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Naacho Naacho
Posted on: April 3, 2023
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13th March 2023 proved to be a very special day for the Indian diaspora all over the world. It was the iconic Academy Awards aka Oscars night and all eyes were glued onto the stage awaiting the results. Indian film industry saw three nominations from it’s side and its winning two that night was something we will always remember.The Oscars are considered to be the top awards in the world by many. In my opinion, It is primarily an American Award primarily about American films and aimed at the American audience. In fact, most of the jury is also indeed American. Since, some time, it is however seen as aiming to be more ‘inclusive’ with one seeing awards beyond the usual suspects. We are seeing winners from around the world and artists of all kinds of backgrounds. Usually there are many entries sent from around the world for various categories and obviously it is not possible for all to make it to the final selections or winners. But whoever, reaches there is definitely something special.
Before talking about it further, let me talk about the awards themselves for a historical background. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences of motion pictures. The Academy’s corporate management and general policies are overseen by a board of governors, which includes representatives from each of the craft branches.
As of April 2020, the organization was estimated to consist of around 9,921 motion picture professionals. The Academy is an international organization and membership is open to qualified filmmakers around the world.
The Academy is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards now officially and popularly known as “The Oscars”. The Academy had been formed on May 11, 1927 and it’s purpose in its own words is, “To recognize and uphold excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures”. It is headquartered in Beverley Hills, California.
The notion of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) began with Louis B. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). He said he wanted to create an organization that would mediate labor disputes without unions and improve the film industry’s image. He met with actor Conrad Nagel, director Fred Niblo, and the head of the Association of Motion Picture Producers, Fred Beetson to discuss these matters. The idea of this elite club having an annual banquet was discussed, but no mention of awards at that time. They also established that membership into the organization would only be open to people involved in one of the five branches of the industry: actors, directors, writers, technicians, and producers.
After their brief meeting, Mayer gathered up a group of thirty-six people involved in the film industry and invited them to a formal banquet at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on January 11, 1927. That evening Mayer presented to those guests what he called the International Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Everyone in the room that evening became a founder of the Academy.Between that evening and when the official Articles of Incorporation for the organization were filed on May 4, 1927, the “International” was dropped from the name, becoming the “Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”.
Several organizational meetings were held prior to the first official meeting held on May 6, 1927. Their first organizational meeting was held on May 11 at the Biltmore Hotel. At that meeting Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was elected as the first president of the Academy, while Fred Niblo was the first vice-president, and their first roster, composed of 230 members, was printed.That night, the Academy also bestowed its first honorary membership, to Thomas Edison. Initially, the Academy was broken down into five main groups, or branches, although this number of branches has grown over the years. The original five were: Producers, Actors, Directors, Writers and Technicians .
The initial concerns of the group had to do with labor.” However, as time went on, the organization moved “further away from involvement in labor-management arbitrations and negotiations.” One of several committees formed in those initial days was for “Awards of Merit,” but it was not until May 1928 that the committee began to have serious discussions about the structure of the awards and the presentation ceremony. By July 1928, the board of directors had approved a list of 12 awards to be presented. During July the voting system for the Awards was established, and the nomination and selection process began.This “award of merit for distinctive achievement” is what we know now as the Academy Awards.
The initial location of the organization was 6912 Hollywood Boulevard. In November 1927, the Academy moved to the Roosevelt Hotel at 7010 Hollywood Boulevard, which was also the month the Academy’s library began compiling a complete collection of books and periodicals dealing with the industry from around the world. In May 1928, the Academy authorized the construction of a state of the art screening room, to be located in the Club lounge of the hotel. The screening room was not completed until April 1929.
With the publication of Academy Reports (No. 1): Incandescent Illumination in July 1928, the Academy began a long history of publishing books to assist its members. Research Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences trained Signal Corps officers, during World War II, who later won two Oscars, for Seeds of Destiny and Toward Independence.
In 1929, Academy members, in a joint venture with the University of Southern California, created America’s first film school to further the art and science of moving pictures. The school’s founding faculty included Fairbanks (President of the Academy), D. W. Griffith, William C. deMille, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, and Darryl F. Zanuck.
1930 saw another move, to 7046 Hollywood Boulevard, in order to accommodate the enlarging staff, and by December of that year the library was acknowledged as “having one of the most complete collections of information on the motion picture industry anywhere in existence.” They remained at that location until 1935 when further growth caused them to move once again. This time, the administrative offices moved to one location, to the Taft Building at the corner of Hollywood and Vine, while the library moved to 1455 North Gordon Street.
In 1934, the Academy began publication of the Screen Achievement Records Bulletin, which today is known as the Motion Picture Credits Database. This is a list of film credits up for an Academy Award, as well as other films released in Los Angeles County, using research materials from the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library. Another publication of the 1930s was the first annual Academy Players Directory in 1937. The Directory was published by the Academy until 2006 when it was sold to a private concern. The Academy had been involved in the technical aspects of film making since its founding in 1927, and by 1938, the Science and Technology Council consisted of 36 technical committees addressing technical issues related to sound recording and reproduction, projection, lighting, film preservation, and cinematography.
The Academy Award statuette’s nickname, “Oscar,” has three possible sources. Actress Bette Davis claimed that the name derived from her observation that the backside of the statuette looked like that of her husband Harmon Oscar Nelson. Columnist Sidney Skolsky maintained that he gave the award its nickname. The name has also been attributed to academy librarian Margaret Herrick, who declared that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar.
Oscar Awards have evolved with passage of time. With time, the number of categories has gone up to quite an extent and even new segments have been added. At the same time, many categories that were earlier a part of Oscars have now been removed. In short, there have many inclusions and exclusions in Oscar categories, according to changing times. Presently, the Academy Awards ceremony has 24 categories, in which winners are announced. Apart from that, yet another set of award, known as the Students Academy Awards, is also presented by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, separately.
Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the Academy Awards in different categories. As of 2023, 20 Indians have been nominated and 10 have won Oscars including in the scientific and technical category.
At the 30th Academy Awards, Mehboob Khan’s 1957 Hindi-language film Mother India was India’s first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. It was nominated alongside four other films and lost to the Italian film Nights of Cabiria (1957) by one vote. In 1982, The National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producing Richard Attenborough’s biographical film Gandhi. At the 55th Academy Awards, Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes. Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Score for the same film. As of 2023, three Indian films have been nominated for Best International Feature—Mother India, Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001).
In 1992, legendary Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray was bestowed with an Honorary Academy Award, becoming the only Indian to date to receive the honour. Resul Pookutty and A. R. Rahman won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Score, respectively, for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman also won for Best Original Song alongside lyricist Gulzar for the song “Jai Ho”, becoming the first Indian to date to have won more than one Academy Award. Rahman also holds the record for most nominations for an Indian with five total nominations to date, followed by Ismail Merchant with four nominations (three for Best Picture and once for Live Action Short).
Several Indians and Indian Americans have received the Oscars in the technical category like Rahul Thakkar, Cottalango Leon and Vikas Sathaye.
