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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 a dubbed film Jeevan Nauka-1952.
A cursory look at the Film Index book tells us that that the word JEEVAN is a favourite with film makers.As many as 36 Talkie films were made till 2012 with the word Jeevan at the Title’s beginning. Surprisingly I did not find a single Silent movie title with this word. This of course is not an indication in any way, because silent films used to have several titles in different states for the same film. (Just for the records, the word most used in the Hindi film titles happens to be ” Ek”, which is used in 206 film titles from 1931 to 2012 ! ).
Today’s film Jeevan Nauka-1952 is a dubbed Malayalam film. The original film name was Jeevithan Nauka-1951. This film is hailed as the first ever mega Hit Malayalam film. This film was made in Tamil and Telugu at the same time, with the original. The Hindi dubbed version came after one year, in 1952.
The First Talkie film in
| The first talkie film in the language | Movie | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Alam Ara | 1931 |
| Tamil | Kalidas | 1931 |
| Bangla | Jamai Sashti | 1931 |
| Marathi | Ayodhyecha Raja | 1932 |
| Telugu | Bhakta Prahlada | 1932 |
| Gujarati | Narsi Mehta | 1932 |
| Indian English | Karma | 1933 |
| Kannada | Bhakta Dhruv/Sati Sulochana | 1934 |
| Oriya | Seeta Vivah | 1934 |
| Punjabi | Sheila | 1935 |
| Assamese | Joymoti | 1935 |
| Malayalam | Balan | 1938 |
You can see that while Hindi, Tamil and Bangla Talkie films came in 1931, Telugu in 1932, Kannada in 1934, the Malayalam film came only in 1938. Compared to Tamil and Telugu, the Kannada and Malayalam film industries were slow in development.
Just to compare, there were 15 Kannada films made in the 1930’s decade, 21 films in the 40’s and 70 films in the 50’s decade. This was the decade when Dr. Rajkumar appeared in Kannada films and its picture changed.
Malayalam films – only 2 silent films in the 30’s. The first silent film Vigath kumaran started shooting in 1928 but was finally released on 23-10-1930. The other silent film was Marthanda Varma-1933. Till 1947, there were only 3 Malayalm Talkie films. In the 50’s decade-6 films, in 60’s-30 films, in 70’s-40 and in the 80’s decade 127 talkie films. This was the decade when malayalam films became ‘Grown up’ and prospered. In the next 10 years Malayalam films won many national awards too !
Initially, like other South Indian films, Malayalam films depended on Hindi songs to copy into their films. The first mega hit film of Malayalam- Jeevithan Nouka-1951 had 14 songs and ALL were copies of popular Hindi songs. For example , it had a song copied from “Suhani raat dhal chuki” from the film Dulari-1949. Another song was copied from “Hawa mein udta jaaye” from the film Barsaat-1949.
However, when the Hindi version was dubbed, 2 MDs from Hindi were appointed. They were Shankar rao Vyas and Pt. Gobind Ram. They ensured that all the 13 songs of this film had new tunes. Both the MDs were on their waning side of careers, but all songs were good. The singers were Manna Dey, Rafi, Asha and Shamshad. Today’s song is the 4th song to appear here.
Since the film was dubbed, all the cast and the director was Malayalam, about whom we know not anything. Only MDs, Lyricists and the singers were from the Hindi industry. Today’s song is composed by Pt. Gobind Ram.
Pandit Gobindram was a trained musician from Lahore, and was equally popular in both Hindi and Punjabi films. Unlike other music directors of the Punjabi school, music composed by him did not typically reflect native Punjabi trends, but instead lay firmly in the category of mainstream 1940s’ music. We could very well say that he played a crucial part in shaping the music of the 1940s. His music is truly melodious and varied, with a unique combination of highly expressive tunes, yet very fun and foot tapping and rhythmically catchy. He is one of the music directors who used a very large number of singers, by my count, only second toGyan Dutt one of his worthy contemporaries. He excelled equally in composing happy, sad, romantic, serious, comical, classical, just any kind of songs. It is a pity that he has never received the attention that he deserved.
Among his landmarks are the introduction of an enormous contribution to making Shamshad Begum and Zohrabai the top singers in Hindi films. He recorded the maximum number of Hindi film songs with Shamshad Begum – 86 songs in 19 films. He was also one of the foremost music directors to encourage and bring forward great veteran Rafi Ji, and also introduced great singer Zeenat Begum to films. He has about 30 films to his credit and each one had equally superb music. Most popular singers of that period have graced his songs. His use of light music, Ghazals, Thumris and various popular music forms in films, provide a ready insight into the uniqueness of 1940s music, and with a slightly unique flavour of both his compositions as well as a tiny tinge of Punjabi style.
Pandit Gobindram started his career with Jeevan Jyoti (1937), which starred Shakuntala Bai, R. L. Monge and Urmila Devi. The film unfortunately went unnoticed. This was followed by another unsuccessful film, Khooni Jadoogar (1939). The 1940s was the true decade for Gobindram Ji. His Punjabi filmography is not properly available, but his first Hindi film in the 1940s was Himmat (1941). Today, it is remembered for being the second ever Hindi film of veteran singer Shamshad Begum , where she beautifully sang the traditional Dadra ‘Inhin Logon Ne Le Leena Dupatta Mora’ with Aziz , in her young, sweet but powerful voice. The famous song with the same lyrics in Pakeezah (1972) is largely a copy of this song. This was the first song composed by Gobindram that helped him gain recognition. Other songs from this film included ‘Is Jag Ke Sundar Natak Ka’,the first solo film song of Zohrabai from 1941 to 1950, and a beautiful duet by Ghulam Haider and Umraozia Begum , ‘Main Hoon Rani Ek Sunehri Nagri Ki’.
But it was his next film, Mangti (1942) in Punjabi, which made him one of the most sought after music directors of the 1940s. This was the debut film for top Lahori singer Zeenat Begum , apart from being the first film for famous heroine Mumtaz Shanti , and took both of them as well as Gobindram to the top notch. This film, which went on to become the first silver jubilee Punjabi film, played an important role in popularising Punjabi folk tunes and the use of a mix of original Hindi film music and Punjabi folk music in films. ‘Aawe Chan We’, ‘Mainoon Suttiyan Neend Na Aayi’, ‘Sapne Wich Mahi Aaya, ‘Tere Daras Di Pyasi’ and ‘Ud Ja Bholeya Panchiya’ (with Nandlal Nurpuri ) were some memorably melodious songs in which Zeenat shone under Gobindram . It is also worth remembering for being the first ever South Asian film to have a female Qawwali, ‘Baanke Nainanwaleya, Nainan Milanda’ by Zeenat and Rehmat Bai , a very enjoyable one. This legacy was continued only 3 years later in Hindi films, with the famous Qawwali of Zeenat (1945), ‘Aahein Na Bhareen’ (Noor Jehan , Zohrabai , Kalyanibai ). Other songs in this film were by the talented Shamshad Begum and Rehmat Bai .
