Window opens the outside world to those inside. If a person from outside tries to look into a window, his view is very restricted. Because of this asymmetry, window creates many interesting possibilities. Since one can see on the sly, this is the best place for voyeurs. In Rear Window (1954), James Stewart, confined to a wheelchair in plaster-cast due to a broken leg, indulges himself looking out onto a courtyard and other apartments from his rear window. There is a constant smile on his lips as he watches myriad characters: a pretty dancer, a pianist, a lonely woman, a middle-aged couple and so on. As it is a Hitchcock film, you are sure his smile will soon disappear as he sees some very unusual happenings in a flat. In Witness to Murder (1954), the lady has no voyeuristic instincts; she just happens to look out of her bedroom window and sees a woman being strangulated by a man in a flat. Being a conscientious lady, she reports the matter to the police. But the man is too clever for her and with great difficulty she finally comes out of her nightmarish experience, with the killer meeting retribution in the last scene.
Hindi films use window in romantic settings. If another window across the street is at the same level, and is occupied by a pretty lady, even the dunce Bhola would be smitten by her, and would go all out with the help of Guru and other jewels of their Naatak Mandali to wean her away from Master Pillai. But if the hero is at the street level and the lady at a window, all is not lost; the hero whistles spontaneously. It becomes greatly embarrassing for the lady and she pleads with him to stop whistling, Shaam dhale khidki tale tum seeti bajana chhod do.
Window is always in a wall, nothing unusual about it. But Vinod Kumar Shukla sees it in his own unique ways in his novel ‘दीवार में एक खिड़की रहती थी’. He is known for creating magic with his words. He could see the sky through the window, therefore the children who make a pile of bricks to peep inside appear to be peeping from the sky.
You can’t come or go out of a window, door provides entry into and exit from the house. That creates its own situations. An obsessed lover may hang around the door – Tere dwar khada ek jogi. But the flower-girl from Bikaner has no romantic intentions when she charms the Daroga Babu – ‘O daroga babu bolo zara darwajja to kholo, khadi hun main darwajee par badi der se’.
There is a belief that on the Diwali night you should keep your doors open lest the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, should turn away from a closed door. A lover may keep the door open in the hope, ‘Aa jaaye koi shayad darwaaza khula rakhna’. Tagore elevates it to a metaphysical plane:
No guest had come to my house for long,
My doors were locked, my windows barred
I thought my night would be lonely
When I opened my eyes I found the darkness had vanished.
I rose up and ran and saw the bolts of my gates all broken, and through the open door your wind and light waved their banner.
When I was a prisoner in my own house, and the doors were shut, my heart ever planned to escape and to wander.
Now at my broken gate, I sit still and wait for your coming.
You keep me bound by my freedom.
With so much of romance associated with windows and doors, there is bound to be a good number of songs on them. These complement the songs on Atariya, Angana and Chhat, thus completing all the features of a house with such possibilities. Let us hear some samples of romancing with the windows and doors.
1. Thandhi thandhi saawan ki fuhaar, piya aaj khidki khuli mat chhodo by Asha Bhosle from Jaagte Raho (1956), music Salil Chowdhury
Motilal was probably the first natural actor of our films. In his completely sozzled state, Motilal goes through myriad emotions as his lovelorn wife sings this plaintive melody not to leave the window open because of the cold drizzle of saawan. He at times appears to be mesmerised by the song and the lady, at other times confused, and finally when he straggles up on his feet, he screams at her to stop this nonsense. Shutting the window to the outside drizzle is a metaphor here for pleading with the husband not to let bad influences subsume him. Sad denouement of a beautiful song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krEJY59qYuw
2. Mere saamnewali khidki mein ek chaand ka tukda rahta hai by Kishore Kumar, from Padosan (1968), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music RD Burman
This is the first song that comes to mind for romancing through the window. There are no complexities in relationships. Bhola realises he is 26 now, already past the age when he should have entered Grihasth Ashram. Therefore, when he sights a pretty girl in the window in the house across, he is promptly smitten by her.
3. Pal bhar ke liye koi humein pyar kar le jhootha hi sahi by Kishore Kumar from Johnny Mera Naam (1970), lyrics Indivar, music Kalyanji-Anandji
Dev Ananad pesters Hema Malini from door to door and window to window, asking her to show even false love – Khade khidki pe jogi sweekar ka le jhootha hi sahi.
4. Wo jharokhe se jhaanke to itna poochhun main rukun ya chala jaaun by Kishore Kumar from Shreeman Funtoosh (1965), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Laxmikant-Pyarelal
The builders of modern multi-storeyed housing complexes proudly display in their brochures huge glazed windows. The traditional havelis had ‘jharokhas’ – a small opening to let the womenfolk see outside without being seen. Kishore Kumar shows great courtesy to Kumkum; if she glances through the small window he would simply want to know whether he should stay on or go away. LP cleverly insert a band playing their superhit tune of ‘Hansta hua noorani chehra’ from their debut film Parasmani (1963).
5. Meri dushman hai ye meri uljhan hai ye, bada tadpati hai bada tarsaati hai ye khidki jo band rahti hai by Rafi from Main Tulsi Tere Angan Ki (1978), lyrics Anand Kakshi, music Laxmikant-Pyarelal
While an open window creates possibilities, the closed window can make a man restless and make him yearn for the lady inside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4sUKO8OBo
6. Raahon pe nazar rakhna, hothon pe dua rakhna, aa jaye koi shayad darwaza khula rakhna by Bhupinder and Mitali Singh, lyrics Qateel Rajasthani, music Bupinder
One site mentions that this song was in a film called Aao Aise Mohabbat Karein (1963). This so-called film is not mentioned anywhere else. I always knew it as a non-film song. Bhupinder has sung many well-known film songs. But for me, Raahon pe nazar rakhna stands far higher than any other song. This became their signature song and his no public performance was complete without a clamour for Raahon pe nazar rakhna from the audience.
7. Tere dwar khada ek jogi by Hemant Kumar from Nagin (1954), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Hemant Kumar
This jogi (Pradeep Kumar) having wandered across Kashi and Mathura, but not meeting the idol of his imagination, finally lands at the doorsteps of Vyjayanthimala, seeking only her darshan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQTUliOq_g
8. Zara man ki kiwadiya khol sainya tere dware khade by Rafi from Kohinoor (1960), lyrics Shakeel Badayuni, music Naushad
But Dilip Kumar, disguised as a jogi with a beard, is more direct, declaring himself as her sainya, balam and asking Meena Kumari to open the doors of her heart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqGRQ3kp58o
9. Nain dwar se man mein wo aake tan mein aag lagaye by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar from Saawan (1959), lyrics Prem Dhawan, music Hansraj Behl
Dwar is a physical opening in a wall. But it lends itself to some superb metaphors when used in conjunction with the heart or eyes. Man ki kiwadiya was a great song, picturised on a comic Dilip Kumar. This Nain-dwar is an even more enchanting melody. Hansraj Behl’s composition is unique with Bharat Bhushan lip-synching Mukesh at a very slow pace and in a grave style. Ameeta responds in a completely opposite fast-paced joyous style.
10. Chhota sa ghar hai ye magar, tum isko pasand kar lo,, darwaza band kar lo by Abhijeet and Lata Mangeshkar from Darr (1993), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Shiv-Hari
So far we have seen a desire to see the door open, but here we see Juhi Chawla asking Sunil Deol to shut the door. You might be flummoxed what it has got to do with liking or not liking the flat. Later, the double-meaning lyrics – Haan main kahun ya na kahun, mujhko razamand kar lo – give some hint. After all, a new flat can arouse amorous feelings in the lady’s heart, like it did in an even mature lady, Shabana Azmi in the film Arth (1982).
