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Today’s song is from a debut making film ‘Ek Aurat’ from 1948.
This is one of those 206 films made between 1931 to 2012, whose title started with the word ‘EK’ – the most favourite prefix of the filmmakers. Out of these 206 films, 32 films started with ‘Ek Aur. . .’. Just a trivia !
Trivia aside, let us talk about today’s film, ‘Ek Aurat’. The film was produced and directed by SD Narang. He was also the film’s hero.
Today’s film is an indicator how hard working filmmakers, after the Partition, left Lahore but did not leave making films. Narang was one of the pioneers and he had done good work in Lahore to establish its Film Industry, but he was forced to leave the city and run to the other far off side of the country, Calcutta- a thriving film city in Eastern India. This most educated person in the Indian Film industry ever, Narang’s life story is very inspiring.
Here is a story which is stunning and unbelievable ! He was born on 18-6-1918, at Lyallpur, Punjab. He studied hard and got higher education. First he did B.Sc., then completed M.B.B.S. and became a Medical Doctor. Later he submitted a Thesis and got his Ph.D. All this from Lahore Medical College. He also wrote some research papers and two books. With this sparkling education, he could have had a luxurious living, but he chose to join the uncertain Film World. True to his wont, he succeeded here too and became a hero, producer, director, studio owner, a lyricist and a writer.
Yes, in the early era of the late 1930s, when educated people were a rarity, this highly qualified young man came into films. His name was SATYA DEV NARANG or simply, SD Narang. (18-6-1918 to 25-1-1986 ). Here are some highlights of his life, adapted from the site sdnarangsfan.com…with thanks.
1. During his life, from 1918 to 1986, he served the Indian Film Industry, at three capitals of this industry, Lahore (1936 to 1946), Calcutta (1947 to 1951) and Bombay (1952 to 1980), as hero, producer, director, writer and studio owner.
2. He had the distinction of being the highest educated man in the film industry. He was B.Sc., M.B.B.S and Ph.D from Lahore Medical College.
3. He had the credit of being the debut making leading man of ‘Khazanchi’ (1941) which was the first Indian film to celebrate Platinum Jubilee.
4. He was the youngest leading man in Lahore, who played the lead in ‘Khazanchi’, ‘Ravi Paar’, ‘Zamindar’, ‘Patwari’, ‘Gawandi’, ‘Thekedar’, ‘Sahara’, ‘Yeh Hai Zindagi’ (his first venture as producer-director) and ‘Kamini’.
5. In Calcutta he produced ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’, which was India’s First Revolutionary Film. He also produced ‘Nai Bhabhi’, ‘Ek Raat’, ‘Aprajita’, and ‘Chiner Putul’ and also played the leading roles in these films. Apart from his own movies, he played the lead in ‘Iran Ki Ek Raat’ and ‘Kajari’, which were produced by other producers.
6. After partition, he had to leave Lahore, like a refugee, leaving all his assets and immovable property behind him. With his hard work and experience once again he was able to establish himself as the hero, producer, director, writer and studio owner at Calcutta. But the studio proved a disaster for him. Being a soft hearted person, he was giving credit to the producers, who used to shoot their films in his studio. They duped him and he had to suffer heavy losses. With this bitter experience he left the city and entered the City of Dreams and the capital of entertainment, Bombay, in 1952.
7. Being a passionate movie maker, Dr. SD Narang was able to get himself settled in Bombay, within a very short span of time. He had already dedicated himself to the silver screen. Once again he rose from his own ashes, like a phoenix.
8. He made his presence felt in a big way in the big City of Bombay.
He produced and directed many films with big stars. In ‘Tanhai’ and ‘Darban’ he played the leading role himself. Some of the important films produced by him in Bomby (now Mumbai) include, ‘Arab Ka Saudagar’, ‘Yahudi Ki Ladki’, ‘Dilli Ka Thug’, ‘Sagai’, ‘Babul Ki Galiyan’, ‘Do Thug’, ‘Ram Kasam’, ‘College Girl’, ‘Do Ustad’, ‘Kismatwala’ and ‘Nishanebaaz’. He had also produced ‘Shehnai’, which was India’s first Air-Force film.
9. He was also the producer of ‘Bombay Ka Chor’, which was India’s first ‘Holiday-on-Ice’ movie.
10. He has also the credit of producing India’s first under-water-movie, ‘Anmol Moti’, a Jeetendra and Babita starrer.
11. The movie maker with Midas touch, Dr. SD Narang, had spent his 50 golden years of his cinematic profession, in the service of Silver Screen. (1936-86)
12, Before venturing into the film industry as the leading man, SD Narang, had an aptitude for research and while studying in Lahore Medical College, he did research on ‘Binocular Theory Of Vision’, which was published in his college magazine. He bagged the Ph.D and became the Doctor of Philosophy, though he was already a Doctor of Medicine.
13, Apart from being the author of a novel ‘Hippy Aur Yogi’ and ‘Human Psychology’, he had written a most praiseworthy book, ‘An Introduction To The Theory Of Bio-Economics’. It was actually a new approach to diagnosis and cure of inflation and poverty. If applied to the present global financial crisis, it can change the face of the fiscal fate of the world.
