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#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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#A tribute to Jani Babu Qawwal-Remembrance Day 28^th Jan’2023 #
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As the title of this post suggests this post is in ‘Remembrance of the great Qawwal – Jani Babu Qawwal.

We are paying a belated tribute to him on his ‘Remembrance Anniversary’ which was on 28^th January.

I had in my earlier posts in the series of ‘Qawwalis from the Seventies’ mentioned that I grow up hearing these names for ‘singing Qawwalis’, Jani Babu, Shakila Bano Bhopali, Aziz Nazan and Shankar-Shambhu in my childhood days.

I vaguely remember to have attended one such program with my father when I was a child. And, when I get associated with this blog, I was always eager to read about these artistes. I have a big nostalgia with this ‘mehangaayi maar gayi’ song from ‘Roti Kapada Aur Makaan-1974’ and the voice of Jani Babu in it (in fact voices of all in this song). During recent years I was looking for detailed information about his biography and career but could not get to know much about him.

Then I came across his Qawwalis uploaded on ‘YouTube’ by a person in Dhamangaon-Amravati (Maharashtra). I was in Kenya then. In fact, I even spoked to this person on phone but could not get much information or details. I also contacted one senior person in the WhatsApp group from Nagpur and he helped me with a brief write-up. About a couple of days back when I was just going through my book collection, I find this book ‘Swaron Ki Yatra’ (Hindi Film Gaayaki ka Safar). When I checked this book, I find a detailed two-page article on Jani Babu Qawwal. Using this information, I am presenting a brief about Jani Babu as given below.

Jani Babu Qawwal was born as Syed Jaan Muhammad at Hinganghat (a big city in District Wardha, near Nagpur Maharashtra). Details of his date of birth are not available so far.

He mastered in singing Qawwalis at a very young age. He started taking lessons in classical music and Qawwalis from Ustad Mohammad Khan Shamshiry when he was seven years old only. After that he came to Jalgaon (Maharashtra) and took lessons in music from Abdul Rehman Kaanchwaale. Later he came to Bombay (now Mumbai).

In those years Qawwalis were played like ‘kirtans’ in social gatherings. Jaani Babu wanted Qawwalis to be more entertaining with easily understandable language for common people. So, he gave Qawwalis a simple texture, and a new dimension to Qawwalis, like Qawwalis on ‘husn aur ishq’, ‘sawaal-jawaab’ etc. Many film personalities showed interest in his works and motivated him in his efforts to make ‘Qawwalis’ more entertaining. He also got a major support from Shakila Bano Bhopali. They jointly entertained people for years together thereafter. Their concerts always run to packed houses and even the tickets for their concerts used to be sold in ‘black’.

Jaani Babu’s first film song, a Qawwali from the movie -‘Jungle Princess’ – came in 1958 with Shakila Bano Bhopali only. It was ‘adaayen teer hain andaaz barchhi bhaale hain’ which was picturized on Jaani Babu and Shakila Bano Bhopali. Playback for Shakila Bano Bhopali was given by Mubarak Begum. This is said to be the first qawwali of ‘men vs. women’ competition and is considered a ‘modern qawwali’ well ahead of its time as it did contain ‘English words’ into its lyrics as well.

After ‘Jungle Princess’ Jaani Babu’s Qawwalis appeared in ‘Behram Daaku-1959’, ‘Aalamaara ki Beti’, ‘Choron Ki Baaraat’, ‘Diler Haseena’ (all from 1960), ‘Black Shadow’ (1961), ‘Magic Box-1963’, ‘Birju Ustaad’(1964), ‘Chaar Darvesh’(1964), ‘Magic Carpet’(1964), ‘Rustom-E-Rome’(1964), ‘Accident’(1965), ‘Black Arrow’(1965), ‘Chhupa Rustom’(1965), ‘Son of Hatimtai’(1965), ‘Sakhi Lootera’(1969), ‘Truck Driver’(1970), ‘Mere Ghareeb Nawaaz’(1973),
In the movie ‘Son of Hatimtai’ he sang with Mohd Rafi. His qawwali – from ‘Sakhi Lootera’ (meethhi baaton mein na inki aana kabhi) also became very popular then.

In 1974 his voice was again very well appreciated by all, in the qawwali ‘mehangaayi maar gayi’ (for me this song is pure nostalgia) (it stood at no.1 in the annual ‘Binaca Geetmala’ of 1975).
There after Jani Babu’s voice featured in ‘Shankar-Shambhu-1976’, ‘Do Khilaadi-1976’ (raat abhi baaki hai, baat abhi baaki hai’ (again a pure nostalgic song for me), ‘Mandir Masjid-1977’, ‘Do Dilwaale’ (1977), ‘Mastaan Dada’ (1977), ‘Aulia E Islaam-1979’. In ‘Shirdi Ke Sai Baba-1977’ his voice appeared in the song ‘Saibaba bolo’.

(There must be many more which did not find mentioned above. We need to compile the total list of his songs in HFM. I would be happy to share the list of his songs in HFM in future whenever I get an opportunity for that.)

Jani Babu also took lessons from Shabbir Hussain (Pakistani Ghazal Singer?) in singing Ghazals and he started moulding ghazals into qawwali format which again tells us how innovative he was.

Some of his ghazal-qawwalis like ‘seenaa dhuaan dhuaan hai, ishaare kahaan gaye’ and ‘is tarah gardish e ayyaam se baatein ki hai, kabhi taubaa kabhi jaam se baatein ki hai’ became very popular.

His devotional qawwali ‘aasaar -e -qayaamat’ created new records and its ‘records’ were sold in many thousands.

As a music director he gave music for the movies ‘Noor Mahal-1965’ and ‘Aulia-E-Islaam-1979’.

Jani Babu Qawwal passed away on 28^th January’2008.

He will be always remembered for his pioneering works in Qawwali and for giving new dimensions to qawwali singing. Qawwalis which were hitherto restricted to Sufi Saints and to singing in Dargah’ only became popular and reach out to common man because of Jani Babu Qawwal.

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In remembrance of Jani Babu Qawwal I am presenting a song from the movie
‘Noor Mahal – 1965’.

“Noor Mahal-1965” was a costume drama movie directed by Naushir Engineer for ‘Ratan Productions, Bombay’.

It had Chitra, Jagdeep, Tiwari, Lalita Desai, Wazeer Muhammad Khan, Madhumati and others.

This movie had six songs written by Saba Afghani (four songs), Aziz Ghazi and Noor Dewasi (one song each).

Music for this movie was composed by Jani Babu Qawwal.

In the singers’ list, for the songs of this movie, HFGK Vol-IV (1961-1970) mentions the names of Mohd Rafi, Manna Dey, Suman Kalyanpur, Suresh Rajwanshi, Kamal Barot and Krishna Kalle.

The most well-known song from this movie ‘mere mehboob na jaa, aaj ki raat na jaa’ was posted on the blog on 04.01.2009 and one more song – a qawwali– has been posted from this movie on 14.12.2021. (I was under the impression that the Rafi song from this movie has already been posted by Atul ji, but it seems that we still have to wait or it further ).

Today’s song is sung by Manna Dey and lyrics are by Aziz Ghazi. Music is composed by Jani Babu.

In the movie this song happens in the back ground of a stage-act where, I guess, a dance troop is playing a show where they play a typical ‘radha-krishna’ love song.

