Guest article by Ashwin Bhandarkar
(The regular readers of SoY are aware that Ashwin Bhandarkar is a BITS Pilani and IIM Calcutta alumnus and is an IT professional based in Pune. What makes him exceptional is that he has had over ten years of formal training in Hindustani classical music. This (Pun)dit (Pun)-e-kar, in a befitting यथा नाम तथा गुण, is also blessed with incorrigible punny bones which we have seen in plenty in his previous posts.
Ashwin continues his penchant for combining the profound with the light with the Title of this post, which is a cleverly crafted convoluted conundrum, which you can crack only if you are a cruciverbalist. Oh no, this is not how I write! This post must have infected me with a bug which you encounter in the very first sentence, and which permeates the entire article. You don’t have to specially look for it, you can’t miss it as it comes. But make no mistakes; Ashwin’s matter is never mundane, his mastery over music is magnificent, and the melody is always absolutely mellifluous.
Lastly, a little information about Ashwin’s perseverance with this post. He first appeared as a guest author on this blog over three years ago, and this post is also as old, because right then he had placed his handkerchief to reserve this topic for himself. After reading it, I can imagine why it has taken him so long. Now the hanky goes back to its holder until he or another guest author puts it to reserve a seat for another topic. Thanks a lot Ashwin for another superb post. – AK)
I’m sure that cryptic crossword buffs amongst SoY readers would have cracked the crossword clue that is the title of this post. Let me solve it for the others:
‘Dams’ is a synonym of ‘embankments’. In crosswords, ‘about’ is the cryptic clue for ‘Re’, the short form for the reference line in formal letters. ‘Breaching’ between ‘about’ and ‘embankments’ indicates that the solution is an anagram of ‘Re Dams’. Now, what is a 6-letter anagram of ‘Re Dams’ that means ‘fanciful ideas’? ‘Dreams’, of course! And, songs about dreams are what this article is about.
Some of you might accuse me of being an attention seeker for coming up with this click-bait of a title. Guilty as charged! But then, there was another reason for the choice – a weird or unconventional title will ensure that readers will remember the post for a long time to come, even if they do not recall the contents, especially if the contents do not measure up to the high standards of SoY posts. And I am sure that something similar was running through the minds of the makers of films with such unforgettable titles as Raja Rani Ko Chaahiye Paseena, Murde Ke Jaan Khatre Mein, Allah Meherbaan To Gadha Pehelwaan and so on. So in a way, I am only following in their illustrious footsteps. And in my defence, while I am not sure whether the contents of the afore-mentioned movies had anything to do with the respective movie titles or not, in the case of this article, the post does have everything to do with its title, or rather the cryptic meaning of the title!
With that little matter having been taken care of, and in keeping with SoY convention, let me devote some space to the topic of dreams per se before moving on to songs about dreams.
Humankind has been aware of dreams for a long time now, and dreams have found a place in the mythology, religion, philosophy, literature and arts of practically every culture over the ages. To cite but one example – in Hindu mythology, the whole of creation is said to be nothing but Vishnu’s dream. The underpinning of this myth is the realization that all creation is impermanent and hence illusory (Maya), like a dream. Almost every culture from the ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians to the ancient Indians and Chinese and from the Native Americans to the Aboriginal Australians has attempted to interpret dreams, usually to presage future events. Legend and literature across the world abound with stories in which dreams foretell the future. One well-known example is the dream that the Buddha’s mother (coincidentally, her name was Maya) had about a six-tusked white elephant entering her which meant that she had conceived a child who would rule the world or become a Buddha. Another is Calpurnia’s nightmare about Caesar’s assassination in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In fact, if one does a Pareto Analysis of sorts of Hindu legends about dreams, I am sure that 80% of such legends will have either the birth of a great personage or the location of an idol of a deity being foretold/revealed in the dream – I have cited some examples in the latter portion of this post. In modern times, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung made the analysis of dreams one of the cornerstones of modern psychoanalytic theory and practice. Dreams have also led to great scientific breakthroughs – August Kekulé famously discovered the structure of the benzene molecule after having a day-dream of a snake seizing its own tail and it was in a dream that Nobel Laureate Otto Loewi got the idea for the experiment that led to the discovery that transmission of nerve impulses is a chemical phenomenon. The seeds for great works of literature and art have been sowed in dreams – the source for the idea for ‘Frankenstein’ was a dream (nightmare?) that Mary Shelley had and the basic tune for ‘Yesterday’ came to Paul McCartney in a dream. Last but not least, the word ‘dream’ also has the meaning of ‘cherished aspiration, ambition or ideal’ or ‘fanciful ideas’, depending on one’s perspective, in most languages. Thus we have such gems as Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.
With all of what I have stated above, it is no surprise that humankind has sung about dreams through the ages and continues to do so. So now on to the songs! As usual, I will cover Hindi film songs first before moving on to other genres of Indian music. I have divided the film songs into several categories based on the meanings of the lyrics. Akin to the ‘management best practice’ of breaking bad news before giving good news, I will begin with songs that are sad and laden with despair, and then move on to the happier, peppier ones.
1. Shattered dreams/Dreams that were too good to be true
Pride of place in this category goes to Geeta Dutt’s first hit song – Mera sundar sapna beet gaya. She was Geeta Roy then and still in her teens when the movie was released. The song never fails to move me whenever I listen to it, not only because of the feeling that she has poured into it but also because the lyrics seem to mirror the tragic story of her life after she became Geeta Dutt.
One revelation that I had while listening to the song – the tune of the mukhda is almost identical to the tune of the line Mere sainya ko sandeswa laiyo ja from Chanda re ja re ja re from Ziddi, which was released a year after Do Bhai was released.
1.1 Mera sundar sapna beet gaya by Geeta Roy (MD – SD Burman, Lyricist – Raja Mehdi Ali Khan), from Do Bhai (1947)
The next song in this category is a Lata Mangeshkar song from Anokha Pyaar, which was released a year after the release of Do Bhai. There is another version of the song in Mukesh’s voice but for once, the version in the female voice is more appealing – at least to me, if not to others. I will never cease being bewitched by the sweetness and innocence in Lata’s voice during the first few years of her career, so much in evidence in this song.
1.2 Jeevan sapna toot gaya by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Anil Biswas, Lyricist – Zia Sarhadi), from Anokha Pyaar (1948)
Next, we savour the silken vocals of Talat Mehmood in a song, the lyrics and tune of which create a feeling of wistfulness and poignancy. The character in the song, played by Talat himself, seems to have resigned himself to his fate.
Please note the ghoda gaadi beat of the song – one more example of the influence of this signature OP Nayyar-rhythm on the work of his contemporaries, a topic that has been discussed earlier on this forum.
1.3 Raat ne kya kya khwaab dikhaaye by Talat Mehmood (MD – Salil Chowdhury, Lyricist – Shailendra), from Ek Gaaon ki Kahaani (1957)
The last ditty in this category is from a Dev Anand drama about diamonds and depicts a distraught damsel, distressed by a demolished dream, in a dinghy. What a masterpiece of a composition!
1.4 Rula ke gaya sapna mera by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – SD Burman, Lyricist – Shailendra), from Jewel Thief (1967)
2. Dreams as a metaphor for the mysteries that are life and death
Hindi film lyricists have often drawn parallels between the illusory and evanescent nature of dreams on one hand and the ambiguities of right and wrong, and the impermanence of all things in life, including relationships, on the other. The following two all-time classics are perhaps the best examples of this. In the second song, the reference to dreams takes the form of Janam maran ka mel hai sapna, yeh sapna bisra de in the second antara.
2.1 Zindagi khwaab hai by Mukesh (MD – Salil Chowdhury, Lyricist – Shailendra), from Jaagte Raho (1956)
2.2 Man re tu kaahe na dheer dhare by Mohd.Rafi (MD – Roshan, Lyricist – Sahir Ludhianvi), from Chitralekha (1964)
Now, let’s move on to some other types of song categorization. An interesting insight yielded by the exercise of song categorization that I did for this article was that dreams have been personified in all three grammatical persons – first, second and third – in Hindi film songs. What follow are examples of songs in each of these three categories.
3. Personification of dreams – First person
It would be the height of hubris for a hero to declare to his heroine, “I am your dream come true, so better love me”, but in the following song, we have the exact opposite situation – a dude who is depressed and who descends to the depths of Devdas-like despair while delivering a doleful ditty that goes “I am a dream, don’t love a dream”.
Main to ek khwaab hun by Mukesh (MD – Kalyanji-Anandji , Lyricist – Qamar Jalalabadi), from Himalay Ki Gode Mein (1965)
4. Personification of dreams – Second person
In this delightful ditty in drut tempo, the dashing and debonair Dev deludes each of the devis at the dance-do into believing that it is she to whom he is putting the question, “Are you a dream? Are you for real?”
Khwaab ho tum ya by Kishore Kumar (MD – SD Burman, Lyricist – Majrooh Sultanpuri), from Teen Deviyaan (1964)
5. Personification of dreams – Third person
In a supremely sweet-sounding ‘surrogate song’ (please refer to AK’s article on surrogate songs for the meaning of this AKism) of sorts, the singer sings of her sweetheart showing up as a sapna. I have termed it a surrogate song since Suraiya must have seethed at having to stand silently and have a Lata song picturised on her. Not to be missed is Premnath’s perfunctory percussion playing, totally out of sync with the song’s rhythm .
Sapna ban saajan aaye by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Jamal Sen, Lyricist – Kidar Sharma), from Shokhiyaan (1952)
Let us now proceed from personification-paaTTus* to pads on pipedreams, classified based on the possessive pronoun (my/our/your/their) used by the person singing the paaDal**.
* & ** – Tamil for ‘song’
6. My dreams
In this lovely song, it is the first person plural possessive pronoun (hamaare) that is used but it is apparent that the dreams being referred to are those of an individual.
Sudhir Phadke, the composer of this song, was not very prolific in Hindi films but gave some memorable songs, the best known undoubtedly being Jyoti kalash chaalke.
Aise hain sukh sapan hamaare by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Sudhir Phadke, Lyricist – Narendra Sharma), from Ratna Ghar (1955)
7. Your dreams
The heroine in the following song is euphoric that her beloved has realized his dreams but for some reason, he is pensive and preoccupied. In my opinion, the onomatopoeic usage of ‘chik chik chik cha cha chhai’ is what lends this song its charm. My hunch is that the tune for the song was inspired by the tune of Rabindranath Tagore’s Chhinna sikal paye niye but I have not been able to find anything on the Internet to corroborate this. I am sure that SoY sage Mr N Venkataraman will confirm this one way or the other.
7.1 Sach hue sapne tere by Asha Bhosle (MD – SD Burman, Lyricist – Shailendra), from Kala Bazar (1960)
7.2 Chhinna sikal paye niye by Asoktaru Bandyopadhyay (Lyrics & Music – Rabindranath Tagore)
8. Our dreams
The overwhelming majority of Indian films are stories of romantic relationships and since shared dreams are an integral part of such relationships, it follows that there ought to be songs about them in Hindi films. Here are two very well-known ones, both from the magic baton of SD Burman and from films starring Dev Anand, who seems to have become a mascot of sorts for this article.
8.1 Tere mere sapne by Mohammad Rafi (MD – SD Burman, Lyricist – Shailendra), from Guide (1965)
8.2 Hey maine kasam li by Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar (MD – SD Burman, Lyricist – Neeraj), from Tere Mere Sapne (1971)
9. Their dreams
This is a null set as far as I am concerned. One, because in Hindi, ‘Unke sapne’, for example, always has the meaning ‘Dreams about them’ rather than ‘Their dreams’. Two, because even the one or two songs that came close to conveying the meaning that I was looking for were so horrible that I thought it would be good maintain a healthy social distance between these songs and my article.
10. Queen/girl of my dreams
My first exemplar in this category is an iconic song in which the hero serenades the heroine, who is travelling on the Toy Train of Darjeeling, and calls her the queen of his dreams. The song is so evergreen that it is difficult to believe that more than half-a-century has passed since it hit the screen!
10.1 Mere sapnon ki rani by Kishore Kumar (MD – SD Burman, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi), from Aradhana (1969)
My second choice is the title song from an eponymous film starring the Dream Girl of Hindi films.
10.2 Dream Girl by Kishore Kumar (MD – Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi), from Dream Girl (1977)
I did find a couple of sapnon ka raja songs but did not find them worthy of inclusion in this curation.
11. Rendezvouses/conversations in dreams
This category abounds with songs and my Lata-bias resulted in my picking the following two songs with contrasting sentiments. Both songs have been picturised on Madhubala. In the first one, the nayika eagerly anticipates the arrival of her lover whereas in the second song, she is wistful and recalls the bitter-sweet moments of her encounters with her beloved. Unfortunately, I was not able to find the video for the second song, so we will have to make do with just the sound track.
11.1 Mere sapne mein aana re by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Shankar-Jaikishan, Lyricist – Shailendra), from Raj Hath (1956)
11.2 Sapne mein sajan se do baatein by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Madan Mohan, Lyricist – Rajendra Krishna), from Gateway of India (1957)
12. Dreams from our youth
Most people have fond recollections of their jawaani ke din and jawaani ke sapne and so does the character played by Waheeda Rehman in this song.
12.1 Sapne suhaane ladakpan ke by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Hemant Kumar, Lyricist – Shakeel Badayuni), from Bees Saal Baad (1962)
That brings me to the end of the Hindi film song section of this article… well, almost … because the article would be incomplete without a mention of the famed dream sequence from Awara. Several years ago, I had chanced upon this excellent write-up (link given below) on this landmark work. It is from a blog dedicated to how India’s traditional dance forms have been portrayed in Indian cinema, documentaries and archival footage, and it is run by Cassidy, an American lady. The blog is a treasure trove and so is every article in it, including this one. I really do not have anything to add to what has been stated therein, so all that I will do is to request SoYers to read the article, which also has a link to the video of the song sequence.
12.2 On the Awaara Dream Sequence
http://cinemanrityagharana.blogspot.com/2013/04/simkies-choreography-in-awara-dream.html
Let us now take a quick dekko at a few film songs in other languages. To ease the transition, we will begin with the Bangla version (or was it the original?) of a Hindi song.
13. Amar swapna tumi ogo by Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar (MD – Shyamal Mitra, Lyricist – Gauriprasanna Mazumdar), from Anand Ashram (1977)
Next is a devotional from a Kannada film. The song has nothing to do with the subject of this post but I have loved the song from childhood and my justification for sneaking it in is that the title of the film means ‘Two Dreams’. I hope this inclusion will earn me some brownie points with SoY enthusiast Dr. Shetty, which I will redeem on my next visit to Mangalore, the place where I hail from.
14. Poojisalende hoogala tande by S Janaki (MD – Rajan-Nagendra, Lyricist – Chitnahalli Udayashankar), from Yeradu Kanasu (1974)
Next, we have this Tamil film song considered to be a classic. It uses the Raga Chandrakauns and its sharp (shuddha) nishaad to great effect to convey the poignancy of the sentiments in the lyrics which contrast the unrealistic promises of dreams with the harsh realities of life. It seems Ilaiyaraja has cited this song as a major influence on his career.
15. Maalai pozhuthin mayakatthile naan kanavu kanden thozhi by P. Suseela (MD – Viswanathan-Ramamurthy, Lyricist – Kannadasan), from Bhagyalakshmi (1961)
To round off the film song section, we have this Marathi song sung by the least-known of the Mangeshkar siblings – Meena. An interesting personal note – Lata used to have a bank account with the Syndicate Bank branch in Kolhapur, of which my grandfather-in-law was the manager, so he was an invitee to Meena Mangeshkar’s wedding. He attended the wedding along with my mother-in-law, who was a teenager at that time.
16. Mani base ti swapni dise by Meena Mangeshkar (MD – Vasant Desai, Lyricist – P Sawlaram), from Kanchan Ganga (1954)
The following bhavgeets, based on ragas, make for a good bridge to the songs in the classical music section. The first – one of the earliest bhavgeets sung by Lata – is based on Raga Darbari Kanada. It was a great favourite of my late maternal grandmother, who used to sing it beautifully. The second song, sung by Asha, is based on Raga Gaud Sarang.
17. Tuza swapni paahile re gopala by Lata Mangeshkar (MD & Lyricist – Datta Davjekar)
18. Kaala paahile mee swapna gade by Asha Bhosle (MD – Shrinivas Khale, Lyricist – Yogeshwar Abhyankar)
We now sample a couple of bandishes on the topic of dreams from the world of Hindustani Classical Music. We begin with a rendition of the early morning raga Lalit recorded by the great Bhimsen Joshi for HMV. The lyrics of the vilambit bandish are as follows:
Sthaayi: Raina ka sapna ri main kaase kahoon ri apna
Antara: Sovat sovat aankhen khuleen jab, kou na paayo apna
19. Raga Lalit by Bhimsen Joshi
Next on is the rendition of Sapne mein aaye, a drut bandish in the early evening raga – Puriya – by DV Paluskar, whose brilliant career was cut short by his tragic and untimely death. The lyrics of the composition are attributed to Sadarang, the nom de plume of Niamat Khan, the prolific khayal vaggeyakara attached to the court of Mohammad Shah Rangeele in the 18th century.
20. Raga Puriya by DV Paluskar
We now move to the world of Carnatic Music. Carnatic Music would not have been the grand tradition that it is today had it not been for the magnificent compositions of the Trinity – Thyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastry. Coincidentally, they were all born in Tiruvarur, a village located in the Kaveri delta and well-known for its Shiva temple, within a span of 13 years in the late 18th century. While doing research for this article, I came to know that dreams played important roles in the life events of each of these great vaggeyakaras, and that the incidents around these dreams have been referred to by them in their compositions. For example, legend has it that the birth of Dikshitar was foretold in a dream to his father, Ramaswami, by the Goddess Balambika, following the propitiation of the Goddess by Ramaswami, and this has been alluded to in the two lines starting from bhaavaraagataala in Dikshitar’s kriti in Raga Kalyani, Bhajare re chitta Balambikaam. The following rendition of the kriti is by S Sowmya, a Sangeeta Kalanidhi with a doctorate in Chemistry to boot, among other accomplishments.
21. Bhaja re re chitta Balambikaam (Raga Kalyani, Composer – Muthuswami Dikshitar) by S Sowmya
(The song starts at 10:02.)
Dikshitar was a polymath and a veena player besides being a singer and a composer. His kritis, a majority of which are in Sanskrit, reflect the extent of his astounding polymathy. Of particular interest to followers of SoY will be the fact that, with the help of his violinist brother, Baluswami, he incorporated Western tunes into Carnatic Music, leading to a set of compositions known as Nottuswara (‘Nottu’ being the Tamil apabhramsa of ‘note’) and the violin finding a place in Indian Classical Music. He also sojourned to Kashi and learnt dhrupad and adopted Hindustani ragas such as Jaijaiwanti into Carnatic Music. The influence of the dhrupad ang can be seen in several of his compositions
Another incident in Dikshitar’s life has the Goddess Lakshmi appearing to him in a dream and telling him that he will never know material poverty. He then composes a song, Mangala devatayaa, in Her praise in the Raga Dhanyasi. Here is a rendition of this song by the veteran Seetha Rajan. Do note how Dikshitar, who used the nom de plume of Guruguha, ingeniously incorporates the name of the raga (ragamudra) into the sahitya of the kriti, splitting the name across two words (vibhakti) in the line Daridra dukkhaadi moordhanyaa Shiva nigrahayaa. This is a common feature in most of his kritis.
22. Mangala devatayaa (Raga Dhanyasi, Composer – Muthuswami Dikshitar) by Seetha Rajan
Let us move to Thyagaraja now. According to the legend, Lord Shiva in his form as Thyagaraja, the presiding deity of the temple in Tiruvarur, appeared to Thyagaraja’s father in a dream and told him that a son would be born to him and that he should be named Thyagaraja. Thyagaraja was born in 1767 and he composed hundreds of songs (some say over twenty two thousand but so far the count of known compositions is in the range of 700 – 800, depending on the source) during the course of his life. Most of these compositions are in Telugu and are on Lord Rama, his ishtadevata. Accounts of the life of Thyagaraja, who is venerated as a saint in the South, are full of many miraculous incidents and many of these provide the context for specific compositions. There is an incident in which his brother, incensed at the lack of Thyagaraja’s interest in amassing wealth, throws the idols of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana that Thyagaraja worships into the Kaveri, which is in spate. Thyagaraja is beside himself with grief and does not know how to find the idols till the Lord appears in a dream and tells Thyagaraja where to find them. An elated Thyagaraja retrieves the idols and composes the following song, in which he exults about having beheld the Lord. The rendition that I have selected is by the legendary Balamuralikrishna.
23. Kanugontini sri ramuni nedu (Raga Bilahari, Composer – Thyagaraja) by M Balamuralikrishna
In Giripai Nelakonna, which is believed to have been the last song that he composed, Thyagaraja sings about having a dream in which he saw the Lord standing on a hill and in which He promised Thyagaraja moksha. Thyagaraja attained samadhi a few days later. Let us listen to an instrumental rendition of this kriti. The artiste is the legendary violinist, Lalgudi Jayaraman.
24. Giripai nelakona ramuni (Raga Sahana, Composer – Thyagaraja) by Lalgudi Jayaraman
Finally, we come to Syama Sastri, the senior-most of the Trinity by age. As staunch a devotee of Devi as Thyagaraja was of Lord Rama, Syama Sastri was also an ordained priest of the Bangaru Kamakshi Amman Temple in Thanjavur. It is said that he was once asked by an elderly brahmin to visit Madurai and sing in praise of Goddess Meenakshi, the presiding deity of that ancient town. This person reappeared, this time in Syama Sastri’s dream, and reminded the latter about his request. Thereafter Syama Sastri went on a pilgrimage to Madurai and composed the Navaratnamalika, a set of nine Telugu compositions in praise of Goddess Meenakshi. Here are two of these compositions, respectively rendered by DK Pattamal, and MS Subbulakshmi, two of the Trinity of path-breaking women musicians in Carnatic Music, the other being ML Vasanthakumari.
25. Mayamma (Raga Ahiri, Composer – Syama Sastri) by DK Pattammal
26. Sarojadalanetri (Raga Sankarabharanam, Composer – Syama Sastri) by MS Subbulakshmi
(The song starts at 15:05.)
I will end my article with songs by three women, among the greatest mystics of India. The first one is a vachana by ‘Akka’ Mahadevi, a Veerashaiva mystic who lived in the 12th century. Akka, which means ‘elder sister’ was the honorific given to her by other Veerashaiva mystics/saints. Her story is similar to that of Meerabai. Besotted by Lord Shiva in His form of Chenna Mallikarjuna from her childhood, she is not able to come to terms with her marriage (to a king, according to some accounts), so throwing social norms to the winds, she leaves him to become a wandering ascetic. She becomes so engrossed in the thoughts and the worship of her chosen One that she even forgets to wear clothes. Her non-conformism is very evident in her more than 400 vachanas, all of which are in simple Kannada but have deep philosophical meaning. Here is a rendition of one of her well-known vachanas, tuned to Raga Pahadi by the great Mallikarjun Mansur, and sung by the brilliant Venkatesh Kumar. In it, she speaks about a dream in which her hand is taken by Chenna Mallikarjuna, who is visiting her to seek alms, dressed as a tribal.
27. Akka kelavva naan ondu kanasu kande by Venkatesh Kumar (Lyrics – Akka Mahadevi)
The second mystic poet whose work I feature here is Andal, the Tamil saint-poet of the 8th century. She is counted as the only woman in the list of 12 Azhwar saints of the Vaishnava tradition of Tamil Nadu, and is in fact worshipped as a Goddess. ‘Andal’ (pronounced AaNDaaL) means ‘she who ruled’ and refers to how Kodhai, which was her given name, ruled the heart of Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu), the presiding deity of the temple at Srirangam. It is believed that she was found under a tulsi plant by the Azhwar saint Periazhwar, the priest at the local Vishnu temple in the village of Srivilliputtur, and that he adopted her. According to legend, he catches her wearing the garland meant for the deity and he scolds her for her act but the Lord appears in his dream that night and instructs him to use only the garland worn by Andal for His worship. When she grows up, she insists on marrying Ranganatha and no one else and the Lord instructs the priests at the Srirangam temple to prepare for the wedding. When Andal’s palanquin arrives at the temple, she jumps out of it and runs to embrace the idol and becomes one with it. Andal is credited with two great poetic works in Tamil – the Thiruppavai and the Nacchiyar Thirumozhi. Both of these are full of her outpourings of love for the Lord. While the first-mentioned is very popular and is recited/sung by one and all during the month of Margazhi, the latter work is not sung so widely, possibly because of the erotic nature of some of the verses. The 143 paasurams (verses) of the Nacchiyar Thirumozhi (The Divine Sayings of the Goddess) are grouped into 14 thirumozhis, each of which is about an effort to hasten her union with Ranganatha. The 6th thirumozhi is made up of 10 verses in which Andal relates her dream to a thozhi (sakhi). The dream is about her wedding to the Lord and she describes the wedding in elaborate detail. The translation of this specific set of verses by Aurobindo can be found at http://svayambhu.blogspot.com/2015/08/andals-dream.html. The entire work is supposed to have come to Andal in a dream and therefore the 6th thirumozhi can be described as a dream within a dream!
The Nacchiyar Thirumozhi has been set to tune by the renowned senior musician, scholar and Sangeeta Kalanidhi, R Vedavalli, and the 6th set of verses can be heard from 40:51 to 45:34 in the recording below.
28. Nacchiyar Thirumozhi by R Vedavalli (Lyrics – Andal)
Bringing this post to a close is a work by Meerabai. Inarguably, the most well-known mystic poetess in India, she was a rebel who did not cow down in the face of the opposition to her Krishna-worship. In the following song, rendered by Lata, Meerabi tells her mother about a dream in which she marries the Lord. Incidentally, it seems Lata likes this song a lot since it has references to her father’s name (Deenanath) and to the name used by most to address her mother (Maai).
29. Maai mhano supnam paranyare dinanath by Lata Mangeshkar (Lyrics – Meerabai, MD – Hridaynath Mangeshkar)
With that, I come to the end of a post that took more than three years to translate from idea (dream?) to reality. I cannot believe I had SoYaed over the topic for so long but good sleep is a prerequisite for sweet dreams, so I guess it was all for the good. For now I am glad I can take back the virtual hanky that I threw in to reserve this topic… or maybe I will ask AK to reuse it as a place-holder for yet another topic for an SoY post….
Acknowledgments:
1. ‘The Times of India’ for the cryptic clue that is the title of this post.
2. The site https://www.scoopwhoop.com/Bollywood-Movie-Names-For-Dumb-Charades/#.y7sbte9ou for the weird movie titles.
3. My friends, V Siva Subramaniam and Venkatesh Panchapagesan, for the Tamil film song and the Ilaiyaraja-related information about it.
4. http://www.sriaim.com for S Rajam’s painting of the ‘Carnatic Music Trinity’ (picture at the beginning of the section on Carnatic music).
5. Muthuswami Dikshitar by TL Venkatarama Aiyar, National Book Trust for the information on Dikshitar and Bhaja re re chitta Balambikaam.
6. An uncredited PhD thesis on the Shodhganga online archive for the information on Mangala devatayaa.
7. Thyagaraja Aradhana Souvenir, a publication of Sruti, The India Music & Dance Society, Philadelphia for the information on Thyagaraja and Kanugontini.
8. My friend, Sriram V, for the selection of Giripai nelakona ramuni and the information about it, and for reviewing the portion of the post pertaining to the Trinity.
9. That longing for Mother by Rama Kausalya from ‘The Hindu’ for the information on Syama Sastri.
10. Wikipedia for the information on Akka Mahadevi.
11. http://lokabhiramam.blogspot.com for the meaning of Akka kelavva
12. My friend, Sushruti Santhanam, for her inputs on the Nacchiar Thirumozhi.
13. https://www.himalayanacademy.com/view/d11_rajam for S Rajam’s painting of ‘Andal’s Dream’ (picture at the top left hand corner).
Disclaimer:
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Ashwinji
You never do anything in parts. Here is a near booklet in size on this subject. I was toying with the idea of this theme “dream” for a long time and was held back for lack of songs as I am very poor in unearthing them. I now understand fully the meaning of pithy saying – haste makes waste. I would have brought out a humdrum article without polish. You have really mesmerised our blog master into granting full liberty in your indulgence. You must have played the right nagin tune for him to sway and bend to your wishes. Let me congratulate you on a top class article which has left nothing for others to suggest. It is complete by itself. Your article is blandeet mansuete.
Here is a song from Shahjahan by Saigal. Majrooh sultanpuri/Naushad.
Mere sapno kee raani – https://youtu.be/1f6ptiGGGMo?t=47
Awesome string Ashwin . Comprehensively addresses the subject. Keep it up. Very pleasant to read and listen
Mr Rangarajan,
Welcome to SoY.
Ashwin ji,
Good post with off-beat sub-plot topics.
The post comes with open floodgates for Dr. Shetty.
Inception (2010) was one kind of a movie on subconsciousness and dreams.
Let me add a song from an unreleased movie Ramu tho Deewana Hai
I think more songs from this film qualify here.
https://youtu.be/uzWZuXQINjw
Mahesh
Ashwin ji,
What a crackerjack of a post. Absolutely fantastic !!
Thanks for deciphering the title for me 🙂
I would add one song which can be categorized as a repeat dream or the dream one would like to see again…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRkEAueb24
Kal ke sapne aaj bhi aana..
Movie: Aadmi (1968)
Singer(s): Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: Naushad
Ashwin hi,
Wah! A dream like post.
Yes, I cracked the title. A pat on my back by myself! Atma Nirbhar.
D P Rangan ji,
Your song is special because it has Rafi with Saigal.
Ashwin ji,
Will come back with many songs… The main course.
A course of starters:
Sapn jharre phool se
Meet chube shool se
…
Caravan gujar gaya
Gubar dekhte rahe..
NAI UMR KI NAI FASAL.
Raat kali ek khwab mein aayee
Aur gale ka haar hui..
BUDHA MIL GAYA.
Koi ladki mujhe kal raat sapne mein mili
Badi pyari si soorat thi
Bhala sa naam tha..
SEETA AUR GEETA.
Sapna mera toot gaya
Woh na raha, kuch na raha..
KHEL KHEL MEIN.
Khushiyan yahin or
Milega hame toh
Sapna hai apna
Ye Des Pardes…
DES PARDES.
Nice topic with lot of scope for dreaming! I wish to add two beautiful songs here: Sapne hai sapne from NAI ROSHNI (1967) which is not so much heard and the other Humne jo dekhe sapne a lovely duet from PARIVAR (again 1967) which is very popular even today.
Dekho maine dekha hai ye ek sapna
Phoolon ke shehar mein ho ghar apna..
LOVE STORY.
Ek din sapne mein dekha sapna..
GOLMAAL, 1979.
A special song about ‘ having a dream in one’s dream’.
Amitabh Bachhan ( a haggard onlooker, dressed DEEWAR style , watching Amol Pakekar besieged by school girls, autograph hunting, GUDDI style!)and Rekha are guest stars.
Amol Palekar, who has ‘ ban gaya’ Amitabh, has
Daaye mein Hema
Bhaye mein Zeenat
Aage Rekha
Saamne Rekha
Peeche… Sapna thi khadi with haath mein chadi !
He even has a choti si sapni (!!! Gulzar’s creation to mean a short dream) where he meets Lata ( Mangeshkar) apni.
She , singing; He, on tabla.
She on Mukhda, he on antra!
AK, please have mercy on us! How much high quality material can one digest! You should have spaced out this post and the previous one by Mr Venkataraman.
Thanks Ashwin for a very comprehensive and well-written post. I was thinking of a few dream songs but found all of them in your post. I like the way you have approached the subject from different points of view.
I would continue to enjoy this post at leisure.
HONEYMOON, 1960.
Mere khwabon mein
Khayalon mein chupe
Ek din meet mere..
Mukhesh, Lata ( just the lonely aa aa aa aa aahaaha…); Shailendra; DC.
A soothing romantic song.
HONEYMOON, 1973.
Jeevan hai ek sapna
Madhur suhana sapna..
Asha, Kishore , chorus; Yogesh; Usha Khanna.
A lively, boisterous ‘ travel/ picnic’ song.
Agree with Subodh ji @9, but then can’t help now.
More of Mukesh
1. Khayalon mein kisi ke from BAWRE NAIN
2. Maine sapna jo dekha from HANSTE AANSOO
3. Sapno mein aana from SHISHAM
4. Nain dwar se maan mein aa ke from SAWAN
5. Kahin karti hogi woh mera from from PHIR KAM MILOGI
6. Woh subah kabhi tho aayegi
7. Zindagi khwab tha from CHHOTI CHHOTI BAATEIN
8. Tum hi ho jiska sapna from ROMEO IN SIKKIM
9. Kabhi tho pure honge yeh sapne from SAPNE SUHANE
10. Kahin door jab din dhal jaaye from ANAND
Well, let me stop at “Bo” here.
Raat ne kya kya khwab dikhaye..
EK GAON KI KAHANI, 1957.
Phaili hui hain sapno ki bahen..
HOUSE NUMBER 44, 1955.
Sapno mein meri tum aa jao toh so jaaoon..
DULHAN EK RAAT KI, 1966.
Mausam aayega jaayega..
…
Bahon mein tere mere sajna
Sach ho jaayega sapna..
SHAAYAD, 1978.
Manna Dey, Asha; Vittalbhai Patel, Manas Mukherjee ( Father of Shaan/ Shantanu Mukherjee.)
Hum khwab ko badal denge haqeeqat mein..
