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Chal dheerey dheerey dheerey
Posted on: August 16, 2023
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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’s song is from the film Aap ki Marzi aka As you please-(1939).
The Talkie era started with the beginning of the 1930s decade, i.e. in 1931. By 1939, it entered the last year of that decade. Within the first 9 years, the film industry had shed its skin several times before beginning a new phase in the 40’s. Most artistes of the early Talkie era were those who came over from the Silent films. Many such artistes ended their careers while the remaining ones began ending their careers. While all this happened there were new entrants with their own new styles of acting.
The system of Playback singing was getting settled. This had given a respite to the singing artistes from singing while shooting the scenes, which restricted their movements. This also saved a terrible balancing act for the Music instrument players who had to perform during shootings, taking care they did not show up in the camera range. Most importantly, now songs could be shot on the Non singing artistes too and songs could be shot on different locations as the artistes had to only lip synch and not actually sing the songs. This also opened up a new category of playback singers who were not acting in the films, paving way to singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi etc.
While all this was happening in the film industry, the world had plunged into the II World War from September 1939. It not only affected the entire world but also the Hindi film industry, as the Raw film used for shootings was imported. In due course restrictions were imposed on the quota allotments to studios under certain conditions. let us take a look at the film scene of the year 1939….
The year was 1939 and the British Government had declared war against Germany and Japan, as soon as the WW II began. All countries ruled by Britain were – willingly or unwillingly, drawn into the war efforts and its effects. The war began in the month of September and soon various restrictions came into operation – like rationing, blackouts, shortages etc. The film industry which was still under its development stage suffered. It also realised the importance of remaining united as one industry. However, all that came after 1 or 2 years. In 1939 there was not much effect seen on the film industry.
The industry had its own problems. In spite of the playback system in operation, their problem was that because there was no technique of recording from the film negative yet, the singers had to sing twice. Once for the actual film shooting of the song, and later, with the same set of orchestra, for commercial records. Sometimes, the original singer was not available due to any reason, some other singer had to sing for commercial records. Thus we have many such examples, where the singer in the film song and the record is different. However, this problem continued only till mid 50’s when the Tape and the required technique became available. With just one time recording, the film and commercial recording were taken care of.
Khemchand Prakash. K.Datta (Datta Koregaonkar), Rafiq Ghaznavi and Anupam Ghatak made their Debut as Music Directors. Kavi Pradeep wrote his first film song for film Kangan. In 1939, 2 most Unusual songs were presented, for the first time . One was a Multi-Lingual song from film Aadmi-39, a film by Prabhat….Kis liye kal ki baat. This song was in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bangla, Tamil and Telugu. ( In its Marathi film version-” माणूस “, this song was only in one language-Marathi.) Different Lyricists and MDs were used for each language. The song became very popular.
Second unusual song was from film ‘ Ghareeb ka Laal’-1939. The song lyrics had the names of 32 artistes, operating in Hindi films that time. Top Heroes and Heroines were mentioned in this song. The beginning of the song was ” Tuze Bibbo kahoon ya Sulochana, Uma shashi kahoon ki Jamuna “. This song was sung by the comedian Mirza Musharraf. In later years many songs with film artistes’ names came but none had so many names. Thus this record is still unbroken, in case of this song.
Besides these songs, let us quickly take a look at some films of 1939….
Aadmi – Prabhat’s hit film, a remake of the Marathi film ” माणूस “. It had some good songs by Shanta Hublikar, Sundarabai Jadhav and Ram Marathe.
Adhuri Kahani – a trend of Tragedy films set by the effect of film ‘Devdas’. All the 3 main characters of this film commit suicide in the end.
Badi Didi – A New Theatres film.
Brandy ki Botal – Master Vinayak’s comedy remake of Marathi film ‘ ब्रॅंडीची बाटली ‘.
Dil hi to hai – Debut of Kidar Sharma as a Director and Ramola as a Heroine in a Hindi film.
Dushman – New Theatres’ film of Saigal, with only his 4 songs.
Ek hi Raasta – Sagar presents first film with 3 Heroes in one film.
Ghazi Salauddin – Debut of Khemchand Prakash as M.D.
Hukum ka Ikka – First film with a Triple role by Umakant Desai ( who later specialised as Lakshman in 7 films, including Ramrajya-43).
Imaandaar – Debut of actress Shamim Akhtar.
India in Africa – This was the First Hindi film to be shot abroad (in Africa). The Hero B. Nandrekar had also gone to Africa for its shooting. Naaz-54 was not the first such film, though HFGK mentions it so.( Ref – pp 69, Maharashtra-The Birthplace of Indian cinema by Isak Mujawar)
Kangan – First of the 4 Hit films of Ashok kumar and Leela Chitnis, made by Bombay Talkies. Kavi Pradeep’s Debut as a Lyricist in this film.
Kapal kundala – New Theatres. Pankaj mullick’s hit song ‘ Piya milan ko jaana ‘.
Leather Face – Debut of Meena kumari as a child artiste.
Navjeevan – Debut of Hansa Wadkar as a Heroine- Bombay Talkies film.
Pukar – Hit film from Minerva Movietone. Naseem Bano sings ” Zindagi ka saaz bhi kya saaz hai….”
The film Aap ki marzi was made by Sudama Productions, Bombay and was directed by its owner Sarvottam Badami. MD was Gyan Dutt. The cast consisted of Sabita Devi, Motilal, Vasanti, Mazhar, Khurshid, Sunalini Devi, K.N.Singh, Jagdisha Sethi and others. The director was Sarvottam Badami-a well known name in those days to direct funny, comedy and hilarious movies. In his days, he was one of the most sought after directors.
The music was by the grand old man of HFM, Gyan Dutt. The lyricists were P L Santoshi, well known for light and comedy songs and S P Kalla.
The cast included Motilal as Sumant, Sabita Devi as Shashi, Majhar as Sir Bansilal and Govind lal, Khursheed as Manjiri, K.N.Singh, Sethi,Sunalini devi etc.
The story takes place in Bombay’s rich area Nepian Sea Road, where Seth Sir Bansilal stays with his wife-Susheela (sunalini devi) and niece Shashi .Bansilal is very fond of solving crossword puzzles and Shashi helps him. In one such contest, where he contested as an ordinary man Govindlal,he gets the second prize.The first prize is won by a handsome youngbut jobless man Sumant. The prize is a trip to Kashmir.
