Posts Tagged ‘1957’
Phir wahi naghma suna de
Posted on: October 9, 2020
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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These days I am searching for movies where only one song was covered. I discussed one such movie in my earlier post here where only one song from the movie was posted. Now I have come across another such movie. It is “Shaahi Baazaar”(1957). The movie made its debut in the blog with the song ‘dil mastaane jhoom le aaj gulon ko choom le’ which was posted on 29.01.2017. That remains the only song from the movie in the blog so far.
I had mentioned it in my post that I was revisiting and listening to many Hemant Kumar songs during recent months. This exercise gave me immense pleasure. Around the same time our respected Arun Kumar ji had posted this NFS from Hemant Kumar – main saaz bajaaun tum gaao. After listening to it I was totally lost in the magic of the voice of Hemant Kumar. It went down memory lane to my ‘cassettes collecting years’ from ‘1985 to 2004’ when I used to listen to such songs contained in my prized collections of cassettes.
After that I was following with our editors for one of the ‘vintage favorites’ of Hemant Kumar which I had shared earlier to post but somehow it didn’t materuialise. Nevertheless, another vintage favorite of Hemant Kumar (from my wish list) was again posted by Arun Kumar ji which was ‘wo khushnaseeb hai jinko yahaan qaraar mila’.
I came across today’s song when I noted one comment on ‘YouTube’ that this song was an ‘NFS’ but it clarified by someone that it was from the movie ‘Shaahi Baazaar-1957’ and maybe it was not included in the movie. When I checked in HFGK Vol-III for this movie’s song it was listed there. So, I am presenting this wonderful song today here on the blog.
“Shaahi Baazaar-1957” was directed by Balwant Dave and Padmakant Pathak for ‘Chandni Chitra Productions’, Bombay. It was produced by G.A. Thakur and Lim Bilimoria.
‘Shaahi Baazaar-1957’ was a ‘costume drama’ movie. The movie had Chitra, Mahipal, Rajkumar, Sapru, Maruti, Ramesh Thakur, Chaman Puri, Naazi, Helen, Sheila Vaz, Tuntun, Bhalerao and others. Mirza Musharraf and Sheikh make guest appearance in the movie.
The movie had eight songs which were sung by six singers viz. Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhonsle, Shamshad Begam, Mohd Rafi and Balbir. Lyrics of these songs were penned by four lyricists – Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (2 songs), Aziz Kashmiri (4 songs), and Pandit Shivraj and Madan Parihar – one song each.
Music was composed by two music directors Dhani Ram and S. Haridarshan.
Today’s song is written by Pt Shivraj and it is sung by Hemant Kumar. HFGK is silent about the music director of this song.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 27.03.1957.
Let us now enjoy today’s song in the voice of Hemant Kumar. I am sure one will immediately fall in love with this voice. The song grows on you as we listen to this song repeatedly. The composition spells magic . I am not sure if it is by Dhani Ram as many YT comments mention or it is by S. Haridarshan. Lyrics by Pandit Shivraj are beautifully penned.
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and its songs. Actor Mahipal and actress Chitra (I guess) can be seen in the picturization of this song.)
Video
Audio
Song-Phir wahi naghma suna de (Shaahi Baazaar)(1957) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Pt Shivraj, MD-Dhaniram
Lyrics
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de
dil ko deewaana banaa de ae
saaz-e-dilkash chhed de ae
chhed de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de ae
ghamzadaa khwaabon mein ae khoyaa aa
dard hai pehlu mein soya aa
ghamzadaa khwaabon mein khoyaa aa
dard hai pehlu mein soya aa
yaad phir naa be-wafaa ki ee
yaad phir naa be-wafaa ki
dil mein ik toofaan uthhaa de
dil mein ik toofaan uthhaa de ae
saaz-e-dilkash chhed de ae
chhed de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de ae
bhool jaa aa aa aa aa
bhool jaa aa
bhool jaa guzri wo raatein
pyaar o ulfat ki wo baatein
bhool jaa guzri wo raatein
pyaar o ulfat ki wo baatein
ho sakegaa jo naa apnaa aa
ho sakegaa jo naa apnaa aa
dil se us but? ko bhoolaa de
dil se us but? ko bhoolaa de ae
saaz-e-dilkash chhed de ae
chhed de ae
phir wahi naghmaa sunaa de
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Devnagri script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे
दिल को दीवाना बना दे ए
साज़ ए दिलकश छेड़ दे ए
छेड़ दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
ग़मज़दा ख़्वाबों में ए खोया आ
दर्द है पहलु में सोया आ
ग़मज़दा ख़्वाबों में खोया आ
दर्द है पहलु में सोया आ
याद फिर ना बे-वफ़ा कि ई
याद फिर ना बे-वफ़ा कि
दिल में इक तूफ़ान उठा दे
दिल में इक तूफ़ान उठा दे ए
साज़ ए दिलकश छेड़ दे ए
छेड़ दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
भूल जा आ आ आ आ
भूल जा आ
भूल जा गुजरी वो रातें
प्यार ओ उल्फत कि वो बातें
भूल जा गुजरी वो रातें
प्यार ओ उल्फत कि वो बातें
हो सकेगा जो ना अपना आ
हो सकेगा जो ना अपना आ
दिल से उस बुत को भूला दे
दिल से उस बुत को भूला दे ए
साज़ ए दिलकश छेड़ दे ए
छेड़ दे ए
फिर वही नगमा सुना दे ए
O baazigar ae ae ae baazigar
Posted on: September 18, 2020
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4445 | Post No. : | 15894 |
We in this blog are taking the “blog Ten Year Challenge” project rather seriously. BTYC Posts are appearing regularly in the blog,
On the other hand, some older projects are seemingly getting neglected. For instance, introducing new movies in the blog, YIPPYing movies in the blog, ensuring blog centuries for artists are some of the projects that are not getting the attention that they should.
