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Tujhe chaand kahoon ya phool kahoon
Posted on: June 3, 2020
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 33
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When I look back at 2010, the blog posting rate was surprisingly similar to the post rate of 2020. Every day one or two posts appeared during 2010. The blog clocked around 60 odd posts per month. Same is happening even in 2020.
Coming to this date 10 years ago, viz 3 june 2010, two posts were discussed in the blog as below :-
| Song | Movie title-Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Tere binaa zindagi se koi shikwa nahin | Aandhi (1975) | All songs covered |
| Mil ke bhi ham mil na sake | Sunahri Naagin (1963) | 07 of 08 songs posted |
“Sunahri Naagin-1963” was directed by Babubhai Mistry for Everest Pictures, Bombay. Its story and screenplay were by Pt Madhur and Vishwanath Pandey. Dialogues were by C K Mast. It was a fantasy movie which had Mahipal, Helen, Sulochana, Anwar Hussain, Sapru, Priti Bala aka Zeb Rehman, Ulhas, Paul Sharma, Jeevankala, Bela Bose, Madhumati, Sheela Kashmiri, Kamal Mehra etc in it.
When I was going through the above, I thought that I was going through the credits of “Parasmani”(1963). Both movies were created by the same team, and even the star cast had much in common. Mahipal was the hero in both the movies, Here in ‘Sunahri Naagin'(1963), we have Helen in female lead instead of Geetanjali.
“Sunahri Naagin”(1963) had eight songs in it. Seven songs have been covered in the past. Here are the details of the seven songs covered in the blog:-
| S N | Song | Post number in blog | Date of posting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Been na bajaana jaadu na jagaanaa | 2342 | 12-March-2010 |
| 2 | Tu hi tu hai main dekhaa karoon | 2345 | 14-March-2010 |
| 3 | Chhedoge mujhko agar jaan ke | 2449 | 16-March-2010 |
| 4 | Mil ke bhi ham mil na sake | 2511 | 3-June-2010 |
| 5 | Main to ho gayi re badnaam | 14495 | 16-July-2018 |
| 6 | Yoon na akadiye yoon na bigadiye | 15482 | 16-March-2020 |
| 7 | Donon haathhon se dil kyun sambhaala hai | 15493 | 24-March-2020 |
From the table, it can be seen that the movie made its debut in march 2010 and I discussed three songs from the movie in that month. Another song was discussed in june 2010. Then this movie was not taken up again in the blog for eight years.
This year, two songs have been discussed and one of these two songs was a Blog Ten Year Challenge song.
Today, another blog ten year challenge opportunity presents itself. On this occasion, here is this lovely song from “Sunahri Naagin”(1963). It is sung by Mukesh and Lata. The song is picturised on Mahipal and Helen. This song appears to be the song corresponding to Chori chori jo tumse mili to log kyaa kahenge of “Parasmani”(1963).
Not only are the singers same in the two songs, even the lyricist 9Farooque Kaiser is the same. Parasmani had music by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Here Kalyanji Anandji are the music director. Though HFGK is silent about the assistant music directors, it appears to me that Laxmikant Pyarelal may have been the assistant music director in this movie. I can notice Laxmikant Pyarelal stamp in this song.
It is a lovely song to listen to. Its lyrics and details were sent jointly by Prakashchandra and Avinash Scrapwala. Prakashchandra gave valuable background information on this movie whereas Avinash Scrapwala was the catalyst behind this Blog Ten Year Challenge Post.
With this song, all the eight songs of “Sunahri Naagin”(1963) are covered and the movie joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEEED in the blog. I notice that “Parasmani”(1963) too had been YIPPEED with its equivalent song viz Chori chori jo tumse mili to log kyaa kahenge . Such coincidences occur in the blog all the time.
