Posts Tagged ‘1959’
O meri nazron mein tum hi tum ho
Posted on: March 20, 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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5358 | Post No. : | 17572 |
#the Decade of Fifties –1951 – 1960 #
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Music lovers and regulars on the blog are aware that this blog already has more than 17500 song-posts by now. Many of them are surely aware that we still have a long way to go in bringing many of the songs ‘including from the golden period of HFM’ here on the blog. These songs could well be hidden gems lost with the passage of time despite being ‘good compositions’ because they could not become popular. But then the competition at that time was of a very high class !! So many talented persons (now considered legends) were active at the same time competing for the same space!!
So our journey of unearthing songs and bringing them on board is going to be a long drawn process.
Today’s composition is one such lovely composition which had all the ingredients of becoming pupular had it got the right exposure during its time. I do not remember to have listened to it earlier on radio, so this song obviously could not make it to the popularity charts.
This song is from the movie ‘Saazish-1959’.
“Saazish-1959” was directed by Surya Kumar for ‘Filmistan Limited’.
It had Ranjan, Nalini Chonkar, B.M. Vyas, P. Kailash, Hush Banu, Randhir, Kanu Roy, Badri Prasad, Ram Avtar, Sabita Chatterjee, Indira Bansal, Bhalerao, Manohar Gir, Vithhaldas Panchotiya, Sulochana and others.
“Saazish-1959” has eight songs written by Qamar Jalalabadi and composed by S.D. Batish.
Asha Bhonsle has sung six solo songs in this movie, while in one song she is accompanied by chorus. One song is a duet song of Mohd Rafi and Asha Bhonsle.
Two songs from this movie have been posted on the blog.
Today I present the third song from this movie. It is a solo song in the voice of Asha Bhonsle. Lyrics are by Qamar Jalalabadi while music is composed by S D Batish.
Enjoy this lovely song …
Song- O meri nazron mein tum hi tum ho (Saazish)(1959) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi, MD-S D Batish
Lyrics
meri nazron mein
o meri nazron mein
tum hi tum ho
naa jaane kahaan
gum ho
zaraa sun’naa
o zaraa sun’naa aa
jaane tamannaa aa
aadhi aadhi raat meri
aankh khul jaaye
aankh khul jaaye
pyaasi pyaasi zindagi
tum ko bulaaye sanam
tum ko bulaaye
chain naa aaye
yaad sataaye ae
o mere sapnon mein
mere sapnon mein
tum hi tum ho
naa jaane kahaan gum ho
zaraa sun’naa
o zaraa sun’naa aa
jaane tamannaa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
thhak gaye kaali kaali
zulfon ke saaye
zulfon ke saaye ae
pyaar ke raahi bolo
kyun nahin aaye
kyun nahin aaye
raat suhaani
roothh naa jaaye
o mere shiqwon mein
o mere shiqwon mein
tum hi tum ho
naa jaane kahaan gum ho
zaraa sun’naa
o zaraa sun’naa aa
jaane tamannaa aa
kaisaa toone jaadu kiyaa
o pardesiyaa
o pardesiyaa aa
dil mera loot liyaa aa
o pardesiyaa
o pardesiyaa
saaz dil ka chhed diyaa aa
pardesiyaa
mere naghmon mein
oye mere naghmon mein
tum hi tum ho
naa jaane kahaan gum ho
zaraa sun’naa
o zaraa sun’naa aa
jaane tamannaa aa
meri nazron mein
oye meri nazron mein
tum hi tum ho
naa jaane kahaan gum ho
zaraa sun’naa
o zaraa sun’naa aa
jaane tamannaa aa
Jab teri nazar ke teer chaley
Posted on: February 25, 2023
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This article is the 17500th song post for the blog.
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5335 | Post No. : | 17500 | Movie Count : |
4709 |
28 january 2023 saw song post number 17400 appearing on the blog. Today (25 february 2023) finds us reaching song post number 17500 on the blog.
Yes, this post is the 175th century post for the blog. It has come in 28 days, which equals the number of days taken for the previous century. So this year 2023 has seen two centuries, both clocked in 28 days apiece. It is a vast improvement over the average days taken for the blog centuries of last few years. We are still far off from the all time record of a century in 11 days (achieved in 2011) but things are looking up as far as Blog daily strike rate is concerned.
The blog century posts now a days are decided at the last moment. The previous century post number 17400 was decided at the last moment, on the very day on which the song was covered. This song post number 17500 is no different.
Song post number 17400 was a duet song. So is the case for this song post number 17500. But that is the only similarity between the two century posts.
Post number 17400 was a duet sung by two obscure singers. That was the only duet sung by the singers in Hindi movies. The singers in the duet song of this post number 17500 are both legends in Hindi playback singing.
This song under discussion in this post is sung by Rafi and Shamshad Begam.
Why them and no one else ? There are good reasons for that.
