Posts Tagged ‘A R Qureshi’
Ni sa ga ma pa
Posted on: May 25, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.124
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On this date ten years ago (25 May 2013),two songs from two different movies was covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 8127 | Is duniya mein sab chor chor | Bhai Bhai (1956) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 8128 | Aa jaa aa jaa o jaane waale | Sabak (1950) | 8 songs covered out of 10 by now |
We observe that one movie (out of two) whose songs were represented in the blog on this day ten years ago (on 25 May 2013) has since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with one song which is unYIPPEED and is therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (25 May 2023).
This movie is “Sabak”(1950).
“Sabak”(1950) was produced and directed by M Sadiq for Sadiq Productions Private Limited, Bombay. The movie had Munawar Sultana,Jagirdar,Karan Dewan,Om Prakash,Kumar, Cuckoo, Jilloo Maa, Shyama etc in it.
The movie had ten songs in it. Eight songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the ninth song from “Sabak” (1950). This song is sung by G M Durrani. D N Madhok is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Qureshi.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Ni sa ga ma pa (Sabak)(1950) singer-G M Durrani, Lyrics-D N Madhok, MD-A R Qureshi
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
ni saa gaa maa paa..aa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
ni saa gaa maa paa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
bachpan se ye meraa saathi…eee
ab to banaa dey isko haathi…eee
bachpan se ye meraa saathi…eee
ab to banaa dey isko haathi…eee
kartaa hoon yahee duaa
haayye raam jee pa ma gaa rey saa
kartaa hoon yahee duaa
haayye raam jee pa ma gaa rey saa
hoyye ni saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
lagaataar ghanton rotaa hai..aey ae
jab kahey punjaabi tu khotaa hai ae ae
lagaataar ghanton rotaa hai..aey ae ae
jab kahey punjaabi tu khotaa hai ae
chhod ghaas khaataa hai hawaa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
chhod ghaas khaataa hai hawaa..aa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
ni saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
donon ka ghar aabaad karo..oo
hamein ek baar to yaad karo..oo
donon ka ghar aabaad karo..o..oo
hamein ek baar to yaad karo..oo
Hindu ke Raam Muslim ke Khudaa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
Hindu ke Raam Muslim ke Khudaa
haayye raam ji pa ma ga rey saa
hoyye nee saa gaa maa paa
haayye raam jee paa maa gaa rey saa
paa maa gaa rey saa
paa maa gaa rey saa
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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Today’s song is from a C grade imaginary film – Jadui Angoothi-1948.
The man has been attracted, with awe, towards the miracles and magic powers from the time immemorial. All of us, in our school days were drawn towards stories of magic, be it from Puranas, or from Arabian Night type stories. This is a worldwide phenomenon and you find books for children have about 30 to 40 % stories about magic, super powers and supermen. Even the film industry all over the world-in all languages, have taken advantage of this fact and made films on men with magic and super powers.
Being a normal school child, I was not an exception and loved to read such books and see such films. Maybe because of this, I was fascinated by the Mythological films from childhood. When I started seeing films, my first priority, in the initial phase, was for films which would quench my thirst for magic. This was easily fulfilled by the Mythological and cheap stunt films in third rate theatres, where the ticket rates were low ! Even Hollywood films like Superman, Captain Marvel, The 3-D Man, The invisible man and the others of this ilk were my staple food on Sundays and Holidays. Actually most adults too are enamoured by magic and miracles but hesitate to admit openly. I do not suppress the child in me and I am always ready for such films even now, knowing full well that it is nothing but trash !
As per the film Index list, about 40 films are made with the titles starting with the word ‘Jadu’ and 16 films with ‘Jadui’. It feels funny when you see films made like jadui Topi, Jadui Shehnai,Jadui Sindoor, Jadui Sandook or Jadui Danda !
Today’s film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was made by Mohan Pictures owned by Ramnik Lal Shah, husband of yesteryear heroine Indurani. She was a popular Heroinein the 1930s and the 1940s, before she quit films. I have interviewed her son Salim Shah , who is settled in the USA, and written about her on the Internet. Later Dr. Surjit Singh ji published a detailed book on her. There were few film companies which were specialised in making stunt, action, costume and imaginary films together with popular Arabian Night stories. Mohan Pictures was one of them. In the year 1948 itself they had made such C grade films like Jadui Angoothji, jadui Bansuri and jadui Shehnai. Film Jadui Sindoor-also made in 1948 was censored in early 1949,
Film Jadui Angoothi was directed by A.M.Khan. Now, this Khan was a person with many qualities. He was an actor, a lyricist and a director. In his 30 years’ career he had acted in 2 films – Dil-46 and Bigde dil-49. He wrote 24 songs in 3 films – Cyclewali-38, Ran Sangream-39 and Bahana-42. A M Khan directed 37 films. His first film was Woh kaun-1935 and his last film was Jadui Anguthi-1965. When I went through his Filmography as a Director, I found that he directed mostly Stunt, Action and Costume films only.
Some of his films had interesting Titles….Cycle Wali-38, Chabuk wali-39, Motor wali-42, Khanjar wali-43 and to top it all, he also directed Police wali-49 ! Titles of his films had words like Lutari, Lutaran, Bala, Sundari, Lady, Tilasmi, Jadui, and Toofani. These are typically indicative of their genre-Stunt. A M Khan was also a Stunt specialist. In those days, some directors specialised in such films. For example, Nari Ghadiyali, Aspy irani, Ramniklal Shah,Master Bhagwan, Harischandra rao and Chandra rao kadam etc. Other than Khan’s Filmography, no information about him is available.