Audio
Video
Song-Tujhe chaand kahoon ya phool kahoon (Sunahri Naagin)(1963) Singers-Mukesh, Lata, Lyrics-Farooque Kaiser, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
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tujhe chaand kahoon yaa aa
phool kahoon
tujhe chaand kahoon yaa aa
phool kahoon
mere pyaar ka koi
naam nahin
haaye naam nahin
main teri nazar mein ae
bas jaaun
main teri nazar mein ae
bas jaaun
duniya se mujhe koi
kaam nahin
haaye kaam nahin
zulfon ki chamak ye kehti hai
tu koi sunehri naagin hai
zulfon ki chamak ye kehti hai
tu koi sunehri naagin hai
har saans mein sholaa tadpe hai
har geet mein dil ki dhadkan hai
har geet mein dil ki dhadkan hai
aankhon mein nashaa saa chhaayaa hai
aur haath mein mere
jaam nahin
haaye jaam nahin
main teri nazar mein
bas jaaun
duniya se mujhe koi
kaam nahin
haaye kaam nahin
do chaar ghadi kaa
milnaa ye
ab saari umar kaa bandhan hai ae
do chaar ghadi kaa
milnaa ye
ab saari umar kaa bandhan hai ae
tum naam wafaa ka
lete ho
duniyaa to wafaa ki
dushman hai
duniyaa to wafaa ki
dushman hai
do pyaar bharey dil waalon ko
duniyaa mein kahin aaraam nahin
aaraam nahin
tujhe chaand kahoon yaa
phool kahoon
mere pyaar ka koi
naam nahin
haaye naam nahin
main teri nazar mein
bas jaaun
duniya se mujhe koi
kaam nahin
haaye kaam nahin ee
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Devnagri Script Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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तुझे चाँद कहूँ या आ
फूल कहूं
तुझे चाँद कहूँ या आ
फूल कहूं
मेरे प्यार का कोई
नाम नहीं
हाए नाम नहीं
मैं तेरी नज़र में ए
बस जाऊं
मैं तेरी नज़र में ए
बस जाऊं
दुनिया से मुझे कोई
काम नहीं
हाए काम नहीं
जुल्फों की चमक ये कहती है
तू कोई सुनहरी नागिन है
जुल्फों की चमक ये कहती है
तू कोई सुनहरी नागिन है
हर सांस में शोला तडपे है
हर गीत में दिल की धड़कन है
हर गीत में दिल की धड़कन है
आँखों में नशा सा छाया है
और हाथ में मेरे
जाम नहीं
हाए जाम नहीं
मैं तेरी नज़र में ए
बस जाऊं
दुनिया से मुझे कोई
काम नहीं
हाए काम नहीं
दो चार घडी का
मिलना ये
अब सारी उम्र का बंधन है ए
दो चार घडी का
मिलना ये
अब सारी उम्र का बंधन है ए
तुम नाम वफ़ा का
लेते हो
दुनिया तो वफ़ा की
दुश्मन है
दुनिया तो वफ़ा की
दुश्मन है
दो प्यार भरे दिल वालों को
दुनिया में कहीं आराम नहीं
आराम नहीं
तुझे चाँद कहूँ या आ
फूल कहूं
मेरे प्यार का कोई
नाम नहीं
हाए नाम नहीं
मैं तेरी नज़र में ए
बस जाऊं
दुनिया से मुझे कोई
काम नहीं
हाए काम नहीं
Kunwa paas tu phir bhi pyaasa
Posted on: May 6, 2020
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 26
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“Mulzim”(1963) was produced and directed by N A Ansari for Bundelkhand Films, Bombay. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Shakila, N A Ansari,Johnny Walker, Neelofar, Nasreen, Champak, Helen, Mumtaz Begum, Uma Dutt, Sagar, Ratan Gaurang, Khurshid, Murray, Raj Kumar, Sarang Kumar, Master Anwar, H.Shukla, Kailash,Bakshi, Bihari, Robert, Shafi, Haroon, Devi Chaand, S K Chand etc in it.
The movie had seven songs in it. Three songs have been covered in the past.
The movie made its debut on this day ten years ago, viz on 6 may 2010.
