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Jaam e mohabbat laayee hoon
Posted on: May 11, 2024
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“Dilli Darbaar”(1956) was directed by Chandrakant for Gandhi and Choksi, Bombay. The movie had Sumitra Devi, Rehana, Veena, Prem adeeb, Sapru, S N Tripathi, babu Raje, Uma Devi, Radha Rani, Minu, Helen, kammo, R s Dubey, Radheshyam, Rajesh Sharma, Raj Sood, Raj Kaushal, Arjun singh, Neerja, Noorjahan, Sarla Kapoor, Kanta, Ulhas etc in it.
The movie had five songs in it. One song from the movie has been covered in the past.
Here is the second song from “Dilli Darbaar”(1956) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and female chorus. Shailendra is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
Only the audio of this song is available. The song sounds like a dance song. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
Song-Jaam e mohabbat laayee hoon (Dilli Darbaar)(1956) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Shailendra, MD-S N Tripathi
Chorus
Lyrics
jaam e mohabbat laayi hoon
masti ban kar chhaai hoon
itna kehne aayi hoon
kya
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de(aa aa aa)
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de(aa aa aa)
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
ek nazar par ae dil waalon
dil ka sauda karti hoon
ho ho ho ho
ek nazar par ae dil waalon
dil ka sauda karti hoon
jo mera deewaana ho
main bhi us par marti hoon
ho ho ho ho
main bhi us par marti hoon
mujhko sab se ulfat hai
pyaar khushi ki daulat hai
aankhon ki ye chaahat hai
kya
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de(aa aa aa aa)
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de(aa aa aa aa)
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa
saari duniya jhoom uthhi hai
mehfil hai armaanon ki
ho ho ho ho
saari duniya jhoom uthhi hai
mehfil hai armaanon ki
pyaar ki shamma lehraayi
bheed lagi parwaanon ki
ho ho ho ho
bheed lagi parwaanon ki
chanda jaisi soorat hai
phoolon jaisi rangat hai
lekin dil mein hasrat hai
kya
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de
dil le le aur dil de de
koi dil le le aur dil de de
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 video song of a dance number from the film Alibaba aur 40 chor-1954.
The names Alibaba, Aladdin and Sindbad immediately revive the memories of childhood. Readers in the age group of 65+ will surely drift into Nostalgia. These are some of the popular stories from the ‘Arabian Nights’, one of the Bestsellers of the world. There is hardly any language with a script, which has not translated these stories into their literature. Out of the 1001 stories of the Arabian Nights, the other popular stories were that of Hatimtai and Gul-E-Bakavali.
Several generations grew up reading, enjoying and dreaming about these stories in their school days, all over the world. (I can not vouch for the recent generation, however). Owning these books was a treasure. No wonder filmmakers from all over the world made films on these stories and raked a lot of money. Places like Basra, tatar and Baghdad etc. became known in every country. Grandfathers all over the world made their grandchildren go to sleep while telling them these stories.
India was also not far behind other countries and many films were made on these stories. Not only this, the story departments of studios had such fertile imaginations that they created sons and daughters to all these heroes, which were not in the original stories. Thus, a variety with sureshot masala was added to such films.
It started with silent films. Films on Alibaba were made in 1927 (2), Aladdin- 1927 (20, 1928 and 1930, Sindbad in 1930 (2). After Talkie films started, films were made on Alibaba in 1940, 1946, 1976, Alibaba and 40 thieves in 1932, 1954 (2), 1966, 1977,1980 and 2004. Films on Aladdin in 1933, 1935, 1945, 2009, On Aladdin and magic lamp in 1938, 1952 (2), 1958, 1966,1978, 1982 (20. Films on Aladdin ka Beta in 1939 and 1955, Aladdin and Laila in 1941 and 1957 and Aladdin ki Beti in 1949. On Sindbad in 1946 (20, 1952 (2), 1965 and 2000. As a Bonus Sindbad ki Beti-19658 was also made. The top was, the film Sindbad- Alibaba and Aladdin-1965, sort of ALL IN ONE !
Film Alibaba and 40 Thieves-1954 was made by Basant Pictures and it was directed by its owner Homi Wadia. The music was by the pair of S.N.Tripathi and Chitragupt. In his initial days, Chitragupt had been Tripathi’s assistant for a few years. He has also sung some songs under his baton. This film was first censored on 10-3-1954 as a B & W film. However, its colour version was again censored on 22-11-1956.
A Tamil remake of this film was made in 1956 by Basant pictures with local stars. S. Dakshinmoorthy had done the music orchestration of the Tamil songs which had used all tunes from its Hindi original. The cast of the Hindi film was Shakeela, Mahipal, B.M. Vyas, S.N.Tripathi, Maruti, Sharda Deulkar, Shalini, Ismail, Dalpat, Azeem, Sardar Mansoor and many more. The original story as appeared in “The Arabian Nights’ was adapted by J.B.H.Wadia, by changing its last part of events. His name is given as the Story Writer in the film credits. Finally, the story of the film was like this……..
Alibaba (Mahipal) lives in the city of Dil Pazir. His dancer friend Marjina (Shakila) notices that he pays great attention to his sister Salma (Shalini), after his elder brother Qasim (S.N.Tripathi) has usurped all his ancestral property. His friend Abboo (Maruti) loves Sitara (Sharda Deulkar), Salma’s companion.
When Alibaba goes to the jungle for wood cutting, he accidentally sees the dacoit Abu Hasan (B.M.Vyas) and notes the password to get into his cave of treasure. In the night, Alibaba quietly opens the cave door with the password and collects a lot of wealth and becomes rich. The cunning wife of his brother comes to know and gets him arrested. Margina cleverly gets Alibaba out of jail and they run away with Salma and Abboo.
Qasim goes into the cave, collects wealth but at the time of leaving forgets the password and is stuck inside. Abu Hasan comes and kills Qasim, severing his head from body. Alibaba sees this in his next visit to the cave and brings the dead body parts to his house. Marjina brings a blindfolded tailor who sews the body with the head. This news reached Abu Hasan. To corner and kill Alibaba, he visits his house as a Saudagar along with his 40 thieves hidden in sacks. Marjina recognises him and with the help of Sitara and Abboo, they throw all sacks in a deep valley killing all thieves. Then Marjina tries to kill Abu Hasan, but he tricks her and runs away with her to the hideout. In the climax, Alibaba rescues Marjina, kills Abu Hasan and in the end all is well.
