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Blog Day :

5421 Post No. : 17779

“Chakori”(1949) was produced by Ravindra Dave and directed by Ramnarayan Dave for Ramesh Pictures, Bombay. This movie had Nalini Jaywant, Manorama, Bharat Bhushan, Randhir, Om Prakash, Cuckoo etc in it.

“Chakori”(1949) had eleven songs in it. Eight songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the ninth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Geeta Dutt (then Geeta Roy). Mulkraj Bhakri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hansraj Bahl.

Only audio of the song is available. My guess is that the song was picturised on Nalini Jaiwant. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

audio link:

Song-Nainon mein jhoolaa daalaa kaajal ki dor ka (Chakori)(1949) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Mulkraj Bhakri, MD-Hansraj Bahl

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

nainon mein jhoolaa daalaa
kaajal kee dor kaa
kaajal ki dor kaa
nainon mein jhoolaa daalaa
kaajal kee dor kaa
kaajal ki dor kaa

palkon ki oat mein tu
chhip chhip jhoolnaa
hho chori chori jhoolnaa aaa
aan aaa aaa
hamein nahin bhoolnaa
nainon mein
nainon mein jhoolaa daalaa
kaajal kee dor kaa
kaajal ki dor kaa

tera meraa saath rahey ae
haathon mein haath rahey
tera meraa saath rahey ae
haathon mein haath rahey
hotee mulaaqaat rahey ae
hotee mulaaqaat rahey ae
yaad ye baat rahey
hamein nahin bhoolnaa aa
aan aaa aaa
hamein nahin bhoolnaa
nainon mein
nainon mein jhoolaa daalaa
kaajal kee dor kaa
kaajal ki dor kaa

tu to hai saajan meraa
lab pe hai naam teraa
tu to hai saajan meraa
lab pe hai naam teraa
dil mein hai ae teraa deraa
dil mein hai ae teraa deraa
palkon mein karoon baseraa
hamein nahin bhoolnaa aa
aan aaa aaa
hamein nahin bhoolnaa
nainon mein
nainon mein jhoolaa daalaa
kaajal kee dor kaa
kaajal ki dor kaa
nainon mein jhoolaa daalaa
kaajal kee dor kaa
kaajal ki dor kaa


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Blog Day :

5419 Post No. : 17771

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.116
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On this date ten years ago (20 May 2013), eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
8101 Ghazab ka hai din socho zara Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) 3 songs covered out of 6 by now
8102 Main reh gayi ankhiyaan malti re Roomaal (1949) 6 songs covered out of 10 by now
8103 Pyaar mera majboor pardesi sainyyaan Madaari (1959) Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now
8104 O paise tu Bhagwaan nahin Main Shaadi Karne Chalaa (1962) 6 songs covered out of 9 by now
8105 Din jaa rahe hain ke raaton ke saaye Doosri Sita (1974) Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now
8106 Phir wahi raat aayi jaan e jaan Phir Wohi Raat (1980) Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now
8107 Lukka chhuppi bahut huyi saamne aaja na Rang De Basanti(2006) 2 songs covered out of 10 by now
8108 Muhabbat hai kya cheez hamko bataao Prem Rog (1982) 5 songs covered out of 6 by now

We observe that three movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 20 May 2013) have since been YIPPEED. That laeves us with five unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (20 may 2023).

“Roomaal”(1949) is one of the five BTYC eligible movies.

“Roomaal”(1949) was directed by Ramchandra Thakur for Varuna Films, Bombay. This “social” movie had Nargis, Rahman, Jeewan, Indu, Jairaj, Badri Prasad, Majnoo, Jillobai, Cuckkoo, Ramesh Thakur, Urwashi, Jankidas, Deepak, Pitu, Boy Ratan, Azim, Shamu, Mukesh, Sohanlal, Ahmad etc in it.

The movie had ten songs in it. Six songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the seventh song from “Roomaal”(1949) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Rafi and Binapani Mukherjee. Mulkraj Bhakri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hansraj Bahl.

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-O Lachchi tu hamko laage achchee (Roomaal)(1949) Singers-Rafi, Binapani Mukherjee, Lyrics-Mulkraj Bhakri, MD-Hansraj Bahl

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

o o o o o o
Lachchee ee ee
oo oooo
ooo oo Lachchee
tu hamko laagey achhee
ghoonghat khol zaraa aaa aaa
ho ghoonghat khol zaraa aaa
araj maan ley moree
mukh dikhlaati jaa aaa
ho mukh dikhlaati jaa aa aaa aa goree
ho goree eee eee
araj maan ley moree

oo oo ooo
chhaailaaa aaaa
oo oo ooo
chhaailaaa aaaa
kaahey hamein ho ho o o o
kar baithhaa tu hai aen man mailaa
hho kar baithhaa tu
kar baithhaa tu
kyon kar baithhaa tu hai man mailaa
ho oo ho chhaailaa aaa aaa ho chhaailaa
main jaat kee gwaalan chhailaa tu oo
tu ooo ooo jaat kaa baniyaa aaa aaaa
tori mori jaat na yaaree
tori mori jaat na yaaree
kaisey main maanoon
kaisey main maanoon baat tihaaree

oo oooo ooo
Lachchee ee eee
jaat paat keee eee chhod baat tu oo oo
ishq naa jaaney aen jaat upjaat
ajee issk naa jaaney jaat upjaat
jab hum raazee
aur tum raazee
jab hum raazee
aur tum raazee
kaa aaa karegaa kaazee
kaa karegaa kaazee
oo ooo oo
chhailaa aaa aaa

oo oo ooo
chhaailaaa aaaa
kaahey hampe ho o o o
kar baithhaa tu hai ae man mailaa
hho kar baithhaa tu
kar baittaa tu
kyon kar baithhaa tu hain man mailaa
hho oo ho o o
chhailaa aaa aaa
hho chhailaa

ho ooo Lachchee
tu hamko laagey achhee
ghoonghat khol zaraa aaa aaa
ho ghoonghat khol zaraa aaa
araj maan ley moree
mukh dikhlaati jaa aaa
hho mukh dikhlaati jaa aa
aaa aa aaa aaa
goree hho goree eee eee
araj maan ley more ee eeee


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Blog Day :

5405 Post No. : 17734

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.113
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On this date ten years ago (6 May 2013), six songs from six different movies (plus one non film song) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
8046 Bhala thha kitna apna bachpan Hemant Kumar NFS(1941)
8047 Raushni apni umangon ki luta kar chal diye Naadaan (1943) 4 songs covered out of 11 by now
8048 Kis tarah bhoolega dil unka khayaal aaya huaa Village Girl (1945) 11 songs covered out of 12. Final song not available as of now
8049 Najariya mein aaiho Nadiya Ke Paar (1948) Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this song
8050 Wohi rota hua ek dil Lahore (1949) 9 songs covered out of 10 by now
8051 Jahaan jaayenge deewaane wahin mehfil jamaa lenge Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai (1962) 3 songs covered out of 8 by now
8052 Dil haarne waale aur bhi hain Dil Diyaa Dard Liyaa (1966) Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this song

We observe that two movies (out of six)) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 6 May 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. Both these movies in fact got YIPPEED on this very day ten years ago. That leaves us with four unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten YEar Challenge. Two of these unYIPPEED movies have just one song left to be covered. But these songs were rare and elusive songs. These movies are “Village Girl” (1945) and “Lahore”(1949).

