Archive for the ‘Songs of 1958’ Category
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#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #
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#Birthday-Suman Kalyanpur 28th Jan’2023 #
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Today 28th January’2023 is the eighty-sixth birthday of Singer Suman Kalyanpur- (born on 28th January’1937).
As per the statistics on this blog Suman Kalyanpur has sung around 857 songs in Hindi Films and so far we have covered 433 songs sung her on the blog. So, that is just above the half of the figures of total songs sung by her. We still have a long way to go before all her songs are posted here on the blog.
She has been conferred with ‘Padma Bhushan’ by Government of India on this ‘Republic Day’ and we congratulate her on this achievement, and also wish her a very happy birthday today and a healthy and peaceful life ahead.
A mishap happened with her just three days before when fire broke out in the building she is staying at Mumbai and she had to be evacuated from there to her relatives’ house in the city. A news article says on this incident that it will take around two to three weeks for everything to come to normal in the fire affected building.
We sincerely hope that everything will soon be back to normal.
To start the day I am presenting a song sung by Suman Kalyanpur from the decade of fifties i.e.1951-1960.
Here is a song from the ‘1958’ movie ‘Kal Kyaa Hogaa’.
“Kal Kyaa Hogaa-1958” was directed by Ramesh Dheeraj for ‘Sound And Shadow Corporation’, Bombay.
It was produced by Y. B. Yavar. (In the footnote of this movie’s details, HFGK Vol-III (1951-1960) mentions that the production activities of this movie were looked after by Nanabhai Bhatt).
The cast of this movie included Anita Guha, Manhar Desai, Shammi, Habib, Heera Sawant, Indira, Azim, Shyamlal, Maqbool, Leela Sharma, Nandini, Meena, Jahangir Lakdawala, Ghani, Mohd Ali, Mohd Sandow, Babu Sandow, Sheikh and others.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 18.02.1958.
“Kal Kyaa Hogaa-1958’ has nine songs written by Saba Afghani and music was composed by Nisar.
Here is the detail of the songs in this movie:-
| SNo | Song Title | Singer/s |
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| 01 | Aao bachchon, aaya anokha aaya | Khurshid Bawra |
| 02 | Kahe kuchh bhi zamaana | Not known |
| 03 | Jiska palda bhaari dekhe | Mohd Rafi, chorus |
| 04 | Ye nazren* kataar, abroo hai talwaar | Suman Kalyanpur |
| 05 | Ek saath hi aag lagaa de…jag ke paalanhaar | Not known |
| 06 | Tera aasraa hai mujhe bansiwaale | Not known |
| 07 | Jaan baaki reh gayi hai dil gaya | Not known |
| 08 | Kya suhaana samaa hain, aaj duniya jawaan hai | Not known |
| 09 | Ab maano na maano tumhaari marzi | Suman Kalyanpur |
(* in the audio of the song it is nigaahen)
We can see from the above table that singer’s names for five songs have not been mentioned for the individual songs in HFGK Vol-III (1951-1960).
However HFGK mentions Mohd Rafi, Nisar, Suman Kalyanpur, Madhubala Zaveri and Khurshid Bawra as playback singers for this movie.
Only one song from this movie jiska palda bhaari dekhe has been posted on the blog on 27.02.2017.
Today’s song is the second song from this movie to be posted on the blog.
Let us now listen to this song in the voice of Suman Kalyanpur.
Lyrics are by Saba Afghani and music is composed by Nisar.
Once again we wish a ‘very Happy Birthday to Suman Kalyanpur ji’!!!
Song-Ye nigaahen kataar abroo hai talwaar(Kal Kya Hoga)(1958) Singer-Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics-Saba Afghani, MD-Nisar Bazmi
Lyrics
ye nigaahen kataar
abroo hain talwaar
zaraa dil ko sambhaal ke
aana saamne ae
ye nigaahen aen
ye nigaahen kataar
abroo hain talwaar
zaraa dil ko sambhaal ke
aana saamne
ye nigaahen aen
kyun apne bal pe
deewaane magroor hai
tirchhi nazar ka nishaana
mash’hoor hai ae
kyun apne bal pe
deewaane magroor hai
tirchhi nazar ka nishaana
mash’hoor hai
haaye
na rukegaa ye waar
abhi hogi teri haar
zaraa dil ko sambhaal ke
aana saamne ae
ye nigaahen aen
main hoon akeli
na rehnaa is khayaal mein
tadpe kahin naa
tu apne hi jaal mein
main hoon akeli
na rehnaa is khayaal mein
tadpe kahin naa
tu apne hi jaal mein
haaye
hain adaayen hazaar
o shikaari hoshiyaar
zaraa dil ko sambhaal ke
aana saamne ae
ye nigaahen aen
ye nigaahen kataar
abroo hain talwaar
zaraa dil ko sambhaal ke
aana saamne
ye nigaahen aen
meri nazar mein chhupi hai
ye taaseer(?) bhi
pal mein badal doon
main teri taqdeer bhi
meri nazar mein chhupi hai
ye taaseer(?) bhi
pal mein badal doon
main teri taqdeer bhi
haaye
kho naa jaaye qaraar
aage tujhe ikhtiyaar
zaraa dil ko sambhaal ke
aana saamne
ye nigaahen aen
ye nigaahen kataar
abroo hain talwaar
zaraa dil ko sambhaal ke
aana saamne
ye nigaahen aen
Inquilaab zindaabaad
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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 is the 74th Republic Day of India, i.e. Bharat. I congratulate all Atulites on this occasion. हार्दिक बधाई और अभिनंदन ।
Have you ever wondered why we have both Independence Day and Republic Day – 2 days of national celebrations ? How many of us really know the difference between these two days ? Let me explain….
After a long British rule, India became an Independent Nation on 15 th August 1947. The British handed over reins of the country to the people of India ( but not before promoting hatred and dividing the Akhand Bharat into 2 Nations on the basis of Religions). When we became Independent, we did not adopt any form of Government and India continued to take Queen Elizabeth as its head of country and also continued following the British Constitution, as we did not have our own Constitution by then. India still had a Governor General appointed by the British Government, of course on the advice of the Government of the newly formed Independent Dominion of India from 21-6-1948 to 26-1-1950. C. RajGopalachary took over as India’s first native Governor General of the Dominion of India from 21-6-1948 onwards.
After independence, India started work on its own new Constitution from 29-8-1947 to 26-11-1949. The total period was 2 years 11 months and 18 days, including 141 days for final drafting. The Constitution Committee was presided by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and it had 6 other members, namely K. M. Munshi, Mohd. Saadullah, A. K. Iyer, G. S. Ayyangar, N. Madhav Rao ( replacing B. L. Mittar who resigned due to ill health) and D. P. Khetan.
India accepted the new Constitution on 26-1-1950 declaring the nation as the Democratic Republic of India. From 15-8-1947 to 26-1-1950, the head of the country was the Prime Minister but from 26-1-1950, the Head of the country is the President of India. The post of Governor General was abolished and the British rule ended finally ! So, on Independence day, India came from the hands of the British to our hands ( actually it came to the hands of the ruling Congress party ) and on Republic Day India became a form of Government ruled by the Representatives of the people of India.
One more interesting thing which many people are not aware of. On the 15 th August 1947,being the head of the Government the then Prime Minister of India hoisted the Indian Flag. Therefore on every Independence day, the Prime Minister hoists the Flag and because from 26th January 1950, the President became the head of the Government, on every 26 th January the President unfurls the flag. On Independence day the flag is hoisted from below to the top of the pole, but on Republic day the flag is tied at the top and is only unfurled (not hoisted). In spite of so many years of Independence, people do not understand this and the flag is hoisted even on the 26th January in many places !
Today’s song is an inspirational song from the film Hum bhi kuchh kam nahin-1958. It is sung by Asha bhosle and chorus. The mukhada of the song is “Inquilab Zindabad”.