This year (2023) we had three Indian nominations. Shaunak Sen and Aman Mann’s “All That Breathes’ had been nominated for the best Documentary feature but unfortunately failed to win the Oscars though it has won several other noted awards. The film follows siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who rescue and treat injured birds in India.
The second nomination was for Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga’s ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ which won the Oscars for Best Documentary (Short Feature) category. The Elephant Whisperers is a 2022 Tamil-language Indian short documentary film directed by documentary filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves in her directorial debut. The documentary is about the bond that develops between a couple and an orphaned baby elephant, Raghu, who was entrusted to their care. The Elephant Whisperers tells the story of an indigenous couple named Bomman and Bellie who are entrusted with an orphaned baby Indian elephant named Raghu. They take great pains to ensure that the fragile, injured infant survives and grows to be a healthy juvenile. A strong bond develops between the couple and the elephant. They adopt another elephant Ammukutty and eventually have to give up Raghu. Set in the Mudumalai National Park in the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states of India, the documentary also highlights the natural beauty of the location. It explores the life of the tribal people in harmony with nature.
The film is not just a heart-touching story of a bond between animal and human and co-existence, but also showcases Indian culture and tradition of environment conservation. Kartiki Gonsalves spent five years following human-elephant blended family belonging to Kattunayakan tribe to make this documentary. The beautiful film is available on Netflix for those interested. The win will prove to be a great inspiration for Indian women film makers.
The third nomination which won is “Naatu Naatu” from the film RRR for Best Original Score. It was great to see the composer M M Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose receive the award. They received it with so much dignity and it was so nice to see Keeravani sing a loved Carpenters song during his speech while accepting the award. There is a lot to say about M M Keeravani (aka M M Kreem to Hindi film audiences) and I am already planning a post with his song ‘Khoobsurat Hai Woh Kitna’ from the movie Rog (2005) which was recently introduced by Sadanand ji. I will talk about his work in that article and today we will focus on RRR and “Naatu Naatu” instead today.
“Naatu Naatu” (transl. Native, Local, Wild) is an Indian Telugu-language song composed by M. M. Keeravani, with lyrics by Chandrabose and recorded by Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava for the soundtrack album of the 2022 Indian film RRR. It was released on 10 November 2021 (released on YouTube as a lyrical video song) as the second single from the album, through Lahari Music and T-Series. The full video song, featuring visuals directly from the film, was released on 11 April 2022 on YouTube.
The song was also released in Hindi as “Naacho Naacho”, in Tamil as “Naattu Koothu”, in Kannada as “Halli Naatu” and in Malayalam as “Karinthol”. The hook step dance involving N. T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan – the lead actors of RRR – became popular. “Naatu Naatu” became the first song from an Indian film to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, as well as the first song from an Asian film to win the former.
Today’s post will of course feature the Hindi version “Naacho Naacho”.
Before we talk about the song, It would be appropriate to talk a bit about the movie first. RRR is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. It was produced by D. V. V. Danayya of DVV Entertainment. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, Shriya Saran, Samuthirakani, Ray Stevenson, Alison Doody, and Olivia Morris. It centers around fictional versions of two Indian revolutionaries, Alluri Sitarama Raju (Charan) and Komaram Bheem (Rama Rao), their friendship, and their fight against the British Raj.
Rajamouli came across stories about the lives of Rama Raju and Bheem and connected the coincidences between them, imagining what would have happened had they met, and been friends. The film was announced in March 2018. Principal photography of the film began in November 2018 in Hyderabad and continued until August 2021, owing to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was filmed extensively across India, with a few sequences filmed in Ukraine and Bulgaria. The film’s soundtrack and background score were composed by M. M. Keeravani, with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. Sabu Cyril is the film’s production designer whilst V. Srinivas Mohan supervised the visual effects.
Made on a budget of ₹550 crore (US$72 million), RRR is the most expensive Indian film to date. The film was initially scheduled for theatrical release on 30 July 2020, which was postponed multiple times due to production delays and the COVID pandemic. RRR was released theatrically on 25 March 2022 in the original Telugu as well as Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. With ₹240 crore (US$30 million) worldwide on its first day, RRR recorded the highest opening-day earned by an Indian film. It emerged as the highest-grossing film in its home market of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, grossing over ₹415 crore (US$52 million). The film grossed ₹1,200 crore (US$150 million) – ₹1,258 crore (US$160 million) worldwide, setting several box office records for an Indian film, including the third highest-grossing Indian film and second highest-grossing Telugu film worldwide.
RRR received international praise for Rajamouli’s direction, writing, performances (particularly Rama Rao and Charan), soundtrack, action sequences, cinematography and visual effects. The film was considered one of the ten best films of the year by the National Board of Review, making it only the second non-English language film ever to make it to the list. In addition to the awards already mentioned, RRR also won the Best Foreign Language Film and the Best Song award at the 28th Critics’ Choice Awards.
The plot of the movie is as follows:-
In 1920, during the British Raj, Governor Scott Buxton and his wife Catherine visit a forest in Adilabad and there abduct Malli, a young girl with a talent for artistry, from the Gond tribe. Enraged by this, the tribe’s guardian Komaram Bheem embarks for Delhi to rescue her, disguising himself as a Muslim man named Akhtar. Elsewhere, the Nizamate of Hyderabad, sympathetic to the Raj, warns Scott’s office of the impending danger. Undeterred, Catherine enlists A. Rama Raju, an ambitious officer in the Indian Imperial Police, to quell the threat. Seeking clues to Malli’s whereabouts, Raju and his uncle, Venkateswarulu, attend several pro-independence gatherings where he feigns to support independence.
Months later, Lachhu, Bheem’s gullible aide, is taken in by Raju’s ruse and attempts to recruit him into Bheem’s plot, but then discovers his true identity and flees. A short while later, Bheem and Raju encounter one other, unaware of their opposing allegiances. In the course of working in concert to save a boy from a train wreck, they form a friendship and over time grow close. Raju then assists Bheem in courting Jenny, Scott’s niece, unaware that Bheem plans to infiltrate Scott’s residence. When Jenny takes Bheem to her residence, Bheem locates the room where Malli is being held captive; he meets Malli and promises he will free her. Meanwhile, Raju deduces Lachhu’s true identity and apprehends him. While being interrogated, Lachhu goads a banded krait into attacking Raju, then warns him of his imminent fate and that the antidote is only known to the Gonds.
Dazed, Raju approaches Bheem, who immediately tends to him. Noticing similar religious features between Lachhu and Bheem, Raju deduces his true intentions. Nevertheless, Bheem divulges his tribal identity and his mission, still unaware of Raju’s true identity. At an event held in Scott’s honor, Bheem’s men barge into his residence with a lorry filled with wild animals, which creates havoc among the assembled guests. The animals maul Scott’s guards, allowing Bheem to briefly fight; however, Raju arrives and tells him Scott intends to kill Malli; he surrenders out of obligation. In the aftermath of the incident, Raju is promoted for thwarting Bheem, yet he is absorbed with guilt over his own actions, recalling his own pro-nationalistic background and his actual alter-ego as a mole within the police; he was seeking a promotion in order to gain access to shipments of guns to smuggle to his village.
