Posts Tagged ‘1971’
Ho kaahe chhede mujhe re beimaan
Posted on: January 25, 2020
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“Chandan”(1971) was produced and directed by Kewal Mishra for Kewal Art Production, Bombay. The movie had The movie had Som Dutt, Joginder Shelly, Komal aka Poonam Sinha, Jayashree.T., Zeb Rehman, Dilip Dutt, Ramesh Deo, Ram Mohan, Birbal, Mohan Choti, V.Gopal, Kishan, Meenakshi, Renu Joshi, M.Sahgal, Coca cola, Dhanraj, Asi Dutt, Kishan, Kishore Kumar etc in it.
Som Dutt, the brother of Sunil Dutt, was launched by Sunil Dutt with “Man Ka Meet”(1968). Instead of Som Dutt gettinmg launched, that film helped Vinod Khanna getting launched.
It can be seen that Kewal Mishra saw enough in Som Dutt to sign him up as the hero for his movie. Seeing that the movie ended up belly up at the box office. I have no idea what he thought about this flop venture of his.
Not just the movie, even its songs ended up as forgotten.
The movie had five songs in it. One song has been covered in the past. That was in 2013. While covering that song, I had mentioned that I had never heard of that movie and the song. Same can be said about this song under discussion as well. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Mukesh. Omkar Verma is the lyricist. Music is composed by Sonik Omi.
The song is picturised as a typical chhed chhad turning into love kind of song on Komal (later better known as wife of Shatrughan Sinha) and Som Dutt. I found it a nice hummable song the very first time I listed to it.
Song-Ho kaahe chhede mujhe re beimaan (Chandan)(1971) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Mukesh, Lyrics-Omkar Verma, MD-Sonik Omi
Lyrics
ho kaahe chhede
ho kaahe chhede mujhe re beimaan
abhi hai meri baali umariya
ja ja ja
ho kaahe chhede mujhe re beimaan
abhi hai meri baali umariya
o
oho ri gori hoga tera ehsaan
milaa le zara mujhse najariya
na na na na na
kaahe chhede mujhe re beiman
abhi hai meri baali umariya
masti bhari ye teri chikni jawaani
bol hai ri gori kiske liye
arre ja re deewaane tere jaise kayi
dekh ke re mujhe fisla kiye
masti bhari ye teri chikni jawaani
bol hai ri gori kiske liye
ja ja re deewaane tere jaise kayi
dekh ke re mujhe fisla kiye
ho gori sadiyon se main hoon tera deewaana
o chal deewaane tu paas mere aana na
tu maar dil pe najar ka nishaana
ho aaj ye shikaari bana anjaan
dekho ji dekho pakde machhariya
sun le sun le
ho gori hoga tera ehsaan
milaa le zara mujhse najariya
kaahe chhede mujhe re beimaan
abhi hai meri bali umariya
jhootha hai tu re daghaabaaz chhaliya
dil mein re tere chor chhupa hai
oho mujhko hi samhje hai tu chor goriye
tujhpe mera jahaan luta hai
haaye jhoothha hai tu re daghaabaaz chhaliya
dil mein re tere chor chhupa hai
oho mujhko hi samhje hai tu chor goriye
tujhpe mera jahaan luta hai
o teri baaton pe main na aitbaar karoon
ho gori janmon se tujhko main to pyaar karoon
o sun deewaane zamane se dar tu
o gori kahna mera zara maan
banaa le mujhe apna sanwariya
na na na na na na na
kaahe chhede mujhe re beimaan
abhi hai meri baali umariya
gori hoga tera ehsaan
milaa le zara mujhse najariya
Phoolon se meri sej sajaao
Posted on: January 10, 2020
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 2
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“Laal Patthar” (1971) was produced by FC Mehra and directed by Sushir Majumdar. The movie had Raaj Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Hema Malini, Raakhee, Ajit, Asit Sen, Paintal etc in it.
The movie had seven songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the sixth song from the movie. It is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Neeraj is the lyricist. Music is composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
The song is picturised on Raakhee, with Hema Malini also listening to the song from her room.
[Ed Note: (Update) This song is being included in the Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020). Its 10-year date is actually 11 Jan, but it got posted on 10th.]
Audio
Video
Singer-Phoolon se meri sej sajaao (Laal Patthar)(1971) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Neeraj, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics
phoolon se meri sej sajaa do
aaj main loongi janam dobaara
chanda ki bindiya
taaron ke kangan
sapnon ke laao haar
saanson mein meri kesar mahke
angon mein jhoome bahaar
aisa karo singar sakhi ri
sudh budh bhhoole shyaam hamaara
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Commemorating Naushad Sahab’s 100th birth anniversary on 25th December 2019 :
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Naushad Sahab’s journey as a music director is an astounding journey of 65 years beginning from 1940 to 2005. This is as in active working career. Born in Lucknow on 25th December, 1919, he completed his journey of the mortal existence on 5th May, 2006, in Mumbai. He is described as a composer, music director, film producer, writer, and a poet. Also credited for being the major contributor towards incorporating Hindustani classical into film music right from the 40’s.
I have just now found a portion of the thumri extracted from the movie “Paakezah” where it plays in the background in one of the scene’s. I have often seen references to the lost thumris of “Paakeezah”. They all have been used in the film in different scenes.