” Inquilab Zindabad ” was first coined by Maulana Hasrat Mohani in 1921 and it soon became a favourite with freedom Fighters. It is an Urdu word, which comes from the Arabic root of ” Inqlab” – which means change, transformation. The Freedom Fighters shouted this slogan to demand change in the governance of the country i.e. Independence.
The first song in a Hindi film using this slogan as its mukhda was in the film ” Shah E Misar “-1946, a film of actor Ajit’s Debut in his real name of Hamid. For reasons best known to Nehru and the Congress, ” Vande Mataram ” was not selected as the National Anthem. Instead, “Jan gana man” became India’s National Anthem. The first film song having ” Jan Gan Man ” in its music was the film ” Insaan ya Shaitan “-1933.
The Hindi film industry was never famous for making Patriotic films in a sizable number. Infact, when I started counting films made on national heroes, I was not only shocked but was utterly unhappy to find a miniscule number of patriotic films on Indian Heroes. For example, I found 6 films were made on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose-in 1947, 1950,1962,1966,1978 1nd 2004. 5 films were made on Shaheed Bhagat Singh and 3 films were made on Chhatrapati Shivaji. Few films were made on Rana Pratap, Gandhi ji, Padmini, Jhansi ki Rani, Kargil and Udham Singh. These are my cursory observations. There must be some more Patriotic films made in general, but not many on individual Heroes. This, when from 1931 to June 2017, a total of 12891 Hindi films were made !
Similarly, patriotic songs in Hindi films were also much less in number. Apart from films on specific Heroes, some songs were included even in social and family genre films. One can understand the helplessness of filmmakers in making Patriotic films and songs before Independence, due to fear of British backlash. After talkie films started, till Independence in 1946 it was only 16 years, while after 1947 till today, it is more than 70 odd years now. Therefore the reluctance to make films on different Patriotic Heroes and themes is not understandable.
Making patriotic songs before Independence was too risky to invite action from the British government. We all know how Kavi Pradeep had to go underground to avoid arrest by police for the song ” door hato aye duniya walo” in the film Kismet-1943. However, there was atleast one Music Director – Master Mohammed in the early years of Talkie films, who was a specialist in making Patriotic songs in his films and he was never stopped or punished by the British.
Master Mohammed started his career as an actor and composer in Krishnatone’s ” Harishchandra”-1931-one of the earliest Talkie films in the first year itself. He composed 20 songs in ” Seeta swayamvar”-1933. Same year he acted and composed music for India’s First Talkie Fantasy film “Lal E Yaman”-33. He used to sing songs in his films. He was MD of many films of Fearless Nadia, from her First big film ” Hunterwali ” -1935 to ” Sher E Baghdad”-46. He gave music to 24 films, composing 217 songs and sang 41 songs in 18 films. He also acted in 23 films.
His speciality was patriotic songs in his films. Some of his famous songs were, Hum watan ke-jai Bharat-36 and Zanda uncha rahe hamara-Lutaru Lalna-38. Another song from his film, “Jagat ka sapna” was based on Hindu-Muslim Unity. In his every film, there used to be a patriotic song. His last film as an actor was ” Flying Prince “-1946. His last film as a composer was Sati Seeta-46.
The music director of today’s song was S.D.Batish. I have a lot of respect for S D Batish,who did a marvelous job of promoting Indian Music in the UK and USA. He is one of those rare people who left the film world, but continued serving Indian Music, by turning a corner in Life. Such people are few in this world. The monumental work he did for Indian Music in foreign lands is unparalleled. An important point is that he did not do this service to Music for his personal gains. For his sustenance,he had opened a Restaurant in Santa Cruz,California,which was providing him enough for a comfortable living in the USA.
Now let us listen to this inspiring song….
Song- Inquilaab Zindabad (Ham Bhi Kuchh Kam Nahin)(1958) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- Kaif Irfani, MD- S D Batish
Chorus
Lyrics
inquilaab zindaabaad
inquilaab zindaabad
inquilaab
inquilaab zindaabaad
inquilaab zindaabaad
inquilaab
inquilaab
zindaabaad
chalo watan ki raah par
ki tum watan ki shaan ho
watan ko tumpe naaz hai
ki tum watan ki jaan ho
chalo watan ki raah par
ki tum watan ki shaan ho
watan ko tumpe naaz hai
ki tum watan ki jaan ho
inquilaab
zindabad
badhe chalo bahaaduron
ke zulm ko mitaayenge
giraake mahal zulm ke
naya jahaan basaayenge
inquilwab
inquilawb zindawbawd
inquilwab zindaabaad
inquilaab
chalo watan ki raah par
ki tum watan ki shaan ho
wtan ko tumpe naaz hai
ki tum watan ki jaan ho
inquilaab
zindaabaad
kafan saron pe baandh lo zara
ke aaj jung hai
lahu bahe to mat daro
lahu bhi ek rang hai
inquilaab
inquilaab zindaabaad
inquilaab zindaabaad
inquilaab
chalo watan ki raah par
ki tum watan ki shaan ho
watan ko tumpe naaj hai
ki tum watan ki jaan ho
inquilaab
zindaabaad
kuchal do dushmanon ke sar
jala do zaalimon ke ghar
ke ?? baandh ke chalo
ke aayenge to jeet kar
inquilaab
inquilaab zindaabaad
inquilaab zindaabaad
inquilaab
chalo watan ki raah par
ki tum watan ki shaan ho
watan ko tumpe naaz hai
ki tum watan ki jaan ho
chalo watan ki raah par
ki tum watan ki shaan ho
watan ko tumpe naaz hai
ki tum watan ki jaan ho
inquilaab
zindaabaad
inquilaab
zindaabaad
Ho lamba chauda jaat
Posted on: January 21, 2023
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 Milan-1958.
Films having titles as Milan were made in 1946, 1958, 1967, and 1994. Then there was Milan ki Aag-1991, Milan ki Pyaas-1989, Milan ki Raat-1967 and Milan Talkies-2019. Even during the Silent era 2 such films were made, one in 1924 and the other in 1929. Milan-1946 had a historical value as it was made in Hindi and Bangla and was based on Tagore’s novel ” Noukadubi”. This was a Debut film for 2 Heroines, namely Meera Mishra and Ranjana- both opposite Dilip Kumar. The more famous film was Milan-1967, starring Sunil Dutt and Nutan and it was a remake of a hit Telugu film ” Mooga Manasulu”-1963. Its song ‘ Saawan ka mahina’ by Mukesh and Lata was very famous. It had a ‘rebirth’ story.
Film Milan-1958 was not actually based on a Rebirth story, but its story was about a loving couple separated and joined together after some years. The Indian audience loves such stories. That is why films having ‘ Happy Ending ‘ are made 100 times more than ‘ Sad Ending ‘ films ! When Saigal featured in the film ” Devdas’ in 1935, in which he died at the end, there was a wave of films in which the hero dies at the end. Dilip Kumar was a victim of such 8 consecutive films. Though his initial fame came with these films, it also stamped him as ” Tragedy King” and he had to consult a Psychiatrist and as per advice he shifted to Comedy films !
Film Milan-58 was directed by Kedar Kapoor. Kedar Kapoor was born on 2-9-1927. Not much information is available about him. Kedar joined the film line in 1945 and did a small role in the film Bhakta Prahlad-46. Working as an assistant to many directors, he started his career by directing the film Lal Pari-1954. In all he directed 35 Hindi films, mostly B and C grade. He specialised in Dara singh films. He directed 8 films of Dara Singh in the 60s. Some of his films were, Miss Cocacola-55, Changez khan-57, Senapati-57, Dara singh-64, Patanga-71 etc etc. His last film was Bekhabar-83. Kedar kapoor died on 5-6-1987.
The film was made by N.C.Films, a family concern and it was produced by Gulshan Behl-his brother. My sincere opinion is that there were only 2 MDs who were real melody makers. They were Hansraj Behl and Chitragupt. In every film atleast 50% songs used to be very melodious. Unfortunately, both of them never ranked in the “A” grade or within the first 5 to 10 MDs. This was because, barring some exceptions, they were never attached to any famous or well known film houses. That is how the film industry worked !
