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Qasam na lo koi humse
Posted on: October 6, 2023
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Hullo Atuldom
6th October 1933 was the date of birth of Brijmohan Kishanlal Sadanah who was born in Gujranwala Punjab, undivided India. He was a producer/ director of entertainers like “Yeh raat phir na aayegi”, “Ustadon ke ustad”, “Victoria No. 203”, “Chori mera kaam”, “Ek se badkar ek”, “Professor Pyarelal” etc. Before turning producer with “Ustadon ke ustad” in 1963 he was a director of films like “Tu nahi aur sahi”, “Nai rahen”, “Bhule bhatke” etc. He was the brother of Chander Sadanah who was associate producer of ‘Victoria No.203’, ‘Do Bhai’ etc. i.e. the brothers worked as a team.
Brij (as he was called in the industry) was married to actress Sayeeda Khan who had acted in ‘Kanyadaan’ alongside Shashi Kapoor & Asha Parekh. Kamal Sadanah who made his debut in films with ‘Bekhudi’ in 1992 with Kajol is the son of Brij & Sayeeda. Even Chander Sadanah’s daughters Nagma & Jyotika are actresses; seen mostly South Indian films. All this I have written to show that this is a family of entertainers which had only one black spot in its history; which is public knowledge & I don’t intend mentioning it here. Today Brij would have been 90 but for the unfortunate incident in October of 1990.
Today’s song is from the 1980 released Shatrughan Sinha- Zeenat Aman- Vinod Khanna starrer “Bombay 405 Miles”. Iftikhar, Deven Verma, Helen, Raza Murad, Shammi, Murad and Amjad Khan & Pran were the other important characters in the film. The music of the film was by Kalyanji Anandji & lyrics were by Indeevar. Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor, & Hemlata were the singers used. The story of the film was very simple:
“Ranveer Singh’s (Iftikhar) family is killed by his adopted brother Veer Singh (Amjad Khan) when Ranveer Singh is away on a business tour. He comes back witha a doll for his daughter that can record voices. (The doll is an important part of the climax) Mistakenly, Veer Singh’s men kill Sonu daughter of Masterji (Pran) thinking she is Munni daughter of Ranveer Singh.
Kishen (Shatrughan Sinha) a con man from Calcutta and Kanhaiya (Vinod Khanna) a con men from Delhi are ordered by the court to stay away (tadipaar) from respective city limits for five years. Kishen and Kanhaiya meet at a bus stand along with a con woman Radha (Radha) they decide to travel to Bombay. On the way the duo come across Mohanlal (guest appearance of Chaman Puri) elder brother of Masterji and loyal driver of Ranveer Singh. He dies while saving Munni from Veer Singh’s man and tells them that Munni’s life is in danger as its a question of Crores of Rupees.
Kishen and Kanhaiya reach Bombay with Munni thinking they will get benefited from it as Munni belongs to a rich family. But before they could trace anyone Veer Singh finds their whereabouts and puts his men behind Kishen and Kanhaiya.
And then the roller-coaster of entertainment takes over. I have seen the film in a cinema hall when it had released as my dear father was a huge fan of such over-the-top entertainers which didn’t need logic to see them through. I am also a fan of this film & see it whenever it comes on any television channel. I appreciate the writer’s (K.A. Narayan) thinking when he named the main characters- Kishan, Kanhaiya & Radha. Another aspect of the film which I love is the interactions between Kishan & Kanhaiya but then these two actors have been seen together in a few films before this one & I am sure there must have been a comfort level between the two.
With this post we also remember the tall, handsome, dimple- chinned Vinod Khanna. He had made his debut in films with “Man ka Meet” in 1969 & he was not the main lead there. His next few films saw him play characters that were either Shammi Kapoor’s brother or Rajesh Khanna’s nemesis (villain in ‘Aan Milo Sajna’ & inspector in ‘Sachaa Jhootha’) etc. After about 12 such films he was seen in a different type of film ‘Mere Apne” in 1971. Similar, differently made film was “Achanak” (1973) where he was cast as an army man who is accused of killing his beloved wife. There were films like ‘Mera Gaon Mera Desh’, ‘Anokhi ada’ etc between ‘Mere Apne’ & ‘Achanak’ which saw him play negative vicious characters & making a name for himself.
His second phase in films began after he returned from sanyaas & we saw him in films like ‘Insaaf’, ‘Batwaara’ , ‘Chandni’; as a father in ‘Kshatriya’, ‘Parampara’ & he was there in two installments of Salman khan’s “Dabangg”. Reading my post, people will wonder if I forgot his teaming up with Amitabh Bachchan in the movies of the late 1970s- no I haven’t. I stop in my tracks when I see one of those movies even today. Similarly his ‘Inkaar’, ‘Kudrat’, ‘Lahu ke do rang’ & a few more are on my list of most-loved films.
Missing you Vinod Khanna the original Jabbar Singh.
Song-Qasam na lo koi humse (Bombay 405 miles)(1980) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, Lyrics-Indeewar, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics
Qasam na lo koi hamse
qasam na hum koi khaayenge
haan qasam na lo koyi hamse
qasam na hum koyi khaayenge
jab tak saath nibhega
tab tak saath nibhaayenge
lekin jis din saath nahin nibha toh
gar saath nahin jo nibhega
dil se dil jab na milega
jaise dost juda hote hain
hum waise juda ho jaayenge
qasam na lo koyi hamse
qasam na hum koyi khaayenge
na ho jinko khud pe bharosa
wahi qasmein liya karte hain
wahi qasmein liyaa karte hain
sachche hon jinke iraade
wahi waade kiya karte hain
sachcha ho agar yaaraana
toh phir kya yaqeen dilaana
ho jinko pyaar nibhaana
bin boley woh pyaar nibhaayenge ae
qasam na lo koyi hamse
qasam na hum koyi khaayenge
kabhi juda hone ki naubat hi kyon kar aaye
naubat hi kyon kar aaye
ek dooje ke saanche mein
insaan agar dhhal jaaye
chehre pe na hon jo naqaaben
do dilon hon jo khuli kitaabein
manzoor agar ho haqeeqat
hamein khwaab na behka paayenge ae
qasam na lo koyi hamse
qasam na hum koyi khaayenge
qasam na lo koyi hamse
qasam na hum koyi khaayenge
la la la laaa laaa laalaa
la la la laa lalaalaa
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