Acknowledgements and Disclaimer:
The song links have been embedded from the YouTube only for the listening pleasure of the music lovers. This blog does not claim any copyright over them, which rests with the respective owners of the rights.
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A nice theme beautifully written . A great song selection. Every house has doors and windows to serve various purposes and Bollywood has exploited these well for romantic settings in movies.
One such song on windows that comes to mind should fit in here. The brief whistling is interesting here….
‘ Sham dhale khidki….’/1951 / ALBELA / Rajinder Krishna / CR / CRamchandra , Lata
https://youtu.be/DO4M25EjDCM
Mr Joseph,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Shaam dhale khidki tale fits here perfectly. I have referred to it, thanks for giving its link.
Fun theme, AK, and lovely songs. A special thanks for the Sawan song.
Kaun aaya mere mann ke dwaare qualifies, I think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGMyOX7R2o8
A popular qawwali where the words door / window have not been mentioned but on screen the ladies have caught a man looking at them through the window and thereafter the mood of the qawwali is different.
‘ Sharma ke ye …’/ 1960 / CHAUDHAVIN KA CHAAND / Shakeel Badayuni / Ravi / Shamshad, Asha & chorus
https://youtu.be/axLCQ0pfeoQ
Madhu,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Nain dwar se is an eternal song. Such songs are not composed, they just happen. Thanks for mentioning Kaun aya mere mann ke dwaare. Another nice example of the door of heart.
Mr Joseph,
Nice observation. The lyrics do refer to the voyeur – Kuchh aisi nazarwaale bhi hain jo chhup chhup ke nazara karte hain.
AK,
Very nice topic. Home cannot be complete without dar, deewar, khidki, chhat, atariya angan etc. You have nicely covered this missing aspect. And I was delighted to find the Jaagte Raho song right at the top. What a song. Legend Motilal with Bengal Beauty Sumitra Devi and Shailendra lyrics. There have been songs which include these words as well as some songs shown through window or door.
Here is a song which came first in mind. Main ye soch kar uske dar se utha tha – Haqeekat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oY-oNtVXuU
Continuing with the aspect mentioned by Josephji of there being a indication of the door or window. ‘Parde men rahne do’ might have indicated the presence of door/window, but it was picturised on a stage. But in the song ‘chupke chupke raat din’ from Nikaah there is no doubt it refers to the door. ‘Khainch lena wo mera parde ka kona darkhatan’ in the first antara.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38_AJgdtXm4
The song ‘dar bhi tha thin deewaren bhi’, the gem by Mukesh from Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan shows another aspect of the commodities named darwaja and deewaren which form part of ‘ghar’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQrSxRzNvFU&t=248s
Rang Mahal ke Das darwaze
Kaun si khidki khuli thi…
SATYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM.
Akhiyon ke Jaroke se…
AKHIYON KE JAROKE SE
Ghar se nikakte hi
Kuch door chalte hi..
..
Khidki mein aaye nazar..
PAPA KEHTE HAIN
Do deewane shahar mein..
…
Ambar se khulegi khidki ya
Khidki se khule ambar hoga..
GHARONDA
Zindagi Zindagi mere ghar aana
..
Mere ghar ka darwaza koi nahin hai..
DOORIYAN
Dekho maine dekha hai ek sapna
..
Jhankhoon main kahan se
Kahan hai jharokha.
LOVE STORY
Dil ke jharoke mein tujhko bita kar..
BRAHMACHARI
Peeping out of the window may not be safe always .
In this song…a message to the pretty lady not to peep out of the window lest…
‘ Tam tam se …/ 1949 / NAMOONA / PL Santoshi / CR / Shamshad
https://youtu.be/RtRsjQWgoIk
What a zinger of a post, AK!
Here’s Chameli, a Bikaneri lass, who uses her charms upon the ‘daroga’, steals the keys to the ‘darvaccha’ of the prison-cell, frees her lover, and locks the ‘daroga’ in. Very neatly done, indeed!
‘Mere naam hai chameli’by Lata from ‘Raja aur Runk'(1968), MD – Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGmOUX8rCI
Koi jab tumhara hriday tod de..
..
Mera dar khula hai…
PURAB AUR PASCHIM
Karoge yaad toh har baat yaad aayega
…
Gali ke mod par soona sa koi darwaza
BAZAAR
Bheje kahar, Piya ji bulai lo..
..
Saanjh dale sooni gali darwaze tak aaye
MAACHIS
Excellent theme AK, and very well presented. I was trying to recall songs of ladies waiting at the door for their loved one to come. The best I could do was to recall the closing lines of Hemant Kumar’s non-film song ‘Aanchal se kyun baandh liya: Bolo phir kya nirdayi kah ke, band karogi khule dwar.’
Subodh,
There is a very famous song from your own Panjab exactly answering your description. ‘Batti baal ke banere utte rakhni aan’ from Bhangra. The Panjabi equivalent of ‘darwaja’ – Buaa – is used a number of times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbQN06a85LE
Hans @7,
Thanks a lot. ‘Dar’ is such a nice word. Often used in Sufiana qawwalis as the doorstep of the divine. Main ye soch kar uske dar se utha tha is such a beautiful song.
Nice observations on Chupke chupke raat din aansoo bahana yaad hai. With your explanation the song Tumse hi ghar ghar kahlaya sounds even more profound. Deewar is another interesting feature of a house on which there are many songs. Chaandi ki deewar na todi, there are many such idiomatic uses. In general a deewaar refers to a barrier. Not romantic, yet it has interesting connotations and usage.
Dr Shetty @8, 11,
Your ability to recall lyrics and words embedded deep inside is impressive. Dil ke jharokhe mein tujhko bithakar was the first song that cam to my mind for jharokha, but I found Wo jharokhe se jhaanke to itna poochhun more interesting.
Mera dar khula hai khula hi rahega tumhare liye: Too good. Thanks for posting it.
Mr Joseph @9,
Tamtam se jhaanko na Raniji: But this caution also mentions several romantic possibilities. No one is going to listen to this sane advice.
Ashwin @10,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Her dance-song casts a spell on Daroga Babu. This flower-girl shows some spunk! Mera naam hai chameli was a humongous hit song in its time. Thanks for giving its link. I had referred to it in my write-up.
Subodh @12,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Ah, Band karogi khule duaar my eternally favourite line. This gives a very decent meaning in contrast with my last song, Darwaza band kar lo.
@13,
This is a very nice Punjabi song, but I can’t understand a word of it.
AK,
Another different use of ‘dwar’. ‘Ghoda nachawe mera laadla samdhi ke dware’ in the same film Bhabhi ki Chudiyan from which I posted ‘tumse hi ghar ghar kahlaya’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA4Z14PnC60
Now there are two more songs using ‘dar’ on the same pair of Joy Mukherjee and Sadhana in which Sadhana is avoiding him in both films for different reasons.
Dar pe aaye hain kasam le – Love in Simla – Mukesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imJ-74AR_ss
Humko tumhare ishq ne kya kya – Ek Musafir Ek Hasina – Rafi
(dekha tumhare dar ko to sar ko jhuka diya in first antara)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZZ2cDL8Q5I
Hans,
Interesting uses of ‘dwar’ and ‘dar’.
