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Ek Chameli Ke Mandwe Taley
Posted on: January 1, 2024
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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 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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Songs Repeated in Hindi Films – 29
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This post may likely be the most peculiar one of this series. Here we see a song, or more accurately a song snippet, reused in a most peculiar manner.
The film is ‘Mujhe Jeene Do’ from 1963. Recently, I chanced upon this song snippet, which is part of a song from another film. I have seen this film maybe once or twice earlier, but did not register or remember this song snippet being present in the film. A friend recently brought this to my attention, and I thought of writing this post.
The full song is from the film ‘Cha Cha Cha’. And a very well known and well heard duet it is. The singers in the complete song are Rafi Sb and Lata Mangeshkar. The original verses are penned by the famous Urdu litterateur Makhdoom Mohiuddin. The music of the film ‘Cha Cha Cha’ is from the mind of Iqbal Qureshi. The film includes such all time favorite hits like “Subah Na Aayi, Shaam Na Aayi” and “Wo Hum Na The Wo Tum Na The” (both written by Neeraj). This iconic song has long been a favorite of mine. The song is a description of the emotions of love, longing and intimacy between a man and a woman.
‘Mujhe Jeene Do’ is the story of the dacoit Thakur Jarnail Singh (role played by Sunil Dutt) who falls in love with Chameli (role played by Waheeda Rehman), a dancing girl. The story is about the dilemma that enters their lives when Chameli gives birth to a child. Bringing up a child in an environment of a dacoit gang – that is the dilemma which makes up the theme of this film. And there is a very famous Lata song that beautifully expresses this dilemma – “Tere Bachpan Ko Jawaani Ki Dua Deti Hoon”.
A brief about Makhdoom Mohiuddin, whose poetry also appears in films like ‘Gaman’ (1978) – “Aap Ki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar”, and “Bazaar” (1982) – “Phir Chhidi Raat Baat Phoolon Ki”. He was born at Andol in district Medak in Hyderabad on 4th Feb, 1908. He belonged to a religious family of teachers and preachers but Makhdoom was more interested in poetry and politics than in religion. He was the leading light of the progressive writers’ movement and as a mark of respect the communist party of India has raised a building called “Makhdoom Bhawan” in Hyderabad. Though Makhdoom is primarily a poet of the nazm, he has also proved his ability as a ghazal writer. In addition, he has displayed his worth in the field of prose as well. His poetical works include ‘Surkh Saveraa’, ‘Gul-e-tar’, ‘Basaat-e-raqs’ (complete works). He passed away in Delhi on August 25, 1969.
Now coming to the interesting twist to the reuse of this song snippet. The film ‘Cha Cha Cha’, which contains the complete song, was released in 1964. And this reuse (?) occurs in a film ‘Mujhe Jeene Do’ which is released in 1963. The release chronology raises the question about which is the original creation. Were these lines composed by Jaidev Sb initially (music director for ‘Mujhe Jeene Do’), and then later developed into a full song by Iqbal Qureshi for ‘Cha Cha Cha’ ? Or that the song is created by Iqbal Sb and the song snippet borrowed by Jaidev Sb for his film ?
Curious thing is chronology. One possibility is that both the films were in production concurrently during maybe 1963, and that the release of ‘Cha Cha Cha’ was delayed whereas ‘Mujhe Jeene Do’ got released timely, and much before ‘Cha Cha Cha’. It is difficult now to get answers to these questions. But surely, an interesting scenario is created – the apparent reuse of the song snippet is appearing in a film that came before the film which contains the full song.
On screen, the lines play in the background in the voice of Lata ji. On screen, we see Chameli waiting for the Thakur in a scene that appear to be their tryst for the first night together. Tahkur enters the scene, sits besides her and touches her face. The voice of Lata ji starts to play in the background as the lovers fall into an embrace. A very delicately picturized scene – conveys all without saying much. Lata ji’s voice says it all.
[Editor’s Note: Additional inputs by Arun ji Deshmukh on the poet Makhdoom Mohiuddin.]
This song has made my memories greener.The writer of this song MAKHDOOM MOHIUDDIN was our family friend in the 50s and 60s till he died in 1969.
Our Hyderabad house was very big and my father had a beautiful garden where there was a big Chameli Mandav on which the Chameli vine was flowering in the seasons. There also was a big Zopala (a well spread jhoola with cushions to seat 3 to 4 people). Whenever Makhdoom Sb used to come, he preferred sitting under the Chameli Mandav on an easy chair. Actor, director and producer Chandrashekhar, who hailed from Hyderabad and knew Makhdoom Sb well, requested for a song for his film and Makhdoom Sb wrote the above song for him. But it came in the movie after a lapse of time only.
Makhdoom was a Poet, Dramatist, Teacher and in the last phase of his life, a Political Leader with left inclinations. He was also an MLA.