Gobindram Ji worked with more than 30 lyricists during his career. With 56 songs in 8 films, his collaboration was the highest with Ishwar Chandra Kapoor . The films where the two worked together were Bholi, Chor, Doosri Shadi, Ghar Ki Izzat, Maa Ka Pyaar, Naseeb, Ratnavali and Sassi Punnu. Some of the other prominent lyricists he worked with include Bharat Vyas (Chor, Jalpari, Jeevan Nauka, Raj Mukut), Ram Murti Chaturvedi (Chor, Naseeb, Parinde, Ratnavali), Ramesh Gupta (Hamara Sansar, Jeevan Nauka), and Qamar Jalalabadi (Pagli, Sahara, Sarkar).
The story of the film was…..
Soman (Thikkurissi) is brought up by his elder brother Raju (Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavthar) and his shrewish wife Janu (Pankajavalli). Soman is in love with Lakshmi (B. S. Saroja), the daughter of a poor village performer Kaniyan (Adhimoolam) who belongs to a lower caste. Raju, employed by the zamindar (Nanukuttan) and Janu resent the inter-caste marriage between Soman and Lakshmi.
Lakshmi gives birth to a son and in the meanwhile Soman goes to the city in search of a job. Lakshmi who is left behind in the village faces harassment at the hands of the villagers. In the city, Soman is hit by a car driven by a rich young woman who takes him home and also employs him as the manager of her estate. Janu starts receiving Soman’s letters and remittances which start arriving. Janu does this by impersonating Lakshmi with the connivance of her brother Shanku (S.P.Pillai).
Meanwhile Lakshmi leaves the village in search of Soman. During her wanderings Lakshmi sees her husband with a woman and suspects him of being disloyal. The young woman is none other than his employer. Lakshmi tries to kill her child and commit suicide but what saves her is the instinct of motherhood. Lakshmi gets together a band of beggars and organises a home for them. She uses her talent as an actress and collects funds for the home by staging plays. Back in the village life turns its tables on Raju and Janu, while her brother Shanku is killed. The real culprits, the zamindar’s advocate and his group of people mislead the police implicating Soman in the murder. During one of her plays, Lakshmi recognises her husband who is about to be arrested on the trumped up charge. Explanations follow and Soman is absolved of the false charge and the couple are reunited. Raju is helped out by Soman. Janu who has now become a beggar is recognised by Lakshmi. Regardless of what has happened in the past, Lakshmi takes Janu home. And all ends well.
Today’s song is a duet sung by Rafi and Shamshad.
(Some information for this post came from wiki,bombaymann2, Vidur Suri, The Hindu and my notes, with thanks.)
Song- Ye Phoolon ka mausam ye thhandi hawaayen (Jeewan Nauka)(1952) Singers- Shamshad Begam, Mohd. Rafi , Lyricist- Bharat Vyas, MD-Pt Govindram
Both
Lyrics
Ye phoolon ka mausam
ye thhandi hawaayen
ho o mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
ye phoolon ka mausam
ye thhandi hawaayen
ho o mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
ye saawan ke baadal
ye kaali ghataayen
ho o mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
ye saawan ke baadal
ye kaali ghataayen
ho o mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
main chanchal hirni hoon saajan
tum ho ban ke mor
main chanchal hirni hoon saajan
tum ho ban ke mor
main tumhre sapnon ki raani
tu mere chitchor
tu mere chitchor
ye rut hai suhaani
ye mast fizaayen
ho o mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
ye phoolon ka mausam
ye thhandi hawaayen
ho mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
is duniya se door sajaniyaa
in kheton ke paar
is duniya se door sajaniyaa
in kheton ke paar
ham tum mil kar aao basaayen
ek naya sansaar
ek naya sansaar
ye tirchhi nigaahen
ye baanki adaayen
ho o mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
ye phoolon ka mausam
ye thhandi hawaayen
ho o mere dil mein kaisi ye halchal machaayen
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.126
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On this date ten years ago (27 May 2013),six songs from six different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 8132 | Insaan tu insaan hai | Sandesh (1952) | Movie made its debut with this song. 7 songs covered out of 8 songs by now |
| 8133 | Zindagi dulhan hai ek raat ki | Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1966) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 8134 | Ameeron ke Bhagwaan gareebon ko sataaya na karo | Mastaani(1955) | 4 songs covered out of 12 by now |
| 8135 | Aayi re khilaunewaali aayi | Taangewaala (1972) | 5 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 8136 | Bheegi bheegi raaton mein | Ajnabi (1974) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 8137 | Main kaun sa geet sunaaun | Dillagi (1978) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
We observe that three movies (out of six) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with three unYIPPEED movies that re eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (27 May 2023).
“Sandesh”(1952) is one of the unYIPPEED movies which is eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today.
“Sandesh”(1952) was directed by Bal Gajbhar for Sandesh Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Durga Khote, Umesh Sharma, Lalita Pawar, Kumud Lele, Meenakshi, Aravind, Nana Palsikar, Neeru, Vikas, Madan, Angre, Priyadarshi, Dwarkanath, Nigam, Tilak Sharma, Shukla etc in it.
“Sandesh”(1952) had eight songs in it. Seven songs have already been covered in the blog. Here are their details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 8132 | Insaan tu insaan hai | Rafi | 27 May 2013 |
| 8165 | Saawan bhaadon ke badarwa gaye aaye re | Sulochana Kadam | 3 June 2013 |
| 8171 | Ye do aankhen tujhe deekhe hain | Zohrabai Ambalewaali | 5 June 2013 |
| 10266 | Nas nas mein meri bhar dard diya | Asha Bhonsle, G M Durrani | 18 September 2014 |
| 10549 | Naina miley nainon se | Asha Bhonsle | 29 November 2014 |
| 16698 | Aao jee aao Raghuraaj aao | Manik Verma | 15 December 2021 |
| 17540 | Soya gagan mein chaand so jaa (Sandesh) | Manik Verma | 11 March 2023 |
We observe that there was one duet and one male solo. Apart from that the remaining songs were female solos.
The eighth and final song too is a female solo song. It is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Kumud Tripathi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Purushottam.
Only audio of the song is avilable. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
With this song, all songs of “Sandesh”(1952) have been covered in the blog. The movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Bisree huyee wo baaten kyun yaad aa rahee hain (Sandesh)(1952) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Kumud Tripathi, MD-Purushottam
Lyrics
bisree huyee ee woh baatein aen
kyun yaad aa rahee hain
guzree huyee ee woh raatein aen aen
kyon yaad aa rahee hain
qismat se kyaa gilaa karein
qismat se kyaa gilaa karein
kisko buraa aa bhalaa kahein
hasrat hai phir..rr milaa karein aen
hasrat hai phir..rr milaa karein aen
baahein bulaa rahee hain
bisree huyee ee woh baatein aen
kyun yaad aa rahee hain
duniyaa ko gham kaa kyaa pataa
hamse hee ho gayee ee khataa aaa aaa
duniyaa ko gham kaa kyaa pataa
hamse hee ho gayee ee khataa aaa
khud apnaa dil liyaa sataa aa
khud apnaa dil liyaa sataa aa
aankhein aen rulaa rahee hain
bisree huyee ee woh baatein aen
kyon yaad aa rahee hain
guzree huyee ee woh raatein aen aen
kyun yaad aa rahee hain aen
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 obscure film called Sapna-1952. I had not heard its name till I purchased the HFGK in 2011 !