The final song of “Village Girl”(1945) continues to be unavailable. Final song of “Lahore”(1949) was also turning out of be just as elusive. So it came as a pleasant surprise to me when I found this song in my inbox to be covered under the Blog Ten Year Challenge today. Personally I was unable to locate this song but Prakashchandra, who sent me the lyrics of the song managed to discover it. On checking up, I found out that this song was uploaded one year back. In one year, this song had just 35 views and one like !

The movie “Lahore”(1949) was produced by Jaimini Dewan and directed by M L Anand for Jaimini Dewan productions,Bombay. The movie had Nargis, Karan Dewan, Kuldip, Pratima Devi, Om Parkash, Gulab, Balakram, Randhir, Urvashi, Ram Avtar, Kathana, Chanda Bai, S.BabuRao, Lalit Mohan, Manohar etc in it.

“Lahore”(1949) had ten songs in it. Nine songs have been covered in the past. Here are the details :-

Blog post number Song Singer/s Posted On
1126 Bahaarein phir bhi aayengin Lata Mangeshkar 20 April 2009
2389 Duniya hamare pyaar ki yoon hi jawaan rahe Karan Dewan-Lata Mangeshkar 5 April 2010
2771 Toote huye armaanon ki ik duniyaa basaaye Lata Mangeshkar 12 August 2010
4975 Sun lo sajan meri baat Lata Mangeshkar-Karan Dewan 10 November 2011
8050 Wahi rota hua ek dil Karan Dewan 6 May 2013
8355 Ik aas badhaaye jaati hai Lata Mangeshkar 16 July 2013
9878 Us dil ki kismat kya kahiye Lata Mangeshkar 4 June 2014
12420 Bhagwaan kahaan hai Manna Dey 3 October 2016
15518 Hamne circus mein naukri kar li G M Durrani 5 April 2020

Here is the tenth and final song from “Lahore”(1949) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Karan Dewan. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Shyam Sundar.

Only audio of the song is available. In case this song was picturised, it was obviously picturised on Karan Dewan himself.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

With this song, “Lahore” (1949) finally has all its songs covered in the blog. The movie thus gets YIPPEED in the blog and joins the list of movies that have already been YIPPEED in the blog.


Song-Hum jahaan mein aaye hain aansoo bahaane ke liye (Lahore)(1949) Singer-Karan Dewan, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Shyam Sundar

Lyrics

hum jahaan mein aaye hain aen
hum jahaan mein aaye hain aen
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
ik tamashaa banke duniyaa
ik tamashaa banke duniyaa
ko hansaane ke liye ae
aansoo bahaane ke liye

kuchch sisktee aarzooyein
kuchch sisktee aarzooyein
kuch tadptee eee ee
kuchch tadptee hasratein
dil ko ye daulat milee ee ee
dil ko ye daulat milee ee ee
duniyaa basaaney ke liye ae
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
hum jahaan mein aaye hain aen
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
aansoo bahaaney ke liye

woh bhi gham kee aag ko o o o
woh bhi gham kee aag ko oo
badhkar hawaa dene lagey
maine jo tinkey chuney thhe
maine jo tinkey chuney thhe
aashiyaane ke liye ae
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
hum jahaan mein aaye hain aen
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
aansoo bahaaney ke liye

ae meri taqdeer kee
ae meri taqdeer kee
gardish mujhey ae ae ae
gardish mujhe itnaa bataa
kab talak ronaa padegaa
kab talak ronaa padegaa
muskuraaney ke liye ae
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
hum jahaan mein aaye hain aen
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae
aansoo bahaaney ke liye ae


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Blog Day :

5399 Post No. : 17711

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.102
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On this date ten years ago (30 April 2013), five songs from five different movies (plus one Non film song) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
8007 Meri veena ro rahi hai Juthika Roy NFS(1950)
8008 Morey angna mein Nishaan(1949) 5 songs covered out of 8 by now
8009 O piya mera bhola jiya Maalkin (1953) Movie YIPPEED by now
8010 Jiya beimaan Do Dil(1947) Movie YIPPEED by now
8011 Khuda huzoor ko meri bhi zindagi de de Saawan Ki Ghata (1966) Movie YIPPEED by now
8011 Phool muskuraaye kyun Sarfarosh (1964) 3 songs covered out of 6 by now

We observe that three movies (out of five) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with two unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (30 April 2023).

“Nishaan”(1949) is one of the two unYIPPEED movies for today’s BTYC.

“Nishaan”(1949) was produced and directed by S S Wasan for Gemini Pictures, Madras. The movie had Bhanumati (as Ranjana), Ranjan (as Vijay Singh and Vikram Singh), R.Nagendra Rao (as Zorawar Singh), J.S.Casshyap (as Doctor Shanker), Maya Banerji (as Neelam), Balkrishna Kalla (as Madho Singh), M.S.Sengar (as Chandan), Suryaprabha (as Al Beli), Narayan Rao as (Zorawar`s Valet ), Ramakrishana Rao (as Messenger), D.Bal Subramanyam (as Mahendra Singh), V.P.S.Mani (as Himmat), G.Pattu Iyer (as Raj Sekhar), Venkatamba (As Mahendra Singh`s wife), Krishna Bai (as Doctor`s sister), Shyam Sunder (as doctor`s brother in law), Vijay rao ,Anand, Sampat Kumar (as Zorawar`s Soldiers), I.M.Ram , Y.S.S.Rao (as Mahendra Singh`s Soldiers), M.K.Radha etc in it.

“Nishaan”(1949) had 8 songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the blog so far.

Here is the sixth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali and Moti. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music is composed by B K Kalla. The song is picturised as a stage dance song which is watched by a houseful crowd as was the case in all stage dance performance picturisations of those days.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra. Audio and video versions differ from each other in some lines. The two versions are clubbed together in the lyrics provided below..