We can see people watching this play in the movie and some ‘conspiracy’ going on behind the scenes in the movie.
I am unable to identify the actors and actresses performing on this song.

The audio version of this song is longer version. The song picturisation in the movie doesn’t have the first stanza. (I am not aware if the movie video available on internet is an edited one or complete version).

Listening to this composition reminds me of the ‘holi song’ from the movie ‘Navrang-1959’.

Let us now enjoy the today’s wonderful composition by Music Director Jani Babu ‘Qawwal’…

(Source of Information about Jani Babu Qawwal is– ‘Swaron Ki Yatra’– Hindi Film Gaayaki Ka Safar- (1931-2010), by Shri. Anil Bhargava)

Audio

Video

Lyrics

hei ee ee ee ee ee ee brijbala aa aa
hei ee ee ee ee ee ee brijbala aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
hei ee ee ee ee ee ee brijbala re
baala aa aa

pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa

chhede radha ko
radha ki sakhiyaan aan
gori hamse chhupaa
tu na batiyaan aan
chhede radha ko
radha ki sakhiyaan
gori hamse chhupaa
tu na batiyaan aan
pyaar kaise huaa
ye bataa de zaraa
kab andhere mein dekha
ujaala re
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa

brij mein khelta hai wo holi
rang mein doobi hai
radha bholi
brij mein khelta hai wo holi
rang mein doobi hai
radha bholi
saamne jo gaya uske
wo naa bachaa
badaa natkhat hai wo
murliwaala re
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa

isko tokaa wahaan
khatpat kii
khaaya maakhan
kahin phodi matki ee ee
isko tokaa wahaan
khatpat kii
khaaya maakhan
kahin phodi matki ee ee
maa yashode zaraa
dekh le tu bhi aa
raah chalne naa de
tera paala re
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala

naam uske jape
sab zamaanaa
shyam govinda
giridhaari kaanhaa aa aa
naam uske jape
sab zamaanaa
shyam govinda
giridhaari kaanhaa aa aa
man ko chain aaye naa
usko dekhe binaa aa
aisaa jaadoo hai kuchh
usne daala re ae
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala
pyaar jhaala re ae
jhaala
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa
radha gori
govinda hai kaala aa

This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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.

#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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In this post we cover a song from the ‘1965’ movie “Aasmaan Mahal”.

“Aasmaan Mahal” was directed by Khawaja Ahmed Abbas for ‘Naya Sansaar, Bombay’.It had Prithviraj, Surekha, Nana Palsikar, Rashid Khan, Madhukar, Yunus Parvez, Mridula, Dilip Raj, Ravikant, Virendra Raj Anand, Chandar B. Kaushal, Anwar Hussain, Naseem Bano, Ishrat Sultana, Anugeeta, David, Ram Singh, Murty, M.A. Parkar, Irshad Panjatan, Babbanlal, Agrawal, Rani, Shibdhatullah and others.

This movie has six songs. Three songs were credited to Ali Sardar Jafri, in one of them he gets jointly credited with Ghalib, while Majaz gets credited for one song. Lyricist name is not mentioned for remaining two songs.

Music for this movie was composed by J.P. Kaushik.

Here is the list of songs in this movie:-

It can be seen from the above table that this movie had made its debut on the blog on 17.05.2017 with a detailed post about Khawaja Ahmed Abbas and this film by our Shri Sudhir Kapoor ji. (Interested readers can read that article posted on 17.05.2017).

One more song was added to this movie on 27.07.2019.

The song being discussed is the third song from this movie being presented today.

This song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor and it is lip synced on screen by Dileep Raj. This song is part of a ‘mushaaira’.

In the movie this recitation takes place after a ‘nazm’ recitation by the actress Surekha viz ‘toone samjhi hi nahin kya hai haqeeqat meri’. The actor Dileep Raj who plays a son of the ‘Nawaab’ Prithvi Raj Kapoor in the movie presents another ‘nazm’ in response. Both of them love each other but their ‘social status’ is preventing them from marrying each other. At the end of the movie, all this is ‘happily resolved’ as mentioned by Sudhir ji in his post here.

We have some beautiful verses written by Ali Sardar Jafri and recited by Mahendra Kapoor. The video of the song has no music in it while the audio recording of the song is accompanied by music.

Let us now enjoy this song from ‘Aasmaan Mahal-1965’…

Video

Audio

Song-Khoobsoorat hai teri tarah shikaayat teri (Aasmaan Mahal)(1965) Singer-Mahendra Kapoor, Lyrics-Ali Sardar Jafri, MD-J P Kaushik

Lyrics

khubsoorat hai teri tarah
shikaayat teri ee
is shikaayat se jhalakti hai
muhabbat teri ee
khubsoorat hai

pyaas le aayi hai
saaqi tere maikhaane mein
dhhaal di husn ki mai
rooh ke paimaane mein ae
dil ke sheeshe mein utar aayi
hai soorat teri ee

khubsoorat hai teri tarah
shikaayat teri ee
khubsoorat hai

tujhko yoon dekha hai
jis tarah chaman ko dekhen
tujhko yoon poojaa hai
jis tarah sanam ko poojein aen
ki hai in aankhon ne din raat
ibaatdat teri ee
khubsoorat hai teri tarah
shikaayat teri ee
khubsoorat hai

dil wo jannat hai ke
mahlon ke khandahar kuchh bhi nahin
daaman e ishq mein
laal aur gohar kuchh bhi nahin
dard daulat hai meri
dard hi daulat teri ee
khubsoorat hai teri tarah
shikaayat teri ee
khubsoorat hai

mil ke ham saare
zamaane ko badal sakte hain ae
jaise phoolon pe chalen
aag pe chal sakte hain aen
shart bas ye hai ke
mil jaaye rafaaqat teri ee
khubsoorat hai teri tarah
shikaayat teri ee
khubsoorat hai

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“Raaka”(1965) was produced by D N Sathi and directed by Kedar Kapoor for Tej Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Dara Singh, Mumtaz, K.N.singh, Kamal Mehra,
Shyam Kumar, Laxmi Chhaaya, Meenaxi, Praveen Paul, Tuntun, Roopesh Kumar, Jagdish Raj, Shakeela Bano Bhopali, Ganga, Aroon, Sheela, Junior Noor jahan, Fazal, Khursheed, Bihari, Anand, Bilkish, Saudagar Singh, Vasant Singh, K.L.Panda, Paul Kumidan, Salim, Black Shadow etc in it.

The movie had six songs in it. Three songs have been covered in the past.