The film was made by the Producer Kishor Sahu, under the banner of Hindustan Chitra, Bombay. The film’s director was Kidar Sharma, who was in the second half of his career. Out of his 36 Directorial ventures Sapna-52 was his 20th film. The famous , creative and hard working Kidar Nath Sharma was slowly losing his sheen in direction. Maybe he found difficulty in dealing with the changing scenario of the Hindi films in the 50’s decade. I have his autobiographical book ” The one and the Lonely Kidar Sharma” which is indeed an informative and interesting book. It gives a peep into the film scene of the 30’s and the 40’s as well as the famous Studio system.
Kidar Nath Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), was a director, producer, screenwriter, and Lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of such movies as Neel Kamal (1947), Bawre Nain (1950) and Jogan (1950), he is often most remembered for starting the acting careers of actors like Ramola, Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Bharat Bhushan and Tanuja, who are considered to be one of the greatest entertainers of Indian cinema.
Kidar Sharma has often been given the title of ‘one-man film industry’. He was producer, director, actor, story/screen-play/dialogue writer, lyricist, editor, still photographer etc. He was also known to have working knowledge of Hindustani classical music. He also sang a song for himself in the film ‘Inquilaab’ (1935). With a vast knowledge gained from working in New Theatres, Kolkata during 1933-41 and in Ranjit Movietone during 1942-47, Kidar Sharma had already directed 11 films and written lyrics for 23 films before he turned producer with ‘Neel Kamal’ (1947).
Kidar Sharma had a passion for film making. Otherwise why would a young man of 22 years after completing M.A. in English literature join the New Theatres (NT) as a painter? He would have very well got the job of a lecturer in any college in his native Punjab. His progress in filmy career was rapid. Within 2 years of joining NT, he was a still photographer and the lyricist for ‘Devdas’ (1935). He became dialogue writer for the Hindi version of ‘Vidyapati’ (1937) in addition to songwriting. By 1939, Kidar Sharma had become a free-lance director with ‘Aulaad’ (1939’), his debut film as a director followed by ‘Chitralekha’ (1941) which became a much talked about film. Incidentally, after about 23 years, Nadiadwala of Pushpa Films engaged Kidar Sharma to direct ‘Chitralekha’ (1964), a remake of its 1941 version.
After directing 9 films for Ranjit Movietone, Kidar Sharma decided to produce and direct ‘Neel Kamal’ (1947) under his own banner, Oriental Pictures. In fact, nobody was prepared to produce this film, not even his employer, Ranjit Movietone. So, he was forced to become the producer. He arranged finances by selling the distribution rights of the film in advance. For his maiden venture, he introduced two new comers – Raj Kapoor and Madhubala. Both the actors had done some bit roles in films before they were given the lead roles for the first time in the film. The film was an average success in terms of box office collections. Since then, Kidar Sharma produced and directed 14 films between 1947 and 1980.
As a producer-director, Kidar Sharma was not a showman like Raj Kapoor for whom the production value in terms of star cast, techniques and costly sets for film shooting were as important as the theme of the film. On the other hand, Kidar Sharma was an antithesis of a showman. He believed in low budget films which ruled out taking star actors for the lead roles. Hence, for almost all his films which he produced and directed, he preferred newcomers and his protégées to whom he had earlier introduced in his films. In this process, he gave to the Hindi film industry, popular actors like Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan, Mala Sinha, Tanuja etc to whom he introduced in his films as lead actors for the first time. Similarly, he mostly relied on Snehal Bhatkar and Roshan as music directors for his films who were introduced by him in his films ‘Neel Kamal’ (1947) and ‘Sohag Raat’ (1948), respectively for the first time.
Kidar Sharma’s last box office successful film as a producer-director was ‘Baawre Nain’ (1950) with Raj Kapoor and Geeta Bali in the lead roles. All his subsequent films like ‘Shokhiyaan’ (1951), ‘Gunaah’ (1953), ‘Chhora Chhori’ (1954) and ‘Rangeen Raaten’ (1956), did not fare well at the box office. All his films in the 1960s and thereafter numbering 6 either failed miserably at the box office or did not get released. ‘Sehme Hue Sitaare’ (1994) was his last film which remained unreleased in the theatres.
In most of his films, the story is based on a village or a small town and he tries to depict the intricate human relationships. All his films gives an impression that he had not come out of the Bengali mode of film making which were losing stream in Hindi film industry in the later 1960s where films were seen more as a medium of entertainment to fill the coppers of producers and distributors in terms of profits than covering the social issues concerning the society at large. Kidar Sharma did not fit in this milieu. So, the last 5-6 films produced and directed by him became obscure to such an extent that most of us do not even remember the title of the films.
An outstanding poet, Sharma wrote some of the most memorable songs including Balam aayo baso more man mein, Dukh kay ab din beetat nahi, Khayalon Mein Kisike (Bawre Nain), Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein Bhi (Hamari Yaad Aayegi) and Teri duniya mein dil lagta nahi. Kidar would continue to contribute as a lyricist and to write and direct films through the 1990s. Ironically, many Indian film critics and historians argued that he deserved the highest cinema award from the government of India but he died a day before he was to receive the Raj Kapoor Award, named in honour of the actor he helped make a success. Allrounder Kidar Sharma acted in 8 films, directed 36 films, sang 2 songs in 2 films and wrote 312 songs in 44 films, in his illustrious career.
His autobiography, The One and Lonely Kidar Sharma was published posthumously in 2002, edited by his son Vikram Sharma. ( This is an article by Sadanand Kamath ji,. I have added some information from wikipedia, muVyz and my notes. I thank Sadanand ji.)
The film’s Music Director was Shyam Babu Pathak, ably assisted by Shankar Lal. This MD’s name is hardly known to the younger generation because he operated from 1940 to 1952 except for two odd films in 1960 and 1965. He died in 1980, almost 43 years ago. Shyam Babu Pathak was born in 1908 at Gwalior. His music tuition started when he was just 7 years old. He studied in Madhav Sangeet Vidyalaya, under Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale, Narayan Gupte and Bhatkhande etc. He became an excellent singer and was invited by several Royal houses all over India, for singing. Even V D Paluskar had blessed him. Strangely, though a good singer, he sang only 1 song in a film.
While touring all over India for Music Mehfils, he learnt many folk songs and tunes. This actually prompted him to join films as a composer. His first film was Royal Commander-1938 – a B grade Costume drama film made by Vishnu Cinetone. In his first film, for just 9 songs, he used as many as 6 different singers. Minimum songs had been his specialty. This was a novelty in the 30s, when the norm was on an average of 12 to 15 songs each film.
V M Vyas of Vishnu Cinetone, was impressed with him and he gave him many films. He got Rani saheba-40, Torpedo-40, Samsheerbaz-40, Malan-42 and Ghar sansar-42. He gave good songs sung by Kalyani, Sardar Akhtar and Kajjan. In Lajwanti-42, his songs were light and comedic. By now, he had become a confirmed Stunt/action and B/C grade composer. Pyara watan-42,Double face-46 were such films. Double Face was Indivar’s first film.
