Author: Sunbyanyname

As with all posts on Lyricists, these posts are a compilation of my daily posts on my Facebook page Lyrical.

I hope you liked my choice of songs for Part I.

Lets begin taking up songs for Part II.

Day #10, Song #28
Genda samajh ke uchhalo na sajaniya

On the tenth day, we come to 18th movie of his career that started with the 1932 Radhey Shyam: the 1941 movie Ummeed, a Manibhai Vyas movie starring Ishwar Lal, Prabha, Neela, Noor Jehan, Inayat, Ibraham, and Bhagwan Das.

He paired with the great Khemchand Prakash again and made the following songs:

1. Bandhu Re Mere Bandhu Re
2. Aaja Aaja O Jane Wale
3. Haan Ambva Pe Bole Koyaliya
4. More Aangan Me Aaja Piya
5. Jivan Ka Balidan Kar De
6. Genda Samajh Ke Uchalo Na Sajaniya
7. Jaago Ji Nandlal
8. Motor Dhire Dhire Hank Re Driver

Song #6 was sung by Noor Jehan and Ishwar Lal, both acting in the movie.

Noor Jehan was born on 23 Sep 1926 and hence she was only 14 years old when she acted and sang in this movie. She had begun her career as a child artiste in 1935 Punjabi movie Pind Di Kudi and hence this role was her first adult role before she acted as the main lead opposite Pran in the 1942 movie Khandan.

Please enjoy Noor Jehan and Ishwar Lal singing: Genda samajh ke uchhalo na sajaniya…

Day #10, Song #29
Madhukar Shyam hamare chor

With the first movie of 1942, DN Madhok tasted unprecedented success.

The movie’s name was Bhakta Surdas; a Chaturbhuj Doshi movie starring KL Saigal in the first movie after he moved to Bombay from Calcutta.

All this while, most of the movies for which I have given you songs was Ranjit Moviestone productions. The company began production of silent films in 1929 under the banner Ranjit Film Company and by 1932 (when DN Madhok began his career) had made 39 pictures, most of them social dramas. The company changed its name to Ranjit Movietone in 1932 and during the 1930s produced numerous successful talkies at the rate of about six a year. At this time, the studio employed around 300 actors, technicians and other employees. It packed up in 1960s.

Bhakta Surdas was produced under the banner Ranjit Studios. It starred, as I told you, KL Saigal, Khursheed, Monica Desai, Nagendra, M. Saigal and N. Desai.

The movie had 13 songs in all; all penned by DN Madhok and all composed by Gyan Dutt:

1 “Nainheen Ko Raah Dikha Prabhu” K. L. Saigal
2 “Nis Din Barsat Nain Hamaare” K. L. Saigal
2 “Kadam Chale Aage Man Paachhe Bhaage” K. L. Saigal
3 “Madhukar Shyaam Hamaare Chor” K. L. Saigal
4 “Maiya Mori Mai Nahi Makhan Khayo” K. L. Saigal
5 “Din Se Dugunee Ho Jaye Ratiya Hai” K. L. Saigal
6 “Rain Gayi Ab Hua Savera” K. L. Saigal
7 “Manwa Krishna Naam Rate Ja” K. L. Saigal
8 “Madhur Madhur Gaa Re Manawa” Khursheed
9 “Chandani Rat Aur Tare Khile Ho” Khursheed, Saigal
10 “Sar Pe Kadamb Ki Chhainya Muraliya Baje Re” Saigal, Rajkumari
11 “Panchhi Bawara Chand Se Preet Lagaaye” Khursheed
12 “Naina Re Dekhe Unake Nain” Khursheed
13 “Jis Jogi Ka Jog Liya” Khursheed, Saigal

As you would have guessed it, we shall be spending quite some time on these songs.

Lets start with the best song of the movie sung by KL Saigal.

Please enjoy: Madhukar Shyam hamare chor…

madhukar shyaam hamaare chor
madhukar shyaam hamaare chor
madhukar shyaam hamaare chor
madhukar shyaam hamaare chor
man har lino maadhuri murat
man har lino maadhuri murat nirakh nain ki kor
shyaam hamaare chor chor
shyaam hamaare chor
madhukar shyaam hamaare chor

sir pe jaake mukat suhaaye
sir pe jaake mukat suhaaye
maathe tilak nain kajaraare
maathe tilak nain kajaraare
mukh sudar jyun bhor
shyaam hamaare chor chor
shyaam hamaare chor
madhukar shyaam hamaare chor

surdas ke chor kanhaiya manmohan murali ke bajaiya
surdas ke chor kanhaiya manmohan murali ke bajaiya
manmohan murali ke bajaiya
natakhat nandakishor, chor
shyaam hamaare chor
madhukar shyaam hamaare chor
shyaam hamaare chor
shyaam hamaare chor
shyaam hamaare chor
madhukar shyaam hamaare chor

Day #10, Song #30
Nainheen ko raah dikha prabhu

Today has been a very good day so far. In the first song, I covered for you the first song of Noor Jehan on the lyrics of DN Madhok as an adult; a duet with Ishwarlal (his last movie in 1941: Ummeed): Genda samajh ke uchhalo na sajaniya. After that I covered one song from KL Saigal’s first movie after he moved to Bombay from Calcutta: Bhakta Surdas: Madhukar Shyam hamare chor.

Let’s end tonight with a bhajan that was sung by KL Saigal and became very popular.

Please enjoy: Nainheen ko raah dikha prabhu…

nain hi ko rah dikha prabhu nain hi ko rah dikha prabhu
pag pag thokar khau mai
nain hi ko rah dikha prabhu pag pag thokar khau mai
nain hi ko

tumhari nagariya kee kathin dagariya
tumhari nagariya kee kathin dagariya
chalat chalat gir jau mai prabhu
nain hi ko rah dikha prabhu pag pag thokar khau mai
nain hi ko rah dikha prabhu

chahu or mere ghor andhera bhul naa jau dwar teraa
chahu or mere ghor andhera bhul naa jau dwar teraa
ek bar prabhu hath pakad lo
ek bar prabhu hath pakad lo
ek bar prabhu hath pakad lo
mann kaa dip jalau mai, prabhu
nain hi ko rah dikha prabhu pag pag thokar khau mai
nain hi ko

Day #11, Song #31
Panchhi bawara chand se preet lagaye

We had, on the 10th Day, started with the songs of the 1942 Chaturbhujh Doshi movie Bhakta Surdas starring KL Saigal in the title role.

We also took up two out of 13 beautiful songs composed by the great Gyan Dutt and sung by the great KL Saigal: 1. Madhukar Shyam hamare chor and 2. Nainheen ko raah dikha prabhu.

Today, we start with a delightful song sung by Khursheed Bano. The video is of course not from this movie.

Please enjoy: Panchhi bawara chand se preet lagaye…

panchhi baawra
panchhi baawra
chand se prit lagaye
chand se prit lagaye
panchhi baawra
chand se prit lagaye
chand se prit lagaye

saya dekh nadi me murakh
phula nahi samaye
saya dekh nadi me murakh
phula nahi samaye
wo harjaai taaro ke sang
wo harjaai taaro ke sang
apni rass rachaye
chand se prit lagaye
panchhi baawra

kaun bataye tujhe chakora
kaun bataye tujhe chakora
gore man ke kaale
kaun bataye tujhe chakora
gore man ke kaale
jyun-jyun prit badhayega tu
jyun-jyun prit badhayega tu
tyun-tyun wo ghat jaye
chand se prit lagaye
panchhi baawra
chand se prit lagaye
chand se prit lagaye
panchhi baawra

Day #11, Song #32
Rain gayi ab hua savera

We have already taken up three songs out of 13 from the 1942 Churbhujh Doshi movie Bhakta Surdas with KL Saigal in the title role.

Let’s take another beautiful song penned by DN Madhok, composed by Gyan Dutt and sung by KL Saigal.

Please enjoy: Rain gayi ab hua savera…

rain gayi ab huaa savera, yaad teri ne ghera hai
rain gayi ab huaa savera, yaad teri ne ghera hai
rain gayi ab huaa savera

tumase nain lagake saajan, tumase nain lagake saajan
duniya se munh phera hai, rain gayi ab hua savera

tum to dil ki dhadakan banake, dil me aake baith gaye
tum to dil ki dhadakan banake, dil me aake baith gaye
is ghar ko jo kho baitha hai, is ghar ko jo kho baitha hai
us ka kaun basera hai, rain gayi ab hua savera

man ke panchhi soch-samajh le, vo jaadu ki nagari hai
man ke panchhi soch-samajh le, vo jaadu ki nagari hai
sambhal sambhal kar ghar aana, nazaro ne jaal bakhera hai
rain gayi ab hua savera, yaad teri ne ghera hai
rain gayi ab hua savera

Day #11, Song #33
Chandani raat aur taare khile hon

We have already taken up four songs of the 13 from the 1942 Chaturbhuj Doshi movie Bhakta Surdas.

As I said, this was the first movie of KL Saigal after he moved to Bombay. He became known as the singing-star after the movie.

This movie was also the first big success of Khursheed Bano.

Hence, before I end today, let me give you a song sung by both KL Saigal and Khursheed Bano.

