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Na na na na na na ab na aa ke jaana

Posted by: Atul on: July 22, 2017

In: Bar dance | Club song | Geeta Dutt solo | Geeta Dutt songs | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1960 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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“Dr Shaitaan”(1960) was produced by Ram Kumar and it was directed by Shriram Bohra for Bohra Brothers production, Bombay. The movie had Premnath, Shakila, Sheikh Mukhtar, Sunder, Tiwari, Sheikh, Helen, Nasreen, Nazi, Indira, Ramkumar, Rajan Kapoor, Ramlal, Mahendra, Maqbool, Mirajkar, Kamaol Sharma etc in it.

This movie was a crime thriller. It had six songs in it. Three of these songs have been discussed in the past.

I notice that all the songs in this movie were “western” songs as befitting a crime movie of 1950s.

Here is the fourth song from “Dr Shaitaan”(1960) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Geeta Dutt. Jaan Nisaar Akhtar is the lyricist. N Datta is the music director.

Only the audio of this song is available. Listening to this song, most people will guess this song to be an archtypical Helen bar dance song on the lines of “mera naam chin chin choo”.

Helen is very much there in the cast, and so I guess that this song must have been picturised on her. Nevertheless, I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.

Song-Na na na na na na ab na aa ke jaana (Dr Shaitaan)(1960) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Jaan Nisaar Akhtar, MD-N Datta

Lyrics

naa
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
humse na chalega
ye tera bahaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na

meri baahen chaman
nazron me sau baankpan
meri baahen chaman
nazron mein sau baankpan
chaandni sa badan
jo bana de deewaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
humse na chalega
ye tera bahaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na

muskura doon agar
jaayenge moti bikhar
muskura doon agar
jaayenge moti bikhar
dekho dekho idhar
main to hoon ik khazaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
humse na chalega
ye tera bahaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na

tu jawaan main haseen
kaise dilaaun yaqeen
tu jawaan main haseen
kaise dilaaun yaqeen
dil se badhkar nahin
aur koi thhikaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
humse na chalega
ye tera bahaana
na na na na na na
ab na aa ke jaana
na na na na na na

Kabeer Soya Kya Kare

Posted by: skapur01 on: July 22, 2017

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.

chaman mein sab ne hi gaaya
tarana zindagani ka
magar sab se alag tha rang
meri hi kahani ka

zamanaa sun raha hai jis ko
wo meri kahani hai

The voice of Mukesh continues to enthral the world of music. Today (22 July) is his birth anniversary and I present here a short song from the film ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai’ (1960). This film has already been Yippeee’d on the blog, but this particular rendition can as well be taken as an additional separate song.

The video shows Raj Kapoor on the screen, though he does not lip-sync the song. Mukesh in his usual trademark voice recites two dohas (couplets) of Sant Kabir Das. There are some comments on the internet that this short song and scene were missing in the film. I request readers to throw more light on this aspect.

Though there are many websites dedicated to the dohas of Kabir, I requested our Sudhir ji to not only write the lyrics for me but also translate the same. I thank him profusely for the help rendered.

I feel that the voice and the empathy expressed by Mukesh will be more pronounced and appreciated if one understands the meaning of the dohas first. Mukesh, who has recorded the original rendition of the popular ‘Ramcharit Maanas’ of Tulsidas (abridged version), also has a lot of bhajan’s in the film and non-film category. Quite a few of these bhajanas are yet to appear on the blog.

I have been away from the blog as far as song postings is concerned, due to some personal commitments, but will surely come back with more compilations of Mukesh with the artists in the two on-going series. There are a couple of newly discovered songs which will be introduced in the very near future.

With this short song wherein the clarity of the pronunciation of words and the heart-felt expression in the voice is very much perceptible, I once again join numerous Mukesh fans in remembering him on the anniversary of his birth.

Translation and Notes (Provided by Sudhir)
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kabeer soya kya kare, uth na rovey dukh

Why continuing to sleep
Be awake, be alert
And stop crying for sorrows

jaaka vaasa gor mein, so kyon sovey sukh

For happiness is not the destiny
One who eternally lives in grave
Can he ever sleep in peace

Notes: In his couplets, Kabir Das has a specific addressal. When the message of the couplet is a teaching directed towards others, the form of addressal used is ‘sadho‘. When the message of the couplet is directed inwards, then the addressal used is ‘Kabir‘ or ‘Kabira‘. But as is seen in all cases, the message is meant for all. In this couplet, the poet is cautioning the human, not to continue sleeping. Now this sleeping is not simply the physical sleep that one resorts to when the body is tired. The poet is referring to the sleep of ignorance, that most human being undergo, as they spend their lives on this planet. The ignorance being referred to is the ignorance of the true nature of the self and of this material world. The human seeks happiness, but is almost always drowning in the tears of sorrow. So the poet says, wake up and realize the true nature, and don’t continue to cry for your sorrows. Because the life on this planet has only one destination, that is death. We are all residing in graves that have already been prepared for us. For a living person who is existing in a grave, can there be any happiness to be found (in the grave), can such a person ever have a peaceful sleep.
jaaka = variant of ‘jis ka’; for whom
vaasa = to reside; to live
gor = grave; कब्र