Here are the details of the songs from this movie that have been covered so far:-
| Song | Posted On |
|---|---|
| Aate hi jawaani ka mausam (Mulzim) | 06-May-2010 |
| Deewaana kahke aaj mujhe phir pukaariye (Mulzim) | 30-July-2010 |
| Sang sang rahenge tumhaare jee huzoor (Mulzim) | 12-Nov-2011 |
Three songs were covered in the blog on this day ten years ago. Movies that the other two songs were from have been YIPPEED by now. So, “Mulzim”(1963) is the only movie that is eligible for blog ten year challenge today.
Here is thew fourth song from “Mulzim”(1963) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Rafi. Shakeel Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.
The song is picturised in a temple, where Pradeep Kumar finds Shakila alongwith Mumtaz Begam.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
video link:
Song-Kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasa (Mulzim)(1963) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Shakeel Badayuni, MD-Ravi
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
iss chaukhat se
koi na khaali jaata hai insaan
mann ki aankhein khol ke moorakh
apnon ko pehchaan
kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasaa
kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasaa
manzil ko bhi rasta samjhe
hai ye ajab tamaashaa aa
kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasaa
band thi jab tak teri aankhein
inn mein tha ujiyaaraa..aa
aankhon ne jab jyothi paayi
chhaayaa hai andhiyaaraa
hai ye teri bhool
kahe tu
aashaa ko bhi niraashaa aa
kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasaa
kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasaa
soch zaraa o moorakh bande
itnaa kya ghabraanaa aaa
dhoondh le mann ka chain yahin par
yahi hai tera thikaanaa
yahaan bhi tooti aas to jag mein
degaa kaun dilaasaa
kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasaa
kunwaa paas tu phir bhi pyaasaa
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 23
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I could not send any write-up from my side on Sahir Ludhianvi’s birth anniversary this year on 08th March. However, I had shared few songs and had compiled an excel sheet on Sahir Ludhianvi’s filmography with the respective music directors, which I intend to use for future posts on the blog as and when possible.
While noting down the movies and number of songs from each movie, I came across the today’s songs or rather this ‘couplet recitation’ song from the movie ‘Dil Hi Toh Hai’ (1963). This song has been mentioned in the list of songs by Sahir Ludhianvi in Akshay Manwani’s book ‘Sahir Ludhianvi – The People’s Poet’. HFGK Vol IV (1961-1970) though does not mention this song in the list of songs under this movie. HFGK mentions ten songs in the movie which have already been posted on the blog.
When I searched for the audio/video of this extra song mentioned in Akshay Manwani’s book it was already available. So, we have an opportunity to bring this ‘couplet recitation’ on the blog today under ‘Blog ten-year challenge’ (since one song from this movie was posted on the blog on 23.04.2010). As this movie has already been ‘Yippeeee’ed’ on the blog the today’s song comes as ‘bonus’ for all of us to listen and enjoy.
I am presenting this beautiful song here which is lip synced on screen by the beautiful Nutan. In the movie this song happens just before the song ‘Tum Agar Mujhko Naa Chaaho To Koi Baat Nahin’ or rather it is after this ‘teasing’ song of today by the heroine Jamila Bano (Nutan), that the hero Chand Sahab of the movie (Raj Kapoor) gets ‘provoked’ (or inspired ? 😉) to sing ‘tum agar mujhko naa chaaho’…
The situation is that Jamila Bano is a great fan of singer Chand Sahab but she had not met him and there is a party on the birth anniversary of her friend Pushpa where Chand Sahab is suppose to attend the party. However, incidentally they both came across in shop where they intend to buy the ‘birthday gift’. Jamila Bano and her ‘sahelis’, unaware of who this fellow is misake Chand Sahab for a ‘loafer’ (badmaash, peechhaa karne waala😊 ) and when they see the same fellow also following them at the party venue, and when her friends ask Jamila Bano to say something, she recites this she’r directed at Chand Sahab. After this when Chand Sahab is invited to sing Jamila Bano is surprised but Chand Sahab also took this opportunity and he sings
tum agar mujhko naa chaaho to koi baat nahin,
tum kisi aur ko chaahogi to mushqil hogi 😊
‘Dil Hi To Hai’ was jointly directed by PL Santoshi and CL Rawal for ‘Rawal Films’, Bombay. It was produced by BL Rawal. It had Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Agha, Nazir Husain, Leela Chitnis, Babloo, Padmini Priyadarshani, Sabita Chatterjee, Shivraj, Manorama, Mumtaz, Hari Shivdasani and Pran. The story, screenplay and dialogues of this movie were written by GL Rawal. Editing was done by Pran Mehra.