There were -for the first and last time- two Melody makers were the music Directors. Tripathi was an old horse in such types of films. He was a favourite of Wadia Brothers, who made most of these films. Tripathi had a studied knowledge of Arabian style music. Both MDs presented a bouquet of 8 lovely songs in this film. In the starcast, you will find the name Sharda. She was Sharda Deulkar, younger sister of singer lalita Deulkar, who was Sudhir Phadke’s wife. Shakila and Mahipal looked like they were born to act in such films only. Barring a few social films, Shakila was mainly seen in Costume and action films. Having worked with A class actor Dev Anand in film C.I.D.-1956 also did not help her much.
Mahipal or Mahipal Singh or Mahipal Bhandari (24 November 1919 – 15 May 2005) was a film actor who worked in Hindi cinema mostly in stunt films like Parasmani, Zabak, Cobra Girl, Jantar Mantar, Arabian nights themed movies such as Alibaba, Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp, Roop Lekha, Sunehari Nagin, and Hindu mythological movies like Sampoorna Ramayan, Ganesh Mahima, Veer Bhimsen, Jai Santoshi Maa. He is known for playing the iconic role of Lord Vishnu, and his two avatars, Lord Rama and Lord Krishna in lot of various puranic, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavata Purana based movies, besides playing Tulsidas and Abhimanyu, and is also best known as the lead in V. Shantaram’s Navrang (1959), and the songs “Tu Chhupi Hai Kahan Me Tadapta Yahan” and “Aadha Hai Chandrama Raat Aadhi”. He acted in several well-known films of the 1950s and 1960s including V. Shantaram’s Navrang (1959) and Babubhai Mistry’s Parasmani (1963).
He was born on 24-11-1919 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, where after his schooling, he graduated in literature from Jaswant Government College Jodhpur. Thereafter, he worked in the theatre before migrating to Mumbai in the early 1940s.
He made his film debut in the 1942 film Nazrana. However, the film didn’t work, thereafter he wrote lyrics for four films. He went on to work with directors such as Sohrab Modi and later with the Wadia Brothers, Homi Wadia and J. B. H. Wadia, however, it was his work with V. Shantaram that got him lasting acclaim. He worked in several mythological and historical films with actresses such as Nirupa Roy, Mala Sinha and even Meena Kumari.
Mahipal was never counted as an A category actor and so, leading actresses who started their careers with Mahipal in the lead were ashamed of revealing or accepting this fact. For example, In all her interviews, Mala Sinha always quoted “Rangeen Raten”-56 with Shammi Kapoor as her first film in Bombay. She was ashamed of revealing that in the film Riyasat-55, her Hero was Mahipal. She always hid this fact. Similarly, A grade Heroine Meena Kumari also had done several Mythological and costume films before Baiju Bawra took her high up and above other Heroines. Films like Shri Ganesh Mahima-50, Laxmi Narayan-51, Hanuman Paataal vijay-51 and Alladin aur Jadui Chirag-52 had Mahipal as her Hero. In her later years, she always hid her earlier film Heroes.
He also did a series of fantasy films based on Arabian Nights, including Alibaba and 40 Thieves (1954), Jennie (1953) ,Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag (1952) and Alibaba ka Beta (1955), which gave him popularity even in the Gulf countries. Later in his career, he switched to character roles, and appeared in films such as Jai Santoshi Maa (1975), a 1970s hit.
He wrote 13 songs in 4 films,namely Mali-44, Aap ki Sewa mein-47 (Lata Mangeshkar’s first playback song was written by Mahipal in this film), Mere Laal-48 and Adalat-48. Mahipal acted in 131 Hindi films. He had also worked in Marathi, Rajasthani and Assamese films. His first film was Nazrana-42 and the last film was Amar Jyoti-84….a career spanning 42 years. He worked with Shakila in 18 films, with Anita Guha in 11 films,With Shyama in 6 films, and in 4 films with Nirupa Roy. He worked with Meena Kumari in 4 films. He is the only actor in Mythological films who sang a song on screen in the role of Shri Ram, in the film Hanuman Pataal Vijay-1951.
He died in Mumbai of cardiac arrest, at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife Akkal Kunwar and daughters Sushila Jain and Nirmala Oswal. (Thanks to book Inhe na Bhulana by Harish Raghuwanshi ji and my notes).
Today’s song is the YIPPEE song, as all songs of this film get covered here with this song. Enjoy….
Song- Zara nazren mila lo muskura lo dil sambhaalo(Alibaba Aur Chaalis Chor)(1954) Singer- Shamshad Begam, Lyricist-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-S.N.Tripathi and Chitragupt
Chorus
Lyrics
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o o o o
zara nazren mila lo
muskura lo dil sambhaalo
zara nazren mila lo
muskura lo dil sambhaalo
meri sachchi mohabbat aazma lo naaz waalon
meri sachchi mohabbat aazma lo naaz waalon
ye raaten pyaaree pyaaree
nazar ki beqaraari
ye raaten pyaaree pyaaree
ye raaten pyaaree pyaaree
nazar ki beqaraari
gire kadmon pe jo sadmon se to humko uthha lo
gire kadmon pe jo sadmon se to humko uthha lo
zara nazren mila lo muskura lo dil sambhaalo
meri sachchi mohabbat aazma lo naaz waalon
meri sachchi mohabbat aazma lo naaz waalon
?? ??
uthhi kaali ghataayen
tadapti hain adaayen
uthhi kaali ghataayen
uthhi kaali ghataayen
tadapti hain adaayen
badi mushkil mein hai ye dil
ise apna bana lo
badi mushkil me hai ye dil
ise apna bana lo
zara nazren mila lo muskura lo dil sambhaalo
meri sachchi mohabbat aazma lo naaz waalon
meri sachi mahobat aazma lo naaz waalon
?? ??
zara nazren mila lo muskura lo dil sambhaalo
meri sachchi mohabbat aazma lo naaz waalon
meri sachchi mohabbat aazma lo naaz waalon
?? ??
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 Zingaro-1963.
This Costume film was produced and directed by Chandrakant. It had music by S.N.Tripathi. The cast of the film was Jairaj, Jabeen jalil, Tiwari, Bela Bose, Maruti, Aruna Irani, Mrudula, Baburao Pehelwan and others. From this cast, actors Jairaj and Baburao Pehelwan and actresses Mrudula and Jabeen Jalil are the artistes who were quite capable, but somehow LUCK did not favour them and they fell aside from Big Banners and well known films.