Dwaar in the hit movie Mother India
‘ Nagari Nagari dware…/ 1957 / MOTHER INDIA / Shakeel Badayuni/ Naushad / Lata
https://youtu.be/O48Q7_ZJSF0
Mr Joseph,
I thought of this song while writing the post.
Tere Dar pe aaya hoon
Kuch karke jaoonga…
LAILA MAJNU
Shirdiwale Sai Baba
Aaya hai tere Dar pe sawali..
AAAA
Tere Dar par sanam chale aaye..
PHIR TERI KAHANI YAAD AAYEE
Kanha Kanha aan padee main tere Dwar
SHAGIRD
Main Khidki mein aaoongi
Jab sham ko sanjh dale..
KALPANA
Mr Hans @ 13: beautiful song, thanks a lot. The lady has lit a lamp and placed it on the munder, so that her beloved doesn’t miss the house in the dark night.
2 languages, 2 composers, 2 entirely different moods.
Ruke ruke se kadam
Rukh ke baar baar chale
Karaar leke tere Dar se bekaraar chale…
Mubarak Begum, Salil Chowdhury, LAL PATHAR, Bengali.
Lata, Madan Mohan, MAUSAM, Hindi.
Interesting theme! In fact there was the film by name Khidki somewhere in the early fifties .
AK, @ 18
Here is the hindi translation of the song.
बत्ती जला के मुंडेर पर रखती हूँ
गली भूल न जाये चाँन्द मेरा
उसको न अच्छी तरह गली की पहचान है
रात अँधेरी मेरा माही अनजान है
दरवाजा खोल के मैं चोरी चोरी देखती हूँ
उसे पूछना पड़े ना घर मेरा
कूट कूट चूरमा मैंने चाँद के लिए रखा
दूध को उबाल के मैं झलती हूँ पंखा
कभी बैठती हूँ तो उठ उठ भागती हूँ
आगे चला न जाये चाँद मेरा
की है मैंने कंघी और काजल भी लगाया है
अभी तक भी मेहमान ने न दरवाजा खड़काया है
मैं आँखें दरवाजे की तरफ रखती हूँ
आके मूड(वापस) ना जाये माही मेरा
Dr Shetty @23,
Main khidki mein aaongi I had shortlisted. Interesting context for this song.
@25,
Thanks for the Bengali version of Ruke ruke se kadam. It is the extreme opposite of Lata Manheshkar’s in the film Mausam.
KB @26,
Thanks a lot for you appreciation. There is indeed a film named ‘Khidki‘ (1949), music director C Ramchandra. But this film didn’t haveany ‘khidki’ song.
Hans @27,
Thaks for the detailed translation. Very interesting imagery. ‘Maine kanghi aur kaajal bhi lagaya hai: I presume these are totems and folk beliefs that will bring a guest.
A popular romantic song starring Dharmendra – Supriya Choudhary .
‘ Yehi hai tamanna…/ 1964 / AAP KI PARCHHAIYAN / Raja MehndiAli Khan /Madan Mohan / Rafi
https://youtu.be/eKGk91vXhPU
Very nice concept. A list of good songs.
I’m surprised no one yet added,
More dwar khule hai from Anmol Ratan
https://youtu.be/h2Oynd6TeIM
And,
In complete contrast to the above song,
A nonfilm song from 90s, by shweta Shetty
Khidki pe aaoon na bahar jaaoon
https://youtu.be/oiq_KkEshSg
Mr Joseph @31,
That is a terrific song. Now we are getting more songs on ‘dar’
Anup @32,
More dwar khule hain is a beautiful song rarely heard compared to some great duets with Talat Mahmood in the film.
Deewane deewane to deewane hain was a great hit in the heydays of Indipop. Nice use of ‘khidki’.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation.
AKji,
An enjoyable post on an interesting theme. You have put together in a nice list of songs. Doors and windows not only from integral parts of houses but also of our lives, wherein we open/close many windows and doors at varying stages of life.
Beginning with a song inviting the moon at the door
Lajwanti 1958
SDB – Majrooh – Asha, Manna
Chanda mama mere dwar aana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP5i9ScmEE0
Bandini 1963
SDB – Shailendra – Lata
Jogi jabse tu aaya mere dware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB4Ez2gHiNo
Love in Tokyo 1966
SJ – Hasrat – Lata
Koi matwala aaya mere dware
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0q6SUyj2WI
Dr Deshpande @35, 36, 37,
What a range of people who can come at the door, from the moon, jogi to a ‘matwala’! When I wrote this post songs were not so easy to come by. Now I can visualise hundreds of them.
Thanks a lot for your appreciation.
AK ji,
I don’t think there can be hundreds of songs fitting the theme. Let’s wait and see.
The Thespian in disguise…
Zara man ki Khiwadiya khol..
KOHINOOR
English Title, Hinglish words. Sentimental.
Ghar ke ujiyare so jaa re
Daddy tere jaage tu so jaa re..
..
Sapnon ke ghar ke chat pe hain taare
Toffiyon ke Deewaron pe latke ho gubbare..
DADDY
Hindi title, English words, Comic.
Sun Gori khol zara ghoongat ka Door ( as in Darwaza. ☺ )
Hone bhi de zara aankhen Four.
PHOOL BANE ANGARE
Kalyanji Anandji going Bappi Lahiri way…
A shadow of LP Too.
DISCO DANCER meets KARZ.
Aagey Aagey woh chale
Peeche Peeche duniya
Gol gol Chand sa Rupaiya
Money Money Hey Money
…
Khidki Khidki jhanke Rupaiya.
HIRAASAT7
Actor, Singer pair repeated. Both have a Bali connection. But, instead of singing peons of Money, here todpod at the Moneywales’ place.
Jhopadpatti Zindabad
..
Har ek Khidki Har ek Darwaze ka sheesha tod ke..
Some songs you grew up listening to stay with you forever though initially it was only to Audio that we were exposed to, unless we had seen the movie.
One such song, initially only Audio, much later Video on YouTube, has many Khidkis and Darwaze just like Dev Saab’s more popular song that features in the post.
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
Tere Mere Bina is kamre mein
Aur kaun hai?
…
Ye Khidki khuli hai
Ye toh band thi
Mujhe toh taza hawa pasand thi.
BULLET.
Had some psychedelic music by RDB , James Bond style. I like the crazy picturisation, too!
Jyothi Bakshi with Dev Saab.
Tod pod song earlier is from
PYAR KA MANDIR.
Dr Shettty @39,
By the rate at which I am seeing new songs, I am sure there are more songs than we imagine. Unfortunately, another stalwart of SOY and your tough competitor is no longer with us. So you have to play for him too. The song from ‘Daddy’ has interesting words, perhaps apt for the protagonists.
Sun gori khol zara ghunghat ka door (डोर): Johnny Walker is in form, this imagery fits on him. ‘घूंघट की ओट से’ is a more fitting imagery.
@40,
Both songs are new to me.
Akji
Theme and write up as fresh as open chaubara.