Black Market-47, Namak-47, krishna Sudama-47 and Kismatwali-47 were not much help. Takdirwale-48 with Ramprasad, Imtihan-49 and Ret Mahal-49 led him to film Jeet-49 with Anil Biswas. Actually,it seems Anil Biswas took over when Pathak left the film halfway.
After Janmashtami-50 and Achha ji-50, came Preet ka geet-50.Famous poet Harikrishna Premi wrote the songs, which were sung by Mukesh, Geeta and Johra. Next film Hamari Duniya-52 had good Lata songs. Meanwhile his film Parda remained unreleased. In the last phase of his career, came Sapna-52, Vanraj-52, Bombay Central-60 and finally, film Mehbooba-65 closed his career. In all he composed 224 songs in 29 films. He even sang a song in the film Krishna Sudama-47.
Shyam Babu Pathak died of a heart attack in Bombay on 23-11-1980.
All the 7 songs were by Bharat Vyas. The dialogues were by Ramesh Gupta. Ramesh Nanimal Gupta was born in Delhi on 26-10-1915. He debuted as a Lyricist with films Churiyan and Awaz, both in 1942. In 1943, his song ” Bharat ki ek sannari ki katha” from the film Ramrajya-43 is famous even today. He wrote 225 songs in 34 films. He acted in 2 films. He wrote stories and dialogues in 16 films. He was a poet, lyricist, story and dialogue writer, producer, director and even a singer and actor ! He produced and directed films like Ram darshan-1948, Bhakta Gopal Bhaiyya-1948, Rimjhim-1949 and Matalabi Duniya-1961. He sang a song in the film Raja-1943. His patriotic songs were famous in Gujarati films. He died in Ahmedabad on 19-1-1992.
The cast of the film was Kishor Sahu, Bina Rai,Shakuntala, Heeralal, Cuckoo, Narmada Shankar and many others. The story of this film was……
Kamal, s/o Jung Bahadur varma meets Achala d/o P.K.Bose and they fall in love. Kamal is the owner of a Saw mill. They get married. Achala’s father falls ill and dies. Kamal goes to Banaras to immerse the ashes. Achala goes to the local river kund for pooja.
Bandit Bhairav Nath (Safed Ghodewala) sees her. He has been on her trail, unknown to her, for many months. Seeing her now, he kidnaps her and rides away, injuring her servant on the way. When she does not return her father and others presume that she is drowned in the river.
When Kamal comes back, he learns about her drowning, but does not believe it. He goes to the Kund for investigations. He finds her Earring embedded in horse’s hair. He suspects kidnapping, which is confirmed by the servant who has returned from the Hospital.
Enraged, Kamal carries a Pistol and runs to the hiding place of the dacoit Bhairav. The father of Achala and her cousin sister Madhavi also follow him. Bhairav starts firing. Finally when they come face to face, Bhairav first shoots at Kamal, but the cousin sister of Achala, Madhavi comes in front and saves him. Kamal kills Bhairav but Madhavi dies. Achala is regained in one piece.
End of the story, end of the film and end of the audience’s tolerance. With great relief, the audience returns home happily !
Today’s song is a triad, sung by Shamshad Begum, Asha Bhosle and Indira. This is the 5th song of the film on this blog. Enjoy….
Song-Muhabbat mein dilon ke khel ye harbaar hote hain (Sapna)(1952) Singers- Asha Bhonsle, Shamshad Begum, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Shyam Babu Pathak
Asha Bhosle + Shamshad Begam + Indira Mirchandani
Lyrics
Aa aa aa aa
karishme mohabbat ke ae ae
dikhla rahe hain
har ik shai mein
ham hee ee
nazar aa rahe hain
ae ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae
ae ae
muhabbat mein dilon ke khel ye
harbaar hote hain
ae jee harbaar hote hain
ae jee harbaar hote hain
haan aan aan aan
muhabbat mein dilon ke khel
har baar hote hain
aen aen aen aen aen aen
nazar ke teer chalte hain
jigar ke
jigar ke paar hote hain
nazar ke teer chalte hain
jigar ke paar hote hain
nazar ke teer chalte hain
jigar ke paar hote hain
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
maza aataa hai marne mein
mazaa aataa hai marne mein
mazaa aataa hai marne mein
mazaa aataa hai marne mein
mazaa aataa hai jeete mein
mazaa aataa hai jeene mein
uthhaa karta hai aksar meethha meethha dard seene mein
o meethha dard seene mein
ae ae ae ae ae ee ae ae
dawa jitni karo utne din beemaar hote hain
nazar ke teer chalte hain
jigar ke paar hote hain
nazar ke teer chalte hain
jigar ke paar hote hain
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
haseenon ke ae ae dilon se dil kaa aa aa
wo takraana nahin achcha
wo takraana nahin achcha
haseenon ke dilon se
dil ka takraana nahin achcha
ho takraana nahin achcha
kisi ke zulf ke phandon mein
phans jaana nahin achcha
o phans jaana nahin achcha
aa aa aa aa aa aa
bade hi bewafajallaad
ye sarkaar hote hain
nazar ke teer chalte hain
jigar ke paar hote hain
nazar ke teer chalte hain
jigar ke paar hote hain
muhabbat mein dilon ke khel ye
harbaar hote hain
muhabbat mein
Jaaoongee maike jaaoongee
Posted on: May 1, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.104
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On this date ten years ago (1 May 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 |
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| 8013 | Ajee dil ho qaaboo mein to | Village Girl (1945) | 11 songs covered out of 12 by now. Final song unavailable |
| 8014 | Tan Man Mera tarse | Paataal Bhairavi (1952) | 5 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 8015 | Pyaar nahin chhupta chhupaane se | Laadla (1954) | 9 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 8016 | Teri mehfil tera jalwa teri soorat dekh li | Sohni Mahiwal(1958) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 8017 | Pehle beej akela | Sant Tukaram (1965) | 4 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 8018 | Jobna se chunariya khisak gayee re | Dhundh (1973) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this song |
| 8019 | O phoolon ke desh waali…Haath mere hai madhu ka pyaala | Aarop (1974) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 8020 | Bibi mendhki ri tu to paani mein ki raani | Garam Coat(1955) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
We observe that four movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 1 May 2013) have since been YIPPEED.Two more movies have only one song left to be covered, but these songs are not available. So practically only two unYIPPEED movies are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today on 1 May 2023.
“Paataal Bhairavi”(1952) is one of the BTYC eligible movies.
“Paataal Bhairavi”(1952) was produced by B Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani and directed by K V Reddy for Vijaya Productions, Madras. The producers also owned the multiple language children’s magazine “Chandamama”.
The movie had N.T.Rama Rao, S.V.RangaRao, C.S.R.,Relangi, Balakrishnan, Padmanabhan, Malthi,T.G.Kamla, Laxmikantham, Hemalathamma, Girija Surbi Kamala, Chittee, Krishna Kumari etc in it.
