Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
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4935 | Post No. : | 16783 |
Hullo Atuldom
21st January – the 57th remembrance day of the lively, lovely Geeta Bali – of the mischievous eyes and smile.
She was born Harkirtan Kaur in Amritsar and began her career at the age of 12. Her first adult role or heroine role came in 1946 i.e. at the age of 16. The film was ‘Badnaami’. Her popularity came with ‘Baawre Nain’ in 1950. She was seen in about 80+ films in her short career which ended with her untimely death in 1965.
To be truthful, I must say that my first memories of the lady was when I saw her dancing with Bhagwan Dada in the songs of ‘Albela’ (1951). This was during the Chitrahaar and Chhaayageet (television programs) days of my life. I didn’t know any other details about her and honestly speaking I didn’t bother to find too.
For me the actors lasted for as long as the songs played on the television. It must have been much much later in my life, say in the last 15-20 years that I have come to associate songs with the writers, music directors, films, singers, actors emoting on the screen etc. Same goes for Geeta Bali too.
It is only in the last so many years that I found that some of the songs which I love to hear are also great to see because of who it is filmed on. This is the truth of my liking “Sun Bairi Balam Sach Bol Re“; “Tadbeer Se Bigdi Huyi Taqdeer Banaa Le“; “Shaam Dhale Khidki Tale“; “Chaandni Aayi Banke Pyaar Saajana O Saajana“; and the best of them all “Ye Raat Ye Chaandni Phir Kahaan“. All these songs have one common factor – Geeta Bali. I am sorry I forgot to add another personal favorite in this list – “Shola Jo Bhadke Dil Mera Dhadke” – all lively lovely songs and a heroine to match. Today one more song got added to this list – a song from the 1956 release ‘Inspector’ – “Mera Akele Jiya Kaise Laage Re Piya“.
Recently after subscribing to a particular channel on my DTH I am having a daily feast of great, good movies and songs That is where I discovered that today is the anniversary of this beautiful lady who was also Shammi Kapoor’s wife. She was one Kapoor bahu who continued to work in films even after marriage and two children. Her popularity didn’t wane due to her marriage. Of course Jennifer Kendall (Shashi Kapoor’s wife) was not on the scene then I think.
After I discovered today’s connection with Geeta Bali I googled to see what the internet throws up about this yesteryear leading lady. I found this https://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/celebs/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-indian-cinema-s-larger-than-life-actress-geeta-bali-256307.html where her son Aditya Raj Kapoor has been quoted (I am reproducing here)
If you see the way Shammi Kapoor danced, that was Geeta Bali’s personality. My mother was a bigger and more successful star than my father when they got married.
Of course then the article goes on to mention that she had worked with her future-in-laws before she got married to Shammi Kapoor. The article says that Surinder Kapoor (Anil and Boney Kapoor’s father) was Geeta’s secretary. And that she was a disciplinarian , adventurous, promoter of fine arts and how she used to take her kids on long drives. (Personally I didn’t know all this). That article is a good read.
I had messaged Sudhirji and Atulji in the morning asking if there were any songs filmed on Geeta Bali that are yet to be posted, and Sudhir ji replied that he has to look up. By then I had discovered an hitherto unheard, unseen (by me of course) song that has Geeta Bali playing a village girl whose friends are teasing her about her marriage being fixed with a city bred. I looked further and found that this was from a 1960 movie called ‘Bade Ghar Ki Bahu’. Looking up the ‘List of songs movie-wise’ told me that this song is yet to be posted and only the following two song from this film are on the blog.
“Cham Cham Chamka Saara Jahaan”
“Meri Khata Bata De Phir Chaahe Jo Sazaa De”
Today’s song is sung by Asha Bhonsle, written by Tanvir Naqvi and composed by Chitragupt. The movie was directed by Kundan Kumar and had a cast of Geeta Bali, Kuldeep Kaur, Shammi, Abhi Bhattacharya, Sunder etc.
I must thank Sudhir ji for helping with cutting the video out of the movie of which I found a very bad print on YouTube.
Song – Sarke Chunariya Lachke Qamariya Aa Ja Saanwariya Re (Bade Ghar Ki Bahu) (1960) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Lyrics – Tanvir Naqvi, MD – Chitragupt
Chorus
Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
oo oo oooo
oo oo oo oooo
oo oo oo oo oo oo
oo oo oo
oo oo
lall la lalla
oo oo
lall la lalla
oo oo
lall la lalla
lall la lalla
lall la la
sarke chunariya lachke kamariya
aaja saanwariya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re..ae..ae
sarke chunariya lachke kamariya
aaja saanwariya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re..ae..ae
oo oo oo ooooo
hothon pe laali
hothon pe laali
nainon mein dorey
hothon pe laali
nainon mein dorey
chhup chhup ke dekhen
gaaon ke chhore
chhup chhup ke dekhen
gaaon ke chhore
ho gaaon ke chhore
aaa aaa aaa aaa
mukh par hai jhhalke
moti se jal ke
chhalke gagariya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re
sarke chunariya lachke qamariya
aaja saanwariya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re..ae..ae
oo oo oo ooooo
gaalon ko choome
gaalon ko choome
chaandi ke baale
gaalon ko choome
chaandi ke baale
maare sharam ke
ghunghat nikaale
maare sharam ke
ghunghat nikaale
ho ghunghat nikaale
aaa aaa aaa aaa
chalti hai chhan chhan
jhanke hai jhaanjhar
saaje dagariya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re
sarke chunariya lachke qamariya
aaja saanwariya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re..ae..ae
oo oo oo ooooo
jhoole hain sakhiyaan
jhoole hain sakhiyaan
choodi hai khanke
jhoole hain sakhiyaan
choodi hai khanke
khushboo se mehke
jhonke pawan ke
khushboo se mehke
jhonke pawan ke
ho jhonke pawan ke
aaa aaa aaa aaa
udte hain aanchal
jhukte hain baadal
chamke bijuriya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re
sarke chunariya lachke qamariya
aaja saanwariya re
rang bhari hamri nagariya re..ae..ae
