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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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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4557 |
Pancham’s Music – Eighties (1981-1990) -5 (1985)
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In today’s post we move on to Pancham’s music in 1985.
Pancham Da continued to give his best in this year too like the previous years. He composed music for eighteen movies in 1985, one more than the tally of seventeen in 1984.
His music of 1985 was a mix of some excellent, very good and good music. Songs of ‘Alag-Alag’, ‘Saagar’, ‘Arjun’, ‘Savere Waali Gaadi’, ‘Zabardast’, ‘Laava’, ‘Sitamgar’, ‘Raahi Badal Gaye’ (ik baat dil mein aayi hain) were quite popular and frequently heard.
The list of eighteen movies where Pancham composed music in 1985 is given below.
| Sno | Movie Title | Director | Lyricist | Date of Censor Certificate | Status on the Blog |
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| 1 | Aar Paar | Shakti Samanta | Anand Bakshi | 19.11.1985 | 0 of 6 songs posted |
| 2 | Aawaaraa Baap | Sohanlal Kanwar | M.G. Hashmat, Vishweshwar Sharma, Verma Malik | 19.11.1985 | 0 of 7 songs posted |
| 3 | Alag Alag | Shakti Samanta | Anand Bakshi | 20.09.1985 | 6 of 8 songs posted |
| 4 | Ameer Aadmi Ghareeb Aadmi | Amjad Khan | Nida Fazli | 19.02.1985 | 0 of 6 songs posted |
| 5 | Arjun | Rahul Rawail | Javed Akhtar | 20.04.1985 | 2 of 4 songs posted |
| 6 | Bond 303 | Ravi Tandon | Gulshan Bawra | 19.06.1985 | 1 of 5 songs posted |
| 7 | Ek Se Bhale Do | S.V. Rajendra Singh | Anjaan | 10.05.1985 | 0 of 5 songs posted |
| 8 | Hum Naujawaan | Dev Anand | Anjaan, Indeevar | 18.11.1985 | 0 of 5 songs posted |
| 9 | Laavaa | Ravindra Peepat | Anand Bakshi | 10.01.1985 | 1 of 8 songs posted |
| 10 | Oonche Log | Brij | Anjaan | 06.05.1985 | 0 of 5 songs posted |
| 11 | Raahi Badal Gaye | Ravi Tandon | Gulshan Bawra | 30.03.1985 | 1 of 6 songs posted |
| 12 | Raam Kitne Tere Naam | P. Madhavan, B.A. | Majrooh Sultanpuri, Gulshan Bawra | 02.02.1985 | 0 of 6 songs posted |
| 13 | Rusvaai | Rajat Rakshit | Pradeep, Indeevar | 12.09.1985 | 0 of 6 songs posted |
| 14 | Saagar | Ramesh Sippy | Javed Akhtar | 27.04.1985 | YIPPEEEE’ED |
| 15 | Saverewaali Gaadi | Bharati Raja | Majrooh Sultanpuri | 17.09.1985 | 3 of 5 songs posted |
| 16 | Shivaa Kaa Insaaf | Raj N Sippy | Gulshan Bawra | 05.03.1985 | 0 of 5 songs posted |
| 17 | Sitamgar | Raj N Sippy | Majrooh Sultanpuri | 08.03.1985 | 1 of 6 songs posted |
| 18 | Zabardast | Naseer Hussain | Majrooh Sultanpuri | 05.06.1985 | 1 of 5 songs posted |
For today’s presentation we have a song from the movie ‘Aar Paar-1985’. This movie will make its debut on the blog today. This was one of the reasons to select a song from this movie. The other reason being that the song is sung by R.D. Burman himself. Another reason is that this song is a lesser-heard song as well. But if one listens to this song a few times it grows upon you. It is a very nice hummable philosophical song.
Today (4 january 2022) happens to be the twenty-eighth ‘Remembrance Day’ (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) of our beloved Pancham Da. It has been twenty-eight years since he left us forever. But the music that he created will remain with us forever as long as HFM is around.
This is the fifth song in this series. I had kept this song up my sleeve for this day after drafting it more than one month back.
The song being posted today is our tribute to ‘Pancham Da’ and his ‘music’ in HFM.
The song is from the movie ‘Aar-Paar’(1985). ‘Aar-Paar'(1985) was directed by Shakti Samanta for his home productions ‘Shakti Films, Bombay’. Shakti Samanta was also the producer of this movie. It was an Indo-Bangladesh Co-Production. And Syed Hasan Imam (of Chitrangan-Dhaka) was the Co-Producer of this movie from Bangladesh.
‘Aar-Paar'(1985) had Mithun Chakravarty, Rosina, Nutan, Asit Sen, Utpal Dutt, Manik Dutt, Tarun Ghose, Ghulam Mustafa, Hasan Imam, A.T.M. Shamsuz Zaman, Ahmed Sharif, Ghulam Rafique, Madhu, Shekhar, Amal Bose, Kali Pada Sen, Bullet, Qutub, Mohammad Ali, Chunnu, Minhaz, Barua, Nurul Islam, Sumita Devi, Shahre Banu, Maya Ghose, Reena, Papiya and others.
Story of this movie was written by Shakti Pada Rajguru. Screenplay of this movie was jointly written by Shakti Samanta and Shanu Bannerjee.
Dialogues of this movie were written by Pradeep Roy Chowdhury. Bijoy Chowdhury was the editor of this movie.
This movie had six songs written by Anand Bakshi and composed by R.D. Burman. kishore Kumar, Asha Bhonsle, Shailendra Singh, Sabeena, Yasmin and R.D. Burman had given their voices to the songs in this movie.
This movie was passed by Censor Board on 19.11.1985.
Let us now listen to today’s song which is played in the background while we can see some policemen taking Mithun Chakravarty with them while some villagers (including friends of Mithun Chakravarty in the movie) are seen watching them.
As mentioned above today’s song is sung by R.D. Burman. lyrics are by Anand Bakshi. Music is composed by R.D. Burman.
(This post also serves of bringing movies with same title on the blog. With this song Aar-Paar(1985) joins the well-known movie ‘Aar Paar-(1954) in the blog.
