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Ek anaar aur sau beemaar
Posted on: October 5, 2021
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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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‘Sipahsalar’ (1956) was produced by F C Mehra under his banner, Eagle Films and was directed by Mohammed Hussain. The star cast included Shammi Kapoor and Nadira in lead roles supported by Kamal Kapoor, Sham Kumar, Samson, S Nazir, Cuckoo, Helen, Kumkum, Uma Dutt, Jagdish Kanwal, Rajan Kapoor etc. It is apparent from what I have seen from a few photographs of the films on the internet that the film belongs to the genre of costume drama.
The producer of the film, Faqir Chand Mehra (29/08/1923 – 29/07/2008) was born in Peshawar. The family shifted to Bombay (Mumbai) in early 1940s when he got a job in Royal Indian Air Force on the ground duties. However, after some time, he got suspended from the Air Force for in-subordination. With a big family to be looked after, he started dabbling in various types of small businesses. Eventually, he got success in the small business of film distributions in Afghanistan. It all started with F C Mehra taking some cans of films to Kabul and showing in a theatre. With good responses from the local population, he started earning good money. So, this was the beginning of F C Mehra’s tryst with Hindi films.
F C Mehra expanded his business of film distributions in Mumbai. He even started buying rights for the distribution of films under productions. One of such films where he had bought the distribution rights was struck up. He took over the production of that film and completed the film. So, F C Mehra accidentally turned film producer with this film and his banner, Eagle Films was born. (I guess, the film was ‘Sakhi Lutera’, 1955).
‘Sipahsalar’ (1956) was F C Mehra’s first planned film as a producer. In this film, he repeated the director, Mohammed Hussain and most of the supporting cast from ‘Sakhi Lutera’ (1955) and also lyricist, Farooq Qaiser and music director, Iqbal. Hereafter, F C Mehra produced and released films on a regular basis covering the genres of costume, suspense, thriller, comedy, social drama etc. Some of his prominent films included ‘Mujrim’ (1958), ‘Ajee Bas Shukriya’ (1958), Ujaala’ (1959), ‘Singapore’ (1960), ‘Professor’ (1962), ‘Shikaari; (1963), ‘Amrapali’ (1966), ‘Prince’ (1969), ‘Laal Pathar’ (1971), ‘Manoranjan’ (1974), ‘Hamaare Tumaare’ (1977), ‘Sohni Mahiwal’ (1984), ‘Aakhri Adaalat’ (1988) etc.
According to his son, Umesh Mehra, his father used to get the daily shoot of his film processed on the same evening after the pack-up well before the digital era came when the film’s shoots are available to watch online. The rushes would be seen by him in the next day morning and will be discussed with the director, If need be, some parts of the shoots would be reshot. He was also probably first to compensate his film distributors when his films resulted in the losses to them. He had done so when ‘Amrapali’ (1965) did not perform well on the box office.
Besides, Eagle Films, the film production unit which was a partnership among his family members, F C Mehra had a stake in Natraj Studios, Andheri along with film producers, Shakti Samanta, Promod Chakravarty, Atmaram and others. He also owned Minerva theatre in Mumbai and Plaza theatre in Delhi in partnership with Shammi Kapoor and others.
Sometime in 2000, F C Mehra develops some medical problem which was diagnosed as dementia. Doctors had certified that F C Mehra was incapable of taking financial and legal decisions. The last 8 years of his life were spent in the midst of dementia and amnesia without being aware of what was happening around him. In 2006, a dispute arose between the elder son, Parvesh Mehra and three younger sons led by Umesh Mehra about their father’s property, a part of which was sold by Umesh Mehra by virtue of holding the power of attorney on behalf of his father. The matter went to the court which dragged on for a long time. In the meanwhile, F C Mehra died of massive heart attack on July 29, 2008 and his eldest son, Parvesh Mehra, the complainant in the court case, died in December 2020.
Coming back to ‘Sipahsalar’ (1956), Shri Arunkumar Deshmukh who had seen the film in the theatre, had written a synopsis of the film in the article covering one of the songs of the film on the Blog. The film has the usual story of a good king being overthrown by his evil prime minister. The story again runs on the usual pattern with the ousted king who has escaped to a neighbouring country, regrouping his forces to fight the evil prime minister. From his loyal forces, the king selects Shammi Kapoor as his Sipahsalar. He conducts raids with his troops in which he is captured. But Nadira saves him and they run away to the forest. From the photographs which I have seen, it appears that the film has all the required ingredients for box office success like romance, dances, stunts, fights, comical situations etc, Finally, the Sipahsalar successfully carries the campaign to regain the lost kingdom for his king at the cost of sacrificing his life.