At Bheem’s public flogging, Raju attempts to persuade him to recant his actions; Bheem chooses to be flogged instead. Bheem sings in defiance of his injuries, which incites the assembled crowd into rebellion. The riot further enlightens Raju, who finally realizes the recklessness of his actions. Determined to save his friend, he persuades Scott to execute Bheem in secret while preparing an ambush to rescue him. Scott figures out this scheme. While managing to rescue Malli from Scott’s men, Raju is grievously injured. Bheem, who had also managed to free himself, mistakenly interprets Raju’s actions as an attempt to kill Malli; he bludgeons him and escapes with her. Months later, Bheem, who is hiding out with his group and Malli in Hathras, is cornered by the colonial authorities. He narrowly avoids being exposed when Sita, Raju’s fiancée, repels them by claiming a smallpox epidemic as a pretext.
Unaware of Bheem’s identity, she reveals Raju’s actual, anti-colonial objectives and of his impending execution. Crestfallen upon realizing his own folly, Bheem vows to save him. With the assistance of a sympathetic Jenny, Bheem infiltrates the barracks where Raju is detained and frees him, defeating the many soldiers he aroused in the process. The pair retreat to a nearby forest, where they decimate more soldiers with the use of a longbow taken from a Rama shrine. Taking the fight to Scott, they hurl a flaming motorcycle into the barracks’ magazines, setting it afire. The subsequent explosion kills many within Scott’s company, including Catherine. Having finally cornered a wounded Scott, Raju has Bheem execute him with a British rifle, fulfilling their respective objectives. They steal a cache of Scott’s weaponry and reunite with Sita and Jenny.
To mark the completion of their missions, Raju asks Bheem to make a wish he can grant; Bheem asks Raju to provide education for him and his community.
So this was about the film’s story. Now we come to the song itself. The entire process of producing the song took over 19 months. Keeravani composed 10 to 20 different tunes based on that particular point in the script. Later, the team finalized this particular tune based on a voting process from their inner circle. The Telugu word naatu variously translates to ‘native’, ‘local’, ‘countryside’, ‘raw and rustic’, ‘ethnic’. Chandrabose wrote the lyrics based on his childhood memories. According to Chandrabose, he wrote 90% of the song in half a day but it took 1.7 years to write the remaining 10%. The word ‘naatu’ would be similar to word ‘Desi’ and it is not a surprise that the song is introduced as ‘Desi Naach’ in the Hindi film introduction.
The composer Keeravani likened the sound to the traditional beats of folk songs in Indian villages. Keeravani used duffs, an Indian skin drum for the instrumentation and added in mandolins for the melody. The song features a beat popular in South Indian music and “distinctive” to the dappankuthu genre of popular music.
RRR director Rajamouli conceived “Naatu Naatu” as a kind of fight sequence in which the Indian duo outdance their British counterparts. He also used the song as a foreshadowing for the climax sequence. “I think the biggest achievement for me was incorporating how the song comes into the film, without breaking the narrative,” he noted. Rajamouli described the sequence as “the story behind the story” and is like a short film of its own with different sub-plots.
Prem Rakshith choreographed the dance sequences. Rajamouli wanted steps “that would look great with two people doing it together, but not so complicated that no-one could do it.” Rakshith choreographed 110 moves for the hook step.
“Naatu Naatu” was shot in August 2021 in Ukraine as a part of the final leg of shooting of RRR. Filming took place at the Mariinskyi Palace, the official residence of the president of Ukraine in Kyiv, a few months before the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The song picturization took 15 days. The music video featured about 50 dancers and 300 to 400 extras.
The music video is a direct clip from a scene in RRR, which features Ram (Ram Charan) and Bheem (Rama Rao) singing the lyrics and out-dancing the rich British men at a fancy British party, encouraged by Bheem’s love interest Jenny (Olivia Morris). By the song’s climax, Ram and Bheem ignite a dance battle between themselves and the British men, who each fall down one by one as they fail to keep up; and despite being cheered for, Ram pretends to injure his leg and falls over to allow Bheem to win the battle and impress Jenny.
Within 24 hours of its release, the song crossed over 17 million views in Telugu (becoming the most-viewed Telugu song), and 35 million views in all five languages on YouTube. It also became the fastest Telugu song to cross 1 million likes. In February 2022, the song crossed over 200 million views in all languages.
The song received positive reception from audiences, praising the music. The hook step, performed by Jr NTR and Ram Charan, went viral on social media. Charan and Rama Rao often recreated the viral portion of the dance in the film’s promotions, as did director Rajamouli at the film’s success party with encouragement from Rama Rao.
In an article, Brenda Haas of Deutsche Welle referred to the song as a “global sensation”. She further opined and wrote that, “the song’s international popularity also underscores the fact that language is no barrier to enjoying music across borders”.
At Edison, New Jersey in 2023, numerous Tesla cars were assembled to have a show of light & sound, set to the music of this song.
We of course had a live performance at the Oscars by the singers of Naatu Naatu, Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava (who is also Keeravani’s son) with lots of dancers which was introduced by Deepika Padukone.
The combination of good music, lyrics, dance steps along with a back story featuring anti-coloniolism theme definitely struck a chord with the audience worldwide which explains the song’s huge popularity and the many awards it has been getting. In addition to the music and lyrics, As a youtube commenter observed The choreography, co-ordination of the actors’ moves, energy output and positive vibes from the actors is just outstanding. Another has observed This song belongs not only to India but to the world. The Hindi version Naacho Naacho has successfully conveyed the same emotions. Here Vishal Mishra replaces Kaala Bhairava in the singing department and the lyricist is Riya Mukherjee.
Here is the video of the song for your viewing pleasure, definitely a song to be seen and heard. Hats off to the team who created it.
Detailed credit courtesy Youtube Video
Music Director: M. M. Kreem
Lyricist: Riya Mukherjee
Singers: Vishal Mishra, Rahul Sipligunj
Choreography by: Prem Rakshith
Programmed by: G. Jeevan Babu, Siddharth S
Mixed and Mastered by: G. Jeevan Babu
Recorded at JB Studios.