Audio
Video
Song-O maajhi teri naiyya se chhoota kinaara(Aar Paar)(1985) Singer-R D Burman, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-R D Burman
Lyrics
o maajhi teri naiyya se chhootaa kinaaraa aa
o maajhi teri naiyya se chhootaa kinaaraa aa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
bichhad gaye sab
tere apne
ujad gaye ae sab
sundar sapne ae
bichhad gaye sab
tere apne
ujad gaye ae sab
sundar sapne ae
o maajhi tera khel
bigad gayaa saaraa aa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
ho o o
dosh na de tu
in maujon ko
kuchh mat bol tu
sab logon ko
dosh na de tu
in maujon ko
kuchh mat bol tu
sab logon ko
o maajhi tujhe tere
naseebon ne maaraa aa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
patwaaron ko o
tod gaye hain
beech bhanwar wo
chhod gaye hain
patwaaron ko o
tod gaye hain
beech bhanwar wo o
chhod gaye hain
o maajhi toone
jisko bhi paar utaaraa aa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
o maajhi teri naiyya se chhootaa kinaaraa aa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
kahaan le chali ee
samay ki dhaaraa
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Devanagari Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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ओ मांझी तेरी नैय्या से छूटा किनारा आ
ओ मांझी तेरी नैय्या से छूटा किनारा आ
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय कि धारा
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
बिछड़ गए सब
तेरे अपने
उजड़ गए ए सब
सुन्दर सपने ए
बिछड़ गए सब
तेरे अपने
उजड़ गए ए सब
सुन्दर सपने ए
ओ मांझी तेरा खेल
बिगड़ गया सारा आ
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
हो ओ ओ
दोष न दे तू
इन मौजों को
कुछ मत बोल तू
सब लोगों को
दोष न दे तू
इन मौजों को
कुछ मत बोल तू
सब लोगों को
ओ मांझी तुझे तेरे
नसीबों ने मारा आ
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
पतवारों को ओ
तोड़ गए हैं
बीच भंवर वो
छोड़ गए हैं
पतवारों को ओ
तोड़ गए हैं
बीच भंवर वो ओ
छोड़ गए हैं
ओ मांझी तूने
जिसको भी पार उतारा आ
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
ओ मांझी तेरी नैय्या से छूटा किनारा आ
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
कहाँ ले चली ई
समय की धारा
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“Ham Hindustani”(1960) was produced by S Mukherjee and directed by Ram Mukherjee for Filmalay, Bombay. Most Indian patriotic movies are jingoistic and boastfuul, but this patriotic movie sought to inspire Indians to make India great again through deeds and not by rhetoric. The movie had Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Joy Mukherjee,Helen , Jageerdaar, Agha, Leela, Chitnis, Mubarak, Vijaya Chaudhary, Malika, Sheela Rao, Mirza Musharraf, Rav Avtaar, Moni, Chatterjee, Hari Shivdasani, Yogendra, Bob, B K Mukherjee, Sarita, Saibi, Sitaram, < Baby Nasreen, Caeser, Shyam Chatterjee etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it that were penned by five lyricists.
Eight songs songs have been covered so far.
Here are the details of the songs that have been covered so far:-
| Blog post number | Song | Date of posting | Singer(s) | |
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| 624 | Chhodo kal ki baatein | 26 January 2009 | Mukesh | |
| 1308 | Raat nikhri huyi zulf bikhri huyi | 19 May 2009 | Mukesh | |
| 4128 | Maanjhi meri qismat ke | 4 July 2011 | Lata | |
| 4688 | Neeli neeli ghataa o bheegi bheegi hawaa | 24 September 2011 | Asha Bhonsle, Mukesh | |
| 6939 | Chori chori tori aayi hai Radha | 3 November 2012 | Lata | |
| 14137 | Ham jab chalen to ye jahaan jhoomey | 8 March 2018 | Rafi | |
| 16455 | Chhedo na mohe Kaanha jaa | 4 July 2021 | Lata | |
| 16689 | Baalma mori latt suljha de | 8 December 2021 | Asha Bhonsle |
The ninth and final song from “Ham Hindustani”(1960) is sung by Geeta Dutt and Usha Khanna. K Manohar (father of Usha Khanna working under this name) was the lyricist. Music is composed by Usha Khanna.
Only the audio of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on the picturisation of the song.
With this song, all the songs of “Ham Hindustani”(1960) are covered in the blog. “Ham Hindustani”(1960) now joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.
Song-Tu laage mora baalam ye kaise kahoon main (Ham Hindustani)(1960) Singers-Geeta Dutt, Usha Khanna, Lyrics-K Manohar, MD-Usha Khanna
Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
jo poochhe hain sakhiyaan
to chup rahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
ho o o o o
tose ye boloon
bhai meri kya majaal
meri kya majaal sainyya
meri kya majaal
ho o o o o
aankhon mein hai mere dil ka sawaal
dil ka sawaal
sainyya dil ka sawaal
sapna ?? main jo ?? takoon main
sapna ?? main jo ?? takoon main
?? main
tu laage
tu laage
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
jo poochhe hain sakhiyaan
to chup rahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
ho o o o o
aankhon ne teri na jaane kya kaha
jaane kya kaha saiyya
jaane kya kaha
ho o o o o
maathe pe mere paseena aa gaya
paseena aa gaya ji
paseena aa gaya
khoyi khoyi dekhoon
paseena pochhoon main
khoyi khoyi dekhoon
paseena pochhoon main
paseena pochhoon main
tu laage
tu laage
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
jo poochhe hain sakhiyaan
to chup rahoon main
tu laage mora baalam
ye kaise kahoon main
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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 duet from the film Wamiq Azra-1946.
Ask anyone to name a famous love pair and the answer would be Romeo and Juliet, Laila Majnu or Shirin Farhad. These are all lovebirds from foreign lands. In fact Romeo and Juliet never even existed, they are the fictional char acters from the drama “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare in 1597 a.d. Layla-Majnun pair was from Arabia and Shirin and Khusro Farhad were from Persia or Iran. Likewise Wamiq and Azra were also from Persia.
There are several love pairs from our own Indian Mythology and Indian History, but most people do not either know about them or they simply do not remember, till reminded. So much for the knowledge of our own history ! How many of us really know about the love pairs from our Mythology, is a question better left unasked !
The famous Subhadra and Arjun pair, the Uttara- Abhimanyu pair which culminated in the sad end of Abhimanyu, and Usha- Aniruddha are some of the interesting love stories of Mythology. Surprisingly, there seem to be no love stories from Ramayana and all these are from Mahabharat or during the Krishn Avtar. And why not, when Krishna himself had Radha as his Love-mate.
Indian History too is replete with love stories like Jodha-Akbar, Salim- Anarkali, Bajirao -Mastani, Prithviraj-Sanyogita, Amrapali-Bimbisara, Mumal- Mahendra, Amaravati- Ambikapathy (Tamilnad) etc.etc.
In addition there are the Folk Love stories of India. India is a unique country in the world. ” Vividhata mein ekta” (विविधता में एकता ). A country which has 28 states and 9 UTs, 22 languages mentioned in its Constitution, 30 languages spoken by 30 lakh people each, 122 languages spoken by more than 10000 people each and 1652 languages spoken in all the country. So many religions are living amicably for thousands of years and still the country is ONE unit, when the Nation needs it. Proving all the Pundits of the world saying that India will break into pieces after independence, we are stronger and more developed by the day. So, what is the secret ?
The secret is its Culture, which keeps all faiths and languages bound together. In India, Culture is greater than and a bigger influence than individual religions. The flexibility, adaptability and readiness to make changes by the majority section, is the secret. This makes India the biggest Democracy in the world today. The entire world looks up to us as a final Saviour.
