Posts Tagged ‘Basant’
Raat chaandni samay suhaana hai
Posted on: January 9, 2023
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This new year 2023 has seen lots and lots of debutant movies being introduced to the blog. as many as seven movies made their debuts in the blog in this new year. One of the movies had just one song in it. So its debut coincided with its getting YIPPEED as well. We did not have a “proper” YIPpying of the movie so far.
To make up for that, here is the first “proper” Yippying occasion in the blog in 2023. The movie getting YIPPEED is “Basant”(1960).
“Basant”(1960) was produced and directed by Bibhuti Mitra for Mitra Productions Bombay. The movie had Nutan, Shammi Kapoor, Minoo Mumtaz,Kammoo,Cuckoo(guest artiste), Murad, Vittaldas Panchotia, Jagadish Kamal, Gyani, Rajendar, V.Namade, Rawley, ShyamLal And Johnny Walker in it.
This movie was not an original movie. It drew heavily from earlier movies which in turn drew heavily from yet other movies. The movie was a mixture of “Safar”(1946) and “Shabnam”(1949), which were hit movies made by Bibhuti Mitra in the past taking inspiration from Hollywood movies “It happened one night”(1934) and “Love Affair”(1939), later remade as “An Affair to remember”(1957).
Great Memsaab, when she was actively reviewing Hindi movies, had posted a long and funny review of this movie.
An excerpt, which was earlier quoted while discussing this movie, is quoted here again:-
“Take the plot of It Happened One Night, sprinkle in some ingredients from An Affair To Remember, then stir in a third plot which is completely nuts, and voila! it’s Basant. Two of my favorite Hollywood films and some masala craziness for the price of one Hindi film! Sure, there are huge plot holes and it’s nonsensical at times, but what do I care—especially when the hero and heroine are my beloved Shammi Kapoor and beautiful Nutan. They are great together: his nonchalant silliness complements her feisty character perfectly.
Plus, there’s Pran! and lovely music from OP Nayyar.Meenakshi Rai (Nutan) is the spoiled daughter of millionaire Rai Bahadur (Murad). We know that she’s a modern girl because she wears trousers and says “My foot!” a lot. She wants to marry Rajesh (Pran), a man of whom her father disapproves strongly.
Her father is escorting her to Calcutta by train to get her away from Rajesh, but she disembarks at another stop in the middle of the night as he is sleeping. Her bag is stolen on the platform by a scoundrel named Billoo (Johnny Walker) and she chases him to a nearby fairground, where she recovers her bag but discovers that her father already has the police after her.
To escape them, she takes to the stage and sings a lovely song (“Raaste Mein”) with a guy named Ashim (Shammi Kapoor). But when she returns to the train station to catch the Bombay train, it’s crawling with police and her father is there! So is Ashim, who has figured out who she is; he’s traveling to Bombay as well.
She decides to take the bus instead and sits next to Billoo—who steals all the money from her purse when she isn’t looking. For some reason never explained, Ashim is on the bus too, and sees a police roadblock ahead. He pushes Billoo aside and saves her from detection.
They enact a hilarious drama of a possessive husband and his shrewish wife, and the policeman flees to avoid getting involved. Shammi and Nutan are really fun to watch as he continues to needle her (and imitates her “My foot!” at every opportunity), and she gives it back to him as good as she gets.
To escape further notice, Meenakshi and Ashim take to the side roads. When Billoo the con man sees a poster with her photo and a Rs 50,000 reward, he starts trailing them. There is a lot of other comic side plot action with Johnny, but I won’t go into it here. He is pretty funny, though.
As Meenakshi and Ashim head towards Bombay by whatever transport they can find, they argue a lot but are getting acquainted too. She tells him that she is headstrong because her father has always been so controlling, and she is longing for a little freedom. They are so CUTE together.
Back in Bombay, Rai Bahadur just wants his daughter back, and is even willing to compromise with Rajesh.
But Ashim and Meenakshi are falling in love.
So true! When the two reach her home in Bombay, she confesses her feelings to Ashim. He tells her to meet him after one month apart, as a test to make sure their love is true. This seemed like a bad idea in An Affair To Remember, and it seems like a bad idea now, but she happily agrees.