‘Sipahsalar’ (1956) had five songs written by Farooq Qaiser and set to music by Iqbal. Four songs from the film have already been covered on the Blog as under:
| Songs | Date of Post | Singer/s |
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| aankhon mein aankhen daal ke | 07/08/2012 | Asha Bhosle-Rafi |
| dil ne chheda hai taraana | 01/07/2013 | Asha Bhosle-Talat Mehmood |
| madr e watan madr e watan | 15/08/2017 | Rafi |
| ajee o jee tumehn dekh jiya jale | 13/09/2018 | Geeta Dutt |
I am presenting the fifth and the last and final song of the film, ‘ek anaar aur sau beemaar’, sung by Asha Bhosle and chorus. The song was not available on any video sharing platforms. I have made and uploaded the video clip of the song on a video sharing platform. From the lyrics as well as the garba beats, it would appear that the song was picturised on a group of dancers (led by either Cuckoo or Helen).
With this song, all the songs of the film have been covered on the Blog.
Acknowledgements: Some of the information about F C Mehra is sourced from an article written by Keyur Seta which appeared in Cinestaan. The references in the article about the court cases is sourced from indiankanoon.
Audio Clip:
Song-Ek anaar aur sau beemaar (Sipahsalar)(1956) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Farooque Kaiser MD-Iqbal
Chorus
Lyrics
ek anaar aur sau beemaar
ek anaar aur sau beemaar
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
o saajna
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
kis’se churaaun main apni nazren
kis’se churaaun main apni nazren
kis se karoon aankhen chaar
o saajna
mushkil mein hain mera pyaar
shaam suhaani ritu mastaani
haan ritu mastaani
main hoon akeli dagar anjaani
dagar anjaani
jaaun mein kaise uss paar
o saajna
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
ek anaar aur sau beemaar
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
o saajna
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
tirchhi nazar hai jee baanki adaa hai
jee baanki adaa hai
meri adaaon pe duniya fida hai
jee duniya fida hai
lootoon main kiska qaraar
o saajna
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
ek anaar aur sau beemaar
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
o saajna
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
ghaayal karoon main jiya tirchhi nazar se
haan tirchhi nazar se
?? zamaana main guzroon kidhar se
guzroon kidhar se
kiski sunoon main pukaar
o saajna
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
ek anaar aur sau beemaar
ek anaar aur sau beemaar
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
o saajna
mushkil mein hai mera pyaar
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 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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Eid ul Azha mubarak ho, to all friends and readers.
It is generally believed that faith and logic are two different things. What is faith? Basic premise of faith would be the belief in God. The conviction that there is a Supreme Power who holds the strings of all things in the universe. After all the world is a stage and we all are actors. Shakespeare said it, but it is nothing but the truth. All of us are here for a set number of days, playing our designated roles, doing things we are destined to do, amassing good deeds and bad deeds. As we complete the life circle and leave this mortal world, the soul does go somewhere, where else it will go but to the creator? Logic has no option but to agree that the creator is in best position to answer the question, what is the purpose of creation? If there was no creator, nothing makes sense in the whole existence. Science can give answers till a certain point and that is that. Logic starts where science gives up. And sound logic points to God, the Creator, the Sustainer, the one who says “be” and it is.
I quote here some of the verses from the Glorious Quran.
“O Mankind, indeed we have created you male and female, and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you, in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, ALLAH is (all) knowing and (well) acquainted.” – 49:13
“And (O Muhommad) say: My Lord forgive and have mercy, for you are the best of all who show mercy.” – 23:118
“O mankind, there has come to you, a convincing proof (Prophet Muhammad) from your Lord and we send down to you a manifest light (this Quran).” – 4:174
“And whoever is guided is only guided for [the benefit of] himself.” – 27:92
“And for those who fear Allah, He will make their path easy.” – 65:4
“Allah never changes the condition of people until they change what is in themselves.” – 13:11
“And put thy trust in Allah. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs.” – 33:3
“Take care of your souls.” – 5:105
“Do not ridicule others, perhaps they may be better than you.” – 49:11
“If you are thankful, I will increase my blessings upon you.” – 14:7
“So remember me, I will remember you.” – 2:152
“He knows what is in every heart.” – 67:13
“Verily, with every hardship comes ease.” – 94:5
“Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear.” – 2:286
“Do not lose hope, nor be sad, for you will overcome them, if you are among the believers.” – 3:139
“We will test you in fear, hunger, loss of wealth life & fruit, but give glad tiding to the patient (steadfast).” – 2:155
“Call upon me, I will respond to you.” – 40:60
“Indeed, Allah is with those who abide him and those who are doers of good.” -16:128
“Allah will provide for him from a quarter from where he had no expectation. And whosoever puts all his trust in Allah, He will be enough for him. Allah is in command and he has set a measure for all things.” – 65:3
“And worship your Lord until there comes into you the certainty/inevitable (death)” – 15:99
“You prefer the life of this world. Although the hereafter is better & more lasting.” 87:16-17
“And we have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars.” – 67:5
“The Pharoah’s wife said (Pray) My lord, build for me near you a house in paradise.” – 66:11
These ‘Aayaat’ are part of different Surah (Chapters) in the Quran, revealed at different times to the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) (570-632 CE), during his Prophethood years (610-632 CE). Mohammed (PBUH) was unlettered with no formal education, and had rarely traveled outside of Makkah, before his migration (Hijraah) to Madinah. All ‘Aayaat’ of the Holy Quran were revealed to him, via the Angel Jibraeel (AS) at different times and in context of different situations. They were delivered as signs and guidance. These ‘Aayaat’ were then related by the Prophet (PBUH) to his companions (Sahaba), who recorded them in writing. All of these ‘Aayaat’ were recorded in the Prophet’s life time. It was collated/arranged in a meticulous way, in the form of different Surah’s of the Quran during the reign of Hazrat Abu-Bakr (RA) (573-634 CE), the first Khalifa, in the present compilation. Hazrat Umar (RA) had a great contribution in this process. There is great detail available about how the procedure was done, with verification of at least 2 witnesses that the Aayat is indeed written down in the presence of the Prophet. Different Surah’s are also classified as ‘Makkih’ and ‘Madnih’, those revealed before migration to Madinah and after.