This particular thumri is having a famous ghazal by Mir Taqi Mir ‘dekh to dil ke jaan se utthtaa hai …..ye dhuaan sa kahan se utthtaa hai”. This ghazal has been immortalized by many singers in recorded version too. One of those versions by Mehdi Hasan was used in the background of one scene in Sai Pranjpe’s “Chashme Bad-door”. That also is a one memorable scene, where the friends sharing accommodation in Delhi, sharing much more including their cigarette’s are Farooq Shaikh, Rakesh Bedi and Ravi Baswani, while this ghazal is playing in the background. The full ghazal’s link is here.
I am giving the link here as those interested can see the full ghazal and can try and understand the spirit of it through meaning of words and terms also.
In the stats page, there are 3 songs credited to Mir Taqi Mir, so this should be the fourth. Two songs namely Patta patta boota boota from “Ek nazar” and dikhaayi diye yoon ke bekhud kiya I could connect with Mir Taqi Mir. Third one I couldn’t find.
He finds mention in this Mirza Ghalib Sha’ir:
Rekhte ke ek tumhi ustaad nahi Ghalib
Kehte hain agle zamaane mein koi ‘Mir’ bhi thha
Actually in the portion of this ghazal used in the film is only two sha’irs with words in the matla’a changed. Actual words are like this :
ishq ik ‘Mir’ bhari patthar hai
kab ye tujh na-tawaan se utthta hai
Here is the word “na-tawaan”. I have just recently written a hindi poem, which has this word “na-tawaan”, which I simply must share here.
आहट
जो मैं सुनती हूँ अँधेरों में
वो आहट, क्या तुम्हें भी सूनाई देती है
इन दीवारों की गहरी खौफनाक दराडों में
अनगिनत नातवां चींटियाँ दफन हैं
इन चींटियों को क्या हक़ था
की वो महलों के ख्वाब देखतीं
खुद को बुलबुल जान कर
गुलिस्ताँ में चहचहाती
क्या यह उनका अपना गुलिस्ताँ था
फिर क्यूँ वो इतना खिलखिलाती थीं ?
फिर जो भारी गूंज उठी गुलिस्ताँ में
बुलबुलों का चहचहाना बंद हो गया
क्यूंकी एक खूबसूरत इमारत जो बननी थी
उस में कुछ खुश्क रंगों की ज़रूरत थी
अति सुंदर, रंगीन, अंतिम लिबादा ओढ़े
सामने वही खूबसूरत इमारत खड़ी है
जो मैं सुनती हूँ अँधेरों में
वो आहट, क्या तुम्हें सूनाई देती है ।
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This small portion of the ghazal in thumri format is composed by Naushad and singer is Naseem Chopra. This song is a debut for Naseem Chopra in the blog, as her name is not featuring in the ‘stats’ page.
Audio :
Video :
Song-Dekh to dil ke jaan se uthhaa hai (Paakeezah)(1971) Singer-Naseem Chopra, Lyrics-Mir Taqi Mir, MD-Naushad
Lyrics
Dekh to dil ke jaan se utthtaa hai ae
Ye dhuaan sa kahaan se utthtaa hai
Ye dhuaan sa kahaan se utthtaa hai
Ishq ek ‘Mir’ bhaari patthar hai
Ishq ek ‘Mir’ bhaari patthar hai
Bojh itnaa kahaan se utthtaa hai
Ye dhuaan sa kahaan se utthtaa hai
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Devnagri script lyrics (Provided by nahm)
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देख तो दिल के जाँ से उठता है
ये धुआँ सा कहाँ से उठता है
ये धुआँ सा कहाँ से उठता है
इश्क़ एक ‘मीर’ भारी पत्थर है
इश्क़ एक ‘मीर’ भारी पत्थर है
बोझ इतना कहाँ से उठता है
ये धुआँ सा कहाँ से उठता है
Koyal boley daali se
Posted on: December 9, 2019
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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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8th December is the 75th birthday of Rinku or Begum Ayesha Sultana Khan who also is known by the name Sharmila Tagore. What was not known is that she was born in Hyderabad. (I didn’t know, the stalwarts of the blog may be aware). She looked so delicate and fragile in “Kashmir Ki Kali” (1964) – her Hindi debut, having debuted in Bengali in 1959 through Satyajit Ray’s “Apur Sansar”; the need to protect her from Pran must have come naturally to Shammi Kapoor. She has a super-sweet smile too with deeeep dimples that form whenever she smiles. It was not as if she excelled only in glamourous baby-doll type of roles; she was comfortable even when she played the roles of mother and daughter – Chanda/ Kajri- in Gulzar’s “Mausam” (1975). 1975 saw her in five movies “Mausam”, “Chupke Chupke”, “Faraar”, “Amanush”, “Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka” and the character she played in each of them were completely different from each other.
I started following her from “Chupke Chupke” and then have seen many of her movies from the 60s and 70s on various media- Doordarshan, Satellite Television, YouTube etc. Had been very impressed by her in “Kashmir Ki Kali”, “Anupama”, “Satyakam” and “Viruddh” in the recent times. She was last seen on-screen in 2010 released “Break Ke Baad”. But videos of this elegant lady can be seen on YouTube in interviews etc where she speaks of her life and career and how her sister Oindrila Tagore (Tinku) played Mini, the central child character, in Tapan Sinha’s 1957 “Kabuliwala”.