Unfortunately, Rajesh is waiting in the wings, and he needs her money. On Meenakshi’s birthday—which Ashim attends in disguise—Rai Bahadur announces her engagement to Rajesh, as promised. Ashim is furious and confronts her, but she reassures him that she loves him. Rajesh overhears them, and sends his thugs to kill Ashim when he goes on a trip to deliver a valuable necklace in this place (our lunatic third plot development):
On the night when they are to meet, Meenakshi has a car accident and is paralyzed from her waist down. Rai Bahadur dies of a heart attack when he hears the news. When she recovers enough to leave the hospital in a wheelchair, Rajesh tells her that Ashim is dead too.
Poor Meenakshi is bereft. Is Ashim really dead? If not, where is he? Did he show up for their rendezvous and think her absence meant she had decided to marry Rajesh? Will she marry Rajesh? Will she ever walk again?
Oh, the drama! The tears! The beauty of Shammi! “
Reading the above, we can realise that “Chori Chori”(1956) and “Dil Hai Ke Maanta Nahin”(1991) also used the same story.
Despite borrowing heavily from all time hit movies, “Basant”(1960) failed at the box office.
We are discussing songs of “Basant”(1960) so let us now coonfine us to songs. The movie had as many as 14 songs ! In a movie running around three hours, one third of time must have been taken by the songs themselves !
One notices that Asha Bhonsle’s voice figures in all 14 songs. It is easily a record for a singer to lend his/her voice in each and every song of a movie where the song count is so high.
The movie had as many as 10 Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duets. Easily a record in a movie for a duet singing pair. In addition, they figured in another song, that also had the voice of S D Batish.
O P Nayyar, the music director, clearly belived in one size fits all policy. All male actors lip synced in Rafi’s voice. All female actors lip synced in Asha Bhonsle’s voice. It the process, Asha Bhonsle lent her voice to Nutan, Kammo and Minu Mumtaz in different songs ! Video of four songs are not available, so who knows, she may have lent her voice to some more female actors in the movie. If all videos were available, then I would not be surprised to find that Johny Walker and Kammo had more songs picturised on them in the movie than Shammi Kapoor and Nutan !
As discussed above, the movie had 14 songs in it. 13 songs have already been covered.
Here is the list of the 13 songs that have been covered in the blog so far:-
| Blog post number | SongDate of posting | Singer(s) | Remarks | |
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| 1860 | Peechhe hat hat hat babu chhed naa | 4 September 2009 | Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Nutan |
| 2815 | Mere dil pe lagaake darling apne naam ki chit | 20 August 2010 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Johny Walker and Kammo |
| 6054 | Raaste mein ik haseen | 4 June 2012 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor and Nutan |
| 6779 | Chori chori ik ishaara ho gaya hai | 3 october 2012 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor and Nutan |
| 7296 | Baaje waala Patiyaale waala | 31 December 2012 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Johny Walker and Kammo, Post by Sudhir |
| 8529 | Nainon mein sooraj ki kirnen | 14 August 2013 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor and Nutan |
| 9967 | Ukkad dukkad bamba | 15 July 2014 | Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Minu Mumtaz and Shammi Kapoor, Post by Sudhir |
| 11240 | Hamne unke saamne pehle to khanzar rakh diya | 2 July 2015 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, S D Batish | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kammo and Johny Walker |
| 13030 | Mere lahange mein ghunghroo lagaa de | 11 March 2017 | Asha Bhonsle, Rafi | Picturised on Nutan, Shammi Kapoor, Johny Walker |
| 13203 | Duniya pakki four twenty | 28 April 2017 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle | Picturised on Johny Walker, Video unavailable , Post by Arunkumar Deshmukh |
| 16772 | O madam Nancy you are my fancy | 16 January 2022 | Rafi, Asha Bhonsle | Video unavailable, Post by nahm |
| 17130 | Jee chaahta hai khench loon tasweer aapki (Basant) | 8 September 2022 | Asha Bhonsle, Rafi | Video not available, post by nahm |
| 17311 | Idhar main khoobsoorat hoon (Basant) | 5 January 2023 | Asha Bhonsle, Rafi | Video not available |
We can see that this movie had a very long and eventful stay in the blog. The songs of this movie have been discussed not only by me, but also by Sudhir Jee, Arunkumar Deshmukh jee and nahm jee. We have discussed quite a few topics, while covering these songs, including introduction to some of our regulars.
