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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 a song sung by Kishore kumar in his inimitable style, from the film Dilli Ka Thug-1958.

1958 was the year when so many musical films came. One could see the excellence of lyricists and the art of the Music Directors making those songs popular. In those days the active lyricists were Shakeel Badayuni, Sahir Ludhianvi, Shailendra, Majrooh, Hasrat Jaipuri, Bharat Vyas, Rajendra krishna, Prem Dhawan, Kaifi Azmi, Pradeep to name a few.

Composer kalyan ji debuted as an independent MD, for the film ‘Samrat Chandragupt’, in which a song written by Nirupa Roy was used. Iqbal Qureshi entered films with ” Panchayat”. Anand Bakshi debuted with ‘Bhala Aadmi’ and continued for another 45 years, becoming one who wrote maximum number of songs for Hindi films.

This was also the year in which, due to a misunderstanding, the long standing bond between Rajendra krishna and C.Ramchandra was broken and it became an additional reason for C Ramchandra’s downfall from his successful musical career. In this year 3 Qawalis became Hits. First was ‘Sadhana’s ‘ Aaj kyun humse parda hai’. The other 2 qawalis were from B and C grade fils. ‘Jungle Princess’ had the first ever qawali’ Adaayen teer hain’, which was a competition between Males and females. The third one was a real surprise. Film ‘Al Hilal’ gave ” Hamen to loot liya hai milke husn walon ne”, composed by Bulo C Rani.

Nargis- Sunil Dutt got married on 11th March and Shashi Kapoor- Jeniffer got married on 2nd July. Old time actors Gope and Yaqub expired. Devika Rani got Padmashree.

Some of the popular and Hit films were Aakhri Dao-Madan Mohan, Aji Bas Shukriya – Roshan, Amar Deep-C.Ramchandra, Chalti ka naam gaadi, Kala pani, Sitaron se aagey and Solva Saal – S.D.Burman, Dilli ka Thug-Ravi, Howrah Bridge, Phagun and Ragini- O.P.Nayyar, Lala Rukh and Phir Subah Hogi- Khayyam, Madhumati-Salil Chaudhari, Parvarish-Dattaram, Sadhana-N.Datta, Yahudi-Shankar-Jaikishen etc etc.

Dilli ka Thug-1958 was prodominently a Kishore Kumar film.

Kishore Kumar came to Bombay to become a singer, but he was forced by the circumstances to become a comedy actor. For Kishore Kumar, his dream of becoming a singer was looking bleak. Instead of singing, he was getting offers to do comic roles in films. It was only Dada Burman who dared to cast Kishore as the Playback singer for Dev Anand. The first ever song he sang for Dev Anand was ” Mere labon mein chhipe”-Baazi-51. However, it was not until his song in Munimji-55 ” Jeevan ke safar mein raahi” that he proved he was a singer first and actor next. Out of all 12 songs of Munimji, only this song was the most popular and hummable. In Funtoosh-56,Dada gave him ” Dukhi man mere”.By now Kishore was out of Saigal’s shadow. The song clicked, but not Kishore, because in that period he had heaps of acting offers and there was no time for concentrating on singing. He settled for singing his own songs and those songs for Dev which Dada gave him occasionally.

When Kishore kumar was trying very hard to establish himself in the film industry, at least as a comedy hero-if not a singer, it was Dada Burman who helped him by giving him songs in almost every film of his in the 50s.

Dada was an experimentalist and had judged Kishore very well. He knew that Kishore was a talented artiste, though without formal training in music. In the days when the music was serious and classical oriented, there were no takers for Kishore except Dada Burman. Kishore had a plain voice and had nothing else except his spontaneity in front of the mike to help him.

S D Burman was a path breaker. There are few instances of Dada going against the tide and winning ! The trend in the film industry was to use one singer for one actor in one film. Like, Mukesh for Raj Kapoor, Kishore for Rajesh khanna or Rafi for Dilip or later on for Shammi kapoor etc. Dada did not subscribe to this theory. He would use the singer depending on the mood of the song and situation of the song in the film. No matter if he has to use more singers for one Hero in One film.

Thus, Manhar, Kishore and Rafi sang for Amitabh in Abhimaan and Rafi, Kishore and Manna Dey sang for Dev Anand in Manzil. He had tried Kishore on Raj Kapoor in Pyar-50. In Sagina, Kshore sang for Dilip Kumar.

Kishore Kumar is the only singer in the world to have sung songs for three generations of actors from one family-TWICE !

He sang song “Bainya chhodo” for Mumtaz Ali, father of Mehmood-for whom Kishore sang many songs and in film Yehi hai Zindagi, Kishor sang for Mehmood’s son Lucky Ali.

He sang for Raj Kapoor in Pyaar-50, then he sang many songs for his son Rishi Kapoor. In the 2008 film, ” Bachna ae Haseeno”- Kishore Kumar song- Bachna ae Haseena was lip synched by Rishi Kapoor’s son, Ranbir Kapoor.

Despite the outstanding success of ”Padosan”-68, Kishore remained where he was- neither an actor nor a singer. The turning point came in 1969. S D Burman was composing music for ‘Aradhana’. He had already recorded 2 duets of Rafi and then Dada Burman fell seriously ill. He handed over the reins of music of this movie to his son R D Burman. Dada had already made the tunes. R D had only to make the recordings. Fresh from the success of Padosan and the songs of Kishore in that film, R D decided to record 2 solos and 1 duet with Lata in Kishore’s voice. Dada was not at all in a position to even protest and R D had never preferred Rafi over Kishore.

Kishore recorded the songs and ”the rest is History” as they say. In the 21st year of his film career, finally, Kishore had achieved what he had been dreaming of. Now every other composer wanted only Kishore and not Rafi. R D Burman had quietly brought a revolution in HFM, hoodwinking all, even his own father ! On his part, Kishore too had matched Rajesh Khanna’s screen presence with vitality and freshness in the songs of Aradhana. The success of Aradhana-not only its songs, but also a successful popular film with the most ordinary plot ever, was so much that people forgot that Hemant Kumar too had used Kishore Kumar for Rajesh Khanna in 1969 only itself in film Khamoshi, for the song” Voh shyam kuch ajeeb thi”. But this classic song from Hemant Kumar was swept away in Aradhana floods.

With ‘Aradhana’, Kishore’s second Golden period started-1970 to 1975, from 1970 to 1985, it is called Kishore Yug in HFM, but the melodious songs which he sang during the 6 years, i.e. 70-75 were really his best. Even after that Kishore did give some good songs, but,as he himself said in an interview ” the real music ended with 1975. Later on it was only factory production on line”. During 1970 to 1985 he sang more than 1800 songs in 764 films. You can imagine the quality of songs in later years.

Kishore had waited for 21 years to become a Singer, and he did become one, he sang only for 18 years !

it is a coincidence that one of the actors in Film Dilli ka Thug had also come to films to become a singer- and he had recorded some songs too- but ended up as an actor. The name may be unexpecte for most readers. He was IFTEKHAR !

Sayyadana Iftekhar Ahmed Shareef was born in Jallundhar on 26-2-1922. His father was a big gun in a private company at Kanpur, so his education upto Matriculation took place in Kanpur. Then he went to Lucknow to do a Diploma in Painting. He was very fond of singing and wanted to become a singer like the legendary Saigal. Naturally , he went to Calcutta to gain entry into singing . There he met Kamal Dasgupta who was impressed with his personality and mannerisms.

He not only recorded 2 of his songs, but also recommended his name as an actor to his production company. In 1944, Iftekhar was taken as an actor in the film Taqraar, opposite actress Jamuna. Next year, he did Ghar-45 and also Rajlakshmi-45- in which Talat Mehmood also acted and sang songs. During this period he fell in love with a Jew Girl- Hanna Joseph, who stayed in his building. Iftekhar broke his earlier engagement to Sayeeda from Lucknow and got married to Hanna, after converting her to Islam. Sayeeda never married in her lifetime after this break up. He got 2 daughters.

After 1947, his family had migrated to Pakistan, but he chose to remain in India. By that time he had done 2 more films, namely, Aisa Kyun and Tum aur Main. He decided to shift to Bombay due to riots in Calcutta in 47-48. In Bombay, he had no work and faced a lot of problems. His wife had to do a job for sustenance. Iftekhar was recognised and helped by Ashok Kumar. He was given a role in the film Muqaddar-50. Being a good painter, Iftekhar taught Painting to Ashok Kumar. In the next 20 years, he did 70 films.

Then came the film Ittefaq-1969, in which he did the role of a Police Officer. This film changed his life and there was no looking back. Films like Zanjeer, Deewar etc further augmented his image and he was well entrenched. He bought a house, car etc. His daughters got married. Iftekhar acted in 318 films in all.