Bansilal’s wife sends Shashi with him to keep an eye on him and take his care. As Bansilal is going there as a common man Govindlal, they decide that Shashi and Govindlal will act as strangers in the hotel. Unknown to them, his wife has made arrangements for Bansilal in his real name in Shalimar Hotel, Kashmir.
All 3 persons arrive on the same day, First comes Sumant, who is mistaken as Sir Bansilal and given the best room and due respect etc. He gets confused but enjoys all this. Govindlal is given an ordinary room and Shashi takes a good room.
In the hotel, Shashi accidentally breaks some valuable pots Sumant is carrying and they start fighting. The hotel manager comes, pacifies them and tells Shashi not to trouble Sir Bansilal. Shashi is shocked. She goes to his room and says if you are Bansilal, I am your niece. They start fighting again. Govindlal comes and pacifies them .Sumant learns that he is the second winner and calls him for dinner. Shashi also forces herself on the dinner. Shashi and Sumant fall in love.
The film falls on usual song, dance understanding, misunderstanding and interference by the Hotel girl Manjiri sequences. Manjiri tries to blackmail Sumant to extract some money, but finally,Sir Bansilal discloses his identity and all is well at the end.
It was a very entertaining film. When I saw this film, the print was in terrible state and songs were not heard properly. I do not know if this film copy is still available.
The film had 11 songs by Gyan Dutt, Sabita Devi, Vasanti, and Khursheed.
There are two interesting names in the cast – Vasanti and Sunalini Devi. Vasanti Vinayakrao Ghorpade,was born on 23-3-1925 in Kolhapur. Her father’s sister Tanibai was a famous classical singer. Married to Bapusaheb Kagalkar,Tanibai was active in films till 1931 in Kolhapur.
Vasanti was trained by Pt. Vamanrao Sadolikar and Ustad Bamman Khan. V.Shantaram was her neighbour. He saw her and offered a role in films. She first acted in Dharmatma-35 as a child artist. Then came Amarjyoti-36 and Duniya na maane-37. Her songs in these films were popular. She left Prabhat in 1939 and joined Ranjit. She was so popular that she was called Shirley Temple of Hindi films.
She did Sant Tulsidas-(1939), Aapki Marzi-(1939), Musafir-(1940), Diwali-(1940), Achoot-(1940), Beti-(1941), Sukh Dukh-(1942), Bhaktaraj-(1943), Kurbani-(1943), Meena-(1944), Bhagya laxmi-(1944) and Bachhon ka Khel-(1946) also. She sang 56 songs in 14 films. She did not sing in BhagyaLaxmi-(1944) and Meena-(1944), but sang in Holi-(1940). Her last film was Bachhon ka khel-(1946),which was the first film of Meena Kumari, as an adult.
In 1944, during the shooting of film Bhagya Laxmi-(1944), she married the already married Indubhai Patel and settled in Bangalore. After husband’s death, she shifted to Hyderabad and lived there happily, with her 3 sons and a daughter. She died somewhere in the year 2005.
Our senior readers will know Sarojini Naidu’s name who was well known in the pre-independence era, but not many will know that her elder sister was Sunalini Devi-an actress and younger brother Harindranath Chatopadhyaya, an actor. Sunalini Devi, the actress, was born on 1-1-1896 in Hyderabad Deccan. Her father, Aghornath Chatopadhyay-a Bengali settled in Hyderabad – was a Sanskrit scholar, was proficient in 27 languages and was the first Indian to get the D.Sc. honour. Sunalini was the elder sister of Sarojini, who became Sarojini Naidu after her marriage, and Harindranath Chattopadhyay-renowned poet.
Sunalini learnt Music and Dance from her third year of age itself. Due to her sweet voice, she was called ‘ Kokila ‘. It is to be noted that her younger sister Saojini Naidu was called ‘ Nightingale of India’ ! It is unfortunate that the film industry did not use Sunalini’s music skill in her films and she sang just one song in her career in the film ‘ Raja Rani-(1942)’.Sunalini started acting in stage dramas from 1918.
Her first movie was “Light of Asia”-released initially in Germany and Poland in 1925 ( its restored version was released on 5th July 2001, in India. ) This film was made by Himanshu Rai. The film was shot in Lahore. It was a silent film on Gautama the Buddha. Her first Talkie film was ‘ veer Kunal-(1932)’. She acted in 56 films. Mostly she was known for motherly roles only. She had, like her more eminent sister, married a south Indian- Mr.A.S.Rajan, a writer from Madras. Some of her more known films are Aurat,Lalaji, Inkaar, Nai Roshni, Talaash, Bairam khan, Tamasha, Dilruba, Malhar etc etc. Her last film was Chingari-(1955). She retired from films in 1956.
Today’s song is sung by Vasanti.
Song- Chal Dheere dheere dheere (Aap Ki Marzi)(1939) Singer-Vasanti, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-Gyan Dutt
Lyrics
Chal Dheere ae
dheere ae ae ae
Dheere ae
Chal Dheere dheere dheere
teree jeewan gathhree bhaaree re
Chal Dheere
chal dheere ae ae
teree jeewan gathhree bhaaree re
Chal Dheere
baandhh rakha kitna dukh toone
baandhh rakhee kitnee aahen (?)
baandhh rakha kitna dukh toone
baandhh rakhee kitnee aahen (?)
baandh rakhaa aa aa aa
kitna aa aa dukh a a tooone
baandhh rakhee kitnee aahen
baandhh rakhee kitnee aahen
baandhh rakhee kitnee aahen
man ke chhote tukde mein
man ke chhote tukde mein
saaree duniya baandhee re
Chal Dheere
chal dheere ae ae
teree jeewan gathhree bhaaree re
Chal Dheere dheere dheere
Chhan mein baajegee baansuriyaa
Posted on: June 3, 2023
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Many Rabindranath Tagore Novels have been made into films. One such novel that has inspired many movies in “Naukadoobi”, that was published in 1906. This story was made into Bangla movie wit h the same title in 1932, 1947, 1979 and 2011. This story inspired three Hindi movies as well, but these movies had different titles. They were made under the titles of “Milan”(19460, “Ghoonghat”(1960) and “Kashmkash”(2011).