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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ओ ओ ओ॰॰ओ
ओ ओ ओ ओ॰॰ओ
ओ ओ ओ ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ ओ
ओ ओ
लल्ल लल्ला
ओ ओ
लल्ल लल्ला
ओ ओ
लल्ल लल्ला
लल्ल लल्ला
लल्ल ला ला
सरके चुनरिया लचके कमरिया
आजा साँवरिया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे॰॰ए॰॰ए
सरके चुनरिया लचके कमरिया
आजा साँवरिया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे॰॰ए॰॰ए
ओ ओ ओ ओ॰॰ओ
होठों पे लाली
होठों पे लाली
नैनों में डोरे
होठों पे लाली
नैनों में डोरे
छुप छुप के देखें गाँव के छोरे
छुप छुप के देखें गाँव के छोरे
हो गाँव के छोरे
आ आ आ आ
मुख पे हैं झलके
मोती से जल के
छलके गगरिया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे
सरके चुनरिया लचके कमरिया
आजा साँवरिया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे॰॰ए॰॰ए
ओ ओ ओ ओ॰॰ओ
गालों को चूमें
गालों को चूमें
चांदी के बाले
गालों को चूमें
चांदी के बाले
मारे शरम के घूँघट निकाले
मारे शरम के घूँघट निकाले
हो घूँघट निकाले
आ आ आ आ
चलती है छन छन
झनके है झाँझर
साजे डगरीया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे
सरके चुनरिया लचके कमरिया
आजा साँवरिया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे॰॰ए॰॰ए
ओ ओ ओ ओ॰॰ओ
झूल हैं सखियाँ
झूल हैं सखियाँ
चूड़ी है खनके
झूल हैं सखियाँ
चूड़ी है खनके
खुशबू से महके
झोंके पवन के
खुशबू से महके
झोंके पवन के
हो झोंके पवन के
आ आ आ आ
उड़ते हैं आँचल
झुकते हैं बादल
चमके बिजुरीया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे
सरके चुनरिया लचके कमरिया
आजा साँवरिया रे
रंग भरी हमरी नगरिया रे॰॰ए॰॰ए
O Madam Nancy You Are My Fancy
Posted on: January 16, 2022
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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4930 | Post No. : | 16772 |
Rafi Sahab’s Legendary Associations – 09
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96th birth anniversary of O. P. Nayyar
Today, finally we arrive at a Rafi-Asha duet on the occasion of 96th birth anniversary of legendary composer of beautiful songs, OP Nayyar. I am sure, I have long back looked at this duet and saved the link multiple times in different laptops/folders.
I, for one, am most happy that this was somehow missed by all regular contributors to the blog, and not yet posted. So that I am having a quintessential Rafi-Asha duet by OPN, which is written by Qamar Jalaalabadi.
Qamar Jalaalabadi has already featured in this series. So, this post in about Rafi Sahab’s association with Asha Bhonsle and OP Nayyar. Film is ‘Basant’ from 1960. The following 10 songs of this film are already posted on the blog:
Baaje Waala Patiyaale Waala
Chori Chori Ik Ishaara Ho Gaya Hai
Duniya Pakki Four Twenty
Hamne Unke Saamne Pehle To Khanjar Rakh Diya
Mere Dil Pe Lagaa De Darling Apne Naam Ki Chit
Mere Lahange Mein Ghunghroo Lagaa De
Nainon Mein Sooraj Ki Kirnen
Peechhe Hat Hat Hat Babu Chhed Naa
Raaste Mein Ik Haseen
Ukkad Dukkad Bamba
To find an OPN-Rafi song, I was just going through the list of songs Music Director-wise page in the blog and I found that right from ‘Baaz’ (1953) which is the third film score for OPN after ‘Aasmaan’ and ‘Chham Chhama Chham’ in 1952, Rafi Sahab is a regular in all his films. Rafi Sahab has no songs under OPN in the film film ‘Mangu’ (1954).
Significant, popular and hit music scores of OPN-Rafi combination:
| Year | Name of Films |
| 1955 | Mr. & Mrs. 55 |
| Musafirkhaana | |
| 1956 | Bhaagam Bhaag |
| CID | |
| Choomantar | |
| Hum Sab Chor Hain | |
| Naya Andaaz | |
| Shrimati 420 | |
| 1957 | Johny Walker |
| Mai Baap | |
| Naya Daur | |
| Qaidi | |
| Tum Sa Nahin Dekha | |
| Ustaad | |
| 1958 | 12 O’clock |
| Howrah Bridge | |
| Mr. Cartoon MA | |
| Mujrim | |
| Phagun | |
| Sone Ki Chidiya | |
| 1959 | Do Ustaad |
| 1960 | Basant |
| Jaali Note | |
| Kaplana | |
| Mitti Mein Sona | |
| 1962 | Ek Musafir Ek Haseena |
| Hongkong | |
| 1963 | Phir Wohi Dil Laaya Hoon |
| 1964 | Kashmir Ki Kali |
| 1965 | Mere Sanam |
| 1966 | Aqalmand |
| Do Dilon Ki Dastaan | |
| Saawan Ki Ghata | |
| Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi | |
| 1968 | Hamsaaya |
This combination gives us a real treat of great songs from mid 50’s to late 60’s. I am getting the feeling that I have missed something in the above list, so it may be worth visiting again. I have counted 200 plus songs in the excel sheet, so that makes a good sizable portion of all songs composed by OPN in his career.
Total tally of these OPN and Asha Bhonsle songs is as below:
| OP Nayyar (1952-1994) |
487 |
71 movies (562) |
| Asha Bhonsle |
2887 |
7874 |
As for Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duets, 547 of these are posted on the blog. Compare this with 348 Rafi-Lata duets in the blog. At a guess there are around 450 Rafi-Lata duets, as compared to anything between 650-700 Rafi-Asha duet songs. Rafi-Asha duets are too many to go through at short notice. So I will surmise to say that these two have sung many iconic and classic songs under numerous music directors, like OPN, SDB, RDB, Ravi, Chitragupt, Kalyanji Anandji etc.
So here’s is song, a duet by OPN in the film ‘Basant’ (1960). The year 1960 is the peak of OPN, but he was to go on to give greater musical treat to Hindi film music in the 60’s, with Rafi and without Rafi in a rare instance. His association with Asha Bhonsle is a long one, which eliminated the need for more than one female playback singer in a film’s score. Asha Bhonsle is the most versatile singer to have graced the Hindi film playback field. No doubt, OPN has a big role to play in shaping Asha’s career, in the face of stiff competition from her sister Lata Mangeshkar, who ruled the field for more than 30 years.
OP Nayyar has the distinction of having succeeded in the film industry music scene, without having Lata Mangeshkar sing a single song for him. It makes a big statement about OP Nayyar, to have withstood this sort of situation and survived spectacularly, swimming against the tide.
The song must have been filmed on Shammi Kapoor and Nutan, seeing they are the lead pair of the film. Johnny Walker and Kammo are another pair in the film, but the song is sounding like a Shammi Kapoor song. So this one is also among the last few Rafi songs on Shammi Kapoor, to be posted here on this blog. Rafi-Shammi Association details have to wait for another day.