Please enjoy: Chandani raat aur taare khile hon…

chandani raat aur tare khile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho
taro ki chhaiya me do dil mile ho
taro ki chhaiya me do dil mile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho

badariya me chanda ghadi bhar ko jaye
badariya me chanda ghadi bhar ko jaye
koyi mere kano me kuchh kehne aaye
koyi mere kano me kuchh kehne aaye
manu toh hans de, na manu toh ruthe
manu toh hans de, na manu toh ruthe
duniya jise chahe woh silsile ho
duniya jise chahe woh silsile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho

mai chup hu, mai chup hu toh unka jiya baitha jaye
mai chup hu, mai chup hu toh unka jiya baitha jaye
mai toku, mai toku toh unka jiya talamalaye
kabhi mai manayu kabhi woh manaye
kabhi mai manayu kabhi woh manaye
nigahe mile gul sare khile ho
kabhi mai manayu kabhi woh manaye
chandani raat aur tare khile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho
taro ki chhaiya me do dil mile ho
taro ki chhaiya me do dil mile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho
chandani raat aur tare khile ho

Day #12, Song #34
Tu kaunsi badli mein mere chand hai aaja

I am sorry for the long break from 21st Feb due to my sickness. Even though I am still sick, here I am in a limited way.

We took up four songs of the 1942 movie Bhakta Surdas composed by Guan Dutt.

His next movie in 1942 was Jhankar, a S Khalil movie starring Chandra Mohan, Pramila and Azurie. Bashir Dehlvi composed following songs penned by DN Madhok:

1. Kahe Ko Byahi Bades Ri Lakhi Babul
2. Hum To Do Bol Kehke Hare Hai
3. Jaao Ji Mere Babu Ji Tumse Na Bolenge
4. Naino Me Aaja
5. Raat Haneri Mahi Ve Vach Chamakan Tare
6. Dil Ki Dhadkan Par Gaa
7. Is Dil Ka Thikana Kaun
8. Naihar Se Mai Chali Peehar Ko
9. Padosan Ka Ladka More Mann Bhaye

His next movie in 1942 was Khandaan; a Shaukat Hussain Rizvi movie starring Pran, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Mohammad and M Ajmal.

“It was written by author Imtiaz Ali Taj and made in Pancholi’s Lahore studio. For the first time in British India, there was a lot of “ahead of film release” publicity for this film. As a result, this became a much-awaited film for the Indian public and became a hit film when released.”

Ghulam Haider composed the following songs penned by Deena Nath Madhok and these were very well received:

1. “Mere Liye Jahan Mein Chaen Hai Naa Qaraar Hai” – Noor Jehan
2. “Tu Kaunsi Badli Mein Mere Chand Hai Aaja” – Noor Jehan
3. “Khelenge Hum Aankh Macholi” – Noor Jehan
4. “Mere Baagh Ka Mali Phir Aagaya” – Shamshad Begum
5. “Maar Gayi Re Hamein Teri Nazaria” – Noor Jehan
6. “Udja Udja Panchhi Udja” – Noor Jehan & Ghulam Haider
7. “Chalo Paniya Bharan Ko Chalein” – Shamshad Begum & Nasim Akhtar
8. “Mere Mann Ka Panchhi Kyun Bole” – Noor Jehan
9. “Meri Ammi Ka Raj Bhala” – Shamshad Begum

Lets start with the best song of the movie sung by Noor Jehan.

Please enjoy: Tu kaunsi badli mein mere chand hai aaja…

tu kaun si badli me mere chand hai aa ja
tu kaun si badli me mere chand hai aaja
tare hai mere jakhme jigar in me sama ja
tare hai mere jakhme jigar in me sama ja
tu kaun si badli me mere chand hai aaja

dil dhund raha hai dil dhund raha hai
ke mera chand kaha hai
dil dund raha hai dil dund raha hai
ke mera chand kaha hai
choti si jhalak de ke meri id banaja
choti si jhalak de ke meri id banaja
tare hai mere jakhme jigar in me sama ja
tare hai mere jakhme jigar in me sama ja
tu kaun si badli me mere chand hai aaja

pehlu me liye
haye pehlu me liye baithi hu mai
dard bhara dil pehlu me liye
haye pehlu me liye baithi hu mai
dard bara dil mar jau ya jiti rahu
ye to bata ja mar jau ya jiti rahu
ye to bata ja tare hai mere jakhme jigar
in me sama ja
tare hai mere jakhme jigar in me sama ja
tu kaun si badli me mere chand hai aaja

tare hai mere jakhme jigar in me sama ja
tu kaun si badli me mere chand hai aaja

Day #12, Song #35
Mere liye jahanm mein chain na karaar hai

After a long absence due to my sickness, I am somewhat back and we started off with songs of the 1942 movie Khandaan that were composed by Ghulam Haider.

The first songs that we took up was sung by Noor Jehan: Tu kaun si badli mein mere chand hai aaja.

The second one too was sung by Noor Jehan.

Please enjoy: Mere liye jahanm mein chain na karaar hai…

mere liye jahan me mere liye jahan me
chain hai na karar hai mere liye jahan me
chain hai na karar hai dil me hai bekarariya
dil me hai bekarariya aankho me intejar hai

dil pe jara si thes di dil pe jara si thes di
yas ka rang bhar diya dil pe jara si thes di
yas ka rang bhar diya dhire se mukura diye
dhire se mukura diye kehne lage ye pyar hai
mere liye jahan me chain hai na karar hai

aankho me fir utar gaya aankho me fir utar gaya
duniya ka dard bhar gaya aankho me fir utar gaya
duniya ka dard bhar gaya thame jigar sune koi
gana nahi pukar hai mere liye jahan me
chain hai na karar hai dil me hai bekarariya
dil me hai bekarariya aankho me intejar hai

Day #12, Song #36
Pee le pee le more raja pee le

After a long absence from this page, I have already given you two delightful songs sung by Noor Jehan for the 1942 movie Khandaan that were composed by Ghulam Haider.

And now we have a song sung by Shamshad Begum.

Please enjoy: Pee le pee le more raja pee le…

pi le, pi le ho more raja
pi le, pi le
dojakh se na dar more raja
more raja ho more raja
pi le, pi le ho more raja
pi le, pi le
dojakh se na dar more raja
more raja o more raja
pi le, pi le

angur me rahti thi
angur me rahti thi
dilo me rehti hai o more raja
dilo me rehti hai
aur sanchi chilman se
ho more saiya yu ja ke kehti hai
aur sanchi chilman se
ho more saiya yu ja ke kehti hai
pine ka jamana hai
inkaar na kar
more raja ho more raja
pi le, pi le
more raja pi le, pi le
dojakh se na dar more raja
more raja ho more raja
pi le, pi le

purnur afsaana hai, purnur afsaana hai
?kahani hai, o more raja
?kahani hai
sukh dukh ke budhaape me ha
sukh dukh ke budhaape me
o more saiya ,saiya re
baki kya jawani hai

Day #13, Song #37
Roothna pyar mein hai karwat ka badal jaana

Before we come to his next movie: the 1942 movie Maheman, lets take stock:

Deena Nath Madhok amongst the first generation of Lyricists in Hindi movies, the others being Kavi Pradeep and Kidar Sharma.

Whereas Raja Harishchandra was the first Indian movie in 1913, the first movie with sound was Alam Ara in 1931. Immediately after that, from his 1932 movie Radhey Shyam, we have been following his career.

So far, I have given you 36 of his songs from 21 movies with 221 songs; the last one being nine songs that he wrote for the 1942 movie Khandaan out of which I gave you three.

Lets now turn to his next movie of 1942: Maheman, a Chaturbhuj Doshi movie starring Madhuri, Ishwarlal, Mubarak, Bhagwandas and Shamim.

The great composer Khemchand Prakash composed following songs penned by DN Madhok:

1 “Aayi Atariya Pe Sone Na Sone Diya” Shamim Akhtar
2 “Kya Chain Se Baithe Hain Baichain Mujhe Kar Ke” Rajkumari
3 “Meri Jholi Mein Hain Mere Chor” Rajkumari, Kesari
4 “Daga Deke Chale Nahin Jana” Sunila Das Gupta
5 “Bana Na Taan Gori” Rajkumari
6 “Akele Honge Ri Chal Jamna Ke” Rajkumari, Kesari
7 “Is Ghoomti Duniya Mein Hai Kiska Thikana” Shamim
8 “Roothna Pyar Mein Hai Karwat Ka Badal Jana” Bulo C. Rani
9 “Yeh Mere Bhaiya Yeh Unka Dil Hai” Shamim
10 “Zara Dheere Ho Dheere Sajanwa” Shamim, Rama Shukul
11 “Teer Unke Kaleje Ka Us Paar Nahin Hota” Shamim Akhtar
12 “Saiyan Gaye Pardes Main Soye Rahi” Sunila Das Gupta

Please pay attention to song #8 sung by no other than the composer Bulo C Rani. He too started, like DN Madhok, under the banner of Ranjit Moviestone, but, seven years after him in 1939. Since then he scored music for 71 movies. His death, at the age of 73 years, on 24 May 1993, was a tragedy. Not able to get any assignments, he committed suicide; the fate of a very early composer in Hindi movies.

Lets, therefore, listen to the song sung by him.

Please enjoy: Roothna pyar mein hai karwat ka badal jaana…

Day #13, Song #38
Kya chain se baithe hain bechain mujhe kar ke

Whilst taking stock with the last song from the 1942 Chaturbhuj Doshi movie Mehman, you must have realised how hard life was with the pioneers in production of songs. We learnt that Bulo C Rani, composer in 71 movies, committed suicide in 1993, at the age of 73, since he wasn’t getting any assignments to keep him going.

Now look at the singer Rajkumari Dubey. She was singing in a chorus in Pakeezah when Naushad saw her and realised what a comedown it was for her from being a lead singer in 40s to becoming part of chorus to keep body and soul together.

Hence, my second choice of song, from the 1942 movie Mehman is the one sung by Rajkumari.