Hansraj Behl and his brother, Gulshan Behl founded N.C.Films, on their father’s name-Nihal Chand- and produced B and C grade movies to which Hansraj gave his music. Hansraj was known as Master ji, in the industry. Only two people were known as Master ji…one was Ghulam Haider and the other was Hansraj Behl. Hansraj usually worked alone and rarely used any assistant while giving music.
Hansraj is remembered for giving initial playback singing breaks to Asha Bhonsle and Madhubala Jhaveri. He also gave a chance to his own friend Verma Malik-Lyricist. Malik used to live with him initially, in Bombay. He composed music for 62 films from Pujari-46 to Badmashon ka Badmash-79. One film “Insaaf ka Khoon” was released after his death,in 1988.
Hansraj Behl is one of the music directors who became successful in the post independence era. He composed music for not only Hindi films but also for Punjabi films. Hansraj was born on 26th November 1916 in Punjab. He got his basic education in music from Pt. Chunnilal. Then he opened his music school in Lahore and he had some non-film records released under the label of HMV. In 1944 Hansraj came to Bombay to try his luck in the Hindi film industry as a music director.
After one year of struggle he got his first film Pujari, made by Ardeshir Irani, in 1946. He got films like Gwaalan and Phulwari in the same year, but all these films could not do well at the box office. Behl tasted success in 1947 with the release of Lakhon Mein Ek and Chheen Le Azadi. ‘Moti Chugne Gayi Re Hansi..’ sung by Shamshad Begum and Mukesh from the film Chheen Le Azadi became very popular. In 1948 he came up with four films – Chunariya, Mitti Ke Khilone, Pardesi Mehmaan and Satya Narayan, of which Chunariya’s music was a hit especially the song ‘Dil-e-Nashaad Ko Jeene Ki Hasrat Ho Gayi..’ sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The song which placed him among high class music directors was ‘Sab Kuchh Lutaya Hamne Aakar Teri Gali Me..’ sung by Mohammed Rafi and written by Mulk Raj Bhaakri.
In the year 1949, he came out with Chakori, Raat Ki Raani, Zevraat and few more films. Lata sang one of her favourite songs, ‘Haye Chanda Gaye Pardes Chakori Yahan Ro Ro Mare..’ in Chakori, which became very popular and it helped Hansraj to gain popularity among music lovers. ‘Jin Raaton Mein Neend Ud Jaati Hai..’ sung by Mohammed Rafi in Raat Ki Raani was a nationwide hit.
In 1950-51 he gave many hit songs with Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt and Suraiyya. Songs of Kisi Ki Yaad became very popular soon after the release of the film. ‘Koi Mujhko Na Bulaye..’ and ‘Tadapta Chhod Kar Mujhko Kahaan Tum Reh Gaye..’ both sung by Geeta Dutt and ‘O Jaane Wale Ye Kya Kiya..’ by Mohammed Rafi gained immense popularity. In 1952 he introduced Madhubala Jhaveri as a playback singer in Apni Izzat and Jaggu. Madhubala sang ‘Dil Mere Tera Diwaana..’ with Talat Mehmood and ‘Meethi Meethi Loriyaan Main Dheere Dheere Gaoon..’ (both Apni Izzat) featured her solo voice. In 1954, he again came out with musical films like Dost and Khaiber. ‘Aaye Bhi Akela Jaye Bhi Akela..’ from Dost (1954) sung by Talat Mehmood was among one of his memorable compositions.
He continued to give his best in films like Rajdhani, Milan, Miss Bombay, Changez Khan and Saawan. Songs like ‘Bhool Ja Sapne Suhane..’ from Rajdhani (1956), ‘Mohabbat Zinda rehti Hai..’ from Changez Khan (1957), ‘ Jab Raat Nahi Katti..’ from Changez Khan (1957), ‘Zindagi Bhar Gham Judaai Ka..’ from Miss Bombay (1957), ‘Haseen Ho Khuda To Nahi..’ from Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh (1960), ‘Bheega Bheega Pyar Ka Sama..’ from Saawan (1959) and ‘Tujhko Dhundu To Dhoondu Kahan..’ from Milan (1959) crossed all the barriers of success and Hansraj Behl’s name was on the lips of every music lover.
After all these successful films he continued to give music till 1969 but failed to give any hit because his later films were either stunts or fantasy films with little scope for having good music. His last hit song was an all time great creation ‘Jahan Daal Daal Pe Sone Ki Chidiya Karti Hai Basera..’ which was sung by Mohammed Rafi for the film Sikandar-e-Aazam in 1965.
Hansraj Behl died of Cancer in Bombay on 20-5-1984.
The cast of the film Milan-1958 was Nalini jaywant, Ajit, Nishi, Helen, Tiwari, Tun Tun, Narmada Shankar etc. Nalini Jaywant worked with Ajit in 10 films and with Ashok Kumar in 11 films. In this matter Nirupa Roy beats all Heroines. She worked with balraj sahani in 12 films, With Jairaj in 16 films, with Trilok Kapoor in 18 films and ….hold your breath, with Ashok Kumar, she worked in 21 Films ! (By the way she acted as Amitabh’s mother in 12 films too !).
The story of the film was….
Ajit and Nalini love each other and get married. They also have one son. While the son is growing up, they have serious differences and they separate from each other. Nalini , with her son, shifts to another town and works as a Nurse in a Hospital. Ajit gets involved with another girl-Nishi. After a few months, Nishi cheats Ajit and leaves him. Ajit gets disgusted with his life and leaves the town. By coincidence he too lands in the same town where Nalini and his son are living. They do not know about each other’s existence in the same town. One day, Ajit meets with an accident and is brought to the same hospital where Nalini is serving. She is shocked to see Ajit. She looks after him with care and as soon as he is well enough to be discharged, Nalini resigns from the hospital and packs her luggage to shift to another town- to be away from Ajit. Ajit enquires at the hospital about her address and goes to her house. Ajit begs her pardon and pleads her to be with him again. Both weep a lot together and then accept each other happily !
Today’s song is a duet by Rafi and Shamshad Begum, who have sung some of the best duets in Hindi films. Together, they sang 160 duets in their career. I am sure, more than 50 % will account for my favourites. Let us enjoy this duet now….
Song-Ho lamba chauda jaat jaat re khud ko samjhe Laat (Milan)(1958) Singers-Shamshad Begam, Rafi, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-Hansraj Bahl
Lyrics
ho lamba chauda jaat jaat re
khud ko samjhe laat
baat meri maane na
hoy dil leke bedardi
ab pehchaane na
makhna
hoy girgit jaisi naar
naar tu badle rang hazaar
pyaar ko jaane na
hota hai ik baar pyaar
tu maane na
meri banto
o o o
?? to nahin hai koi aur(??) jee
dekho dil ko na todo
o o o
o o o
koi ho
man hi jaayega koi aur jee
jaao peechha chhodo
tu lathhmaar ganwaar
bada hai
pyaar ka thhekedaar
baat meri maane na
hoy dil leke bedardi ab pehchaane na
o makhna
o o o
mere peechhe to pad gayi chhokri
dekho duniya waalon
o o o o
o o o o
main to karoongi tumhaare sang naukri
zara preet lagaa lo
o basre ki hoor
hoor
o khatte hain angoor
pyaar ko jaane na
hota hai ik baar pyaar
tu maane na
o banto
o o o o
dil diya hai to sadke jaan bhi
chaahe hamen aazmaa le
o o o o
o o o o
sachche pyaar ki hamen hai pehchaan jee
jaao dorey na daalo
??
per maane na
hoy dil leke bedardi
ab pehchaane na
hurrrr
o girgit jaisi naar
naar tu badle hai rang hazaar
pyaar ko jaane na
hota hai ik baar pyaar
tu maane naa
meri banto
ho lamba chauda jaat
jaat re khud ko samjhe laat
baat meri maane na
hey dil leke bedardi ab pehchaane na
o makhna
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 “Hum bhi kuchh kam nahin” -1958.