After his younger daughter’s death, Iftekhar was a broken man. He fell ill and within a month’s time, he died on 1-3-1995.

It is written in many places on the Internet, that Iftekhar was the brother of actress Veena. It is NOT true. His only sister Shameem got married and migrated to Lahore, in 1947, where she died recently. Veena’s brother Iftekhar was a different person who got embroiled in the love affair of actress Suraiya. ( adapted, with Thanks, from http://www.beetehuedin.blogspot.com in addition to my own notes.)

With today’s song video, film Dilli ka Thug-1958 becomes an YIPPEE film, having all its songs covered here. Enjoy….


Song-Tera yoon nazar churaa ke jaanaa haaye haaye (Dilli Ka Thug)(1958) Singer- Kishore Kumar, Lyricist- Shailendra, MD- Ravi

Lyrics

chal re fakeere
chal ri amiran
takataka takbak
chal re fakeere
jibi chak jibi chak
dheere dheere
bidi bidi bidi bidi bidi bidi bidi bidi
hrrf mere
ae

o bandariya
o bandariya apne bandar se jhagadna hai bura
ik zara si baat par
aise bigadna hai bura

arrey tera yoon nazar chura ke jaana haaye haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye
tera yoon nazar chura ke jaana haaye haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye

rooth ke kahaan chali
o meri champakali
kab talak phiroongaa main
is tarah gali gali
tere bina mere dil ki
dil mein rahi jaaye
haaye haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye
tera yoon nazar chura ke jaana haaye haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye

dil chura ke chal diye
waah kya kamaal hai
ae tussi
ae tussi
ai tussi great ho ji ee
dil chura ke chal diye
waah kya kamaal hai
chor jaisi harkaten
mor jaisi chaal hai
dil bhi churaaye aur aankh bhi dikhaaye
haaye
haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye
tera yoon nazar chura ke jaana haaye haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye

berukhi se iss tarah
jaate hain toh jaayiye
haahaa haahhaah
berukhi se iss tarah
jaate hain toh jaayiye
haath na maliye janaab
honth na chabaaiye
bekadar ho pyaar kya hai
tum na samajh paaye
haaye haaye haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye
tera yoon nazar chura ke jaana haaye haaye
yoon shuru hua hai yeh fasaana haaye haaye


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 a film which is as old as 66 years – Dilli ka Thug-1958. The film was produced and directed by S.D.Narang and the music was composed by Ravi – who had become an independent composer with the film Vachan in 1955. The songs were written by S.H.Bihari, Shailendra and Majrooh Sultanpuri. The cast of the film was Kishore Kumar, Nutan, Smriti Biswas, Amar, Madan Puri, Iftekhar, Krishnakant, Protima Bedi, Mirajkar and many others.

This was one of the songs from the period which can be called “Comedian Kishore Kumar Era”. During the period 1953 to 1968, Kishore acted as a Leading man in 68 films ! This means, on an average, there was one Kishore film every 3 months during these 15 years. Quite a fast track performance !.

Film industry attracted many people from far and near. There were people from every corner of India who wanted to join the film industry. If you analyse what type of people joined films, you get roughly the following picture….

Most people who worked in the Film industry in any field- be it acting, direction, composing music, dancing, producing, in fact any department-joined the industry on their own.

However, there was also a class of artistes who were forced by the circumstances to work in the film industry- for example, the Mangeshkar sisters.

Then there were artistes who were forced by their near ones to join the film industry, like Meena Kumari, Husn Banu, Mumtaj Shanti or Madhubala,for example.

And there were artistes who came on their own to build a career in the film industry, like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Sapru, Jeevan etc.

Few artists joined the industry because it was the family tradition, like Raj Kapoor, Shammi and Shashi Kapoor etc..

Then there were also some artistes who had never dreamt of it, but had to enter the acting field, like Ashok Kumar, Ranjan, Motilal, E.Bilimoria etc., for example.

Kishore Kumar was fond of singing from childhood. Without formal training, he had a natural gift of a good voice, sense of music and a good understanding of singing. When elder brother Ashok Kumar became an actor and sang in films, he too wanted to become a singer, but was forced to become an actor in the beginning of his film career. His brother Ashok Kumar, who was an Astrologer by hobby, had predicted that he would never become a singer !

While in school and in college in Khandwa, he would sing by charging 4 Annas for a Saigal song and 1 Anna for a Ashok Kumar song. In later days, rate for a Saigal song was raised to one rupee but Ashok Kumar rate remained at 1 Anna only ! Kishore Kumar came to Bombay to meet Saigal, but ended up doing a small role in the film Shikari-1946. His name was at No. 7 in the film credits.

Interestingly, 1946 was a year when many artistes- almost 30 odd-made their Debuts in different departments of filmmaking. Some of them are Hansraj Behl-Pujari, Snehal Bhatkar- Rukmini Swayamvar, Vinod-Paraye Bas Mein, Indivar- Double Face, Tasneem- Kuldeep, Shashi- Neera and Nanda, Baby Tabassum- Nargis, Nigar Sultana-Rangbhoomi, Cuckoo as a heroine with the name Kishori-Sona Chandi, Nirupa Roy-Amar Raj, Geeta Bali- Badnami, Geeta Roy- Bhakta Prahlad, K.A.Abbas, Ravi shankar, Balraj and Damayanti Sahni-Dharti ke Laal, Meena kapoor- Eight Days, Sudhir Phadke- Gokul, P.L.Santosi as a Director, Dev anand, Rehman, Rehana, Kamla Kotnis-Hum ek hain, Ram Ganguli-Maharana Pratap, Abhi Bhattacharya- Milan, Chetan Anand, Uma Anand, Kamini Kaushal-Neecha Nagar, Majrooh Sultanpuri – Shahjehan, and S.D. Burman-Shikari.

After Shikari, Kishore Kumar did a Police Inspector’s role in Shehnai-47. Finally, in the film Ziddi-48 he sang 2 songs-1 solo and 1 duet with Lata (later they sang 320 duets). In the film Ziddi, he was also in the cast, though uncredited. He did the role of a Gardener, who passes witty remarks-2 or 3 times. He then acted in Sati Vijay-48. Then in Rimzim-49 and Pyaar-50 he got opportunities to sing songs. In 1950, in Muqaddar he acted and also sang songs. In Khiladi-50, he sang one song.

From 1948-2 songs, in 1949-3 songs and in 1950 10 songs. Thus by 1950 he sang just 15 songs. Then from 1951 to the end of 1953 he sang 56 songs, and then onwards his tally increased. Till 1968, he restricted his singing only to mostly himself and Dev Anand. I was his great fan till he became a fast Punjab Mail after Aradhana-1969. However, sometimes his old sweetness too was found in a few songs.

The producer and director of this film, S.D.Narang was one of the highly educated artiste in the film industry. Here is a story which is stunning and unbelievable ! A young man was born on 18-6-1918,at Lyallpur,Punjab. He studied hard and got higher education.First he did B.Sc., then completed M.B.B.S. and became a Medical Doctor. Later he submitted a Thesis and got his Ph.D. All this from Lahore Medical College. He also wrote some research papers and 2 books. With this sparkling education, he could have had a luxurious living,but he chose to join the uncertain Film World. True to his habit, he succeeded here too and became a Hero,Producer,Director,Studio owner , a Lyricist and a writer.

Yes, in the early era of the late 30s,when educated people were a rarity,this highly qualified young man came into films. His name was SATYA DEV NARANG or simply, S.D.Narang.(18-6-1918 to 25-1-1986 ). Here are some highlights of his life,adapted from the site http://www.sdnarangsfan.com…With thanks.

1. During his life, from 1918 to 1986, he served the Indian Film Industry, at three Capitals of this industry, Lahore (1936 to 1946), Calcutta (l947 to 1951) and Bombay (1952 to 1980), as hero, producer, director, writer and Studio owner.

2. He had the distinction of being the highest educated man in the film industry. He was B.Sc., M.B.B.S and Ph. D from Lahore Medical College.

3. He had the credit of being the debut making leading man of ‘ Khazanchi’ which was The First Indian Film to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.

4. He was the youngest leading man in Lahore, who played the lead in Khazanchi, Ravi Paar, Zamindar, Patwari, Gawandhi,Thekedar, Sahara,Yeh Hai Zindagi (his first venture as producer-director) and Kamini.