As things stand in HFM, there have been only eight pair of singers in the Golden era of HFM who have sung over hundred duets. Seven pair of such singers have already completed their centuries in the blog. Rafi and Shamshad Begam were the only pair who had not reached their century of duet songs in the blog. With this post, they join the list and the list gets completed.
Here is the list of centurion duet singers in HFM during the golden era of HFM :-
| Singing pair | Duet Songs in the blog | Remarks |
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| Rafi-Asha Bhonsle | 561 | This pair holds the Record for highest number of duet songs |
| Rafi-Lata | 349 | Second highest number of duets. Almost all their duets covered in the blog |
| Kishore Kumar-Asha Bhonsle | 268 | |
| Kishore Kumar-Lata | 222 | |
| Mukesh-Lata | 143 | |
| Rafi-Geeta Dutt | 113 | |
| Rafi-Suman Kalyanpur | 108 | |
| Shamshad Begam-Rafi | 100 | They reach 100 duets with this post |
If one feels that there may be other pairs who may join the list in future, that is not the case. Among singers who were active during the golden era, the next duo with highest number of duets is Manna Dey-Lata Mangeshkar with 75. This figure represents their sum total of duets sung in HFM. All of them are already represented in the blog ! Likewise all duets sung by Talat Mehmood-Lata Mangeshkar (61) are already represented in the blog.
The song under discussion is from an obscure movie called “Noor e Yaman”(1956) also alternatively titled “Hatimtai Ka Beta”. This C grade movie was directed by Akkoo. The movie had Chitra, Juliaan, Ridkoo, Krishna Kumari, Heera Saawant, Sardar Mansoor, Ismail, Munshi Munakka, Bismillah, Mitthoo Mian, M. K. Hasan, Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Sandow, Abdulla, Korega, Yadav, Sukumar, Ratan Kumar, Raju, Sattar, Maqbool, Yusuf Azad Qawwal, Samar Roy, Habeeb, Shaikh Hassan, Babu Raaje, Adeeb, Wazir Mohammed Khan etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it. They were sung by five singers, viz Shewan Rizvi, Yusuf Azad Qawwal, Shamshad Begum, Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle. These nine songs were penned by three lyricists viz Akhtar Romani, Sartaj Romani and Raja Mehndi Ali Khan.
The movie is making its debut in the blog with this song. This movie becomes the 110th movie of 1956 to find representation in the blog. The song is sung by Rafi and Shamshad Begam. Raja Mehdi Ali Khan is the lyricist. Bulo C Rani is the music director.
This song, an obscure song from an obscure movie, sounds like a forgotten gem. It is a song that deserves to be better known among music lovers.
Another blog century achieved. Time to take a fresh guard.
I take this opportunity to thank one and all who are fuelling the musical bandwagon in various ways and are helping it to reach newer and newer destinations with each passing days. May this bandwagon notch many more centuries and see many more interesting records en route.
Song-Jab teri nazar ke teer chale (Noor e Yaman)aka Hatimtai Ka Beta(1956) Singers-Rafi, Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-Bulo C Rani
Lyrics
jab teri nazar ke teer chale
kuchh idhar gaye
kuchh udhar gaye
kuchh idhar gaye
kuchh udhar gaye
mere pyaar bhare dil par na lage
sab kidhar gaye
sab kidhar gaye
kuchh idhar gaye
kuchh udhar gaye
jaao jee jaao jee
teeron ko dhoondh laao jee
laao jee laao jee laao jee
ishq mein tere ho gaye hum langde
na jungle mein bhagaao jee
jaao jee jaao jee jaao jee
kyun teer hamaare bikhar gaye
sab kidhar gaye
sab kidhar gaye
kuch idhar gaye
kuchh udhar gaye
mere pyaar bhare dil per na lage
sab kidhar gaye
sab kidhar gaye
sab kidhar gaye
sab kidhar gaye
poochho jee jaa kar inka pata
phoolon se bahaaron se nazaaron se
aabsaaron se gulzaron se
bas bas bas bas bas bas bas
poocha hai maine inka pata
arre
teri aankhon ke sitaaron se
rukhsaaron se
beemaaron se
bekaaron se lohaaron se
awaaron se ghamkhaaron se banjaaron se lakadhaaron se
lakadhaa aa aa aa aaro se
na jaane wo kidhar gaye
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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5303 | Post No. : | 17379 | Movie Count : |
4680 |
#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #
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(A tribute to Bhimsen Joshi)
Today 24th January’2023 is the twelfth ‘Remembrance Anniversary’ of great vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.
He was born on 04th February’1922 and passed away on 24th January’2011.
As a tribute to Bhimsen Joshi I am presenting a song from the 1959 Un-released movie ‘Pativrataa’.
Music for this movie was composed by famous music director of Marathi films Ram Kadam.
I was longing to introduce this movie on the blog, though un-released movie it is, because this the fourth and final movie where music director Ram Kadam composed music for Hindi films other than the movies, ‘Raaste Aur Manzil-1968’, ‘Sant Tulsidas-1972’ and ‘Pinjra-1973’(already represented on the blog).