The story of film Jadui Angoothi-1948 was….Sunder Singh, a poor youth, wishes to leave home in search of fame and fortune, but his mother, believing that one’s life is determined by fate, tries to reason with her son, and as a test she suggests he try to marry a princess and see what happens. Sunder takes the challenge and heads out to find and woo his would-be bride. On the journey, Sunder battles two ruffians, Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, and when the princess learns of Sunder’s valor and heroism, she falls in love.
Sunder requests to marry the princess, and the king agrees, but on one condition — that the young man search for, and bring back, a legendary magic ring which is kept by an evil wizard. Bahadur Singh and Sher Singh, still stinging from their defeat, use black magic to try and stop Sunder from reaching his goal.
Sunder Singh, with great courage and valour fights all evils, kills the evil wizard and gets the Magic Ring. The king is very happy and marries the princess with Sunder singh. However, after the marriage, the Magic Ring is transformed into a Fairy who blesses Sunder singh, the king and the princess and vanishes. (with thanks to cinemajadoo.com)
The cast of the film was Husn Ara, Anil Kumar, Shanta Patel,P.D.Lal,Gulnar, Agha Shapoor, Anwari, Razia Begum etc. Anwari was the second wife of Music Director Rafiq Ghaznavi and was already divorced. Razia Begum was the elder sister of actress Suraiya Zulfi.
Actor Anil Kumar (Sardar Gul) was born in 1915 at Calcutta.His father had a fruit business. They were from Peshawar (just like Dilip Kumar). He was not much educated but could speak Hindi, Urdu and English fluently. Once he went to Bombay to meet a friend. There he met an old acquaintance, who took him to Sohrab Modi.
The good looking Sardar Gul was liked by Modi and he offered him the lead role in his film ‘ Saed E Havas’-36. Sardar Gul was given the screen name of Chandra Kumar. The film was based on a translation of William Shakespeare’s drama- King John, by Agha Hashra Kashmiri in 1907. Sardar Gul was to get Rs. 200 for this work. The film was a flop and Sohrab Modi refused to pay him more than Rs 50. Annoyed, he left Bombay and returned to Calcutta.
However he came back in 1938 and did his first film with a new screen name Anil Kumar. The film was Talwar ka Dhani-38. Soon he was well known and acted in 10 films in the next 3 years. As the decade of the 40s saw many new actors, producers and directors, he was reduced to Character roles and side roles. By 1950, he was almost like an extra. He did work in many films, but only few films credited him, as his roles were negligible. We find his name in just 30 films, where he was credited, the last such film being Tarzan and Deliailah-64.
He had married an actress named Nurjehan, who left films after their marriage.
Today’s song is a duet sung by Hamida Bano and Miss Kalyani aka Kalyani Bai. This seems to be a comedy song.
Song- Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru (Jaadui Angoothhi)(1948) Singers- Hamida Bano, Miss Kalyani, Lyricist- Roopbani, MD- Allah Rakha Qureshi
Lyrics
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
haaye raam
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho ho
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
aankhon mein aankhen na daal
mere pyaare
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
joru hamaari badi bholi bhaali ee ee
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
soorat tumhaaree na gori na kaali
tum ho badi bemisaal
meri sakhiyon
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
joru hamaari ki kismat niraali ee ee
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
ho gayi budhiya magar goad khaali
na munni na godi mein laal
meri pyaari
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
swaami hamaare
abhi to hain bachche ae ae
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ke bhi chhote
akal ke bhi kachche
umar ho ?? hazaar
sakhi ree
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
Sawa gaz ka ghoonghat nikaal meri joru
zamaana buraa hai
ho o
ho o
zamaana buraa hai
This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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#the Decade of Fourties – 1941 – 1950 #
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The song under discussion is a lovely duet song from the ‘1947’ movie ‘Kismat Ka Sitara’.
“Kismat Ka Sitara-1947” was directed by Nanubhai Vakil for ‘Mohan Pictures’.
It had Prakash, Ameerbai Karnataki, Rafiq, Ansari, Kamal Rani, Devraj, Agha Shapoor, Abdul Ghani, Shaikh Asgar, Shaikh Burhan, C. Sharma, Anees, Rukhsana, Rekha Pawar and others.
“Kismat Ka Sitara-1947” had eleven songs as per details mentioned in HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950). All songs of this movie were written by Roopbani and music was composed by A.R. Qureshi.
This movie had made its debut on the blog on 13.11.2017 with its song ‘teer lagaa teer haaye kya karoon, lut gayi taqdeer haaye kya karoon’. However, after that no songs from this movie have been discussed on the blog so far. Perhaps other songs of this movie were unavailable online those days. But now, I have come across couple of songs of this movie on internet.
Today I present one of them which is a duet song. I have selected this as the first song from this movie posted on the blog is a solo song.
HFGK Vol-II (1941-1950) does not mention the name of singers for individual songs.
I would request knowledgeable readers to help to identify the singers in this song. (My guess is it is Ameerbai Karnataki and Prakash?).
