Posts Tagged ‘1950’
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5346 | Post No. : | 17529 |
Today (8 march 2023) is Holi, the festival of colour. The mythology and history behind the festival are well known and need not be repeated.
Still there were some facts about Holi that I was not aware of. For example, I was not aware that Holi festival falls on Poornima (full moon day), which is the last day of the month of falgun (also called Phagun). This is in fact the last day of the Vikram Samwat Calender. The next day, viz firstd day of The month of Chaitra starts is the first day of the new year of Vikram Samwat.
This full moon day, third full moon of the year, is called worm moon in Western Astronomy circles.
That way, this festival of Holi is the reverse of Deepawali that falls on Amawasya, on the middle of the month of Kartik. In A way, Holi marks the beginning of summer whereas Deepawali marks the beginning of winter.
It is interesting how moon plays such important roles in determining the dates of India festivals.
Since Holi marks the beginning of Summer, so it means that days (that were still shorter than night) begin to get longer. Finally it is on 21 March 2023 that day and night become equal. It is called equinox.
Heavens this year have arranged for two interesting event on the occasion of Holi.:) Just before Holi, the world witnessed the sight of Jupiter and Venus coming close to each other in the evening sky. This was the most important astronomical event of the year.
on 24 march 2023, there will be venus eclipse, viz Moon will cover Venus just like it sometimes covers Sun to cause solar eclipse. It needs full moon to cause solar eclipse, but this venus eclipse will be caused by a thin dooj ka chaand. 🙂 This event is technically called Lunar occultation of Venus.
This festival is being celebrated for thousands of years, it predates even Vikram Samwat, which is 2080 years old. I wonder what calender was used to determine the date of Holi festival (and other festivals) before the Vikram Samwat.
On this occasion, here is a Holi song from “Hamaara Ghar”(1950).
“Hamaara Ghar”(1950) was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt for Hindustan Chitra, Bombay. The movie had Durga Khote, Umakant Desai, Veera, Agha, Meena Kumari, Geeta Bose, David, Jankidas, Ramesh Gupta etc in it.
The movie had seven songs in it. Six songs from the movie have been discussed in the blog in the past. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | song | Date of post | Singer(s) | lyricist |
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| 9270 | Kahaan chale sarkaar (Hamaara Ghar) | 9 January 2014 | Shamshad Begam, Kishore Kumar | Rammurty Chaturvedi |
| 13261 | Chupke chupke dil mein mere aane waale ho (Hamaara Ghar) | 21 May 2017 | Geeta Dutt, Rafi | Asad Bhopali |
| 14391 | Chaandni chhitki huyi hai muskuraati raa hai (Hamaara Ghar) | 4 June 2018 | Geeta Dutt, Rafi | Anjum Jaipuri |
| 15645 | Teri tirchhi najar teri patli kamar (Hamaara Ghar) | 7 June 2020 | Rafi, Shamshad Begam | Bharat Vyas |
| 15681 | Chori chori mat dekh balam (Hamaara Ghar) | 23 June 2020 | Shamshad Begam, Rafi | Bharat Vyas |
| 16436 | Dekho to dil hi dil mein jalte hain jalne waale (Hamaara Ghar) | 24 June 2021 | Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begam, Shanti Sharma | Anjum Jaipuri |
Here is this joyous Holi song from “Hamaara Ghar”(1950). This song is sung by Shamshad Begam, Rafi and chorus. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by Chitragupta.
Only the audio of this song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
With this song, the seventh and final song from the movie, all songs of “Hamaara Ghar”(1950) have been covered in the blog. This movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
I take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and safe holi.
Song-Rang bhari holi aayi rang bhari holi(Hamaara Ghar)(1950) Singers-Shamshad Begam, Rafi, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Chitragupta
All chorus
Male chorus
Lyrics
hoy
rang bhari holi aayi
rang bhari holi
hoy
rang bhari holi aayi
rang bhari holi
rang bhari holi aayi
rang bhari holi
ho o o o o
man me umang nayi
tan mein tarang nayi ee ee ee
masti mein jhoom rahi jhoom rahi ee
masti mein jhoom rahi maston ki toli
hoy rang bhari
ho raani
rang bhari holi aayi
rang bhari holi
murli baaj rahi
radha naach rahi
hoye radha naach rahi
hoye radha nach rahi
murli baaj rahi man mein laag rahi
haye tan mein laag rahi
haaye tan mein laag rahi
ho o o o
jholi mein rang liye haathon mein chang liye
gokul ke gaanv chali, gaanv chali
gokul ke gaanv chali gwaalon ki toli
hoy rang bhari
ho raja
rang bhari holi aayi
rang bhari holi
dekho ji dholak baaje dholak baaje, dholak baaje
dekho ji gori naache gori naache gori naache
ek bani gokul ki gwaalan ek bana girdhaari
ho ek bana girdhari
ek ne jo chhodi pichkaari ek ki bheegi saadi
uyi
ek ne jo chhodi pichkaari ek ki bhigi saadi
uyi
arararararara
aaya phaagun ka mast maheena
chali gaanv ki toli hai
hoy aaya phaagun ka mast maheena
chali gaanv ki toli hai
beech bajariya naache gujariya aa aa
beech bajariya naache gujariya
gwalae karen thatholi hain
hoy aaya fagun ka mast mahina
chali gaanv ki toli hai
pichhle bair bhula kar dekho
gale mile humjoli hain
ek ne dooje ko rang daala
holi hai bhai holi hai
ho ho ho ho
ho ho ho ho
neele aakash tale phaagun ke phool khile ae ae ae
baagon mein bol rahi bol rahi ee
baagon mein bol rahi koyaliya boli
hoy
rang bhari
ho raani
rang bhari
ho raaja
rang bhari holi aayi
rang bhari holi
hoy
rang bhari holi aayi rang bhari holi
rang bhari holi aayi, rang bhari holi
rang bhari holi aayi, rang bhari holi
Jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
Posted on: March 7, 2023
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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5345 | Post No. : | 17525 | Movie Count : |
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#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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In this post I present a song from the movie ‘Gulnar-1950’.
With this song this movie ‘Gulnar-1950’ is making its debut on the blog. I was surprised to note that this moviewas not yet represented on the blog. May be its’ songs were not available earlier on internet earlier. I checked the various lists on the blog again and again to make sure that this movie was not represented on the blog.
“Gulnar-1950” was directed by Harbans for ‘Girdhar Bahaar Productions’. It had Geeta Bali, Salim Raza, Farida, Kamal, Kuckoo, Smriti Rekha, Safi, Begum Parveen, Ramesh Thakur, Deepak, Asha, Nazar and others.
‘Gulnar-1950’ has twelve songs as mentioned in HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950). HFGK mentions the lyricist names for this movie as Tufail Hoshiyarpuri, Mulk Raj Bhakri, and Ehsan Rizvi. HFGK also mentions the same team of the three lyricists as the dialogue writers for this movie.
Lyricist’s names for the individual songs have not been mentioned.
Music for this movie has also been jointly credited to Hansraj Behl and Qadir Faridi.