The film, as per its story belongs to a Costume and imaginary genre, but HFGK mentions it as a ” Social ” film. I wonder why ? The cast of the film consisted of Ameeta, Ranjan, Sumitra, P. Kailash, Kanu Roy, Majnu, Ram Avtar, Manju and others. The 7 songs of this film were written by Anand Bakshi, Rahil Gorakhpuri, Kaif Irfani and Sharki Bhopali. The lyricist Rahil Gorakhpuri wrote 30 songs in 12 films from Sun to le haseena-58 to Aaja Sanam-75. In addition, as Anwar in the pair Javed-Anwar, he wrote songs in 8 films. Javed in this pair was Manohar Lal Khanna – father of Composer Usha Khanna. The Music Director for today’s film was S.D.Batish. The film was directed by Raman Desai.
Now, this name Raman Desai is a strong case of ” Same Name Confusion”, because there was another Hindi film Director Raman Desai operating during the same period. Their fathers’ names were different but never mentioned anywhere. Sometimes Raman Desai of today’s film was mentioned as Raman Lal Desai in the film credits-like this film. With this small clue, I found out information about these two film directors to differentiate them from each others. Here we go….
RAMAN (Lalbhai) DESAI
Ramanlal Lalbhai Desai was born on 6-9-1915 at Ahmedabad ( some sources indicate different year and place). His father was a Station master in the BBCI Railway ( Bombay-Baroda and Central India Railway). He was educated in Bombay and he studied up to Inter-Arts. He soon left his studies to work as an assistant cameraman and assistant Director, in Paramount Pictures for Thief of Baghdad-34. In 1935 he shifted to Ganesh Movietone but came back to Paramount. He was assistant director in Fairy of the flute-36, Guru Ghantal-37 ,Black ghost-37, Burqawali-36, Aladdin-33, Vagabond lover-38, Madhur bansari-39 etc. He co-directed films like Patriot-37, Darpan-41 and Mere Saajan-41, in Rex Pictures. He was a good editor and a musician.
He became a full fledged Director with Daughter of the jungle-42, Mohabbat ki jeet-43, Circus girl-43, Bhagata Bhoot-43, Rangila Dost-44, Aadhar-45, Qismat ka Dhani-46, Jadui putali-46, Tiger man-47, Naqli Heera-48, Dhanwale-48, Dilwale-48, Roshni-49,Sangeeta-50, Aab e Hayaat-55, Hum bhi kuch kam nahin -58, Minister-59 and Jalim tera jawab nahin-60. He turned to Gujarati films and directed Sole saaj singar-77 and Kul deepak-78.
He was working as a Production supervisor for the film Nastik-54 (credited).
(Thanks to Shri. Harish Raghuwanshi ji for some info used here along with my notes).
RAMAN (Bhimbhai) DESAI
Raman B Desai was born in Bilimora, Gujarat, on 28-4-1918. At the age of 20 years, he joined Wadia Movietone as an assistant Director. He assisted Director Chaturbhuj Doshi for quite some time.
He became an independent Director with Pehli Pehchan in 1947. Then came Narad Muni-49, Raja Harishchandra-52, Hari Darshan-53, Naag Panchami-53, Chakradhari-54, Rajyogi Bharthari-54, Navaratri-55, Waman Avatar-55, Ram Navami-56, Naag Mani-57, Chandi Pooja-57, Grihalaxmi-59 (he also produced it) and Amar jyoti-1965. He also directed 6 Gujarati films. Due to his expertise in religious films, he was known as ” King of Mythological Films”.
Raman B Desai expired on 22-12-1997. ( He should not be mistaken for another director Raman Lal Desai, who operated in the same period and directed films like Aab-e-Hayaat-55 and Sangeeta-50 etc).
The name KANU ROY in today’s film cast is another instance of ” Same name confusion “. There was a composer (and an actor also) by the name Kanu Roy who gave music in a few films. Most people and many internet sites, including IMDB, consider these two different persons as one and claim films for acting and music together, as if he was an actor and a composer – a Two In One person !
In Hindi films this happened routinely, but in the early era of Talkie films. Master Krishna rao, Vinayak rao Patwardhan, Master Mohammed, Badriprashad, Vithaldas Panchotiya etc can be quoted as actor/composers. Lately, only the name of Kishore Kumar comes to mind in this category, off hand. Let us see who these two Kanu Roys were…
Kanu Roy (the Actor) was in reality a name for Nalini Ranjan Roy, born at Jabalpore. He was very fond of acting and so landed at Bombay Talkies,a company started by 2 Benagalese- Himanshu Roy and Devika Rani. Those days many people from Bengal used to come to Bombay Talkies, but only the capable ones like Amiya Chakravarty, Shashadhar Mukherjee or Ashok Kumar etc could make their careers here. Kanu Roy started his acting career with the film Basant-1942. His name Nalini was sounding like a Girl’s name in Bombay ( there were already a dozen Nalinis working in films those days), so it was changed and he opted for Kanu, his pet name in the house. Thus Kanu Roy came into films. Due to his good looks, he even became a lead actor in a few films. Nazrana-46 (UR) was one such film where he was working opposite Kamini Kaushal. Kanu Roy worked in 46 films from 42 to 83 ( kisi se naa kehna). Kanu Roy also left Bombay Talkies along with S.Mukherjee and others and joined Filmistan. He was in many Filmistan films like, Mahal, Munim ji, Nastik, Naagin, Jagriti etc. He acted in a Bangla film ‘Samar’too in 1950.
The other Kanu Roy (MD) was an extremely talented music composer of Bengali and Hindi cinema during 1960s and 1970s.. An unsung hero of Indian cinema, despite giving some wonderful songs to Geeta Dutt and Manna Dey, he got very little opportunities in Hindi cinema. He composed songs for Basu Battacharya’s introspective trilogy on marital discord in an urban setting, ‘Anubhav’, ‘Avishkar’ and ‘Griha Pravesh’ in the 1970s, and best remembered for giving the last but finest songs to Geeta Dutt – Meri Jaan Mujhe Jaan Na Kaho, Koi Chupke Se Aake and Mera Dil Jo Mera Hota. Ironically she died 6 months after she made a comeback to playback singing for the last time.
Kanu Roy hailed from West Bengal. He was born on 9th December 1912, in a poor family in the outskirts of Kolkata. During his early days he worked as a welder at Howrah Bridge, engaged in repairing work of the bridge. He worked as an assistant to Salil Chowdhury during his early days. As a full-fledged music composer, Basu Battacharya introduced him to Hindi cinema through Uski Kahani in 1966. He gave some of the finest songs to Geeta Dutt such as three songs of Anubhav (her last and final recordings), Aaj Ki Kali Ghata of Uski Kahani etc. He also composed music for Shyamla, which was recensored as Woh phir na aayee in 1981. ‘Geeton Ki Duniya Mein Sargam’ and ‘Khali Pyala Dhundla Darpan’ of Sparsh, ‘Hasne Ki Chaah’ of Aavishkar and ‘Boliye Surilee Boliyan’ of Grihapravesh are memorable songs of Kanu Roy. He gave music to only 8 films, namely Uski kahani-66, Anubhav-71, Avishkar-74, umhara kallu-75, Mayuri-75, Shyamala-79, Griha Pravesh-79 and Sparsh-1980.
He passed away on December 20, 1981, aged 69. . A less-known but extremely talented music director, very little data is available about him on net, In his colleague Gulzar’s words he was a simple person with a humming song always on his lips, and that he never quarreled or mingled with others. Some people and sites describe him as Geeta Dutt’s brother, but he was not her brother. Her brother was Mukul Roy.
