Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
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.
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
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Ae Momino Suno Ye Kahaani Namaaz Ki
Posted on: July 21, 2021
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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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“Maa Baap”(1960) was produced by Trikambhai Dave and directed by V M Vyas for Ratndeep Pictures, Bombay. The “social” movie had Rajendra Kumar, Kamini Kadam, Peace Kanal, Pran, Anar, Kumar, Naaz, Bipin Gupta, Kuldeep Kaur, Sundar, Kudsum, Romi, Leela Mishra, Baby Shobha, Keshav, Pratap Bhansali, Roop Kumar, Dinanath, Tribhuvan Sinha, Madan Sahgal, Leela Chitnis etc in it.
THe movie had eight songs in it. One song has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Maa Baap”(1960) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Chitragupta.
This joie de vivre song is picturised on Kamini Kadam. I hope I have identified her correctly. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify her.
Video
Audio
Song-Jal ja paraayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya(Maa Baap)(1960) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Chitragupta
Lyrics
aa aa aaaa aa aa
aa aa aa
jal ja paraayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
jal ja parayi aag me parwaana kah gaya
kitne pate ki baat ik deewana kah gaya
kitne pate ki baat ik deewana kah gaya
deewaana kah gaya
jal ja parayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
mujhko to sabki pyaas bujhaane se kaam hai
mujhko to sabki pyaas bujhaane se kaam hai
honthon tak aake raaz ye paimaana kah gaya
paimaana kah gaya
jal ja paraayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
jal ja parayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
deta na apne phool jo duniya ke baag ko
deta na apne phool jo duniya ke baag ko
aabaad main bhi hota ye weerana kah gaya
weerana kah gaya
jal ja parayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
jal ja parayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
aayi subah to aakhri taara bhi toot ke
aayi subah to aakhri taara bhi toot ke
kaisi kati hai raat ye afsaana kah gaya
afsaana kah gaya
jal ja paraayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
jal ja paraayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
kitne pate ki baat ik deewaana kah gaya
deewaana kah gaya
jal ja paraayi aag mein parwaana kah gaya
Dildaar tu hai mera pyaar tu hai
Posted on: January 16, 2021
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 Bambai ki Billi aka Wild Cat-1960.
This was a Stunt film, produced by Aspy Irani for his own banner – Super Pictures, Bombay. The film was directed by Zahoor Ahmed. The music was by Khayyam. He was assisted by Bipin and Mehboob. This Bipin was a part of Bipin-Babul duo, who gave music to 12 films together as a team. After leaving Khayyam, Bipin assisted Madan Mohan, where Babul was already an assistant. They joined hands and made a pair of Composers as Bipin-Babul.
Film Bambai ki Billi was an interesting film.This was actually the 3rd film with this title. The history of this film is very amusing..The first film was ‘ The Wild Cat of Bombay aka Bambai ki Billi’ – a Silent film made by Imperial films co. in 1927. Their famous actress-heroine Sulochana (Ruby Meyers) was the film’s Heroine and her Hero was one Jamshed. This film was directed by a novice Mohan Bhavnani, who became a big name in later years.
After Talkie films started, Imperial began Talkie remakes of their famous and popular Silent films and in 1936, Imperial made Bambai ki Billi aka Wild Cat of Bombay. The heroine was the same-Sulochana, but this time the Hero was different- Dinshaw Billimorea. Her earlier film Hero Jamshed was also in this film, but did a side supporting role. This time the film was directed by a veteran Nandlal Jaswantlal.(He became a famous director with films like Nagin and Anarkali in the 50s.). Nandlal had already done a Talkie remake of Indira, BA-a popular silent film as Imperial’s Indira MA. This was with Sulochana and D.Billimoria. Bambai ki Billi-36 was a social film,in which Sulochana had done 8 different roles. The roles were Policeman,Gardener, Gambler, Beggar, Hyderabadi gentleman, Banana Seller, a street urchin and an European Blonde girl. By the way, Sulochana is the only actress in Hindi film world, who acted in 4 remake films having same titles and doing the same roles in all films-silent and Talkie. Her films were Madhuri, Indira MA, Bambai ki Billi and Anarkali.