How simple and easy, is the faith and the true path, can be discerned in these quotes. How wise is the counsel, for all situations? It answers some of the basic questions bothering the mankind, with intellectuals, philosophers, thinkers having scratched their heads for all these millennia. I have tried to collate them in an order, so it is in the order of creation, faith, trust, thankfulness, the true way of living, easy way of functioning as a creation, hope, the hereafter, the quest for heaven, how it is near and then the last one speaks of the wife of one (Pharoah-who denied the existence of Allah and declared himself as God) can ask (pray) for the highest level in Jannah (Paradise). It means, its available for everyone, one only has to seek it and ask for it, whatever and whoever you are. This may not be the best way of saying it, and if I have erred, may Allah (SWT) forgive me.
A brief definition of Jannah with a prayer:
Jannah, where there will be no sickness, no pain, no difficulty, no separation, no loss.
Jannah, its beauty such that no mind could even ever comprehend.
Jannah, where those you love are waiting for you.
Jannah, where your Allah is waiting for you.
Jannah, which is never ever going to end.
Remind yourself that this is the decree of Allah and in his decisions is hidden kindness. Remind yourself that it is not just going to be okay, but it is going to be worth it.
Dear heart, please just remind yourself that your Allah is with you. Please don’t ever forget that.
Your Allah is with you. Your Allah will never leave you.
He knows of your condition. He is aware of your struggle.
And not a single moment of this going by unrewarded.
Allah knows that you are scared, and it is okay to be scared.
Keep trusting your Allah. Don’t lose hope in His mercy. He is right here with you.
Feel it and treasure it.
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On a different note, this is what Allama Iqbal has to say:
Sajdon ke ee’waz firdaus mile ye baat mujhe manzoor nahi
Be-laus i’baadat karta hoon banda hoon tera mazdoor nahi
Ee’waz or I’waz means in return of, and ‘Firdaus’ is Jannat/heaven/paradise in persian.
What Iqbal means is :
I am not doing salutations / ibaadat (supplication) and itaa’at (obedience / submission to the will of Almighty), so that you grant me heaven in return. My prayers are pure, as I am your slave and not a paid servant.
This is, but the highest point of devotion, that the pious seek.
One of those pious, righteous, seekers of the divine favour, was Umar Farooq (RA) (584-644 CE). Umar bin Khattab was the second Khalifa of the Khulfa-e-Rashideen. The status of Umar Farooq, as a Sahaba, companions of the Prophet (PBUH), as among the beloved and respected Khalifa, can be ascertained from the fact of his being one of the “Ashra Mubashra”. “Ashra Mubashra” are the 10 exalted ones among the Sahaba, who were given the ‘Good News’ or ‘Glad Tidings’. What would be the ‘Good News’ who have the clear idea of the purpose of creation, life and death? It is the achievement of securing a place in ‘Jannah’. So, by divine declaration, those 10 were given the Good News, that a place is secured in Jannah for them. The magnificent ten include all four Khulfa-e-Rashideen. Umar Farooq (RA)’s significance as a Khalifa and his role in the spread of Islamic empire much beyond the Arabian Peninsula is indisputable and incomparable. One more significant and important contribution of Umar Farooq (RA), is the introduction of Islamic calendar i.e. the Hijri calendar. There is a great deal to learn from his story, for he was one of the major detractors of the Prophet for a long time. But once he accepted that Mohammed is indeed the Messenger of Allah, and came into the fold of Islam, blessed by the Allah (SWT) and rose to great heights that he did.
I have read up a lot in recent days, so that I could give some accurate and concise information in this post. But if I go on, this post will never finish.
So, I will move to the song, which is a non-film song sung by Mukesh. The song is composed by Iqbal and lyricist is Shadaab Minai. Shadaab Minai is probably making a debut here with this song. The song is talking in detail of an incident i.e. a qissa during the reign of Umar Farooq (RA), the second Khalifa.