The above information would come as a new information to many music lovers. But this information was given in the blog by our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia , Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, more than five years ago, while discussing a song from “Milan”(1946).
The making of “Milan”(1946) itself was quite eventful. Those were the days when Kolkata was losing its stranglehold as a movie centre. There was an exodus of talent from Calcutta to Bombay. In Bombay, these erstwhile Calcutta movie makers tried to make a movie using their moviemmaking expertise hones over the years in Calcutta.
Bombay Talkies, owned originally by Bengali owners, viz Himanshu Roy, Devika Rani, Shashdhar Mukherjee etc. When Nitin Bose came from Calcutta to Bombay. He was welcomes into the folds of Bomaby Talkies.
Nitin Bose proposed to make a movie based on Rabindranath Tagore’s novel “Naukadoobi” and the proposal was aprroved by the owners of Bombat Talkies. It was planned to make it in Hindia as well as Bangla. Bangla version was “Naukadoobi”(1947).
Dilip Kumar and Ranjana, both on the rolls of Bombay Talkies were signed up to play Ramesh and Sunalini respectively. The story denmanded another lead actress to play Kamala. Advertisements were given in newspapers and many aspiring ladies applied. The lucky lady was Meera Mishra, a Bangla speaking lady from Kanpur. This news generated considerable sensation, as she was the wife of an IPS officer. She played the role of Kamala in Hindi as well as Banglade versions. In Bangla version Abhi Bhattacahrya replaced Dilip Kumar and Meera Sarkar replaced Ranjana.
The movie, which was produced by Hiten Choudhury and directed by Nitin Bose for Bombay Talkies, also had Pahadi Sanyal, Shyam Laha, S.Nazir, Moni Chatterjee, KP Mukherjee etc. in it.
The story, as recounted by our beloved inhouse encylopaedia, Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh is:-
The story is set in 1905. Ramesh (Dilip Kumar) is studying law in Calcutta and has just appeared for his final exams. He is a friend and neighbour of Jogen who is also studying law. Jogen (Shyam Laha) lives with his father Annada Babu (Moni Chatterjee) and sister Hemnalini (Ranjana). Ramesh and Hemnalini are fond of each other and Ramesh visits their house most days for tea. Their association is disliked by another friend Akshay (Pahadi Sanyal) who also likes Hemnalini.
Ramesh has been asked to come back to his village for the holidays by his father but is dissuaded from going by Hemnalini. Ramesh’s father Braja Mohan (KP Mukherjee) is from the priestly caste and lives in the village. He receives an anonymous letter stating that his son is involved with the neighbour’s daughter who comes from a tradesman caste and that he spends his entire time there.
Braja Mohan goes to the city and brings Ramesh back with him to the village. He has arranged Ramesh’s wedding with a poor widow’s daughter. Ramesh tries to convince his father about his involvement with Hemnalini. His father after satisfying himself that Ramesh has as yet not committed himself to Hemnalini prevails upon Ramesh to marry Sushila because of the promise he had given to the girl’s mother. There is a storm at night when the wedding party from the groom’s side is returning to their village by boat. During the crossing the boat capsizes. Nearly all on the boat are drowned including Ramesh’s father and Ramesh appears to be the only one to survive. He sees a woman in bridal dress lying unconscious on the bank. He brings her to his village but soon understands that this is a case of mistaken identity. She continuously checks him when he calls her Sushila and tells him her name is Kamala (Meera Mishra). He realizes there was another bridal procession and their boat too had capsized.
After the formalities of his father’s funeral service Ramesh decides to take Kamala to Calcutta. He finds out about her only living relative, an uncle, and writes to him. A letter arrives telling him of the death of Kamala’s uncle but the sender has mentioned Kamala’s husband’s name and profession. His name is Nalin and he’s a doctor. Ramesh now starts searching for Dr. Nalin. He has so far made no mention about his marriage to Hemnalini or her family nor told anyone regarding the mistaken identity of his supposed bride to avoid any embarrassment to the girl.
On arrival in Calcutta, Ramesh suggests that Kamala get an education. After allaying her apprehension regarding her age he admits her in a girl’s boarding school. Akshay’s sister also studies in the same school and through her Akshay gets to know the truth about Ramesh’s marriage. In the evening he questions Ramesh in front of Hemnalini. Ramesh deflects the question and asks Hem to trust him. Preparations are on at Annada’s house for the wedding of Hemnalini and Ramesh. Their wedding is set for the coming Sunday but Ramesh is asked by the principal to take Kamala home for the weekend. Ramesh postpones the wedding and brings Kamala back from school. Akshay brings Jogen to Ramesh’s house where they see Kamala and on being questioned Ramesh keeps silent. Hemnalini goes into a state of shock when she’s told about Ramesh’s wife.
Her father takes her to Kashi to recuperate. Ramesh decides to leave Calcutta and he takes Kamala with him to Ghazipur. Kamala reads the letter Ramesh has written to Hem explaining the entire situation and mentioning Kamala’s husband’s name. She finally recognizes the truth about her and Ramesh’s situation. She decides to kill herself and leaves the house. She is rescued and comes under Nalin’s mother’s care.
She realizes that Nalin is her husband but finds out that Hemnalini and he are to be betrothed. However, Nalin is not happy about the betrothal as he refuses to believe that Kamala is dead and wants to wait a while longer. Finally the truth comes out and she’s accepted by her husband and his mother while Ramesh and Hemnalini get back together.
We can see that Rabindranath Tagore too has written quite a Manmohan Desai kind of lost and find story (full of mistaken identities), a story that moviemakers so love to make in India. 🙂
“Milan”(1946) had eight songs in it. Five songs have been covered so far.
Here is the sixth song from “Milan”(1946) to appear in the song. The song is sung by Geeta Roy (alter Dutt). P L Santoshi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Anil Biswas.