She speaks of how she was given very short sentences to speak in her first Hindi movie by Shakthi Samanta etc (saw all this on the Zee TV show ‘Jeena Isi ka Naam Hai’).
For the occasion today let us have a song from the 1971 released, K B Tilak directed “Chhoti Bahu” in which she stars with her co-star of several box-office hits – Rajesh Khanna. She paired with him in seven successful movies beginning with “Aradhana” in 1969 and following it up with Amar Prem, Chhoti Bahu, Safar, Daag, Raja Rani, Aavishkaar and Maalik. She had a good pairing with Dharmendra too beginning with Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anupama and Devar, Mere Humdam Mere Dost, Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, EK Mahal Ho Sapno ka and the last time we saw the pair together was in Sunny. She also had some good films with Shashi Kapoor- Waqt, Aamne Saamne, New Delhi Times, Suhana Safar etc.
Today’s song reminds me of another song with a similar theme – “Chanda hai tum mera suraj hai tu”. And also “Bada natkhat hai re Krishna Kanhaiya”, she did emote well in these song situations, we could see a lot of love for kids in those expressive eyes
“Chhoti Bahu” had six songs and debuted on the blog with he re Kanhaiyya kisko kahega tu maiyya in Kishore Kumar’s voice. The song is more or less the gist of the movie where we have Nirupa Roy as the equivalent of Devaki and Sharmila as the Yashoda of the young baby Sarika who is called either Kishan or Kanhaiya (have seen the movie ages back, should see again). This was followed by the Mohd Rafi sung ye raat hai pyaasi pyaasi. The third song posted was dulhaniya bata de ree . Today we have the fourth wherein a happy, young girl is seen playing “mother” to her favourite doll. As the movie progresses, we get to know that she cannot beget children of her own so her ‘jethani’ gives her the responsibility of being the mother to baby Sarika.
Wishing our Sharmila ‘dimpled’ Tagore a Happy Birthday.
Song-Koyal bole daali se daali bole maali se (Chhoti Bahu)(1971) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Indeewar, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics
koyal bole daali se
daali bole maali se
bolo
kya boli
til ke phool tili ke daane
munne raaja bade sayaane
saari duniya dekh li munne raaja
ho munne raaja
tujhsa koi nahin
saari duniya dekhli munne raaja
tujhsa koi nahin
til ke phool tili ke daane
munne raaja bade sayaane
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
tu mere mann ka darpan
saathi hai akelepan ka
jaane ajaane jod liya
tujhse naata jeewan ka
atkan chatkan dahi chatokan
atkan chatkan dahi chatokan
naach dikhaa de chhoom chhana chhan
saari duniya dekhli munne raaja
ho munne raaja
tujhsa koi nahin
til ke phool tili ke daane
munne raja bade sayaane
rooth na jaana tu mujhse
duniya roothe to roothhe
yahi mel yahi khel rahe
kabhi saath na apna chhoote
bal bal jaoon munne raaja
bal bal jaoon munne raaja
thhumak thhumak chal ke aaja
saari duniya dekh li munne raaja
ho munne raaja tujhsa koi nahin
til ke phool tili ke daane
munne raja bade sayaane
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa aa
jaan meri rehti hai tujh mein
tu hi jaan hai meri
ek pal tujhe na dekhoon toh
duniya ho jaaye andheri
tujh bin mera jeewan aise
tujh bin mera jeewan aise
bin khushboo ke phool ho jaise
saari duniya dekh li munne raaja
ho munne raaja tujhsa koi nahin
til ke phool tili ke daane
munne raja bade sayaane
hmmm hmmhmm
hmmmm hmmmm
hmmmm hmmhmm
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Today (18 november 2019) is thr 118th birth anniversary of V Shantaram (18 november 1901- 30 october 1990).
When one looks at the career of V Shantaram, one can only be amazed. He made his debut as an actor in 1921 in a silent movie “Surekha Haran”(1921). His last movie was as a director in “Jhanjhaar”(1987).
After acting in a few silent moves, he turned director with “Netaji Palkar.”
He acted, produced and directed many movies, including some movies that are considered landmark movies in the annals of Indian cinema.
“Ayodhyache Raja”(1932), directed by him under “Prabhat Films” was the first Marathi talkie. It was also made in Hindi as “Ayodhya Ka Raja”(1932). “Maaya Machhindra”(1932) also came in the same year. “Amar Jyoti”(1936), “Aadmi”(1939) and “Padosi”(1941) were some well known Prabhat talkies films directed by him.
He then left Prabhat and formed Rajkamal Kala Mandir. More than twenty movies were produced by Rajkamal. “Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahaani”(1946), “Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje”(1955), “Do Aankhen Baarah Haath”(1957), “Navrang”(1959), “Stree”(1961), “Sehra”(1963), “Geet Gaaya Pattharon Ne”(1964) etc were some of his memorable movies under this banner.
On the occasion of his birth anniversary, here is a song from “Jal Bin Machhli Nrity Bin Bijli”(1971). This movie was produced and directed by V Shantaram. The movie had Abhijeet(Introducing),Sandhya, Dina Gandhi aka Dina Pathak, Raja Paranjape, Vatsala Deshmukh, Iftekhar, Birbal, Vasant Parekh, Ravindra, Paresh Nanda, Nanda, Basant and new artists Minal, Praveen Kumar, child star Sushant Ray.
