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O Mrignainee Madhubainee Menaka
Posted on: January 26, 2026
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6401 | Post No. : | 19856 |
Mr. Sampat (1952) was produced and directed by S S Vasan under the banner of Gemini Pictures. The film starred Motilal, Padmini, Vanaja, Sundari Bai, Swaraj, Agha, Kanhaiyalal, Badriprasad, Kailash Nath, Ramamurthy, J S Casshyap, B S Kalla etc. The film was adapted from R K Narayan’s novel, ‘Mr. Sampat – Printer of Malgudi’ (1949). It is a satirical film. This was Padmini’s first Hindi film in a lead role while Motilal was in the title role of Mr. Sampat. The film was first made in Tamil in 1948 but R K Narayan made some revision in the story based on which the Hindi version was made.
I have already given the story of the film in some detail while covering one of the film’s songs, laila laila pukaaroon main ban mein. So, I will cover here only the gist of the story which is as under:
Mr. Sampat, (Motilal) sustains himself by coning the people through presenting himself in immaculate western attires with his smooth and humourous talks. He has the power to convince his potential targets with his believable schemes. One of his potential targets is Malini (Padmini), a stage artist who has a good fan base. Simultaneously, he has one more target, Seth Makhanlal Gheewala (Kanhaiyalal) who is standing for a municipal election. Sampat uses Malini in the guise of an interview for a newspaper and brings her at Gheewala’s tea party for her. Because of Malini’s fan base, Gheewala wins the municipal election thus creating a confidence in the ability of Sampat.
With this success, Sampat spells out a scheme, both for Malini and Gheewala to start a bank by offering the customers a high interest rates on deposits. The new bank thrives in its business and attract huge deposits. Raj Mohan (Kailash Nath) from a former royal family member has put a large chunk of deposits in the banks because he has developed infatuation with Malini. For Sampat, things are working nicely as per his plans and he has now improved his status. One day, Malini rejects Raj Mohan’s advances which angers him. He immediately withdraws his entire deposits from the bank. Soon the bank collapses and the entire investments made by Malini and Gheewala are lost. Creditors are queuing up and to meet their demand, Malini’s house is under auction. Knowing that he has nothing to gain now, Sampat leaves them after pocketing Malini’s theatre collections and moves on to select his next potential target for coning. And this time, he has been seen as a godman giving an impressive lecture to his followers.
The film was under production before India became a republic in 1952 and before the first general election took place. So, there was no major corruption and fraudsters cases at the time of making the film. The Haridas Mundra case and much later, Natwarlal’s coning instances came to light only sometime in mid-1950s though he was involved in theft and cheatings during the British Rule. Hence, it is to the credit of story writer, R K Narayan that he could foresee such scenarios which became realities in India in the later years. The film is still relevant and it is for the reason that film is enjoyable to watch even after seven decades from its release. Despite the role of Sampat having some negative shades, Motilal in the title role, has given an excellent performance and has been successful in creating an impression on the audience of his likeable character mainly because of his natural acting.
The film had 13 songs written by Pandit Indra (10) and others (3) which were set to music by Balkrishna Kalla and E Shankar Shastri. All are the stage songs. Surprisingly, not a single song was picturised on Motilal.
Five songs have been represented on the Blog. I present the 6th song, ‘o mrignaini madhubani……o bairaagi banwaasi’ which is tandem song rendered by Talat Mehmood, Shamshad Begum and Geeta Dutt. The soundtrack of the song in the film appears as a continuous song. Due to technical reasons, this song on gramophone records have been released in two parts. Geeta Dutt parts of the song is composed in Baul style, a type of kirtan song, which has been prevalent in Bengal.
This tandem song is a part of the mythological story of Menaka and sage Vishwamitra being staged in a theatre. In the first part of the song, Menaka (Padmini) is directed by Lord Indra () to entice sage Vishwamitra (Ramamurthy) who is on a deep meditation to attain the highest status of a Brahmarishi which can dethrone Lord Indra in heaven. In the second part of the song, Menaka goes from heaven to earth and starts singing and dancing. Towards the end of the song, Menaka is successful in breaking sage Vishwamitra’s meditation and he gets attracted to Menaka.
Incidentally, HFGK shows the song under discussion as two different songs because it has been issued on 78 RPM gramophone records with two different matrix numbers. In the film, it is a continuous but tandem song. Since the theme of both the songs is a part of the same story with continuity in stage performance, I felt that both the songs should form a part of the single post for the better understanding of the context of the song.
