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Kya kaha zara phir kaho
Posted on: October 19, 2020
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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Today, October 19, 2020 is the 25th Remembrance Day of Baby Naaz, one of the super child artists of Hindi films who has enthralled the Hindi cinema buffs with her memorable roles. She was a destitute child in ‘Boot Polish’ (1954), the young Paro in ‘Devdas’ (1955), an orphan girl in ‘Do Phool’ (1958), a teenage daughter caught in the marital discord of her parents, Guru Dutt and Veena in ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’ (1959) and many more roles.
Baby Naaz’s life from her childhood days to teenager has been traumatic and unhappy. Baby Naaz’s undated interview which appeared in ‘Stardust’ magazine sometime in mid-1970 is an indication of how a child has been exploited by her mother by pushing her into Hindi films as a child artist depriving her of schooling and a good childhood to make the family’s life comfortable. In today’s world, Baby Naaz’s case would come in the ambit of child abuse by her mother. From the age of 4, she has been the bread winner for her family when she started performing as a dancer on the road side stage shows. At the age of 8, she became a child artist in Hindi films which continued till her adulthood. In this process, Baby Naaz struggled with her 3-4 shifts of shooting a day depriving her of a normal childhood.
Based on Naaz’s interview mentioned above and also on Khalid Mohamed’s article in ‘The Daily Eyes’- July 8, 2020 and an article which appeared in December 29, 2017 issue of ‘Jansatta’, the life story of Naaz has been sumarised below:
Baby Naaz, (Real name: Salma Baig) was born in Mumbai on 20/08/1944 in a poor family. Her father, Mirza Dawood Baig was a story writer who was trying his luck to sell his stories for Hindi films but was unsuccessful. He remained unemployed beside being a sickly person. Baby Naaz’s mother was an ambitious lady who pushed Baby Naaz to Hindi films as a child artist so that with her income, she can run the house and have a comfortable life. Her father was against his daughter working in the film. But due to the extreme financial problem faced by the family, he reluctantly agreed to his friend, Lekhraj Bhakri’s request to let her do a childhood role of Suraiya in ‘Resham’ (1952). Salma Baig was given a screen name, ‘Baby Naaz’.
Due to her busy shooting schedules, Baby Naaz could not attend the school regularly for which she was rusticated. For the same reason, she had no time for enjoying her childhood. On the other hand, there was constant fights between her father and mother. Deprived of a normal childhood with love and affection from her parents, Baby Naaz twice attempted suicide by jumping into a well at the age of 10 but was saved by her maid servant.
When Naaz was 12, her parents separated and she started living with her mother. About 4 years later, her mother remarried to a film cameraman and shifted to her husband’s house. Slowly, she realised that she was the sole bread winner not only for her mother but also for her lover who had now become her step-father.
Baby Naaz came into limelight as a child artist in ‘Boot Polish’ (1954) in which she played the role of a destitute child along with Master Rattan. She enacted the emotional scenes as well as comedy acts very well. The film was shown in Cannes’ International Film Festival in 1955 where both Baby Naaz and Master Rattan were tied to receive the special commendations from the Jury. With this, Baby Naaz became the most sought-after child artist and worked in a spate of films during 1954-59. Around 1960 onwards, Naaz started getting roles as a major, mostly as a character actor though in a few films, she had also got the lead roles in ‘B’ grade films.
During the shooting of ‘Mera Ghar Mere Bachche’ (1960), Naaz became close to Subbiraj, a nephew of Prithviraj Kapoor. Both of them had the second lead roles and decided to convert their closeness into a marriage. However, families from both sides were against this marriage. Their courtship continued for 5 years. It was during the shooting of ‘Dekha Pyaar Tumhaara’ (1963), in which they were in the lead roles, they got married during the outdoor shooting of the film in Pratapgarh Fort. They returned to Mumbai as a married couple.
After the marriage, Naaz felt for the first time that she had got the love and affection which she had missed in her childhood. After the marriage, Naaz had to cut down her assignments in the films due to household responsibilities. In the 1970s, she started working with Kalyanji-Anandji for their musical programmes as a compere. In the 1980s, she almost stopped acting in the films as she had become a dubbing artist for some actresses from the south especially for Sridevi.