5. In Calcutta he produced ‘Chittagong Armoury Raid’, which was India’s ‘First Revolutionary Film’. He also produced Nai Bhabhi, Ek Raat, Aprajitha, and Chiner Putul and also played the leading roles in these films. Apart from his own movies, he played the lead in Iran Ki Ek Raat and Kajari,which were produced by outside producers.

6. After partition, he had to leave Lahore, like a Refugee, leaving all his assets and immovable property behind him. With his hard work and experience once again he was able to establish himself as the hero, producer, director, writer and Studio owner at Delhi. But the studio proved disaster in disguise for him. Being a soft hearted person, he was giving credit to the producers, who used to shoot their films in his studio. They duped him and he had to suffer heavy losses. With this bitter experience he left the city and entered the City of Dreams and the capital of Entertainment, Bombay, in 1952.

7. Being a passionate movie maker, Dr. S. D. Narang was able to get himself settled in Bombay, within a very short span of time. He had already dedicated himself to the silver screen. Once again he arose alive from his own ashes, like a Phoenix.

8. He made his presence felt in a big way in the big City of Bombay.

He produced and directed many films with big stars. In Tanhai and Darban he played the leading role himself. Some of the important films produced by him in Mumbai include, Arab Ka Saudagar, Yahudi Ki Ladki, Dilli Ka Thug, Sagai, Babul Ki Kaliyan, Do Thug, Ram Kasam, College Girl, Do Ustad, Kismatwala and Nishanebaaz. He had also produced Shehnai, which was India’s First Air-Force Film.

9. He was also the producer of Bombay Ka Chor, which was India’s First ‘Holiday-on-Ice’ movie.

10. He has also the credit of producing India’s First Under-water-movie, ‘Anmol Moti’ Jeetendra and Babita starrer.

11. The movie maker with Midas touch, Dr. S. D. Narang, had spent his 50 golden years of his cinematic profession, in the service of Silver Screen.(1936-86)

12, Before venturing into the film industry as the leading man, S. D. Narang, had an aptitude for research and while studying in Lahore Medical College, he did research on ‘Binocular Theory Of Vision’, which was published in his college Magazine. He bagged the Ph. D and became the Doctor of Philosophy, though he was already a Doctor of medicines.

13, Apart from being the author of a novel ‘Hippy Aur Yogi’ and ‘Human Psychology’, he had written a most praiseworthy book, ‘An Introduction To The Theory Of ‘Bio-Economics. It was actually a new approach to diagnosis and cure of Inflation and poverty. If applied to the present Global financial crisis, it can change the face of the fiscal fate of the World.

14. In 1960 he got married to actress of his time Smriti Biswas,with whom he had played the lead in many films. After her marriage she stopped signing new films, and decided to play the roles of faithful wife and caring mother. Still she prefers to prepare food for her beloved sons Rajiv Narang and Satyajeet Narang.

The story of the film Dilli ka Thug-1958, as I found on IMDB is this…..

“Dili Ka Thug” (Trickster of Delhi) is a movie revolving around Kishore (Kumar) who gambles and tricks people to make money. On being confronted by his mother, he decides to find a job and lands one in Mumbai, where he continues wooing Asha (Nutan). Kishore’s father and his friend were murdered by a notorious Anantram who now wears a mask to hide his true identity and continues manufacturing spurious medicines and also passes as Nutan’s uncle. The firm employing Kishore is run by Anantram and his two henchmen-Sevakram and Bihari. Anantram goes to murder Kishore in the hospital but drops his monocle which makes Iftekhar suspicious-he manages to take Anantram’s fingerprints on SohanLal’s wallet and figures out the truth. What follows is a dramatic air-borne sequence where Anantram is beaten by Kishore and shot by Nutan. Kishore manages to land the aeroplane after the pilots lose their consciousness…and as they say all’s well that ends well.

The first half of the movie is slow and would have been a drag but for the presence of the inimitable Kishore Kumar. The director makes up for the first half in the latter half of the movie as the events unfold quickly before the story reaches its climax. One also gets to listen to some very memorable songs-a water ballet “ye bahar ye sama, ye jhoomti jawaniyan” and then “hum to mohabbat karega..” followed by “CAT..” showing Kishore doing his hilarious earth-shaking moves and then the beautiful duet “ye raatein ye mausam..”

It’s like going back in time…only by 66 years and a sad realization that none of the actors who played a pivotal role in the movie are alive but their memory lingers on (other than the singer Asha Bhonsle).

Here is a song, sung by Asha Bhosle and chorus. Enjoy….


Song- Ye bahaar ye samaa ye jhoomti jawaaniyaan(Dilli Ka Thug)(1958) Singer- Asha Bhosle, Lyricist- S.H.Bihari, MD- Ravi
Chorus

Lyrics

aaaaaa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa

ye bahaar ye samaa
ye jhoomti jawaaniyaan
ye bahaar ye samaa
ye jhoomti jawaaniyaan
dekhiye kidhar kidhar jaaiye kahaan kahaan
ye bahaar ye samaa

bahak rahee hai is tarah husn ishq ki nazar
chala hai raah bhool ke jaise koi bekhabar
mastiyon mein doobti lo chali hai zindagi
kho gaya hai pyaar ke khwaab mein jahaan
ye bahaar ye samaa ye jhoomati jawaaniyaan
dekhiye kidhar kidhar jaiye kahaan kahaan
ye bahaar ye samaa

aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa

dekh aisa waqt phir miley na zindagaani mein
gori gori baahon ne laga di aag paani mein
kisne rang ghola hai
mauj ek shola hai
jal rahe hain aaj ye zameen o aasmaan
ye bahaar ye samaa
ye jhoomti jawaaniyaan
dekhiye kidhar kidhar
jaaiye kahaan kahaan
ye bahaar ye samaa


This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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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Hullo Atuldom

There are some celebrities who’s birthdays & anniversaries become national events. The media goes crazy in trying to show case their work and remind the film-crazy public about the body of their work, and bring them into public domain. I don’t grudge these celebrities their popularity. All of the concerned actors, actresses, music directors, singers etc have a huge fan following because of their work only.

Then there are those who reach milestone birthdays quietly, without much fanfare. 23rd September happens to be one such date. It is the date of birth of 3 actors whose work I have been following since I started seeing films consciously.

23rd September happens to be the 88th birthday of Prem Chopra- the tall, handsome, smart gentleman actor who excelled in playing characters which were very often negative. Who can forget his mannerisms & the Drawl when he mouths dialogue like “Prem naam hai mera, Prem Chopra” accompanied by a sinister smile. His “main woh bala hoon jo seeshe se patthar todta hoon” was equally intimidating. But in later years of his career he was comfortable in saying “nanga nahayega kya aur nichodega kya” & it tickled the audience.. We have seen him in around 380 Hindi & Punjabi films which were spread over 50/60 years. I am not sure which was his first film. I don’t know if he was the male lead or part of supporting cast in his first film, but his last released film was “Bunty Aur Babli 2” which came in 2020. Wishing this gentleman a very Happy Birthday & may he have a contented retirement with his family. 🙂

Malayalam actor Madhavan Nair turns 90 today. His brush with Hindi films was in 1969 when he played one of the “Saat Hindustani” alongside Jalal Agha, Utpal Dutt, Irshad Ali, Anwar Ali, Amitabh Bachchan & Shehnaz in the K.A. Abbas directed film “Saat Hindustani”. I have read somewhere that in later years he had appeared in a Sai Paranjape directed film too. He is commonly known as Madhu in South Indian films and has been active since the early ’60s. He had his own style & fan-base even in the era of Prem Nazir being the most- sought actor. He has acted, mainly, in Malayalam films and has appeared in a few Tamil movies too. His last film released in 2022 but now he has hung his boots. Since morning my husband & me were noting that news channels were speaking about this actor. Googling gave me the information about it being Madhu a.k.a Madhavan Nair’s (the Malayalam actor) birthday.

23rd September is the landmark birthday of an actress too. She was born into a film family. Her mother, older sister, nieces & nephew are all connected to the film industry. As also her in-laws, husband, daughters, son-in-law and his father too have been entertaining moviegoers since moviemaker began in India? 🤔

We are talking of Tanuja daughter of Shobana Samarth, sister of Nutan, daughter- in-law of the Mukherjee family, mother of Kajol & Tanisha, & mother-in-law to Ajay Devgan whose father was also a film fight composer. Tanuja has been facing the camera since 1950 when her mother Shobana Samarth directed “Hamari Beti” to launch a 14-year old Nutan. Tanuja played a child artist in that movie. The first time I saw a film with Tanuja was “Haathi Mere Saathi” in 1971 but her first role on growing up was possibly in “Humari Yaad Aaayegi”, “Memdidi” or “Aaj aur Kal”. She is still seen occasionally when she comes on reality shows as guest.

