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Raam naam mukh bol
Posted by: Atul on: June 21, 2024
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Today’s song is from the film Bhakta Kabir-1942.
For the last two months’ period, I was very busy. First it was my ill health during which I spent a few days in Hospital also. After that I started doing my routine work. Then there was one company’s Board meeting which, being one of the Directors, I had to prepare and attend. After that I resumed my writing work and then some visitors came last week. Ms. Nupur Mitra, daughter of the legendary singer Jagmohan Sursagar came with her team-as per our plan- in connection with her forthcoming book on Jagmohan.
Prior to that, she had requested for some information and cross checking about his songs. That work had kept me busy for 7-8 days. Working with authors for their books is not new to me. Earlier I had the experience with Dr. Surjit singh ji, Biren kothari ji,Yasir Abbasi ji, Ranjan Sain and other half a dozen authors. Then there was Sheo Khetan ji for whom I had been busy for the last about two years, while he published 7 books. In between Shishir Krishna Sharma ji needs me for his work on YouTube Videos on old time artistes. Dr.Anup Phadke often needs information for his Blog. In addition to all this I am quite active on social media like Whatsapp and FaceBook. Replying to HFM queries on Emails eats away a lot of time, as it requires collecting data from different sources. Further, living alone takes up a lot of time in household management.
All in all, I have kept many of my personal work items pending for want of time. I thank God that at the age of 84 years, he keeps me busier than most retired persons I know ! This keeps me updated on the knowledge front too, as I have to refer to several books etc and make notes. In a way, staying all alone proves to be a boon for me because atleast I am not disturbing anyone’s routines due to my busy schedule.
The latest work programme for Jagmohan’s songs actually reminded me of several songs by him in Hindi films, on which I can (and I will) write posts on the Blog. In this process I found some new songs which I did not know about. It was a bonus for my work. It also helped me revise and refresh my own information.
Last month end my third book came out. However I am only a co-author of that book on Sheo ji’s insistence, as I had provided him a lot of information for these books.Next month end my 4th book will be published, again co-authored with Sheo ji. But this time my direct contribution is fifty-fifty.
Today’s song of Jagmohan is a rare coincidence. There were only two musicians from Bengal who were honoured with the title of ” Sur Sagar”. One was ofcourse Jagmohan. The other was, the Music Director of today’s film Himangshu Dutt. His name is not very well known among Hindi film lovers. He has done only 2 films in Hindi, but in Bengal his name was very famous and respected.
Himangshu Dutta ( 1908 – 15 November 1944) was a Bengali music director. Amongst several contemporary legendary composers of his time as Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and Atulprasad Sen, Dutta is renowned for his unique and melodious composition of music. Songs composed by him are usually known as “Himangshu Dutta-er Gaan” (songs of Himangshu Dutta). The Saraswat Samaj of Dhaka awarded him the title ‘Surasagar’ (Sea of Music) for his contribution to Bengali music. He himself was an accomplished singer as well.
Himangshu Dutta was born in Comilla (now in Bangladesh) in 1908, to Jogendrachandra Dutta and Nirada Devi. He was the fifth child of the couple. After receiving primary and secondary education at Comilla and passing the entrance examination from Comilla Zilla School in 1924, he came to Kolkata and joined Presidency College to get the ISC degree. He received his bachelor degree from Vidyasagar College under Calcutta University.
Jogendra Chandra was very fond of music and many eminent musicians of Comilla used to visit his house in a regular manner. This not only helped child Himangshu to listen to quality classical music at his very young age but also to get closer to various forms of music like Dhrupad, Khayal, Ghazal, Lokogiti, and other various local music forms of Comilla.
Himangshu Dutta’s mother was also a noted singer of that time and she used to sing Rabindrasangeet to her sons and daughters. Himangshu Dutta received the first lessons of music from his mother.
Himangshu Dutta learned Dhrupad from Acharya Shyamacharan Dutta and Bhajan from Ustad Khasru Miya, and Pandit Khitimohan Sensashtri. He also received training on classical music from his elder brother Shachindra Dutta.
Before reaching his teenage years, Himangshu Dutta started singing Brahma Sangeet and Bhajan in different local functions at Comilla.
In 1922 Himangshu Dutta composed music for a song whose lyric was written by his classmate Subodh Purkayastha. Himangshu sang the song at a function of his school. The duo, Himangshu and Subodh, later gave the Bengali audience a vast number of super-hit songs.
In 1923 Rabindranath Tagore visited Comilla and the young boy sang Rabindrasangeet in a public function in front of Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath appreciated it very much.
Beside having a deep interest in music composition, Himangshu Dutta was an avid notation writer from a very young age. He wrote notations for various musicians including Atulprasad Sen and Rabindranath Tagore. Maestros like Pankaj Kumar Mullick also mentioned this in his writing.
In 1928, Himangshu met singer Dr. Sudhamadhab Dutta. Next year, Dr. Dutta sang two songs composed by Himangshu at All India Radio, Kolkata. This is possibly the first occurrence at which a Bengali audience got the taste of Himangshu Dutta over the radio. From this point onwards, Sudhamadhab continued singing “Himangshu Dutta-er Gaan”, broadcast by All India Radio every Sunday.