Lyrics for this movie were written by Sahir Ludhianvi and music was composed by Roshan. Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Asha Bhonsle and Suman Kalyanpur had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
As mentioned above the movie has total ten songs as listed below and if we include the today’s ‘couplet-song’ it makes eleven songs in this movie.
| Song | Posted On |
| Tum agar mujhko na chaaho to koi baat nahin | 20.07.2008 |
| Laaga chunri mein daag chhupaaun kaise | 03.11.2008 |
| Nigaahen milaane ko jee chaahtaa hai | 16.11.2008 |
| Parda uthhe salaam ho jaaye | 09.05.2009 |
| Bhoole se muhabbat kar baithaa | 23.04.2010 |
| Tumhaari mast nazar gar idhar nahin hoti | 01.05.2010 |
| Yoonhi dil ne chaahaa thhaa ronaa rulaanaa | 12.12.2010 |
| Churaa le na tumko ye mausam suhaanaa | 13.12.2010 |
| Gusse mein jo nikhraa hai | 16.12.2010 |
| Dil jo bhi kahegaa maanenge | 17.12.2010 |
Ten years back on 23.04.2010 three songs were represented on the blog including a song from this movie.
| Song | Movie title-Year | Remarks |
| Bhoole se muhabbat kar baithaa | Dil Hi To Hai-1963 | All songs covered |
| Mukhdaa dekh le praani zaraa darpan mein | Do Behnen-1959 | |
| Bhalaa karne waale bhalaayi kiye jaa | Ghar Sansaar-1958 | All songs covered |
Let us now enjoy this lovely song for today …
Song – Aap Abhi Ishq Ki Tehzeeb Se Aagaah Nahin (Dil Hi To Hai)(1963) Singer – Nutan, Lyrics – Sahir Ludhianvi, MD – Roshan
Lyrics
aap abhi ishq ki tehzeeb se
aagaah nahin
aap abhi ishq ki tehzeeb se
aagaah nahin
aap se mel badhaane ki
hamen chaah nahin
[Dialogues]
aap se pyaar karey koyi
aap se pyaar karey koyi ee
to kyun pyaar karey ae
aap se pyaar karey koyi ee
to kyun pyaar karey ae
aap ki shaql to kya
baat bhi dil-khwaah nahin
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Devnagri Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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आप अभी इश्क कि तहज़ीब से
आगाह नहीं
आप अभी इश्क कि तहज़ीब से
आगाह नहीं
आप से मेल बढ़ाने कि
हमें चाह नहीं
[संवाद]
आप से प्यार करे कोई
आप से प्यार करे कोई ई
तो क्यूँ प्यार करे ए
आप से प्यार करे कोई ई
तो क्यूँ प्यार करे ए
आप कि शक्ल तो क्या
बात भी दिल-ख्वाह नहीं
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| Blog Day: | 4267 | Post No.: | 15493 |
“Sunahri Naagin”(1963) was directed by Babubhai Mistry. The movie had Mahipal, Helen, Anwar, Pratibha, Sapru, Ulhas, Kamal Mehra, Ajit, Habib, Shyam Kumar, Ragini, Bir Sakuja, K N Singh, Sulochana, Tun Tun etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it. Six of these songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the seventh song from “Sunahri Naagin”(1963) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Usha Mangeshkar. Farooque Kaiser is the lyricist. Music is composed by Kalyanji Anandji. I am sue that Laxmikant Pyarelal were the assistants in this movie seeing the resemblence in music with “Parasmani”(1963).
The song is picturised as a dance song on Helen who is seen performing for Anwar Hussain playing a royal. Among others in the picture, one can notice Edwina too, playing a maid standing silently.