I feel really sad for Mrudula, who was the heroine of Dilip Kumar in his Debut film Jwar Bhata-1944. It was the Debut film for Mrudula too, but see where Dilip Kumar reached -to be India’s famous and A grade top Hero, whereas Mrudula never reached that level. She was good looking and a capable actress. The question is, then why did she fall back in the race ? The simple but unknown answer is – she became a victim of the Studio system.
Till the end of the 1940’s decade, the Studio System was very strong. Initially films were promoted and sold on the names of the studio making it. The names of actors were not even mentioned on the posters and in the booklets. Thanks to actress Sulochana Sr. (Ruby Meyers), who fought for it and names of actors started appearing on the posters and in booklets, albeit in smaller types than the names of studios. If you see the advertisements in old issues of magazines like Film India (whose old issues are freely available on the Internet), you will notice what I am saying.
Due to the Contract system of studios and adamant natures of the studio owners, careers of many actors, actresses and singers were ruined. The culprits were Prabhat, Minerva, Shalimar, Bombay talkies etc. Some tough and courageous artistes like Shanta Apte, Master Vithal and Meena Shorey could get their freedom from giants like Sharda, Prabhat and Minerva, but many others spoiled their careers. Some examples are Mrudula from Bombay Talkies, Manju from Prabhat, Sitara Kanpuri and Shama Dulari from Shalimar etc.
Mridula ( real name Chandrakanta) was born on 2-11-1924 at Almora, but was educated in Delhi. When she was in college doing her graduation, Amiya Chakravarty of Bombay Talkies came to Delhi on a Talent Hunt. He contacted her and gave her an offer. She signed a 5 year contract with Bombay Talkies and Devika Rani became her Mentor, teaching her everything. She was paid 2500 rupees salary with a furnished house. Her first film was “Jwar Bhata”-44, opposite another Debutant Dilip Kumar (Yousuf Khan). After Himanshu Rai’s death, Bombay Talkies was already in disarray. Many people had left the company due to differences with Devika Rai. A group of them formed Filmistan.
She got married to her lover Mr. G C Andley. However the marriage was unsuccessful and she went back to Delhi. She spent a miserable life selling whatever she had to survive. She got divorce and came back to Bombay to work in films, in 1954. She worked in 53 films in all. Her last released film was Saboot-80, though she had married again and retired some time before that.
Mridula was also a victim of her contract with Bombay Talkies. It destroyed her career as a Heroine forever. Devika Rani was her Mentor in Bombay Talkies. However, after Himanshu Rai’s death, no one was listening to her in the company due to groupism. Disgusted, Devika rani left Bombay Talkies, having sold all the shares. Mridula got stuck in the company without work, due to her 5 year contract. It was Vijay Bhatt of Prakash Pictures who somehow convinced Bombay Talkies to loan her to him and she got roles in 2 of their films. In the film ‘Bhakta Dhruva”-47, she played mother to 16 year old Shashi kapoor (sr) when she herself was about 23 year old only ! But she had no choice. The film and her role became famous, but she lost her chances of becoming Heroine in any film thereafter.
Till 30-9-2016 she was living in Worli, Mumbai all alone. Her only daughter stayed nearby and looked after her. There is no news about her anymore.
The other actress who could not or did not go far in the film industry was Jabeen Jalil. She did only 24 films ( plus 5 films unreleased) in the span of 20 years from 1954 to 1974. It was not due to the studio system, but simply due to bad luck.
Jabeen Jaleel was a short, petite but attractive actress. She was born on 1st April 1936 in Delhi, but was educated in Japan and Bombay, as her father was in foreign services of India. She used to take part in college dramas and in one such drama the judges were Nigar Sultana and her director husband S.M.Yusuf. They offered her a film as a Heroine. Jabeen’s father had expired and only mother and younger brother were there. She accepted the offer. Her first film was Guzara in 1954. Her second film in 55 was Lutera. Her first hero was Karan Dewan and second was Nasir khan. She became famous in New Delhi-56, in the role of Kishore’s sister Nikki’s role. She acted in 29 films, out of which 5 were unreleased. She also acted in 4 Punjabi films. She got a National award in 1962 for a Punjabi film in which her Hero was Prem Chopra.
She was a popular actress of Hindi cinema of the 50s & 60s. Although She acted in merely 24 Hindi ( plus 5 films were unreleased) & 4 Punjabi films in her almost 20 years career, she made millions of fans of her beauty and wonderful acting. She has worked with top Bollywood stars like Shashi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, Dev Anand & Pradeep Kumar during 1955 to 1965.
Jabeen made her film debut with Guzaara (1954) where her hero was Karan Dewan. Her second film was Lutera (1955) where her hero was Nasir Khan. She however got true recognition with her third film, New Delhi (1956) where she played the role of Kishore Kumar’s sister Nikki. She got benefitted by the success of New Delhi. In the late 1950s, many films starring her released, including Char Minar, Fashion, Jeevan Sathi, Hathkadi, Panchayat, Raagini, Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane and Raat ke Raahi. In the 60s, Jabeen acted in films like Batwara, Khiladi, Sachche Moti, Taj Mahal and Raju. The Batwara song “Yeh Raat Yeh Fizaayen Phir Aayen Na Aayen” picturised on her and Jawahar Kaul is popular to this day. She also got the National Award for the 1962 Punjabi film Chaudhary Karnail Singh in which her hero was Prem Chopra. Jabeen acted in three other Punjabi movies Kadi Dhoop Kadi Chhaon, Geet Baharaan De & Aye Dharti Punjab Di.
Many songs picturised on her were extremely popular including ‘Tum Aur Hum…’ (Fashion), ‘Madbhari Yeh Pyaar Ki Palken…’ (Fashion), ‘Ta Thaiyya Karte Ana…’ (Panchayat), ‘Piya mai hoon patang tu dor…’ (Raagini), ‘Qaid mein Hai Bulbul Sayyad Muskuraye…’ (Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane), ‘Door Kahin Tu Chal…’ (Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane), ‘Aa Bhi Ja Bewafa…’ (Raat Ke Rahi), ‘Tu Kya Samjhe Tu Kya Jaane…’ (Raat Ke Rahi) and ‘Ek Nazar Ek Ada…’ (Raat Ke Rahi).