&
Tum hi woh haseen ho
Jiski tasveer khayalon mein muddat se..
KHWAB, 1980.
Sapno ke shehar
Hum banayenge ghar..
AHSAAS, 1979.
Dekha ek khwab toh woh silsile hue…
SILSILA.
Maine dekha ek sapna
Kya dekhe bolo na bolo na..
SAMADHI,1972.
Sajna kal maine dekha ek sapna..
BADI DIDI, 1969.
Ae mere ankhon ke pehle sapne..
MAN MANDIR, 1971.
Ashwinji,
You have panned out another gold mine and done some deep-mining to unravel a lot of valuable information.
Thanks for the explanation, which was meant for ‘others’ and I belong to this group. Yet your figure within the brackets gave a hint. As a reader, I always felt the opening or the’ entry you make is important; for that matter in any public performance. Makes it easy for readers/ audience to be drawn in. You have excelled in this too.
It is a comprehensive and well spread article. From start to finish, it was good. As far as I’m concerned, I would be happy to emulate you, Hey, I too can always dream, right?
I have not listened to the songs I am sure the selection of songs would be equally good. I will be back after listening to the songs.
Cheers.
The title grabbed my attention and the explanation did not disappoint. I must the crossword was beyond me…though the anagram was solvable…
Dream sequences are an ancient artform in India and Ashiwn’s blog post is simply superb as a collection of modern and classical songs .. the DV paluskar is an amazing gem. It is usually too much to expect Carnatic and Hindustani songs in the same post let alone Meera bhajans as well as songs from Hindi and Tamil cinema… This post is so unusual …all the details around Mohammad Shah Rangeela and personal al history of the Mangeshkar sisters make for an intimate portrait of words and music.
As an orthodox Iyengar I can vouch for the perfect presentaton of the Aandal story. Finding a reference to Giripai nelakuna was also great…having a Lalgudi rendition of Saint Thyagaraja is particularly apposite ..( the family is the surviving sishya parampara of the great sage).
Look forward to many more such wonderfully curated and thoughtful posts.
Subodh @9,
Entirely agree with you. But sometimes we are lucky and as the saying goes, ऊपरवाला कभी कभी छप्पड़ फाड़ कर देता है. I will try to give more spacing for special articles. I think we are now waiting for your articles.
Mr TCA Arvind Rangarajan,
Welcome to SoY.
Ashwin ji:
Freud would have been proud! What an exposition. You have covered every facet of a phenomenon quite beholden to our movie makers. And what a selection of songs. This is another centurion post in the making, I am sure. So, let me get started with a few runs before Bhatiaji pads up.
Maine tere liye hi (Mukesh in Anand; MD: Salil Chowdhury):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BodVVlPa1X4
Kabhi to aa o sapnon mein (Lata in Patrani; MD: SJ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LzZ8F7npy8
Aa palkon mein aa, sapne saja (Lata in Madh bhare nain; MD: SDB):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCRmaCnFXR4
Raat mohe meetha meetha (Geeta Dutt in Tamasha; MD: Manna Dey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9KrGQw1bg0
Ashwji ‘s this dream sequence is will linger on…literally and figuratively.
The variety of the songs that he has presented in so may varieties of dreams will keep us awake for many nights to digest each piece.
As I plan for the next long dream to enjoy the article, two songs that ring into my memory are:
Sapno Mein Mere Tum Aao To Jaanu – Dulhan Ek Raat Ki (1966) – Madan Mohan – Raja Mahendi Ali Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YOiX8AbVBU
Sapno Mein Mere Koi Aaye Jaaye – Poonam Ki Raat (1965) – Mukesh, Lata, Usha Mangeshkar – Salil Chowdhury – Shailendra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYe0Fm6qb9M
Ranganji @ 1,
Thank you very much for your warm words of praise. I must say, though, that this is the first time that I have been likened to a sapera. But I must say that
It is a big risk that you take
By comparing AK to a snake
And a female one at that
Am sure it has knocked AK flat
Thanks for the Saigal song as well. I had not heard it before.
T.S.Rangarajan @ 2,
Thanks for the compliments, Ranga! A belated thanks as well for introducing me to the wonder that is YouTube all those many years ago 🙂
Maheshji @ 4,
Thanks for the compliments and for sharing the song! I am sure the song has historical value if indeed the movie was Raj Kapoor’s last film as has been claimed in the YT page.
Siddharthji @ 5,
Thanks for the compliments and for that lovely song! I don’t know how it did not come to my mind when I was writing the post! It could have given me a new categorization as well – yesterday’s dreams, today’s dreams, tomorrow’s dreams – provided of course there are songs in all these categories!
Ashwin ji,
ERADU KANASU , 1974, directed by Dorai Bhagwan was a super hit with an evergreen musical score.. Rajan Nagendra won the Karnataka State Best Music award.
Based on Vani’s novel of the same name, it starred veterans Rajkumar and Kalpana with an young Manjula, in her first major role… Stellar performances by all. The literary meaning of the title is TWO DREAMS. The hero’s first dream of marrying his cousin and also the second dream of accepting his wife , whom he was forced to wed, remain unfulfilled in the novel. Hence the title. But, for commercial reasons, the film makers changed the ending to a happy one, making the hero realize his second dream. Critics questioned the changes,but the audience lapped it up!
The lovely song you have selected selected has no mention of or connection with dream. It is a devotional song addressed to Rama and the singer’s ( heroine’s) husband at the same same same time!
2 other songs from the same movie qualify.
1. Endu ninna noduve
Endu ninna seruve..
….
Nooraru kanasu kaathara…
Excitement while going to meet one’s
love.
2. Baadi hoda balliyinda hoovu
aralaballude…
Hopelessness and sadness on having
to forgo one’s love and marry someone
else.
Both by P B Srinivas.
Bin tere kuch bhi nahin hai jeevan mera… from JAAN SE PYARA , 1985, the unofficial lift of Jackie Chan’s HEART OF THE DRAGON, was an unofficial lift of a tune from ERADU KANASU by Anand Milind!
The film was remade in Telugu as POOJA in 1975, retaining Manjula and the composers RN. Several of the songs were the direct adaptations of the original, and were well appreciated.
Did I go overboard, Ashwin ji/ AK ji?
Dr.Shetty @ 6,8, 10, 12 & 13,
Thanks for the compliments. Trust the mentions that I made of you and the Kannada song that I included in the post did not escape your attention and trust that I have earned the brownie points that I am aiming for 🙂
I see that the floodgates that Maheshji referred to @ 4 have already opened and that the songs are pouring in. Keep them coming! Of the songs that you have listed so far, I had wanted to include the ones from Seeta aur Geeta, Buddha Mil Gaya, Khel Khel Mein, Love Story, Gol Maal,Silsila and House No:44 but dropped them either because I already had a song in the category that I would have fitted them into or because I could not find a suitable category that would fit in the flow of the post. Looks like you have missed my inclusion of the song from Ek Gaaon ki Kahani, though.
KBji @ 7,
Thanks for the compliments and for the two songs. I had never heard the first song before. As for the 2nd song, I agree with you that it has not been forgotten.
Subodhji @ 9,
Thanks a lot for the kind words and warm praise.! I consider it a double honour that you have praised my article and that you have have found it comparable in quality to Venkataramanji’s masterpiece on Hemantda’s life.
Maheshji @ 11,
Of the 10 you have listed, I had thought of including the one from Anand but I dropped it eventually. Thanks for the list. It would be nice (and this request is made to Dr.Shetty as well) if you could include the YouTube links of the songs in your comments so that it makes it that much easier for SoYers to access the songs.
Venkataramanji @ 14,
Thanks for the generous words of praise. I consider your well-researched and superbly articulated posts as exemplars of good writing, so the question of your trying to emulate me does not arise – it will always be the other way around.
Ashwin ji,
I am sorry I missed your reason for ‘ sneaking in’ Poojisalende.. All of us who were children in the 70s loved the song. Indeed, all songs of ERADU KANASU.
Of course, you have scored brownie points and I will be eager to meet you and redeem those for you gladly. I have many Bhandarkar friends from Panemangaluru and Mangaluru and I speak fluent amchigele. Say Hi to me on my WhatsApp number 9448151830.
You would not believe the number of friends I gained through SOY and Atul’s Song A Day, including Mahesh ji and N Venkatraman ji .
Akka kelavva is another childhood favorite. I had the good fortune of sitting on the laps of Ambikathanayadutta, Bhimsen Joshi, Gangubai Hangal, Mallikarjun Mansoor, Basavaraj Rajguru etc. More on that some other day.
You bring scholarship to your posts/ comments.
TCAAR @ 15,
Thanks for going through my post and for all the compliments that you have showered on me. Thanks for the validation of the Andal story. It was reviewed by your fellow-Ayyangar, Sushruti Santhanam, a top-notch Pune-based musician who is also very erudite and articulate, all of which is not surprising considering that she is the daughter of Smt.Vedavalli :). The inclusion of Giripai nelukona was thanks to a suggestion from historian, heritage activist, author and Music Academy Secretary. Sriram V.
AK @ 16,
Belated thanks for the wonderful introduction – you have outdone yourself with your wit! More than anything else, thanks for bearing with the inordinate delay on my part in tuning this post around.
Canasyaji @ 18,
Thanks for the kind words! I had never heard the 2 Lata songs or the Geeta Dutt song before. Loved all 3 songs! The one from Madbhare Nain is hauntingly beautiful! Thanks for sharing them.
Ahokji @ 18,
Thanks for the kind words and for the 2 songs, both of which were new to me. The Poonam ki Raat song is weird in that Lata and Usha seem to be singing simultaneously for Kumud C. at the beginning of the song but things become normal when the the other actress (Nandini) also appears and there are solo portions picturised on each actress. I suppose this has to do with the movie being a horror film. I love ‘Saathi re tujh bin jiya udaas re’ from this film.
Dr.Shetty @ 24 & 30,
Thanks for sharing the information on Eradu Kanasu and for granting me the brownie points that I was craving for :). It will be a pleasure to chat with you in Aamchigelle 🙂 Also, I envy your good fortune at having had the opportunity to interact so closely with my idols!
Ashwinji
I could just read only the introduction & first 2 categories & Marathi songs category because of other engagements. This is surely going to be all time block buster and Venkataraman ji will have to rewrite quite a few records.
Will come back once free.
But before that I will add this marathi song ( without the link for which I regret)
& Leave it to you to determine its category
Swapnat nahi ale satyat yeu ka ( for our non Marathi readers
I could not come in your dream
Should I come in reality
Not a very good translation)
Rahulji,
Thanks for the compliments! Here is the link to the Marathi song that you have cited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M-REvJLXVk
I am listening to it – for the first time – as I type this. The singer is one Mandakini Pande. Would you know if she is/was she related to Malti Pande, the exponent of classical music and bhavgeet?
As for the category that this song can be slotted in, I think it will have be to an entirely new one for the nayika is inviting herself into the nayak’s dreams, something I have never come across before!
Ashwin @32,
Thanks a lot for your generous words. I have already acknowledged what is the source of my infection. So all credit to you.
Anytime. There is no Law of Limitation for a hanky to reserve a seat. I just need to be told. The fight breaks out in the bus when the conductor has not been told by the person who placed the hanky.
Mr Muli @36, Ashwin @37,
If I understood Mr Muli correctly, the nayika has already tried to come in the dreams of the nayak but was not able to, and now she wants to come to him in reality. Can we call it a ‘Surreal song’?
AK @ 38,
Yes, you are right about what the nayika is saying. I can’t believe that I messed up my understanding of the first line. Yes, ‘surreal song’ would be an apt description!
Ashwin,
I was intrigued by AK’s intro but your choice of movie names almost made me drop reading.
Thank god I didn’t.
AK’s is blessed with guests, that is why his ten-year-old blog दिन दूनी रात चौगनी तरक्की कर रहा है
Venkataramanji saying this after writing “ Hematayan”
From start to finish, it was good. As far as I’m concerned, I would be happy to emulate you, Hey, I too can always dream, right?
माड़झे अमि वाचकांची चांदी ( this the best I could do in Marathi)
Classification made it even more interesting.
I have one observation and one confusion.
My observation is for “Tere mere sapne” from movie “ Tere mere sapne” song
I find Jeevan ki baghiya better choice.
https://youtu.be/O_wGnkdbf8w
Confusion: I might sound stupid if mistaken but I am known for such stupidity.
The song of Sach hue sapne tere , my interpretation is, “ sapne tere “ is her own sapne she is talking to her “mann”
Adding two hamare sapne
Kishore kumar singing chhota sag har hoga
https://youtu.be/rhKGCbzHNU4
And Asha Parekh dream sequence from Baharon Ke Sapne, it was rumored then that this sequence was added for Asha Parekh’s lucky charm necklace. She could not wear otherwise because she played a pauper.
https://youtu.be/ykCgasz4ScU
Need to add, totally agree with your sentiments for the first song Geeta Dutt’s mera sundar sapna
AK,
Yey for Subodh’s comment
Ashwinji
In the opening you have stated that readers will remember the article for its weird title , if not for its content especially ifv the content does not measure up – – – –
If I say you are underestimating the content then it will be an understatement.
Regarding the marathi song of Mandakini Pande
Not much information is available about her . I do not know whether she is related to Malti Pande. “Aathavanitil gaani” lists only 2 songs of her ; one thev link for which you have posted & the other is a rarely heard song..
But I do remember thatv in late 60’s diwali edition of a famous magazine carried a cartoon in which this song was used as a caption which indicates that the song had become popular at that time.
AK ji
In your intro you have referred to Ashwinji reserving the topic with a handkerchief.
I was tempted to reserve a bogey of songs in the train of comments that would ensue but refrained.
I agree with your classification of the marathi song.
More to follow.
A vintage treat.
Neend hamare, khwab tumhare…
NAI KAHANI, 1943.
G M Durrani, Balakram ( the child prodigy ,who sang and acted in Marathi and Hindi movies); Wallisaheb, Shyamsunder.
Jairaj singing to Rose ( who?).
Isn’t Balakram amazingly tuneful?
https:// youtu.be/ eNMY3kPOtE8
If there are dreams can the dream merchants be far behind
Where do you classify this public offer for dreams made by the greatest showman of hindi cinema
Sapno ka saudagar aya – Shailendra – SJ
https://youtu.be/XbB8t4mVr08
It is another matter that this IPO was listed at a huge discount to issue price despite the showman & dreamgirl.
Ashwinji
I think this comes closest to being a member of your prsesent null set as the merchant is selling their dreams
Mumbaikar8 @40,
You are very sharp with Savh huye sapne tere. Yes this song refers to her own dreams though the the word she uses is ‘your’. Unless in the context of the entire film it refers to dreams about her lover. I have an incredible capacity of forgetting the story of the films I have seen. This helps me seeing my favourites again and again. For confirming this song I don’t intend to see the film again.
I have Yeyed to Subodh, I Yeyey to you, too. There are sometimes scheduling difficulties because of date specific posts. But the point about spacing special articles is absolutely valid.
Mr Muli @41,
You can reserve a topic by placing your handkerchief because I am the conductor with the reservation chart. But comments get into an unreserved bogey which is simply first come first serve. You have to board a train from New Delhi station to understand what getting into an unreserved compartment means. In your part you have nothing like that.
@43,
Very smart. Have you given a thought that the entire Bollywood is a dream merchant and any movie we watch is a dream sold by the merchant? Within that meta set you have dreams which are non-tradable, they come by themselves. Sapnon ka saudagar anya is an exceptional song because this seems to be the only one about a tradable dream. One challenge is to get more songs of this type.
Within that dream there may be dreams which can at times be a nightmare. But what if the movie is a nightmare, but the dream is delightful?
Now surely Ashwin bug is infecting me. I must stop before I start uttering more gibberish.
I am late to read this post. As plenty of songs on ‘sapne’ are listed out by many I do not want to add any. There are umpteen numbers. Once Bollywood was referred as Dream factory in a magazine by some writer.
Is it true or not. I do not know.
Ashwinji,
Listened upto the Bhavgeets (#18). It requires more than one and half hours of undivided attention, to do justice to the author, who have spend time in selecting, listening and posting the songs and in adding appropriate narrations therein. I know it may take only a few minutes to relate each song with theme and move one. Yet, preferred to listen to the songs in whole.
I would not dare to contradict your hunch on the tune for the song ‘Sach hue sapne tere’; your trained ears are proof enough. I was fortunate to have a chat with singer Subir Sen about ten years back when I met him in connection with a programme. In course of our chat, I remember him mentioning the use of ‘Chhinna sikal paye niye’ and ‘Rodon bara basanta’ by S D Burman for his songs ‘Sach hue sapne tere’ and ‘Mera sundar sapna beet gaya’ respectively and a few more.
It appears, the Rabindra Sangeet ‘Chhinna sikal paye niye’ is set to six matras, the division being 2-4. I hope you would confirm or negate accordingly.
You wrote before 8.1,
‘Here are two very well-known ones (songs), both from the magic baton of SD Burman and from films starring Dev Anand, who seems to have become a mascot of sorts for this article.’
I think you have posted only 4 songs from films starring Dev Anand, whereas you have posted 7 songs composed by S D Burman. S D Burman, ideally should be the mascot.
Posting another song composed by S D Burman & penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri
Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar, Sagina (1974)
Tumhre sang to raen bitai kahan bitaaoon din
Raen ka sapna beet gaya ab din me tare gin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-vCPx8f-Tw
Can it be classified under ‘Daydreaming’
I will listen to your classical selections later.
Trespassing on Mukesh ( / Mahesh, SOY) territory.
Ram kare aisa ho jaaye
Meri nindiya tohe mil jaaye..
…
Sapn chala aaye koi chori chori..
MILAN, 1967.
( Personally, I like this more than Tumhi meri mandir, tumhi meri pooja… KHANDAN, 1965, with role reversals.)
Ye din kya aaye , lage phool hansne
Dekho Basanti Basanti
Hone lage mere sapne..
CHOTI SI BAAT, 1975.
( Digressing, I will add some Basu Chatterjee songs.
Rajnigandha phool tumhare
Mehke yoon hi..
…
Har pal mere in ankhon mein
Bas rehte hain sapne unke..
RAJNIGANDHA.
Aaj se pehle aaj se jyada
Khushi aaj tak nahin mila..
…
Sapna ho jaaye woh poora
Jo hamne dekha..
CHITCHOR.
Yaadon mein woh
Sapno mein hai
Jaaye kahan..
SWAMI.
Kabhi kabhi sapna lagta hai
Kabhi ye sab apna lagta hai..
RATNADEEP.)
Lalla lalla lori
Doodh ki katori..
…
..
Sapno ka palna
Aashaon ki dori..
MUKTHI.
Ashwin ji, AK ji, Rahul ji,
The first reaction of my mind to the DREAM GIRL song was The Dream Merchant, SAPNO KA SAUDAGAR.
Hema Malini, 20, debuted opposite Raj(u) Kapoor, 44. And, I like the title song and it’s picturization. Started exercising the brain cells to remember some Raj Kapoor, and, as a natural progression progression, Mukesh songs.
…….
I will point out to the Mukesh version of Jeevan sapna toot gaya… ANOKHA PYAR. Ashwin ji has chosen the Lata one.
A Nitin Mukesh, Vani Jairam duet from DHUEN KI LAKEER, 1974.
Teri jheel si gehri ankhon mein
Kuchh dekha maine, kya dekha?
Main samaj gayi re deewane
Tu ne raat koi sapna dekha..
Ashwin ji,
Another of my favourite song which could be categorized as –
“Dreams with eyes open”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b55RygjuITY
Song: Jaane Kaise Sapno mein..
Movie : Anuradha (1960)
Music Director: Pandit Ravi Shankar
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Siddharthji @ 49, Ashwinji,
This too can be categorized as “Dreams with eyes open”
A wonderful NFS
Pal bhar ki pehchan aap se
Kal se aaj suhana lage
Bahak rahe armaan
Pal bhar ki pehchan aap se
Nain khule aur dekhu sapna
Dekhu dekhu sapna sapna
Dhundhla sa mukh lage apna
Baah pasaare mujhko bulaye
Mange preet ka daan
Composed and rendered by Manna Dey, lyrics Madhukar Rajasthani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeGYi0-Oiyo
Ashwinji, Pradeepji and Maheshji,
Adding another nice song by Mukesh, Annadata (1971), Yogesh, Salil Chowdhury
Nain hamare sanjh sakare dekhe lakho sapane
sach ye kahi hoge ya nahi
koi jane na, koi jane na, yahan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53FkiLnYWjc
Can the song be placed under the category, ‘Dreams that were too good to be true’
Aswin Bhandarkar ji;
You really have opened spillway gates of dams to regulate the upstream and downstream flows ……safe guarding the breaches in embankments. Your songs are flowing in irrigation channels and write up generating power . Your writing is …. , like the flow from a dam, running through a desert that has had no rain for decades .
Tranquil waters behind a dam, can become reckless and uncontrollable torrents of destruction when released without caution and wisdom …. and here comes the importance of flood control and flood forecasting which helps in taking advance measures to see that both upstream and downstream areas are well in the safety measured zones. Of course dams at designing stage are made fail safe by adopting required factor of safety against most probable frequency flood .
Man lives a life simultaneously dreaming and facing realities . Hope is one link between these twos. Fantasy is one which over rides your dreams for good cause. Day dreaming is one that younger generation enjoy the most. Achieving milestones thru living dreams is a great blessing….full filing the dreams of father and forefathers…of the goals set by them.
Dreaming itself is a fanciful idea…and here are some songs thru leaking embankments….
Mujhe Na Sapno Se …..Jagmohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqmVeR2SdU
Kaun Hai Jo Sapnon Mein Aaya | | Jhuk Gaya Aasman Songs {HD}| Mohd. Rafi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exD5okdopWc
Nagin – Tere Yaad Me Jal Kar Dekh Liya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOTtf5f4XbM
Aa gale lag ja….April phool (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l0g0D0VgsM
Tere Khayalon Mein Tere Hi Khwabon Mein | Lata Mangeshkar | Meri Surat Teri Aankhen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNrd9kUjDE
….to be contd.
Pradipji @ 5 has mentioned
Koi ladki mujhe kal raat sapne me mili
This should be classified as a reciporcating dream
Pradipji @ 7
Sapne me dekha sapna
Where Gulzar’s quirky twist sapni is used for a small dream composed by RD
His father had composed a singlet for a sapni ( can we say dreamlet) in Safina
Chotte chotte sapne hamar
& This also happens to be a contrast to Pancham’ s song in terms of situation .
https://youtu.be/7KyYiQCfVzs
Rahul ji,
SAGINA song must be SDB’s last song for a movie ( I.e. in his own voice). I had totally forgotten about it.
SDB’s reworking on his own Dheere se jaana bhagiyan mein in CHUPA RUSTUM..
Dheere se aana khatiyan mein
O khatmal dheere se..
Soyi hai Rajkumari
Dekh rahi meete sapne..
( Kishore Kumar.
Earlier, Burman Da had made Kishor sing the first two lines of his original NFS in CHALTI KA NAAM GAADI…
Geet suna sakta hoon daadra
Gin kar poore barah maatra
Chahe namoona dekh lo ..
Dheere se jaana bhagiyan mein
Re, bhanwra.
..
Hoyi lalla dingi lalla..
(Main sitaron ka Tarana..
Had 2 other songs for parody.)
RDB :
Meri bheegi bheegi si
Palkon mein reha gayi
Jaise mere sapne bhikar me..
ANAMIKA.
Phir wohi raat hai
Raat hai khwab ki..
GHAR.
Kitne sapne kitne armaan
Laaya hoon..
MERE JEEVAN SAATHI.
Ek hi khwab kai baar dekha hai maine..
KINARA.
Ek ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga
Jaise khiilta gulab
Jaise shayar ka khwab..
1942 A LOVE STORY.
Cansaya ji @18;
The field conditions are perfect for Dr. Shetty to bat on. By the time I look for songs I find he already crossed the boundries. Now I am looking for songs where Sapna / Sapne are not appearing in Mukhdas but find a comfortable in stanzas . Hope they fit the bills.
Hum Aap Ki Ankhon Mein – Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Pyaasa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBTcsTd2kF0
MATWALI MURALIYA BAAJI RE – LATA -SHIV KUMAR SAROJ – ROSHAN -ZINDAGI AUR HUM (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYycN9O4s2Q
Saranga- Chali Re Chali Re Main To Des piya Ke…[ sapna hi samjho jo sapne dikhaiye]- Asha-Sardar Malik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGk8Z1lJjEE&t=66s
Sansar Se Bhage Phirte Ho Bhagwaan Se Tum Kyaa Paaoge…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17kq4TkpeUE&t=42s
Meine Bulaya Aur Tum Aaye…. lata – Apne Huye Paraye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLEjxineEM
to be contd.
Ashwin,
Your reserving the topic with a hanky and waiting for three years was worth it (for us). It has resulted in an excellent post. You touched crossword clues, ancient cultures, science literature etc and covered film music of different languages and classical music, both Hindustani and Carnatic. I am yet to listen to the classical section (except Bhimsen Joshi, which I couldn’t resist).
Sapna/qwab being associated with films there will be many songs which have already been mentioned with more to come. I am adding two:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xkjfF11k7ls
Toote huve qabonne from Madhumati. Md.Rafi. MD: Salil Chowdary. Lyrics: Shailendra
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V05k4yUGuNc
Meri neendon mein. Kishore Kumar and Shamshad Begum. MD: O.P.Nayyar. Lyrics: Jan Nisar Akthar.
One more Tamil song in Raga Mukhari from’Sivagangai cheemai’.Lyrics: Kannadasan. MD: Viswanathan Ramamurthy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9YY1qikdDzk
It is hard to believe that the JUNGLEE, JANWAR, BADTAMEEZ, DAAKU, MUJRIM, BLUFF MASTER, BUNDLEBAZ ,PAGLA KAHIN KA who went on to become BRAHMACHARI, BOY FRIEND, PROFESSOR, CHOTE SARKAR, MAMA (of a BHANJA), LAAT SAHEB, PRINCE, RAJKUMAR would have been a Majnu or a Mirza!
But, he has been those and more. In his debut year, 1953, he was the hero in LAILA MAJNU and GUL SANOBAR. In later years, SHAMA PARWANA, MIRZA SAHIBAN.
A yawn inducing preface just for one beautiful song from GUL SANOBAR.
Kabhi tum khwab mein chupke se aa jaate toh kya hota..
Meena Kapoor, Kaif Irani, Bulo C Rani ( & Khayyam?)
https:// YouTube.be/ qrBtwi3JV1M
Ashwin hi, I have some category for this song in my mind. Will wait for the reactions.
Ashwinji
You used almost every color from HFM to karnataki classical in this beautiful rainbow of songs. I wish to add one more thatv of Urdu gazal .
& Who else than the king himself to paint that color
Abke ham bichade to shayad kabhi khwabomein mile
https://youtu.be/KA8Iw6FMPeE
Should that go in to distant dream category ?
One can easily discern that the marathi song
Malvun tak deep is based on the same bandish
https://youtu.be/8BvLj2KYvCg
A very sweet Lata for the unsung Sanmukh Babu Upadhyaya.
Sapno ki gaon mein
Taron ki chaon mein..
RAJ PRATIGYA , 195
https// youtu.be/ 1OqS3TbY1XU
Years later, a duet with Rafi…
Taron ki chaon mein
Sapno ki gaon mein..
SAMAJ KO BADAL DALO.
Aao tumhe Chand pe le jaaye..
.
. .. pyar bhare sapne sajaaye..
ZAKHMEE, 1975.
Sister Asha…
Chalo chale Maa, Sapno ke gaon mein..
JAGRITI, 1954. HK.
The Pakistan lift (?), BEDARI,1957.
Munawwar Sultana.
The visuals also identical!
https// YouTube.be/ 5OLBQ7nfQnE.
Oh! I see that BEDARI was plagiarized JAGRITI ! Scenes, dialogues, tunes .. exact copies with a word or two changed here and there!
Ratan Kumar ( Syed Nazir Ali) who had migrated to Pakistan , was recast in BEDARI in the same role he had enacted in JAGRITI.
JAGRITI won the best film and the best supporting actor ( Abhi Bhattacharya) awards, and also, National Film award for the best feature film in Hindi.
Ashwin ji,
Thanks for an engrossing and informative,interesting post on Dream related songs. You have categorised most of the types of Dream related songs generally seen in Hindi films.
Our readers have poured in more songs and to listen to all these songs, one will have to forgo his dreams for few nights !
Here is a song from Dev Anand’s first film Hum Ek Hain-46. The girl is calling her lover to come out of her dreams and visit her physically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTSRduvK4Yg
-AD
Mumbaikar ji @39
AK ji @ 40
Such huye sapne tere is indeed her song
So then what should be the song for tere sapne ?
One has to carefully read Gulzar’ s lines in this Antara
Massom si neend me
Jab koi sapna chale
Humko bula lena tum
Palkoke parde tale
In the context of the situation of the film it is vey clear that graceful Vinod Mehra is referring to distraught Rekha’s sapna .
This gem of a song in one of the most scintillating albums post the golden era is unique for two reasons .
One , it is perhaps the only song which uses both the versions of dream – khwab & sapna
Two – Again it may be the only song in which the word khwab is repeated so many times .
Phir wohi raat hai – Ghar
https://youtu.be/C-5WjfVmxKQ
Bhatiaji @ 55:
Your repertoire of strokes knows no bounds. And, of course, recalling words from the antaraas is more difficult as well as more satisfying. Taking cue from you, let me score a single. It is a twin song, but I do not expect double credit!
Tum to dil ke (Talat and Lata in Roop ki rani, choron ka raja; MD: SJ):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32r5Qkuaojs
The first antaraa has the words ‘ye to keh do ek baar khwaab main to aaoge’.
Rahulji @62
Phir wohi raat hai is a a very complex song, one need to have the genius of Gulzar to understand it fully.
I am not sure if it is only song where “Khwab’’ is repeated so many times but I am quite sure it may be only song where it is used in so many contexts.
Here is another Gulzar “aapke sapne “song. This one is also ambiguous about the “sapne” being his or her I suppose.
Ankhon Mein Humne | Thodisi Bewafaii
https://youtu.be/hyDisz_WAVc
” Day Dreaming”- one more category
Example
O Varsha ke Pehle Badal…….Film Meghdoot 1945
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RRenPsAS4U
Mr Muli @62,
In Phir wohi raat hai there is a more direct and obvious reference to ‘your’ dream. Its mukhada is:
फिर वही रात है
फिर वही रात है ख़्वाबों की
रात भर ख़्वाब में देखा करेंगे तुम्हें
Mumbaikar8 @64,
Is there really an ambiguity in Aankhon mein humne aapke sapane sajaaye hain? I thought it is a clear ‘your’ dream, and I want to congratulate both of you.
Pancham’s birthday today.
Gulabi ankhe jo hamne dekhi..
…
..
Dil mein mere khwab tere…
THE TRAIN, 1970.
Chala jaata hoon kisi ke dhun mein..
…
Milan ki masti bhari ankhon mein
Hazaron sapne suhane liye..
MERE JEEVAN SAATHI.
Tum aa gaye ho, noor aa gaya hai..
…
Khwabon ke diye ankhon mein liye..
AANDHI, 1975.
Chala bhi aa…
Jaanewale aa jaa teri yaad sathaye
Khwabon ka gharonda kahin toot na jaaye..
MAN KI ANKHEN, 1970.
Hum khwab ko badal denge haqeeqat mein..
KHWAB.
Le toh aaye hain hame sapno ke gaon mein
Pyar ki chaon mein chupaye rakhna..
DULHAN WOHI JO PIYA MAN BHAYE.
Kai din se mujhe koi sapno mein
Awaaz deta hai..
AKHIYON KE JARONKHE SE.
Ashwin
Congrats for a great write-up. Actually, everybody is associated with a sapna from birth till death, whether it is disclosed when we are in sleep or awake. Actually, my field is only Hindi films, so half of the article is not meant for me, but SOY has a lot of variety of readers and your article would be a great hit, with most of us. Songs are all top class and friends are busy adding other songs. So it will soon be lot of songs. I will also be putting in some. I think there may be some songs which are outside the categories given by you. Make a category for them also. Though most of the songs have the word ‘sapna’ or ‘khwab’, but there are several songs which look like dreams but do not include the proper word. What is your opinion about them. AK is also requested to give his view. The best example for this is ‘mehbooba teri tasveer kis tarah main banaun’.
The first song is by two legends KL Saigal and Kanan Devi from Street Singer ‘aisa koi suhavan sapna’. Actually this is a song and scene and Saigal sings only the mukhda. In the end both have a competition playing harmonium and piano – the two instruments which were the subject matter of recent articles – and Kanan Devi declares herself the winner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca35XsowPoU
The name of the film is Mere Arman Mere Sapne, but this beautiful song says ‘ankhen hamari hon sapne tumhare hon’. And since this is a duet, this can be included in both hamari and tumhari categories. BTW the most famous song of this film is ‘tera aana bhi dhokha tha’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tQwax19-Yk
Now two songs from Waqt. In the first they are talking to each other about their respective dreams on phone and in the second they bring it into practical territory.
Maine ek khwab sa dekha hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr9K9wlxkMI
Hum jab simat ke aapki bahon men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9JI_DJZW5U
Sunil Dutt and Sadhana in Waqt are enjoying themselves without caring for the future, but here in Love Marriage the more mature pair of Dev Anand and Mala Sinha know the pitfalls and request the moon to move slowly.
Dheere dheere chal chand gagan men
kahin dhal na jaye raat toot na jayen sapnen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUBkmULoBhA
A brilliant post by Ashwin Bhandarkar on an interesting theme.