Let us listen to this beautiful song by two lovers fallen in love and seeking togetherness and assuring not to forget to each other… 🙂
Audio
Song-Dil mein aa kar pyaar badha kar bhool na jaana (Kismat Ka sitaara)(1947) Singers-Amirbai Karnataki,Unidentified male voice, Lyrics-Roopbani, MD-A R Qureshi
Both
Lyrics
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
de ke nazaaraa aa
de ke nazaaraa
kar ke ishaara
chhup naa jaana aa aa
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
pyaar ka daaman
chhod na denaa aa
dil hai naazuk
tod na denaa aa
pyaar ka daaman
chhod na denaa aa
dil hai naazuk
tod na denaa aa
haathh jo pakdaa
saath nibhaana
bhool na jaana
haathh jo pakdaa
saath nibhaana
bhool na jaana aa
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
husn ki ik tasveer ho tum
khwaab hoon main
taabeer ho tum
husn ki ik tasveer ho tum
khwaab hoon main
taabeer ho tum
soyee huyi taqdeer jagaana
bhool na jaana aa
soyee huyi taqdeer jagaana
bhool na jaana aa
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
ulfat ke rangeen zamaane
ham donon ke do afsaane ae
ulfat ke rangeen zamaane
ham donon ke do afsaane ae
donon ko hain ek banaana
bhool naa jaana aa
donon ko hain ek banaana
bhool naa jaana aa
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
dil mein aakar
pyaar badhha kar
bhool na jaana
Aahen jo main na bharoon
Posted on: March 29, 2022
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 38
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This date ten years ago (viz 29 march 2012) was a lean day for the blog. This date saw only two songs from two different movies getting covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 5702 | Dil mein shama jalaake tere intezaar ki | Sabak(1950) | & songs covered so far out of 10 |
| 5703 | Muhabbat ka naghma zubaan par na aata | Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1963) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
It can be seen that one of the two movies whose songs were covered on 29 march 2012 has since been YIPPEED.
That leaves us with only one movie which is eligible for Blog Ten Year challenge today ten years later on 29 march 2022.
This movie is “Sabak”(1950).
“Sabak”(1950) was produced and directed by M Sadiq for Sadiq Productions, Bombay. The movie had Munawar Sultana,Jagirdar,Karan Dewan,Om Prakash,Kumar, Cuckoo, Jilloo Maa, Shyama etc in it.
“Sabak”(1950) had ten songs in it. Seven songs have been covered in the blog so far.
Here is the eighth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Surinder Kaur. D N Madhok is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Qureshi.
Only the audio of this rare song is available. My guess is that this song was picturised on the leading lady of th movie viz Munawwar Sultana. I request our knowledgeable readers to help throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchanda.
audio link:
Song-Aahen jo main na bharoon (Sabak)(1950) Singer-Surinder Kaur, Lyrics-D N Madhok, MD-A R Qureshi
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
aahein jo main naa bharoon oon oon
tum hi kaho kyaa karoon oon oon
aahein jo main naa bharoon oon oon
tum hi kaho kyaa karoon
bheegee bheegee morey tan mein
bheegee bheegee morey tan mein
chhalkey dono nainon mein aansoo
chhod gayaa tu ulfat ko gaaliyaan doon oon oon
tum hi kaho kyaa karoon oon oon oon
aahein jo main naa bharoon ooon oon
tum hi kaho kyaa karoon
terey merey khel se pehley
tere mere khel se pehley
pyaar ne laakhon khel rachaaye
pyaar ne laakhon khel rachaaye
ek bhi aisaa aa hamne na dekhaa
jis`ke labon par aayee naa haaye
jis`ke labon par aayee naa haaye
abki jo main na daroon..oon
tum hi kaho kyaa karoon oon oon
aahein jo main na bharoon oon oon
tum hi kaho kyaa karoon oon oon
aahein jo main na bharoon ooon
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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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Today’s song is from the film Maa Baap ki Laaj-1946. The film was made by Hind Pictures, owned by the Producer, Director and Actor- Nazir Ahmed Khan. The film was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt ( 12-1-1915 to 24-4-1999), who actually specialised in Mythologicals and Stunt films. Today’s film was just his 5th film as a Director, having started in 1942. He was friendly with Wadia Brothers and he directed some Nadia films for them.
The film’s story was written by Prabhulal Dwivedi. It revolved around 2 sisters of different natures like Modern and Traditional. In those days this was a popular theme. Nanabhai had started his career with Wadia’s film Muqabala-42 as director in the name of Batuk Bhatt. That film story was also about 2 twin sisters, having opposite views of life – Modern and Traditional. So Nanabhai had experience of handling such stories. In all such films-till today-it is always the Traditional life that wins, because that is what the audience wants.
1946 was an eventful year. The year 1946 was an year which saw many changes in the film industry. The IInd world war had just ended. Rationing and control on many items had created Black marketing. This made many people Millionaires. The extra income started getting invested in Film making. The increased cost of Raw Films made filmmaking 7 to 8 times costlier. A film which was made in about 1 Lakh rupees in 1940, needed 8 Lakhs now. Studio system was waning and artiste rates increased in Lakhs instead of thousands.
In 1945, only 74 films were made. This number increased to 153 films in 1946. Further, in 1947, the film industry produced a record number of films – 181, but of course that was due to Partition. The quality of films was sacrificed at the cost of the quantity of films made in 1946. However, some quality films were made in 1946, indicating the changing face of filmmaking.
Film Dharati ke Lal-46 was made by IPTA people and it became the first film to be exhibited in Russia. Neecha Nagar-46 won the Grand Prix award in French Film Festival. Film Dr. Kotnis ki amar kahani-46 was dubbed in English as ‘ The journey of Dr. Kotnis’. It was shown in the USA and then in the Venice Film Festival. Two musical films- Anmol Ghadi and Shahjahan were made in 1946.