Tally of music director, lyricist and singer in the blog so far as follows:
| Iqbal |
23 |
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| Shaadaab |
2 |
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| Mukesh |
797 |
932 |
Unless the Shadaab in the stats page is the same as Shadaab Minai, otherwise this is the first song written by Shadaab Minai in the blog.
This is a rare song, which I think few people may have heard before. I was not aware it until a few months ago, when it was shared by someone on WhatsApp.
Song – Hai Bahut Mashoor Ye Qissa Umar Farooq Ka (Mukesh – NFS) (1970), Singer – Mukesh, Lyrics – Shadaab Minai, MD – Iqbal
Lyrics
hai bahot mash-hoor ye qissa
Umar Farooq ka
aaj bhi duniyaa mein hai
charcha Umar Farooq ka
jab khilaafat ka sharf
haasil hua Farooq ko
momino ki fikr rehti thhi sadaa Farooq ko
kaam aate thhe har ek
majboor ke Hazrat Umar
shauq se karte thhe khud
har ek ki khidmat Umar
phirte phirte ek din
pahunche Umar ek ghar ke paas
dekhte kya hain
wahan baithhi hai ek aurat udaas
degchi chulhe pe thhi aur
ro rahe thhe us ke laal
jab kiya Hazrat Umar ne ja ke
aurat se sawaal
ro rahe hain kis liye bachche
yeh kya hai maajra
bhook se rote hain ye bachche
ye aurat ne kaha
bole Hazrat degchi mein
pak raha hai kya kaho
kis liye ghamgheen ho
jo kuchh bhi hai dukhda kaho
boli wo aurat ke paani se bhari hai degchi
kyun ke main bachchon ko behlaati hoon
is soorat se hi
uff taraste hain ye bachhche daane daane ke liye
kuchh nahi hai mere paas in ko khilaane ke liye
teesre din ka hai faqaa
mere bachchon par huzoor
mera koyi bhi yahaan wali nahin
nazdeek-o-dur
roye uss ko dekh kar iss haal mein
Hazrat Umar
aa gaye fauran hi bait-ul-maal mein Hazrat Umar
aata kapda ghee chhuaare aur raqam le kar Umar
ghamzada aurat ke ghar ki simt daude jaldtar
peetth par dekha Umar ke bojh to bola ghulaam
bojh uttha kar mujh ko chalne deejiye aye nek naam
ye Umar bole agar ye bojh main de doon tujhe ea
hashr ke din kya sazaa dega na jaane rab mujhe
de diya dukhiya ko sab saamaan la kar aap ne
aur khilaaya sab ko khaana pakaa kar aap ne
khaa liya bachchon ne aurat ne khaana jis ghadi
ho gaye Hazrat Umar khush dekh kar un ki khushi
aap ko de kar duaaen phir ye aurat ne kaha
kaash mil jaata koyi ham ko khalifa aap sa
ham gariboon ki Umar koyi khabar rakhte nahin
a’iysh mein hain mast dukhiyon par nazar rakhte nahin
le ke dukhiya ki baaton ka asar Hazrat Umar
khaamoshi se laut aaye apne ghar Hazrat Umar
subah us aurat ko Faarooq ne bulwa liya
aur wazifa us ka bait-ul-maal se jaari kiyaa
ho ke sharminda phir Umar ne aurat se kaha
dukh bahot pahunchaa hai tum ko
meri ghaflat se sada
tum mujhe kar do mu’aaf
itni hai meri iltejaa aa
tum jo mujh ko bakhsh do
bakhsh de mujh ko khudaa aa
saari duniyaa mein hai charcha
har kahin Farooq ka
koyi bhi insaaf mein
saani nahi Farooq ka
koyi bhi insaaf mein
saani nahi Farooq ka
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This article is the 16000th post in the blog.
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This blog regularly clocks centuries of songs. So it follows that the blog clocks thousand songs too after every ten centuries.
The blog has seen 15 instances of thousandth posts so far.
These were special occasions when special writeups are presented with special songs.