Very enriching and informative with wonderful contributions and comments!!
Sharing here some more songs related to this theme of on Sapna/ Khwab:
1. Sapnon ki suhani duniya ko ankhon mein- Talat – Shikast – 1953
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J4Ov1k9-v8
2. Do chamakti ankhon mein kal khwab – Geeta Dutt – Detective 1958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tY8F7EdZEU
3. Pehle mile the sapnon mein – Rafi – Zindagi 1964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbJ-K2wucUY
4. Jhilmil sitaron ka aangan hoga……sapna apna jeevan hoja – Rafi, Lata – Jeevan Mrityu 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v13cUeX6_co
5. Jiske sapne humein roz aate – Lata, Mahendra – Geet 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyZit6cxfBw
6. Ek sapna main ne dekha hai – Rafi, Asha – Sharafat Chhod di maine 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTBhk1MHdzU
7. Mere sapnon ki rani tum nahin ho – Rafi – Jawaan Mohabbat 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nvwxtDlo0k
8. Mere sapnon mein ek soorat hai – Lata – Janwar aur insaan 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPrUq9Y_DNU
9. Sapnon Ka Raja koi – Lata – Chalte Chalte 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co9Fa0sKlGg
10. O sapnon ke raja – Rafi, Lata – Banphool 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g229JYt5VVA
11. Kal raat sapne mein aye the tum – Rafi, Asha – Sharaarat 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52LXxRNBhw0
12. Chal sapnon ke shahar tujhe – Kishore – Deewangee 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3vY4UZYxiQ
13. Khwab ban kar koi aayega – Lata- Razia Sultan 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLa46tGfKME
14. Khwabon ko sach mein kar loon – Prem Geet 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4lrSnDsIyU
15. Liye sapne nigahon mein – Kishore – Mashaal 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuV6T1YAsV0
16. Nainon mein sapna –Lata, Kishore – Himmatwala 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XXVw9skvXs
17. Sapnon ki duniya hai (happy and sad) – Kanchan – Hero Hiralal 1988
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E90HetnTnSI
18. Mere khwabon mein jo aaye – Lata – Dilwale Dulhaniya Le jayenge 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxgvob1Ew0c
19. Mera ek sapna hai dekhoon tujhe – Khoobsurat 1999
20. Mere khwabon mein tu – Alka, Kumar Sanu – Gupt 1997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5d3W8K4YmU
21. Shauq khwab ka hai to neend aaye na – Lata – Jahan Tum le chalo 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-FmuuRLDM
22. Sapne mein milti hai – Asha, Suresh – Satya 1998
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqeh5RQ-SFk
Dr Rajesh Deshpande,
Welcome to SoY and thanks a lot for the big addition.
mumbaikar8 @ 40,
Thanks a lot for the compliments!
Wrt the selection of ‘Ai maine kasam li’ from ‘Tere Mere Sapne’, it was prompted by the line ‘Ek mann hai, ek tann hai, ek praan apne, ek rang, ek rup, tere mere sapne’ in the last antara’. I like ‘Jeevan ki bagiya’ as much as this song, and I know that Jkb has an entire antara dedicated to ‘sapna’ but for some reason it did not come to mind. In a way, it is good because it saved me from the ‘dharamsankat’ of having to choose between the 2 songs!
Wrt ‘Sach hue sapne’, I am in agreement with you. It was dumb of me not to have understood the import of the first line of the song but let me give a post facto rationale that occurred to me just now for why it fits into ‘Your dreams’:
(1) You have corrected me by stating that the heroine is addressing her ‘mann’ and not her man. This means that she is keeping her identity separate from that of her ‘mann’.
(2) She is saying ‘tere sapne’.
From (1) and (2), we can conclude that ‘tere sapne’ means the ‘mann ke sapne’ so the categorization is correct. To summarize, whether she is talking about ‘mere mann ke sapne’ or ‘mere man ke sapne’, they are ‘tere sapne’ and hence the categorization is apt. 🙂
Thanks for the song from ‘Naukri’ – it’s one of my favourites. I suppose you have cited it even though ‘sapna’/’khwaab’ do not occur in it because it is about the hero’s dreams for the future.
I have always loved the song from ‘Baharon ke Sapne’ for the other-worldly kind of experience it gives me, even without the visuals. Thanks for sharing it.
Rahulji @ 41, 43
Thanks for the kind words and for sharing what you know about Mandakini Pande.
I like the analogy that you have given for ‘Sapnon ka Saudagar’. If you do your fundamental analysis, you will understand that the reason for the fall in the listed price was because the showman was past his prime and the dreamgirl was not yet the dreamgirl then. Possibly the producers of the film went only by technical analysis.
I also agree with the song being a good candidate for ‘Their songs’. Thanks for sharing it. BTW, it is yet another example of SJ’s Bhairavi. I don’t think anyone – living or dead – understood this raga like they did!
AK @ 44,
You have written “Now surely Ashwin bug is infecting me. I must stop before I start uttering more gibberish.”
Is this your real opinion about me? That I utter gibberish? I am so hurt and angry! I will not forget this insult for the rest of my life!
‘Dushman Na Kare Dost Ne Wo Kaam Kiya Hai’ by Lata Mangeshkar & Amit Kumar (MD – Rajesh Roshan, Lyricist – Amit Kumar), from ‘Aakhir Kyon'(1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t3NTXGXyPA
Ashwin ji,Hans ji, Canasya ji;
Yes there are many day dreaming songs with or without the word sapna/ sapne/ khawab ..etc. Likewise there are some where such words occur mid way in stanzas. it is really fun recalling such songs . What really amazing is that they were common in vintage as well as Non Filmi Songs. Tum aao chham chham karti , Yeh kaun aaya savere savere ….etc are few examples.
Now I am continuing with more songs…..
Koi Mere Sapnon Mein Aaya…Lata…New Delhi …SJ..[ Beautiful composition and interludes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAgAxnOjWp4
Meri neendon mein tum mere khwaabon mein tum…Kishore, Shamshad…Naya Andaz…OPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V05k4yUGuNc
Khayalon Mein Kisi Ke Is Tarah Aaya Nahi Karte Mukesh, Geeta Dutt Bawre Nain 1950 Roshan Lal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NunAtrBU9JQ&t=4s
Dil Dhoondta Hai (Sad Version) – Mausam | Bhupinder Singh…MM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5rCRH3AkXQ
….to be contd.
Venkataramanji @ 47,
I salute your passion, your commitment and your empathy for SoY authors! To make a confession, I do not listen to all the songs in an SoY post most times. I must learn to emulate you in this regard.
Thanks for confirming that ‘Sach hue sapne tere’ is based on ‘Chhinna sikal paye niye’ and for letting us know that ‘Mera sundar sapna’ is based on ‘Rodon bare basanta’. But more than anything else, thanks for opening my eyes to the 2-4 khanDan of the 6-matra taal of ‘Chhinna sikal paye niye’. It would never have struck me had you not pointed it out. I did some Googling and discovered that the name of the taal is Sasthi and that it was created by Tagore himself. What an incredibly creative man!
As for my referring to Dev Anand as the mascot of my post, I did that without doing a frequency chart/keeping a tally count, which I am sure you would have done given your passion for statistics. I was being lazy and I apologize for the same. Thanks for pointing my mistake out.
Thanks for sharing the song from ‘Sagina’. Yes, I think it fits perfectly into the ‘Daydreaming’ category.
The last group of songs were all duets. Now is the turn of solos.
प्यार अरमानों का दर खटकाये
ख्वाब जागी आँखों से मिलने को आये
What beautiful lines by Majrooh. I can never get enough of this Chitragupta-Lata gem ‘dil ka diya jala ke gaya’. Film is Akashdeep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSJ03ihghU
He is talking about his own dream coming true.
Pehle mile the sapnon men – Zindagi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbJ-K2wucUY
Now every wife dreams of a special first ‘gahna’ of love from her saajan from his own earnings, in addition to what has been gifted by her in-laws during marriage. Sadhana’s dream in Gaban was hardly different from others, but it led to troubles turning it into a nightmare.
‘Maine dekha tha sapnon men ek chandrahaar’ is the fulfilment of her dreams by her saajan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehn0Pj_pkX4
कहीं एक मासूम नाजुक सी लड़की बहुत खूबसूरत मगर सांवली सी
मुझे अपने खाबों की बाँहों में पा कर कभी नींद में मुस्कुराती तो होगी
उसी नींद में कसमसा कसमसा कर सरहाने से तकिए गिरती तो होगी
Whole of this great song is like a dream. He is dreaming about what she is dreaming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3VRgX1EWiQ
In the last song everything including the sleep of her was in his dreams, but, here in Boy Friend, he is watching her sleep (though she is faking the sleep) and thinking that she is dreaming. This song is like the song ‘dheere dheere aa re badal’ from Kismet, which is also a sapna song but that in the end becomes a duet so I am not giving the link here. In this song ‘dheere chal-2 ae bhigee hawa’ also the word bulbul is used.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cW0x0qorV4
Hans @69,
You have addressed a question to me. This question often arises and I have expressed my views earlier too. On such theme-specific posts my view is that the relevant word should occur in the song prominently. It is just for practical convenience. Otherwise the posting becomes unregulated and we end up interpreting whether it fits the theme.
@77,
You have posted some great songs.
Ashwin @74,
“I am hurt and angry”. You are preempting me 🙂 ? You don’t realise what you have done in your comment @20. I wanted to maintain peace but now you have forced me to say what I feel:
Rangan once used an innocent metaphor
Of a song, a snake and a wily charmer
Ashwin rubbed it in for fun
Now for his life he is on the run
With AK and Rangan after him with a hammer 🙂
AK ji
I agree with your view that the theme word should be included in the song otherwise it will become a subjective exercise of interpretation.
For example one can then consider
Aa chal ke tujhe or wo subaha kabhi to aayegi as daydreaming songs if the person is a Trump supporter in the first case and an outright capitalist in the second case.
I here attempt to classify the songs in Aksque manner ( with due apologies to you & Ashwin ji)
Here is my humble ( & feeble) attempt :
1) Songs that use the words sapna , khwab or their variants ( sapni) and also show a dream on screen
EG. Sapne me dekha sapna
Thoda hai thode ki jaroorat hai ( I find that till this post this has not been mentioned, if it is then forgive me)
These can be considered as Level 1 dream songs
2 The songs having the theme words or their variants but do not show dream on screen
Most of the songs may fall in this class
EG Jeevan ki bagiya ,
Tere mere sapne ab
This is level 2 category
3 The songs which show dream on screen but do not use the theme words or their variants
EG Hum kale hai to kya hua Dilwale hai
Mehbooba Mehbooba bana lyo mujhe dulha
Mai re main kase kahoon
Mehbooba teri tasveer ( mentioned by Hans ji)
This is level 3 category
4 The songs which use neither the theme words including their variants nor show dream on screen but can be interpreted as dream songs because the thought expressed in the song is like a dream that will never be fulfilled hence a daydream.
EG Aa chal ke tujhe
This is level 4 category .
one can further refine the classification by having sub clauses er … Subclasses like theme word used in mukhada and used in Antara as Bhatiyaji has done.
Notwithstanding whatever is submitted above it will be always subservient to the Guest Author’s view read with the blogmaster’s judgment.
Adding some more songs here:
1. Aa sapne tujhe bulaye – Geeta Dutt – Humdard 1953
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfzJEUZ2bCY
2. Khwab mein kahan miloge – Lata, Rafi – Bindiya 1960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K592YZB8hYQ
3. Jo khwab saja hai palkon pe – Usha – Jiyo aur Jeene do 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_VIezAnHgI
4. Aap mujhe achche lagne lage sapne sachche lagne lage – Lata – Jeene ki Raah 1969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHVgbsVdPZM
5. Ek na ek din ye kahani banegi tu mere sapnon ki rani banegi – Rafi – Gora aur Kala 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZH8b_s1jos
6. Ankhiyon mein chhote chhote sapne sajaike – Kishore and Lata versions– Naukar 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-iywGo9IgY (Lata)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8lHUe6PxmE (Kishore)
7. Naina mere rang bhare sapne to sajaane lage – Lata – Black Mail 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XOKGe6fAM
8. Chori chori koi aaye …..khwab kai le jaye – Lata – Noorie 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79hxOboDXlE
9. Surmai ankiyon mein nanha munna ek sapna de ja re – Yesudas – Sadma 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5qMS-K8eYY
10. Apne pyar ke sapne sach huye – Lata, Kishore – Barsaat ki ek Raat 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Ky7cyiwxU
11. O mere sapnon ke saudagar – Anuradha Paudwal – Dil Hai ke Manta Nahin 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Aa_s5A3bY
12. Roz roz ankhon tale ek hi sapna chale – Asha, Amit – Jeeva 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhAcDuBiyaY
13. Saathiya tu mere sapnon ka meet hai – Asha, Rafi – Insaan 1982
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px31XdvgBuA
14. Sar se sarke sar ki chunariya……nainon mein nindiya nindiya mein sapne – Lata, Kishore – Silsila 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlyrsH-asW4
15. Hazaar khwab haqeeqat ka roop le lenge – Asha, Mahendra – Insaf ka Tarazu 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ81T2Tb2GY
16. Kabhi khwab mein ya khayaal mein kabhi zindagani – Talat Aziz – Daddy 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaF41msBne0
17. Chand Taare tod laoon saari duniya…..bas itna sa khwab hai – Abhijeet – Yes Boss 1997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3QzaUwml5w
18. Aane wala kal ek sapna hai guzra hua kal – Kumar Sanu – Phir Teri Kahani Yaad aayi 1993
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD5bugWnUWs
Amendment is required in the example given above.
I wanted to post aa chal ke tujhe with a brief write up ( this being a song my son likes since his childhood)
But got mixed up here.
Vide this amendment it is deleted.
Dr.Shetty @ 42,
Thanks for remembering ‘Neend hamaare, khwaab tumhaare’, a lovely song! It is one of the scores of songs that I got to hear thanks to SoY.
@ 48,
I had toyed with the idea of including the songs from Rajnigandha and Chitchor that you have cited, in my post but I eventually dropped the idea.
Had no idea that Nitin Mukesh had started singing way back in 1974 – a time when his dad was alive – itself.
Siddharthji @ 49.
I am kicking myself for not including ‘Jaane kaise sapnon mein’, which is one of my favourite songs. Not only is it based on a beautiful jod raga – Tilak Shyam (Tilak Kamod + Shyam Kalyan) but the interludes are out of the world, not to speak about Lata’s superlative singing and Shailendra’s brilliant lyrics ! Thanks for citing it.
Venkataramanji @ 50,
Thanks for posting ‘Pal bhar ki pehchaan’! It used to be a regular on the ‘Rang Tarang’ program on Vividh Bharti in the late 70s and early 80s. Another Manna Dey NFS that I like very much is ‘Saawan ke rimjhim mein thirak thirak nache re, mayur pankhi re sapne’. The MD was Shyam Sagar and if I am not mistaken the lyricist was Madhukar Rajasthani.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSDlh7RZSMs
@51,
Thanks for the Mukesh song from ‘Annadata’. Yes, I agree with your categorization. The tune is appropriately melancholy.
Ashwinji @ 85,
I think
Ashwinji,
Posting a song from the dubbed version of
KS Bhatiaji @ 52,
Thanks for the compliments in your inimitable style! Thanks especially for the lovely song by Jagmohan Sursagar. I confess that I had never heard of him. There is a lot of Raga Amritavarshini, a Carnatic raga, in it! I read about him and found another ‘dream song’ that he has sung. Here it is:
‘Sapnon mein mujhko pyaar mila’ by Jagmohan Sursagar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfSfhcqd-Es
As for ‘Kaun hai jo sapnon mein aaya’, I have never liked the song that much.
The sound-track of ‘Nagin’ is one of my favourites but I am not sure why you have included ‘Teri yaad mein jalkar dekh liya’ because it has no references to ‘khawab’ or ‘sapna’. Is the song-situation supposed to be that of a dream? (I have not watched the film.)
Had never heard ‘Aa gale lag jaa’ before. A typical SJ song from the 60s! Must have been one of the first songs in which synchronized swimming was shown!
I wish I had included ‘Tere khayalon mein’ in my post. I just love the tune for the segment ‘Din jaaye, raina jaaye re’!
Rahulji @ 53
Thanks for the SDB song from ‘Sagina’. As Dr.Shetty has remarked @ 54, this must have been the last song that he recorded in his voice. I remember watching ‘Sagina’ partially when it was telecast on DD in the 70s – I must have been 10-11 years old and did not understand the story.
2 songs from Tere Mere Sapne have been already mentioned
He maine kaam li by Ashwinji
& Jeevan ki bagiya by Mumbaikar ji
Now the third !
Again another gem gets overshadowed by the above two + Jaise radha ne
Mera antar ek mandir
In the first antara
Paake tujhe apna banake
Tujhko hi lauta dun
What marvellous way of expressing pristine love
And in the second antara
Pyar tera Duna
Ram jane phir bhi kun hai
Jeevan suna suna
Kaise kahu, kaise kahu
Dekhu main koi sapna
Neeraj brought in number of words that were not used / rarely used in HFS
Like antar, Duna, geetanjali and also had a marked preference for Mann over dil
https://youtu.be/Y9G-lRe_n-E
Dr.Shetty @ 54,
Aapne diya hai itne gaanon ka shower
Hats off to your memory power!
Your ability to find ‘khwab/sapna’ in every nook and cranny
Of a song is really very uncanny
I had wanted to include the song from ‘Ghar’ in my post but I let it go
KS Bhatiaji,
The little ditty that I wrote about Dr.Shetty @ 91 applies equally to you!
“Hum aapke aankhon mein’ is doubly apt for the theme – not only does it contain ‘khwab’ but the song situation is also that of a day-dream in ‘Pyaasa’.
Had never heard ‘Matwali muraliya baaje re’. Lovely song!
‘Chali re chali re main to’ is a beautiful composition in Raga Des.
‘Sansaar se bhaage phirte ho’, like ‘Man re tu kaahe na dheer dhare’ from the same film, is philosophical, thought-provoking, very Sahir, and based on Raga Yaman Kalyan!
From the look of the sets, the ‘Apne Huye Paraye’ song-situation seems to be a dream. Of course it has ‘sach karoon sapna’ in its lyrics!
It’s a surprise that the following have not been posted ( if at all they are , forgive me) not even by prolific Pradeepji or in 2 big lists of Dr Rajeshji
Perhaps they were too low hanging fruts to be plucked
1 Tasveer banata hoon – Talat – Baradari – khumar barabankavi – Nashad
2 Jane kya tune kahi
Geeta – Pyaasa- Sahir- SDB
3 Waqt ne kiya – Geeta- kagaz ke phool- Kaifi – SDB
4 Main gaau tum do jao – Rafi- Bramhachari- Shailendra – SJ
5 Waha kaun hai tera – SDB – Guide- Shailendra – SDB
6 Phir kahi koi phool khila – Manna dey- Anubhav- Kapilkumar- Kanu Roy
Ashwin ji,
Incidentally, Nitin Mukesh turned 70 yesterday.
He debuted, as a 20 year old, on a chubby 18 year old Rishi Kapoor in MERA NAAM JOKER, 1970, that has 3 immortal songs of his father Mukesh, 47 then.
The song..
Wish me luck as you wave me good bye..
..
… Till we meet again.
Simi being given a send off following her wedding.
He went on to sing for Salil Chowdhury ( SABSE BADA SUKH), Sonik Omi, RDB ( DOOSRI SEETA), Kalyanji Anandji etc in the following years… Solos, duets, multiple singers’ songs ( TRIMURTI, 1975…RDB, .. Achchi achhi pyari pyari bholi bhali Maa, O Maa, O Maa.. with KK _ Sanjay Khan, Bhupinder _ Rakesh Roshan, NM _ Asrani.)
Then, of course, SSS, 1977.
NM songs I like..
So gaya ye jahan..TEZAB.
Tumhari palkon ki chilmano mein…NAKUDA.
Kiski chali hai, kiski chalegi.. Dama dum Masth Qalandar…..NASBANDI, 1978, KA. Amit Kumar and NM on Junior(s) Amitabh Bachhan and Shotgun Sinha !
My name is Lakhan…RAM LAKHAN.( For Mhd Aziz’s energetic singing and Anil Kapoor’s jhakhas acting!
Giriji @ 56,
Thanks for the kind words!
‘Toote huwe khwaabon ne’ was one of the songs that came to mind for the 1st category but I have always found it too melodramatic for my tastes, so I was only too happy to drop it.
‘Meri neendon mein tum’ is a lovely song. I could not fit into one of my categories and there were already too many, so I dropped it!
Thanks for posting ‘Kanavu kanden’. I found the violin interlude from 2:23 to 2:37 very intriguing – it lends a very Western touch to what is a typically Carnatic-sounding song! Who are the singers?
Dr.Shetty @ 57,
I had heard ‘Kabhi tum khwab mein chaupke se’ for the first time around 2 years ago and had noted it down as a candidate for this article but I dropped it ultimately.
I would classify it under ‘Wishful Dreams’.
Rahulji @ 58,
Thanks for the beautiful Mehdi Hassan ghazal – I am familiar with it as well as with ‘Maalavuna taaka deep’. The raga is Bhoopeshwari (so named because its swars are Sa, Re, Ga,Pa, Dha like Bhoop, except that its D is komal while it is shuddha in Bhoop). The raga is also known as Pratiksha.
Here’s a rendition of Raga Pratiksha by Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmvjwdeCrC4
Dr.Shetty @ 59 & 60,
The ‘Raj Partigya’ song – I am familiar with the song but had no idea who the MD was!
The ‘Samaaj ko badal daalo’ song – Pariskhat Sahni has been credited as Ajay Sahni. I remember listening to a radio interview of his in which he had spoken about this. I should have had a category for ‘Lullabies featuring dreams’ and this song would have fitted in it.
‘Aao tumhe chaand pe le jaaye’ is a lovely song. Had no idea it was composed by Bappi Lahiri!
Thanks for the detective work around ‘Chalo chale maa’ 🙂 . In my opinion, the actress playing the mother in ‘Bedari’ needs to take some acting classes – the boy is crying his heart out and she has a deadpan expression on her face all through!
Arunjit @ 61,
Thanks for the cute song from ‘Hum Ek Hain’. The singer seems to be Zohra Ambalewali.
And thanks for your warm words of praise for the article!
Rahulji @ 62,
Am not sure whether ‘Phir wohi raat hai’ is the only song with both ‘sapna’ and ‘khwab’ but you just may be right about it being the song with the most number of occurrences of ‘khwab’.
Arunji,
Please accept my apologies for the extraneous ‘t’ in my address to you in #99.
Canasyaji @ 63,
Thanks for ‘Tum to dil ke taar chhedkar’! How I wish I had remembered to include it in my post but I would have been stumped regarding how to categorize it. Or maybe not – I would have come up with ‘Requests to lovers to appear in dreams’ as a category for this song!
Canasyaji,
I should have said ‘How I wish I had known the lyrics of this song better so that the chances of it striking me as a candidate for inclusion in my post ….’ in #102 instead of what I have stated!
Ashwin@95,
The singers of”kanavu kanden” are:T.M.Sounderarajan and T.S.Bhagavati. Regarding violin piece, it may be noted that T.S.Ramamurthy of V-R combination is a trained violinist.
Incidentally there is a sad version of the song also:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=48UWcPzIiUU
Same singers. This picture was produced by Kannadasan himself.
Ashwinji,
The Bandishes in Lalit and Puriya by Bhimsen Joshi and D V Paluskar went well with theme and made great listening. It seems, even if one can locate a few Bandishes on Sapna, Khwab will remain a dream.
Posting a bandish
Bhor ka sapana laage apna
Piya aayenge more angina
Bhor ka Sapana dekhi main to
Laage pyaara Choote sangana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI9aYxHO0uU
to be continued
Rahulji has mentioned Phir kahi koi phool khila by Manna dey for Anubhav 1971.
Here is one more song from Anubhav, sung by Geeta Dutt under Kanu Roy – Koi chupke se aake sapne sulake mujhko jagaake bole
Ashwin ji @ 102 & 103:
Thanks. You have already scored a century. With expansion of the theme to antaraas by Bhatiaji (and Dr Pradeep Shetty ji, and others), it will be touching a double century in no time. Let me contribute another single.
So ja rajkumari (Saigal in Zindagi; MD: Pankaj Mullick)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opsmm66GLH0
The first antaraa goes like this:
Addendum to 107:
I missed the lines:
So ja meethe sapne aayen, sapnon mein pi daras dikhayen.
Hans @ 69 AK @ 78 Rahulji @80,
“4 The songs which use neither the theme words including their variants nor show dream on screen but can be interpreted as dream songs because the thought expressed in the song is like a dream that will never be fulfilled hence a daydream.”
I am guilty of posting category 4 song. Chhota sa ghar hoga badalon ki chhaon mein.
Talking about dreams always remind of these unfulfilled simple sapne of simple people.
Adding some Gulzar’s khwab and sapne.
Ek Hi Khwab Kai Baar Dekha Kinara
https://youtu.be/9xsiYMX24LY
Aye Udi Udi Udi Saathiya
https://youtu.be/mEH_nPqeLos
Jaage Hain Guru
https://youtu.be/r8vZ3I4b9XU
And this one is his close to heart khwab.
Gulzar Speaks – Khwab
https://youtu.be/aGBKvlUmgCk
Moving on from Gulzar to Sahir’s nazm in which he has given Gulzar stiff competition in number of times Khawb is used.
Aao ke koi khawab bune kal ke vaste – Sahir Ludhianvi
https://youtu.be/52iEKoc2wXA
Here a ditty, there a ditty,
So many in his kitty!
No, Sir, I didn’t call him nutty,
Isn’t he super witty?
(Pun) dit, ( Pun) ekar,
Engineer, Manager,
Music lover, happiness spreader,
Oh! Yes, of late, a dreamer.
The very wise Blog Master
Pulled the leg of his very nice guest writer,
Alas! Friends they are no more !
Enters the ignorant doctor ,
Saying I wanna wanna be the peace maker!
Dushman na kare dost ne jo kaam…
So said, mildly, the Guest Writer,
Mere dushman tu meri dosti ko tarse..
Thus would’ve cursed ,strongly, anyone else in his chair!
Doctor unites them, and makes them promise
We are , once more, friends forever.
Ashwin ji,
Yes, not many good ‘ Sapno ke Raja’ songs. But, there is one wonderful , vintage song.
( Tere khayal mein mere bachpan ki zindagi gujri..
…..)
Kahan hai tu mere sapno ka Raja?
AFSANA, 1951.
Lata, Asad Bhopali, Husnlal Bhagatram.
B R Chopra’s debut movie, this had Ashok Kumar in an interesting double role.
Was it Indian screen’s first double role?
Two very run of the mill songs that were fairly popular for a while.
Mere sapno ke Rajkumar
Mujhe hai tera intezar…
JAANWAR.
Mere sapno ka woh Raja,
Mere dil ka Rajkumar..
HELLO BROTHER.
Afsana song _
https:// youtu.be/g2fn2xHhO_4
So Dr Shetty you can heal the minds through real poetry. You will go a long way.
But you should remember ‘zindagi khwab hai, khwab men sach hai kya or jhooth kya’. And when they come out of sleep and rinse the mouth, the sour taste will vanish like ‘gadhe ke sar se seeng’.
A ‘cute doll’ dance by Kamini Kaushal.
Main hoon tere sapno ki Rani
Tum mujhe pehchana na..
AAS, 1953.
Lata, Shailendra, SJ.
The song
O sapno ka Raja
O sapno ki Rani..
BANPHOOL has both sapno ke Raja and Rani in succession.
Dr Shetty @111, Ashwin,
There was once a doctor called Dr Shetty
His patient, the (Pun)-dit (Pun)-e-kar was very witty
But the doctor could not treat punny bones
Instead the (Pun)-dit turned him into one of his clones
And Dr Shetty started writing ditty after ditty
Hats off to both of you, you are great wits.
Puns intended amass. Excited to be here.
Heard this beauty by Geeta Roy after ages on SLBC today.
Has sapna in it and is scored by Hemant Kumar.
Fits for both the latest posts and unfortunately Geeta Roy’s life too.
https://youtu.be/GiRW2LAqCgc
Hans ji.
Thank you. Friends and relatives call me Rhyme Master! A senior music lover,not a great fan of Anand Bakshi, always says, ” You, too, doctor!”
Jaani,Gadhe ke sar ke seeng aur khwab mein bhari baarish ret se banaye sapno ke mahal dono ghayab hone ke liye hi aate hain… said the RANJHA/ KARMAYOGI/ MAHAVEERA/ POLICE/GALIYON KA BADSHAH, BETAAJ BADSHAH/ INSANIYAT KE DEVTA…..
AK ji,
You are witty, both subtly and overtly and match Ashwin ji word for word word. And, that is no small fete.
Thank you for including me, a lesser mortal, in the August company.
Mahesh ji,
Believe me, just a few seconds back I suddenly remembered an Asha song from a movie which is among my all time favorite favorite favorites ; also having 3 superlative Geeta Dutt songs that I absolutely love. Thought how the on screen character, the actress portraying it and her ‘ voice’ drowned themselves in alcohol!
Yes, SAHIB BIWI AUR GHULAM.
Meri baat rahi mere man mein
Kuch keh na saka uljhan mein
Mere sapne adhoori
Hue nahin poori
Aag lage jeevan mein…
An absolute contrast to the chulbuli, teasing
Bhanwra bada naadaan..
both in Asha’s singing and Waheeda Rehman’s acting.
With these two songs and Saakiya aaj mujhe neend nahin aayegi.. Asha proves she is the fit candidate for the unenviable job of being the second voice in a film with 3 GD gems..
Na jao sainya chuda ke bainya..
Piya aiso jiya mein..
Koi door se aawaz de chale aao ( hauntingly beautiful!)
Ashwin ji,
Unfulfilled dreams, as in the above mentioned song falls in the shattered dreams category or can be considered a a sub classs?
And,
A probable candidate for your null set:
Jo raat ko jaldi soye
Aur subah ko jaldi jaage
Un bachhon se door door duniya ke dukh bhage…
….
Ghar choota, kismet rooti,
…
Raste par bhi so kar jisne
Dekhe meete sapne…
BIN MAA KE BACHHE, 1979.
Pushpa Pagdhare, S H Bihari, O P Nayyar.
Though a brother is singing this to his younger sister, the visuals zoom on people sleeping on the footpath. So,
Their dreams?
Earlier in the song..
Mere bahen jhoola inki
Sapno ki dori..
Yes, Ashwin ji,
Lullabies and children’s songs have the word sapna quite often.
Surmai akhiyon mein
Nanna munna ek sapna de jaaye..
SADMA.
Mera Raja beta bhooje ek paheli.
..
Nain jharonke se sapna jhanka..
ANURAAG, 1973.
Zindagi Zindagi mere ghar aana..
..
Magar ab jo aana , dheere se aana
Yahan ek Shehzadi soyi hui hai
Ye pariyon ke sapno mein khoyi hui hai..
DOORIYAN, 1979.
Dr. Shetty @111 , Hans ji ,
I endorse Hans ji comments @114 , Poetry and prose some time brings wonder healing products available in plenty but seldom used. You have right prescription for up healing the saddened ones .
Poetry , yes . Remembring old Rafi song [ may not fit in this theme , but a good poitic song ]…Kuchh aisi pyari shakl mere mehbooba ki hai…..
Kuchh aisi pyari shakl mere dilruba ki hai..Rafi – HasratJaipuri – Madan Mohan..Naya Kanoon1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8cxdmGvSZY
Aswin ji , Venkatraman ji , Dr. Shetty , Ms Mumbaikar 8 ;
With so many songs to dwell upon , it really need to slow down to enjoy both heard and rare songs. So far the songs belonged to A or B class movies as well as vintage songs beyond golden periods…now it is worth wise to know some of the rare beautiful songs that belonged to C grade movies . As a starter here is one ….[ on screen singing song is Randhawa , brother of Dara Singh ]
Song : main to tere haseen khayalon mein kho gaya..
Film : Sangram ,1965.
Singer : Rafi,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCRVXVyGeBk
….to be contd.
Pradipji @112
Where do you put this sapno ka Rajkumar by a debutant who tied with no less than Prince of playback singing.
Titli udi – Suraj- Shailendra- SJ
https://youtu.be/ic40kw9o1Us
Dr.Shetty @ 111, AK @ 116,
I had planned to resume responding to comments later this afternoon, and to resume where I had left off but could not resist returning earlier than planned when I espied your respective excellent poetic efforts. So, here is a ditty dedicated to the Doctor from Dakshina Kannada:
The good doc from Mangalore
Contributes immensely to Songs of Yore
He knows songs on every topic
Whether mundane or exotic
And has us craving for more
Aswin ji , Venkatraman ji , Dr. Shetty , Ms Mumbaikar 8 ;
As Forms follow Functions….Music follows Heart . Music is Life that is why our heart beats. Look at the black and white keys of piano and you get up to dance with their notes .
Waltz music and dance numbers have been my favorite beats that make me swayed with it …no matter if my feet goes up to the three fourth of a feet .
Naushad , Shankar Jaikishan, Madan Mohan ….and many others have given us many waltz based songs to get swayed to their compositions / melodies. But here is S D Burman who is in his masterly touch in one of his melodies of golden period ….beautifully sung by Lata ji …
Phailli Huyee Hain Sapno – Kalpana Kartik – House No.44 -Lata ji …. S.D. Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8GK5FT_9Mc
to be contd….[ my computer is efficient when I post one or two links ]
And here’s a very contrived bilingual limerick dedicated to our blogmaster:
मात्र अपने नाम के initials को लेके
He made himself known as AK
And started Song of Yore
Which he nurtured for ten years and more
By giving space for opinions सबके
Aswin ji , Venkatraman ji , Dr. Shetty , Ms Mumbaikar 8 ;
After silence music follows the trails of lyrics in deep forests where walking over dry leaves also adds up to the melodies of the lost world .