Year 1946 also saw the Debut of several stars and artistes. In fact one can call 1946 as the ” Debut year” of the Hindi film industry. See this….
Nirupa Roy debuted in film Amar Raaj-46
Geeta Bali debuted with a dance in film Badnaami-46
Geeta Roy sang her first film song in film Bhakta Prahlad-46
Balraj Sahni debuted in film Insaaf-46. It was a small role,though.
K A Abbas-Director, Pt.Ravi Shankar-MD, Balraj Sahni as Hero and Damayanti Sahni as Heroine made their Debut in film Dharati Ke Lal-46
Meena kapoor sang her first Hindi film song in film Eight Days-46
Sudhir Phadke debuted as MD in film Gokul-46
P L Santoshi as Director, Dev Anand, Rehman, Rehana and Kamala Kotnis debuted as actors in film Hum Ek Hai-46
Chitragupta did his first film as MD in Lady Robin Hood-46
Ram Ganguly became MD with film Maharana Pratap-46
Abhi Bhattacharya debuted in film Milan-46
Chetan Anand as Director, Uma Anand and Kamini Kaushal as actresses debuted in film Neecha Nagar-46
Hansraj Behl debuted as MD with film Pujari-46
Madhubala(as Baby Mumtaz) sang her first song in film Pujari-46
Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote his first Hindi film song in film Shahjahan-46
S D Burman as MD and Kishore Kumar as an actor debuted with film Shikari-46
So, you will find the year 1946 was truly a year of change. The winds of Partition were already blowing and the second line of supplementary artistes was ready to replace the Migrators, after the Partition.
Film Maa Baap ki Laaj-46 had good music too. However, sensing that he may have to migrate to Pakistan, Nazir declined to spend much on the promotion and advertisement of the film. Even then the film was a hit and celebrated Silver jubilee. The MD was A.R.Qureshi. The cast of the film was Swarnalata, Nazir, Kusum Deshpande, Jayant, Majid, Gulab and others. The story of the film was….
A widow mother has 2 daughters-Bimla and Kamala. Elder one Bimla (Kusum) is in love with Sharat (Jayant) and both are modern minded. The younger Kamala (Swarnalata) is Traditional minded. Bimla’s marriage is fixed with Anup (Nazir), who is a traditional boy. Bimla, to avoid the marriage, runs away with Sharat. To save family’s ‘Izzat’, Kamala is married to Anup. His mother Gangubai (Gulab) is shrewd and troubles Kamala very much, but she bears everything to make all happy. Slowly Gangubai’s opinion changes. All are happy with her now.
Meanwhile Bimla and Sharat’s life is miserable as his job is gone and money is gone due to their extravagant habits and modern style of enjoying life. They realise their mistake. Anup gets a job for Sharat. In the end all’s well that ends well.
The film was released on 25-5-1946 at Kamal and Paramount Talkies, Bombay. The film’s lead pair Swarnalata and Nazir got married in 1947, before they migrated. Nazir’s Hind pictures Studio at Dadar was burnt in front of his eyes, during the partition riots. Nazir abandoned everything here and with empty hands went to Pakistan, where he started from scratch and became very successful.
The film cast consists of two unusual names-Kusum Deshpande and Majid. Let us know about them in short.
Kusum Deshpande was born on 20-11-1914 at Nagpur. She came to Bombay in 1930 and worked in Minerva as an apprentice, without pay. She worked in A.I.R. and some Marathi dramas and films. Her first Hindi film was Ghar ki Rani-40. She also did Charnon ki Dasi-41, Village Girl-45, Wamaq Azra-46 and Zamin Asmaan-46. In all she did 20 Hindi films. She married actor Vasant Thengadi on 30-11-1944.
After she stopped getting roles in Hindi films, she turned to Marathi films and had a long and fruitful career in it.
Majid’s name was Abdul Majid Syed. He was born at Farrukhabad in U.P. in 1915. His father was an Overseer. After matric in 1929, he started his business of Leather in Akola, Maharashtra. in 1935, actor, director and producer Nazeer of Hind pictures, introduced him to S.K.Daryani and he got a small role in Sher ka Panja-36 and Sangdil samaj-36. However, from film Bulldog-37, he got side roles and lead roles in films like Gentleman daku-37, insaaf-37, Rajkumari-38, Masterman-38, Zamana-38, Mud-40, Saubhagya-40, Swami-41, Swaminath-42, he also acted in more films like Najma-43, Babar-44 and Zeenat-45.
In all he did over 100 films till 1947. After Partition, he migrated to Pakistan with Nazeer and Swarnalata. In Pakistan he did just 7 films. He died on 24-9-1959.
Today’s song is sung by 2 female singers, but we do not know their names. The lyricist is also not known. With this song, the film Maa Baap ki Laaj-1946 makes its Debut on this Blog.
Editor’s note:-“Maa Baap Ki Laaj”(1946) becomes the 100th film of 1946 to be represented in the blog.