His 3 more songs feature in films- 1) “Jaanewale Sipahi Se Poocho” – ‘Usne Kaha Tha’ (1960) 2) “Aapki Yaad Aati Rahi” – ‘Gaman’ (1979), and “Phir Chhidi Raat” – ‘Bazaar’ (1982).
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Song – Ek Chameli Ke Mandwe Taley (Mujhe Jeene Do) (1963) Singer – Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics – Makhdoom Mohiuddin, MD – Iqbal Qureshi
Lyrics
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mandiron ke kiwaadon ne dekha inhen
masjidon ke meenaaron ne dekha inhen
do badan pyaar ki aag mein jal gaye
ek chameli ke mandwe taley
ek chameli ke mandwe taley
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मंदिरों के किवाड़ों ने देखा इन्हें
मस्जिदों के मीनारों ने देखा इन्हें
दो बदन प्यार की आग में जल गए
एक चमेली के मंडवे तले
एक चमेली के मंडवे तले
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, August 25th is 51st Remembrance Day of Shaayar-e-Inquilaab, Makhdoom Mohiuddin, an Urdu poet, a dramatist and a politician whose name may not ring bell for many of the lovers of Hindi film songs. They may, however, be aware of a couple of his popular Hindi film songs such as ek chameli ke mandve tale from’Chaa Chaa Chaa’ (1964) and aapki yaad aati rahi raat bhar from ‘Gaman’ (1979).
Makhdoom Mohiuddin (04/02/1908 – 25/08/1969) was born in Medak in the then Hyderabad state (present day Telangana). He belonged to the family of religious teachers and preachers. He lost his father, when he was 6. Subsequently, his mother remarried and went away in her separate way making Makhdoom Mohiuddin almost like an orphan. He was brought up by his paternal uncle. It is said that Makhdoom was influenced by his uncle’s leaning towards the leftist ideology.
After completion of his school in the various villages in Hyderbabd State, Makhdoom moved to Hyderabad in 1929 and completed graduation and post-graduation from Osmania University by 1936. During this period in Osmania University, he wrote dramas in which he also acted in them. He got employed as an Urdu lecturer in the City College of Hyderabad. Later on, Hyderabad was to become his residence from where he got involved in the fight against British Rule for which he was jailed. He founded the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Hyderabad State and became the union leader for Electricity, Railways and Municipal workers under AITUC (the union wing of CPI). He was instrumental in creating the Hyderabad chapter of the Progressive Writers Association. In 1946-47, he joined the Telangana Agitation against the Nizam of the then Hyderabad State. After the police action against the Nizam of Hyderabad and its merger with India in 1948, Makhdoom Mohiuddin led the Teleangana Peasants’ Movements for land reforms. He successfully went on hunger strike for making available rice at a fair price for the lower strata of the population. Before that Makhdoom had led an arm rebellion against the Government for which he went underground for nearly 5 years.
In 1952, when the first general elections were announced, Communits Party decided to give up the arm rebellion and instead decided to participate in the election. Makhdoom Mohiuddin successfully contested the first general election as a candidate of CPI from Huzurnagar for Hyderabad State assembly and became the leader of the opposition. From 1956 until his death in 1969, he was the member of legislature council of Andhra Pradesh.
In his youth, Makhdoom was influenced by Munshi Premchand’s writings as also of Urdu poets like Daagh Dehlvi, Amir Minai and later Akhtar Sheerani and Hasrat Mohani. With the success of his play ’Murhsid’, during his university days, Makdhoom became a known personality among the circle of artists and intellectuals. During this time, he came into contact with Sarojini Naidu and though her with some of the top political leaders of that time including Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
In the pre-independent India, Makhdoom found time to write poetry in jails and during the period he was underground. Post-independence, he had an active literary life by reciting his poetry in political rallies and mushairas. During this period, he published his second collections of poems called ‘Gul-e-Tar’ (1961), the first being ‘Surkh Savera’ (1944). His poems are mostly in the genre of revolutionary and romance.
