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Lehron se khele chandaa
Posted on: October 8, 2023
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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Today’s song is from the film Aahuti-1950.
I have not seen this film and I could not get any details of this film like its story etc from any source, so I do not know what kind of ‘ sacrifice ‘(aahuti) this film was about. From some of the songs, this film Aahuti aka Anokhi qurbani seems to be a film about Independence struggle or on conditions soon after India’s independence. This also looks like having a love story in the background.
The film was directed by Kulbhushan. He seems to have also produced and directed the film Saahi-1959 under the name Kulbhushan Agarwal. He acted in it as Kulbhushan and also wrote one duet song for Saahil-1959. It had the same music director, D.C.Dutta as for Aahuti-1950.
D.C.Dutt – Music Director. His name is not known to many. All of us know that Lata Mangeshkar had to struggle very hard in her initial attempts to get into Playback singing in Hindi films. In her early struggle, 3 Duttas helped her. The first was of course Datta Davjekar who gave her the first opportunity to sing a song for his film Aapki sewa mein-47. The second was K.Datta or Datta Korgaonkar, who, after his favourite singer Noorjehan left India, took Lata under his wings and gave her songs. The third Dutta was this-D.C.Dutt. No information is available about him whatsoever , except what is printed in HFGK and its duplication in Pankaj Raag’s book “Dhunon ki Yatra”. Thanks to this, we know that his debut was through film Sona Chandi-1946. Out of 12 songs of the film, only two were his and one of them was by Lata Mangeshkar.
This Lata song has a history. Film Sona Chandi was censored first on 19-7-46 and released. That time these 2 songs of D.C.Dutt were not there. In January 1948,when Gandhi ji’s death took place, many songs on Gandhi ji were recorded by many singers and composers. One of the most famous, popular and successful songs was “Suno suno aye duniya walo, Bapuji ki amar kahani” sung by Mohd. Rafi in 4 parts and recorded by its composer Husnalal-Bhagatram. In this spate, even D.C.Dutt also recorded a Gandhi ji song by Lata in 1948. producers of film Sona Chandi got this and one more song ( by Saroj Borkar) included in the film and the film was re-censored on 9-4-48. Thus an early song of Lata was in a film, because of D.C.Dutt.
D.C.Dutt later did some more films like, Sarai ke bahar-47, Dil ki Awaz-48, Anjana-48 ( he even acted in this film), Ram Darshan-50, Aahuti-50, Simba-51, Ranee-52 and lastly Sahil-59. Very surprisingly, after the film Sona Chandi-46, Lata did not sing a single song in any of his films. After 48-49, Lata had become a very busy and ‘in demand’ singer and she would sing only for established composers . We all know that she did not sing even in Madan Mohan’s debut film Aankhen-50, just because he was new. It is said that Lata had also not sung for Music Director Khurshid Anwar, when she learnt that he could not play any musical instrument.
Today’s song is a duet sung by Geeta Dutt and Shankar Dasgupta. I am a great fan of Geeta Dutt and her songs. Long back,in our Management class, our Professor conducted a survey in the class. He asked us to write the name of the Toothpaste we were using. Those days too, Colgate was the Brand leader. There were 30 students in the class. I was using Macleans’ (a brand that was available in India in those days), so I wrote Macleans’. Then he collected all 30 chits, added his own and started reading. The result was Macleans’-8,Kolynos-7,Colgate-7,Forhans-6 and 3 were using tooth powder. He explained to us that even the Brand leader, not necessarily always, will lead in all consumer groups. It is a collective total which gives the leader its position.
The same is the case in any other field. Take the case of female playback Singers. In the 50s to 70s, Lata was the Brand Leader, but personally I always liked Geeta Dutt. I simply loved Geeta’s voice which had so much flexibility and was also so soulful.
When you hear her sing Meera Bhajan, you get lost in Bhakti Ras, listen to her sad songs and gloom descends on you and hear her club/cabaret song, you feel like tapping or dancing. It seems as if Geeta never bothered to be the No.1,she only wanted to be honest to her singing. She was a pure soul bearing no envy towards anyone. There is always a discussion whether she gave her best to S.D.Burman or O.P.Nayyar songs. Not many know that Geeta worked with more than 150 composers. I personally don’t believe she ever compromised in her performance. Whether she sang for a well known composer, or an unknown one like M.A.Rouf, S.L.Pardeshi, Manohar, D.V.Gadekar, Kumar, M.Masurekar, T.K.Das, Ali Husain, Pt.Harbans Lal or Rajhans, she put all her soul and skill in rendering the song.