Video Clip (Part-1):
Video Clip (Part-2):
Audio Clip (Part-1):
Audio Clip (Part-2):
Song-O mrignainee madhubainee Menaka (Mr Sampat)(1952) Singers-Talat Mehmood, Shamshad Begum/ Geeta Dutt, Lyricist-Pt Indra Chandra, MD-B S Kalla
Chorus
Lyrics:
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Part-1 (Based on Video Clip)
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Devendra dev ki jai jai jai
?? kee jai jai jai
Gajpati Narendra kee jai jai jai
Gajpati Mahendra kee jai
Mahendra kee jai
Mahendra Kee jai
[Dialogues]
o o
mrignaini madhubaini Menaka
tum ho kahaan
tum ho kahaan
swaami ee
o o o o
haazir hoon main naath yahaan
haazir hoon main naath yahaan
haazir hoon main naath yahaan
o o o
mrignaini madhubaini Menaka
tum jaao
tum jaao
o o o
o o
meree laaj aabroo
ab to tumheen bachaao
salonee jaao
tum jaao
ab tajo shok tum swaami naath hamaare
ab tajo shok tum swaami naath hamaare
naath hamaare
sab bade bade brahmchaaree mujhse haare
mujhse haare
main jaaun
main jaaun aur suljhaaoon sabhee samasya
taphaaree kee kar aaoon
bhang tapasyaa
bhang tapasyaa…..aa
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Part-2 (Based on Audio Clip)
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o o o
bairaagee banwaasee..ee
o o o
bairaagee banwaasee ee
charnon kee daasee
darash ko pyaasee
bairaagee banwaasee
o o o
bairaagee banwaasee ee
ab nain khol kar dekh re
ab nain khol kar
ab nain khol kar dekh
dwaar tere chhaayee pooranmaasee
o bairaagee banwaasee
main daaroongee galbaiyaan
tod de maala
main daaroongee galbaiyaan
tod de maala
main apnaa hriday bichhaaoon
phenk mrigchhaala
dho daal bhaal ke bhabhoot
bhagwa taj de
?? ang ang ras bhar le
dho daal bhaal ke bhabhoot
bhagwa taj de
?? ang ang ras bhar le
preet mohse kar le
preet mohse kar le
preet mohse kar le
chhod udaasee
preet mohse kar le
chhod udaasee
o banwaasee
o banwaasee
o banwaasee
Laila Laila pukaaron main ban mein
Posted on: March 10, 2025
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6079 | Post No. : | 18870 |
‘Mr Sampat’ (1952) was produced and directed by S S Vasan under the banner of Gemini Pictures. The film starred Motilal in the title role of Mr Sampat with Padmini, Vanaja, Sundari Bai, Swaraj, Agha, Kanhaiyalal, Badriprasad, Kailash Nath, J S Casshyap, B S Kalla etc. This was Padmini’s first Hindi film in a lead role. The film was adapted from R K Narayan’s novel, ‘Mr Sampat – Printer of Malgudi’ (1949). It is a satirical film.
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5397 | Post No. : | 17705 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.98
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On this date ten years ago (28 April 2013), six songs from six different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 7995 | Hamen kyaa ab khizaan jaaye na jaaye | Nayi Kahaani(1943) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 7996 | Kaise bitaaun zaalim kaali kaali raat re | Actor(1951) | 6 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7997 | Jiya lehar lehar lehraaye | Sansaar(1951) | 8 songs covered out of 14 by now |
| 7998 | Na maangoon main tera jahaan | Raja Vikram (1957) | 4 songs covered out of 11 by now |
| 7999 | Tum kitne din baad miley | The Great Gambler (1979) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 8000 | Beautiful baby of Bombay | Ek Phool Chaar Kaante (1960) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this post |
We observe that three movies (out of six) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 28 April 2013)n YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with three unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (28 April 2023).
“Sansaar”(1951) is one of the BTYC eligible movies today.
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Mera dulha shahar se aaya re
Posted on: April 23, 2023
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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5391 | Post No. : | 17684 |
Today’s song is from the film Do Dulhe-1955.
This film was made by United Film Arts, Bombay, jointly with Gemini Pictures, Madras. The entire film was shot completely in the Gemini Studios, Madras, because this Hindi film was a remake of a Popular Tamil Hit film ” Manam Pola Mangalyam “-1953. A remarkable thing about this film was that it was the first film of Gemini Ganesan ( real name Ramasamy Ganesan), one of the 3 biggest stars of Tamil films ( the other two being M G Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan) and actress Savitri (real name Nissankara Savitri) who was an actress, Playback singer, Director and Producer.