Jabeen Jalil quit films in 1974 after wrapping up her career with the film Vachan. In 2008 she had produced a movie “Pehli Nazar Ka Pyaar”.
Jabeen got married in the year 1968. Her Husband Ashok Kak is of Kashmiri Origin & hailed from Jodhpur. He was President of the Kodak Company and was the youngest CEO of that time. After moving away from films Jabeen was active in social work also. Jabeen and her family stayed in America for 10 years. The family moved back to Mumbai in 1998. She lives with her husband, son and elderly mother-in-law in her flat in South Bombay and divides her time between playing the devoted wife and the ideal mother.Her son Divvij Kak is also an actor and Jabeen became a producer with Jabeen International. She lives in Dadar, Mumbai nowadays.
Today’s film is the routine King, Queen and Vazier type story. For a change, the Vazier is good but the Queen is evil. The story of the film is……
A ruler’s demise leaves a kingdom in turmoil, with a fight over which of his two wives should become queen mother. The honor goes to the elder queen, much to the dismay of Chandrasen (Tiwari), who hoped his sister would gain the position.
Mad for power, Chandrasen meets a holy man who requires seven virgins to be sacrificed to his guru. The holy man gives Chandrasen a magic flower that will allow him to take any form, and he uses it to become a duplicate of the God that is worshiped by the jungle people. He is challenged by Zingaro (Jairaj), a swarthy young jungle man, so Chandrasen turns his servant, Bahadur, into a copy of Zingaro and orders him to abduct girls from the village.
The Queen mother begs someone to capture Zingaro, but because of his legendary prowess and strength, nobody is brave enough to take the challenge except Kiran (Jabeen), the daughter of Diwan, the late king’s loyal assistant. Kiran finds Zingaro, but Zingaro convinces her of his innocence and the two set out together to capture the impostor who is committing the crimes. They apprehend the fake and throw him in jail, but Chandrasen’s magic flower helps set him free. Chandrasen then kidnaps Kiran and locks her up in his palace.
Zingaro, searching for Kiran, is arrested and Kiran must now figure out a way to save herself and Zingaro. Zingaro gets help from his friends and escapes. He finds about the magic flower, secures it and then changes the picture, Kiran is freed and the younger queen and her brother Chandrasen are arrested and hanged. Zingaro destroys the magic flower. he and Kiran get married.
Today’s song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor, who seems trying to copy Rafi style unsuccessfully. This is the last and final song and the film gets YIPPEED, with all its songs covered. Enjoy the song….
Song-Zulfen hain teree Kashmiri sitamgar (Zingaaro)(1963) Singer-Mahendra Kapoor, Lyricist- Prem Dhawan, MD- S N Tripathi
Lyrics
Zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye hoye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
khair nahin o ghoonghat waalee
aaj kisi dilwaale kee
haaye re haaye haaye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye hoye
hum se kaisee pardaadaaree
saamne to aao zaraa
gorey mukh se kaalee chunree
dhheere se sarkaao zaraa
kyaa zaroorat
chaand pe hai
kaho to baadal kaale kee
haaye re haaye haaye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
husn tujhse bheekhh maange
ishq sau sau sajde kare
ik nazar jo dekh le wo
zindagee bhar aahen bhare
waah re Kudrat
aisee soorat ke banaane waale kee
hoye hoye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye hoye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
khair nahin o ghoonghat waalee
aaj kisi dilwaale kee
haaye haaye haaye haaye haaye
zulfen hain teri Kashmiri sitamgar
aankh teree Bangaale kee
hoye
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This article is the 18200th song post in the blog.
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It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This is a Chinese saying which teaches us that even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point; something which begins with one first step.
We in the blog have been following this saying without realising it. If one song post is considered one step, then we took our first step on 19 July 2008. Today (8 February 2024) is the 5683rd day for the blog. With this post we take our 18200th step. Or to be more precise, this post is the 18200th post for the blog. The figure of 18200 is quite a mind boggling figure, but we were able to achieve it without putting us under any pressure. We just kept covering a few songs every day, kept celebrating important milestones, kept enjoying the journey, and now, here we are.
Looking back at our journey reveals several important facts about the blog as well as ourselves which may have escaped our attention. One of the observations that we can make is that it has not been a straight line journey. We have evolved and become more enlightened with time. We began on first gear. With time we kept shifting up the gear without realising it. After going in top gear for some time, we slowed down and settled down at a slower pace.
Whatever the pace of the blog during its journey, the blog has been in motion. It does not come to a standstill. At least one song gets covered every day.
This brings us to the second observation. There are quite a few people (regulars and even not so regulars) who look up to the blog first thing in the morning to find out the post(s) of the day. It has become a part of many lives like morning newspaper or morning tea/coffee. Then there are others who looked up to the blog daily for some other purpose. Like for instance there was this lady who opened up the post Jyoti kalash chhalke(Bhaabhi ki choodiyaan) every morning and would play the song to her grandkid. One morning, she found the link dead and she urgently posted this message:-
I put on this song every day for my baby grand-daughter…and today it says the video has been removed by the user….could you reinstate it please? It’e been so lovely to hear it…along with the lyrics…I learnt the song from your blogpost!
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Not just ordinary music lovers, even people associated with music world, such as relatives of the artists, began to post comments. Some of them have become followers of the blog.
Many contributors to the blog discovered their latent talents (of being authors, historians, researchers, interviwers, media persons etc) while contributing to the blog. Our contributors have by now published books, appeared on TV show, hosted/ presented musical programmes, interviewed people connected with HFM, met HFM related celebrities etc. We also discovered that a few of our contributors were actually related to some HFM personalities !
It is interesting to note that majority of the contributors to the blog are not associated with HFM. Most of them are music lovers by hobby who made their livelihood in other fields. A majority of people in India are so busy earning their livelihood that they have no time to pursue their hobbies. That way the contributors of this blog are special who can find quality time to pursue their hobbies.
When one looks at the articles that have appeared in the blog, we find that the articles, in addition to covering songs, have also covered lots and lots of subjects. We have had articles touching subjects like history, mythology, pets, economy, sports, happiness index, war heroes, national builders, social reformers, ordinary people doing extraordinary work, Railways, milk revolution, festivals, etc. Some of these articles were quite indepth and contain information not easily available elsewhere.