Finally the movie gets YIPPEED in the blog with its 14th and final song. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and chorus. It is picturised on Minu Mumtaz and others.
Qamar Jalalabadi, whose remembrance day falls today, is the lyricist of the song. So this song serves as a tribute to him.
O P Nayyar is the music director of course.
Most of our posts these days appear in the early morning. But this song is about “Raat chaandni”, so postig it in the morning would have appeared inappropriate. so I am posting this song, when it is night. It is not quite “chaandni raat”(full moon night), that day was three days ago on 6 january 2023), but the moon is still full enough to be able to shed its chaandni tonight. So the setting for the song is appropriate enough.
So here is this 14th and final song from “Basant”(1960). Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
With this song, all the songs of “Basant”(1960) get covered in the blog and the movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
video link (Longer song)
Audio (shorter song)
Song-Raat chaandni samay suhaana hai (Basant)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi, MD-O P Nayyar
Male chorus
Female chorus
All chorus
Lyrics(Based on Video link)(Provided by Prakashchandra)
raat chaandni samay suhaana hai
balley balley balley ae ae ae ae
raat chaandni samay suhaana hai
balley balley balley ae ae ae ae
tohey milega preetam pyaaraa
chhori hho
hoyye chhori..eee
tohey milega preetam pyaaraa
chhori hho
hoyye chhori…eee
ahhaa haa hhaaa aaa
kotlaa chhupaake jummeraat aayi hai ae ae
aaj mere sainyyan ki baaraat aayi hai ae
aaj mere sainyyaan ki baaraat aayi hai
kotlaa chhapaake jummeraat aayi hai ae ae
aaj tere sainyyaan ki baaraat aayi hai
ho o o aaj mere sainyyan ki baaraat aayi hai
raat chaandni samay suhaana hai
hho balley balley balley ae ae ae ae
sabhi baaraati taaron jaisey
dulha chanda jaisa
haayye rey chanda jaisaa
ghoonghat ke pat khol ke dekho
roop hai mera kaisa
haayye rey roop hai kaisaa aaaa
ghoonghat ke pat khol ke dekho (haa aaa haa aaaa)
roop hai tera kaisaa (haa aaa hhhaaaa aaaa)
tumhare roop hai kaisaa (haa aaa hhhaaaa aaaa)
haayye rey mar mar ke zaalim raat aayi hai ae ae
aaj tere sainyyaan ki baaraat aayi hai
ho o o aaj mere sainyyaan ki baaraat aayi hai
kotlaa chhapaake jummeraat aayi hai ae ae
aaj tere sainyyan ki baaraat aayi hai
ho o o aaj mere sainyyan ki baaraat aayi hai ae
raat chaandni samay suhaana hai
hho balley balley balley ae ae ae ae
log bichhaayen sej pe kaliyaan
maine bichhaayeen ankhiyaan
teri raah mein ankhiyaan
aisee waisi baat na kehna
dhadke mori chhatiyaan
haayye rey dhadke chhatiyaan aaan
aisee waisee baat na kehna
dhadke mori chhatiyaan (haaa haaaa haaa)
hayye rey dhakdke chhatiyaan (haaa haaaa haaa)
taras taras ke ghadi milan ki haath aayi hai ae aeyye
aaj tere sainyyan ki baaraat aayi hai
ho o o aaj mere saiyyan ki baaraat aayi hai ae ae
kotlaa chhapaake jummeraat aayi hai
aaj tere sainyyan ki baaraat aayi hai
ho o ho aaj mere sainyyaan ki baaraat aayi hai ae
raat chaandni samay suhaana hai
hha balley balley balley ae ae
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This article is written by nahm, 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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5165 | Post No. : | 17130 |
8th September – Birthday of Asha Bhonsle
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There are 25 songs tagged as ‘Tasweer’ (https://atulsongaday.me/category/tasweer-song/) song in the blog. Some of the stellar songs have missed the tag and have given a miss to the tag of ‘Tasweer’. I have listed a few such songs which I can refer to off-hand:
Tasweer Banaata Hoon Tasweer Nahin Banti
I feel as if some more significant songs are missing from my list above as well as the tagged page. So, the list is incomplete.
