Posts Tagged ‘1948’
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5360 | Post No. : | 17578 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.54
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On this date ten years ago (22 March 2013), four songs (including one NFS) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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7734 | Dard mandon ka jahaan mein aasra koi nahin | Veena(1948) | 8 songs covered out of 12 by now |
7735 | Mat kar saaj singaar sundari | Jagmohan Sursagar NFS(1950) | |
7736 | Pyaar wo shai hai ae mere yaaron | Neela Aakash (1965) | movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
7737 | O goriye o poriye o chhoriye | Madam XYZ(1959) | movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
We can see that two movies (out of three) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago have since been YIPPEEd in the blog. That leaves us with only one unYIPPEED movie that is eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (22 March 2023).
That movie is “Veena”(1948).
“Veena”(1948) was directed by J P Advani for Jagat Pictures. The movie had Sulochana Chatterjee,Veera,Rehman,Hemavati,Leela Mishra,Girdhaari, Yakub etc in it.
“Veena”(1948) had 12 songs in it. 8 songs have been covered in the blog.
Here is the ninth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Shamshad Begam. Swami Ramanand is the lyricist. Music is composed by Anil Biswas.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio link:
Song-Jawaanee na aatee na dil hum lagaate (Veena)(1948) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Swami Ramanand, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
jawaanee na aatee
na dil hum lagaate
jawaanee na aatee
na dil hum lagaate
na gham koyee hotaa
na aansoo bahaatey
na gham koyee hotaa
na aansoo bahaatey
jawaanee na aatee
na dil hum lagaate
tadpatee na hasrat na armaan rotey
tadpatee na hasrat na armaan rotey
na armaan rotey
woh bhooley thhe hum bhee unhein bhool jaate
woh bhooley thhe hum bhee unhein bhool jaatey
jawaanee na aatee
na dil hum lagaate
teraa aaaa aasmaan aaa aan aaa
kyaa bigadtaa aaa
jo hum bhee ee eee eeee
ee eee ee
teraa aaaa aasmaan aaa
kyaa bigadtaa jo hum bhee ee eee
jahaan mein ghadee do ghadee muskuraatey
jahaan mein ghadee do ghadee muskuraatey
jawaanee na aatee
na dil hum lagaatey
shiqaayat kisee kee eee ee eee
na shiqwaa aaa kisee se ae ae ae ae
shiqaayat kisee kee ee ee eee
na shiqwaa aaa kisee se ae ae ae
na shiqwaa aa kisee se ae ae
ye taqdeer thhee chot par chot khaate
ye taqdeer thhee chot par chot khaate
jawaanee na aatee
na dil hum lagaate
jawaanee na aatee
na dil hum lagaate
Duniya hai baazaar
Posted March 19, 2023
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#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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Today we get introduced to the movie ‘Yeh Hai Duniya’ from the year ‘1948’.
This movie is making its debut on the blog today. Thanks to the up-loader who have made available the songs of this movie, which I guess were not available in the past.
“Yeh Hai Duniya-1948” was directed by Aspi Azad for ‘Aryasthan Jeeveet Chitra, Bombay’. It had Meera, Indira, Shabnam, Nawaz, Ram Kumar, E. Tarapore, Sumitra, Shyam Lal, Ram Lal, Juliet, Seeta, Shyamu and others.
This movie has as many as ten songs in it which were shared by three lyricist viz. Tanveer Naqvi-five songs, Ishwar Chand Kapoor-three songs and Shafi Javed-two songs.
Music for this movie was also shared between two Composers viz. Payami and Shamu. Where Payami composed six songs and two songs were composed by Shyamu. For remaining two songs HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950) doesn’t mention anything for the composer, so as of now we cannot say anything about it.
Shamshad Begam, Hameeda, Khan Mastana, Saroj Welignkar, and Ameerbai have given their voices to the songs in this movie. (Here again HFGK doesn’t mention the Singer’s name for two individual songs which needs to be clarified when the respective songs are discussed in the future on the blog).
Today we listen to the first song from this movie which is in the voice of Shamshad Begam and lyrics for this song are by Tanveer Naqvi.
This song is a ‘philosophical song’ having the perception of the ‘world’ as a ‘market place’ and where each individual is selling something according to his talent to survive. However ultimately it is the ‘wealthier’ only who has the control over all and who can buy anything with his ‘wealth’.