That takes me to 2 songs on Chaubara
Ye galiyan ye Chaubara – Premrog
– Lata -Santosh Anand – LP
https://youtu.be/hUde7UxFkAc
Main Jatt yamala – Pratigya – Rafi- AB-LP
https://youtu.be/JpH2A7jMfjY
Diya bhi jalake rakha raatoko
Chaubare me
Sharaarat 1959
SJ – Shailendra – KK
Khol de khol de khidki chaahat ke naam pe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz9RVKVuR6k
Miss Mala 1954
Chitragupta – Anjum Jaipuri – Asha, Rafi
Chori chori aana na tum khidki tale tum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAKAc0bd24Q
Laadla 1954
Vinod – RMAK – Rafi, Shamshad
Aji darwaza to kholo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwQlDVPhREw
This is not from the golden era of HFM . Contains two words…. ‘ Darwaza dil ka ‘ and ‘ …khada hoon tere dar pe…’
‘ Mai hoon hasina…’/ 1981 / POONAM / Hasrat Jaipuri / Annu Malik / Amit Kumar
https://youtu.be/Jm46kH_Ok0Q
Again not from the golden era of HFM . Here the word used is ‘ Chaukhat ‘ . Really Uncommon.
‘ Chaukhat pe tumhari…’/ 1993 / AANKHEN / Indeevar / Bhappi Laahiri / Kumar Sanu , Mohammed Aziz, Sapna Mukherjee , ?
https://youtu.be/eHU6iG0B8L0
Shareef Badmash 1973
RDB – AB – KK
Suhani hai subah banaras …..
…na khidki na jharokha milte hi magar mauka
main nikal jaoonga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iBetoU5bH0
Kali Ghata 1980
LP – AB – Asha
Nainon ki khidki dil ka jharoka
jhanko jharoke se to dhoka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hum8M-Fo0uU
The 90s had many Khidki and Darwaza songs, though most often with suggestive lyrics
Deewana Mastana 1997
LP – AB – Sonu Nigam, Purnima
Khidki khuli zara zara parda sarak gaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b6t7KxweDs
Bol Radha Bol 1992
Anand Milind – Sameer – Abhijeet, Kavita
Hawa sard hai khidki band karlo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5ynQUmGdpw
GuruDev 1993
RDB – Majrooh – Amit
Sachchi sachchi kehta hoon…
….ek din tera dheere se darwaza kholunga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxhGYNbN7-M
Naajayaz 1995
Anu Malik – Indeevar – Alka, Ila Arun
Darwaza khula chhod aayi neend ke maare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wVx85iohcE
This one was teasing me since yesterday morning.
Thade rahiyo O Banke yaar re..
…
Aaj dheere se kholoongi dwar re..
PAKEEZA
I recollect the song from the film Raton ka Raja (1970) which says ‘
khidki khule mujhe bulaye mehelon mein hai mere hi saaye ‘ sung by Rafi…
Mr Muli @44,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Chaubara had just slipped from my mind. Does it mean a door or a square platform or forecourt of a house? Nice songs. The sense is perhaps ‘your doorstep’.
Dr Deshpande @45,
Khol de khol de khidki chaahat ke naam par: Kishore Kumar is in great form.
@46,
Chori chori ana na tum khiidki tale: In Shaam dhale khidki tale there is a pleading not to whistle below the window, in this song there is a warning. Nice situation.
@47,
Aji darwaza kholo: A fun song with completely funky lyrics.
@50,
Suhani hai subah Banaras zaroo, hai shaam-e-avadh khubsoorat zuroor: Very interesting eulogy to a region. ‘Na khidki na jharokha‘: What to speak of a window, there is not even a jharokha!
@51,
‘Nainon ki khidki’, ‘Dil ka jharokha’: In my write-up, I referred to such idiomatic usage when ‘darwaza/khidki/jharokha’ are used in conjunction with another word. Nice examples.
@52,
Hawa sard hai khidki band kar lo: If you see my 1st song, Thandhi thandhi saawan ki fuhaar, piya aaj khidki khuli mat chhodo, ‘Hawa sard hai’ khidki band kar lo’ is literally the same. But what a contrast in the context which changes the meaning!
@53,
Darwaza khula chhod ayi neend ke maare: ‘Tik tap tik tap tik tap’ creates a very special effect. It reminds you of ‘Choli ke peechhe kya hai’ – Ila Arun and Yalka Yagnik as singers and the chorus suggestive dance, picturisation seem to be a conscious referencing.
Mr Joseph @49,
Drawaza dil ka: Using it idiomatically expands its possibilities. The director is free from the need for showing a door.
@50,
Chaukath is the boundary line between inside and outside. Nice that we are getting some songs with this word too.
Dr Shetty @54,
Thaade rahiyo O baanke yaar re: Nice recall. ‘Opening the door slowly’ is mildly erotic. Thanks for mentioning this song.
KB @55,
I have not heard this song. Sems to be nice.
Hello AK
I liked your recent article of songs and matter of understanding of the Hindi producers’ use of the windows and doors.
The Film “Khidki” is not mentioned by you. It was a landmark film and his association with Santoshi who was writer, director of the film.
There are a number of songs in the film “Khidki” which created barn-breaking riots in the film houses. Most of all the song “Kismet Hamaare Saath Hai” in women’s voices created great Hulla Gulla!
Rehana, the lead actress of the film, freely acted many scenes that female actresses tried later in the eighties to imitate. She was associated with Pandit Santoshi even though he was married. Santoshi showered on her with many gifts of golden jewelleries and one day she took them and flew to Pakistan. However, the life style she got with Santoshi was soon disappeared and she died in poverty.
Khidki had a feast of songs. It had 10 songs and C Ramchandra had used as many as 9 singers in this film, namely, Lalita Deolkar, Mohantara Ajinkya, Shamshad, Lata,Geeta, Amirbai, G.M.Sajan, Chitalkar and Mohd.Rafi. The song-”Hum Hind ki hai naariyan,jalati hui chingariyan” sung by Mohantara Ajinkya (later Talapade) had also became very popular.
Many Hindi films have windows and doors where women always stand. In actual life as well Indian people use windows or doors for just standing to see or take in the air. In the western world windows are kept shut because of the cool draft and more or less they are curtained and rarely used to view outside world.
The Hitchcock film “Rear Window” could have been set in New York in summer.
In the film ‘Awara’, Raj kisses Nargis acting as Rita in the window of her house after putting a locket as a birthday present that was picked from his father’s pocket without knowing he was his father. When she showed it to her foster father Prithviraj Kapoor, he realized that that was the locket he bought for Nargis for her birthday. And Raj Kapoor slowly shies away to avoid the embarrassment.
Shalan Lal.,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation and your detailed comments.
I remembered ‘Khidki’ but I could not find any ‘khidki’ song in it. But thanks for so much information about the film.
I remember that scene from ‘Awara’ very well. A puzzled Nargis remarks something like, Today strange things are happening. Someone brings necklace, but the box is missing; someone gives the box, but there is no necklace in it. As she makes this casual comment, suddenly she looks at the disappearing Raj and the whole situation dawns on her.
I googled for the meaning and got this
Chaubara
कमरा जिसके चारो ओर दरवाजे या खिडकियां हो.
Mr Muli,
Thanks a lot. Fits here. In general I was trying to compare all the features of a house.
An unusual combination for an unusual song
SD , Pt Narendra Sharma and Manmohan Krishna combine to provide this breezy number
Zhat khol de kiwad pat khol de – Afsar
https://youtu.be/TE5oqYi1RNQ
Mr Muli,
Thanks a lot for this song. This gives another word for ‘door’ – पट. And you instantly remember ‘Ghunghat ke pat khol re tohe piya milenge’.