A ‘tasveer’ is something which tells a story. Be it a still image, a painting, a motion picture or mural. Imaginary or factual, reflection in reverse or converse. Not always needing a camera to capture it, just a glance is indelible sometimes. Moments captured in memory forever.
Some old timers in the film industry refer to movie as a ‘Tasveer’. I have forever called movies as ‘picture’. We never went to see film or movie, it was always ‘picture’. Some convent educated friends referred to them as ‘movie’ and some Kendriya Vidayala aluminis called them films. This is my own experiences, not a comment on anyone word preferences. In Urdu print, it is ‘film’ and in Hindi it is called ‘chal chitra’ translated as moving picture. So, the films moved and talked and told stories. But to tell a story, sometimes a still image is also enough. Technically, film is a roll on which the reflections are captured. What we watch on the screen is a projection of images captured on film rolls.
On the other hand, sometimes the story a ‘tasveer’ tells is incomplete for being one dimensional. The scene, the background, lighting, the capturer’s intentions, all have an impact on the story it tells. Even a panoramic photo fails capture the photographer. So, the millennials invented ‘selfies’ so that they can capture their own stories.
In our times, we have seen numerous such photos which have made history, given cause to monumental events, made unknown non-entities of the world into famous people. Also, photos which captured the events for posterity, stills which make us wonder at the creativity and unfathomable and unrecordable capability of creator of such beauty, and fabulous natural phenomena. Over the decades, there have been photos of apathy of humans around the world, which made humanity hang its heads in shame. Glory, shame, pain, ecstasy, wonder, happiness, surprise, loss and victory and many more emotions and expressions are recorded.
The camera is mechanical equipment after all. It has no feelings, so no sympathy with the subject it is capturing. It also reveals things, the subject wants to hide sometimes. I must grant it, it is a capable equipment, it captures the expression in the eyes of the subject. Mischief, despair, jealousy, pain, love, gaiety, you name it, the camera has seen it all.
I am glad to report that sometimes in gathering of friends, we forget to take selfies or pics… then we lament it on whatsapp that we didn’t click any. Better leave somethings for the mind and heart to capture. Is there a hard disk which can store as much as a human mind?
The ‘tasveer’ category song being presented here is from the film “Basant” (1960). The following 11 songs of this film are already posted in the blog.
| Song | Date of post |
|---|---|
| Peechhe hat hat hat babu chhed naa | 4 September 2009 |
| Mere dil pe lagaake darling apne naam ki chit | 20 August 2010 |
| Raaste mein ik haseen | 4 June 2012 |
| Chori chori ik ishaara ho gaya hai | 3 October 2012 |
| Baaje waala Patiyaale waala | 31 December 2012 |
| Nainon mein sooraj ki kirnen | 14 August 2013 |
| Ukkad dukkad bamba | 15 July 2014 |
| Hamne unke saamne pehle to khanzar rakh diya | 2 July 2015 |
| Mere lahange mein ghunghroo lagaa de | 11 March 2017 |
| Duniya pakki four twenty | 28 April 2017 |
| O madam Nancy you are my fancy | 16 January 2022 |
Out of 14 songs of this film, 11 are Rafi-Asha duets and trio with SD Batish. Remaining 3 are solos by Asha Bhonsle. Incidentally, I have noticed that in the blog we spell the surname of Asha as ‘Bhonsle’, where as every where else that I can see it is Bhosle. Eleven duets in a film is a record, second such record is in the film ‘Halla Gulla’ (1954), where this same pair is singing all 9 songs.
Here is the song to celebrate the 89th Birthday of Asha Bhonsle, penned by Shewan Rizvi and composed by OP Nayyar.