Song – O Madam Nancy You Are My Fancy (Basant) (1960) Singer – Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle Lyrics – Qamar Jalaalabaadi, MD – OP Nayyar
Lyrics
oooooo
o madam nancy ee eee
you are my fancy ee eee
hmmm hmmm mmm
jis ladki se pyar karoon
woh bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
you are my fancy ee eee
ha haa aaaaa
jis ladki se pyar karoon
wo bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
you are my fancy ee eee
machli hui yeh jawaaniyan
main kya karun
chaaron taraf mastaaniyan
main kya karun oonoon
aaa aaaaaa
machli hui yeh jawaaniyan
aaa aaaaaa
main kya karun
ghoom ghoom ke
jhoom jhoom ke
dil se dil milaa le
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
ha haa aaaaa
jis ladki se pyar karoon
wo bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
kar na ishaare saajna
mera dil gayaa aa aa aaaaa
kar na ishaare saajna
mera dil gayaa aa
narm kalejaa zaalima
mera hil gayaa aa aaaa
kar na ishaare saajna
aaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaa
mera dil gayaa aa
aaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaa
dil to ek hai
ishq lakh hain
jaa re zaalima jaa
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
hey ea ea ea
jis ladki se pyar karoon
woh bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
yoon itraa ke na chalo
dar jaaungaa
yun itthlaa ke na chalo
mar jaaungaa aaa
yoon itraa ke na chalo
ha haa aaaaa
dar jaaungaa
ha haa aaaaa
gol gol hai
kitna bol hai
phool se mukhde kaa
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
hmmm hmmm mmm
jis ladki se pyar karoon
woh bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
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4909 | Post No. : | 16722 |
“Ghoonghat”(1960) was produced by S S Wasan and directed by Ramanand Sagar for Gemini Studios, Madras. This movie had Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar, Bina Rai, Asha Parekh, Leela Chitnis, Rajendranath, Rehman, Agha, Minu Mumtaz etc.
The movie had ten songs in it. Nine songs have been covered in the past. Here are their details :-
| Blog post number | Song | Date of post | Singer(s) |
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| 1271 | Laage na mora jiyaa | 13 May 2009 | Lata |
| 1278 | Mori chham chham baaje paayaliyaa | 14 May 2009 | Lata |
| 1871 | Kyaa kyaa nazaare dikhaatin hain ankhiyaan | 6 September 2009 | Asha Bhonsle, Mahendra Kapoor |
| 2929 | Do nain mile do phool khile | 8 September 2010 | Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhonsle |
| 2958 | Haay re insaan ki majbooriyaan | 13 September 2010 | Rafi |
| 5688 | Ye zindagi ka mausam aur ye samaa suhaana | 24 March 2012 | Asha Bhonsle, Rafi |
| 15874 | Meri pat raakho Giridhaari | 8 September 2020 | Lata |
| 15885 | Dil na kahin lagaana zaalim hai ye zamaanaa | 13 September 2020 | Asha Bhonsle |
| 16710 | Jaa ree sakhi saj dhaj ke | 21 December 2021 | Asha Bhonsle |
Here is the tenth and final song from “Ghoonghat”(1960) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Shakeel Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.
The song is picturised on Minoo Mumtaz and Bina Rai, with Minoo Mumtaz giving Bina Rai (playing bride) important advice on how to deal with her would be husband.
Shakeel Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.
With this song, the title song of the movie, all the songs of “Ghoonghat”(1960) have been covered. “Ghoonghat”(1960) thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Gori ghoonghat mein mukhda chhupaao na (Ghoonghat)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Shakeel Badayuni, MD-Ravi
Lyrics
gori ghoonghat mein mukhda chhupaao na
ye to naina ladaane ki raat hai
gori ghoonghat mein mukhda chhupaao na
ye to naina ladaane ki raat hai
hamen gusse se
haan hamen gusse se aankhen dikhaao na
ye to hansne hansaane ki raat hai
aaj tu kaahe ko sharmaati hai
ye ghadi roz nahin aati hai
aane waale hain piya milne ko
phool hain dil ke tere khilne ko
tujhko rasiya ki nazar lootegi lootegi
aaj nainon ki sharam tootegi
kaahe tere ye nain
tera dil hai bechain
sakhi hamse yoon daaman chhudaao na
ye to milne milaane ki raat hai
gori ghoonghat mein
ai ai o
gori ghoonghat mein
mukhda chupaao na
ye to naina ladaane ki raat hai
aaj ki raat zara chup rahna
dil ki baaten na balam se kahna
wo agar chheden to bal kha jaana
unki baaton mein na tu aa jaana
mard ki zaat ko tu kya jaane
kya jaane
bade chaalaak hain ye deewaane
kabhi painyya padenge kabhi vinti karenge
un se kahna ke jaao sataao na
arre ye to nakhre dikhaane ki raat hai
gori ghoonghat mein haaye daiyya
gori ghoonghat mein mukhda chupaao na
ye to naina ladaane ki raat hai
hamen gusse se aankhen dikhaao na
ye to hansne hansaane ki raat hai
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4905 | Post No. : | 16712 |
“Ham Hindustani”(1960) was produced by S Mukherjee and directed by Ram Mukherjee for Filmalay, Bombay. Most Indian patriotic movies are jingoistic and boastfuul, but this patriotic movie sought to inspire Indians to make India great again through deeds and not by rhetoric. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Joy Mukherjee,Helen , Jageerdaar, Agha, Leela, Chitnis, Mubarak, Vijaya Chaudhary, Malika, Sheela Rao, Mirza Musharraf, Rav Avtaar, Moni, Chatterjee, Hari Shivdasani, Yogendra, Bob, B K Mukherjee, Sarita, Saibi, Sitaram, < Baby Nasreen, Caeser, Shyam Chatterjee etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it that were penned by five lyricists.
Eight songs songs have been covered so far.
Here are the details of the songs that have been covered so far:-
| Blog post number | Song | Date of posting | Singer(s) | |
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| 624 | Chhodo kal ki baatein | 26 January 2009 | Mukesh | |
| 1308 | Raat nikhri huyi zulf bikhri huyi | 19 May 2009 | Mukesh | |
| 4128 | Maanjhi meri qismat ke | 4 July 2011 | Lata | |
| 4688 | Neeli neeli ghataa o bheegi bheegi hawaa | 24 September 2011 | Asha Bhonsle, Mukesh | |
| 6939 | Chori chori tori aayi hai Radha | 3 November 2012 | Lata | |
| 14137 | Ham jab chalen to ye jahaan jhoomey | 8 March 2018 | Rafi | |
| 16455 | Chhedo na mohe Kaanha jaa | 4 July 2021 | Lata | |
| 16689 | Baalma mori latt suljha de | 8 December 2021 | Asha Bhonsle |
The ninth and final song from “Ham Hindustani”(1960) is sung by Geeta Dutt and Usha Khanna. K Manohar (father of Usha Khanna working under this name) was the lyricist. Music is composed by Usha Khanna.
Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
With this song, all the songs of “Ham Hindustani”(1960) are covered in the blog. “Ham Hindustani”(1960) now joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Tu laage mora baalam ye kaise kahoon main (Ham Hindustani)(1960) Singers-Geeta Dutt, Usha Khanna, Lyrics-K Manohar, MD-Usha Khanna
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
jo poochhe hain sakhiyaan
to chup rahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
ho o o o o
tose ye boloon
bhai meri kya majaal
meri kya majaal sainyya
meri kya majaal
ho o o o o
aankhon mein hai mere dil ka sawaal
dil ka sawaal
sainyya dil ka sawaal
sapna ?? main jo ?? takoon main
sapna ?? main jo ?? takoon main
?? main
tu laage
tu laage
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
jo poochhe hain sakhiyaan
to chup rahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
ho o o o o
aankhon ne teri na jaane kya kaha
jaane kya kaha saiyya
jaane kya kaha
ho o o o o
maathe pe mere paseena aa gaya
paseena aa gaya ji
paseena aa gaya
khoyi khoyi dekhoon
paseena pochhoon main
khoyi khoyi dekhoon
paseena pochhoon main
paseena pochhoon main
tu laage
tu laage
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
jo poochhe hain sakhiyaan
to chup rahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
Jaa ree sakhi saj dhaj ke
Posted on: December 21, 2021
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“Ghoonghat”(1960) was produced by S S Wasan and directed by Ramanand Sagar for Gemini Studios, Madras. This movie had Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar, Bina Rai, Asha Parekh, Leela Chitnis, Rajendranath, Rehman, Agha etc. This was a Madrasi style movie, but curiously enough, its story was inspired from a Bangla story. It was an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s 1906 Bengali story “Noukadubi”.
The movie had ten songs in it. Eight songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the ninth song from “Ghoonghat”(1960) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Shakeel Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.
The song is picturised as a marriage ritual song. The song is lip synced by Bina Rai who plays the silently sacrificing lady, a character that was the cornerstone of Hindi movies of these days.
The bride is played by a very young Asha Parekh.
Song-Jaa ri sakhi saj dhaj ke apne pee ke dwaare(Ghoonghat)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Shakeel Badayuni, MD-Ravi
Chorus
Lyrics
Jaa ri sakhi saj dhaj ke
apne pee ke dwaare
jaa ri sakhi saj dhaj ke
apne pee ke dwaare
tu khushiyon se jholi bhar le
dekh na aansu hamaare ae ae
jaa ri sakhi saj dhaj ke
apne pee ke dwaare
ik ghar ujde
ik bas jaaye
hai yahi jag ki reeti
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
o
jaa ri dulhaniya
dekh na mudke
sakhiyon pe kya beeti
hmm mm hmm
hmm mm hmm
apni apni kismat hai ye
koi jeete koi haare ae ae ae
ja ri sakhi saj dhaj ke
apne pee ke dwaare
Baalma mori lat suljha de
Posted on: December 8, 2021
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“Ham Hindustani”(1960) was produced by S Mukherjee and directed by Ram Mukherjee for Filmalay, Bombay. Most Indian patriotic movies are jingoistic and boastfuul, but this patriotic movie sought to inspire Indians to make India great again through deeds and not by rhetoric. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Joy Mukherjee,Helen , Jageerdaar, Agha, Leela, Chitnis, Mubarak, Vijaya Chaudhary, Malika, Sheela Rao, Mirza Musharraf, Rav Avtaar, Moni, Chatterjee, Hari Shivdasani, Yogendra, Bob, B K Mukherjee, Sarita, Saibi, Sitaram, < Baby Nasreen, Caeser, Shyam Chatterjee etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it that were penned by five lyricists.
Seven songs songs have been covered so far.
Here is the eighth song from “Ham Hindustani”(1960) to appear in the blog.
The song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. K Manohar (Manoharlal Khanna) was the lyricist. Music is composed by Usha Khanna.
Only the audio of the song is available. I reuest our knowledeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Song-Baalma mori lat suljha de (Ham Hindustani)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-K Manohar, MD-Usha Khanna
Lyrics
baalma re haay
baalma mori lat suljhaa de
o baalma mori lat suljhaa de
bindiyaa kho gayi
kho gayi
kho gayi ee re
baalma mori lat suljhaa de
o baalma mori lat suljhaa de
tumko meri preet pukaare
ye adhooraa geet pukaare
tumko meri prit pukaare
ye adhooraa geet pukaare
o mere nain hain bechain
zaraa dekho ji
o mera pyaar hai majhdhaar
zaraa socho ji
baalma re haay
baalma mori lat suljhaa de
o baalma mori lat suljhaa de
dil kaa pyaara dil kaa vaasi
samjhe na zaalim baat zaraa si
dil kaa pyaara dil kaa vaasi
samjhe na zaalim baat zaraa si
o tere pyaar ki sau baar kasam khaati hoon
o tere naam se dil thhaam ke rah jaati hoon
baalma re haay
baalma mori lat suljhaa de
o baalma mori lat suljhaa de
preet ne chhedi hai shahnaai
dil se ho gayi dil ki sagaai
preet ne chhedi hai shahnaai
dil se ho gayi dil ki sagaai
o mere pyaar kaa ye taar kabhi toote naa
o mere haath se ye haath kabhi chhoote naa
baalma re haay
baalma mori lat suljhaa de
bindiyaa kho gayi
kho gayi
kho gayi re
baalma mori lat suljhaa de
o baalma mori lat suljhaa de ae
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“Laal Quila”(1960) was produced by H L Khanna and directed by Nanabhai Bhatt for H L K Productions. The movie had Nirupa Roy, Jairaj, Helen, Tiwari, Kumar, Kamal Kapoor, Rajan Haksar, Ram Singh, Altaf, Rajan Kapoor, Sundar, Shammi, Mridula, Ratnamala, Sheila Vaz, D Babulal, B M Vyas 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 been covered so far :-
| Blog post number | Song | Date of posting | Singer(s) |
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| 442 | Na kisi ki aankh ka noor hoon | 25 December 2008 | Rafi |
| 1484 | Pyaara pyaara sa samaa | 22 June 2009 | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 7262 | Lagta nahin hai dil mera ujde dayaar mein | 27 December 2012 | Rafi |
| 11721 | Jaa re Gokul ke natkhat chor | 1 January 2016 | Lata Mangeshkar, Rafi |
| 14363 | O jaane waale mera jeewan tere hawaale | 26 May 2018 | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 15538 | Jhinchak jhinchak jhin chakaachak pyaar karo | 14 April 2020 | Rafi, Shamshad Begam |
The seventh an final song from the movie is chronologically the first song of the movie. The song gets played as a background song as the movie credits appear on the screen.