Video of the song shows two ladies, one advising the other how to deal with her husband. My guess is that they are Ranjana and Kamala, but I cannot tell who is who. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Audio
Video
Song-Chhan mein bajegi baansuriya preet bhari preet bhari(Milan)(1946) Singer-Geeta Dutt, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-Anil Biswas
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
chhan mein bajegi baansuriya
preet bhari
preet bhari
chhan mein baajegi baansuriya
preet bhari
preet bhari
dekho gori
chupke chupke
chori chori
preet bhari
preet bhari
chhan mein baajegi bansuriya
tumko bulaayenge tumhre saanwariya
tumko bulaayenge tumhre saanwariya
brij ban jaayegi man ki nagariya
brij ban jaayegi man ki nagariya
kheloge preetam se tum hori
heloge preetam se tum hori
preet bhari
preet bhari
chhan mein baajegi baansuriya
preet bhari
preet bhari
chhan mein baajegi baansuriya
tumhen saajan manaaaye
tum roothh jaana
tumhen saajan manaaaye
tum roothh jaana
tumhen paas bulaayen kahen na na na
tumhen saajan manaaaye
tum roothh jaana
hamen la jhumka
hamen laa kangna
hamen la jhumka
hamen laa kangna
hamen laaon reshan ki chunariya
hamen laaon reshan ki chunariya
chhan mein bjegi baansuriya
preet bhari
preet bhari
dekho gori
chupke chupke
chori chori
preet bhari
preet bhari
chhan mein baajegi bansuriya
chhan mein baajegi bansuriya
preet bhari
preet bhari
chhan mein baajegi bansuriya
preet bhari
preet bhari
dekho gori
chupke chupke
chori chori
preet bhari
preet bhari
chhan mein baajegi bansuriya
Mere dil ko khilauna samjho naa
Posted on: January 23, 2023
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“Saanwariya”(1949) was directed by Nasrat A Mansoori for Filmistan, Bombay. The movie had Rehman, Haeez Jehan, Veera, S.L.Puri, Leela Mishra, Nasrat A Mansuri, Haroon, Hamid Butt etc in it.
The movie had ten songs in it. As many as nine songs have already been covered in the blog. Here are their details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Date of posting | Singer(s) | Remarks |
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| 6755 | Preet kiye pachhtaayee re saanwariya | 30 September 2012 | Shamshad Begam | |
| 6769 | Duaa dene waalon hamen do duaayen | 2 October 2012 | Lalita Dewoolkar, C Ramchandra | |
| 7384 | Jaani re hum jaani re | 22 January 2013 | Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt | |
| 9816 | Chale gaye angrez english gaana nahin achcha | 5 May 2014 | C Ramchandra | |
| 12277 | Oonchi neechi hai sadak ghoda jaaye na bhadak | 29 July 2016 | Shamshad Begam, C Ramchandra | |
| 13826 | Bedard zamaane mein dekho…Duniya waalon dil khol hanso | 20 December 2017 | Shamshad Begam | |
| 16747 | Zara bach ke ho zara bach ke | 5 January 2022 | Rafi, Lalita Dewoolkar | |
| 17166 | Ab jiyen bataao kin ke liye | 30 September 2022 | Surinder Kaur | |
| 17366 | Tumhen hum yaad karte hain | 22 January 2023 | C Ramchandra, Shamshad Begam |
We can observe that this movie had names such as Shamshad Begam, Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt, Surinder Kaur giving playback in this movie.
But it appears that the main singers for this movie were C Ramchandra and Lalita Dewoolkar, apart from Shamshad Begam. C Ramchandra sang four songs whereas Lalita Dewoolkar and Shamshad Begam got to sing in three songs each.
The tenth and final song from the movie is a solo song sung by Lalita Dewoolkar. It is penned by P L Santoshi. Music is composed by C Ramchandra.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Lyrics of this song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
With this song, all the songs of “Saanwariya”(1949) are covered in the blog. The movie thus joins the list of movies that have all their songs covered in the blog.
audio link:
Song-Mere dil ko khilauna samjho na (Saanwariya)(1949) Singer-Lalita Dewoolkar, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-C Ramchandra
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
mere dil ko khilaunaa samjho na
saajnaa khilaunaa samjho na
mere dil ko khilaunaa samjho na
saajnaa khilaunaa samjho naa
do ghadee khelogey
ho o chhod dogey
do ghadee khelogey
ho o chhod dogey
mera nanhaa sa dil tum tod dogey
mera nanhaa sa dil tum tod dogey
dekho hamko padegaa phir ronaa
dekho hamko padega phir ronaa
saajnaa khilaunaa samjho na
mere dil ko khilaunaa samjho na
saajanaa khilaunaa samjho naaa
aasaan bahot hai
dil kaa lagaanaa
ke mushqil bahot hai
preet nibhaanaa
hai preet nibhaanaa
aasaan bahot hai
dil ka lagaanaa
ke mushqil bahot hai
preet nibhaanaa
hai preet nibhaanaa
aisaa karo naa ke hansey zamaanaa
aisaa karo naa ke hansey zamaanaa
saajnaa khilaunaa samjho na
mere dil ko khilaunaa samjho na
saajnaa khilaunaa samjho na
Tumhen hum yaad karte hain
Posted on: January 22, 2023
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No. 6
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On this date ten years back viz on 22 January 2013, six songs from six movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
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| 7383 | Main dekhoon tohe din raati | Naina (1953) | 3 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 7384 | Jaani re hum jaani re | Saanwariya(1949) | 8 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 7385 | Sab din hot na ek samaan | Senapati(1961) | 2 songs covered out of 7 by now |
| 7386 | Ham pyaar ki baazi haare | Sazaa (1951) | Movie YIPPEED with this song |
| 7387 | Mera antar ek mandir hai tera | Tere Mere Sapne (1971) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 7388 | Maine tumko chaaha pehli baar | Double Cross (1973) | 2 songs covered out of 5 by now |
We observe that two movies (out of six movies) whose songs were covered ten years ago on this date (viz 22 January 2013) have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with four movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (22 January 2023).
Chronologically, “Sanwariya”(1949) is the oldest among the BTYC eligible movies.
“Saanwariya”(1949) was directed by Nasrat A Mansoori for Filmistan, Bombay. The movie had Rehman, Hafeez Jehan, Veera, S.L.Puri, Leela Mishra, Nasrat A Mansuri, Haroon, Hamid Butt etc in it.
The movie had ten songs in it. As many as eight songs have already been covered in the blog.