Song-Naacho naacho (RRR)(2022) Singers-Vishal Mishra, Rahul Sipligunj, Lyrics-Riya Mukherjee, MD-MM Kreem
Lyrics(minus the dialogues by Riya Mukherjee)
Bail Jaise Dhool Uda Ke, Seeng Utha Ke Tum Bhi Naacho
Baaje Jam Ke Taal-Dhol, Beta Raju, Ud Ke Naacho
Teeron Se Bhi Tez Koi Kar Sake Jo Bhed Naacho
Astabal Mein Ghode Jaise Baag-Dor Chhod Naacho
Mitti Jota, Rot Mota, Mircha Khaa Ke Aise Naacho
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Haan, Aaja, Gore
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Veere, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Yaara, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Kachchi Keri Jaisa Khatta Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Bichchu Kaata Laage Aisa Naacho
Goonje Dhol Aise Dekho Dhan-Dhana Ke Rogi Naache
Shor Sun Lo Hai Dhamaka, Jaise Sher-Haathi Naache
Dekho, Dil Ka Ye Mela, Yaara, Apne Saath Naacho
Ediyon Ke Joron Pe Dhoom-Dhadaak Desi Naacho
Who Paseena Maathe Ka Chamke-Damke Aise Naacho
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Haan, Aaja, Gore
Haan, Aaja, Chhore
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Veere, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Naacho, Yaara, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Aa Dobaara Raag Chheda, Naacho
Naacho, Naacho-Naacho, Usne Chakha Laage Teekha, Naacho
Jhoome Gaon, Hai Rela, Ooncha Paon Yun Patka
Hai ye Desi Ek Mela, Kaisa Raha Yakayaki
Naacho, Naacho, Naacho, Aa-Ha, Naacho
Are, Dhoom-Dhoom Thirke Jaa, Paaon Mein Jaan Jaga
Dhumuk-Dhumuk Naache Ja, Duniya Hila De Saari
Naacho, Naacho, Naacho
Dhink-Chaka
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
Haan, Wahi
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
(Naacho, Naacho, Naacho)
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Devnagari script Lyrics (Provided by Gajendra Khanna) (minus the dialogues by Riya Mukherjee)
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बैल जैसे धूल उड़ा के, सींग उठा के तुम भी नाचो
बाजे जम के ताल-ढोल, बेटा राजू, उड़ के नाचो
तीरों से भी तेज़ कोई कर सके जो भेद नाचो
अस्तबल में घोड़े जैसे बाग-डोर छोड़ नाचो
मिट्टी जोता, रोट मोटा, मिर्चा खाके ऐसे नाचो
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
हाँ, आजा, गोरे
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, वीरे, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, यारा, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, कच्ची केरी जैसा खट्टा नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, बिच्छू काटा लागे ऐसा नाचो
गूँजे ढोल ऐसे देखो धन-धना के रोगी नाचे
शोर सुन लो है धमाका, जैसे शेर-हाथी नाचे
देखो, दिल का ये मेला, यारा, अपने साथ नाचो
एड़ियों के ज़ोरों पे धूम-धड़ाक देसी नाचो
वो पसीना माथे का चमके-दमके ऐसे नाचो
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
हाँ, आजा, गोरे
हाँ, आजा, छोरे
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, वीरे, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, नाचो, यारा, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, आ दोबारा राग छेड़ा, नाचो
नाचो, नाचो-नाचो, उसने चखा लागे तीखा, नाचो
झूमे गाँव, है रेला, ऊँचा पाँव यूँ पटका
है ये देसी एक मेला, कैसा रहा यकायकी
नाचो, नाचो, नाचो, आ-हा, नाचो
अरे, धूम-धूम थिरके जा, पाँव में जान जगा
धुमुक-धुमुक नाचे जा, दुनिया हिला दे सारी
नाचो, नाचो, नाचो
ढिंक-चका
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
हाँ, वही
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
(नाचो, नाचो, नाचो)
Koi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye
Posted on: March 31, 2023
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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For more than a month, I have been coming across short videos (mostly of less than 30 seconds) of a song ‘jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai’ with young boys lip syncing the song. In some tik tok videos, I have also seen some girls and boys enacting scenes with the song in their own ways. I was attracted to the song as it gave retro vibes of Hindi film music. So, I checked on video sharing platforms as to whether it is filmy or non-filmy song. The song turned out to be from the film ‘Qala’ (2022) which was released on Netflix on December 01, 2022. I also heard the remaining songs from the film which also gave me the same retro feeling.
I read an interesting article on the film which mentioned the similarities in the life of the ghazal singer and a child prodigy, Master Madan and that of the character of Jagan (Babil Khan) in the film. This prompted me to watch the film. Obviously, the film was not available for viewing on the video sharing platforms. So, I watched the film on Netflix..
‘Qala’ (2022) was produced by Karnesh Sharma and was directed by Anvita Dutt. The main actors in the film were Tripti Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee, Babil Khan (son of the late Irrfan Khan) with the supporting cast of Amit Sial, Sameer Kochhar, Girija Oak, Varun Grover, Tasveer Kamil, Anushka Sharma (in a cameo role) and many more. The film is a period family drama with psychological elements.
The film’s story is narrated in many layers of flashbacks. So, I have given the gist of the story as they appear in the film in sequential order.
Qala (Tripti Dimri) wins the Golden Vinyl award for her most popular song. This is followed by a press conference in Kolkata where she is based. One of the journalists asked Qala what happened to her brother who was to be launched by her mother. After some agitation, Qala says that she has no brother as she was the only child. (Actually, journalist was referring to Jagan (Babil Khan) whom Qala’s mother had adopted him to groom as a classical singer).
In a flashback, her mother Urmila (Swastika Mukherjee), a thumri singer, delivers twin, a boy, and a girl at her home in Shimla. However, the boy dies. Urmila is very sad that the boy did not survive but the girl survived. Qala grows up and Urmila decides to teach her Hindustani classical music as a boy to carry forward the family tradition. Ultimately, it is Urmila’s desire to make Qala a great classical singer to get the honour of becoming a ‘Pandit’ rather than a ‘Bai’.
Again, the story goes in the present mode where Qala in Kolkata gets up in the morning to see her photograph with Golden Vinyl award in a newspaper. But it would have pleased Qala more if her mother telephoned her to get the appreciation. But this does not happen, and she gets depressed. Qala goes for a photoshoot during which she suffers from hallucination and sees Jagan who tells her that whatever fame she has got belongs to him. Her secretary, Sudha (Girija Oak) gets worried, and she calls a doctor. He sees no medical problem with Qala and suggests her to take a break and relax.
The story goes again in flashback mode where Urmila is scolding Qala for her poor riyaaz as she has her maiden vocal performance in front of a Ustad after 3 days. The day comes and both mother and daughter go to Solon where the concert is arranged. In the concert, there is one more boy who is also getting opportunity to sing. His name is Jagan. Both Qala and Jagan give their solo vocal recitals during which Urmila is impressed by Jagan’s performance. Qala becomes sad as she did not get such appreciation from her mother. After the performance, Urmila calls Jagan when she comes to know that he is staying in an orphanage in Solon. Judging his potential as a singer, Urmila offers him to teach Hindustani classical music and ask him to shift to her place. This is not liked by Qala as she thinks that her mother is sidelining her.
Jagan tries to be friendly with Qala and suggests that both do the riyaaz together, which she rejects. All the actions of Urmila give Qala a feeling that her mother is promoting Jagan over her own daughter. Slowly, jealousy is born in the mind of Qala towards Jagan. During the same period, Urmila is trying to fix the marriage of Qala with an Air Force Officer so that after her marriage, Urmila can fully concentrate on Jagan in promoting him as a singer.