Project YIPPEE is a cherished project of the blog. We consciously post songs of movies with the aim of covering all songs of movies. 1218 movies have been YIPPEED so far.
More than 100 movies got YIPPEED in every year from 2012 to 2018. Then we slowed down. 2019 saw only 19 movies getting YIPPEED.
2020 has seen 38 movies getting YIPPEED so far. It is not that we have run ot of movies to take up. Right now there are dozens of movies with just one song left. So we have lots and lots of YIPPIable movies awaiting their turns.
“Hill Station”(1957) is one such movie. This movie was produced by A A Nadiadwala and directed by Shakti Samanta for Pushpa Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Bina Rai, Pradeep Kumar, K N Singh, Maruti, Protima Devi, Krishnkant, Shyama, Sangeeta, Kundan, Ridku, Kathana, Nirmal Kumar, Laxman Rao, Sheila Vaz, Seema, Nazeer, Kashmiri, Tiger (dog) etc in it.
The movie had seven songs in it. Six songs have been covered in the blog so far,
Here are the details of the songs covered in the blog:-
| Song | Date posted |
|---|---|
| Nayi manzil nayi raahein Multiple version song | 21 January 2011 |
| Muhabbat mein tadapne se qaraar aata hai is dil ko | 25 May 2012 |
| Gori gori patli kalaai re balamwa | 25 February 2017 |
| Ye maara wo maara | 13 January 2019 |
| Wo khushnaseeb hain jinko yahaan karaar mila | 29 August 2020 |
The movie appears to be a suspense movie going by the songs in it. Quite a few songs sound like club song.
The seventh and final song from “Hill Station”(1957) is sung by Geeta Dutt. S H Bihari is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hemant Kumar.
Only the audio of the song is available. But the lyrics suggest that it is unmistakably a club song where a dancer is cautioning the hero about the evil intentions of the bad guys.
Since it is a club dance song, it may have been picturised on Shyama or Sheila Vaz. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
This song, which I heard for the first time only now, sounds like a gem, which failed to become as popular as some other club dance songs of that era.
With this song, all the seven songs of “Hill Station”(1957) have been covered in the blog and the movie joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-O baazigar ae ae ae baazigar(Hill Station)(1957) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-S H Bihari, MD-Hemant Kumar
o baazigar
o baazigar
ae ae baazigar
o baazigar
ae ae ae baazigar
do pyaar ki baaten kar zara
do pyaar ki baaten kar
ha humse milaa ke milaa ke nazar r
o baazigar
ae ae baazigar
do pyaar ki baaten kar zara
do pyaar ki baaten kar
ha humse milaa ke milaa ke nazar
o baazigar
jeet samjha hai jisko teri haar hai
dekh aankhon mein zaalim tera pyaar hai
jeet samjha hai jisko teri haar hai
dekh aankhon mein zaalim tera pyaar hai
humse daaman chhudaa ke chala hai kidhar
o jaane jigar tu khel magar
haan humse milaa ke milaa ke nazar
o baazigar
ae ae ae baazigar
do pyaar ki baaten kar zara
do pyar ki baaten kar
ha humse milaa ke milaa ke nazar
o baazigar
loot lene ki tujhko nayi chaal hai
dushmanon ka bichhaaya hua jaal hai
loot lene ki tujhko nayi chaal hai
dushmanon ka bichhaaya hua jaal hai
naa phansna tu is jaal mein bekhabar
o jaane jigar tu khel magar
haan humse milaa ke milaa ke nazar
o baazigar
ae ae ae baazigar
do pyaar ki baaten kar zara
do pyaar ki baaten kar
haan humse milaa ke milaa ke nazar
o baazigar
Sasuraal mein hogi tu akeli
Posted on: September 16, 2020
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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4443 | Post No. : | 15891 |
In my last post on the Blog, I had written about Mohana Cabral, the dancer who had ruled Hindi film industry during 1949-55. After writing this post, I thought that I should do, more or less, a similar exercise on another well- known dancer who was one of the much sought-after dancers during 1955-60, now almost forgotten. She had worked in the films of big banners like R.K. Films, Navketan Films Guru Dutt Films, Filmistan etc. The dancer is Sheila Vaz. And what a coincidence! Both Mohana and Sheila Vaz had Goan background. When Mohana ‘vacated her seat’ from Hindi films in 1955, Sheila Vaz stepped in to fill the vacant seat in 1955.