HUM BHI KUCHH KAM NAHEEN-1958 was a typical B grade film specially made for the front benchers. As these types of films go, it had a story of king, vazir, a rebel, a princess, a joker, stunt fight, few good songs and lot of big animals like,Horses,Elephants tigers etc.
The hero was Ranjan(Ramnarayan Venkatramana Sarma, born in Madras in 1918 and died in USA in 1983) whose name spelt lot of Sword fighting(in real life too Ranjan was an expert Sword fighter).His name guaranteed lot of fighting,stunts and duet songs around trees.In this film also all this was present.
The story, s/play and dialogues were by Ramprakash Ashk.The music was by S.D.Batish who started his singing career in 1944 and Composer career in 1948 with Chupke chupke.Then came Balma, Patjhad, Khush Raho, Bahu beti, betaab, Amar kirtan, Rooprekha, Haar jeet, Toofan, Deewar, Ek arman mera, Saajish, Tipu sultan, Jalim tera jawab nahin, etc. He gave music as Nirmal Kumar in Lal Nishan and Nakhrewali also.
Batish who shifted to UK in 1964,moved to Santacruz,California-USA,in 1970 till he died there in 2006.(He used to say,’ I shifted from Santacruz,Bombay to Santacruz USA’).
Usman(Ranjan) and Mamubhai(Majnu) were fast friends.Usman was a young manwho did nothing, Mamu was King’s employee.Yar Khan(P.Kailash) the evil and crook Vazir of the king was waiting for a chance to usurp the throne.He kidnapped Zubeida(Manju),sister of Usman and took her to his palace where she commits a suicide.Now Usman wants his revenge.
Princess Zarina(Ameeta) is returning from her hunting trip.She is attacked by Yarkhan’s goons,but Usman saves her.They dutifully fall in love and she promises to help him.When the y reach the palace Usman is attacked by Yar khan’s soldiers but is saved by Zarina.There is Salma(Sumitra) court dancer,who also loves Usman and promises her help.
Finally Yar khan, croockedly captures both Usman and the King and blackmails Zarina to marry him or else……
Salma,Mamubhai and other loyalists rescue Usman.There is a terrific Sword fighting(obviously to use Ranjan’s skills) in which Yar khan is killed by Usman.The king returns with a bandbaja and Usman gets the job of Vazir and princess Zarina as his salary.
Today’s song is sung by Rafi and Asha Bhosle and obviously is a Road Show song. Enjoy….
Song-Jaadoogarni Cheen ki khaala Alladin ki (Ham Bhi Kuchh Kam Nahin)(1958) Singers-Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Kaif Irfani, MD-S D Batish
Chorus
Lyrics
hey ae ae
tadak tadak tak tikdaak tikdam saasha
aaya qalandar dekh tamaasha
tod ke patthar kar doon bataasha
rakh doon jalaakar kabr se laashaan
aaya qalandar dekh tamaasha
tamaasha
tamaasha
dekh tamaasha
chiklaye chikbak
chonch kalaaram
chakbak chakbak
chaksa jaa
chiklaye chikbak
chonch kalaaram
chakbak chakbak
chaksa jaa
hey
chiklaye chikbak
chonch kalaaram
chakbak chakbak
chaksa jaa
hey hey
waah waah waah waah
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki
abba mera jaapani qalandar
amma filistine ki
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki eeee
mere jaadoo ki chakri
kar de duniya ko chakram
saari safaai haath ki hai
yaani ghaple ka ghaplam
dekh na pahle kartab logon
phir naqdi ka naqdon
main na maanoon
main na maanoon
kuchh karke dikha
hey hey
chiklaye chikbak
chonch kalaaram
chakbak chakbak
chaksa jaa
dekh ??
laga ke chashma
baat nahin yaqeen ki
waah waah waah waah
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki
haath mein rakhhoon
kha ke tambaaku
munh se nikaaloon chaakoo
dekh ke jisko kaan pakad le
chor lutere daakoo
vaar karoon to dum ko dabaa kar
bhaage Khan Halaaku
main na maanoon
main na maanoon
kuchh karke dikha
hey hey
chiklaye chikbak
chonch kalaaram
chakbak chakbak
chaksa jaa
dekh ke ??
laga ke chashma
baat nahin yaqeen ki
waah waah waah waah
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki
ae beta jamoora
ek baar mein gat kar jaaoon
kar ke aag ko paani
bina piye daaru ??
ho jaaun mastaani
phir dekh bechaaram jaani mera
naach Balochistani
main na maanoon
main na maanoon
kuchh karke dikha
hey hey
chiklaye chikbak
chonch kalaaram
chakbak chakbak
chaksa jaa
dekh ke ??
laga ke chashma
baat nahin yaqeen ki
waah waah
waah waah waah waah waah
jaadoogarni cheen ki
khaala Alladin ki
jaadoogarni cheen ki
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 43
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This date ten years ago (viz 14 April 2012) was a normal day for the blog. Seven songs from seven different movies were covered on this day. Here are the detals:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 5788 | Pehle jo muhabbat se inkaar kiya hota | Pardesi(1941) | 5 songs covered so far out of 15 |
| 5789 | Ab to jee hone laga kisi ki soorat ka saamna | Mr and Mrs 55(1955) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5790 | Mooliraam aur bhindimal ka nikal gaya hai deewaala | Dulhan(1958) | 6 songs covered by now out of 9 |
| 5791 | Na bhanwra na koi gul | Aarti(1962) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5792 | Aji qibla mohtarma kabhi shola kabhi naghma | Phir Wohi Dil Laaya Hoon(1963) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5793 | Kismat jo pilaaye hamko | Ladka Ladki(1966) | 5 songs covered out of 6 |
| 5794 | Dil shaam se dooba jaata hai | Sanskaar(1958) | 3 songs covered by now out of 9 |
Three movies (out of seven) whose songs were covered on that day have since been YIPPEED by now. That leaves us with four movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year challenge today (14 April 2022).
“Sanskaar”(1958) is one of the eligible movies.
“Sanskaar”(1958) was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Filmistan, Bombay. The movie had Ameeta, Ananat Kumar, Ranjana, Yakoob, Leela Mishra, Badri Prasad, Randhir, Kanu Roy, Parashuram, Kusum Takkar, Vijaybala, Raj Kishore, Jugnu, Jayashree Gadkar, Sohan Kapila, Indira Bansal etc in it.
The movie had 9 songs in it. 3 of the songs have been covered in the blog.
As blog ten year challenge today, here is another song from “Sanskaar”(1958). This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Indeewar is the lyricist. Music is composed by Anil Biswas.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Raadhe tere aansoo pee ko rok na paayenge (Sanskaar)(1958) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Indeewar, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
raadhey ae ae
tere aansoo..ooo..oo..oo..oo..oo pee ko
rok na paayengey aey ae aey ae ae ae
lagan badhaa ley aur Shyaam tere daudey aayengey ae
lagan badhaa ley aur Shyaam tere daudey aayengey ae
Raadhey tere aansoo pee ko
rok na paayengey aey ae ae ae
lagan badhaa ley aur Shyaam tere daudey aayengey ae
itney hi dukh se mann ko
kar lenaa choor naheen..een
tere gokul ke mohan kee Mathuraa door naheen een een
Mathuraa door nahin
sooney aangan tere Vrindaavan ban jaayengey aey ae ae
lagan badhaa ley aur Shyaam tere daudey aayengey
ho o ho o
Raadhey aey ae ae ae ae
kabhi kabhi aa jaati hai
nainon mein tere namee..ee..ee
abhi pyaar mein kamee hai tere
tyaag mein abhee kamee..ee..ee
tyaag mein abhee kamee
kamee na ho to jaaney waaley
kaisey jaayengey aey ae aey
lagan badhaa ley aur Shyaam tere daudey aayengey ae
Raadhey tere aansoo pee ko
rok na paayengey aey ae ae
lagan badhaa ley aur Shyaam tere daudey aayengey
ho o ho
Raadhey aey ae ae ae aey ae ae ae
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 24
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This date ten year ago (viz 2 March 2012) was a “normal”day for the blog by the standards of those days. Six songs from six different movies were covered on that day in chronological order. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 5558 | Ye pyaari pyaari paati | Janmbhoomi(1936) | 2 songs covered in the blog out of 10 |
| 5559 | Dil ko lagaa ke hamne kuchh bhi na paaya | Anokhi Ada (1948) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5560 | Chandrma madbhara | Patrani(1956) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5561 | Jogiya aa aa | Khota Paisa(1958) | 6 songs covered out of 7 |
| 5562 | Chal chal re naujawaan – parody song | Ek Phool Do Maali(1969) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5563 | Khush rahe tu sada ye duaa hai meri | Khilona (1970) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
We can notice that four movies out of six whose songs were discussed ten years ago on this date have since been YIPPEED. Taht leaves us with two movies that are eligible for blog Ten year challenge today (2 March 2022).