The song is sung by Lata. Majrooh Sultanpuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.
The song is preceded by several minutes of dance. And what a dance performance ! A few days ago, I had discussed a “snake” dance which I thought was one of a kind. Here is another one of a kind dance. It is picturised as a “snake-peacock-Eagle” dance. The dance director Praveen Kumar has done a great job choreographing this dance. Incidentally, the term choreography was not known those days.
The dance is picturised on Sandhya and Minal. Abhijeet and Raja Paranjpe are also visible in the picturisation.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
The song (including the dance) is nearly ten minutes long. And every second of this long song is worth watching.
Song-Kajra lagaa ke re bindiya saja ke(Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli)(1971) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Majrooh Sultanpuri, MD-Laxmikant Pyarelal
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
kajra lagaa ke
re bindiya sajaa ke
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
ho kajra lagaa ke
re bindiya sajaa ke
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
?? ki madhur taan
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
ho kajra lagaa ke re
re bindiya sajaa ke
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
ae tum na bologe
yoon na bolo na bolo na bolo na bolo
hum sang na, sang na,
hum sang na dologe
hum sang na dolo na dolo na dolo na dologe
main
bhi
boloongi nahin
tum sang
doloongi nahin
karoon par main kya
bas mein nahin jiya
ho aayi mai to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
ho kajra lagaa ke
re bindiya sajaa ke
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe layi milan dhun piya ki
lo main hi haari re
ye lo main hi haari re
haari re haari re
bhayi tum pe
tum pe,
bhayi tum pe waari re
sainyya tum pe waari re
vari re vari re
aye ji ab to bol do
maan jaao
ankhiyaan khol do
balam jago re ae
garva laago more
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
ho kajra lagaa ke
re bindiya sajaa ke
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
ho aayi main to aayi re aayi
mohe laayi milan dhun piya ki
ho main to aayi re aayi
tumhe laayi milan dhun n n
piya ki
piya ki
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“Parde Ke Peechhe”(1971) was produced by M C Ramamurthy and directed by K Shankar for EM CEE R Films, Madras. The movie had Vinod Mehra, Yogita Bali, Raj Mehra, Padma Khanna, Jagdeep, Pran, Bindu, Tarun Bose, Prem Kumar, Siddhu, Suresh, Upendra Trivedi, Jestin, Varalakshmi, Mamta Rao etc in it.
The movie had six songs in it. One song has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Parde Ke Peechhe”(1971) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Lata. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
The song is picturised on Yogita Bali and Vinod Mehra as a bathing in watefall song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Video
Audio
Song-Dil deewaane toone ye socha bhi hai (Parde Ke Peechhe)(1971) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
aaahaaa aaahaa aahaa aaahaaa
aaahaaa aaahaa aahaa aaahaaa
aaahaaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaaa haa haaa
aaahaaa haaa haaa haaaaa haaa haaaa ha ha ha
aahaaaa
aaahaa
aahaa
aahaa
dil deewaane
dil deewaane
toone ye sochaa bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane
toone ye sochaa bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane
aaj kal kyun bekaraari mein mazaa aane lagaa aa
aaj kal kyun bekaraari mein mazaa aane lagaaa
dhadkanon ke saaz par tu jhoom ke gaane lagaa
iss uljhan ko toone suljhaayaa bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane
toone ye sochaa bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane ae
ek sholay ki tarah letaa hai kyun angdaayiyaan…aan
ek sholay ki tarah letaa hai kyun angdaayiyaan
dhoondhtaa hai kyaa kisi ke pyaar ki parchhaayiyaan
mann darpan mein
toone kabhi dekhaa bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane
toone ye sochaa bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane ae
seekh lee toone kahaan se ye tadapne ki adaa aa
seekh lee toone kahaan se ye tadapne ki adaa
bekali din raat ki ye kaun tujhko de gayaa
khud apne se toone ye poochha bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane
toone ye sochaa bhi hai
ke kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
kaun hai teraa
dil deewaane ae
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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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Hullo to Atuldom
Today we wish the smart handsome light-eyed actor, producer, director, screen writer and editor Rakesh Roshan on his 70th birthday with lots of health and happiness- discovered as I sat to write this that he is also a cancer conqueror. Very heart-warming to learn that.
We all know that he started at a rather young age in the film industry as an assistant to Mohan Kumar during the making of “Anjaana” due to the untimely death of his father – Roshanlal Nagrath; the music director of “Baawre Nain” fame “Roshan”. (I don’t intend to list Roshan’s albums here).
Rakesh Roshan had “Ghar Ghar Ki Kahaani” as his first release in 1970. It was a supporting role where the most popular song of the movie “sama hai suhaana suhaana” was lip synced by Jalal Agha and Rakesh Roshan and Bharathi were only part of the group that shakes a leg to the song. This movie was followed by movies like “Seema”; “Ankhon Ankhon Mein”; “Paraya Dhan”; “Man Mandir” and a host of others where mostly he was either a supporting actor. There were movies where he was the lead but the stories were mostly heroine-centric as in “Khoobsurat”; “Kaamchor”; “Bahu Ki Awaz”; “Bahurani” etc. He has had successful movies with Rishi Kapoor beginning with “Khel Khel Mein” “Jhootha Kahin Ka”; “Aap Ke Deewane” and their friendship is such that Rishi did a guest appearance in Rakesh’s directorial debut “Khudgarz”. Similarly, his friendship with Sujit Kumar, Jeetendra, Prem Chopra and the pranks that they play on each other are some of the anecdotes that each of these actors don’t tire relating. Of course, he had his share of solo hero movies where the heroines were equally important – for example “Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara” with Leena Chandavarkar, “Nafrat” with Yogita Bali; “Humari Bahu Alka” with Bindiya Goswami; “Shubh Kaamna” with Rati Agnihotri etc.