Makhdoom Mohiuddin died of heart-attack in Delhi on August 25, 1969. He was buried in Hyderabad. At the time of his death, he did not have a house of his own. The Communist Party raised money to buy a small house for Makhdoom’s family in Hyderabad. As a tribute to Makhdoom, Faiz Ahmed Faiz wrote a ghazal, taking the refrain from Makhdoom’s ghazal ‘aap ki yaad aati rahi raat bhar’ and in the same metre with a title ‘Makhdoom Ki Yaad Mein’:
आपकी याद आती रही रात-भर
चाँदनी दिल दुखाती रही रात-भर
गाह जलती हुई, गाह बुझती हुई
शम-ए-ग़म झिलमिलाती रही रात-भर
कोई ख़ुशबू बदलती रही पैरहन
कोई तस्वीर गाती रही रात-भर
फिर सबा सायः-ए-शाख़े-गुल के तले
कोई क़िस्सा सुनाती रही रात-भर
जो न आया उसे कोई ज़ंजीरे-दर
हर सदा पर बुलाती रही रात-भर
एक उमीद से दिल बहलता रहा
इक तमन्ना सताती रही रात-भर
After going through the chronicles of Makhdoom’s life, especially during the pre-independent India, it is admirable that he could find time to write both romantic as well as revolutionary poems in the midst of a very active political life. Makhdoom Mohiuddin’s personality has been best summed up by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas as under:
He was a glowing flame as also cool drops of dew. He was the call of revolution as also the soft tinkling of anklet. He was knowledge, he was action, he was wisdom. He was the gun of the revolutionary guerrilla and also the sitar of musician. He was the odour of gun powder and the fragrance of jasmine.
Makhdoom Mohiuddin did not specifically write lyrics for any Hindi films. However, his published poems were used in the films in ‘Usne Kaha Thha’ (1960), ‘Chaa Chaa Chaa’ (1964), ‘Insaaf Kahaan Hai’ (UR, 1978), ‘Gaman’ (1979), ‘Baazar’ (1982) and ‘Mandi’ (1983).
On the occasion of 51st Remembrance Day of Makhdoom Mohiuddin, I am presenting his ghazal ‘ishq ke shole ko bhadkaao ke kuchh raat kate’ which was used in the film ‘Mandi’ (1983). The ghazal is rendered by Asha Bhosle which is set to music by Vanraj Bhatia. In the film, the song is picturised on Smita Patil who sings for about one minute of duration in tune but without the accompanying music. The audio version contains the full ghazal with orchestration. unfortunately, video clip is not separately available online.
Acknowledgement: The biography of Makhdoom Mohiuddin in the article is based on T V Serial ‘Kahkashan – Makhdoom Mohiuddin (1991) and a Ph.D thesis, ‘Makhdoom Mohiuddin – Life, Works and Times’ by Afrose Fatima Ahmed (May 2011).
Audio Clip:
Song-Ishq ke shole ko bhadkaao ke kuchh raat kate(Mandi)(1983) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Makhdoom Mohiuddin, MD-Vanraj Bhatia
Lyrics
aa aa aa aaaaaa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aaa
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaao ke kuchh raat kate ae ae
raat kate ae
dil ke angaare ko dahkaao ke kuchh raat kate ae
raat kate ae
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaaao
koī jalta hī nahin
koi pighalta hi nahin
mom ban jaao
pighal jaao
pighal jaao
ki kuchh raat kate ae
raat kate ae
raat kate
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaaao…o
hijr mein milne shab-e-maah ke ġham aaye hain
chaarasaazon ko bhi bulwaao
bulwaao
ke kuchh raat kate
raat kate
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaao…o
chashm-o-ruḳhsaar ke aazkaar ko jaari rakkho
pyaar ke naghmen ko dohraao
dohraao
ke kuchh raat kate
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaao ke kuchh raat kate ae
raat kate ae
dil ke angaare ko dahkaao ke kuchh raat kate ae
raat kate ae
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaao…o
aaj ho jaane do har ek ko badmast-o-kharaab
aaj ho jaane do har ek ko badmast-o-kharaab
aaj har ek ko pilwaaao
pilwaao
pilwaao
ke kuchh raat kate
koh-e-ġham aur giraan aur giraan aur giraan
ġhamzadon teshe ko chamkaao ki kuchh raat kate
kuchh raat kate
kuchh raat kate ae
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaaao…o
ishq ke shole ko bhadkaaaao………o
Phhir chhidi raat baat phoolon ki
Posted on: August 25, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
If one asks old Hindi film song buffs about the song “ek chameli ke mandwe tale from ‘Cha Cha Cha’ (1964), almost all of them would say that the song was sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhonsle. Most of them would even know the name of the film and that the song was composed by Iqbal Qureshi. Those who have watched the movie or video clip of this song, all of them would remember that the song was picturised on a modest looking Helen and Chandrashekhar. But very few would know as to who wrote the song.
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Aap ki yaad aati rahi raat bhar
Posted on: January 6, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I thought that there should be at least one song of Jaidev from a film for which he got National Award for the best music direction, for discussion on the occasion of his death anniversary which is on January 6th. The ghazal is from film GAMAN (1978) – “Aapki yaad aati rahi raat bhar”. The ghazal was wriiten by Maqdoom Mohiuddin, the famous urdu poet and then a member of Communist Party of India. This has been sung by many ghazal singers but I like the way Chhaya Ganguli has sung this ghazal and also the tune and soft orchestra used by Jaidev to reflect the mood of the ghazal.
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