Please enjoy: Kya chain se baithe hain bechain mujhe kar ke…

kya chain se baithe hai
bechain mujhe kar ke
kya chain se baithe hai
bechain mujhe kar ke
kurban mai ho jau
dekho jo najar bhar ke
kurban mai ho jau
dekho jo najar bhar ke
kya chain se baithe hai
bechain mujhe kar ke

kah do agar sambhala hai
aisa teri ulfat ko
kah do agar sambhala hai
aisa teri ulfat ko
ham aah bhi barte hai
sach kehte hai dar dar ke
ham aah bhi barte hai
sach kehte hai dar dar ke

ek hath jigar pe hai
ek dil ko sambhale hai
ek hath jigar pe hai
ek dil ko sambhale hai
ham teri mohabbat me
jite bhi hai mar mar ke
ham teri mohabbat me
jite bhi hai mar mar ke

Day #13, Song #39
Ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai

For the third song (out of 12) of the 1942 Chaturbhuj Doshi movie Mehman (DN Madhok’s 22nd movie), I have chosen a Shamim song.

Who was Shamim; any guesses ladies and gentlemen? Shamim Bano was related to both Khursheed Bano and Meena Kumari. She was actor singer in this movie. However, her best role was opposite Dilip Kumar in 1944 movie Jwar Bhata. “She was the second wife of famed Pakistani film director and producer Anwar Kamal Pasha, and thus daughter-in-law of poet, writer and scholar Hakim Ahmad Shuja.”

She migrated to Pakistan in 1947.

Lets enjoy a delightful song penned by DN Madhok, composed by Khemchand Prakash and sung by Shamim Bano for the 1942 Chaturbhuj Doshi movie Mehman: Ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai…

ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai

ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai

bhabhi hai gori dil kala kala
bhabhi hai gori dil kala kala
par is kaale ka sab hai ghotala
par is kaale ka sab hai ghotala

ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai

bhaiya to jaa se iska ghayal hai
bhaiya to jaa se iska ghayal hai
bhabhi ke til pe bhaiya ka dil hai
bhabhi ke til pe bhaiya ka dil hai

ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye mere bhaiya ye unka dil hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai
ye meri bhabhi mukhade pe til hai

Day #14, Song #40
Jhan jhan veena baje

We shall be completing two weeks of Lyricist #11 (not in any particular ranking or order) DN Madhok.

We are in the 11th year of his career: 1942.

His next movie in 1942 was Vasantsena (if you recall that was the name of the courtesan played by Rekha in Shashi Kapoor’s Utsav).

It was a Gajanan Jagirdar movie starring Jagirdar, Vanmala, Shahu Modak, E Tarapore, Navin Yagnik, and Sunalini Devi.

Master Krishnarao composed the following songs penned by him and Neelkanth Tewari:

1. Dekho Gagan Ke Dwar
2. Ja Re Papiha Piya Ko Suna De
3. Mann Basiya Tan Rasiya
4. Utho Chalo Aage Badho
5. Chuk Karti Ye Gaadi Chalti Jati
6. Duniya Ki Asha
7. Jhan Jhan Beena Baje
8. Preet Lagani Us Chand Se
9. Vasant Sena Rani

Please enjoy Shahu Modak and Vanmala singing: Jhan jhan veena baje…

Day #14, Song #41
Hum tumse maangte hain

His next movie in 1942 was Zamindar, a Moti Gidwani movie starring Gulam Mohammad, Shanta Apte, M Ismail, S D Narang, Akhtar, G N Butt, Manorama, Durga Khote, and Anwari.

Ghulam Haider composed one of his songs; the others were penned by Behzad Lakhnavi, Qamar Jalalabadi, and Nazim Panipati: Armaan tadapate hain pehlu mein mere aake.

His next movie was his last one in 1942: Zevar; a K Amar Nath movie starring Jayant, Indurani, E Billimoria, Raaj, and Veen Badri Prasad.

He shared credit with Sahir to write the following songs that were composed by Pandit Badri Prasad:

1. Aayenge Jab Pyare Sajan Aayenge
2. Bas Aahe Bharti Hu
3. Mora Bala Jobanwa Chhalka
4. Wo Ghir Ghir Ke Aayi Hai
5. Albela Jivan Ek Pagli
6. Man Ki Bhent Chadhaye Ja
7. Tohe Prem Se Khana Khilau Sajni
8. Zara Humse Milo

His first movie in 1943 was Bansari. It was a Jayant Desai movie. it starred Ishwarlal, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Dixit, Shamim Akhtar, Kesari and Urmila.

All songs were composed by Gyan Dutt and all but one were penned by DN Madhok:

1 “Aaya Aaya Karo Idhar Bhi Meri Jaan” Noor Mohammed Charlie D. N. Madhok
2 “Cham Cham Chamke Jyoti Sakhi Ri” Shamim D. N. Madhok
3 “Dard Jaaye Na” Shamim Pandit Indra
4 “Dil Lagaya Tha Dillagi Ke Liye” D. N. Madhok
5 “Jab Se Mali Teri Dar Ki Khak” D. N. Madhok
6 “Hum Tumse Mangte Hain” Amirbai Karnataki D. N. Madhok
7 “Kachche Rang Tihare Sajanwa” Ishwarlal, Shamim D. N. Madhok
8 “Mere Man Ko Meri Jaan Ko” Charlie D. N. Madhok
9 “Rasiya Ho Rasiya Ho Hamare Raja Vilayti” Leela Sawant, Bulo C Rani Pandit Indra

Please enjoy Amirbai Karnataki singing: Hum tumse maangte hain…

Day #14, Song #42
Mere naina tujhe dhoonde hain sawariya

In his next movie in 1943: Bhakta Raj, you won’t believe who came on the scene to compose his songs. Well it was Chitalkar Ramchandra!

It was a Jayant Desai movie and also his production. The cast included Vasanti, Vishnupant Pagnis, E. Billimoria, Kaushalya and Dixit.

C Ramchandra composed the following songs penned by him:

1 “Jaag Musafir Chal De Aage”
2 “Mat Kar Tu Abhimaan” Vasanti, Vishnupant Pagnis
3 “Prabhu Ji Mere Aao” Vishnupant Pagnis
4 “Prabhu Aaye Tere Dwaar” Kaushalya, Kanti Lal, Vishnupant Pagnis
5 “Bahaar Aayi Hai” Amirbai Karnataki
6 “Bolo Bolo Re Prabhu Ji” Vasanti
7 “Kahaan Kaala Kaala Main Tera Matwala” Vasanti
8 “Kaisa Sundar Sama Suhana” Vasanti
9 “Jo Hum Bhale Bure Toh Tere” Kaushalya, Vishnupant Pagnis
10 “Mere Naina Tujhe Dhundhe Hai Sawariya” Kaushalya
11 “More Raja Ji Ho More Raja Ji” Rajkumari

To start with please enjoy Kaushalya singing: Mere naina tujhe dhoonde hain sawariya…

Day #15, Song #43
Shabnam kyun neer bahaye

His third movie in 1943 was Ishara, a JK Nanda movie starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Suraiya, Swarnlata, Jagdish Sethi, Satish, K. N. Singh, Vatsala Kumtekar, Masood, and Pratimadevi.

That’s big league indeed.

DN Madhok wrote the following songs that were composed by Khurshid Anwar:

1. Shabanam Kyun Nir Bahaaye Gauhar Sultana
2. Rang Rangeela Phagan Aaya
3. Bago Me Koyal Boli Suraiya
4. Dil Le Ke Daga Nahi Dena Vatsala Kumthekar
5. Sajanva Aa Jaa Re Gauhar Sultana
6. Panaghat Pe Muraliyaa Baaje Suraiya
7. Ishk Kaa Dard Sohana Ho Vatsala Kumthekar
8. Dhire Dhire Bol Mere Raja GM Durrani, Rajkumari
9. Hame Gham De Ke Na Jao Sajan Gauhar Sultana

These are all such lovely songs that I feel like giving you all. However, I shall select the best three.

The first one is a most beautiful song not just penned by DN Madhok but sung beautifully by Gauhar Sultana.

Please enjoy: Shabnam kyun neer bahaye…

shabanam kyun nir bahaaye
shabanam kyun nir bahaaye
duniyaa soye
aur ye roye jaaye
shabanam kyun nir bahaaye

jaise niradhan ke rone par
jaise niradhan ke rone par
hansate hai dhanavaan
vaise shabanam ke rone par
vaise shabanam ke rone par
kaliyo ki musakaan
shabanam roye
kaliyo kaa munh dhoye
apani jaan ganvaa kar pagali
jag me phul khilaaye
apani jaan ganvaa kar pagali
jag me phul khilaaye
shabanam kyun nir bahaaye
shabanam kyun nir bahaaye

murakh hai jo chaar ghadi ke
murakh hai jo chaar ghadi ke
jiwan par itaraate hai
hasate phulo ko dekho jo
hasate phulo ko dekho jo
khilate hi murajhaate hai
shabanam roye
murakh gaafil soye
ro-ro ke shabanam is jhuthe
jag kaa bhed bataaye
ro-ro ke shabanam is jhuthe
jag kaa bhed bataaye
shabanam kyun nir bahaaye
shabanam kyun nir bahaaye

Day #15, Song #44
Panghat pe muraliya baaje

We just started taking up songs of the 1943 JK Nanda movie Ishara starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Suraiya and Swaranlata.

Nine songs were penned by Deena Nath Madhok. These were all composed by Khurshid Anwar. I gave you one: Shabnam kyun neer bahaye sung by Gauhar Sultana.

Here is now the eagerly awaited song sung by singing star Suraiya; the first one by her with DN Madhok.