Video link:

Audio link:

Song-Ye raaz e zindagi kya hai haqeeqat hai ya hai sapna (Nishaan)(1949) Singers-Zohrabai Ambalewali, Moti, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-B K Kalla
Zohrabai Ambalewali + Moti
Chorus

Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)

ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
khushee apnee na gham apnaa
na dil apnaa na dard apnaa aa

ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai

kahaan gayaa bachpan..nnn…nn meraa
woh runjhunn
woh runjhunn
woh runjhunn runnjhunn pyaar
dhool bharey ae ae
sab annnng thhe aey
doodh dahee se gaal
machhal kar god mein maa se
kahaanee chaand kee sun`naa
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai

jahaan mein sabse aalaa hai ae
aey ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae
to hai mausam jawaanee kaa aa aa aa
fidaa hai husn bhee jis par..rrr…rrr
woh hai ae ae aalam jawaanee kaa aaa
ke dum bhartee hai dum bhar ke liye
shabnam jawaanee kaa

sharaabon se nashaa hai to
?? har dum jawaanee ka
bahut mushqil hai ae aey ae
bahut mushqil hai
is tezaab ki tezee se bach rehnaa

haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai ae

ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai yaa hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kya hai ae

haayye budhaapaa aa aaa
aaa aaaaa aaa gayaa aaa
ho gayaa ant..aaa…aa basant
kamar jhukee ee ee ee ee
pag dagmagey ae ae aey
girey aen batteeson dant

ajee gangaa kinaarey baithh kar
hari..ee naam ab japnaa

haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
khushee apnee na gham apnaa
na dil apnaa na dard apnaa aan
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai
haqeeqat hai ya hai sapnaa
ye raaz-e-zindagi kyaa hai ae ae


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Blog Day :

5396 Post No. : 17703

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.96
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On this date ten years ago (27 April 2013), eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
7987 Panghat ko chali panihaari Panghat (1943) 7 songs covered out of 12 by now
7988 Ho o o teri meri ye kahaani Nishaan (1949) 4 songs covered out of 8 by now
7989 Lehron ke rele sang naiyya mori kheley Baabla(1953) Movie YIPPEED by now
7990 Sajna o sajna Do Kaliyaan(1968) Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this post
7991 Ye kaali raat kaali Upkaar(1967) Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now
7992 Na koi dil mein samaaya Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) Movie YIPPEED by now
7993 Aa chhua chhoo chhoo Anjaan (1956) Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this post
7994 Mitti pe kheenchee lakeeren rab ne Ham Dil De Chuke Sanam(1999) 6 songs covered out of 10 by now

We observe that five movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 27 april 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. Two of these movies were YIPPEED on that day itself ! That leaves us with three unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (27 april 2023).

“Nishaan”(1949) was produced and directed by S S Wasan for Gemini Pictures, Madras. The movie had Bhanumati (as Ranjana), Ranjan (as Vijay Singh and Vikram Singh), R.Nagendra Rao (as Zorawar Singh), J.S.Casshyap (as Doctor Shanker), Maya Banerji (as Neelam), Balkrishna Kalla (as Madho Singh), M.S.Sengar (as Chandan), Suryaprabha (as Al Beli), Narayan Rao as (Zorawar`s Valet ), Ramakrishana Rao (as Messenger), D.Bal Subramanyam (as Mahendra Singh), V.P.S.Mani (as Himmat), G.Pattu Iyer (as Raj Sekhar), Venkatamba (As Mahendra Singh`s wife), Krishna Bai (as Doctor`s sister), Shyam Sunder (as doctor`s brother in law), Vijay rao ,Anand, Sampat Kumar (as Zorawar`s Soldiers), I.M.Ram , Y.S.S.Rao (as Mahendra Singh`s Soldiers), M.K.Radha etc in it.

“Nishaan”(1949) had 8 songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the blog so far.

Here is the fifth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Shamshad Begam. Pt Indra Chandra is the lyricist. Music is composed by B K Kalla. The song is picturised on Bhanumati and Ranjan.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

audio link:

video link:

Song-Mazey ke ye din hain mazey ki hain raaten (Nishaan)(1949) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-B K Kalla

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchnadra)

mazey ae ke ye din hain ae
mazey ae ki hain raatein
mazey ki mulaaqaatein
hho mazey kee mulaaqaatein
woh mere hain main unnkee
hain meethhee meethhee baatein
mazey ki mulaaqaatein
ho o o ho o o ho o o
mazey ki mulaaqaatein

nadee kinaarey piyaa pukaarey ae ae
nadee kinaarey piyaa pukaarey
meree baat nihaarey ho o ho o
meree baat nihaarey ho o
saajan saanjh sakhaarey ho o ho o o
saajan saanjh sakhaarey
saajan saanjh sakhaarey ho o ho o o
saajan saanjh sakhaarey
mazey ae ke ye din hain ae
mazey ki hain raatein
mazey ki mulaaqaatein
hho o o ho o
mazey kee mulaaqaatein

main jogan ban ban phiroon oon oon
ratoon piyaa kaa naam
rom rom rasiyaa aa aa aaa aaa
ramey ae ae
kyaa aaa duniyaa se kaam
chaand sitaarein karein ishaarey ae
hho karey ishaarey
mast nazaarey pyarey ho o ho
mast nazaarey pyarey ho o ho o o o ho o
ab se balam hamaarey ho o ho o o
ab se balam hamaarey
ab se balam hamaarey ho o ho
ab se balam hamaarey
mazey ae ae ke ye din hain
mazey ae ki hain raatein
mazey kee mulaaqaatein hho
mazey kee mulaaqaatein
woh mere hain main unnkee
hain meethee meethee baatein
mazey ki mulaaqaatein
ho o o ho o o ho o o
mazey ki mulaaqaatein


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.

Blog Day :

5378 Post No. : 17640

Today’s song is a duet from the film Maaya Bazar aka Vatsala Haran-1949.

The Ramayan and The Mahabharat are the two epics that are known to almost every Hindu person in this world. Different stories from these epics have entertained all of us from our childhood. Do you know that Mahabharat is 4 times bigger than the Ramayan ? The number of characters in Mahabharat are 10 times more than one would find in Ramayan.

Between these 2 epics, the personal choice of every person is different. Personally, I like the Mahabharat more for two reasons. The first reason is that Mahabharat is full of activities on every page and there is no dull moment anytime while reading Mahabharat, unlike the Ramayan, which is more descriptive than the actions. Secondly , mahabharat stories are about the various qualities of Human beings like Love, Adventure, Deceit, Revenge, travel, Magic, different places, good people-bad people, desire, anger, greed, ego, attachment, partiality, support, fight, births and deaths, war and peace and all such matters. It is like an interesting novel which is ‘ unputdownably interesting.’ It teaches you, in its course, how to handle and win in difficult situations in your life ! In other words, Ramayan teaches how a just and people oriented king should be and Mahabharat teaches how to win over problems in difficult situations of today’s world.