Culture and Folklore have bound Indians together. In every state there are its own Folk tales, Folk Dances and Folk Music. Still, some common Folklore is famous all over the country. Though every region has its own Folklores, Lovers’ Folk lore from Punjab and Sind have been traditionally well known throughout India, e.g. Heer-Ranjha or Sohni-Mahiwal etc etc. Our films have a great contribution in keeping the country United and Together,despite calamities and aggressions. Some of the Folk tales of Love from Punjab and Sindh became well known due to films made on them.
There are 9 Tragic Love stories from Punjab and Sindh,in which both the lovers die without getting united. These 9 Love stories are-
Mirza-Sahiban
Heer – Ranjha
Sassi-Punnu
Momal-Rano
Umar-marvi
Sohni-Mahiwal
Lila-Chanesar
Noorie-Tamchi
Dhaj-Rorkumar (Unlike most pairs,in Mirza Sahiban,the Male name comes First !)
Dhola-Maaru (a story from Rajasthan).
Indian film producers have helped spread these Immortal Love stories by making movies on them,as under-
Heer-Ranjha… Films made in 1931,32,48 and 1970
Mirza-Sahiban… In 1933,35,47 and 1957
Sassi-Punnu… In 1932,33 and 1946
Sohni-Mahiwal…In 1933,46,58 and 1984
Umar-Marvi…in 1942
Noorie-Tamchi…In 1934
Dhola-Maaru….1956
Film Wamiq Azra-1946 was made by Hind Pictures, Bombay. It was owned by actor, Director Nazir Ahmed khan who was a very enterprising and capable, multi faceted artiste. He acted in 25 films, from 1933 to 1942, directed 8 films from 1940 to 1947,sang 7 songs in 5 films and even wrote lyrics in filmAabroo-1943. His first wife was Sitara Devi-dancer and actress, who eloped with his nephew-K.Asif. His second wife was Swarnalata-a Siyal Sikh actress. Nazir established his film Studio in Dadar-Hind Pictures. In the riots of 1947, his studio was burnt by a frenzied mob and he stood in a corner watching it burn completely, while he smoked cigarettes. Next week he migrated to Pakistan with wife Swarnalata in tow. He is regarded as the builder and developer of Pakistani Film industry, in the initial stages.
The film was directed by his Cinematographer Nazir Ajmeri. This was his first film as a Director and later he directed Rupa-46, Keemat-46, Majboor-48 and Abida-48, before he too migrated to Pakistan and joined his Mentor Nazir Ahmed khan. The film had music by A.R.Qureshi (29-4-1919 to 3-2-2000). He gave music to 40 films composing 356 songs and singing 14 songs in 7 films. By 1958 he left films and concentrated on his speciality- Tabla, holding concerts all over the world. He became very famous with his real name All Rakha Khan. His son Zakir Hussain is also an internationally famous Tabla Nawaz.
The songs of this film were written by Lyricist Tanvir Naqvi. Tanvir Naqvi ( real name- Syed Khursheed Ali ) was born on 16th February 1919, at Lahore. His father was a Jahagirdar and elder brother was ADC to a Nawab. Tanvir went to Persia, along with father, where he was educated in Urdu and Persian. From the age of 14 years, he started writing poetry and participated in various Mushairas. He published a book ” Suhane Sapne ‘ of his poetry. By chance, A R Kardar read it and called Tanvir to Bombay to write for his film ‘ Swami’-41 made by CIRCO.
In his next film, Nai Duniya-42, Suraiya sang his song as her First song. His films Anmol Ghadi-46 and Jugnu-47 became hits and all his songs were appreciated much. He had earned a good name. However, after the film Parda-49, he migrated to Pakistan. In 1954, K.Asif invited him to India to write songs for his film ‘Mughal E Azam’, but by that time, Naushad had built his own team and he declined to take Tanvir Naqvi. From 1954 to 1959, Tanvir did many films. He also joined S.Mohinder and wrote songs for his 7 films.
In 1959, Tanvir Naqvi shifted again to Pakistan, but this time for good. There also, he wrote for many films,like Koel, Jhoomar, Salma, Gulfam,Elaan etc etc. He also wrote for Punjabi films. He had married Idaan- elder sister of actress singer Nurjehan. However,since he had no children from her, he married again and had 2 children. He died in Lahore on 1-11-1972. In India, he wrote 224 songs for 48 films. Some of his songs are popular even today.
Today’s song is sung by A.R.Qureshi and Naseem Akhtar.
Song-Do hi lafzon ka thha ye afsaana (Wamiq Azra)(1946) Singers-A R Qureshi, Naseem Akhtar, Lyrics-Tanveer Naqvi, MD-A R Qureshy
Lyrics
Do hi lafzon ka thha ye afsaana
jo suna par khaamosh ho baithhe ae
ik ada ye ke tumko paaya thha aa
phir kaha ye ki tujhko kho baithhe
bhala koi kyun kar tumhen bhool jaaye
bhala koi kyun kar tumhe bhool jaaye ae ae ae ae
bhulaane se tum aur bhi yaad aaye
bhulaane se tum aur bhi yaad aaye
na socha na samjha
na dekha na bhaala aa
na socha na samjha
na dekha na bhaala
chale aaye hum tujhpe duniyaa lutaaye
chale aaye hum tujhpe duniyaa lutaaye
na maano
magar jab se tumse juda hain
na maano
magar jab se tumse juda hain
tumhaari kasam
hum nahin muskuraaye
tumhari kasam
hum nahin muskuraaye
bhala koi kyun kar tumhen bhool jaaye
bhala koi kyun kar tumhen bhool jaaye
ae ae ae ae
bhulaane se tum aur bhi yaad aaye
bhulaane se tum aur bhi yaad aaye
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4538 |
Yearwise discussion of Lata Mangeshkar songs in HFM: Part LIX: Year 2006 and 2007
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In this episode, the 59th episode, we were supposed to cover Lata Mangeshkar songs that she sang in Hindi movies released in 2006.
2006 saw 592 songs getting created in 105 movies. Lata Mangeshkar sang 1 song in one of these movies. So Lata Mangeshkar got to sing in 1 % of these movies and she sang 0.2 % of songs in these movies.
Here are the details of songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Hindi movies released in 2006 :-
| S N | Movie | Music director | Lata song in the blog | Lata HFM songs recorded in the year | Lata solo songs | Male duet | Female duet | Other songs | Lyricists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rang De Basanti | A R Rahman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Prasoon Joshi |
| Total | 1 movie | 1 MD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 lyricist |
Lata Mangeshkar worked with 1 music director and 1 lyricist in this one movie released in 2006. This song has already been covered <a href=”Lukka chhuppi bahut huyi saamne aaja re (Rang De Basanti)“>in the past more than eight years ago.
So, we had no option but to cover a song from the next year viz 2007.
It turns out that like 2006, 2007 also had just one movie that had the voice of Lata Mangeshkar in it.