Here is the ninth song from “Sanwariya”(1949) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by C Ramchandra and Shamshad Begam. P L Santoshi is the lyricist. Music is composed by C Ramchandra.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
audio link:
Song-Tumhen hum yaad karte hain (Sanwariya)(1949) Singers-C Ramchandra, Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-C Ramchandra
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
tumhein maaloom ho maaloom ho o o
tumhein hum yaad kartey hain
tumhein hum yaad karte hain
miley ek baar phir ek baar phir r r
yehee fariyaad kartey hain
yehee fariyaad kartey hain
yaad kartey hain
yaad kartey hain
keh gayeen nazrein
jo kehnaa thhaa woh tumse keh gayeen
hasratein jo dil mein thheen
khaamosh ho kar reh gayeen
kyaa bataayein aen aen aen aen
kyaa bataayein
kaisey ab din ye guzartey hain
tumhein hum yaad karte hain
tumhein hum yaad karte hain
milein ek baar phir ek baar phir r r
yehee fariyaad kartey hain
yehee fariyaad karte hain
yaad kartey hain
yaad kartey hain
door ho hamse ke
jitnaa door hai woh aasmaan
paas ho hum se ke jitnaa aa
hai jigar ke paas jaan
dard samjhaa hai
tumhein aen aen aen
dard samjhaa hai
tumhein aur dil mein rakhte hain
tumhein hum yaad karte hain
tumhein hum yaad karte hain
milein ek baar phir ek baar phir r r
yehee fariyaad kartey hain
yehee fariyaad karte hain
yaad kartey hain
yaad kartey hain
Ye khel tamaasha do din ka
Posted on: December 10, 2022
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Today’s song is from the film Circus ki sundari aka Circus Queen-1941.
This was the first ever Talkie film having a story with a background of a Circus atmosphere. On checking the film list of silent films, I did not find any film title connected with Circus. From 1941 to 2007, I found 6 film titles in which the word Circus is there. They are….
| Name of movie | Year of release | Heroine of the movie |
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| Circus ki sundari | 1941 | Miss Moti |
| Circus Girl | 1943 | Miss Brijrani |
| Circus king | 1946 | Miss Brijrani |
| Circus wale | 1950 | Fearless Nadia |
| Circus Queen | 1959 | Fearless Nadia |
| Cirkus | 2007 | Jacqueline Fernandes |
The last film, Cirkus-2007 had nothing to do with Circus. I have seen its trailer.
Fearless Nadia working in a film having a Circus backdrop is understandable. She had actually worked in a circus before joining the film line. However, about the other Heroines, I have absolutely no information about the actress Miss Moti ( 13 films from 1934 to 1943) and Miss Brij Rani’s biodata is with me, but she was never connected with any circus in her life.
The film was released on 28-11-1941. As per Film India magazine review, the entire film was shot inside a circus. I wonder how Miss Moti must have managed, when she had no experience of being in the company of wild animals like lions, tigers or elephants ! The story of the film was a typical stunt film story. I will not repeat the story because our Sadanand Kamath ji has already given it in his post in 2018, on one of the songs of this film. The film was produced by Kikubhai Desai – father of the potboiler maker Manmohan Desai. Unfortunately Kikubhai died just 2 days before this film was released.
The film was made by Paramount Movietone, famous for making Stunt films, before Wadia Movieone surpassed it ! Perhaps this was their last film too. The film was directed by Balwant Bhatt – the elder brother of Nanubhai Bhatt, another director of stunt films. Balwant directed only B or C grade films in his career. Balwant Bhatt (13-1-1909 to 7-2-19650 directed 33 films. He also directed many Gujarati films. He was famous in Gujarat for his film Divadandi-1952 in which Dilip Dholakia sang the iconic song ” Taari aankhni affini”. Balwant also helped MD Narayan Dutt by giving him the Debut opportunity for film Mordhwaj-1952.
The cast of the film was Miss Moti, Jal Merchant, Gulab, Agha, Puri, Rekha, A. Kareem and many others. The dialogues and songs were written by P.L.Santoshi and A. Kareem. There were few artistes in the Film Industry who were ‘all- rounders’. These artistes achieved excellence in many departments of film making. A. Kareem was one such artiste. He was brother of Music Director Ghulam Mohammed. He was an Actor, Producer, Director, Composer, Lyricist, writer, s/play and dialogue writer and a Costume designer ! In my opinion, he can be compared with only Badri Prashad, who was Actor, Producer, Director, Composer, Singer, Character artiste and a Choreographer too !..
In the early era, there were many such artistes who did many things-sometimes out of necessity or compulsion or to sustain jobs. But they were known for ONE main activity. Similarly A. Kareem was known as a Lyricist. He started his career with Aaj ki Duniya-40 as an actor. He also acted in Jagat mohini-40, Meri Khwaish-041, and Circus ki Sundari-41. He wrote s/p and dialogues, with P L Santoshi for films Circus ki sundari-41 and Bombay Calling-42. He composed music for 5 stunt films like Kashmir ki kali-46, Toofani Teerandaz-47,Atom Bomb-47,Dhoomketu-49 and Maya Mahal-49. He had composed 35 songs.
He directed 13 films like Kalakar-42,Talash-43,Badmash-44,Jeewan swapna-46,Parbat ki Rani-48,Rangeele Musafir-50,Josh-50,Gazab-51,Char chand-53. Maharani-57,Mehfil-57,Tilasmi Duniya-62 and Mehbooba-65.
As a Costume designer he worked for Naya Daur-57, Dil apna aur Preet Parayee-60, Mere Mehboob-63,Kaajal-65, Main vohi hoon-66 and Dastak-70. As a Lyricist his most famous song was Talat’s “Hai ye vohi aasman, aur vohi zameen, par meri Taqdeer ka ab vo zamana nahin “. He wrote 146 songs in 20 films.
Nowadays, it is impossible to find such All rounders in the film industry. Among the cast members, Jal Merchant was from the Parsee Community. In the 30’s and the 40’s there were many Parsee actors in Hindi films. Initially they rolled over to Talkie films from the silent era, when the silent films stopped being made from 1934. Later on many parsees joing films willinglky too. Some parsee artistes were Sohrab Modi, Billimoria brothers, Shammi etc.
Jal Merchant was a typical Parsi born on 15-1-1920 and brought up in the Parsi Colony area in Bombay. Though his family had a business, he did not join it as he was keen to make a career in films. Bombay being the centre of filmmaking he had plenty of chances. He did not have a masculine, wide chested body, but he compensated with his superb acting skills. He could also sing in his soft voice.