These epics were originally written by sage Valmiki (Ramayan) and sage Vyas dictating and Shri Ganesh ji writing non-stop (Mahabharat), thousands of years ago. Over the years, there have been several additions to them by learned scholars, sages, Rishis etc. Even new characters (not existing in the originals) have been added. Today’s film Maaya Bazar aka Vatsala Haran is an excellent example of such an addition. There was no one in Mahabharat by the name of Vatsala. It is a later addition.

Some highly imaginitive and enterprising dramatist of old times had created this new character Vatsala in Mahabharat, who is supposed to be the daughter of the elder brother of Shrikrishna – Balram and Revati. She gets married to the son of Arjun in the most thrilling and dramatic way. This first started in Maharashtra, where stage dramas were very popular. Different drama companies gave the imaginary daughter different names, to prove that their story was authentic. Thus two names- Surekha and Vatsala came into the stories for this fictitious character. Addition of Krishna and a Rakshas- Ghatotkach also added the required humour and magic. These dramas became very popular.
When Silent film era began, the then famous Maharashtra Film company of Kolhapur, belonging to Baburao Painter, made not one, but three silent films on this story. The first film was Vatsala Haran-1919, the second was Surekha-Abhimanyu alias Surekha Haran-1921 and the third film was Maya Bazar alias Vatsala Haran-1923.

The South was not to lag behind. They too staged dramas on this story, but the name of the daughter was changed to Sasirekha, to claim that their story was the original.The famous ” Surabhi Drama Troupe” of south made the play- one of the most crowd pulling popular shows. In the south a silent film on this story was made as ” Maya Bazar”-1925.

When the Talkie films started in 1931, the very next year, the film ” Maya Bazar”-32 was made by Sagar Movietone. Subsequently, movies on this title were made in 1949, 1958, 1971, and 1984 also. The south made a Talkie film Maya Bazar in 1936 with a title ‘ Sasirekha Parinay’, because Surekha/Vatsala was known as Sasirekha in south. However, one of the best ever films on this story was made by Vijay Vauhini Studios, Madras as ” Maya Bazar” in 1957 in Telugu and Tamil. The Kannada version- as dubbed film- came in 1958. This film was on Top in the list ” 100 greatest films made in India “, by CNN-IBN, for the period of 100 years-1913 to 2013. I have seen this wonderful film and enjoyed it thoroughly.

Today’s film Maya Bazar-(Vatsala Haran)-49 was made by Manik Studios, Bombay. All songs of this film as well as the story and screenplay was done by Pt. Mukhram Sharma and the music was by Sudhir Phadke. The film was made Bilingual-in Hindi and Marathi. The cast was Durga Khote, Shahu Modak, Baby Shakuntala, Balakram, Kusum Deshpande and Vasant Thengadi ( they were Husband-wife pair in real life), Ganpatrao Bakre (one time a famous, popular and handsome Hero of silent films), Usha Marathe ( she changed her name to Usha Kiran and became famous in Hindi and Marathi films,later on), Master Chhotu etc.etc. The film was directed by Datta Dharmadhikari. This was his first independent film as a director. Earlier he had joined Raja Nene for directing the film Shadi se pehle-47.

The story of the film Maaya Bazar aka Vatsala Haran-1949 was….

Subhadra (the sister of Balarama and Krishna) marries a Pandava- Arjuna. Their son Abhimanyu falls in love with Balarama’s daughter, Vatsala. The families consent to their marriage when they reach adulthood. When Abhimanyu and Vatsala have grown up, Krishna introduces them to each other. One day, the Pandavas are invited by Duryodhana, the eldest of the Kauravas to join in a game of dice. Duryodhana’s uncle, Shakuni, manipulates the results of the game, thereby costing the Pandavas their wealth, their liberty and their wife Draupadi. Duryodhana’s brother, Dushasana, attempts to disrobe Draupadi. He is seen by Krishna, who, furious, comes to her rescue.

On hearing what happened to the Pandavas, Balarama decides to teach the Kauravas a lesson and travels to their capital Hastinapuram. Shakuni and Duryodhana approach Balarama with an insincere respectful manner, then seek his approval of a marriage between Vatsala and Duryodhana’s son Lakshmana Kumara. Their true goal is to force Balarama and Krishna to support them if the Pandavas wage war. Unaware of their real intentions, Balarama agrees to the marriage.

Because of the ruined financial state of Pandavas, Balarama’s wife, Revati, refuses to honour her commitment to marry Vatsala and Abhimanyu and expresses her support for the alliance with the Kauravas. Krishna, who is aware of Duryodhana and Shakuni’s real intentions, orders his charioteer Daaruka to take Subhadra and Abhimanyu through the forests to Ghatotkacha’s hermitage.

Ghatotkacha, who happens to be Abhimanyu’s brother, at first thinks they are intruders in his forest and attacks them but later apologises for the misunderstanding. When Subhadra explains the change in the marriage arrangements, Ghatotkacha decides to wage war against both the Kauravas and Balarama. At the urging of his mother, Hidimbi, and Subhadra, Ghatotkacha abandons his plans and is advised instead to try some trickery in Dwaraka.

With the knowledge of Krishna and Vatsala’s servant, he carries the sleeping Vatsala in her bed from Dwaraka, and flies to his hermitage. Assuming Vatsala’s form, he returns to Dwaraka and, with the help of his assistants, wreaks havoc on her wedding to Lakshmana Kumara, preventing the marriage from being carried out.

With the help of assistants, Ghatotkacha creates a magical town consisting of an illusory marketplace and palace. He names the town Mayabazar and invites the Kauravas to stay there. Assistants introduce themselves to the Kauravas as servants appointed by Balarama to look after them. They manage to trick Shakuni’s lackeys. Ghatotkacha (in Vatsala’s form) makes Duryodhana’s wife rethink the marriage arrangement and teases Lakshmana Kumara. He plans the wedding of the real Vatsala and Abhimanyu in his hermitage which is attended by Krishna. Using his divine powers, Krishna also attends as a guest for the marriage taking place in the Mayabazar.

On the wedding day, Ghatotkacha appears before Lakshmana Kumara in various tantalising forms while, at the hermitage, Vatsala marries Abhimanyu. When Shakuni discovers what has really happened, he blames Krishna. Satyaki, Arjuna’s disciple, asks Shakuni to speak standing on a magical box. He proceeds to stand on the box, which makes him involuntarily explain the Kauravas’ real intentions behind the marriage proposal. Ghatotkacha then reveals his identity. After humiliating the Kauravas, Ghatotkacha sends them back to Hastinapur. Vatsala’s parents accept her marriage. They thank Ghatotkacha, who credits Krishna as the mastermind behind everything, including Abhimanyu and Vatsala’s marriage. ( just for information…. Laxman Kumar is killed by Abhimanyu on the 13th day of the Mahabharat war).