Song-Haaye mast jawaani aayi (Maa Baap Ki Laaj)(1946) Singers-Unknown female voice 1, unknown female voice 2, Lyrics-Unknown, MD-Allah Rakkha Qureshi
Lyrics
Haaye mast jawaani aayi
o mast
Haaye mast jawaani aayi
naachen gaayen
gaayen
preetam se ham preet rachaayen
pagli
pagli
pati preet pati ki sewa
pati preet
pati preet pati ki sewa
isi mein mit jaayen
pagli
pagli
pati sewa ki reet nibhaayen
pagli
pagli
hanste hain chaand sitaare
hanste hain
hanste hain chaand sitaare
ham bhi muskaayen
pagli
pagli
jeewan ko rangeen banaayen
pagli
pagli
hai jeewan udta panchhi
hai jeewan
hai jeewan udta panchhi
ispe na itraayen
pagli
pagli
udte panchhi haath mein aayen
pagli
pagli
jab kaliyaan len angdaayi
jab kaliyaan
jab kaliyaan len angdaayi
bhanwre lehraayen
pagli
pagli
kyun dekh dekh lalchaayen
pagli
pagli
ye duniya hai ik sapna
aa aa aa aa aa
ye duniya hai ik sapna
aa aa aa aa aa
ye duniya hai ik sapna
ise bisraayen
pagli
pagli
iske dhokhe mein na aayen
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“Ghar” (1945) was a Sunrise Production movie. It was directed by V M Vyas. The movie had Jamuna, Nawab, Molina, Yakub, Kalyani, Dulari, Iftikar, W. M. Khan, Mohan, Mirza Musharaff etc in it.
Three songs from this movie have been discussed in the past.
Here is the fourth song from “Ghar”(1945) to appear in the blog. This rare song is sung by Rajkumari. Roopbani is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Qureshi.
Only the audio of this melancholic song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Song-Meri aankhon ke aansoo (Ghar)(1945) Singer-Rajkumari, Lyrics-Roopbani, MD-A R Qureshi
Lyrics
Meri aankhon ke aansoo
meri aankhon ke aansoo
aankhon mein hi so jaao
haan haan so jaao
meri aankhon ke aansoo
meri aankhon ke aansoo
aankhon mein hi so jaao
haan haan so jaao
duniyaa aa
duniya kahin badnaam na kar de
haan badnaam na kar de
meri aankhon ke aansoo
meri aankhon ke aansoo
aankhon mein hi so jaao
haan haan so jaao
vidhwa hai tu
tera ujda suhaag
vidhwa hai tu
tera ujda suhaag
tujhe hansna bhi paap
tujhe rona bhi paap
tujhe hansna bhi paap
tujhe rona bhi paap
aap na rowo
na hamko rulaao
na hamko rulaao
aap na rowo
na hamko rulaao
na hamko rulaao
meri aankhon ke aansoo
meri aankhon ke aansoo
aankhon mein hi so jaao
haan haan so jaao
poori ??
bani suhaagan
poori ??
bani suhaagan
ho gayi vidhwa
main abhaagan
choodiyaan tooti
aur kesar bikhra
choodiyaan tooti
aur kesar bikhra
meri aankhon ke aansoo
meri aankhon ke aansoo
aankhon mein hi so jaao
haan haan so jaao
koi nahin jo dewe dilaasa
koi nahin jo bandhaa de aasha
vidhwa vidhwa naam hai mera aa
aansoo peena kaam hai mera aa
dharti mujhe marne nahin deti
duniya mujhe jeene nahin deti
kaise kaatoon dukhiyaa jeewan
Bhagwaan mujhe batlaao
Bhagwaan mujhe batlaao o
meri aankhon ke aansoo
meri aankhon ke aansoo
aankhon mein hi so jaao
haan haan so jaao
Ho kaahe beech bajariya soyi
Posted on: September 26, 2020
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“Maa Baap” (1944) was directed by V M Vyas for Sunrise Pictures, Bombay. This “social” movie had had Nazir Khan, Veena, Rajkumari Shukla, Yakub, Dixit, Majid, Jagdish, Mirza Musharraf, Khursheed Ahmad, Amirbai Karnataki, Motibai, Kalyani etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it. Seven of these songs have been discussed in the past.
While discussing the seventh song from the movie four years ago (on 18 december 2016), I had mentioned that
After this song, two more songs from this movie are left to be discussed, viz. “ho kaahe beech bajariya soyi”- sung by Kalyani and Lalit Parulkar and “main aa rahi hoon gaati huyi”-singers unknown. These two songs do not seem to be available. so unless they become available, this movie “Maa Baap”(1944) will have only seven songs (out of nine) in the blog.
A few days ago, I managed to discover the song “ho kaahe beech bajariya soyi” on YT. So that is a significant progress in our bid to cover all songs from this movie.
Here is the eighth song from this movie. This song is sung by Kalyani and Lalita Parulkar. Roopbani is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Qureshi.
Only the audio of this song is available and so it is difficult to say how and on whom this song was picturised. It sounds like a conversations between two individuals. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
After this song, just one song is left from this movie namely- “main aa rahi hoon gaati huyi”-singers unknown. This one song does not seem to be available. Let us see if that song too will surface in future like the song under discussion or we will have to be satisfied with a YC (conditional YIPPEE) for this movie.
I have not been able to get several words right in the lyrics. I request our readers with keener ears to help fill in the blanks/ suggest corrections wherever applicable.