Let us enjoy this beautiful song … leaving the unresolved questions coming to our mind for the almighty … or the destiny …
Song-Duniya hai baazaar (Yeh Hai Duniya)(1948) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Tanveer Naqvi, MD-Payami Shamu
Lyrics
duniya hai baazaar
duniya hai baazaar
is baazaar mein
ham tum saare
is baazaar mein
ham tum saare
karte hain byopaar
duniya hai baazaar
duniya hai baazaar
ek galey mein
phandaa daale
ek galey mein haar
ek galey mein
phandaa daale
ek galey mein haar
jo bhi chaahe
kar sakti hai
jo bhi chaahe
kar sakti hai
daulat ki sarkaar
daulat ki sarkaar
duniya hai baazaar
baazaaron mein
rang roop ka
miltaa hain inaam
hotaa hai joban ka saudaa
hotaa hai joban ka saudaa
dard ka neelaam
har aane jaanewaale ko
har aane jaanewaale ko ham
dete hain lalkaar
arbu tan ik maane le lo
arbu tan ik maane le lo
palkein tez kataar
le lo nazron ki talwaar
duniya hai baazaar
kavi kavitaa beche apni
gyaani apnaa gyaan
gyaani apnaa gyaan
sundar sundarta ko beche
sundar sundarta ko beche
gun bechain gunwaan
gun bechain gunwaan
gali gali bikte hain saude
ghar ghar hai dukaan
mandi hai sansaar
duniya hai baazaar
hain is jag mein jai jai uski
hain is jag mein jai jai uski
jiske palle daam
sone se likhti hain duniya
dhanwaalon ke naam
dhanwaalon ke naam
chhan chhan ghunghroo
baaje sun kar
chhan chhan ghunghroo
baaje sun kar
daulat ki jhankaar
daulat ki jhankaar
duniya hai baazaar
duniya hai baazaar
Ae nigaah e yaar tera shukriyaa
Posted March 11, 2023
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5349 | Post No. : | 17541 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 36
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On this date ten years back viz on 11 March 2013, nine songs from nine different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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7649 | Taqdeer ne hansa ke hamen phir rula diya | Shahnaaz(1948) | 6 songs covered out of 12 by now |
7650 | Mera roothha baalam ho mera roothha saajan | Room no. 9(1946) | 3 songs covered out of 8 by now |
7651 | So jaa saloney so jaa | Pathan (1962) | 4 songs covered out of 7 by now |
7652 | Prabhu tere charan pade jahaan jahaan | Shiv Bhakt(1955) | 6 songs covered out of 14 by now |
7653 | Teri duniya se jaate hain | Halaaku (1956) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this song |
7654 | Aap sa koi haseen maine dekha hi nahin | Chaandi Sona (1977) | 4 songs covered out of 5 by now |
7655 | Chhaap tilak sab chheeni re | Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki(1978) | 4 songs covered out of 6 by now |
7656 | Mere mehboob tujhe salaam | Baghaawat(1982) | one song covered out of 6 by now |
7656 | Chhalkaao jhoom ke paimaana khushi ka | Phir Wohi Raat (1980) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
We observe that two movies (out of nine) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 11 March 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. So, there are seven movies that are still unYIPPEED and therefore eligible for Blog Ten YEar Challenge today (11 March 2023).
“Shahnaaz”(1948) is one movie that is eligible for BTYC today. This movie was directed by Sheikh for Wahab Productions. The movie had Begum Para, Altaf, Nihal, Shanta Patel, Mustafa, P.D.Lal, Shama Gulnar ,Bashir, Sheikh etc in it.
“Shahnaaz”(1948) had 12 songs in it. Six songs have been covered in the blog.
Here is the next song from the movie. This song is sung by Amirbai Karnataki. Amir Usmani Deobandi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Amirbai Karnataki.
This song appears to be a two part song. Some youtubers have uploaded them as one song. HFGK mentions them as two separate songs. Considering the similar lyrics, one can consider them as multiple (two) part song.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Both parts combined
Part I
Part II
Song-Ae nigaah e yaar tera shukriyaa (Shahnaaz)(1948) Singer-Ameerbai Karnataki, Lyrics-Amir Usmani Deobandi, MD-Ameerbai Karnataki
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
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Part I
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ae nigaah-e-yaar
ae nigaah-e-yaar
teraa shukriyaa aa
shukriyaa aa
kar diyaa beemaar
kar diyaa beemaar
teraa shukriyaa aa
shukriyaa aa
ae nigaah-e-yaar
lootney waaley aey ae meraa sabr-o-qaraar
lootney waaley aey ae meraa sabr-o-qaraar..aa aaa aar
shukiyaa sau baar
shukriya sau baar
teraa shukiryaa aa
shukriyaa aa aa
ae nigaah-e-yaar
tu hi meri beqasi kaa dost hai ae ae
tu hi meri beqasi kaa dost hai aey ae ae aey ae ae
ae khayaal-e-yaar
ae khayaal-e-yaar
teraa shukriyaa aa
shukriyaa aa
ae nigaah-e-yaar
zindagi ban jaataa mujh paar ?? kee
zindagi ban jaataa mujh paar ?? kee ee ee
ishq ke aazaar
ishq ke aazaar
teraa shukriyaa aa
shukriyaa aaa aaa
ae nigaah-e-yaar
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Part II (HFGK mentions this part as a separate song)
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dard bakshaa aaa aaaa aaa
gham diyaa aa aaa aaa aaa
aansoon diye aey ae
aey ae ae ae ae
aey ae ae
baksheesh-e-dildaar
baksheesh-e-dildaar
teraa shukriyaa aa
shukriyaa aaa aaa
baksheesh-e-dildaar
gham se gham khaakar bhi tu khaamosh hai ae
gham se gham khaakar bhi tu khaamosh hai ae
ae dil-e-beemaar
ae dil-e-beemaar
teraa shukriyaa aa
shukriyaa aa aa
ae dil-e-beemaar
bhartey bharte bhar na jaaye ae ae zakhm-e-dil
bhartey bharte bhar naa jaaye ae ae zakhm-e-dil
aur bhi ik waar
aur bhi ik waar
teraa shukriyaa aa aa
shukriyaa aa
aur bhi ik waar
tu kiye jaa har ghadee taazaaa sitam..mmm
tu kiye jaa har ghadee taazaaa sitam..mmm..mm
main kahoon har baar
main kahoon har baar
teraa shukriyaa aa aa
shukriyaa aa aaa
main kahoon har baa..aar
Gaa re manwaa gaa
Posted February 27, 2023
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5337 | Post No. : | 17504 |
#the Decade of Fourties – 1941 – 1950 #
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Today’s song is from the movie titled ‘Hamraaz’ which is an ‘unreleased movie’ from the 1940s.