During this musical journey, we all have added considerably to our knowledge. We have learnt new facts and realised that many facts that we took as facts have turned out to be incorrect. We have realised that there were many people with same/ similar names and the credits for songs were often given to the wrong person who shared the same name. This reminds me of the joke that “Murphy’s law was not given by Murphy but by another person of the same name.” 🙂
One of the most important side effect of the blog has been that we have got acquainted with each other. Many of us have got to know each other through personal visits. In addition to one to one meetings, we often have get togethers. We have coined a word of our own to describe these meetings. We call them “Gangouts”. We have had such gangouts in various places within India viz Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Lucknow etc. Personally, I must say that this blog has helped me getting acquainted with some wonderful people. Getting to know them and interacting with them has been very enriching and fulfilling experience. The fact that sharing one particular hoppy can help open so many doors is something I never imagined possible when this blog had made its humble beginning in 2008.
These days, the blog is living upto its name “song a day”. Even with this slow pace, we are clocking centuries every alternate month which is quite a decent pace. We reach a century milestone, and then think that the next century is quite a way off. But soon enough the next century arrives and then I begin to wonder what song to cover as the century song.
I have selected a song from “Zingaaro”(1963) as the century song.
“Zingaaro”(1963) was directed by Chandakant for Jay Films, Bombay. This costume drama movie had Jairaj, Jabeen, Tiwari, Bela Bose, Laxmi Chhaaaya, Aruna Irani, Maruti, Mridula, Babu Raje, Poonam Kapoor, Baburao Pahalwan,Radheshyam, Moolchand, Ghani, Julien etc in it.
The blog has covered four songs out of six from the movie and then we stopped covering other songs because they were not available.
In addition to being available, even the details of the remaining two songs were not fully known.
HFGK doesnot mention the name of singers of this song and even gets the mukhda slightly wrong. Record number is not mentioned either. That is how rare this song was till recently.
Here is this rare song from “Zingaaro”(1963). This song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor and Asha Bhonsle. So we can fill in the blanks in HFGK.
Prem Dhawan is the lyricist. Music is composed by S N Tripathi.
Only audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of this song.
This song is a nice “chhaayaageet” category of song that is ideal to listen to late at night when most people are asleep. Nowadays people keep awake till late at night, so the song may not have the same effect today, but listening to this song in 1960s at 10 PM must have been a magical experience. It is a forgotten gem of a song.
I take this opportunity to thanks one and all for their continuous support in various form which keeps fueling tis musical bandwagon which as a result is chugging on and on without stopping even for a day. Here is hoping that we keep moving on and on and we keep passing one milestone after another during this journey.
Song-Madhosh ho ke hum to lage dil ko thhaamne (Zingaaro)(1963) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Mahendra Kapoor, Lyrics-Prem Dhawan, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics
hmmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
aa haa haa haa
o ho o o
ho ho ho ho
aa haa haa haa
ho ho
ho
madhosh ho ke hum to lage dil ko thhaamne
ik chaand aasmaan pe hai
ik chaand saamne
o ho ho
kyun is tarah bahak rahe hain aap bin piye
kya kar diya hai kuchh nashaa nazar ke jaam ne
hmmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
hmmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
kyun na ho nashaa
aisee raat mein
aapkaa haseen bhi ho jab ke saath mein
chhodo dillagi
varna meharbaan
baithhe hi rahoge dil ko thhaame haathh mein
huzoor ek din
ahaa
ye dil to jaayegaa
aa aa
kahaan talak bhala ise sambhaalen hum
kyun is tarah bahak rahe hain aap bin piye
kya kar diya hai kuchh nashaa nazar ke jaam ne
taaron ke diye
jhilmilaa rahe
chaand pe bhi halke halke baadal aa rahe
chehre se zaraa
lat hataaiye
mere chaand pe bhi kaale saaye chhaa rahe
na aisa boliye
haaye
na aise dekhiye
ho
ke humko to na jaane kyun lage sharam
madhosh ho ke hum to lage dil ko thhaamne
ik chaand aasmaan pe hai
ik chaand saamne
aaaa
aaaa aaaa aaaa
la raa laa
laa raa laa aa
ru ru ru
ru ru ru u
ru ru ru
raa raa raa aa
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5671 | Post No. : | 18179 |
‘Dev Kanya’ (1963) was a directed by SN Tripathi for Sur Sagar Chitra, Bombay. This movie had Mahipal, Anita Guha, BM Vyas, Krishna Kumari, Babu Raje, Mukri etc in it.
The film had seven songs in it. Two songs have been covered in the past. Interestingly, Asha Bhonsle was the only female playback singer in the movie but there were as many as three male playback singers in the movie. Each of them had sung one duet each with Asha Bhonsle. The duets of Mukesh and Rafi with Asha Bhonsle have been covered in the past.
Here is the third (and final) duet from the movie. It is sung by Mahendra Kapoor and Asha Bhonsle.
BD Mishra is the lyricist. Music is composed by SN Tripathi. This rare song is quite a catchy song and it appears like a dance song.
Only audio of the song is available. It would be interesting to know why three duets in the voices of three male singers were recorded with Asha Bhonsle being the common female voice. It could well be that the lead actress playing Dev Kanya sings there three duets with three different suitors. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the movie as well as on the picturisation of this song.