14. In 1960 he got married to actress of his time Smriti Biswas, with whom he had played the lead in many films. After her marriage she stopped signing new films, and decided to play the roles of faithful wife and caring mother. She preferred to prepare food for her beloved sons Rajiv Narang and Satyajeet Narang.
The film ‘Ek Aurat’ was made under the banner of Bengal National Studios, Calcutta. The cast of the film was Narang, Geetashree, Smriti Biswas, Sundar, Heeralal and many Bangla artistes. I remember Smriti’s role as Master Bhagwan’s beloved in the film ‘Bhagam Bhag’ (1956).
The 10 songs of this film were written by BM Sharma who also wrote for other films like ‘Nai Bhabhi’ (1950), ‘Roop Kahani’ (1950), ’25th July’ (1951), ‘Anmol Sahara’ (1952), ‘Chhoti Maa’ (1952) and ‘Yatrik’ (1952). The music directors were Gopen Mullick and Harbaksh Singh. No information on Harbaksh Singh.
Gopen Mullick was a well known name as a composer in Bangla films and non film songs, till 1966. In Hindi, he did only this one film. However his wife Rekha Mitra Mullick (born on 26-8-1929) acted and sang few songs in Hindi films like ‘My Sister’ (1944), ‘Hamrahi’ (1945), ‘Shair’ (1949), ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ (1953), ‘Parineeta’ (1953), ‘Kohinoor’ (1960) and ‘Teesri Kasam’ (1967). She also acted in Bangla and Tamil films. She acted as Rekha Mitra and sang as Rekha Mullick.
Smriti Biswas, a protestant Bangla Christian was born in Calcutta on 17-2-1932. She studied in Missionary girls school. Her father and mother, both, were Headmaster and Headmistress in other schools. Smriti had a liking for acting. When she was just 12 year old, she acted in the film ‘Hamrahi’ and ‘Dwand’ (Bangla). When this was known in her house, she was put in another school. Later, the family shifted to Lahore. There Smriti acted in the film ‘Ragini’ (1945), opposite Pran and also some other films.
After Partition, they came to Delhi. Smriti met Dr. SD Narang, actor, producer and director. He starred in the film ‘Ek Baat’ and Bangla film ‘Chinni Putul’, which became a hit film. In 1951, Smriti shifted base to Bombay. According to her interview, before coming to Bombay she had acted in 26 films. However no details are available for this. In 1953 she acted in ‘Shamsheer’ and also as a heroine of Dev Anand in the film ‘Hum Safar’ (1953).
Though she was a star in Calcutta and Lahore, in Bombay she mostly got roles as a vamp only. She claims to have worked in 90 films. Some of her well known films are ‘Dilli Ka Thug’, ‘Baap Re Baap’, ‘Bhagam Bhag’, ‘Sailaab’, ‘Jagte Raho’, ‘Aab e Hayaat’, ‘Hamdard’, ‘Teen Batti Char Raasta’, ‘Abhimaan’, ‘Daaka’ etc . As per one source, she acted in 43 films. Her last film was ‘Modern Girl’ (1961).
Smriti was proficient in fluent English, riding, swimming and cooking. She could play sitar, harmonium and guitar. She was very jolly like a tomboy. Smriti got married to Dr. Narang in 1960 and left films forever. She has 2 sons. After the death of Narang in 1986, she gave her bungalow for development to a builder, who cheated her and she became homeless. She changed 28 houses in Bombay. She also lost her houses in Delhi and Mahabaleshwar due to crooked relatives. Finally, poor Smriti shifted to Nashik and lives in a 500 sq.feet flat. Till last year she was in Nashik.
Today’s song is sung by Sandhya Mukherjee and is composed by Gopen Mullick. With this song, film ‘Ek Aurat’ and Music Director Gopen Mullick make their debut on this Blog.
Song-Aankhen hain milin aansoo bahaane ke liye kya (Ek Aurat)(1948) Singer-Sandhya Mukherjee, Lyrics-BM Sharma, MD-Gopen Mullick
Lyrics
aankhen hain milin
aansu bahaa aa aane ke liye kya aa
aankhen hain milin aansu bahaane ke liye kya
aur dil hai mila toot hi jaane ke liye kya
duniya mein ham ghareeb hain ye boley aasmaan
duniya mein ham ghareeb hain ye boley aasmaan
paida huye hain thhokaren khaane ke liye kya
paida huye hain thhokaren khaane ke liye kya
chhoti si aarzoo bhi na poori ho hamaari
chhoti si aarzoo bhi na poori ho hamaari
uthhti hai tamannaayen so jaane ke liye kya
uthhti hai tamannaayen so jaane ke liye kya
ik zindagi mein maut ko pukaaren laakh baar
ik zindagi mein maut ko pukaaren laakh baar
paayee hai jabaan ?? bulaane ke liye kya
aankhen hain milin aansoo bahaane ke liye kya
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