So far, three songs from this movie have been posted on the blog.
‘Hamraaz’ (UR) was a ‘Rahnuma Pictures’ presentation.
I have mentioned in my earlier posts that I had come across the songs of this movie in ‘2014’.
HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950) mentions the details of this movie in its section for ‘Un-released’ movies of ‘1941-1950’. However no details about the star cast and director of this movie is mentioned.
The name for the music composer of this movie is mentioned as Shankar Lal. Lyricist names are mentioned as Shyam Hindi and Kamran Momin.
The list of songs for this movie in ‘HFGK’ mentions total eight songs which are mentioned as given below.
Being presented today
S. No | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer | Posted On |
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01 | Gaa re manwaa gaa | Shyam Hindi | ||
02 | Ghoonghat mein sharmaaye dulhaniya | Kamran Momin | ||
03 | Baat kuchh aisi wo hamse kah gaye | Shyam Hindi | ||
4 | Cham cham chamken taare | Shyam Hindi | ||
05 | In do matwaale nainon mein | — | K.S. Ragi,Razia Begham | 26.06.2022 |
06 | Aabaad hai saaraa jahaan | Shyam Hindi | 14.01.2023 | |
07 | Khushi chaaron taraf chhaayi | Shyam Hindi | ||
08 | Aa jaa papeehe geet sunaa de | Kamran Momin | Geeta Dutt | 23.11.2020 |
As mentioned above three songs from this movie have been presented on the blog. Today’s song is the fourth song from this movie to be presented here on the blog.
HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950) does not mention the Singer’s name for this song. But sources mention it as K.S. Ragi. Lyricists’ name for the song is mentioned as Shyam Hindi.
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and its songs.
Let us now listen to the song …. Only its audio is available.
I was not able to note correct words at a couple of places where I have left the (?) mark. Readers with keener ears can help us to provide the correct words there please.
Audio
Song-Gaa re manwaa gaa (Hamraaz)(UR)(1948) Singer-K S Raagi, Lyrics-Shyam Hindi, MD-Shankar Lal
Lyrics
gaa re manwaa gaa
gaa re manwaa gaa
ant hai tera geet
gaa re manwaa gaa
ant hai tera geet
gaa re manwaa gaa
na koyi tera sangi saathi
ee ee ee
na koyi tera sangi saathi
ee ee ee
na koyi tera meet
gaa re manwaa gaa
ant hai tera geet
gaa re manwaa gaa
bhookh ke maare bilakh bilakh kar
dam tode insaan
neel gagan pe rehnewaale
ye hai teri shaan
___ ? mujhse bhagwaan
teri is duniya mein honge
pag pag par shamshaan
itni sasti ho jaayegi
insaanon ki jaan
aayenge toofaan
kaanpenge balwaan
o anyaayi Bhagwaa aa aan
Aayi nayi bahaar
Posted February 24, 2023
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5334 | Post No. : | 17493 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 28
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On this date ten years back viz on 24 February 2013, six songs from six different movies (plus one NFS) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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7546 | Mere geeton ka singaar ho tum | Rafi NFS(1960) | Non film song |
7547 | Jalne waale tujhko kyaa | Gunjan(1948) | 5 songs covered out of 9 by now |
7548 | Zindagi haseen hai zindagi se pyaar kar | Ham Hain Raahi Pyaar Ke (1960) | 5 songs covered out of 7 by now |
7549 | Chaayi re badariya | Baradari (1955) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
7550 | Piya bina piya bina | Abhimaan(1973) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
7551 | Bolo kya hamko dogey | Chhupa Rustam(1973) | 4 songs covered out of 7 by now |
7552 | Aisa toone chheda mujhko | Tarzan and cobra(1987) | Details about the number of songs unavailable |
We observe from the above that two movies (out of six) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 24 February 2013) have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with four movies that are technically eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (24 february 2013).
“Gunjan”(1948) is the oldest among the BTYC eligible movies today. This movie was produced by Nalini Jaiwant and directed by Virendra C Desai for Nalini Productions, Bombay. The movie had Nalini Jaywant, Trilok Kapoor, Balraj Sahni, David, Veena Kumari, Pandey, Purnima Chaudhary, Keshav Purohit, Narbada Shankar, Nakul Malik, S.Akhtar, Pandit Kaul, Baby Sukanya etc in it.
“Gunjan”(1948) had nine songs in it. Five songs have been covered so far.
Here is the sixth song from “Gunjan”(1948) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Nalini Jaiwant. S R Saaz is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ashok Ghosh.
Only audio of the song is available. It is clear that the song was picturised on Nalini Jaiwant herself.
Lyrics of the song and other details are sent to me by Prakashchandra.
There are a few words towards the end of the song that are difficult to note down. I request our readers with keener ears to help decipher them.