Again sapne …in stanzas…Here Naushad scores with prime melodies .
Mohan ki muraliya baaje…Shamshad…Mela…Naushad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vZeYP3tYzI
Bachpan Ke Din Bhula Na Dena (Male) | Mohammed Rafi | Deedar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM2z_k_DxA8
naseeb dar pe tere..film deedar 1951….Rafi….Naushad….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HweapvpWHQM
…to be contd.
Aswin ji , Venkatraman ji , Dr. Shetty , Ms Mumbaikar 8 ;
In continuation one of my favorite song from Daag [old]….
Preet yeh kaisi bol ri duniya reet yeh kaisi…Lata ji , Daag…SJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmPYD8JcXlc
…still continuing…
Donno if this Almighty induced dreams is covered.
Duniya banane wale kya tere maan mein samayee from Teesri Kasam 1966.
https://youtu.be/1k4IbUr282k
mumbaikar8 @ 64, AK @ 66,
I agree with AK that the reference in ‘Aankhon mein humne’ is to ‘your dreams’
A very interesting and well written post with so many nice songs . I do not think I can add more to what has been said at SOY . The classification made it useful to focus on different types of songs dealing with dreams .I got a large list of songs on ‘ Dreams ‘ .
My view is that the songs and discussions limited to mainly the words ‘ Sapna ‘ and ‘ Khwab ‘ . There were some songs without the use of these two words , like one posted here from ‘ Bawre Nayan ‘ .. ‘ Khayalon mein kiske… ‘ . Perhaps songs without the use of these 2 words could also form part of songs under ‘ Dreams ‘ . In fact many songs using the words related to ‘ khayal ‘ or ‘ yaad ‘ meant to be used for ‘dreams ‘ . There could be many such words .
‘ Tere Khyalon mein … ‘/ GEET GAYA PATHARON NE / 1964 / Ramlal / Asha
https://youtu.be/oIc8IKk-pw8
Ashwin ji , Cansaya ji ;
Here are some songs from regular theme and some on day dreaming….
Asha Bhosle – Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne (1964) – ‘tere khayalon mein hum’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBD8A0-KDr0
Tera Khayal Dil Se Bhulaya (HD) – Dillagi 1949 Songs – Suraiya – Naushad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADu7xbbUX7M
Teri Tasveer Bhi Tujh Jaisi – Mohammed Rafi – KINARE KINARE …Jaidev [ a marvel of a day dreaming song]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkUlq0N-clo
Pyar par bas …/ SONE KI CHIDIYA /1958 / OPN / Talat , Asha
https://youtu.be/dYchgFUtmgo
‘ Kaise koi jaane … ‘ / TAQDEER / 1967 / LP / Rafi
https://youtu.be/j11l4IsG-UI
This song does use the word ‘ Svapna ‘ @ 3 ‘
‘ Tumhen yaad karte …’ / AAMRAPALI / 1966 / SJ / Lata
https://youtu.be/yIlCqg__Nvg
Rahul ji,
Coming from the horse’s ( mare’s) mouth or going by what Sharda ( Iyengar) said about Titli udi.. , Sapno ka Rajkumar is above mundane, worldly things. She, in an interview, said Titli was the soul, craving to fly free to it’s Moksha, Sapno ka Rajkumar!
I, like the interviewer, was taken aback at this explanation!
With the mention of Sharda, my mind went to her songs I like… From PEHCHAN, AROUND THE WORLD, SEEMA ( Jab bhi ye dil udaas hota hai..).
SEEMA reminds me the Suman Kalyanpur song .. Ek thi nindiya , do thi naina..
…
Dono judwa naino ko behelati this
Ankhon pe rakh deti thi meete sapne
Sapnowali nindiya Maa kehelati thi..
( Some special imagery here!)
Rahul ji,
SURAJ wasn’t Sharda’s debut.
In GARMA GARAM, 1957, she had sung with G M Durrani and S D Baatish under Vinod. The comedy movie had Bhagwan, Agha, Om Prakash, Dumal etc.
Next was GUMNAAM, 1965.
Solo.. Aa aayega kaun yahan..
Duet with the King of Playback singing.. Jaan E Chaman Shola badan.
STREET SINGER, 1966.
A multiple versions song.. Aa aajaa gale laga.. Rafi, one version, Sharda two versions!
A duet with Rafi.
SURAJ, 1966, came next.
With Titli udi, she had another song..
Dekho mera dil machal machal gaya..
Interestingly, here also we see birds flying as in Titli!
Sorry for the information overload!
Manojji @ 65,
Thanks for posting the Jagmohan song ‘O varsha ke pehle baadal’ from ‘Meghdoot’ (1945)- the 2nd Jagmohan song for this post so far… and to think that I had not known who he was till yesterday! But I do not see any connection between the song and day-dreaming. It seems to be a song in which the ‘yaksha’ of Kalidasa’s famous work (on which this movie is undoubtedly based) is asking the clouds to take a message to his beloved in the Himalayas.
Ms. Mumbaikar 8 ;
Here are some songs with a start from Gulzar dream song…
Jane Kahan Dekha Hae… MOHAMMAD RAFI…Film: Biwi Aur Makkan (1966)
Music: Hemant Kumar
Lyrics: Gulzar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvkw7KnTC94&t=142s
Movie : Sangdil
Music Director: Sajjad Hussain
Singer: Asha Bhosle and Geeta Dutt
Director: R C Talwar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTM7kX3_tLs
….to be contd…
‘ Sapna mera tut… ‘ / 1975 / KHEL KHEL MEIN / RDB / Asha , RDB
https://youtu.be/NGvnsU_9ihA
Dr.Shetty @ 67,
I can do nothing but rave
About the songs of the great Rahul Dev
किसी भी भाषा में शब्द हैं कम
To describe the genius of Pancham
In the world of film music, he started a new wave
Thanks for posting 2 of his catchiest numbers and 1 of his all-time greats.
Aswin ji; Venkatraman ji;
Dams and embankments are still holding the torrent of songs , some hidden at bottom of the dam reservoir silt and only to be scored by silt washing sluices. In a Dam we provide Fish Ladders too enabling fish to get transfered from upstream to downstream .
Here is a catch of a beautiful song …..
Zindagi khwab hai – Chhoti Chhoti Baten – Anil Biswas – Shailendra – Mukesh – 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0poRMzqQdY&t=84s
‘ Ajeeb dastan hai … ‘ / 1960 /DAAPP / SJ / Lata and chorus
https://youtu.be/ryjFAVMS30Y
Dr Shetty
After rinsing their mouths with your poetic medication syrup and sanitizing their fingers, both of them have started poetic pleasantries. I see Bhatiaji’s prose poetry has penetrated too deep and everyone is writing poetry. So why should not I also try a hand. Just a doha.
Thank god you are called rhyme master and not crime master GOGO,
otherwise instead of healing, killing would have been your LOGO.
Maheshji has rightly said,
‘Puns intended amass. Excited to be here’
We knew about Ashwinji’s versatility and all round talent.
Akji bridges the space between the readers and plays the Aces to a great effect.
And both of them have many more cards in their hand.
But Pradeepji is turning out to be the trump card and never fails to surprise us with quickly setting up winners and taking tricks.
In SoY he has established a reputation of being the person having the fastest recall, whether it comes to songs, dialogues, film details…you name it. Now he is giving a run for the money to Ashwinji and Akji in his new ‘Avataar’.
And Bhatiaji is the ‘Aasthana Kavi’ of ‘SoY’.
And we are really privileged to be among the Pundits and Poets.
With Josephji and Hansji back
Ab Khwabon Ki Mehfil Jam gayi hai.
I was enjoying from the side line, please permit me to join the Mehfil with a song,
Kathputli (1957), Subir sen, Shailendra, Shankar-Jaikishan
Manzil vahi hai pyar ki rahi badal gaye
Sapno ki mehfil me ham tum naye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zYpScbQ5Dw&feature=emb_title
Ashwinji & Akji,
I notice that except the first line of the postings @ 86 & 87 the rest of my postings have vanished. Yesterday there was some problem and that may be the reason.
@85 & @86,
The song ‘Saawan ke rimjhim mein thirak thirak nache re, mayur pankhi re sapne’ was penned by Anjaan.
Reposting the songs posted earlier @87,
I am posting two songs, one from a Tamil film and another from a Bengali film.
The Tamil film ‘Akbar’ (1961) was a dubbed version of ‘Mughal-e Azam’(1960).
K Asif had planned to make Mughal-e-Azam in three languages – Hindi, Tamil and English. While the Hindi version was a blockbuster hit, the Tamil version flopped badly. So the makers subsequently aborted the idea of dubbing it in English. But all the songs of the Tamil version became popular. The lyrics written by Kambadasan. The songs were sung by P Susheela and Jikki. Six songs from the 1961 version can be found in the You Tube. I am presenting the Tamil version of the song ‘ Mohabbat ki jhooti kahani pr roye’ rendered by P Susheela
Kanavu kanda kaadhal, kadhai kanneeraachchae
Nilaa veesum vaanil, mazhai soozhalaachchae ….
Undhan kaadhalin kanavellaam
kanneeraachchae…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLUwG4SC1zg
Now the bengali song,
Amar Swapne Dekha Rajkanya Thake
Saat Sagar Aar Tero Nadir Paare….
Roughly translated,
Their lives the princess of my dream
Beyond seven rivers and thirteen streams….
Sagarika ( ), Shyamal Mitra, Gouriprasanna Majumdar, Robin Chatterjee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bvb9za-jOg
Dr.Shetty @ 68,
Am familiar with the 1st and 3rd songs – they are quite well-known. How in the world do you remember songs like the 2nd and 4th ones that you have cited? They are so obscure!
‘ Phaili hui hai… ‘/ 1955 / HOUSE NO.44 / SDB / Lata
https://youtu.be/u8GK5FT_9Mc
‘ Jhukti ghata gaati… ‘/ 1958 / DHOOL KA PHOOL / N Datta / Lata and chorus
https://youtu.be/Ba-t4T7hBWQ
Ashwinji @ 138
Delighted by your love for Pancham
Here is Panchsm’s first song on the current theme
Aaj hua mera dil matwala – Chote Nawab – Shailendra
Pancham had said that his father scolded him after listening to his first few songs saying that his tunes sound like those of SJ or Madan Mohan. This tune looks like to be influenced by SJ ( my personal view)
https://youtu.be/WHexLpQD7Yo
Khwabo ke mere rang dala
You have to wait till the lat line of last antara .
Hansji @ 69,
Thanks for the compliments! Yes, there are zillions of songs on dreams and they have been pouring in over the past 3 days. I agree with you that my categories are not exhaustive and this has been proved by the songs suggested by readers which defy slotting into the buckets that I had come up with. As for ‘Mehbooba teri tasveer kis tarah main banaun’, I think it would be a good fit for a new category called ‘Fantasy songs’ because the character played by Dharmendra is clearly fantasizing in it!
Thanks for the 5 other songs.
‘Aisa koi suhavan sapna’ is a nice song and Kanan Devi’s behaviour towards the end of the song is rather quaint!
‘Ankhen hamari hon sapne tumhare hon’ is a song in which both ‘sapne’ and ‘khwaab’ occur.
Watching ‘Maine ek khwab sa dekha hai’ brought to mind another telephone song featuring Sunil Dutt – ‘Jalte hain jiske liye’. The difference in the two songs is that in the ‘Waqt’ song, communication is two-way, while it is unidirectional in the ‘Sujata’ song.
‘Hum jab simat ke aapke’ is probably better known than the previous song.
‘Dheere dheere chal’ is one of my favourite Rafi-Lata duets. A happy that it has been cited!
Dr.Deshpande @ 70,
Thanks for the compliments! I am overwhelmed by the # of songs that you have cited! It will take me ages to listen to all of them even if I confine myself to listening only to those that I am not familiar with, simply because your list contains more of this type of songs than the ones that I am familiar with. But here is my comment on ‘Do chamakti aankhon mein’ from ‘Detective’: it was inspired by ‘Jamaica Farewell’ which was popularized by Harry Belafonte:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFFlWtlDRqk
Venkataramanji @142,
I am not in any run with the Masters, Ashwin and Dr Shetty. But Hans also seems to be inspired to try his hand at some poetry @141. And you are by nature a Kavi. If you enter the filed all competition vanishes.
@143,
That glitch got resolved only today morning. During this time many comments got posted in full. But it seems now you have completed what you wanted to say. Do you want me to do anything now?
Bhatiyaji
You have suggested to move on to beautiful songs from C graders .
I doubt whether this is a beautiful song but I am sure about the movie.
The song must have fulfilled AB’s long standing dream of being a singer .
In fact in the same movie he got a duet with the nightingale ( as per Wikipedia this was recorded first)
https://youtu.be/3fW3c1H1Dno
I had posted 3 songs starting with the words Mere sapno ki Rani on Rahul ji’s blog. Soon afterwards, I remembered a fourth. I thought I had then posted it. But, on checking today, I found out I hadn’t. So, they were the first songs I remembered on reading the title of the post. Sure enough, the most well known among the 4.. KK _ ARADHANA was included by Ashwin ji. The historical … KLS,MR _ SHAHJAHAN was mentioned the very first comment by D P Rangan ji…25/ 06.
I wanted to wait for at least 3, 4 days to see when will the other 2 get posted.
27/06 : Dr Rajesh Deshpande, appearing like a tsunami ( with 22 songs !!!, followed by another 18 !!! a while later..More on him later.), posted the comparatively lesser heard one…MR, JAWAN MOHABBAT.
Yes. The song that I thought would remain unnoticed is yet to be posted.
End of day 5. I will post the nice ,comical song.
Mere sapno ki Rani re
Tu lakhon mein …
VEENA, 1948.
Mukesh, Pandit (Pundits to note!) Narendra Sharma, Anil Biswas.
The movie has some good songs by Manna Dey, Chitalkar,Shamshad Begum, Amirbai Karnataki.
All the 4 Mere Sapno ki Rani songs are different in mood.
Dharmendra was mentioned.
We saw his back, first sitting on an armchair and then standing, in the evergreen Hemant Kumar creation..
Tum pukar lo, tumhara intezar hai
Khwab bun rahi hai raat…
KHAMOSHI.
With Rakhi,he wanted his jeevan to be a sundar sapna…
Jhilmil sitaron ka aangan hoga…
JEEVAN MRITYU.
While with Sharmila Tagore, ek sapno ka mahal was desirable.
Ek mahal ho sapno ka…
EK MAHAL HO SAPNO KA.
Decades later, with his sons, he sang
Baaki sab sapne hote hain
Apne toh apne hote hain..
APNE.
Sharmila, with Rajesh Khanna, had dreamed for just a small house.
Main ek chor, Tu meri Rani..
…
Hum dono ne dekha hai ek sapna
Kahin pe chota sa ek ghar hai apna
RAJA RANI, 1973.
Kishore Kumar,Lata; AB,RDB.
In a very rare example, the lines
Hum dono ne dekha tha ( replacing hai) ek sapna
Kahin pe chota sa ek ghar tha ( for hai) apna
become the mukhda of an entirely different song..
Na tumse hui, na humse hui
Dono se mohabbat ho na saki..
Then, we also have the rare Mukesh outing with RDB _ a duet with Lata.
Haan toh main kya keha raha tha?
…
…
Raat sapne bun raha hai
Shayad koi sun raha hai
Maali hai, bagon se kaliyan chun raha hai!
Bun, sun, chun.. Anand Bakshi rhyme magic!
Kaise shabdon ko chun rahe the
Sundar nagme bun rahe the
Hum sab khush hoke sun rahe the!
Before someone screams enough, it is Good Night from me!
After the completion and posting of this article Ashwinji took back the virtual hanky that he threw in to reserve this topic.
Now it is like playing a ‘catch me if you can’ game with him. Don’t force him to throw in the towel. Let us go a bit slow on our postings so that he is able to catch up with the pending comments and songs. Don’t entangle him in his web of dreams.
AK @ 66 Ashwin @128
The verdict is 2:1 I have to concede.
But the ambiguity for me still remanins.
What is “your” dream.
Ankhon me humne aapke sapne sajaye hai
“I am dreaming about you” or “I am dreaming about your dreams?
Continuing with Gulzar’s romance with khwab and sapne.
This time the singer is the talented son KK Amit Kumar
Roz roz aakhon tale Reeva
https://youtu.be/yG5fNxVwlDw
Mumbaikar8,
This is a unique telepathy. Even after the 2:1 verdict in my favour on Aankhon mein humne aapke sapne sajaye hain I had precisely the same doubt and then I saw your comment. You can now count me as one of the doubters/changers as in Twelve Angry Men/Ek Ruka Hua Faisala. This ‘Aapke’ seems to be different from ‘Tere’ of Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain.
Mumbaikar ji @ 155
This is the answer to my unsure statement & your doubt about khwab& sapna
Ek hi sapna chale
jis tarah khwab ka diya jale & this is even better than phir wohi in the sense that here both the words appear in mukhada itself.
Ashwin@149
Dear Ashwinji,
Thanks a lot for your response and feedback!!
The information about the inspiration for the Detective song was new to me!
I checked the link that you had provided. It’s really a nice song!!
Many have expressed the view that the words Sapne/Khwab should necessarily occur in the songs . If that is so then right in the beginning the title should have restricted to these two words. After announcing the broad title ‘ DREAMS ‘ it may be a bit late in the day to confine to songs with only the two specific words . Maybe we can be cautious in future posts . In fact there could be some useful conditions that could be considered while posting of readers comments.
‘ Karke jiska intezar… ‘/ 1963 / HAMRAHI / SJ / Lata , Rafi
https://youtu.be/GUC-bgGNKGk
The word Sapne occurs around 1′ 57 ” into the song
‘ Jyoti kalash chhalke …’/ 1961 / BHABHI KI CHOORIYAN / Sudhir Phadke / Lata
https://youtu.be/ajb-SgmNevg
The word khwab is at 3 ‘ into the song
‘ Din saara guzara…’/ 1961 / JUNGLEE / SJ / Lata , Rafi
https://youtu.be/AZ4W3KoegRw
The word Khwab occurs at 58 ” into the song .
‘ Mere mehboob tujhe…’/ 1963 / MERE MEHBOOB / Naushad / Lata
https://youtu.be/xzPGBnKt8z0
Mumbaikar ji,
I can deduce that you like Gulzar’s poetry/ lyrics. That makes two of us. Same pinch!
After c lyrics for BANDINI ; screenplay and dialogues for KHAMOSHI, ANAND, Gulzar was called to Calcutta to adapt into Hindi. the screenplay of Tapan Sinha’s APANJAN, 1968,a critical and commercial hit about the political /youth unrest in West Bengal. However, Sinha backed out of the project because he wanted to retain the original starcast , which was not agreeable with the producer. Later, Gulzar was offered to debut as a director , and thus MERE APNE, 1971, happened.
It was the last movie Meena Kumari accepted, in spite of her failing health. She died a few months after the movie’s release. Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha, doing villainous roles, got their first major break in sympathetic characters. Danny Denzongpa had singed ZAROORAT as his debut movie. But, MERE APNE turned out to be his first release.
Salil Chowdhury scored the music. Tapan Sinha himself had scored the original movie’s music . Rabindra Sangeet was used very effectively, especially Alo amaar alo and Uto Go Bharat Lakhi.
Koi hota jisko apna hum apna keh lete yaron..
…
Ankhon mein neend na hoti
Aansoo hi tairte rehte
Khwabon mein jaate hum raat bhar
Koi toh gam apnata
Koi toh saathi hota…
Kishore Kumar.
If any hero could look dashingly handsome in a ‘ sad/ emotional’ song, I feel it was Vinod Khanna here. So natural, conveying his inner sadness without any melodrama!
In APANJAN , Chhayadevi essayed the old woman’s role that was later done by Meena Kumari. Sarup Dutta ( of UPHAAR) and Samit Bhanja ( GUDDI), who had done the roles later played by VK and SS, respectively, were catapulted to stardom. Samita Sanyal, probably, was the only artist to feature in both the languages. The movie won the Best Bengali film award at the National award and several at The Bengal Film Journalists’ Association awards.
In 1984, it was remade in Kannada as BENKI BIRUGALI, with Jayanthi, Vishnuvardhan , Shankar Nag and Jayamala.
The word Sapno comes around 1′ 46” into the song .
‘ Zindagi kaisi hai… ‘/ 1971 / ANAND / Salil / Manna Dey
https://youtu.be/Psfm3s-Wmfo
‘ Tumhen yaad hoga … ‘/ 1958 / SATTA BAZAR / Kalyanji Anandji / Hemant , Lata
https://youtu.be/nLl34jZYYSY
Venkataramanji @ 154,
If taking a vow can be termed as ‘to vowel’
I hereby vowel not to throw in the towel
SoYers’ comments have been akin to a (good) bombardment
But I will read and try to respond to every comment
And soldier on like General Colin Powell
From my guest writer duties I will never balk
But now I need to go for my evening walk
Once I return and have finished नहाना
I will practise शास्त्रीय गाना and have खाना
Which means I’ll be back with SoY at ten o’clock
Ten O ‘ clock, says the all rounder Guest Writer.
Four hours!? .. Some of you may wonder!
Look again, four tasks there,
Ghoomna, nahana, gaana gaana,khana,
Aisa time management sab ke bas ka hai na!
Na, Baba, na! Bilkul, ajeebaat, hargiz na!
Kabhi na, kahin na! Aisa multitasker aur koi Na!
Oh Doctor, with the onslaught of posts,
Trouble him no more.
Rest of the agenda for night.. sleep and dreams,
Should begin at an early hour.
Songs on dreams are flowing
Rapidly with no signs of slowing
Experts are also having fun
With poetry and pun
With all this SOY is glowing
AKji @ 150,
First I should have thanked you and our one member technical team earlier, for resolving the problem.
I understand you are not in the run with masters, since you are the grand-master.
Besides Hansji, Giriji too have thrown in his hat.
And I in a role of a poet; poetics and I are poles apart. At the most I can be an apology for a poet.
Ashwinji @ 166,
Pradeepji @ 167
Giriji @ 168,
Wow, what a free flow of Puns and Poems,
Should I sing a welcome serenade, when the clock strikes ‘10’.
Dr.Shetty @ 167,
It is not a crime
Not to be the best manager of time
That said, I’d like to draw your attention
That there were many activities that I did not mention
In the 2nd half of my 2-verse rhyme
Anyway, I am back, as promised, now
To resume the SoY powwow
But the limericks I will stop for a while
‘Coz to go on and on is simply not my style
For bearing with my nonsense, I owe all SOYers a bow
KS Bhatiaji @ 75,
Yes, it’s fun recalling songs in which the word for ‘dream’ is in the middle of the song and not in the mukhda. There are so many examples that SoYers have already provided, and I am sure we will have many more.
‘Koi mere sapnon mein aya’ IS a lovely song. I wish the video had been available. I searched for it on YouTube but to no avail. Was the song dropped from the movie?
‘Mere neendon mein tum, mere khwaabon mein tum’ is a well-known song and one of the songs that I had wanted to include but I dropped it since I could not find a good category for it.
Wrt ‘Khayalon mein kisike’, I am not sure it fits into this post because it neither contains ‘khwab’ or ‘sapna’ nor is it about daydreaming. Not every ‘khayal’ is a dream!
In the song from ‘Mausam’, Sanjeev Kumar’s character does seem to be daydreaming , so it is a good fit for the category ‘Songs about dreams but which do not contain an explicit reference to dreams’!
Dr. Shetty@152
Thanks for your comments. Your vast and boundless knowledge on hindi film songs is truly impressive and your ability to provide songs on any topic or word and related information is amazing!!
You had mentioned songs starting with Mere sapno ki rani.
Here is a song beginning with sapno ki rani and also mentioning sapno ke raja. This is from Teen Bahuraniyan (1968) sung by Kishore & Asha – Aa sapnon ki rani naache gaaye hum tum….aa sapnon ke raja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxiU1u7Wdho
And a song, whose mukhda ends with tere sapno ki rani from Chandni 1989, sung by Nitin Mukesh & Suresh Wadkar
Tu mujhe suna main tujhe sunaoon apni prem kahani…….tere sapnon ki rani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASeNdyCF-4s
Hansji @ 77,
I share your sentiments regarding ‘Dil ka diya jala ke gaya’! What a song! Thanks for drawing our attention to the wonderful lyrics by Majrooh. I am one of those folks who pays more attention to the music compared to the words and it is always a revelation when the beauty of the words strikes me once I have paid attention to them.
Listened to ‘Pehle mile the sapnon mein’ and ‘Maine dekha tha sapnon men ek chandrahaar’ after a very long time. Thanks for sharing them.
‘Kahin ek maasoom’ is a lovely song in typical Khayyam-style.
‘Dheere chal, dheere chal’ is a ‘mast’ song! Yes, the similarities to the Ashok Kumar-Amirbai Karnataki song from ‘Kismet’ are uncanny!
AK,
Now as you are on the fence let me give you my reasons of why the ambiguity crept in.
In the first place, It is her response.
Her line “ sapna bhi aap hi hai haqeeqat bhi aap hahi: means “mera to” which is silent
“Sapna” aur haqeeqat dono app hi hai.
Now the picturization.
She is sitting on the throne with her eyes closed, he places the crown on her head she opens her eyes and the song starts.
Does that make “Aapke sapne ” her dreams?
Moving away from Gulzar to Nida Fazli.
In this song khwab is in antara, another dream come true song.
Usha Khanna has some great songs to her credit
Ajnabee Kaun Ho Tum Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai Sweekar kiya maine
https://youtu.be/Bzq_ONgIPlM
And now Javed Akhtar.
Describing the brittleness of khwab
Bala Subramanium has good song with RDB.
Hum Na Samjhe The Gardish
https://youtu.be/uoJXok3TEzw
Alka Yagnik’s song from her non filmy album with Javed Akhtar.
Saare Sapne Kahi Kho Gaye – Alka Yagnik
https://youtu.be/zi4S-TVW2Uk
Dr. Shetty @ 163
“It was the last movie Meena Kumari accepted, in spite of her failing health.”
Poetry was the bond of their friendship. If I am not ill-informed he inherited her poems.
Dr, Shetty your Same Pinch has passed on your bug of poetry to me.
जो जागे में तुकबंदी न कर सके
वह सपने में शेर पढ़ चले
Mumbaikar8 @175,
I am already converted. We need to get more Ayes change to No. Ajanabi kaun ho tum jab se tumhein dekha hai is a beautiful song. I had heard it earlier, but had not listened to it carefully. Thanks a lot.
‘ Phir teri kahani… ‘/ 1966 / DIL DIYA DARD LIYA / Naushad / Lata
https://youtu.be/Yyf8LMeFidI
Khwab is used at 2′ 48 ”
‘ Aaye bahar ban …’ / 1956 / RAJHATH / SJ / Rafi
https://youtu.be/9WTFX75Z4fM
‘ tumse izhar e haal … ‘ / 1963 / MERE MEHBOOB / Naushad / Rafi
https://youtu.be/CGE1RUmHjRM
Interesting lyrics by Gulzar for Maya Memsaab 1993, sung by Lata and composed by Hridaynath Mangeshkar.
Mere sarhane jalao sapne mujhe zara si to neend aaye
In the first antara, there is khwab too…
main sehmi rehti hoon neend mein bhi kahin koi khwab dus na jaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173svqgspoU
Ashwin ji,
Sometimes an iconic song, fit to be included in the main article, escapes one’s attention.
Chaudhavin ka Chand ho
Ya Aftab ho..
….
Jaan E Bahar tum kisi shayar ka khwab ho..
CHAUDHAVIN KA CHAND, 1960.
Rafi, Shakeel Badayuni, Ravi.
Kahin deep jale kahin dil
Jara dekh le aakar parwane..
….
Na main sapna hoon
Na koi raaz hoon..
BEES SAAL BAAD, 1962.
Lata, SB, Hemant Kumar.
Interesting to note that Shakeel Badayuni received the FF best lyricist awards for both the songs, with the shagird and the usthad!
Also, both Rafi and Lata won the best singer awards.
Sapne suhane from BSB is included by you in the main article.
AK @ 78,
I am afraid that I have violated the guideline that you have mentioned (of confining citations in comments on theme-based posts to songs that contain the theme-words) in the main post itself. My reference is to the the Kannada song in my post – it does not contain the word for ‘dream’ but I featured the song because it is from a movie the title of which means ‘Two Dreams’. I will keep the guideline in mind for future posts and comments.
AK @ 79,
An excellent limerick :).
Your use of ‘hammer’ reminded me of two songs that feature the word for hammer – one in English and the other in Hindi – but I will not post them for fear of starting a sub-thread on hammers…and sickles … and scythes!:)
Rahulji,
My SoY article on songs on ‘jhoola’s had categories along the lines of what you have suggested. If I remember right, I had missed out on the equivalent of your 4th category even though I did have songs of this type. I suggest we file a joint patent for a meta-model/framework – the ‘SoY Framework for Theme-based Posts’ – based on this.
As for the song from Khatta Meetha, you are the first one to mention it in the context of this article. Here is the link:
‘Thoda hai, thode ki zaroorat hai’, by Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Rajesh Roshan, Lyricist – Gulzar), from ‘Khatta Meetha’ (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkx7kB1n8sU
Dr.Deshpande @ 81,
Thanks for taking the time to cite a 2nd long list of songs and include their YT lists as well!
The ‘Humdard’ song is cute! Had it been filmed in the 90s or later, it would have had 50 extras keeping the dancing couple company! Another thought – for me ‘Humdard’ is unforgettable for what can be termed as Anil Biswas’s ‘Four Seasons’!
The MD for the 2nd song is one A.Darshan – a new name for me! Not knowing anything about him, I assume that he was an unknown MD then. That he got Rafi and Lata to sing for him at a time they were super-busy recording for the big guns speaks highly of their professionalism!
The song from ‘Jiyo aur jeene do’ is based on Khamaj.
Am familiar with the songs from ‘Jeene ki Raah, ‘Gora aur Kala’, ‘Naukar’, ‘Noorie’, ‘Sadma’ and ‘Barsaat ki Ek Raat’ but none of the others that follow. Was listening to the song from ‘Blackmail’ for the 1st time.
Ashwin ji, Venkatraman ji ;
Losing dream is like losing mind. But I will not trade my single yester period dream songs for a bunch of current songs. Dreams laid heart and soul right in your eyes…….and we stole every dream !!
One needs a good memory recall to open a melody bank for cashing on dreams.
Two songs from vintage eras….
Manzoor–Sunder Sapnon Mein Tumhaare–Utpala Sen (1949)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdSvcMV-D5M
Kaun Aaya Sapno Mein – SD Burman Non Film Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf9gbPIL6Ng
…to be contd…
Rahulji @ 90,
Chances are that if one has not watched ‘Tere Mere Sapne’, one will not know about the existence of ‘Mere antar ik mandir hai tera’ simply because it has been overshadowed by the other songs in the movie, as you have rightly said. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
Pradeepji @152, Deshpandeji @ 173,
And adding another Sapnon ki Raani song
Mai Hu Tere Sapno Ki Rani, Lata Mangeshkar, Aas (1953), Shailendra, Shankar-Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCaUj6vvo_Y
Posting the Bengali version ‘Mere Sapnon Ki Rani Kab Aayegi tu’.
Mor Swapner Sathi – Aradhana – Superhit Bengali Song – Rajesh Khanna & Sharmila Tagore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ82QUn8yE0
Pradeepji @163,
I would like make a correction. Utho Go Bharatha Lakshmi was penned by Atul Prasad Sen.
Tu Neendon Ki Rani Aur Main Pyar Ka Sapna, Anuradha Paudwal & Udit Narayan, Honeymoon (1973), lyrics M G Hashmat, music Anand-Milind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YWg3vCgXV0&list=PLHdzfoQPZ0rx37FfvUESPmvPR617P_Fv6&index=21&app=desktop
Ashwin ji, Venkatraman ji ;
In continuation some more songs on prevalent theme….
Chale Bhi Aao – Lata Mangeshkar | Old Romantic Songs | | Ek Saal..Ravi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqSnNSAuLPU
Sach Hue Sapne Ter| Hindi Film Song| Kala Bazar| Asha Bosle S D Burman Shailendra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opblyparqnQ
Suraj Zara Aa Paas | Manna Dey | Ujala | Shammi Kapoor | Shankar Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7HsNKggH9w
Sapnon Ki Suhani Duniya Ko | Shikast…Talat…SJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J4Ov1k9-v8
Raju Ka hai Ek – – Raja Saab.. Rafi…KA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM0ym_C2xyk
to be contd….
Rahulji @ 93,
Thanks for reminding us that these gems also figure ‘khwab’ or ‘sapna/e’. Thought I would include the links for the convenience of SoYers:
1. ‘Tasveer banaata hun’ by Talat Mehmood ( MD – Naushad, Lyrcist – Khumar Barabankvi), from ‘Baradari’ (1955)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnw5V1SPVs
2. ‘Jaane kya tune kahi’ by Geeta Dutt (MD – S.D.Burman, Lyricist – Sahir Ludhianvi), from Pyaasa (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLGCAGHNTJU
3. ‘Waqt ne kiya’ by Geeta Dutt (MD – S.D.Burman, Lyricist – Kaifi Azmi), from ‘Kaagaz ke Phool’ (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JqBqHXODlc
4. ‘Main gaaoon tum so jaao’ by Mohd.Rafi (MD – Shankar-Jaikishan, Lyricist – Shailendra), from ‘Brahmachari’ (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9sEmRgcObQ
5. ‘Wahaan kaun hai tera, musaafir’ by S.D.Burman (MD – S.D.Burman, Lyricist – Shailendra), from ‘Guide’ (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haO0ucjvxeo
6. ‘Phir kahi koi phool khila’ by Manna Dey (MD – Kanu Roy, Lyricist – Kapil Kumar), from ‘Anubhav’ (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgBdFGYwcCQ
Dr.Shetty @ 94,
Hard to imagine that Nitin Mukesh is 70 years old! In my mind, he is frozen as the youth who sang ‘Aaja re’ with Lata in Noorie, but that was 4 decades back!