It is interesting to look back at the 15 instances of thousandth posts in the blog. Here are their details:-
| Post number | Date of posting | Song | Movie (year) | Blog day | Days taken for the thousandth post |
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| 1000 | 30 march 2009 | Piya ham saat mulk ka paani | Lootmaar (1980) | 255 days | 255 days |
| 2000 | 27 September 2009 | Dhakdhak karti chali jeewan ki rail re | Dilruba (1950) | 436 days | 181 days |
| 3000 | 20 september 2010 | Maa mujhe apne aanchal mein chhupa le | Chhota Bhai (1966) | 794 days | 358 days |
| 4000 | 13 june 2011 | Kya se kya ho gaya bewafa tere pyaar mein | Guide (1965) | 1060 days | 266 days |
| 5000 | 13 nov 2011 | Hamen to loot liya mil ke husn waalon ne | Al Hilal (1957) | 1213 | 153 days |
| 6000 | 23 May 2012 | Geet kitne gaa chuki hoon | Asha Bhonsle NFS | 1405 days | 192 days |
| 7000 | 13 Nov 2012 | Falak se utre zameen pe taare | Rafi NFS | 1579 days | 174 days |
| 8000 | 28 april 2013 | Beautiful baby of Bombay | Ek Phool Chaar Kaante (1960) | 1745 days | 166 days |
| 9000 | 13 November 2013 | Ankhiyaan sang ankhiyaan laagi aaj | Bada Aadmi (1961) | 1944 days | 199 days |
| 10000 | 20 July 2014 | Phul rahin belariyaan dole | Trapped (1931) | 2193 days | 249 days |
| 11000 | 31 March 2015 | Kaam ki dhun mein hain rawaan | Gyaarah Hazaar Ladkiyaan(1962) | 2447 days | 254 days |
| 12000 | 20 April 2016 | Door desh se aane waale | Gaja Bhau(1943) | 2833 days | 386 days |
| 13000 | 4 March 2017 | Dil tumse lagaaya kyun hamne | Captain Aazaad (1964) | 3151 days | 318 days |
| 14000 | 1 February 2018 | Khayyam hai Allah waala | Omar Khayyam (1946) | 3485 days | 334 days |
| 15000 | 21 April 2019 | Deepak jo gaaye so paaye gyaan dhyaan | Sahhanshah Akbar (1943) | 3929 days | 444 days |
| 16000 | 26 october 2020 | 4484 days | 555 days |
We can see from the above that there has been at least one Thousandth song post every year from 2009 onwards. 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 saw two such posts, which means that the blog added nearly 2000 songs in these years.
All these songs were very very special songs in one way or the other. Some songs were iconic songs, some extremely rare, while some were popular in their times but had been forgotten with passage of time.
Some of these posts combined other major blog landmarks. For instance song post number 3000, a popular song, was Lata Mangeshkar’s 1000th post in the blog. Song post number 4000 , a popular songwas Rafi’s 1000th. 6000th post, a non film song was Asha Bhonsle’s 1000th post in the blog.
The 5000th song post, recognised Bulo C Rani, the less known music director of this iconic qawwaali, who completed his century in the blog with this song.
In the earlier days of the blog, regulars would eagerly look forward to the thousandth post and would try to guess the song. In some cases, for instance the 5000th post, people successfully guessed the song because we were posting far too many Bulo C Rani compositions in the blog those days to take him to his hundredth song in the blog. 🙂
Who could forget the leadup to the ten thousandth song in the blog ! Regulars, on those pre whatsapp days were keeping in touch with each other on e mail, sharing messages like, one more song posted, three to go. What song it is going to be, etc. The excitement, the eager anticipation, and finally the song getting posted, and the comments on the song post- those were heady days for the blog. Those who were part of those exciting days still fondly remember those days.
One can notice that the thousandth posts have been coming relatively slowly ever since. Song post 11000 took 254 days, whereas the next thousandth posts took over 300 days each to materialise.
Song post 15000 was the slowest. It took 444 days.
What about song post 16000 ? This gets posted today. It has taken 555 days !
444, 555. Such honky tonk numbers inadvertently and unnoticeably creep into the affairs of the blog. Who can forget the concidences involved while posting the “1” songs- viz song post numbers 1, 11, 111, 1111 and 11111 ! Those who have forgotten about the amazing coincidences noticed are requested to go though this article.
Another thing noticeable about these writeups is that they are penned by pillars of the blog, such as Raja, Sudhir Jee etc. Some of these writeups have been joint efforts, involving upto three contributors. Sudhir Jee’s contribution extends beyond the article writing. He would also dig up the song for the occasion, often a rare not yet on internet gem and upload that specially for the occasion. For instance, the 10000th song post was a song of 1931 (the earlist year for HFM) and it was especially uploaded by him minutes before that post was published on 20 July 2014 !
Selection of the song has been a matter of much speculation among the regulars of the blog, as discussed above. While some of these songs have been correctly guessed by them, guessing them has become difficult of late. That is because the person writing the article (that is often me) is not sure what song to pick. I myself manage to land an appropriate song often at the last moment. For example, I accidentally discovered the song for song post number 13000 and posted it for that occasion. When I was myself not clear about the song, how were others going to guess the song ! That way I feel like legendary leg spinner B S Chandrashekhar. He himself did not know what ball he was going to deliver next, so how was it possible for the batsman to anticipate his next delivery ! 🙂
In our whatsapp group of regulars, some of them have been guessing the song that would be the 16000th song for the blog. One guess is that it would be a Lata Mangeshkar song, alongwith her career records. That did not happen.
I was actually toying with such an idea. But then I realised that the songs that I could use with such an idea did not seem suited for an occasion like the 16000th song for the blog.
Just when it seemed that I was unable to find a suitable song, I stumbled upon this song which is being presented today. This song was discovered by me almost like how I discovered the 13000th song post song.