In the 1980s there were a spate of films that had family-social-drama as their central storyline. Tanuja was seen in a few of them as the oldest Bahu who would be the bhabhi-maa to her Devars & Nanand. Typically, one of the Devar would marry a lady who would turn nasty to her jethani & the family will experience a lot of hardships. There were films with similar stories in the late 1950s & 60s too- remember “Choti Behen”.

Much as I would have loved to post a song featuring atleast two of the actors having their birthdays today, the song features Tanuja only. Of course there will be films where Tanuja & Prem Chopra were part of the cast but I didn’t find any song which has the 2 of them.

Today’s song is from “Ghar Ka Sukh” (1987). It had Shoma Anand playing devarani to Tanuja. It has Shoma Anand trying to appease a sulking Tanuja. It is in the voices of Anuradha Paudwal & Alka Yagnik. I had seen this song a few year back & was waiting to introduce it here.

Let us enjoy the song and wish Tanuja a very Happy Birthday.


Song-Bol ree jethhaani (Ghar Ka Sukh)(1987) Singers-Anuradha Paudwal, Alka Yagnik, Lyrics-Ravi, MD-Ravi
Both

Lyrics

bol ri jethaani
kaahe ko gussa ho gayi
bol ri jethaani
kaahe ko gussa ho gayi
gussa zyaada ho to thhoda pi lo thhanda paani
arrey bol ri jethani
kaahe ko gussa ho gayi
bol ri jethaani

dekho
o ho

gusse ki acting to achchi karti ho tum
ek dam Tanuja jaisee lagti ho tum
gusse ki acting to achchi karti ho tum
ek dam Tanuja jaisee lagti ho tum
mujhe pata hai phr ke mukhda kyun baithi ho tum
hansi aa na jaaye kahin
darti ho tum
hahaha
hahaha
gusse mein bhi kitni sunder lagti hai maharaani
arrey bol ri jethaani
kaahe ko gussa ho gayi
bol ri jethaani
nahin maanti
roothhi raho
main bhi tumse baat nahin karoongi
katti

bol ri devraani
haaye tu kyun gussa ho gayi
bol ri devraani
haaye tu kyun gussa ho gayi
mujhe manaane aayi thhi
lo khud roothi meri raani
arey bol ri devrani
haaye tu kyun gussa ho gayi
bol ri devraani
achcha
to tu aise nahin maanegi

roothi reh
main tujhko kabhi bhi na manaaungi
khud bhi na hansoongi
na main tujhko hansaaungi
roothi reh mai tujhko kabhi bhi na manaaungi
khud bhi na hansungi
na main tujhko hansaungi
aane de devar ji ko tere kaan khichwaaungi
teri sabhi roosa roosi unko bataaungi

na na
aisa nahin karna
devar ji ka naam liya to kaisee mar gayi naani
areey bol ri devraani

haan haan
keh de na unse
khinchwa de na mere kaan
main bhi tumse baat nahin karoongi

arre main to mazaak kar rahi thhi
buraa maan gayee
roothh gayee mujhse

maine mana tere miyaan ki lagti hoon main bhaabhi
lekin ghar ki badi hoon
rakhoon sab taalon ki chaabhi
hans de jo ik baar zara tu o meri devraani
main banaras ki saadi dilwa doongi
main banaras ki saadi dilwa doongi
laal rang ka lehenga choli
jaipur se mangwaa ke
uspe gota kinaari lagwa doongi
uspe gota kinaari lagwa doongi
aur phir tu
raat ko devar jee ke aage
sharma ke gaayegee
haaye
pallo latke
gori ko pallo latke
pallo latke
gori ko pallo latke
zarai si
zarai si
tedho hoyi ja baalma
mero pallo latke
pallo latke
gori ko pallo latke
zarai si
zarai si tedho hoyi ja baalma
mero pallo latke
arre
kitna mana rahi hoon
maanti hi nahin
saadi chaba rahi hai
bhookhi hai kya

chal chaupaati
donon milkar khaayenge poori paani
fudak fudak kar chalti jaise ho gudiya japani
arey bol ri devrani

tu hi meri maa hai
tu hi badi behna
tu hi meri maa hai
tu hi badi behna
maanoongi sada hi main to tera kehna
isi tarah bas pyaar mein beete saari zindgaani
isi tarah bas pyaar mein beete saari zindgani
o meri jethaani
ari o meri devraani
ari o meri jethaani
laalalalalalalala
laalalalalalalala
laalalalalalalala
laalalalalalalala
laalalalalalalala


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5535 Post No. : 17993

Today’s song is from a religious film Prabhu ki Maya (1955).

This film was made by the well known Filmistan studios. It was directed by Vithaldas Panchotiya and the Music Director was Ravi Shankar, for whom it was his only second movie as an independent composer. He went on to do 112 Hindi films composing 796 songs. He also sang 21 songs in 18 films and in addition wrote66 songs in 21 films as a Lyricist. So, what remained was Acting and Directing a film, which he never tried ! He also had a stint as an MD in Malayalam Films with the name ” Bombay Ravi “.

Mythology and Religion are two things which are very popular throughout the world. Not only in India, but all over the world, except probably the Communist countries, where Religion is considered as a Tablet of Opium ! There was a time when many Mythological and Religious films were made in India, but these days this Genre Seems to have shifted to television and almost all Indian language TV stations air the Mythological and Religious serials. The kind of TRP Ramayan and Mahabharat got on TV indicates that the medium has changed but the response of Indians has not changed towards religion. It is not just we Indians who like this Genre, even in older times Hollywood used to make such films. During my World Tour in the early 2000, I had noticed that even in Japan and the Far East they made their Mythological and Religious films.

Fundamentally, Indian people are simple people who are God fearing and God loving. Indian public never gets tired of the routine.Films on Love Triangle are being made since 1931 till today though by repackaging them differently in keeping with the changing times. Though the final outcome is predictable and very well known to the viewers, these films still celebrate jubilees in the Theatres !

Similarly, all Mythological films are based on the principle of ” Satyamev jayate” or “Victory of good over the Evil”. Each film presents it in different ‘dressing’ and different routes. The fights of the Gods and the Rakshasas are very interesting, because of lot of firework (literally and figuratively), Trick scenes and unimaginable get-ups of the Rakshasas ( like only one eye on the forehead, or half animal body or simply an ugly looking Giant etc ). In olden days, I remember that there used to be loud rants of “Jai Shri Ram ” or ” Har Har Mahadev” within the theatre at the end of the movie- depending on who the main God of the film was.

But then, who are these Asurs, daitya or the Rakshasas ?

Their literary origins can be traced to Vedic sources through Hymn 87 of the tenth mandala of the Rig Veda. Here they are classified amongst the Yatudhanas, demonic creatures who consume the flesh of humans. It is said that Rakshasas were created from the breath of Brahma when he was asleep at the end of the Satya Yuga. As soon as they were created, they were so filled with bloodlust that they started eating Brahma himself. Brahma shouted “Rakshama!” (Sanskrit for “protect me!”) and Vishnu came to his aid, banishing to Earth all Rakshasas (thus named after Brahma’s cry for help).

The tracing back to Kashyapa is not necessarily a later edit, but is not mentioned in the dense Hymns of the Vedas because of poetic choice. The knowledge of the Rakshasa lineage traceable to Kashyapa may have been known at the time of the compilation of the Vedas, but lineages are altogether foreign from the style of the Vedas and thus would have appeared out of place. That is why the Puranas and Epics elaborate on lineages, but Vedas do not.

Kashyapa was married to the thirteen daughters of Daksha, among them were Aditi, Diti and Danu.
His sons with Danu are the Danavas
His sons with Diti are the Daityas
His sons with Aditi are the Adityas, who are considered Devas and are also called Suras.

Rakshasa were most often depicted as ugly, fierce-looking and enormous creatures with two fangs protruding down from the top of the mouth as well as sharp, claw-like fingernails. They are shown as being mean, growling like beasts and as insatiable cannibals who could smell the scent of flesh. Some of the more ferocious ones were shown with flaming red eyes and hair, drinking blood with their palms or from a human skull (similar to vampires in later Western mythology). Generally they could fly, vanish, and had Mayaawi shakti (magical powers of illusion), which enabled them to change size at will and assume the form of any creature.