Here are the details of songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Hindi movies released in 2007 :-
| S N | Movie | Music director | Lata song in the blog | Lata HFM songs recorded in the year | Lata solo songs | Male duet | Female duet | Other songs | Lyricists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strangers | Vinay Tiwari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jawed Akhtar |
| Total | 1 movie | 1 MD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 lyricist |
Laxmikant Pyarelal were the most prolific music directors with Lata, with 664 songs in HFM with Lata Mangeshkar by the end of 2007. Shankar Jaikishan with 457 songs in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar were in the second position. R D Burman with 332 Lata Mangeshkar and Kalyanji Anandji with 307 songs were next ahead of C Ramchandra with 275 songs. Other top music directors for Lata Mangeshkar were Chitragupta (239), Madan Mohan (204), S D Burman (179),Naushad (146), Roshan (144), Hemant Kumar (127), Anil Biswas (120), Bappi Lahiri (112), Rajesh Roshan (111), Salil Chaudhary (109), Husnlal Bhagatram (108), and Vasant Desai (104). Together these seventeen music directors composed 3742 songs out of 5240 songs that Lata Mangeshkar had sung in Hindi movies till end of 2007. Anand Bakshi with 731 songs was the top lyricist with Lata Mangeshkar. Other leading lyricists with Lata Mangeshkar were Rajinder Krishan (555), Majrooh Sultanpuri (407), Shailendra (361), Hasrat Jaipuri (301), Prem Dhawan (201), Bharat Vyas (193), Shakeel Badayuni (189), Sahir Ludhianvi (161) and Indeewar (156). These ten lyricists had penned 3252 songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar till that time.
Here is the summary of Lata Mangeshkar’s playback career in Hindi movies till end of 2007 :
| Year | Movie count | Lata song in the blog | Lata HFM songs recorded in the year | Lata solo songs | Male duet | Female duet | Other songs | Remarks |
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| 1946 | 3 movies | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1947 | 3 movies | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1948 | 17 movies | 51 | 57 | 42 | 8 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1949 | 40 movies | 142 | 160 | 105 | 35 | 13 | 7 | |
| 1950 | 36 movies | 116 | 143 | 93 | 32 | 14 | 4 | |
| 1951 | 49 movies | 190 | 223 | 158 | 52 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1952 | 43 movies | 151 | 177 | 138 | 31 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1953 | 45 movies | 170 | 195 | 149 | 35 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1954 | 43 movies | 142 | 172 | 144 | 23 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1955 | 50 movies | 172 | 218 | 177 | 30 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 49 movies | 174 | 204 | 153 | 35 | 13 | 3 | |
| 1957 | 47 movies | 132 | 160 | 110 | 38 | 7 | 5 | |
| 1958 | 35 movies | 104 | 132 | 95 | 25 | 10 | 1 | |
| 1959 | 58 movies | 190 | 211 | 131 | 68 | 12 | 1 | |
| 1960 | 48 movies | 142 | 166 | 102 | 50 | 9 | 5 | |
| 1961 | 44 movies | 128 | 152 | 88 | 55 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1962 | 40 movies | 119 | 129 | 84 | 40 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 37 movies | 105 | 111 | 62 | 38 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1964 | 46 movies | 123 | 133 | 91 | 31 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1965 | 42 movies | 84 | 91 | 71 | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1966 | 49 movies | 105 | 133 | 110 | 14 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 44 movies | 94 | 106 | 67 | 38 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1968 | 33 movies | 84 | 84 | 59 | 19 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1969 | 43 movies | 78 | 97 | 67 | 27 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1970 | 54 movies | 91 | 130 | 84 | 39 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1971 | 52 movies | 107 | 126 | 71 | 52 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 62 movies | 100 | 151 | 86 | 60 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1973 | 60 movies | 93 | 138 | 94 | 37 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1974 | 55 movies | 71 | 104 | 66 | 33 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 45 movies | 62 | 90 | 50 | 35 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 41 movies | 58 | 97 | 53 | 39 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1977 | 50 movies | 50 | 96 | 59 | 27 | 8 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 46 movies | 60 | 90 | 48 | 34 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1979 | 42 movies | 38 | 66 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1980 | 43 movies | 28 | 71 | 43 | 21 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1981 | 46 movies | 40 | 88 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1982 | 45 movies | 28 | 82 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1983 | 33 movies | 29 | 73 | 36 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 39 movies | 11 | 70 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 40 movies | 21 | 72 | 39 | 31 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1986 | 27 movies | 4 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1987 | 12 movies | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 21 movies | 9 | 43 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 19 movies | 10 | 38 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 9 movies | 4 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 16 movies | 6 | 57 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 12 movies | 3 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 14 movies | 3 | 49 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 12 movies | 5 | 39 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 4 movies | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 5 movies | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 5 movies | 1 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 3 movies | 4 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 7 movies | 3 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 movies | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 6 movies | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 movies | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 | NIL movies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 movie | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 movies | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 movie | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 1 movie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total upto 2007 | 1880 movies | 3762 | 5240 | 3386 | 1515 | 213 | 126 |
“Strangers”(2007) was the sole movie released in 2007 that had the voice of Lata Mangeshkar in it. “Strangers”(2007) was Directed by Aanand L Rai for
Rise2shine productions, Bombay. The movie had Jimmy Sheirgill, Kay Kay Menon, Nandana Sen, Sonali Kulkarni(special appearance), Kitu Gidwani(guest appearance),
Mark voh, Cabourdin, Natailie Hatcher, Natalie Rowan, etc in it.
The movie had nine songs in it. Lata Mangeshkar’s voice was there in one song.
Here is that one song from “Strangers”(2007). This song is sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Vinay Tiwari. Javed Akhtar is the lyricist. Vinay Tiwari is the composer.
The song is picturised on Kay Kay Menon and Nandana Sen.
The lyrics of the song and other details were provided by Prakashchandra. He informs that the movie was based on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller movie “Strangers on a train”(1951).
With this song, “Strangers”(2007) makes its debut in the blog.
audio link (Full song)
video link (Partial)
Song-Jaane thhi kaisi raahon mein ye zindagi (Strangers)(2007) Singers-Vinay Tiwari, Lata, Lyrics-Javed Akhtar, MD-Vinay Tiwari
Both
Lyrics(Based on audio link)(Provided by Prakashchandra)
jaaney thhi kaisi ra aaahon mein
ye zindagee eee eee
jaaney thhi kaisi raa aahon mein
ye zindagee ee
chhaayee thi inn nigaa aahon mein
be-rangi see eee
phir hamko mil gaye tum
to ab saarey mausamon mein ghul gaye hain rang se aey ae
jaaney thhi kaisi raa aahon mein
ye zindagee ee
chhaayee thhi inn nigaa aahon mein
be-rangi see ee
phir hamko mil gaye tum
to ab saarey mausamon mein ghul gaye hain rang se aey ae ae ae
jaaney thi kaisee raaahon mein
ye zindagee ee eee
(chorus)
tum bin thha lagtaa aaa
kuchch kho gayaa hai ae ae
kis ko bataatey ae
kya ho gayaa hai
tum bin kahen ae kyaa
kaisi kamee theee ee
palkon mein chhupke aey ae ae
rehti namee thhee eee
jaaney thhi kaisi raahon mein
ye zindagee ee
chhaayee thhi inn nigaahon mein
be-rangi see ee ee
phir hamko mil gaye tum
to ab saarey mausamon mein ghul gaye hain rang sey ae ae
jaaney thhi kaisee raa aa aaahon mein
ye zindagee eee eee
(chorus)
tum mil gaye ae ae ho
to sab milaa aa hai
jeeney ka hamko o o
matlab milaa aa hai
ab muskuraataa
har ek pal hai
lagtaa hai jeenaa aa aa
kitnaa sahal hai
jaaney thhi kaisi raahon mein
ye zindagee eee
chhaayee thhi inn nigaahon mein
be-rangi see ee ee
phir hamko mil gaye tum
to ab saare raaston mein ghul gaye hain rang se
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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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4840 | Post No. : | 16627 |
‘Ye Gulistaan Hamaara’ (1972) was produced and directed by Atma Ram under the banner of Guru Dutt Films Combined. The star cast included Dev Anand and Sharmila Tagore in the lead roles supported by Pran, Iftikhar, Sujit Kumar, Johny Walker, Jaishree T, Lalita Pawar, Kanan Kaushal, Ramesh Deo, Raj Mehra, Keshav Rana, Janakidas etc.