Here is the fourth song from the movie to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Asad Bhopali is the lyricist. Music is composed by Dattaram. The song is picturised on Mumtaz and Dara Singh.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

Audio

Video

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

ho o ho o o ho o
nain se nain ulajh gaye rey sainyyaan
dil ki baat samajh gaye rey sainyyaan
laaj kaa pehraa tootaa jaaye
hosh kaa daaman chhootaa jaaye
main to mar gayee mar gayee mar gayee rey ae
nain se nain ulajh gaye rey sainyyaan
dil ki baat samajh gaye rey saiyyaan
laaj kaa pehraa tootaa jaaye
hosh kaa daaman chhootaa jaaye
main to mar gayee mar gayee mar gayee rey ae

ho o o ho o o
haayye aey ae
rut gaaye kaliyaan naachey
dil hawaaon mein udney lagaa aaa aaaa
rut gaaye kaliyaan naachey
dil hawaaon mein udney lagaa aaa aaaa
hoyye sambhley na aanchal mujhse
meri nas nas pe chhaayaa nashaa
ye mujhe
kyaa huaa
kya pataa aaa
nain se nain ulajh gaye rey saiyyaan
dil ki baat samajh gaye rey saiyyaan
laaj ka pehraa tootaa jaaye
hosh kaa daaman chhootaa jaaye
main to mar gayee mar gayee mar gayee rey ae

ho o ho o o ho
haayye ae ae
dil chaahey koyi bahaaney
mujhe baahon mein ley le piyaa aaa aaa
dil chaahey koyi bahaaney
mujhe baahon mein ley le piyaa aaa
hoyye phir apne
galey lagaake
meri zulfon se kheley piyaa
ye mujhe
kyaa huaa
kya pataa aaa aaa
nain se nain ulajh gaye rey sainyyaan
dil ki baat samajh gaye rey sainyyaan
laaj ka pehraa tootaa jaaye
hosh kaa daaman chhootaa jaaye
main to mar gayee mar gayee mar gayee ee re
nain se nain ulajh gaye rey sainyyaan
dil ki baat samajh gaye rey sainyyaan
laaj ka pehraa tootaa jaaye
hosh kaa daaman chhootaa jaaye
main to mar gayee mar gayee mar gayee rey ae

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“Tarzan and Kingkong”(1965) was produced by Amritlal Jaiswal and directed by A Shamsheer for Amritkala Mandir, Bombay. This C grade stunt movie had Randhawa, Mumtaz, Bela Bose, Sham Kumar, Bhagwan, Rani, Paul Sharma, Rajan Kapoor, Heera Sawant, Anil, Baboobhai, Bansi, Baba Prabhakar, Saka, Rupesh Kumar, Kingkong, Shakila Bano Bhop0ali, Dona Black, Dara Singh etc in it.

The movie had six songs in it. Three songs have been covered in the blog.

Here is the fourth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Usha Mangeshkar. A Shamsheer is the lyricist. Music is composed by Robin Bannerjee. The song is picturised on Mumtaz and Randhawa.

Lyrics of this catchy song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

Video link:

audio link:

song-Jaa jaa re jaa morey balma anaadee (Tarzan and Kingkong)(1965) Singer-Usha Mangeshkar, Lyrics-A Shamsheer, MD-Robin Bannerjee

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

jaa jaa rey jaa
jaa jaa rey jaa
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee
jaa jaa rey jaa aaa
morey balma anaadee
bholi jawaanee
darti hai aey ae ae
bholi jawaanee
darti hai aey ae ae
meraa pehla pehla pyaar hai
pehla pehla pyaar hai ae
pehli bahar hai
jaanaa
arrey jaa
jaa jaarey jaa
morey balma anaadee
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee

bheegi fizaa aaa
kaali ghataa mohey ae
chhedey sanam tere naam se
ho o ho o ho o
bheegi fizaa aaa
kaali ghataa mohey ae
chhedey sanam tere naam se
chanchal jiyraa pyaasaa moraa
chanchal jiyraa pyaasaa moraa
tarsey naa ek jaam se
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee

jaagtee aankhein
dekh rahee hain ae
ek sunehraa sapnaa
ho o ho o ho o
jaagtee aankhein
dekh rahee hain ae
ek sunehraa sapnaa
jaaney kyun ek pardesee ab
jaaney kyun ek pardesee ab
laagey mohey ae apnaa aa
jaa jaa rey jaa aa
morey balma anaadee
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee

dhak dhak dhadkey ae
bekal manwaa aaa aa
jaaney ab kyaa hogaa
hoo o o o
dhak dhak dhadkey
bekal manwaa aaa
jaaney ab kyaa hogaa
shaayad mere pichhley janam kaa
shaayad mere pichhley janam kaa
waadaa pooraa hogaa aa
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee
bholi jawaanee
darti hai aey ae
bholi jawaanee
darti hai ae
meraa pehla pehla pyaar hai
pehla pehla pyaar hai ae ae
pehli bahaar hai
jaa
jaa naa
jaa jaarey jaa
morey balma anaadee
jaa jaa rey jaa
morey balma anaadee

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.66
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On this date ten years ago (8 April 2013), eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

We observe that five movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (viz on 8 April 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with three movies that are eligible for blog Ten Year Challenge today (8 April 2023).

“Bekhabar”(1965) is one such BTYC eligible movie. This movie was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt for Bina Chitra, Bombay. The movie had Dara Singh, Sayeeda Khan, Sailesh Kumar, Anwar Hussein, Madhumati, Rajan Haksar, Bhardwaj, Jilani, Prem Sagar, Kesari, Amrit Patel, Master Pankaj, Sunanda, Sheri Mohan,
Mohan Choti, Shammi, Bhagwan, Saudagar Singh, Vasant Singh, Shashi, Kala, Mala etc in it.

The movie had seven songs in it. Five songs have been covered so far.

Here is the sixth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Suman Kalyanpur. Raja Mehdi Ali Khan is the lyricist. Music is composed byS Mohinder.

The song is picturised on Saeeda Khan as a club dance song. This song is a lilting song in O P Nayyar school of music but sung in Lata Mangeshkar school of singing.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

video link(Partial song):

audio link (full song):

Song-Nahin poochh mujhse zaalim (Bekhabar)(1965) Singer-Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-S Mohinder

Lyrics (audio link)(Provided by Prakashchandra)

nahin poochh mujhse zaalim
mere dil ka haal kyaa hai
nahin poochh mujhse zaalim
mere dil ka haal kyaa hai
jo zubaan se kuchch kahoon main
ye meree majaal kyaa hai
majaal kyaa hai
o ooo oo o

main naheen hoon teree manzil
tu hai kyon meraa deewaanaa
tujhe kis tarhaa bataaun
main naheen teraa nishaanaa
mera dil ye jaanthaa hai ae
ke teraa khayaal kyaa hai ae ae
nahin poochch mujhse zaalim
mere dil ka haal kyaa hai
jo zubaan se kuchch kahoon main
ye meree majaal kyaa hai
majaal kyaa hai
o ooo oo o

(dialogues:Inspector saab sirf dance ki item hai)

ye darey darey se armaan
ye dabee dabee si aahein aen
ye darey darey se armaan
ye dabee dabee si aahein aen
main kidhar ko bach ke jaaoon
ke dikhaayee de na raahein
jo chalaa de muskuraake ae
woh haseen chaal kyaa hai ae ae
nahin poochch mujhse zaalim
mere dil ka haal kyaa hai
jo zubaan se kuchch kahoon main
ye meree majaal kyaa hai
majaal kyaa hai
oo ooo ooo

jo ladee hai aake mujhse
woh nazar bahut buree hai
na ye meri jaan le ley
ye nazar naheen chhuree hai
kisee begunah ko maaraa
to kaho kamaal kyaa hai ae ae
nahin poochch mujhse zaalim
mere dil ka haal kyaa hai
jo zubaan se kuchch kahoon main
ye meree majaal kyaa hai
majaal kyaa hai
oo ooo ooo

(clapping sound)

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.78
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On this date ten years ago (14 April 2013), six songs from five different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

We observe that three movies (out of five) whose songs were covered on this date ten years ago (14 April 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with two movies that are unYIPPEED and therefore eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (14 April 2023).