AK ji,
Yes, ksbhatia Pa ji is no longer with us and my good friend N Venkataraman ji is temporarily indisposed, but recovering fast for the Pujo season. For both of them, I have dozens of beautiful songs.
Just a sample..
Rafi Saab was associated with 3 LAILA MAJNU s from the 40s to the 70s as a singer for extras,and later for the Hero. He also appeared on the screen in one of them ( probably , he has done it just one more time later ) . One song came to my mind at the very first reading of the post, but I kept on thinking there is more . Yes, in 2 of these movies, we have multiple songs fitting the theme.
More later.
Songs I mentioned was part of the Raton ka Raja songs mere liye aati hai shaam where a particular part says Khidki khule mujhe bulaye …
AKji opened just a window and the rich discussions flooded through the door(s)..
I ma in the process of opening up all other doors so that I can taken all the songs and then enjoy them.
Dr Shetty @67,
Your teaser has created enough interest.
AK@62
Thank for your comment and mentioning the reaction of Nargis with slow understanding that She has fallen in love with some one who is a skilled thief. In her next acting scene on the Juhu Beach in Bombay there is duet in which Raj declare he is a thief and she answers in her bit he should not go on crushing her heart regardless.
Perhaps this was the most successful film of RK after his film Barasaat.
There is an earlier comment of Prithviraj as Judge Raghunath “Chor Ka Ladaka Chor Hota Hai”
An extremely well written film and also well acted by all the participants.
Khidki has many songs addressed from Khidki and perhaps this was the first film in which male against female and vice versa songs were acted out..
The posters of this film were appeared at many places “Rehana Siting on the window ledge. This also appeared as the front cover of “Filmindia” of Baburao Patel.
Many readers of this post also made good comments on this article.
Congratulations to all of them.
Shalan La
To all the readers of the post and beyond:
Now that AK has opened the windows and doors in the SoY and Hindi Films let us hope there has occurred plenty of ventilation in the SoY.
We need ventilation very much after the longest period of Covid -19 hung over all the parts of the world.
I suggest there are many songs in the Hindi films from the days of the New Theatres and Bombay Talkies and other contemporary films companies that they have made great efforts to create freedom of the Outdoor:_Khuli Hawa, Khuli Sadak and so on.
So Outdoor Songs could be a good subject. Similarly many songs have been supposedly sung in the garden could be a separate subject. Within that Flowers and”Bhawaras” like “Guna Gunate Bhaware Kali, Kali Chume etc
There is a Jungle theme as well. And terrace as well songs like “Too Raat mein Chhat Khadi Thi main Samza Ki Chand Nikala — etc So there could be many “Chhat Songs”!
Many subjects could be found. Some great writers in the Soy Blog could take up the challenge and work out the categories.
Presently I am not well to work seriously as I am many times deliriously sleepy.
Shalan Lal
AKji, I too had plans of doing a post on songs referring to the Khidki/dwar. This was a case of logical progression after doing songs of the terrace (https://anitamultitasker.wordpress.com/2020/08/16/the-terrace-songs/) & https://anitamultitasker.wordpress.com/2020/08/30/the-terrace-songs-part-2/) .
However, I never got down to listing them. There is such a big window of opportunity in the window songs.
Once I had heard this thought provoking line which has somehow stayed with me – हम एहसास की खिड़की तो खोल देते हैं पर शर्म का परदा लटका देते हैं .
Coming to songs (which have not been mentioned):-
There is a song from Babul Ki Galiyan. Though it sounds pretty scandalous, it is actually quite adorable. The hero wants the heroine’s window to be kept open at night . Before we jump to conclusions, maybe the lyrics of Rajinder Krishan should be read. The lines are :-
ik chiz maangte hai hum tumse pahli baar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch0i70bhRlQ
ik cheez maangte hain hum tumse pehli baar
pehle cheez ka naam batao
dekho hum par shak na lao
ulti sidhi cheez kabhi na maange sachcha pyaar
achhi si farmayish karna
sunne se pahle kya darna
maango baba kuchh bhi maango,
maangu ha ha
dil par rakh kar hath karo pahle humse ikrar
ik cheez maangte hain hum tumse pehli baar
ae ae, bolo
maangu chhota sa nazrana, haye itna lamba afsaana
jaldi se kah do, kah to raha hu
raat ko khidki khol ke rakhna, haay raam tum aaoge
ha ha ha raat ko khidki khol ke rakhna
do naino se bol ke rakhna, aage bolo
yahi aaye mere sapne to ye kar na de inkaar
Another song which refers to the khidki is my favourite from Chhote Nawab – Ghar Aaja Ghir aaye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAUXqsaLYd0
….suna suna ghar mohe dasne ko aaye rey
khidki pe baithi baithi sari rain jaye rey
Shalan Lal @72,
Thanks a lot for giving us many themes to think over. I find that many are already covered, such as:
Chhat
Flowers
Bee
Our film songs are an inexhaustible source of interesting themes. Many a time you scratch you brain for new ideas. Sometimes you have a sudden epiphany.
Anita,
Do write your post. I am sure you would come up with something new.
Your analysis of Ek cheez maangte hain is excellent.
Beautiful’khidki’ songs you have added. One compartment of my brain was thinking of ‘khidki’ songs, another compartment is involuntarily flooded with murder mysteries. In Sherlock Holmes’ ‘The Copper Beeches’ a young woman is hired as a governess at a high salary. The employer’s only condition is that she should wear her hair short, sit in profile in a blue dress at the window and laugh on his jokes. That was enough for Holmes to suspect that the game was afoot. In this story, the window is not merely an opening to the outside world, it is an integral part of the story.
Pati Patni aur Woh 1978
Ravindra Jain – AB – Mahendra, Asha, Sushma Shreshtha
Thande thande paani se nahaana chahiye…..
…..kehdo padosiyon se kya
jhaanke na khidkiyon se
darwaza khatkhataya lagta hai koi aaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMk5NvxN-6g
Phool aur Patthar 1966
Ravi – Shakeel – Asha
Diya na bujha mere ghar ka mere taqdeer ke malik
sunle pukar aayi aaj tere dwar leke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5qdax5CFqk
Aankhen 1968
Ravi – Sahir – Lata
Meri sun le araj banwari
tere dwar khadi dukhiyari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySYa46jhGk
Heeralal Pannalal 1978
RDB – Verma Malik – KK
O padosan ki ladki tukhe dekh tabiyat bhadki
na band kar khidki nazaara lene de
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4DkGO_eMHg
Baraat at the door…
Vivah 2006
Ravindra Jain – Sudesh Bhosle, Ravindra Jain
Dulha ban gaya oye…
….tere dware pe aayi baraat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36oG0GKlVBs
Shraddhanjali 1981
Hemant Bhosle – Anjaan – Shobha Gurtu
Saiyan doli leke aaye tere dwar
savere leke jayenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RUemBdnS1I
A typically 80s average song….
Karm Yudh 1985
Bappi – Anjaan – Shabbir, Chandrani, Abhijeet
Mere dware pe baraat aayi
aayi hai kaisi dhoom machaati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQt8d1ePxO0
Chashme Buddoor 1981
Rajkamal – Indu Jain – Yesudas, Hemanti Shukla
Kali ghodi dwar khadi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJAW8aWAyw4
I am a regular visitor to this beautiful blog and I am not surprised if the best song in the genre is left behind. It is just keeping up the past trend .
I may be wrong but per me the best song lyrics , composition and picturization wise is Geeta Bali and Bhagwan dada song from ALBELA
“Sham dhale khidki tale tum seeti bazaana chhod do …” .