While Mohana came from theatre background and became dancer in Hindi films, Sheila Vaz came from a dancing background having learnt dancing, especially folk dancing during her teenage days in Mumbai. But unlike Mohana, Sheila Vaz had tough competitions from reigning dancers like Cuckoo, Roopmala and the emerging dancers like Helen, Kumkum, Minoo Mumtaz etc. But Sheila Vaz created a niche for herself among her contemporary dancers in Hindi films. Like Mohana who bid adieu to Hindi films in 1955 after her marriage, Sheila Vaz too left Hindi films in 1960 after her marriage and remained in Mumbai as a housewife keeping aloof from the Hindi film industry.
I could not get much information about Sheila Vaz on the internet or articles in the newspapers/film magazines as to her background, upbringing and as to how she got associated with Hindi films. Some bare information about Sheila was available in an article ‘Dances with Sheila’ written by Karan Bali which appeared in upperstall.com. The article was based on an interview of Sheila Vaz conducted by him in 2009. Since he had interviewed her for his project on the golden age of Hindi cinema, he shared only some background information and her dance songs in the article.
Sheila Vaz’s family hailed from Goa. She was born on October 18, 1934 in Dadar, Mumbai. Her schooling was completed in Mumbai. Simultaneously, she learnt dances especially Indian folk dances. Initially, she had to face some resistance from the family who were against her joining films but eventually she got permission to dance in Hindi films. She began her filmy career with Kishore Sahu’s ‘Mayur Pankh’ (1954) as dancer though Kidar Sharma’s ‘Gunaah’ (1953) was released first. [According to me, she seems to have acted as a chorus dancer in Kidar Sharma’s ‘Shokhiyaan’ (1951) followed by a full-pledged dancer in ‘Maa’ (1952)]. In the interview, Sheila Vaz had said that she was extremely fortunate enough to have worked with legends like Kidar Sharma, Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt. Her active years in Hindi film industry was during 1955-60. She got married sometime in 1960 after which she quit her filmy career. After marriage, she became Rama Lakhanpal.
Since Sheila Vaz could neither read or understand Hindi, she was given the songs in Roman script and explained their meaning so that she would know what expressions to give. One of many interesting anecdotes revealed during the interview was the shooting of the song ‘leke pehla pehla pyaar’ from CID, which was choreographed by Zohra Sehgal. The song was shot at Worli Sea face and was completed in two days.
I have been working on the filmography of Sheila Vaz and on the songs picturised on her in Hindi films. But I found collating her filmography somewhat a hard task. The reasons were that in some films, she was not accredited. And if accredited, her name appeared as ‘Sheila Vaz’, ‘Sheela Vaz’. ‘Shela Vaz’, ‘Shila Vaz’ or simply ‘Sheela’. In this context, Sudhir ji helped me by sending a list of her films by culling out information from HFGK which has listed 61 films between 1955 to 1961. I compared the HFGK list with my list which I had compiled from checking on the internet with different spellings of Sheila Vaz and also from our Blog which has tagged her songs under the category ‘Sheila Vaz Dance Songs’. With these, my revised list merging with HFGK list provided by Sudhir ji came to a whooping 70 films in about 6 years of her Hindi film career.
Year-wise details of Sheila Vaz’s 70 films are as under:
1952 (1): Maa
1954 (1): Mayur Pankh
1955 (4): House No.44, Sardaar, Shree 420, Tees Maar Khan.
1956 (8): Anokha Jungle, Basre Ki Hoor, CID, Durgesh Nandini, Jallad, Kaarwaan. Patraani, Shatranj.
1957 (23): Abhimaan, Agra Road, Bade Sarkaar, Bansari Bala, Begunaah, Ek Saal, Hill Station, Johny Walker, Maya Nagri, Mirza Sahibaan, Miss India, Mr. X, Nausehrwaan-e-Adil, Pawan Putra Hanuman, Ram Hanuman Yudha, Sant Raghu, Sati Pareeksha, Shaahi Baazar, Sharada, Silver King, Tumsa Nahi Dekha, Ustaad, Yahudi Ki Ladki.
1958 (9):Chaubees Ghante, Hathkadi, Light House, Mr. Qartoon MA, Paravrish, Raj Sinhaasan, Sawera, Solva Saal, Taqdeer.
1959 (11): Bus Conductor, Chaand, Chhoti Bahen, Guesh House, Jagga Daaku, Jaagir, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Madaari, Madhu, Naya Sansaar, Samraat Prithviraj Chauhan.
1960 (8): Bade Ghar Ki Bahu, Bahaana, Duniya Jhukti Hai, Kala Aadmi, Laal Quila, Manzil, Miyan Biwi Razi, Superman.
1961 (5): Batwaara, Chhote Nawab, Modern Girl, Ramlila, Ramu Dada.
