BEAUTIFUL DUET #55 – ACHHA JI MAIN HAARI CHALO

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 #54 – Pehla nasha, pehla khumar. So here, then, is the next one:

Song #55
Achha ji main hari chalo maan jaayo na

Chemistry Between the Actors

Duets are songs sung by a pair of playback singers for a pair of actors. Whilst singing, coordination of a very high order is required. Lata Mangeshkar informed us how in the final recording of Piya piya piya mera jiya pukaare, she accidentally started singing the line when Kishore was to sing. Kishore covered for her lapse by covering the mouth of his co-actor Chand Usmani when the song was being enacted; Kishore being the male singer and the male lead!

Now, there are actors who evoke such chemistry. Dev Anand was the best in male actors and brought out this chemistry in all his heroines.

Madhubala was able to bring out this chemistry in all her heroes such as Sunil Dutt (eg, Chand sa mukhada kyun sharmaya), Bharat Bhushan (eg, Do ghadi wo jo paas aa baithe), and Ashok Kumar (eg, Ye kya kar daala tune?). However, she failed to evoke this in Pradeep Kumar (eg, Rajhath song Ye waada karo chand ke saamne). Pradeep Kumar seemed to have such chemistry only for Meena Kumari (eg in Aarti and Bheegi Raat songs).
So here we have Dev Anand having chemistry with all his heroines (without exception) and Madhubala having with all except Pradeep Kumar. Naturally, we want to see some fire-works when they come together; as they did in this song.

Kaala Pani – 1958 Movie

This was the name of the movie produced by Dev Anand’s Navketan Films and directed by Raj Khosla.

Dev Anand’s dad was, by design of the evil lot, sent to prison erroneously and Dev Anand was there to unravel the mystery.

SD Burman – Majrooh Sultanpuri

Post 1957 movie Pyaasa when SD Burman developed a rift with Sahir Ludhainvi (after working together for 19 movies), Majrooh moved in with SD Burman to fill the gap. In this movie and this song, therefore, Majrooh’s lyrics were composed by SD Burman, the MD of choice for Dev Anand movies; so much so that Sachin Dev Burman used to insist that his own name had his favourite hero’s name as the middle name.

Asha Bhosle and Mohammad Rafi

This pair has given us a number of Beautiful Duets. Their best was also picturised on Dev Anand with Raj Khosla’s favourite actress Sadhana: Abhi na jao chhod kar.

Lyrics

आशा: अच्छा जी मैं हारी, चलो मान जाओ ना
रफ़ी: देखी सबकी यारी, मेरा दिल जलाओ ना

आशा: (छोटे से क़ुसूर पे, ऐसे हो खफ़ा
रफ़ी: रूठे तो हुज़ूर थे, मेरी क्या खता ) – २
आशा: देखो दिल ना तोड़ो
रफ़ी: छोड़ो हाथ छोड़ो
आशा: देखो दिल न तोड़ो
रफ़ी: अरे! छोड़ो हाथ छोड़ो
आशा: छोड़ दिया तो हाथ मलोगे समझे?
रफ़ी: अजी समझे!

आशा: (जीवन के ये रास्ते, लम्बे हैं सनम
रफ़ी: काटेंगे ये ज़िंदगी, ठोकर खाके हम ) – २
आशा: ओय! ज़ालिम साथ देले
रफ़ी: अच्छे हम अकेले
आशा: ज़ालिम साथ देले
रफ़ी: अरे अच्छे हम अकेले
आशा: चार कदम भी चल न सकोगे समझे?
रफ़ी: हाँ समझे!

आशा: (जाओ रह सकोगे ना तुम भी चैन से
रफ़ी: तुम तो खैर लूटना जीनेके मज़े ) – २
आशा: क्या करना है जीके
रफ़ी: हो रहना किसी के
आशा: क्या करना है जीके
रफ़ी: अरे, हो रहना किसी के
आशा: हम ना रहे तो याद करोगे, समझे?
रफ़ी: समझे!

आशा: अच्छा जी मैं हारी, चलो मान जाओ ना
रफ़ी: देखी सबकी यारी, मेरा दिल जलाओ ना

My Own Poetry

Isn’t it amazing that I have a poet on every topic?

Main Kadam Kadam Pe Haara

तुम रूठो तो मेरी गलती, मैं रूठूँ तो मेरी I
दोनों रुख़ से जीत हुई है, ऐ सनम अब तेरी I
जीत के तुझे वह मिल गया जो हार के मुझे मिल न पाया I
फिर भी लगता है तेरे दिल पे पढ़ा है कोई ग़म का साया I
तुम चाहो तो चाहत है, मैं चाहूँ तो भूल है मेरी I
दोनों रुख़ से जीत हुई है, ऐ सनम अब तेरी I

काश जो अब तुम समझ रही हो, वह पहले ही समझती I
कदम कदम पे बात बात पर मुझसे ना उलझती I
गाली गलोज और इल्ज़ामों की तुमने लगाई थी ढेरी I
दोनों रुख़ से जीत हुई है, ऐ सनम अब तेरी I

मैं मायूस उदास ज़रूर हूँ, लेकिन हूँ नहीं तनहा I
याद है मुझको संग बिताया हर एक अनोखा लम्हा I
मेरी मुहब्बत साथ रहती है, बनके याद सुनहरी I
दोनों रुख़ से जीत हुई है, ऐ सनम अब तेरी I

मुझे तुमसे कोई शिकवा नहीं, ना है कोई शिकायत I
इक तरफ़ा प्यार की, तेरी महफ़िल में थी रिवायत I
तुम्हें ज़िन्दगी की खुशियां मुबारक, मेरे लिए चोट है गहरी I
दोनों रुख़ से जीत हुई है, ऐ सनम अब तेरी I

इक डोर थी जो अब टूटने को है , सजाई थी ख़्वाबों की जन्नत I
इक सांस है जो अब झूटने को है, मांगी थी ज़िन्दगी की मन्नत I
तेरी कामयाबी पर, कबूल हो बधाई अब मेरी I
दोनों रुख़ से जीत हुई है, ऐ सनम अब तेरी I

The Song

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Achha ji main haari chalo maan jaao na…

I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #55.

Please await Beautiful Duet #56 – Mud mud ke na dekh mud mud ke.

Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

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