The story is woven around a bridge which is being constructed over Dihing River in North-East India for a good connectivity. But the local tribals are oppose to it. They think that this is one way of imposing the slavery on the local tribes in the name of infrastructural development. This sentiment is exploited by some foreign agents who instigate the tribal chieftain to destroy the under-construction bridge. It is at this point, Dev Anand as an Intelligence Bureau Officer is sent to supervise the construction of the bridge without any hindrances.
How Dev Anand achieves the objective by overcoming the tribal opposition to construction of the bridge is the rest of the story that moves forward. If the film was to be made in English, it would have been apt to name the film as ‘The Bridge on the River Dihing’ on the lines of a well- known Hollywood film ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’.
The film’s outdoor shooting was done in Assam (near Digboi where a bridge was under construction), Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh. During the shooting of the film, the crew faced the hostile crowd led by the Naga Students Federation in Shillong. Some stone throwing incidences were also reported. The Naga students felt that it was a politically motivated film to insult the Naga tribal culture. Sharmila Tagore played the role of a Naga girl named ‘Sekrenyi’ which is the name of the holy festival of Angami Naga tribe. It is said that with the intervention of Bhupen Hazarika, the shooting of the film went on smoothly thereafter. The name of Sharmila Tagore’s character in the film was changed to ‘Soo Reni’.
In my younger days, I had read in the newspapers about the opposition of local tribals in laying the railway tracks in Meghalaya (Guwahati to Byrnihat). I understand that this line is yet to be operational. The same problem is faced for the railway track between Silchar and Imphal in Manipur. The main worry the local tribals is that good connectivity would lead to the influx of outsiders in their tribal belts threatening their own existence and culture. I feel that ‘Ye Gulistaan Hamaara’ (1972) was a ‘half-baked’ attempt to remove tribal population’s worries about the likely cultural dominance by the rest of India over the North-East’s tribal culture.
At the time of the release of the film, Naga Students Federation took out the protest march for banning the film on the ground of undermining the Naga tribal culture. They also felt that a couple of songs in the film sounded racial. In any case, they opposed the released of the film in Nagaland and Meghalaya. There were violent protests on the streets of Shillong. Finally, the film was released in 1973 after incorporating a notice in the film itself that ‘customs depicted in film, folk dances, dresses etc have no parallel with any of the tribes in Nagaland’. Some songs’ wordings were also changed to appease the protestors.
Initially, Danny Denzongpa was to perform the role of Dev Anand’s local associate in the film. S D Burman had already recorded a song in Danny voice along with Lata Mangeshkar. However, Johny Walker insisted with Atma Ram that he should also get a role in the film. Atma Ram agreed to take Johny Walker in place of Danny. However, Danny’s first song as a playback singer was retained which was picturised on Johny Walker. I personally feel that the role of a local person would have fitted well on Danny because of his facial feature. But at that time, Danny was a newcomer to protest. His consolation must have been the debut song he sang under the baton of S D Burman which was well appreciated.
‘Ye Gulistaan Hamaara’ (1972) had 7 songs of which six songs were written by Anand Bakshi. Six songs have been covered on the Blog, details of which areas under:
| Songs | Date of Posting | Singers |
|---|---|---|
| Gori gori gaaon ki gori re | 30/10/2008 | Kishore Kumar – Lata |
| Mera naam yaao mere paas aao | 17/01/2009 | Dany Denzongpa-Lata |
| Naina soyi soyi raina jaage jaage | 09/06/2013 | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Ho Tushima ri Tushima…aa gara toofaan | 31/10/2018 | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Hey suno meri baat chalo mere saath | 03/12/2020 | Kishore Kumar |
| Saare jahaan se achcha Hindostaan hamaara | 26/01/2021 | Sushma Shreshta and Kids -1, Chorus Version-2 |
I am presenting the 7th and the final song, ‘kya ye zindagi hai kaisi bebasi hai’ from the film which is rendered by Lata Mangeshkar, S D Burman and chorus. The song is written by Anand Bakshi. The song has its uniqueness in that when Lata Mengeshkar sings, the chorus voices parallelly sing some words which I am unable to decipher.
With this song, all the songs from the film ‘Ye Gulistaan Hamaara’ (1972) have been covered on the Blog.
Audio Clip:
Video Clip:
Song-Kya ye zindagi hai (Ye Gulsitaan Hamaara)(1972) Singers-Lata, S D Burman, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-S D Burman
Lyrics (Based on the Audio Clip):
kya ye zindagi hai
kaisi bebasi hai
bolo kyun khade ho gumsum
kya ye zindagi hai
kaisi bebasi hai
bolo kyun khade ho gumsum
ek baar mila de na
ek baar mila de na
sadiyon se yoon hi
sar pe dukhon kaa
bojha uthaaye
in parbaton pe
ham chal rahen hain
bhookhe nange pyaase
laao haath
laao haath
apne saath
laao haath apne saath
chalke dekho do kadam tum
kya ye zindagi hai
kaisi bebasi hai
bolo kyun khade ho gumsum
kitni hai doori ee
ham bade peechhe
tum bade aage
tumhen chhoo naa paaye
tumhen chhoo bhi len to
thukraaye jaayen
apna mel
nahin khel
apna mel
nahin khel
o baabu kahaan hum kahaan tum
kya ye zindagi hai
kaisi bebasi hai
bolo kyun khade ho gumsum
ek baar mila de na
ek baar mila de na
hamne ye maana
ham to bure hain
hamne ki buraayi
tum to bhale ho.o o
tumne hamaari
ki hai kya bhalaayi
samjhaao
sikhlaao
samjhaao
sikhlaao
gale se lagaa ke hamen tum
kya ye zindagi hai
kaisi bebasi hai
bolo kyun khade ho gumsum
Deewaangi ye pyaar ki
Posted on: October 15, 2021
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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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4527 |
‘Sonal’ (1973) was an obscure film which was produced under the banner of A K Productions. The film was directed by Prabhat Mukherjee. The star cast included Mallika Sarabhai and Jatin Khanna in the lead roles supported by Iftikhar, Gajanan Jagirdar, Sulochana, Sona, Gurnam Singh, Tarun Ghosh etc. It was debut film for Mallika Sarabhai and Jatin Khanna. The film’s censor certificate was issued on December 26, 1973. I am not sure if the film was released.