Our Blog have listed 33 songs picturised on Sheila Vaz under the category Sheila Vaz dance songs for which video clips are available to watch. There would have been more of her dance songs if the VCDs/DVDs of her other films were available on video sharing platforms. I have listed some of her popular dance songs with links below:
sach keh den gar bura na maano – ‘Maa’ (1952)
tandaana tandaana tandaana – ‘Mayur Pankh’ (1954)
ramaiyya vastavaiyya – ‘Shree 420’ (1955)
leke pahla pahla pyaar – ‘CID’ (1956)
thandi thandi hawa pooche unka pataa – ‘Johny Walker’ (1957)
jaane kaisa jaadoo kiya re – ‘Parvarish’ (1958)
akeli mujhe chhod na jaana – Madaari’ (1959)
suna hai jab se mausam hai pyaar ke kaabil – ‘Ramu Dada’ (1960)
With 70 films to her credit in a short filmy career of 6 years, Sheila Vaz was in great demand for her dance songs. I have watched almost all of her dance songs for which video clips are available. One thing comes out clearly from her dance songs is that she has an electrifying presence in almost all her dance songs. For example, in dil ka haal sune dilwaala, though Sheila Vaz presence in the song is less than one minute out of 5 minutes of song, when she dances with Raj Kapoor, the attention of the audience would be more on her rather than on Raj Kapoor. Similarly, in the song, thandi thandi hawa pooche unka pataa, in my view, Sheila Vaz outperformed Shyama. When the old timers listen to the songs like leke pahla pahla pyaar, they are likely to remember more of Sheila Vaz though Dev Anand and Shakila were also present in the song sequence.
On the basis of my searches, I think only 3 dance songs of Sheila Vaz for which video clips are available are remained to be covered in the Blog. Of the three songs, I present one of her dance songs, ‘sasuraal mein hogi tu akeli’ from the film, ‘Mirza Saahibaan’ (1957). The song is sung by Shamshad Begum and picturised on Sheila Vaz. The song is written by Verma Malik which is set to music by Sardul Singh Kwatra. The audio clip has a shorter version of the song without the second stanza of the video clip.
This song ia probably based on a Punjabi traditional pre-wedding song. And what a guidance to the ‘would be bride’ from her friends!
ban jayiyo na saas ki cheli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
Enjoy the dance song.
Video Clip (Longer)
Audio Clip:
Song-Sasuraal mein hogi tu akeli (Mirza Saahibaan)(1957) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Verma Malik, MD-Sardul Kwatra
Chorus
Lyrics(Based on Video Clip)
akadi to akadi leke aaya kakdi
gupchup khaane laga saari
Razia Saeeda aur Fatima ko chhod kar
aayi hai Julekha sarkaari
sasuraal mein tu hogi akeli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
teri ulfat hai nayi naveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
sasuraal mein tu hogi akeli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
teri ulfat hai nayi naveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
ban jayiyo na
ho ban jayiyo na saas ki cheli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
teri ulfat hai nayi naveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
har raat nayi
har baat nayi
har raat nayi ji har baat nayi
ik baat mein sau sau baat nayi ji
ik baat mein sau sau baat nayi
wo raat bhi hogi paheli
haay
wo raat bhi hogi paheli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
teri ulfat hai nayi naveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
dildaar mila
tujhe pyaar mila
dildaar mila ji tujhe pyaar mila
gharbaar mila sansaar mila ji
gharbaar mila sansaar mila
mili balam ki oonchi haveli
haay mili balam ki oonchi haveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
teri ulfat hai nayi naveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
phoolon mein pali
naazuk si kali
phoolon mein pali naazuk si kali
lekar khushiyaan ban thhan ke chali ji
lekar khushiyaan ban thhan ke chali
maa baap ko chhod akeli
haay maa baap ko chhod akeli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
teri ulfat hai nayi naveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
ban jayiyo na saas ki cheli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
teri ulfat hai nayi naveli
saheli zara dat ke rahiyo
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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4425 | Post No. : | 15843 |
Today’s song is from the film Hill Station-1957.
The peak of the Golden Era of HFM was in the decade of the 50’s. In this decade, probably all operating MDs gave their best songs and the ordinary, common music loving film goer did not know how much good music he could digest. For some, it was almost an indigestion with excessive indulgence in good, Divine music and this condition had no medicine. The music lovers had to endure and enjoy the excess provision of his choicest music.
1957 – what an year it was! The best year in the Golden Era! The best year in the 50s! The best year for melody and music! Such wonderful films came in this year!!! The lineup of 1957 films looks like the selection of the creamy layer in everlasting music – ‘Mother India’, ‘Pyasa’, ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’, ‘Bhabhi’, ‘Asha’, ‘Miss Mary’, ‘Naya Daur’, ‘Do Aankhen Barah Haath’, ‘Paying Guest’, ‘Nau Do Gyarah’, ‘Dekh Kabira Roya’. ‘Nausherwaan e Adil, ‘Gateway Of India’, ‘Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke, ‘Kathputali’, ‘Sharada’ . . . Films like Baarish, Ab Dilli door nahin, Abhiman, Bada Bhai, Begunah, Beti, Chhote Babu, Coffee House, Dushman, Johnny Walker, Miss Bombay, Miss India, Mr. X, Narsi Bhagat, Paak Daaman, Pawanputra Hanuman, Ustad, Zamana, Garma Garam had equally melodious songs like other films mentioned, albeit may not be so famous. Films produced in Madras were quite popular. AVM’s ‘Bhabhi’, ‘Miss Mary’ and ‘Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke’, Prasad Production’s first Hindi film ‘Sharda’, and MV Raman’s film ‘Asha’ played havoc with their captive audiences. Films from south somehow have always concocted a success formula, mixing comedy, tragedy, social message, excellent production values and above all superb music, which made their films very popular everywhere.