Song-Jee chaahta hai khench loon tasweer aap ki (Basant)(1960) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics-Shewan Rizvi, MD-O P Nayyar
Lyrics
aa aaa aaaha
hmmm mmmm mmmmm hmm hmm
aa aaa aaaha
hmmm mmmm mmmmm
aa aa aaaa aaaaaaa aaaa
mmmmmm
a aa aa aaa
kitni badal gayi hai
zara chaal dekhiye
iss dillagi mein
aap ka yeh haal dekhiye
mukhde ka rang haathh ka
roomaal dekhiye
jee chaahtaa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
jee chaahataa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
phoolon ki tarah
aap ka chehra khilaa huaa
aa aaa aaaa aaaa
aaaa aaaa aaaaaaa
phoolon ki tarah
aap ka chehra khilaa huaa
aur uss pe kaali zulf ka
baadal ghiraa huaa
aur uss pe kaali zulf ka
baadal ghiraa huaa
parde mein chaand
husn ka aadha chhupa huaa
jee chaahataa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
jee chaahataa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
bikhre huye yeh baal
garebaan khulaa huaa
gardan mein ek reshmi
muffler padaa huaa
saare jahaan ka ishq
nazar mein chhupa huaa
jee chaahataa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
jee chaahataa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
kitni haseen hai zara
aawaaz dekhiye
aa aaa aaaa aaaa
aaaa aaaa aaaaaaa
kitni haseen hai zara
aawaaz dekhiye
aawaaz se bhi badh ke
haseen saaz dekhiye
aawaaz se bhi badh ke
haseen saaz dekhiye
sharma ke munh phiraane ka
andaaz dekhiye
jee chaahataa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
jee chaahataa hai
khainch loon tasveer aap ki
aa aaa aaaha
hmmm mmmm mmmmm
aa aaa aaaha
hmmm mmmm mmmmm
aa aa aaaa aaaaaaa aaaa
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir Kapur)
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आ आss आहा
हम्म म्मम म्ममम ह्म्म ह्म्म
आ आss आहा
हम्म म्मम म्ममम
आ आ आsss आssssss आsss
म्ममममम
आ आ आ आss
कितनी बदल गई है
ज़रा चाल देखिये
इस दिल्लगी में आपका
ये हाल देखिये
मुखड़े का रंग
हाथ का रूमाल देखिये
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
फूलों की तरह आपका चेहरा खिला हुआ
आ आss आsss आsss
आsss आsss आssssss
फूलों की तरह आपका चेहरा खिला हुआ
और उसपे काली ज़ुल्फ का
बादल घिरा हुआ
पर्दे में चाँद हुस्न का आधा छिपा हुआ
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
बिखरे हुये ये बाल
गरेबाँ खुला हुआ
गर्दन में एक रेशमी मफ़लर पड़ा हुआ
सारे जहां का इश्क़ नज़र में छुपा हुआ
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
कितनी हसीन है ज़रा आवाज़ देखिये
आ आss आsss आsss
आsss आsss आssssss
कितनी हसीन है ज़रा आवाज़ देखिये
आवाज़ से भी बढ़ कर हसीन साज़ देखिये
शर्मा के मुंह फिराने का अंदाज़ देखिये
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
जी चाहता है खींच लूँ तस्वीर आपकी
आ आss आहा
हम्म म्मम म्ममम ह्म्म ह्म्म
आ आss आहा
हम्म म्मम म्ममम
आ आ आsss आssssss आsss
O Madam Nancy You Are My Fancy
Posted on: January 16, 2022
This article is written by nahm, 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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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4930 | Post No. : | 16772 |
Rafi Sahab’s Legendary Associations – 09
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96th birth anniversary of O. P. Nayyar
Today, finally we arrive at a Rafi-Asha duet on the occasion of 96th birth anniversary of legendary composer of beautiful songs, OP Nayyar. I am sure, I have long back looked at this duet and saved the link multiple times in different laptops/folders.
I, for one, am most happy that this was somehow missed by all regular contributors to the blog, and not yet posted. So that I am having a quintessential Rafi-Asha duet by OPN, which is written by Qamar Jalaalabadi.
Qamar Jalaalabadi has already featured in this series. So, this post in about Rafi Sahab’s association with Asha Bhonsle and OP Nayyar. Film is ‘Basant’ from 1960. The following 10 songs of this film are already posted on the blog:
Baaje Waala Patiyaale Waala
Chori Chori Ik Ishaara Ho Gaya Hai
Duniya Pakki Four Twenty
Hamne Unke Saamne Pehle To Khanjar Rakh Diya
Mere Dil Pe Lagaa De Darling Apne Naam Ki Chit
Mere Lahange Mein Ghunghroo Lagaa De
Nainon Mein Sooraj Ki Kirnen
Peechhe Hat Hat Hat Babu Chhed Naa
Raaste Mein Ik Haseen
Ukkad Dukkad Bamba
To find an OPN-Rafi song, I was just going through the list of songs Music Director-wise page in the blog and I found that right from ‘Baaz’ (1953) which is the third film score for OPN after ‘Aasmaan’ and ‘Chham Chhama Chham’ in 1952, Rafi Sahab is a regular in all his films. Rafi Sahab has no songs under OPN in the film film ‘Mangu’ (1954).