Song-Donon haathhon se dil kyun sambhaala hai(Sunahri Naagin)(1963) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Farooque Kaiser, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics
donon haathon se dil kyun sambhaala hai
donon haathon se dil kyun sambhaala hai
aaj lagta hai
aaj lagta hai kuchh hone waala hai
aaj lagta hai kuchh hone waala hai
donon haathon se dil kyun sambhaala hai
bahki bahki nazar
bahke bahke kadam
bahki bahki nazar
bahki bahki nazar
bahke bahke kadam
daal ke munh pe zulfon ko aaye hain hum
dal ke muh pe zulfon ko aaye hain hum
teri mehfil mein
teri mehfil mein humse ujaala hai
teri mehfil mein humse ujaala hai
aaj lagta hai ae
aaj lagta hai kuchh hone waala hai
donon haathon se dil kyun sambhaala hai
chupke chupke sahen kaise kaise sitam
chupke chupke sahen
chupke chupke sahen kaise kaise sitam
chain aaya na pal bhar tumhaari kasam
chain aaya na pal bhar tumhaari kasam
toone kis din ka
toone kis din ka badla nikaala hai
toone kis din ka badla nikaala hai
aaj lagta hai ae
aaj lagta hai kuch hone waala hai
donon haathon se dil kyun sambhaala hai
jaanti hoon teri saari jaadugari
jaanti hoon teri
jaanti hoon teri saari jaadugari
pyaar jhootha tera preet jhoothi teri
pyaar jhootha tera preet jhoothi teri
munh pe kahti hoon
munh pe kahti hoon dil tera kaala hai
munh pe kahti hoon dil tera kaala hai
aaj lagta hai
aaj lagta hai kuchh hone waala hai
aaj lagta hai kuchh hone waala hai
donon haathon se dil kyun sambhaala hai
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| Blog Day : | 4147 | Post No. : | 15313 |
“Zingaaro” (1963) was directed by Chandrakant for Jai Films, Bombay. The movie had Jairaj, Zabeen, Tiwari, Bela Bose, Lakshmi Chhaaya, Aruna Irani, Maruti, Mridula, Baburao Pehalwan, Babu Raje, Radheyshyam, Moolchand, Gani Pehalwan, Julian etc.
The film has six songs. One song has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Zingaaro” (1963) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor, Suman Kalyanpur and chorus. Prem Dhawan is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
Only the audio of the song is available. From the sounds of it, the song is a qawwaali. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Song-Arre adaa se muskura dena…aap se humko mohabbat ho gayi (Zingaaro)(1963) Singers-Mahendra Kapoor, Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-S N Tripathi
Male chorus
Female chorus
Lyrics
are adaa se muskura dena
aur haseen sar jhuka lena aa aa
haseenon ko bhi kitna sahal hai
bijli gira dena
ae ji aap se haaye
aap se humko mohabbat ho gayi
ho gayi
ae ji aap se humko mohabbat ho gayi
ho gayi
aur hashr se pehle kayaamat ho gayi
ho gayi
aur hashr se pehle kayaamat ho gayi
ho gayi
ishq ka mat naam lo ae meharbaan aan
ishq ka
aji ishq ka mat naam lo ae meharbaan aan
kya karoge
hoye hoye
kya karoge
jo museebat ho gayi
ho gayi
aji aap se humko mohabbat ho gayi
ho gayi
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
are ishq mein peechhe haten jo
hum vo deewaane nahin
aji kyun nahin ji, kyun nahin
nahin hum vo deewaane nahin
jalne se jo khauf khaaye
hum vo parwaane nahin
aji kyun nahin ji kyun nahin
nahin hum vo parwaane nahin
jo garajte hain baraste hi nahin
aayega na aap par humko yaqeen
jala do haaye
jala do haddiyaan meri
jala do o
uda do
uda do
dhajjiyaan meri uda do
khata-e-ishq ki aisi saza do
meri hasti hi duniya se mita do
mita do
mita do
mita do
o o o
chhodiye hum aazmaaish kar chuke
kar chuke ji kar chuke
hum aazmaaish kar chuke
aapki sachchi wafa pe mar chuke
mar chuke ji mar chuke
sachchi wafa pe mar chuke
aa aa aa aa
humko bhi haaye
humko bhi thhodi si chahat ho gayi
ho gayi
humko bhi thhodi si chahat ho gayi
ho gayi
aapse humko mohabbat ho gayi ee ee
aapse humko mohabbat
haay
mohabbat
hoye
mohabbat ho gayi ee ee
hashr se pehle kayamat ho gayi ee ee
hashar se pehle kayaamat
haay
kayamat
haay
kayamat ho gayi
ee ee
ho gayi ho gayi
ho gayi
ho gayi
ho gayi
ho gayi
ho gayi
Zindagi ki ye bhool thhi
Posted on: November 1, 2019
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 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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Hindi Songs in Bangla Films – 4