Satyen Bose’s ‘Bandi’ brought together all the three Ganguly brothers in one film for the first time. Later he would repeat this feat in ‘Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi’ in 1958. ‘Musaafir’, Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s first Hindi film as a director, was an experimental film depicting the phases of life – birth, life, death and rejuvenation, symbolically through a succession of tenants in a house on rent. Director Amiya Chakravarty’s competition with Gyan Mukherjee came to an end with his unexpected demise while the making of ‘Kathputali’ was in progress. The film was completed by Nitin Bose. (Later, Gyan Mukherjee also passed away while making ‘Sitaron Se Aagey’ (1958) which was later completed by Satyen Bose. Both films had the same story and same heroine).
With the musical blockbuster ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’ from Filmistan, Nasir Hussain introduced his own success formula of entertaining films and minted crores by repeating it several times, in a new garb. This film changed Shammi Kapoor’s luck, and made him an A grade actor. However, it did not much benefit the heroine Ameeta. She remained where she was – a second grade actress. Filmistan also released ‘Paying Guest’, with chocolate hero Dev Anand, with superb music and songs composed by SD Burman. Dev also featured in ‘Nau Do Gyarah’, another musical entertainer from Navketan, his home production company.
A surprise hit that year was the socio-religious film ‘Janam Janam Ke Phere’. The song “Zara Saamne To AaO Chhaliye” became the unexpected top song of the year and an iconic one at that! ‘Apradhi Kaun’ was genuinely an excellent detective story. Amiya Chakravarty’s ‘Dekh Kabira Roya’ was a hit due to its superb music, though its cast was quite ordinary. ‘Do Aankhen Barah Haath’ got the national award. Amiya Chakravarty and Gope passed away this year. Nimmi got married. Vividh Bharati started its broadcast on 3rd October 1957.
Compared to all these musical giants. today’s film Hill Station-57 was not at all comparable. MD Hemant Kumar gave music to 9 films in 1957 alone- must be his maximum for any year. Music Aficionados still debate vehemently whether Hemant Kumar was a better singer or a better MD. As MD, he gave music to 55 films, composing 423 songs. As a singer he sang 320 songs in 173 films. In 1957, while he gave music to 9 films, he actually sang songs in 12 films.
I have not seen this film – that time or even at a later time, because I was not a fan of Bina Rai or Pradeep Kumar. Produced by A A Nadiadwala, for the banner- Pushpa Pictures, this Social film was directed by Shakti Samant. In the cast were also, K N Singh, Maruti, Prtotima Devi, Krishnakant, Shyama,Sheela Vaz and many others, including a Dog named Tiger. I always wondered, how can anybody name a Dog as Tiger, when Tigers are never known to be named as Dog. And then, what’s the role of a Dog in a Social film ? Of course in some films, trained dogs do some story turning acts, as in film ” Hum aapke hain Kaun-94″
In Hindi films, there are some senior actors ( I mean, those who have been in films for more than 25-30 years), who remained quiet, without attracting much comments or getting even few lines in the film reviews. They came, stayed and went as quietly as they remained in films. Actors like Sankatha Prasad, Niranjan Sharma,Habib, Anwar, Shaikh, Shivraj etc etc. One such name was Krishna Kant.
The name of krishna kant or K K is known to many people. Krishnakant ( 15-9-1922 to 24-10-2016) was a noted character actor of long standing. His career spanned from 1943 to 1989, a whopping 46 years. After retirement he had settled in Surat, Gujarat. His life story has been made into a Gujarati book ” Guzra hua zamana” written by the famous author Shri Biren Kothari ji. He has gifted me a copy of this book. Reading this book takes you into those times.KK had a knack of telling the history in an interesting way, with a lot many photographs. Till the last day (94 years) his memory was excellent. During my visit to Surat in early 2016, I could not meet him, due to paucity of time. This will pinch me forever. Our Sudhir ji and Bakshish Singh ji met him, when they went to Surat to meet Harsh Raghuwanshi ji.