This song is as rare as they can be, from a movie that can be as rare as they come. The movie is “Toofaani Teerandaaz”(1959). The movie, a “stunt” movie, is produced and directed by A R Zameendaar for Navshakti Films, Bombay. The movie had Shanta Kumari, Deep Kumar, Tuntun, Sheikh, Habeeb, Shakeela Bano Bhopali, Ismail Azad, Sajjan, Goldstein, Daya Devi, Nazeer Kashmiri, Amir Ali, Sattar, Md Ali, Ghani, Azam, Haneef, Yunus, Nawab, Funtoosh, Baby Shahjahaan, Khan Habib, Khan Nusrat, Khan Atiq etc in it.
The movie had five songs in it. The movie is yet to make its debut in the blog.
The songs are rare, but they have been made available online thanks to the generosity of some well known HFM music collectots and sharers.
The song under discussion is a qawwaali. It is sung by Ismail Azad qawwaal and Sudha Malhotra,accompanied by male and female chorus. In all great qawwaalis, it is the lyricist who makes the qawwaali great.Farooque Kaiser is the lyricist of this fantastic qawwaali. Music is composed by Iqbal.
Only the audio of thd song is available. My guess is that this song was picturised on Ismail Azad (singing for himself) and Shakila Bano Bhopali, with others in the standard qawwaali set up so common in Hindi movies those days.
The song is in the same league as many iconic qawwaalis of Hindi movies. It is just that this song failed to get popular and so remained under the radar. With time, the song was forgotten. Thanks to music collecter Shri Girdharilal Vishwakarma, and the uploader shri Aditya Pant, we can enjoy this fantastic fantastic qawwaali. Our thanks to them.
The song, a nearly seven minute feast, starts with a long harmonium piece, followed by an interesting war of words between the two genders. Quite a remarkable song that will grow on the listeners if they listen to it a few times. I know it because I got tolisten to it quite a few times while trying to get the lyrics right.
“Toofaani Teerandaaz”(1959) makes its debut in the blog with this song.
Another thousandth song post done ! I feel relieved and happy. It will be a while before I will have to worry about finding another suitable song for the occasion. 🙂
I take this opportunity to thank one and all. This set of thousand songs took 555 days to arrive at a rate of less that two songs per day, but what is important is that we are still on the move and we continue to add to an already rich collection of songs. I take this opportunity to thank one and all. I expect that we will continue to recive the same support, help, encouragement, contributions etc for one and all.
Song-Hum wafaadaar nahin tu bhi to dildaar nahin(Toofaani Teerandaaz)(1959) Singers-Ismail Azad, Sudha Malhotra, Lyrics-Farooque Kaiser, MD-Iqbal
Male chorus
Female chorus
Lyrics
Shukr kar hamne tujhe chaand si soorat de di
naaz kaliyon ka hawaaon ki nazaakat de di
teri zulfon ko ghataaon ki bhi rangat de di
loot kar saare zamaane ki muhabbat de di
phir bhi hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham na hote to bahaaron mein na rangat hoti
chaand mein noor na kaliyon mein nazaakat hoti
pad gayi jaan zamaane mein hamaare dam se
pyaar tum kisko jataate jo na aurat hoti
phir bhi hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tujhko magroor kiya
keh ke haseena hamne
teri khaatir kiya
manzoor ye jeena hamne
banke majnu kahin laila pe huye hain qurbaan
cheer laaye pahaadon ka bhi seena hamne
phir bhi hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
chaahe joban bhi
tera hukm na taala hamne
daali Mirza ke gale pyaar ki maala hamne
isko kehte hain muhabbat yahi hoti hai wafa
khud to girte bhi rahe
tujhko sambhaala hamne
phir bhi hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
le sahaara meri baahon ka zara ab to sambhal
do kadam raah e wafa mein tu mere saath to chal
teri ulfat ki nishaani nahin jag mein koi
mard ke pyaar ka wo dekh nishaan Tajmahal
phir bhi hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
pahle mumtaz ne ki jaan muhabbat mein nisaar
baad mein Tajmahal ka hai banaana bekaar
waqt ne phoonk diye kitne wafaaon ke charaag
beh gaye mauj mein kitni hi kumhaaran ke pyaar
aise hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
zahar aankhon ka har ek jaam mein daala tumne
zulf ke parde mein hai saanp ko paala tumne
hashr(?) tak yaad rahega tera ye zulmo sitam
banke hawwa hamen jannat se nikaala tumne
phir bhi hamse ye gil hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
taane sakhiyon ke sune
hamne hi Radha banke
pyaar mein ho gaye ruswa kahin Laila ban ke
Ram ka saath diya kisne museebat mein bata
kaun jungalon mein phira saath mein Seeta ban ke
phir bhi hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
ham wafaadaar nahin
tu bhi to dildaar nahin
jaa tere husn ka ab koi talabgaar nahin
dil hai aurat ka koi pyaar ka baazaar nahin
ham nahin ?? ke ab naaz uthhaane waale
aur aa jaayenge dil hampe lutaane waale
ham na honge to ye kya shaan rahegi baaqi
jaan jaayegi magar aan rahegi baaqi
kaun hai aap ki soorat se jo bedaar nahin
qatl kar denge tumhe haath mein talwaar nahin
?? naazuk mein ye taaqat meri sarkaar nahin
?? se nipatna koi dushwaar nahin
phir bhi hamse ye gila hai ke wafaadaar nahin
ham wo baazaar nahin tu bhi to dildaar nahin…
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“Hero No 1” is a movie that has been released thrice, at the gap of three decades. Films of this title have been released in 1939, 1959 and 1997.