It was a colorful stellar team that Jal Merchant formed with Zubaida in the early talkies. But it was in mythological roles, and not romantic parts, that they first won the hearts of cinegoers. The first picture that made them a rage everywhere was Sagar’s “Veer Abhimanyu,” in which Jal played Abhimanyu to Zubaida’s Uttara. In the next one- Subhadra Haran-32, Jal was Arjun, Abhimanyu’s father, while Zubaida played Subhadra.
Like Zubaida, Jal Merchant joined films in the “silent days”. It was a change of medium for him, for he had been playing female roles on the Gujarati stage! His performance as the heroine of “Shankit Hriday,” a Gujarati play, proved a hit, and Nagendra Majumdar, who directed the play, induced him to switch over to screen acting. Jal joined the Imperial Film Company, and among his early films the most notable was “Vasant Bengali,” a social picture directed by R.S. Chowdhury. In those days, the screen hero generally had more brawn than brains, but the lead player of “Vasant Bengali” was called upon to show more intelligence than physical prowess. Jal did just that – and won instant fame.
After the advent of sound, Jal’s first four films for Sagar were mythologicals – “Veer Abhimanyu-1931,” Subhadra Haran-1932,” “Pandav Kaurav-1933” and “Mahabharat-1933”. For close-ups of these pictures, Jal used to wear trousers and only the upper part of his body was made up for his role. But in one close-up his pants were also visible! The shot was cut on the first day of screening in Bombay.
Gifted with a fine voice, he also delighted cinegoers with his singing. He sang 33 songs in 7 films-Meerabai-32, Pandav Kaurav-33, Mahabharat-33, Grihalaxmi-34, Aaj kal-34, Sone ka Shahar-35 and Toofan Express-1938.
In “Zarina,” written and directed by Ezra Mir, he was the tongawallah who falls in love with a dancing girl at a carnival. This poignant romantic tragedy won plaudits for both Jal and Zubaida. It was their last picture together for Sagar. Zubaida left Sagar and Sabita Devi took her place. Sabita and Kumar were the first stars imported from Calcutta. Sabita co-starred with Jal in “Phantom of the Hills,” directed by Ezra Mir, in which he played a dashing Pathan riding a white charger. In “Educated Wife” (Grihalaxmi), directed by Sarvottam Badami, he played a modern educated youth. In this role the versatile Jal revealed a genial personality. Sabita was again his co-star.
Jal and Zubaida played stellar roles together once again in “Aaj Kal,” directed by R.S. Chowdhury. This was the last important picture for both stars. Jal acted in about n15 Silent films and 29 Talkie films. His first Talkie film was Veer Abhimanyu-1931 and his last Talkie film was Armaan 1953.
Jal Merchant, who already had a family flourishing business, retired from the screen. Later, he started to live a quiet life in Bandra. Jal was an excellent shikari in his younger days. His screen associates also remember his soft voice, gentle manners and sensitive, handsome face. His pairing with Zubeida and Sabita Devi was very popular. He had all the gentle Parsee manners and was a popular co-star for the heroines.
I have read somewhere that Jal Merchant died in 1963 in Bombay. He was unmarried till the end, like many Parsis. ( information from an article by V.P.Sathe in Screen, ‘Screenplay’ by Isak Mujawar, Harish Raghuwanshi ji, HFGK, muVyz and my notes have been used in this post, with thanks.)
Today’s song is sung by Khan Mastana, Miss Kamal and chorus. I do not know who this Miss Kamal was. The music was by Khan Mastana. It is a good song.
Song-Ye khel tamasha do din ka (Circus Queen)(1941) Singers- Khan Mastana, Miss Kamal, Lyricist- P.L.Santoshi and A.Kareem, MD- Khan Mastana
Khan Mastana + Miss Kamal
All chorus
Male chorus
Female horus
Lyrics
Ye khel
Ye khel tamaasha do din ka
bhai khel tamasha do din ka
ye khel
Ye khel tamaasha do din ka
bhai khel tamaasha do din ka
ye taana baana do din ka
ye hansna gaana do din kaa
ye taana baana do din ka
ye hansna gaana do din kaa
ye raunaq pyaari do din ki
ye mehlen ataari do din ki
ye raunaq pyaari do din ki
ye mehlen ataari do din ki
kya thhaur thhikaana hai in ka
kya thhaur thhikaana hai in ka
ye khel
Ye khel tamasha do din ka
bhai khel tamasha do din ka
ye khel
Ye khel tamasha do din ka
bhai khel tamasha do din ka
chalte phirte saudaagar hum
chalte phirte saudaagar
chalte phirte saudaagar hum
chalte phirte saudaagar
jahaan daal den apna dera
wahin basaa den ek nagar
jahaan daal den apna dera
wahin basaa den ek nagar
hum panchhi ee ee
hum panchhi hain parde par(??) khelen
jaate hain chun chun kar ke
hum panchhi hain parde par(??) khelen
jaate hain chun chun kar ke
apna apna tinka tinka
apna apna tinka tinka
ye khel tamaasha do din ka
ye khel tamaasha do din ka
ye khel
ye khel tamaasha do din ka
bhai khel tamaasha do din ka
ye khel
ye khel
ye khel
Ab jiyen bataao kin ke liye
Posted on: September 30, 2022
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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2012-2022) – Song No. 101
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Ten years back on this date viz on 30th September 2012, seven songs from seven different movies were covered on the blog. Here are the details:-
| Blog post number | Song | Movie (Year) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6753 | Jaao sidhaaro fateh paao | Laal e Yaman(1933) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6754 | Dhadke mera dil mujhko jawaani raam kasam na bhaaye | Baabul (1950) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6755 | Preet kiye pachhtaayee re saanwariya | Saanwariya(1949) | 7 songs covered out of 10 by now |
| 6756 | Kaaghaz ki meri naao | Do Dil (1947) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6757 | Saawan ke jhhoole pade | Jurmaana(1979) | Movie YIPPEED by now |
| 6758 | Kismet ki jeb mein angoothha naseeb ka | Manpasand(1980) | 7 songs covered out of 9 by now |
| 6759 | Mausam mastaana hai dil deewaana hai | Laalach(1983) | One song covered out of 5 by now |
We can observe that four movies (out of seven) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago have since been YIPPEED. That leaves us with three movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today on 30 september 2022.