Please enjoy: Panghat pe muraliya baaje…

panghat pe muraliya baaje
aa ha ha panghat pe
panghat pe panghat pe
panghat pe muraliya baaje
mohan ke mukh taak chakori
mohan ke mukh taak chakori
chauk kahu kahu saaje
chauk kahu kahu saaje
aa ha ha panghat pe
panghat pe panghat pe
panghat pe muraliya baaje

ek or jamuna lahraye
ek or jamuna lahraye
duji or san shor machaye
duji or san shor machaye
bich me shyam biraje
bich me shyam biraje
aa ha ha panghat pe
panghat pe panghat pe
panghat pe muraliya baaje

tere sang bijli muskayi
tere sang bijli muskayi
man me ghor ghata hai chhayi
man me ghor ghata hai chhayi
ghat paar koi hari pukare
ghat paar koi hari pukare
man ke payal baaje
man ke payal baaje
panaghat pe muraliyaa baaje
aa ha ha panghat pe
panghat pe panghat pe
panghat pe muraliya baaje
panghat pe

Day #15, Song #45
Ishq ka dard suhana ho

And now for the last song of the 1943 JK Nanda movie Ishara starring Prithviraj Kapoor, Swaranlata and Suraiya.

Here is the third song tonight out of nine penned by DN Madhok and composed by Khurshid Anwar.

Please enjoy Vatsala Kumthekar singing: Ishq ka dard suhana ho…

ishq ka dard sohana ho
ishq ka dard sohana ho
ishq ka dard sohana ho
ishq ka dard sohana

ek pahlu me diya dil to diya kya tune
ek pahlu me diya dil to diya kya tune
iss tarah dard se khali hai kiya kya tune
iss tarah dard se khali hai kiya kya tune
kabhi dil se jigar me aana ho
dil se jigar me aana ho
ishq ka dard sohana ho
ishq ka dard sohana ho
ishq ka dard sohana

tu tadapta hai jara
tu tadapta hai jara
unke chale jane se
kyun nahi maanta haye
kyun nahi maanta haye
mere samjhane se
mere dil ko tumhi samjhana ho
dil ko tumhi samjhana ho
ishq ka dard sohana ho
ishq ka dard sohana ho
ishq ka dard sohana

Day #16, Song #46
Ek tu ho ek main hoon

Ladies and gentlemen,

Now for the first time in the career of Deena Nath Madhok that started with the 1932 movie Radhey Shyam, I am excited to tell you that his next movie in 1943: Kanoon was an Abdul Rashid Kardar movie.

Why this excitement? AR Kardar launched the career of Majrooh Sultanpuri and later Shakeel Badayuni and so many others! That’s why.

Having no formal training in film-making, Kardar started film industry in Lahore at a time when most films were made either in Calcutta or in Bombay.

Eleven years after the first movie in India, Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra, Kardar released The Daughters of Today in Lahore.

In 1930 he shifted to Calcutta and made films under East India Film Company. In 1937 he shifted to Bombay and joined Ranjit Moviestone whose films I have been giving you all this while.

In 1940 he set up his own Kardar Productions and set up the finest studio of those times (air-conditioned make-up rooms!): Kardar Studios.

Kanoon was thus a Kardar Production and also directed by him. The film starred Shahu Modak, Mehtab, Gajanan Jagirdar, Nirmala Devi, Ulhas and Badri Prasad.

The movie was the second one of DN Madhok with Naushad.

Naushad’s first film was also with DN Madhok: the 1940 movie Prem Nagar. From the 13 songs in the movie, I gave you on 08 Jan, two of them: Main kali baag mein tu bhanwra, and Ambua pe baitha panchhi kya bole.

In this movie Naushad composed the following songs of DN Madhok:

1 “Aaye Jawani Jaaye Jawani” Suraiya, Shyam
2 “Aa More Saiyan Jiya Kalpaye” Nirmala Devi
3 “Bolo Bolo Re Sajanwa” Nirmala
4 “Saiyaan Khade More Dwaar Mein” Nirmala
5 “Ek Dil Tera Ek Dil Mera” Suraiya, Shyam
6 “Toot Gaya Ek Tara Mann Ka” Suraiya, Shyam
7 “Ek Tu Ho Ek Main Hoon” Suraiya
8 “Suno Fariyad Meri” Nirmala

Lets listen to song #7 sung by Suraiya for Mehtab.

Please enjoy: Ek tu ho ek main hoon…

ik tu ho ek main hu
aur nadi ka kinara ho
sama pyara pyara ho
ho ho ho ho ho ho, hu
ik tu ho ek main hu
aur nadi ka kinara ho
sama pyara pyara ho
ho ho ho ho ho ho, hu

dil ki baat labo pe aaye, haye
dil ki baat labo pe aaye
labo pe aaye kahi na jaye
labo pe aaye kahi na jaye
aankho ka ishara ho
aur koyi naa chara ho
ho ho ho ho ho ho, hu
ik tu ho ek main hu
aur nadi ka kinara ho
sama pyara pyara ho
ho ho ho ho ho ho, hu

purab se ik badal aaye, haye
purab se ik badal aaye
aa ke chanda par chha jaye
aa ke chanda par chha jaye
dhima sa ujiyara ho
hath me hath tumhara ho
ho ho ho ho ho ho, hu
ik tu ho ek main hu
aur nadi ka kinara ho
sama pyara pyara ho
ho ho ho ho ho ho, hu

Day #16, Song #47
Bolo bolo re sajanva main teri kya…

We have started taking up songs of the 1943 movie Kanoon, AR Kardar’s first movie with DN Madhok and Naushad’s second movie with him after Prem Nagar of 1940.

For the second song I have selected one sung by Nirmala Devi.

Who was she? Well, she was actor Govinda’s mother!

She was an actress – singer of 1940s as also a Hindustani classical vocalist of Patiala Gharana.

Please enjoy: Bolo bolo re sajanva main teri kya…

bolo bolo ha bolo bolo re sajanva
mai teri kya
bolo bolo ha bolo bolo re sajaniya
mai tera kya

tum ho mere vo ho kehte hue sharmaau
tum ho mere vo ho kehte hue sharmaau
tum ho meri vo aao tumhe batlau
tum ho meri vo aao tumhe batlau
ri sajaniya mai tera kya
bolo bolo ha bolo bolo re sajanva
mai teri kya

tum ho mere man ki peeda
man ki peeda
tum ho mere man ki peeda
din din badhti jaye, din din badhti jaye
banke bel darwa laagu
banke bel darwa laagu
fir bhi chain na aaye
fir bhi chain na aaye
re sajanva mai teri kya
bolo bolo ha bolo bolo re sajanva
mai teri kya

Day #16, Song #48
Aaye jawani jaaye jawani

Ladies and gentlemen,

I hope you are as overwhelmed by the first two songs of the 1943 AR Kardar movie Kanoon, penned by DN Madhok and sung by Suraiya and Nirmala Devi.

The next one is sung by Shyam and Suraiya and is equally beautiful.

All these songs were composed by Naushad in his second movie with DN Madhok after the 1940 movie Prem Nagar.

Please enjoy: Aaye jawani jaaye jawani…

aaye jawani jaye jawani
jake fir na aaye
aaye jawani jaye jawani
jake fir na aaye
chidiyo ne chug liya khet ko
jaat khada pachataye
chidiyo ne chug liya khet ko
jaat khada pachataye
kaho ye juth baat hai
to fir pi lo kha lo
jawani ke gun ga lo, jawani ke gun ga lo
jawani ke gun ga lo, jawani ke gun ga lo
aaye jawani jaye jawani
jake fir na aaye
chidiyo ne chug liya khet ko
jaat khada pachataye
kaho ye juth baat hai
to fir pi lo kha lo
jawani ke gun ga lo

jawani ek mauj ka naam
jawani ek mauj ka naam
ke jisme nahi hosh ka kaam
ke jisme nahi hosh ka kaam
kaho ye juth baat hai
to fir pi lo kha lo
jawani ke gun ga lo

jawani me ankhiya bhi bole
dil ke bhed nigahe khole, dekhne
haye dekhne wale dagmag dole
dekhne wale dagmag dole
kaho ye juth baat hai
to fir pi lo kha lo
jawani ke gun ga lo
aaye jawani jaye jawani
jake fir na aaye
aaye jawani jaye jawani
jake fir na aaye
chidiyo ne chug liya khet ko
jaat khada pachataye
chidiyo ne chug liya khet ko
jaat khada pachataye
kaho ye juth baat hai
to fir pi lo kha lo

Day #17, Song #49
Papihara kaae machave shor

Yesterday, I noticed, how excited we all were listening to songs of an AR Kardar movie having DN Madhok songs composed by Naushad.

And now we shall see more and more of them.

Indeed the very next movie in 1943: Sanjog was again an AR Kardar movie starring Mehtab, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Ulhas and Wasti.

Once again we had Suraiya singing for Mehtab.

Here are all the songs of the movie:

1. Aa More Sanwre Saiya Mora Jiya Lahraye Suraiya
2.O O Ae Ae Kaun Gali Ka Chhora Pukare
3. Ek Dilwala Ek Dilwali Noor Mohammad Charlie, Suraiya
4. Koi Chutki Si Mere Dil Me Liye Jaye Suraiya
5. Papihara Kaae Machave Shor Noor Mohammad Charlie
6. Palat Tera Dhyan Kidhar Hai Noor Mohammad Charlie
7. Udte Hue Panchhi Kaun Inko Bataye Suraiya, Noor Mohammad Charlie
8. Ho Mori Gali More Raja Mori Kasam Aaja Suraiya
9. Jaan Bachi So Laakho Paaye

We shall take up three of the songs: one each by Noor Mohammad Charlie and Suraiya and then a duet between them.

Lets start with Noor Mohammad Charlie.