The name of the film’s director, Prabhat Mukherjee (1917-1997) sounded familiar to me as I had come across his name in the context of Arundhati Devi while doing a series ‘Hindi Songs in Bangla Films’ for the Blog. Arundhati Devi was the actor-singer and director of many Bangla films. She has acted with Prabhat Mukherjee in Bangla films during 1950-56.
According to Indrani Maitra, the sister of Prabhat Mukherjee, he had started his career with All India Radio, Calcutta (Kolkata) in the early 1940s. Thereafter, he switched over to Bangla films as an actor from 1950. He turned writer-director with his Bangla film ‘Maa” (1956) in which Arundhati Devi was the lead actress with Asit Baran. Prabhat Mukherjee and Arundhati Devi got married in 1955 but their marriage was short-lived resulting in a divorce in 1957 after which Aundhati Devi got married to Tapan Sinha. Prabhat Mukherjee got married for the second time, but this marriage too resulted in a divorce.
Prabhat Mukherjee also directed films in Oriya, Assamese and Hindi. ‘Shayar-e-Kashmir Mahjoor’ (1972) was his first Hindi film as a director in which Balraj Sahni acted with his son, Parikshat Sahni. Apart from ‘Sonal’ (1973), he also directed ‘Chimni Ka Dhuan’ (1973) with Motilal and Balraj Sahni. It appears that both these films may have got delayed in their censor certification and releases.
Prabhat Mukherjee continued to be associated with Bangla films into 1980s. While on his filmy career front, he won as many as 5 National Awards for his films that included Bangla, Oriya and Assamese during 1959-64, on a personal front, he was emotionally affected by his two divorces. To get the peace of mind, he visited Dwarkamai in Shirdi which was the place where Shri Sai Baba spent a major part of his life until his death. Here, Prabhat Mukherjee found peace, courage and strength to face the life. He devoted most of of his time studying and teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba. He also wrote a book ‘Redemption at Shirdi’ in Bengali which was later translated into English by his sister, Indrani Maitra and got published after his death in 1997.
The film ‘Sonal’ (1973) is not available for viewing on any on-line platforms. So, I had to rely on film’s booklet giving the synopsis of the story which was reproduced on ‘Cinemaazi’ in Hindi. The gist of the story of the film is as under:
College going Sonal (Mallika Sarabhai) has grown up under the loving care of her sister-in-law (Sulochana Latkar). During a family picnic, Sonal meets Dr. Rajeev (Jatin Khanna) who has been working in a leprosy hospital as a part of his desire to serve such patients. He has only two aims in his life – to conduct research to eradicate leprosy and to look after his deaf and mute sister.
Both Sonal and Dr. Rajeev meets regularly which culminates into liking for each other. They wish to get married. However, Sonal’s elder brother (Iftikhar) who is well educated and a lawyer, opposes the marriage taking an conservative view. It is his wife (Sonal’s sister-in-law) who is not so much educated but has a liberal attitude, arranges for the marriage.
Rajeev remains busy with his hospital as well as his research works for which he is assisted by Laxmi (Sona). Over a period of time, Sonal becomes jealous of Laxmi who is with Dr Rajeev most of the time. Laxmi on the other hand is jealous of Sonal who is very much loved by Rajeev. Neither Sonal could understand the importance of Laxmi in Dr. Rajeev’s research work not Laxmi understands Dr Rajeev’s love for his wife.
The situation reaches a flash point when Dr Rajeev’s close associate in research work becomes a catalyst for creating a rift between Sonal and Dr Rajeev which leads to their separation. Neither her lawyer-brother’s conservative attitudes nor a sympathetic attitude of her sister-in-law can bring the reproachment between Sonal and Dr Rajeev. Finally, the realisation on the part of Soanl that both she and Dr Rajeec are the soulmate and the external factors should not affect their relationship, gets them united.
‘Sonal’ (1973) has 4 songs written by Yogesh Gaud which are set to music by Manna Dey. In fact, after a gap of over 15 years, Manna Dey took the baton as a music director of this film which was his last film as a music director.
I present the first song ‘deewaangi deewaangi ye pyaar ki’ from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Manna Dey and Usha Rege. On the basis of the lyrics, it appears that the song has benn picturised on Jatin Khanna and Mallika Sarabhai during their courtship.
With this song, ‘Sonal’ (1973) makes its debut on the Blog.
Audio Clip:
Song-Deewaangi ye pyaar ki (Sonal)(1973) Manna Dey, Usha Rege, Lyrics-Yogesh, MD-Manna Dey
Both
Lyrics
deewaangi ee
deewaangi
ye pyaar ki
kyun ban gayi hai meri zindagi
har ghadi dil mein
dil ki mehfil mein
chhaayi rahe koi bekhudi ee
deewaangi ee
deewaangi
haay teri
deewaangi ban gayi hai meri
har ghadi dil mein
dil ki mehfil mein
chhaayi rahe koi bekhudi ee
deewaangi
ye kya nainon mein hai
toone kaajal se likhaa
honthon se
dheere se
bikhre hansi kyun bataa aa
ho o o o
ho o o o
maine naam tera
nainon mein hai likh liya
honthon se
chhalke re
nagma tere pyaar kaa aa aa
ye khumaari ye bekaraari
dekho kam ho na kabhi ee
deewaangi
haay teri
deewaangi ban gayi hai meri
har ghadi dil mein
dil ki mehfil mein
chhaayi rahe koi bekhudi ee
deewaangi
toone har janam mein
maang bhar di saajna
janmon kaa
ye naata
dekho kabhi toote naa aa
ho o o o
ho o o o
bolo kab akele
ham jiyen tere bina
saathi re
dekho ye
bandhan kabhi chhoote naa aa
toot jaaye koi na haay
teri meri ye khushi
deewaangi
ye pyaar ki
kyun ban gayi hai meri zindagi
har ghadi dil mein
dil ki mehfil mein
chhaayi rahe koi bekhudi ee
deewaangi
haay teri
deewaangi ban gayi hai meri
har ghadi dil mein
dil ki mehfil mein
chhayi rahe koi bekhudi
deewaangi
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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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4835 | Post No. : | 16618 |
koi aaghe aaghe thhi venu vaay chhe
Thus sang the Nightingale of Gujarat, Kaumudi Munshi, who is regarded as the pioneer in popularising the semi-classical non-filmy songs in Gujarati.
Today, October 13, 2021 is first Remembrance Day of vocalist, Kaumudi Munshi, the Gujarat Kokila who regaled her Gujarati admirers spread all over the world with her beautiful renditions of semi-classical non-film songs. She sang in the genres of bhajans, ghazals, thumris, dadras and other forms of ‘sugam sangeet’ in Gujarati and Hindi for over 6 decades.
