Atul on: June 23, 2025

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6184

Post No. :

19095

Today’s song is from the film Shahnaaz-1948.

This film was directed by a Comedian- Shaikh and the music was by Singer/Actress Amirbai Karnataki. The cast of the film was Begum Para, Altaf, Nihal, Shanta Patel, Gulnar, Shama Dulari, Basheer , Shaikh and others. Most of the cast, except Begum Para and Altaf, was from C grade action films.

One of the interesting riddles the new “Old Film” lovers chew with interest is, who was the first woman Music Director in Hindi films. Time and again it has been proven, told, written and accepted that Bibbo aka Isharat Sultana was the First woman M.D., but still it is raised every now and then and the debate continues unabated.
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Tags: 1948, Ameer Osman Deobandi, Ameerbai Karnataki, Rafi, Shahnaaz, Singer-MD

Kaun hai jispe zamaane ne sitam dhhaayaa naheen

Posted by: Atul on: May 22, 2025

In: Geeta Dutt solo | Geeta Dutt songs | Guest posts | Melancholic song | Pathos | Post by Arunkumar Deshmukh | Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950) | Songs of 1948 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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Blog Day :

6152

Post No. :

19001

Today’s song is from a C grade action/jungle film, labelled as a Costume film – Mala The Mighty-1948. Made by Basant Pictures, Bombay, owned by Homi Wadia, it was directed by John Cavas, who was also the Hero of this film. The others in the cast were Leela, Dalpat, Azeem, Shyamsunder, Saleem, kareem etc. Lyricist Shyam Hindi wrote the songs which were composed by the Melody Master Chitragupta.
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Tags: 1948, Chitragupta, Geeta Dutt, Mala The Mighty, Shyam Hindi

Bahaaron se kheloon nazaaron se kheloon

Posted by: Atul on: April 23, 2025

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6123

Post No. :

18946

Today’s song is from an ‘Unique’ film, Shahnaz-1948. Made by Wahab productions, Bombay, this Costume film was directed by a Comedian – Sheikh.

Sheikh was a Comedy actor in the 40s, 50s and the 60s. He has acted in 170 films,as per Muvyz stats. He sang 10 songs in 8 films as per HFGK (Daulat ki duniya-47, Fifty Fifty-UR, Nakli Baap-49, Jiya Raja-49, Dushman-50, Simba-51, Hatimtai-56 and Naagmani-57).
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Tags: 1948, Akhtar Peelibhiti, Amirbai Karnataki, Rafi, Shahnaz, Singer-MD

Haree chunariyaa waalee kaa dil

Posted by: Atul on: April 20, 2025

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6120

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18941

Today’s song is from the Historical film Padmini-1948. Made by Punjab Film Corporation, it was produced and directed by its owner Wali Saheb. All the 11 songs of this film were also written by Wali Saheb. The cast of the film was Mumtaz Shanti ( wife of Wali Saheb), Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Ali, Samson, Maya devi, neelam, Sultana, A. Shah and others.
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Tags: 1948, G M Durrani, Geeta Dutt, Ghulam Haider, Padmini, Wali Saheb

Ho mainaa bol rahee

Posted by: Atul on: March 14, 2025

Blog Day :

6083

Post No. :

18876

Today’s song is from the Historical film Padmini-1948.

This film has a historical value, in the sense that this was one of the last films of Music Director Ghulam Haider in India. He had recorded his last song of Lata for his film. The film was made by Punjab Film Corporation, Bombay. It was owned by Wali Saheb, who was the Lyricist and the director of this film. By the way his wife Mumtaz Shanti was the Heroine in this film. The Music Director was Ghulam Haider. The cast of the film included Mumtaz Shanti, Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Ali, Maya Devi, Neelam, Sultana and many others.
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Tags: 1948, G M Durrani, Ghulam Haider, Padmini, Wali Sahab, Zohrabai Ambalawali

Kaisa samay hai aayaa

Posted by: Atul on: February 21, 2025

Blog Day :

6062

Post No. :

18845

Today’s song is from an almost unknown film- Refugee-1948.

This film was made by Harishchandra Rao Kadam, for his banner Harishchandra Films, Bombay. He had also acted in this film. The film was directed by Harish and the music was by a Debutante- Ajit Merchant. The cast included Urmila, Harishchandra rao, Hamid (called ‘Ajit’ in later films ), Majnu, Dalpat and debutante actress Sulochana Kadam, , Kesarbai (eldest aunt of actress Hansa Wadkar) and others. Sulocahan Kadam had also acted in another film, Krishna Sudama-1947. However her film Refugee got delayed and was released after Krishna Sudama. Anyway, after these 2 films, she quit acting and concentrated only on singing.
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Tags: 1948, Ajit Merchant, Pt Phani, Refugee, Sulochana Kadam

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