Please enjoy: Papihara kaae machave shor… (comedy all the way!!)

papihara kahe machave shor shor
paye jo sun na paye jo sun na paye
sas na nandiya dore hi dore
hi dore ye pankh marore marore
marore marore marore
papihara kahe machave shor shor shor

o o papiha tujhe meri kasam
chup rah zara abhi aane ko hai
jalim tujhe kya ho gaya tere pihu pihu karne se
wo bewafa yaad aaye hai tu zuda tadpaye hai
aur aur aur aur dil zuda tadpaye hai

nadi ka kinara bolan water mor ka pankha
patli patli patli patli patli patli patli patli
ungaliya ungaliya phulo ki shehar
haye re haye jiya balkhaye jo sun na paye
sas na nandiya dore hi dore
hi dore ye pankh marore marore
marore marore marore
papihe kahe machave shor shor shor

Day #17, Song #50
Aa more sanware sainyan mora jiya lahraye

We had decided to take up three songs of the 1943 AR Kardar movie Sanjog starring Mehtab and Noor Mohammad Charlie.

We decided to take up one song each of Noor Mohammad Charlie (singing for himself) and Suraiya (singing for Mehtab) and then a duet sung by both.

We already know that this was the third movie in which DN Madhok’s songs were composed by Naushad.

Here is the second song sung by Suraiya for Mehtab.

Please enjoy: Aa more sanware sainyan mora jiya lahraye…

aa more sanware saiya mora jiya lahraye
aa more sanware saiya mora jiya lahraye
kale kale badal chhaye
do tin sawan bhi kho jaye haye
aa more sanware saiya
aa more sanware saiya mora jiya lahraye

leke sirahne ki aoth mai roye roye jau re
mai roye roye jau re tori kasam more raja
akeli ghabrau re akeli ghabrau re
bali mori umar sanware
ro ro naina bhare banware haye
aa more sanware saiya
aa more sanware saiya mora jiya lahraye

yaad tumhari jab aaye mera jiya baitha jaye
mera jiya baitha jaye ankho se nikle pani
aur dil se nikle haye hamare dil se nikle haye
dil ki bat kahi na jaye
aur kahe bina bhi raha na jaye
haye aa more sanware saiya
aa more sanware saiya mora jiya lahraye

mori atariya jo aao mai ankhiya bichhaungi
mai ankhiya bichhaungi abhi na aye more raja
mai jag ko sunaungi mai jag ko sunaungi
sab kuch karna prit na karna
prit hai maut bina ka marna haye
aa more sanware saiya
aa more sanware saiya mora jiya lahraye

Day #17, Song #51
Udte huye panchhi kaun inko bataye

In the last sung from the 1943 AR Kardar movie Sanjog, you must have enjoyed how Naushad brought in (in Hindi movies) piano in the songs (here we had Mehtab playing it whilst lip-suncing for Suraiya in the song: Aa more sanware sainyan mora jiya lahraye).

Day #18, Song #52
Sapt suran teen graam gaavo sab gunijan

If you think that it is raining good songs, you may just be right.

His next movie in 1943 was Tansen, a Jayant Desai movie starring KL Saigal and Khursheed Bano.

Can you guess who composed the songs of the movie? Well, it was none other than Khemchand Prakash and this time you are really in for a treat; I shall tell you as we go along.

1. “Ghata Ghanaghor Ghor” Khursheed Bano
2. “Aao Gori Aao Shyama” Khursheed Bano
3. “Kahe Guman Kare Re Gori” Kundan Lal Saigal
4. “Rumajhum Rumajhum Chaal Tihaari” Kundan Lal Saigal
5, “Baag Laga Dun Sajani” Kundan Lal Saigal
6. “More Balpan Ke Sathi Chhaila Bhul Jaio Na” Kundan Lal Saigal, Khursheed Bano
7. “Sapt Suran Tin Graam Gaavo Sab Gunijan” Kundan Lal Saigal
8. “Ho Dukhiya Jiyara Rote Naina” Khursheed Bano
9. “Ab Raja Baye More Balam” Khursheed Bano
10. “Binaa Pankh Panchhi Hun Main” Kundan Lal Saigal
11. “Diya Jalao” Kundan Lal Saigal
12. “Din Soona Sooraj Bina” Kundan Lal Saigal
13. “Baraso Re” Khursheed Bano

Only four of the above songs were penned by DN Madhok; the others were by Pandit Indra. DN Madhok’s songs were: Songs #s 7, 9, 10, and 12.

We shall be taking up all four.

To start with let’s take up Song #7 sung by Kl Saigal in the title role.

Please enjoy: Sapt suran teen graam gaavo sab gunijan…

sapt suran tin graam gaavo sab gunijan
ikkis murchhanaa baan-taan ko milaavo
ikkis murchhanaa baan-taan ko milaavo
audhava sakiran svar sampuran raag bhed
audhava sakiran svar sampuran raag bhed
alakaar bhushan ban
alakaar bhushan ban
raag ko sajaavo
sapt suran

saa sur saadho man, re apane rab ko dhyaan
saa sur saadho man, re apane rab ko dhyaan
gaadhaar tajo gumaan
gaadhaar tajo gumaan
madhyam moksha paavo
pacham parameshvar, dhaivat dharo dhyaan
pacham parameshvar, dhaivat dharo dhyaan
ni nit din prabhu charan shital aavo

sapt suran tin gram gaavo sab gunijan
ikkis murchhanaa taan-baan ko milaavo
audhava sakiran svar sampuran raag bhed
audhava sakiran svar sampuran raag bhed
alakaar bhushan ban
raag ko sajaavo

Day #18, Song #53
Bina pankh panchhi hoon main

We just started taking up songs of the 1943 Jayant Desai movie Tansen starring KL Saigal in the title role and Khursheed Bano as his beloved Tani.

Day #18, Song #54
Ab raja bhaye more balam

And now for the third song from the 1943 Jayant Desai movie Tansen with KL Saigal in the title role and Khursheed Bano as his beloved Tani.

I hope you liked the last post in the series: ‘Shailendra Song Of The Week #5 – Ja Ja Re Ja Balamwa‘. Lets begin with this song of his as the Song of the Week #6 as it appeared on my Facebook group ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘.

Shailendra Song of the Week (SSOW)
Week #06
Tu pyar ka sagar hai

Songs So Far

So far, I have given you following songs penned by him:

W#01 – Raat ke hamsafar thak ke ghar ko chale.
W#02 – Dil apna aur preet prayi.
W#03 – Rimjhim ke taraane leke aayi barsaat.
W#04 – Ab ke baras bhej bhaiya ko babul.
W#05 – Ja ja re ja balamwa.

Nutan

After W#04 song Ab ke baras bhej bhaiya ko babul wherein, in a jail for murder, the song (though not lip-synced by her) spoke accurately about her emotions. Ditto with this hymn sung by Manna Dey in the 1955 Amiya Chakravarty movie Seema starring Nutan and Balraj Sahni.

Whilst covering DN Madhok on my page Lyrical under Great Lyricists series, I gave you a song sung by Shamim Bano (related to Khursheed Bano and Meena Kumari). I mentioned it to you that her best role in a movie was the debut movie of Dilip Kumar in 1944: Jawar Bhata. That movie was an Amiya Chakravarty movie. So, in a way, Amiya was responsible for giving a break to the greatest actor in Hindi films: Dilip Kumar.

In both Bimal Roy’s movie Bandini and Amiya Chakravarty’s Seema, you would see another commonality: both are having a woman as the main protagonist. Is there something Bengali about it? You may be right; please read: ‘Bengal Based Hindi Movies From Anuradha To Piku‘.

Incidentally, both the movies won Nutan Best Actress Awards, as did three other movies: Sujata, Milan and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki.

Seema – the Movie

The story is about this young girl Gauri (Nutan) who is ill treated by her aunt after she becomes an orphan, is wrongly accused of stealing a necklace, is rebellious, and often misunderstood until she takes shelter under kind-hearted Balraj Sahni (Ashok) in Shree Satyanand Anathalaya. Some of the songs that helped progress the story and her emotions are:

1. “Tu Pyar Ka Sagar Hai” Manna Dey Shailendra
2. “Kahaan Jaa Raha Hain” Mohammed Rafi Shailendra
3. “Man Mohana Bade Jhoothe”Lata Mangeshkar Shailendra
4. “Ye Duniya Gam Ka Mela Hai” (Hame Bhi De Do Sahara, Ke Besahare Hain) Mohammed Rafi Hasrat Jaipuri
5. “Baat Baat Me Rutho Na” Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri
6. “Suno Chhoti Si Gudiya” (Happy) Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri
7. “Suno Chhoti Si Gudiya” (Sad) Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri

Shailendra’s Lyrics

From Ashok (Balraj Sahni) being a kind-hearted Manager of an Orphanage, suddenly, in this hymn, Shailendra raises the level to God Himself.

Jaana hai sagar paar

This is as per our scriptures, eg, Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Life of a human being on earth is often compared to a Sagar or Sea and we have to all go across. SGGS talks about the Name of God (Waheguru) as the Bohith (boat) that can help us cross this sea.

Shailendra goes several steps ahead by calling it a Sagar of Love (of God). He doesn’t mention it in the lyrics but the thought comes out loud and clear that not just Nutan as Gauri but we are all orphans without God and that if He would send us away we are as bad as dead.

In the second stanza, he climbs another rung and talks about this Seema (border) between Life and Death. Brilliant indeed.

Aayen kaun disha se hum?

This is another very beautiful line. The meaning is not literal but deep. Tell us God, in which way we can get you since there is this uljhan in our minds.