Significant, popular and hit music scores of OPN-Rafi combination:
| Year | Name of Films |
| 1955 | Mr. & Mrs. 55 |
| Musafirkhaana | |
| 1956 | Bhaagam Bhaag |
| CID | |
| Choomantar | |
| Hum Sab Chor Hain | |
| Naya Andaaz | |
| Shrimati 420 | |
| 1957 | Johny Walker |
| Mai Baap | |
| Naya Daur | |
| Qaidi | |
| Tum Sa Nahin Dekha | |
| Ustaad | |
| 1958 | 12 O’clock |
| Howrah Bridge | |
| Mr. Cartoon MA | |
| Mujrim | |
| Phagun | |
| Sone Ki Chidiya | |
| 1959 | Do Ustaad |
| 1960 | Basant |
| Jaali Note | |
| Kaplana | |
| Mitti Mein Sona | |
| 1962 | Ek Musafir Ek Haseena |
| Hongkong | |
| 1963 | Phir Wohi Dil Laaya Hoon |
| 1964 | Kashmir Ki Kali |
| 1965 | Mere Sanam |
| 1966 | Aqalmand |
| Do Dilon Ki Dastaan | |
| Saawan Ki Ghata | |
| Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi | |
| 1968 | Hamsaaya |
This combination gives us a real treat of great songs from mid 50’s to late 60’s. I am getting the feeling that I have missed something in the above list, so it may be worth visiting again. I have counted 200 plus songs in the excel sheet, so that makes a good sizable portion of all songs composed by OPN in his career.
Total tally of these OPN and Asha Bhonsle songs is as below:
| OP Nayyar (1952-1994) |
487 |
71 movies (562) |
| Asha Bhonsle |
2887 |
7874 |
As for Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duets, 547 of these are posted on the blog. Compare this with 348 Rafi-Lata duets in the blog. At a guess there are around 450 Rafi-Lata duets, as compared to anything between 650-700 Rafi-Asha duet songs. Rafi-Asha duets are too many to go through at short notice. So I will surmise to say that these two have sung many iconic and classic songs under numerous music directors, like OPN, SDB, RDB, Ravi, Chitragupt, Kalyanji Anandji etc.
So here’s is song, a duet by OPN in the film ‘Basant’ (1960). The year 1960 is the peak of OPN, but he was to go on to give greater musical treat to Hindi film music in the 60’s, with Rafi and without Rafi in a rare instance. His association with Asha Bhonsle is a long one, which eliminated the need for more than one female playback singer in a film’s score. Asha Bhonsle is the most versatile singer to have graced the Hindi film playback field. No doubt, OPN has a big role to play in shaping Asha’s career, in the face of stiff competition from her sister Lata Mangeshkar, who ruled the field for more than 30 years.
OP Nayyar has the distinction of having succeeded in the film industry music scene, without having Lata Mangeshkar sing a single song for him. It makes a big statement about OP Nayyar, to have withstood this sort of situation and survived spectacularly, swimming against the tide.
The song must have been filmed on Shammi Kapoor and Nutan, seeing they are the lead pair of the film. Johnny Walker and Kammo are another pair in the film, but the song is sounding like a Shammi Kapoor song. So this one is also among the last few Rafi songs on Shammi Kapoor, to be posted here on this blog. Rafi-Shammi Association details have to wait for another day.