Urmila hosts a party and invites several influential people including Chandan Lal Sanyal (Sameer Kochhar), an influential and popular film singer. Urmila has instructed Qala to play tanpura for Jagan who is to sing in the party. This is not liked by Qala as she herself is a singer. Just before the party, Qala gives a glass of milk to Jagan which he drinks. During the singing, Jagan falls sick due to bouts of coughing which prompts Urmila to take him to a room. To fill the gap, Qala sings which impresses the guests.
Jagan continues to be sick, and he has almost lost his voice. His fever is not receding. Urmila takes care of him and Qala feels neglected by her mother. Sumant Kumar, a music director, visits Urmila’s house to fix the time for recording the debut song of Jagan. Finding him sick, Sumant Kumar promises Urmila that he would wait till Jagan is fit as he wants his first song to be recorded under his music direction. Qala hears this conversation and feels jealous. She decides to get a chance to record the song under Sumant Kumar by seducing him and she succeeds. In the same night, a depressed Jagan commits suicide by hanging on a tree branch in the vicinity of Urmila’s house. Urmila is devastated as her dream of making Jagan as ‘Pandit’ is shattered.
The next day, Qala informs her mother that she has to leave for Kolkata to record a film song. There is a heated arguments between the two as her mother feels that she would become ’Bai’. She forbids Qala from coming back to their house if she goes ahead with the recording in Kolkata.
Qala leaves for Kolkata to record the film song. Her mental state and the nervousness affect her recording. It is only when she could not sing properly even on the 11th takes, Sumant Kumar decides to cancel the recording. Qala asks for a last chance which she gets after she provides sexual favour to Sumant Kumar. This time her recording is successful as she is reminded of Jagan’s philosophy that a singer should sing for his own pleasure.
This song gives Qala the immense popularity and she becomes one of the most sought after singers. In one of her interviews, while journalists are asking her questions, she suffers from hallucination and sees Jagan in her vision and starts conversations with him. This conversation gets recorded by journalist which was heard by Urmila on the radio. This gives Urmila a doubt whether Qala is responsible for the death of Jagan.
Qala’s mental health deteriorates. While recording a song, she suffers from hallucination forcing the cancellation of recording. Qala attempts suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. She is saved. The doctor calls her mother and informs her of Qala’s suicide attempt. Urmila comes to Kolkata and finds that she has committed suicide by hanging in her bedroom. The film ends with Urmila taking Qala’s dead body on her lap with ‘amma puchh di sun dhiye meriye’, a folk song of Himachal Pradesh, playing in the background.
The two most important thing to learn from this film are (i) never breaks communication with near and dear ones, especially with those having mental health issues, and (ii) parents/teachers should give the equal treatment their wards irrespective of their gender.
The honour for the top performance in the film goes to Tripti Dimri for her difficult role of a singer with psychometric problems. She effectively depicts the emotions with her body movements and the facial expression. Next in honour is Swatika Mukherjee in the role of a dominating mother with bias towards patriarchy. Babil Khan has done well in his debut film. His one scene which caught my attention is the facial expression of his helplessness and disappointment when he is holding tanpura for riyaaz but he has lost his voice. In some camera angles, he has the look of his father, Irrfan Khan. In addition, credit must go to the Art Director and the Costume Designer to create a rich and ‘true to the life’ ambivalence of retro period.
Director, Anvita Dutt’s visualization of the story has some streak of the parallel cinema. She has used symbolism very effectively. For instance, when Qala finds Jagan’s dead body hanging on a tree, she hug him tightly with her face showing deep regret. Probably, she did not expect that her jealousy would result in his death. In the same scene, Urmila is seen holding the dead body of Jagan in her lap symbolising that she has once again lost a son.
‘Qala’ (2022) has six songs which are in sync with the golden period of Hindi film music as the film’s story is set in that period. Songs are written by Sant Kabir (2), Amitabh Bhattacharya (1), Varun Grover (1), Kausar Munir (1) and Swanand Kirkire (1). The songs are set to music by Amit Trivedi except for one Kabir song by Sagar Desai. In keeping with the story setting of 1940s, music director, Amit Trivedi has avoided electronic musical instruments and mostly used Accordion, Dholak, Tabla, Violin, Sitar, Rabab etc. All the six songs are inseparable part of the film.
I am presenting the first song from the film, ‘Qala’ (2022) which has become viral on social media. The song is ‘jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai’ sung by Sireesha Bhagavatula. The song is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and is set to music by Amit Trivedi. Lyrics of the song give an impression of a teasing cum preaching song. But the song has a deep meaning that falling in love is not a T-20 cricket match but a Test Match where patient is required.
With this song, Sireesha Bhagavatula has become the internet sensation. She hails from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh, born to a musically inclined parents. She is a gold medalist in her engineering graduation and worked in an IT company before she took playback singing as her professional career. She participated in Indian Idol Season 12 which gave her opportunity to meet eminent music directors. A R Rahman gave her the first break as a playback singer in a Tamil film in 2019. Later, she did playback singing for some more Tamil and Telugu films. ‘Qala’ (2022) is her debut Hindi film as a playback singer in which she renders 3 songs.
The song under discussion appears in the film on two different frames. The first, at the time of the recording of the song during which only the mukhda is played. The background to this scene is that due to her mental condition and nervousness, Qala (Tripti Dimri) gets the song okayed only after 11 retakes. The song appears in the film for the second time as a part of the song picturization on Devika (Anushka Sharma) of a film produced by Rai. (The hint is that Rai could be Himanshu Rai and Devika could be Devika Rani, both of Bombay Talkies). Unfortunately, the video clip of the song does not contain this part. It is interesting to note that Majrooh (Varun Grover) is the name of the character doing the role of a song writer for this song.
In a TV interview on the eve of the release of audio album of the film, Amit Trivedi revealed that this song was recorded along with musicians playing simultaneously as was being done in 1940s. So, any one of the musicians or the singer doing wrong would have resulted in retake of the full song afresh.
The overwhelming responses for this song before and after the release of the film proves that the Hindi film music of the golden period is still popular among the current generation of the 21st century.
Audio Clip (Full Song):
Video Clip (Partial Song):
Song-Koi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye (Qala)(2022) Singer-Sireesha Bhagavatula, Lyrics-Amitabh Bhattacharya, MD-Amit Trivedi
Lyrics (Based on Audio Clip)
koyi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye
sajaniya ke mann mein abhi inkaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai ae
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
dheere dheere jatan karne se
dulhaniya ke khulte hriday ke dwaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai ae
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
ho o o
ho o o
ho o o
baalon mein badh ke gajra lagaana
nazdeek aane kaa hai bahaana
sab jaan ke bhi chhaliya ke chhal se
mushkil hai bach paana
ho..o..o ankhiyon se thhag ke
bharna woh jaane
batiyon se zurmana
haan jo main tokoon
kaha na mera maane
bhavon ko aise taane
bahas bekaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
koyi kaise unhen ye samjhaaye
sajaniya ke mann mein abhi inkaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
jaane balma ghode pe kyun sawaar hai
ha aa aa aaa
ha aa aa aaa
ha aa aa aa aa
ha aa aa aa aa
la la la la ra la ra laa
la ra laa
ha aa aa aa aaaaaaaaa
Aise kyun kuchh to likhti hoon
Posted on: March 27, 2023
This article is written by Gajendra Khanna, 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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Aise Kyun (Ghazal-ish Version)
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Continuing from my previous post, Netflix’s OTT series Mismatched had it’s second season release on 14th October 2022. Season 2 is also directed by Akarsh Khurana and Nipun Dharmadhikari and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, featuring Prajakta Koli, Rohit Saraf, Vihaan Samat, Taaruk Raina, Muskkaan Jaferi, Devyani Shorey, Rannvijay Singh, and Vidya Malvade.