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For the general Hindi film audience, Suchitra Sen (real name: Roma Dasgupta) is synonymous with her lead roles in ‘Bambai Ka Babu’ (1960) with Dev Anand, ‘Mamta’ (1966) with Ashok Kumar and ‘Aandhi’ (1975) with Sanjeev Kumar. The second category of audience with academic interest in Hindi films will add four more of her Hindi films – ‘Devdas’ (1955) in the role of Paro with Dilip Kumar, ‘Musafir’ (1957) with Shekhar, ‘Champakali’ (1957) with Bharat Bhushan and ‘Sarhad’ (1960) with Dev Anand. Those in the latter category of Hindi film buffs would also know that Suchitra Sen worked in many Bengali films and the Bengali film audience loved to watch their favourite on-screen couple, Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar.
I was in the second category insofar as Suchitra Sen was concerned until recently. But in my quest to get a few rare Hindi film songs in Bengali films made me to watch some of the popular and critically acclaimed Bengali films of the golden era (1950-75). In this process, I came to know about the important contributions made by Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar among others in reviving the Bengali film industry after the decline of big film productions banners like New Theatres, M P Productions (of P C Barua) and the collapse of the studio system.
Based on a number of articles available on-line including some from Gopal Krishna Roy, a film journalist with United News of India who remained one of the very few close confidants of Suchitra Sen until her death, I have given below some interesting aspects of her filmy career based on these readings:
1. Suchitra Sen (06/04/1931 – 17/01/2014) migrated from then East Bengal (now Bangla Desh) to Kolkata with her family in 1947. She joined film industry in 1952 when she was already married to Dibanath Sen, a Marine Engineer and the son of an Industrialist in 1947 at the age of 16.
2. She acted in her fist film ‘Shesh Kothay’ (1952, Bangla) which was never released. Her first officially released film was ‘Saat Number Kayedi’ (1953, Bangla)
3. Her second released film was ‘Sharey Chauttor’ (1953, Bangla), a light comedy film which was also her first film with matinee idol, Uttam Kumar, then nick named in the Tollygunj studio circle as a ‘flop hero’ because all the films he worked during 1948-52 were box office failures. With this film, Uttam Kumar made an impressive turnaround in his filmy career with Suchitra Sen. From this film onward, Bengali filmy audience adored them as the most iconic romantic pair in the Bengali films.
4. During her filmy career (1953-78), Suchitra Sen worked in 61 films (including 7 Hindi films) out of which she paired with Uttam Kumar in as many as 30 films. Almost all of their films were box office hits.
5. When Suchitra Sen was 39, she lost her husband, Dibanath Sen in 1970 while he was on a visit to USA. However, she kept her shooting schedules, more or less, as planned to avoid financial losses to the producers.
6. A glance through her filmography and brief story lines of most of her films gives an impression that Suchitra Sen had handled her filmy career, especially from 1960, onward very professionally. She appears to be selective in accepting the films. Most of her films have a strong story-line and she had almost equal footage in films along with lead actors. In this process, she had ensured that she had ample scope for portraying her characters in the films and was not over-exposed to her audience.
7. Suchitra Sen declined the offer of Satyajit Ray’s film because he had put a condition that she had to give bulk dates for shooting and during the making of the film, she should not work in any other films. Satyajit Ray decided to abandon the film rather than taking any other female actress. She had also declined the offer of Raj Kapoor to work in one of his films (My wild guess is that it was for ‘Sangam’ (1964) because he had also made an offer to Uttam Kumar for a role in his film ‘Sangam’ (1964) which he had also declined. The role went to Rajendra Kumar.)