Besides the interesting history of this film title, the film also boasts of a Director, who was the only person in Hindi film industry who disappeared mysteriously – for ever. The name is Aspy Irani. Film was directed by Aspi Irani,who was basically famous for stunt and C grade films. Aspy Irani was an important director from the early films. His full name was ASPANDIAR HORMUSJI IRANI. He was born in the Parsi colony, Panch Gardens in Dadar, Bombay on 8-10-1911. He started work in the film industry after he completed his secondary schooling and as all Parsis are, due to his hard work, he soon attained a top rank in the Industry. He started directing films from 1936,the early Talkie stage, when the influence of Parsi Theatre, fantasies and dramas on folklore was the staple of stunt films. All such films had a basic structure and with a little changes here and there new films hit the screens.
There was a fixed audience for such films, but as the time went by, slowly the taste of the audience changed. However Aspi Irani continued with his style till the end. He did direct few social films also but the handling of social films had a clear stamp of Aspi’s direction.
He must have directed about 50-55 films till the early 80s. Some of his films were, Naya paisa, qaidi no.911,Barood,Shabnam,Badal etc. He was married to actress Husn Bano ( daughter of actress Shareefa).
On a fine morning on 23rd November 1986,Aspi left his home in the morning for work and never ever returned. No one knows what happened to him. Since then there was no trace of this man and officially he was declared ‘missing since 23-11-1986′. What an end to a legend !
The film cast was Kumkum, Sudhir, Mukri, Nazima, TunTun, Chanda Bai, Nazir Kashmiri, Ashalata etc. etc. The Hero of the film was Sudhir – who died about 7 years ago. He was a small time villain in many big films like Deewar etc. This was his First film as a hero.
Bhagwandas Mulchand Luthria (13-4-1931 to 12 May 2014) aka Sudhir was a Bollywood film actor. He was best known for his role in the film Satte Pe Satta with Amitabh Bachchan. He acted in 226 films in a career spanning from 1962 to 2009. He was one of Bollywood’s best known villains from the 1970s through the 1990s.
His first film was Taxi Driver-1954. One gets to see his name appear first time as a male lead in the 1960 Sheikh Mukhtar film ‘Baarood’. And then again in the same year, as the male lead in the film ‘Bambai Ki Billi’. Both films have Kumkum paired opposite to him. In 1961 came the somewhat more appreciated ‘Umar Qaid’, again a Sheikh Mukhtar film, in which Sudhir is paired opposite to a very young Nazima.
In an effort to break into the next level of films, maybe, Sudhir started to work in side roles. He acted in prem patra starring sadhna and shashi kapoor 1962 as Subhash.He appeared in Apna Ghar Apni Kahani (Pyas) opposite Mumtaz in 1968, singing “Jigar me dard kaisa ishko ulfat to nhi kahate” and ‘main ye sochkar uske dar se utha tha’ (Hakeekat), ‘mujhe raat din ye khayal hai’ and ‘mere dil pe andheri sa chhan laga’ from Ek Phool Ek Bhool’.
He often played the second-in-command sidekick to villains Ajit, Prem Nath and Pran, a torturous police inspector, or a sleazy man. He was most known for his shrill voice, long moustache and sideburns. He starred in at least a dozen Amitabh Bachchan movies, such as Deewaar, Kaalia, Majboor, Sharaabi, Satte Pe Satta, Dostana, Shaan and Lal Baadshah.
The 1969 film ‘Mahal’ brought Sudhir in touch with Dev Anand, and thence started an association that would last a lifetime. Starting with ‘Gambler’(1971), Sudhir has appeared in almost every Dev Anand film, whether produced by Navketan or by any other production banner.
Other notable appearances included Feroz Khan’s 1974 hit Khote Sikkay, its sequel Kachche Heere, Dharmatma, as well as Mera Gaon Mera Desh, and roles of a handicapped thief in Dev Anand’s Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971), as police inspector (Special Appearances) in Subhash Ghai’s Meri Jung (1985) and in the Shah Rukh Khan-starring Baadshah (1999). His last film appearances were in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) and Victoria House (2009). He was also filmmaker Milan Luthria’s paternal uncle. He died on 12 May 2014 at the age of 70. He had long been suffering from a lung infection. (based on information from wiki and an article of Sudhir ji).
The film had only 7 songs. This was a major change in the HFM. Initially, people had a fascination for film songs and hence in the early cinema of the 30’s average number of songs used to be 15 to 20 songs. In the 40s the number came down to about 10 to 12 songs and in the 50’s the number was between 6 to 8 songs. All the 7 songs of this film were written by Hasarat Jaipuri. Two songs are already covered. this will be the third song today.