Audio link:
Song-Aayi nayi bahaar (Gunjan)(1948) Singer-Nalini Jaiwant, Lyrics-S R Saaz, MD-Ashok Ghosh
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
Aayee…ee ee aayee
aayee nayee bahaar
nayee umangein
nayee tarangein
laayee nayee bahaar
tan man badlaa jeevan badlaa
badal gayaa sansaar
aayee aayee
badal gayaa sansaar
aayee aayee
aayee nayee bahaar
nayee umangein
nayee tarangein
layee nayee bahaar
panchhee..eeee..eeee
panchhee bhee ab lagey jhoomney
panchhee bhee ab lagey jhoomney
phoolon kaa munh lagey choomney
phoolon kaa munh lagey choomney
ek hee sur mein chhedaa sabne
ek hee sur mein chhedaa sabne
raag basant bahaa aa aar
raag basant bahaar
aayee aayee
aayee nayee bahaar
nayee umangein
nayee tarangein
aayee nayee bahaar
aaa aaa aaaa haaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaaa aaa aaaa aaaa
aaa aaaa aaaa
bhanwre tera
kya kamal se naataa
bhanwre tera
kya kamal se naataa
baar baar kya usey sunaataa
kamal se teri gunjan ne kyaa
kamal se teri gunjan ne kyaa
jaadoo deena daar aayee aayee
jaadoo deena daar aayee aayee
aayee nayee bahaar
nayee umangein
nayee tarangein
aayee nayee bahaar
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is a duet from the film Chupke Chupke-1948.
The film, made by the Rajeshwari Films, was directed by two persons – Baij Sharma and K.C.Verma.
When I selected a song from this film for presentation, I was happily reminded of the film of the same name – Chupke Chupke made in 1975, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. That was one of the comedies I truly enjoyed. Both Amitabh and Dharmendra had a terrific sense of timing and comedy, which was at its best in this entertaining film. Besides this fact, seeing the names of today’s film directors- Baij Sharma and K.C.Verma, I was reminded of a pair of MDs who operated in the same time period of the late 40’s, namely Sharma ji and Verma ji (they were Khayyam and Rehman Verma, assistants of Music Director G.A.Chishti for films Yeh hai zindagi-47 and Jhoothi Kasmen-48, at Calcutta).
Director K.C. Verma was basically a Music Director and he gave music to films like Bolti Bulbul-42, Aawaz-42, Bhakta Prahlad-46, Soorat 47 and Bhole Piya-49. Chupke Chupke was the only film he ever directed. I wonder what bit him so hard as to try his hand at film direction ? Director Baij Sharma acted in 3 films- Shukriya-44, Ragini-45 and Namaste ji-1965. His first film as a director was Chupke Chupke-48. He also directed films like Amar kahani-49, Nirmohi-52 and Kanchan-55.
The cast of the film was Zareena, Shanti Kumar, Nirmala Devi, Vilayat Begum, Vishal and few others. Out of these names, I knew only Nirmala Devi, but somehow I thought I knew Zareena too. I spent one day restlessly trying very hard to recollect where I had read the name Zareena. Surely it could not be Zareena Wahab- the actress of films Chitchor -75 and Gharonda-77 etc. Then suddenly I remembered about this Zareena !
Zareena was the daughter of actor, singer and MD Rafiq Ghaznavi and actress Anwari Bai. Zareena wanted to act in films, so she accepted the film Chupke Chupke, which was started in early 1946, but due to various reasons,including financial, got delayed and finally completed and censore3d only in 1948. Meanwhile, Zareena got an offer from A.R.Kardar for a role. She changed her name to Nasreen and acted in Shahjehan-1946 as well as Daud Chand’s film Ek Roz-1947. During this period, her mother Anwari Bai was divorced by her father. Anwari then married Jugal Kishore Mehra (Raj Kapoor’s Mama), who converted to Islam and became Ahmed Salman. He later became the Chief Director of Pakistan Radio also.
He adopted Nasreen and got her married to Agha Liaqat Gul Tajik, a Diamond merchant from London (Diamond merchants were called ‘Agha’) and she left films to become a total housewife. Years later, Nasreen Agha’s daughter Salma Agha became a famous singing star in India and Pakistan. (information collated from various sources including an article by Anis Shakur, Lahore).
Though HFGK gives a list of songs and the record numbers, it is silent about the singers and lyricists of individual songs. I got the singers’ names from the song uploader on YouTube. The Music Director for this film was S.D.Batish who was the cousin of Pt. Amarnath, Bhagatram and Husnlal Batish. He sang 115 songs in 70 films and gave music to 20 films composing 154 songs from 1948 to 1960. He is one of the few Musicians who did a lot to promote Indian music in the UK and the USA.
I have a lot of respect for S D Batish, who did a marvelous job of promoting Indian Music in the UK and USA. He is one of those rare people who left the film world, but continued serving the Indian Music, by turning a corner in Life. Such people are few in this world. The monumental work he did for Indian Music in foreign lands is unparalleled. An important point is that he did not do this service to Music for his personal gains. For his sustenance,he had opened a Restaurant in Santa Cruz,California,which was providing him enough for a comfortable living in the USA.