Giriji @ 104,
Thanks for sharing the names of the singers of ‘Kanavu kanden’. I had guessed that the male singer was TMS. The sad version of the song is also beautiful.
Venkataramanji @ 105,
I am happy that you enjoyed the Lalit by Bhimsen Joshi and the Puriya by D.V.Paluskar. Yes, you are right about the chances of finding a ‘bandish’ that features ‘khwaab’.
Thanks for sharing the Lalit bandish by Shyam Das Mishra.
Canasyaji @ 107 & 108,
‘So ja rajkumari’ is an immortal lullaby. Thanks for citing it. It is so unfortunate that we do not have the video of the song sequence from the film.
And since you are keeping score, I am in the ‘nervous nineties’ leading up to the double century mark 🙂
mumbaikar8 @ 109,
The three songs from Gulzar’s oeuvre that you have shared just go to prove how long-lasting he has been in Hindi films! To stay not just relevant, but to be able to come across as the voice of a generation some 60 years younger than him speaks of how young he is at heart!
Thanks for sharing Sahir’s poem on ‘khwaab’. Let us all continue to dream!
Dr.Shetty @ 110,
Thanks for brokering peace between the warring parties! And for the poem! To state that you are a man of many talents is an understatement!
Dr. Shetty @ 111,
Thanks for posting beautiful ‘Kahaan hai tu mere sapnon ka raja’ from ‘Afsana’. I wish I had remembered this song while I was writing my post – I would have surely included it! Am sharing the link to the song for the benefit of SoYers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKExdP1c3HU
Hats off to you for keeping a tab on all the recent songs – including the mediocre and the really bad ones – as well! 🙂
Dr.Shetty @ 112,
I had not noticed that you noticed that you had posted the link to the ‘Afsana’ song. The link that you have posted is longer and contains footage of the scene leading up to the song. This is one of the instances in which the characters of a film are shown to grow from childhood to adulthood during the course of a song or in a split second just before a song starts!
And, the Nervous Nineties are beautifully converted into a Double Double Double Century. Congratulations to the BM, the GR, and all the others in the team.
A special song is coming up next to celebrate the fête.
Dr.Shetty @ 114,
Thanks for the cute song from ‘Aas’. Had never heard it before! Kamini Kaushal must be the only heroine from her era who is still with us. Here’s wishing her a happy and healthy life!
‘Main hu tere sapnon ki rani’ by Lata MAngeshkar (MD – Shankar Jaikishan, Lyricist – Shailendra), from ‘Aas’ (1953)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evSdIO7A-gU
The ‘Banphool’ song that you have cited also has the line ‘Tu chor, main sipaahi’. SoYers planning to write a post on the theme ‘Robber & Police’ may please note this! 🙂
‘O Sapnon ke raja, o sapnon ki rani’ by Mohd.Rafi & Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi), from ‘Banphool’ (1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g229JYt5VVA
AK @ 115,
That is a classic limerick! 🙂
Am glad you called me a wit and not a dimwit else the cycle of my feeling angry and hurt, Dr.Shetty intervening, etc.etc. would have been set off again! SoYers must be feeling relieved!
ks bhatia ji ,
The first song I remember on hearing the word khayal is
Khayalon mein kisi ka..
Mahesh ji has posted it. If I remember correctly, the dialogue just before the song talks about sapna.
( Another song from BAWRE NAIN,
Sun bairi balam kachu bol re ib kya hoga ..has the lines
Ab din ko sapne aane lage hain..
I like the cute, naughty acting of Geeta Bali and the innocent expression of RK.)
Next is…
Khayalon mein, khayalon mein..
..
Hum kale hain toh kya hua dilwale hain..
GUMNAAM.
The quintessential dream song with a dream thrown in. Vintage Mehmood!
Later, Junior Mehmood..
BRAHMACHARI.
Main toh tere haseen khayalon mein kho gaya..
SANGRAM, 1965.
Rafi, Aish, Lala Asar Sathar.
https://youtu.be/ jcRVXVyGcBk.
( For me, the best of LAS.)
Main dhoondta hoon jisko
Raton ko khayalon mein
Woh mil sake na mujhko..
TOKAR
Mukesh, Shyamji Ghanshyam ji.
Kya mausam aaya hai
….
Aa jaa kho jaaye khwabon khayalon mein..
AAKRAMAN.
I have to go. Call of duty. An accident case.
Haven’t touched the promised special song.
Later tonight.
Maheshji @ 116,
Thanks for posting the Geeta Dutt song. I had never heard the song before. Nor had I heard of the movie. SLBC continues to be a medium on which one can get to listen to lesser-known gems!
Maheshji,
The song that started playing on YT soon after ‘Mohabbat ka nateeja’ was ‘Yeh mehfil sitaaron ki’ from the same film. The latter is fairly well-known to Golden Era buffs. One more instance, in addition to the one from ‘Tere Mere Sapne’ pointed out by Rahulji, of the relative obscurity of some good songs while compared to other songs from the same film.
AK & Mumbaikar8 @ 175,177 and earlier comments
I had missed this earlier. I am very clear here that ‘aapke’ here means ‘aapko paane ke’ and thus the sapna is his. I think there is no need for any roundabout interpretations. This is the Gulzar style.
I want to discuss here lyrics of another song, which is also ‘sapna’ song. Mumbaikar8 likes Gulzar and she has at a couple of places offered negative comments about Anand Bakhshi. I agree with her that in his later period he popularised lot of tukbandi. But, in the song which I discuss here he is totally different, producing deep poetry. The song is from Night In London.
bahosh o hawas main dewaana, ye aaj wasiyat karta hoon,
ye dil ye jaan mile tumko, main tumse muhabbat karta hoon.
Look how cleverly he takes everything in the name of giving. If that was not clear from the mukhda, look at this antara.
mere jeete ji yaar tumhen meri saari jaagir mile,
wo khwab jo maine dekhe hain un khwabon kee tabeer mile
har ek tamanna ke badle main aaj ye hasrat karta hoon.
I read the overnight comments after posting my above comment.
Even after the ‘towel sting’ by Venkataramanji and acceptance of challenge by Ashwin, I had never expected what has happened overnight. Ashwin was busy answering comments the whole night and perhaps some cock or chirping of birds reminded him it is morning.
Now what would happen to Ashwin’s Dina Pathak style ‘Khoobsoorat’ time table. As I see Dr Shetty was also giving him company, I am sceptical he is not serious about his patients. Bhatiaji is in rest mode so he can make up for the loss of night’s sleep. But, why Venkataramanji checked out SOY when perhaps he woke up for visiting bathroom and then decided to post ‘sapnon ki raani’ songs. Was he worried that Dr Shetty may post all such songs through the night. 🙂
‘ aankhon ko meri tum … ‘/ 1966 / LADKA LADKI / MM / Asha , Mahendra Kapoor
https://youtu.be/rYlBWYbxlxg
‘ Tere Karan mere…’ / 1971 / AAN MILO SAJNA / LP / Lata
https://youtu.be/rfTQOOKvroQ
‘ O sapnon ke…’/ 1972 / BANPHOOL / LP / Lata , Rafi
https://youtu.be/g229JYt5VVA
Wishing all Doctors in the group
A very happy Doctor’s Day.
Here is a song from Dr. Kotnis ki amar kahani sung by Khan Mastana.
https://youtu.be/k3kpkxglGdc
Ashwin @184, 202,
Thanks for your appreciation. But, हमको मालूम है जन्नत की हक़ीक़त लेकिन… ज़र्रानवाज़ी के लिये शुक्रिया. You have done a good thing by not letting another string start on the Hindi word for hammer.
@191,
Song #1: There is an inadvertent typo in the name of the MD. The MD is Nashad, and not Naushad. You must have come across stories how Shaukat Ali Dehalvi’s name was changed to Nashad. Here are a couple of links:
https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2016/jan/14/429
https://peoplepill.com/people/nashad/
A scintillating composition by Jaidev to the earthy lyrics of Balkavi Bairagi
Tu chanda main chandani
Reshma Aur Shera
https://youtu.be/C74LolxkrT0
Gal baiyya jo dalu chute nahi
Mera sapna sajan ab tute nahi
While posting tu chanda main chandni, I was curious about the number of movies for which Balkavi penned lyrics. I knew do boond pani, but Hgm lists few more like pal do pal ka sath, kshitij and above all a film called gogola (1966)
On further inquiry IMDB revealed that yes it was actually made. Of the cast only 2 names are familiar , Tabassum & polson. Azad Irani seems to be the hero. Another website credits the film as the first monster ( sea monster at that)movie of bollywood. Seeing the poster , I am sure that Jurassic lifted the idea from this movie.
Coming to the theme the very first song listed contains the word sapno ki
It is rendered by Mahendra Kapoor & Mubarak Begum.
Composers are given to be Roy & Frank. Frankly speaking the only Roy I know renders news on NDTV .With all due respect to them I have to say that it looks more to be a song that used to be rendered in college gatherings of our times
Here is the gem which I feel most of us are listening for the first time.
https://youtu.be/C74LolxkrT0
Ashwinji@186
Thanks for your feedback.
Yes, Aa sapne tujhe bulaye from Humdard is quite enjoyable.
The second song is from film Bindiya, whose music director is Iqbal Qureshi.
I visited the link again and indeed it mentions music director as A. Darshan.
But, I also found another link for the same song which mentions Iqbal Qureshi as the MD.
Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am1Uqe4cscc
Understandable that you found many songs unfamiliar. These are from 80s and 90s, some of them quite average. But were heard often and some became even popular when the movies were released.
Here is one more popular song from a very successful film of the late 90s.
The title song of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, 1998
Tum paas aaye yun muskuraye tumne na jane kya sapne dikhaye ….kuchh kuchh hota hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9DsCP9Th7Y
Venkataramanji@189
Thanks for posting Tu Neendon Ki Rani Aur Main Pyar Ka Sapna
I knew the song but somehow missed it while making the list.
Just one correction – This song is from film Honeymoon of 1992 and not 1973.
As you may have seen, the song has Rishi Kapoor with Ashwini Bhave.
Mahesh ji,
Thank you for your Doctors’ Day wishes . It is to commemorate the birthday of Bharat Ratna Bidhan Chandra ( B C ) Roy, Doctor , Politician, C M of West Bengal, humanitarian social worker.
I know Anup ji is a Dermatologist. I am an Orthopedic Surgeon. Dr Rajesh Deshpande ji, you are a ‘ medical’ doctor or a ‘ research’ doctor?
Coming back to where I had left..
Now, it is Gulzar time again.
Gulzar with RDB _ The super combination.
I mentioned Khayalon mein kisi ke and Sun bairi balam kachhu bol re.. .. to talk about Rajkumari ( Dubey).
Starting in early childhood as a child artist and singer on stage, she gradually became a heroine, and, later, gave it up to become a playback singer. Worked with almost every music director of the 30s to the early 50s. But, the offers dried up in the 50s and she had to resort to being a chorus singer for ‘ .पापी पेट का सवाल है’ !Naushad spotted her among the chorus singers while recording a song for PAKEEZA , 1972. He was taken aback. The highest paid female singer once ,whom he had always admired and also had worked with being in such dire straits! He gave her the song ..
Nazariya ke maare.
In 1977, RDB worked with Rajkumari in Gulzar’s KITAAB.
A bhajan picturized on Deena Pathak, with Master Raju, the film’s ‘ hero’ watching.
Hari din toh beeta , sham hui
Raat paar kara de…
…
…
Apne choote, sapne choote
Aashaon chuda de…
The only time RDB, Gulzar worked with Rajkumari. A very surprising happening.
I think Rajkumari sang for SDB in only one movie, BABLA, 1951.
More munder bole kaga sakhi re…
…
Woh aangan mein jab aayenge
Hamre aapne sachh ho jayenge..
Lyrics Sahir.
Hans @ 206
“ I am very clear here that ‘aapke’ here means ‘aapko paane ke’ and thus the sapna is his. I think there is no need for any roundabout interpretations. This is the Gulzar style.”
“ Aapko pane ke sapne” this is a post marriage song.
I am not as clear as you are. I find more complexity in his writings, perhaps that is the reason I like him more. My children say I have OCD of taxing my brain.
“Mumbaikar8 likes Gulzar and she has at a couple of places offered negative comments about Anand Bakhshi. “
Anand Bakshi was a song machine, he has more than 3000 songs to his credit, how many lyricist have achieved that feat.
My negative comments are my opinion.
In my opinion there is no comparison between the two.
It does’nt mean I do not like his work at all. I like the song you have mentioned.
Other Anand Bakshi songs coming to my mind right now that I like very much are Aayiye bahar ko hum baat le from Taqdeer and Aadmi musafir hai aat hai jaata hai from Apnapan.
नाराज़गी दूर करने I am posting my Chitragupta song that I know you like.
Some how missed khwab in it?
Jaag dil e diwana
https://youtu.be/9n6hoIp6Quc?t=233
.
‘ Aaya hai mujhe…’ / 1966 / DEVAR / Roshan /Mukesh
https://youtu.be/BiCkqhmxtbQ
‘ Mujhko tum jo … ‘ / 1958 / CID / Mukul Roy / Hemant , Geeta
https://youtu.be/1jsXpnUgihk
Sorry ! Read Detective for CID
‘ Phool tumhe bheja… ‘/ 1968 / SARASWATICHANDRA / Kalyanji Anandji / Lata , Mukesh
https://youtu.be/WtU389r6uys
‘ Rukja O Jaanewali … ‘ / 1959 / KANHAIYA / SJ / Mukesh
https://youtu.be/Yq-T5XwkUd4
‘ Tum jo hamare… ‘ / 1962 / AASHIQ / SJ / Mukesh
https://youtu.be/Czjvpw6st_A
30th June was the birth anniversary of Kalyanji Veerji Shah.
Kalyanji’s clavioline created the evergreen been sound in NAGIN for Hemant Kumar.
Tan dole mera man dole..
…
Madhur madhur sapno mein dekhi
Maine raah naveli…
KVS’s first movie as a composer..
SAMRAT CHANDRAGUPTA , 1958.
Chahe paas ho, chahe door ho
Mere sapno ka tum tasveer ho.
With Anandji, the team of Kalyanji Anandji from SATTA BAZAR, 1959.
Tumhe yaad hoga kabhi hum mile the
Mohabbat ke rahon pe milke chale the
Bhula do mohabbat mein hum tum mile the
Sapna hi samjho ke milke chale the..
Won the National award for SARASWATICHANDRA.
Phool tumhe bheja hai khat mein..
…
Neend tumhe toh aati hogi
Kya dekha tumne sapna?
FF award _ KORA KAGAZ.
( Lata , National award … Roote roote roote piya manaoon kaise)
Mera jeevan kora kagaz
Kora hi reh gaya..
…
Banke sapna humsafar ke saath..
( Kishore won some awards for this.)
HIMALAY KI GOD ME I
Kankariya maar ke jagaya
Kal tu mere sapno mein aaya
RAFOO CHAKKAR.
Tumko mere dil ne pukara hai..
..
Tumko banke in aankhon ka sapna..
DHARMATMA.
Kya khoob lagti ho
Badi sundar dikhti ho..
….
Jeevan ka har sapna ab sachha lagta hai..
MUQADDAR KA SIKANDER.
O saathi re tere bina bhi kya jeena
Phoolon mein kaliyon mein
Sapno ki galiyon mein..
…
‘ Aaja ab toh… ‘ / 1953 / ANARKALI / CR / Lata
https://youtu.be/szKLqGmt-gY
AK ji,
I suppose Mukesh’s khwab/sapna is giving serious competition to his “dil”.
Mahesh
Ashwin ji;, Venkatraman ji;
A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten as great gourmets. Half daydreaming are still good as they are far away from glare and noise. Building air castles are good but returns are poor. I always dream of Desoto car of 50s but got Morris minor in return . Its difficult to smuggle daydreams into reality…..but daydreaming is a big booster to life…well for some period only ; but some days are better than others !!
Aankh Khultehi Tum Chup Gaye – Lata Mangeshkar, Munimji..SDB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAJRighBR-M
Jeevan Ke Safar-Female | Munimji || Lata Mangeshkar ..SDB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOOuWlKu3jA
…to be contd.
Dr. Shetty@217
Yes, a Medical doctor!!
I am a Pathologist with Transfusion Medicine as my specialty.
Currently, I am working with a healthcare organization and responsible for the medical aspects of Blood Transfusion and Cell Therapies!!
Mahesh,
Except that ‘Dil’ is so much Mukesh’s signature and his identity. Let us start from his very first and take the first ten iconic songs.
1. Dil hi bujha hua hai to, 1941 (Nirdosh)
2. Dil jalta hai to jalne de, 1945 (Pahli Nazar)
3. Kabhi dil dil se takrata to hoga, 1948 (Anokhi Ada)
4. Toote na dil toote na, 1949 (Andaaz)
5. Jhoom jhoom ke naacho aaj…Kisi ko dil ka dard mila hai, 1949 (Andaaz)
6. Teri duniya mein dil lagata nahi, 1950 (Baawre Nain)
7. Ae jaan-e-jigar dil mein samaane aa ja, 1951 (Aaraam)
8. Dil tujhe diya tha rakhane ko tune dil ko jalake rakh diya, 1951 (Malhar)
9. Ek jhoothi si tasalli wo mujhe de ke chale mera dil le ke chale, 1952 (Sheesham)
10. O.O..O dil na lagana, jeene na dega ye zamana, 1953 (Maashooqa)
11. Mera joota hai Japani….Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani, 1955 (Shri 420)
12. Koi dil mein hai aur koi hai nazar mein….Kise yaad rakhun kise bhool jaaun, 1956 (Anuraag)
It goes on and on to Ae pyase dil bezuban, Dil tadap tadap ke kah raha hai, Dil ko tujhse bedili hai mujhko hai dil ka guroor..Ye mera deewanapan hai, Dil ki nazar se nazaron ki dil se, Jaaun kahan bata ae dil duniya badi hai sangdil, Dil lootnewale jadugar, Tere pyar ko is tarah se bhulana na dil chahta hai na hum chahte hain, Hothon pe sachai rahti hai jahan dil mein safaai rahti hai, Haal-e-dil hamara jaane na bewafa ye zamana and so on. He might have sung more sapna song than others, and even more sapna than dil songs, his romance was with dil by far.
Now we have at least three medical professionals on SoY. Belated greetings for the National Doctors Day to them. I must say all the three have deep interest in music and other fields.
AK ji @ 230 ;
Fabulous collection of Mukesh songs . Bold by your memory factor . All the songs are popular one and all have listening pleasure at any moment of time. Jo pyar tune mujhko diya tha..[ dil ko khabhar hi na thee ]…is another one which is my favorite. Mukesh’s duet songs with many singers have Dil as a enhanced content .
Further to my songs @228……
Kal Ke Sapne Aaj Bhi Aana Suman Kalyanpur Bulo C Rani Shree Ganesh (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQPFY1kW8Co
Maree Ankhain Bane Dewani… Jagmohan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFQIYkn9HVA
Swapan Jodi Madhur Emon……….Krishna Chandra Dey…[ in bengali ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJUAnE1kLm0
to be contd…
Ashwin ji;
I ordered Dream [online] and got Nightmare in return. Famous comedian Rajendra nath was famous for set back failure guy . Some of his songs tell it all…..
Aa Sapno Ki Rani Nache | Kishore Kumar, Asha |Teen Bahuraniyan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSjR9bB2Nk8
There is one more such song by Kishore which I am unable to locate on YT
Ashwin ji, Venkatraman ji;
Looking at other side of the mirror , here are some songs that lingers to my heart and soul…..
ABBA : I Have A Dream….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HMjOiHqE18
Judy Garland Somewhere Over The Rainbow 1939
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2QZ7KuaxA
Now …I have a dream.. version by famous Adre Reiu Orchestra
Andre Rieu – I Have A Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEqnvUmAkTQ
to be contd…
The count of comments is @ 234 and I am exactly at the half-way mark in terms of from where I will be resuming my responses – ie from # 117. To paraphrase Robert Frost, I have many more comments to go before I sleep, many more comments to go before I sleep.
Dr.Shetty @ 117,
You are a ‘sakala kala vallavar’ as one would say in Tamil, so you are being uncharacteristically modest in the last statement 🙂
@ 118,
While I agree with what you have said, you seem to imply that ‘Meri baat rahi mere man mein’ and ‘Bhanwara bada naadaan hai’ are less brilliant than the 3 songs in Geeta Dutt’s voice in ‘SBaG’. I do not agree with this. All the songs are brilliant and I think Hemant Kumar really outdid himself as an MD in this film.
As for your question, I think songs on unfulfilled dreams need to have a separate category for the experience of an unfulfilled dream is different from the experience of a shattered dream!!
‘Jo raat ko jaldi soye’ sounds vaguely similar. It is so sad that OPN was reduced to composing music for films with names like ‘Bin ma ke bacche’ in the 70s 🙁
The ‘Sadma’ song has already been mentioned by Dr.Deshpande @ 81.
Thanks for the ‘lori’ from ‘Anuraag’. Am hearing it after decades!
As for the song from ‘Dooriyaan’, the tune for the ‘Zindagi, Zindagi’ reminded me of the tune for the segment ‘Dhoop ho, chhaya ho’ from ‘Tera mera saathe rahe’ from ‘Saudagar’, the Amitabh-Nutan starrer.
KS Bhatiaji @ 119,
Thanks for posting ‘Kuchh aisi pyari shakl mere dilruba ki hai’. I cam hear ‘jhalaks’ of many raags like Bihag, Shankara, etc. in it.
KS Bhatiaji @ 120,
Thanks for posting this classic song! I had no idea it was from a Randhawa film!! Am very familiar with the song but this is the first time I’m hearing the name of the MD – Lala Asar Sattar! I can hear a beautiful blend of Shyam Kalyan and Hameer in the first line.
Rahulji @ 121,
You have posted a song that made its singer famous for all the wrong reasons! 🙂
KS Bhatiaji @ 123.
‘Phaili hui hain sapno ki baahen’ is one of my all-time favourites. I simply love its prelude and its interludes! Coincidentally, I was listening to it when I was having lunch today! Thanks for posting it.
KS Bhatiaji @ 125,
While listening to ‘Mohan ki muraliya baaje’, I felt like I was having ‘darshan’ of the Lord’s ‘vishwaroop’. I can hear snatches of a few of the later tunes of Naushad in it for e.g. ‘Hum aaj kahin dil kho baithe’, the antara of ‘Bachpan ke dil bhula na dena’ and even ‘Tu mera chaand, main teri chaandni’, as well as hints of SJ’s ‘Dam bhar jo udhar munh phere’ from ‘Awara’. Main is darshan se dhanya ho gaya! Thanks a lot for being the one who showed me the path!!
You have listed ‘Bachpan ke din’ right after ‘Mohan ki muraliya baaje’! How uncanny!
‘Naseeb tere dar pe tere’ from ‘Deedaar’ brings back a distinct childhood memory. My mother (who was the one who sparked my interest in old Hindi films and their music) and a 11 or 12-year old yours truly, watched the movie at the matinee show of an obscure theatre in the old, historic part of Madras. After the movie got over, we could not find an auto to take us back home, and we had to threaten an auto-driver that we would file a complaint with the police if he refused our ‘sawaari’ before he relented (to our great surprise!) and took us home!
The music bug bit me at a very early age..3, to be precise. First, Kannada songs ( filmi, folk, bhavgeet, theatre/ Natya Danger,classical and semi classical, devotional…), then Hindi and Marathi. I was in a Kannada speaking town, Shirhatti, Dharwad ( now Gadag) district residing in a predominantly Marathi speaking neighborhood, for the first 11 years of my life. Noted poets, musicians, theatre personalities..All were our regular guests.
Reading, music, movie watching were an integral part of my growing up years. Hardly any sports!!As I always excelled in studies, my parents never objected to any of my passions.
To the native place for 7th std. Movie going became a rare event. Study became the only focus in 11th and the 12th.
Medical college at 17 in the beautiful city of Mysooru. Movie going resumed with a vengeance. Along with watching new releases caught the re runs of classics in Hindi, Kannada, English, Tami, Telugu and Malayalam. Interest in film songs increased tenfold.
To Mangaluru for Post Graduation at 24.
Marriage at 27. Son is born and consultation started at 28. Initial decade and a half, very hectic. Hardly any time for hobbies, passions. Still went on buying books and cassettes … Mainly HMV , also sone Polydor, later T Series etc ( later CDs, DVDs) in the hope of using in the future. When counted and catalogued in 2006, I had 1948 cassettes!Listened to every cassette at least once while driving to work, visiting hospitals and before falling asleep.
During those days, only a very few albums made me say Wow! , and, made me listen to them on loop. Some of those were:
LEKIN, QSQT, DARR, HAHK,BORDER, ASHOKA,1942 A LOVE STORY, LEKIN, MAYA MEMSAB, HDDCS , KHAMOSHI THE MUSICAL, SUR, JISM and
RUDALI.
RUDALI…What a movie! What an album!
Mahashweta Devi’s story is about a professional mourner, who, through all the trials and tribulations of her life, right from the childhood, when her mourner ( Rudali) mother abandoned her, couldn’t shed a drop of tear.
Brilliant direction by Gurudatt’s piece Kalpana Lajmi, superlative score by Bhupen Hazarika, career best performance by Dimple Kapadia… and, the amazing writing by Gulzar.
Mumbaikar ji, Dr Rajesh ji,
Beete na beete na raina
Kore hain neend se naina
Nainon ke sapne bhi goonge
Aave toh bole na baina..
Raakhi, the mother who abandoned Dimple singing to comfort her. A heart warming, tear inducing moment!
Goonge sapne! Gulzar and only Gulzar!
For me, Asha here and in the 3 versions Samay tu dheere chalo ( the other two being Lata and BH’s) are the best songs from this ethereal score. Of course, the two versions Dil hoom hoom, Jhoothi moothi mitwa _ Lata, Maula Maula _ BH are all nice.
Deservingly the movie won the National awards for Dimple and BH. Also, Samir Chanda _ art direction, Simple Kapadia, Mala Dey _ costume design.
Dimple bagged the FF Critics’ award too!
I am sure I heard someone say Phew! Such a build up for Goonge sapne!
You have to bear with me! ( Need a smiley here.)
KS Bhatiaji @ 127,
You have posted yet one more of my favourite songs! How incredibly sweet it is! Thanks a ton for posting it!
(#242 – it should have been 126 in place of 127)
Maheshji @ 127,
Any song is par for the course as long as ‘sapna’ or ‘khwab’ figure in it! Thanks for posting what is one of Mukesh’s best-known songs.
Josephji @ 129,
Thanks for the compliments! As far as the posting pf songs that do not contain ‘khwab’/’sapna is concerned, AK has already ruled that this should not be encouraged, so I think we should all abide by his ruling! Nevertheless thanks for posting the song from ‘Geet Gaaya Pattharon Ne’. Although Ramlal did not score for too many movies, he did give outstanding music for those that he did – another example is ‘Sehra’.
‘ Ae dil mujhe … ‘ / 1956 / BHAI BHAI / A Darshan / Geeta
https://youtu.be/hKcaNydkNMg
Hansji @ 207,
You are back after your last posting (a couplet – Hans Ka Doha) @ 141, couple of days back. Hansji, usually you are not a person to get things wrong.
It is very much evident that Ashwinji did not stay awake the whole night to post his comments. Among other things, he is also very much disciplined, unlike me. He was back, dot at 9:59pm on 30th, and to keep up his word he posted 4 replies by 11:30 pm and retired for the night. I presume, the next day he attended a few video conferences and urgent calls till lunch and was back at Soy a little after 1 pm, responding to comments roughly till 5 pm before he left for his daily routine of ghoomna, nahana, khana, peena and sukh se sona. And that was when you made your entry for the day. Ashwinji has adhered to his time table and even today after attending to priorities, he is back in style and I am sure he will have another night of sound sleep as usual after responding to many more comments.
Yesterday was Doctor’s day and I am sure your comment on Dr. Shetty being not serious to his patients was in a lighter vain. He declared not to trouble Ashwinji any more (for the day) in the evening of 30th and left for his chamber and he too retired for the night to have a good sleep and plenty of dreams. The next day he was attending to his profession and patients and was back in SoY after lunch but had to leave to a call of duty, an accident case. And today he too is back after lunch at SoY.
If anybody was awake on 30th-1st night, it was yours truly NV. Nothing do with SoY, a bad toothache (toothaches are always bad) kept me awake for most part of the night. By the time I came back from the dentists and had by dhona, nahana and Khana, it was past 3 pm. And soon as a dedicated SoYer I entered the arena with my ‘Sapnon ki Rani’. And there are two doctors in tow and together they have almost exhausted all the songs on ‘Sapnon ki Rani’, I presume.
‘ Dil tu bhi … ‘ / 1963 / HAMRAHI / SJ / Rafi
https://youtu.be/UQtPSPV3c0k
Rajesh Deshpandeji @ 216,
Thank you for the correction. Mistake admitted.
Besides, Anand – Milind’s career started in the 80s.
Two songs having sapna hidden inside. First, KK in Hare Rama Hare Krishna:(Anand Balaji/RDB):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WFWrnCFPMD4
Here the brother feels that his dreams are shattered since his sister went away.
Second, from Saraswati Chandra. Mukesh and Lata.(Indeewar/KA)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WtU389r6uys
Here the heroine asks if he had a dream and the hero says that since he couldn’t sleep, how could he dream.
Venkataramanji
Thanks for correcting me. I mistook the time to be early morning. Everything which I said in that comment was in lighter vein. I cant be serious in these comments, because, at present these people are more important for the society than me.
Toothache is the problem of our age. I have been subject to this many a times. I know one can sleep in any other pain, but not in toothache. Also this pain overrides other pains and one forgets other pain when this starts. I have experienced this personally. I hope you have got through the problem. I think ‘long ka tel’ is very useful if you dont have any other pain killers. You can dip the earbuds and put it deep in the root of the tooth to get best results. During lockdown I had it twice and used this oil with success.
KS Bhatiaji @ 130,
What a coincidence that you also listed ‘Tere khayaalon mein hum’ right after Josephji did @ 129!
‘Tera khayal dil se bhulaya’ is a lovely song. It is based on Raga Sarang.
‘Teri Tasveer Bhi Tujh Jaisi’ – The first time I have come across a song picturised on Chetan Anand!
‘ Dil dhadke nazar…’ / ALBELA / 1951 / CR / Lata
https://youtu.be/EO9MW1A8dAM
N Vekatraman ji,
I know Hans ji wouldn’t have meant any malice. Thank you and thank Mahesh hi,AK ji for remembering and wishing on the occasion of Doctors’ Day.
Dr Rajesh ji,
Pathology is a wonderful subject. Robbins came into vogue when were Pathology students. Earlier batches used to refer Boyd, which looked outdated and too simple in comparison!
Even after devouring hundreds of novels of every kind, Arthur Hailey remains one of my favorite authors, and, THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS, one of my favorite novels.
I see that we shared the common feature of keeping tabs on recent songs, too. Please drop a mail at drpradeepshetty87@gmail.com
Here is a beautifully written and sung song from Sushant Singh Rajput’s debut film KAI PO CHE, 2013, based on Chetan Bhagat’s THREE MISTAKES OF MY LIFE.
Roote kaabon ko mana lenge
Kati patangon ko thamenge
…
Suljaayenge toote rishton ka manjha..
A not so great Gulzar..
Ek baat kahoon gar mano tum
Sapno mein na aana jaana tum..
GOLMAAL.
A lovely song from a nice movie which, most of the people assume to be Gulzar’s!
Tumhe ho na ho
Mujhko toh itna yakeen hai..
…
Kayi khwab oonche makanon se jhanke
Kayi khwab baite rahe sar jhukaye..
GHARONDA, 1978.
Runa Laila, Naqsh Llyalpuri, Jaidev.
I like this song as much as the two Gulzar beauties.. Do deewane and Ek akela..
Ni Sa Ga Ma Pa Ni Sa Re Ga..
Aa aare mitwa…
….
Sapna, dekhe mere khoye khoye naina
Mitwa mere aa tu bhi seekh le sapna dekhna…
ANAND MAHAL.
Jesudas, Yogesh, Salil Choudhary.
Salil Da used the tune of the 1969 Sandhya Mukherjee NFL
Ni Sa Ga Ma..
Gaa gaa re pakhi gaa…
This is 254th comment ( unless somebody sneaks in before it appears) So 27 more to equal that momentous knock of VVS , maybe it will happen tomorrow . This is a single down to deep third man.