“Bekhabar”(1965) is one of thhe two BTYC eligible movies today (14 April 2023).

“Bekhabar”(1965) was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt for Bina Chitra, Bombay. The movie had Dara Singh, Sayeeda Khan, Sailesh Kumar, Anwar Hussein, Madhumati, Rajan Haksar, Bhardwaj, Jilani, Prem Sagar, Kesari, Amrit Patel, Master Pankaj, Sunanda, Sheri Mohan, Mohan Choti, Shammi, Bhagwan, Saudagar Singh, Vasant Singh, Shashi, Kala, Mala etc in it.

The movie had seven songs in it. Six songs have been covered in the past.

Here are the details of these six songs :-

As BTYC today, here is the seventh and final song from “Bekhabar”(1965) to appear in the blog. The song is sung by Asha Bhonsle. Raja Mehdi Ali Khan is the lyricist. Music is composed by S Mohinder.

The song is picturised on Saeeda Khan and Anwar Hussain. It is a female drunkard cum seduction song.

Lyrics of the song and other details were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

With this song, all the songs of “Bekhabar”(1965) are covered in the blog. The movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.

Video link:

Song-Idhar hamne pee lee (Bekhabar)(1965) Singer-Asha Bhonsle, Lyrics-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-S Mohinder

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

idhar hamne
pee lee
koyee shai
nasheelee
idhar hamne pee lee
koyee shai nasheelee
udhar se sanam bhi
bahut pee ke aaye
bahut pee ke
aaaye
idhar hamne pee ee lee eee
ho o o o
haayye ae ae

daro is nigaah se
ye pardey hayaa ke
ulatney lagee hai ae
ulatney lagee ee hai
hai rukh pe paseenaa
sharam se haseenaa
simatney lagee hai
simatney lagee hai
nazar ye kateelee
rangeelee rangeelee
sitam hampe dhhaaye
marey haayye haayye
bahut pee ke
idhar hamne pee lee
ho o o o o
haayye ae ae

zaraa door rahiye
hamein aen kuchch na kahiye
ye aadat buree hai ae
ye aadat buree hai
karenge ladaayee
machegee duhaayee
ke hamne bhee pee hai ae
ke hamne bhi pee hai
nashaa tumko kitnaa
na paas aao itnaa
ke tum koyee fitnaa utthaney ko aaye
bahut pee ke
idhaar hamne pee lee
ho o o o o

o mehboob mere
ye andaaz tere
mere ae hosh udaaye ae
mere hosh udaaye
ye behki nigaahein
ye bechain baahein
mujhe le na jaayen
mujhe le na jaayen
sanam muskuraaye
kadam dagmagaaye
arrey koyee aaye
jo hamko bachaaye
bahut pee ke
idhar hamne pee lee
koyee shai nasheelee
udhar se sanam bhi
bahut pee ke aaye
bahut pee ke aaye
idhar hamne pee lee
koyeee

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.104
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On this date ten years ago (1 May 2013), eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

We observe that four movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (on 1 May 2013) have since been YIPPEED.Two more movies have only one song left to be covered, but these songs are not available. So practically only two unYIPPEED movies are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today on 1 May 2023.

“Sant Tukaram”(1965) is one of the BTYC eligible movies today.

“Sant Tukaram”(1965) was produced by R A Puria and directed by Rajesh Nanda for Ashok Films, Bombay. The movie had Anita Guha, Shahu Modak, B.M.Vyas, Rohit Kumar, Madhu Apte, Badri Prasad, Kesari, Narbada Shankar, Vishwas Kunte, Rajpal, Tun Tun, Sadhna Khote, Raaj Kumar, Baby Shobha, Uma, Helen etc in it.

“Sant Tukaram”(1965) had eight songs in it. Four songs have been covered so far.

Here is the fifth song from the movie to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Asha Bhonsle and Manna Dey. Bharat Vyas is the lyricist. Music is composed by Ved Pal.

The song is picturised as a seduction song on Helen (playing seductress Rambha)and Shahu Modak.

Lyrics of the song were sent to me by Prakashchandra.

Video link:

Song-O bhole jogee sun meri paayaliya ki chhun chhun (Sant Tukaram)(1965) Singers-Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey, Lyrics-Bharat Vyas, MD-Ved Pal
Both

Lyrics(Provided by Prakashchandra)

ye poonam ki chaandni
ye ae ae ghadiyaan aaa anmol
beet na jaaye raat ye jogee
aankhein aen ae khol
jogi o jogi
o bholey jogi sun
meree pyaaliyaa ki chhun chhun
sun o bholey jogi sun
meree paayaliyaa ki chhun chhun
raat ye beetee jaaye re
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey ae aey ae

goree goree baahon mein
mera kangnaa khan khan khankey
goree goree baahon mein
mera kangnaa khan khan khankey
aayee hoon main ban thhan ke ae
aur gaaoon geet milan ke
jo tarsey aur tarsaaye rey
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey
o bholey jogee sun
meree pyaaliyaa ki chhun chhun
raat ye beetee jaaye re
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey ae

kuchch mann kee pyaas bujhaa ley
kuchch tan ki aag bujhaa ley ae
kuchch mann kee pyaas bujhaa ley
kuchch tan ki aag bujhaa ley
tere paas khadee hoon jogee
mujhe apne ang lagaa ley
jo tarsey aur tarsaaye rey
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey
o bholey jogi sun
meree paayaliyaa ki chhunn chhunn
raat ye beetee jaaye re
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey ae ae
jawaani phir nahin aaye rey ae ae ae

o paththar ke insaan
tu aankhein khol
o paththar ke insaan
tu aankhein khol
dekh tu apne prabhu kee maayaa
kaisaa sundar roop banaayaa
neel kamal se ae nain banaaye
kokil jaisey bain banaaye
o o ooo
ho o o
o o o o
hoo oo
kokil jaisey baain banaaye
inhein chhod kar kyon khothaa hai
ye jeevan anmol
ye jeevan anmol
paththar ke insaan
tu aankhein ae khol

jal mein wahee hai
thhal mein wohee hai
is jeevan tan man mein wahee hai
tujhmein wahee hai
mujh mein wahee hai
dhartee ke kan kan mein wahee hai
ho o ho o ho o o
ho o
ho o o ho o dharthee ke kan kan mein wohee hai
is neeras jeevan mein jogi
prem kaa amrit ghol
prem kaa amrit ghol
paththar ke insaan tu aankhein khol

hari bol hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol

hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol

hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol

hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol

hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol

hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol

hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol
hari bol hari bol hari bol

Hari

This article is written by Sudhir, 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.

The tinsel town industry is a troubling mix of good and bad fortunes. All the zest and joy that we witness in front of the arc lights is a small part of this business. The larger part of mixed fortunes, career heartbreaks and un-celebrated talents is in the shadow world behind the arc lights. This world is invisible to the viewers because the glare of the arc lights does not allow a view into the darkness behind. For every success story that we celebrate, there are ten times more stories of despair and dejection.

Films once released, are a cultural heritage forever (of course subject to preservation and survival). But in my opinion it is the music and the song of the films that leaves a stronger and a more lasting impression on the minds of the film going and music listening audiences.