I was not aware of the second season coming out. This second season had a second version of Aise Kyun coming out this time in a Ghazal-ish format with the main singing being done by Rekha Bharadwaj who has taken the song to another level. Another artist would not have been able to do the same justice to it. I came across the song one day in an Instagram reel and thereafter was listening to this song on loop. Rekha ji is a wonderful singer about whom I would definitely like to take opportunity to talk a bit about here.
Rekha is more known as the better half of ace composer Vishal Bharadwaj but beyond that She is a very competent singer with a unique voice quality and texture. She gives her own touch to the songs She gets which are lapped up very lovingly by her listeners. No wonder, She has got so much appreciation as well as awards. For many film goers, they noticed her only due to hit songs, Beedi Jalayi Le and Namak Ishq Ka in Omkara(2006) but for me it had happened many years before it. I still vividly recall going to watch the movie Chachi 420 in 1997 in the Chandragupt Talkies in my hometown Indore with my brother. It was a very big cinema hall to which I used to often go for advance bookings and first-day-first show viewing. Though it may not be around any more but I remember the wonderful times spent there watching lots of hit movies and songs.
Towards the end of the movie, when Tabu is running away from Kamal Haasan, we had Rekha Bharadwaj singing a brilliant song ‘Ek Woh Din Bhi The’. This movie had lovely songs which were the kind that don’t make a very great impact on the first listen but gradually grow onto you. This film deserves a post to itself and is yet to make it’s debut on the blog. I shall take it up in one of my next posts with this song.
Later I heard her album ‘Ishqa Ishqa’ after which I am always on the look out for new released songs sung by her. She is one of the fabulous artists these days who need more songs coming to them. It is a real pity that though our blog has over 17500 songs, only one song featuring Rekha ji is on the blog (Sasural Genda Phool from Delhi 6). I would love to do a few posts of her songs if readers are interested.
This song is about those meaningful silences as mentioned on the Netflix Youtube Channel. Lyricist Raj Shekhar has done a great job making a ‘Ghazal’ version of this song with so many gem of lines in it (can’t get over some lines like ‘Ghar Sa Lagta Hai’, ‘Aise Kyun Uske Honthon Par Achcha Lagta Hai Apna Naam’, ‘Aise Kyun Kuchh Bhi Who Bole Mann Mein Ghulta Hai Zaafraan’ and ‘Beeti Baaton Se Dil Ko Dukhaana Zaroori Hai Kya’).
Raj Shekhar is an artist who has not got as much limelight compared to some of his contemporaries. He started his film career as an assistant director to Anand L Rai. He also assisted Abbas Tyrewala in Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na and Sujoy Ghosh in Home Delivery.
It was in Anand L Rai’s film ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ in 2011 in which he made his debut as a lyricist. At the time of it’s release it’s song ‘Jugni’ had been loved by me. After that he next gave lyrics for this movie’s sequel ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ in 2015. Tanu Weds Manu has only one song posted on the blog which too is about reuse of Kajra Mohabbatwala from Kismat in the film while the sequel is yet to make debut (which incidentally had Geeta Dutt’s Ja Ja Bewafa being reused. It’s so great to hear Shamshad ji and Geeta ji’s songs being reused in films!).
I will keep these films as candidates for future posts. Raj Shekhar has done songs for some other movies like Qarib Qarib Single, Veere Di Wedding, Tumbbad, Hichki, Meri Nimmo, Uri: The Surgical Strike, Jabariya Jodi, Saand Ki Aankh, Bamfaad, Khaali Peeli, Raat Akeli Hai, Meenakshi Sundareshwar, Good Luck Jerry and Nazar Andaaz. Hope Raj Shekhar will get more songs and more hits in the days to come.
The composer Anurag Saikia + Team have done a great job to make this a wonderful song along with Rekha ji and Raj Shekhar.
Without taking up more time, I would like to leave the song for your listening pleasure.
Credits as per Netflix Youtube Channel
Directed by Akarsh Khurana.
Singer: Rekha Bhardwaj, Anurag Saikia (probably only in chorus)
Music: Anurag Saikia
Lyricist: Raj Shekhar
Music Produced by Oblong Sioni, Ishan Das
Additional Programming & Live dub Conducted by Gauranga Shekhar, Arabinda Neog
Guitars : Ishan Das
Bass Guitar: Abhinav Bora
Tabla: Sanjiv Sen
Woodwinds: Bhaskar Jyoti Kalita, Kiran Vinkar
Sitar: Bhagirath Bhatt Backing
Vocals: Gauranga Shekhar, Bishal Sharma, Arabinda Neog, Pratikhyaa Sharma, Dipakshi Kalita , Kavya-Kriti.