Song-Ho kaahe beech bajariya soyi (Maa Baap)(1944) Singers-Kalyani, Lalita Parulekar, Lyrics-Roopbani, MD-A R Qureshi
Lyrics
ha ha
ho ho
Ho kaahe beech bajariya soyi
Ho kaahe beech bajariya soyi
kaun nagar ko hai jaana aa aa
bol do ban ki maina
kaun nagar ko hai jaana
bol do ban ki maina
?? kahin koi gaaon na mera
raat kahin aur kahin sawera
kiski khaatir ?? padi hai
ye kahaani tumhen padegi mujhe sunaani
sunogee
haan aan
wo kitni sundar basti thhi
jahaan main saajan sang hansti thhi
aankhon mein kat’ti thhi raaten
aankhon mein kat’ti thhi raaten
hoti thhin jab pyaar ki baaten
hoti thhin jab pyaar ki baaten
us pyaar(?) ne phir ye rang dikhaaya aa aa aa
us pyaar(?) ne phir ye rang dikhaaya aa aa
?? na paaye to phool khilaaya
main uski ?? pati thhe mere
main uski ?? pati thhe mere
phir
phir kismat ne din unke phere
?? pardes saare ae ae ae
?? pardes saare ae ae
raha tapas (?) kayi saal guzaare ae ae
raha tapas (?) kayi saal guzaare ae
ek wajah
khoj rahi hoon
ek wajah
khoj rahi hoon
jaaun kahaan ye poochh rahi hoon
jaaun kahaan ye poochh rahi hoon
uska ?? soi huyi??
uska ?? soi
ye hai mera fasaana aa aa
?? ban ki maina
kaun nagar ko hai jaana aa aa
bol de ban ki maina
?? pooch ke ??
aankhon ki ?? phool khilenge
dil kehta hai
wo mujhe milenge ae ae ae
Ek baar jhalak dikhlaa ke hamen
Posted on: September 1, 2020
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2010-2020) – Song No. 68
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The date ten years ago, viz 1 september 2010 saw as many as seven songs getting discussed in the blog. First post of the aday appeared at 5:45 AM and the seventh post at 9:01 AM ! Ten years from that day, I am surprised myself how I was able to cover seven songs in a matter of little over three hours !
Here are the details of these songs :-
| Song | Movie title-Year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Koi nahin mera iss duniyaa mein | Daag-1952 | All songs covered |
| Dil matwaalaa laakh sambhaalaa | Bewafaa-1952 | 05 songs posted |
| Chupke chupke rukte rukte | Paying Guest-1957 | All songs covered |
| Dil todna kisi ka ye zindagi nahin hai | Pooja Ke Phool-1964 | All songs covered |
| Ye dil hai muhabbat ka pyaasaa | Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiyaa-1966 | All songs covered |
| Daanton taley dabaa kar honth | Doli-1969 | All songs covered |
| Tadap ye din raat ki | Amrapaali-1966 | All songs covered |
As many as six out of the seven movies that figured ten years ago, have already been YIPPEED by now. “Bewafa”(1952) is the only movie that still has a few songs left to be covered and that makes this movie the only movie eligible for “Blog Ten Year Challenge” for today (1 september 2020).
“Bewafa”(1952) was produced by Nargis and directed by M L Anand. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Neelam, Siddiquie, Sybil, Advani, Nizam, Sheel, Ghosh etc in it. The movie had nine songs in it. The movie made its debut in the blog on this date ten years ago. Six songs from the movie have been covered in the blog so far. Here are the details:-
| Song | Posted On |
|---|---|
| Dil matwaalaa laakh sambhaalaa | 01.09.2010 |
| Badnaseebi ka gila ae dil ae naashaad na kar | 06.07.2012 |
| Tu aaye na aaye teri khushi | 01.02.2013 |
| Tumko fursat ho meri jaan | 15.02.2013 |
| Kaam haathon ka hai | 01.08.2015 |
Here is the seventh song from “Bewafa”(1952). This song is sung by Lata. Sarshar Sailaani is the lyricist. Music is composed by A QR Qureshi.
The song is picturised on Nargis and Ashok Kumar.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra. BTYC details were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
Lyrics were sent by Prakashchandra.
It is interesting to note that the first song of the day today was from “Wafa”(1950) and the next song (this one) is from a movie called “Bewafa”(1952). 🙂
Audio link
Video link:
Song-Ek baar jhalak dikhlaa ke hamen…isi ka naam duniya hai (Bewafa)(1952) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Sarshar Sailaani, MD-A R Qureshi
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
Ek baar jhalak
dikhlaa ke hamein aen
qismat ka sitaraa aa aa doob gayaa
kashti to bechaari ee
kashti thi ee
paani mein kinaaraa doob gaya
aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa
aaa aaa aaa
issi ka naam duniyaa hai
issi ka naam duniyaa hai
to duniya dekh lee maine ae
issi ka naam duniyaa hai
kisi ki aarzoo ka
khoon kar ke
kya milaa mujhko o o o
kya milaa mujhko
kisi ki aarzoo ka
khoon kar ke
kya milaa mujhko o o o
kya milaa mujhko
ke apne dil ki duniya bhi
ujadte dekh lee maine
ke apne dil ki duniya bhi
ujadte dekh lee maine
isi ka naam duniyaa hai
meri aankhon ke aagey
lut rahaa thha
qaafilaa dil ka..aaa…aaa
qaafilaa dil ka
meri aankhon ke aagey
lut rahaa thha
qaafilaa dil ka..aaa…aaa aa
qaafilaa dil ka
qayamat hai ke jeete jee
qayamat dekh lee maine ae
qayamat hai ke jeete jee
qayamat dekh lee maine ae
issi ka naam duniyaa hai
meri andhi jawaani
ne mujhe barbaad kar daala aaa aaa aaa
barbaad kar daala
meri andhi jawaani
ne mujhe barbaad kar daalaa aaa aaa aaa
barbaad kar daala
kissi ki bewafayee par lutaa di zindagi maine
kissi ki bewaffayee par lutaa di zindagi maine
issi ka naam duniyaa hai
to duniya dekh lee maine
issi ka naam duniyaa hai
Lala Lala Gulle Lala
Posted on: January 27, 2020
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Today’s song is from film Indrasabha-56.