The last named movie is not represented in the movie, but the earlier too movies are.
“Hero No 1″(1959) was produced by L G s Lal and directed by Sultan for Jawahar Films, Bombay. this stunt movie had Kamran, Nazi, Niru, Shaam , Habeeb, Leela Gupte, Heera Sawant, Ghani, D Rajkumar, Sattar, Muhammad Ali, Chaandbala, Heera, Shobha, Maqbool, Naresh Chandra, Tuntun, Sheikh etc in it.
One song has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Hero No 1″(1959) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Madhubala Jhaweri. Muzaffar Shahjahanpuri is the lyricist. Music is composed by Iqbal,
Only the audio of this rare song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to thow light on the picturisation of the song.
Song-Mujhe fariyaad karne de mujhe aansoo bahaane de (Hero Number 1)(1959) Singer-Madhubala Jhaweri, Lyrics-Muzaffar Shahjahanpuri, MD-Iqbal
Chorus
Lyrics
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
Mujhe fariyaad karne de
mujhe aansoo bahaane de
lagi hai aag jo dil mein
lagi hai aag jo dil mein
arre zaalim bujhaane de
Mujhe fariyaad karne de
mujhe aansoo bahaane de
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
jigar ki chot dil ke daagh
ab main kisko dikhlaaun
main apne dard ki fariyaad
kiske paas le jaaun
dar o deewaar hi ko gham
ka afsaana sunaane de
lagi hai aag jo dil mein
lagi hai aag jo dil mein
arre zaalim bujhaane de
Mujhe fariyaad karne de
mujhe aansoo bahaane de
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
chaman ko loot kar
mujhpar jo fasle zulm dhaaye jaa
magar dil ek ka hai
doosre ka ho nahin sakta
muhobbat ke janaaze pe
mujhe maatam manaane de
lagi hai aag jo dil mein
lagi hai aag jo dil mein
arre zaalim bujhaane de
Mujhe fariyaad karne de
mujhe aansoo bahaane de
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Today (24 february 2019) is the 95th birth anniversary of Talat Mehmood (24 February 1924-9 May 1998).
Talat Mehmood sang some 450 songs in all which includes HFM as well as NF songs. This blog contains 377 of his songs. So we are only about 70 odd songs short of covering all Talat Mehmood songs in the blog.
Today, on this occasion, here is a non film song of Talat Mehmood. Like most NFS, this song too has superb lyrics which are penned by Jigar Muradabadi. The song is composed by Iqbal. The date of release in not known, and I have assumed it to be 1960.
This is a Talat Mehmood song that I heard for the first time only just now, when I realised that today was Talat Mehmood birth anniversary.
Lots of me to Ghazal singers came up on the scene in later decades, but it is Talat Mehmood was the original pioneer of this genre of songs. And it can safely be said that few other ghazal singers can cast a spell over their listeners as Talat Mehmood can. Here is this ghazal as a ready proof.
Song-Bekaif dil hai aur jiye ja raha hoon main(Talat Mehmood NFS)(1960) Singer-Talat Mehmood, Lyrics-Jigar Moradabadi, MD-Iqbal
Lyrics
Bekaif dil hai aur
jiye ja raha hoon main
Bekaif dil hai aur
jiye ja raha hoon main aen
khaali hai sheesha
aur piye jaa raha hoon main aen
khaali hai sheesha
aur piye jaa raha hoon main aen
Bekaif dil hai ae
majboori e kamaal e muhabbat to dekhna aa aa
majboori e kamaal e muhabbat to dekhna aa aa
jeena nahin qubool
jiye jaa raha hoon main aen
Bekaif dil hai ae
wo dil kahaan hai
abke jise pyaar keejiye ae ae
wo dil kahaan hai
abke jise pyaar keejiye ae ae
majbooriyaan hain
saath diye ja raha hoon main aen
Bekaif dil hai ae ae
pehle sharaab jist thhi
ab jist hai sharaab
pehle sharaab jist thhi
ab jist hai sharaab
koi pila raha hai
piye ja raha hoon main
Bekaif dil hai aur
jiye ja raha hoon main aen
Bekaif dil hai ae ae
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“Zaalim Jaadoogar”(1960) was produced and directed by Sultan for Firdaus Films Bombay. This movie, a fantasy movie had Hercules, Neeta, Rajrani, Shaam, Sujata Kumari, Harbans, Kenny, Leela, Bagla, Maqbool, Begam, Ameer Ahmad, Hameed Majnu, Zippy, Ghulam Hussain, Mansoor, Md Sandow, Moosa, Gopal, Badri Narayan, Shaukat, Saban Ali, Om Prakash etc in it.