After a traumatic childhood and teens, Naaz was happy with her married life. When the time came for her to enjoy a life of contentment with her husband and two children, a tragedy struck in her life. In 1995, Naaz was diagnosed with cancer which was on a terminal stage. She breathed her last on October 19, 1995 when she was 51.
Baby Naaz worked in around 125 Hindi films during 1952-86 of which she worked as a child artist in about 50 films. In the 1960s, Naaz got opportunity to work as a lead/second lead actor in ‘Lambe Haath’ (1960), ‘Mera Ghar Mere Bachche’ (1960), ‘Gangu’ (1962), ‘Dekha Pyaar Tumhaara’ (1963), ‘Chaar Darvesh’ (1964), ‘Rocket Girl’ (1965) and Chhaila Babu’ (1967). However, these films did not do well at the box office.
After her marriage in 1963, Naaz restricted her film appearances by choosing the films in which the roles interested her. I find that post-marriage, most of the films in which she acted belonged to big banners and under good directors like M Sadiq in ‘Bahu Begum’ (1967), Sateyn Bose in ‘Raat Aur Din’ (1967), Lekh Tandon in ‘Jahaan Pyaar Miley’ (1969), Manmohan Desai in ‘Sachcha Jhootha’ (1970), Dulal Guha in ‘Dushman’ (1972). Hrishikesh Mukherjee in ‘Phir Kab Milogi’ (1974), Asit Sen in ‘Bairaag’ (1976), B R Chopra in ‘Karm’ (1977), Basu Chatterjee in ‘Sheesha’ (1986) etc.
On the occasion of the 25th Remembrance Day of Naaz, I present a song from ‘Gangu’ (1962) which was one of her films with a lead role for her. The film was directed by Promod Chakravarty. The song is ‘kya kaha zara phir kaho’ which is a duet sung by Subir Sen and Geeta Dutt. The song is written by Prem Dhawan is picturised on Chandrashekhar and Naaz which is set to music by Kalyanji-Anandji.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Kya kaha zara phir kaho (Gangu)(1962) Subir Sen, Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Lyrics
kya kaha zara phir kaho
aji kya kaha zara phir kaho
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
kya kaha zara phir kaho
koi sun lega aji chup raho
koi sun lega aji chup raho
tum na kaho to nigaahen kahengi
tumhaari ye bahki adaayen kahengi
tum na kaho to nigaahen kahengi
tumhaari ye bahki adaayen kahengi
youn na sataaya karo..o
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
kya kaha zara phir kaho
koi sun lega aji chup raho
koi sun lega aji chup raho
ki hai mohabbat to kaisa chhupaana
na ho jaaye dushman kahin ye zamaana
ki hai mohabbat to kaisa chhupaana
na ho jaaye dushman kahin ye zamaana
duniya se youn na daro..o
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
kya kaha zara phir kaho
aji kya kaha zara phir kaho
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
koi sun lega aji chup raho o
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Today (13 july 2020) is the birth anniversary of Prem Dhawan (13 june 1923-7 May 2001) Prem Dhawan is mainly known as a lyricist, but he was also a music director as well as an actor and choreographer.
Prem Dhawan made his debut as a lyricist in 1946 with the movie “Dharti Ke Lal”(1946). His last movie as a lyricist was was “Appu Raja”(1989).
He had the distinction of winning the National award for best lyricist in 1971 for his lyrics in Punjabi movie “Nanak Dukhiya Sab Sansaar” (1971). He also received Padma Shree award in 1970.
“Jahaan Daal par par sone ki chidiyaa karti hai basera”, the iconic song from “Sikandar e Azam”(1965) is an iconic song that gets played without fail on 26 januray and 15 august. “Ae watan ae watan” (Shaheed)(1965) and “Mera rang de basanti chola”(Shaheed)(1965) were pennned as well as composed by Prem Dhawan. “Ae mere pyaare watan” (Kaabuliwaala)(1961) was also penned by Prem Dhawan.
It is not that he only penned patriotic songs. He penned songs of all genre that one sees in HFM.”Chandamama door ke”(Vachan)(1955), an iconic mother-child lullaby, was penned by him. “Seene mein sulagte hain armaan (Aarzoo)(1951) was also his creation, as was the case with the folk song extraordinaire-:kaun rang mungwa kaun rang motiya”(Heera Moti)(1959). “Dil ko laakh sambhaala jee (Guest House)(1959), “Do roz mein wo pyaar ka aalam guzar gaya”(Pyaar Ki Raahen)(1959), “Haseen Ho Khuda to nahin ho (Mud Mud Ke an Dekh:(1960), “Dil Hai tera deewaana”(Zimbo Sahhar Mein)(1960), “Teri duniya se hoke majboor chala”(Pavitra Paapi”(1971)- all these were created by Prem Dhawan !