Born December 14, 1914, in Patiala, India, Shiv Dayal Batish abandoned a career in the nascent telephone industry to study devotional song, folk drama, and Indian classical music under his guru Hakim Chandan Ram Charan. In 1934, he relocated to Bombay to try his hand at acting, but roles proved scarce and he returned to Patiala two years later, renewing his focus on music. By 1936 Batish was regularly appearing on All India Radio and recording his first sessions for His Master’s Voice. The film industry nevertheless retained its allure for him, and in 1939 he returned to Bombay, working for a spell under broadcasting legend Z.A. Bokhari. After earning his first film work as an assistant musical director in 1942, Batish later graduated to full-fledged Bollywood musical director, in the years to follow working with playback singer greats including Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, and Mohammed Rafi.
Batish also moonlighted as a playback singer in 70 films, singing 115 songs, among them 1944’s Daasi and 1948’s Barsaat ki Raat, before relocating to Britain in 1964. After accepting a position with the BBC Immigration Unit, Batish became a regular in British radio and television, most notably composing “Nai Zindagi Naya Jivan,” the theme song to the Beeb’s classic South Asian series Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye (“Make Yourself at Home”). He also returned to his roots as a live musician, performing Indian folk and classical music on the vichitra veena, a long-necked fretless flute. In 1965 Batish was summoned by percussionist Keshav Sathe to record the Indian-inspired incidental music for the Beatles’ second feature film, Help! — the experience also proved the beginning of his lifelong friendship with Beatle George Harrison, who later hired Batish to teach his then-wife Patti Boyd the stringed dilruba.
In 1969 Batish assembled wife Shanta Devi, daughter Vijay Laxmi and sons Ashwin Kumar and Ravi Kumar to record North Indian Folk and Classical Music, which for decades remained the lone Indian release to appear on the seminal folk label Topic Records. A year later, the family emigrated to the U.S., settling in northern California and founding a restaurant, the Santa Cruz-based Krishna Café. Although the restaurant business remained Batish’s primary focus for the remainder of his life, he continued playing live and also cut the occasional LP, most notably 1980s Raga Todi, 1985’s Om Shanti Meditation on Dilruba and 1997’s The 72 Carnatic Melakhartas.
He founded “Batish Institute of Music and Fine arts” in California and wrote about 12 books on Indian Classical music,like Ragopaedia,Raga Channels,Rasik Raga lakshan Manjiri etc. He had also founded Batish Recording Co.
He died at age 91 on July 29, 2006.
From the memoirs of his son Ashwin……
Born in Patiala, Batish showed promise early. As the story goes, when he was as young as seven, he was regaling audiences and receiving praise from the likes of Hari Singh, the Maharaja of Kashmir. Encouraged by the plaudits perhaps, he forayed into Bombay to forge an acting career. His attempt wasn’t quite successful, though, and he returned to Patiala to study music with Pandit Chandan Ram Charan.
His guru, quite taken by Batish’s sense of rhythm and memory, gave him the moniker Rasik, which Batish adopted as a pseudonym on some compositions crafted later in California. By 1936, he was an artiste with the All India Radio and recording for the label EMI as Master Ramesh – a name he acquired while singing covers of songs rendered by popular singers, especially KL Saigal.
As always, fortune seemed to smile on him. His singing on AIR drew the attention of an older cousin, Pandit Amarnath, who was an accomplished musician in the Punjabi film industry in Lahore. Amarnath gave Batish the opportunity to sing a song – Pagdi Sambhal Jatta – he had composed for the film Gawandi (1942). The song became a hit, making Batish popular. But, all told, the experience was bittersweet. Ashwin says his father did not relish acting in the movie: the frequent takes, the blinding light from mirrors used as reflectors unnerved him.
As Amarnath’s assistant, Batish learned various aspects of music direction: rehearsing with singers, synchronizing instruments and working with an orchestra. These learnings opened yet another opportunity for him. He was invited to Bombay by the Marathi writer and film impresario Keshav Prahlad Atre (Acharya Atre) to compose music for the film Paayaachi Daasi. But, in the end, credit was given to Annasaheb Mainkar.
After the Partition in 1947, the year Amarnath died, Batish moved back to Bombay, this time not to try his luck as an actor, but as a singer and composer. Several prominent music directors of the day employed him for their movies – Anil Biswas for Laadli, Husnlal-Bhagatram for Sawan Bhado, Hamari Manzil, and Surajmukhi; Ghulam Mohammad for Kundan; Roshan for Barsat ki Raat and Taksal; and Madan Mohan for Ada and Railway Platform. Some of his more notable songs were sung with Geeta Dutt in films he provided music himself, such as Betaab and Bahu Beti. He was associated with films in Hindi and gave music to 20 films, composing 154 songs, as S.D.Batish,Master Ramesh and Nirmal Kumar. Some of his songs were famous.
Batish, whose musical oeuvre has been described as an “amalgam of classical music and Punjabi folk and popular styles” composed for 20 films, including Har Jeet, Tipu Sultan and Toofan. For two films, he composed under the name Nirmal Kumar – a moniker that Lata Mangeshkar had given him for luck, according to Ashwin.
By this time, Batish had grown disenchanted with the Hindi film world. Ashwin recalls that his father needed a steady income to sustain his young family, but payments were erratic and delayed. Irked by this, Batish worked for a while to set up an artistes’ union to give them a platform to air their grievances and demands. Then the family decided to go to England.
On October 10, 1965, the series Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye premiered on BBC1 television and radio. Presented in Hindustani, Urdu and English, its theme music was composed by the multi-faceted Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish, who had already won considerable renown as singer and music composer in the Hindi film world. The series aimed to reach the new immigrant from South Asia: it offered advice on matters like housing, insurance, migration and education, interspersed with music from the subcontinent, especially film music.