In the 90+ years of talkie film industry in India, close to a hundred thousand songs have been created, recorded, used in films and also released for consumption by the music lovers. Hundreds, maybe thousands of artists – music directors, musicians, lyricists, singers, sound recordists – have been associated with the envisioning and then the creation of the film songs. The sad part is that even the most involved and the most serious lovers of music, we remember just a handful of artists. It is not just a limitation of the human memory retention. It is also the fact that the industry itself, and the associated media, have over the years celebrated just those few handful artists, and neglected to pay attention to the others. And that is why I said above – “The tinsel town industry is a troubling mix of good and bad fortunes”.

Serious connoisseurs of this art form are well aware of the many names that should have, but never did make it to the top tier of the industry. This post touches upon one such unsung talent, whose creations indicate the presence of an enchanting mind at work behind the melodies. The name is C Arjun.

Arjun Parmanand Chandnani – born on 1^st September 1933 in Karachi, had a natural affinity from music, inherited from his father who was a singer and a musician. At the time of partition in 1947, Arjun was just 14 years old. His family migrated from Karachi (now in Pakistan) to Baroda. He came to Bombay in the mid 1950s. Of course, the initial years was the time of struggle to prove himself. He worked with Bulo C Rani as assistant during this period.

In 1958, he got his first break as an independent music director when he composed for the Sindhi film ‘Abana’ (1958). The film and its music were a success with the Sindhi speaking population. The film has a wonderful song of Holi festival – “Holi Aayee Re Aayee Re Holi Holi”, and another fun song “Daal Chhola Double. . .” which became very popular as a sales pitch song of a rice-chhola meal seller. The song is available online and is a real fun listen, with Tuntun (aka Uma Devi) visible on screen with her antics.

Moving on, in 1960, he got another important break in his career, this time composing for the mainstream Hindi cinema. The film is ‘Road No. 303’. A low budget film, with lesser known stars, cannot be expected to be a box office victory. But the musical score – the songs are something to listen to – “Pehli Pehli Baar Miley Hain Do Deewaane, Achcha Ji” sung by Geeta Dutt and Rafi Sb, “Dil Ko Ye Kya Hua” in the voice of Asha ji, “Sun Lo Mehrban Mushkil Jeena Yahan” a wonderful creation in the voice of Geeta Dutt.

More work followed, although not in terms of any well known banner, or in terms of number of films. Averaging one film, or less, per year, nonetheless, he continued to give wonderful music no matter the films were all low budget. In 1961 came ‘Main Aur Mera Bhai’. More memorable songs– especially “Aaye Ho To Jaane Ka Bahaana Na Milega” sung by Asha ji. “Ho Gori Zulm Kare Zulf Ka Bikhar Jaana” in the voice of Rafi Sb, and the wonderful Asha – Mukesh duet “Main Abhi Gair Hoon”.

1964 was the year of the film ‘Punarmilan’. Most people would remember neither the film, not the associated credits. But tell them the song “Paas Baitho Tabiyat Behal Jaayegi” in the voice of Rafi Sb, and there will be an immediate recognition. This ghazal by Indiwar has become a timeless classic that stands along with the major filmi ghazal creations of all times. 1965 and we have the film ‘Ek Saal Pehle’ with the wonderful Asha Talat duet – “Nazar Utha Ke Ye Rangeen Samaa Rahe Na Rahe”; 1966 and we have another classic duet by Rafi Sb and Suman Kalyanpur – “Hamne Teri Jafaa Ka Wafaa Naam Rakh Diya” from the film ‘Chale Hain Sasural’. In 1966, we also heard the timeless popular Rafi-Talat duet “Gham Ki Andheri Raat Mein”  from film ‘Sushila’. The pattern continues with the films which one does not care to remember – ‘Lamboo In Hong Kong’ (1967), ‘Mangu Dada’ (1970), ‘Ustad Pedro’ (1971), ‘Guru Aur Chela’ (1973) – all relatively unknown films but all carrying gems of the genius of C Arjun.

And then, in 1975 came another low budget film that should also have been consigned to the list of unknowns, but it became a fluke and unexpected blockbuster hit – ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’. The success of the film may have brought some financial respite to the composer, but did not do any wonders to his career which continued to be in low budget bracket. He continued to create music for films till 1983, his last film as an independent music director being ‘Sati Naag Kanya’.

He passed away on 30^th April, 1992, literally with his boots on. He had a heart attack while working at recording studio. Just about a month ago, we passed by the 31^st remembrance day for him.

The song presented with this post is a delightful all female duet in the voices of Suman Kalyanpur and Kamal Barot. The film is ‘Ek Saal Pehle’ from 1965. The film is produced under the banner of SB Films, Bombay and is directed by Dharam Kumar. The star cast as listed in the Geet Kosh is Sujit Kumar, Sayeeda Khan, KN Singh, Jagirdar, Sherry, Asit Sen, Sundar, Neelam, Rajan Kapoor, Sunanda, Ramlal, Jilani, Mirajkar, Helen, Madhumati, and Maqbool. Looking at the star cast, it is my guess that this song must have been filmed as a twin dance song on Helen and Madhumati.

There are 5 songs for the film listed in Geet Kosh. The songs of this film are penned by Indiwar and Jaan Nisar Akhtar. This particular song is written by Indiwar. Interesting note – four of the songs are released on gramophone records, and the 5th song is not. As per a footnote in the Geet Kosh, the singer for the 5th song is identified as Krishna Kalle by C Arjun himself.

Wonderful music and wonderful rhythm – let us listen and enjoy this song.

Song – Hamen Koi Dekhat Kaahe Nayia Ho  (Ek Saal Pehle) (1965) Singer – Suman Kalyanpur, Kamal Barot, Lyrics – Indiwar, MD – C Arjun
Suman Kalyanpur + Kamal Barot

Lyrics

hamen koi dekhat kaahe naiya ho
hum se koi bolat kaahe naiya ho
bolat kaahe naiya
dekhat kaahe naiya
bolat kaahe naiya kaahe naiya ho
hamen koi dekhat kaahe naiya ho
hum se koi bolat kaahe naiya ho

hamre bhi mann mein pyaar bhara hai
hamre bhi mann mein pyaar bhara hai
hamri latt bhi kaali ghata hai
mor koi
arre mor koi naachat kaahe naiya ho
naachat kaahe naiya
dekhat kaahe naiya
bolat kaahe naiya kaahe naiya ho
hamen koi dekhat kaahe naiya ho
hum se koi bolat kaahe naiya ho

chaal hamaari nagin jaisi
chaal hamaari nagin jaisi
tum ho sapere reet ye kaisi
been koi
arre been koi chhedat kaahe naiya ho
chhedat kaahe naiya
dekhat kaahe naiya
bolat kaahe naiya kaahe naiya ho
hamen koi dekhat kaahe naiya ho
hum se koi bolat kaahe naiya ho

tum ho raja piya chatur shikari
tum ho raja piya chatur shikari
hirni jaisi akhiyaan hamaari
teer koi
arre teer koi chhodat kaahe naiya ho
chhodat kaahe naiya
dekhat kaahe naiya
bolat kaahe naiya kaahe naiya ho
hamen koi dekhat kaahe naiya ho
hum se koi bolat kaahe naiya ho

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हमें कोई देखत काहे नईया हो
हम से कोई बोलत काहे नईया हो
बोलत काहे नईया
देखत काहे नईया
बोलत काहे नईया काहे नईया हो
हमें कोई देखत काहे नईया हो
हम से कोई बोलत काहे नईया हो