Vocal recorded @contrail by Nijei Nijok
Rekha Bhardwaj’s vocal Recorded at The Islanders@studio208
Recording Engineer: Alok Punjani Mixed and Mastered by Pankaj Borah(Neo Sound)
Mix Assistant: Pranjal Borah
Song-Aise kyun kuchh to likhti hoon (Mismatched season 2)(2022) Singer-Rekha Bhardwaj, Lyrics-Raj Shekhar, MD-Anurag Saikia
Lyrics
Aise Kyun
Kuchh To Likhti Hoon
Likh Ke Mitaati Hoon Main Raat Bhar
Aise Kyun
Baaten Khud Ki Hi
Khud Se Chhipaati Hoon Main Aaj Kal
Par Yeh Sab Sochna
Dil Ko Yun Kholna
Sab Kuchh Keh Kar Hi
Sab Ko Bataana
Zaroori Hai Kya
Aise Kyun
Aise Kyun Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun
Uske Honthon Pe
Achcha Lagta Hai Mera Naam
Aise Kyun
Kuchh Bhi Bole Wo
Mann Mein Ghulta Hai
Zaafraan
Girta Hai Gulmohar
Khwabon Mein Raat Bhar
Aise Khwabon Se Baahar Nikalna
Zaroori Hai Kya aa aa
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na
Aksar Tumse Mil kar Mujhko
Ghar Sa Lagta Hai
Phir Kyun Dil Hi Dil Mein Koi
Darr Sa Lagta Hai
Aksar Tumse Milkar Mujhko
Ghar Sa Lagta Hai
Phir Kyun Dil Hi Dil Mein Koi
Darr Sa Lagta Hai
Beeta Jo Vaakya
Sochoon Main Kyun Bhala
Beeti Baaton Se Dil Ko Dukhaana
Zaroori Hai Kya aa aa
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na
Aise Kyun
Haan Kyun
Haan Kyun
Woh Kuchh Bole Na aa aa
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Devnagari script Lyrics (by Gajendra Khanna)
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ऐसे क्यूँ
कुछ तो लिखती हूँ
लिख के मिटाती हूँ
मैं रात भर
ऐसे क्यूँ
बातें खुद की ही
खुद से छुपाती हूँ
मैं आज कल
पर ये सब सोचना
दिल को यूँ खोलना
सब कुछ कह कर ही
सब को बताना
ज़रूरी है क्या
ऐसे क्यूँ
ऐसे क्यों कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यों कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यूँ
उसके होठों पे
अच्छा लगता है
मेरा नाम
ऐसे क्यूँ
कुछ भी बोले वो
मन में घुलता है
ज़ाफ़रान
गिरता है गुलमोहर
ख्वाबों में रात भर
ऐसे खवाबों से बाहर निकलना
ज़रूरी है क्या
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
अक्सर तुमसे मिलकर मुझको
घर सा लगता है
फिर क्यूँ
दिल ही दिल में कोई
डर सा लगता है
अक्सर तुमसे मिलकर मुझको
घर सा लगता है
फिर क्यों दिल ही दिल में कोई
डर सा लगता है
बीता जो वाक्या
सोचूँ मैं क्यों भला
बीती बातों से दिल को दुखाना
ज़रूरी है क्या
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
ऐसे क्यूँ
हाँ क्यूँ,
हाँ क्यूँ
वो कुछ बोले ना
Keti ko keti ko
Posted on: February 25, 2023
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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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Hullo Atuldom
India is celebrating the 75th year of its Independence. Mumbai based Rajshri productions and distribution company is also celebrating its 75th year.
I am sure we have many knowledgeable followers in the blog who will give us information on how Rajshri took to making critically acclaimed films that were also commercially successful. Most of their films had stories that stressed on values, family ties, unity etc. and provided opportunity for family outings. I recall a cinema hall in Chembur, Mumbai was decked up, almost like a wedding hall, when Rajshri’s ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ was released and all of the outfits worn by its characters became a rage at that time.
Rajshri Productions have been instrumental in giving life to careers of many actors, introducing new faces on the silver screen, etc. Sachin (Pilgaonkar), Sarika, (Master) Satyajit, Junior Mehmood, had their first adult roles in films made by Rajshri Productions. Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhadhuri, Ranjeeta, Amol Palekar, Farida Jalal, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher and numerous other actors have featured in Rajshri films in the initial part of their career. There will be many many more artists who have been associated with this film making house at various times and in various capacities.
There is one actor though, I don’t recall, seeing in a Rajshri movie – Danny. The handsome actor from Sikkim who has been actively entertaining his fans since 1971, in Hindi, Bengali, Nepali and even a Tamil film. He has sung a few songs too and the first time was under S. D. Burman’s baton in “Ye Gulistaan Humara” alongside Lata Mangeshkar (mera-naam-yaao-mere-paas-aao/) an event that he has said was ‘a dream come true.’ It seems that it was a daring experiment that Burman dada conducted and he asked Danny to sing with a comic effect while maintaining melody. He has shared the recording room with Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, and Mohd. Rafi.
He was named Tshering Phintso Denzongpa at birth and on a recommendation from his then-classmate, at FTII, Jaya Bhadhuri he changed his name to a simpler sounding ‘Danny’. But his son has not done any such thing – he made a debut in the 2021 released, ‘Squad’ as Rinzing Denzongpa.
Danny has played a large variety of characters – positive, negative and the in-betweens too. But gave up a chance to play Gabbar Singh in Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Sholay’ as the dates were clashing with Feroz Khan’s ‘Dharmatma’. He is a two-time winner of the Filmfare award for Best supporting actor- for ‘Sanam Bewafaa’ in 1992 and ‘Khuda Gawah’ in 1993.
My husband is a Danny-fan. He loves the way he has maintained himself and his age is not visible in his demeanour. He is turning 75 today.
The last film of Danny that I saw in a cinema hall was “Uunchai” that released on 11th November 2022. (I saw it on 12th, night show). I discovered the movie rather by accident. I was seeing some video on youtube when this video popped up.
My first reaction was – “wow!! what a cast.” Amitabh Bachchan & Danny together on-screen again….. after 18 years; their last film together came in 2004 “Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo”.
The last time Amitabh Bachchan, Anupam Kher & Danny were in a film together was Mukul Anand’s ‘Hum’ (1991). And the tadka on all of this is it was a Rajshri Film. So we were guaranteed of wholesome entertainment (it was good entertainment). It brought together the stalwarts as friends who are goaded to undertake a trek to the Base Camp of Mount Everest. I forgot to mention that Boman Irani played the fourth friend. Bhupen (played by Danny) makes arrangements for the trek to which Amit (Amitabh Bachchan retained his original name Amit Shrivastav) agrees. He manages to convince Boman Irani and Anupam Kher too, but Bhupen dies before the friends (of a lifetime) can embark on the trip. The remaining three undertake the trek in the process they battle their physical limitations, and discover what true freedom is. Parineeti Chopra played their guide in the trek, Sarika (returning to Rajshri films after years) played Bhupen’s lost love who joins the trio on the trek. Neena Gupta played Boman Irani’s wife, Nafisa Ali was Amitabh Bachchan’s wife (in a guest appearance).
“Uunchai” was a visual treat. And as I was seeing the film I kept thinking of our Sadanand Kamath ji and his passion for trekking.
Today’s song doesn’t feature the magnificent Himalayas though it is a major part of the film. Today’s song happens in the film as the friends get together to celebrate their friend Bhupen’s (Danny) birthday. I had Goosebumps as I saw the song in the film. The singer for this song NaKash Aziz with Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant, and Arun Kamath being the backing vocals. The song was written by Irshad Kamil and Amit Trivedi was the music director.