तू प्यार का सागर है
तेरी इक बूँद के प्यासे हम
लौटा जो दिया तुमने
चले जाएंगे जहाँ से हम

घायल मन का पागल पंछी उड़ने को बेक़रार
उड़ने को बेक़रार
पंख हैं कोमल, आँख है धुँधली, जाना है सागर पार
जाना है सागर पार
अब तू हि इसे समझा
राह भूले थे कहा से हम
तू प्यार का सागर है

इधर झुमके गाए ज़िंदगी, उधर है मौत खड़ी
उधर है मौत खड़ी
कोई क्या जाने कहाँ है सीमा, उलझन आन पड़ी
उलझन आन पड़ी
कानों में ज़रा कह दे
कि आए कौन दिशा से हम
तू प्यार का सागर है

Shankar Jaikishan’s Composition

They chose a dignified Raag Kanada, Tal Kaherava to compose it. It is not my intention to give you intricacies of this raag here. Suffice it to say that if you think of other songs in the same raag and tal (not all by S-J), you would get the feel: Hum tujhase muhabbat karke sanam, Hum tumase juda hoke, Mohabbat ki jhooti kahani pe roye, O duniya ke rakhwale, Teri duniya mein dil lagta nahin and Tora man darpan kehlaye.

My Own Poetry

I have written several regarding God’s bounties. I have chosen one at random:

RABB KI REHMAT KO PEHCHAAN

मुश्किलें आती हैं बनने के लिए आसान,
क्यूं होता है बंदे तू इतना परेशान?

जब भी तू उनको हल करने की करे कोशिश,
तेरे पास नज़र आएंगे तुझे तेरे भगवान।

तुझे लगती हैं मुश्किलें इस वजह से,
क्यूंकि खुदा के तरीकों से तू है अनजान।

जब उसकी समझ तुझे आ जाएगी,
तुझ में आ जाएगी नई एक जान।

तेरे प्यार, मज़हब और ऐतबार का,
यही तो है छोटा सा इम्तिहान।

जो कुछ मिले रह उस की बंदगी में,
मान के उसको रब्ब का वरदान।

Please enjoy: Tu pyar ka sagar hai…

I hope you liked my choice of song for SSOW #6.

Please await the next song in the series.

I hope you liked the last post in the series: ‘Rajinder Krishan Song Of The Week #5 – Humse Aaya Na Gaya‘. Lets begin with this song of his as the Song of the Week #6 as it appeared on my Facebook group ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘.

Rajinder Krishan Song of the Week (RKSOW)
Week #6
Kabhi na kabhi, kahin na kahin, koi na koi to aayega

Much Before COVID 19

This song was penned by Rajinder Krishan, composed by Madan Mohan and sung by Mohammad Rafi in an era when people craved for contact with others. Instances wherein meeting people would result in deaths were very limited (The closest was that a villain called Pran would make damsels pregnant by simply looking at them; but then, becoming pregnant was the potential of adding lives rather than extinguishing them). Yes, lovers, especially in Hindi movie, often bemoaned that Love actually killed them (they have penned any number of songs to that effect). But, you know that that was only for dramatic effect and no one was ever proved clinically dead by a doctor.

You can, therefore, conclude that craving for human contact was a desire that most people had.

Sharabi

Dev Anand as Keshav in 1964 Raj Rishi movie Sharabi didn’t have to be Corona positive to kill himself; he had liquor and he was, in the movie, on a path of self-destruction faster than any virus could. He had promised to reform (most drunkards do it and such resolves of theirs are often inscribed on the tombstones). However, if Hindi movies are to be believed, all (without exception) drunkards, prostitutes (or courtesans) and dacoits are merely victims of circumstances.

Dev Anand’s circumstances were that he was to leave drinking and spend the rest of his sober and saintly married life with Madhubala as Kamala. But then, he was drawn to drinking again and she was to be married elsewhere.

This ghar ghar ki kahani made RK, MM and MR rise to the occasion and made not only this beautifully poignant number but several others, such as:

Sawan ke mahine mein….lagati hai to pee (drink and not urinate) leta hoon; do chaar ghadi jee leta hoon.

Mujhe le chalo aaj phir us gali mein jahan penhle pehle ye dil ladkhadaya.

You would agree that Sharabis beat Prostitutes and Courtesans hands down in Hindi movies in respect of quality of songs including those in Pakeezah and Umrao Jaan. One major reason for this is that courtesans and prostitutes are females and how can any female singer beat Mohammad Rafi in the quality of singing? Even males couldn’t. When Manna Dey, whose birth anniversary we celebrated yesterday, was asked where would he rank Rafi, he promptly replied “From #1 to #10”. By this he meant that any other singer is simply ten places below him.

Rajinder Krishan’s Lyrics

This Shimla boy always said things differently and there are several examples of it; eg:

Ghar se chale the ham to khushi ki talaash mein
Gham raah mein khade the wahin saath ho liye.

(I have often qouted this): Phir tassavur tere pehlu mein bitha jaayega.

Wo ghadi yaad hai jab tumase mulaaqaat hui
Ek ishaaraa huaa do haath badhe baat hui.

Lets examine the lyrics of the current song:

Kabse tanha ghum raha hu duniya ke virane mein,
Khaali jaam liye baitha hoon kab se is maikhane mein,
Koi to hoga mera sakii koi to pyas bujhayega
Kabhi na kabhi kahi na kahi koi na koi to aayega

Naturally he is hinting about a Pyaas that is not physical. Rajinder Krishan has taken the metaphor of maikhana and saki to hint towards seeking empathy from a kind hearted and loving person.

Kisi ne mera dil na dekha na dil ka paigam suna
Mujhko bas aavara samjha jis ne mera naam suna
Ab tak to sab ne thukaraya koi to pas bithayega
Kabhi na kabhi kahi na kahi koi na koi to aayega

People do take own virtues as hidden treasures. However, the evils of others are always taken at face value. Even Sahir had something to write about it:

Achhon ko bura sabit karna duniya ki purani aadat hai
Is may ko mubarak cheez samajh maana ke bahut badnam hai ye

I am not even giving you the third stanza. I think you get my point.

My Own Poetry

I wrote innumerable poems in lighter vein for my friend Maj Vishwas Mandloi’s group i-peg. I have selected one on similar theme:

MERE GHAMON KA ILAAJ

दुनिया में कोई अपना है तो वो है शराब,
बाकियों ने तो मिल के ज़िन्दगी की है खराब;
एक एक के किस्से सुनाता हूँ मैं आज सब को,
सब के चेहरों से आज मैं उठाता हूँ नकाब।

पहले मेरी बीवी थी बहुत कमसिन और हसीन,
अब लगती है जैसे buffalo in tight jeans;
रवैय्या उसका अब ऐसे जैसे कोई सैय्याद हो,
हर एक बात पे create करती है scene.

बच्चे मेरे ऐसे जैसे अपने नहीं पराये हों,
जैसे ससुराल से श्रीमति जी ने दहेज में लाये हों;
लोगों को तो वो यूँ बताते फिरते हैं,
Daddy के ज़ुल्मों से बहुत तंग आये हों।

रिश्तेदारों के बारे आप को क्या सुनाएं,
ग़म के गीत बार बार क्यों हम गायें;
उन्हें ज़रूरत है तो आ जाते हैं खाली हाथ,
मेरी ज़रूरत में तो वो नज़र भी ना आयें।

दोस्त मेरे हैं एक से एक बड़ के,
आते हैं मेरे पास अपनी बीवियों से झगड़ के;
मेरी दारू, मेरा खाना खाने के बाद,
चले जाते हैं मूँह बनाये मुझसे ही लड़ के।

इस हालात में मेरे पास एक ही है सहारा,
बाकियों से तो हम कर बैठे हैं किनारा,
सारे ग़म, सारे गिले शिकवे हो जाते हैं दूर,
एक जाम को जब गले से नीचे उतारा।

इसलिए शराब बनी है सबसे बड़ी मीत,
ज़िन्दगी से हार के यही है मेरी जीत,
इसी से शामें जो पहले कभी कटती नहीं थीं,
अब तो पल भर में खुशी से जाती हैं बीत।

Please enjoy: Kabhi na kabhi, kahin na kahin, koi na koi to aayega…

I am sure if Dev Anand had come to know that I was going to write the above, he would have put that too in the movie Sharabi. Anyway, his loss!

I hope you liked my choice of song for RKSOW #6.

Please await the next song in the series.

I hope you liked the last post in the series: ‘Shailendra Song Of The Week #4 – Ab Ke Baras Bhej Bhaiya Ko Baabul‘. Lets begin with this song of his as the Song of the Week #5 as it appeared on my Facebook group ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘.

Shailendra Song of the Week (SSOW)
Week #05
Ja ja re ja balamwa

Among ‘My Favourite Five Songs Of Lata Mangeshkar’

Lata Mangeshkar has always been my favourite female playback singer. Despite all the controversy regarding her feeling insecure enough to deter all competition to her Numero Uno position in Hindi films, I adore her. A ‘favourite’ is a matter of love and normally your favourite actor, song, scenery, dish, incident is not subjected to reasoning by you. You have precious memories of your favourites.

On the 28th Sep 2016, when she turned 87 (three years older than my mother), I put my head on the chopper block by selecting and publishing ‘My Favourite Five Songs Of Lata Mangeshkar‘, the only female singer whose thousands of songs were subjected by me to the scrutiny of my heart in order to select just five. I selected Ja ja re ja balamwa at #2.

I am aware there are other lists going around by the cognoscenti; but, frankly, I don’t give a damn. A singer’s singing, in addition to all the audio or vocal qualities that it must have, must be pleasant to the ear. This one is to my ear. Period.

A Courtesan Song As My Favourite?

The song is from the 1956 movie Basant Bahaar and its lyrics are a marvel produced by the great Shailendra and its composition is by my favourite music duo: Shankar Jaikishan. Its raag is Jhinjhoti and tal is Tintal.