SD Batish, as he was better known, was also a recent arrival to England. As his son, the musician Ashwin Batish recounted, he had reached London earlier that year on a “near relative visa” following his older daughter Surendra’s admission to a course in ophthalmology. Word of his arrival spread among fellow musicians such as Keshav Sathe, who worked in the Indian High Commission and moonlighted as a tabla player, and Batish soon became part of the BBC’s outreach programmes.
A multi-instrumentalist, who was proficient at the sitar, tabla and vichitra veena, Batish featured regularly at music festivals across Britain. At one of these, the Cardiff Music Festival, his playing impressed the British parliamentarian and activist Fenner Brockway. Brockway helped Batish secure permanent residency status, Ashwin says. Not long after, Batish’s family joined him from Bombay. It was a decision, Ashwin says, that balanced his mother Shanta Devi’s practicality with his father’s musical dreams.
Shanta Devi, like Batish early in his career, had been an artist with the All India Radio at one time. To raise money for the air tickets, the family sold its land in Bombay’s Santa Cruz neighborhood – now worth a fortune, Ashwin says. Its new home was on Birchington Road, a residential area in London’s West Hampstead.
A few weeks later, as Batish recalled, came Sathe’s memorable call inviting him to make up the quartet of Indian musicians assembled to provide accompaniment for the Beatles’ album Help!. The others in the quartet were Sathe on tabla, Diwan Motihar on sitar and Qasim (known just by his first name) on flute.
A kinship must have formed during those musical sessions, for Batish’s association with George Harrison did not end there. Months later, Batish was engaged to teach Harrison’s wife, Pattie Boyd, the dilruba, a stringed instrument that later featured on the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album (1967).
Around 1970, the Batish family moved again, this time to Santa Cruz in California. The emigration was not altogether impulsive. Batish had been teaching a short-term course at the University of Santa Cruz, where his colleague, the mathematician Ralph Abraham, had been taking tabla lessons from him. Abraham suggested the Batish family move to the US and the family agreed. As a family, Ashwin quipped, they were as much “move-icians” as musicians.
The move to the US, as with the one to England, was a family decision. Shanta Devi’s initiative led to the Batish India House (at first called the Sri Krishna Café), a restaurant on Santa Cruz’s Mission Street that served Indian food while music was played by members of the Batish family. “I would serve food and then jump on stage to play music,” remembered Ashwin, who like his father plays several instruments, including the sitar and tabla.
The restaurant was featured often in the local paper, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, and ran till 1985, before music became the all-absorbing act, and SD Batish embarked on the “project of a lifetime”. His wish to collate, annotate, and set in writing every known detail of the Hindustani (the Ragopedia compendia) and Carnatic musical systems coincided with Ashwin’s discovery of Gopher, an early internet protocol that enabled files to be recorded, uploaded and distributed easily. It was a project envisioned after their visits to the library of the University of Berkeley yielded barely a few books on Indian music, and mostly on the Carnatic tradition. What was an inspiration for Batish to explain every raga became a boon not merely for music aficionados but also for his students who were familiar only with English.
The family set up the Batish Institute of Music and Fine Arts in 1976. It was the third of its kind to come up in California after the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music and the Music Circle, which was set up by Harihar Rao, a long-time associate of Ravi Shankar.
Besides being a recording studio, the Batish Institute continues to offer classes and texts, including several hundreds of Batish’s compositions (his raga lakshan geet set in the Hindustani classical system), and his derivative ragas based on the 72 melakartas of the Carnatic tradition. He regularly performed with his children, Ashwin and daughter Meena, and lived long enough to see his grandchildren, Keshav and Mohini, grow into musicians.
In my memory,the image of S D Batish is etched as a person with a large Fur Cap. Such a type of cap was worn by Shaikh Abdulla and his son Farooq Abdulla. I saw V.Shantaram too wearing that type of cap. Later his son followed by wearing the same ( I mean similar type) Fur cap like father, as if it was a family tradition ! Of late,I have seen the famous film Historian Shri Nalin ji Shah with this cap. When I had met him a few years back,he had jokingly said that this cap is his Trademark !
S D Batish was the cousin brother of Pt. Amarnath and brothers Husnlal-Bhagatram,all bore the same surname – Batish.( Thanks to obituary and bio by Jason Ankeny, an article by Anu kumar in scroll.in dated 24-6-2021, an article by his son Ashwin, along with muVyz, HFGK, Wiki and my notes. All excerpts are adapted ).
Today’s song is a duet sung by S.D.Batish and Nazira Begam.