AKji released Ak-47 of Mukesh’s songs . Here are few by Mahendra Kapoor
1 Aur nahi bas aur nahi – RKAM – Santosh Anand- LP
Sapne nahi yaha tere
https://youtu.be/BA0UEmcZhbs
2 Meri saanso ko jo – Badalte Rishte – AB – LP
https://youtu.be/ioDHdF7Rgfs
Bahot tarasa hai ye dil tere sapne sajate
3 Din hai bahar ke – Waqt – Sahir – Ravi
https://youtu.be/JWpi2r6UiXA
Accha nahi hota yuhi sapno se khelna
4 Jiske sapne hame roz –
Geet – Hasrat – KA
https://youtu.be/KyZit6cxfBw
5 hamne Jo dekhe sapne – Pariwar- Gulshan Bawara – KA
https://youtu.be/r8BNXc1zjgo
And I canno resist this Mukesh song
Bina badatake bijuriya kaise chamke – Bandan- Anjaan- KA
Josephji @131-133,
You have sandwiched an obscure song between two well-known songs :). The ‘Sone ki chidiya’ song must qualify as one of the best Talat-Asha duets; as for the Amrapali song, it is part of a great score that SJ gave towards the tail-end of their partnership.
Ashwin ji:
A double century in a week! The rapid clip at which this post is accumulating comments, a triple century appears imminent. Here is another single from me in the form of ‘Kal ke chaand aaj ke sapne’ from Nai Raahen (MD: Ravi). Here I am providing link for its duet version sung by Lata and Hemant. It also has another version sung by Lata alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mRk60-s9vY
Shettyji @ 134.
Obviously I have nothing to add to the truckload of information that you have unloaded here!
KS Bhatiaji @ 136,
I guess you have included the ‘Sangdil’ song even though it does not contain ‘sapna’/’khwaab’ because the the two characters are singing about their ‘dreams’ for the future.
Josephji @ 137,
This is one of the songs that I had shortlisted for my first category but I dropped it because I already had 4 better (in my opinion) songs and also because this song is not a song of yore!
KS Bhatiaji @ 139,
It is good to have the other ‘Zindagi khwab hai’ , also being cited. What a composition by Anil Biswas! It is based on Raag Jogiya. Thanks a lot for sharing the song.
Josephji @ 140,
What a super song to include! Thanks a ton! The video that you have provided a link to has been uploaded by a Sri Lankan gentleman and has sub-titles in Sinhala. Speaks for the popularity of the song!
Hansji @ 141,
Hats off to you for the doha! :). I had no idea who ‘Crime Master Gogo’ was but Google came to my rescue and I have been enlightened!
Bhatiaji @ 228, Ashwinji, Akji,
‘Aankh Khultehi Tum Chup Gaye’, has an indirect reference to dream; May fit into, ‘Songs about dreams but which do not contain an explicit reference to dreams’, as categorized by Ashwinji. But I am not sure about the other song ‘Jeevan Ke Safar Mein Rahi Milte Hain Bhichar Jaane ko’. I leave it to the Grand Master and Guest writer to decide.
@ 232,
The same goes for ‘Maree Ankhain Bane Dewani’ by Jagmohan, a wonderful song otherwise.
Posting another song by Jagmohan Sursagar, wonderful lyrics, music and rendition,
Lyrics Faiyaz Hashmi, music Kamal Dasgupta
Mujhe na sapnon se bahlaao
Doori kaa dukh dil pe sahoon main
The last has the following lines,
Roz mere sapne mein aanaa
Neet neet roop nayaa dikhlaanaa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh1WsFYru9Y&feature=emb_title
Kal Ke Sapne Aaj Bhi Aana from Sree Ganesh (1962) is another nice addition.
But the best one I would say is the song ’Swapan jodi madhur emon’, penned by Jaladhar Chattopadhyay. And it was destined to be posted by Bhatiaji.
Most probably it was recorded in 1932. Jaladhar Chattopadhyay was a Bengali playwright from 1928 to 1958. Most of the songs he wrote were for dramas. This song is a total dream song on a different realm.
Swapan jodi madhur emon
hok na miche kalpana
Jagiyo na Amay Jagiyo na
Jagaraner bastabe
Manusher ki kaaj tobe
Ghumer ghore, swapan tobu
sukher maape Alapana .
Satya ki aar mithya ki
jagaraner sab Phanki
Swapan tobu satti
miche jagaraner jalpana…
I am posting the same song with English translation.
Rendered by Manna Dey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uadr3GfsH78
Mr Muli @255,
You might have noticed that my outpouring from my ‘dil’ @230 has no connection with the theme of this post. This was in response to Mahesh’s comment @227 in which he has mentioned Mukesh’s ‘sapna’ songs giving tough competition to his ‘dil’ songs. I presumed he was referring to my post Mukesh and his romance with ‘Dil’ I wrote about eight years ago.
Venkataramanji @ 142,
I have always loved the ‘Katputhli’ song and for the longest time, I had been under the impression that it had been sung by Hemant Kumar. Subir Sen’s and Dwijendra Mukherjee’s voices had such an amazing likeness to Hemantda’s voice that it was very difficult, if not impossible, to say that it was not Hemantda singing when one listened to their songs.
@ 143,
Thanks for correcting me on the point of the authorship of ‘Saawan ke rimjhim mein’.
Wow! Did not know about the Tamil version of ‘Mughal-e-Azam’. Am listening to ‘Kanavu kanda kaadhal’ as I am typing this. Will surely listen to the other songs as well. Kambadasan seems to have been very good at doing the Tamil versions of Hindi songs. He had penned the lyrics for the songs of ‘Vaanaratham’, the remake of ‘Udan Khatola’ and he had managed to almost a literal translation of the songs without impacting the metre so that the same tunes could be retained for the Tamil songs as for the Hindi originals! What a genius! BTW, I am glad that they got Susheela and Jikki to sing the Tamil versions (maybe I should replace ‘that they got’ with ‘that Lata allowed them to get’ :)) – if Lata had sung them, she would have messed up the accent like she did in the case of the ‘Vaanaratham’ songs!
I made a discovery wrt the Bangla song! The tune for the mukhda (‘Amar swapne dekha rajkanya thake’) is the same as that for the mukhda of ‘Aao tumhe chaand pe le jaaye’ from ‘Zakhmee’. This song has been cited @ 59 by Dr.Shetty!
Josephji @ 145 & 146,
‘Phaili hui hai’ has been cited by Dr.Shetty @ 12.
The video at the 2nd link that you have provided has been removed by the uploader. Here is another link that works … for now!
‘Jhukti ghata gaati hawa’ by Asha Bhosle & MAhendra Kapoor (MD – N.Datta, Lyricist – Sahir Ludhianvi), from ‘Dhool ka Phool’ (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ8YV7jHgv4
It’s a nice composition by N.Datta! I especially like ‘Hoho ho hoho’ at the end of the ‘sthaayi’!
Rahulji @ 147,
I agree that the ‘Chhote Nawab’ song that you have shared sounds like it was composed by SJ! But then I am sure, SD would have been mighty pleased when he listened to ‘Ghar aaja ghir aaye’, which I understand was RD’s first independent song! If I am not mistaken, it was during the first meeting that RD and Lata had regarding this song, which was at SD’s house, that Lata and SD patched up their 5-year feud!
Dr. Shetty@ 242, 254
Thanks a lot for sharing your details and email. It would be great to catch up. I am really impressed with your life and career graph and your limitless, wonderful knowledge on both old and new songs. Your ability to come up with a song on any topic and word is quite impressive!!
Yes, Pathology is interesting but I was more fascinated by Blood Banking, Apheresis and stem cell transplantation. That’s my expertise now!!
Been born, brought up and educated in Mumbai (KEM Hospital), I, too have always been fond of movies (Hindi, English, Marathi) and
songs ( Hindi and Marathi) since childhood. I started collecting details on films and songs since late 70s (school times). Somehow, I am more familiar with songs from 70s onwards till the current decade.
Of course, over the years, I have become fairly knowledgeable about the songs from 60s and later 50s.
And yes, special thanks for mentioning Rudaali. Every song is a classic!!
AK@231
Thanks for your wishes!!
Its a pleasure to participate in the interactions with very knowledgeable contributors. In comparison, I do feel that I have my own limitations.
This is the first post on which I have contributed so much and I hope I will be able to continue the same for your future posts.
I appreciate the freedom that you have given to all the contributors so that everyone is able to expand beyond the theme criteria and yet remain within its limits.
Venkataramanji@247
I believe, we still have more to go with “Sapnon Ki Rani”.
Here’s one from a mediocre film of 1990 – Pathar Ke Insan, sung by Alka Yagnik and Muhammad Aziz.
Tu hi meri prem kahani tu hi mere sapno ki rani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfJc8Oe_nVc
And one on “Sapnon Ka Raja” from a typical Mithun Chakravarthy movie of 80s.
Aayega aayega mere sapno ka raja ek din to aayega – Asha – Music by RD Burman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPn1j3IEQTk
Missed out the name of the movie – Kaun Kaise 1983!!
Venkatramanji @50; Bhatiaji @52; Ashwin ji @ 85:
The NF songs invariably have excellent lyrics. Let me egg this post towards the next milestone with a ghazal and a geet by Talat:
Sapna ban aa jata hai koi (Ghazal by Talat; Lyric and music by Vinod Chatterji)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f8FrUCRzFM
Ye sapne hain anmol (Geet by Talat; Lyric-Pardesi; Music: CK Chauhan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNdLecpT_Yc
LP seems to be lagging in the Dream race!
AMAR AKBAR ANTONTY
Humko tumse ho gaya hai pyar kya kare..
…
Main sapno ka sagar
Tu prem nadi hai….
( Mukesh , again).
DOSTANA.
Bane chahe dushman zamana hamara
…
Woh khwabon ke din
Woh kitabon ke din …
NASEEB.
Mere naseeb mein tu hai ke nahin
….
Ek din khwab mein
Woh mujhe mil gaya..
Ashwin
How does it feel to run a marathon with a shifting post?
You mentioned Ramlal’s Sehra in comment # 245.
Sehra as you said had outstanding music, this beautifully sung by Asha song was lost somehow.
Hum hai nashe me
https://youtu.be/Es9w-IAI8uE?t=106
This must be the third time I am posting this song on SOY. It is a song very dear to me.
As a lori, it is very pleasing with almost all possible words one normally associates with lullabies : Chand ka palna, resham ki dori, phoolon/ Raat ki Rani ke sej, Chandra kiran, pariyon ki toli, lori, gori Chandni, sitaron ke naye deep, mamta ke akash, mand pawan,suhani bansi, beti, bitiya, Rajkumari, Radhika Rani, ….., the works!
Then, it must be the only tandem song of Geeta Dutt and Lata Mangeshkar.
Chand dale pankha jhale
Maiya tumhari..
…..
……
Swapno ke nagri mein chale..
( Both versions.)
Jhilmil sapno mein tera pyar pale re..
( Lata).
PYAR KI PYAS, 1961.
Bharat Vyas, Vasant Desai.
https:// youtu.be/FwbxU_k_vBw
The title “Sapno ki Rani” is being bandied about in so many comments above. If I have the patience of Venktaramanji, I can probably dogear them and refer here. This is one more debility I can count against myself. Is it mere happenstance that I posted the very first song with that title from Shahjahan sung by the celebrated Saigal. I can frankly admit it is normally serendipity which helps me, but in this instance I recalled it from memory and hastened to post it as a preemption. I am posting this arriere pensee.
MEHMAAN, 1953.
Mere sapno ka sansar
Kisi ne loot liya…..
Lata, PN Rangeen, Anil Biswas.
https’//youtu.be/ 4PR_kJtN8iE
Yahi hai mere sapno ka sansar..
( 2 versions}
….
FERRY, 1955.
Ratna Gupta, ?, Hemant K.
Palkon ke peeche se kya tumne keh dala….
Naino ne sapno ke mehfil sajaayi his
Tum bhi zaroor aana..
TALASH, 1969.
Rafi, Lata; Majrooh Sultanpuri, SDB.
Wah! Majrooh Saab!
What an imagery!
We will fast forward two decades.
Papa kehte hain bada naam karega..
..
Baithe hain milke…
…
Sab ke dilon ka sapna ye hai..
….
Mera toh sapna hai ek chehra..
QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK, 1969.
Udit Narayan, Majrooh, Anand Milind.
QSQT bagged the Best singer, lyricist and music director awards.
At 70, Majrooh won his second FF trophy a quarter century after his first ( Chahoonga main tumhe…DOSTI, 1964.)
HAWAS.
Teri galiyon mein na rakhenge kadam
Aaj ke baad…
….
Tu mera milna samajh lena ek sapna tha…
JORU KA GHULAM
Naino mein? Nindiya hai
Mathe pe? Bindiya hai…
…
Phir kaun si jagah hai khaali, o matwali
Main kahan rahoonga?
….
….
Aise aapno ka koi mahal banao
Mere beghar premi, main tumko wahan basaoon..
TAPASYA
Do panchi do tinke kaho leke chale hain kahan ?
…
Ye sapna sachh hoga
Keh raha dhadkano ka jubaan..
mumbaikar8 @ 275,
Espied this comment of yours and I cannot help responding to it in contravention of my practice of resuming where I left off, so here goes:
It is a heady feeling to see the response to my article; at the same time, it is a bit intimidating as well. I am trying to deal with it by chipping away at the backlog bit by bit. Unlike in the cases of my previous SoY posts, I do not want to abandon the effort of responding to comments because I feel I owe it to SoYers to acknowledge their comments – it is the least that I can do in return for their overwhelming response – so I continue to respond to them as best and as fast as I can.
Thanks for the ‘Sehra’ song – it is a first for me. Another case of a good song being overshadowed by other brilliant songs, ‘Tum to pyaar ho’ and ‘Pankh hote to’ in this case, in the same film.
Rahulji @ 151,
When I read your post, for a moment I thought that your reference to AB was to this bloke called Ashwin Bhandarkar but I disabused myself of the notion immediately for you were referring to a poet AB who had actually sung in a movie whereas this bloke that I am referring to can only dream of singing in the movies 🙂
Back to the song that you have shared, it seems to have been made for Mukesh. I would have liked it better had Mukesh sung it!
Aswin ji, Hans ji, Venkatraman ji , Mumbaikar ji ;
With no strings attached Lullabies are great kites that can touch skies .
Lullabies never dies….they go on and on as long as humanity survives. Even Birds settling down for the night, sing lullabies to their off springs . Its a perfect prayer before deep sleep.
During Radio Days…..A few lullabies songs that were played regularly as night approached and Bells of the nearby Tower House started ringing .
Dheere Se Aaja Ri Ankhiyon | Albela Songs | Bhagwan Dada | Geeta Bali | Lata Mangeshkar |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6TEYP6maU
Aa Ri Aaja Nindiya Tu (HD) – Do Bigha Zamin Songs – Balraj Sahni – Meena Kumari – Lata Mangeshkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuNCbL38eUw
chalo chalen maa..asha bhosale-hemant kumar- jagriti 1954
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggRpInuAMmE
SUMAN KALYANPUR-MANGU-1954-Koi Pukare Dheere Se
[ This is Suman,s First Song in her 17th years of age ]
M D——MOHAMMED SHAFFI
Lyrics—-SABA AFGHANI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHfOTzEFnYQ
I am blessed with these songs which were favorite of all of us in the family.
Mahendra Kapoor singing for Ravi in Nikaah 1982
Beete huye lamhon ki kasak saath to hogi khwabon hi mein ho chahe mulaqat to hogi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebhQ7X5MTmk
Lata & Asha singing for Hemant Bhosle in Taxi Taxie 1977
Layi kahan aye zindagi hai samne manzil meri……sapnon ki duniya pa na sakoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRft3x7KORE
Kishore & Asha in separate versions for Kalyani Anandji in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar 1978
O saathi re tere bina bhi kya jeena
phoolon mein kaliyon mein sapno ki galiyon mein tere bina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8glmeWmq_Ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fddBORmdzuE
Kishore with Alka Yagnik for Rajesh Roshan in Babu 1985
Ye mera jeevan tere liye hai jeevan ka sapna tere liye hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE4NbTYi8zg
Dr.Shetty @ 152,
Thanks for posting this delightful song! Frankly, you should compile a database of songs with various attributes including categories. It will be a valuable asset for film music historians. For example, the ‘Veena ‘ song will have the following columns/data:
Song from films named after musical instruments: Y
Instrument after which film is named: Veena
Song from films named after a girl’s name: Y
Girl’s name: Veena
As for your note for the pundits to note, I am sure the fact that Pt.Narendra Sharma was also a film lyricist or that AIR’s Vividh Bharti was his brainchild will not be new to SoYers, who are a very knowledgeable lot!
Bhatiya ji above mentions radio days. For golden era lovers the radio days are inextricably related to Radio Ceylon, Vividh Bharti ki vigyapan seva & all india radio ki urdu service.
I think credit goes to Radio Ceylon for evolving theme based programs. & One such program ” Pasand Apni Apni khayal apna apna ” had a haunting melody , NFS composed by V Balsara. Rendered by Manna Dey & penned by Chandrashekhar Pande , this song takes back us on a nostalgic trip.
Najaro mein ho tum
https://youtu.be/_9COirUou3U
O mere sapno ki rani
Us din ka hai Intezaar
So sapno ki rani is still going strong.
S
Bhatiaji @ 233,
‘I ordered Dream [online] and got Nightmare in return. Famous comedian Rajendra nath was famous for set back failure guy . Some of his songs tell it all…..’
‘Aa Sapno Ki Rani Nache’
An interesting picturisation. There may more.
If you call this night mare, what about this…. Height of fantasy?
Maine kal ek sapna dekha meri baho me thi rekha, Sanam (1997)
Amit Kumar, Sameer, Anand-Milind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHFAs7064zM
But by the turn of the millennium money making has become a Khwab, an obsession.
Aye suno na dil keh raha hai
lalach badi khubsurat bala hai
aye dekho na kiski duwa hai
aasma chhu le jo uska khuda hai
roj naya khwab de de jinadgi
aisi hasin saja de
jannat jaha, jannat yaha
jannat jaha, jannat yaha
Rupam Islam, Jannat (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=tsxJdcPhY90&feature=emb_title
Aswin ji @119onwards ;
I am glad you liked the song from old film Mela…..Mohan ki muraliya baaje…. a song that is at different level . Once heard takes repeat orders. Being an oldie myself my bounds for songs are upto late 60s or a little extensions to early 70s . The period when golden era music directors were in exit mode. I generally keep myself limited to B & W era film songs unless songs that fascinate me from colored films .
Few songs that fits into theme….
o sapno me aake chale jane wale,kabhi to aa..Lata …Patrani_Shailendra_ S J.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LzZ8F7npy8
Mohd Rafi Rare – Kash Khwabon Mein Hi Aa Jao 0 Non-Filmi Ghazal 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvRsiJ5Ce7E
Ja Ja Re Ja Sajna | Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle | Adalat 1958 ..MM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq103eMatk
to be contd…
Dr.Shetty @ 153,
A nice collection of Dharmendra-Rakhi-Sharmila ‘dream house’ songs. It is sad that owning a house, leave alone possessing a dream house, remains a distant dream for a lot of people in our country.
Ashwin ji,
You post the JANNAT song, and, I immediately remember a beautiful song from the same movie that I like. What’s more, fitting our theme!
Zara sa dil mein de jagah tu
Zara sa apna le bana
Zara sa qwabon mein sajaa tu
Zara sa yadon mein basaa..
..
And, the very catchy ( I deliberately avoided saying infectious, for, you know why!) refrain.. O o o ooo, O o o ooo ( not sure whether it is written like this!)
KK, Sayeed Qadri, Preetam.
You say money making has become a qwab , an obsession. YES! with all capital letters. Greed, match fixing were the theme of JANNAT. Serious business!
Then there is this unapologetic, unpretentious APNA SAPNA MONEY MONEY. Of course, a comedy. But, JANNAT songs would look like bhajans in front of those from ASMM!
1. Jai Jai Money Money
Jai Jai Money Money
( repeat several times)
Jai Jai bolo Money Money
Har pal japna Money Money
Apna sapna Money Money..
…
2. Paisa.. Paisa..
Kaisa hai ye Paisa…
Show me the Money..
If you want my love
Pay the bill..
Show me your Credit Card
Give me lots of checks, a good Sensex!
Yahi hai latest trend..
Pyar ki na mohabbat ki
Na chahat ki
Chah meri daulat ki..
Saari khushi paisa
mumbaikar8 @ 155, AK @ 156, Rahulji @ 157,
Let us say that Gulzar’s ingenious mukhda of ‘Aankhon mein humne aapke sapne sajyaae hain’ can be interpreted both ways – as concerning ‘my dreams’ or as concerning ‘your dreams’ – depending on one’s preference. Perhaps he deliberately wanted to make it ambiguous!
mumbaikar8 @ 155,
For some reason, I had always thought that ‘Roz roz aankhon tale’ was an Asha solo!
Ashwin ji,
The score is reaching the magical 300 and out of the blues you mention a Cricket related movie!
I smell a rat! Getting crafty, ain’t we?
You thought Rahul ji’s AB was the same bloke as the knowledgeable Guest Writer bloke!
Bloke?!?( to be pronounced as Bloaake? with exaggerated exclamation. )
These are lines from Paisa Paisa…
I don’t want a BLOKE who is always broke!
You ain’t broke. You can show her the money, lots of cheques,credits card(s), good Sensex, Diamond ring ( yes, mentioned in the song!)
Daal mein kuchh kaala hai! Getting naughty, ain’t we?
Coincidence, you say? We are naive , yes! Gullible, yes! Innocent, straight forward, non doubting, impressionable, manipulable….Yes, yes, yes..All those and some more! But, not that foolish to believe you have no hidden agenda!
Anyway, why to leave you disturbed,perturbed, irritated, alarmed, cautious….! The wise Blog Master has called for a virtual/ online meeting to decide the punishment for your transgressions.
Till then, adieu!
Dr.Deshpande @ 158,
Here is another famous Harry Belafonte hit that SJ adapted for ‘Dil Apna Preet Paraayi’:
‘Banana Boat Song’ by Harry Belafonte
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMigXnXMhQ4
You might want to read about the origin of the song. It is very interesting.
The adaptation:
‘Itni badi mehfil’ by Asha Bhosle (MD – Shankar Jaikishan, Lyricist – Hasrat Jaipuri), from ‘Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraayi’ (1960)
Josephji @ 159 – 162,
‘Karke jiska intezaar’ – The first thought that struck me while watching the clip was why Rajendra Kumar is in a night dress but Jamuna is decked up like she is about to attend a wedding!
‘Jyoti kalash chhalke’ lands high up there in the category of all-time best songs, for its lyrics (Pt.Narendra Sharma), music (Sudhir Phadke) and singing (Lata)!
‘Din saara guzaara tera angna’ is a typical Shammi Kapoor song!
Doesn’t the Rafi version of ‘Mere mehboob’ not contain ‘khwaab’?
Dr. Shetty @ 163,
Thanks for the history of ‘Mere Apne’. Was not aware of it. ‘Koi hota jisko apna’ is a moving song, so feelingly sung by Kishore Kumar.
Josephji @ 164-165,
Each song from ‘Anand’ was a gem! I particularly like the picturisation of ‘Zindagi kaisi hai paheli’!
‘Tumhein yaad hoga’ is a hauntingly beautiful song! Wasn’t the movie Kalyaniji-Anandji’s first as a duo?
Giriji @ 168,
That was a very nice limerick from you! 🙂
Venkataramanji @ 169-170,
Thanks for the compliments. Had I read @170 before I made my appearance at the 10 pm party, I would surely have taken you up on your offer to serenade us!!
Dr.Deshpande @ 173,
The ‘Teen Bahuraniyaan’ song is quite a comical one!
The memory of watching ‘Chaandni’ in a Calcutta theatre is fresh in my mind although I just cannot recall the song that you have posted. Come to think of it, it is usually the 2 girls who are in love with a boy who get to sing a song like this (eg ‘Mere mehboob mein kya nahin, kya nahin’), never 2 boys who are in love with the same girl, so this song must rank as an exception!
Jyothi Kalasha chhalke is sure to be in everyone’s top 10 Lata numbers. We had a neighbor family with the surname Jhalke, We, children, and, some ourseadults,too, used to sing
Jyothi Kalasha Jhalke!
for no rhyme or reason!
Of course, realized later that such pure gold should not be mocked or parodied!
Sorry for repeating the Muqaddar Ka Sikander song.
Dr. Shetty had already posted it @225.
I guess, with the continuous exciting flow of posts and songs, repetition is bound to happen and is happening!
From my side, I am trying to avoid it.
Great! The dream run continues for the dreamer Bhandarkar ( just for rhyming!) and, here comes the Magical Triple Century within such a short span of his being at the crease!
Congratulations, calls for celebrations.
Apna sapna party party!
Don’t you simply worry worry!
Teetotaler, hence bill no heavy heavy!
Okay,get set , ready and hurry hurry!
mumbaikar8 @ 175,
Indeed, Usha Khanna has some great songs to her credit! In fact, I had always been under the impression that ‘Ajnabee kaun ho tum’ was a Khayyam creation until I read your post!
‘Hum na samjhe the’ has a familiar ring to it. It seems to have been inspired by ‘The ants go marching’ / ‘The animals went in two by two’, of which ‘Na bole tum’ from ‘Baaton baaton mein’ was a close copy.
‘The animals went in two by two’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuQjR2lsYl0
‘Na bole tum’ by Amit Kumar & Asha Bhosle (MD – Rajesh Roshan, Lyricist – Yogesh), from ‘Baaton baaton mein’ (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlAPCfkcm3A
‘Saare sapne kahin kho gaye’ seems to be based on Raga Yaman Kalyan.
Dr,Shetty @ 301,
Thanks! Party at Hotel Taj Mahal followed by gadbad at Pabba’s on my next trip to Mangalore. 🙂
AK @ 177, Hansji @ 206, mumbaikar8 @ 218,
Please look at my response @ 290. Yes, I have taken the easy way out! 🙂
Ashwin ji,
.. never 2 boys in love…
No, there are some songs.
One example..
Tu mujhe suna main tujhe sunaoon
Apni prem kahani
Kaun hai woh
Kaise hai woh
Teri Sapno ki Rani?
CHANDNI.
Suresh Wadkar, Nitin Mukesh.
Josephji @ 178-180
Thanks for posting ‘Phir teri kahani yaad aayi’. It’s a beautiful composition. The mukhda has shades of Raag Nand.
‘Aaye bahar banke lubhakar chale gaye’ is one of my favourite Rafi songs! Thanks for posting it! What struck me when I listened to the song a few minutes back was that SJ have very nicely brought in
a Western effect with the violins at the start of the interlude between the sthaayi and the 1st antara.
Wrt the song from ‘Mere Mehboob’, one would expect, on just listening to the song but not watching the video, that the picturisation would involve some dancing or at least some brisk walking (!) but the actual
picturisation is totally different!!
Ashwin ji:
You may take a bow on your first triple century! And then take guard for the next ton. We will continue to cheer you along with gems like ‘Taaron ka sunehra sapna ho’ (NFS by Talat; Lyrics-Prem Warbartni; Music-Shyam Sharma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGljTf0pEG0
Dr.Deshpande @ 181,
Am listening to the song from Maya Memsaab for the first time but one particular segment of it was revelatory – Hridaynath Mangeshkar had used it in another song for Lata years back!! My apologies for not revealing it here – I intend to write about it as well as a similar other example on my blog sometime this year 🙂
Dr.Shetty @ 182,
What a nice coincidence regarding Shakeel’s Filmfare awards you have brought to our notice! Yes, it was an oversight on my part not to have included the eponymous (I love this word and never lose an opportunity to use it!) song from ‘Chaudvin ka Chaand’ and Lata’s comeback song after the infamous attempt to poison her!!
Rahul Bhagwarao Muliji had predicted right on the first day itself that this article is surely going to be all time block buster and quite a few records will have to be rewritten.
In keeping with his prediction the article has crossed the land mark figure of 300. It has broken the previous record for the fastest 300 held by ‘Songs and Contra Songs’ post. This article is only a couple of comments away from becoming the second highest post as regards to number of comments. And it seems we are in for more. It seems there is an air of expectation, enthusiasm and excitement among everyone of us.
And content wise the article has proved that it is among the best in SoY.
Congratulation to Ashwin Bhandarkarji and all the members of SoY.
KS Bhatiaji @ 187,
I am with you with regard to the sentiment that you have expressed!
Had never heard of Utpala Sen before, leave alone her song from ‘Manzoor’ that you have shared! The song somehow reminds me of ‘Do naina matwaare tihaare’ of Saigal/Pankaj Mullick.
‘Kaun aaya sapnon mein’ is vintage SD! Thanks for sharing it!
Canasyaji @ 307,
Thanks a lot for the congratulations as well as for all the encouragement! I am very happy that SoYers have liked my article and have expressed their appreciation without reserve!
Venkataramanji @ 310,
Thanks for your warm words of praise! Statistically speaking, would you say that there is causation, or at least correlation, between the # of years that I took to turn this article around and the milestone that the article has just crossed? 🙂
Venkataramanji @ 189,
The song from ‘Aas’ has already been posted by Dr.Shetty @ 114.
I listened to the Bengali version of ‘Mere sapnon ki rani’ just now. Somehow, I like the Hindi version better, probably because I am more familiar with it and understand the lyrics!
Even though an Ashwini featues in the song from ‘Honeymoon’ that you have posted, this Ashwin does not like the song much 🙂 Also, you seem to have made a typo in the year of the film.
KS Bhatiaji @ 190,
‘Chale bhi aao’ is a sweet song that I had never heard before. The last few ‘chale bhi aaos’ reminded me of the ‘alvida’ from ‘Yeh zindagi usi ki hai’!!
I have already included ‘Sach hue sapne tere’ in my article.
‘Suraj zara aa paas’ reminds me of ‘Nanhe munhe bacche’ from ‘Boot Polish’.
‘Spanon ki suhani duniya ko’ has streaks of Sarang and Des. Someone should have told Dilip Kumar that the correct way of playing the tanpura is to strum it at the centre, not at a point near the gourd!!
‘Raju ka hai ek khwaab’ features Shashi Kapoor in a very atypical role!
Dr.Shetty @ 200,
My super-belated thanks for your congratulations on reaching the 200 mark! It seems like it happened ages ago :). Also, it is very appropriate and apt that it was you who got to pen the 200th comment!
Bravo Ashwin.
“Thanks for sharing Sahir’s poem on ‘khwaab’. Let us all continue to dream!” @ 196
Contining to dream with Javed Akhtar and Mahadevan this time
Maine Ek Khwab Dekha
https://youtu.be/UyzLv1hYZ58
Dr.Shetty @ 203,
I share your like for ‘Bairi balam’ and the way both RK and Geeta Bali have enacted the song from ‘Baawre Nain’.
The song from ‘Gumnaam’ would have been panned for its political incorrectness had the film been released now!
KS Bhatiaji had shared the ‘Sangram’ song @ 120.
Had never heard the song from ‘Thokar’ before. Neither had I heard of the movie. Could not get through the entire song – it is so listless, so is the acting!!
Had never watched the video of ‘Yeh mausam aaya hai’ before. Had no clue that it featured Rakesh Roshan and Rekha! Quite a nice song!
mumbaikar8 @ 316,
Thanks a lot! When I read your comment, I couldn’t quite place who Mahadevan was and it would have been equally difficult had you mentioned just Shankar!! Am listening to the song as I type this – a nice song! Thanks for sharing it.
Venkatramanji @ 310
Thank you sir
The latest score at contra songs shows that it has surpassed Sir Garfield Sobers. But Ashwin ji will surely break Lara’ s record.
I celebrate this with a song which might be part of your ( Venkataraman ji) next article.
Ya dil ki suno duniyawalo – Anupama- Kafi Azmi – Hemantkumar
Ek khwab khushi ka dekha nahi
I hope that it has not been posted earlier. It has become almost Mumbai immediately after lockdown out here.
Bhatiaji @ 234,
Tussi great ho Bhatiaji.
Thanks for those wonderful numbers, ‘I have a dream’ and ‘Somewhere over the rainbows’.
And I cannot thank you enough for introducing me Andre Rieu sometime back.
@282,
Thanks for those lovely lullabies and lullabies are everybody’s favourite, I suppose.
I think Chalo chalen maa was posted earlier by Pradeepji.
But I have to repeat again your short expressions before your songs are always a delight.
Hansji @ 251,
Thank you for your response, concern and advice.
Yes I am using clove oil at night and taking antibiotics as prescribed. I requested my dentists -‘Us dant ko Ukhadne ki liye kah diya’. That will be on next Wednesday. Till then sahna padega.
Ashwinji @ 266,
Yes, you are right; their voices were alike. But Hemant Kumar had a clear edge over the other two. That reminds of Rajender Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar. They had to remain in the shadow of Bishen Singh Bedi’s, although they were very prolific in domestic cricket. Dilip Doshi had better luck; made his debut for India in his thirties and played 30 odd tests.
In the 1950s and early 60s a lot of mega Hindi movies were dubbed in Tamil. Movies like Aan, Aah, Udan Khatola, Naya Daur and Mughal-e-Azam were some of the Hindi films dubbed in Tamil, mainly for their songs. Naushad was the most popular composer in the dubbed genre. But none of the dubbed version of the films did well at the box-office. And in the sixties, this trend came to an end, to be continued again much later.
Mughal-e-Azam was dubbed in Tamil, again in 2006. It was released as Anarkali after it was digitally coloured. Nagore Salim re-wrote the lyrics and songs were rendered by Swarnalatha. Swarnalatha in her 30s, met with premature death in later part of 2000. You will find three songs of this version in YT.
Can I say that Bappi Lahiri reworked on the Bangla melody ‘Amar swapne dekha rajkanya thake’ for his song in ‘Zakhmee’.
@ 297
Thank god. That spared you and others from the agony of forced ‘Captivation’.
@312,
That could be a reason. You may say so. It may not be correct in all cases.