Why would a song picturised on a courtesan evoke such strong feelings in me? Well, courtesans were essentially a part of our culture. One of them (Anarkali) nearly married a would be emperor. In Shashi Kapoor’s movie Utsav, he brought out how important a courtesan (Rekha as Vasantsena) was in our society. In the movie Amrapali (based on a true story), the king Ajatashatru wages a war to get her (Vyjayanthimala in the title role) and she finally takes to Buddhism! By the way, Amrapali had some of her best songs including the iconic Tumhen yaad karte karte jaayegi rayn saari (also created for her by the team of Shailendra and Shanakar Jaikishan).

In the 1956 Raja Nawathe movie Basant Bahar too, Kumkum as the dancing girl Radhika is dancing in the presence of the Emperor, played by Chandrashekhar and naturally the emotions she conveys are the emotions of the queen. Hindi films directors of yore, often used the courtesans to express the feelings of the heroines (eg in Chhote Nawab song, the first song of RD Burman with Lata ji (composed in Raag Malgunji): Ghar aaja ghir aaye badraa saanwariya.

The Movie Basant Bahar

I would place the movie as iconic as far as its songs are concerned. Four years before it was made by Raja Nawathe, we had a movie on somewhat similar theme: Vijay Bhatt’s 1952 movie Baiju Bawra with Bharat Bhushan in the title role and on a mission to defeat Tansen in a musical duel to avenge the death of his father. In Basant Bahar too, Bharat Bhushan (as Gopal) is on a mission to defeat Malaya, the son of a royal musician, so that the winner would be chosen as the royal musician.

If Baiju Bawra was iconic in that all its 13 songs were based on raagas by the music director Naushad who first used raaga based songs in Hindi movies, Basant Bahar too had its songs based on raagas:

• Ketaki, Gulab, Juhi Champaka Bana Phule (Raag Basant Bahar, Ektal).
• Ja ja re ja balamwa (Raag Jhinjhoti, Tintal).
• Sur na saje kya gaayun main (Raag Pilu, Tal Kaherava).
• Duniya na bhaye mohe ab to bulale (Raag Todi, Tal Punjabi Theka (Sitarkhani).
• Bhaye Bhanjana…Darasa Tere Mange Main Tera Pujari (Raag Mian Ki Malhar, Jhaptal).
• Badi Der Bhai Kab Loge Khabar (Raag Pilu, Tal Kaherava).

That is six out of nine songs based on raagas as compared to all 13 of Baiju Bawra. There is one difference from Baiju Bawra in that Basant Bahar is based on Kannada novel Hamsageethe by legendary novelist TaRaSu. Hamsa means swan and Geethe means song. “It is believed that before a swan dies, it will sing without opening its mouth. That mutter of melody is believed to be unmatched since any scene of lyricism falls short of its reach.” Clearly, Basant Bahar was intended to showcase the skills of Shankar Jaikishan. However, I feel that Shailendra’s lyrics are simply great and you take away the lyrics the swan dies!

The Actress Kumkum

Shailendra was born in Rawalpindi and brought up in Mathura. But, he had a Bihar connection in that his ancestral place Akhtiyarpur is in Ara district of Bihar.

Kumkum was also born Zaibunnissa in Hussainabad, Sheikhpura Bihar. She was the discovery of Guru Dutt (as was Waheeda Rehman) and the CID song Ye hai Bombay meri jaan was picturised on her.

She was trained in Kathak by the famous Shambhu Maharaj and she danced in 1960 movie Kohinoor on a song lip-synced by Dilip Kumar and sung exceptionally beautifully by Mohammad Rafi in Raag Hamir, Tintal: Madhuban mein Radhika naache re (Shakeel – Naushad – Rafi).

In this song too, she is Radhika and her mudras are simply awesome.

Lyrics

Irrespective of what TaRaSu intended in the novel Hamsageethe on which the movie Basant Bahar is based, the lyrics by Shailendra are simply beautiful.

Jhinjhoti is a raaga named after an apsara and Hindi films songs based on it (my own observation) often bring in feelings of self-pity such as in “Tum mujhe youn bhula na paaoge” and “Mere mehboob tujhe” and of course the Mamta song picturised on Suchitra Sen: “Rehte the kabhi jinake dil mein hum jaan se bhi pyaron ki tarah”. Ghungru ki tarah bajta hi raha hoon is another case in point.

Here too, Shailendra has brought out self-pity of the singer-dancer in comparison to the sauten (the other woman), except that she is emoting for another person (such as in Chhote Nawab song: Ghar aaja ghir aaue badra):

Ja ja re ja, balamwa
Sautan ke sang raat bitayi
Kahe karat ab jhuthi batiya
Ja ja re ja, balamwa

Gair ke ghar kari raat jagayi
Mose kahe tere bina nind na aayi
Kaiso harajayi daiyya
Ja ja re ja, balamwa

Kandhe laga laye bindiya kisi ki
Janu main churayi tune nindiya kisi ki
Laaj naa aayi tohe
Ja re ja, ja re ja, ja re ja balamwa

Please Enjoy the Song I have put up as my second most favourite song of Lata Mangeshkar: Ja ja re ja balamwa…

I hope you liked my choice of song for SSOW #5.

Please await the next song in the series.

I hope you liked the last post in the series: ‘Rajinder Krishan Song Of The Week #4 – Na Jhatko Zulf Se Paani‘. Lets begin with this song of his as the Song of the Week #5 as it appeared on my Facebook group ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘.

Rajinder Krishan Song of the Week (RKSOW)
Week #5
Hamse aaya na gaya

Rajinder Krishan, Madan Mohan and Talat Mahmood

In the last song and elsewhere many times before, I have mentioned that the most memorable songs of Lata Mangeshkar were composed by her bhaiya Madan Mohan. These were penned either by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan or by Rajinder Krishan.

Of course, Rajinder Krishan has many such Lata songs; eg, Youn hasaraton ke daag, Unako ye shikayat hai and Tumhi mere mandir tumhi meri pooja.

In my Rajinder Krishan Song of the Week (RKSOW) I also introduced you to his male songs; eg, Phir wohi shaam wohi gham wohi tanhayi hai with Madan Mohan.

That was from Jahan Ara. This is from a farcical comedy: Dekh Kabira Roya, a 1957 Amiya Chakravarty movie.

Just like the Jahan Ara songs, this too was sung by Talat Mahmood.

Lyrics

There is this quality in Rajinder Krishan’s lyrics which is like trying to touch the winds. There is that hole-in-the-heart called ruefulness. The best part is that he and Madan Mohan used this song in a farcical comedy.

Lets examine the lyrics:

Hamse aayaa na gaya tumse bulaya naa gaya
Faaslaa pyaar me dono se mitaaya naa gaya

Vo ghadi yaad hai jab tumse mulaqaat hui
Ek ishaara hua do haath badhe baat hui
Dekhate dekhate din dhal gaya aur raat hui
Vo samaa aaj talak dil se bhulaya naa gaya
Hamse aya na gaya

Kya khabar thi ke mile hain to bichhadne ke liye
Kismate apni banayi hain bigadne ke liye
Pyaar kaa baag basaya tha ujadne ke liye
Is tarah ujda ke phir hamse basaya naa gaya
Hamse aya na gaya

Yad rah jaati hai aur waqt guzar jata hai
Phul khilata hai magar khil ke bikhar jata hai
Sab chale jate hain phir dard e jigar aata hai
Daag jo tune diya dil ne mitaya na gaya
Hamae aya na gaya

Raag Bageshri Tal Dadra

Bageshri is well suited for both ras or shringar: Virah and Karuna. Shankar Jaikishan used Karuna in one of my favourites in this raag: Jao jao Nand le lala tun jhoote. Madan Mohan used both here.

The Tal is the same as that for the last song, Dadra: Lag ja gale and you can feel the symmetry of the Tal.

The song is picturised on the middle brother of the trio: Anoop Kumar; the elder being Ashok Kumar and younger being Kishore Kumar (they were together in another comedy: Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi). He is singing it to Shobha Khote. He was Mohan in the movie and she was Kalpana.

My Own Poetry

It is called:

…JI KAR TO MIL NA PAAYE

ज़िन्दगी गुज़र गई पर हम मिल नहीं पाए,
जहां मौजूद थे वहां से हिल नहीं पाए।
अब कौन भरेगा ग़म – ए – जुदाई के यह दाग़?
दिलों के ज़ख्म अभी तक तो सिल नहीं पाए।

कैसे कहें किसी से क्यूं मुलाक़ात नहीं होती?
वह सबके साथ है पर मेरे साथ नहीं होती।
बादल उमड़ते हैं, बिजली भी चमकती है,
बस दिल में हमारे बरसात नहीं होती।

दो जिस्म और रूह को तड़पाना नहीं अच्छा,
अलग अलग रास्तों पे चलते जाना नहीं अच्छा।
मंज़िल तो एक है उसका तो कर ख्याल,
राह में जलते दियों को बुझाना नहीं अच्छा।

हमें भी तो उसी खुदा ने बनाया होगा,
एक दूजे को प्यार करना उसी ने सिखाया होगा।
फिर मिलने पे इतनी पाबंदी है क्यूं कर,
कौन है वह जो इसे समझ पाया होगा?

गर न मिले तो रूह रहेगी भटकती,
बादल गरजेंगे बिजली रहेगी चमकती,
जाम उछलेंगे पर प्यास बनी रहेगी,
जैसे दरिया में मछली एक बूंद को तरसती।

Please Enjoy: Hamse aaya ha gaya…

I hope you liked my choice of song for RKSOW #5.

Please await the next song in the series.

I hope you liked the last post in this series: ‘Hasrat Jaipuri Song Of The Week #4 – Ehsaan Tera Hoga Mujh Par‘.

Lets proceed with his Song of the Week #5:
Ye aansu mere dil ki zubaan hain

Just to remind you that that this is the fourth post in

Our Dedication to a Lyricist to Whom
We Owe the Title of Our Songs Group*

(My Facebook group ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘ or YKDN for short).