Here is the list of songs in this movie alongwith the name of singer/s for the respective song. (Singer’s name for only one song (at sr.no. 6 below) has not been mentioned in HFGK).
| SNo. | Song Title | Singer/s |
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| 01 | Gham bhi hain raahten bhi, do din ki zindagi mein | Shyama |
| 02 | Ghulamon ki purdard hai yah kahaani | Meena Kapoor |
| 03 | Jab pyaar ka mausam aaye nazar sharmaaye | Munawwar Sultana |
| 04 | O husn ke deewaane, aankhon se ek jaam pilaao | Zeenat Begum |
| 05 | Tum bhool na jaana.., ek dil ne sunaana hai | Zeenat Begum, Qadir Faridi |
| 06 | Aa gayi bahaar, chhaa gayi bahaar | Not known |
| 07 | Chhan chhaayi…, re jawaani mori nayi | Zeenat Begum, Munawwar Sultana |
| 08 | Jahaan mein kisi se muhabbat na karnaa | Zeenat Begum, Munawwar Sultana,chorus |
| 09 | Samjhaa thha ki jee lenge muhabbat ke sahaare | Zeenat Begum |
| 10 | Mushqil kun aasan (in Farsi language) | Rooh Angez Khanam |
| 11 | Dil gashtaa chu muye (in Farsi language) | Rooh Angez Khanam |
| 12 | Kar mushqil aasaan | Zeenat Begum |
Today’s song is sung by Munawwar Sultana. It is a nice song to listen to. Only the audio of this song is available.
I guess that all the songs from this movie must be nice songs to listen to and enjoy. It seems that some of the songs, if not all from this movie are available on internet. (There seems to be a ‘Pakistani movie’ with this title ‘Gulnar’ released in 1953-1954. This should not be confused with the today’s movie).
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and its songs.
Let us now welcome ‘Gulnar-1950’ on this blog and enjoy the lovely composition ….
Song-Jab pyaar ka mausam aaye (Gulnaar)(1950) Singer-Munawwar Sultana (singer), Lyrics-Tufail Hoshiyarpuri, Mulk Raj Bhakri, Ehsan Rizvi, MD-Hansraj Behl, Qadir Faridi
Lyrics
jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
ho jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
nazar sharmaaye
kamar balk khaaye
chain naa aa aaye
jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
ho jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
nazar sharmaaye
kamar bal khaaye
chain naa aa aaye
naache husn
jawaani gaaye ae
naache husn
jawaani gaaye
ang ang par
masti chhaaye ae ae
ang ang par
masti chhaaye ae
dil ki duniyaa
jhoom jhoom kar
dil ki duniyaa
jhoom jhoom kar
naache aur lehraaye
jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
ho jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
nazar sharmaaye
kamar bal khaaye
chain naa aa aaye
pyaar ki hain aen
pyaar ki hain
haay pyaar ki hain
ho pyaar ki hain
kuchh aisi rasmein
rehe na joban
apne bas mein
nazron se nazrein
milte hi
dil se dil mil jaaye ae
dil se dil mil jaaye
jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
ho jab pyaar ka mausam aaye
nazar sharmaaye
kamar bal khaaye
chain naa aa aaye ae ae
Kitna karte pyaar bataa do
Posted on: March 5, 2023
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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5343 | Post No. : | 17519 |
Today’s song is a Non Film Song (NFS). It is a duet sung by Jharana Devi and Hemant Kumar.
After a long time,possibly 2 years or so, I am discussing a NFS. Many of our readers may not know that for the first 3 years of this Blog, no NFS was discussed. When I started visiting and commenting on this Blog, I was thinking that only film songs are posted here. In the year 2011, one of our regulars, Shri. AK ji of Songs of Yore first wrote a lengthy comment here advocating that this Blog should discuss NFS too. After this I too wrote supporting his view and very soon Atul ji started posting NFS here.
Dance, Music and Songs have a special place in Indian culture. Dance requires training, Music requires musical instruments, but songs are for everyone. Centuries ago, Dance and Music was the prerogative of the Kings and the Rich. But songs had already permeated into the daily lives of people. From birth to death, from celebrations to festivals and from Naamkaran to Marriage, songs were available and used freely by the womenfolk. Songs had also entered the educational system. I remember, during my school days in the late 40’s, teachers insisted that we recited poems like a song, so that we remembered them. Even the Tables or the Pahades were loudly repeated by the entire class in tune. This helped to make the dry mathematics enjoyable. Due to that, people in the age bracket of 70+ still do remember the tables of 1/4,1/2,3/4,1 1/4, 1 1/2 etc even today. In the age of computers, Calculators and Mobiles, I find it easier and faster to calculate in my old learned way !
In India, the first recording was done in 1902 by a German team and there was no looking back after that. HMV opened a factory to make records in Calcutta. In those days, records and gramophones were affordable only to the rich people. In 1936, All India Radio started. from 1931 onward talkie films provided film songs, but film song records were regularly made only by the end of the 30’s decade. Until then Non Film Songs were popular all over the country.
During the period 1930 to almost 1960, it was the era of NFS. In the early years, Saigal, Pankaj Mullick, Juthika Roy, Jagmohan and Talat Mahmood ruled this segment. I remember we had a gramophone and one of my uncles was a fan of NFS, so we had many records of these singers. Very soon Hemant Kumar and S.D.Burman also joined the singing group. Bengali singers were in the forefront of singing NFS. Faiyyaz Hashmi, Kamal Dasgupta and his brother Subal Dasgupta looked after the lyrics and the music. Slowly in the western India too, almost every singer sang NFS. Lata, Asha, Geeta, Mukesh, Rafi and even Kishore Kumar cut several NFS records.
After 1960. the NFS died its natural death. The melody of Bangla singers ended with the demise of all those singers. That is why music lovers in the age bracket of 70+ remember the Golden period of NFS by the specialists. The newer generations, however , have missed the train. Once the NFS started featuring on the Blog, almost all famous and popular old time NFS were discussed. So far we have 254 NF songs by 81 singers listed on this Blog. Initially, when the NFS of Jagmohan, Pankaj Mullick, Juthika Roy etc were discussed, music lovers from far and wide countries put their comments on every song. These were the indicators of the popularity of the NFS.
Today’s NFS is a duet which is not only rare but also very old i.e. from the 40’s decade – almost 70-80 year old period. The singers are Hemant Kumar and Jharana Devi. I do not know anything about Jharana Devi. She was a famous bengali singer who sang film and Non film songs. In Hindi, I found that she sang only in one film ” Iran ki ek raat”-1949. No more information on her. About Hemant Kumar , ofcourse we know a lot, but some points of his life too are less known. Let us read further.
” Listening to Hemant da, I feel as though a Sadhu is singing a Bhajan in a Temple ” -said Lataji.
I agree with Lata ji 100%. I have always loved songs of Hemant Kumar-be it Aao bachchon tumhe dikhaayen jhanki Hindustan ki (Jaagriti) or Ya dil ki suno duniyawaalon(Anupama) or any of the Hemant – Lata duet like Saanwle salone aaye din bahaar ke (Ek Hi Raasta) or Yaad kiya dil ne kahaan ho tum(Patita).
Hemant Kumar achieved his unassailable position through difficult times in his early career, which he had begun with NFS. while reading material on Hemant Kumar from Bangla Literature, I found an article written by one of his close friends. Luckily I also found its English translation. I reproduce here only a part of the article which reports two important events of his early life. One in Calcutta and one in early Bombay days- which also exposes the ugly face of competition in Bombay musical circles by a known Jodi !
“Although Hemanta was making ground as a singer, he had never intended to become one in the first place. He cherished to become a writer. Hemanta used to attend writer’s communions at the local library and was also the editor of the communion. A story written by him even got published in the prestigious ‘Desh’ magazine in 1937. But Hemanta’s friends did not want Hemanta the writer, they were more fond of Hemanta the singer. With a mild annoyance Hemanta gradually distanced himself from the literary world. Nevertheless he maintained deep ties with literary personalities throughout his life.
Columbia’s trainer Sailesh Duttagupta first initiated Hemanta to Rabindrasangeet. In the beginning Saileshbabu used to stay near Hemanta’s house in Bhabanipur, but later he shifted to Ballygunge. One day he scolded Hemanta, “What’s up with you? Earlier you used to be on time, but since I have moved you seem to be consistently late.” Hemanta hesitated a bit and replied in a mild voice, “Earlier you used to stay near my place. I have to walk all the way now, so sometimes I get late.” Saileshbabu was taken aback, “You walk all the way? Why on earth?” Hemanta stood silently with a melancholic face, but Saileshbabu understood. He affectionately told Hemanta, “I will give you an anna daily to cover your travel expenses.”