There is, however, always a personal liking. I always liked Geeta’s songs with O P Nayyar. Their association started with the film Aasman (1952). Though her songs like “dekho jadu bhare more nain’ were very melodious and became quite popular,the film flopped. The subsequent film Baaz (1953) was also the same story. Good songs-film flopped. But then Aarpar (1954), Mr. and Mrs.55, Musafirkhana (1955) and Miss Cocacola and C.I.D.-in 1956 brought commercial success. After C.I.D. in 1957, Geeta suffered on 2 counts. One, O.P.Nayyar started grooming Asha Bhosale and secondly Geeta was facing a lot of personal problems. The singing assignments coming her way were getting lesser and even she was cutting down on the same. In fact, she had expressed a desire to completely stop singing in the year 1957.
In the year 1958 she got only 10 songs from O.P.Nayyar. But then she sang the iconic song in Howrah Bridge which made her name Amar in the history of the Golden Age of HFM forever. This incident has been narrated by the famous film/music writer Issac Mujaawar in the Marathi magazine Rasrang. When Howrah Bridge was being made, it was evident that all the songs would go to Asha. By that time ASHA had mastered the art of singing club/cabaret songs. It is said that rehearsals were done for ”Mera naam chin chin chu”. Shakti Samanta was the Director of the film. O.P.Nayyar never tolerated any interference from the Producers or the Directors. Shakti da wanted that song to go to Geeta, as he genuinely felt that she is better suited to sing it. He called Nayyar one day and coolly explained to him the situation. Miraculously, Nayyar accepted the suggestion without a word of protest. Maybe his conscience was biting him, or maybe he too thought on those lines. Whatever be the reason, Geeta was summoned the next day and the song was given to her. The rest is History…….as they say.
Geeta’s younger brother Milan Roy Choudhari, who was in the USA for education and later to build a career, was 10 years younger to her. She was very much attached to him. It was Geeta who financed his US visit and his education. He recently died in America. He was well known to me. He used to read all my articles on HFM till his death. About 10 years ago, I had written an article on Geeta Dutt, on somebody’s request for her Death Anniversary. When Milan read my article, he wept like a child. Then he wrote a sentimental letter to one of our common friends.
Here is the relevant portion….
” I am a huge fan of Arunji and his writings. I really admire his vast knowledge and his expertise on details. There were tears in my eyes when I first read this article at Geeta Dutt blog on her death anniversary. Mr Deshmukh has depicted some aspects of my sister’s singing very accurately. She indeed always tried to understand the words of the song thoroughly before she sang in order to give the proper feeling to her singing. I am 11 yrs younger than her and I was very close to her.In 1961 she was the one who sent me to the USA for further studies. She used to always take me to recordings and Functions with her. To me she was not only a great singer but also a great human being. I am very grateful to Arunji for writing such a beautiful write up on her.”
Here is that article for our readers, which was written on Geeta Dutt, 10 years ago…..
“City- Bombay (Now Mumbai)
Date- 20th july 1972
Place- Harkisandas Hospital, BombayFew people were standing in the corridor . Anxiety, sorrow, helplessness and a little hope was clearly written on their faces. They were all quiet. No one was talking to anyone. Their body language gave away their agony and restlessness.
Suddenly, a Doctor came out of a patient’s room. All ran to him and then stopped. The Doctor’s face and the tears in his eyes told them what they were afraid of.
No one said anything. No one asked anything. The Doctor said, ” I am sorry. She is no more.” He left, dragging his heavy feet.The end of an Angel had come !
Geeta Dutt has left us forever !!
Only her memories and the inimitable voice were left behind !!!Born on 23-11-1930 at Idlapur in Faridkot District of East Bengal,to a big Zamindar, Devendranath Roy Chaudhury and Amiya Roy Chaudhury,Geeta inherited her mother’s love for music. She learnt Classical Music from Pt.Hirendranath Chaudhury, while studying in an Anglo-Bangla school.
When she was just 12 year old, the family had to run away from East Bengal, to save their lives-leaving all property behind- to Bombay. In Bombay, we all know how Pt. Hanuman Prasad, MD(ex husband of Lalita Pawar) discovered her for playback in Hindi films. Later when S D Burman heard her singing, he knew instinctively that this was the voice which would make him successful and establish in Bombay. Until then Burman had not succeeded much to his satisfaction. To give her songs in ‘ Do Bhai ‘, he had to convince Chunilal of Filmistan, with great difficulty.
Geeta did not disappoint.’ Mera sunder sapna beet gaya” and ” Yaad karoge” made history and put both Geeta and Burman in the Top league overnight.
Do Bhai made other famous composers to sit up and take notice of this new voice. They lined up to give Geeta ‘ Gaaon’-47(Khemchand Prakash), Leela,Shehnai and Saajan-47 ( C.Ramchandra),Geet Govind-47(Gyan Dutt),Actress-48(Shyamsunder),Chunariya-48(Hansraj Behl),Padmini-48(Ghulam Hyder) and Ek thi Larki-49(Vinod).