There are lot of comments by readers and I accept I have not gone through all of them . May be some reader has mentioned it.
AK ji
Going with the title of the theme most of the songs have been romantic, teasing or fun filled. The The fun and romance with khidki and kiwad degenerated into inanities bordering on vulgarities in 1980s. Sample these songs
Kahi ho na muhalle me halla by no less a person than Shobha Gurtu and
Angana me baba obivously Govind gyrating in David Dhawan runway hit Aankhe .
There are exceptions though like
Karoge yaad to posted by Pradip ji
Interestingly dar or darwaja seems to be the word used in songs that are serious ( tere dar pe aaya hoon) . Khidki does not seem to be
favorite for serious songs
But the most powerful use of khidki to express travails of a Bandini was by Shailendra ( Rajesh ji has posted jogi jabase from this film) in
O panchi pyaare – Asha – SDB
Main khidki se chup chup dekhu
Rut Basant ki aayi
In the simplest of words Shailendra expresses the whole range of sorrow, remorse and anguish. On the other hand in the
Opening lines before the mukhada he uses a very uncommon word akulaye. I don’t think any other song using this word,though for the discerning it is not difficult to understand its meaning given the context in which it is used,
https://youtu.be/YpjxmxOCcH8
Another poignant number this featuring SDB but as a singer
Doli me bithayake – Amar Prem- AB- RDB
https://youtu.be/KZwpZGtEd0M
Dr Deshpande @76,
The neighbours would always peep through the window, you have to keep your window closed. Nice use of both door and window.
@77,
Bowing at the door of the divine is a commonly used idiom which could be dwar, duar, chaukhat or dar (दर).
@78,
Nice song, a superhit at its time. Same thoughts as above.
@79,
Very blunt song.
@80, 81, 82,
Baraat arriving at the door is another common theme. You are covering different types nicely.
@83,
Kali ghodi dwar khadi: This semi-classical song the guru is teaching his disciple. I suppose it refers to the same situation.
Avinash Kumar @84,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Great to know that you are a regular follower of this blog. How can one forget ‘Sham dhale khidki tale’! I have mentioned this song in my write-up. The very first comment on this post by Mr S Joseph gives link of this song.
Mr Muli @85,
Thanks a lot for your very insightful comments. Surrendering oneself at the दर or द्वार of the divine is a very South Asian or oriental usage. I don’t think this notion exists in Christianity. There is a concept of ‘confession’ but through an intermediary.
You have mentioned one poignant use of khidki. There must be many more. Hope now the readers would try to explore. Shahjahan was imprisoned in Agra fort by his son Aurangzeb. He spent away rest of his life looking at the mausoleum of his beloved. In Satyajit Ray’s Charulata, there is a poignant scene shown in a playful way – the lovelorn wife is excited when she hears the damru of a madari on the pathway below her window. She puts on her binoculars and there is feeble smile on her lips. As the madari moves on, Charulata goes to the other window and again looks at this trivial scene, and she hops from window to window until the madari disappears from the view. She has to wait for something else happening to break the tedium of her life. In Hindi films these are perfect scenes for a sad ‘khidki’ song.
A few songs I had thought of are posted by dear Dr Rajesh ji.
I would like to mention one iconic song.
Babul ki duvayen lete jaa..
…
Us Dwar se bhi dukh door rahe
Jis Dwar se tera Dwar mile..
This song scores higher on the romantic scale due to the use of doors / windows on screen though there is no reference either to doors or windows in this song . ( The song @ 4 also did not refer to doors /windows). Most of the songs covered under this post have reference to doors/windows.
‘ Jab jaag uthe…’/ 1963 / BIN BAADAL BARSAAT/ Shakeel Badayuni / Hemant Kumar/ Hemant
https://youtu.be/qhljXXFmb7Y
A romantic song around a window that remains closed
‘ Meri dushman hai…/ 1978 / MAI TULSI TERE AANGAN KI / Anand Bakshi / LP / Rafi
https://youtu.be/eh4sUKO8OBo
Dr Shetty @89,
Bride leaving the obverse dwar of her Babul is the converse of baraat arriving at the dwar of the bride.
Mr S Joseph @9o,
Wo jharokhe se jhankein. ‘Jharokha’ is a small window.
@91,
Meri dushman hai wo is song #5.
AK ji
Thanks for your appreciation
You had mentioned pat as another variant of darwaja.
Here are 2 beautiful pat songs both composed by composers hailing from Maharashtra
1 Radha na bole – Azad – Rajinder Krishan – C Ramchandra – Lata
https://youtu.be/bMd_Ab7U8VU
I am fascinated by the way antara ” yaad karo Jamuna kinare” is rendered
2 Hole hole ghunghat pat khole – Goonj Uthi Shahnai – Bharat Vyas- Vasant Desai – Lata Rafi and Chorus
https://youtu.be/cgg3Ze0ac2A
Interestingly in hindi songs when there is pat it seems to be preceded by Ghoonghat and no other material will do ( afsar song is an exception) .
And one of the most tantalising use of non existent jharoka
Ab ke sajan sawan me – Chupke Chupke- AB-SDB – Lata
Itne bade Ghar me nahi
Ek bhi jharoka.
https://youtu.be/fcmJOEoyi8g
Mr Muli,
Interesting observation about ghoonght-pat. But there is no grammar rule that the two have to come in tandem. Since mandir’s pat also opens and closes there must be songs on this theme.
Jis Dware pe ghar ki bahu Rangoli sajaati hai
Us Dware se ghar ke andar Lakshmi jaati hai…
JEEVAN JYOTHI.
Jaaoon toh kahan jaaoon sab kuch yahan hai
…..
Tere Dwar aake jaana nahin…
ANAMIKA
Pardesi aaya des mein
…
Aake mere Dware pe ,haaye bada mauke se
..
Tan man mein jhank liya palkon ke Jharoke se
Some nice imagery here.
PRATIGYA
AK ji
As usual you are right. There should be pat songs sans the ghoonghat. This beautiful composition of RDB is one of them where Majrooh saab uses pat and dwar in the same line
Jiya Na Lage mora – Buddha mil gaya – Lata
Kahe pat khola tune mere dwar ka
https://youtu.be/9zxjUNb56ZI
Meri Jung 1985
LP – AB – KK, S Janaki, Javed Jafri
Bol baby bol rock n roll…
….dil mein bas jane de mujhko
dil ke sab darwaze khol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zywy9lU2vOY
Now, the lady’s asking to open dil ka darwaza…
Hifazat 1987
RDB – AB – Asha
Dil ka darwaza khol de
mujhe dil ke andar aane de
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxYD5RYnhvk
Here the lady is one step ahead…the dil ka darwaza is already open but with a plan to clean up the pockets
Main Khiladi Tu Anari 1994
Anu Malik – Rahat Indori – Alka
Dil ka darwaza khula hai raja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmagwQ8fp3Q
A different and nice song urging to open the doors of inner artistic skills…
Taare Zameen Par 2007
SEL – Prasoon Joshi – Raman Mahadevan
Kholo kholo darwaze parde karo kinare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIaUYKLg5S4
Arre! Rajesh ji,
You are posting many songs I thought of.
Opening the doors is integral to the theme of TZP..Prasoon Joshi and SEL did a wonderful job.
Another song…
Bum Bum Bole
Masti mein dole..