Aside from its treatment of unnamed rank-and-file Rakshasas, the epic tells the stories of certain members of the race who rose to prominence, some of them as heroes, most of them as villains. In the world of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Rakshasas were a populous race of supernatural humanoids. There were both good and evil rakshasas, and as warriors they fought alongside the armies of both good and evil. They were powerful warriors, expert magicians and illusionists. As shape-changers, they could assume various physical forms, and it was not always clear whether they had a true or natural form. As illusionists, they were capable of creating appearances which were real to those who believed in them or who failed to dispel them. Some of the rakshasas were said to be man-eaters, and made their gleeful appearance when the slaughter on the battlefield was at its worst. Occasionally they served as rank-and-file soldiers in the service of one or the other warlord.

As far as Religious films are concerned, there is no dearth of stories. During the Bhakti Movement in India, right from the 6th century it originated in Tamilnadu and spread all over. Its peak period was between the 15th and 17th Century. Though it was primarily to invoke the feelings among the natives to fight aggressors to save our culture and religion, it also provided abundant material for books, dramas, Kirtans and finally films, getting inspiration from the lives of the saints of this period. Today’s film is a Religious film mixing a little of Mythology. The story of the film ” Prabhu Ki Maya” (1955) was…..

A landlord is weeping as his son has died of Snake Bite. By coincidence, Swami Atmanand is passing by. Seeing the plight of the father, he revives his son and advises the landlord not to get involved in worldly affairs and lead a detached life like Shukdev. Upon asking about the story, Swami tells the story.

Instigated and coaxed by Narada, Parvati goes to Shiv ji and requests to learn the secret of Amaratva (immortality),so that she can become Amar too. Shivji,in a good mood then, narrates the Tatva to her, but in the long discourse Parvati falls asleep and the rest of the tatva is heard by a small bird-Shukdev. When Shiv ji learns about this, he wants to destroy Shukdev. Terrified, Shukdev enters the open mouth of Vyas Muni’s wife, when she is yawning. Once inside ,he remains safe for 12 years.It takes a birth and immediately flies away in search of Bramhagyan. Narada takes him to Vyas Muni,who teaches him and then takes him to King Janaka. While in transit Shukdev sees a Lion, killed by king Parikshit get salvation by listening to Shrimad Bhagwat. A thirsty King Parikshit goes to Shyamak muni’s ashram and asks for water. Since the Muni is in samadhi, he does not respond,so irritated, king Parikshit puts a dead snake in his neck. This is seen by Muni’s son and he curses Parikshit. To get rid of the curse he goes to Ganga maiya who sends him to Shuk Dev. After listening to Shrimad Bhagwat from Shukdev, King Parikshit goes to heaven freed from the curse.

The film emphasises the need for everyone to read Shrimad Bhagwat daily for total salvation.

The director of this film was Vithaldas Panchotiya ( Born 15 October 1906-Died 2 October 1987 ). Except those readers, who have a knowledge of early era Hindi films, it is unlikely that other readers might have even heard this name. In the early era, when the studio system was firmly established, the artistes employed by the studio had no specific duties. Anybody and everybody had to do what was needed by the company. Due to this many capable artistes became all rounders in film making.

Vithaldas Panchotiya was certainly one such person. He has been a Producer, Director, story writer, dialogue writer, screenplay writer, lyricist, Singer, Music Director and God knows what else !

Born in October 1906 in Vadnagar in Gujarat, he followed his father’s footsteps. His father worked in stage dramas and toured with the drama company. From the age of 8 years Vithaldas started acting in dramas. Later he joined Calcutta’s Alfred Drama company, owned by Madon Theatres Limited. He worked on a salary of Rs. 35 pm. While working in dramas, he established his own Gujarat Film company and produced 12 silent films in 10 years. Vithaldas first acted in the silent film ‘ Dhruv charitra’-1921. He learnt dance and music too. He acted , directed, sang songs and gave music also. He acted in Talkie film ” Muflis Ashiqe”-1932, claimed to be India’s first comedy film. He acted, sang and composed music for this film.

Being a staunch Gandhian, he used to participate in rallies etc. Some of his films were Hindustan-32, Insaf ki Tope-34, Gaibi Gola-35 ( he was the writer and the director too.He gave a break to Baby Noorjahan in this film.), Khudai Khidamadgar-37 aka Garib ki Tope, Takdir ki Tope-38 etc . As per one source, he acted in 35 films, directed 10 talkie films, sang 8 songs, gave music to 1 film and wrote Lyrics to 2 films. Additionally story, dialogues and screenplay writing were also done by him. Some of his films were, Shaikh chilli-37, Khush naseeb-46, Prabhu ki maya-55, Ghar ki numaish-49, Karmaveer-38, Raman-54, Jagriti-54, Hum sab chor hain-56, Basant 60, Bhagvat mahima etc.

I find it very difficult to know exactly how many films he did in various capacities in the 1930s, as there are conflicting claims by him and Master Fida Hussain. In a few cases the details in HFGK and what he claims, gets contradicted. Some of his films in the 40s are Ramanuj-43, Giribala-47, Grihalaxmi-48, Ghar ki Numaish-48 ( released only in 1962, with the title ‘ Jai ho muhabbat ki ‘ )

Thanks to information and statistical data provided by Shri Harish Raghuwanshi ji of Surat, we know that his Filmography consists of a total 11+ 26 films. The break up is-

11 silent films
25 Talkie films as Actor and 1 film as a writer only.
9 films as a Director
2 films as Lyricist and
2 films as Music Director
As per Muvyz data, he sang 37 songs in 8 films.

From 1951 to 1960, he did 13 films- mostly ( 9) for Filmistan. He directed 2 of them. After 1960 his work was reduced. The death of his 3 sons broke him emotionally. As a true Gandhian, it was his dream to make a film- Gandhi Sangram- on Mahatma Gandhi. He had done all the spade work and the Muhurat of shooting was also done on 2-10-1987, The Government had promised finance. Even Rajiv Gandhi promised him that. However nothing came to him and he died on 30-10-1996, with his dream unfulfilled.

His daughter Shradha used to work in Gujarati films. She too died in a Train accident in 2000. Her daughter Deepshikha is an actress.

Today’s song is sung by Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhosle and Chorus. Enjoy the song….

Audio

Video

Song-Chalo dene ko badhaai guru aangan mein (Prabhu Ki Maaya)(1955) Singers- Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Lyricist-Saraswati Kumar Deepak, MD- Ravi
All chorus
Female chorus

Lyrics

chalo dene ko badhaayi guru aangan mein
ghar pragat bhayo awtaar
shubh din aayo re
ae ae ae ae ae
chalo dene ko badhaayi guru aangan mein
ghar pragat bhayo awtaar
shubh din aayo re
ae ae ae ae

dekho din albela aaya re
sabhi ke man bhaaya
kirnon ne raas rachaaya re ae ae
dekho din albela aaya re
aaj angna mein man harshaaya re

chalo dene ko badhayi guru aangan mein
ghar pragat bhayo awtaar
shubh din aayo re
ae ae ae ae ae
chalo dene ko badhayi guru aangan mein
ghar pragat bhayo awtaar
shubh din aayo re
ae ae ae ae

man ka moti jag ki jyoti
teen lok se nyaaraa
bhaag jaaane sukh barsaane
aaya sabka pyaara
dwaar dwaar par baji badhaayi
chau dishaaon ne gaaya re
din aaya re

dekho din albela aaya re
aaj angna mein mangal chhaaya re
dekho din albela aaya re
aaj angna mein mangal chhaaya re

chalo dene ko badhaayi guru aangan mein
ghar pragat bhayo awtaar
shubh din aayo re
ae ae ae ae ae
chalo dene ko badhaayi guru aangan mein
ghar pragat bhayo awtaar
shubh din aayo re
ae ae ae ae ae

angna mein jhan jhan chhanke paayaliya
baadal bajaaye mridang re
ae ae ae
san san pawan ki baaji ??
aa aa aa
?? gagan ke rang re
ae ae ae ae
solah baras mein aasha ne aakar
ye shubh din dikhlaaya re ae ae
din aaya re

dekho din albela aaya re
aaj angna mein mangal chhaaya re
dekho din albela aaya re
aaj angna mein mangal chhaaya re

shubh din aaya
sabhi ke man bhaaya
kirnon ne raas rachaaya re ae ae

dekho din albela aaya re
aaj angna mein mangal chhaaya re
dekho din albela aaya re
aaj angna mein mangal chhaaya re

o o o o
aao hil mil gaao
aayi hai aashaa jhoom jhoom ke
aao mangal gaao
aayi hai aashaa jhoom jhoom ke

aao hilmil gaao
aayi hai aashaa jhoom jhoom ke
aao mangal gaao
aayi hai aashaa jhoom jhoom ke
aao hilmil gaao
aayi hai aashaa jhoom jhoom ke
aao mangal gaao
aayi hai aashaa jhoom jhoom ke
aao hilmil gaao
aayi hai aashaa jhoom jhoom ke


This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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5491 Post No. : 17929

#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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(Remembrance Day – Mohd Rafi 31.07.2023)
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Today 31st July’2023 is the forty-forth ‘Remembrance Day’ of the legendary singer Mohd Rafi (born on 24.12.1924 and passed away on 31.07.1980).