I had watched the videos of the facilitations to Kaumudi Munshi on the occasion her 90th birth day, held sometime in 2019 during which she also rendered a few of her popular non-film songs. She looked hale and hearty even in her 90s with clear diction. Unfortunately, she became one of the victims of Covid and left for her heavenly abode in the early morning of October 13, 2020 at the age of 91. Aakashvaani, Rajkot paid a special tribute to Kaumudi Munshi by playing some of her non-filmy Gujarati songs on the same day.
Kaumudi Munshi (1929 – 13/10/2020) was the sixth child of Kunwar Nandlal Munshi and Anuben Munshi, born in Varanasi in a landlord family. Her forefathers belonged to Vadnagar in Gujarat but they had settled in Varanasi 6-7 generations back. Hence the family members mostly spoke in Hindi. Because of the servants in the house who spoke in Awadhi and Bhojpuri, she was proficient in speaking these dialects also.
From the childhood, Kaumudi was exposed to classical music as there used to be regular musical soirees in her house. After completion of graduation in music from Banaras Hindu University in 1950, she came to Mumbai where her brothers were settled. Her maternal uncle and Gujarati laureate, Ramanlal Desai and his son Akshay Desai helped her in pursuing a career in music. Akshay Desai taught her Gujarati in which she was not proficient due to her upbringing in Varanasi.
After passing the audition test, Kaumudi Munshi joined All India Radio (AIR) as a singer in 1951. Starting as a chorus singer, she graduated to singing solo songs on AIR, mostly composed by Ninu Mazumdar, the music director of Hindi films of 40s and early 50s who was also a music producer in AIR. This relationship developed into her marriage with Ninu Mazumdar in 1954.
Generally, training for vocalists in classical music starts in the childhood so that by the time, they attain adulthood, they are well trained to perform as concert vocalists. But in the case of Kaumudi Munshi, though she was interested in classical music, her family did not encourage her as singing was not regarded as honourable career for a girl. However, after the marriage, Ninu Mazumdar encouraged her to take a formal training in Hindustani classical music as a vocalist. She had two options to take training – Siddeshwari Devi, the thumri queen and Begum Akhtar, the ghazal queen. Kaumudi Munshi chose Siddeshwari Devi over Begum Akhtar purely from the logistic point of view as the former was staying in Varanasi and Kaumudi had the parental house in Varanasi.
During 1955-60, Kaumudi Munshi mostly stayed in Varanasi for her training and accompanied Siddeshwari Devi on her concerts and the music conferences. Later, she also took training from Ustad Taj Ahmed Khan for ghazal singing.
After returning to Mumbai in early 1960s, she concentrated on singing thumri, dadra, ghazal, bhajan, and folk songs mainly from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Most of her songs were composed by her husband, Ninu Mazumdar though she also worked with other music director like Avinash Vyas, Dilip Dholkiya, Ajit Merchant etc. She sang semi-classical songs mainly in Gujarati and Hindi Probably, Kaumudi Munshi may be the first to popularise the Hindustani semi-classical songs in Gujarati. She also composed and sung children’s songs both in Hindi and Gujarati.
Kaumudi Munshi’s association with Hindi films was very limited. It started and virtually ended in 1954 with two films – ‘Bhai Saheb’ (1954) and ‘Teen Tasveeren’ (1954) for which her husband, Ninu Mazumdar was the music director. The reason was that she started singing in Hindi films only after her marriage with Ninu Mazumdar in 1954. In the same year, she left for Varanasi to be the disciple of Siddeshwari Devi. After her return to Mumbai in early 1960s, she and her husband concentrated on non-filmy semi-classical and folk songs though she sang in two Hindi films, ‘Shola Aur Shabnam’ (1961) and ‘Raja Aur Rank’ (1968) besides singing a song in a Bhojpuri film ‘Bidesiya’ (1963).
On the occasion of the first Remembrance Day of Kaumudi Munshi, I have chosen one of her songs from the film ‘Teen Tasveeren’ (1954). The song is ‘kar ke singaar chali, saajan ke dwaar chali’. The song is in two parts. The part of the song sung by Kaumudi Munshi and chorus is written by Prem Dhawan while remaining part-1 and the full pat-2 of the song sung by Ninu Mazumdar is mainly based on Sant Kabir Das’s nirgun bhajan.
‘Teen Tasveeren’ (1954) was a very obscure film with not so well-known cast. I have no idea about the story of the film. Hence, it is difficult to know the context in which the song under discussion was picturised. What I can surmise is that while the first part of the song rendered by Kaumudi Munshi and Chorus is pre-wedding ‘bidaai’ song, the part of the song sung by Ninu Mazumdar which continues in Part-2 is, in the broader context of ‘bidaai’ from this world. In a way, part-2 of the song is philosophical. The word, ‘saajan’ has been used metaphorically to mean the Lord of the universe in Ninu Mazumdar’s version.
The broad meaning of the Ninu Mazumdar’s version of the song is as under:
O clever woman, be ready with make-up and the best dresses. You have to go to the God’s house. Do wash, bathe and braid your hairs. There is no returning from God’s house where the shroud will be of earth; the bed will be of earth and thus you will have to get united with the earth.
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Note: The life sketch of Kaumudi Munshi is based on https://www.kaumudimunshi.com/about.html and the video of her interview taken in Gujarati on the occasion of her 90th birthday celebration.
Audio Clip (Parts-1&2):
Song-Kar ke singaar chali saajan ke dwaar chali (Teen Tasweeren)(1954) Singers-Kaumudi Munshi, Ninu Majumdar, Lyrics-Kabeer, MD-Ninu Majumdar
Chorus
Lyrics
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Part-1
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kar ke singaar chali
saajan ke dwaar chali
chatura albe..li
kar ke singaar chali
saajan ke dwaar chali
chatura albe..li
chhanan chhanan mori ghunghroo baaje
jhanan jhanan paayaliyaa re
jhanan jhanan paayaliyaa
chhanan chhanan mori ghunghroo baaje
jhanan jhanan paayaliyaa re
jhanan jhanan paayaliyaa
sanan sanan gaaye re pawan ghan
ghanan ghanan baadaliyaa
sanan sanan gaaye re pawan ghan
ghanan ghanan baadaliyaa
o o o o o o
kar ke singaar chali
saajan ke dwaar chali
chatura albe..li
dhin ta thai thai
dhin ta thai thai
dhin dha ki ta dhaki ta dha
dhin ta thai thai
dhin ta thai thai
dhin ta thai thai
dhin dha ki ta dhaki ta dha
dhaki ta dha
ta thai thai
gori teri saajan kaun albela
khel kahaan preet ka khela aa
gori teri saajan kaun albela
khel kahaan preet ka khela
o o o o o
mujhse na poochho
poochho in nainan se..ae
jaane ye kya kah baithe ae saajan se
thhaam ke mori bainyyaan
chupke se bole sainyaan
thhaam ke mori bainyyaan
chupke se bole sainyaan
ab raha jaaye na akela
o o o o o o
saj dhaj ke naar chali
ban ke bahaar chali
chatura albe..li
kar ke singaar chali
saajan ke dwaar chali
chatura albe..li
kar le singaa….ar
chatura albeli ee ee
saajan ke ghar jaana hoga
kar le singaa….ar
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Part-2
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kar le singaa….ar
chatura albeli ee ee
saajan ke ghar jaana hogaa
kar le singaa…aar
naha le dho le
sheesh gunthha le
naha le dho le
sheesh gunthha le
phir wahaan se nahin aana hogaa…aa
saajan ke ghar jaana hogaa
kar le singaa…ar
chatura albeli..ee ee
saajan ke ghar jaana hogaa
kar le singa….ar
mitti odhaawan mitti bichhaawan
mitti odhaawan mitti bichhaawan
mitti mein mil jaana hogaa…aa
mitti mein mil jaana hogaa
mitti mein mil jaana hogaa
Saawan mein barkhaa sataaye
Posted on: September 26, 2021
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Today 26th September’2021 is the thirty-secondth Remembrance Anniversary of Legendary Singer and Music Director of yesteryears Hemant Kumar.