जीवन मरण विचार कर, कूड़े काम निवार

Contemplate the cycle of life and death
And dispose of the menial tasks of life
(do what needs to be done for life)

जिन पंथों तुझ चालना, सोई पंथ संवार

But realize the true paths
That have to be traveled
Strive to improve and enrich
The knowledge of that path

Notes: The poet is exhorting the learner, to contemplate the true nature of the cycle of life and death – that nothing in this world is permanent. The process of living entails certain tasks to sustain the life; these are low level tasks, that need to be dispositioned and done with. Do not lose yourself in this process of life, for there are other truer paths that one has to traverse. Make efforts to improve, enrich, clean up the awareness and the knowledge of these paths, so that the travel on these paths of truth is free of obstacles and pain.

In the given scenario, Raju, the village bumpkin and singer, is torn between how to sort out the problem he is facing – neither the dacoits are willing to just meekly give up their profession and surrender, nor is the police showing any benevolence towards them, to try and bring them in alive. In the scene just before these couplets, Raju is at the residence of the police commissioner (role played by Raj Mehra), and is pleading for leniency in return for their surrender. While this conversation is in progress, one of the dacoits, on the instructions of Raaka (role played by Pran), who is now the new gang leader, throws a message tied to a stone, into the house, breaking a window pane. The message is a challenge to the police commissioner, to hand over Raju and Kammo (role played by Padmini) to the dacoits. (Padmini has left the dacoit’s hideout with Raju, much to the chagrin of Raaka). The police commissioner is infuriated, and in anger expresses his will to capture all dacoits and hang them. Raju is now in a fix; what to do. The police won’t listen to him, and for their own reasons. And Raaka, blinded by his obsession for Kammo, and his vexation at Raju, for being the preferred person in Kammo’s heart, isn’t going to oblige by listening to Raju.

In this quandary, Raju is not able to sleep. And then these two couplets play in his mind. He is not lip syncing, but his expressions are so impressive, as he listens to this voice from within. This voice sings two couplets to him, telling him that it is useless to seek happiness in this life and this world, which is only sorrows – the epithet used is “jaaka vaasa gor mein”; that all humans are living in graves already dug for them. The second couplet advises that one should only contemplate on the truth of life, and seek out the path that will take towards that truth. And once that path is evident in the mind, then the personal striving should be cleanse and enrich this path, leading one towards the truth.

When this second couplet plays, a smile descends on the lips of Raju, a light is seen and a determination is made. Raju leaves the police commissioners home immediately, leaving Kammo sleeping inside the room. One does not see him leave, but the next scene is Kammo waking up only to find Raju missing. On enquiry, she is told that he left during the night, but where he has gone, is not known to anyone. But Kammo knows, that Raju has returned to the gang’s hideout.

Song – Kabir Soya Kya Kare (Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai) (1960) Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – Kabir Das, MD – Shankar Jaikishan

Lyrics

kabeer soya kya kare, uth na rovey dukh
jaaka vaasa gor mein, so kyon sovey sukh

jeevan maran vichaar kar, koode kaam nivaar
jin panthun tujh chaalna, soi panth sanwaar

jin panthun tujh chaalna, soi panth sanwaar

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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कबीर सोया क्या करे, उठ ना रोवे दुख
जाका वासा गोर में, सो क्यों सोवे सुख

जीवन मरण विचार कर, कूड़े काम निवार
जिन पंथों तुझ चालना, सोई पंथ संवार

जिन पंथों तुझ चालना, सोई पंथ संवार

Tags: 1960, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai, Mukesh, Padmini, Raj Kapoor, Shankar Jaikisham Kabir Das

Saal Solvan Laaga

Posted by: skapur01 on: July 4, 2017

This article is written by Sudhir, 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.

taqdeer ka fasaana. . .

So much to be said for destiny and luck. Especially in an industry as unkind and pitiless, as the film industry. They always say, success sells; nothing succeeds like success. But then what to say of success stories that really didn’t go any place.
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Tags: 1960, Indira Bansal, Maya Machhendra, Nirupa Roy, Priyadarshini, Pt Madhur, Ramlal, Suman Kalyanpur

Zulm Bhi Karte Hain Aur Kehte Hain Ke Fariyaad Na Kar

Posted by: skapur01 on: June 19, 2017

This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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.

Today, I am presenting a duet song “Zulm Bhi Karten Hain Aur Kehten Hain Fariyaad Na Kar” sung by Suman Kalyanpur and Mohammed Rafi in ‘Mera Ghar Mere Bachche’ (1960). This song has been in my radar for more than two years, to present in the blog. However, I got overtly involved with locating the rare songs from the films of 1940s and share those. During this period, I thought that Rafi fans or ‘Sureeli’ Suman Kalyanpur fans among the Atulites would post this song on the Blog. But this did not happen. So I am destined to present this song.
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Tags: 1960, Hasrat Jaipuri, Mera Ghar Mere Bachche, Mohammed Rafi, Sardar Malik, Suman Kalyanppur

Dil Lubha Ke Mere Saathi Bhool Jaana Na

Posted by: skapur01 on: June 9, 2017

अब क्या मिसाल दूँ में इस प्यारी आवाज़ की
इन्सान बन गई है तरंग वीणा के तार की

वीणा, माँ सरस्वती के हाथ की वीणा – जो सब ज्ञान का स्रोत है, जो समस्त सृष्टि के संगीत का उद्गम स्थान है, जो वाणी और ध्वनि का आरंभ है।

Veena, that is in the hand of Goddess Saraswati; veena, that is the source of all knowledge and all that is music in this creation.