All the 7 songs were good. The film was a C grade film , but the Music Director was an A grade composer. Enjoy this Geeta Dutt solo song……
Song-Dildaar tu hai mera pyaar tu hai (Bambai Ka Billi)(1960) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Khayyam
Lyrics
dildaar tu hai
mera pyaar tu hai
ikraar kar lo ji
apna hi maano
apna hi jaano
aankhen chaar kar lo ji
dildar tu hai
mera pyaar tu hai
ikraar kar lo ji
apna hi maano
apna hi jaano
aankhen chaar kar lo ji
meharbaan dekhiye
raat kitni haseen
pyaar ki chaandni
dhal na jaaye kahin
aisa na ho tere liye mar jaayen ham
dildar tu hai
mera pyaar tu hai
ikraar kar lo ji
apna hi maano
apna hi jaano
aankhen chaar kar lo ji
tu mila
to mili
jhoom kar har khushi ee
saikdon rang mein
naach uthhi zindagi ee
mehfil teri jalwe mere teri kasam
dildaar tu hai
mera pyaar tu hai
ikraar kar lo ji
apna hi maano
apna hi jaano
aankhen chaar kar lo ji
dil dukha kar kabhi
chain milta nahin ee
jaan le
zulm ka
phool khilta nahin ee
?? samajh dil ki zubaan
kar na sitam
dildar tu hai
mera pyaar tu hai
ikraar kar lo ji
apna hi maano
apna hi jaano
aankhen chaar kar lo ji
This article is written by nahm, 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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Remembrance Day of N Datta on 30.12.2020
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Geeta Dutt – Solos and duets (01)
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This is a tribute post for Datta Naik, also known as N Datta, on his 33 death anniversary. It looks as if, N Datta formed a successful team with Sahir Ludhianvi as most of his popular songs are with Sahir in the period 1957-1959. He has composed a sizeable 349 songs in 54 films, out of which 221 are already in the blog.
A few weeks aga I inadvertently ended up with a short list of Geeta Dutt’s song links, which included different genre of songs, duets, solos and female duets. They are mostly so sweet and pleasing songs. Sometimes melancholy, but still sweet.
So here is the first song in the series, combined with the remembrance day tribute post of N. Datta. It is a Mohammed Rafi- Geeta Dutt duet from the 1960 film “Rickshawala”. The lyricist here is Jan Nisar Akhtar. The song actually is a sales pitch song. The sale of the humble fruit called “Chikoo”. It is called “Sapota” too. Both singers along with chorus are enthusiastically promoting it, even offering it for free, in exchange of a heart. The celebrity names are also freely taken for encouraging people to buy the fruit. So it is a fruit vendors song, who say that :
‘chehre ka ye husn badhaaye,
Nargis khaaye,
Nimmi khaaye,
khaaye madhubala”
‘ Chikoo’ is supposed to be rich in iron, so may be, it is useful in increasing ‘chehre ka husn’. I had early experience of buying ‘chikoo’ in, believe it or not Mumbai local trains. The price was unbelievable, 5-6 chickoos for Rs. 2/- only. Those were the cheap 80’s.
Only two songs from this film are posted so far :
| Song | Date of posting |
|---|---|
| Neeli saadi sunahra jumper | 14 February 2012 |
| Jawaani mein to ik dil ki | 18 December 2018 |
Title of the film is ‘Rickshawala’, but there is no riksha or tonga song here. There are these marathi words repeated in the song ‘aga saku, ghe chikoo’. It means ‘O saku, buy chikoo’. ‘Saku’ may be a slang or a nickname of sort, where girls are called ‘saku’ in a teasing way.
I could find only the audio link for the song, but it is filmed on Johnny Walker and Anita Guha. Another film with only Mohammed Rafi male singer, with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Geeta Dutt.