HFGK Vol-III (1951-1960) does not mention any details for this movie ‘Pativrataa’ except listing of two songs from this movie in ‘unreleased movies’ section, name of the music director, singers, and production company.
However, since this movie was also made in Marathi (year 1959) I guess the same cast was there in the Hindi movie. I am giving details below herewith of this movie in Marathi.
‘Pativrataa’ was directed by Datta Dharmadhikari for ‘Alhad Chitra’.
Datta Dharmadhikari was also the producer of this movie.
‘Patrivrataa-1959’ (In Marathi) had Sulochana, Chandrakant, Jayshree Gadkar, Suryakant, Vivek, Indirabai Chitnis, Neelam, Damu Anna Malwankar, Vasant Shinde and others.
Raja Nene, Adhik Shirodkar, had guest appearances in this movie. And the movie also had child artistes Amrendra, Chhaya and Pratibha.
Editing of this movie was done by Anand Dharmadhikari.
Bhimsen Joshi, Asha Bhonsle, Lakshami Shankar and Janaki Aiyyar had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
As mentioned above music for this movie was composed by Ram Kadam.
Lyricist name for the songs in this movie is not mentioned in HGK Vol-III and also I didn’t find it mentioned in the titles of the ‘Marathi movie-Pativrataa’.
I would request our seniors on this blog and other knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and its songs.
Today’s song is sung by Bhimsen Joshi and Lakshami Shankar and music is composed by Ram Kadam.
Our tributes to Bhimsen Joshi, one of the greatest vocalist of this country, and one of my favorites.
With this song this movie ‘Pativrataa’ makes its debut on the blog.
(audio)
Song-Ae ree maayi aaj shubh mangal gaao (Pativrata)(UR)(1959) Singers-Bhimsen Joshi, Lakshmi Shankar, MD-Ram Kadam
Lyrics
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao re
re re ae
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
shok puraavo
mridang bajaao
shok puraavo
mridang bajaao
gaao o o
rijhaao o
badhaao o o
o o nainwaaa re
ae ri maayi
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
guni gandharv apsaraa
kinnar bin rubaab
guni gandharv apsaraa
kinnar bin rubaab
baje ae ae ae ae
sadaa ? (sataar)
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
guni gandharv apsaraa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa
guni gandharv apsaraa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa
guni gandharv apsaraa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
(sargam)
aa aa aa aa aa aa
(sargam)
aa aa aa aa aa aa
(sargam)
aa aa aa aa aa aa
guni gandharv apsaraa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa
guni gandharv apsaraa
aa
kinnar bin rubaab
baje ae ae ae sataar rrrr
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
ae ri maayi
aaj shubhmangal gaao
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5246 | Post No. : | 17246 |
“Tikdambaaz”(1959) was produced by Ram Kumar and directed by Shri Ram for Madan Chitra, Bombay. The movie had Mahipal, Nigaar, Tiwari, Sheikh,Rajan Kapoor, Ramkumar,Sheila kashmiri,Indira, Maqbool, Lillian, Mohinder,Amrit Rana, Heera Sawant, Kesari,Tiddaa, Zippi, Habib Junior, Tiger(Dog), Mushtaq(horse) etc in it.
“Tikdambaaz”(1959) had six songs in it. Two songs have been covered so far.
Here is the third song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Shamshad Begam. Madan Mohan (lyricist), a different person from music director of the same name was the lyricist. Music was composed by B N Bali.
Only audio of the song is available. Two links are available. One link appears to be taken from movie sound track. Each link contains addition stanza not available in the other link.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Audio link 1
audio link 2
Song-Dil hai deewaana bana hai parwaana (Tikdambaaz)(1959) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Madan Mohan (lyricist), MD-B N Bali
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
ho dil waaley aey ae ae
hho o
dil hai deewaanaa
banaa hai parwaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhi milaanaa hai
hey aey ae
muhabbat mein
meri jaan hanske dey de
dil ka nazraanaa
muhabbat mein
meri jaan hanske dey de
dil ka nazraanaa
shamaa ki lau pe aake
jaan de detaa hai parwaanaa
yoon dil na jalaanaa
pyaar nibhaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhi milaanaa
hhey ae
dil hai deewaanaa
pyaar nibhaana
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhi milaanaa
hey aey ae
(Extra stanzas ):
mohabbat muskuraati hai ae
nigaahein geet gaati hain ae
mausam hai suhaanaa
hansnaa hansaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhi milaanaa
hey aey
dil hai deewaanaa
banaa hai parwaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhee milaanaa
hey aey ae
(dialogues)
mohabbat muskuraati hai ae
nigaahein geet gaati hai ae
ye dil ki dhadhkanein kyon ???