Song-Keti ko keti ko (Uunchai)(2022) Singers- NaKash Aziz, Rajiv Sundaresan, Suhas Sawant, Arun Kamath, Lyrics-Irshad Kamil, MD-Amit Trivedi
Lyrics
Ho Ho Ho
Ho o o
ho ho ho ho
ho o o
ho o
ho o
ho o o
ho o
ho o
ho o o
ho o o
ho o
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
kanchan kaanchi kori
natkhat naami chhori
jabran jora jori
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
Oh Keti Ko Keti Ko
barf badan hai
Keti Ko Keti Ko
surkh agan hai
mushqil jeena khaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
mushqil sona gaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Ho Baanke
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
lampat yaari jaisi
nartaki naari jaisi
katkhani aari jaisi
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi ee
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
Ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
ho ho
uski chhoti chaandi ki
choomoon kaise bolo jee
mujhse badi door hai woh
uske baalon mein ghata
dhoop ka hai ghoonghta
jaise koyi Hoor hai woh
Keti Ko Keti Ko
sard chubhan hai
Keti Ko Keti Ko
naram chhuan hai
mushqil jeena khaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
mushqil sona gaana re
mushqil yaar aashiqui
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Ho Baanke
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
Keti Ko
hmm..hmm hmm
makhmal gaalon waali
mast khayaalon waali
chanchal chaalon waali
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi
kanchan kaanchi kori
natkhat naami chhori
jabran jora jori
chhuppa chhuppi khelne lagi ee ee ee ee
o o o o o
o o o o
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
ishq shehar mein chalo
dhoondh lo re dhoondh lo
pyaar se milo
pyaar se milo
pyaar se milo o o o
Tum bhi raahee hum bhee raahee
Posted on: December 31, 2022
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‘Cinema’ remains the biggest entertainer for common man in our country. We tend to forget our daily life at least for those three hours when we are watching the movie. Movies are discussed a lot even now and actors and actresses are ‘stars’ (if not ‘super stars’ 😊) .
Music and particularly ‘film music’ is our best friend, companion, motivator and much more…
We are ‘music lovers’ and ‘movie-goers’!!! We love Hindi movies and Hindi Film Music and non-film music too!!!
Regulars on the blog are aware how much I love watching the movies in the theatres. This year ‘2022’ was much better than the last year ‘2021’ in terms of ‘watching movies in the theatres’ for me. In addition to that I watched some movies on OTT platform too. 😊
For me it was like going back into those days when I was studying in 11-12th Standard at Akola and used to watch movies regularly.
This year ‘2022’ saw as many as 106 Hindi films released in theatres and on OTT platform.
Here are the tentative figures (as compiled from the details available on ‘Wikipedia’. But I have doubt for the number of movies mentioned for the month of January’2022.)
| SNo | Month | No of Movies Released |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | January | 2 |
| 2 | February | 6 |
| 3 | March | 7 |
| 4 | April | 9 |
| 5 | May | 8 |
| 6 | June | 8 |
| 7 | July | 11 |
| 8 | August | 7 |
| 9 | September | 15 |
| 10 | October | 8 |
| 11 | November | 11 |
| 12 | December | 14 |
| TOTAL | 106 | |
I will not go into the details of the names of the movies and discussing which were successful and unsuccessful among them neither will I try to review them here. But I would only like to mention the movies I watched this year and how I find them.
Readers will remember that we end the year ‘2021’ on a ‘happy note’ where I watched the movie ‘83’ two times on consecutive Fridays of its release.
Two songs from this movie ‘83’ were also discussed on the blog then.
I started this year by watching ‘Gumnaami’ (Bangla) on OTT. That was in January 2022. Thereafter it was all preparation started for the marriage of my elder daughter which was scheduled in March 2022. So, though I wish to watch few movies during this period it did not happen.
It was only in the month of May 2022 that we again started watching movies in the theatres with ‘Bhool Bhulaiyya-2’. Then followed ‘Jugg Jugg Jeeyo’, ‘Bramhaastra’, ‘Chup’, ‘Goodbye’, ‘The Last Film Show’ (Chhello Divas), ‘Ram Setu’, ‘Drishyam-2’ and some movies on OTT like ‘RRR’, ‘Cuttputlli’, ‘Freddy’, ‘Drishyam-1’, and one Japanese (😊) movie) (I am forgetting its name) which my younger daughter was watching.
I had earlier mentioned that I get to listen songs on FM radio every morning while travelling to workplace. In this time the first program I listen to is ‘Ham hai Raahi Pyaar ke’ on ‘Vividh Bharati’ which mainly consists of ‘older songs’ and thereafter it is ‘Big FM’ for two-three songs which they play from the ‘seventies’ and again back to ‘Vividh Bharati’ for ‘Bharat Ki Goonj’ which starts at 08:05 in the morning. In this program they play songs from newer movies or latest movies and movies from recent years.
Today’s song is one such song which I like and I am presenting to you today. This song is from the movie ‘Mili-2022’.
I think this title ‘Mili’ is not used as frequently, and we have this title used after the ‘1975’ movie ‘Mili’ again only now.
Today’s song is sung by A.R. Rehman and Shashaa Tirupati.
‘Mili-2022’ is directed by Mathukutty Xavier for ‘Zee Studios’.
It had Janhvi Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal, Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa, Jackie Shroff (special appearance), Hasleen Kaur, Rajesh Jais, Vikram Kochhar, Anurag Arora, Sanjay Suri, Joginder Goyat, Raghav Binani and others.
This movie has five songs (including one two-part song of today). Music for this movie is composed by A.R. Rehman and lyrics are by Javed Akhtar.
I have yet to watch this movie. But I like the today’s song from this movie.
This song is a background song and in the picturization we can see Janhvi Kapoor, Sunny Kaushal, Manoj Pahwa, and others on the screen.
Lyrics are by Javed Akhtar and music is composed by A.R. Rehman.
The ‘genre’ of the today’s song is my favorite one and I like such songs very much. Because it is about our journey … we are all travelers… we have to complete our journey…
PS: I was preparing this write-up I got a email from my employers that my contract has expired today and it is not being renewed for now 😊 So I have got the much needed break now …No issues … music is there with me …
Audio
Video
Song-Tum bhi raahi hum bhi raahi (Mili)(2022) Singers-A R Rahman, Shashaa Tirupati, Lyrics-Javed Akhtar, MD-A R Rahman
Lyrics
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
ham tum bas chalte ae chalen ae
hmm hmm
hmm hmm
hmm hmm
hmm hmm mm mm mm
hmm hmm
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
ham tum bas chalte ae chalen ae
jitney bhi hain raste
denge hazaaron mushqilen
jitney bhi hain raste
denge hazaaron mushqilen
ab jo bhi ho
ab jo bhi ho
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
in raaston mein dooriyaan
majbooriyaan hain
sang sang dard ke saaye hain
chalte ae
par jo kahen ham haarenge
wo galat hain
haaregi har ek tabaahi
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
(hmm mmm aa aaa
hmm mmm aa aaa )
(aa aa aaa
aa aa aaa )
ham tum bas chalte ae chaley ae
Deewaar aaye to laut jaao
Aisi na bhool karna aa
Deewaaron se takraate rehnaa aa
Deewaar aaye to laut jaao
Aisi na bhool karna aa
Deewaaron mein darwaaze ban jaate hain
Samjhe naa aa
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalten chalen ae
ho o o
ho o o
tum dariyaa ho
tumhen koi parwat rok nahin paaye
tum apni hi mauj mein
bahnaa aa
tum dariyaa ho
tumhen koi parwat rok nahin paaye
paani se to patthhar bhi
kat jaate hain
samjhe naa
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
tum bhi raahi ee
ham bhi raahi ee
ham tum bas chalte chalen ae
ham tum bas chalte ae chalen ae
hmm mm hmm
hmm mm hmm
hmm mm hmm
hmm mm hmm
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