Song- Aakar hum Pachhtaaye chalo chalen chalo chalen(Chupke Chupke)(1948) Singers- Nazira Begam, S.D.Batish, Lyricist- Not known, MD- S D Batish
Both
Lyrics
aakar hum pachtaaye manwa
chalo chale, chalo chale
aakar hum pachtaye manwa
chalo chalen, chalo chale
ab kyun der lagaye manawa
chalo chalen, chalo chalen
ab kyun der lagaye manwa
chalo chalen, chalo chalen
pyaar unka pehchan liya
pyaar unka pehchan liya
aaj se humne hai jaan liya
aaj se hamne hai jaan liya
ham nahin unko bhaaye ae manwa
hum nahin unko bhaaye
ab kyu der lagaye manwa
chalo chalen chalo chalen
kya samjhenge kya jaanenge
kyunke hum bhi na manenge
kya samjhenge kya janenge
kyunki hum bhi na maanenge
koi laakh manaaye manwa
chalo chalen, chalo chalen
chalo chalen hum sang tumhaare
chalo chalen hum sang tumhaare
prem nagar ko prem sahaare
prem nagar ko prem sahaare
prem ki jyot jagaayen
prem ki jyot jagaayen
ab kyun der lagaaye manwa
chalo chalen chalo chalen
chalo chalen chalo chalen
duniya ko bhoolen
sukh aakash pe jhula jhoolen
sukh aakash pe jhula jhoolen
tan naache man gaaye
tan nzache man gaqye
ab kyun der lagqaye manwa
chalo chalen chalo chalen
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Today’s song is from a C grade imaginary film – Jadui Angoothi-1948.
The man has been attracted, with awe, towards the miracles and magic powers from the time immemorial. All of us, in our school days were drawn towards stories of magic, be it from Puranas, or from Arabian Night type stories. This is a worldwide phenomenon and you find books for children have about 30 to 40 % stories about magic, super powers and supermen. Even the film industry all over the world-in all languages, have taken advantage of this fact and made films on men with magic and super powers.
Being a normal school child, I was not an exception and loved to read such books and see such films. Maybe because of this, I was fascinated by the Mythological films from childhood. When I started seeing films, my first priority, in the initial phase, was for films which would quench my thirst for magic. This was easily fulfilled by the Mythological and cheap stunt films in third rate theatres, where the ticket rates were low ! Even Hollywood films like Superman, Captain Marvel, The 3-D Man, The invisible man and the others of this ilk were my staple food on Sundays and Holidays. Actually most adults too are enamoured by magic and miracles but hesitate to admit openly. I do not suppress the child in me and I am always ready for such films even now, knowing full well that it is nothing but trash !
As per the film Index list, about 40 films are made with the titles starting with the word ‘Jadu’ and 16 films with ‘Jadui’. It feels funny when you see films made like jadui Topi, Jadui Shehnai,Jadui Sindoor, Jadui Sandook or Jadui Danda !
Today’s film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was made by Mohan Pictures owned by Ramnik Lal Shah, husband of yesteryear heroine Indurani. She was a popular Heroinein the 1930s and the 1940s, before she quit films. I have interviewed her son Salim Shah , who is settled in the USA, and written about her on the Internet. Later Dr. Surjit Singh ji published a detailed book on her. There were few film companies which were specialised in making stunt, action, costume and imaginary films together with popular Arabian Night stories. Mohan Pictures was one of them. In the year 1948 itself they had made such C grade films like Jadui Angoothji, jadui Bansuri and jadui Shehnai. Film Jadui Sindoor-also made in 1948 was censored in early 1949,
Film Jadui Angoothi was directed by A.M.Khan. Now, this Khan was a person with many qualities. He was an actor, a lyricist and a director. In his 30 years’ career he had acted in 2 films – Dil-46 and Bigde dil-49. He wrote 24 songs in 3 films – Cyclewali-38, Ran Sangream-39 and Bahana-42. A M Khan directed 37 films. His first film was Woh kaun-1935 and his last film was Jadui Anguthi-1965. When I went through his Filmography as a Director, I found that he directed mostly Stunt, Action and Costume films only.
Some of his films had interesting Titles….Cycle Wali-38, Chabuk wali-39, Motor wali-42, Khanjar wali-43 and to top it all, he also directed Police wali-49 ! Titles of his films had words like Lutari, Lutaran, Bala, Sundari, Lady, Tilasmi, Jadui, and Toofani. These are typically indicative of their genre-Stunt. A M Khan was also a Stunt specialist. In those days, some directors specialised in such films. For example, Nari Ghadiyali, Aspy irani, Ramniklal Shah,Master Bhagwan, Harischandra rao and Chandra rao kadam etc. Other than Khan’s Filmography, no information about him is available.
The story of film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was….Sunder Singh, a poor youth, wishes to leave home in search of fame and fortune, but his mother, believing that one’s life is determined by fate, tries to reason with her son, and as a test she suggests he try to marry a princess and see what happens. Sunder takes the challenge and heads out to find and woo his would-be bride. On the journey, Sunder battles two ruffians, Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, and when the princess learns of Sunder’s valor and heroism, she falls in love.
Sunder requests to marry the princess, and the king agrees, but on one condition — that the young man search for, and bring back, a legendary magic ring which is kept by an evil wizard. Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, still stinging from their defeat, use black magic to try and stop Sunder from reaching his goal.
Sunder Singh, with great courage and valour fights all evils, kills the evil wizard and gets the Magic Ring. The king is very happy and marries the princess with Sunder singh. However, after the marriage, the Magic Ring is transformed into a Fairy who blesses Sunder singh, the king and the princess and vanishes. (with thanks to cinemajadoo.com)
The cast of the film was Husn Ara, Anil Kumar, Shanta Patel,P.D.Lal,Gulnar, Agha Shapoor, Anwari, Razia Begum etc. Anwari was the second wife of Music Director Rafiq Ghaznavi and was already divorced. Razia Begum was the elder sister of actress Suraiya Zulfi.