His pairing with Rekha gave us movies like “Khoobsurat” which was followed by “Neeyat”; “Daasi”; “Jeevan Dhara”; and when he turned director Rekha got the best movie of her life (my personal feeling) “Khoon Bhari Maang” which kind of resurrected Rekha’s career. She went on to even accept the role of Hrithik’s mother in Rakesh’s directorial “Koi Mil Gaya” and also played Hrithik’s grandmother in its sequel “Krrish”. It is quite well known that Rakesh Roshan likes to name all his films with titles that begin with K. He has tasted success with all the movies he has produced beginning with “Khudgarz” in 1987.
Today we have a song from one of his initial movie “Seema” (1971) which was produced by Sohanlal Kanwar and directed by Surendra Mohan and Bharathi (of South Indian movies) was his co-star. The movie also had Kabir Bedi and Simi Garewal in the cast. The most famous song of this movie “Jab bhi yeh dil udaas hota hai” is already on the blog along with two other songs.
Here is the fourth song of the movie with Rakesh Roshan trying to woo Bharathi in a manner, which in the current times and even earlier (I suppose) would amount to eve teasing. In most of the songs of this type we see the lady smiling and falling in love with ‘the tormentor’ but not in this song. The song also shows that Rakesh or Duggu, as he is addressed by his friends, was a decent dancer and didn’t indulge in stomping of the feet, or exhibiting two left feet etc. As I was seeing the video to note the lyrics there is a point in the song where he mimics a lady and I recollected that portion of “Aap Ke Deewane” where he comes dressed as a lady teacher for Tina Munim.
“Seema” had music by Shankar Jaikishan and the movie opens with a tribute to Jaikishanji. Today’s song is written by Verma Malik and it is sung by Kishore Kumar.
Once again Happy Birthday to Rakesh Roshan.
Song-Ladki chale jab sadkon pe aaye qayaamat ladkon pe (Seema)(1971) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-Verma Malik, MD-Shankar Jaikishan
Lyrics
ladki chale jab sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe ae
ladki chale jab sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe ae
ladki chale jab sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe ae
ladki ee oye
udhar gaal pe aanchal fisla
idhar kaleja haath se nikla
udhar gaal pe aanchal fisla
idhar kaleja haath se nikla
ik zaalim ki mast jawaani
dooja maar gaya hai nakhra
ho gayi ee
arre ho gayi baghaawat sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe ae
ladki chale jab sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe
kakdi ee
jisne dekha woh hi bola
dekho solah saal ka shola
jisne dekha woh hi bola
dekho solah saal ka shola
lagti hai saawan ka hindola
chalti jab kha ke hichkola
lut gayi
arre lut gayi sharaafat sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladko pe
ladki chalein jab sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe
ladki oye
li angdaayi uthth gayin baahein
thham gaye raste ruk gayih rahein
li angdaayi uthth gayih baahein
thham gaye raste ruk gayih rahein
jidhar jidhar bhi mili nigaahen
lagi kataarein daayen baayen
mach gayi
arre mach gayi hai aafat sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe ae
ladki chalein jab sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladko pe ae
ladki chalein jab sadkon pe
aaye qayaamat ladkon pe
ladki oye
Dil ko bachaana baabu jee
Posted on: August 17, 2019
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“Ummeed” (1971) was a movie that was started in early 1960s but it could be released only in 1971. By that time the actors figuring in the move had ended up being actors of yesteryears. A few of them had even passed away.
“Ummeed” (1971) was directed by Nitin Bose for Raja Films Bombay. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nanda, Joy Mukherji, Leela Naidu, Tarun Bose, Leela Mishra, Chandrima Bhaduri, Hazara Singh, Parasram, Hussain, Ravikant, Nazeer Kashmiri, Ramesh, Laxmichhaaya, Jeewankala, Madhumati, Jankidas, Sabita Chatterji, Tuntun, Agha etc in it.
“Ummeed” (1971) was a movie that was started in early 1960s but it could be released only in 1971. By that time the actors figuring in the move had ended up being actors of yesteryears. A few of them had even passed away.
The movie had seven songs in it. Six of these songs have been covered in the past.
Here are the details of the songs from the movie that have been discussed in the past :-
| S N | Song | Song number in blog | Date of posting |
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| 1 | Mujhe ishq hai tujhi se meri jaan e zindagaani | 2988 | 18-Sep-10 |
| 2 | Mera dil hai pyaar ka aashiyaan | 3366 | 17-Dec-10 |
| 3 | Insaan jee rahaa hai ummeed ke sahaare | 4886 | 25-Oct-11 |
| 4 | Aaja meri jaan tere qurbaan tera deewaana | 5975 | 18-May-12 |
| 4 | Hamne chaaha magar keh na paaye | 12268 | 26-Jul-16 |
| 5 | Thhodi si aur pi le | 15118 | 12-Jul-19 |
Here is the seventh and final song from the movie. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Usha Mangeshkar. Shakeel Badayuni is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.