Sailesh Duttagupta was Hemanta’s only music tutor. He went to an ustad to train in classical music for a few days but could not concentrate. (Hemanta Mukherjee mentions in his autobiography that he had started to learn Hindustani classical music under the tutelage of Ustad Faiyaz Khan, but his learning was cut short by the Ustad’s untimely death.) Hemanta’s lack of classical training proved to be a blessing in disguise. His god gifted voice was as fluent as the undeterred winds. Grammatical rules of classical music might have restricted the flowering of his sweet voice. The fluency with which Hemanta sings ‘Amar bhanga pather ranga dhulaaye’ or ‘Dekonaa amare Dekonaa’ might not have been observed in classical oriented songs such as ‘Tabu mone rekho’ or ‘Era par ke apan kore’. Hemanta did not possess a harmonium for quite a few days after submerging himself in the ocean of music. He had to go to other people’s homes to practice. After a couple of records Hemanta had enough to purchase his first harmonium. After his third record Hemanta decided to quit studies and direct all his efforts to music. His father was not happy with this, but Hemanta’s mother supported her son’s wish. She knew what was best for him.
Unlike the other stalwarts of those times, Hemanta was not born into an affluent family. Sachin Dev Burman was the prince of Tripura, Pahari Sanyal’s ancestors were called the uncrowned nawabs of Lucknow, Pankaj Mullick had worked with the Indian Railways to sustain himself before he got established and K. L. Saigal also held a regular job before he came into music. How then did Hemanta dare to forego the security of a job and plunge himself into the darkness of an uncertain future?
Hemanta was one of those rare artistes who savours unearthly pleasure by keeping himself busy within the domain of his work. Affluence and luxury used to create the same emotions within him, as did melancholy and poverty. I have seen the same untainted humble countenance on a young struggling Hemanta, as I have seen years later on Hemanta sitting at the pinnacle of success surrounded with plenitude. Wealth, awards, trophies did not bring about a change in his simple attire. Clad in a dhoti and a shirt with sleeves rolled up, the same mundaneness in conversation, it was the same Hemanta always. Success never blinded him and so he stayed ever so close to our hearts.
Hemanta’s struggle along the road to success started from the very first day. He worked tirelessly night and day, from music tuitions, to the radio office, to the Tollygunge studios looking for a break in film playback. But success seemed to elude him and he had to make his living from the meagre remuneration of the music tuitions and the odd song that he recorded. Then one day suddenly he got his much awaited break in a film called ‘Nimai Sanyas’ as the playback for the leading star Chhabi Biswas. A kirtan style devotional song ‘Kotha krishna, kotha krishna, prabhu dekha dao dekha dao’. Two years after this Hemanta cut his first Rabindrasangeet disc ‘Amar aar habenaa deri’ and ‘Keno pantha e chanchalata’. A rich voice with a clear throw of words. This time nobody taunted him as Pankaj’s parody. The record won critical acclaim not only from the common masses but also from the educated elite. Thus began the saga of a new exponent of Rabindrasangeet, who brought Rabindrasangeet from the phonographs of the affluent to the lips of the common masses. Rabindrasangeets which were undoubtedly popular at that time, also became ‘hits’ in this golden voice.
Hemanta composed the entire score for Hemen Gupta’s film ‘Abhijatri’ in 1944. It was this Hemen Gupta, who gave Hemanta’s rising career a shot in the arm with the Hindi film ‘Anandmath’ in 1951. Hemanta migrated to Bombay and joined S. Mukherjee’s Filmistan Studios at a monthly salary of Rs. 1500. But that was just the beginning of another long strain of struggle to carve a niche for himself in the competitive Hindi film music scenario. The leading composer duo of those times Shankar Jaikishen even offered Hemanta a chance for playback in their movies on the condition that he would not compose music in films; Hemanta modestly declined the offer. But true talent never goes unrecognized and it was in a matter of a few years that Hemanta became a foremost singer as well as music director in Bombay. Rabindrasangeet and Bengali modern songs had made Hemanta the darling of the Bengalis, Bombay gave him nationwide recognition. Hemanta’s days of struggle and worries, were finally coming to an end. Success, fame, wealth, awards continued to radiate throughout his life.
I remember an incident from the early years of Hemanta’s life. After his first record was released, Hemanta and I were returning after purchasing a few copies of it from a record shop adjoining the Purna cinema hall. A strain of a Pankaj Mullick song being played in a house entered our ears. Suddenly Hemanta asked, “Will my songs ever play like this in people’s homes?” I don’t remember what I had replied then. But later, much later, Hemanta got that answer himself – not only did his songs play in people’s homes in Bengal, it played all over the country. It played not only on gramophone discs, but it played in people’s hearts, its strains returned on their lips and it got ensconsced forever in their psyche.” (This article was composed in Bengali by Hemanta Mukherjee’s friend Sudhiranjan Mukhopadhyay. Translated by Prithviraj Dasgupta. My thanks to Faculty ist unomaha.)
Let us now enjoy today’s rare duet NFS by Hemant Kumar and Jharana Devi. I must also thank shri Syed Zafar Shah, who regularly uploads old gems from films and Non Film songs.
Song-Kitna karte pyaar bata do (Jharna Devi Hemant Kumar NFS)(1950) Singers- Jharna Devi, Hemant Kumar, Lyrics- Pt. B.C.Madhur, MD- Hemant Kumar
Both
Lyrics
Kitna karte pyaar bataa do
kitna karte pyaar
sajan mohe kitna karte pyaar
Kitna karte pyaar bataa do
kitna karte pyaar
sajan mohe kitna karte pyaar
tumhen meri qasam
sach kehna sajan
mohe karte ho tum kitna pyaar
tumhen meri qasam
sach kehna sajan
mohe karte ho tum kitna pyaar
meri pyaas tum ho meri zindagi ho
meri aarzooo ho
hansi ho khushi ho
meri pyaas tum ho meri zindagi ho
meri aarzooo ho
hansi ho khushi ho
tumhi raaah e ulfat ki meethhi gali ho
tumhi raaah e ulfat ki meethhi gali ho
jo hansti chaman mein hai tum wo kali ho
jo hansti chaman mein hai tum wo kali ho
agar main hoon gulshan to tum ho bahaar
agar main hoon gulshan to tum ho bahaar
ab tum hi bata do meri pyaari sajni
ab tum hi bata do meri pyaari sajni
mujhse tumko kitna pyaar
kitna pyaar
in meethhi aankhon mein hai meri duniya
hanste honthhon pe hai meri khushiyaan
inhi paaon mein mere jeewan ki ghadiyaaan
inhi paaon mein mere jeewan ki ghadiyaaan
hai tum par nichhaawar aankhon ki ladiyaan
hai tum par nichhaawar aankhon ki ladiyaan
main dil hoon aur tum ho ?? karaar
do khoye dilon ka mila hai thhikaana
do khoye dilon ka mila hai thhikaana
idhar hai deewaani
udhar hai deewaana
idhar hai deewaani
udhar hai deewaana
hain donon baraabar
karen kiski haar
hain donon baraabar
karen kiski haar
idhar pyaar jitna
udhar utna pyaar
idhar pyaar jitna
udhar utna pyaar
Kaali ghata hat gayee
Posted on: March 1, 2023
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5339 | Post No. : | 17509 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 30
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On this date ten years back viz on 1 March 2013, five songs from five 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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| 7579 | Pitu maatu sahaayak swaami sakha | Mukesh NFS (1950) | Non Film song |
| 7580 | Naya naya chaand hai jee | Khuda Ka Banda (1957) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7581 | Jawaani chaand salona | Saudaamini(1950) | 6 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7582 | Jo koi isko peeve | Jungle Princess (1942) | 5 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7583 | Na mukhda mod ke jaao | Chhoti Si Mulaaqaat(1967) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7583 | Honthon pe geet jaage | Manpasand (1950) | 8 songs covered out of 9 by now |
We observe that two movies (out of five) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (on 1 March 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with three movies that are unYIPPEED from that date and are therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (1 march 2023).