The song is sung by Rafi. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
With this song, all the seven songs of “Laal Quila”(1960) have been covered in the blog. The movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Jaan hatheli par le kar phirte hain ye matwaale (Laal Quila)(1960) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-S N Tripathi
Chorus
Lyrics
shaheedo ki mazaro par
lagenge har baras mele
haan aan watan par marne waalon ka
yahi naamo nishaan hoga
yahi naamo nishaan hoga
mat bhoolo itihaas puraana
mat bhoolo praacheen kahaani
laal khoon se likhi huyi hai
laal quile ki laal kahaani
jaan hatheli par lekar
phirte hain ye matwaale
jaan hatheli par lekar
phirte hain ye matwaale
chamkenge ban ke sitaare
ye apne watan pe marne waale
watan pe marne waale
apne watan pe marne waale
jo rakhte hain fauladi jigar
o o o o
dushman ke aage jhukte nahin ee
chattaanon se takkar lete hain aen aen
toofaanon se aage rukte nahin
jo sar se udaate hain goli
jo sar se udaate hain goli
taanke (??) hataate hain bhaale
chamkege banke sitaare
ye apne watan pe marne waale
chamkege banke sitaare
ye apne watan pe marne waale
watan pe marne waale
apne watan pe marne waale
Man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan
Posted on: October 24, 2021
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The song, tum jo aao to pyaar aa jaaye zindagi mein bahaar aa jaaye was from a ‘B’ grade film, ‘Sakhi Robin’ (1962) sung by Manna Dey and Suman Kalyanpur. The song was written by a then struggling lyricist, Yogesh Gaud which was set to music by Robin Banerjee who was trying to establish himself as the music director in Hindi films but did not succeed. If this song was to appear in an ‘A’ grade film, probably this duet would have been sung by Mohammed Rafi or Mukesh with Lata Mangeshkar. Another popular song, na jaane kahaan tum thhe na jaane kahaan ham thhe from ‘Zindagi Aur Khwaab’ (1961) was sung by Manna Dey with Suman Kalyanpur set to music by Dattaram who was also trying his best to graduate from assistant to Shankar-Jaikishan to an independent music director since 1957.
Personally, I was very happy that these two romantic songs were sung by Manna Dey with Suman Kalyanpur as they broke the monotony of our ears getting flooded with the familiar voices of the topmost male and female playback singers of that time. These two songs became popular as they were regularly played on Vivid Bharati.
What made me to remember these two songs is the 8th Remembrance Day of Manna Dey today, October 24, 2021. It is Manna Dey’s bad luck that his singing versatilities could not be fully exploited by the music directors. He could not become the mainstream playback singer as his contemporary playback singers, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Talat Mehmood and later Kishore Kumar were preferred by producers, directors and actors. Nonetheless, Manna Dey who commenced his playback singing career in Hindi films in 1942 continued to sing until 1990s – a period of 5 decades during which he sang close to 1375 songs in diverse genres in Hindi films and composed songs as a music director for 15 Hindi films.
Probodh Chandra Dey, known by his pet name, Manna Dey (01/05/1919 – 24/10/2013) had the initial training in music from his uncle, K C Dey. When K C Day decided to shift to Mumbai in the early 1942 on the invitation of Chimanlal Trivedi of Laxmi Productions, Manna Dey accompanied him to assist him both in his filmy career as a music director as well as to look after his uncle who was blind. It was K C Dey, who gave Manna Dey his debut song, a duet with Suraiya, jaago aayi usha panchhi bole jaago in ‘Tamanna’ (1942). Neither the songs nor the film created any ripple on the box office front. He also got opportunity to sing three songs in ‘Ram Rajya’ (1943) which was first offerred to K C Dey but declined the offer by saying that he sang only his self-composed songs.
While Manna Dey continued to assist K C Dey, he was entrusted to Ustad Aman Ali Khan of Bhendi Bazar Gharana by his uncle to get him trained as a vocalist in Hindustani classical music. He also took training in learning Urdu to improve his diction. In 1946, K C Dey returned to Kolkata after which Manna Dey assisted music directors Hari Prasanna Das, Khemchand Prakash and S D Burman. Somehow, he detested the work of music direction and instead concentrated on playback singing.
Manna Dey started his playback singing career at a time when Mukesh had started his career as a singer-actor in 1941 followed by Mohammed Rafi in 1944. It would be interesting to know as to how they fared in their initial play-back singing career in the 1940s. As I expected, Mohammed Rafi topped among them with around 325 songs, followed by Mukesh (around 160 songs). Manna Dey came a distant third with around 60 songs only. It was apparent that Manna Dey getting branded as a specialist in classical singing and singing for character actors in the genre of prayer or philosophical songs, had affected his playback singing output significantly.
In the 1950s also, Manna Dey was not yet in the reckoning as one of the main playback singers for the lead actors. The producers/distributors of the films preferred Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, and Talat Mehmood in that order. Manna Dey would get the chance to sing for the lead actors only if the song was based on a classical raagas. Even in other genres of songs, he got only limited opportunity to sing for the lead actors.
In one of his interviews, Manna Dey had revealed that sometime in 1954, he had contemplated to quit the Hindi film industry out of the frustration of not getting opportunity to sing for the lead actors and also in diverse genres. It was his wife, Sulochana Kumaran who encouraged him to give up the defeatist attitude and prove that he could sing any type of songs.
A major opportunity came to Manna Dey in the film ‘Shri 420’ (1954) when Mukesh after singing two songs for Raj Kapoor excused himself from singing more songs as he had signed a contract with the producer of ‘Maashooqa’ (1953) which prohibited him singing in other films until the release of the film. This gave opportunity for Manna Dey as he was chosen to sing for Raj Kapoor for 3 remaining songs. He also sang for Raj Kapoor in ‘Chori Chori’ (1956) and in ‘Parvarish’ (1958). All these songs became very popular. With these success, Shankar-Jaikishan got confidence to make Manna Dey sing 4 songs for Shammi Kapoor in ‘Ujjala’ (1959). But thereafter it was back to square one as in the 1960s, producers and actors preferred Mohammed Rafi and Mukesh over Manna Dey.