The song is picturised as a synchronised dance song on two female dancers. I am unable to identify them. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify them.
With this song, all the songs of “Ummeed” (1971) have been covered in the blog and the movie joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Dil ko bachaana baabu jee(Ummeed)(1971) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-Shakeel Badayuni, MD-Ravi
Both
Lyrics
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
na aana tum kabhi haseenon ki gali
aankhen hain teer yahaan
zulfen zanjeer yahaan
aage tumhaari marzi
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
na aana tum kabhi haseenon ki gali
aankhen hain teer yahaan
zulfen zanjeer yahaan
aage tumhaari marzi
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
aaj kal husn waale
rehem karna na jaanen
apni apni chalaayen
doosre ki na maanen
aaj kal husn waale
rehem karna na jaanen
apni apni chalaayen
doosre ki na maanen
inko rakhna sambhaale huye zindagi
inse rakhna sambhaale huye zindagi
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
na aana tum kabhi haseenon ki gali
aankhen hain teer yahaan
zulfen zanjeer yahaan
aage tumhaari marzi
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
ishq waale bhi zaalim
kam nahin aaj kal ke
jab kahin husn dekha
rah gaye bas machal ke
ishq waale bhi zaalim
kam nahin aaj kal ke
jab kahin husn dekha
rah gaye bas machal ke
lut gaya dil to hoti hai haalat buri
lut gaya dil to hoti hai halat buri
dil ko bachaana babu ji
na aana tum kabhi haseenon ki gali
aankhen hain teer yahaan
zulfen zanjeer yahaan
aage tumhaari marzi
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
pyaar wo hai ke jiska do taraf ho nishaana
husn bhi baawafa ho
ishq bhi ho deewaana
pyaar wo hai ke jiska do taraf ho nishaana
husn bhi baawafa ho
ishq bhi ho deewaana
dil mile na to samjho qayaamat hui
dil mile na to samjho qayaamat hui
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
na aana tum kabhi haseenon ki gali
aankhen hain teer yahaan
zulfen zanjeer yahaan
aage tumhaari marzi
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
na aana tum kabhi haseenon ki gali
aankhen hain teer yahaan
zulfen zanjeer yahaan
aage tumhaari marzi
dil ko bachaana baabu ji
Main hoon ek roop anek
Posted on: August 4, 2019
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 Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # 85 #Remembering Kishore Kumar on his birth anniversary#
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Today 4th August (2019) (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) is the 90th birth anniversary of the ‘Versatile Genius’ Kishore Kumar or Abhas Kumar Ganguly or as he always liked to introduce himself as – Kishore Kumar Khandwewaala.
I have mentioned in my earlier posts that I cannot forget Khandwa when I am writing about Kishore Kumar. The place has been associated with his name forever and I have fond memories of visiting Khandwa, his ‘Gouri-Kunj’ and his memorial there on Indore road, when I was at Nagpur from 2015-2017.
For today’s post I am not going to discuss more about ‘Khandwa’ or ‘Gouri-Kunj’, but the song I am going to present today has a ‘Khandwa connection’ because I came across this song during my visit to Khandwa in ‘2015’ when I was preparing a post with a Kishore Kumar song 🙂
This being a song from the seventies I thought I would share it on the blog someday.
When I listen to this song first time (a lesser heard one), I had feeling of hearing it years back, may be on radio. This is a song from the 1971 movie – ‘Jai Baangala Desh’. Both the song and the movie name were new for me except the information about this movie and its song mentioned in HFGK Vol V which I was possessing.
I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie and about its songs.
‘Jai Bangalaa Desh-1971’ was directed by I.S. Johar.
He also wrote the story of this movie and was also the producer of this movie.
The cast of this movie includes I.S. Johar, Ambika Johar, Rajeev Johar, Kaveri Choudhary (Bangladesh), S.N.Bannerjee, Ram Kamlani, Nazeer Kashmiri, Madhumati, Lakshmi Chhaya, Shefali, Pal Sharma, Bhagwan, Dilip Dutt, Polson, Jery, Tuntun, Ramesh Johar, Anand Vij, Satyadeep, Ratan Kashmiri, Master Alankar, Baby Tabassum, Ranger(Dog) and Radha in guest appearance and others.
This movie had total eight sound tracks including title music, theme music and one Dog chase music released on the records of this movie.
The remaining five songs were composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, while three lyricists namely Indeewar wrote three songs, Qamar Jalalabadi and Farooq Qaiser penned one song each.
Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor and Sushma Shreshtha had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
Today’s song is sung by Kishore Kumar (the only song he had in this movie) and composed by Kalyanji-Anandji.
Lyrics are by Indeewar.
(This song plays in the background, and I am unable to identify the actor and other supporting actors shown in the picturization of this song. I would request knowledgeable readers to help in identifying of the actors please.)
On ‘friendship day’ today and paying our tributes to Kishore Kumar, I selected this song sung by Kishore Kumar, which is giving a message of ‘humanity’ and ‘brotherhood’ among the many other songs which I had thought I can share on this occasion today.
Moreover, I personally think that ‘music’ is the best friend making friends all over and bringing people together cutting across the barriers of caste, creed, race and religion all over the world.