We remember this ‘divine voice’ of Hindi Film Music today and pay our tributes to him on this blog.

I have mentioned it earlier that there have been many passionate, heartfelt, lovable posts on Rafi Saab in the past here on this blog and we will have many such posts in future as well. So, I am not going to write about Rafi Saab’s voice, his songs or his personality and the many incidences which have been known to us about his generosity and all. But I would like to mention something which is more than enough to mention how Rafi Saab has become a part of my life since I exist here on this ‘earth’.

Rafi Saab started his singing career in Hindi movies in 1945-46 or 1944-45. I was born in 1968, and if we leave the first three-four- or five years of my childhood or why, even they should be considered since Rafi Saab’s songs coming out of radio were still reaching my ears. When I was growing, his songs were with us all the time. We were listening, enjoying, singing and savoring this ‘divine voice’ which motivated, inspired, and even medicated our souls’ in this journey of our life. There are a host of emotions that we feel in our lives, and there were Rafi Saab’s song to express almost every one of the emotions that we felt in our lives. This voice takes ones to the ‘heights of meditation’ and the ‘highest spiritual experience’ if you are willing to ‘submerge’ yourself there.

What I want to mention here is that we grew up listening to his songs on the radio – ranging from the new songs from latest movies (in 1970s) as well as older songs from earlier movies. Gradually we become familiar with many Rafi gems that were created before my birth i.e. ‘1968’. For example songs like “Yahaan Badlaa Wafaa Ka Bewafaai Ke Siwaa Kya Hai from ‘Jugnu’ (1947) which I got to listen for the first time on All India Radio’s Urdu Service is one of my favorites. There are many more favorites of course. . .

I have already mentioned earlier that the very first song from a Hindi movie that I memorized by heart is “Suhaani Raat Dhal Chuki”. I was in 7th/8th standard at that time.
Even today I can sing it (sing?:) ) without looking at the the lyrics. There are many such songs of Rafi Saabs that are ‘kanthhast/zabaani yaad’ to me.

I vaguely remember reading the news of his death in newspaper and the pictures of his last journey where people flooded the roads in spite of the continuous rains.

Forty three years have passed since Mohammad Rafi left this world but his voice is with us. During these forty three years, we have explored and discovered many more of his songs, listening to them and savored them. It goes without saying that his voice will be with us throughout our life, and will be there with us even when it is time for us to breathe our last, may be with the accompaniment of the song “Chal Ud Jaa Re Panchhi” in the background.

On this occasion, I am presenting a song from a 1969 movie as my tribute. The song is from the movie ‘Badi Didi’ (1969). It was directed by Narendra Suri for Archana Films, Bombay. Narendra Suri was also co-producer of this movie with Nand Kumar. ‘Badi Didi’ had Nanda, Jeetendra, Om Prakash, Mahmood, Nazir Hussain, Raj Mehra, Aruna Irani, Dilip Raj, Padma, Jeevan, Leela Chitnis, Ulhas, Poornima and others.

This movie has six songs penned by Rajinder Krishan and composed by Ravi. Mahendra Kapoor, Manna Dey, Asha Bhonsle and Mohd Rafi are singers who had given playback to the songs of this movie. There is only one Rafi song in this movie which is a solo song. This song is available in two parts on online sources. Though, HFGK does not mention this song as a two part song. This movie is also available online but I have not yet watched it.

As mentioned above ‘Badi Didi’ was directed by Narendra Suri. I could gather some information about him. Narendra Suri marked his directorial debut with the movie ‘Begunaah’ (1957). He went on to directed ‘Laajwanti’ (1958), ‘Majboor’ (1964), ‘Purnima’ (1965), ‘Badi Didi’ (1969) and ‘Vandana’ (1975). He was also an associate director for the movie ‘Shikast’ (1953) which was directed by Ramesh Saigal. For ‘Badi Didi’ he was also a co-producer. He also produced and directed the movie ‘Vandana’.

The article on him (which I have mentioned below) mentions that his movies got noticed and earned limited success. Some of these movies had good songs and music. As far as I am concerned I remember to have watched the movie ‘Laajwanti’ on Doordarshan and I remember a couple of its songs as well. I am also aware of the songs of ‘Purnima’ though I do not remember if I have watched this movie. Narendra Suri is remembered mainly for the movie ‘Laajwanti’ (1958) and also ‘Begunaah’ (1957). The prints of ‘Begunah’ (1957) were destroyed as it was legally charged with plagiarism. It remains the only case of its kind so far in the history of Hindi Films (I hope I am correct). ‘Laajwanti’ (1958) bagged the National Award for Best Film in 1959 and it was also entered in the Cannes Film Festival of 1959 to compete for Best Feature Film.

Coming to today’s song, it is sung by Mohd Rafi. Lyrics are by Rajinder Krishan and music is composed by Ravi.

Let us listen to the song now savor the divine voice of Mohd Rafi.

So far, only one song from this movie has been posted on the blog and this song is the second song from this movie to be presented on the blog. This song is a short song available on audio only. I would request knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this song. I guess that this song gets played in the background in the movie.

(Sources of information about Narendra Suri – an article , myswar.co and geet kosh and this blog).


Song-Kya kya rang dikhaaye zindagee (Badi Didi)(1969) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Ravi

Lyrics

aisi chali taqdeer ki aandhi ee
bikhar gaye ae ae sab tinkey
qismat ne is ghar se liye
hain badle ye kis din ke

kya kya rang dikhaaye zindagi
kya kya rang dikhaaye ae
kya kya rang dikhaaye zindagi
kya kya rang dikhaaye
kathhputli ki tarah
aadmi ko bhi naach nachaaye ae
kya kya rang dikhaaye zindagi
kya kya rang dikhaaye

sukh ke din jab beet gaye to
dukh ke bhi kat jaayenge
haar na himmat
gham ke parbat
raahon se hat jaayenge
kehte hain insaan usey jo
har thhokar sah jaaye ae
kya kya rang dikhaaye zindagi
kya kya rang dikhaaye

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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ऐसी चली तक़दीर की आँधी
बिखर गए सब तिनके
किस्मत ने इस घर से लिए
हैं बदले ये किस दिन के

क्या क्या रंग दिखाये ज़िंदगी
क्या क्या रंग दिखाये
क्या क्या रंग दिखाये ज़िंदगी
क्या क्या रंग दिखाये
कठपुतली की तरह
आदमी को भी नाच नचाए
क्या क्या रंग दिखाये ज़िंदगी
क्या क्या रंग दिखाये

सुख के दिन जब बीत गए तो
दुख के भी कट जाएँगे
हार ना हिम्मत
ग़म के पर्बत
राहों से हट जाएँगे
कहते हैं इंसान उसे जो
हर ठोकर सह जाये
क्या क्या रंग दिखाये ज़िंदगी
क्या क्या रंग दिखाये


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5405 Post No. : 17736

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.114
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On this date ten years ago (6 May 2013), six songs from six different movies (plus one non film song) were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
8046 Bhala thha kitna apna bachpan Hemant Kumar NFS(1941)
8047 Raushni apni umangon ki luta kar chal diye Naadaan (1943) 4 songs covered out of 11 by now
8048 Kis tarah bhoolega dil unka khayaal aaya huaa Village Girl (1945) 11 songs covered out of 12. Final song not available as of now
8049 Najariya mein aaiho Nadiya Ke Paar (1948) Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this song
8050 Wohi rota hua ek dil Lahore (1949) 9 songs covered out of 10 by now
8051 Jahaan jaayenge deewaane wahin mehfil jamaa lenge Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai (1962) 3 songs covered out of 8 by now
8052 Dil haarne waale aur bhi hain Dil Diyaa Dard Liyaa (1966) Movie YIPPEED in the blog with this song

We observe that two movies (out of six)) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 6 May 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. Both these movies in fact got YIPPEED on this very day ten years ago. That leaves us with four unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge.

“Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai”(1962) is one of the BYTC eligible movies today.

“Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai”(1962) was produced byS H Bihari and directed by Shakti Samanta for J B Productions, Bombay. This movie had Ashok Kumar, Shyama, Mehmood, Sahira, K.N.Singh, Nazir Hussain, Lalita Kumari, Susheel Kumar, Farida, Helen, Amar, Kundan, Ramlal, Rajen Kapoor, Khatana, Anwari, Ramesh Chohan, Masood, R.L.Ranjan, Om Prakash, Meena Parel aka Meena Fernandez , Lata Sinha etc in it.

“Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai”(1962) had eight songs in it according to HFGK. Three songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the fourth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Rafi. S H Bihari is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.

The song is lip synced by Mehmood. The song is picturised as a drunkard song. Others seen in the picturisation are Kundan, and Meena Fernandez aka Meena Parel.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

video link:

audio link:

Song-Ye mehfil ye botal ye rangeen paanee (Isi Ka Naam Duniya Hai)(1962) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-S H Bihari, MD-Ravi

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

ye mehfil ye botal
ye rangeen paanee
isee mein hamaaree hai ae
saaree kahaani
ye mehfil ye botal
ye rangeen paanee
isee mein hamaaree hai ae
saaree kahaani
ye mehfil ye botal (hic)
ye rangeen paanee

ye kehti hai duniyaa
isey chhod doon main
ye botal buree cheez hai
tod doon main
magar kyaa karoon main
hai aadat puraanee
arrey isee mein hamaaree hai ae saaree kahaani
ye mehfil ye botal
ye rangeen paanee

bahaaron ki raanee
ye khwaabon ki malikaa
isey bhi nashaa chadh gayaa halkaa halkaa
salaamat rahey tu
teree ye jawaanee
isee mein hamaaree hai ae saaree kahaani
ye mehfil ye botal (hic)
ye rangeen paanee

suraahee ki aadat hai
saaqi chhudaa dey
mere sar se tu fikar-e-duniyaa hataa dey
tera shukriyaa aur
teree meharbaani
arrey isee mein hamaaree hai ae saaree kahaani
ye mehfil ye botal (hic)
ye rangeen paanee
isee mein hamaaree hai ae saaree kahaani

(whistling sound)


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5386 Post No. : 17666

“Prabhu Ki Maaya”(1955) was produced and directed by Vithaldas Panchotia for Filmistan Private Limited, Bombay. This movie had Prem Adib, Vithaldas Panchotia,Mubarak,P.Kailash,Master Raj Kumar,Kanu Roy,Ram Awtar,Narbada Shanker,Chaman Puri, Paras Ram,Pande,Champaklal,Hiroo Samtani,Roop Laxmi,Koshi,Mumtaz Begum,Kanta,Sheela,Jharna, Umadevi etc in it.

“Prabhu Ki Maaya”(1955) had nine songs in it. Five songs have been covered so far.

Here is the sixth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and female chorus. Saraswati Kumar Deepak is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.

The song is picturised on dancer Shirley, Dancer Sheela aka Sheila Ramachandra, Master Rajkumar etc.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

video link:

Song-Ghar aaye hamaare muniraaj (Prabhu Ki Maaya)(1955) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Saraswati Kumar Deepak, MD-Ravi
Chorus

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

(Dialogue- jaisi aagyaa)

ghar aaye hamaarey muniraaj
sajaao thaali poojan kee..eee
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj
sajaao thaali poojan ki

soye bhaag jagey hai/hain aen aaj
sajaao thaali poojan kee..ee
soye bhaag jagey hain aaj
sajaao thaali poojan kee
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj
sajaao thaali poojan ki

gangaa jal se charan pakhaarooon
gangaa jal se charan pakhaaroon
in charanon par tan man waaroon
main gagree se barsaao`ngi
rimjim saawan kee…eee…eee
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj ho o o ho
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj

keh do to main nritya dikhaaoon
main man bhaawan geet sunaaoon
o o o o o
ooo ooo
keh do to main nritya dikhaaoon
main man bhaawan geet sunaaoon
ye veenaa jhankaar sunaati
baat mere man kee..eee…eee
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj ho o o ho o
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj

ye meri poojaa sweekaaro..o
ye meri poojaa sweekaaro
dekho muni mat hamko bisaaro
ek baar to o sunn lo vaani
vaani nainan kee..eee…eee…eee
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj ho o o ho o
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj ho o o
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj ho o o
ghar aaye hamaarey muni raaj


This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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5345 Post No. : 17528 Movie Count :

4716

#the Decade of Eighties – 1981 – 1990 #
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(A tribute to Music Director & Lyricist Ravi)
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Today I present a song from the movie ‘Mera Suhaag-1987’.

I was longing to share this song here for many years. I got to listen to this song, for the first time nearly one decade ago when I was staying in Kachchh (Gujarat). I used to commute from Mundra to my workplace near Adipur and back by ST (GSRTC) Bus. The driver of the Bus used to play songs from his pen drive daily. This song was among the songs played. I liked this song very much when I listened to it first time, and I got to listen to it on one or two more occasions during my commute.

However, I was not aware which movie this song was from. It was only later when I searched for it that I came to know the name of its movie.

It was ‘Mera Suhaag-1987’.

“Mera Suhaag-1987” was directed by Ajay Sharma for ‘A.V. Movies’. It was produced by Satluj Dheer.

It had Rati Agnihotri, Pankaj Dheer, Swaroop Sampat, Manmohan Krishna, Junior Mehmood, Mamta Kapadia, Riaz Ahmed, Shashi Bhushan, Vilas Kalgutkar, Amal Sen, Shiva, Seema Vaz, Tanuja, Deepti Naval, Ajay Sharma, Achala Nagar and others.

Story of this movie was written by C. L. Dheer and screenplay was written by Shashi Bhushan.
Dialogues of this movie were written by Achala Nagar.

As per information available on the internet this movie was initially titled as ‘Tanha Tanha’ and its audio records were also released by the same name in 1986. However the movie was released in ‘1987’ with a different title viz ‘Mera Suhaag’.

The information also mentioned in the trivia about this movie that Pankaj Dheer played the lead actor in this movie while C.L. Dheer his father wrote the story of this movie. His brother Satluj Dheer produced this movie.

“Mera Suhaag-1987” has six songs (including one two-part song).Music director was Ravi who also wrote the lyrics for all the songs in this movie.

Today 7th March’2023 is the eleventh ‘remembrance anniversary’ of music composer and lyricist Ravi Shankar Sharma mononymously known to us as Ravi.

He was born on 3rd March’1926 and he passed away on 7th March’2012 leaving behind the treasure of his immortal, unforgettable and iconic songs that he composed for Hindi Film Music.

Today’s song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and the part of the song is lip-synced by Rati Agnihotri and part of the song is played in the background on screen.

Also seen in the picturisation of this song are Pankaj Dheer, Junior Mehmood, Tanuja and others.

This song is a poignant song and one can guess that it appears in the movie because of the ‘strained marital relationship’ of Rati Agnihotri and Pankaj Dheer. In the second part of the song we can see Rati Agnihotri leaving the home and the family …

I would request knowledgeable readers who have watched this movie to throw more light on this movie and its songs.

Let us listen to the beautiful verses of Ravi and this poignant composition by him in the voice of Asha Bhonsle …

With this song, ‘Mera Suhaag’ of ‘1987’ makes its debut on the blog and joins the ‘Mera Suhaag-1947’ and ‘Mera Suhaag-1961’ that are already available on the blog. 🙂

Video (Both parts)


Audio Part I

Audio Part II

Song-Kismat waalon ko milta hai pyaar ke badle pyaar (Mera Suhaag)(1987) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Ravi, MD-Ravi

Lyrics

(Part-I)

qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
ham ko phoolon ke badle
kaanton ke haar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar aar
qismat waalon o o ko
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar

maine ik devtaa ko
man mein basaa ke ae
sapnon ka mahal sajaaya thhaa aa aa
maine ik devtaa ko
man mein basaa ke ae
sapnon ka mahal sajaaya thhaa aa aa
thhukraa ke zindagi ke
maine sukh saare ae
apnaa jisko banaayaa thhaa
usne hi mere dil ke
tode hain taar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar aar
qismat waalon o ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar

har ek insaan ki
taqdeer ka jeewan se ae
naataa to hai
badaa hi kareeb kaa aa aa
har ek insaan ki
taqdeer ka jeewan se ae
naataa to hai
badaa hi kareeb kaa aa aa
mil jaaye jo kisi ko
achchha jeewansaathi ee
khel hai jahaan mein
ye naseeb ka aa aa
kis ko sunaaun apne
dil ki pukaar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar aar
qismat waalon o ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
ham ko phoolon ke badle
kaanton ke haar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar

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(Part-II)
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qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar aar
qismat waalon o ko
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
ham ko phoolon ke badle
kaanton ke haar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar

kitne jatan kiye
maine paas reh ke ae
pyaar mera phir bhi
mujhse door thhaa aa
kitne jatan kiye
maine paas reh ke ae
pyaar mera phir bhi
mujhse door thhaa aa
itnaa bataa de mujhko
zaalim zamaane ae
is mein mera kya
qasoor thhaa aa
jeeti taqdeer huyi
aaj meri haar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar

sadaa khush rahe tu
yahi deti hain duaayein
tujhko meri bezubaaniyaan
sadaa khush rahe tu
yahi deti hain duaayein
tujhko meri bezubaaniyaan
aaj majboor ho ke
chhod chali hoon
yaadon ki teri nishaaniyaan
le ke chali aankhon mein
aansunon ki dhaar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar aar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
ham ko phoolon ke badle
kaanton ke haar
qismat waalon ko o o
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar
miltaa hai pyaar ke badle pyaar


This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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5341 Post No. : 17514 Movie Count :

4712

#the Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # (Missing movies of 1973-17)
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(A tribute to Music Composer Ravi on his birth anniversary)
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With this post we introduce the movie ‘Sone Ke Haath-1973’ on the blog. This is another movie from the year ‘1973’ that was so far missing from the blog.

