I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 23 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
Last time, I gave you Beautiful Duet #49 – Dhak dhak karne laga. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #50
Jaanu jaanu re kahe khanake hai tora kangana
A Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle Duet
I told you today about how OP Nayyar rejected Lata Mangeshkar and chose to have his female songs sung by Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt and Shamshad Begum and we all gained by this experiment.
However, it was SD Burman who brought together Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle in a duet in the 1959 movie Insaan Jaag Utha starring Sunil Dutt and Madhubala. The movie has a fantasy song of mine: Lovers in a boat in a lake in moonlit night. This happened in the second stanza of an adorable song Chand sa mukhada kyun sharmaya.
Of course, the magic of this duet that I am about to give you was brought about not just by Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhosle and SD Burman but also because of the superb lyrics by Shailendra.
Kangana and Other Pieces of Jewelry
Women in the Hindi movies often lost various pieces of their jewelry that led to many songs such as Jhumka gira re and Dhoondo dhoondo re sajana mere kaan ka bala. Then there are songs in which these jewelry items spoke to women. I have already given you one in which Kangana (they could wear it around wrists or on the ankles) spoke to her in the silence of the night; ie, Raaton ko chori chori bole mera kangana.
Lets have a look at the lyrics:
जानूँ जानूँ री काहे खनके है तोरा कंगना
मैं भी जानूँ री छुपके कौन आया तोरे अंगना
पीपल की छैंया टेल बतियाँ बनाय के
भोले भाले दिल को ले गया उड़ाय के
सखी जानूँ री झूमे है काहे तेरा झुमका
हाहाहा सखी जानूँ री झूमे है काहे तेरा झुमका
मैं भी जानूँ री छुपके कौन आया तोरे अंगना
बैंया मरोड़ के घर के घेराय के
बैठ गए चाइल्वा मन में समाय के
गोरी जानूँ मैं कहाँ पे गिरी है तेरी बिंदिया
गोरी जानूँ मैं कहाँ पे गिरी है तेरी बिंदिया
जानूँ जानूँ री काहे खनके है तोरा कंगना
तू ना कह किसी से मैं भी ना कहूँगी
अच्छा तो बन जा तू उनकी मैं उनकी रहूँगी
कोई क्या करे बाजे जब पाँव की जब पाँव की पयलिया
Naturally, the two women: Madhubala and Minoo Mumtaz are sharing secrets through Kangana, Jhumka and Bindiya
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Jaanu jaanu re kahe khanke hai tora kangana…
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #50.
Please await Beautiful Duet #51 – Itna to yaad hai mujhe.