So far, on the blog we have 1149 songs of Kishore Kumar posted out of the total 2709 songs (our statistics). And that means we still have a long way to go getting may of the Kishore Kumar songs on the blog. And day to day while listening the radio I am coming across many of his beautiful songs of ‘many moods’ from the eighties which we have to bring here on the blog.
Let us now listen and enjoy today’s song…
With this today’s song the movie ‘Jai Baangla Desh-1971’ is makes a debut on the blog!!!
(Note: – HFGK Vol V mentions that this movie was revised and passed with a new title of ‘Aage Badho’ in 1971 (13.09.1972). The first version of this movie ‘Jai Baangla Desh-1971’ was passed by Censor Board on 26.10.1971).
Video
Audio
Song-Main hoon ek roop anek (Jai Baangladesh)(1971) Singer-Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-indeewar, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Chorus
Lyrics(Based on audio link)
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dialogues
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(first male voice, second male voice, third male voice)
(Kahaan hai Allaah
Allaah hota to mujhe is tarah andhaa
Kar diyaa jaata?
Main desh ke liye lad rahaa hoon,
Anaathon, vidhwaaon ke lad rahaa hoon
Allaah apne bandon ka imtihaan leta hai
Allaah ka naam lo,
Thheek ho jaaoge!
Main Allaah ka naam kabhi nahin loonga!!
Naa lete huye bhi tumne Allaah ka naam le liya hai
ab uski rehmat ka karishmaa dekho!!
Masjid mein main hi Khuda hoon,
Girijon mein main hi Isaa,
Mahaveer, Budhh hoon main hi,
Mandir mein main hi moorat,
Jab jaisi jahaan zaroorat,
Waisi hi meri soorat…)
Ho badhte hai jab jab paap dharti par
Paap mitaane aata hoon
Badhte hai jab jab paap dharti par
Paap mitaane aata hoon
Ek hoon main par
Naye naye roopon mein aata jaata hoon
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Ban ke Kanhaiyya bansi bajaiyya
Prem ka raaz dikhaaya hai
Ban ke Budhh kabhi shuddh kiya man
Jag ko tyaag sikhaaya hai
Kabhi Mohammad ban ke basaaya
Makka aur madeene ko o
Isaa ban ke chhalni kiya
Maine kabhi apne seene ko
Naanak ban ke
Kabhi gyaan ke deep jalaane aata hoon
Ek hoon main par
Naye naye roopon mein aata jaata hoon
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Kabhi Quraan
To Kabhi Bible
Kabhi Ved kabhi Geeta hoon
Kabhi hoon Mariam
Kabhi Yashoda
Kabhi Fateema
Seeta hoon
Mere naam ki de ke duhaayi
Jo logon ko ladaate hain
Wo hain bande dharm ke andhe
Wo na kabhi mujhe paate hain
Aata nahin ladaane ko main
Mel karaane aata hoon
Ek hoon main par
Naye naye roopon mein aata jaata hoon
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Ho badhte hai jab jab paap dharti par
Paap mitaane aata hoon
Ek hoon main par
Naye naye roopon mein aata jaata hoon
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
Main hoon ek
Roop anek
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Devnagri Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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हो बढतें है जब जब पाप धरती पर
पाप मिटाने आता हूँ
बढतें है जब जब पाप धरती पर
पाप मिटाने आता हूँ
एक हूँ मैं पर
नए नए रूपों में आता जाता हूँ
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
बन के कन्हैय्या बंसी बजैय्या
प्रेम का राज़ दिखाया है
बन के बुद्ध कभी शुद्ध किया मन
जग को त्याग सिखाया है
कभी मोहम्मद बन के बसाया
मक्का और मदीने को ओ
इसा बन के छलनी किया
मैंने कभी अपने सीने को
नानक बन के
कभी ज्ञान के दीप जलाने आता हूँ
एक हूँ मैं पर
नए नए रूपों में आता जाता हूँ
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
कभी कुरान
तो कभी बाइबल
कभी वेद कभी गीता हूँ
कभी हूँ मरियम
कभी यशोदा
कभी फातीमा
सीता हूँ
मेरे नाम की दे के दुहाई
जो लोगों को लड़ाते हैं
वो है बन्दे धर्म के अंधे
वो ना कभी मुझे पाते हैं
आता नहीं लड़ाने को मैं
मेल कराने आता हूँ
एक हूँ मैं पर
नए नए रूपों में आता जाता हूँ
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
हो बढतें है जब जब पाप धरती पर
पाप मिटाने आता हूँ
एक हूँ मैं पर
नए नए रूपों में आता जाता हूँ
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
मैं हूँ एक
रूप अनेक
Ho re ghunghroo kaa boley
Posted on: July 31, 2019
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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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Hullo to all in Atuldom
With today’s post/ song the concerned movie achieves “YYIIPPEEEEhood”- a word on the lines of adulthood; not found in any standard dictionary and a creation of this blog just like “atuldom” and “atulites”.
The movie debuted on the blog on 18th January, 2010 and has had a rather slow run on the blog. The movie itself was huge hit in its time with all its songs still on the minds and lips of HFM lovers. (I was a child and I am not sure if I have seen it in a movie hall but have seen it umpteen times on TV.) I am not going into the minute details about the movie and say that it was directed by Dev Anand for his home production. I will also not say that the songs were written by Anand Bakshi and R D Burman was the music director. But the minute the song is posted the reaction is going to be “yeh abhi baaki hai?!!!” This was the reaction to the previous post from this movie too. In fact, Guruji had wondered how that song had escaped from being posted all these years considering it was THE MOST POPULAR song from the movie. My answer to that query would be “so that we could have that wonderful post from you, Sirji.” And the bigger reaction will be “this movie is not yet YYIIPPEEEED!!!” That is why I say wonders don’t cease in this blog of ours.