??? nagmein sunaati hain
mausam hai suhaanaa
hansnaa hansaanaa
ho o o ho
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhi milaanaa
hey aey ae
dil hai deewaanaa
banaa hai parwaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhee milaanaa
hey aey ae aey ae ae ae
muhabbat aap apnaatee hai
apnaayee naheen jaati
muhabbat aap apnaatee hai
apnaayee naheen jaati
ye chingaaree
sulag uthatee
hai sulgaayee nahin jaati
ye pyaar ka zamaanaa
phir nahin aanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhee milaanaa
hey aey ae
dil hai deewaanaa
banaa hai parwaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhee milaanaa
hey aey ae aey ae ae ae
mitaa dey apni duniyaa ko o
muhabbat mein aen o deewaaney ae
mitaa dey apni duniyaa ko o
muhabbat mein aen o deewaaney
zamaanaa teri ulfat kaa
kahegaa laakh afsaaney
ye pyaar ka fasaanaa
kahegaa zamaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhi milaanaa
hhey ae
dil hai deewaanaa
banaa hai parwaanaa
ho o o
jab aankh milaayee
to dil bhee milaanaa
hey aey
Masti bhare nazaare
Posted on: October 25, 2022
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This article is the 17200th blog post for the blog.
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Slowly and steadily, and also unnoticeably, we arrive at yet another century milstone for the blog. This article is the 172th century post, or in other words post number 17200.
The previous century was achieved on 14 august 2022 (Blog day number 5140). This century is being achieved on 25th october 2022( Blog day number 5212). In other words, this century has arrived in 72 days, at a glacial pace of 1.4 songs daily.
This is the second century milestone for the blog after I retired from service in June 2022. If I thought that I would be able to devote more time to the blog post retirement, that does not seem to have happened.
There are some reasons that may have prevented me from going at a better rate. One reason is that the sheer volume of content in the blog that we have accumulated requires lots and lots of background work. I am still devoting considerable time to the blog but that is happening in ackground work, and is not getting reflected in the number of posts.
Readers who are following Blog Ten Year Challenge series will notice that we used to post as many as eight songs a day ten years ago. That was the situation when I was a full fledged employee holding a key post. Still I was able to be highly productive as far as the blog was concerned.
I used to wake up before 5 AM those days and would start working on the blog right away. Today also I wake up at the same time, but I am unable to do any blog work right away. My morning is devoted to walking my two dogs one by one between 5 AM and six AM. I did not have to do this ten years ago. My dogs those days freely roamed around on their own and came back on their own. This state of affairs continued till I retired. It is only now I am realising how much time my dogs were saving me during my working days, because I did not have to walk them daily. They did their walking, running and other excecises on their own.
Right now my residence is seeing some construction work, so for the time being I am unable to open my laptop right away because it means waking my wife up. Once the construction work is over, I will be able to keep the computer in some other room and that would allow me valuable early morning hours before my wife even wakes up. That is what I used to do doing my working days, when my computers were located in a room far away from the prying eyes of my wife. 😉 Moreover, even my wife was with me only for a few days in a year as she was herself working in a far off place.
Most articles that get covered in the blog these days are guest posts. Others are mostly Blog Ten Year Challenge posts. The idea now a days is that there should be at least one post daily and taht there should not be a DOT day in the blog. The last DOT day for the blog was on 25 december 2019 (Blog day number 4177). So we now have seen at least one post daily continously for 1035 days. Hopefully this will continue for long. There were days when I was unable to post, like for instance during the last few days of my service. Sudhir Jee has kept the blog flag high on those days by posting at least one article daily.
Personally I have not been able to really “blog” where blog means expressing my views in detail on various topics. There are lots and lots of topics where I would like to express myself in detail. In the past I have written in detail about several topics. Hopefully I will be able to achieve the same form soon enough.
While looking for a century post song, I came across this rare song from a rare movie which is a composition of artists that are hardly known to most music lovers.
The movie is “Zimbo Ki Beti”(1959). “Zimbo Ki Beti”(1959) was produced by S J Rajdev and directed by S Pal for Rajni Chitra, Bombay. This movie had Nazi, Samar Roy, Heera Sawant, Burhan, Jillani, Tuntun, Nimmo, Shashimala, Majnu, Malik, Balwant Sharma, Khursheed, Razak, Govind, Khanna, Parshuram, Gawli, Sandow etc in it.
There were six obscure songs in this obscure movies. One song from “Zimbo Ki Beti”(1959) has been covered so far.
Here is the second song from the movie. It is sung by Minu Purushottam and Khursheed Baawra. Khawar Zamaan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Prem.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
I take this opportunity to thank one and all whose encouragement, support and contributions in one way or the other has kept this musical bandwagon rolling on and on for more than 14 years, which is a lot for an online collaboration of music lovers. Hopefully we will see this blog keep adding many more songs and centuries to its tally in the days, months and years to come.