“Saanwariya”(1949) is one such movie.
“Saanwariya”(1949) was directed by directed by Nasrat A Mansoori for Filmistan, Bombay. The movie had Rehman, Haeez Jehan, Veera, S.L.Puri, Leela Mishra, Nasrat A Mansuri, Haroon, Hamid Butt etc in it.
“Saanwariya”(1949) had ten songs in it. Seven songs have been covered so far.
Here is the eighth song from “Saanwariya”(1949) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Surinder Kaur. P L Santoshi is the lyricist. Music is composed by C Ramchandra.
Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the melancholic song.
Audio link:
Song-Ab jiyen bataao kin ke liye (Saanwariya)(1949) Singer-Surinder Kaur, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-C Ramchandra
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
ye laakhon hasratein aen aen
ye laakhon armaan aan
dil mein aen chhipaaye ae ae
jinn ke liye aey
woh bhee hamaarey ae ho na sakey
ab jiyein bataao kin ke liye ae
ab jiyein bataao kin ke liye
jin ke sahaarey ae ae ho na sakey
aansoo bahaayen kin ke liye ae ae
ab jiyein bataao kin ke liye
dard ki duniyaa aa
de ke gaye woh
keh ke gaye ae ae ye ae
duaa samjho o
haan aan aan aaan
hamaaree tumhaaree mohabbat kaa aa aa
ye khatam fasaanaa aa
huaa samjho o o
unke liye ae
meree
laakhon duaayein aen
qasmein uthhaaye jin ke liye
ab jiyein bataao kin ke liye ae
ab jiyein bataao kin ke liye
jin ke sahaarey ae ae ho na sakey
aansoo bahaayein kin ke liye ae ae
ab jiyein bataao kin ke liye
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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’s song is from the film Gul E Bakawali-1956.
Wild and fertile imagination has been a tool of entertaining mankind from ancient times. Today, old people tell tales to youngsters like they were told by their grandparents and so on. This has been going on and in the process, many creative authors chipped in their ‘ Two Cents ” to those existing stories enriching them further. Thus the child in the Adult man has always been provided fodder for his satiation for Romance and Thrill.
Arabian Nights has been one such book. Generations after generations have enjoyed the exploits of Allauddin, Alibaba and Sindbabd. Gul E Bakavali or the Magic flower of the plant Bakavali is also one of these stories. Needless to say that the filmmakers from the Silent era to the Talkie era have used this story in their films.
Gul E Bakavali-1924 was the first silent film on this story. And the first story in Talkie films was made in 1932. Let us see the History of these films….
GUL-E-BAKAVALI or the magic flower of the Bakavali Tree is supposed to do many things which are unimaginable. Gul-e-Bakawali is a popular medieval romance in many versions. The seventeenth-century poet Nawazish Khan was perhaps the first to write a Bangla version of Gule Bakawali, a story in verse about the love of Prince Taj ul mulk for the fairy Bakawali. The Sprinter catalogue records an Urdu Gule Bakawali written in verse in 1625. In 1722, Sheikh Izzatullah, a Bengali, wrote a prose version, Taj ul mulk Gule Bakawali, in persian. It is not known on which version Nawazish Khan based his poem.
There were several variant versions of Gule Bakawali, such as the poetic versions by Muhammad Mukim (1760–70), Muhammad Ali, Munsi Ebadat Ali (1840), Umacharan Mitra (1834), and Abdus Shakur, and the prose version by Bijaynath Mukhopadhyaya (1904). Kedarnath Gangopadhyaya wrote a play based on the story in 1978. Ebadat Ali’s Gule Bakawali is a dobhasi puthi.
The story was also popular in Urdu. Thus, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Munshi Nehalchand Lahori wrote a prose version titled Mazhabe Ishq (1803), and Dayashankar Nasim wrote a masnavi (poem) called Gulzare Nasim (1835).
* Gul-e-Bakavali was the first picture with the same subject as Silent film in 1924 directed by Kanjibhai Rathod and produced by Kohinoor flms. It starred Jamna, Khalil, Fatma Begum, Noor Mohamed, Sabita Devi, Sultana, Usha Rani and Zubeida.
* The story was made as Silent film again in 1930 (Starring Vishnu, Gulab .. Dir Mohanlal Shah)
* Gul-e-Bakavali was made into Hindi films five times in 1932 ( starring Ashraf Khan, Zaibunnisa.. Dir Anand Prasad Kapoor), 1947 ( Starring Feroz Dastur, Menaka, Rabab, Sanober..Dir Rustom Modi), 1956 ( starring MG Ramachandran,Varalaxmi, Rajkumari…Dir Ramanna TR), 1963( starring Jairaj, Nishi.. Dir Jugal Kishore) and 1982( starring Feroz Khan , Amjad Khan … Dir Ravi (Kant Nagaich )..
* The story was pictured earlier in Telugu in 1938 with title Gulebakavali directed by Kallakoori Sadasivaravu and starring B. Jayamma. and again pictured as Gulebakavali Katha in 1962 (starring NT Ramarao , Jamuna, Nagaratnam .. Dir Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao)
* There are two Tamil versions, one from mid 30’s by Soundararajan (Tamilnadu Talkies fame!) and another version in 1955 , directed and produced by T. R. Ramanna and starring M. G. Ramachandran, T.R. Rajakumari and G. Varalakshmi…
The earlier Punjabi version was released in 1938 (*Baby Noorjehan , Ajmal , M Isamil … Dir Barkat Mehra) …
In Pakistan the story was pictured in 1961 (Ilyas Kashmiri, Jamila Razzaq .. Dir Munshi Dil .. MD.. Safdar Hussain ).
Today’s film was a Tamil film dubbed in Hindi. The film was made by Madras Cine Corporation and was marketed by R.R. pictures, Madras. The director was Ramanna and the MD was Gyan Datt. The cast of the film was T R Rajkumari, M G Ramchandran, Tangavalan, Raja Sulochana, G Varalakshmi, Chandrababu and others. 8 Songs of the film were written by P L Santoshi (7) and Indivar (1).