From the title of the film, one can conclude easily that this was based on a Mythological story. However, it was not so. It was a remake of the film Indrasabha-1932, made by Madan Theatres, Calcutta. That film had Master Nissar and Jahanara Kajjan in the lead. That film had a world record of having the maximum songs-69 songs- details of which are given in the HFGK Volume-I. (It was suggested in the HFGK that there were 2 more songs also in the film, thus making a total of 71 songs).
The film was based on an Urdu play “Inder sabha, written by Syed Agfha Hasan “Amanat Lakhnavi” ( 1815-1859). This was probably the second play on imaginary story involving Mythological characters. The first one was Vishakha Datt’s play ” Mudra Rakshas “, written somewhere in the 9th century. Amanat’s play was written in 1853 and was first performed on stage in Lucknow in 1854. The original play had 46 songs, consisting of 8 geets of folk genres, 8 thumaries and 30 Gazals. When I was searching for information on the story or review of this film. I came across an article in http://www.bihartimes.com, from which I quote the relevant portion…
” “Indar Sabha” draws from both the rich tapestry of Persian dastans/masnavis and folklore as well as Hindu mythology. But it goes much further – amalgamating the strands of Urdu literary tradition, North Indian nautanki (folk theatre), Hindu devotional theatre/dance (Ram Lila, Ras Lila), classical Sanskrit drama and Wajid Ali Shah’s court pageants, contends Afroz Taj, professor of South Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In fact, Prof Taj has translated and extensively analysed the work in “The Court of Indar and the Rebirth of North Indian Drama” (Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind), 2007).
The story is that Indar (Hindu celestial king Indra) organises a concert for his court. His court dancers, the Pukhraj (Yellow/Topaz), Nilam (Blue/Sapphire), and Lal (Red/Ruby) Paris (fairies) dance and sing for him in a variety of styles. Amanat showcases his craft here with their songs corresponding to their colour motif – the Pukhraj Pari presents basant songs, Nilam mentions blue flowers and jewels, and Lal Pari incorporates the red of the twilight, gems and blood in her lyrics.
When it is the Sabz (Green) Pari’s turn, Indar falls asleep. She storms out and meets an old friend, the Kala Dev (dev here not the gods of the Indian mythology, but demons of Persian folklore) and confides she saw a sleeping human prince on her way and fell in love with him. She orders him to bring him before her and he complies.
Awoken to see a beautiful woman confessing she is in love with him, Prince Gulfam of Akhtarnagar (an obvious reference to Lucknow of Wajid Ali Shah “Akhtar”) is confused and then angry at being abducted. Learning he is at Indar’s fabled court, he is now most keen to see its legendary dancers. The Sabz Pari warns him of the peril but he is adamant and threatens to commit suicide. She gives in and smuggles him in before resuming her performance. Unfortunately, Gulfam is discovered and a furious Indar orders he be imprisoned in a deep well in the Koh-i-Kaf (Caucasus).
The Sabz Pari, herself humiliated and cast out of the court, wanders through fairyland in the guise of a “jogan (female hermit)” in search of the prince. Reports of a new singing talent reaches Indar, who summons her for a performance. He is moved so much that he offers to give her her heart’s desire – and it is hard not to guess what she wants – and gets.
Encapsulating the refined aestheticism of Wajid Ali Shah’s reign, the play, surviving British annexation of Nawabi Awadh and the horrors of 1857-59, got a new lease of life as it was taken up and performed by theatre companies, mostly Parsi troupes, all over British India. It was first performed in Bombay in 1864, hit Lahore and Calcutta in 1875, and overseas – Singapore (1913) and Rangoon (1927). And it was these Parsi troupes that eventually formed the nucleus of the Hindustani film industry.
Amanat’s play is significant in other respects too. Not only is it a linguistic kaleidoscope with ghazals in polished Urdu and folk songs in Awadhi/Braj, but it also reflects the composite multicultural ethos – by conscious mixing of Hindu and Muslim cultural traditions or featuring Persian/Urdu words in a Braj lyric and vice versa.”
Film ‘Indrasabha’-56 was directed by a veteran of such films – Nanubhai Vakil. He was one of the highly educated persons of those times (B.A.LL.B), who joined films in the silent era and successfully continued into the Talkie era till the 70’s decade. The film was made under the banner of Shah Pictures, and the producer was its owner Ramniklal Shah (husband of actress Indurani- a heroine in the 30’s decade) The MD was A R Qureshi aka Tabla Maestro Alla Rakha. His assistant for this film was Damodar Sharma – himself a Music Director of the early Talkie films. The cast of the film was, Chitra, Daljit, Heeralal, Ameeta, W M Khan, Al Nasir (husband of actress Veena), Sadiq, Rajan Haksar, Ranjana Shukla and many others.