“Sone Ke Haath-1973” was directed by P.D. Shenoy for ‘Vindhyachal Movies’.

It was produced by R.K. Soral.

It had Sanjay, Babita, Faryal, Amrish Puri, Durga Khote, Sulochana, Jankidas, Hari Shivdasani, B.B. Bhalla, with Mona, Majnu, Vedpal Varma, Lotan, Jugnu Jain, S.N. Mishra, Prahlad Munshi, Sheru, Ramfunny, Polson and Om Prakash and others.

Vijayita, Pinchoo Kapoor, Kailash Sharma, Dr. Purswani, Shakeel, Chander Bhasin, and Arpana Choudhary had friendly appearance in this movie.

The story idea of this movie was by R.K. Soral and dialogues of this movie were written by S.P. Bakshi.
P.D. Shenoy who directed this movie who also wrote the screenplay for this movie.

Editing of this movie was done by Baburao Barodkar.

This movie was passed by Censor Board on 20.11.1973.

“Sone Ke Haath-1973” has four songs which are written by Rajinder Krishan and the music is composed by Ravi. The titles of this movie mentioned Asha Bhonsle and Usha Khanna as the playback singers for this movie.

If you want to know about the movie in a very short note here it is:-

The movie starts with actor Sanjay’s face on the screen and a voice (I am unable to identify) saying the following lines in the background …

“ye kahaani ghareebi aur anyaay ke aag se dahakte aaj ke ek naujawaan ki kahaani hai. Ye samaaj ke bhrashtaachaar se jakde huye aaj ke zameer ki kahaani hai” ….

I have neither watched this movie and nor do I have any recollections of reading about this movie or its songs during my growing years. When I went through the list of songs of this movie I failed to notice any familar song, except the one being covered in this post. After reading the lines of this song I was reminded of this song but I thought this was a well known song (it was frequently heard on radio in those years) so this must be some other song. However it turned out to be the same song. So I was surprised that such a well known song of its time was not posted on the blog till now.

Today’s song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. (Initially I had planned to take anoother song of this movie, but some information needs to be confirmed about that song).

Babita is lip-syncing in Asha Bhonsle’s voice on the screen and performing on this well-known song (?) where in Babita plays a ‘phool bechnewaali ladki’ and she is selling ‘champaa-chameli’ in this song. 🙂
Also seen in the picturisation of this song are Sulochana, Jankidas, Polson (those I can identify) and others (whom I am unable to identify) and many others.

Today 3rd March’2023 is the ninety-seventh birth anniversary of the great music composer Ravi Shankar Sharma who is known to us by the name of Ravi.

He was born on 3rd March’1926 and he passed away on 7th March’2012 leaving behind a treasure of his immortal, unforgettable and iconic songs that he composed for Hindi Film Music.

On this occasion we pay him our tributes and listen to this song composed by him.

We welcome this movie ‘Sone Ke Haath-1973’ on the blog with this song.

Let us listen to this sweet wonderful song composed fifty years ago ….

Video

Audio

Song-Lai lo champa chameli gulaab lai lo (Sone Ke Haath)(1973) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Rajinder Krishan, MD-Ravi

Lyrics

lai lo o
lai lo o

lai lo champaa chameli
gulaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa chameli
gulaab lai lo o
ho lai lo champaa chameli
gulaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa chameli
gulaab lai lo o
sehron ki ladiyaan
sejon ki kaliyaan
phoolon ka uthhtaa
shabaab lai lo
lai lo champaa
chameli
gulaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa chameli
gulaab lai lo o

chun chun laayi main
bahaaron ke sapne
bahaaron ke sapne
hare bhare baaghon se
nazaaron ke sapne
nazaaron ke sapne
chun chun laayi main
bahaaron ke sapne
bahaaron ke sapne ae
hare bhare baaghon se
nazaaron ke sapne
nazaaron ke sapne
dekho naa ghareeeb ki
bholi jawaani ee
dekho naa ghareeeb ki
bholi jawaani
ye kudrat ke tohfe
janaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa
chameli
gulaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa aa
chameli
gulaab lai lo o

gajre se roothhe huye
yaar ko manaana
apne yaar ko manaana
zulfon mein mogre ka
phool ye lagaanaa
baabu phool ye lagaanaa
gajre se roothhe huye
yaar ko manaana
apne yaar ko manaana
zulfon mein mogre ka
phool ye lagaanaa
baabu phool ye lagaanaa
maalan ko chhodo
gharwaali ki socho o
maalan ko chhodo
gharwaali ki socho
kaahe karte ho neeyat
kharaab
lai lo o
lai lo champaa
chameli
gulaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa aa
chameli
gulaab lai lo o

phoolon se naa achchhaa
koyi saathi insaan kaa
saathi insaan kaa
in mein samoya huaa
naam bhagwaan kaa aa
naam bhagwaan kaa
phoolon se naa achchhaa
koyi saathi insaan kaa aa
saathi insaan kaa
in mein samoya huaa
naam bhagwaan kaa
naam bhagwaan kaa
mandir mein jaao
sachche dil se chadhhaao
mandir mein jaao
sachche dil se chadhhaao
aur apne duaaon ka
jawaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa
chameli
gulaab lai lo o
lai lo champaa aa
chameli
gulaab lai lo o


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5281 Post No. : 17302

“Trunk Call”(1960) was produced by Kanwal Nayyar and T C Dewan and directed by Balraj Mehta for MayFair films, Bombay. The movie, a “stunt” movie had Shyama, Abhi aka Abhi Bhattacharya, Pran, Shammi, Randhir, Helen, Uma, Rajan Haksar, Keshov, Dolly, Nazir Kashmeri, Henry, Chander Kumar, K.L.Kapoor, Darshan etc in it.

“Trunk Call”(1960) had six songs in it. One song has been covered so far.

Here is the second song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Qamar jalalabadi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ravi.

Only audio of this rare song is available. From the sounds of it, this song could be a club dance song. Seeing that Helen is there in the cast, this song could well be picturised on her. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

Audio link:

Song-Toone kitne pyaar se dekha mujhko dil ke chor (Trunk Call)(1960) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Qamar Jalalabadi, MD-Ravi

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

Tooney kitne pyaar se dekhaa
mujhko dil ke chor r
once more
ae jee maine kahaa once more
once more
ae jee maine kahaa once more
khadey hain kitni der se Mister
kholey dil kaa door
once more
ae jee maine kahaa once more

aahhaaa
oyye hoyye ae

tu hai aage aagey dear
peechhe peechhey dill
tu hai aage aagey dear
peechhe peechhey dil l
duniyaa se na dar deewaaney
khullam khulla mil..ll
hum bhee dekhein
teri muhabbat mein hai kitnaa zor
once more
aei jee maine kahaa once more

maaraa teri ankhiyon ke hiljul ne ae
maaraa teri ankhiyon ke hiljul ne ae
dil diyaa tujhey gorey bulbul ne ae
zaraa pyaar se thhokar maaro
dil hai badaa kamzor
haayye ae
once more
ae jee maine kahaa once more

mere jaisaa kisee kaa shabaab nahin jee ee
mere jaisaa kisee kaa shabaab nahin jee ee
teri meri jodee ka jawaab nahin jee
tu hai pooraa four twenty
main hoon twenty four
once more
ae jee maine kahaa once more
tooney kitne pyaar se dekhaa
mujhko dil ke chor r
once more
ae jee maine kahaa once more
khadey hain kitni der se Mister
kholey dil kaa door r
once more
aei jee maine kahaa once more
once more rrr


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