Probably, to prove his point that he could sing any genre of songs, in the 1960-70s, he sang a few beautiful non-film songs of the diverse genre such as nazaaron mein ho tum khayaalon mein ho tum, ye aawaara raaten ye khoyi si baaten, ‘nathhili se toota moti re’, ‘saawan ke rimjhim mein thirak thirak naache’ and many more.
In the 1960s, Manna Dey sang diverse types of songs some of which were not to his likings. But he accepted such songs to prove a point that he could sing any genre of Hindi films songs. Since he was regarded as a specialist in classical rendition, some music directors started using his classical rendition in the comical situations. For instance, he sang a Bhairavi thumri, arre hato kaahe ko jhoothhi banaao batiyaan in ‘Manzil’ (1960) which was made very famous by Ustad Faiyyaz Khan. In the similar situation, Manna Dey also rendered phool gendwa na maaro in ‘Dooj Ka Chaand’ (1964). He was also the main voice in one of landmark qawwalis of Hindi films, na to kaarwaan ki talaash hai in ‘Barsaat Ki Raat’ (1960).
Manna Dey also sang fun songs mostly for Mehmood in the 1960s like main tere pyaar mein kya kya na bana dilbar in ‘Ziddi’ (1964), aao twist karen jaag uthha mausam in ‘Bhoot Bangla’ (1965), o meri maina maan le mera kehna in ‘Pyaar Kiye Jaa’ (1966) and the iconic song, ek chatur naar kar ke singaar in ‘Padosan’ (1968).
Despite Manna Dey proving himself to be a versatile singer, he never got his dues that he deserved from Hindi film industry. From his interviews most of which he gave after he took the ‘self-imposed exile’ from Hindi film industry in the 1990s, his frustration about the way he was treated by Hindi film industry is quite apparent. In his interviews, Manna Dey gave a few instances where producers openly said their preference for Mukesh in front of him for the songs he was to sing. Fortunately, in most such cases, the concerned music directors stood for him. One such instance which Manna Dey did not reveal openly but shared with Pulak Bandyopadhyay, the lyricist for Bangla films and non-films songs:
When Manna Dey was rehearsing the song, tere naina talaash karen from ‘Talaash’ (1969) with S D Burman in his music room, O P Ralhan, the producer-director of the film walked in and listened to the song. In the presence of Manna Dey, O P Ralhan asked Burmanda as to why not Mukesh sing. Burmanda replied that Mukesh can not sing this song. O P Ralhan’s repartee to Burmanda was that why did he compose song which could not be sung by Mukesh ? Burmanda lost his cool and told O P Ralhan that if he wants S D Buirman’s music for ‘Talaash’, this song will have this tune and it would be sung by Manna Dey only. If he does not like this arrangement, he can look for another music director. O P Ralhan retreated from his stand. On the day of celebration of the silver jubilee of the film, O P Ralhan said ‘S D Burman Saab, you are our Dada – our eternal Dada’ [from Pulak Bandyopadhyay’s autobiography in Bengali ‘Kathay Kathay Raat Hoye Jay’ quoted in ‘S D Burman – The World of His Music’ by Khagesh Dev Burman (2013)].
Probably, Manna Dey lacked the ‘glamour’ quotient which his contemporaries, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Talat Mehmood and later Kishore Kumar had due to their large and strong fan-followings many of them could turn out to be the ‘fanatic’ fans. A large fan-following drives the box office demand for a playback singer. Nonetheless, Manna Dey has left with us scores of his immortal songs as a proof of his versatility to cherish his memory.
On the occasion of 8th Remembrance Day of Manna Dey, I have selected one of his trade mark semi-classical songs, ‘man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan’ which is the only remaining song from ‘Chandramukhi’ (1960) to be covered on the Blog. The song was written by Bharat Vyas which was set to music by S N Tripathi.
‘Chandramukhi’ (1960) had 8 songs of which 7 songs have been covered on the Blog as under:
| Songs | Date of Posting | Singers |
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| Nain ka chain churaakar le gayi | 29/03/2010 | Mukesh |
| Aaj rituon ka raaja aaya | 18/04/2011 | Rafi-Suman Kalyanpur |
| Tera man mera man miley preet yoon khile | 20/05/2012 | Lata-Mukesh |
| Nadi kinaare koi pukaare | 09/12/2012 | Geeta Dutt-Rafi |
| Nainon se nainon ki baat huyi | 08/02/2013 | Lata |
| Chaandni jhilmil kare taaron bhari ye raat hai | 03/12/2016 | Sudha Malhotra-Lata |
| Bas gayi hai aankhon mein | 18/12/2020 | Manna Dey-Suman Kalyanpur |
With the last song being covered now, all the songs of ‘Chandramukhi’ (1960) have been covered on the Blog.
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Note: The information used in this article on the life sketch of Manna Dey has been taken from his interviews which appeared on print as well as electronic media.
Audio Clip:
Song-Manbhaawan sangeet suhaawan (Chandramukhi)(1960) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-S N Tripathi
Chorus
Lyrics
O…….m
man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan
man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan
madhur madhur madhu been bajaawan
sa ma ma ga dha
pa ma dha ri
sa ni dh pa ma ga ri sa
man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan
aadi bramah lay sur upjaaye ae ae ae
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aadi bramah lay sur upjaaye
sapta suran ke haath sajaaye
mahaguni Naarad ne apni
veena par kiske gun gaa..ye
man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan
saraswati ki taan sureeli
sunkar dharti dol uthhe
aaaaa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aaa
saraswati ki taan sureeli
sunkar dharti dol uthhe
jan jan ki sangeet sudha se
dason dishaayen bol uthhe
ma…aa
ma ma dha
ni re gaa re gaa re saa
ni re saa
paa ni saa
jal thhal dole ambar dole
dhara kaa kan kan bol uthe
mahadev kaa maharaag sun
sheshnaag bhi dol uthhe
[Tabla notations recited by
Manna Dey and an unidentified male voice]
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aaa
aa aa aa aaa
aa aa aa aaa
man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan
man bhaawan sangeet suhaawan
Chunnu patang ko kehta hai kite
Posted on: September 8, 2021
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Hullo Atuldom
The song with this post is from “Zameen Ke Taare” (1960) not to be confused with the modern day “Taare Zameen Par” (2007). Both the movies had children as center of the movies. But that is where the similarities end.