Song – O Madam Nancy You Are My Fancy (Basant) (1960) Singer – Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle Lyrics – Qamar Jalaalabaadi, MD – OP Nayyar
Lyrics
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o madam nancy ee eee
you are my fancy ee eee
hmmm hmmm mmm
jis ladki se pyar karoon
woh bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
you are my fancy ee eee
ha haa aaaaa
jis ladki se pyar karoon
wo bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
you are my fancy ee eee
machli hui yeh jawaaniyan
main kya karun
chaaron taraf mastaaniyan
main kya karun oonoon
aaa aaaaaa
machli hui yeh jawaaniyan
aaa aaaaaa
main kya karun
ghoom ghoom ke
jhoom jhoom ke
dil se dil milaa le
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
ha haa aaaaa
jis ladki se pyar karoon
wo bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
kar na ishaare saajna
mera dil gayaa aa aa aaaaa
kar na ishaare saajna
mera dil gayaa aa
narm kalejaa zaalima
mera hil gayaa aa aaaa
kar na ishaare saajna
aaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaa
mera dil gayaa aa
aaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaa
dil to ek hai
ishq lakh hain
jaa re zaalima jaa
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
hey ea ea ea
jis ladki se pyar karoon
woh bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
yoon itraa ke na chalo
dar jaaungaa
yun itthlaa ke na chalo
mar jaaungaa aaa
yoon itraa ke na chalo
ha haa aaaaa
dar jaaungaa
ha haa aaaaa
gol gol hai
kitna bol hai
phool se mukhde kaa
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
hmmm hmmm mmm
jis ladki se pyar karoon
woh bole no vancancy ee eeea
o madam nancy ee eee
ah ha ha haa aa
you are my fancy ee eee
Duniya pakki four twenty
Posted on: April 28, 2017
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Today’s song is from the film Basant-60. Its namesake film Basant was made in 1942 as well. But in matters of success, both films were opposite to each other. Basant-42, directed by Amiya Chakrawarty , was a successful film, having well known actors and Music Director. Basant-60 in contrast was not so much successful. It was not liked by people, though the lead actors were well known. Nutan was already acclaimed but Shammi Kapoor had yet to come to his elements which he would do with the film Junglee-61. He was still struggling with ‘ Hum sab chor hain ‘ and ‘ Tumsa nahi dekha ‘ acting styles.
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“Basant”(1960) was produced and directed by Bibhuti Mitra for Mitra productions, Bombay. The movie had Nutan, Shammi Kapoor, Johny Walker, Minu Mumtaz, Pran, Kammo, Murad, Vitthaldas Panchotia, Jagdish Kanwal, Shyamlal, Rajendra, V Namade etc with Cuckkoo in guest appearance.
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“Basant”(1960) was produced and directed by Bibhuti Mitra. The movie had Nutan, Shammi Kapoor, Johnny Walker, Minoo Mumtaz, Pran, Kammo, Murad, Vitthaldas Panchotia, Jagdish Kanwal, Shyamlal, Rajendra, V Namade etc with Cuckoo making a guest appearance.
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“Basant”(1942) was directed by Amiya Chakraborty for Bombay Talkies. The movie had Mumtaz Shanti, Ulhas, Pramila, Suresh, Mumtaz ali, Pithawala, Jagannath, Kanu Roy, Ganju, Baby Mumtaz (Madhubala) etc in it.
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Gori mose Ganga ke paar milna
Posted on: March 4, 2015
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“Basant”(1942) was directed by Amiya Chakraborty for Bombay Talkies. The movie had Mumtaz Shanti, Ulhas, Pramila, Suresh, Mumtaz ali, Pithawala, Jagannath, Kanu Roy, Ganju, Baby Mumtaz (Madhubala) etc in it.
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“Basant”(1942) was directed by Amiya Chakraborty for Bombay Talkies. The movie had Mumtaz Shanti, Ulhas, Pramila, Suresh, Mumtaz ali, Pithawala, Jagannath, Kanu Roy, Ganju, Baby Mumtaz (Madhubala) etc in it.
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Ukkad dukkad bamba
Posted on: July 15, 2014
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Atul Song-A-Day 10K Song Milestone Celebrations –23
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One can say, in some ways, it was a letdown. I mean my first meeting in person with Khyati Ben. We had been in email touch prior to that. I was in US, and had made plans to go down to Los Angeles and meet her. For identification purposes, she had sent me her photograph – a most dazzling blonde, with sharp features and attractive eyes, carrying a red rose. As per suggestions from Raja ji (who was also party to the email thread), I had been instructed to wear a trench coat, a felt hat, dark glasses and sporting a fake beard. And yes, also to carry a red rose. That would have been the identification to each other. Then, we had code words also defined for a more certain identification. On seeing the red rose in her hands, I was supposed to approach her and ask the question –“Aasmaan mein kitne sitaare hain?”. And she was supposed to reply with “hoshiyaar, khatre ke har taraf se ishaare hain”. That was how the introduction was planned.
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