Song-Pag ghunghroo boley chhanana chhum(Dev Kanya)(1963) Singers-Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-B D Mishra, MD-S N Tripathi
Both
Lyrics
pag ghunghroo boley chhananan chhum
chhananan chhum
jaago hey devta aa
pag ghunghroo boley chhananan chhum
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
pag ghunghru boley chhananan chhum
chhananan chhum
jaago hey devta aa aa
pag ghunghru boley chhananan chhum
tujhse lagi hai lagan man ki ee
tujhse lagi hai lagan man ki
pyaasi hain ankhiyaan ye darshan ki
tere dwaar pe kabse khade hum
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
tere dwaar pe kabse khade hum
vinti humaari bhi sun sun sun
pag ghunghroo boley chhananan chhum
chhananan chhum
jaago hey devta aa
pag ghunghroo boley chhananan chhum
ga ma dha
ni dha ni
ga ma dha ma
ga ma dha ma ni sa
ga ma dha
ni sa
ga
sa ga sa ni
sa dha ni ma dha
ga ma
sa ga
aa aa aa aa aa
tu hi to jeevan ka hai daata
tu hi to jeevan ka hai daata
amrit ka sagaar hai kehlaata
ek boond se pyaas bujha de
aa aa aa
aa aa aa
aa aa
ek boond se pyaas bujha de
gaate rahen tere gun gun gun
pag ghunghroo boley chhananan chhum
chhananan chhum
jaago hey devta aa aa
pag ghunghroo boley chhananan chhum
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
छननन छुम
जागो हे देवता॰॰आ
पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
आ आ आ
आ आ आ
पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
छननन छुम
जागो हे देवता॰॰आ
पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
तुझसे लगी है लगन मन की॰॰ई
तुझसे लगी है लगन मन की
प्यासी हैं अखियाँ ये दर्शन की
तेरे द्वार पे कब से खड़े हम
आ आ आ
आ आ आ
आ आ आ
तेरे द्वार पे कब से खड़े हम
विनती हमारी भी सुन सुन सुन
पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
छननन छुम
जागो हे देवता॰॰आ
पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
गा मा धा
नि धा नि
गा मा धा मा
गा मा धा मा नि सा
गा मा धा
नि सा
गा
सा गा सा नि
सा धा नि मा धा
गा मा
सा गा
आ आ आ आ आ आ
तू ही तो जीवन का है दाता
तू ही तो जीवन का है दाता
अमृत सागर है कहलाता
एक बूंद से प्यास बुझा दे
आ आ आ
आ आ आ
आ आ
एक बूंद से प्यास बुझा दे
गाते रहें तेरे गुण गुण गुण
पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
छननन छुम
जागो हे देवता॰॰आ
पग घुंघरू बोले छननन छुम
Jo ishq ki aag mein jalte hain
Posted on: January 5, 2024
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5649 | Post No. : | 18144 |
‘Hatimtai’ (1956) was produced under the banner of Basant Pictures and was directed by Homi Wadia. The cast included Jairaj, Shakila, Meenakshi, BM Vyas, SN Tripathi, Krishna Kumari, Menaka, Sheikh, Vasant Pehlwan, Dalpat, Sardar Mansoor, Habib, Mithoo Miya, Aga Shapoor, Ranibala etc. The film was made in Gevacolour which was an additional attraction for cinegoers those days. It was one of the most talked about films, may be because of its special effect scenes.
Probably, this was my first film which I had watched in the theater. I do not remember much about the film. A few scenes which got engraved in my mind from my childhood were that there was a parrot in which the life of the magician was kept. Hatim Tai kills that parrot, the magician is dead thus ending his atrocities. Two songs from the film had remained in my memory from my childhood – “Parwar Digaar-e-Alam, Tera Hi Hai Sahaara” and “Uii Amma Main Kaahe Ko Bazaar Gayi Thhi“. I also remember one of the seven questions which Hatimtai was to correctly answer – “neki kar kuhen mein daal” (do good deeds and pour that in the well, i.e. do good and then forget it). I remembered it because I got confused as to why one should do good deeds if one has to throw them in a well. The underlying meaning which I now understand is that one should do good deeds without any expectation of rewards.
I enjoyed watching the film in my childhood. The film ran for many weeks. Recently, I watched the film on a video sharing platform. I do not recall much except what I have mentioned above. The film did not give me the ‘thrill feel’ which I had experienced when watched in my childhood. But watching the film now has enabled me to assess the character of Hatimtai who, I feel, is depicted as an ideal man and not like the character of the Superman which I had that impression in my childhood. Hatimtai had strengths and weaknesses just like any normal man would have. His main strength was that he was generous and helpful for the needy ones without any expectation of rewards. His weakness was that sometime fears stalk him during his journey to find the answers to seven questions. He gets easily attracted towards a few angels which he encounters in his journey.
‘Hatimtai’ (1956) had 9 songs written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (6), Chand Pandit (1), Akhtar Romani (1) and B D Mishra (1). All the songs were set to music by SN Tripathi and most of them are pleasant to the ears. Seven songs have been covered on the Blog. I am presenting 8th song, “Jo Ishq Ki Aag Mein Jalte Hain” rendered by Mohammed Rafi. The song is written by Chand Pandit. The song appears towards the end of the film when Husna Pari’s father gives permission to Hatimtai (Jairaj) to marry Husna Pari (Shakila) after having fulfilled his condition of Gulnar (Meenaxi) from the curse of stone to the life. However, Husna Pari can marry a human being only if she gives up her wings.
It is a background song when Husna Pari’s wings are set on fire to get rid of them. The first stanza of the song is written for Husna Pari which says that those in the flame of intense love are not afraid of fire. The second stanza depicts the character of Hatimtai, describing his nature to help those in need, if necessary, by sacrificing his life. He believes in God and is an upholder of truth. The last verse of the song, “Hashr Tak Zinda Rahega Naam Hatimtai Ka” indicates that Hatimtai is not immortal character. His name will be remembered till the day of judgement.
It appears that the song under discussion was not released on gramophone records. So, I have culled out the song from the film to make a video clip of the original soundtrack.
Video Clip:
Song-Jo ishq ki aag mein jalte hain (Hatimtai)(1956) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics- Chaand Pandit, MD-S N Tripathi
Lyrics (Provided by Prakashchandra)
jo ishq ki aag mein jalten hain
angaaron se kab darte hain
wo phool samajh kar sholon se
hans hans kar khela karte hain
ulfat ke pyaare jalwon mein
parizaadon ke par jalte hain
Allah ki kasam iss jalne mein
insaan hi phoolte phalte hain
[dialogues]
doosron ke waaste jo khelta hai jaan par
jaan jiski hai nichhaawar
aan aur imaan par
dil se aashiq hai khudaa kaa
dilruba sachchaai ka
hashr tak zinda rahega
naam Hatimtai kaa…..aaaa
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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जो इश्क़ की आग में जलते हैं
अंगारों से कब डरते हैं
वो फूल समझ कर शोलों से
हंस हंस कर खेला करते हैं
उलफत के प्यारे जल्वों में
परीज़ादों के पर जलते हैं
अल्लाह की क़सम इस जलने में
इंसान ही फूलते फलते हैं
[संवाद]
दूसरों के वास्ते जो खेलता है जान पर
जान जिसकी है निछावर
आन और ईमान पर
दिल से आशिक है खुदा का
दिलरुबा सच्चाई का
हश्र तक ज़िंदा रहेगा
नाम हातिमताई का॰ ॰ ॰
Aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
Posted on: November 13, 2023
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5596 | Post No. : | 18071 |
“Alibaba Aur Chaalis Chor”(1954) was produced and directed by Homi Wadia for Wadia Bothers, Bombay. The movie had Shakila, Mahipal, B.M.Vyas, S.N.Tripathi, Maruti, Sharda, Lalita Kumari, Shalini,Ismail,Azim, Dalpat,Shree Bhagwan, Sardar Mansoor, Aftab, Chanda,Pushpa, Helen, Shapur Aga, Patel, M.K.Hasan, Mithoo miya, Bismilla, Rajkumar, Abdulla, Korega, Yadav, Julian etc in it.