“Khota Paisa”(1958) is one of the eligible movies.
“Khota Paisa”(1958) was produced and directed by M Sadiq for Sadi productions private limited, Bombay. The movie had Shyama, Johny Walker, Veena, Jeevan, S.N. Bannerji, Dhumal, Ansari, Amir Banoo, Indira Bansal, Rajan Haskar aka Haksar, Sagar, Munshi Munakka, Keshav Rana, Kathana, Cuckoo, Soofi, Rafi, Balaram, Suresh Kumar, Jeewan Kala etc in it.
The movie had seven songs in it. Six songs have been covered so far. Here are the details of the songs that have appeared in the blog till now:-
| Blog post number | Song | Date of post | Singer(s) |
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| 1541 | Adaayen jab hon latkedaar | 1 July 2009 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle |
| 5561 | Jogiya aa aa | 2 March 2012 | Asha Bhonsle |
| 5973 | Haseenon sambhaalo apni ye duniya | 18 May 2012 | Rafi |
| 13427 | Dil hasraton se lagaana koi ham se seekh le | 14 July 2017 | Rafi, Shamshad Begam |
| 15473 | Nainon mein rang ho dil mein umang ho | 10 March 2020 | Asha Bhonsle |
| 16659 | Ye zaalim nigaahon ki ghaat | 14 November 2021 | Asha Bhonsle |
As Blog ten year challenge, here is the seventh and final song from “Khota Paisa”(1958) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Madan Mohan.
The song is picturised as a club dance song on Jeewankala. Johny Walker and N A Ansari are also seen in the picturisation.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
With this song, all the songs of “Khota Paisa”(1958) are covered in the blog. The movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Audio link:
video link:
Song-O o jaan e jaan ik muddat ke baad yahaan (Khota Paisa)(1958) Singer-Asha Bhnsle, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Madan Mohan
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
o o
jaan-e-jaan
ik muddat ke baad yahaan
aa to gaye ho
magar kaho jee
itne din tum rahey kahaan aan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
ik muddat ke baad yahaan
aa to gaye ho
magar kaho jee
itne din tum rahey kahaan aan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
kuchch milne ki khushi bhi hai ae
o ho
kuchch na milne ka gham
dekh rahe thhe kab se pyaarey
raah tumhaari hum
aaj tumhe hum dikhlaayenge
apne dil ke sab armaan aan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
ik muddat ke baad yahaan
aa to gaye ho
magar kaho jee
itne din tum rahey kahaan aan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
dekh tumhein yoon umeed huyee
aa haa aa
ke/ki milegi ab manzil
varnaa pyaar ki raahon mein thhi
mushkil hi mushkil
kadam kadam par dekhein hamne
yahaan maut ke hi saamaan aan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
ik muddat ke baad yahaan
aa to gaye ho
magar kaho jee
itne din tum rahey kahaan aan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
aayaa hai to kuchch keh ley ae
o ho
kuchch sun bhi ley sanam
kare ye jaati raat ishaarey
bichhad na jaayein hum
aur kahoon kyaa
khushi ke maarey
chup hai pyaar ki aaj zubaan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
ik muddat ke baad yahaan
aa to gaye ho
magar kaho jee
itne din tum rahey kahaan aan
o o
jaan-e-jaan
Diya bujhaao jhatpat jhatpat
Posted on: February 7, 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 a special one. It is from the film Taxi 555-1958. The film was released on 30-11-1958 at Super Cinema in Bombay. Why I call this song a Special song is, because this song ( Diya bujhaao, jhatpat jhatpat ) is a parody of K L Saigal’s well known song ” Diya Jalaao, jagmag jagmag” from the film Tansen -1943. Of course the Parody stops only at the Mukhada of the song. The style or the tune of the rest of the song is entirely different, nevertheless the mukhada, being famous, undoubtedly reminds us of Saigal’s song.
Fil Taxi 555-1958 was a Murder Mystery, though HFGK calls it a Social film. Although the 50’s decade was the peak of the Golden period of HFM, in terms of Melody, Content, Tune and Rendition, the type of films slowly changed to Crime, Murder mysteries and Detective stories, towards the end of the decade, The 60’s decade was full of such films. However films like Agra Road,, Aparadhi Kaun, Begunah, Nau do gyarah and Ustad (5 films) in 1957 and 10 O’Clock, 12 O’Clock, Detective, Howrah Bridge, Kala Pani, Mujrim, Phir subah Hogi, Post box 999, Solva saal, Taxi 555 (10 films) in 1958 were indicators of the dominant film genres of the coming times.
Film Taxi 555, a Murder mystery filmwas made by Golden Movies- owned by producer Mulkraj Bhakri and directed by his brotherLekhraj Bhakri. All the 8 songs of the film were written by Prem Dhawan and the Music Director was Sardar Malik, assisted ably by arranger Sebastian D’Souza.
As the name suggests, Sebastian was from Goa. A typical Goan likes to live life-“Sushegaat”- which loosely means “Araam se” or a carefree life. Their philosophy is Eat, Drink and be Merry. This Merry part included Music. Goa has given many musicians to India. Lata/Asha are from Mangeshi-Goa, though the family had shifted to Kolhapur, Music Directors Dattaram(Wadkar) and N.Datta(Datta Naik), Singers Kishori Amonkar, Kesarbai Kerkar, Shobha Mudgal, Hema Sardesai, Prabhakar Karekar, Remo fernandes, Lorna are from Goa.(The list is only indicative, not exhaustive).
Anthony Gonsalves was from Majorda-Goa. He worked for Naushad, O P Nayyar and Laxmikant Pyarelal (‘My name is Anthony Gonsalves’ song is a tribute by Laxmikant Pyarelal to him, as he taught Pyarelal so many things including Notations.)
Chick Chocolate aka Anthony Vaz from Aldona-Goa—he worked for C.Ramchandra mainly.
Chris Perry worked for Khayyam,R D Burman,Kalyanji Anandji, and Laxmikant Pyarelal.
Frank Fernando- worked with Anil Biswas, Kishore Kumar, Roshan and C.Ramchandra.
Sebastian D’Souza from Bicholim-Goa—worked for Shanker Jaikishen from 1952 to 1975 and also with O P Nayyar. Incidentally, he is the one Arranger who worked with a maximum number of different Music Directors,irrespective whether they were small, medium or big ones, new or old ones.
Most of the players of western instruments in the Orchestras were from Goa. Only some are mentioned.
Sebastian D’Souza was one of the most reputed arrangers in Bollywood, who did his best-known work with the duo of Shankar-Jaikishan between 1952 and 1975. His first break was with O. P. Nayyar. The first tune he arranged was “Pritam aan milo”, which was sung by C. H. Atma in 1955. He devised a system of notation that incorporated the microtones that characterised Indian melodies.