How many names a person can have ? 2 – 3 – 4 ? Film actress Ameeta had 5 names. She was born Qamar Sultana. Her mother called her Indira, friends called her Indu, In film Thokar-53, she appeared as Jai jaiwanti and finally she was named Ameeta by Vijay Bhatt. Total 5 names. Ameeta was born on 11-4-1940 to Riaz Ahmed and Shakuntala Devi , in Calcutta. After her father’s death, they shifted to Bombay.
She started acting in Kaafila-52, Anmol Sahara-52 and Thokar-53. In 1953, she became Heroine of film ” Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu”, for which she got the name Ameeta. The film was a flop. After roles in popular films like Munimji-55 and Hum sab chor hain-56 she was selected as a lead actress, opposite Shammi Kapoor in film “Tumsa nahin dekha”-57. The film was a great Hit and she became a Star !
Though she acted in some good films like Dekh kabeera Roya-57 and Goonj uthi Shehnai-59 etc, she remained all the time a B grade Heroine. Till her last film Kisan aur Bhagwan-74, she acted in 47 films and then she left films. Her mother died soon after. Her daughter Sabeeha acted in few films, but shifted to a more successful business of Jewellery designing. (adapted,with thanks, from the book ” Beete hue din” by Shishir Krishna Sharma ji).
One more interesting name in the cast is Ranjana Shukla. Once upon a time, she was the Heroine of Dilip Kumar in film ” Milan”-46, made by Bombay Talkies, now relegated to ordinary roles in films.
Ranjana’s real name was Ratan Shantaram Deshpande. She was born in Nagpur on 20-10-1927. While studying in St. Ursula High School, she learnt dancing and music from well known ustads. After passing her 6th standard examination, she came to Bombay to her elder sister, Kusum Deshpande, who was already working as actress with Minerva Movietone films. Kusum married Vasant Thengadi, a handsome actor in Hindi films of those times.
Kusum arranged for specialised dancing for Ratan in the holidays. Later Ratan was taken to Vijay Bhatt of Prakash pictures for an interview. She was immediately selected and got a role in the famous film Ramrajya-1943. In this film she was Chitralekha, Sita’s sakhi. Vijay Bhatt also changed her name to Ranjana. She was on pay roles of Prakash for Rs. 2000 pm. She acted in films like police-44, Vikramaditya-45 and Hamara Sansar-45. Next films were Nai Maa-46 and Zamin Asman-46.
Ranjana was called by Bombay Talkies to do Heroine’s role opposite Dilip kumar in film Milan-46. This film was based on Bangla film Nauka Doobi written by Tagore. She did the role of Hem Nalini in this film’s Hindi version. The same role was done by Meera Sircar in the Bangla film Nauka Doobi.
After this film, Ranjana was in great demand, but she wanted to quit films and get married to live a simple life. She married a young and handsome writer Arvind Shukla. But after few months he fell sick and there was no income. So, she had to continue working in films till 1975. She also worked in many Marathi films. In all, she worked in about 35 films or so. Ranjana worked with many big stars of her times like, Prem Adeeb, Prithviraj Kapoor, Jairaj, Dilip Kumar, Jeevan, Umakant etc etc
It is interesting to note that her sister and her brother in law acted with her in few films. Some such films were Zamin Asman-46 and Shadi se pehle-47. In film Saajan ka Ghar-48 all three had worked together. We have many families like this in Hindi films. I remember Zubeida and her mother and sisters, Sitara Devi and her 2 sisters, Nargis,her mother and brothers, Kapoor family, Dilip kumar, his brother and sister in law, many film couples and families of several film people are examples. Ranjana was perhaps one early example. Thank God, this Ranjana was not around when yet another Ranjana came to Hindi films. She was Ranjana Deshmukh, niece of actress Sandhya(nee Vijaya Deshmukh). This Ranjana, however , worked mainly in Marathi films and did only 4 Hindi films starting with the famous film Chaani-77. Unfortunately, she first met with an accident and then died of Heart attack at the age of just 40 years or so.
Today’s song is sung by Asha, Geeta and chorus. The lyrics are by Shevan Rizvi. This is the 3rd song from this film to appear here.
Song-Laala laala Gulle laala pyaar kare hai kismetwaala (Indrasabha)(1956) Singers- Asha Bhonsle, Geeta Dutt, Lyricist- Shevan Rizvi, MD- A R Qureshi
Asha Bhonsle + Geeta Dutt + Chorus
Lyrics
Laala Laala Gulle laala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
jisne kiya na pyaar
ho jisne kiya na pyaar
uska jeena hai bekaar
uska jeena hai bekaar
Laala Laala Gulle laala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
agar koi haseen qaatil
jo kabhi maange tumse dil
ajab se kehna lotar(?) ka
ajab se kehna lotar (?) ka
shaida tum par har dil waala
lalar lala lallar lalla
Laala Laala Gulle laala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
ke jab tak ?? na karna
ham kahaan phir tum kahaan phir hum
ke jab tak ?? na karna
ham kahaan phir tum kahaan phir hum
ye mausam aaye na har baar
ye mausam aaye na har baar
rang hai sab ka udne waala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
haseenon ke ishaaron par
lutaa do din jhukaa do sar
haseenon ke ishaaron par
lutaa do din jhukaa do sar
warna jeena hi bekaar
warna jeena hi bekaar
pyaar ki duniya Gulle laala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
Laala Laala Gulle laala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
pyaar kare hai kismat waala
Laaala Laaala
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