Krishnakant acted in 109 Hindi, 16 Gujarati, 2 Bangla and 2 English movies. He has also directed 2 Hindi and 13 Gujarati films. In addition, he was active on TV in his later years. He acted in 8 Hindi and 6 Gujarati serials and directed 3 Hindi serials. He also acted in 1 Hindi and 7 Gujarati stage dramas. Here is a short Bio data of him-
Krishnakant (15-9-1922 to 24-10-2016)
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Gujarati and Hindi actor and director born in Howrah, Bengal, as Krishnakant Maganlal Bukhanwala. Son of a textile engineer; educated in Surat and in Bombay. Obtained a diploma in radio and electrical engineering (1940); then joined the Rooptara Studio in Bombay, working in the sound department. Assisted Nitin Bose for five years, then worked with Arvind Sen on Muqaddar (also acting in it) and with Subodh Mukherjee (Paying Guest, 1957). First major acting role in Phani Majumdar’s Andolan; other notable roles are a paralytic in Amiya Chakravarty’s Patita and the villain in Shakti Samanta’s Detective. Left films in the late 50s to concentrate on Gujarati theatre work (e.g. Pravin Joshi’s Manas Name Karigar) mainly with Harkrishen Mehta’s group. Returned to cinema in the early 70s; turned to direction with Dakurani Ganga, adapting Mehta’s novel Pravaha Paltavyo. Directed a series of Gujarati films based on plays or films from other languages: e.g. Visamo is based on Harkrishen Mehta’s play, in which he acted the role of an old teacher, recalling Paranjpe’s Oon Paoos (1954) and Panthulu’s School Master (1958). Also adapted Anant Mane’s Manini (1961) as Maa Dikri. With these films he introduced a novel style of urban entertainment to Gujarati cinema, although relying on conventional reformist melodrama plots about the joint family, the generation gap and the exploitation of women. Also noted actor on Hindi and Gujarati television.FILMOGRAPHY (* also d): 1943: Paraya Dhan; 1950: Chor, Muqaddar; Mashaal; 1951: Andolan; 1952: Daag; Tamasha; Zalzala; 1953: Patita; 1954: Baadbaan; Dhobi Doctor; Naukri; 1955: Faraar; Subse Bada Rupaiya; Ghar Ghar Mein Diwali; Seema; 1956: Sailaab; Jagte Raho; Patrani; Sudarshan Chakra; Dhola Maru; 1957: Agra Road; Bandi; Begunah; Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke; Yahudi Ki Ladki; Bhabhi; 1958: Ghar Sansar; Detective; Howrah Bridge; Mehndi; Parvarish; Post Box 999; Delhi Ka Thug; 1959: Insaan Jaag Utha; Satta Bazaar; Madhu; Ghar Ghar Ki Baat; Jaalsaaz; 1960: Jaali Note; 1961: Tanhaai; 1963: Jivno Jugari; Vanraj Chavdo; 1969: Do Raaste; Kanku; 1971: Duniya Kya Jaane; Hathi Mere Saathi; Pyar Ki Kahani; Sharmilee; Paraya Dhan; 1972: Mere Jeevan Saathi; Do Chor; Annadata; Gunsundari No Ghar Sansar; 1973: Gaai Aur Gori; Suraj Aur Chanda; Mr Romeo; Manchali; 1974: Parinay; Ajnabi; Trimurti; Vardan; Aarop; 1975: Anari; Kala Sona; Sant Surdas; 1976: Deewangee; Koi Jeeta Koi Haara; Sajjo Rani; Dakurani Ganga*; 1977: Jagriti; Kulavadhu*; 1978: Khoon Ki Pukar; Visamo*; Maa Dikri*; Ghar Sansar*; 1979: Sonba Ane Rupba*; 1980: Maniyaro*; Meru Mulande*; Jog Sanjog*; 1981: Hotel; 1982: Prem Lagna*; Dharmo*; Jawabdaar*; 1983: Main Awara Hoon; Poojana Phool; 1986: Teesra Kinara*; Chhota Admi*; 1988: Kharidar.
(adapted from Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema).
Today’s song is a very good, typical Lover’s song by Hemant Kumar. The song had its own share of popularity for some time in those days. Now enjoy the song, with Nostalgia…..
Song-Wo khushnaseeb hain jinko yahaan qaraar mila (Hill Station)(1957) Singer-Hemant Kumar, lyrics-S H Bihari, MD-Hemant Kumar
Lyrics
wo khushnaseeb hain jinko yahaan qaraar mila
hamen to dil jo mila wo bhi beqaraar mila
wo khushnaseeb hain jinko yahaan qaraar mila
hamen to dil jo mila wo bhi beqaraar mila
wo khushnaseeb hain
mili hain pyaar mein dar dar ki thokaren hamko
mili hain pyaar mein dar dar ki thokaren hamko
lagaaye rakhte hain seene se har ghadi gham ko
jo khatm ho na kabhi aisa intazaar mila
hamen to dil jo mila wo bhi beqaraar mila
wo khushnaseeb hain
sitam hai gham ke samandar mein har khushi doobi
sitam hai gham ke samandar mein har khushi doobi
hamaare ashq mein khud apni zindagi doobi
sahaara de koi aisa na ek baar mila
hamen to dil jo mila wo bhi beqaraar mila
wo khushnaseeb hain jinko yahaan qaraar mila
hamen to dil jo mila wo bhi beqaraar mila
wo khushnaseeb hain
Mat pyaar mein dhokha khaana
Posted on: August 20, 2020
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Mohammed Rafi: The incomparable (II) – Song No. 17
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20/08/2020 – Death anniversary of Avinash Vyas
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The names of both Avinash Vyas and Bharat Vyas remind everyone of mythological movies and their bhajans and religious songs. On this death anniversary, I found a song, a Rafi solo with a difference. It is nothing like a bhajan or a mythological situation song, but appears to be roadside tamasha category song.