Hemant Kumar Mukhopadhyay was born on 16th June 1920 at Benaras, Benaras State under British India.
He passed away on 26th September 1989 at the age of sixty-nine.
As a fan of Hemant Kumar’s voice, I had always liked his singing and his compositions that he has given us in the Hindi Film Music. He also sang in many regional languages including my mother tongue – ‘Marathi’. Ravindra Sangeet sung by him in ‘Bengali language’ is an immortal gift he left for all music connoisseurs.
Here, I am not going to mention his long list of achievements and the various awards and felicitations he received in his career in Music.
Today, as a tribute to him on his ‘Remembrance Day’ I would like to present a song from the 1966 movie – ‘Biwi Aur Makaan’. I had noted this song long back i.e., in 2013 however it still remained to be posted. Later, I tried to get it posted on anniversary of Gulzar and Hemant Kumar, but it could not succeed.
It is a ‘saawan song’ and though the ‘saawan’ month is behind us by now, we still have ‘showers’ continuing in some parts. This song will join the ‘saawan song’ club where we have more than hundred songs already posted.
I became aware of today’s song long back when I was in my ‘teens’. I think I listened to it for the first time on ‘All India Radio’ Urdu service program. After that when I started collecting music ‘cassettes’ I got this song in the ‘Vintage Favorites – Hemant Kumar’ brought by HMV in 1986. I have earlier given the details of other songs in this compilation in my post on the blog.
‘Biwi Aur Makaan-1966’ was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee for ‘Geetanjali Pictures, Bombay’.
It had Vishwajeet, Kalpana, Mehmood, Shabnam, Ashish Kumar, Padma Devi, Bipin Gupta, Badri Prasad, Kanu Roy, Sarita Devi, Keshto Mukherjee, Ajit Chatterjee, Moni Chatterjee, Brahm Bharadwaj and many others.
This movie had ten songs written by Gulzar and composed by Hemant Kumar.
Here is the list of these nine songs of ‘Biwi Aur Makaan-1966’.
| SNo | Song Title | Singer/s | Posted On |
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| 01 | Khul simsim khullam khulaa | Bula, Manna Dey Hemant Kumar | |
| 02 | Yaar Kishan yah had ho gayi hai…jab dosti hoti hai to | Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, Balbir, Ghulam Muhammad | |
| 03 | Rehne ko ghar do, chhat pe ho farsh yaa farsh pe chhat ho | Manna Dey | |
| 04 | Duniya mein do sayaane | Jayant Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar, chorus | |
| 05 | Nahin hota suno aur … jab sanam | Manna Dey, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar | |
| 06 | Dabe labon se kabhi jo koyi salaam le le | Asha Bhonsle, Lata Mangeshkar | 23.06.2009 |
| 07 | Kitni anjaan sooratein lekar… jaane kahaan dekha hai | Mohd Rafi | 02.06.2014 |
| 08 | Saawan mein barkha sataaye | Hemant Kumar | |
| 09 | Mujhko mohabbat ho gayi hai | Joginder, Talat Mehmood, Manna Dey, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar | 22.12.2016 |
| 10 | Aise daaton mein ungli dabaao nahin | Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle | 18.08.2021 |
From the table given above, we can see that so far only fours songs of this movie have been posted on the blog. Today’s song will be the fifth song from this movie to be posted on the blog.
The movie which started its journey on 23.06.2009, already having’ a long run on the blog, seems to be taking another ‘marathon run’ to cover all of its songs on the blog 😊
Let us now enjoy today’s song composed and sung by Hemant Kumar. Lyrics are by Gulzar …
I hope readers will enjoy this song as I did …
Song-Saawan mein barkha sataaye (Biwi Aur Makaan)(1966) Singer-Hemant Kumar, Lyrics-Gulzar, MD-Hemant Kumar
Lyrics
saawan mein ae ae
barkhaa sataaye
pal pal chhin chhin barse
ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse
ae ae ae
tere liye ae man tarse ae
tu hi bataade saawan
samajh na aaye
agan lagaaye kahin
agan bujhaaye
tu hi bataade saawan
samajh na aaye
agan lagaaye kahin
agan bujhaaye
barkhaa raseeli jaise teri hansi ho
hans de zaraa ras barse ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae ae
tere liye man tarse
saawan mein barkhaa sataaye
pal pal chhin chhin barse ae ae
tere liye ae man tarse
aaj to barasne de
inn baadlon ko o
gori mili hai koyi in saanwlon ko
aaj to barasne de
inn baadlon ko o
gori mili hain koyi in saanwlon ko
barkhaa rangeeli jaisi nain ho tere
nain milaa rang barse ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae
saawan mein ae barkhaa sataaye
pal pal chhin chhin barse ae ae
tere liye man tarse ae ae ae
tere liye man tarse
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Devnagri Script lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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सावन में ए ए
बरखा सताए
पल पल छिन छिन बरसे
ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे
ए ए ए
तेरे लिए ए मन तरसे ए
तू ही बता दे सावन
समझ न आये
अगन लगाए कहीं
अगन बुझाए
तू ही बता दे सावन
समझ न आये
अगन लगाए कहीं
अगन बुझाए
बरखा रसीली जैसे तेरी हंसी हो
हंसदे ज़रा रस बरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे
सावन में बरखा सताए
पल पल छिन छिन बरसे ए ए
तेरे लिए ए मन तरसे
आज तो बरसने दे
इन बादलों को ओ
गोरी मिली हैं कोई इन साँवलों को
आज तो बरसने दे
इन बादलों को ओ
गोरी मिली हैं कोई इन साँवलों को
बरखा रंगीली जैसे नैन हो तेरे
नैन मिला रंग बरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए
सावन मे ए बरखा सताए
पल पल छिन छिन बरसे ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे ए ए ए
तेरे लिए मन तरसे
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