Today’s song is a duet sung by Lalita Phadke (nee Deulkar) and Balakram. I have earlier written about Lalita and also on Balakram, but then I found an article on Balakram by our Sadanand kamath ji. I found this much better than my own article and so here it is for you, with thanks ,……

Balakram Jadhav (24/02/1931 – 02/03/1974) was born in Nagpur where his father Gangaram Bapu Jadhav was an active member of a musical drama company. Gangaram had four children – Vijaymala, Manjula (Manju Diwan), Trayambak and Balakram who was the youngest . The family shifted to Pune when the father got a job in Prabhat Films. Balakram started his filmy career as a child artist in ‘Majha Mulga’ (in Marathi) and its Hindi version, ‘Mera Ladka (1941)’. In the same year, he acted in Prabhat’s bilingual ‘Aadmi’ (1941). In both these films, he sang songs for himself.

During this period, Balakram was also learning the nuances of Hindustani classical music from Pandit Gunidas and Pandit Jagannath Prohit of Agra Gharana. A glimpse of his proficiency in Hindustani classical music can be seen when he sings a fast sargam in the midst of a song in Prabhat’s ‘Nayi Kahaani’ (1943) referred to above. In Prabhat’s ‘Chaand’ (1944), Balakram acted in the film in which he had two songs picturised on him. But he did not sing the song himself. Instead, his elder sister Manju gave playback for him. Probably, Balakram was on a threshold of his adolescence and his voice pitch may have changed which may not have suited his child’s role.

After a hiatus of about 3 years, Balakram returned to Hindi films with a role in ‘Krishna Sudama(1947) probably donning the role of Sudama. Whether it is coincidence or otherwise, the films in which acted thereafter were mostly belonging the genre of mythology/Devotional like ‘Seeta Swayambar’ (1948), ‘Satyanarayan’ (1948), ‘Sati Ahilya’ (1949), ‘Sant Janabai’ (1949), ‘Subhadra Haran’ (1964), ‘Shri Ram Bharat Milan’ (1965) etc. He acted in 14 films and sang 12 songs in 9 films.

Balakram once again had a long break in Hindi film career between 1949 and 1964. During this period, he acted and sang in many Marathi films and he was associated with some Marathi plays where he got fame. He also participated in classical vocal concerts and gave training in classical music. At Dadar, he established Pandit Gunidas Sangeet Vidyalaya and started teaching music to children.

Balakram died of liver complications on 02/03/1974.

Now enjoy the duet……


Song- Aaj ki raat niraali hai (Maaya Baazaar)(1949) Singers- Lalita Phadke, Balakram, Lyrics-Pt Mukhram Sharma, MD-Sudhir Phadke
Both

Lyrics

Aaj ki raat niraali hai
Aaj ki raat niraali hai
tumne ki banaai(??) niraali hai
tumne ki banaai(??) niraali hai ae ae

aaj ki raat niraali hai
hil mil ke lehren naach rahin
hil mil ke
hil mil ke lehren naach rahin
hans hans ke kirnen naach rahin
muskaai chaandni chali hawa aa aa
muskaai chaandni chali hawa
bikhri man mein ??laali re
bikhri man mein ??laali re
?? ki banaai niraali hai
?? ki banaai niraali hai ae ae

aaj ki raat niraali hai

lehron mein naach tumhaara hai
kirnon mein haar tumhaara hai
lehron mein naach tumhaara hai
kirnon mein haar tumhaara hai
muskaan chaandni ki tum ho
muskaan chaandni ki tum ho
tum hi se hawa matwaali hai
tum hi se hawa matwaali hai

tumne hi banaai niraali hai
tumne hi banaai niraali hai ae ae
aaj ki raat niraali hai

man poojan kare tumhaara hee ee
gaagar hai saagar pyaara hee
chande ka deep suhaana hai
chande ka deep suhaana hai
ambar ki sundar thhaali hai
ambar ki sundar thhaali hai
tumne ?? ki banaai niraali hai
tumne ?? ki banaai niraali hai ae ae

aaj ki raat niraali hai
aaj ki raat niraali hai


This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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Today we get introduced to a movie titled ‘Ahinsa Path’ from the year ‘1949’.

However very less information is available about this movie. Though HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950) mentions about six songs of this movie, there is no information on its cast and director.

As per HFGK Vol-II “Ahinsa Path-1949” was a movie presented by ‘Aruna Productions, Bombay’. Harish Bharadwaj was the composer for this movie.

HFGK lists six songs from this movie which are sung by Poornima Chatterjee, Harish Bharadwaj, Sahana Maitra and chorus.

Lyricist’s name for the songs is now known except for one song which is being presented today. Lyricist’s name for today’s song is mentioned as Aruna B.A.

This song is sung by Poornima Chatterjee and Harish Bharadwaj. This song is love song between the couple though the hero is well aware of his duties towards his country and the sacrifice one needs to do if needed for the freedom of the nation.

Let us listen to this song and welcome ‘Ahinsa Path-1949’ on the blog.


Song-Pehchaan liya pehchaan liya (Ahinsa Pathh)(1949) Singers-Poornima Chatterjee, Harish Bharadwaj, Lyrics-Aruna BA, MD-Harish Bhardwaj
Both

Lyrics

pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa
pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa
aaj to anjaan ko bhi
jaan liyaa
ahaa haa jaan liyaa
aaj to anjaan ko bhi
jaan liyaa
ahaa haa jaan liyaa
pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa

aashaaein hansi
man ki umangein bhi hansi ee
umangein bhi hansi
aankhon mein
aankhon mein
aankhon mein
sapnon ki tarangen bhi hansi
hai maan liyaa
hai maan liyaa
apnaa jise maan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa
pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa

jo apnaa nahin
aur kaa wo kaise baney ae
wo kaise baney ae
manzil ke qadam
manzil ke qadam
raahi bhalaa kaise giney ae
anjaan kiyaa
anjaan kiyaa
dil ne hai anjaan kiyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa
pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa

raahi ee o raahi ee
o raahi ee ee
raahi na kuchal
raahi na kuchal
paaon se dil dard bharey ae
dard bharey ae
munh pher nazaaron ko
fariyaad kare ae
fariyaad kare ae
kyaa buraa kiyaa aa
kyaa buraa kiyaa aa
kyaa buraa kiyaa
hamne teraa naam liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa
pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa

jeewan jo lage
desh ki sewaa mein lage ae
aazaad hon
aazaad hon
aazaad hon
aazaad hon
bharat ke agar
bhaag jagey ae ae ae ae
aazaad hon
bharat ke agar
bhaag jagey ae
hai prem wahi
hai prem wahi ee
hai prem wahi
jisne ho balidaan diyaa
haan balidaan diyaa

pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa
pehchaan liyaa aa
pehchaan liyaa


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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5370 Post No. : 17608

Today’s song is from a Mythological film ” Usha Haran’-1949.