“Alibaba Aur Chaalis Chor”(1954) had eight songs in it. Five songs have been covered in the past.
Here is the sixth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Shamshad Begam and female chorus. Raja Mehdi Ali Khan is the lyricist. Music was composed by S N Tripathi and Chitragupta.
The song is picturised as a rajdarbaar dance song. The dancer lipsyncing this song could be either Pushpa or Chanda. Prakashchandra, who sent me the lyrics of this song is not sure about the identification of the dancer lip syncing the song. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify her.
Video link:
Song-Aankh milee hai pyaar hoga (Alibaba Aur Chaalis Chor)(1954) Singer-Shamshad Begam, Lyrics-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-S N Tripathi/Chitragupta
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
neechee nazar thhee
kisko khabar thhee
teer jigar ke paar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
dekho ji ye dil toote naa aaa
dekho ji ye dil tootey naa aaa
hamse nazar ye roothey naa aa
hamse nazar ye roothey naa aa
karke bahaanaa
chhod na jaanaa
jeena meraa dushwaar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
shokh nigaahein teree sanam..mmm
shokh nigaahein teree sanamm..mm
dil mein samaa jaa meri qasam..mmm
dil mein samaa jaa meri qasam..mmm
tum ho hamaarey
hum hain tumhaare
tumse yehee iqraar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
neechee nazar thhee
kisko khabar thhee
teer jigar ke paar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
aankh milee hai pyaar hogaa
dil pe nazar kaa waar hogaa
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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5531 | Post No. : | 17986 |
Today’s song is a comedy duet from the film Alibaba and 40 Thieves-1954.
Stories of Arabian Nights or 1001 Nights are so interesting that for many generations they have been a source of entertainment.Alibaba,Allauddin and Sindbad are the evergreen stories. Arabian Night stories evolved through a story which took place in Persia. King Shahriyar became a woman hater after he found that his wife was unfaithful to him. He not only killed her,but he started marrying a new girl every time and on the second day of Marriage the wife would be killed to avoid unfaithfulness.
The legend says that a beautiful young daughter of the Vizier-Scheherazade decided to marry the king Shahriyar,against wishes of her family. On the first night of marriage,she started telling him a story which she left unfinished. Curious to know the story’s end,the king postponed her killing. On every night Scheherazade employed the same technique-keeping the story unfinished. Thus she continued 1001 stories on 1001 nights. Finally the king changed his opinion and pardoned his wife.
During our school days stories of Alibaba, Sindbad,Allauddin and his magic lamp, Hatimtai, Gulbakawali and such other stories enchanted us. It seemed fantastic reading them. I doubt very much if today’s school children read these stories. Maybe only a few will be familiar with these names. Naturally, during our young age, there were many films also made on these stories.
These stories included Historical stories,love tales,tragedies.comedies,poems,eroticas,stories of Jinn,ghosts and apes,Sorcerers,magicians etc etc. places like Basara,Istanbul,Baghdad etc were frequently mentioned in these stories. A lot of films were made on different popular characters of Arabian Nights. Here is a short history of films made, it may not be complete but surely is an indicator of how the Indian film industry took advantage of readymade interesting stories. These stories were liked by not only children, but also millions of adults – like me, for example.
A cursory look at the Film Title Index-1913 to 2012 by Hamraz ji tells us that the most popular stories are on Allauddin, Alibaba and Sinbad as well as Gul E Bakavli, besides films on other not so well known characters. In the Silent film era, films on Alibaba were made in 1927 (2films), Allauddin in 1927 (2), 1928,1931 Sindbad in 1930(2) and Arabian Nights-1930. During the Talkie films, the first film on Alibaba was in 1932, then in 40,46,54(2),66,76,77,80 and 2004. On Aladdin in 35, 36, 39,41, 49,52 (2), 55, 57,58,66,78, 82(2). On Sindbad in 46(2),52(2),58,65 and 2000.
As always, the creative heads in the story departments of filmmakers invented titles like Alladin ka Beta, Alladin ki Beti, Aladdin and Laila. Similarly son and daughter were gifted to Alibaba and Sinbad and films made on them. The funniest title was ” Sindbad, Alibaba and Allauddin “-1965 ! On a quick check of HFGK entries for the 1940s decade we find that as many as 9 films were made in 1946 alone on these characters. Added were Baghdad ka chor, Hoor E Baghdad, Sher E Baghdad, Arab ka chand and Shah E Misr-in which actor Ajit debuted with his real name Hamid.
Most of these stories took place in the Middle East cities which were land locked. However, one character – Sindbad was a sailor and his stories of adventures and voyages to magical, strange and unbelievable places were mind boggling. He was equally popular as Alibaba and Allauddin.
Film Alibaba and 40 Thieves-1954 was made by Basant Pictures and it was directed by its owner Homi Wadia. The music was by the pair of S.N.Tripathi and Chitragupt. In his initial days, Chitragupt had been Tripathi’s assistant for a few years. He has also sung some songs under his baton. This film was first censored on 10-3-1954 as a B & W film. However, its colour version was again censored on 22-11-1956.
A Tamil remake of this film was made in 1956 by Basant pictures with local stars. S. Dakshinmoorthy had done the music orchestration of the Tamil songs which had used all tunes from its Hindi original. The cast of the Hindi film was Shakeela, Mahipal, B.M. Vyas, S.N.Tripathi, Maruti, Sharda Deulkar, Shalini, Ismail, Dalpat, Azeem, Sardar Mansoor and many more. The original story as appeared in “The Arabian Nights’ was adapted by J.B.H.Wadia, by changing its last part of events. His name is given as the Story Writer in the film credits. Finally, the story of the film was like this……..
Alibaba (Mahipal) lives in the city of Dil Pazir. His dancer friend Marjina (Shakila) notices that he pays great attention to his sister Salma (Shalini), after his elder brother Qasim (S.N.Tripathi) has usurped all his ancestral property. His friend Abboo (Maruti) loves Sitara (Sharda Deulkar), Salma’s companion.