Song-Pandit ho ya lala ya Gandhi topi waala (Rickshawala) (1960) Singers-Geeta Dutt, Rafi, Lyrics-Jaan Nisaar Akhtar, MD-N Datta
Chorus
Rafi + Geeta Dutt
Lyrics
Pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
jo bhi khaaye chikoo bhaiyya
kehlaaye matwaala aa
pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
hoy pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
jo bhi khaaye chikoo bhaiyya
kehlaaye matwaala aa
aga sakoo oo
ghe chikoo oo
joru kehti khaaoon na khaana
bhool gaye kyun chikoo laanaa
arrey joru kehti khaaoon na khaana
bhool gaye kyun chikoo laanaa
isi ki sab farmaaish karte
ho o o o o o
isi ki sab farmaaish karte
saali ho ya saalaa
kehlaaye matwaalaa aa
pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
hoy pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
jo bhi khaaye chikoo bhaiyya
kehlaaye matwaala aa
aga sakoo oo
ghe chikoo oo
chehre ka yeh husn badhhaaye
saari duniyaa shauq se khaaye
chehre ka yeh husn badhaaye
saari duniyaa shauq se khaaye
Nargis khaaye Nimmi khaaye ea ea
oo oooo oo ooo
Nargis khaaye Nimmi khaaye
khaaye Madhubalaa
kehlaaye matwaalaa aa
pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
arey pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
jo bhi khaaye chikoo bhaiyya
kehlaaye matwaala aa
aga sakoo oo
ghe chikoo oo
(aye aye ayen)
le ja jholi bhar bhar le jaa
daam na ho to dil hi de jaa
haay haaye
le ja jholi bhar bhar le jaa
daam na ho to dil hi de jaa
jaise chaahe sauda kar le ea
oo o ooo
jaise chaahe sauda kar le
kar na gadbad jhaala
kehlaaye matwaalaa a
pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
oye pandit ho ya laala
ya Gandhi topi waala
jo bhi khaaye chikoo bhaiyya
kehlaaye matwaala aa
hey Bhikoo
ab to khaa chikoo oo
Alhad jawaan mera jaage
Posted on: December 28, 2020
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Yearwise discussion of Lata Mangeshkar songs in HFM: Part XIV: Year 1960
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In this episode, we discuss Lata Mangeshkar songs that she sang in Hindi movies released in 1960.
In 1960, 111 Hindi movies contaning 852 songs were released. Lata Mangeshkar got to sing in 48 of these movies and she sang 166 songs in these movies. So Lata Mangeshkar’s voice was heard in 43 % of the movies released in 1960. Her voice was heard in 19.5 % of the songs appearing in the movies of 1960.
Here are the details of songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Hindi movies released in 1960 :-
| S N | Movie | Music director | Lata song in the blog | Lata HFM songs recorded in the year | Lata solo songs | Male duet | Female duet | Other songs | Lyricists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aayi Phir Se Bahaar | Vedpal Verma | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vedpal Verma (1) Indeewar (1) |
| 2 | Amar Shaheed | Jamal Sen | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Arjun |
| 3 | Angulimaal | Anil Biswas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Bharat Vyas |
| 4 | Anuraadha | Pt Ravi Shankar | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shailendra |
| 5 | Baaraat | Chitragupta | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 6 | Baarood | Khayyam | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Hasrat Jaipuri |
| 7 | Bahaana | Madan Mohan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rajinder Krishan |
| 8 | Bambai Ki Billi | Khayyam | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Hasrat Jaipuri |
| 9 | Banjaarin | Pardesi | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Pt Madhur |
| 10 | Barsaat Ki Raat | Roshan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Sahir Ludhianvi |
| 11 | Bindiyaa | Iqbal Qureshi | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Rajinder Krishan |
| 12 | Chaand Mere Aaja | Chitragupta | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Prem Dhawan |
| 13 | Chandramukhi | S N Tripathi | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bharat Vyas |
| 14 | Chaudhvin ka chaand | Ravi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shakeel Badayuni |
| 15 | Chhalia | Kalyanji Anandji | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Qamar Jalalabadi |
| 16 | College Girl | Shankar Jaikishan | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Rajinder Krishan |
| 17 | Delhi Junction | Kalyanji Anandji | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P L Santoshi (2) Prem Dhawan (2) Farooque Kaiser (1) Gulshan Bawra (1) |
| 18 | Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraayi | Shankar Jaikishan | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shailendra (4) Haasrat Jaipuri (1) |