Hindi films or for that matter Indian films are a mix of various Genres. They cater to almost every segment of Indian society. Some stories are more popular than others and some Genres give surprises. For example, one would feel that comedy films are very popular, but statistics says that Tragedy films too are equally supported by the audience.One glaring example is, the early tragedy films of Dilip kumar ( in which he invariably died at the end ) and Meena Kumari and Nimmi made them Grade 1 artistes ! On the contrary, none of the3 comedy actors like master Bhagwan, Mehmood or even kishore Kumar were ever called A class actors !!
However, there is one type of Genre which has been indisputably a winner all the way and that is films on Love stories, from Romeo Juliet to Bajirao Mastani. From 1931 onwards and even during the Silent Era, film makers made films on various Love stories, from Folklore to Arabian Nights to Mythological stories. Love stories were available in every state and language. The Puranas, the Ramayan and the Mahabharat too were replete with such Love stories.

Famous Love stories are known to most people. Stories like Romeo Juliet, Laila Majnu, Shirin Farhad from outside India were and are well known. Even Historical love stories like Jodha Akbar, Bajirao Mastani, Prithviraj Sanyogita, Salim Anarkali and Amrapali Bimbisar are known to many. From Mythology Radha Krishna, Subhadra Arjun and Uttara Abhimanyu are well known.

However, how many of us know the love stories of Wamiq Azra, Usha Anirudha, Dhola Maru, Mumal Mahendra or Amaravathi Ambikapathy ? It is also interesting to note how films were made on these famous love stories.

Movie Year(s) of release Origin of story
Romeo Juliet 1947 Italian story….Folklore
Laila Majnu 1945/53/56/2012 Arabian
Laila 1954/84 Arabian
Shirin Farhad 1931/45/56/2012 Persian
Wamiq Azra 1946 Persian
Dhola Maru 1956 Indian Folklore
Jodha Akbar 2008 Indian Historical
Bajirao Mastani 2015
Mastani 1955
Salim Anarkali 1953/60
Amrapali Bimbisar 1945/66
Prithviraj Sanyogita 1933/46
Subhadra 1946 Indian Mythological
Subhadra Haran 1932/64/74
Usha 1935
Usha Haran 1940/49
Uttara Abhimanyu 1946

Today we will present a song from the film Usha haran-1949, which is based on the Love story of Banasur’s beautiful daughter Usha and Shri Krishna’s equally handsome grandson (son of Pradyumn)- Anirudha. This story is unique in our Mythology because it involves a war between Lord Shiv ji and Lord Shri Krishna. Here is the story, as I found in the New Indian Express dated 1-8-2014.

The Asura king Bana was the great grandson of Prahlada, the child devotee most dear to Lord Krishna. Through penance and prayers offered to Lord Shiva, he secured a boon that the great god himself would personally guard his city of Sonitapura. Banasura was an arrogant king and had a thousand arms which he was very proud of. But this is not quite his story. It’s his daughter’s….

Usha, the daughter of Banasura, was a beautiful princess. One night she had a dream in which she saw a very handsome, young man. It was love at first sight for them and they spent many happy hours in each other’s company. But like all good things, dreams too come to an end. And Usha woke up to find that all that passed was nothing but a dream.

When Chitralekha, her best friend, came to find her that morning, she found the princess tearful and greatly upset. “What’s wrong with you today? What happened now?” she asked puzzled, for they had parted the evening before in high spirits.

“You may think me foolish but I had this very vivid dream last night about this handsome young man, a prince, perhaps… I really do not know for I’ve never seen anybody like that.” Usha’s voice trailed off.

“Who is this person? You must have seen him somewhere before, surely… think back…,” urged Chitralekha.

“I’m very sure I’ve never seen him before. I don’t think he even exists.” At this point Usha broke into fresh tears and Chitralekha knew she had to do something.

“Okay, I can paint the likeness of any man or god for I’ve learnt painting from Narada himself. Let me start painting some of the handsomest gods and mortals we have and maybe you will see your beloved’s face among them.”

Chitralekha was soon sketching the faces of gods, devas and gandharvas with an expert’s ease. Finally, she painted Lord Krishna.

“Yes, this looks like him, but not quite…,” said Usha from behind her. Next Chitra painted Pradyumna, son of Krishna. “What about him?”

“Umm… he’s younger… but you are close.” Usha was cheering up, her friend noted. Chitralekha continued to make another sketch and when she showed it to her friend, the princess smiled in delight and her cheeks coloured. “Ah… So this is the prince who has stolen your heart! He’s Aniruddha, the grandson of the Krishna of Dwaraka,” laughed Chitralekha, happy to have solved the mystery. “Is this who you desire? I shall bring him to you tonight!”

“What? How?” Usha could not understand what her friend was saying.

“Relax… don’t worry about anything. Just wait for the night to fall.” Chitralekha’s dark eyes were shining and Usha knew her friend had a plan.

Chitralekha was trained in yoga and could travel to wherever she wished, in record time. That night she flew to the palace of Krishna in Dwaraka and made her way to young Anirudda’s chambers. Lifting the sleeping prince in her arms, (yes, some supergirl she was) she hastened back to Sonitapura and gently laid him beside the sleeping Usha.

Next morning, Aniruddha was woken up by a beautiful stranger and found himself in surroundings unknown to him. “Where am I? And who are you?” he asked the maiden who smiled at him. Usha shyly related to him her dream and how her friend actually went and found him for her. Aniriddha was puzzled and thought that maybe he was in a dream too. But as it seemed pleasant enough, he was happy not to fight it.

Many happy days passed and the two young people fell in love. At least Aniruddha too, we can conclude. But this happy state of affairs could not continue for long. One day, Bana’s guards saw the young couple talking and laughing, and alerted the asura king. Bana walked into his daughter’s chambers unannounced and was shocked to find Aniruddha there. The prince was immediately captured and taken prisoner.

In Dwaraka, everyone was saddened and worried by the sudden disappearance of the young prince. It was sage Narada, who on an apparently ‘casual’ visit there, informed them about how Aniruddha was taken prisoner.

Balarama, Krishna’s older brother, was amused. “So Krishna, we have here a chip off the old block, huh? Now we have to go rescue him, looks like.”

Krishna smiled too. “It’s time we attacked Bana’s city,” he said for all of it happens for a reason. The Yadava heroes, Balarama, Pradyumna, Satyaki, led by Sri Krishna himself, marched towards Sonitapura and attacked the city.