One of the unYIPPEED movie has already been taken up under BTYC today. The second movie eligible for BTYC today is “Saudaamini”(1950).
“Saudaamini”(1950) was directed by Prabhash Chandra Joshi for National Screen Service, Bombay. This movie had Sona Chatterjee, P.C.Joshi, S.N.Tripathi, Bikram Kapoor, Leela Chitins, Rampyari, Maruthi,Usha, Shyamsundar, Baby Zubeda, Cuckkoo, Chandrakala etc in it.
“Saudaamini”(1950) had nine songs in it. Six songs have been covered in the blog so far.
Here is the seventh song from the movie to appear in the blog.
This song is sung by Chitragupta. There were four lyricists iun the movie (Anjum,Arjun,Joshi,B.D.Mishra), but the distribution of songs among them is not known. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
Only audio of the song is available.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio link:
Song-Kaali ghata hat gayee (Saudaamini)(1950) Singer-Chitragupta, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
kaali ghata hat gayee..eee..eee
neel gagan mein niklaa chaand hai ae
pyaar bharee zindagee..ee…ee
do dilon ki ho rahi aabaad hai
kaali ghata hat gayee..ee
neel gagan mein niklaa chaand hai ae
khil rahee hai kumudini
hans rahee hai chaandnee ee
khil rahee hai kumudini
hans rahee hai chaandnee ee
aaj saajan ke man mein aen
umang jagee rey ae ae
aaj saajan ke man mein aen
umang jagee rey
aaj sajni ke tan mein tarang jagee rey
aaj sajni ke tan mein tarang jagee rey
prem chhataaaa bhar gayee eee
nas nas mein chhaa rahaa
unmaad hai
kaali ghata hat gayee..eee
neel gagan mein niklaa chaand hai ae
le rahaa saagar hilore
kar rahee nadiyaan killol
le rahaa saagar hilor/hillor
kar rahee nadiyaan kilol
apney preetam se milney..ae deewaani chalee rey ae ae
apney preetam se milney..ae deewaani chalee rey
aaj jeevan se milney jawaani chali rey ae
aaj jeevan se milney jawaani chali rey
aas jyot jal uthhee .eee
man mein basee preetam ki yaad hai
kaali ghata hat gayee..eee
neel gagan mein niklaa chaand hai ae
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Today’s song is a duet from the film Chor-1950. For reasons unknown, the name of this film in HFGK is written as Chore, whereas everywhere else, including in Hindi in HFGK itself it is mentioned as Chor only !
The film was directed by Anand Prasad Kapoor (32 films as a director and 2 films as an actor) and the film had music from Pt. Govind Ram. Before we move further, I have a query – do you know which actor in Hindi films had his real name as Indriya Daman (इंद्रिय दमन ) ? I know it is a difficult question and 99% readers will not be able to give the right answer.
It was almost a custom in Hindi films, until recently, to have a ” Filmi” name instead of having the real name. There were many reasons for this, like hiding odd names, religion, caste, language or mostly to avoid having a very common name. Sometimes existing names in the industry also forced the artiste to have a pseudonym. For example, most people know that Meenakumari’s real name was Mehjabin. Do you know there was another actress with the same real name Mehjabin…who ? Ok, who were the well known film artistes having the real names like – Kalyan kumar, Shashikala, Gopal Bedi, Padmavati, Nargis jahangir, Susheela Pawar, Badshah Begum, Roshan Ara, Zulfiqar Ali, Sunita Kulkarni, Khurshid Mirza, Sahebjan, Syed jafri, Vijaya Deshmukh, Yasmin Joseph, Krishna Sarin or Vishwanath ?
There are more than 100 odd names like this, but these names are enough to prove my point. All right, here are the answers…. Real name and Filmi name…
Mehjabin-Jabeen, Kalyan Kumar-Anup kumar, Shashikala-Minakshi Seshadri, Gopal Bedi- Ranjit, Padmavati-Mamta kulkarni, Nargis Jahangir- Shammi aunty, Susheela Pawar- Vanmala, Badshah Begum-Shakeela, Roshan ara- Husn Bano/ Naseem Bano/ Sarojini, Zulfiqar Ali- Feroz Khan, Sunita Kulkarni- Kajal Kiron, Khurshid Mirza- Renuka Devi, Sahebjan- Sulochana Latkar, Syed Jafri- Jagdeep, Vijaya Deshmukh- Sandhya, Yasmin Joseph-Mandakini, Krishna Sarin- Bina Rai and Vishwanath- Nana Patekar.
Now coming to the original first question – Who was Indriya Daman ? He was none other than actor Shekhar- Hero of today’s film, Chor-1950. He was born on 8-10-1923,at Dehradun. He did his schooling in Meerut and Graduated from Agra university. Then he worked as an Announcer in All India Radio,Delhi. He came to Bombay with a desire to act in films. He got the Hero’s role in Devendra Goel’s first production,” Aankhen”-1950,opposite his own dreamgirl Nalini Jaywant. Composer Madan Mohan also made his debut with Aankhen-50. In Spite of 3 debutants,the film became a Hit. The 5′ 8” tall,fair and handsome Shekhar became a star overnight.
Shekhar became very famous when he sang ‘ Tujhe kya sunaun main dilruba ‘ from film Aakhri daon-58 ( melody made by Madan Mohan and inspired by Sajjad Husain’s ‘ye hawa ye raat ye chandni’ from film Sangdil, in Talat’s voice). Shekhar was a very lucky person.In one of the interviews he gave in 1956,he himself has recounted incidents where his luck helped him. This interview can be read on Cineplot. After leaving films,Shekhar looked after his production and Distribution business,expanding it further. Shahid Latif was his close friend and when Shahid made his first film Darwaza-54,he gave the distribution rights for Delhi and U.P. of this film to his friend Shekhar. Thus started his business even while he was still acting. Shekhar acted in about 35 films.
Shekhar’s career as an actor was cut short abruptly,because he decided to become Film producer.He produced Chhote Babu-57,Aakhri Dao-58 & Bank Manager-59.The last one was a total wash out. Not heeding to it, he started” Pyas”,with Phani Mazumdar as director & N.Dutta as M D. Bina Rai was signed as heroine against himself. To arrange finance he accepted C grade films, such as Dilli Ka Dada with Sheikh Mukhtar & Hum Matwale Naujawan, both 62 movies. Soon he was out of the job & worst, his film remained stalled, due to financial crunch. Shekhar completed the film with great difficulty.The film was ultimately released in 1968, with a new title “Apna Ghar Apni Kahani”. As anticipated,the film attracted no audience,due to its dated look & long forgotten, middle aged lead pair. Financially ruined, Shekhar migrated to Canada. He expired there, a long time back.
The music director of this film was Pt. Govind Ram, who was one of the most respected persons in the film industry. C.Ramchandra was very much impressed with his music and work method. Lata Mangeshkar also respected him calling him ” Master ji”. However none of her songs composed by Govind Ram became famous or a hit song. It is very sad that his date of birth or even the date of death is not known.