Actor Anil Kumar (Sardar Gul) was born in 1915 at Calcutta.His father had a fruit business. They were from Peshawar (just like Dilip Kumar). He was not much educated but could speak Hindi, Urdu and English fluently. Once he went to Bombay to meet a friend. There he met an old acquaintance, who took him to Sohrab Modi.
The good looking Sardar Gul was liked by Modi and he offered him the lead role in his film ‘ Saed E Havas’-36. Sardar Gul was given the screen name of Chandra Kumar. The film was based on a translation of William Shakespeare’s drama- King John, by Agha Hashra Kashmiri in 1907. Sardar Gul was to get Rs. 200 for this work. The film was a flop and Sohrab Modi refused to pay him more than Rs 50. Annoyed, he left Bombay and returned to Calcutta.
However he came back in 1938 and did his first film with a new screen name Anil Kumar. The film was Talwar ka Dhani-38. Soon he was well known and acted in 10 films in the next 3 years. As the decade of the 40s saw many new actors, producers and directors, he was reduced to Character roles and side roles. By 1950, he was almost like an extra. He did work in many films, but only few films credited him, as his roles were negligible. We find his name in just 30 films, where he was credited, the last such film being Tarzan and Deliailah-64.
He had married an actress named Nurjehan, who left films after their marriage.
Today’s song is a duet sung by Hamida Bano and Miss Kalyani aka Kalyani Bai. This seems to be a comedy song.
Song- Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru (Jaadui Angoothhi)(1948) Singers- Hamida Bano, Miss Kalyani, Lyricist- Roopbani, MD- Allah Rakha Qureshi
Lyrics
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
haaye raam
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho ho
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
tum ho badi bemisaal
meri sakhiyon
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
na munni na godi mein laal
meri pyaari
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ho ?? hazaar
sakhi ree
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Bharat jai jan Bharat jai jai
Posted January 26, 2023
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#the Decade of Fifties – 1941 – 1950 #
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Today we celebrate our seventy fourth ‘Republic Day’!!!
I congratulate all and wish all a ‘very happy Republic Day’ and wish that long live the ‘Indian Republic’!!!
On this occasion here is a song from the ‘1948’ movie ‘Kalpana’.
It was directed by Uday Shankar for ‘Uday Shankar Productions, Madras’.
Its’ cast included Uday Shankar, Amla Shankar, Lakshami Kant, Dr. G.V. Subbarao, Virendra Bannerjee, Swaraj Mitra Gupt, Anil Kumar Chopra, Braj Bihari Bannerjee, Devilal Samar, Ganesh Bannerjee, Chiranji Lal Shah and others.
This movie has total twelve sound tracks including six songs as per details given below.
HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950) mentions lyricist’s name for this movie as Devi Lal Samar (author of ‘bheel-tribe’ folk songs) and Pt. Sumitranandan Pant for the songs in this movie.
Music for this movie is composed by Vishnudas Shirali.
(HFGK Vol-II also mentions the titles of the soundtracks, which are given in the below table for information).
The lyricist name and the singers’ for individual songs are not mentioned in HFGK.
SNo | Song Title | Singer/s |
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01 | Sadiyon ki behoshi mein ham naach rahe | Not mentioned |
02 | Bharat jai jan bharat jai jai , jaagrut bharat | Not mentioned |
03 | Deep jalaao, jeewan ke jagmag sapnon ke | Not mentioned |
04 | Hindustan ka bal hai hal | Various artistes |
05 | Behti jaa behti jaa sarite | Not mentioned |
06 | Kya kahoon … | Not mentioned |
07 | Kartikeya – | |
08 | Eternal Melody – | |
09 | Taal sapan – | |
10 | Nritya dwand – | |
11 | Raas leela – | |
12 | Lok geet – |
Today we present the song mentioned at sr no. 2 above i.e. ‘bharat jai jan bharat jai jai, jaagrut bharat’.
The lyricists’ and singers’ names is not known.
I have not been able to note down correct words at many places. I would request readers with keener ears to kindly suggest/provide correct words please.
Let us now listen to this patriotic song.
With this song the movie ‘Kalpana-1948’ makes its debut on the blog today.
Song-Bharat jai jan Bharat jai jai (Kalpana)(1948) Singers-Unknown, Lyricist-Unknown, MD-Vishnudas Shirali
Lyrics
aao veer
panchnad waasi
ganga jamuna ke
? vikaasi (buddhi vikaasi)
bang desh ke kalaprakaashi
karm kushal
dakshin adhiwaasi
aao sab mil
bhed bhulaao
bharat ko
bhu-swarg banaao
hindustan
hindustan
ek jahaan ke sabhi aatmaa
ek banenge
ham sab nirbhay
ek banenge
lohe ki deewaar samaan
rakt khoon mein nahaa
ashru shwet ???
sabhyataa sadaa wahin
jo manushya ek hai ? (ye kahe)
duniya nayi basaayenge ham
naya manushya banaayenge ham
mukt karenge ham naari ko
maanav janani ko
pyaari ko
mukt karenge maanavtaa ko
mukt karenge sab jantaa ko
hindustan
hindustan
ek jahaan ke sabhi aatmaa
ek banenge
ham sab nirbhay
lohe ki deewaar samaan
bharat jai jan bharat jai jai
jaagrut bharat jai jai
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