Song-Masti bhare nazaare (Zimbo Ki Beti)(1959) Singers-Minu Purushottam, Khursheed Baawra, Lyrics-Khawar Zamaan, MD-Prem
Both
Lyrics
aa haa
o ho
masti bhare nazaare
karte hain ye ishaare
aa pyaar karen
aa ha
nazar ko chaar karen
o ho
nazar ko chaar karen
masti bhare nazaare
karte hain ye ishaare
aa pyaar karen
aa ha
nazar ko chaar karen
oh ho
nazar ko chaar karen
aanchal udaayen aen thhandi hawaayen aen
daal do meri baahon mein baahen
aanchal udaayen aen thhandi hawaayen aen
daal do meri baahon mein baahen aen
ye din hain pyaare pyaare
ye dil tujhko hi pukaare
aa pyaar karen
aa ha
nazar ko chaar karen
o ho
nazar ko chaar karen
masti bhare nazaare
karte hain ye ishaare
aa pyaar karen
aa ha
nazar ko chaar karen
o ho
nazar ko chaar karen
mausam suhaane ae beet na jaayen
jaane ye din phir aayen na aayen
mausam suhaane ae beet na jaayen aen
jaane ye din phir aayen na aayen
hum saath hain tumhaare
tum saath ho humaare
aa pyaar karen
aa ha
nazar ko chaar karen
o ho
nazar ko chaar karen
masti bhare nazaare
karte hain ye ishaare
aa pyaar karen
aa ha
nazar ko chaar karen
o ho
nazar ko chaar karen
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 104
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Ten years back on this date viz on 3rd October 2012, six songs from six different movies were covered on the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6777 | Apna hi ghar lutaane deewaana jaa raha hai | Adl e Jahaangeer(1955) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6778 | Suno jee aankde ka dhandha | Satta Baazaar(1959) | 6 songs covered out of 8 by now |
| 6779 | Chori chori ik ishaara ho gaya hai | Basant (1960) | 12 songs covered out of 14 by now |
| 6780 | Jeena to hai par ae dil kahaan | Paanch Dushman (1973) | 2 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 6781 | Dil kabhi tumne diya thha ye tumhe yaad rahe | Rocky Mera Naam (1973) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6782 | Mere pea ko pawan kis gali le chali | Ghulaami (1985) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
It can be noticed that three movies (out of six) whose songs were covered on the blog on this date ten years ago (3 October 2012) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with three movies that are still eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (3 October 2022).
“Satta Baazaar”(1959) is one such movie.
“Satta Baazaar”(1959) was produced and directed by Ravindra Dave for Nagina Films, Bombay. The movie had eight songs in it. six songs have been covered so far.
Here is the seventh song from “Satta Baazaar”(1959) to appear in the blog. HFGK is silent about the identity of the singer. The song is clearly sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Hasrat Jaipuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Kalyanji Anandji.
The song is picturised as a mujra dance song on Jeevankala. Narbada Shankar and Ramayan Tiwari (known as Tiwari) are also visible in the picturisation.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra. He informs us that the eight and final song “Yeh duniya rang badalti hai samay ki chakki chalti hai” does not seem to be available online. I request our knowledgeable readers to help locate this song, if possible.
video link:
Song-Kehti hain meri aankhen ye jaadoo bhari aankhen (Satta Baazaar)(1959) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Hasrat Jaipuri, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
kehti hain meri aankhein
ye jaadoo bhari aankhein
huaa hai tumse pyaa..aar
tumhaari yaad aaye
jiyaa ko tadpaaye ae
aaj dekho naachey ye pyaar ki haseenaa
jee pyaar ki haseenaa aan
khoye kis khayaalon mein
aayaa kyun paseenaa
khoye kis khayaalon mein
aayaa kyun paseenaa
nigaahein to milaao
jee pyaar na chhupaao
rangeeley dildaar
tumhaari yaad aaye
jiyaa ko tadpaaye
karein jee beqaraar
karein jee beqaraar
kehti hain meri aankhein
ye jaadu bhari aankhein
huaa hai tumse pyaa..aaar
tumhaari yaad aaye
jiyaa ko tadpaaye aey ae
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Today’s song is from the costume/stunt film ‘Jungle King’ (1959). The film was made by Artists United, Bombay (the name reminds me of the famous Hollywood company ‘United Artists’). It was produced by a group calling itself ‘Four X’ (for reasons best known to them) composed of Morris, Akbar, Asghar and Haider. The director was Masood and the music was by the pair of Bipin-Babul. The cast was very interesting. It consisted of Shaaga, Haaydu (what strange names! Never heard them !!), Sheila Ramani, Anwar, Majnu, Kamal Mehra, Heera Sawant, Tun Tun, Kabban Mirza, Dambe, Doud, Badshah, Rampuri Mehmood, Elephant Laxmi and many others.
I have never heard such strange names of actors in any film. Shaaga, Haaydu, Dambe, Rampuri Mehmood ? Where did they get these people with such names ? That way, earlier also I have come across some queer names in stunt films, like Bajarbattoo, Chemist, Dhondu, Babu Fatty, Gareeb Nawab etc. Few years back, Dr. Surjit Singh ji had downloaded 7,000 names of actors who acted in Hindi films from 1931 to 2000, from an internet site, which is extinct now. He had put it on the RMIM forum from where I downloaded the list. But in the intervening times, with me changing my Laptop several times till today, the list was lost in transit from one Laptop to the next one. The point is there were many funnier names of actors in that list.