In the pre-partition period of Hindi films, there were many schools of music directors, many times on a regional basis, but some were just unique. The Punjabi school of film composing was a very important and innovative school among these. This school gained popularity in the 1940s, which also resulted in the immense popularity of Punjabi folk music. Ghulam Haider was considered to be the most important of these, but equally great were Pandit Amarnath , Shyam Sundar , Husnlal – Bhagatram , G. A. Chishti , and Pandit Gobindram .
Pandit Gobindram Ji ( born in 1912) was a trained musician from Lahore, and was equally popular in both Hindi and Punjabi films. Unlike other music directors of the Punjabi school, music composed by him did not typically reflect native Punjabi trends, but instead lay firmly in the category of mainstream 1940s’ music. One could very well say that he played a crucial part in shaping the music of the 1940s. His music is truly melodious and varied, with a unique combination of highly expressive tunes, yet very fun and foot tapping and rhythmically catchy. He is one of the music directors who used a very large number of singers, only second to Gyan Dutt, one of his worthy contemporaries. He excelled equally in composing happy, sad, romantic, serious, comical, classical, just any kind of songs. It is a pity that he has never received the attention that he deserved.
Among his landmarks are the introduction of enormous contributions to making Shamshad Begum and Zohrabai the top singers in Hindi films. He recorded the maximum number of Hindi film songs with Shamshad Begum – 86 songs in 19 films. He was also one of the foremost music directors to encourage and bring forward great veteran Rafi , and also introduced great singer Zeenat Begum to films. He has 32 films to his credit and each one had equally superb music. He composed 302 songs.
Some of his films were Himmat-41,Sahara-43, Pagli-43, Aabroo-43, Naseeb-45, Laila Majnu-45, Sassi Punnu-46, Chalis Karod-46, Ghar ki izzat-49, Nisbat-49, Bholi-49, Raj mukut-50, Chore-50, Sarkar-51 and his last film Naqab-55. Most popular singers of that period have graced his songs. His use of light music, Ghazals, Thumris and various popular music forms in films, provide a ready insight into the uniqueness of 1940s music, and with a slightly unique flavour of both his compositions as well as a tiny tinge of Punjabi style.
Pandit Gobindram Ji started his career with Jeevan Jyoti (1937), but his first Hindi film in the 1940s was Himmat (1941). Today, it is remembered for being the second ever Hindi film of veteran singer Shamshad Begum Ji, where she beautifully sang the traditional Dadra ‘Inhin Logon Ne Le Leena Dupatta Mora’ , in her young, sweet but powerful voice. The famous song with the same lyrics in Pakeezah (1972) is largely a copy of this song. This was the first song composed by Gobindram that helped him gain recognition. Other songs from this film included a beautiful duet by Ghulam Haider and Umraozia Begum , ‘Main Hoon Rani Ek Sunehri Nagri Ki’.
His last film was Naqaab-55. Gobindram worked with more than 30 lyricists during his career. With 56 songs in 8 films, his collaboration was the highest with Ishwar Chandra Kapoor. Some of the other prominent lyricists he worked with include Bharat Vyas , Ram Murti Chaturvedi , Ramesh Gupta , and Qamar Jalalabadi . (adapted from an article by Vidur Sury, with thanks).
Let us now listen to the duet sung by Shamshad Begum and S.D.Batish.
Song- Tere gaaon mein sajan mora dil na lagey (Chor)(1950) Singers- Shamshad begum, S D Batish, Lyricist- Harish Bharadwaj, MD- Pt. Gobind Ram
Lyrics
ho tere gaanv mein
ho tere gaanv mein
tere gaanv mein sajan mora dil na lage re
mohe dilli shahar dikhla de balamwa
jamuna snaan kara de
ho kyun gaanv se
ho kyun gaanv se
kyun gaanv se roothh gayi hai sajaniya
itna to mohe batla de sajaniya
manwa ki baat bata de
dilli shahar mein hai ik bajariya
bikti hai wahaan pe dhaani chunariya
ho o more balma
ho more balma hoy
dillil shahar mein hai ik bajariya
bikti hai wahaan pe dhaani chunariya
dilli ki odhni odha de saanwariya
chaandni chowk dikhla de balamwa
jamuma snaan kara de
main waari jaaun
jamuma snaan kara de
apne gaanv ki kheti baadi
kaise chhod ke jaaun main pyaari
ho o mori janiya
ho mori janiya
apne gaanv ki kheti baadi
kaise chhod ke jaaun main pyaari
kaise chalegi pet ki gaadi
itna tu mohe batla de sajaniya
itna to mohe batla de sajaniya
manwa ki baat bata de
dilli shahar mein bade bade chaudhary
bade bade chaudhary
dilli shahar mein
bade bade chaudhary
unke wahaan tum kariyo naukari
kariyo naukari
milegi tankhva mauj karenge
laal quile ki sair karenge
milegi tankhva mauj karenge
laal quile ki sair karenge
maanegi na tu badi hathheeli
maanegi na tu badi hathheeli
baandh le gathhdi meri chameli
waah re balam to pe waari waari jaaun
rabdi parathe tujh ko khilaaun
zara jaldi se ticket kata de
ho zara jaldi se ticket kata de sajanwa
dilli shahar dikhla de balamwa
jamuma snaan kara de
main waari jaaun
jamuma snaan kara de
ho tere gaanv mein
ho tere gaanv mein
tere gaanv mein sajan mora dil na lage re
mohe dilli shahar dikhla de balamwa
jamuna snaan kara de
main waari jaaun
jamuna snaan kara de
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“Veer Babruvahan”(1950) was produced and directed by Nanabhai Bhatt for Basant Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Mridula, Shashi Kapoor (senior), Baby Madhuri, Amarnath,S.N.Tripathi, Geeta Bose, Ananth Prabhu, Umakanth, Jankidas, Shree Bhagwan, Shaahji, Kanu Vyas, Lalita Rao, Urmila, B.M.Vyas,& Mahesh Bhatt(the later years director as childhood role of Babruvahan).
The movie had eight songs in it. Four songs have been covered in the blog.
Here is the fifth song from “Veer Babruvahan”(1950) to appear in the blog. HFGK is silent about the identity of the singer. Listening to the song, it is clear that the song is sung by Rafi. Rafi excel sheet does identify this song as a Rafi solo.
Anjum Jaipuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Chitragupta.
The song is picturised as a background song while Mridula is visible in the picturisation.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
video link:
Song-Naaree tere jeewan ki ye karun kahaani (Veer Babruvahan)(1950) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Anjum Jaipuri, MD-Chitragupta
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
Naaree..eee tere aey ae
jeevan kee..ee…eee…ee
ye karun kahaanee ee ee ee ee ee ee
man mein hai lagee aag to oo oo
aankhon mein hai aey ae ae
paanee ee eee
naaree tere jeevan ki
ye karun kahaanee ee
man mein hai lagee aag to
aankhon mein hai paanee ee ee
aankhon mein hai paanee eee eee
sapnon kaa koyee
aaj mahal tod chalaa hai ae
jeevan mein jo aayaa thhaa
mukh mod chalaa hai ae ae
dukh dard ke saathee ki
koyee baat na maanee
koyee baat na maanee
man mein hai lagee aag to
aankhon mein hai paanee eee..eee
aankhon mein hai paanee eeee
sansaar teraa khelte
hanston ko rulaayaa aaa aa
sansaar teraa khelte
hanston ko rulaayaa aaa
nirdosh ke maathey pe
kyaa rang lagaayaa aa
ye kyaa rang lagaayaa aa
pehchaaney naheen aap koyee ee ee ee ee
pehchaaney naheen aap koyee
apni nishaanee
koyee apnee nishaanee
man mein hai lagee aag to
aankhon mein hai paanee..eee ..eee
aankhon mein hai paanee
naaree tere jeevan ki
ye karun kahaanee
man mein hai lagee aag to
aankhon mein hai paanee
ee ee
aankhon mein hai paanee eee eee
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’s song is from the movie ‘Biwi’ of ‘1950’ (or ‘Beewee’ as HFGK mentions it).