Yes, the voice of Lata ji. A voice that is adorned in many a thousand ways, a voice that lives in the minds and memories through many a thousand songs, in Hindi films, in films of other regions, and songs that don’t belong to films. The legacy is a treasure. Quite so much has been written about this voice, my adding more would simply be repeating what has been said before. And much of that discussion is an overbearing analysis of the phases and careers, that are after all moot points, when arrayed against the qualities of the voice itself. That discussion is like ‘गूंगे की शक्कर’ – the description of the sweetness of sugar as expressed by a person who cannot speak. He would place the sugar on your palm, and tell you silently, to taste it, to eat it. After that tasting, no words are necessary, to discuss what sugar is. 🙂
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Tags: 1960, Lata Mangeshkar, Malay Chakravarty, Mukti, Munir Aarzoo Kazmi

Nainan se laagi jhadi…chain mera loota

Posted by: Atul on: May 28, 2017

“Durga Maata”(1960) was produced and directed by B S Ranga for Vikram Productions, Madras. The movie had Rajkumar (south), Sowcar Janaki, Sandhya, Nagan, Narsomharaju, Bhatt etc in it. It appears to me that this movie was a remake/ dubbed version of a Sputh Indian movie where songs were created afresh for the Hindi version.
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Tags: 1960, Durga Maata, G K Venkatesh, S Janaki, S R Saaz

Main padh rahi hoon tumko

Posted by: Atul on: May 26, 2017

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 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.

Today’s song is from the film Captain India-1960. Not only this film is making a Debut on the Blog, but its Music Director- Hemant Kedar- too is making his Debut here. It is a rare occasion these days that a music Director makes his Debut in the blog, because we have covered so many MDs already ( at my last count, we have covered 462 MDs on this Blog). However, there are still a large number of MDs whom we have yet to listen. From 1931 to till today, as per a rough estimate, there could be almost 500 to 700 Music Directors.
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Tags: 1960, Captain India, Hemant Kedar, Rajaram Saqi, Sudha Malhotra, Talat Mehmood

Aaja aaja jiya nahin laage

Posted by: Atul on: May 7, 2017

“Laalach”(1960) was produced by B C Sharma and L N Desai and directed by R D Rajput for Sagar Film Company, Bombay. The movie had Kamran, Indira, Sheila Kashmiri, Majnu, Arvind Kumar, Wazeer Mohammad Khan, Jillani, Harish, Heera Sawant, Shakeel Bano Bhopali, Dubey, Badshah Chorbazari, S Badshah, Harun, Ghulab, Kadir, Dalip, Ibrahim, Robert, Anil Kumar, Govind Dada, Aashiq, Begam etc in it.
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Tags: 1960, Asha Bhonsle, Aslam, Laalach, S Kishan

Tu premnagar ka saadhu chalaa kar jaadoo

Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2017

In: Light hearted song | Parody song | Rafi songs | Rare song | Sabita Bannerji Songs | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1960 | Yearwise breakup of songs
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“Maasoom” (1960) was directed by Satyen Bose for Bani Roop Chitra. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Sarosh Irani, Aziz, Honey Irani, Anuva Gupta, Manmohan Krishna, Mohan Choti, Chaman Puri, Bhagwan Sinha, Keshto Mukherjee, Master Nissar, Jeevankala, Gautam, Bir Sakuja etc in it.
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Tags: 1960, Maasoom, Rafi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Robin Bannerji, Sabita Bannerji

Kahiye suniye aao donon iqraar karen

Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2017

“Mohabbat Ki Jeet”(1960) was produced and directed by B S Ranga for Vikram Productions, Madras. This movie had Raja Sulochana, Ranjan, Sowcar Janki, Sriram, Rajagopal etc in it. It appears from the cast that this movie may have been a remake of some South Indian movie though HFGK is silent about this fact.
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Tags: 1960, Md Shafi, Mohabbat Ki Jeet, Shreeram Saaz, Suman Kalyanpur, Talat Mehmood

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Na na na na na na ab na aa ke jaana

Kabeer Soya Kya Kare

Saal Solvan Laaga

Zulm Bhi Karte Hain Aur Kehte Hain Ke Fariyaad Na Kar

Dil Lubha Ke Mere Saathi Bhool Jaana Na

Nainan se laagi jhadi…chain mera loota

Main padh rahi hoon tumko

Aaja aaja jiya nahin laage

Tu premnagar ka saadhu chalaa kar jaadoo

Kahiye suniye aao donon iqraar karen

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