हमरे भी मन में प्यार भरा है
हमरे भी मन में प्यार भरा है
हमरी लट भी काली घाटा है
मोर कोई
अरे मोरे कोई नाचत काहे नईया हो
नाचत काहे नईया
देखत काहे नईया
बोलत काहे नईया काहे नईया हो
हमें कोई देखत काहे नईया हो
हम से कोई बोलत काहे नईया हो

चाल हमारी नागिन जैसी
चाल हमारी नागिन जैसी
तुम हो सपेरे रीत ये कैसी
बीन कोई
अरे बीन कोई छेड़त काहे नईया हो
छेड़त काहे नईया
देखत काहे नईया
बोलत काहे नईया काहे नईया हो
हमें कोई देखत काहे नईया हो
हम से कोई बोलत काहे नईया हो

तुम हो राजा पिया चतुर शिकारी
तुम हो राजा पिया चतुर शिकारी
हिरनी जैसी अखियाँ हमारी
तीर कोई
अरे तीर कोई छोड़त काहे नईया हो
छोड़त काहे नईया
देखत काहे नईया
बोलत काहे नईया काहे नईया हो
हमें कोई देखत काहे नईया हो
हम से कोई बोलत काहे नईया हो

This article is written by Sudhir, 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.

The name Neeraj means one that is born of water. The singular reference is towards the lotus flower. In Hindi, ‘नीरज’ is a synonym for the lotus flower.  And so is Gopaldas Saxena ‘Neeraj’ – a lotus amongst the poets and songwriters whose verses have graced the screens of Hindi Cinema.

The mention of Neeraj brings to mind a multitude of so many popular songs – songs that popular songs because of their lyrics.

subah naa aayi, shaam na aayi
jis din teri yaad na aayi, yaad na aayi
(‘Cha Cha Cha’,1964)

. . .
aur hum ajaan se
door ke makaan se
paalki liye huya kahaar dekhte rahe
kaarwaan guzar gaya gubaar dekhte rahe
(‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’, 1965)

wo hum na the wo tum na the
wo rehguzar thhi pyaar ki
luti jahaan be bewajeh paalki bahaar ki . . .
(‘Cha Cha Cha’,1964)

umariya. . . bin khewak ki naiyya
paal nahin patwaar nahin
aur tez chale purvaiyya
(‘Majhli Didi’, 1968)

ye kaun thak ke so raha hai
gulmohar ki chhaon mein
(‘Tu Hi Meri Zindagi’, 1965)

kaal ka pahiyya ghoome bhaiya
laakh tareh insaan chalen
le ke chale baraat kabhi
to kabhi bina samaan chale
(‘Chanda Aur Bijli’, 1969)

kehta hai joker, saara zamaana
aadhi haqeeqat aadha fasaana
(‘Mera Naam Joker’, 1970)

raaja gaye taj gaye badlaa jahaan saara
roz magar badhta jaaye caravaan hamaara
phool ham hazaaron lekin khushboo ek hamaari
prem ke pujari
ham hain ras ke bhikhaari
ham hain prem ke pujaari
(‘Prem Pujaari’, 1970)

dil aaj shaayar hai gham aaj naghma hai
shab ye ghazal hai sanam
auron ke sheron ko o sun’ne waale
ho is taraf bhi karam
(‘Gambler’, 1971)

sooni sooni saans ke sitaar par
bheege bheege aansuon ke taar par
(‘Lal Patthar, 1971)

jhoom ke gaa yoon aaj mere dil
raat to guzre subah na aaye
jaise koi bachpan ki kahani
yaad bhi ho aur bhool bhi jaaye
(‘Patanga’, 1971)

All these songs, and more, touch so many threads of endearing memories, of songs heard decades back, but they still are fresh in the mind. The flavor of these songs will never grow stale, no matter how many times they are heard.

All from the pen of Gopaldas Saxena – ‘Neeraj’.

Neeraj was born on 4^th January, 1924, in the village of Puravali, near Mahewa in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh. His school and college education happened in Aligarh, where he also became a professor of Hindi Literature in the Dharma Samaj College. Faraway from the world of cinema, Gopaldas was writing his poetry and presenting at the kavi sammelans all across India. His introduction to films happened by accident.

In February of 1960, he was visiting Bombay to attend one such kavi sammelan. He was staying at the home of Manhar, a poet friend. One day he had a visitor, a young man named R Chandra. Chandra was earlier a student of Gopaldas in Aligarh, and now was in Bombay, connected with the film world. He was a producer, and had just completed work on the film ‘Barsaat Ki Raat’ (1960). He was now planning his next venture, to be titled ‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’. He was there to request his former teacher to write the songs for his upcoming film. And so, the film journey of Neeraj was initiated.

The planned film was unusually delayed, and eventually released in 1965. This was the first film for which Neeraj wrote and recorded the songs. In the interim, however, he also got the offer to write for another film ‘Cha Cha Cha’ for the banner Bhavdeep Films, Bombay, being directed by Chandrashekhar, who was also the hero of the film. This film got released earlier than ‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’, in 1964. And so it has come to be considered as the debut film for Neeraj.

The songs of ‘Cha Cha Cha’ became popular and were frequently played on the radio waves. So did the songs of ‘Nai Umar Ki Nai Fasal’. These films were followed by ‘Sati Nari’ (1965) with the song “Tum Naacho Ras Barse”, then “Ye Kaun Thak Ke So Raha Hai” and “Ae Mere Watan, Mere Pyaare Watan” in the film ‘Tu Hi Meri Zindagi’ (1965), “Zindagi Dulhan Hai Ek Raat Ki” in the film ‘Dulhan EK Raat Ki’ (1966) etc. By the mid 1960s, Neeraj was a songwriter quite popular and quite much in demand in the Bombay cinema world.

Over the next part of the 1960s decade Neeraj developed fruitful and worthy association with SD Burman and Shanker Jaikishan. With S-J he worked in 16 films. With SD his association started with ‘Prem Pujari’ (1970), when Dev Anand decided to bring Neeraj in to NavKetan camp. He would do three more films with Dev Anand – ‘Gambler’ (1971), ‘Chhupa Rustam’ (1972) and ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ (1973). He also worked with SD Burman on the film ‘Sharmilee’ (1971).

1971 proved to be his most prolific year – 10 films came to the cinema theaters with songs written by him. And that watershed year also saw the limiting phase out of Neeraj’s association with Hindi cinema. Jaikishan passed away in 1971 and SD Burman in 1975. His two closest relationships that were built with MDs of Hindi films came to an abrupt closure. The fortunes of SJ began dwindling after the departure of Jaikishan. With the passing away of SD Burman, the work by Neeraj in Hindi cinema also started to slowly phase out. By the middle of 1970s, Neeraj’s association with Hindi film world wound itself up, and the poet returned to Aligarh. He hung up his filmi coat and returned to his earlier profession as a teacher.

Neeraj’s body of work in Hindi films comprises of just about 100 odd songs. But a glance at the portfolio of his songs, one easily identifies a very large number of popular hit songs. A sampler is presented at the beginning of this write up. And there are more.

Neeraj passed away on 19 July, 2018 at New Delhi at the age of 93.