M G Ramchandran, N T Rama Rao, Gemini Ganesan, Shivaji Ganesan and many well known Southern Heroes wanted to act in Hindi films, but their problem was Language. Thus most of their Films in Hindi are dubbed films, though Gemini Ganesan made some Hindi film appearances in person. The score for others in Hindi is MGR (11 films), NTR (23 films), Gemini Ganesan (24 films), and Shivaji Ganesan (19 films). (The famous Kannada Hero Dr. Rajkumar did not work at all in any Hindi film.) Same is the case with South Heroines. Let us see about T R Rajkumari.
T.R.Rajkumari was an addition to the already present Rajkumaris in Hindi films. Thank God she did not sing, only acted, that too only in films made in South or by south producers. The other Rajkumaris were Rajkumari Dubey Banaraswali, Rajkumari Calcuttewali and Rajkumari Shukla.
Thanjavur Radhakrishnan Rajayee (May 05, 1922 – September 20, 1999), popularly known by her screen name T. R. Rajakumari, was a film actress, Carnatic singer and dancer. She has been called the first “dream girl” of Tamil cinema. Later she turned as a producer along with her brother under the banner “R. R. Pictures”. She had an active career in the period between 1936 and 1963.
Rajkumari was born on 05 May 1922 in Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, now in Tamilnadu, in a family of carnatic musicians. Both her mother and her grandmother wanted her to become a singer and trained her in Carnatic music.
Rajkumari made her film debut in Kumara Kulothungan which was produced in 1938 – 39 but was released in 1941 after Kacha Devayani. In the initial ads her name appeared as T. R. Rajayee but later in the film she was credited as T. R. Rajkumari. In 1944, Rajakumari starred in the record-breaking film Haridas alongside M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and gained recognition for her glamorous portrayal.
She acted in few Hindi movies during 1948 to 1958. Her first Hindi film was Chandralekha with Ranjan.She worked in Chandralekha-48, Jeevan Tara-51, Manohar-54, Rajkumari-55, Gul e bakavali-56 ( produced by her company) and finally in Suhag-58.
Rajakumari died on September 20, 1999 after a prolonged illness.
Then there was Raja Sulochana in this film, who did 14 Hindi films. Chittajallu Rajeevalochana (15 August 1935 – 5 March 2013), better known as Rajasulochana, was a classical dancer and actress. She has acted in more than 300 Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi language films.
She was born on 15 August 1935 in Bezawada (now Vijayawada), in Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Pilliarchetty Bhakthavatsalam Naidu worked in Indian Railways and was transferred to Madras as PA to the General Manager of M&SM Railway. At school, her name was recorded in error as Rajasulochana.
She learned Indian classical dance from Lalithamma, K. N. Dhandayuthapani Pillai, Acharyulu and Vempati Chinna Satyam, Krishnakumar, Vishnu Vysarkar, and Kalamandalam Madhavan.
The Kannada stage and screen maestro H. L. N. Simha gave her an acting opportunity in Gunasagari (Kannada, 1953), produced by Gubbi Veeranna. Subsequently, she acted in about 274 films in all South Indian languages. She acted with all the leading stars of South Indian cinema such as M. G. Ramachandran, Sivaji Ganesan, N. T. Rama Rao, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Rajkumar, S. S. Rajendran, Prem Nazir, A. P. Nagarajan and M. N. Nambiar.
Rajasulochana was a special friend of the boss A.V.Meiyappan and he was trying to push her in Hindi films.It was rumoured that due to this only,a song and dance item was thrust in Chori Chori,even if it did look like a patch,having no connection to the picture story in any manner !(tum arabon ka herfer karnewale…)
Rajasulochana was a good dancer/actress and acted in some 80 odd Telugu,Kannada and Tamil movies. She acted/danced in few Hindi movies like, Aayi phirse Bahar, Alladin ka chirag, Naya aadami, Sitaron Se aage etc.
She founded the dance school “Pushpanjali Nritya Kala Kendram” in 1961 in Chennai. It has trained many students in Indian classical dance forms and celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1986. She gave many dance performances in India and abroad and got critical acclaim for the dance dramas.
She had a son out of her first marriage and after it ended in a divorce, she married actor-director C. S. Rao and had twin daughters. One daughter lives in Chennai. The other twin daughter and son live in Chicago, Illinois.
Rajasulochana died in Chennai on 5 March 2013 at the age of 77. Condoling her death, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said the actress had left an imprint for herself in the film industry. She was engaged in creating artistes in her dance school “Pushpanjali Nrithya Kala Kendram” here, Jayalalithaa said.
Today’s song is a duet of P.Susheela and G M Durrani.
Song- Bade tum veer sahi baat badi mat karna (Gul e Bakaawli)(1956) Singers-P Susheela, G M Durrani, Lyrics-P L Santoshi, MD-Gyan Dutt
Lyrics
Bade tum veer sahi
baat badi mat karna
Bade tum veer sahi
baat badi mat karna
nahin jeet mujhe paayega
teer kitne hi koi chalaaye
nahin jeet mujhe paayega
teer kitne hi koi chalaaye ae
Bade tum veer sahi
baat badi mat karna
o abhimaanin naari
kaisi kismat lalkaari
o abhimaanin naari
kaisi kismat lalkaari
is jag mein yoon maharaj
?? mera dam bharte hain
is jag main yoon maharaj
?? mera dam bharte hain
jo ho tumhaare
use ?? karte hain
jo ho tumhaare
use ?? karte hain
achcha jee ye kahiye
ab ?? kya chaahiye
achcha jee ye kahiye
ab ?? kya chaahiye
mujhe to pau baarah padte hi
jay paaun
mujhe to pau baarah padte hi
jay paaun
ye lo jee pau baarah
?? kaise pade
ye lo jee pau baarah
?? kaise pade
man pe hogi jeet
man pe hogi haar
yoon na bekaar mere sarkaar
man ko kariye beqaraar
man pe hogi jeet
man pe hogi haar
yoon na bekaar mere sarkaar
man ko kariye beqaraar
man se lubhaake
kya ??
adhikaar man pe paay gaya
dil ko waar ke
dil mein kisi ke
kariye pahle ye akhtiyaar
man se lubhaake
kya ??
adhikaar man pe paay gaya
dil ko waar ke
dil mein kisi ke
kariye pahle ye akhtiyaar
bekaar mere sarkaar
man ko kariye beqaraar
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