I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 18 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
This is the Song #37 in the series. I hope you liked Song #36 – Toot gayi hai mala moti.
Song #37
Gum sum nisha aayi
Theme-word: Nisha (Raat) in the mukhada itself
Remembering Bhupen Hazarika on His Death Anniversary 05 Nov
We lost him on this day in the year 2011. He did Assam proud by having been awarded two of the highest awards by the government of India: the Bharat Ratna, eight years after his death and Padma Vibhushan, one year after his death.
Award numbers three and four, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri were won by him much earlier in 1977 and 2001.
He was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet and filmmaker. He earned the sobriquet of Sudhakantha (nectar throated).
One of the most popular songs of his was for the 1993 movie Rudaali directed by Kalpana Lajmi: Dil hoom hoom kare ghabraye.
Daman – 2001 Movie and Raveena Tandon
The other day I gave you, in the Beautiful Duets series a song that made Raveena Tandon the “Mast mast girl”. That was in the 1994 movie Mohra. Seven years later, her role in 2001 movie Daman, also a Kalpana Lajmi movie, won her the National Film Award for Best Actress. I am sure, she and us would value it even more than the “mast mast girl” title.
The film is about marital violence. When I acted in and directed in a private show (for the navy audience) Mahesh Dattani play ’30 Days of September’ about Incest, it came out from the mouth of Renuka Chaudhary, the Indian Minister for Women and Child Welfare that the incidence of incest in Indian families was as high as 51 percent! Well, the incidence of marital violence must be even higher. It has been, for ages, a male dominated society and you would have seen thousands of Hindi movies wherein the place of an Indian wife is shown at the feet of the husband (“Ab hamen aap ke kadmon mein hi rehna hoga”!)
Raveena Tandon as Durga is a poor girl and she is married to Sanjay (Sayaji Shinde), the son of a very wealthy Saikia family in Assam. He is very hot tempered and subjects Durga to both physical and mental torture.
To complicate things, she becomes pregnant and Sanjay accuses her that the father is his brother Sunil (Sanjay Suri). The child is also a daughter and Sanjay’s male supremacy is hurt to have a wife who would deliver “only a girl”.
You can see for yourself how this song fits in the plot.
Night, Raat, Nisha or Shab
These are all synonyms of Night. The other day I told you about how Shabnam literally means Night Dew.
Lyricist and Director
The lyricist of this song is Maya Govind, a lyricist who had earlier worked as lyricist for such movies as Haqeeqat (1995), Miss 420 (1998) and Yaraana (1995) and Inaamdaar (1987).
Kalpana Lajmi, as Director of the movie needs no introduction. She debuted in 1978 as Director of D.G. Movie Pioneer. However, her work in 1993 movie Rudaali really made her famous. She was the producer and director of 1997 Darmiyaan before taking up this movie that not only won Raveena Tandon the National Film Award but the Government of India decided to take it upon itself to distribute the movie.
The Song
It was sung by Kavitha Krishnamurthy and composed by Bhupen Hazarika.
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Gum sum nisha aayi…
Gum Sum Gum Sum Nisha Aayi
Maun Ke Dhago Se Bun Bun Kar
Chadar Nili Layi
Chadar Ki Komal Silwat Main
Sanso Ki Garmayi
Preet Jiwant Jiwant Chhayi
Gum Sum Gum Sum Nisha Aayi
Maun Ke Dhago Se Bun Bun Kar
Chadare Nili Layi
Kamna Ke Rang Me Range
Aaj Ke Gahre Garbh Me
Kamna Ke Rang Me Range
Aaj Ke Gahre Garbh Me
Niramarm Warsha Lekar
Sawan Bhado Barse
Badal Ki Bhige Aachal Me
Sanso Ki Garmayi
Preet Jiwant Jiwant Chhayi
Gum Sum Gum Sum Nisha Aayi
Maun Ke Dhagi Se Bun Bun Kar
Chadar Nili Layi
Prem Bhare Swar Tere
Ashk Uthe Ek Gunj Liye
Jharte Hai Jhar Jhar Preet
Jharte Hai Jhar Jhar
Par Vidhi Vihin Sangam
Ttaw Re Adhar
Kape Hai Thar Thar Priye
Kape Hai Thar Thar
Niyam Todne Ka Niyam
Niyam Todne Ka Niyam
Aakash Aakash Path Hai
Komal Aghar Parti Aghat
Komal Aghar Parti Aghat
Natak Nili Nisha Ka
Dur Artnad Ki Nadi
Dur Artnad Ki Nadi
Ghat Paranand Swar Kon Sone
Jab Paya Alingan Ka Sagar
Alingan Ka Sagar
Jiski Alingan Me Payi
Sanso Ki Garmayi
Jiwant Jiwant Chhayi
Gum Sum Gum Sum Nisha Aayi
Maun Ke Dhagi Se Bun Bun Kar
Chadar Nili Layi.
I hope you liked my choice of Raat or Din Song #37.
Please await Raat or Din Song #38- Tum pukar lo.