Old time artistes had no means of publicity like today. With TV, Social Media, WA, Fb, newspapers, glossy magazines etc, publicity is easier for modern actors. Old time actors were forgotten as soon as they stopped appearing in films. Today’s film ‘Jungle King’ (1959) is a special film because in its cast are 2 old time actors who were forgotten totally with the times. One was a heroine of the then leading heroes, who fell on bad times and accepted whatever films came her way. But wisely she got married and spent a rich and comfortable retired life. The other one was an occasional singer, who held an honorable post in All India Radio and his songs became a choice of critics in those days. Let us know more about them.
One was actress Sheila Ramani, a forgotten name today, but most of us will remember her in Navketan’s ‘Taxi Driver’ (1954) where she was cast as Anglo-Indian club dancer – Sylvie. I also remember her as the leading lady in ‘Funtoosh’ (1956), also from the banner of Navketan. Sheila was born on 2-4-1931, in Karachi. She was selected as Miss Mussoorie in 1948 and judged ‘Miss Simla’ in 1950. She made her debut as Champa, the femme fatale of ‘Badnam’ (1952), and revealed herself as a danseuse of charm in ‘Anand Math’ (1952). She was one of the few Sindhi actresses besides Sadhana, who made it big in Bollywood. She was mostly seen as an upper class mod girl in the 50s, a role she enacted to perfection all through that swinging era in films like V Shantaram’s ‘Teen Batti Char Raasta’ (1953), Sheikh Mukhtar’s ‘Mangu’ (1954), ‘Meenar’ (1954), ‘Railway Platform’ (1955), and ‘Funtoosh’ (1956).
Her uncle Sheikh Latif alias Lachchu was a famous Pakistani producer who produced films like ‘Pathan’ (1955), ‘Khizan Kai Baad’ (1955), ‘Darbar-e-Habib’ (1956) etc. Sheila visited Karachi – Pakistan on the request of her uncle, to play the lead role in Pakistani film ‘Anokhi’ (1956). The film was based on Hollywood’s ‘Fabulous Senorita’ (1952). “Gari Ko Chalana Babu, Zara Halkey Halkey Halkey, Zara Dil Ka Jaam Na Chhalkey” sung by Zubeda Khanum was the popular song from the film which did modestly good business in Pakistan. The movie’s great music was composed jointly by Timir Baran (a Bengali who came from India for this purpose) and Hassan Latif. Sheila went back to India and remained as a middle-of-the-range performer in Bombay films. In the later part of her career, she was reduced to obscure films with titles that sounded like ‘Jungle King’ (1959), and ‘The Return of Superman’ (1960) – one of the last films composed by Anil Biswas. In all, she acted in 24 films. Her last film was ‘Awaara Ladki’ (1967).
Sheila was very fond of sports, especially football and swimming. Ballroom dancing was a virtual addiction for her and she used to go out dancing as often as she could. Sheila was 5 feet four inches tall, and was so fastidious that any dress she would wear won’t be repeated for six months to come at least.
According to her son Rahul Cowasji, she retired from acting in 1962 and married Jal Edi Cowasji on 31st March 1963. Part of her family that remained in Pakistan converted to Islam. She was a Hindu. She used to live in Mumbai with her husband Jal Cowasji (President of Bombay Dyeing) till 1981. They moved to Khartoum for 3 years and then to Sri Lanka for 3 years. After her husband’s death in 1984 she migrated to Australia on her own in the late 80’s and lived in Sydney and Surfers Paradise until health problems required her to return to India in the new millennium. She used to live in her husband’s ancestral home in Mhow, near Indore (MP). She was frail and bed ridden for a few years before her death on 15-7- 2015.
Her favorite Hindi film of her career was ‘Taxi Driver’ (1954). Sheila was also the leading lady of India’s first Sindhi film after partition – ‘Abana’ (1958), in which young Baby Sadhna played her younger sister’s role. [Thanks to Cineplot for some of the information in this Biosketch].
The other one was an AIR announcer and an anchor. He was also a singer and an actor for a few films. His name was Kabban Mirza. Kabban Mirza’s name is known to very few people. He is one of those people who appeared like a comet and disappeared like a lightning. In his short stint with Hindi films, he acted in 2 films – ‘Jungle King’ (1959) (he was also the Assistant Director for this film) and ‘Murad’ (1961). He sang 1 song in the film ‘Captain Azad’ (1964) and 2 songs in the film ‘Razia Sultan’ (1983). He claimed to have sung a song “Is Pyar Ki Basti Mein” in a film called ‘Sheeba’, without getting credited. No film with the name ‘Sheeba’ is traceable, but a song with the same mukhda is found in the film ‘Jungle King’ (1959), credited to Suman Kalyanpur and Babul with chorus. We don’t find a third voice in this song. It is possible that the film ‘Sheeba’ was left incomplete and the same song was used in the film ‘Jungle King’ (1959) with Babul as the male singer.