Sebastian was born on 29 January 1906 in Reis-Magos, Goa. He learnt to play the violin and piano in a local church school. While learning these instruments, he also learnt to write music notation. It was during this time that he listened to the famous symphonies of well-known composers of the western world, namely, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Haydon and Richard Wagner. Deeply interested in violin and piano, Sebastian continued his learning and went to places like Allahabad, Mussorie and Delhi. At Delhi, in Hotel Astoria, he started his own band and people appreciated it. In 1942, he went to Lahore, and in Hotel Stiffels, he started his own band. This continued until 1947. After partition, he went to Bombay and started his career as a violinist in the film industry. He played for well-known music directors like Anil Biswas, Naushad, Vinod, Ghulam Haider, Husnlal-Bhagatram, S. D. Burman, Sajjad Hussain and Shanker-Jaikishan.
He started his career as a Music Arranger in 1948-49 with O. P. Nayyar when Nayyar recorded his first song “Preetam aan milo…..” sung by C. H. Atma and written by Mrs. Saroj Mohini Nayyar (O. P. Nayyar’s wife) . After three years, Nayyar signed his first film, Dalsukh Pancholi’s “Aasmaan”, as an independent music director. At that time he called Sebastian to work as his Arranger. Sebastian, thus, started his career as an arranger with O. P. Nayyar in 1952 which he continued till 1973. The last film for which he worked with O. P. Nayyar was ‘Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye’. Incidentally this was also the last film of singer Asha Bhosale with Nayyar.
In 1952, Sebastian’s friend Sunny Castellino, who worked as an arranger for Shanker-Jaikishan, introduced Sebastian to the duo. So Sebastian started as Shanker-Jaikishan’s arranger from 1952 with Amiya Chakravarty’s Daag, and continued until 1975. Film Sanyasi was Sebastian’s last film with them.
In film Daag as an arranger, Sebastian’s most successful innovative work was the creation of a memorable counter-melody for a song sung by both Talat Mehmood and Lata Mangeshker –‘Ai mere dil kahin aur chal…..’. According to Sebastian, in this song he used the accordion for creating counter-melody along with violin and mandolin. And the result was excellent. Sebastian used accordion for interlude music in a number of songs but its use as the main instrument for counter-melody was rare.
Shankar-Jaikishan being lovers of Indian Classical Music, composed a LP record titled Raga Jazz Style in which they presented 11 Raga in Jazz style. Sebastian arranged the music and wrote the notations. Sebastian also worked for great music directors like Salil Chowdhury, Vasant Desai, S. D. Burman, Madan Mohan, Roshan, Dattaram and N. Dutta. Sebastian occasionally worked for Vinod, Sardar Malik, S.Mohinder, Kalyanji Veerji Shah, Kanu Ghosh, Iqbal Qureshi, Prem Dhawan, Shyamji Ghanashyamji and Nitin Mangesh as well. And he never forgot to express his gratitude towards renowned musicians such as Robert Correa and Mike Machado (the Pianists), Albuquerque, Verga, Simplicio D’Souza and John Gonsalves (the Cellists), V Balsara and Goody Seervai (the Accordionists), Duorado, Narvekar and Karnad (the solo Violinists) and David (the Mandolin player). He would also fondly recall his contemporary music arrangers such as Johny Gomes, Castellino, Chic Chocolate, Ram Singh, Rizbert and Franky.
When he died, on 9-3-1998, in his own Bungalow- “Seb-Maria “, he instructed that no money to be spent on his funeral and all that was saved should go to charity; such is the modesty of greats. Sebastian left behind a rich musical legacy which will live into generations after his time.
Sebastian’s remarkable contribution was his ability to combine Western orchestra with the Indian. His are the songs which we remember even today due to the richness of his musical arrangements and the variations in his melodies. Sebastian was a complete musician. His music lovers will remember his music for years to come. (Thanks to an article by Dr. Padmanabh Joshi. Parts of his article have been used here with adaptations,along with an article from the book ‘Rahe na rahe hum’ by Shantaram Mankikar and my notes.)
The film’s director was Lekhraj Bhakri. Let us know more about Lekhraj through an interesting incident in the life of a well known artiste…
An youngster, like millions of displaced Punjabis ,crossed over to India in 1947 from Abbottabad ( Now Pakistan), when the Indian subcontinent was divided. He and his family, like hundreds of other refugee families from Punjab, were given shelter in Kingsway camp located in north Delhi.
It was by chance that the youngster named Hari Kishan Goswami met his distant cousin Lekh Raj Bhakri, a filmmaker, who was on a visit to Delhi. The well experienced movie maker was impressed with the personality of the lanky handsome man & inquired from him if he is interested in being an actor. The young lad, who was a fan of Dilip Kumar , readily agreed & reached Bombay. Those days Bhakri Sahab was making a film Fashion-1957, with his favourite actor Pradeep Kumar ,Mala Sinha,Chandra Shekhar,Jabeen & Kammo & the shooting was in progress . Mr Goswami was told to be in the studio , to get himself acquainted with the nitty gritty of the film making .
So Goswami started working as an assistant to director Lekhraj Bhakri- for the film Fashion-57. There was a song in the film, in the voice of Hemant Kumar, to be shot on a Beggar on the screen. On the day of shooting, the actor who was supposed to do the role of the beggar and sing this song, did not come. Lekhraj Bhakri caught Hari kishen Goswami, put on the make up of the bearded beggar and made him sing this song on camera. Thus the debut of Goswami took place with Hemant Kumar’s song !
No one from the audience could ever imagine that the person with dishevelled hairs, having a big beard , and with a song on his lips is a handsome young man of 19 years . The movie was ‘Fashion’, released in 1957 & the song was , Composed & crooned by Hemant Kumar . It was the young man’s first exposure before camera. The song was to chide a wayward hero (Pradeep Kumar),who has left his wife (Mala Sinha),for another woman (Kammo) having ill intentions.The song was “ Dharti ki godh mein…” After Fashion ,Bhakri Sahab made Sahara in 58 ,with M Rajan & Meena Kumari & Hari Kishan Goswami ( who now wanted to be called as Manoj Kumar, the name Dilip Kumar had in a film), was given a substantial role . Bhakri Sahab, true to his words, took on Manoj Kumar in his subsequent movies Panchayat, Chand & Honeymoon (1960).
Lekh Raj Bhakri , directed his first film Rajpoot-51 and thereafter he regularly directed movies ,like Resham,Thokar,Dak Babu etc within a modest budget . He directed about Twenty movies during 1950 to 1962. He made most of his movies under the banner Tasviristan ,owned by Kuldip Sehgal and his sibling Mulkh Raj Bhakri’s Golden movies . Mulkh Raj Bhakri ,besides being a producer of Hindi/Punjabi movies ,was also a writer & lyricist . He wrote the famous song ‘Haye Chanda Gaye Pardes’ for Chakori, which is still appreciated by connoisseurs of film music. Mulkh Raj Bhakri also made Bhangra ,a super hit musical in Punjabi ,which had Sunder & Nishi in lead roles.
Mr Lekh Raj Bhakri made many family oriented movies ,like Maa Beta, Tange Wali ,Naya Zamana,HoneyMoon etc. At the same time ,he had no problems directing films of other genres for those who wanted to watch fantasy & Arabian Nights movies. For them he made Naqab, Alladin Laila & Nag Padmini . Later,he made a musical Muslim social ‘Shama’ ,which had Suraiyya & Nimmi & music was composed by Ghulam Mohammad.