…
Oye, band Darwaze khol re…
Dr Shetty @96,
Goddess Lakshmi coming through a door is a popular theme. Here it is incentivised by the rangoli made by the Ghar ki Lakshmi.
@97,
Agree with you, very nice imagery.
Mr Muli @98,
‘Dwar ka pat’: So far we were using ‘dwar’ and ‘pat’ synonymously. Now this song makes the difference clear – ‘dwar’ is the generic opening in a wall. ‘Pat’ refers to the physical wooden (or now steel) object which shuts or opens. Thanks for this addition.
There used to be two very interesting bloggers Harvey and Samir when I started. They had a whacky way of looking at the words. They would have given following more synonyms you could never think of:
चित भी मेरी पट भी मेरी
झट पट
लड़की पट गयी
Now their blogs have been dormant for several years.
Dr Deshpande @99, 100, 101,
Three songs on the trot on ‘Dil ka darwaza’! Does it have to do with your profession where opening the heart is a normal phenomenon?
@102,
In the context of the story of the film, ‘Kholo kholo darwaaze, parde karo kinaare’ has a very deep meaning.
Dr. Shetty @103
I am glad I am following my senior in recollecting same songs.
And its great to see you back in form.
Here’s the link to the Bum bum bole song…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1NIIdHhXs
AKji @ 106
Yes, Cardiac surgery or even heart transplant is quite common in medical field today.
As medical students, we used to find all these poetic references to ‘dil’ quite strange, especially after you study the anatomy and physiology of heart.
‘Dil ki dhak dhak’ used to be referred as Cardiac murmur and ‘dil ki khidki’ as heart valve.
Here’s one disco song of the 80s talking about open dil ki khidkiyan and closed doors
Mera Yaar Mera Dushman 1987
Bappi – Gulshan Bawra – Mahendra, Shailendra, Manhar
Kuchh ladke kuchh ladkiyan
band karke darwaza aur khol ke dil ki khidkiyaan
dance karte hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfXkiunCkfo
Dr Deshpande,
I understand what you must be feeling as a professional doctor about all the ‘Dil’ songs. Some day I might write on this. The song seems to describe an OT whose doors have to be obviously closed before you open the windows of the heart.
Anita Multitaskar @73
Thanks for referring to your two articles part one and part two on the songs on “Chhat” and your explanation about them in Delhi area.
Both articles have been very informative and delightful writings.
If you have added the information about Chhat in the other parts of India it would have been better as well.
I travelled in India and would like to go around in India as many times as possible.
India creates a deep passion in me.
It seems that the songs you have mentioned mostly create the Punjabi culture and Punjabi domination on the Hindi cinema.
I found architecture wise Rajasthan is very rich. And they too have roofs or “Chhats” on their houses.
But they excel more in the windows and shaded lookout areas for women as they came more or so under the tension from Khilji to Moghul invasion. Akabar the great always had his annual pretending hunting trip in Rajsthan to collect monies and young girls for his Harems. (A book called “Who says Akbar the Great” written by a Delhi Professor of history called P.N.Oak is very interesting).
So Rajsthan developed the housing styles to protect themselves and their women.
Hawa Mhal in the pink city is a very good example.
Yet their doors and windows are very artistic and in todays art collected words these are collectors items.
Here in on London I saw Rajastani Door of the old era was auction at one million pounds.
Gujrati houses of the same period are also up in the market. In one of my trip to Karnataka there also very old houses that have their windows and doors extremely rich in artwork.
Shalan Lal
It is Maha Navami. Pujo will come to an end. Time for me to post my special songs for N Venkataraman ji and late ksbhatia Pa ji.
LAILA MAJNU, 1945.
Sakhi ki khair
Mai Baba ki khair
…
..
Dar par tere aaye Sawali
Khairat dedena
Rafi, G M Durrani,Chorus ; Govind Ram.
In another song from the movie by the same team…Tera jalwa jisne dekha…Rafi appears on the screen as an extra.
LAILA MAJNU, 1953.
Bhar de jholi Alla naam
Sakhi ki khair Mai Baba ki khair
..
Dar par tere sada lagaye andhe, Fakir, Peer…
Rafi, Talat Mehmood, Chorus; Ghulam Mohammad.
LAILA MAJNU, 1976
Sahir, Madan Mohan, Jaidev.
1. Tere Dar pe aaya hoon
Kuch karke jaoonga…
Rafi.
2. Hoke maayoos tere Dar se
Sawali na gaya..
Rafi, Aziz Nazan, Chorus.
3. Ye deewane ki zid hai
Apne deewane ki khatir.
..
Tere Dar se main khali laut jaoon
Kya qayamat hai…
Rafi.
So, my favorite search for the highest number of songs from a single movie fitting the theme rests here!
AK, @ 105
There is another dimension to पट. When Seeta runs away in Seeta Aur Geeta, her chachi says :
मुझे तो उसके लच्छन ठीक नहीं लग रहे थे, बहुत पट-पट दीदे चलने लगे थे.
Dr Shetty @111,
Searching songs from three ‘Laila Majnus‘ is absolutely brilliant.
Hans @112,
Another creative variation of ‘pat’ used as double word. There is no limit to explore wild alternatives. 🙂
Shalanji,
I am happy to find you in good health and also still remembering stories of the old like Rehana’s. Regarding the khidki thing, I think it is basically need of the city folks and since the European countries have more of the urban population, they are more important for them. India lives in villages and in old times hardly there was any need for khidkis because of big aangans etc. Even when I was young a number of houses were kutcha and there were not even doors. In such a situation window was a luxury. Nowadays there are proper houses but khidkis for viewing are still very less.
In literature there are number of mentions. Drama of Romeo Juliet is one and Guy De Maupassant’s famous story The Signal is based on a window. AK has also mentioned some instances.
There has been mention of many variants and also assumptions like if there is parda then there should be a darwaja or khidki. I also posted one such song. Now in the Bobby song ‘hum tum ik kamre men band ho, aur chabi kho jaye’. Here we deduce from chabi there is some taala, from taala that there is some door. So is it eligible. Jharokha has been accepted. So perhaps ‘dil ke jharokhe men tujhko bithakar’ would qualify. There was a song ‘tujhe dil men band kar loon dariya men phenk doon chabi. Can anybody guess here dil is considered like a door or jharokha.
Now let me post a Johny Walker song with a difference, where he is constructing a love house – ‘aashiq hoon apne pyar ke jauhar dikhaunga’ from Kaun Apna Kaun Paraya. In the antara he is fitting a khidki of intezar:
दिल की जमीन पे डाल के बुनियाद प्यार की
दीवार इक उठाऊंगा सब्रो करार की
फिर उसमें इंतज़ार की खिड़की लगाऊंगा
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHyKaTSkKBw
Now in this desh bhakti song ‘jahan daal daal par sone ki chidiya’, there is a mention of the ‘taala’ not for closing the door, but only to tell that ‘kisi nagar aur kisi dwar par koi na taala dale’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0kPkqkrHPk
The song is ‘aaya aaya atariya pe koi chor’ from Mera Gaon Mere Desh. We could have qualified the song through the long route by saying, if he came to atariya he would come via a door or khidki (jharokha is a bit small). But, this ‘muskil’ has been made ‘aasaan’ by these lines in the antara:
‘man upar neeche, khidki ke peechhe, ankhiyon ko meeche.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAsbumq6VV8
Ak ji , Hans ji
Hans ji has mentioned
Aaya aaya arariya pe
Dharmendra was involved in a similar situation in Pratigya though with Hema and now he does not stop at atariya. Another similarity is that like aaya aaya atariya pe here the detailed explanation is in first antara.