1950 was Geeta’s year.Many hits came Bawre nain,Har har mahadev and Jogan solidified her position on Top.Composers felt she was inevitable,for their success.
Before recording,Geeta used to sit with a Lyricist,understand the words and the implied meanings,then hear the tune from the composer and then sing in her own style. Basically,Geeta was very Gifted and hence with just one rehearsal,she could record the song to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.This made her the darling of the Composers.
Now, the newer MDs like Hemant Kumar,Vasat Desai, Madan Mohan and O P Nayyar also vied with each other to take Geeta. While doing Baazi, she met Guru Dutt and they got married on 26-5-1953. She was earning thousands of rupees in singing, but that time Guru Dutt was not that successful. Some magazines and Papers said that he married Geeta for her money. Guru Dutt was furious and asked Geeta NOT to sing for others, restricting her to only his films. This supposedly suffocated her and she rebelled against it, which affected their relationship further.
Geeta had a liking and flair for acting. In Calcutta, she acted as a Heroine in the Bangla film-‘ Badhu baran”. She did get some more offers but once she decided to settle in Bombay she refused all offers. Few people know that in Bombay a Hindi film- ‘ Tera saath hai Pyaara ‘, with Geeta as a Heroine had started, but unfortunately, after a few reels, the film got shelved. To give a chance to her and to mend their relationship, Guru Dutt started filming “Gauri” with Geeta as a heroine, a bi-lingual in Bengali and Hindi. However due to reasons not known to us, Guru Dutt shelved this Bangla film after shooting a few reels. This made the couple more distanced from each other. We all know the story’s end…..
Somewhere in 1971, there was a programme ” Yaaden Shakeel ki” in Bhaidas Hall, Parle. I had gone to that programme and I saw Geeta Dutt there. Many singers had come there-Rafi, Mukesh, Mahendra Kapoor, Chandru Atma and Lata. When Lata was to come for singing there was a flurry of activity on the stage with everybody trying to please Lata. Lata came, sang and left like a Queen. When Geeta came on the stage, hardly anyone did anything for her. This is how this world is ! Geeta came, drew Harmonium near her and sang a Ghazal of Shakeel Badayuni “Ujaale apni yaadon ke”. When she finished, there was a clapping louder that what Lata had received, from the Audience-people knew her value !!
Geeta was optimistic even in the year 1971. She used to say, ” If 2 hit songs in Aradhana can take Kishore Kumar to the Top, even 2 Hit songs for me will do the same.” But it was not to be. Even the regular composers like O P Nayyar already turned their backs on her. Destiny decided to call her back !!!
One of my regrets was that if only Naushad had supported Geeta, she would have gained eminence for his songs for ever, like Saigal, Surendra, Parul Ghosh, Zohrabai, Amirbai, Naseem Akhtar, Shamshad, Noorjehan, Suraiya, Uma Devi, Talat, Mukesh, Rafi and Lata….but Geeta’s name was not in this list. I am not a statistician, so I can not say how many songs she sang for Naushad, but I am sure it was almost nothing except a half song in Dillagi (1949) and a club song in Son of India (1962).
Geeta’s voice was typical Bengali. She sang all kinds of songs wonderfully but was truly a master at melancholies. Burman da who gave her emotional songs in Do Bhai, also gave her peppy club songs in Baazi, to make use of the sexy tinge in her voice. Further O P Nayyar fully exploited this special feature in Geeta’s voice. Her voice was sometimes sweet, sometimes namkeen. It had depth. In this case Geeta was one step ahead of Lata. Geeta’s voice was different for every situation. When she sang, ’Baat chalat nayi chunari’, you felt she would have been a better classical singer than Laxmishankar. When she sang,’ Main to Girdhar ke ghar jaoon ‘, you felt Oneness with God, hearing her Bhakti ras dripping voice.
Juthika Roy was famous for Meera Bhajans, but I always felt that her voice was the same in any Bhajan, while Geeta’s Bhajans exuded different emotions in every bhajan.
While singing Club songs, Geeta was a different person. Just recall that “Hey hey hey hey Tadbeer se bigdi hui taqdeer bana le” song or listen to “O Babu O Lala” or “mera naam chin chin chu”, then you will realise what I am saying !
One very important point in Geeta’s singing is not highlighted by many. In Hindi films there are many Male and Female versions of songs called Tandem songs and many singers have sung them. While singing such female version songs, Geeta never lost to the male singers ! All Geeta versions were more popular than the Male versions.
Both Asha and Lata have not a great record on this count.
You will remember Kishore’s ”Jeevan ke safar me raahi” but not Lata’s version. You will remember Talat’s ” Aye gham-e-dil kya karoon’ but not Asha’s version. Kishore was better than Asha in “Zindagi ek safar hai Suhana” versions and also Kishore was better than Lata’s version of “Khilte hain gul yahan”.