| 19 | Dil Bhi Tera Ham Bhi Tere | Kalyanji Anandji | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | K L Pardesi (2) Shamim Jaipuri (1) |
| 20 | Do Aadmi | S N Tripathi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Prem Dhawan |
| 21 | Ek Phool Chaar Kaante | Shankar Jaikishan | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shailendra (2) Hasrat Jaipuri (2) |
| 22 | Gambler | Chitragupta | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Prem Dhawan |
| 23 | Ghoonghat | Ravi | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shakeel Badayuni |
| 24 | Girl Friend | Hemant Kumar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sahir Ludhianvi |
| 25 | Ham Hindustaani | Usha Khanna | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bharat Vyas (2) Rajinder Krishan (1) |
| 26 | Honeymoon | Salil Chaudhary | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Shailendra |
| 27 | Jawaahar | Salil Chaudhary | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Prem Dhawan |
| 28 | Jis Desh Mein Ganga Bahti Hai | Shankar Jaikishan | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Shailendra (6) Hasrat Jaipuri (1) |
| 29 | Kaala Aadmi | Dattaram | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Hasrat Jaipuri |
| 30 | Kohinoor | Naushad | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shakeel Badayuni |
| 31 | Laal Qila | S N Tripathi | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bharat Vyas |
| 32 | Maa Baap | Chitragupta | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rajinder Krishan |
| 33 | Maaya Macchendra | Ramlal Heera Panna | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Pt Madhur (2) Keshav (2) |
| 34 | Mughal e Azam | Naushad | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shakeel Badayuni |
| 35 | Mukti | Malay Chakraborty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Muneer Aarzoo |
| 36 | Naache Naagin Baaje Been | Chitragupta | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 37 | Parakh | Salil Chaudhary | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shailendra |
| 38 | Patang | Chitragupta | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Rajinder Krishan |
| 39 | Police Detective | Chitragupta | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Prem Dhawan |
| 40 | Rickshawaala | N Datta | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jaan Nisaar Akhtar |
| 41 | Saaranga | Sardar Malik | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bharat Vyas |
| 42 | Shrawan Kumar | Pt Shivram | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bharat Vyas |
| 43 | Singapore | Shankar Jaikishan | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Hasrat Jaipuri (4) Shailendra (2) |
| 44 | Sinhaldweep ki sundari | S N Tripathi | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bharat Vyas |
| 45 | Superman | Sardar Malik | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prem Dhawan |
| 46 | Usne Kaha Thha | Salil Chaudhary | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shailendra |
| 47 | Veer Durgadas | S N Tripathi | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bharat Vyas |
| 48 | Zimbo comes to town | Chitragupta | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prem Dhawan |
| Total | 48 movies | 24 MDs | 139 | 166 | 102 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 21 lyricists |
One notices that Lata Mangeshkar did not have a single song with C Ramchandra in movies released in 1959 as well as 1960 because she fell out with him. Despite that C Ramchandra continued to be the music director with highest number of songs composed for Lata Mangeshkar (263). Shankar Jaikishan, who continued to work in many movies with Lata Mangeshkar closed in at 252 songs. Overall, the top eight music directors, viz C Ramchandra (263), Shankar Jaikishan (252), Anil Biswas (116), Husnlal Bhagatram (108), Chitragupta (105), Roshan (103), Madan Mohan (96) and Naushad (91) composed 1134 songs out of 2217 songs that Lata Mangeshkar had sung in Hindi movies till end of 1960. The top six lyricists till end of 1960 for Lata Mangeshkar were Rajinder Krishan (374), Shailendra (245), Hasrat Jaipuri (166), Shakeel Badayuni (134), Prem Dhaan (125) and Bharat Vyas (124). These six lyricists had penned 1168 songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar till that time.
Lata Mangeshkar tied up with music directors Malay Chakraborty, Pardesi, Pt Ravishankar, Usha Khanna and Vedpal Verma for the first time in movies of 1960. She tied up with lyricists Arjun, K L Pardesi, Muneer Aarzoo Kaazmi and Shamim Jaipuri for the first time in movies released in 1960.