When Alibaba goes to the jungle for wood cutting, he accidentally sees the dacoit Abu Hasan (B.M.Vyas) and notes the password to get into his cave of treasure. In the night, Alibaba quietly opens the cave door with the password and collects a lot of wealth and becomes rich. The cunning wife of his brother comes to know and gets him arrested. Margina cleverly gets Alibaba out of jail and they run away with Salma and Abboo.
Qasim goes into the cave, collects wealth but at the time of leaving forgets the password and is stuck inside. Abu Hasan comes and kills Qasim, severing his head from body. Alibaba sees this in his next visit to the cave and brings the dead body parts to his house. Marjina brings a blindfolded tailor who sews the body with the head. This news reached Abu Hasan. To corner and kill Alibaba, he visits his house as a Saudagar along with his 40 thieves hidden in sacks. Marjina recognises him and with the help of Sitara and Abboo, they throw all sacks in a deep valley killing all thieves. Then Marjina tries to kill Abu Hasan, but he tricks her and runs away with her to the hideout. In the climax, Alibaba rescues Marjina, kills Abu Hasan and in the end all is well.
Homi Wadia, the Director, was a man of principles. He separated from his brother on the issue of making the type of films and formed his own film company and studio – Basant Pictures. He was in love with his Heroine The Fearless Nadia. When his mother objected and opposed this marriage, he waited till the death of his mother in 1961 and then married Nadia, when they both were in their 50’s. Disgusted with the illegal strike in his studio, he closed his studio but did not compromise.
Homi Wadia (22 May 1911 – 10 December 2004) was a film director and producer in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He was the co-founder of Wadia Movietone productions, established in 1933 and later after leaving Wadiatone, he founded Basant Pictures in 1942. In a career spanning five decades, he directed over 40 films, including Hunterwali (1935), Miss Frontier Mail (1936), Diamond Queen (1940) and fantasy film Hatim Tai (1956). He was also a founding member of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India, established in 1954. Homi Wadia was married to actress and stunt woman Fearless Nadia. Homi was the younger brother of JBH Wadia, who was himself a movie director.
Wadia was from a Parsi family, and his ancestors came from the shipbuilding family, Wadia family (Wadia Group) originally from Surat in Gujarat state of western India, which also built the British-wartime ship HMS Trincomalee (1817). His ancestors moved to Bombay in the 18th century. After completing his schooling, at age 16, he joined college for a day, but decided instead to join films, and started assisting his elder brother, director JBH Wadia.
Homi Wadia had a film career spanning 5 decades where he started as a cinematographer in Lal-e-Yaman (1933), the year he co-established Wadia Movietone with his elder brother JBH Wadia, film distributor Manchersha B. Billimoria, and brothers Burjor and Nadirsha Tata. However Tata brothers left the partnership within three years, the company continued production of film, documentaries and newsreels from its studios by Lowjee Castle, Mumbai, Wadia family mansion of his great grandfather Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia, a noted shipbuilder, who founded the Wadia Group in 1736. The company even had its logo as a ship, honouring their family legacy.
The last film made by the company was Raj Nartaki (1941) under the direction of Madhu Bose, thereafter V. Shantaram bought the studio in 1942 and established Rajkamal Kalamandir in the premises. Homi Wadia, who worked as a director of the company, went on to establish Basant Pictures in the same year, though initially as a film production house. Subsequently, he established a film studio under the same banner in 1947, which functioned till 1981. Eventually he progressed as an movie director, producer and also a drama actor and founded Basant Pictures (Basant Studios) Homi is particularly famous for his movies along with Nadia namely Hunterwali, Miss Frontier Mail and Hatim Tai. As a Director his first film was Veer Bharat-1934 and the last film was The Adventures of Allauddin-1979.
In 1981, he got into a labour dispute with union leader Datta Samant, unable to take on the dispute, he decided to quit filmmaking and closed down Basant Studios. He continued to live in Mumbai after his retirement. Even till late in his life, he remained active, and even after his wife Nadia died in 1996, he regularly visited Basant theatre in Chembur. He died at the age of 93, in Mumbai in 2004.
Today’s song is a comedy duet. Actor Maruti and Sharda Deulkar enacted this song on the screen. Interestingly, this song was also used again in the film Diler daku-1957 by Mohd. Shafi. Enjoy this song….
Song- Gadhon per baith kar hum shahar ke chakkar lagaayenge (Alibaba Aur chaalees chor)(1954) Singers-Rafi, Shamshad Begam, Lyricist- Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD – S.N.Tripathi – Chitragupt
Lyrics
gadhon par baith kar
hum shehar ke chakkar lagaayenge
ho hi isi kaabil
humen tumse mohabbat hai ye duniya ko bataayenge
ahahahaha
qurbaan jaun tumhaare bataane pe
dekho dekho hazur ye hai khatte angoor
aeji chhodo ye haath nahin aayenge
o meri jannat ki hoor
tu hai arabi khazoor
tere saaye mein zindagi bitaayege
dekho dekho huzoor
ye hain khatte angoor
aeji chhodo ye haath nahin aayenge
achcha lage hai mujhe o meri bulbul
gaana tera chahchahaana tera
achcha lage na mujhe
yoon peechhe peechhe aana tera
khilkhilaana tera
achcha lage na mujhe
yoon peechhe peechhe
aana tera
khilkhilaana tera
teri aankhen billur meethe meethe angoor
inhen sharbat banaake pi jaayege
dekho dekho huzur
ye hain khatte angoor
aeji chhodo ye hath nahin aayenge
o meri jannat ki hoor
tu hai arabi khazoor
tere saaye mein zindagi bitaayenge
bhoola nahin hai mujhe nazren jhuka kar
aana tera
muskuraana tera
mujhko bhi yaad hai pehla tamaacha
khaana tera
bhaag jaana tera
aahahahahawaah waah
mujhko bhi yaad hai pehla tamaacha
khaana tera
bhaag jaana tera
jo karegi guroor
hum ban ke langoor
tere koochhe me udham machaayege
dekho dekho huzoor
ye hain khatte angoor
aeji chhodo ye haath nahin aayenge
o meri jannat ki hoor
tu hai arabi khazoor
tere saaye mein zindagi bitaayenge
dekho dekho huzoor
ye hain khatte angoor
aeji chhodo ye haath nahin aayenge
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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