This is a fun song from the film Aadhi roti (1957). This movie has actors like Prem Adeeb, Master Bhagwan, Sulochana Latkar, Daisy Irani and Manorama. The songs are composed by Avinash Vyas and written by (unrelated) Bharat Vyas. As per the Rafi excel sheet, this song is performed on screen by Master Bhagwan. It figures as it does sound like a Bhagwan Dada song.
Three songs from the film are posted as below :
teri duniya mein aa kar bhi
so jaa re so jaa mere laal
main gori gori gori gori chhori
Actually the lullaby song “so ja re so jaa mere laal” is a multiple version song, with one more sad solo by GeetaDutt and a sad version by Rafi Sahab. I am glad that I visited the songs of this movie today. The sad version is something else and I don’t want to stop listening to it. Reminds me of another multiple version sad, lullaby song where Rafi Sahab scores a unbeaten ton in cricketing parlance: aaj kal mein dhal gaya. Composing a song, bringing it to the best possible shape and rehearsing it, till you get the perfect rendition with true expression must be as much hard work as it takes to complete a century in the test match. But then “Beti Bete” was in 1964, with Shankar-Jaikishan being so busy that they were canning more than one song in a day, as per some reports. So here Rafi Sahab and also other singers had to deliver the right take much quickly and had not much opportunity to be pedantic.
Excel sheet is also listing many Rafi songs composed by Avinash Vyas for Gujrati films. I would have attempted to post a gujrati song, especially the ‘Garba” songs like ‘mehnditevaavi’. But I hesitated, due to my half knowledge of the language. A Marathi song should be a safer bet to add in this series.
Avinash Vyas may not be one of the greats of the golden era of hindi film songs. This is a 1957 song, just about the right time when the composers had finally digested that a phenomena like Rafi Sahab exists. S. D.Burman was in his peak with films like “Pyaasa”, “paying Guest” etc., O. P. Nayyar was also getting into his groove and played a masterstroke with “Naya Daur”. Madan Mohan was still getting there with “Gateway of India”. But I feel strongly, that a couple of songs from this film “Aadhi Roti”, especially the lori song is a quality creation, deserves to hold its head high. This “lori” Rafi version has overshadowed the song I am posting here, as I heard it just now, after the present song and prepared the lyrics.
But I liked this song a lot too, for its peppy and mischievous spirit and Rafi sahab’s expertise and perfect delivery and timing in singing it. Another song, where it feels as if, more than one person is singing it, when actually only Rafi Sahab’s voice is there and no chorus to accompany. And plus also the fact that he seems to have so much time to sing not just the words, but accompany them with a lot of his typical ‘murkiyan’. All of this is done within the blink of an eye. Well, almost.
Any wonder that I wish, I was a butterfly on the wall, when all these recordings were happening in the recording studios.
This Rafi solo is presented, as a tribute to Avinash Vyas on his remembrance day.
Song-Mat pyaar mein dhokha khaana (Aadhi Roti)(1957) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Avinash Vyas
Lyrics
mat pyaar mein dhokha khaana
chikna chikna hai zamaana
baabu re ae ae ae
phisal na jaanaaaaa
o mat pyaar mein dhokha khaana
chikna chikna hai zamaana
babu re ae ae
phisal na jaanaaa
arey phisal na jaanaa
baabu
dil pe rakhna qaaboo
baabu re baabu re baaboo
phisal na jaanaaaaa
haha
arey kahaan jaata bhai
phurrrrrrrrrrr….
udti phirti
jaadugarni
chhoriyaan
chupke chupke
dil ki kartin
choriyaan
ho…..
udti phirti
jaadugarni
chhoriyaan
chupke chupke
dil ki karti
choriyaan
dil apna in se bachaana
mat chot jigar pe khaana
baabu re ae ae ae
phisal na jaanaaa
arey phisal na jaanaa
baabu
dil pe rakhna qaaboo
baabu re baabu re baaboo
phisal na jaanaaaaa
hahaha
chal chal chal
sambhal ke chal
o Chal chal chal
sambhal ke
galiyaan hain yeh pyaar ki
naar hai ya dhaar hai
talwaar ki
kaanon mein do
ghoomti hain baaliyaan
dil phansaane
ko hain yeh do
jaaliyaan
ho Kaanon mein do
ghoomti hain baaliyaan
dil phansaane
ko hain yeh do
jaaliyaan
ye prem ka taana-baana
mat iss chakkar mein aanaa
baabu re ae ae ae
phisal na jaanaaa
phisal na jaanaa
baabu
dil pe rakhna qaaboo
baabu re baabu re baaboo
phisal na jaanaaaaa
mat pyar mein dhokha khaana
chikna chikna hai zamaana
baabu re ae ae ae
o Phisal na jaanaaa
o baabuoo
phisal na jaanaa
Bachpan hua khatam hai
Posted on: August 19, 2020
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4415 | Post No. : | 15819 |
Now a days we are regularly discussing songs under the “Blog Ten Year Challenge”. Every day, at least one movie is found to be eligible for this challenge.