This movie completed its’ ‘ten-year’ run on the blog on 08th January’2023, and so it was due for a song from it to be posted on that day. However, we missed that opportunity. Nevertheless today we will listen to a song from this movie.
‘Biwi-1950’ was directed by Kishore Sharma for ‘Paristaan Pictures’.
It had Mumtaz Shanti, Veena, Madhuri, Naseer, Pran, Ram Lal, Gulnar, Murad, Anjaam, Shabnam, Sheila Burman and others.
This movie has as many as thirteen songs as mentioned in HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950).
So far, three songs form this movie have been discussed on the blog.
This movie had made its debut on the blog wherein our respected Sudhir ji had presented a post with the most well-known (I think so) song from this movie on 08.01.2013. This song is ‘akele mein wo ghabraate to honge’ sung by Rafi Saab.
After this song two songs were added to this movie later in 2017.
Today we will have a look on the list of songs from this movie since it has not been given in the earlier posts .
Lyrics for this movie were contributed by three lyricist viz. Nazim Panipati, Wali Sahab and Aziz Hindi. However lyricists name for the individual songs is mentioned for only six songs and lyricist name for the rest seven songs is not known.
Music for this movie was composed by Aziz Hindi and Khayyam (under the name as Sharma ji).
Here is the list of songs:-
| SNo. | Song Title | Lyricist | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Jaa jaa re zalimaa tu nahin mera balmaa | Not known | Not known | |
| 02 | Jaa jaa re … beech ghoonghat kaise | Not known | Not known | |
| 03 | Bhagwaan meri taqdeer…kya tera bigadtaa hai | Nazim Panipati | Geeta Roy | |
| 04 | Faanke aa jaaye to phir ishq na farmaayiyega | Not known | Not known | |
| 05 | Mere dil mein rahiyega mehmaan ban kar | Not known | Not known | |
| 06 | Wafaa kii thhi wafaa ne maar daalaa | Not known | Not known | |
| 07 | Aao halla gulla karein ji, aao thhamak thhulla | Not known | Not known | |
| 08 | Birhaa ki raat mose kaati nahin jaat | Nazim Panipati | Asha Bhonsle | |
| 09 | Mausam hai namkeen sanwariya | Nazim Panipati | Asha Bhonsle, Geeta Roy | |
| 10 | Kahin chaandni hai kahin andheraa/a> | Wali Sahab | Meena Kapoor | 14.09.2017 |
| 11 | Mere jeewan mein aaj nayi baat re | Aziz Hindi | Meena Kapoor | |
| 12 | Mere man ke aangan mein chaand chamka | Not known | Asha Bhonsle | 11.08.2017 |
| 13 | Akele mein wo ghabraate to honge | Wali Sahab | Mohd Rafi | 08.01.2013 |
(** Note – Songs at sr.no. 3, 12 & 13 – Composer is Sharma ji (Khayyam). And songs mentioned at sr.no. 8,9,10 & 11 have been composed by Aziz Hindi.
As per HFGK Vol-II song no.2 is composed by both Aziz Hindi and Sharma ji. )
Today we will listen to song mentioned at sr.no. 09. Singer’s name for this song is mentioned as Geeta Roy and Asha Bhonsle. (I guess that this song is sung by Geeta Roy only.).
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and its songs.
Lyrics for the today’s song have been sent by Prakashchandra.
Let us enjoy the today’s song now…
Audio
Song-Mausam hai rangeen sanwariya aa jaa re (Biwi)(1950) Singer-Geeta Roy-Dutt, Lyrics-Nazim Panipati, MD-Aziz Hindi
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
mausam hai namkeen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae ae ae
aey ae ae ae
mausam hai namkeen
sanwariyaa aajaa re aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re
aa aa aa
mere ae man kee baaje ae been
aa aa aa
mere ae man ki baaje ae been
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa aa re ae
hoye mausam hai namkeen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae ae ae
main yaad karoon ho
tere ko tere ko tere ko o o
ho tere ko o tere ko o
tu bhool gayaa hai
mere ko mere ko mere ko o
ho mere ko o mere ko
aa baatein hon do teen
aa baatein hon do teen
ek do teen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae ae ae ae
mausam hai namkeen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae ae ae
aayi re aayi re aayi aayi re ae ae ae
aayi aayi raseeli raatein
ho aayi aayi raseeli raatein
ho jaayen do do baatein re
ho jaayen do do baatein
ho jaayen do do baatein re
ho jaayen do do baatein aen aen aen aen aen
ye ae jeewan ho o o rangeen
haan aan
ye ae ae jeewan ho o o rangeen
ek do teen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae ae ae ae ae
mausam hai namkeen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae ae ae
deepak se parwaanaa kheley
dekh sajanwaa pyaar ke mele ae ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae ae ae
deepak se parwaanaa kheley
dekh sajanwaa pyaar ke mele ae ae ae ae
ae ae ae ae ae
haan aan hain ae ae
rang-ba-range din
haan aan hain ae ae
rang-ba-range din
ek do teen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa rey ae ae ae ae ae
mausam hai namkeen
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae aajaa re
sanwariyaa aajaa re ae
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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5184 | Post No. : | 17162 |
Today’s song is from the film Bahurani-1950. Films with the same title were made in 1940, 1950, 1963 and 1989. All films had different storylines. Bahurani 1950 was about a bahu who comes to a house after marriage, which is on the brink of breaking relationships due to crumbling family business and subsequent dwindling finances. The story is about how the clever Bahu mends matters to improvement and earlier glory and happiness.
Films made after India’s Independence, especially in the period of 1950 to 1960 dealt with the benefits of joint family, benefits of traditions and culture and ideal bringing up of the children. There was an attempt to glorify, reinvent and reestablish the ideals of togetherness and family value importance. This had become socially necessary because of the disturbed family structures during the Independence struggle of the 40’s. That was also the reason how during this decade i.e. 1950 to 1960, the highest number of religious films (124) were made.
In the subsequent decades i.e. from the 60’s to the 80’s, the family values changed, society structure took another shape and the focus turned from people to money. Because of the expanding money market, job opportunities all over the country, escalating living index, industrialisation and increasing cost of living, the joint family turned into nuclear families with limited progeny. Accordingly, the type of films also changed and they became music and entertainment oriented. The family centred stories diminished (however, they remained only in films made in the South).
This also explains why old people love old films because they want to relive the atmosphere of their younger days. Music in the later period became loud with more instruments and less poetry. But this was accepted and liked by the young generation and it grew by leaps and bounds.
Coming back to today’s film bahurani-1950, it was made by Harishchandra Pictures, Bombay. This was a company floated by harishchandra rao Kadam, who was a stunt film actor, director and producer in the 30’s and the 40’s. He was the one who actually launched C. Ramchandra as a Hindi film Music Director for his film “Sukhi Jivan’-1942. Earlier C.Ramchandra had begun his career with acting as a Hero in film Naganand-1935 and then as assistant to several MDs in Minerva movietone. As a Music director he had given music to 2 Tamil films by then. Harishchandra rao kadam was the hero of film Sukhi Jivan opposite actress Ashalata (Mehrunnisa Bhagat -the first wife of Anil Biswas, MD). His brother Chandra rao kadam also was a stunt actor and a studio owner himself in his later life. His studio is still run by his sons.
Hansraj Behl was the Music director of this film and there were 4 Lyricists – B.R.Sharma, Aziz Siddiqi, Shevan Rizvi and Bharat Vyas. The cast of the film was Sulochana Chatterjee, Shekhar, kaushalya, Amar, Yashodhara Katju, David, Sofia, Ansari, E.Bilimoria and many others.