Neeraj’s year of birth is indicated both as 1924 and 1925 in different references online. Whatever the correct year may be, this year turns out to be the centenary year for him. A week back, his birth date – 4^th January was his centenary of birth.

For this post, I present this wonderful female duet song from the 1965 film ‘Sati Nari’. This is a fairly fast paced and melodious composition by Pt Shivram Krishna. The singing voices are of Usha Timothy and Kamal Barot. The words of the song tell about Radha ji being advised by her friends not to go to the banks of Jamuna river, because there Krishna will ensnare in his trap with his charm and beauty – “Wahaan Kanha Phaanse Machhli Bina Kaanta Dor Ke”.

A fun song of sahelis teasing Radha ji about her terms of endearment with Krishna. A wonderfully imagined, composed and rendered song – it is a pleasurable listen.

Song – Jaiyo Na Jamna Pe Akeli Tum Radha (Sati Naari)) (1965) Singer – Usha Timothy, Kamal Barot, Lyrics – Neeraj, MD – Pt Shivram Krishna
Both
Chorus

Lyrics

jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

kaahe na sunegi kuchh
baiyyaan pakad ke thaam le
o o o
aankhon se sauda kar hothon se daam le
hothon se daam le
hothon se daam le
are kaise
aise
chal hat ri
hothon se daam le
gajre ke phool soonghe
aa aa aa aa
gajre ke phool soonghe chor chor ke
ae ji chor chor ke
ae ji chor chor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na
jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

rookhe mann ki hundi maange byaaj mein wo pyaar re
tan mann bhi deke chuke na uska udhaar re
na uska udhaar re
na uska udhaar re
na uska udhaar re
beete umariya
haaye
beete umar aansoo jod jod ke
aansoo jod jod ke
aansoo jod jod ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na
jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

choron ki ye chor ye to uski hai murali
inhen darr kaahe ka wo bhaunra ye kali
wo bhaunra ye kali
wo bhaunra ye kali
are kaise
aise
chal hat ri
ha ha ha ha
kehna na ye baat
kehna na ye baat gori kisi aur se
gori kisi aur se
gori kisi aur se
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na
jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
haan jaiyo na jamuna pe akeli tum radha
wahan kaanha phaanse
wahan kaanha phaanse machhli bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
bina kaanta dor ke
arre arre arre
jaiyo na jaiyo na jaiyo na

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

काहे ना सुनेगी कुछ
बइयाँ पकड़ के थाम ले
ओ ओ ओ
आँखों से सौदा कर होठों से दाम ले
होठों से दाम ले
होठों से दाम ले
अरे कैसे
ऐसे
चल हट री
होठों से दाम ले
गजरे के फूल सूंघे
आ आ आ आ
चोर चोर के
ए जी चोर चोर के
ए जी चोर चोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना
जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

रूखे मन की हुँडी मांगे ब्याज में वो प्यार रे
तन मन भी दे के चुके ना उसका उधार रे
ना उसका उधार रे
ना उसका उधार रे
ना उसका उधार रे
बीते उमरिया
हाय
बीते उमर आँसू जोड़ जोड़ के
आँसू जोड़ जोड़ के
आँसू जोड़ जोड़ के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना
जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

चोरों की ये चोर ये तो उसकी है मुरली
इन्हें डर काहे का वो भौंरा ये कली
वो भौंरा ये कली
वो भौंरा ये कली
अरे कैसे
ऐसे
चल हट री
हा हा हा
कहना ना ये बात
कहना ना ये बात गोरी किसी और से
गोरी किसी और से
गोरी किसी और से
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना
जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
हाँ जइयो ना जमुना पे अकेली तुम राधा
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे
वहाँ कान्हा फाँसे मछली बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
बिना काँटा डोर के
अरे अरे अरे
जइयो ना जइयो ना जइयो ना

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Today, January 13, 2024, is 94^th birth anniversary of music director, Sardar Malik. In his childhood, he had wished to be a singer, but the fate turned him toward music direction. He did not have a prolific career. He never got opportunity to work with top film banners in spite of talents which was reflected in most of the songs he composed. Recently, I had gone through his interview on Vividh Bharati which was probably conducted after his ‘retirement’ from the film world. From his talk, I could visualize him to be a man of principles, a man of least resistance and a man of self-respect which will not allow him to indulge in networking. Lastly, he was a sensitive person who refrained from hurting anyone even if he had suffered from wrongdoings.

Sardar Malik (13/01/1930 -27/01/2006) was born in Kapurthala in a middle-class family. From the childhood, he developed interest in singing. Seeing his interest in music, his father put him under the tutelage of Ustad Mubarak Ali who was a percussionist. One day, he saw an advertisement in the newspaper from Uday Shankar’s India Cultural Center, Almora, inviting applications for admission to the Center. He was keen to join but his parents could not afford the fees. Knowing his interest in music, Maharaja of Kapurthala sponsored him to the Center.

In India Cultural Center, Almora, Sardar Malik learnt from visiting faculties which consisted of poet Sumitra Nandan Pant, Shankaran Namboodiri (Kathakali), Guruji Pillai (Bharatanatyam), Amobi Singh (Manipuri), apart from ballet dance from Uday Shankar. He also learnt music from Ustad Allauddin Khan and Vishnudas Shirali. Mohan Saigal and Guru Dutt were his classmates. Guru Dutt was his room mate also. After the completion of 5-year course, they joined Uday Shankar’s dance troop and traveled all over India performing dances. Sometimes, Sardar Malik gave solo dance performance in place of Uday Shankar whenever the latter was not available due to his illness.

During 1945, due to the after-effect of the World War II, the financial strain compelled Uday Shankar to close down his dance academy. Sardar Malik along with Mohan Saigal and Guru Dutt came to Mumbai to become choreographers in Hindi films. While Prabhat Films took Guru Dutt as choreographer, both Sardar Malik and Mohan Saigal jointly become choreographer for Nanabhai’s Bhatt’s film ‘Chaalis Karod’ (1945). After this, they both decided to give up choreography. While Mohan Saigal become director, Sardar Malik decided to pursue his interest in singing.

Jayant Desai and Ramesh Sehgal, the producer and director, respectively for ‘Renuka’ (1947) heard Sardar Malik singing in a programme. Impressed with his singing and his background, they offered him to compose songs for the film. So, Sardar Malik debuted as the music director for the film, ‘Renuka’ (1947) besides singing 4 songs. The film failed at the box office. But his song compositions for the film got attention from other film makers. His next two films, ‘Raaz’ (1949) and ‘Stage’ (1951) did not fare well either. By this time, Sardar Malik realised that Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh and Talat Mehmood were far superior singers than him. So, he gave up singing and concentrated on Music Direction.

In 1953, Sardar Malik came into limelight with his song, “Ae Gham-e-Dil Kyaa Karoon in ‘Thokar’ (1953) and “Bahaaron Ki Duniya Pukaare Tu Aa Ja” in ‘Laila Majnu’ (1953). In ‘Chor Baazaar’ (1954), “Hui Hai Humse Naadaani Teri Mehfil Mein Aa Baithhe” and in ‘Aab-e Hayaat’ (1955), “Main Gareebon Ka Dil Hoon Watan Ki Zabaan” became very popular. Sardar Malik was getting 2-3 film every year till about 1960. Sardar Malik got real recognition as a music director in ‘Saaranga’ (1960) and ‘Mera Ghar Mere Bachche’ (1960). The songs, “Saaranga Teri Yaad Mein” and “Bahaaron Se Poochho Mere Pyaar Ko Tum” from respective films became very popular. He signed a good number of films after these two films’ musical successes.