Today (19 august 2020) is an exception. No movie is eligible today for the reason that no posts appeared on this day 10 year ago. That way, 2010 had lots of DOT days – 61 to be exact. 19 august 2010 was the 45th DOT day (out of 61) of 2010.
By contrast, 2020 thankfully has had no DOT days. And I hope that we will be able to maintain this record for 2020.
Today so far no post has appeared. On this occasion here is a song from “Chandi Pooja”(1957). “Chandi Pooja”(1957) was produced by Dinu M Desai and directed by Raman B Desai for New Precious pictures, Bombay. The movie had Nirupa Roy, Manhar Desai, Shanta Apte, Prem Adib, D.K.Sapru, Hans Raj, Malaya Sarkar, Panday, Moni Chatterjee, Sangeeta, Sudhir, Narbada Shankar etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it. The movie had made its debut in the blog on 18 August 2010 and four out of eight songs of the movie have been covered so far. So the movie was eligible for “Blog Ten Year Challenge” yesterday. But we could noyt take up this movie yesterday.
One day later, here is the fifth song from “Chandi Pooja”(1957) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and female chorus. Kavi Pradeep is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ajit Merchant.
Only the audio of this “Aaj main jawaan ho gayi hoon” genre of song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Audio link:
Song-Bachpan hua khatam hai (Chandi Pooja)(1957) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Kavi Pradeep, MD-Ajit Merchant
Female chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
bachpan hua khatam hai
lagney lagi sharam hai
lo aa gayi jawaani ee
ab pyaar ka mausam hai
bachpan hua khatam
hmm….hmmm…hmmmm….hmmhmmm….hmmmmm
hmm….hmmm…hmmmm….hmmhmmm.hmmmmm
kya khoob ye umar hai
iss ka ajab asar hai
jhukney lagi hain palkein aen
tirchhi huyi nazar hai
ho o o o ho o o o
sakhiyon ye kya zulam hai
ab khul gaya bharam hai
ye baat mat bataanaa
tumko meri qasam hai
bachpan hua khatam
hmm….hmmm…hmmmm….hmmmmm.hmmmmm…hmmmm
hmm….hmmm…hmmmm….hmmmmm.hmmmmm…hmm….hmmm
kaissi ghadi ye aayee
aaney lagi angdaayi
mujko meri umariyaa aa aa
kiss oar kheench laayi
ho o o ho o o o ho o o
aakhon mein aaj dum hai
kya masti ka aalam hai
badli hai zindgaani
ab jo bhi ho to kam hai
bachpan hua khatam
bachpan hua khatam hai
lagney lagi sharam hai
lo aa gayi jawaani ee
ab pyaar ka mausam hai
bachpan hua khatam
Ae jee o jee kaho
Posted on: July 15, 2020
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“Chandi Pooja”(1957) was produced by Dinu M Desai and directed by Raman B Desai for New Precious Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Nirupa Roy, Manhar Desai, Prem Adib, Shanta Apte, Malay Sarkar, Sapru, Pandey, Sangeeta, Narbada Shankar, Hansraj, Sudhir, Moni Chatterjee etc in it.
The movie had eight songs in it. Three songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the fourth song from “Chandi Pooja”(1957) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Shamshad Begam and Rafi. Kavi Pradeep is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ajit Merchant. In this movie, all other songs were solos, and this song is the only duet song. Only the audio of the son is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song. My guess is that it was picturised on the lead pair of Nirupa Roy and Manhar Desai.
Song-Ae jee o jee kaho (Chandi Puja)(1957) Singers-Shamshad Begam, Rafi, Lyrics-Kavi Pradeep, MD-Ajit Merchant
Lyrics
ae ji o
ji kaho
badi aaj ki daraawni hai raat
zara jaagte rehna
ae ji o
ji kaho
badi beimaan hai ye barsaat
zara bach ke rehna
aisa mat bolo ji
laage mohe darr
darr jo lage to gori aa jaao idhar
aisa mat bolo ji
laage mohe darr
arre darr jo lage to gori aa jaao idhar
tumhen kya khabar
badi door mera ghar
main hoon tere paas gori
phir kya fikar
ae ji o
ji kaho
kahin ho na jaaye aisi waisi baat
zara jaagte rehna
badi beimaan hai ye barsaat
zara bach ke rehna
aaj ki ye raat gori badi hai kathor
hamko bata do ji kab hogi bhor
aaj ki ye raat gori badi hai kathor
hamko bata do ji kab hogi bhor
gori tera dil hua kaahe kamzor
suna hai ke rehta hai yahaan ek chor
ae ji o
ji kaho
badi buri hoti chor ki zaat
zara bach ke rehna
badi aaj ki daraawni hai raat
zara jaagte rehna
kaale kale ghan dekho banen dushman
bade dhokhebaaz hain ye loot lete man
kaale kale ghan dekho banen dushman
bade dhokhebaaz hain ye loot lete man
koi to upaai karo kuchh to jatan
arre iske liye dena hoga pyaar ka vachan
ae ji o
ji kaho
dekho chhod na dena mera saath
zara jaagte rehna
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