“Zameen Ke Taare” had a cast of Daisy Irani, Honey Irani, Motilal, Achala Sachdev, Prem Kumar, Kiran Kumari, Anwar Hussain, Kumud Tripathi, Tun Tun, etc. I think Mumtaz and Jayshree T. too were in the movie as child actors. It was directed by Chandulal Shah and produced by Navinchandra Shah for Chandra Movies. It had music by S. Mohinder and songs were written by Tanveer Naqvi, Pandit Indra and Anand Bakshi. The movie had Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra, Manna Dey and Mohd Rafi as playback singers. It had eight songs of which the blog has the following three.
| Song | Date of posting |
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| Tinke pe tinka chhutti ke din ka | 2 June 2011 |
| Deep gagan ke tum ho | 29 November 2016 |
| O mere pyaaron zameen ke taaron | 8 september 2020 |
The last song posted (O mere pyaaron zameen ke taaron) had a post by Nahmji. It was an attempt to combine the birthdays of the singing legend Asha Bhonsle and music director of yesteryears S. Mohinder. Almost like what I am attempting with this post. And just like Nahmji, I also realized that the composer of the ’50s and ’60s passed away last September on the 6th, two days before he would have turned 95. I read through this news item which was written by Kushal Gopalka. It gave me a lot of knowledge about the music director of such popular songs as ‘Guzara hua zamaana aata nahi dobaara’ from the 1956 release ‘Shirin Farhad’. If I had not read that article I would not have known that I have heard songs tuned by him and enjoyed them.
Today’s song has the child actors Daisy Irani (Mangoo) and Honey Irani (Tingu) lip-syncing to Asha Bhonsle and Sudha Malhotra. This sweet and cute sounding song is penned by Anand Bakshi. The kids Mangoo and Tingu are on a trip in quest of Bhagwan because they have been told that their mothers have gone to “Bhagwan ka ghar”. In the course of their travels they come in contact with a number of people who provide them with diverse answers about where to find Bhagwan. The songs of the movie are set around these incidents. Rather interesting movie, I managed to see part of it in my quest of locating the actors mentioned in the cast.
With this post I wish my favourite singer Asha Bhonsleji on turning a year older. May she have a healthy and lovely life and may we have the pleasure of hearing her for some more years.
Audio
Video
Song-Chunnu patang ko kehta hai kite (Zameen Ke Taare)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Sudha Malhotra, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-S Mohinder
Lyrics
{whistling}
chunnu patang ko kehta hai kite
bolo beta tingu yeh wrong hai ya right
right right right
ram ke murge ki hai ek taang
bolo beta tingu yeh right hai ya wrong
wrong wrong wrong
lakdi ki khatiya pe haathi gaya let
hathni se kaha ke banao aamlet
lakdi ki khatiya pe haathi gaya let
hathni se kaha ke banao aamlet
football match mein jeeta hai maine cup
arre bolo beta tingu ye sachch hai ya gap
arre gap gap gap
{whistling}
oont ne chidiya ko kar liya catch
donon mein hua phir khushti ka match
oont ne chidiya ko kar liya catch
donon mein hua phir khushti ka match
chidiya se oont ki taang gayi toot
arre bolo beta tingu ye sachch hai ya jhoot
jhooth jhooth jhooth
ek tamasha maine dekha mere meet
paan khaake ek chooha gaa raha tha geet
ooohoo ooohoo
ek tamasha maine dekha mere meet
paan khaake ek chooha gaa raha tha geet
paas baithi billi tabla rahi thi peet
paas baithi billi tabla rahi thi peet
bolo beta tingu yeh galat hai ya theek
theek arre re re galat
{whistling}
Ae Momino Suno Ye Kahaani Namaaz Ki
Posted on: July 21, 2021
This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, 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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Mukesh and his Composers -21
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Did Mukesh act in ‘Uss Paar’ (1944)?
The correct and factual answer along with credible proof to the above question is of historical importance as it refers to the first ever payback rendered by Mukesh.
If Mukesh has not acted in the film, then apparently it will be his first playback.
If he has acted in some capacity, then there are again two possibilities.
- He was a side actor and the duet with Kusum was featured on him only.
- He had a role in the film, but said duet was picturized on someone else.
One song from ‘Uss Paar’ (1944) has been covered on the blog and it is in fact, the elephant in the room.
Sudhir ji in his extraordinary series ‘The voice of Mukesh’ has covered this duet with Kusum Mantri and has considered it to be the first playback of Mukesh.
All indications are that Mukesh did not act in the movie, but undeniable proof is yet to surface.
Coming to the next post in this series, we take up the career of Mukesh with composer-singer Bulo C Rani today.
Yes, I agree that Bulo C Rani had nothing to do with ‘Uss Paar’ (1944) as it was composed by Feroz Nizami.
But then while searching for some information on Bulo C. Rani, I happened to refer to the book Hindi Film Song by Ashok Da. Ranade. In his description of the works of Bulo C. Rani, Ashok ji in his book on p. 226 says about the film ‘Moorti’ (1945).
In it “badariya baras gai” – which was Mukesh’s first song as the composer often claimed with pride – won popularity.
There we go again. Was Bulo C Rani implying ‘Uss Paar’ duet of Mukesh was not his first playback. Since Bulo C. Rani was very much part of HFM during 1944 -1945, he must have known about Mukesh’s actor-singer songs to take the credit of composing the first song (playback) of Mukesh.
Matters get more complicated with Mukesh with many firsts such as first song, first playback, first popular song etc. And before all these we have his six NFS which he recorded in 1939 at Delhi before coming to Bombay.
When the question referred in the very first line of this post is addressed satisfactorily with proof, I intend to write a separate post on the many firsts of Mukesh with a detailed table.
Coming to the discussions on today’s collaboration, I am happy to bring forth the many memorable and sweet songs that Mukesh sang under the baton of Bulo C Rani.
Before I go into the details of the songs, here is a brief and bullet point summary on the life of Bulo C Rani much of it from the book referred above.
- He was born on 6 May 1920 in Hyderabad Sindh and his originally name was Bulo Chandiramani Ramchandani.
- He came to Bombay in 1942 with DN Madhok and joined Ranjit Films to assist Kemchand Prakash.
- In his initial part of film career, he sang a few songs under different composers.
- He is credited for composing for the first Sindhi film Abana (1958)
Apart from the above, I request interested readers to apprise themselves of the life and career of the composer with the following three links in which the respective authors have done enough and valuable research.