The question is why Kabban Mirza is remembered with such a meager contribution to film acting and singing ? The answer is because of his deep voice. Mirza who briefly flirted with the film world, left a lasting impression with his songs for producer-director Kamal Amrohi’s epic, ‘Razia Sultan’.
The songs — “Aayee Zanzeer Ki Jhankar Khuda Khair Kare” and “Tera Hijr Mera Naseeb Hai” — rendered in Mirza’s deep voice, were filmed on the slave-warrior character of Yaqut played by Dharmendra in the film.
Mirza was picked out after Amrohi auditioned dozens of singers in his search for a unique voice to suit the character of the slave-warrior. The film’s music director, Khayyam, reminisces: ‘‘Kamal Saab was a perfectionist. He called over 50 singers for a voice test, but remained unconvinced. Then someone suggested Kabban Mirza who was also a popular nauhaa khan (one who sings elegy for Imam Hussain’s martyrdom during Muharram). Kamal Saab’s search ended with Mirza.’’
Overnight his popularity soared. Mirza got a few more singing offers, including for BR Chopra’s ‘Nikaah’ (1982), but his preoccupation with radio came in the way. ‘‘His voice had a unique bass, unheard of in the industry,’’ says poet-lyricist Nida Fazli who penned a song for Razia Sultan.
Kabban Mirza was born in 1937 in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. He belonged to the Siddi community. This is a community that migrated from Central Asia/North Africa, during the time when India was ruled by Muslim dynasties. These people were brought in as slaves in the courts of the rulers of Delhi, Lucknow and other kingdoms in North India. They are also known as ‘Habshi’. It is curiously incidental that Yaqut, the slave in the court of Razia Sultan, also belonged to this ‘Habsh’ community. It sounds almost providentially ordained that the two people, separated by more than seven centuries – the original persona, and the singer who would sing for that historical character in a film, belong to the same original ethnic community. (Another very well known personality of Indian cinema belongs to this community – His real name was SYED HASSAN ALI ZAIDI. His family used to call him MIJJAN Miyan and screen name was Kumar, the actor who played the role of the sculptor in the film ‘Mughal e Azam’ (1960)).
The child in Kabban took to music and singing very early. He was drawn to the ‘nauhaa’ style of singing – the traditional ‘marsiaa’ and ‘taaziadaari’ singing on the solemn occasion of Muharram. It is noted that the child Kabban used to practice his singing with his head inserted inside a ‘matka’ (earthen pot).
As he grew up, he was recognized as a very impressive and inspiring ‘nauha-rubaan’ – a singer of traditional Muharram renderings. His voice caught the attention, and he got his break with All India Radio, in the music department. This phase of his life is not well documented, no details are available about his training in classical music and who his teachers were. But his depth of knowledge about the detailed nuances of classical ragas is well acknowledged in his presentations of the radio program ‘Sangeet Sarita’. He anchored this program for many years. He would play select film songs based on Hindustani classical music, and then described in great detail the classical basis, the raag and its variations, the sur, the taal, and their interplay. He garnered a good measure of fan following for this program.
He had joined AIR in Lucknow, but he was soon transferred to Bombay station, where he would take on the anchor role for such noteworthy programs as ‘Hawa Mahal’, ‘Sangeet Sarita’ and ‘Chhaaya Geet’, for many years. There is some mention that he was approached to sing for music director Ravi in BR Chopra’s ‘Nikaah’ (1982), but apparently his association with AIR and his popularity as the anchor of mainline radio programs, came in the way of his further association with the world of films.
The two songs of ‘Razia Sultan’ became very popular in their time – the record sales were impressive. But as destiny would have it, this rise in popularity was accompanied by the most unfortunate health news for Kabban Mirza. He was detected with cancer of the larynx. This was a stroke of extreme bad luck from which he could never recover. His voice and his throat were his vital and essential assets. And that is where fate struck its most unkind blow. He went into prolonged treatment, but eventually he had to be operated upon. The year was 1993. He recovered from surgery and returned home. Thankfully, the malady seemed to be in remission, but then never got to use his voice for any serious and significant assignments.
Mirza, who was admitted to Jaslok Hospital on May 9 after he complained of cough and neck pain, came back home minus his once-famous voice. The tracheotomy tube inserted in his windpipe allows him to breathe, not speak. ‘‘He was diagnosed with throat cancer and treated 10 years ago also. But its relapse has shattered us. He won his bread and our happiness through his voice. Now he has lost that very voice,’’ bemoans Rifat, Mirza’s daughter.
The respite from the physical predicament lasted for a decade. The problem reared its painful head once again, and in May/June 2003, he had to undergo another surgery that resulted in the removal of a significant part of his larynx, leaving him practically with no sound in his throat. His vocal communications were reduced to very limited rasping utterances at the best. This regrettable fate for someone who had once been honored with the Golden Voice Award by the AIR. He reportedly died in June 2006.