When it comes to Geeta, she never lost to male versions. C H Atma’s ”Preetam aan milo” is remembered by less people that Geeta’s ” Preetam aan milo” from mr. and Mrs.55 (same song.written by Saroj Mohini Nayyar,O.P.’s wife). Geeta’s “Kaise koi jiye” (Baadbaan) is much better than Hemant Kumar’s version. Similarly,” Hai ye duniya kaun si'(Sailaab) and “Na yeh chand hoga”(Shart). In both songs,Geeta is superior and more popular than Hemant Kumar. (There is a story behind the song-Na yeh chand Hoga. Once a jilted young lover committed suicide under train at Patna. In his pocket these lines were written on a paper-Tumhare liye hain,tumhare rahenge,Na yeh chand hoga,na taare rahenge,magar hum hamesha tumhare rahenge. Lyricist S.H.Bihari used these lines in his song).
On 22nd July 1972,just 2 days after Geeta’s death, there was a preplanned programme of Juthika Roy in Birla Matoshri Sabhagriha, Bombay. I had booked my tickets well in advance, so I went there. In the beginning everyone paid respects to Geeta Dutt, by standing for 2 Minutes. Talat, Jagmohan and Surendra were also there. Then Juthika Roy came on stage,drew Harmonium near her and started singing ” Pag ghungroo bandh…” .
I was lost in Geeta’s memory and saw Geeta with a Harmonium singing ” Main to Girdhar ke ghar jaoon………………….”
Let us now listen to today’s duet by Geeta and Shankar Dasgupta.
Song- Lehron se khele chanda (Aahuti)(1950) Singers- Geeta Roy, Shankar Dasgupta, Lyricist- Tandon, MD- D.C.Dutt
Both
Lyrics
lehron se khele chanda
chanda se khelen taare
lehron se khele chanda
chanda se khelen taare
o o
main tere dil se kheloon
tu mere dil se pyaare
lehron se khele chanda
chanda se khelen taare
o o
main tere dil se kheloon
tu mere dil se pyaare
haaye na jaanoon piya
nainon ki preet kya hai
jaanoon to ye na jaanoon
kehne ki reet kya hai
haaye na jaanoon piya
nainon ki preet kya hai
jaanoon to ye na jaanoon
kehne ki reet kya hai
nainon se nain mila ja nadiya kinaare
haan nadiya kinaare
main tere dil se kheloon
tu mere dil se pyaare
lehron se khele chanda
chanda se khelen taare
o o
main tere dil se kheloon
tu mere dil se pyaare
chhip sakte hain tori ankhiyon mein sapne gori
chhip sakte hain tori ankhiyon mein sapne gori
kaise chhipega lekin
milna ye chori chori
kaise chhipega lekin
milna ye chori chori
sapnon ki nagri aaja nadiya kinaare
haan nadiya kinaare
main tere dil se kheloon
tu mere dil se pyaare
lehron se khele chanda
chanda se khelen taare
o o
main tere dil se kheloon
tu mere dil se pyaare
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“Aahuti”(1950) also known as “Anokhi Qurbaani” was directed by Kulbhushan for Sansaar Movietone Limited, Bombay. This movie had Mumtaz Shanti, Ranjeet Kumari, sapru, Premkant, Kesari, Bikram Kapoor, Cuckoo, Nautiyal, Sudhir, Pitu, Khan Chaand, Mukul, Ratan Gaurang, Bhajanlal, Shyama, Krishna Rani, Neelam, Indra, Indubala, Uma, Gulnar Shirazi, Kathana etc in it.
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Today (15 august 2017) is the 71st independence day of India.
This is the 10st independence day for this blog. We have discussed all well known independence day songs during the past occasions. But no, we have not run out of songs for the occasions. We still have quite a few such songs up our sleeve.
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Dil jo tumko de diya
Posted on: July 20, 2017
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Today (20 july 2017) is the 45th remembrance day of Geeta Dutt (23 november 1930-20 july 1972). By that time, she had achieved so much in her chosen field of activity that she was assured of being counted among HFM legends. It is easy to forget that she was just 41 when she passed away. That way, she was one of those who departed for their heavenly abode quite early, yet achieved a lot in their fields and became legends. Some other such names that come to mind are Guru Dutt (her own spouse), Jaikishan, Shailendra etc.
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Dil ke bas mein hai jahaan
Posted on: November 3, 2016
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“Aahuti”(1950) was directed by Kulbhushan for Sansaar Movietone Limited, Bombay. This by now forgotten movie had Mumtaz Shanti, Ranjeet Kumari, sapru, Premkant, Kesari, Bikram Kapoor, Cuckoo, Nautiyal, Sudhir, Pitu, Khan Chaand, Mukul, Ratan Gaurang, Bhajanlal, Shyama, Krishna Rani, Neelam, Indra, Indubala, Uma, Gulnar Shirazi, Kathana etc in it.
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