Here is the summary of Lata Mangeshkar’s playback career in Hindi movies till end of 1960 :
| Year | Movie count | Lata song in the blog | Lata HFM songs recorded in the year | Lata solo songs | Male duet | Female duet | Other songs | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 3 movies | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1947 | 3 movies | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1948 | 16 movies | 50 | 50 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1949 | 38 movies | 134 | 157 | 103 | 35 | 12 | 7 | |
| 1950 | 36 movies | 114 | 143 | 93 | 32 | 14 | 4 | |
| 1951 | 49 movies | 189 | 223 | 158 | 52 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1952 | 43 movies | 149 | 177 | 138 | 31 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1953 | 45 movies | 170 | 195 | 149 | 35 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1954 | 43 movies | 140 | 172 | 144 | 23 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1955 | 50 movies | 165 | 218 | 177 | 30 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 49 movies | 168 | 204 | 153 | 35 | 13 | 3 | |
| 1957 | 47 movies | 129 | 160 | 110 | 38 | 7 | 5 | |
| 1958 | 35 movies | 102 | 132 | 95 | 25 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 58 movies | 188 | 211 | 130 | 68 | 12 | 1 | |
| 1960 | 48 movies | 139 | 166 | 102 | 50 | 12 | 1 | |
| Total upto 1960 | 563 movies | 1836 | 2217 | 1596 | 461 | 117 | 41 |
As can be seen from the table of 1960, Lata Mangeshkar sang 166 songs in 48 movies released in 1960. As many as 139 of these songs have been covered in the blog. Out of 48 movies of 1960 where Lata Mangeshkar sang, all Lata Mangeshkar songs of 35 movies are already covered. So we have to look at the remaining 13 movies of 1960 to find Lata Mangesahkar songs to discuss in the blog.
Alphabetically the first such movie that offers us such Lata Mangeshkar songs to discuss is “Amar Shaheed”(1960). This movie was originally made in Tamil as Veerpandiya Kattabomman (1959). The movie was produced and directed by B R Panthalu for Padmini Pictures, Madras. The movie had Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, Padmini, Raagini, S Varalaxmi, V K Ramaswami, O A K Tear, Kannan, Natrajan, M R Santanam, V R Rajagopal, Mutthulaxmi, T Lalitha, Baby Kanchan, Jawar Seetaraman etc in it.
It appears that the movie rights were bought by Alok Bharati, Madras. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as “Amar Shaheed”(1960).
It appears to me from the songs that the Hindi dubbing was done in a casual manner. From the way the songs have been dubbed, it appears to me that the person translating the songs from Tamil into Hindi tried to do a literal translation and ended up with a Hindi words that sound unnatural.
The movie had ten songs in it. Lata Mangeshkar’s voice is there in three songs. Two are solos and one is a duet with Manna Dey. None of these three songs have been covered in the blog so far.
As mentioned above, the dubbing of movie and songs leaves a lot to be desired. I have picked a song whose lyrics appears to make some semblence of sense to me. This song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar and chorus. Arjun is the lyricist. Music is composed by Jamal Sen.
The song is picturised on Padmini and others.
From what I can make out, this song is about a strong bull that can apparenty strike fear in the minds of enemy. I have struggled to get the lyrics right but I have failed miserably, especially in the chorus part. I request our readers with keener ears to help fill in the blanks andsuggest corrections.
I also request our knowledgeable readers to thro light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of the song.
Song-Alhad jawaan mera jaage (Amar Shaheed)(1960) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Arjun, MD-Jamal Sen
Lyrics
Alhad jawaan mera jaage
is’se paala pade veer bhaage
?? koi mahaaveer re
paale mein
aaye ree
Alhad jawaan mera jaage
is’se paala pade veer bhaage
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
ho o o o
o o o o
o o
sambhaal bhool mat jaa re
kal bhoolegi ?? jaa re
jab aayega koi ??
??
sambhal ke dol mastaani
chal haule bahak mat raani
khoonkhaar roop dhare ae
sher se mel kare ae
khoonkhaar roop dhare ae
sher se mel kare
veeron ke veer
sab daude munh mod kar
r r r r
baatooni aan ??
bekaaboo pair ude
bhaage pahalwaan
chhod maidaan khule
ho o o
o o o
o o o
o o o
bhaage pahalwaan
chhod maidaan khule
aao re anjaan naadaan
dil mera hai betaab behaal
alhad jawaan mera jaage
is’se paala pade veer bhaage
ho ??
teri nazren karengi salaam
??
??
veeron ??
?? aayi
??
alhad jawaan mera jaage
is’se paala pade veer bhaage
?? koi mahaaveer re
paale mein
aaye ree
Alhad jawaan mera jaage
Bas gayi hai aankhon mein
Posted on: December 18, 2020
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4536 | Post No. : | 16104 |
“Chandramukhi” (1960) was produced by Kantilal Kanakiya and directed by Ratilal Thakur for Kanti Productions, Bombay.The movie had Manhar Desai, Kavita, B. M. Vyas, Maruti, Kanchanmala, Dalpat, Pal Sharma, Neeta Bagla, T N Sinha, Dinanath, R P Kapoor, Premlata, Anant Prabhu, Indira Bansal, Sheila Kashmiri, Maruti etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it. Six songs movie has been covered in the past.