@313,
Sorry for repeating the song from Aas.
Yes the Hindi of the song ‘Mere Sapnon ki Rani’ is superior, lyric wise.
On the song from Honeymoon and the above mentioned song, some weeds do creep in among good plants. Just clip them away. And sorry for the wrong year too.
Rajeshji @ 271,
I concede. Yes I understand that there are many more Sapnon Ki Ranis left. I found one posted by Bhatiaji.
And my two posting @ 189, one turned out to be a dead duck, and the other a lame duck; when it comes to Swapnon ki Ranis I run out of luck.
Thanks for the songs on Swapna ka Raja and Rani.
Canasyaji @ 272,
Thanks for posting two wonderful NFSs rendered by Talat Mhamood.
Posting one more,
Chupke se kabhi jab yaad meri sapnon se tujhe chaunka de, Madhukar Rajasthani, Khayyam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbeQBJvrpc
Ashwinji,
I promised to listen to your Carnatic part later and come back. I held back my comments, since there are few takers for this genre and I felt it may seem an intrusion. I hope I can post it now.
The last part of your article is a treasure trove for seekers of information. It should gladden those who have an ear for music from down south. It gave me an opportunity listen to some Carnatic music after a gap of time. Thanks a lot. I would have loved to have a couple of more Hindusthani classical or light classical numbers but the limited availability of Bandishes matching the theme could have been the reason. The artist Seetha Rajan was new to me.
I think there were two Kritis that Saint Tyagaraja composed, after the lord appearing in his dream; you have provided the details of the song “Girpai nelakonna” and posted Lalgudi Jayaraman’s instrumental version. A loved listening to it, but it ends abruptly leaving a sense of incompleteness. BTW Sahana (Carnatic) is one of my favourites. The other song (Raga Manohari) in which Tyagaraja refers to the promise made by the Lord in his dream is:
“Paritaapamugani Yaadina
Palukula marachitivo na……..
Where he says,
“Have you forgotten the words of assurance which you, seeing my anguish, lovingly expressed, when you were on the golden boat on the Sarayu, in the company of the incomparable Sita, the assurance that you would take me to you in another five days”
Here is the link to the song rendered by D K Jayaraman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6CWyfP3y9c
In accordance with this promise Lord Rama took his Bhakta on Pusya Bahula Panchami i.e on 6th January 1847, when the Saint was almost 88 years old.
Thanks for both the pieces; Mayamma by DK Pattammal and Sarojadalanetri by MS Subbulakshmi.
I could not resist the temptation to listen to M S Subbalakshmi’s entire Shankarabaranam piece. Her entire rendition- Aalapanai,Neraval and Swaraprastaram were too good. And the composition Sarojadalanetri Himagiriputri in her voice demands listening. MS was identified with Sankarabaranam. Her Kritis in this Raga were each a gem. Probably she was extensively trained in this Raga by Semangudi Srinivasa Iyer.
I would like to post one more from the Navartanmalika of Shyama Sastri
Marivere by Ranjani and Gyatri, in Raga Anandabhairavi, a very pleasant Raga.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk_HVTiWOIY
The write up on the three Women mystics of India “Akka Mahadevi”, “Andaal” and “Meerabai” and the accompanying songs by Venkatesh Kumar, R Vedavalli and Lata Mangeshkar provided the right tone to end to your article.
As you have rightly said, the 10 verses of the 6th Thirumozhi describe the wedding in elaborate detail. The translation provided is on a different plain, but does not bring out this mundane aspect of the verses under discussion. Right from the start, ‘Vaaranam Aayiram Choozha valam cheythu…..’, the 10 verses describe the 10 steps in a marriage.
BTW there is also a Telugu version, Amuktamalyada composed by Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagar Dynasty, describing the life of Andaal and her wedding with the Lord Vishnu.
Some songs from the 40s:
1. Mere sapnon ki duniya basanewale sapne bhi jhoothe – sung by Meena Kumari for Bulo C Rani – Film Piya Ghar Aaja 1947
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-abSh2hb_0
2. Toot gaye sab sapne mere – by K L Saigal for Khursheed Anwar – Film Parwana 1947
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0ULf8G8AAQ
3. Kal Maine Ek sapna dekha – by Shanta Apte for Hari Prasann Das – Film Kadambari 19645
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQKoGbDjiws
Surprisingly, the information on the youtube link incorrectly says – Asha Bhosle for Jaalsaaz. But the song is correct
4. Mere sapne bane aaj apne – Lata – Snehal Bhatkar – Humari Beti 1950
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkL5NBH_wVs
Ashwinji@298, Dr. Shetty@305
Besides the song from Chandni, I can recollect two more songs featuring 2 guys in love with the same girl.
They do not fit in the theme here, so I am not posting the links:
Both sung by Rafi and Kishore and both feature Tina Munim as the girl:
1. Mere dildaar ka baankpan allah allah – Deedar-e-Yaar 1982
2. Tera jalwa tauba hai tera jalwa – Aap Ke Deewane 1980
Definitely, there would be more songs!!
Rajeshji @ 324,
Thanks for the vintage numbers, especially for the song ‘Toot Gaye Sab Sapne Mere, Toot Gaye’ by Saigal.
Posting two more Saigal numbers on the theme,
Wo aa ke ḳhwaab mein taskeen-e-iztiraab to de
Wale mujhe tapish-e-dil majaal-e-ḳhwaab to de
Ghalib, Saigal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve8qLp6spps
Tu aa gayi dil ki tamanna jaag utthi haan jaag utthi
Khwaab on kee duniya Jaag Uthee
Saigal, Kurukshetra 1945 Jameel Mazhari Ganpat rao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxH2u1GUskw
Thanks Venkataramanji, for sharing some more Saigal songs.
Want to correct a typo error.
The year for the film Kadambari (@324) is 1944.
Dr. Shettysir,
Yes, caravan of beautiful, soul pleasing songs have gone with the thunder of westernized music accompanied by synthesizers.
Regards,
– Kalpesh Bhatt.
WoW! Just WoW! What a post! Such knowledge, such vast areas covered, such details…but I really wish it had been a two or three-parter. Since I wasnt to broaden my horizon, I am so glad you have included songs from other languages. My thanks.
I was surprised to learn that it was Lord Vishnu who dreams of the world, always thought it was Lord Brahma.
Adding tid-bits: The concept of the Theory of Evolution occurred to Charles Darwin in a dream (though I guess the Philosophers who conceptualized Lord Vishnu’s dashavtaars were there before him).
The plot of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde came to R.L. Stevenson in a dream.
Thanks once again for such an informative post. Now will think of songs.
Hansji @ 207,
You have a sly sense of humour, I must say! 🙂 But to set the record straight, I haven’t stayed up beyond midnight or so to respond to comments on this post – you can validate that from the timestamps for my comments, A good night’s sleep is vital if I need to read all the comments and do justice to them!
Josephji @ 208-210,
‘Aankhon ko meri tum’ is the first song that I am seeing in which Sujit Kumar sings! Of course, he has been immortalized as the driver of the vehicle from which Rajesh Khanna serenades Sharmila with ‘Meri sapnon ki rani’ in ‘Aradhana’!
‘Tere kaaran mere saajan’ is a sweet song, still quite well-known!
The ‘Banphool’ song has already been shared by two docs – by Dr.Deshpande @ 70 and by Dr.Shetty @ 114.
Maheshji @ 211,
You have shared a very nice song from ‘Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahaani’. It is based on the scale of Shuddha Kalyan. What struck me when I was watching the video clip was that Shantaram was already in his mid-forties when he acted in this movie, and he continued to play the hero for almost two more decades!
AK @ 212,
You are being very modest in your reaction to my compliments!
Thanks for pointing out that it was Nashad and not Naushad who created ‘Tasveer banaata hun’. Thanks for sharing the article about him. If I remember right, there was an article about him on SoY as well a few years ago.
Rahulji @ 213,
‘Tu chanda, main chaandni’ is a masterpiece by Jaidev. It is based on Raga Maand, very apt for a story set in Rajasthan.
@ 214,
It is amazing what one ends up with when one starts a Google search, isn’t it? 🙂 Imagine a movie by the name of ‘Gogola’. In addition to Jurassic Park, I can think of one more innovation that was probably inspired by the name of the movie – Google, the one that led you to ‘Gogola’ in the first place !!! 🙂
You have inadvertently repeated the link for ‘Tu chanda, main chaandni’. Here’s the link that I think you wanted to share:
‘Aaja aaja pyaar karein’ by Mahendra Kapoor & Mubarak Begum (MD – Roy Frank, Lyricist – Balkavi Bairagi), from ‘Gogola’ (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68rDxToXv7k
Dr.Deshpande @ 215,
Yes, ‘Tum paas aaye’ from K-square-H-square 🙂 is a well-know song! Thanks for sharing it.
Wrt ‘Bindiya’, chanced upon this article on Iqbal Qureshi. Have not read it though, which I will do at leisure.
http://www.millenniumpost.in/sundaypost/beacon/lost-in-anonymityiqbal-qureshi-385544?infinitescroll=1
Dr.Shetty @ 217,
Thanks for the biography of Rajkumari Dubey. There is also an interview with her on YouTube besides the episodes of TVS SaReGaMa that she participated in and he rendition of ‘Ghabara ke jo hum’ from ‘Mahal’ on the occasion of Noorjehan’s felicitation when the latter visited Mumbai in 1980 if I am not mistaken.
‘Nazariya ke maare’ is a beautiful song, sung marvelously.
Here is the link to the ‘Kitaab’ song that you have cited:
‘Hari din to beeta’ by Rajkumari (MD – RD Burman, Lyricist – Gulzar), from ‘Kitaab’ (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y8ndtbWGa4
The link to the ‘Babla’ song:
‘Humre munder bole kaga sakhi ri’ by Rajkumari (MD – SD Burman, Lyrics – Sahir Ludhianvi), from ‘Babla’ (1951)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaBAzccnypw
mumbaikar8 @ 218 once more,
‘Jaag dil-e-diwaana’ is such a haunting song! Co-incidentally, it was sung by one of my relatives at the last family sing-a-long on Zoom that we had! Another co-incidence – two of the best songs with the waltz-rhythm – this one and ‘Dil ki girah khol do’ from ‘Raat aur Din’ – were picturised on Feroze Khan!
NAVRANG, 1959.
What an album!
V Shantaram, Bharat Vyas, C Ramachandra … Kudos!
Tu chhupi hai kahan
Main tadpta yahan..
….
Ye nazare diwani kyon khoyi hui
Mere rangeen sapno ke rango mein..
..
Soorat hai mere sapno ki tu Sohini
Jamuna tu hai, Tu hi meri Mohini..
Mahinder Kapoor, Asha Bhonsle.
Kalpesh Bhatt ji,
Yes. You have compared the melody of yore with the, (mostly) cacophony of today in simple, meaningful words.
There are some exceptions now and then . Some youngsters are coming up with soulful music. Some old timers, too.
Preetam’s JAB WE MET, Anu Malik’s DUM LAGA KE AISA, Some songs of Shankar Ehsan Loy are good.
SOY is a pan India blog and we are all beyond and above the constraints of region, religion etc. But, Kalpesh being, mostly, a Gujarati name, the song I am citing now would be more familiar to you.
I have posted the lovely Manjha song from KAI PO CHE. Another pleasant song. Gujarati and Hindi lines seamlessly flowing as if it is a pure Hindi song. Swanand Kirkire/ Shruti Pathak’s lyrics beautifully express celebration and motivationtion.
Rangi parod aavi, khushiyo sange laavi
Aasha ni kirno vikhrai..
…..
Hey Shubharambh Ho Shubharambh
Mangal bela aayee
Sapno ki dehri pe dil ki baajee re shehnai
.. Shehnai..
…
Khwabon ke beej kachhi zameen pe humko bhona hai
Aasha ki moti sanson ki maala
Humko pirona hai
Apna bojha mil ke saathi
Humko dhona hai..
Shruti Pathak, Divya Kumar; Amit Trivedi.
Amitabh Bhattacharya, Amit Trivedi combination has given some very nice songs.
Josephji @ 219 – 224,
‘Aaya hai mujhe phir yaad’ – The song is based on Bhairavi. It beats me why they put Dharmendra behind a piano when the instrument has not been used in the song! It would have been worse had shown his fingers flitting across the piano keys – so thank God for small mercies! 🙂
‘Mujhko tum jo mile’ is such a soothing song! Yet another one set to the waltz rhythm, that we encountered in the song that mumbaikar8 shared @ 218.
‘Phool tumhe bheja hai khat mein’ is a lovely song from one of the best scores of Kalyanji-Anandji.
Thanks for sharing ‘Ruk ja on jaanewali ruk ja’ , not that I particularly like the song but because I heard something that has given me an idea for a post on my own blog 🙂
‘Tum jo hamaare’ is a typical Raj Kapoor-Mukesh poignant song! I will always remember ‘Aashiq’ for the fact that it features one of the few Shankara-based songs – ‘Jhanana jhan jhanake apni paayal’ ; I would like to hasten to add that only the mukhda is based on Shankara, the rest of the song deviates from this raga!
Respected Ashwani ji, here are two songs in the category “Request for Lovers to appear in Dreams” mentioned in #102.
Sapno Mein Aana Dil Mein Samana (S.P. Balasubramaniam/ Anuradha Paudwal – Chor aur Chand)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKEmHSfAAIM
Aaja Re Ab Mera Dil Pukara (Mukesh/ Lata – Aah)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sver9O8K3t8
The line “Sapno Mein Aa Ke Kabhi Mil” appears late in the song but gives a haunting quality to the entire song.
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And other songs with Sapna. Khwaab etc:
S.P. Balasubramanaim again in “Hum Na Samjhe They, Baat Itni Si, Khwaab Sheeshe Ke, Duniya Pathar Ki…’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJXok3TEzw
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Jagmohan Sursagar’s “Mujhe Na Sapno Se Behlayao” has already been mentioned, here’s another one, “Sapno Mein Mujhko Pyar Mila”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jyJLoaTCrE
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“Jo Ye Sapne Sach Ho Jaate, To Ye Sapne Kyon Kehlate
Aur Us Jagah Neend Kyon Tootti….”
Unforgettable question from a song of Sapno Ka Saudagar that didn’t make it to the screened version of the movie:
“O Zindagi, Ai Meri Bebasi…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9H7Mx5ZZlg
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And here’s a rare version of Zindagi Khwaab Hai from Jagte Raho, sung by Maana Dey, as part of the HMV’s Twin Towers Series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PII1UwarijE
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Thanks once again for the post.
Ashwin ji,
Each of the duo wishing to dream through the other’s eyes. No ambiguity or confusion here.
Aankhen hamare hon
Sapne tumhare hon
Duniya mein jab tak Chand sitare hon..
…
Pyar bhara ye jaadoo na toote
Koi hamare khwaab na loote
Sabkuchh duniya ka khwab hamare hon…
Asha , Rafi; Rajinder Kishen; N Datta.
MERE ARMAAN, MERE SAPNE, 1963.
Aren’t they Naaz and Ashim Kumar?
A nice Asha solo from the same movie.
Unse pehchan hui jaati hai,
Raah aasaan hui jaati hai..
…
Kis tarah maan loon begana hai
Khwab hai ya koi afsana hai..
Asha ji pronounces ‘ jaati’ in different ways throughout the song. Cute!
Sorry.
Links:
https:// youtu.be/ 7bnHUXfrdA8
https:// youtu.be/ T4Z3XheRxSQ
Jeevan ek adhoora sapna
Kuchh dekha kuchh baaki hai..
NFS.
C H Atma.
https:// youtu.be/ RNLvmQdf_ik
DADDY, 1991.
Suraj Sanim, Rajesh Roshan.
1.Sapno ki ghar ki chat pe hain taare
Toffiyon ki deeware pe latke gubbare..
..
Ghar ke ujiyare so jaa re
Daddy tere jaage, tu so jaa re..
Talat Aziz & chorus.
2. Kabhi khwab mein
Ya khayal mein
..
Main adhoora sa ek geet hoon..
Talat Aziz, Dilraj Kaur.
Ashwinji@337
Dil ki girah khol do is one of my all-time favorites!! A perfect song in terms of music, lyrics and vocals!
Not sure, if this has been posted here as part of the theme, but the second antara talks of sapnon ka nagar.
Hum tum na hum tum tum rahe ab
kuch aur hi ho gaye ab
sapnon ke jhilmil nagar mein
jaane kaha kho gaye ab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKBFf6tdTWs
Ashwin Ji @ 119 onwards ,
I am glad you liked the songs. Yes, koi mere Sapna me in Aaya…was not there in the movie . May be it was withdrawn after its initial release . This usually happens after initial release of the movies. This also happened to some songs being withdrawn in movies like Aah and Shree 420 also. Some times songs are added also to make added attractions. In some B grade movies added coloured reels were like catalyst to boost box office.
To keep theme going here are some more songs.
Hope they are not a repeat ones.
Ja ja re ja Sajna….Lata,Asha….
https://youtu.be/Weq103eMatk
Sakhi tu ja ……Lata….patrani….so
https://youtu.be/3LzZ8F7npy8
N Venkataraman ji @320;
Thanks for your uplifting appreciation . Abba’s songs in 70s were craze and so were other albums like….Carpenter’s , Bony M …and so on . Of course when you are in a mood to listen to instrumental greats I think Andre Rieu is a first thought to delight your soul.
Again some more songs are coming in my mind…
yeh kaun aaya ke mere dil ki duniya me bahar aayi..Geeta Dutt_Sahir_S D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgzg1bZq8Fs
Mohd Rafi Rare – Kash Khwabon Mein Hi Aa Jao 0 Non-Filmi Ghazal 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvRsiJ5Ce7E
Keh ke bhi na aaye mulaqat ko Muhammad Rafi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04Qt5Gnyv6M
Venkatraman ji , Hans ji, Mumbaikar ji;
I was looking for some combos of songs, lyrics and melodies and struck upon those which I had hidden from myself ….to open and share with you all. i can forget many things but not the melodies .
Songs may end but melody continues for ever .
Now the songs where khawab and like words occurs in stanzas….
NARTAKI- ZINDAGI KE SAFAR ME – RAFI…SHAKEEL …..RAVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ReKM-djqU
Aaj Aur Kal – Itnee Haseen Itni Jawan – Mohd Rafi…Sahir…Ravi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxPOBc-Gjbk
….to be contd….
Ashwin ji;
Talking about Dams…..they were very popular for shooting of film’s songs. Many of such songs were shot in Brindaban Gardens located at just downstram of non overflow parts of the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mysore. To recall the movies..they were…Aurat, Sasural, Padosan and many more. Insaan Jag Utha was entirely shot in locations at Nagarjun sagar Dam when it was being constructed .
During my life span in govt [ central water commission ] I have designed a number of Major and Medium Hydro Electric projects which I relish to see them working at peeks of there outputs. Pykara Project is one which is at the foothills of Nilgiri with its intakes near the ooty.
Srisailam Dam near Hydrabad is very close to my heart as every component of the dam right from foundation treatment to top of the dam was designed by me. To mark the achieventof 350 comments I am posting a visual when all the gates are open of this magnitude of the dam which lists among ten great dams of India .
Srisailam Dam gates open….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbozOcQKQ0c
Dr.Shetty,
Hemant Kumar’s music for ‘Nagin’ was top-notch and the novelty/highlight was Kalyanji’s clavioline. In a ‘chhoti munh, badi baat’ of sorts, please allow me to point out a Spoonerism of sorts in your citation of the Nagin song. It is ‘Man dole mera tan dole’ not ‘Tan dole mera man dole’!
‘Man dole mera tan dole’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Hemant Kumar, Lyricist – Rajendra Krishan), from Nagin (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOD8GZ7reo
‘Chaahe paas ho, chaahe door ho’ is based on Raga Basant Mukhari.
‘Tumhe yaad hoga’ and ‘Phool tumhe bheja hai’ have been cited by Josephji @ 165 and @ 222 respectively.
‘Mera jeevan kora kaagaz’ is a memorable song – good lyrics with a fitting tune!
‘Mera jeevan kora kaagaz’ by Kishore Kumar (MD – Kalyanji-Anandji, Lyricist – M.G.Hashmat), from ‘Kora Kaagaz’ (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFteM-pUQcw
‘Kankariya maarke jagaaya’ is a delightful song! Listening to it after a long time.
‘Kankariya maarke jagaaya’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Kalyaniji-Anandji, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi), from ‘Himalay ki God Mein’ (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj7z3UsIde0
Listening to ‘Tumko mere dil ne’ from ‘Rafoo Chakkar’ after a long time as well. Shailendra Singh had a nice voice, perfectly suited for Rishi Kapoor’s image just as Mukesh’s voice was a perfect fit for Raj Kapoor.
‘Tumko mere dil ne’ by Shailendra Singh & Kanchan (MD – Kalyanji-Anandji, Lyricist – Gulshan Bawra) , from Rafoo Chakkar (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMODo1o8WoE
Here is the link for ‘Kya khoob lagti ho’ by Mukesh & Kanchan (MD – Kalyanji-Anandji, Lyricist – Indeevar), from Dharmatma (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFYu3gxF07c
Here is the link for ‘O saathi re’ by Kishore Kumar (MD – Kalyanji-Anandji, Lyricist – Anjaan ),from ‘Muqaddar ka Sikandar’ (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8glmeWmq_Ho
Josephji @ 226,
Thanks for posting the lovely ‘Aaja ab to aaja’. I like it and ‘Mohabbat aisi dhadkan hai’ more than ‘Ye zindagi usi ki hai’, which, of course, is the most well-known song from ‘Anarkali’.
KS Bhatiaji @ 228,
Songs that do not contain ‘khwaab’ or ‘sapna’ are outside the syllabus per the verdict of the Blogmaster but there have been so many violations already that my bringing it up at this late juncture is akin to closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
In any case, I made a discovery while listening to the song from ‘Munimji’: The first antara has the following 2 lines:
Abhi saanson ki khushboo hawaaon mein hai
Abhi kadmon ki aahat fizaaon mein hai
Compare these lines of Sahir with Kaifi’s lines from ‘Dheere dheere machal’ in ‘Anupama’, which was released 11 years after ‘Munimji’:
Uske saanson ki khushboo hawaaon mein hai
Uske kadmon ki aahat fizaaon mein hai
Did Kaifi plagiarize Sahir or was this a coincidence?
It’s a pity that the female version of ‘Jeevan ke safar mein’ is not as popular as the cheerier male version. I quite like it!
Dr.Deshpande @ 229,
Thanks for the introduction. It is great to have you participate in such a big way on SoY so soon! Like the other doctors in SoY, you sure are transfusing the group with a lot of energy! 🙂
AK @ 230,
You have proved that Mukesh was no dil-ettante when it came to dilwala songs ! 🙂
@ 231,
You said it! (with apologies to RK Laxman)
KS Bhatiaji @ 232,
Holy moly! I knew only of the Lata/Naushad ‘Kal ke sapne aaj bhi aana’, not about the Suman/Bulo C.Rani version, which is the earlier version of the song! So did Shakeel plagiarize the Shree Ganesh (who was her? Have never heard of him) version?
(Actually I should have known that Suman Kal-yanpur would definitely have had gotten to sing a Kal song. BTW, Kalyanpur is from where my grandfather-in-law – the one whom I have mentioned in my article – hailed!)
The Jagmohan song that you have posted seems to be based on Raga Jogiya. The person who has uploaded the song seems to be a big Nargis fan!
Thanks for sharing the KC Dey song. I haven’t listened much to him but I liked this song. Seems to be based on Jaunpuri,
KS Bhatiaji @ 233,
This song picturised on Rajendranath has already been shared by Dr.Deshpande @ 173.
@ 234,
I had planned to include a section on English songs and the ABBA song as well as the Judy Garland song were on my list but I dropped the idea since I did not know where to fit these songs in the flow of the article. ‘I have a dream’ is one of my ABBA favourites – I just love the lyrics, and the music of course! If I am not mistaken, it has been copied in a Hindi film. The Andre Rieu Orchestra version is a very faithful reproduction of the original.
Here are two other English songs that I had thought of including in my article but did not end up using:
1. ‘Sweet dreams are made of this’ – Eurythmics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
2. ‘Memory’ by Elaine Page from ‘Cats’ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdBVJbzkoqo
It has the line “I can dream of the old days, life was beautiful then.”
Watched a show of ‘Cats’, albeit not on Broadway, during my first stint in the US during the ’90s. I loved every minute of it!
Dr.Shetty @ 242,
It was nice reading about your life-story and how you caught the music-bug and how it never left you! (I must say that you are not at all asymptomatic, though 🙂 ). 1948 is an incredible number of cassettes to have, and that too, this is a count that is 14 years old! Speaks about your passion for films and music!
Yes, I am also a great fan of ‘Rudaali’ ! What a movie, what acting, what music! Incidentally, I watched it in 1993 or 1994 on DD on a trip to Mangalore to visit my grandmother!
Here is the link to the lullaby that you have mentioned:
‘Beete na, beete na raina’ by Asha Bhosle (MD – Bhupen Hazarika, Lyricist – Gulzar), from ‘Rudaali’ (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0XEGNAXoq0
Josephji @ 246 and Dr/Deshpande @81 & 215,
A.Darshan makes his appearance again, this time appropriating Madan Mohan’s work, instead of Iqbal Qureshi’s !! 🙂
Who is this charlatan
Who goes by the name of A.Darshan?
Now that he has targeted Madan Mohan
Will his next victim be Roshan?
Methinks he is just a figment of somebody’s imagination
Venkataramanji @ 247,
You have paid me compliments for my discipline but I do not deserve them. I am far from the disciplined man you assume me to be but I do try to make an effort every day to get better at managing my time.
I hope your tooth is not bothering you any more and that you have made up for all the lost sleep.
Josephji @ 248,
The song you have posted can be termed a picnic song. Many films from the 60s and early 70s had such songs. Also, here is an alliterative caption for your comment:
Josephji posts a Jamuna-in-a-jamboree song in July 🙂
Giriji @ 250,
Thanks for posting this 2-version song from ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’. What a score RD gave for the movie! I was told by a friend that he had read that SD had refused to do the score because of the hint of incest in the story – not sure how true this is.
As for the ‘Saraswatichandra’ song, Josephji and Dr.Shetty have posted it @ 222 and 225 respectively.
Josephji @ 253,
‘Adorable’ is the right word for this song – and for all the other songs – from ‘Albela’! I would have loved to have posted ‘Dheere se aaja ri’ here but I did a quick check and found out that KS Bhatiaji has posted it at @ 283, so I shall cease and desist!!
Ashwin@359,
Both the films where the name ‘A.Darshan’ appears were produced by AVM, who had a resident MD by the name of Sudarshan. He might have been associated with these songs. He might have preferred to be known as ‘A.Darshan’ in Hindi films. (Bindya is a remake of Tamil film Deivappiravi. Bhai Bhai is a remake of Ratthapaasam) Or it may be a mistake. But the titles don’t give any darshan of A.Darshan. I don’t know how youtube refers to Darshan!
(Have a live program to attend at 7 pm so thought I would take up a couple of ‘smaller’ comments in place of Dr.Shetty’s and Rahulji’s long comments @ 254 and 255 respectively! I will come back to 254 and 255 later tonight or tomorrow)
Canasyaji @ 257,
It looks like a quadruple-century is in sight! Let’s wait and see if it happens. In the meanwhile, thanks for ‘Kal ke chaand, aaj ke sapne’. I listened to both versions and liked them both. It is a pity that the videos clips are not available on YouTube.
Ashwinji@354
Thanks for your kind words! This has been a wonderful post from your side and I have really enjoyed this wonderful dream of a theme which has allowed a wide scope and range of songs enthusiastically contributed by everyone.
Songs mentioning sapna/khwab are innumerable in Hindi cinema and I was happy to recollect and post some of them.
I really appreciate your efforts in replying to all contributors and nearly all the posts!!
A song from Parwana of 1971, music by Madan Mohan and sung by Asha and Rafi
Jis din se maine tumko dekha hai is dil mein ek sapanaa sa jaaga hai
gar ijaazat ho to sunaa doon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=452HFXPclyY
Nice song, but surprisingly was not part of the film.
And some RD Burman songs:
1. Chhota sa ghar apna apne jeevan ka sapna – Lata – Charitraheen 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bsotPxtuyw
2. Title song of Yaadon Ki Baraat 1973 – 2 versions
Yaadon ki baraat nikli hai aaj dil ke dwaare dil ke dware
sapnon ki shehnai beete dinon ko pukare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS3cwT7Vhbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfLXAXHK0U8
3. Kiski sadayen mujhko bulayen anjaan sapne neenden churayen – Kishore, Asha – Red Rose 1980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeeokGWgzkE
https://youtu.be/y2xozlsc6hY
Not sure if posted earlier
Mukesh for Shatrughan Sinha.
Mahesh
Dr Rajesh ji,
The first 2 lists you posted had all but 2 songs that I remembered at various times after , first deciphering and then reading Ashwin ji’s dreamy article!
Yesterday, while typing Shubharambh, I suddenly recalled YKB .. Sapno ki shehnai…I was about to post it. Then, I thought either you (90℅) or Joseph ji (1℅) will remember it and post. Yes, my hunch came true!
SPB won the Best singer National award for EK DUJE KE LIYE. Anand Bakshi, the FF award for the same song. ( At FF awards,13 nominations,3 wins.)
Tere mere beach mein kaisa hai ye bandhan anjaana..
….
Lakh jatan karoon rokh na paoon
Sapno mein tera aana jaana..
The duet version with Lata does not have these lines.
I ,a fourth year MBBS student,saw this in the release week, Saturday Second Show, with a group ( gang ?) of friends, hostelmates, mostly, with a sprinkling of day scholars… Mostly classmates,but also a few juniors and seniors, of every color and hue!
Mysooru, Circa..1981.
Mysooru, 1978.
I,a first year student, had seen MARO CHARITRA,Telugu,the original by K Balachander, with half a dozen classmates, after the movie had completed it’s 100 days run, Saturday, first show!
MARO CHARITRA was also a huge hit. KB retained Kamal Hasan and Madhavi for the remake. Sarita, the debutant heroine,was replaced by Rati Agnihotri.KB won the best director FF ( South) award.
The music by M S Vishwanathan was very popular. Personally it is special for me for one of the last hits of one my favorite singers, L R Ishwari,a unique voice, a blend of Asha, Shamshad Begum and a little of Usha Uthup!
.. Bale bale magadi _ with SPB.
Dubbed into Malayalam as THIRAKAL EZHUTHIYA KAVITA,1980,it ran for 693 days!MSV gave the music.
A huge hit across all the South Indian states in original Telugu and dubbed Malayalam versiona; pan India in Hindi. A very rare fête.
LP again.
O mere sapno ke khayalon ke Shehzade..
MERI JUNG.
I had mentioned this in the piano songs. A piano on the beach!
I like the 3 versions of Zindag har kadam ek nayi jung hai.. From MJ.
AK @ 78
I agree with you on practicability part. Theme based topics rely on the lyrics and discussing lyrics is a good thing. The persons who post here are intelligent and responsible, so they can be trusted. And in the past you have relaxed the norms in some topics. The most recent example is ‘nayika bhed’, where you created special categories, though there was already a lot of overlapping among various heads.
In the number of songs posted, this one has already gone a long way because sapna was a very favourite word with lyricists. In many cases this word is routinely used and there are a number of songs which have real dreams but, the word is missing. There is a song from Aadmi aur Insaan
‘dil karta o yara dildara mera dil karta,
aisa kuchh kar payen, yadon men bas jayen’
This whole song is just about dreams, but instead of sapnon or khwabon the word yadon has been used. So it cannot qualify here. But, for me this would always remain one of the better dream songs. ‘Sapne suhane ladakpan ke’ has been added here and qualifies, but in my view she is talking about yaden just like ‘bachpan ke din bhi kya din the’. This word was used because ‘yaden suhani ladakpan ki’ would not have rhymed with the second line ‘mere nainon men dolen bahaar ban ke’.
Ashwin @ 148
I think sapne, fantasy, withful thinking or even nostalgia are used in a similar way at practical level. But, I do not think Dharmendra is fantasizing. In film Geet there is a song ‘aaja tujhko pukare mere geet re’. In that there are the lines
‘naam na janun tera desh na janun,
kaise main bhejun sandesh na janun.’
Would that also be a fantasy or ‘aaja re pardesi main to kab se khadi is paar’ from Madhumati, or the eternal ‘aayega aanewala aayege’ will be a fantasy. For me these are dream songs whether they have the word in it or not. When you listen to ‘maine shayad tumhen pehle bhi kahin dekha hai’ you feel he is in a trance. Or from the same film ‘mayoos to hoon wade se tere kuchh aas nahin aur aas bhi hai, main tere khayalon ke sadke tu paas nahin aur paas bhi hai’.
Hans @371,
I am all for freewheeling discussion. That is why SoY has grown and patrons devote so much time here. We have all become richer because of that. My only request to the readers is to explain in a few sentences if the theme is not obvious from the first few lines of the song. That became more relevant in my post on songs and contra songs, where in many songs supposed to contain internal contra, or a pair of songs-contra songs, it was not obvious on the surface. In such cases explanation becomes necessary for the readers as well as me to be able to respond appropriately.
@372,
You are making an absolutely valid point. I am sure you also agree that it should not require too much stretching to relate to the theme. This is not meant to discourage discussion on related subjects if the strand of comments leads to widely divergent and separate topics. An adda cannot have rules cast in stone. It no longer remains an add. And SoY will be no longer be SoY. Let a thousand flowers bloom.