Heroine of the film was Sulochana Chatterjee-younger sister of Kamla Chatterjee, an actress and wife of Kidar Sharma, the famous writer and Director of Hindi films. Actually, at one time, there were at least 5 Sulochanas operating at the same time in the Hindi film industry. They did not create Same Name Confusion because every Sulochana used her Surname, setting her apart from other Sulochanas. There were 3 actresses- Sulochana Sr aka Ruby Myers, Sulochana Latkar and Sulochan Chatterjee. There were 2 Singers- Sulochana Chavan and Sulochana Vyas.
Born in Chandranagar, Sulochana Chatterjee was the daughter of a military man and the family, five girls, including the late Kamla Chatterjee ( she looked like Geeta Bali, and was Kidar Sharma’s wife), and one boy, used to travel along with their parents to wherever their father was transferred. From Calcutta they moved to Jabalpore and it was here that Sulochana did her schooling. She also took an active part in school dramatics. After some time the family was transferred to Bombay and here her younger sister, Kamla, was spotted by Sohrab Modi, a friend of their father’s, and given a role as a child star in Modi’s picture Jailor (1938).
Once Sulochana happened to visit the sets one day and after watching her sister at work, She was offered a part in Harishchandra Pictures’ “Aina”-44, which she accepted. She co-starred with Trilok Kapoor. She starred in scores of films after that, among them the comedy “Ladli”-50, in which she appeared with Jairaj, and “Grahasti”-48 which was a memorable hit and in which she played with Yakub and Masood.
Sulochana acted in two Bengali pictures “Apanaela”, produced by Saroj Mukerjee and directed by Benoy Banerjee with Pradeep Kumar as her leading man, and Benoy Banerjee’s “Minoti” in which she shared stellar honors with Smriti Biswas and Paresh Banerjee. Her well known films are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu-53, Rami Dhoban-53, Shahjehan-46, Veena-48, Nav Durga-53, Jagte Raho-56, Jis desh mein Gaqnga behti hai-60, Saraswatichandra-68 etc. In all she acted in 119 films. Her first film was Shobha-42 and last film was Shabas Daddy-79. After retirement, she settled in Bombay. Sulochana Chatterjee died on 30-8-1999.
Her favorite pastime was playing with her sister’s children. She cooked, too, and knitted off and on. She was fond of English pictures , liked Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck and comedies. Sulochana could play Badminton and drove a car. A gifted linguist, she knew Bengali, her mother tongue, Hindi, English, Marathi, Punjabi, Kutchi and Guajarati. She spoke them all fluently.
Sometime back in one of my posts, I had assured that I will give the biodata of Ansari. So it is here…..Nisar Ahmed Ansari was the son of the late Dr. Ameer Ahmed Ansari. He was born on 29-8-1917 at Jhansi. His father had been serving in Military for 11 years and he expired in 1938. He was well known in Jhansi as he practiced there for 40 years.Ansari matriculated from Allahabad University in 1933. In 1935, he passed his Inter from Aligadh. By 1939 he was a graduate of Bombay University. He was keen to join films and in this, Mehboob khan helped him by recommending him for film Aasra-40, made by National Studios. It was directed by Mehboob’s assistant Chimanlal Gandhi.
By watching him, no one can ever visualise that a suave and respectable man like him can be a scheming villain . Competition for him was tough,initially when he joined the film industry ,as there were many character actors already there ,who were specialists in negative roles . But young and energetic Nisar Ahmad Ansari had faith in his potential .
He believed that it is not necessary that a villain should have thick eyebrows with roving eyes and have a permanent frown on his face. A person having negative traits may have a smiling face also ,to conceal his evil designs . Therefore in most of his movies , he was a well dressed person ,always beaming and had a friendly smile on his face . In his films , he used to be the boss of a criminal syndicate and had an army of foot soldiers who carried out dirty work on his behalf . To keep a distance between master and servant , instead of calling them by their name he used to call his cronies by their allotted numbers like Number Ten Or Number Five .
With a hit movie ‘Mangu’ , he became a director and later directed many successful movies like Black Cat ,Tower House ,Mr Lamboo ,Zara Bach Ke, Wanted etc for various producers and after he established his own banner Bundel Khand Films ,he made many memorable movies . Although he had to look after his own company and permanent staff ,he did not disappoint other filmmakers ,who wanted to have him in their movies in the role of villain. It is a fact that it was his Black Cat which helped G P Sippy to be a part of the league of big producers ,but it is also true ,Mr Sippy forgot him later and never acknowledged Mr Ansari’s contribution .
Mr N A Ansari ,was essentially a dedicated film maker and had no false illusions about his own capabilities . His movies were never lavishly made and had average production value ,but it did not deter his fans and sizable majority of film viewers ,who adored him and his pictures to patronise his movies . Those who love the movies of the golden age ,fondly remember his movies which used to have him in the role of villain ,beside good music, suspense, comedy, ,dance with a plausible story and a strong message for society ,that “Crime Never Pays”.
With producer/actor Sheikh Mukhtar, Nisar Ahmad Ansari had earlier worked as an actor in Dada, Dara & Ustad Pedro. Sheikh Mukhtar, aware of Ansari’s capability ,in 1954,offered him Mangu to direct. The big success of Mangu was a game changer for Ansari & O P Nayyar. They both were immensely benefited with the favourable outcome of the movie & its music. Mangu had predictable Jodi of Sheikh Mukhtar & Mukri ,with Nigar Sultana ,Sheila Ramani & Ansari himself, as a suave villain. Mangu had a breathtaking, thrilling climax, involving the speeding train. Some real shots, a few stock shots & rest studio shots with back projections (Aadhi Haqeeqat ,Aadha Fasana ),made the climax awe-inspiring. Unfortunately, the movie could not be preserved & the present generation has been deprived of witnessing Ansari’s first effort as director. Mangu is one of the most searched movies on youtube.
He again directed Mr Lambu, a big success, for Sheikh Mukhtar. This time with the classic beauty Suraiyya with music by O P Nayyar, but a similar tragedy happened, again. No print of the movie is available. In almost all his films N.A.Ansari played the role of an urbane & sophisticated Don. He always appeared, well dressed in impeccably tailored suits, fedora, trade mark pipe between his teeth & walking stick, in his hand.
Beside Sheikh Mukhtar,he directed movies, like Black Cat,Tower House,Jara Bach Ke,Wanted for other producers and playing the main villain .He had no qualm for working in the movies directed by other film makers & in this category, movies like Private Secretary,Fareb ,Do Thug ,Khota Paisa, Gunda,Ustad 420,Gunahon Ke Raaste can be named. Under his own banner Bundel khand Films he made Wahan Ke Log,Mulzim,Zindagi Aur Maut,Mr Murder, Jurm Aur Sazaa and Noor E Ilahi. The last one being his last production in 1976 & then he decided to hang his boots.It was a big journey for Ansari,who was discovered by Mehboob & given a role in Aasra ,released in 1941.
He could not say “No” to film maker Sultan Ahmad ,when he insisted him to appear in Dharam Kanta -1982 & later in Jai Vikranta. N.A.Ansari closed his eyes forever on 11 Jan 1993, in Canada, thousands of kilometres away from his beloved city Jhansi ,much before the release of his last movie Jai Vikranta in 1995. As an actor he did roles in 77 films, starting with Aasra-41. He directed 11 films, from Mangu-54 to Jurm aur Saza-74.
(Based on information from Filmdom-46 and an article by M.N.Sardana ji, with thanks.)
Today’s song is a female duet sung by Asha Bhosle and Shamshad begum. It is a good song. Enjoy….