The movie had five songs in it. Three of these songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the fourth song from “Zaalim Jaadoogar”(1960) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Seeta Agrawal, Meenu Purushottam and chorus. Shor Niyazi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Iqbal.
Only the audio of the song is available. The song appears to be a qawwaali song.
I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Song-Hamen yoon na dekho badi berukhi se (Zaalim Jaadoogar)(1960) Singers-Seeta Agrawal, Meenu Purushottam, Lyrics-Shor Niyazi, MD-Iqbal
<strongLyrics
hamen yoon na dekho badi berukhi se
kahin rooth jaayen na
ham zindagi se
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
hamen yoon na dekho
hamen yoon na dekho
haay hamen yoon na dekho
badi berukhi se
hamen yoon na dekho
badi berukhi se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
hamen yoon na dekho
haay hamen yoon na dekho
badi berukhi se
agar tumse raushan hai jhilmil sitaare
mohabbat bhi zinda hai dam se hamaare
tumhe ho mubarak ye rangeen nazaare
hame kya garaj
haanji hamen kya garaj
chaand ki chaandni se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
hamen yoon na dekho
haay hamen yoon na dekho badi berukhi se
kasam aapki dil se dil ko milaa kar
hamaari wafaaon ko tum aajmaa kar
hamen apna kah do zara muskura kar
ye dil kya hai
haanji ye dil kya hai
ham jaan de den khushi se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
hame yoon na dekho
haay hamen yoon na dekho badi berukhi se
kisi din tumhen dil lagaana padega
kisi din tumhen dil lagaana padega
mohabbat mein aansu bahaana padega
mohabbat mein aansu bahaana padega
kabhi na kabhi sar jhukaana padega
chhudaaoge daaman
haan chhudaaoge daaman kahaan tak kisi se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
zamaane mein ham bhi nahin kam kisi se
hamen yoon na dekho
haay hamen yoon na dekho badi berukhi se
hamen yoon na dekho badi berukhi se
| Blog Day : | 3709 | Post No. : | 14635 |
“Sipahsaalaar”(1956) was produced by F C Mehra and directed by Mohammad Hussain for Eagle Films, Bombay. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Nadira, Shyam Kumar, Randheer, Kamal Mehra, S Nazeer, Samson, Kumkum, Helen, Cuckkoo, Jagdeesh Kamal, Amrit Rana, Rafiq, Ravikant, Kamal Mohan, Rajan Kapoor, Nazeer Kashmiri, Uma Dutt, Balaram, Sattar, Dhondhu, Habeeb etc in it.
The movie had six songs in it according to HFGK. But it seems that the sixth song (whose record number in not known) has the same lyrics and singers as fifth song, so these songs can be considered as one and the same. So effectively the movie had five songs in it. Three of these songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the fourth song from “Sipahsaalaar”(1956) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Geeta Dutt. Farooque Kaiser is the lyricist. Muusic is composed by Iqbal.
Only the audio of this song is available. The song sounds like a dance song. Going by the sounds of it, this song could have been picturised on Cuckkoo, Kumkum or Helen. I request our kowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this lilting dance song.
Song-Aji o jee tumhen dekh jiya lahraaye (Sipahsalaar)(1956) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-Farooque Kaiser, MD-Iqbal
Lyrics
aji oh ji
aji oh ji
tumhen dekh jiya lahraaye
zara apni nazar kabhi kar lo udhar
mera ang ang sharmaaye
aji oh ji
tumhen dekh jiya lahraaye
zara apni nazar kabhi kar lo udhar
mera ang ang sharmaaye
aji oh ji
tujhe meri kasam zara sun to balam
tujhe meri kasam zara sun to balam
tera pyaar kare mere dil pe sitam
mere dil pe sitam
mujhe roz roz tadpaaye
aji oh ji
tumhe dekh jiya lahraaye
zara apni nazar kabhi kar lo udhar
mera ang ang sharmaaye
aji oh ji
chup chaap rahoon
kuchh bhi na kahoon
chup chaap raoon
kuchh bhi na kahoon
tera dard piya kab tak main sahoon
kab tak mai sahoon
ye bhed aaj khul jaaye
aji oh ji
tumhe dekh jiya lahraaye
zara apni nazar kabhi kar lo udhar
mera ang ang sharmaaye
aji oh ji
main gaaun yahaan
tum jhoomo wahaan
main gaaun yahaan
tum jhoomo wahaan
wo baat karo bekaar jahaan
ki saare jahaan
ki saare jahaan
hamen dekh dekh jal jaaye
aji oh ji
tumhe dekh jiya lahraaye
zara apni najar kabhi kar lo udhar
mera ang ang sharmaaye
aji oh ji
tumhen dekh jiya lahraaye
zara apni nazar kabhi kar lo udhar
mera ang ang sharmaaye
aji oh ji
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