But there was Lord Shiva himself they had to vanquish, for it was he who was entrusted with the city’s protection. So began the battle between the great gods, Shiva and Krishna. Shiva’s son, Kartikeya joined his father and engaged in a battle with Pradyumna.

Divine arrows flew back and forth as devas and other gods watched from the heavens in wonder. Finally Krishna sent forth the Vijrumbhana astra, a sleep inducing arrow which struck Lord Shiva who promptly fell asleep!

Bana, who was fighting Satayaki, came towards Krishna. Krishna effortlessly broke each of his bows and finally threw his divine discus Sudarshana at him, which cut away his thousand arms.

At that point, Lord Shiva woke up and intervened on his devotee’s behalf. “Do not kill him Krishna, he’s a devotee of mine who has sought my protection.”

“Do not worry. I promised Prahlada that I would kill none of his kin. With his thousand arms cut off, he will no longer be so arrogant. Let him remain an attendant of yours, always beside you forever.”

Hearing Krishna’s words, a humble Banasura fell at the feet of the gods.

He then went back to his palace and returned with the young couple, Aniruddha and Usha. He placed them on a chariot and let them return to Dwaraka together.

Film Usha Haran-1949 was directed by Dr. Shanti Kumar – not to be confused with Music with Director Shanti Kumar Desai. In spite of several attempts, I could not get any information on this director for the last so many years. I only know that he has directed 18 films from Police-1944 to Mahasati Behula-1964.

The Music Director was Saraswati Devi – who was the discovery of Bombay Talkies in the mid 30’s. The lead pair was Arun Ahuja(Govinda’s father) and Ratnamala. Today’s duet is sung by Shailesh Mukherjee and Rajkumari. This is only the third song from the film out of 12 songs, to feature here. Enjoy….


Song- Raat suhaani khili Chaandni (Usha Haran)(1949) Singers- Sailesh Mukherjee, Rajkumari, Lyricist- Ramesh Shastry, MD- Saraswati Devi
Both

Lyrics

raat suhaani
khili chaandni
neel gagan lehraaye ae ae
neel gagan lehraaye ae
chanda ka jhoola hai pyaara
taare hain muskaaye ae ae
taare hain muskaaye

jeewan ye anmol milan ki
pyaari ghadiyaan aayee ee ee
pyaari ghadiyaan aayee
nayi nayi aashaayen tere dil mein aa ithalaayin een
dil mein aa ithalaayeen

bhool gaya sansaar humaara
nainan preet samaaye ae ae
nainan preet samaaye

chanda ka jhoola hai pyaara
taare hain muskaaye ae ae
taare hain muskaaye

main bhi prem piyaasi
main bhi prem piyaasi
kisne meri pyaas bujhaayi

main bhi thha anjaan ke kisne prem ki raah bataayi ee ee
prem ki raah bataayi
poore huye humaare sapne
jo thhe sada banaaye ae ae
jo thhe sada banaaye

chanda ka jhoola hai pyaara
taare hain muskaaye ae ae
taare hain muskaaye

gore gore baahon ki tumne daali hai varmaala aa
gore gore baahon ki tumne daali hai varmaala aa
chhaaya hai chahun oar aaj ye
chhaaya hai chahun oar aaj ye
madhur madhur ujiyaala aaa
madhur madhur ujiyaala aa

in nainon ke prem paashh mein
mera man uljhaaye ae ae
mera man uljhaaye
>
chanda ka jhoola hai pyaara
taare hain muskaaye ae ae
taare hain muskaaye


This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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5364 Post No. : 17591

#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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In this post I present a wonderful song which I came across while browsing and listening to a few songs.

This song is from the ‘1949’ movie ‘Janmapatri’ or ‘Janmpatri’.

It was directed by K.P. Shahani for ‘Popular Productions, Bombay’.

The cast of this movie had Sudha Rao, Hamid, Zebunnisa, Chandabai, Vijay Kumar, Leela Gupte, A. Shah, Susheela, Nazir Kashmiri, Pran, Ratan Piya, Khatana, Shamo, Abdul and others.

‘Janmpatri-1949’ has eight songs in it. Lyrics for all these eight songs were written by Aziz Kashmiri. Music for this movie was composed by Gulshan Soofi.

Khan Mastana, Soofi, Hamida Bano and Rajkumari had given their voices to the songs in this movie.

‘Janmpatri-1949’ made its debut on the blog with its song ‘wo aa gaye hain pyaar ki duniya liye huye’ . This post was presented on 16.09.2016 by our respected Shri Sadanand Kamath ji with detailed information on the lyrics writer of this movie i.e. Aziz Kashmiri.

The second song from this movie was presented by Shri Atul ji and it was posted on 28.10.2017. The song in this post is ‘dil mera tadpaane waalaa shaad rahe Aabaad rahe’.

Today we present the third song from this movie. This song is sung by Rajkumari andfemale chorus.

This song is a ‘missing the beloved’ type song where the girl is sharing her thoughts with her ‘sakhis’, who are actively supporting her to find the solution. 🙂

Let us now listen to this wonderful song …

Only audio of this song is available.


Song-Mohe baandh prem ki dor (Janmpatri)(1949) Singer-Rajkumari, Lyrics-Aziz Kashmiri, MD-Gulshan Soofi
Chorus

Lyrics

mohe baandh prem ki dor
haaye ae
mohe baandh prem ki dor
sajan kis ore gaye ae
ho o
kis ore gaye ae

main dhhoondhh rahi
din rain
main dhhoondhh rahi
din rain
kahaan chitchor gaye ae
ho o
chitchor gaye ae

bagiyaa dekhin
kaliyaan dekhin
kaliyaan dekhin ee
ho o o o
apne gaaon ki galiyaan dekhin
galiyaan dekhin
o o bedardi ee
naazuk dil mera tod gaye
ho o o
dil tod gaye

o o o bedardi ee
naazuk dil mera tod gaye
ho o o
dil tod gaye
mohe baandh prem ki dor
sajan kis ore gaye ae
ho o o
kis ore gaye ae

baithhi hoon main
aas lagaa ke
aas lagaa ke ae
ho o o
do nainon ke deep
jalaa ke
deep jalaa ke ae
o o bedardi ee ee
kaahe akeli mohe
chhod gaye ae
o o o
dil tod gaye ae

o bedardi ee ee
kaahe akeli mohe
chhod gaye ae
o o o
dil tod gaye ae

man kaa paakhi
nazar naa aaye
nazar naa aaye ae
ho o o o
man dukhiyaaraa
chain naa paaye
chain naa paaye
o o o
bedardi
bin poochhe ae
mukhdaa mod gaye
o o o
dil tod gaye

o o o
bedardi
bin poochhe ae
mukhdaa mod gaye
o o o
dil tod gaye ‘
mohe baandh prem ki dor
haaye ae
mohe baandh prem ki dor
sajan kis ore gaye ae
ho o
kis ore gaye ae

main dhhoondhh rahi
din rain
main dhhoondhh rahi
din rain
kahaan chitchor gaye ae
ho o
chitchor gaye ae


