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‘Nayak’ (2001) was produced by A M Rathnam under the banner of Surya Movies and was directed by S Shankar. The cast included Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerjee, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, Johny Lever, Pooja Batra, Raja Krishnamurthy, Neena Kulkarni, Shivaji Satam, Saurabh Shukla, Anupam Shyam etc. This was a remake of Tamil film, “Mudhalvan’ (1998). This was S Shankar’s first Hindi film as a director.
In an interview which was published in ‘Hindustan Times’ on September 6, 2021, on the completion of 20 years of its release, Anil Kapoor revealed that it was only after Amir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan passed on the role, he pursued with the director, S Shankar and got the role. He felt that the film’ story connected with the common people and the film would remain relatable to the people over the years. Interestingly, Anil Kapoor played the role of TV Reporter, Shivajirao Gaikwad, the real name of South’s super star, Rajnikanth. Anil Kapoor also revealed in an interview on the Times of India, August 18, 2001, that he observed the mannerisms of well-known TV personalities like Pranoy Roy, Karan Thapar and Rajat Sharma to prepare himself in the role of a TV Reporter interviewing a Chief Minister in the film’s story.
The gist of the film’s story is as under:
The story of ‘Nayak’ (2001) moves around a TV reporter, Shivajirao (Anil Kapoor) who is known for asking some hard questions to the political bosses. During his first interview with the Chief Minister, Balraj Chauhan (Amrish Puri), he asks many uncomfortable questions about corruption, his promises on his election manifesto and realities which make the CM uncomfortable. In retorting his questions, the CM throws a challenge to Shivajirao to become the CM for one day to understand how difficult is to run the government. Shivajirao accepts the challenge and does much more better than Balraj which is appreciated by the people at large. Towards the end of the day, Shivajirao as a one-day CM gets Balraj arrested on the basis of proven charges. However, he gets the bail and Shivajirao leaves the CM’s chair.
During the course of his TV reporting work, Shivajirao meets a rural girl, Manjari (Rani Mukerjee) and falls in love with her. He wants to marry her, but her father is not ready as he is not having a Government job. In the meanwhile, the overwhelming public support for his excellent work forces Shivajirao to contest election which he wins and become the Chief Minister. However, the ex-Chief Minister, Balraj makes his work difficult by resorting to violence. He even tries to kill CM, Shivajirao by bomb blast. He also tries to create an anarchical situations by planning simultaneous bomb explosions to put the blame on Shivajirao. However, the intelligence gathered by his people prevents the bomb explosions.
Shivajirao devises a plan to get rid of Balraj who has now become a danger to the society. He calls Balraj in his chamber for discussion during which Shivajirao takes out his gun and shoots himself on his arm. Thinking that it was Balraj who has shot Shivajirao, the security guards shoot Balraj and kill him. Manjari’s father is now impressed with the excellent developmental work done by Shivajirao and gives his consent to Manjari to marry him.
The film failed at the box office. It is stated that one of the reasons for the film not recovering the cost was that the budgeted cost of the film significantly exceeded due to new technologies used in the film’s shooting. However, once the film became available on satellite TVs and later on OTT platforms, the film has attained a classic status. It is said that ‘Nayak’ (2001) is one of the most watched films on TV.
The film had 7 songs written by Anand Bakshi which were set to music by A R Rahman. He re-used tunes of 5 songs of the Tamil version and freshly composed 2 songs for the Hindi version. I am presenting the first song from the film, ‘rukhi sukhi roti tere haathhon se khaa ke aayaa mazaa badaa’ to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Shankar Mahadevan and Alka Yagnik. It is fast-paced song.