Song- Bas itna bata do jiyen ya maren (Bahurani)(1950) Singers-Shamshad Begam, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Aziz Siddiqui, MD-Hansraj Bahl
Lyrics
Bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
Bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
ye chitchor hote hain kitne nidar
ye chitchor hote hain kitne nidar
churaate hain dil
saamne baithhkar
churaate hain dil
saamne baithhkar
taraste hain soorat ko
hum raat bhar
hai kismat ki marzi ke aathhon pahar
hai kismat ki marzi ke aathhon pahar
ya aansoo bahaayen
ya aahen bharen
bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
Muhobbat ka chhaayaa hua hai khumaar
Muhobbat ka chhaayaa hua hai khumaar
tumhaari qasam
humko tumse hai pyaar
tumhaari qasam
humko tumse hai pyaar
judaai ne loota hai chain aur qaraar
hai jeene ki mushqil
wahi intezaar
hai jeene ki mushqil
wahi intezaar
kahaan tak kaleje pe patthar dharen
bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
bas itna bata do
jiyen ya maren
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
muhobbat jo ho jaaye
phir kya karen
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 88
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This date ten years ago (viz 7 September 2012) saw four songs from four different movies getting covered in the blog.
Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6601 | Prem nagar mein basne waalon | Barsaat (1949) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6602 | Na ummeed hoke bhi duniya mein jiye jaate hain | Sangeeta(1950) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6603 | Aao baitho baat suno | Maang(1950) | 5 songs covered out of 10 so far |
| 6604 | Ham rang rangeeli joban ban ki titliyaan | Paighaam(1959) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
It can be seen that three movies (out of four) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago, have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with only one movie that is eligible for Blog Ten YEar Challenge today (7 September 2022).
That movie is “Maang”(1950).
“Maang”(1950) was directed by Saghir Usmani for New light Films, Bombay. The movie had Ramola, Wasti, Amar, Pritma ,Malhotra, Leela Pande,Zia, Basu, Shanti Madhok, Hemlata, Mubarak, Sharif, Syed Jan etc in it.
“Maang”(1950) had ten songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the blog so far.
Here is the sixth song from “Maang”(1950) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by G M Durrani. Sagar Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ghulam Mohammad.
Only audio of this melancholic 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-Main kisko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani (Maang)(1950) Singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-Sagar Badayuni, MD-Ghulam Mohammad
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
main kisko sunaaoon
gham ki kahaani ee ee
main kisko sunaaoon
gham ki kahaanee ee ee ee
saarey sahaarey chhoot gaye ae
chhoot gaye
ab haayye muqaddar kaisaa sitam hai ae ae
ab haayye muqaddar kaisaa sitam hai aey ae aey ae
saathi hamaarey chhoot gaye aey ae
chhoot gaye
ab kisko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani
afsos ke gham ki duniyaa mein ae ae
aansoon bhi hamaarey ho na sakey aey ae
ho na sakey
taaron ki tarhaa palkon pe mere ae
taaron ki tarhaa palkon pe mere ae ae ae
chamkey kaanpey aur toot gaye aey ae ae
toot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani
ae dard-e-mohabbat
tu hi bataa aa aa aa
kis tarhaa chaley
ab manzil tak
manzil tak
hum jin ka sahaaraa le le kar
hum jinn ka sahaara ley le kar r r r
chalte thhe
wo chhaaley phoot gaye aey ae
phoot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani ee
kis tarhaa bahaarein raas aate
qismat ko hi jab manzoor na thaa
manzoor na tha
kuchch gham ki hawaa ke jhonkey chaley ae ae
kuchch gham ki hawaa ke jhonkey chaley aey ae aey ae ae
dil ki bahaarein loot gaye aey ae ae
loot gaye
ab kis ko sunaaoon gham ki kahaani
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 84
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This date ten years ago (viz 27 August 2012) saw a whopping ten songs from ten different movies getting covered in the blog.
Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6522 | Jeevan sapna toot gayaa | Anokha Pyaar(1948) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6523 | Mohabbat bhi jhoothhi zamaana bhi jhoothha | Hamaari Beti(1950) | 6 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 6524 | Mast bahaaron ka main aashiq | Farz(1967) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6525 | Ham to jaate apne gaaon apni raam raam raam | Deewaana(1967) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6526 | Ae sakhi raadhike baawri ho gayee | Jurmaana (1979) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6527 | Balma mere balma | Shyaamla (1979) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6528 | Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayaal aata hai | Kabhi Kabhi(1976) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6529 | Ho ooperwaale tera jawaab nahin | Avtaar (1983) | 3 songs covered out of 5 so far |
| 6530 | Tan pe lagti kaanch ki boonden | Aastha (1997) | One song covered out of 5 so far |
| 6530 | Mastaana albela sirf ek tu hai laakhon mein akela | Sharaarat(2002) | One song covered out of 7 so far |
It can be observed that six movies (out of ten) whose songs were covered in the blog on this Date ten years ago have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with four movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (27 August 2022).
“Hamaari Beti”(1950) is one of the eligible movies.
“Hamaari Beti”(1950) was produced and directed by Shobhana Samarth for Shobhana Samarth Pictures Bombay. This movie was produced to launch the career of Shobhana Samarth’s eldest daughter Nutan.
The movie had Nutan, Shekhar,Baby Tanuja, Motilal, Shobhana Samarth, Veera, David, K.N.Singh, Randhir, Agha, Pramila, Cuckkoo, Amir bai, Nandani, Master Ratan etc in it.
The movie had ten songs in it. As many as six songs have been covered so far.
Here is the seventh song from “Hamaari Beti”(1950) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Lyricist is not mentioned in HFGK. Snehal Bhatkar is the music director.
Only the audio of the song is available. It is easy to guess that the song, given the nature of its lyrics (expression of love) was picturised on Nutan. However, I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Song-Pehli mulaakaat mein haath leke haath mein (Hamaari Beti)(1950) Singer-Lata, MD-Snehal Bhatkar
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
pehli mulaakaat mein
haath leke haath mein
haa aaa aa haaa aaa
le gaye haayye sajan dil hamaaraa aaa aaaa aaa
pehli mulaakaat mein
pehli mulaakaat mein
haath leke haath mein
haa aaa aa haaa aaa aaaaa
le gaye haayye sajan dil hamaaraa aaa aaaa
pehli mulaakaat mein
naach uthhaa naach uthhaa naach uthhaa ang ang
main jo chali sajan sang
main jo chali sajan sang
jhoom uthhi mann mein umang
chaandni..ee raat mein aen aen aen
pehli mulaakaat mein
pehli mulaakaat mein ae
haath leke haath mein ae
haa aaa aa haaa aaa aaaaa haa
le gaye haayye sajan dil hamaaraa aaa aaaa aa
pehli mulaakaat mein
pyaar bharey pyaar bharey pyaar bharey unke geet
sunn ke jaagi mann mein preet
sunn ke jaagi mann mein preet
haar huyi meri jeet
pee ki baat baat mein aen aen aen
pehli mulaakaat mein
pehli mulaakaat mein ae
haath leke haath mein
haa aaa aa haaa aaa aaaaa
le gaye haayye sajan dil hamaaraa aaa aaaa
pehli mulaakaat mein
chhup chhupke chhupp chhuppke chhup chhupke dil mein aaye
chhup chhupke chhupp chhuppke chhup chhupke dil mein aaye
dil se nikli meri haayye
unn bin mann birhaa gaaye
rimjhim barsaat mein aen aen
pehli mulaakaat mein
pehli mulaakaat mein ae
haath leke haath mein ae
haa aaa aa haaa aaa aaaaa
le gaye haayye sajan dil hamaaraa aaa aaaa aaa
pehli mulaakaat mein
pehli mulaakaat mein ae
haath leke haath mein ae
haa aaa aa haaa aaa aaaaa
le gaye haayye sajan dil hamaaraa aaa aaaa
pehli mulaakaat mein
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