In the opening line itself this immigrant completes the distance from des to dil via gaon and ghar.
Pardesi aaya des me – Lata – AB- LP
https://youtu.be/hi-sdfuv7G4
Aake mere dware pe hai re bade mauke se
SANYASI
Sun Bal Brahmachari,
Main hoon Kanya..
…
Aake khadi hoon
Dware tere..
Lata, Mukesh.
Tu mera din hai
Main teri raat, Aajaa..
..
Choron ke maal sab chor le gaya
…
Khidki se dekhoongi taaron ki baaraat..
Suman Kalyanpur, Mukesh.
In this hatke SK song, she gives playback to 3 dancers. Lata repeated the fete later in AAA singing for the 3 heroines.
There are 3 clues in the 3 stanzas of the song.
Rahul Muli ji,
Pardesi 11th ko hi des mein aa chuka hai.
Just in a lighter Vein, please. We all miss sometimes.
Hans @116,
Your ‘Bobby’ question: It cannot be ‘jharokha’, it is not possible to lock it. It is a small opening in a wall, which had sometimes iron bars. Its main purpose was ventilation and light. In havelis in Rajasthan, it had ‘jaalis’. Lutyens and Baker used widely as an interesting architectural feature in Viceroy House (now Rashtrapati Bhawan) and North and South Blocks. Womenfolk in havelis watched processions or other public celebrations through the ‘jaali’.
‘Intezar ki khidki’ is an interesting imagery. Heard for the first time.
Mr Muli@118,
This is an interesting decreasing Arithmetic Progression. ‘Dil’ seems to be very helpless. First the pardesi enters the ‘dil’imperceptibly (if it was with the lady’s acquiescence, she has no right to crib), and refuses to leave.
Dr Shetty, @ 120
Those who dont provide links do not have a right to protest. 😉
Muli ji, @ 118
In the same film when Dharmendra goes to Hema’s house and she shuts the door on his face and says ‘yes’ he sings ‘main jat yamla pagla deewana’ and she watches through the ‘khidki’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX20aH-yWmU
Here is a song from film Duniya. ‘Tu hi meri laxmi tu hi meri chhaya, duniya men aaya to teri khatir aaya, o laxmi chhaya’. This is a song about three doors and three females and three rings, but the words door or window are not there. Laxmi Chhaya must have felt proud when a song containing her name was written and filmed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1bINksPrVM
AKji and dear fellow friends of SoY,
My greetings to all.
Still lurking outside the house of SoY,
Like a stranger, peeping through the parted curtains on the windows,
trying to find the familiar faces and my space inside.
Please keep the door open, I shall be home very soon.
BTW what is meaning of Dil-e-Daar/ Dar-e-Dil ?
A 1950 song using ‘jharokha’ . We hear Surinder Kaur in this .
‘ Jhank jharoke se…’ / 1950 / SABAK / DN Madhok / Allah Rakha Qureshi / Rafi, Surinder Kaur
https://youtu.be/rXig7HIouxU
Use in ‘ Dil ka darwaza…’
‘ Dil ke darwaze…/ 1956 / BADSHAH SALAMAT / PL Santoshi / Bulo C Rani / GM Durrani , Geeta Dutt
https://youtu.be/wiJ_pIDzLQ4
Chandu ke chacha ne …looks easy in front of
Khadak Singh ke khadkne se
Khadakte hain Khidkiyan
Khidkiyon ke khadkne se
Khadkta hai Khadak Singh!
Mushkil hai, right?
Kitna Mushkil hai ye gaana
Zara gaake sunaana…
Chanda chamke cham cham
Venkataramanji @126,
Welcome back to your SOY home. There was a little girl, his dad took her to a building. The disoriented girl seemed lost in another world, as if she was having visions of her previous birth: I seem to be familiar with this place. I remember everything, I used to come here, and this is the place I used to play. And I now remember this too, and that too. Her father shook her out of her dream, this used to be your school before the Lockdown.
‘Dar-e-dil’ should be door of the heart. We know ‘dildaar’ – Chalo dildaar chalo – but dil-e-daar?
Hansaji @115 and many other places.
Thanks for your comments and added information.
I always like to read your comments as they are full of knowledge and also right for the occasion.
After AK’s articles and comments you add your elaborate and apt comments.
Just thought about the discussion going on about “Dwaar and Pat” I would like to mention that the word Daar an easy version of Dwaar seems to have gone in the Islamic world very long time ago.
A town in South Africa is called “Dar-e-Salam” which means the door of peace.
Shalan La
Shalan La (La is shortened version of Lal which again is the shortened version of Lalavani. In English there are two kinds of L one is soft and other is hard. If the L is not followed by any one of the (“a-e-i-o-u”) then it becomes soft and hardly pronounced.
Rafi again.
Laila Majnu again.
DASTAN E LAILA MAJNU, 1974.
Dar pe aaye hain Sawali …
2 versions.
Iqbal Qureshi.
Iqbal Qureshi.
Dar pe aaye hain kasam le…
Rafi.
LOVE IN SHIMLA.
Darwaza band tha
Khidki khuli thi…
Asha, Dilraj Kaur.
MERA NASEEB, 1989.
EK MUSAFIR EK HASEENA
Humko tumhare ishq ne kya kya bana diya..
…
….
Dekha tumhara Dar ko toh sar jhukha diya..
Rafi, OPN
UTSAV
Saanj dale gagan tale..
..
Jugnu ke Pat ode niklegi raat abhi
Ye Bikaner ki Chameli, Malan albeit, jo aayee hai badi door ( Hindi ) se…
waiting at the door ( English )badi der se.
Mera naam hai Chameli..
…
O Daroga Babu, Zara Darwaza kholo
Khadee hoon Darwazze pe badi der se.
Dr Shetty,
The flower-girl from Bikaner had no romantic inclinations. She was just enticing the darogaji so that he opened the door for her to execute her plans.
Ak ji
Two songs on khidki, and closed one at that both by AB LP combination.
1 Shadi ke liye – Devi – Rafi
This tune may have been used by LP for number of songs one that immediately strikes is o phirki wali
Sanjeev Kumar for once going overboard with stylized acting
https://youtu.be/CWKzitguj10
2 Bhor bhaye panghat pe -SSS- Lata
In the last antara Zeenat says
Main du gali , main du zhidaki
Main na kholu band khidki
https://youtu.be/UzxbJUY87Ig
And now we have chappar with band Kiwad
Denewala jab bhi deta – Funtoosh – SDB – Sahir – Kishor
Jisko dena chahe data
Band kiwad ukhad ke deta
https://youtu.be/dUIzQkNylT8
Mr Muli,
I wouldn’t say that ‘Shadi ke liye razamand kar li‘ has similar tune as ‘O phirkiwali‘, but I agree that LP developed a stock orchestration which became their signature tune. It had percussion, some strings, some wind instruments and above all a lilting melody. They generally used their preferred singers Rafi-Lata Mangeshkar-Mukesh. They discarded their stock tune and broke a new ground when they became a part of the Big Three, RDB-LP-KA. With Kishore Kumar solo or duets, they changed the style of their orchestration and interludes.
I like ‘Band kiwad ukhad ke deta‘ as companion to ‘Chhappar phaad ke deta‘. Had not noticed it earlier. Thanks.