The movie was a dubbed movie from Telugu. The movie had nine songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the sixth song from “Paataal Bhairavi”(1952). It is sung by Geeta Dutt and G M Durrani. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music was composed by Ghantsala.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio link:
Song-Jaaoongee maike jaaoongee (Paataal Bhairavi)(1952) Singer-Geeta Dutt, G M Durrani, Lyrics- Pt Indra Chandra, MD-Ghantasala
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
jaaoongee maayke jaaoogi
main to jaaoongee maayke jaaoogi
ab teri meri tootee rey aey ae ae
main to jaaoongee maayke jaaoogi
ho o ho o o ho o
badlo na ankhiyaan
gole ki ratiyaan
ho o ho
tujhko dekhoon meri
dhadkey chhatiyaa
baat hee baat mein
haath meraa chhodo na
heyyen
hhaan
baat hee baat mein
haath meraa chhodo na
jiyaa meraa todo naa
ditthaa
dhittayye
takkidaa dhittaa
takkidaa dhittayye
takkidaa jiyaa meraa todo naa
jiyaa meraa todo naa
baat teri jhoothhee rey ae ae ae
(chuckling sound)
chhodo na
preet todo na
preet todo naa
yoon barsaat mein
munh modo na
munh modo naa aa
yoon baat baat mein
aao rootho na hamse raanee
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.93
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On this date ten years ago (24 April 2013), seven songs from seven different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7965 | Lo chaand bhi jalne laga | Jungle Princess (1942) | 5 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 7966 | Qismat ne hamen majboor kiya | Aankhen (1950) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7967 | O bhoolne waale main tujhe kaise bhula doon | Pagli (1943) | 3 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7968 | Aankhon mein aansuon ko piye jaa rahi hoon main | Chehra (1946) | 6 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7969 | O dil mein basaane waale | Jeewan Nauka (1952) | 2 songs covered out of 13 by now |
| 7970 | Ae falak yoon hi sataata jaayegaa | But Taraash (1947) | 4 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7971 | Baansuriya haay toot gayi man ki | Dekho Ji(1947) | 5 songs covered out of 11 by now |
We observe that one movie (out of seven movies) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (viz on 24 April 2013) has since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with six unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (24 April 2023).
Five unYIPPEED movies have already been taken up under Blog Ten Year Challenge earlier today. Only one movie now remains to be taken up under BTYC.
This movie is “Jeewan Nauka”(1952).
“Jeewan Nauka”(1952) was directed by K Vembu for K & K Productions, Bombay. The movie had B.S.Saroja, Indira Acharya, Baby Girija, Thikkurisi,Sukumaran Nair,
Sebestian Kunju Bhagathar, Mutthukulam Raghavan Pillai, S.P.Pillai, Maathappan,Pankajavalli, Janamma jagathamma etc in it. This movie was dubbed from Malayalam movie “Jeevitha Nauka”(1951). Songs were recorded afresh. The Malayalam version of the song under discussion was a direct lift of Hindi movie song “Hawa mein udta jaaye mera laal dupatta malmal ka” from “Barsaat”(1949). When Hindi version of the song was planned, a new tune is created for the Hindi song that is being covered in this post. It must be said that this tune is quite catchy.
Only audio of this song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturiastion of the song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Note:- This post is the eighth and final post of the day. Last time the blog had eight songs in a day was 122 days ago, on 31 december 2022.
Audio link:
Song-Chhaayee hariyaalee dekho jhoomey daalee daalee (Jeewan Nauka)(1952) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Ramesh Gupta, MD-Pt Govindram
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
chhaayee hariyaalee
dekho jhoomey daalee daalee
boley koyal kaalee
ghataa chhaaye ghanghor
rumjhum rumjhum naachey man mor
ho o naachey man mor
chhaayee hariyaalee
dekho jhoomey daalee daalee
boley koyal kaalee
ghataa chhaaye ghanghor
rumjhum rumjhum naachey man mor
ho o naachey man mor
jab saajan mere ghar aayenge
ho jab saajan mere ghar aayenge
main roothhoongi aur woh manaayenge
mera nanhaa sa jiyaa behlaayenge
karke solahaa singaar
karoon unkaa intezaar
jiyaa boley baar baar kab aayenge
hho kab aayenge mere chitchor
rumjhum rumjhum naache man mor
ho o o naache man mor
chhaayee hariyaalee
dekho jhoomey daalee daalee
boley koyal kaalee
ghataa chhaaye ghanghor
rumjhum rumjhum naachey man mor
ho o naachey man mor
aayee aayee suhaani ritu aayee
oye aayee aayee suhaani ritu aayee
mere dil ki kalee muskaayee
mere naainon mein masti chhaayee
dekho pyaaree hai bahaar
chhaaya phoolon pe nikhaar
jiyaa boley baar baar kab aayenge
hho kab aayenge mere chitchor
rumjhum rumjhum naachey man mor
ho o naachey man mor
chhaayee hariyaalee
dekho jhoomey daalee daalee
boley koyal kaalee
ghataa chhaaye ghanghor
rumjhum rumjhum naachey man mor
ho o naachey man mor
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#the Decade of Fifties –1951 – 1960 #
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In this post we are going to listen to a song from the movie ‘Devyaani-1952’. It was directed by Vasant Painter for ‘Madhav Pictures’.
Madhukar Harihar was the producer of this movie. It had Shakuntala, Sapru, Mahipal, Meenakshi, Vasantrao Pahalwan, Banke Bihari, Baburao Pendharkar and others.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 15.07.1952.
“Devyaani-1952” was a ‘mythological film’. Our respected Arunkumar ji has mentioned about this movie in brief as given below, while presenting a song from this movie on the blog on 19.10.2021.
I am reproducing the text from his post as given below.
There were regular wars between the Gods and the Demons (Sur and Asur). However the Gods could never win any battle. The reason?, Rishi Shukracharya, who was the Rajguru of the Demons knew the Sanjivani mantra, with which the dead demons would be brought back to life.
Realising that without getting the mantra, they would never win any battle with Demons, the Gods sent Kach- son of God Brihaspati (Jupiter) to Shukracharya as his disciple. Kach impressed Shukracharya’s daughter Devyani and they became friends. Devyani started loving Kach.
The Demons came to know who Kach was . They killed him, burnt his body and mixed the ashes with wine, which was given to Shukracharya to drink. He knew that it contained Kach ashes. Meanwhile Devyani came to know that Kach was killed. She insisted that Shukracharya use his Mantra and bring him back to life. Due to daughter’s love, Shukracharya recited the Sanjivani mantra and Kach came out alive from his stomach. Shukracharya died. But Kach now knew the Mantra and he brought back Shukracharya to life again.
Devyani now expresses her love and proposes marriage to Kach, but he refuses stating that since he came from Shukracharya’s stomach, she was her sister now. Devyani is disappointed with his weak logic and curses Kach that what he learned here, he will never be able to use anywhere. Angrily, Kach too curses her that no Bramhin will ever marry her in her life. He goes away and the film ends as a tragedy.
“Devyaani-1952” has seven songs in it, all were penned by Manohar Khanna. Music for this movie was composed by S. Purushottam.
So far, three songs from this movie have been posted on the blog earlier as per details given below.
| SNo. | Song Title | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Madhur madhur sapnon mein aaj main | Asha Bhonsle | 15.11.2016 |
| 02 | Man se man ke taar milaa le | Sulochana Kadam | 22.05.2018 |
| 03 | Prem ki maala meri kahin toot na jaaye | Asha Bhonsle | 19.10.2021 |
Today’s song is the fourth song from this movie. It is sung by Mohd Rafi.