In the year 1931 Gramophone Company of India released the first record based on the composition of Himangshu Dutta. The artist was Haripada Roy. In the same year, the company also published another record from its HMV division where Sati Devi (Ashok Kumar’s sister) was the singer, and Himangshu emerged as a star in the history of so-called modern Bengali songs.
Himangshu started using both Indian classical music and western harmony to bring a complete new type of music in the history of Bengali music composition. Beside composing music for basic Bengali, Ghazal, and Ragapradhan, he also composed music for a number of Bengali as well as Hindi film songs. In 1934, he entered the world of film industry through the film “Taruni”. In the next ten years he worked as a composer in many Bengali as well as Hindi films.
His compositions for songs like “”Boroshar Megh Name”, “Bidayer Sesh Bani”, “Birohini Chiro Birohini”, “Jodi Dokhina Pobon Ashiya”, “Rater Deule Jage”, and many others will remain as favourites to the audience of Bengali songs forever. As per HFGK, he gave music to only 2 Hindi films. Bhakta Kabir-1942 and Bhaichara-1943, composing 26 songs.
Himangshu Dutta died on 15 November 1944 at the age of 36.
India is a Multi racial, multilingual and Multi religions country. It is not only one of the largest Democracies in the world, but also the largest Secular state in the world, where people from different faiths have been living together since centuries.
Many saints and religious leaders have played a significant role in keeping the mixed population of India as One Unit, when it was needed the most. A majority of Hindus, ruled by a minority Muslim Mughals was a natural cause for social divisions, but Saints like Kabir, Surdas, Tulsidas, Ramdas, Tukaram, Ramanand, Narsi Mehta, Purandar das,namdev, Guru Nanak Dev, Eknath, Bhakta Pundarikar, Rohidas, Mrutyunjaya and many such noble souls, did an excellent job of maintaining harmony amongst peoples of different faiths.
Kabir was born near Kashi (Varanasi) to a Bramhin widow, who deserted him, for fear of social boycott. He was found and brought up by a Muslim weaver couple-Niru and Naima. Vaishnava Saint Ramanand accepted him as his disciple. Unlike some other saints, Kabir did not become a Sadhu or a Fakir, but he married and led a normal life earning from his Loom works. He had 1 son and 1 daughter also.
Kabir campaigned against social discrimination and economic exploitation. He vehemently opposed dogmas in Hinduism and islam. His language was straight from the heart, using common vernacular words, which appealed to the masses. He was against Murti-puja and believed in Bhakti and Sufi ideas. He was an illiterate person. His poems and Dohas were heard ,noted and written by his followers. His works are included in the Guru Granth Sahib of the Sikhs also. His dohas were in Awadhi, Brij and Bhojpuri languages. Through his philosophies, he spread the message of unity during his times. For him Ram and Rahim were the same.
While the authentic period of kabir is 1440 to 1518, there are popular legends about him living for 120 years and after death, his body turning into Flowers.
More than anything else Kabir is remembered for the courage of his convictions. He was a religious reformer who slashed down the orthodox bigotism of Hindus and Muslims alike. He denounced with a touch of satire, the whole apparatus of piety of the temple and the mosque, the idol and the holy water scriptures and the priests, labelling them as cults that vainly tried to replace Reality with Ritual. And thus it was that while courting bitterness from the accepted monopolists of Faith, he tried to eliminate the bitterness that then existed between Hindu and Muslims of that day. The life story of Kabir is surrounded by numerous contradictory legends, on which reliance cannot be placed. It is therefore not to be expected that any one version of his life could satisfy all such sections of people who claim to know anything about him.
Film Bhakt Kabir-1942 was made by Unity productions, Calcutta. It was directed by Rameshwar Sharma. The songs were by Pt.Shiv kumar Sharma. There were 4 songs based on Kabir’s work. Incidentally, this was the First film of Bharat Bhushan as a lead actor. Earlier he had acted in Chitralekha-1941. Of course the film Bhakta Kabir did not give any name or fame to Bharat Bhushan and he had to wait for another 10 years till the film Baiju Bawra-1952 made him very famous. The others in the cast were, Mehtab, Mazhar Khan, Padma Devi N A Ansari and few othe Bangla artistes.
Let us now listen to the Raam Bhajan sung by one Sursagar (Jagmohan), under the baton of another Sursagar(Himangshu Dutt) ! Enjoy this 82 year old bhajan….
Song- Raam naam mukh bol (Bhakt Kabir)(1942) Singer- Jagmohan Sursagar aka Jaganmoy Mitra, Lyricist- Pt. Shiv kumar Sharma, MD- Sursagar Himangshu Dutt
Lyrics
Raam naam mukh bol
Raam naam mukh bol
?? jaayenge
Raam naam mukh bol
Raam naam mukh bol
jag ke sankat dhool
dhool ho jaayenge
jag ke sankat dhool
dhool ho jaayenge
Raam naam mukh bol
Raam naam mukh bol
bhavsagar ati agam
bhavsagar ati agam
naman ?? re ae
bhavsagar ati agam
naman ?? re ae
Raam naam ki naav
baithh tar jaayenge
Raam naam ki naav
baithh tar jaayenge
?? jaayenge
Raam naam mukh bol
Raam naam mukh bol
jag ke sankat dhool
dhool ho jaayenge
Raam naam mukh bol
Raam naam mukh bol
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