Lekh Raj Bhakri ,beside Manoj Kumar, introduced music directors Kanu Ghosh with his film Naya Zamaana (1957 ) & Iqbal Qureishi with Panchayat (1958 ). He also introduced actor Vijay Dutt with Shama. Mr Bhakri hung his boots after Banarsi Thug ,a hugely entertaining movie ,released in 1962. He did not further attempt to make movies , as after the arrival of colour ,the budget of Hindi movies was increased many fold & now it was a risky business. It did not suit the temperament of a simple soul like Bhakri Saheb . Mr Bhakri,who did not believe in showing off ,always kept a low profile despite being a successful director , bade adieu to show business . Much later, he passed away on 03 March 1976 at the age of sixty years. It was a matter of time ,when the era of principled film makers ,who made purposeful movies with message , came to an end & proposal makers having no regards for ethical values arrived with the sole aim of earning money .( adapted from the article by shri M.N.Sardana ji, with thanks. )
Today’s song is an interesting one with entertaining Lyrics. This is the 3rd song of the film on this Blog – all duets of S. Balbir
Song- Diya bujhaao jhatpat jhatpat (Taxi 555) (1958) Singers- Rafi, Balbir, Lyricist- Prem Dhawan, MD- Sardar Malik (assistant / arranger Sebastian)
Lyrics
Diya bujhaao jhatpat jhatpat
Diya bujhaao jhatpat jhatpat
Diya bujhaao
sone waale sun re
tere aangan mein murga boley
(kukdoo koon koon
kukdoo koon koon)
tere aangan mein murga boley
kaahe na ankhiyaan kholey
diya bujhaa
diya bujhaa
diya bujhaa
jhatpat jhatpat
diya bujhaao
jhatpat jhatpat
diya bujhaao
keh gaye kehne waale
kya ustaad jee
suno beta
uthh jaag musaafir
bhor bhayi
ab rain kahaan jo sowat hai
jo jaagat hai so paawat hai
jo sowat hai so khowat hai
soch zara
soch zara
soch zara
diya bujhaao
jhatpat jhatpat
diya bujhaao
meethhe sur mein kaaga gaaye
sone mein kyun waqt ganwaaye
kaam bina kya kaam jagat mein
kaam se milte daam jagat mein
daam se milta naa aam
daam se milta naam jagat mein
naam kamaa
naam kamaa
naam kamaa
diya bujhaao
jhatpat jhatpat
diya bujhaao
jhatpat jhatpat
diya bujhaao
jaldi karo beta
khul gaye nalke aa gaya paani
thhumak thhumak chali Raadhe Raani
paniya bharan main to chali jaat hoon
sar par bhaari prem ka matka
laage kamar mein sau sau jhatka
jhatka
jhatka
jhatka
jhatka
sar par bhaari prem ka matka
laage kamar mein sau sau jhatka
phir bhi meethhe geet gaat hoon
sur mein to gaao
sur mein to gaao
sur mein to gaao
sur mein to gaao
Aaiye janaab baithhiye janaab
Posted on: February 5, 2022
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 14
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This day ten years ago (viz February 2012) was a “normal” day for the blog. As many as seven songs from seven different movies were discussed in the blog on that day.
Here are the details of the songs covered in the blog ten years ago:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5394 | Jhummak jhummak chal mere haathi | Poonam (1952) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5395 | Dard e jigar thahar zara | Aurat(1953) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5396 | Mohabbat ki raahon mein chalna sambhal ke | Udan Khatola (1955) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5397 | Jaaye na pakad kahin roz roz ki chori | Mujrim(1958) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5398 | Tera teer o be peer dil ke aaram paar hai | Sharaarat(1959) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 5399 | Sab pyaar ki baaten karte hain | Matlabi Duniya(1961) | 4 songs covered out of 12 so far |
| 5400 | Tu hai mera yaar aur main hoon tera yaar | Milan(1958) | 5 songs covered out of 8 |
We notice that five movies whose songs were covered have since been YIPPEED in the blog. The last two movies whose songs were covered on that day are the only two movies that are still eligible for blog ten year challenge today.
The final songs of the movie was a special song with a special writeup. That song was song post number 5400 of the blog. That song was picturised on a kid and a dog, and I had taken this opportunity to discuss my pet dogs, that were then just over one year old. One of those dogs is still with me.
Today, ten year later, here is another song from “Milan”(1958). Unlike the “Milan”(1958) song covered in the blog ten years ago, the song being discussed today is a rare song. This song is sung by Geeta Dutt. P L Santoshi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hansraj Bahl.
Only the audio of the song is available. I reuest our knowledeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Aaiye janaab baithhiye janaab (Milan)(1958) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-Hansraj Bahl
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
aayiye janaab
baithhiye janaab
aayiye janaab
baithiye janaab
meri ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab
aayiye janaab
baithhiye janaab
meri ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab/em>
roz jaisee raa..aaaat hai
ho o aisi kyaa baat hai
roz jaisee raaat hai
ho o aisi kyaa baat hai
dekhti hoon main jahaan
falak nayee nayee wahaan
aa gayaa hai chaand jaisey chhod ke ye aasmaan
is jahaan..aan..aaan
is maqaam
mere saamney aey ae ae ae yahaan
samjhoon isko sach
yaa samjhoon isko khwaab
samjhoon isko sach
yaa samjhoon isko khwaa..aaab
mere ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab
aayiye janaab
baithhiye janaab
meri ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab
aayiye janaab
baithhiye janaab
meri ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab
aise kya qasoor thhe
jo aap door door thhe
aise kya qasoor thhe
jo aap door door thhe
sochti hoon chup rahoon
kahoon kahoon yaa naa kahoon
aisa mauqaa baar baar aayegaa kahaan
bhool(?) kar
hai jidhar (?)
aur pyaar kee daastaan
isko samjhoon sach
yaa isko samjhoon khwaa..aab
isko samjhoon sach
yaa isko samjhoon khwaab
meri ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab
aayiye janaab
baithhiye janaab
meri ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab
aayiye janaab
baithhiye janaab
meri ek baat kaa deejiye jawaab
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 12
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This day ten years ago, viz 23 January 2012 saw three songs being covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog Post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 5334 | Ham aapko hi chaahen | Parda(1949) | 6 songs covered out of 13 |
| 5335 | Taana der taana jee gaaye dil gaana | Miss 58(1958) | 2 songs covered out of 5 |
| 5336 | Na aasmaan na sitaare fareb dete hain | Neela Aakash(1965) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
One can notice that “Miss 58″(1958) is a movie which is still eligible for Blog Ten year challenge.
Here is another song from “Miss 58″(1958). “Miss 58” (1958) was directed by Kuldip Kahar under A K Movies, Bombay. The movie had Suraiya, Karan Diwan, Om Prakash, Baby Naaz, Madan Puri, Krishna Kumari etc in it.
This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Tanveer Naqvi is the lyricist. Music is composed by N Datta. Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Tujhko nahin dil ne kiya dil ko ishaara (Miss 58)(1958) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Tanveer Naqvi, MD-N Datta
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
tujhko naheen een een
tujhko nahin
dil ne kiyaa dil ko ishaaraa aaa
tu to nahin
mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaaraa
tujhko nahin
dil ne kiyaa dil ko ishaaraa aaa
tu to nahin
mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaaraa
kaahey meraa dhadkey jiyaa
jaan gayee main
tum to badey woh ho piyaa
maan gayee main
kaahey meraa dhadkey jiyaa
jaan gayee main aen aen
tum to badey woh ho piyaa
maan gayee main
piyaa maan gayee main aen
chaahoon magar ley na sakoon naam tumharaa
tu to nahin
mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaaraa
tujhko nahin
dil ne kiya dil ko ishaaraa aa
tu to nahin
mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaara aa
tooney piyaa jaadu kiyaa aaa aa aa aa aa
tooney piyaa jaado kiyaa
pyaar jataa ke aey ae
chheen liyaa chain meraa naain milaa ke
piyaa nain milaa ke
tooney mujhe loot liyaa deke sahaaraa aa
tu to nahin mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaaraa
tujhko nahin
dil ne kiyaa dil ko ishaaraa aa
tu to nahin
mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaaraa
pyaar bharey teer chaley idhar udhar se
meri nazar lipat gayi teri nazar se aey
pyaar bharey teer chaley idhar udhar se ae ae
meri nazar lipat gayi teri nazar se
balam teri nazar sey aey
nazar nazar kehney lagi raaz hamaaraa
tu to nahin
mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaaraa
tujhko nahin
dil ne kiyaa dil ko ishaaraa aa
tu to nahin
mujhko teraa pyaar hai pyaaraa
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