Only the audio of this song is available. I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on the movie and the picturisation of it’s’ songs.
Song-Jaag jaag o Shaktimaan ab praath ho gayaa jaag re (Devyani)(1952) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Manohar Khanna, MD-S Purushottam
Lyrics
jaag jaag o shaktimaan
ab praath ho gayaa
jaag re ae
jaag jaag o shaktimaan
ab praath ho gayaa
jaag re ae
bhor tere darshan ki pyaasi
charan sparsh ko o
vyaakul dharti
baat takey ae
gangaa ki lehren
gaaye praabhaati raag re ae ae
praath ho gayaa jaag re ae
teen lok mein ae
ek hai tu hi
mahaabali sanjeevandhaari
praan-pati tu
saare jag kaa
tujhse jag kaa suhaag re ae
praath ho gayaa jaag re ae,/em>
jaag jaag shivji ke pyaare ae
jaag jaag shivji ke pyaare
dekh prabhaakar aaya dwaare ae ae
param puneet charaachar kar de
jagaa de hamre bhaag re ae
praath ho gayaa jaag re
ab praath ho gayaa jaag re ae
Soyaa gagan mein chaand so jaa
Posted on: March 11, 2023
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Today’s song is from a film of the Golden Era-Sandesh-1952.
This film was made by Sandesh pictures and its producer’s name was also Sandesh Adhikari. Luckily, the director was not any Sandesh. It was Bal Gajbar, a director not known in Hindi cinema, but he was a celebrated director in Marathi films. he did only 3 films in Hindi as a director namely, Mere Laal-1948, Sandesh-1952 and Gokul ka Raja-1954….his last film in Hindi.It’s Marathi original was Gokulcha Raja ( गोकुळचा राजा ) made in 1950, which was also directed by Bal Gajbar only.
There were 8 songs in the film, written by Manohar khanna (father of Music Director Usha khanna), Nihal Chand Jain-strangely called Nihal Uzanavi. The third lyricist was Kumud Tripathi, the well known comedian. He was one of those who came to the film industry to become a Lyricist but ended up being a reasonably successful comedian and a character artiste. He started as a Lyricist for the film Rimjhim-1949 and then wrote songs for Bijli-1950. He wrote 2 songs for the film Nai Zindagi-1951. During this film he attended one song filming. The director Mohan Sinha offered him a small comedy role in that film. This became his Debut if films as an actor. Though he wrote songs for film Sandesh-52, his career as a comedian had kickstarted. He last wrote songs for the film Jeevan Sathi-1957. Offhand I remember another 2 comedians who started as Lyricists but ended as Comedians namely, Mirza Musharraf and Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi. Actors like Sajjan and Mahipal also started as Lyricists before becoming heros.
During his struggling days in the early 50s, Kumud Tripathi was staying in Bandra’s slums along with Sunil Dutt and Rajendra kumar. He acted in 73 films. His first film as an actor was Nai Zindagi-1951 and his last film was Hum se badhkar kaun-98. His one role I remember is from the film Apradhi Kaun-57, in which he had sung two songs also on the screen. After retirement from the films, he joined TV and did a memorable role as Guptaji ( owner of a Gen. Store) in a famous serial of the 1986 period- Nukkad.
The cast of the film was Durga Khote, Umesh Sharma, Kumud lele, Nana palashikar, Lalita Pawar etc.etc. The story of the film Sandesh-1952 was….SANDESH-1952 was a story of a doctor with distorted principles. Dinanath’s father Vidyadhar,an honest and straightforward School teacher is falsely implicated in cases of treason and mutiny against the British and is convicted in 1922. This shock takes Vidyadhar’s life.
Dinanath and his mother go to Kashinath, who was a favourite student of Vidyadhar,for help. Kashinath promises Dinanath that he will make him a doctor. During his education,Dinanath falls in love with a rich Barrister’s daughter Sudha,but their marriage can not take place as Dinanath is very poor. She gets married to his classmate.
Dinanath goes to England and when he comes back as a Doctor,he becomes only money minded,as he realises the value of money in this world. Due to his nature,his mother Saraswati bai leaves him.
One day,his mother meets with an accident and is brought to his Hospital,but she refuses to be treated by him. He realises that relations are more important than money and a Doctor’s profession is a noble one.
He repents and changes himself. Meanwhile,Sudha gets a divorce and they meet again and unite,finally.
The Hero of the film was Umesh Sharma,who acted in Deepak-51 and Apna desh-49 also as a Hero. Later he worked in many other roles,as well as as a writer,director and producer also. He acted in 33 films.He was the writer of the famous film BOMBAY-1995.
The Music Director was S.Purushottam, about whom not much is known. Similarly his assistant for this film was Shyamrao Kamble, who later became a very well known Arranger in Hindi films. He too has not received any publicity like other Arrangers- Anthony Gonsalvez, Sebastian D’souza, Chick Chocolate, Chriss Perry, Frank Fernando etc.
LUCK plays an important role in our film industry. It is this Luck which has built bright careers and it is this Luck that has brought down people’s careers.
It was a matter of Luck that Devika Rani chose the hesitant, shy and simple Ashok Kumar as her hero in films, otherwise he would have, at the most, become a Cinematographer or a senior Lab Technician in the Photography department of Bombay Talkies ! It was a matter of sheer luck that Khan Mastana was the Main singer in Rafiq Ghazanavi’s Laila Majnu, and a shy aspirant Mohd Rafi was a part of Chorus and later in K Asif’s Laila Majnu, Mohd.Rafi was the Main singer and the poor Khan Mastana was in the chorus !
It was luck that the immensely popular master Nissar made the Governor of Bombay to stop and give way to the sea of Nissar’s admirers and fans and it was the same luck that a tattered, poor master Nissar died in Penury and anonymity in the bylanes of Kamathipura when his last rites were done through charities. The unprecedented record breaking popularity of ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ was nothing short of a miracle and good luck to the hapless producer who was totally broke. Was it not Luck that made Pt. Hanuman Prasad listen to Geeta Dutt, without her knowledge and then brings her to the Films ?
The Hindi film industry is full of stories of luck. Thousands of people work in the industry, in different departments, but only a few get mentioned like say Cinematographer. What about his assistants who contribute equally, if not more to film shooting ?
Music Directors’ names are famous. At times their assistants too get a mention in the credits, but what about the soul of every song-the Arranger ? Many people do not even know that there is someone called an Arranger. An Arranger not only exists, but without him the song orchestration is not possible.
How many Arrangers are known to the public in India ? A composer is Zero without an Arranger. So they try to employ the best of them in their service. Some of the Arrangers become successful Composers themselves, like Sonik-Omi or Laxmikant Pyarelal. Most arrangers fail as composers because they don’t know the commercial aspect of composition, like getting films, knowing and mixing with film personalities in Parties, having friends and God fathers in the right place etc etc.
The other day I was reading a book “Voh Bhooli Dastaan” by Subhash Chandra Jadhav,on Indian Film Music. In this book he has described information about one such successful but totally unknown Arranger SHYAMRAO KAMBLE.