We are revisiting “Hare Rama Hare Krishna” today. This movie had seven songs and six songs -one of them being a multi-version song- are already posted.
The details of the songs from the movie that have been covered earlier :-
| S N | Song | Song number in blog | Date of posting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaanchi re kaanchi re | 2268 | 18-Jan-10 |
| 2 | Phoolon ka taaron ka sabka kehna hai Multiple version song | 2838 | 24-Aug-10 |
| 3 | Dekho o deewaanon tum ye kaam na karo | 5098 | 4-Dec-11 |
| 4 | I love you kya khushi kya hai gham | 9241 | 4-Jan-14 |
| 5 | Dum maaro dum mit jaaye gham | 14829 | 7-Jan-19 |
The reason to revisit the movie today, is to wish the romantic leading lady -Mumtaz- on her 72nd birthday. She has had a journey in Bollywood that started as child star, extra, heroines’ friend etc in A- grade movies as a teenager and heroine of stunt films with Dara Singh etc. Her first adult role was that of the hero Rajendra Kumar’s sister in “Gehra Daag”. She had to wait a long time before bursting on the top heroine slot. By the time she reached the heroine slot she had played a dancer- vamp etc in “Mere Sanam”, “Khandaan”, “Kaajal’’ etc. Possibly the first time her comic side made itself felt was as ‘Meena’ in Mehmood’s “Pyar Kiye Jaa”. Her best times started with “Boond Jo Ban Gayi Moti” where she was heroine to Jeetendra after which she paired him in movies like “Jigri Dost” “Khilona” “Ek Naari Ek Brahmachari” and some more with a guest appearance in “Humjoli”. First time she paired with Rajesh Khanna was in “Do Raaste” followed by “Bandhan” “Roti” “Aap Ki Kasam” etc. She paired opposite the Khan brothers – Feroz and Sanjay- in “Aadmi aur insaan” “Apradh” “Mela” “Dhadakan” “Upasana” etc. So, what I want to highlight here is that many male actors who were lead stars in the movies during the 60s, when Mumtaz played a nimble-footed dancer or second lead-heroine sought her in the 70s to be their main romantic lead; she played heroine to Rajendra Kumar in “Tangewala”. In her career that lasted till 1977 – “Aaina” with Rajesh Khanna was her last as a heroine when she took retirement from movies in favour of family life- she had acted with actors ranging from Dara Singh, Sunil Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Feroz and Sanjay Khan. She even did a movie with Amitabh Bachchan as her hero.
Let us wish our “Kaanchi” a long and healthy life. Wish you a very happy birthday Mumu a.k.a Mumtaz.
Song-Ho re ghunghroo ka bole (Hare Rama Hare Krishna)(1971) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics
ae kaancha
haay re daiya
haay re mera
saajan woh kehlaaye
dekhte sab rah jaayen woh mera
haath pakad lai jaaye
ho re ghunghroo kaa bole
aisa ho woh aisa ho
mera ghunghta jo khole
ho re ghunghroo ka bole
aisa ho woh aisa ho
mera ghunghta jo khole
arre kora kora gora gora
baanka chhora saiyyaan mora
ho re ghunghroo ka bole re
jidhar se bhi guzar jaaye mera chitchor
ha aa mera chitchor
haay daiyya mach jaaye galiyon mein shor
jhaanke jharokhon se goriyaan
jidhar se bhi guzar jaaye mera chitchor
ha aa mera chitchor
haay daiya mach jaaye galiyon mein shor
jhaanke jharokhon se goriyaan
jo dekhe ye bole,
haay mera mann dole
ho jo dekhe ye bole
haay mera mann dole
ho re ghunghroo ka bole
aisa ho woh aisa ho
mera ghunghta jo khole
arre kora kora gora gora
baanka chhora saiyyaan mora
ho re ghunghroo ka bole re
mele mein akele mohe sang lai jaaye
mohe sang lai jaaye
kaanch ki pachrangi choodiyan pehnaaye
jhumke bhi lai de bazaar se
mele mein akele mohe sang lai jaaye
mohe sang lai jaaye
kaanch ki pachrangi choodiyaan pehnaaye
jhumke bhi lai de bazaar se
jab bole haan bole
na munh se na bole
ho jab bole haan bole
na munh se na bole
ho ho re ghunghroo ka bole
aisa ho woh aisa ho
mera ghunghta jo khole
arre kora kora gora gora
baanka chhora saiyyaan mora
ho re ghunghroo ka bole re
tere jaisa
haan uuu hun
tere jaisa nahin
tere jaisa nahin re
haa aa aisa nahin re
haay raama koi mere jaisa nahi re
hai koi toh aaye saamne
mera dil dhadka de
lat uljhi suljha de
ho mera dil dhadka de
lat uljhi suljha de
ho ho re ghunghroo ka bole
aisa ho wo aisa ho
mera ghunghta jo khole
arre kora kora gora gora
baanka chhora saiyan mora
ho re ghungharoo ka bole re
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