As a choreographer, he was the man behind the dances of “Naya Daur”(1957),”Dhool Ka Phool”(1959), “Waqt”(1965) etc.
The blog has as many as 438 of his songs as a lyricist and 22 of his songs as a composer.
On the occsaion of his berth anniversary, here is a song from “Gangu”(1962). This song is sung by Rafi and Geeta Dutt. Prem Dhawan is the lyricist. Music is composed by Kalyanji Anandji.
THe song is picturised on Chandrashekhar and Naaz who are seen driving in a car. Driving as well as a singing simultaneously, it is not advisable, but HFM safety standards have always been lax. 🙂
The lyrics of this song were sent to me by Avinash Scrapwala.
The audio and video versions contain different stanza towards the end.
Video
Audio
Song-Ye gora gora mukhda ye kaala kaala til (Gangu)(1962) Singers-Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-Kalyanji Anandji
Chorus
Lyrics(Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
Ye gora gora mukhdaa
Ye kaala kaala til
Ye gora gora mukhdaa
Ye kaala kaala til
Le gaye donon mil ke
Dekho ji mera dil
Hain khoti khoti baatein
Aur kaala tera dil
Hain khoti khoti baatein
Aur kaala tera dil
Deeewaane tu kahaan se
Gaya hai humen mil
Haaye
Ye gora gora mukhdaa
Ye kaala kaala til
Le gaye donon mil ke
Dekho ji mera dil
Hain khoti khoti baatein
Aur kaala tera dil
Deeewaane tu kahaan se
Gaya hain hume mil
Ho ho ho o
O o o ho ho o
Yoon itraa ke
humko lubhaa ke ae
Dil ko churaa ke jaati kahaan ho
Deke ye jhaanse
Jo humen phaanse
Jaayenge hum to
Marzi jahaan ho
Dekho akele na milegi Manzil
Haaye Ye gora gora mukhdaa
Ye kaala kaala til
Le gaye donon mil ke
Dekho ji mera dil
Hain khoti khoti baatein
Aur kaala tera dil
Deeewaane tu kahaan se
Gaya hai hamen mil
(Not in video)
Ho ho ho ho o
O o o ho ho o
Kaafir adaayein
Zaalim nigaahen
Jaan se mare
Jisko bhi chaahe
Kisne hain rokaa
Abhi hain maukaa
Khaana na dhokha
Bharna na aahen
Milte hi aankhen
Hum huye hain ghaayal
Haaye
Ye gora gora mukhdaa
Ye kaala kaala til
Le gaye donon mil ke
Dekho ji mera dil
Hain khoti khoti baatein
Aur kaala tera dil
Hain khoti khoti baatein
Aur kaala tera dil
Deeewaane tu kahaan se
Gaya hain hame mil
(Not in audio)
O o o o ho ho o
Aa aa aa ha ha aa
Hawaa jo aayi
Lat lehraayi
Yoon bal khaayi
Ulajh gayi re
Ja re deewaane
Kar na bahaane
Tere nishaane
Samajh gayi re
Phir bhi na jaane tu Hamaari mushqil
Haaye Ye gora gora mukhdaa
Ye kaala kaala til
Le gaye donon mil ke
Dekho ji mera dil
Hain khoti khoti baatein
Aur kaala tera dil
Deeewaane tu kahaan se
Gaya hain hamen mil
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This article is written by Sudhir, 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 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.
Missing Films of 1960s – 6
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Hmmm, that is interesting. As I review the list of missing films for 1962 prepared by Khyati Ben, then starting from ‘Baaje Ghunghroo’ (which was the last film we introduced in the previous segment of this series), I had to drop down to the seventh film below it (in alphabetical order) to reach a film for which songs are available. After ‘Baaje Ghunghroo’, the films listed are ‘Balidaan’, ‘Bapu Ne Kahaa Tha’, ‘Bijli Chamke Jamuna Paar’, ‘Deccan Queen’, ‘Durga Pooja’ and ‘Fakiron Ki Basti’ – six films for which songs are not traceable.
Read more on this topic…
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