Kamble was born in Karad, near Kolhapur in Maharashtra, on 23-10-1925. His elder brother taught him Tabla and Pakhawaj. Kamble joined a musical drama company where he learnt writing notations. When he came to Bombay he accompanied great singers like Saraswati Rane, Suresh Haldankar, Manik Verma etc. He used to make rounds of film studios and learnt to play Piano, Saxophone, trumpet, mandolin etc.
His career started as an assistant to music director H N Sharma.
Then he worked for Roshan in Bawre nain, wherein he played harmonium in all songs and Roshan was pleased. In Bheegi Raat-65 he played Guitar in the song ‘Dil jo na kah saka’
While doing Anokhi Raat he made use of Flute artistically in ‘oh re taal mile’. During this film Roshan died and he helped his wife to complete the recording of ‘Sapnon ka raja’ by Lata.
Chitralekha’s background music was liked by Hemant kumar very much.
After Roshan, Kamble worked for his son Rajesh Roshan also.
Kamble says,“Though my work was appreciated, my name never appeared in film credits till Jaidev and Sudhir Phadke insisted for it.”
From ‘Mujhe jeene do’-63 Kamble became Jaidev’s assistant. He says,’ Jaidev ji was a composer totally sold to indian classical music.’ For Reshma and Shera Kamble used Sarod effectively.
The producer director of Gharonda,Bheem Sen insisted its music to be like R D Burman. Kamble used the interludes in every song just like RDB and songs of Gharonda became very famous. Jaidev was so happy that he gave a 5 speaker gramophone to him as a Gift.
In the film ‘Tumhaare Liye’ Kamble wanted Hariprasad Chaurasiya to play Flute. He discussed it with Hari ji, but Hari ji did not come for any rehearsals, so Kamble called Sumant Raj and did the rehearsals. As luck would have it,on the day of recording Hariprasad came to play Flute. Kamble did not hesitate in making his decision. He used both the flutists for different pieces in the song.
Kamble also worked with Sudhir Phadke. when a producer wanted to make a remake of marathi film ‘Vahininchya Bangdya”, he took Sudhir Phadke for Bhabhi ki choodiyan as a composer, but put a condition that his Arranger will work with him. That person was a Goanese and Phadke did not like his arrangement with western instruments for this emotional film. He called Kamble and asked him to write notations for all the songs on the tunes decided already. Kamble did all this and left. Phadke gave the notations to the Goanese arranger and asked him to arrange orchestration accordingly. That is why all the songs of this film including ‘Jyoti kalash chamke” became popular.
Shyamrao Kamble did not attempt to become a film composer himself, as he knew his limitations. However,for “Bibal-My Brother”-1975, he shared the music with Prabhakar Jog.
Shamrao himself was a brilliant composer as well. He used to compose Bhajans and once on listening to the Bhajans he composed, music director Pyarelal asked him “Shamraoji if you can compose the tunes so nicely, why don’t you think to be a full-fledged music director for films ?” He just said “I am more interested in the Music Arrangements..” Pyarelal asked him jokingly, “so shall I use your compositions ?” smiling, within a second he said, “Pyareji, my all work is for you… you may use it whenever you wish..!” I am very much sure that if Shamraoji had taken music-direction as a career, he would have definitely achieved the position in the list of most talented and successful composers in the Indian music field,” said Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, the ace music director.
“His knowledge and devotion towards music was so deep, that he even used to guide or suggest the top artists like Rais Khan (sitar), Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute), Shivkumar Sharma (santoor) about the playing during the recordings. He also used to express that a particular music piece would be more effective if improvised in a different manner etc. And the greatness of those artists also, who used to sportingly accept Shamraoji’s suggestions and appreciate the same.. This was only because they were fully aware of Shamraoji’s knowledge and capacity. And also this was the reason that we had given total freedom to him in our work also,” said Pyarelal.
In his early career, Shamrao had worked as a notation-writer. He was the one who wrote down the notation for Dinanath Mangeshkar’s natya sangeet (Chandrika hi janu, Vilopale madhu meelanat ya, Yuwati mana etc).
Though he retired and settled in Poona, Laxmikant Pyarelal always called him for work. He has toured several countries with Laxmikant Pyarelal’s orchestra as an Arranger. Shamrao kamble died on 17-10-2008, at Dombivali, due to Brain Haemorrhage, at the age of 83 years.
The tribe of Arrangers always worked behind the curtain, without any limelight on them and without appearing in film credits.
Truly, they are the brains behind good music in films ! (Thanks to Subhashandra Jadhav of ‘Voh bhooli Dastaan’ and Imprints and images, with thanks.)
Let us now enjoy the song by the classical singer Manik Verma. She sang only 17 songs in 13 Hindi films. Today’s song was her last song in Hindi films.
Song- Soya gagan mein chaand sojaa (Sandesh)(1952) Singer- Manik Verma, Lyricist- Kumud Tripathi, MD- S.Purushottam
Lyrics
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soya gagan mein chaand
soja
soya gagan mein chaand
soja
pyaar ki loree
gaaye chakori
gaaye chakori
baadal jhulna jhulaaye
so jaa
soya gagan mein chaand
soja
soja aaye sapne suhaane
mit jaaye dukh dard puraane
dard puraane
sapnon mein meet bulaaye
soja
soya gagan mein chaand
soja
hat jaayega dukh ka andhera
aayega jab sukh ka sawera
sukh ka sawera
pichhli kahaani bhulaaye
soja
pichhli kahaani bhulaaye
soja
soya gagan mein chaand
soja
soya gagan mein chaand
soja
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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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#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #
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The song under discussion is from the ‘1952’ movie ‘Paataal Bhairavi’.
“Paataal Bhairavi-1952” was directed by K.V. Reddy for ‘Vijaya Productions, Madras’.
It was produced by Nagi Reddy-Chakrapani.
It had N.T. Ramarao, S.V. Rangarao, C.S.R., Relangi, Balakrishnan, Padmnabhan, Malati, T.G. Kamla, Laxmikantham, Hemlatamma Rao, Girija, Surbi Kamla, Chitti and others.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 10.03.1952.
Here is a brief about this movie mentioned by our Respected Shri Arunkumar ji.
PATAAL BHAIRAVI-52 was directed by K. Venkat Reddy and the music was by Ghantasala (Assisted by A Krishnamurthy). Lyrics were by Pt. Indra. There were 9 songs, sung by Talat Mehmood, G M Durrani, Geeta Roy, Kamala Devi and Jikki (P G Krishnaveni).
The story of ‘Pataal Bhairavi’ is a Fantasy, full of drama, dances, Magic, Sword Fights, Heavy costumes, palaces and accompanied by many Trick scenes.