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5387 | Post No. : | 17670 |
“Do Dulhe”(1955) was directed by K J Mahadevan for United Film Arts, Madras in association with Gemini, Madras. The movie had Shyama (As Parvati, Sajjan (as Kanhaiya, Kundan), Vanaja (as Dulari), Agha (as Banke), David as (Devi Dayal), Kanhaiyalal (as Purohit), Lalita pawar ((As Sethani), Achla sachdev (as Kundan`s mother), B.M.Vyas (as Vrijmohan Gupta), Suryakantam (as dumb woman), G.V.Shama (as Rikshaw-Wallah), Venkat (as dance master), Ishwarlal (as Ekadashi Vaidya), H.Krishnamurti (as clerk), L.R.Mudaliar (as Postman), Vijaya Rao (as doctor), Indravadan Mehta (as Kundan`s father), Deshraj (as Soda subedar), Sugeshini (as Beggar girl), Koushal (as beggar), Jaya etc in it.
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Amma Amma main kisko kahoon Amma
Posted on: April 12, 2023
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5381 | Post No. : | 17654 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.73
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On this date ten years ago (12 April 2013), eight songs from eight different movies, plus one Non Film song, were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 7877 | Kar sakega na juda kabhi tumko hamse zamaana | Aayiye (1949) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 7878 | Amma roti de baba roti de | Sansaar(1951) | 6 songs covered out of 14 by now |
| 7879 | Sainyya tere prem ki deewaani ban aayi hoon | Bahut Din Huye(1954) | 4 songs covered out of 17 by now |
| 7880 | Jiyenge magar muskura na sakenge | Mukesh NFS( 1952) | |
| 7881 | Dil ko bachaana ae ji dil ko bachaana | Dekhi Teri Bambai(1961) | 4 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 7882 | Chadhhti jawaani meri chaal mastaani | 8 Caravan (1971) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 7883 | Dekh hamen muskaaye kyun | Duniya Ek Saraai(1947) | 4 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7884 | Tu hai kamaal maula tu hai kamaal | Sultanat(1986) | One song covered out of 6 |
| 7885 | Ho nahin sakta | Diljale (1996) | 2 songs coverd out of 8 by now |
We observe that two movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 12 April 2023) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with six unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (12 April 2023).
“Bahut Din Huye”(1954) is one of the six unYIPPEED movies and therefore it is BTYC eligible today.
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Aisi hai duniya hamne na jaanaa
Posted on: April 12, 2023
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5381 | Post No. : | 17653 |
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.72
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On this date ten years ago (12 April 2013), eight songs from eight different movies, plus one Non Film song, were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Post No | Song Title | Name of the movie | Remarks |
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| 7877 | Kar sakega na juda kabhi tumko hamse zamaana | Aayiye (1949) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 7878 | Amma roti de baba roti de | Sansaar(1951) | 6 songs covered out of 14 by now |
| 7879 | Sainyya tere prem ki deewaani ban aayi hoon | Bahut Din Huye(1954) | 4 songs covered out of 17 by now |
| 7880 | Jiyenge magar muskura na sakenge | Mukesh NFS( 1952) | |
| 7881 | Dil ko bachaana ae ji dil ko bachaana | Dekhi Teri Bambai(1961) | 4 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 7882 | Chadhhti jawaani meri chaal mastaani | 8 Caravan (1971) | Movie YIPPEED in the blog by now |
| 7883 | Dekh hamen muskaaye kyun | Duniya Ek Saraai(1947) | 4 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 7884 | Tu hai kamaal maula tu hai kamaal | Sultanat(1986) | One song covered out of 6 |
| 7885 | Ho nahin sakta | Diljale (1996) | 2 songs coverd out of 8 by now |
We observe that two movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 12 April 2023) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with six unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (12 April 2023).
“Sansaar”(1951) is one of the BTYC eligible movie today.
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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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4817 | Post No. : | 16588 |
Today’s song is a funny Parody song taking place in a Mental Hospital and the singing artistes on the screen are all hospital patients including the Hero of the film. The song is from the film Do Dulhe-1955.
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Jeewan ki gaadi chalti hai
Posted on: December 31, 2020
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4549 | Post No. : | 16134 |
The year that was … “2020” … we have finally come to the end of ‘Year 2020’ which has shaken the whole world and while people are trying to come to normal, the pandemics’ ‘aftershocks’ and its ‘new improved stains’ are still threatening to harm the humanity further.
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“Do Dulhe” (1955) was directed by K J Mahadevan for United Film Art, Bombay in collaboration with Gemini Pictures. The movie had Sajjan, Shyama, Lalita Pawar, Vanjana, David Abraham, Agha, Achla Sachdev, Kanhaiyalal, B. M. Vyas, Ishwarlal , Suryakantam, G V Sharma, Venkat, H Krishnamurty, L R Mudaliyar, Vijay Rao, Indravadan Mehta, Deshraj Sukeshini, Kaushal, Jaya etc in it.
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