8. Suchitra Sen was the first Bengali film actress to get the best actress award in any International Film Festival for her role in Bangla film ‘Saptapadi’ (1961) in Moscow International Film Festival, 1963.
9. After the box office failure of her last film ‘Pranay Pasha’ (1978), Suchitra Sen retired from the film industry at the age of 47. It was first thought that she had timed her retirement at the peak of her career. However, over a period of time, it became evident that with retirement from the films, she had also shunned public life. She spent her last 35 years in her house as recluse, confining herself with close circles of family and a few friends.
During her last 35 years, Suchitra Sen completely avoided public exposure. Even during the death of Uttam Kumar in 1980, she visited his house after mid-night to offer her condolence. It is believed that she had decline to accept Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005 mainly to avoid the public appearance. In 2012, Government of West Bengal gave her ‘Banga Bibushan Award’ but she did not attend the function. Moon Moon Sen, her daughter accepted the Award on her behalf.
Suchitra Sen suffered from lung infections for which she was admitted in a Kolkata hospital sometime in December 2013. She had almost recovered from her ailment but on January 17, 2014, she got a cardiac arrest which took her life. As per her wish, her body was put in the casket with tinted glasses and was cremated as the earliest (in about 5 hours from the time of her death). So even in death, she ensured her privacy.
Dilip Kumar who had worked with Suchitra Sen in her first Hindi film ‘Devdas’ (1955) in the role of Paro, paid tributes to her upon her death in January 2014 which are reproduced below:
Suchitra had peerless, expressive eyes. She conveyed volumes with a single look. During an intense scene in Devdas, I had to look straight into her eyes and convey romance filled with pathos. She reacted uniquely, looking with equal intensity at me and doing a slight lip movement which was excellent. Bimal da complimented her after that shot and so did I.
Professional to the core, Suchitra maintained a distance from film folk and never opened up unless she was comfortable with the person she was interacting with. She preferred to work in silence. But she never disrespected anyone. As an artiste, she gave full respect to even a spot boy.
Her Hindi had a Bengali accent but it sounded sweet. She could give five modulations to a single dialogue. After Devdas, we worked in Musafir in 1957, but we were not paired together. I will never forget the serenity she lent to the bhajan, ‘man re hari naam karna’ by Lata Mangeshkar.
We shared a great work rapport, but I must confess, her pairing with Uttam Kumar was the greatest. Suchitra was unparalleled in ‘Saat Paake Bandha’, ‘Uttar Phalguni’ and ‘Deep Jwele Jai’. An actress of international calibre, her looks were simply haunting. [Source: The Times of India, updated version dated 17/01/2017].
Many of Suchitra Sen’s Bangla films were not only box office hits, some of them were critically acclaimed and were remade in Hindi like ‘Mamta’ (1966) from ’Uttar Phalguni’ (1963), ‘Kora Kaagaz’ (1974) from ‘Saat Paake Bandha’ (1963), ‘Khamoshi’ (1966) from ‘Deep Jwele Jaai’ (1959) etc.
I am presenting a Hindi song ‘zindagi ki ye bhool thhi’ from the film ‘Uttar Phalguni’ (1963, Bangla) sung by Sandhya Mukherjee. The name of the lyricist is not known. The song was set to music by Robin Chatterjee.
Suchitra Sen had a double role – both mother and daughter in this film which was produced by Uttam Kumar. But he did not act in this film. Suchitra Sen later did the same double role in the Hindi version ‘Mamta’ (1966).
Unfortunately, the video clip of the song is not available. In fact, I did not find the song in the DVD of the film. Since Sandhya Mukherjee had sung for Suchitra Sen in this film, I guess, the song was picturized on Suchitra Sen. The wordings of the song give me an impression of a mujra song, the similar situational song in Hindi version of the film could be rahte thhe kabhi jinke dil mein.