Here is the seventh song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is a duet which is sung by Manna Dey and Suman Kalyanpur. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
Only the audio of this song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Song-Bas gayi hai aankhon mein (Chandrmukhi)(1960) Singers-Manna Dey, Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics
bas gayi hai aankhon mein
tu ek hai laakhon mein
chhabeeli teri
raseeli teri
chhabeeli teri
raseeli teri
koi jod nahin
koi jod nahin
koi jod nahin haaye
roop ke geet gaane mein
meethi baaten banaane mein
chhabeele teri rangeele teri
chhabeele teri jod nahin
koi jod nahin
koi jod nahin
ho ho hoo or
dekh tera kum kum teeka
poonam ka chaand lage pheeka
o ghunghraale baalon ki dekh chhata
sharmaaye saawan ki kaali ghata
ho kaali ghata
ho ho ho o o o o
meetha sapna
meetha sapna
duikhaane mein
hamen apna banaane mein
chhabeele tere
rangile tere chhabeele tere jod nahin
koi jod nahin
koi jod nahin
bas gai hai aankhon mein
tu ek hai laakhon mein
chhabeeli teri
raseeli teri
chhabeeli teri
jod nahin
koi jod nahin
koi jod nahin
haaan jee
Le lo jee paanch paanch aane
Posted on: November 19, 2020
This article is written by nahm, 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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4507 | Post No. : | 16050 |
Bhaari bhaari meena kumari
ghar mein jaa ke maara maari
This was the sales pitch sh’air by some urchins in Mumbai local trains, selling small items like hairbands, hair clips, fancy earrings, finger rings and combs etc. I have had an highly educating experience of travelling in local trains on regular basis from 1988 to 1994, during peak hours, traversing the length and breadth of Mumbai on central, western and harbor lines. The sales pitch and the bol bachchan street seller’s ingenuity in using colourful simile’s, in the present song reminded me of the long forgotten ditty above. (bhaari means costly or rich in mumbaiyya)
I have a tendency of getting involved in different types of hobbies and activities if they catch my interest. I usually follow these interests for a while till something else occupies the space in my time. In school we had a learning topic of ‘home science’. They taught cooking, stitching, crocheting, embroidery etc. But I was only doing those things, to the extent necessary. But crocheting and embroidery had sort of caught my interest and I dabbled in them whenever the opportunity arose. If my mom was doing some knitting, then I would want to take up crochet and finish the wool which she brought to knit some sweater etc. I found the creativity there fascinating, especially in embroidery. Also crocheting and embroidery with wool is quicker.
Once I saw an advert in a magazine for a thread manufacturing co. The ad had a very colourfully embroidered one dimensional ‘charminar’. Not the cigarette box, but the actual ‘charminar’ of Hyderabad. It must have been early or late 80’s. I liked the colourful mural like look of it so much, that I wanted to make it immediately. I got hold of whatever new cloth piece I could find at home, which happened to be orange. I made a drawing of the charminar on a paper and traced it on to the cloth. Once basic work is done, then there is the need for the colourful silk thread, plus a big size ring to fix the cloth and needles. All the paraphernalia was arranged and I set to work, till it finished. It is one my treasured created things, along with one another similar whimsy design which was actually front portion of a small jacket. Many years later I had that embroidered ‘charminar’ framed. Now that frame is also broken, and the orange cloth is lying somewhere in a drawer, waiting reframing or whatever is its destiny.
It so happened that I visited Hyderabad city in April 2019. There was a wedding to attend and some business related visit. It was my second visit there, first being in 2008, which incidentally coincided with the annual “Numa’ish”. It is a traditional yearly event in Hyderabad, which is an exhibition cum sale, on a huge scale and an area is devoted to this “numa’ish”. Special buses are run from the outskirts and surrounding areas for people to travel to and fro, and all that razzmatazz. People came for this exhibition in droves. Now I don’t know if it is the same with all the changes, huge malls being more attractive. I myself found it easier to roam around alone at IKEA, while my husband attended to business.
The annual “Numaish” is held in the second half of january and the night prior to ‘republic day’ all govt. building were lit up with colourful lights. We visited the ‘charminar’ on the night of 25th January, to see it aglow with white lights. During that visit we couldn’t go inside the monument, which we rectified during the 2019 visit. A portion of it was closed even, as it was damaged during the previous monsoon. The huge complex of ‘chowmohalla palace’ is in close vicinity, but it is like an oasis of peace, if feels like another place altogether in total contrast to the area surrounding ‘charminar’. I think it must have been a walled city once upon a time with its multiple gates in all 4 directions, as was traditional for great cities.