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Tribute to Lata Mangeshkar – 3

From where can one start talking of Lata Mangeshkar, from the ‘carefree’ Hawa mein udtaa jaaye, to the restless Jiya bekaraar hai, to the idealistic “ham ne dekhi hai unn aankhon ki mehekti khushoo”, to the itthlati/itraati “bindiya chamkegi’/ ’koyi shehri babu dil lehri babu’, to pensive “rahen na rahen ham’, to the patient “ab to hai tum se’ mischievous “baahon mein chale aao’, to the mysterious ‘naina barse’/“lag ja gale” , to the despairing ‘jo ham ne daastaan apni sunaayi’, to the unabashed “kaanton se kheench kar yeh aanchal” & “ab ke sajan saawan mein” & “nainon mein badra chhaye”, to the resigned “duniya mein aisa kahan sab ka naseeb hai”, to sad “duniya mein ham aayen hai to” & ‘bekas pe karam keejiye”, & “Raja ki aayegi baraat”….. the list will go on forever.

Songs like “main tere ishq mein mar na jaaun kahin”, “dil mein kisi ke pyar ka jalta hua diya”, “jab bhi jee chaahe nayi duniya”, “hai tere saathh meri Wafaa”, ”milo na tum to ham ghabraayen”, “do dil toote do dil haare”, “Do hanson ka joda bichhad gayo re” & “dhoondo dhoondo re saajna”, “raat bhi hai kuchh bheegi bheegi”, “gairon pe karam” / “milti hai zindiagi mein”, “baar baar tohe kya samjhaaye”, “yoon hasraton ke daagh” & “unn ko yeh shikayat hai” , the unforgettable songs of “pakeeza’. I will stop now; the list is never ending.

If I go through all the films featuring in the ‘list of songs movie-wise’ I will find 60 % movies having Lata songs. This is just a guess; I could not go through them all. With 3800 plus songs posted on the blog, she is bound to be in 60% movies list. With 17400/- total songs posted in the blog, Lata Mangeshkar is featuring in more than 22 % songs.

Her many melodies will haunt the music and songs aficionados forever.
Tu chanda main chaandni
yoon hee mahke preet piyaa ke
Ae dil e nadaan

For decades, we have heard her, in Meena Kumari’s tallafuz, Mala Sinha’s diction, Waheeda’s naunces, Hema Malini’s accent, Nargis’s melancholy, Jaya’s integrity, Mumtaz’s exuberance, among many others hues and emotions. It is said that it was Madan Mohan who really taught her to emote in songs. It could be true, in a sense, we as radio listeners could not always know the mood of the song, when listening to Lata’s perfection in delivery and diction. A case in point, is the song “ham tere pyar mein saara aalam’ from “Dil Ek Mandir”. I have heard it on the radio from childhood, but had no idea that it is a sad, and crying song, though at the end of the song there is a “siski”. When I saw that song on youtube, for the first time, I was surprised to see that Meena Kumari is crying ‘zaar-o-qataar”. It is as if Lata Mangeshkar was not briefed about the crying of Meena Kumari while singing the song on screen. This is the more likely explanation, in my opinion.

The perfection of Lata Mangeshkar, is a great learning instrument for vocalists around the world. And her dignity, her self-belief and pride are her achievements, for always keeping herself head and shoulders above her colleagues and competitors, even her own sister. For the world is not a nice place for a woman, who is alone, without a husbands name to add. People judge women unfairly. This has happened to women, in history and in reality, in fact and in fiction, in personal life and in professional life. In a society, where women are goddess and maataa, but in real application, they are subordinate to the god and pita/pati, a male one.

If there was anyone, who could be her equal in her professional field, it was one and only Rafi Sahab. In terms of success, in voice quality, delivery and versatility, Lata Mangeshkar remained first among equals. That is her final triumph acknowledged as such. As the life force drained out of her, we do not know what she felt as a creation, finally going to meet her creator. But we shall remember her as a shining voice, which will resonate till this civilization lasts.

I have chosen this song from 1949 film ‘Raakhi”, where she sounds like the young girl, she was then. Sarshar Sailani is the lyricist and composers are Husnlal-Bhagatram.

These five songs from this film posted in the blog:

Song Date of posting
Ab to aa jaao 17 June 2011
Raakhi ka aaya tyohaar sakhi 2 august 2012
Dil par kisi ka teer e nazar khhaa ke reh gaye 24 January 2014
Mohe laa de reshmi lahanga 3 October 2019
O roothh jaane waale mera qasoor kya hai 28 september 2022

This song is truly a hidden gem. I say this about most of Husnlal- Bhagatram songs. But then there is nothing sweeter than a youth, who cannot wait to embrace life. Time has a way of running away when it wishes and moving slowly when it wills.

In this song, the girl/lady singing feels that time is moving too slowly, she is charmingly complaining to the clock, for running slowly, as she waits for her “saajan” to return home in the evening. There have been a few songs in this genre too in hindi films. This is also a ‘dheere dheere’ catrgory song.


Song-Kaahe dheere chale ree ghadi (Raakhi)(1949) Singer-Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Sarshaar Sailani, MD-Husnlal-Bhagatram

Lyrics

kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi ee ee
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi
baat dekhoon main
baat dekhoon main kab se khadi ee
kab se khadi
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi ee ee
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi

chain padti nahin
mohe saajan bina
mohe saajan binaa
tere bas mein saajan ko
laana yahaan
haan laana yahaan
tez ho jo ghadi ki ghadi ee ee
tez ho jo ghadi ki ghadi
ghadi ki ghadi
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi ee ee
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi

tu jo tick tick kare
jiya dhak dhak kare
jiya dhak dhak kare
yeh khushaamad bhala
koyi kab tak kare
koyi kab tak kare
main to sau baar
painyyaan padi ee ee
main to sau baar
painyyan padi ee
painyyaan padi
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi ee ee
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi

jhhoom uthhe
ashaaon bhara man
aashaaon bhara man
jhhoom uthhe
aashaaon bhara man
aashaaon bhara man
chhoom chhanana chhanan
chhan chhan chhan chhan
paanch bajaa
(tan tan tan tan tan)
meharbaani ho teri badi ee ee
meharbaani ho teri badi
teri badi
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi ee ee
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi
baat dekhoon main
baat dekhoon main kab se khadi ee
kab se khadi
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi ee ee
kaahe dheere chale ri ghadi


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