Audio Clip:
Song-Zindagi ki ye bhool thhi (Uttar Phalguni)(Bangla)(1963) Singer-Sandhaya Mukherjee, MD-Robin Chatterji
Lyrics
aa aa aa aa aaa
aa aa aa aa aaa
aa aa aa aa aaa
aa aa aa aa aaa
zindagi ki ye bhool thhi
pyaar kisi se ho gaya
zindagi ki ye bhool thhi
mohabbat ki thandi chhaon mein
naadaan dil thha so gaya
zindagi ki ye bhool thhi
kaisi ye dillagi huyi
dil nahin akthiyaar mein
kaisi ye dillagi huyi
dil nahin akthiyaar mein
gumnaam ek sandesha hai
koyal ki har pukaar mein
gumnaam ek sandesha hai
koyal ki har pukaar mein
lut gayi main to jeete jee
haay kisi ke pyaar mein
phool dikha ke dhool mein
kaanta koi chubho gaya
zindagi ki ye bhool thhi
meri nasheeli aankh mein ae
meri nashee….li aankh mein
tasveer kiski bas gayi
tasveer kiski bas gayi
khel samajh ke prem ke
jaal mein main to phans gayi
lut gayi dil ki har khushi
lut gayi dil ki har khushi
hansne ko main taras gayi
saahil pe la ke naav ko
saahil pe la ke naav ko
mallah khud dubo gaya
zindagi ki ye bhool thhi
pyaar kisi se ho gaya
zindagi ki ye bhool thhi
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“Naag Mohini”(1963) was directed by Shantilal Soni for Dimple Films Bombay. This “pauraaanik” movie had Vijaya Chadhary, Mahipal, Sundar, Rajan Haksar, Bablu, Uma Dutt, Indira Bansal, Rajrani, Sood, Khursheed etc in it.
The movie had six songs in it. Two of these songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the third song from “Naag Mohini”(1963) to appear in the blog. the song is sung by Suman Kalyanpur and Rafi. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by Sardar Malik.
Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song. It is almost certain though that the song must have been picturised on the lead pair of Vijaya Chaudhary and Mahipal.
Song-Neeli neeli ankhiyon mein doobi doobi jaaun(Naag Mohini)(1963) Singers-Suman Kalyanpur, Rafi, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Sardar Malik
Both
Lyrics
ho o o
neeli neeli ankhiyon mein doobi doobi jaaun
main doobi doobi jaaun
kahaan hai kinaara
kachchu samajh na paaun
kahaan hai kinaara
kachchu samajh na paaun
kaali kaali zulfon mein khoya khoya jaaun
main khoya khoya jaaun
kahaan hai kinaara
kachchu samajh na paaun
kahaan hai kinaara
kachchu samajh na paaun
gore gore mukhde pe kaali lat latke
ho ho o o
gore gore mukhde pe kaali lat latke
jaise koi naaganiya soyi ho simat ke
piya mori zulfon mein jiya tora atke
ho ho ho
haaye haaye
piya mori zulfon mein jiya tora atke
aisa uljhaaya kaise jaaoge palat ke
aisa uljhaaya kaise jaaoge palat ke
pyaar ka ye bandhan main kaahe ko
chhudaaun
main kaahe ko chhudaaun
tu jo mili swarg mila
kaise thhukraaun
tu jo mili swarg mila
kaise thhukraaun
dekh tera mukhda
rang uda darpan ka
ho o o o
dekh tera mukhda
rang uda darpan ka
toot pada dharti pe
chanda gagan ka
chaand gira charnon mein
pyaasa milan ka
ho ho ho
haaye haaye
chaand gira charnon mein
pyaasa milan ka
kab se deewaana thha
piya ki lagan ka
kab se deewaana thha
piya ki lagan ka
pyaare pyaare sapnon ki duniya sajaaun
main duniya sajaaun
bhaag mere jaagen jo tumsa ratan paaun
bhaag mere jaagen jo tumsa ratan paaun
neeli neeli ankhiyon mein doobi doobi jaaun
main doobi doobi jaaun
kahaan hai kinaara
kachchu samajh na paaun
kahaan hai kinaara
kachchu samajh na paaun
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