The background of this song is that after becoming the Chief Minister, Shivajirao (Anil Kapoor) has not met his sweetheart, Manjari (Rani Mukherjee) for a long time. He decides to spare one full day to her by visiting her house in disguise. Manjari is surprised by his sudden visit. She laments that if he had informed her in advance, she would have prepared a delicious lunch for him. Now she had only ‘rookhi sookhi’ roti and some onions. Both of them go for lunch in a open ground. He says that he has enjoyed her ‘rookhi sookhi’ rotis and he has been intoxicated by drinking the cold well-water from the courtyard.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Rookhee sookhee rotee tere haathon se khaake aayaa mazaa badaa (Nayak)(2001) Singers-Shankar Mahadevan, Alka Yagnik, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-A R Rahman
Both
Chorus
Lyrics (based on audio clip)
ae ae ae ae ri manjari…..ee eeee
lai lai lai lai lai
lai lai lai
lai lai lai lai lai
lai lai lai
lai lai lai lai lai
lai lai lai
lai lai lai lai lai
lai lai lai
rookhi sookhi roti tere haathhon se..
hey rookhi sookhi roti tere haathhon se
khaake aayaa mazaa badaa
thhandaa thhandaa paani tere aangan kaa
pi ke chhaayaa nashaa badaa
hey rookhi sookhi roti tere haathon se
khaa ke aayaa mazaa badaa
thandaa thandaa paani tere aangan kaa
pi ke chhaayaa nashaa……aa
he ae ae ho o o
bole jo mujhse tu
wo main kar jaaun
tere seene se lagaa ke main mar jaaun
taubaa o taubaa tu kyaa bolaa
dhadak dhadak meraa dil dolaa
taubaa o taubaa tu kyaa bolaa
dhadak dhadak meraa dil dolaa
taubaa o taubaa taubaa taubaa
dhadak dhadak meraa dil dolaaa
taubaa o taubaa o taubaa taubaa
dhadak-dhadak meraa dil dolaa
chalo ji koi titli pakadte hain
chalo ji kisi ped pe chadhte hain
kyaa hogaa jo main ped se gir gai gai gai gai
oh mujhe dard bada hogaa tujhko
chot agar lag gai
lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
lai lai lai lai lai
ye to puraani lai lai lai
prem-kahaani lai lai lai
baat koi kar aaj nai
nai nai nai nai nai
pyaar mein din aaye kaise
rog lage hamako aise
naach uthe do dil jaise
taa thai taa thai taa thai
tauba oh tauba tu kyaa bola
dhadak dhadak mera dil dola
tauba oh tauba tu kyaa bola
dhadak-dhadak mera dil dola
hey rookhi sookhi roti tere haathhon se
khaa ke aaya maza bada
thanda thanda paani tere aangan kaa
pi ke chhaya nasha bada
oh o o pyaari manjari
pyari manjari
oh lai lai lai lai lai lai
pyaari manjari
le le le le le le le
le le le le le le
lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
lai lai lai
ho o chalo ji nadiyaa mein nahaayenge
nahin jee pahale aam churaayenge
pakad gaye to badi maar padegi nahin nahin nahin
are pyaar-vyaar jo karte hain
wo maar se darte nahin
lai lai lai lai lai lai lai lai
lai lai lai lai lai lai
baat badal gai lai lai lai
bach ke nikal gai lai lai lai
chaal ye kaisi tu chal gai
gai gai gai gai gai
teer chalaa dil par laagaa
dard badaa meethaa jaagaa
dhak dhak jor se dil bhaagaa
dehli se mumbai
rookhi sookhi roti mere haathhon se
khaa ke aayaa mazaa tujhe
thandaa thandaa paani mere aangan kaa
pi ke aayaa nashaa tujhe
hey rookhi sookhi roti tere haathhon se
khaa ke aaya mazaa badaa
thhandaa thhandaa paani tere aangan kaa
pi ke chhaayaa nashaa…..aa
hey hey ae ho o
bole jo mujhse tu
wo main kar jaaun
tere seene se lagaake main mar jaaun
taubaa o taubaa
tu kyaa bolaa
dhadak dhadak meraa dil dolaa
tauba o tauba
tu kyaaa bolaa
dhadak dhadak meraa dil dolaa
taubaa o taubaa
o taubaa taubaa
dhadak dhadak meraa dil dolaa
taubaa o taubaa
o taubaa taubaa
dhadak dhadak meraa dil dolaa
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