Now of course, the city manages to hold in great contrasts, with all the commercial areas hosting huge multinationals office complexes.
After the 2019 visited, I looked and looked for a song featuring the city of Hyderabad to post. But I did not find any such songs. But yesterday I was looking for a good song composed by Sardar Malik, and found this Rafi solo, a sales pitch song, composed by Sardar Malik, written by Hasrat Jaipuri which is entirely shot in locations of Hyderabad old city. It is said that “dhoondne se khudaa miltaa hai”, so what is a song, how would it not be found. I found this song when I had given up finding such a song. The movie is “Mera ghar mere bachche”(1960) and the song is picturised on Charlie. The films cast included Sohrab Modi, Sulochana, Sudesh Kumar, Kumari Naaz, Balraj – I, Daisy Irani, Kavita, Nana Palsikar, Subbiraj, Sadhna Chowdhry, and S’aadat Ali, apart from Charlie. This movie is produced and directed by Sohrab Modi.
The rendition by Rafi Sahab is as usual the star of the show second only to the magnificent charminar filmed 60 years ago. The print is good, so some other historical buildings can also be seen in the song, like Safdarjung museum(ghanta ghar), the Chowmohalla palace entrance etc.
6 out of the 9 songs in the movie are already posted in the blog :
| Song | Date posted |
|---|---|
| Bahaaron se poochho mere pyaar ko tum | 22 September 2009 |
| Dil mera naache thunak thunak | 4 September 2010 |
| Chanda ke desh mein rehti ek raani | 11 March 2012 |
| Wo hi oodi oodi ghataayen hain | 1 July 2016 |
| Zulm bhi karte hain aur kehte hain ke fariyaad na kar | 19 June 2017 |
| Peena haraam hai to nigaahen milaa ke pee | 4 September 2020 |
The expressions in the song, like ‘sauda haathhon haathh hai’ , ‘muraaden dil ki bar aayen’, ‘andhere mein bahot kuchh soojh jaayegaa’, ‘aap ki munh mein ghee shakkar’,’ maare sharam ke phir gayaa paani’, so freely used are a refreshing reminder of a very civilized part of mumbaiyya dialect.
Video :
audio :
Song-Le lo jee paanch paanch aane (Mera Ghar Mere Bachche)(1960) Singer-Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Sardar Malik
Lyrics
Mud mud ke
har koyi dekhe
maal mein kuchh to baat hai
paise do aur maal utthaao
sauda haathhon haathh hai
le lo ji le lo
paanch paanch aane ae
aayenge phir na aa
aise zamaane
haan
le lo ji le lo
paanch paanch aane ae
aayenge phir na aa
aise zamaane ae
yeh kangha leejiye
baabu
muraaden dil ki bhar aayen
koyi ganja
kare sar mein
to us ke baal aa jaayen
meraa surmaa
agar aise
ke ji andhaa lagaayegaa
to andhe ko
andhere mein
bahot kuchh soojh jaayegaa aa
ye surmaa kya hai jadoo mantar
aap ki munh mein ghee shakkar
jo bhi chaaho
le lo saayin
paise ki sab baat hai
paise do aur maal utthaao
sauda haathhon haathh hai
le lo ji le lo o
paanch paanch aane ae
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aise zamaane
haan aane
le lo ji le lo o
paanch paanch aane ae
aayenge phir na aa
aise zamaane
ham ko London ka powder maangtaa hai
mem saab
idhar to India ka maal miltaa hai
haan khaalis hindustaani
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hamaare desh ke har maal pe
duniyaa hai deewaani
videshi maal per
maare sharam ke
phir gayaa paani
lagaate hain nazar ham par
yeh cheeni aur japaani
chali aati hai lene maal
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tum letaa London se takkar
aap ke munh mein ghee shakkar
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par uparwaala saathh hai
paise do aur maal utthaao
sauda haathhon haathh hai ae
le lo ji le lo
paanch paanch aane ae
aayenge phir na aa
aise zama..aane
haan aa
le lo ji le lo
paanch paanch aane ae
aayenge phir na aa
aise zamaane aewaah
le lo ji le lo
paanch paanch aane ae
aayenge phir na aa
aise zamaane
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