Words and Aansu

All of you know in this group that Aansu is my second most favourite theme after Chand.

I just finished putting up RKSOW #2 (‘Rajinder Krishan Song of the Week #2 – Phir Wohi Shaam Wohi Gham Wohi Tanhayi Hai‘) in which I told you all about the importance of words as for as songs are concerned.

However, in life there are other means of communications that are even more important than words:

Love.
Silence.
Aansu, especially when Love and Silence need to be supplemented.

Hasrat Jaipuri and Aansu

Just like the litmus test for a heroine in Hindi movies was and probably is that she should have done the role of a courtesan (the best actresses did that: Vyjayanthimala, Madhubala, Rekha, Suchitra Sen, Meena Kumari and even Hema Malini), the litmus test of a lyricist was the Aansu song. Each one wanted his (rarely her) Aansu song to become memorable.

Hasrat Jaipuri came up with two really memorable Aansu songs: Aansu bhari hain ye jeevan ki raahen and this one. I have preferred the second one as he raised Aansu to being the language of his heart (Dil ki zubaan) and indeed the mirror of his heart.

And, to give credit to this great poet and lyricist, he used – hold your breath – the expression Dil ki zubaan not for a female (as most lyricists used) but for a man: Rajendra Kumar. He actually sheds this liquid during the song! Words are words but Love, Silence and Aansu are even more precious.

Indeed, as portrayed by Hasrat ji, the song itself is an expression of his sorrow (Ye nagma mere gham ka bayan hai)!

Sulagte Aansu

One would think that Aansu, being liquid, would quench the fire. Nay, it is totally other way round. And hence, most poets and lyricists have easily used the word ‘Sulagte‘ with Aansu.

Majrooh used it in the Tukade hain mere dil ke Ai yaar tere aansu (Ai jaan ye sulagta gham de de meri aankhon ko). Hasrat used it here: Aankh se tapki jo chingari … ye jeevan jaise sulagta toofaan hai.

Here is my own titled:

Sulagte Aansu

वो लौटा रहें हैं मेरा सामान,
और जला रहे हैं सब कुछ,
मेरी आरज़ू है सितमगर
मेरे अश्क भी जला दें I

ताके दिल के समुन्दर में
वो तूफ़ान फिर ना उभरे;
जो मरहले खड़े थे
उन्हें ठोकर से मिटा दें I

काश हम ना होते वो ना होते,
और ये आरज़ू ना होती,
तेरी आँखों में जो सरूर था
वो सरूर भी हटा दें I

मैं भूल गया हूँ सब कुछ,
तेरे प्यार की नज़र में
मेरी कौन सी है मंजिल
मुझे कुछ तो अब पता दें I

अब दिल न हो, प्यार ना हो,
और ना रहे उनकी यादें,
कोई उनसे जाके कह दे,
मेरी हस्ती ही मिटा देंI

Shankar Jaikishan

In the good old days, when we used to listen to songs on the Radio, these used to be introduced as, for example:

“Geet ke bol likhe hain Hasrat Jaipuri ne, unhen sangeet se sajaya hai Shankar Jaikishan ne aur geetkaar hain Mohammad Rafi.”

Adornment of music makes the lyrics come alive and add to their meaning. You have to give it to S-J, as always that their composition and music help you complete the picture of the protagonist’s emotions, in this case Rajendra Kumar. No one could have done a better job.

Please Enjoy:

Ye aansu mere dil ki zubaan hain.. (All over the net I have found the lyrics showing a singular Hai rather than Hain. The latter, that is, Hain is the correct one as normally you use tears as plural)

Ye aansu mere dil ki zubaan hain
Main royun to ro dein aansu
Mai hans doon to hans de aansu
Ye aansu mere dil ki zubaan hain

Aankh se tapki jo chingari, har aansu me chhabi tumhari
Cheer ke mere dil ko dekho, bahate lahu me preet tumhari
Ye jeevan jaise sulaga toofaan hain
Ye aansu mere dil ki zubaan hain

Jeevan-path par jeevan sathi, sath chale ho munh na modo
Dard-o-gam ke dorahe par, mujhko tadapta youn na chhodo
Ye nagma mere gam ka bayaan hai
Ye aansu mere dil ki zubaan hain

I hoped you liked my choice of Hasrat Jaipuri Song of the Week #5.

Please await the next song in the series.

I hope you liked the first post in the series: ‘Rajinder Krishan Song Of The Week #3 – Ye Hawa Ye Raat Ye Chandni‘. Lets begin with this song of his as the Song of the Week #4 as it appeared on my Facebook group ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘.

Rajinder Krishan Song of the Week (RKSOW)
Week#4
Na jhatko zulf se paani

Songs Describing the Beauty of Women

Shakeel Badayuni was the only lyricist who had a hat-trick of Filmfare Awards from 1961 to 63. The first two out of these three were songs describing the beauty of women; viz, Chaudhvinh ka chand ho (Guru Dutt describing the beauty of Waheeda Rehman) and Husnwale tera jawab nahin (Rajendra Kumar describing Asha Parekh’s beauty).

Of course, almost all lyricists of fame have covered themselves in glory with such songs.

And what have the women done whilst listening to such descriptions of their beauty being sung to them, more often than not in the voice of Mohammad Rafi? They have tried to give those looks ranging from shy fascination to quizzical amusement and in the process managed to look even more seductive and even coy.

Zulf as Beauty Symbol

Aankhen and Honth are of course of particular interest to the lyricists. These are as they exist around the world with any number of songs made on Eyes and Lips. Just one example of the popularity of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Spanish Eyes would tell you about the point I am making.

However, a typically and uniquely focus for Indian lyricsts has been Zulf or Zulfen. You can expect a Rajesh Khanna singing to Mumtaz at the height of his career: Ye reshmi zulfen, ye nargisi aankhen, inhen dekh kar jee rahe hain sabhi. Then there is Sanjeev Kumar singing to Indrani Mukherjee: Tumhari zulf ke saaye mein sham kar lunga. Another one sings to his lady love: Bikhra ke zulfen chaman mein na aana. The one who crossed all limits was the one who sang: Tu mere saamne hai, teri zulfen hain khuli….main bhala hosh mein kaise rahun.

Surely, people around the world must have been amused about Indian male’s fixation for Zulfen. Guys who are separated think of Zulfen as the first loss; eg, Teri zulfon se judayi to nahin maangi thi.

Rajinder Krishan and Ravi

In such a scenario, I think, Rajinder Krishan can be excused for letting the hero (Biswajeet) notice on the wet body of the heroine (Rajshree), of all the things, Zulf. Many around the world would say: “Hair today, gone tomorrow.” But, as far as Indians are concerned hair are here to stay forever and ever.

Ravi was one music director who learnt music by observation but managed to learn far better than those formally trained. What is more he even learnt Hindustani classical music and many of his songs are raaga based. This one is in Raag Pilu or Peelu, Tal Kaherava. Pilu is, as it is a raag of devotion and piety and if you look at the hero Biswajeet, you would notice that he is full of these two feelings and not seduction which would be the case, say, in Shammi Kapoor’s song Is rang badalti duniya mein insaan ki neeyat theek nahin (Hasrat – Shankar Jaikishan – Mohammad Rafi) or Joy Mukherjee singing to Asha Parekh: Aa ja re aa zara (Love In Tokyo).

Rajshree

Between the two; Biswajeet and Rajshree, she is the one who is using seduction by – as Somerset Maugham would say – looking at him with “practised innocence” all throughout.

She is the daughter of the celebrated film-maker V Shantaram from his second wife Jayshree whom V Shantaram married at the age of 40, after 20 years of his first marriage to a 12 years old Vimlabai who gave a traditional welcome to Jayshree after her husband married her. She, Vimlabai that is, drew the line only when her husband married for the third time Sandhya. Jayshree and Sandhya have acted in V Shantaram’s movies and sometimes together.

Rajshree is married to Greg Chapman in America three years after she toured America with Raj Kapoor for the shooting of his movie Around The World. Lucky for Biswajeet that Shehnai, the movie in which the present song featured was released in 1964 and much before Rajshree was jhatkaoing her Zulf for none of the Indians but an American.

Lyrics

I have always considered Rajinder Krishan as having extraordinary imagination. I have highlighted for you parts wherein he let his imagination seek expression:

Na jhatko zulf se paani ye moti phoot jayenge
Tumhara kuchc na bigdega magar dil toot jayenge
Na jhatko zulf se paani

Ye bheegi raat ye bheega badan ye husn ka aalam
Ye sab andaz mil kar do jahan ko loot jayenge
Na jhatko zulf se paani

Ye naazuk lab hain ya aapas me do lipti hui kaliyan
Zara inko alag kar do tarannum phoot jayenge
Na jhatko zulf se paani

Hamari jaan le lega ye neechi aankh ka jaadu
Chalo achha hua mar kar jahan se chhoot jayenge
Na jhatko zulf se paani

Mohammad Rafi

I regard Mohammad Rafi as the best singer in all genre’s of music. However, the passion with which he sang the songs describing the beauty of women leaves me stunned. And here and elsewhere he does so effortlessly. I am sure Rajshree would have got drenched not just in water.

Shehnai

This 1964 movie was produced and directed by SD Narang and is not based on a musical instrument or on the lifetime of a musician. On the other hand, the  film is about n IAF pilot’s widow who goes through hardship and loneliness in order to fulfil her husband’s last wish to make her son an Air Force pilot. It is anybody’s guess as to why they named it Shehnai!

Please Enjoy: Na jhatako zulf se paani…

I hoped my choice of song for RKSOW #4.

Please await the next song in the series.