[Based on information collated from the articles by Mohd. Wajihuddin in Indian Express dt. 24-6-2003, Ganesh Vancheeswaran in scroll.in, and Sudhir ji in Blog ASAD, muVyz, HFGK and my notes, with thanks to all.]
Song- Dil Thaame Huye Baithe Hain Bechain Nazar Hai (Jungle King) (1959) Singers – Babul, Uma Devi, Meera Shiraz, Lyricist – Anjum Jaipuri, MD- Bipin Babul
Babul + Khurshid Bawra
All Chorus
Lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
dil tha..aame huye. . .
baithe hain. . .
haaye
bechain nazar hai
dil thaame huye
dil thaame huye baithe hain
bechain nazar hai
kehte hain muhabbat jise
kuchh tumko khabar hai
dil thaame huye baithe hain
bechain nazar hai
dil thaamne ke laakh sabab hote hain nadaan
ey ey ey hey
beemar hai
eeekhiy
beemar hai khud
haan
beemar hai khud
ya hai koi dost pareshan
ya phir kisi mehmaan ke aane ki khabar hai
ya phir kisi mehmaan ke aane ki khabar hai
ey ey ey
dil thaame huye baithe hain
bechain nazar hai
kehte hain muhabbat jise
kuchh tumko khabar hai
aati hain muhabbat mein kabhi aisi bhi raaten
neend aati nahin hoti hain taaron hi se baaten
ae ji taaron hi se baaten
ho ji taaron hi se baaten
jis dil mein mohabbat ho ye usko hi khabar hai
jis dil mein mohabbat ho ye usko hi khabar hai
dil thaame huye baithe hain
bechain nazar hai
kehte hain muhabbat jise
kuchh tumko khabar hai
ho (??) pe insaan to kabhi neend naa aaye
kaanton pe bhi so jaaye jo maa lori sunaaye
hmmm hmmm hmmm
maa baap ke kadmon mein muhabbat ka nagar hai
maa baap ke kadmon mein muhabbat ka nagar hai
dil thaame huye baithe hain
bechain nazar hai
kehte hain muhabbat jise
kuchh tumko khabar hai
raste hain alag pyaar ki manzil hai magar ek
laakhon hain tamannaayen to kya khush hai magar ek
laakhon hain tamannaayen to kya khush hai magar ek
hanste huye chalna ye muhabbat ka safar hai
hanste huye chalna ye muhabbat ka safar hai
dil thaame huye baithe hain
bechain nazar hai
kehte hain muhabbat jise
hum sab ko khabar hai
dil thaame huye baithe hain
bechain nazar hai
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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दिल थामे हुये
बैठे हैं
हाए
बेचैन नज़र है
दिल थामे हुये
दिल थामे हुये बैठे हैं
बेचैन नज़र है
कहते हैं मोहब्बत जिसे
कुछ तुमको खबर है
दिल थामे हुये बैठे हैं
बेचैन नज़र है
दिल थामने के लाख सबब होते हैं नादां
ए ए हे
बीमार है
ईखी॰ ॰ ॰
बीमार है खुद
हाँ
बीमार है खुद
या है कोई दोस्त परेशां
या फिर किसी मेहमान के आने की खबर है
या फिर किसी मेहमान के आने की खबर है
ए ए ए
दिल थामे हुये बैठे हैं
बेचैन नज़र है
कहते हैं मोहब्बत जिसे
कुछ तुमको खबर है
आती हैं मोहब्बत में कभी ऐसी भी रातें
नींद आती नहीं होती हैं तारों ही से बातें
ए जी तारों ही से बातें
हो जी तारों ही से बातें
जिस दिल में मोहब्बत हो
ये उसको ही खबर है
जिस दिल में मोहब्बत हो
ये उसको ही खबर है
दिल थामे हुये बैठे हैं
बेचैन नज़र है
कहते हैं मोहब्बत जिसे
कुछ तुमको खबर है
हो (??) पे इनसां तो कभी नींद ना आए
काँटों पे भी सो जाये जो माँ लोरी सुनाये
हम्मम हम्मम हम्मम
माँ बाप के कदमों में मोहब्बत का नगर है
माँ बाप के कदमों में मोहब्बत का नगर है
दिल थामे हुये बैठे हैं
बेचैन नज़र है
कहते हैं मोहब्बत जिसे
कुछ तुमको खबर है
रस्ते हैं अलग प्यार की मंज़िल है मगर एक
लाखों हैं तमन्नायेँ तो क्या खुश है मगर एक
लाखों हैं तमन्नायेँ तो क्या खुश है मगर एक
हँसते हुये चलना ये मोहब्बत का सफर है
हँसते हुये चलना ये मोहब्बत का सफर है
दिल थामे हुये बैठे हैं
बेचैन नज़र है
कहते हैं मोहब्बत जिसे
हम सब को खबर है
दिल थामे हुये बैठे हैं
बेचैन नज़र है
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