- https://atulsongaday.me/2017/05/24/ye-chaandni-ye-hawa-ye-samaa-bahaaron-ka/
- https://www.songsofyore.com/best-songs-of-bulo-c-rani/
- https://mehfilmeinmeri.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/remembering-bulo-c-rani/
| S.No | Name of song | Movie (Year of release) | Co-singer if any | Lyricist |
| 1 | Badariya baras gayi uss paar | Moorti (1945) | Khursheed and Hamida Bano | Pt Indra Chandra |
| 2 | Haseeno se haseeno ko | Moorti (1945) | Pt Indra Chandra | |
| 3 | Maana ke tum haseen ho | Moorti (1945) | Pt Indra Chandra | |
| 4 | Pardesi dhola | Prabhu Ka Ghar (1945) | Mohantara | Pt Indra Chandra |
| 5 | Jaa parwaane jaa | Rajputaani (1946) | Hamida Bano | Pt Indra Chandra |
| 6 | Kiye jaa pyaar | Rajputaani (1946) | Pt Indra Chandra | |
| 7 | Kaise bataaun unse | Anjuman (1948) | Shamshad Begam | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 8 | Woh teer kaleje par | Anjuman (1948) | Majrooh Sultanpuri | |
| 9 | Unki gali mein aaye hum | Nazaare (1949) | Rajinder Krishan | |
| 10 | Armaan bhara dil toot gaya | Wafa (1950) | Lata | Hasrat Jaipuri |
| 11 | Aansoo bhaavo tum udhar | Pyaar Ki Baaten (1951) | Geeta Roy | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 12 | Mast chaandni jhoom rahi | Pyaar Ki Baaten (1951) | Geeta Roy | M L Khanna |
| 13 | Ae Momino Suno Ye Kahani | Abdullah (1960) | Shewan Rizvi | |
| 14 | Ham bhi kho gaye hain | Madam Zorro (1962) | Kamal Barot | Shewan Rizvi |
| 15 | Main hoon deewaanaa | Haqdaar (1964) | Prem Warbartani |
The above table provides the complete table of songs composed by Bulo C Rani and sung by Mukesh. It appears, Mukesh was the favorite singer of the composer especially in the late forties and early fifties. Why the composer used Mukesh sparingly in the sixties is not clearly known.
Some beautiful ghazals and delightful duets were the hallmark of the combo. The melodious songs are well known to avid music lovers and I am avoiding describing them again.
As usual, Shri Harish ji has confirmed, correctness of the above table and added useful information that Mukesh sang for the composer, two more duets with Asha Hargunani for a Sindhi film Naqli Shaan (1972) with lyrics by Krishna Rahi.
- Ankh Phadke Dil Dhadke
- Haseen Raat Aa Mast Aa Fizaa
Out of the 15 songs enlisted above only one from the film ‘Abdullah’ (1960) remains to be covered on the blog and is presented in this post.
Song – Ae Momino Suno Ye Kahaani Namaaz Ki (Abdullah) (1960) Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – Shewan Rizwi, MD – Bulo C Rani
Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
ae momino suno ye kahani namaz ki
hai hum pe farz bandagi banda nawaaz ki
ae momino suno ye kahani namaz ki
mulk e arab me ek haseena thi nek naam
karti thi apne rabb ki ibadadat wo subh o sham
usko namaaz padne ka bachpan se shauk tha
ik waqt ki namaaz bhi karti na thi kaza
nanha sa ek laal tha us paak baaz ka
gurbat me shukr karti thi wo beniyaaz ka
masoom bachcha bhookh se rota jo beqarar
pani pila pila ke thapakti thi bar bar
guzre isi tarah jo museebat me teen saal
shauhar ke dil me uspe safar ka hua khayal
shauhar ki bat sun ke wo majboor ho gayi
do dil ki ye judaai thi manjur ho gayi
biwi ko rota chhod ke jab ghar se wo chala
masoom bachcha baap se apne lipat gaya
samjha ke maa ne god me bachche ko le liya
wo chup rahi to ashqon ne haafiz khuda kaha
nikla ghareeb ghar se ghareeb ul watan hua
jungle ki tez dhoop me aur bhookh me chala
nagaah ek daku ki us par padi nazar
zalim ne mara zulm se ek teer taak kar
lagte hi teer dil pe wo chakra ke gir pada
waake mein teen waqt the duniya se chal basa
daaku karib aaya use dekhne laga
bhai ko murda dekh ke wo tharthara gaya
roya lipat lipat ke biraadar ki lash se
sar phodta tha apni hi bhai ko mar ke
kehta tha ro ke haaye ye kya maine kar diya
bhai ka khoon apne hi daman me bhar diya
munh peet’ta hua wo sehar ki taraf chala
bhabhi ko apne kehne ko pur dard maajra
ae momino suno ye kahani namaz ki
masroof har namaaz mein wo ek zaat thi
go din ki bhookh mein bhi thi mashgool e bandagi
daaku ne raah zal mein yaa shauhar ke bhai ne
tab aa ke tod daale ummeedon ke aaine
kehne laga suhaag tera maine le liya
apne hi haathon qatl biraadar ko kar diya
daaku gunehgaar ko rehban ko dekh le
khoon se bhara hua mere daaman ko dekh le
ye sun ke cheekhi aur wo behosh ho gayi
duniya se bekhabar wo gaflat mein so gayi
roi tadap ke khwaab mein shauhar ko dekh kar
dil tukde tukde ho gaya dilbar ko dekh kar
nanhe ka baazu thaam liya dil ko thaam kar
kehne lagi ke le chalo shauhar ki laash par
al qissa roti peet’ti pahunchi wo laash par
kadmon pe sar ko rakh diya shauhar ko dekh kar
fariyaad rabb se karne lagi ho ke beqaraar
utri falak beewi koi sun ke ye pukaar
haathon mein ek jaam tha munh par naqaab thi
rehmat baras rahi thi charaafa hijaab ki
wo beewi boli is pe chhidak de ye jaam tu
aur padh ke is se pooch le allah ka naam tu
paani chhidak ke naam e khuda us pe dam diya
kudrat khuda ki dekhiye wo murda jee utha. . .
ye dekh kar lipat gayi shauhar se wo ghareeb
kehne lagi ke mil gaya mujh ko mera habeeb
daaman pakad ke beewi ka phir poochhne lagi
tum kaun ho khudaara bata do ye raaz bhi
wo beewi boli main hi khuda ki namaaz hoon
maalik ki bandgi hoon barkat ka raaz hoon
apne namaazion ki main bigdi banaati hoon
apne namaazion pe main rehmat lutaati hoon
gaayab hua ye keh ke farishta namaaz ka
padh kar namaaz dekho karishma namaaz ka
padh kar namaaz dekho karishma namaaz ka. . .
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