While everything was going fine in his career, an incident involving the heated arguments between a top lyricist and a top female playback singer at the time of recording of a song under his baton, destroyed his musical career. The female singer left the recording studio in a huff. Her entire anger fell on Sardar Malik because she felt that he had not supported her during her arguments with the lyricist. Suddenly, he stopped getting booking for recording studios. In the circumstances, he lost almost all the films which either he was working on or were lined up.

Sardar Malik never revealed the names of the top lyricist and the top female singer involved in the arguments. But it was apparent that they were Sahir Ludhianvi and Lata Mangeshkar. Both of them continued to work together but Lata stopped working with Sardar Malik after this episode. During 1960-65, he got mostly B Grade films in the genre of mythology, fantasy and action. During this period, Suman Kalyanpur and Asha Bhosle were his main female singers.

During his two decades of active musical career in films, Sardar Malik composed songs in about two dozen films. ‘Panch Ratan’ (1965) was virtually his last film though he later did ‘Gyaani ji’ (1977) jointly with Premnath.

Post 1965, when Sardar Malik had no work, he faced financial hardship. In a fit of depression, he threw all his collections of 78 RPM gramophone records of his songs in the Arabian Sea. He became a recluse and avoided going out of his house. Hasrat Jaipuri, his brother-in-law and Vishnudas Shirali, his music teacher at India Cultural Center helped him. He started music classes for young children, including his three sons, Anu Malik, Daboo Malik and Abu Malik.

With his eldest son, Anu Malik’s musical career taking off in the 90s, Sardar Malik was a satisfied person. After many years, Sardar Malik traveled outside Mumbai to witness his son, Anu Malik getting National Film Award for the best music director for the film, ‘Refugee’ (2001) in New Delhi.

Sardar Malik passed away on January 27, 2006 at the age of 76 as a happy person with all his sons and grandchildren, Anmol Malik, Armaan Malik and Amaal Malik doing well in their respective music fields.

As I mentioned earlier, ‘Panch Ratan’ (1965) was Sardar Malik’s virtually the last film for which he composed songs. The film was produced by Vinod Doshi and was directed by Kamran. The cast included Randhawa, Parveen Chaudhary, Kamran, Kamal Mehra, Shyam Kumar, Amarnath, Randhir, Meenaxi, Joginder Singh, Saudagar Singh, Madhumati, Laxmi Chhaya, Aruna, Jeevankala etc.

The film had an usual story which most of the ‘B’ grade costume action-drama films would have in Hindi. The film has all the ingredients of this genre of films like sword fights, free style wrestling, horse riding chase and a host of dancers for entertainments. Additionally, this ‘B” grade film had some ‘C’ grade antics by some of the side actors. The gist of the story of the film is as under:

After overthrowing the king of Shamgarh with the help of a treacherous Senapati (Amarnath) of the king, Sangram Singh (Kamran) becomes the ruler with a brutal force. The people are fed up with his oppressive rule. The people of Shamgarh under the leadership of Raja (Randhawa) rise against his rule. Sangram Singh has not only to crush the rebellion led by Raja, he has to settle his personal score also as Raja is in love with his sister, Chandralekha (Parveen Chaudhary).

Sangram Singh kidnaps Raja’s mother (Meenaxi) and as a tit for tat, Raja kidnaps Chandralekha. After kidnapped persons are exchanged, Sangram Singh announces the engagement of Chandralekha with the Prince of Vijaygarh (Randhir). Now Raja has one more reason to fight Sangram Singh for the sake of Chandralekha. Raja successfully leads his fight against Sangram Singh with the help of his other four ‘ratan’ – Birju (Shyam Kumar), Tingoo (Kamal Mehra), Balwant (Saudagar Singh) and one more (I am not able to identify him), to end his brutal rule and brings back the ousted King of Shamgarh.

‘Panch Ratan’ (1965) has 5 songs written by Anjaan (4) and Upendra (1) which have been set to music by Sardar Malik. Two songs from the film have been covered on the Blog. I am presenting the 3^rd song, “Hum Tum Ye Rang Roop Ye Raaten from the film to appear on the Blog. The song is rendered by Suman Kalyanpur on the words of Anjaan. It is a dance song picturised on Madhumati.

The occasion is the engagement ceremony of Princess Chandralekha with the Prince of Vijaygarh. It is a ploy by Sangram Singh (Kamran) to capture Raja (Randhawa) and his gang knowing that they would come in disguise. And they do attend the ceremony in disguise. First, Kamal Mehra dances with Madhumati followed by Shyam Kumar. Kamran and Amarnath can be seen during the dance performance.

Video Clip:

Song-Hum tum ye rang roop ye raaten (Panch Ratan)(1965) Singer-Suman Kalyanpur, Lyrics-Anjaan, MD-Sardar Malik

Lyrics:

hum tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten
hum tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten
haaye haaye mehfil ye suhaani
ho na jaaye koi naadaani
haaye haaye mehfil ye suhaani
ho na jaaye koi naadaani
hum tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten

badli badli hai hawaayen
bahki bahki hai fizaa
badli badli hai hawaayen
bahki bahki hai fizaa aa
aaj kya hai hone waala
kyun machalti hai adaa
kyun machalti hai adaa
ham tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten
haaye haaye mehfil ye suhaani
ho na jaaye koi naadaani
ham tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten

kyaa qayaamat unke tewar
kyaa haseen andaaz hai
kyaa qayaamat unke tewar
kyaa haseen andaaz hai…
yaa ilaahi khul na jaaye
dil mein sau sau raaz hain
dil mein sau sau raaz hain
ham tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten
ham tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten
haaye haaye mehfil ye suhaani
ho na jaaye koi naadaani
haaye haaye mehfil ye suhaani
ho na jaaye koi naadaani
ham tum
ye rang roop ye raaten
dil jawaan
aur pyaar bhari ye baaten

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें
हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें
हाय हाय महफिल ये सुहानी
हो ना जाये कोई नादानी
हाय हाय महफिल ये सुहानी
हो ना जाये कोई नादानी
हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें

बदली बदली
हैं हवाएँ
बहकी बहकी
हैं फिज़ा
बदली बदली हैं हवाएँ
बहकी बहकी हैं फिजा
आज क्या है
होनेवाला
क्यों मचलती है अदा
क्यों मचलती है अदा
हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें
हाय हाय महफिल ये सुहानी
हो ना जाये कोई नादानी
हाय हाय महफिल ये सुहानी
हो ना जाये कोई नादानी
हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें

क्या क़यामत
उनके तेवर
क्या हसीन
अंदाज़ है
क्या क़यामत उनके तेवर
क्या हसीं अंदाज़ है
या इलाही
खुल ना जाएँ
दिल में सौ सौ राज़ हैं
दिल में सौ सौ राज़ हैं
हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें
हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें
हाय हाय महफिल ये सुहानी
हो ना जाये कोई नादानी
हाय हाय महफिल ये सुहानी
हो ना जाये कोई नादानी
हम
तुम
ये रंग रूप ये रातें
दिल
जवां
और प्यार भरी ये बातें