Ramu (N T Rama Rao) is the son of an ordinary gardener, who falls in love with Princess Indumati (Malati) of Ujjain Kingdom. While the Rajmata has no objection, the king does not approve a commoner. So, Ramu decides to become rich and meets a mantrik (S V Ranga Rao) who promises to make him rich in quick-time. Actually, the Mantrik wants to sacrifice Ramu to the Goddess (Girija) to propitiate her and get rich himself.Ramu comes to know of mantrik’s plan and plays the game in such a way that instead of Ramu, the Mantrik is sacrificed to the Goddess, who appears before Ramu and makes him rich and powerful. Meanwhile, the king is attacked by a big enemy, but Ramu helps the king and defeats the enemy and saves the kingdom. The king is now in his favour and Ramu not only gets married to Indumati but also is declared the heir Apparent to the king’s throne.
There are many trick scenes and sword fights in the film, worth seeing. It is said that actor RANJAN helped the producers in shooting the sword fight scenes.
(The story was once again remade in 1985, with Jeetendra as Ramu, Jayaprada as Indumati and Kader Khan as the Mantrik. Shoma Anand played the Goddess Paataal Bhairavi.)
As mentioned above, this movie has nine songs – all written by Pandit Indra. Music for this movie was composed by Ghantasala.
So far, four songs from ‘Paataal Bhairavi-1952’ have been posted on the blog earlier, as per details given below.
| SNo | Song Title | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Kahin preet se bhara koi | Geeta Dutt, Talat Mahmood | 18.12.2012 |
| 02 | Tan man mera tarse | Geeta Dutt | 01.05.2013 |
| 03 | Bichhad gaye jo saathi | Talat Mahmood | 01.09.2014 |
| 04 | Prem panthh ko chala musaafir ban kar deewaana | Talat Mahmood | 14.02.2020 |
This song is the fifth song from this movie to appear on the blog. It is sung by Geeta Dutt and accompanied by female chorus.
The picturisation of the song shows N.T. Ramarao as a ‘saadhu’ with one sidekick watching the Princess (I guess. And so it should be Malati) and her ‘sahelis’ who have come to the ‘garden’ for ‘phool kaliyaan chun’ne’ 🙂 as the ‘basant ritu’ has arrived…
So, with ‘basant’ already around let us listen to this lovely song in the voice of Geeta Dutt and enjoy this golden oldie…
Lyrics for this song were sent by Prakashchandra.
Video
Audio
Song-Goonjat bhanwra jhoomat kaliyaan (Paatal Bhairavi)(1952) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-Ghantsala
chorus
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
goonjat bhanwraa jhoomat kaliyaan
basant ki rut aayee ee
ho umang tan man haaye haaye
goonjat bhanwraa jhoomat kaliyaan
basant ki rut aayee ee
ho umang tan man haaye haaye
chham chham karti dulhan aashaa
aayee chhupp chhupp baag mein aen
chham chham karti dulhan aashaa
aayee chhupp chhupp baag mein aen
raswanti saras sohini
lajwanti jagat mohini
raswanti saras sohini
lajwanti jagat mohini
goonjat bhanwraa jhoomat kaliyaan
basant ki rut aayee ee
ho umang tan man haaye haaye
itraati lehraati
madmaati manjul maalti
itraati lehraati
madmaati manjul maalti
sooryamukhi nayan kholti
chandramukhi mast dolti
goonjat bhanwraa jhoomat kaliyaan
basant ki rut aayee ee
ho umang tan man haaye haaye
o ooo ooo
ooo ooo
ooo ooo ooo
kunj kunj mein
kuhu kuhu kuhu koyal gaati aarti
kunj kunj mein
kuhu kuhu kuhu koyal gaati aarti
rasgangaa lehraaye kyun
man meraa aa tarsaaye kyun
goonjat bhanwraa jhoomat kaliyaan
basant ki rut aayee ee
ho umang tan man haaye haaye
ho umang tan man haaye haaye
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 21
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On this date ten years back viz on 6 February 2013, seven songs from sevendifferent movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7453 | Ho morey baalma kaahe maari kataar | Shair (1949) | Shamshad Begam-Rafi duet. Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7454 | Koi dard hamaara kya samjhe | Rangeeli(1952) | Lata Mangeshkar solo. 3 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7455 | Ham bhi karte hain pyaar samajh mein aaya | College Girl (1960) | Rafi-Lata duet. Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7456 | Phoolon taley ham tumse miley | Nadirshah (1968) | Lata Mangeshkar solo. Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7457 | Tu mera din hai main teri raat | Sanyaasi (1975) | Suman Kalyanpur-Mukesh duet. 7 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7458 | Band lifaafe mein jaise | Chalta Purza (1977) | Lata-Kishore Kumar duet. Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7459 | Teriya teriya | Chaalis Baba Ek Chor(1954) | Lata-C Ramchandra duet. 8 songs covered out of 12 by now |
We observe that four movies (out of seven) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 6 February 2013) have since been YIPPEED. We also observe that as many as five songs had the voice of Lata Mangeshkar in them. Coincidence ? Or divine scheme of things ? Today ten years later, we have already discussed four Lata Mangeshkar songs (out of seven songs). We have yet to take up Blog Ten Year Challenge and they too offer us opportunities to covered Lata Mangeshkar songs.
“Rangeeli”(1952) is one of the three movies that is eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today.
“Rangeeli”(1952) was directed by Najam Naqvi for M and T films, Bombay. The movie had Rehana, Rajkumar, Yakub, Mumtaz Ali, Baalam, S.Nazir, Eruch Tarapore,
Leela Mishra, Chanda Bai, Surendra junior, Baby Shila, Aggan, Katana, Baazid Khan, Omkar Dewaskar etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it. Three songs have been covered so far.
Here is the fourth song from “Rangeeli”(1952) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Raja Mehdi Ali Khan is the lyricist. Music is credited to Chic Chocolate who was assistant of C Ramchandra. The touch of C Ramchandra is clearly noticeable in this song. What a delightful fresh voiced song it is !
Only audio of the song is available. From the star cast, it appears to be a song picturised on Rehana. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio link:
Song-Chanda ko sitaara miley kashti ko kinaara miley(Rangeeli)(1952) Singer-Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-Chic Chocolate
Female chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
chandaa ko sitaaraa miley
kashti ko kinaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
chandaa ko sitaaraa miley
kashti ko kinaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
chandaa ko sitaaraa miley
kashti ko kinaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
jalaa ke intezaar ke deeye
kisee ki raah mein aen
kisi ki raah mein aen
main gin rahee hoon
dil ki dhadkanein
kisee ki chaah mein aen
kisi ki chaah mein aen
nigaah jisko dhoondhtee hain
woh mujhe dubaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
chandaa ko sitaaraa miley
kashti ko kinaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
bagair unnki soonaa soonaa
mere dil kaa bagh hai ae ae
soonaa dil kaa bagh hai ae ae
jo woh naheen to zindagi
bujhaa huaa charaag hai aey ae ae
bujhaa huaa charaag hai ae
woh aayen gar to zindagi ko
zindagi dubaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
chandaa ko sitaaraa miley
kashti ko kinaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
sunoon jo ek baar phir tere
kadam ki aahatein aen aen
kadam ki aahatein aen
to jaag uthhey labon pe mere
phir woh muskuraahatein aen aen
woh muskuraahatein
phir ek baar mujhko mere
chaand kaa nazaaraa miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
chandaa ko sitaara miley
kashti ko kinaara miley
dil-e-beqaraar kahey
mujhe piyaa pyaaraa miley
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