Ashwinji
Another pair from RDB
Both from the Orwell’s year & from the movie Saverewali Gaadi” ( which did not arrive at many stations)
1984 was in a sense beginning of the infamous slide in RDs career which culminated in he being not invited for the premiere of Gardish.
Saverewali gaadi had a good score wich sank with the film
These two songs would have become hit had they happened 10 years on the either side of 1984. Both refer to Sapna
1 din pyar ke – Lata – Majrooh
https://youtu.be/V5K6c4n_2TU
2 Dekho wo Kaun aaya – Suresh Wadkar & Asha- Majrooh
I couldn’t get video on you tube
Dr. Shetty@369
Glad to make your hunch come true!!
Before posting YKB, I scanned through all the earlier posts to be sure that I am not repeating it. After all, it is a well-known song.
Thanks for sharing your memories about Ek Duje Ke Liye.
I was in 10th Std. when the movie was released. The songs were a big craze!! I still enjoy the songs and am fond of SPB.
But didn’t like the movie much. Found the second half too dramatic!!
Also my experience of watching it is not exactly a pleasant memory as I lost my wallet while coming out of the theatre. I later got it back without the money but at least my local railway pass was there!
I have written about Rajkumari.
A rare duet of hers with Lata.
Koi naino mein mere aake na jaaaye toh mazaa hai..
….
Chori chori mere sapno ko sajaaya kisne?
MEHERBANI, 1950.
Khumar Barabankvi, Hafiz Khan Mastana.
https://Youtu.be/ 9teo6KSyvpE
Askon ki kahani kya kahiye
Aahon ka fasana kya kahiye
….
Ab tak jo basa hai aankhon mein
Woh qwab suhana kya kahiye..
A sweet Lata, Khumar B, Roshsn.
DO ROTI, 1957.
https://youtu.be/ kft7kdsxl_4
Khumar Barabankvi was a very respected name in Urdu literary circles. Called Shahenshah E Ghazal. As a lyricist, most of us will recall the songs Tasveer banata hoon and Bhula nahin dena ji ..BARADARI. Some may recall the SAAZ AUR AWAAZ numbers. And, a few, LOVE AND GOD.
A R Kardar and Naushad, impressed by KB’s ghazals at a mushaira offered him to write 2 ? songs in SHAHJEHAN, 1946. Rest of the songs were by Majrooh including the immortal Jab dil hi toot gaya, considered as Saigal’s best by many. ( It was voted as the best film song of 4 decades in a major survey.)
He wrote lyrics for 25 movies till 1960. The Bollywood culture was, somehow, not dear to him. He remained away for some years. Reluctantly agreed to write for SAAZ AUR AAWAZ in 1960 for Naushad. After an even longer hiatus wrote for the ill fated , long in the making LOVE AND GOD, 1986.
The first comment was by DPR ji . He had mentioned Ruhi Ruhi Ruhi.
A bonus song from SHAHJEHAN:
Kar leejiye chalkar mere Jannat ke nazare…
…
Is khwab ki basti ka falak hai na zameen hai..
KLS, Majrooh,Naushad.
https:// youtu.be/ q2KCdGP9dSS
Ashwin @ 95
I have a question. Which part of the song ‘toote hue khwabon ne’ is melodramatic in your view. A song has broadly four parts lyrics, music, singing and acting. Since a song can be enjoyed without the scene, there must be melodrama in one of the rest of three.
Hansji,
I find the singing a little melodramatic in the antaras.
Though deservedly called The Disco King, Bappi Lahiri has given some very good melodies.
I have mentioned Sapno ka shehar and Aao tumhe Chand pe and someone, Sapno ka Raja koi from CHALTE CHALTE. Surprising that the title song of the film escaped attention!
Chalte chalte mere ye geet..
..
Sapno ko phir bhi tum yoon hi sajate rehna..
All the songs of CHALTE CHALTE are nice.
Dr. Shetty@370
Here is the link for the Meri Jung song, it has khwab instead of sapna:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-0FcDESWw
Ae mere khwabon ke khayalon ke shehzade
And I agree! All the versions of zindagi har kadam ek nayi jung hai… are nice. Though, I prefer the Lata-Shabbir one.
Meri Jung has some nice memories for me, as I saw the film the next day after my 1st MBBS exams got over and the holidays began!
An evergreen song from Prem Pujari 1970….wonderful lyrics!
Dev Anand – Kishore Kumar – SD Burman – Neeraj
Phoolon ke rang se dil ki kalam se tujhko likhi roz paati
kaise bataaoon kis kis tarah se pal pal mujhe tu sataati
tere hi sapne lekar ke soya teri hi yaadon mein…….
…..sanson ki sargam dhadkan ki veena sapnon ki geetanjali tu….
Rajeshji, Ashwinji,
The film Kanhaiya had five songs where you will find one of the words Sapna/Khwab.
1. The second antara of the song ‘Ruk Jaa O Janewali Ruk Jaa, Mein To Rahi Teri Manzil Ka’ contains Sapno Ki Rani.
Muddat Se Mere Dil Ke SAPNON Ki Tu Rani Hai
Ab Tak Na Mile Lekin Pahachan Purani Hai
Mukesh, Shailendra, Kanhaiya (1959), Shankar-Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhc8aHGMB1w
2. O Kanhaiya O Kanhaiya Aaj Aana KHWAB mein
Apni Radha Ko Gale Se Tu Lagana KHWAB Mein
A beautiful song,
Lata Mangeshkar, Kanhaiya (1959), Hasrat Jaipuri, Shankar Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWAFRzZcWfo
3. Baliye Rut Hai Bahar Ki, Sun Chanave Rut Hai Bahar Ki
Kuch Mat Puchho Kaise Beeti Ghadiya Intzar Ki
The word Sapna occurs in the second antara here again.
Dil Ne Kaha Tera SAPNA Jhutha Maine Kaha Sach Hoga
Ham Pahle Din Jan Gaye The Kaise Kya Kab Hoga
Mukesh & Lata Mangeshkar, Shailendra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FauC31DSNDk&feature=emb_title
4. Yaad Aayi Aadhi Raat Ko Kal Raat Ki Toba
Dil Puchta Hai Jhum Ke Kis Baat Ki Toba
The third antara has the word Khwab
Chahat Mein Wafa Aur Wo Mar Mitne Ki Kasme
Kya KHWAB Tha Bahke Hue Jajbaat Ki Toba
Yaad Aayi Aadhi Raat Ko Kal Raat Ki Toba
Dil Puchta Hai Jhum Ke Kis Baat Ki Toba, Toba
Mukesh, Shailendra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YMD0I3e91Y
5. O More Sanware Salone Piya, Tose Milne Ko Machle Jiya
Hame Na Tarsa Na Abke Baras Din Barkha Ke Aaye Rasiya
The last antara contains the word Sapno
Maine Dunia Se Mukh Mod Ke Tere Sapno Ko Apna Liya
O More Sanware Salone Piya, Tose Milne Ko Machle Jiya
Hame Na Tarsa Na Abke Baras Din Barkha Ke Aaye Rasiya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHKcZM03SQI
Dr Rajesh ji,
Yes. Khwabon ke..
Ashwin ji,
Disco King, he is! But, the Gold Man ( I am sure N Venkatraman hi and yourself immediately thought of Goldman Sachs!) has given us some beautiful melodies.
I have mentioned Sapno ka shehar and Aao tumhe Chand pe le jaaye. Someone..Sapnon ka Raja koi from CHALTE CHALTE. We have missed the beautiful title song.
Chalte Chalte mere ye geet..
….
Sapno ko phir bhi tum yoon hi sajaate rehna.
Nazneen, who debuted in this movie, was seen in BRC’s MAHABHARAT as Kunti.
Dr Rajesh ji,
Yes. Phoolon ke rang se is a lovely song. So, too, are Prem ke Pujari ( SDB) and Shokhiyon mein gola jaaye..
But, my favorite from childhood is
Rangeela re…
…
Palkon ke jhoole pe sapno ki dori
Pyar ne bandha jo, tu ne woh todi..
….
Gaao har choota re, sapna har toota re..
Venkataraman ji @ 322:
Thanks for the excellent NFS. I had posted another one @ 307. Here is ‘Swapne manatali ka’, a duet by Talat and Suman from Marathi film ‘Putra Whava Aisa’ (MD: Vasant Prabhu):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJMsYlorIoM
(I have been facing an issue with my laptop since yesterday, so until it is fixed, I will try to keep up with the comments by responding from my phone. Will go in reverse order since that is easier.)
Canasyaji @ 385,
This is the first time I am listening to a Marathi song by Talat. Also, the YT page mentions that the story was by P.Sawalaram, the poet/lyricist – did not know that he wore this hat. Thanks for sharing the song.
Dr.Shetty @ 384,
What a wonderful, totally hummable score SD gave for ‘Prem Pujari’! Of the 3 songs that you have mentioned, I will be hard-pressed to pick a favourite! ‘Prem Pujari’ was one of the films, the 45 rpm record of which I grew up listening to, right from my kindergarten years. And ‘Rangeela re’ was one of the songs in it. It is still there at my parent’s place but has not been played in more than 40 tears!
Dr.Shetty @ 383,
Yes, Bappida has given us nice songs including ‘Chalte chalte’, which you have cited. I would like to mention ‘Chanda dekhe chanda’ from ‘Jhoothi” but it does not fit here.
Venkataramanji @ 382,
5 songs with sapna/khwaab in 1 film must be a record! I am familiar with the first and the third songs that you have shared but not the other three. Will listen to them later, at leisure.
Dr.Deshpande @ 380,
Even I watched ‘Meei Jung’ when I was in college! I listened a little bit to the song that you have shared but I do not remember it. ‘Zindagi har kadam’ is the only song that I remember from this movie!
@381,
I would refer you to my comment @ 387.
From the moment I finished reading this post, my mind started trying to recall a nice song with the words Sapnile aankhon mein. Gulzar it was not, I was very sure. Neither the wordsmiths Bharat Vyas or Pt Narendra Sharma. Neither vintage, nor modern. For a week, it continuously teased me, playing चुपपा चुप्पी with me!
Early this morning, ( it rained last night.), I was tending to my flower beds. A few new buds/ blooms were trying to peep through the foliage, fresh fresh and pretty. Lo, behold, the lines suddenly came to my lips.
Patee ki jhali se jhank rahi thi kaliyan
Gandh bhari gun gun mein magan hui thi kaliyan
Itne mein timir dhasa sapnile nainon mein
Kaliyon ke aansoo ka koi nahin sathi…
Saanj dale gagan tale
Hum kitne ekaaki…
Suresh Wadkar, Vasant Dev, LP.
UTSAV, 1984.
Rushing, came the second song..
Neelabh ke nabh chhayi
…
Paati ki godi mein soyi thi ek kali
…
Guli guli benjaniya sapnon mein ek kali
Itne mein mor pankh paras hua..
Lata and ?.
( I have always been curious to know who does the uncredited voice with Lata belongs to.)
It should have occurred sooner to me because I had posted these 2 plus Man kyon behka re behka.. in the Flowers theme.. “D P Rangan ji, right?
UTSAV …
FF..
Best lyricist _ VD.
Best female singer _ Anuradha Paudwal.
( Mera man baajo mridang manjeera… With SW, Arti Mukherjee)
This was her first FF award. She won thrice in a row later.
Most of the shooting was done in my relative’s house and my classmate’s wife’s house in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, Coastal Karnataka.
Mrichhakatika or Vasantsena was made into movies across languages from the early days of cinema. But, Girish Karnad’s execution of Shashi Kapoor’s dream must rank as the best.. Lavishly mounted, aesthetically presented. Two classic Indian beauties, Rekha and Anuradha Patel ; the loathe/ fear inducing Shashi Kapoor, brilliant music by LP.
Dil ki tamanna thi masthi mein
Manzil se bhi door nikalte..
…..
Khwabon ki rangeen waadi mein gum
Hote kahin hum aur tum..
Rafi, Asha ; Majrooh, N Dutta.
GYARAH HAZAAR LADKIYAN, 1963.
I know the songs and starcast of the movie and nothing else. Always wondered
… It’s okay for a C grade fantasy film to have such a title. But, K A Abbas, in the 60s!
Mera ek sapna hai
Ke dekhoon tujhe sapno mein..
KHOOBSOORAT.
Kumar Sanu, Kavita K; Sanjay Chhel, Jatin Lalit.
The movie sees Sanjay Dutt in his singer avtaar , besura of course..
Aye Shivani, tu lagti hai naani.
Such regressive lyrics as to make not a hardcore feminist, but a normal male also to feel repulsed!
Shivani is described as
Kaala Taj Mahal
Basi biryani
Paani bina samundar
Rasgulla jisme ras gul
God, not in the mood, created her with hurried patch work!
Much more…! Yuck!
Why I mentioned this here is because the song had every possibility of being a candidate for our theme. Look at the rhyming words:
Shivani
Naani
Purani
Kahani
Biryani
Sayani
Jawani
Diwani
Paani
Khandaani..
And,
Banegi kab Rani!
What made them omit the ubiquitous Sapno ki!!
Well, just joking!
Dr.Shetty @ 391,
I remember watching ‘Utsav’ in my 4th semester at BITS Pilani. While watching the movie, I had guessed that the movie had been shot somewhere on the western coast of Karnataka, and my guess turned out to be correct. Am sure the location was suggested by Girish Karnad . I loved everything about the film – the acting, the sets, the costumes and the songs! The story was of course based on Mricchakatika, which I was familiar with, thanks to Amar Chitra Katha, which incidentally was started by yet another person who hailed from the same region .
‘Mere man baaje mridang’ is based on Bhairavi. Here’s the link:
https://youtu.be/WbX8o6GKv-g
As for the voice giving company to Lata’s voice in ‘Neelabh ke nah chhayee’,opinion seems to be divided about whether it is Asha B. or just some Asha.
https://youtu.be/vWD3DFXN9Ak
Dr. Shetty @ 392,
This is the first time I gave watched the video of ‘Dil ki tamanna’. It seems to be a very atypical role for Bharat Bhushan! Also, what a weird movie name!! Here’s the link:
https://youtu.be/-jAEfxe9hyU
Dr.Shetty @ 393,
I share your revulsion for the song! Misogynistic and nauseating!
Venkataramanji @ 382,
Listened to the remaining 3 songs.
‘O kanhaiyya’ seems to be based on Basant Mukhari.
Found out after clicking on the link that you had provided that I am familiar with ‘Yaad aayi aadhi raat ko’.
‘O more saanware salone piya’ is a sweet song.
It’s a pity that the videos for 2 of the songs are missing.
Dr.Shetty @ 379,
I have already responded to your mention of ‘Chalte chalte mere yeh geet’ @ 383.
Canasyaji @385,
Thanks for the Marathi song ‘Swapne manatali ka’ by Talat Mahmood.
While on Talat Mahmood, here is one more,
Peepal ke chaon tale sapnon ke deep jale, music Suhail Rana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY90M-YgNkE
It seems this NFS was recorded when Talat visited Pakistan in the 60s.
And , Ashwin ji becomes the second Brian Lara of SOY.
400 , and, batting.
Congratulations!
O O jaane jaana
Doonde tujhe deewana
Sapno mein roj aake..
A shirtless SK singing in Kamal Khan’s voice in PKTDK was a chart buster.
Venkataramanji@382
Thanks for sharing the songs from Kanhaiya.
5 songs with sapna/khwab is indeed a record!!
Here is Dil to Paagal hai 1997, with 3 songs having khwab/sapna
Music – Uttam Singh
Singres – Lata, udit Narayan
1. Bholi si surat ankhon mein masti door khadi…
……raat ko mere khwab mein aayi who zulfen bikhraye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsPOtygII-Q
2. Dil to paagal hai dil diwana hai……
……sachche jhoothe khwab dikhata hai yahi hasata hai yahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ2PhyBF3GQ
3. Chand ne kuchh kaha raat ne kuchh suna……
……hai kaun kya khabar koi to hai magar sapnon mein aata hai kahin aata nahin nazar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvxXAZo1Hlg
Ashwin ji:
Congrats! To celebrate the occasion, here is a Ghulam Ali special, a live recording (I believe) of ‘Khayal-o khwab hui hain mohabbaten kaisi’, a Ghazal by Obaidullah Aleem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJKYNWrMEFs
And here is another rendition of the same ghazal by Runa Laila:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7SPvWBMYnA
Dr.Shetty @ 276,
Somehow the links that you have provided fo not seem to work.
Here is the link for ‘Koi nainon mein meri’, which I had never heard before.
https://youtu.be/jAU-O8YqsuU
And here’s the one for ‘Ashkon ki kahaani’.
https://youtu.be/WdwK9ckI6rY
It struck me that Nirupa Roy and Balraj Sahni acted in ‘do’ ‘do’ movies – ‘Do Bigha Zameen’ and ‘Do Roti’. Am I making much ado about nothing ?
Thanks for all the info on Khumar Barabankvi.
Here is the link for ‘Kar leejiye challar meri’. The song is based on Raga Sarang.
https://youtu.be/WGCiSTEE4nM
‘276’ should have been ‘386’ in the previous comment.
Dr.Shetty @ 400,
Thanks a lot for ushering in this milestone as well! Here’s the link to the PKTDK song that you have cited:
https://youtu.be/x_elT6zkqN0
Ashwin,
Congratulations for the remarkable run. I have to thank Dr Shetty for drawing attention to Ae Shivani. There must be many songs giving tough competition to it in regressive department. Another one – Choli ke peechhe kya hai – also had Sanjay Dutt in the scene.
Dr.Deshpande @ 401,
Thanks for the songs from DTPH. I love Udit Narain’s voice but why did he have to sing these songs in that icky, affected way? I also find that many male singers today sing in the same manner. Puts me off big time.
AK @ 405,
Thanks a lot! While the songs that you have mentioned have plumbed the depths of regressiveness, ‘Tumhi mere mandir’ is an example of a regressive song from the Golden Era, although it is not vulgar.
Ashwinji,
Congratulations. Indeed a dream run.
Khwaab, Haqeekat ban gaya.
And another milestone touched; fastest four hundred.
Kudos to all the participants.
Ashwinji, special occasion calls for special song.
A song composed by Naushad in the Raag Patdeep for the unreleased film Habba Khatoon. Akji had introduced this Ghazal in an earlier post on Naushad and Md.Rafi. Naushad speaks about the song and Md.Rafi in the beginning.
Jiss raat ke khwaab aaye
Wo khwaabon ki raat aayi
Md.Rafi, Habba Khatun (1980)-unreleased, Ali Sardar Jafri, Naushad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=UHwxK83itLg&feature=emb_title
Naushad used the tune in the Malayalam film Dhawani (1988). This was his only Malayalam film. The song ‘Anuraaaga lola Gaathri’ was rendered by Yesudas and P Susheela lyrics Yusuf Ali Kecheri.
Ashwinji@390
I remember, in those days, some of my friends found the picturization of Ae mere khwabon ke …. strange and funny!
Bol Baby Boll Rock N Roll was another song from Meri Jung that had become very popular that time, mainly for Javed Jafri’s flexible dance movements
And it does have the word khwab in the second antara
Sung by Kishore, S Janaki, Javed Jafri
Bol Baby Bol Rock n Roll Mere sang dol…..
…..bhool koi khwab koi cheez koi tohfa koi….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zywy9lU2vOY
Ashwin ji,
Love UN’s voice? Me, too!
I love this song from DARR, 1983.
Jaadoo teri nazar
Khushboo tera badan..
…
Mere khwabon ki tasveer ho tum..
Shiv Hari have given beautiful melodies in SILSILA, CHANDNI, DARR and LAMHE.
Dr. Shetty@411
Thanks for mentioning Lamhe!! A beautiful movie ahead of time for 1991!
Here’s the song by Lata, Hariharan
Ye kya ho gaya
Sapna mera sach ho gaya
Kabhi main kahoon kabhi tum kaho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mag04um99xg
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Seriousness kuta gela!
Atha maaja satakli(a)!
The ignorant Doctor: Naaninnu barla?
( Can I take your leave now?)
Sapna dekhna hai mujhe nirala, albela, sureela, khushi denewala!
Oh! Read as
Mee pan aalaa!
(Autocorrection = Mudra Rakshas!
Ashwin,
Congratulations on fastest 400.
Question. Did expect the avalanche of comments?
Is it जो मै ऐसा जानती की
mumbaikar8 @ 414,
Ha, ha, ha. No, I had not expected this kind of a response even in my wildest dreams! Thanks for the congratulations!
Aadmi jo kehta hai
Aadmi jo sunta hai..
….
Koi bhi ho har khwab
Sachha nahin hota…
MAJBOOR, 1974.
Kishore, AB, LP.
‘ Inspired’ by the English film ZIGZAG, 1970.
MAJBOOR was remade as.
RAJA, Telugu, 1976.
NAAN VAZHAVAIPPEN, Tamil, 1979.
( Sivaji Ganesan.
Rajnikant played the role of Michael, so finely played by Pran saab… Phir Phir Phir na kehna Michael daaru peeke danga karta hai.)
NASEEB NO KHEL, Gujarati, 1980.
EE KAIKALIL, Malayalam, 1986.
Also, JIMMI, Hindi, 2008, Mithun’s son Mimoh ( Mahakshay) Chakraborty’s , debut film.
Mumbaikar ji @414
Jo main aisa fits me @ 36
Where I said that this is going to be a all time block buster .
On that occassion for Ashwinji a Marathi sapno ka Rajkumar in a voice very rarely heard
Parikathetil Rajkumara swapni majhya yeshil ka – krishna kalle – Vandana vitankar – Anil Mohile
https://youtu.be/ilGFy36RxPY
Rahulji @ 417,
Thanks for sharing Krishna Kalle’s song. I am familiar with it. BTW, I used to have relatives in Kanpur, which is where she grew up, and they knew her family well. If I cotrectly temember the information that they had given me, she was the grand-niece of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.
Dr.Shetty @ 416,
Thanks for the info on the Majboor- inspiration and the Majboor-inspureds! Here is the link for ‘Aadmi jo kehta hai’
https://youtu.be/-ArgZa-UsAM
Dr.Shetty @ 412 & 413,
Besides Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, Hindi, Marathi and English, what are the other languages that you know and are fluent in?
Dr.Shetty @ 410,
I like the song ‘Tu mere saamne’ much more than ‘Jadoo teri nazar”. Here are the links yo both songs.
‘Tu mere saamne’
https://youtu.be/0-7RHSbyZGw
‘Jadoo teri nazar’
https://youtu.be/n_oP9Onj0r0
Dr.Deshpande @ 411,
I like ‘Morni baaga ma bole’ much more (no pun intended here) than the duet that you have posted. Here is the link:
https://youtu.be/H3ANIBCd0pw
Come to think of it, Hariharan singing for Shiv-Hari is like having double-darshan of the Preserver and the Destroyer. Two much of a good thing eh?
Dr.Deshpande @ 411,
‘Meri Jung’ is another movie I remember watching in college. Who would have thought then that Khushboo would later migrate to Madras and become such a top star there that a temple would be built to her? And that she would enter politics?
It should have been ‘409’ in place of ‘411’ in the previous comment.
Venkataramanji @ 408,
Thanks a lot for your congratulations as well as for the Naushad-Rafi ghazal in Patdeep. I somehow did not like this ghazal as much as I did their Patdeep-based title song from ‘Saaz air Awaaz’ though. That said the ghazal is in pure Patdeep (except in the last 2-3 seconds) while the other song btings in other ragas in the antaras. Here is the link:
https://youtu.be/e6szCRfApKE
Ashwin ji,
I am fluent in Beary language, the language of Muslims of Dakshina Kannada. Can manage Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Have the basic knowledge of Gujarati and just a few words/ sentences in Bengali . In budapa, trying to learn French!
I love to speak to people in their mother tongues.
Hope I am not sounding boastful! I know among ourselves in SOY there will be people fluent in multiple languages. N Venkatraman ji, one of them.
Krishna Kalle, from Karwar, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay from Mangalore; both Saraswats. There is a possibility of their being relatives.
Arguably the most popular song of KK’s career was
Meri hasraton ki duniya
Tu mile kahin jo mujhko..
….
….
Tu jahan hai, khwab mere,
Mere khwabon ki manzil wahin hai…
With Rafi.
GAAL GULABI NAIN SHARABI , 1974.
Kulwant Jani, Shyamji Ghanshyamji.
Canasyaji @ 402,
Thank you very much for the congratulations as well as for the ghazal. I liked the Ghulam Ali version a lot. Quite frankly, I do not listen much to this genre but when I do listen to it, I prefer to listen to those artistes like Begum Akhtar, Mehdi Hassan and Ghulam Ali who render ghazals with a lot of melodic improvisation.
Mother of all Sapna/ Khwab songs:
SUHAGAN , 1954.
The Geeta Bali, Vijayalakshmi, Sulochana, Jaswant starrer had music by Vasant Ramchandra . i.e., Vasant Desai, C Ramchandra.
The movie opens with the song
Sapno ke desh mein
Dulhan ki bes mein
Tan dan ke suhagan jaayegi…(1)
https:// youtu.be/w67CyjuNAs8
Then, hold your breath, at least 7 more songs with the S word!
A three part lullaby :
Asha 1, Talat Mehmood 2.
Mere Lalla ko sulayegi nindiya
…
Nanhe ki aankhon mein sapne hamara
Sapne suhane dikhayegi nindiya….( 2,3,4)
Yahi hai woh duniya maine jiske sapne sajaa rakhi thi..
Lata, chorus. (5)
Sapna toot gaya
Asha ki kaliyan bikhar gayi..
Lata. (6)
Paani ka bulbula ye zindagi
….
Sapno ko sajaaye , Man ko bahlaye jaa..
Geeta Roy, chorus. (7)
Jamuna ke teer Radhe
Baaje Shyam ki muraliya..
…..
Jeevan ke saare sapne sajaa ke..
Lata. (8)
I am sure there will be ‘ Wow!’s, or, at least, ‘ Oh!’ s.
I will tell you later tonight why you should, besides Taj Mahal and Pabba’s, Mangaluru, should offer me a grand treat at Pune. I know I can’t say, ” Pune Kar, Jaldi kar” because of the prevailing situation.
Where would I put him up !, you are thinking, right?
I will stay at Shanti Kunj, bang opposite G P O, Sadhu Vaswani Path… Walking distance from the Bus Station, Railway Station, B J Medical College and Sassoon Hospital. Suffice to say, for now, that in the days of Yore, I used to know Pune well as the back of my hand!.. Ravivar to Shanivar Peths including.
Dr.Shetty @ 425,
Wah! Folks who grow up in Dakshina Kannada district tend to be polyglots with fluency in Tulu, Kannada and Konkani being a given, and with English and Hindi being part of the repertoire. Additional languages are learnt depending on the places they live in during adult life.
Here is the link for ‘Meri hasraton ki duniya’:
https://youtu.be/4rLl_GKn9UU
Venkataramanji @ 399,
What a delightful Talat song you have shared! Its sthaayi sounds like the latter part of the antara of ‘Meethi meethi baaton se bapcha Zara’s.
Dr. Shetty@410, Ashwinji@421
Personally, I feel that Shiv-Hari’s scores for the other 3 films were better than Darr.
Of course, I like both Jaadu teri nazar and Tu mere samne.
This is one average song from Darr by Lata & Abhijeet which fits with the theme:
Chota sa ghar hai ye magar tum isko pasand karlo darwaza band karlo
……..ye ghar nahi ye hai ek sapna sapna nahi sach hai pyar apna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIsqDRLD7c8
And the hit song from DDLJ -1995, the longest running movie in the history..
I believe, it was still running in matinee shows at Maratha Mandir, Mumbai before the lockdown!
Tujhe dekha to ye jaana sanam pyar hota hai diwana sanam
……aankhen meri, sapne tere dil mera, yaadein teri
Lata, Sanu- AB – Jatin Lalit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNV5hLSa9H8
Dr. Deshpande @ 430,
If you think about it for a moment, the tune of ‘Darwaza band kar lo’ is almost the same as ‘Pyaar karnewaale kabhi darte nahin’ from ‘Hero’. The raga is Bhairavi.
@431,
I had referred to the affected way of singing that seems to be the norm these days. The way Kumar Sanu has sung this song is an early example of this style. This is my personal opinion, which you may or may not agree with.
Ashwin ji,
About languages, I beg to differ from your opinion. Kannada and Tulu, yes. But, you will be surprised that 90 ℅ of the non Konkani speakers find it to be a tough language to learn, and, they don’t even try. Tulu, and, to some extent , Beary, are much easier to pick up.
Had wanted to keep quite after lot of bak bak! Then, suddenly, a line flashes in the mind , and I am like ….. How could we miss this!
ARADHANA ,1969.
Chanda hai tu
Mera Suraj hai tu..
….
Sapna salona hai tu…
Kora kagaz tha ye man mera
…
Toot na jaaye sapne main darta hoon
Nis din sapno mein dekha karta hoon…
About awards, my obsession ! ( Dr Rajesh may add the prefix Pathological!), tomorrow.
Venkataraman ji @ 399:
Wonderful. The non-film songs have a charm all their own. Here is ‘Soja raj dulare soja, mujhako apni neend se jyada tere sapne pyaare’, a non-film lullaby by Talat; lyric: Zafar Gorakhpuri; MD: CK Chauhan):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKpJdVRQuog
Canasyaji @ 434,
As far as I can remember, this is the only lullaby , other than Saigal’s ‘ So ja rajkumari’,that I have heard in a male voice. The song, the MD and the lyricist are all new to me.
Shettyji @ 433,
I will defer to your opinion reg.the prevalence of non-Konkani speakers of Konkani in DK since the sample sets on which I based my conclusions may have been small and skewed.
The two songs from ‘Aradhana’ are sitting ducks for the topic of this post and I am surprised that they turned up in the citations this late. I suppose the reason for the delayed citations can be attributed to the overwhelming popularity of ‘Mere sapnon ki rani’ and the occurrence of ‘sapnon’ in the mukhda of ‘Mskr’ as compared to the occurrence of ‘sapnon/sapne’ in the ‘antaras’ of the other two songs.
Ashwin ji @ 435
Chandan ka palna – Hemant kumar
Rasta dekhe tera – Humshakal – KishorKumar
Aa ri aa ja – Kuwanra baap – KK
Are some lullabies in male voice that immediately come to mind.
Ashwin ji,
There are hundreds of lullabies in male voices.
Half a dozen posted here itself. The last to be posted was not a single but a double version by Talat Mehmood, of a trio, by myself.
Rahulji @ 437,
A face-palm moment for me! How in the world could I have forgotten ‘Chandan ka Palna’???
Dr.Shetty @ 427 & 438,
I was waiting to receive my laptop back after repairs in order to respond to Comment # 427 in which have you listed the S-songs from ‘Suhagan’ (1954), for which the music was given by Vasant Desai and C.Ramchandra and the lyrics were written by Ehsaan Rizvi. The video/sound quality of the clips uploaded on YouTube are bad but hey, at least they are available! So here are the links of the songs that you have mentioned. Truly this movie is a treasure trove for ‘sapna’ songs! Thanks a lot for sharing them!
1. Sapnon ke des mein, dulhan ke vesh mein by Lata Mangeshkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7O0FE-MtY
The song is based on Raga Bhairavi.
2. Mere lalla ko sulaayegi nindiya by Asha Bhosle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNZOy-sIUEc
3. Mere lalla ko sulaayegi nindiya by Talat Mehmood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L4MdxbtDsw
This song is based on Raga Shudda Sarang
4. I could not find the link to the 2nd version of ‘Mere lalla’ by Talat Mehmood.
5. ‘Yahi hai woh duniya’ by Lata Mangeshkar & Chorus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR_Lx5qwrjA
6. ‘Sapna toot gaya’ by Lata Mangeshkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sReBU33FTUc
This song is based on Kalingada/Bhairav.
7. ‘Paani ka bulbula yeh zindagaani’ by Geeta Dutt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb-_Wl5Qdvw
8. Jamuna ke teer Radhe by Lata Mangeshkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF7xvAiKHeM
Good to know that you are a former Punekar, though many people believe in ‘Once a Punekar, always a Punekar!’ I will be glad to accompany to your old haunts when you pay me a visit!
Now that I have responded to all the comments following the 375th comment up until the last one that I got before I started typing this one, let me go back to the ones between # 254 and # 375 that I had planned to take up over the weekend but could not, thanks to issues with my laptop (which have been fixed now).
Dr.Shetty @ 254,
Here are the links to all the songs that you have cited:
1. ‘Roothe khwaabon ko’ by Amit Trivedi (MD – Amit Trivedi, Lyricist – Swanand Kirkire) from ‘Kai Po Che’ (2013)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbD0PJSus3o
2. ‘Ek baat kahoon gar maango tum’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – RD Burman, Lyricist – Gulzar), from ‘Gol Maal’ (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfSr9BAEzo
The only mediocre song in this quartet of songs!
3. ‘Tumhe ho na ho’ by Runa Laila (MD – Jaidev, Lyricist – Naqsh Lyallpuri), from Gharaonda (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZXSBVWQ8wo
4. ‘Aa re mitawa’ by KJ Yesudas & Sabita Chowdhury (MD – Salil Chowdhury, Lyrics – Yogesh), from ‘Anand Mahal’ (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_QXmdazSCI
‘Ga ga re pakhi ga’ by Sandhya Mukherjee (MD – Salil Chowdhury)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mfe-ZIzOW4
A mix of Khamaj & Janasanmohini
Ashwinji
At 441 it’s duece now.
So advantage dreams now
Doli mei bithay ke kahar
Amar prem – AB – SDB
Is it the only song where father sings under the baton of son
Tuta pehle man
Ab chudiya tuti
Huye sare sapne yun choor
https://youtu.be/WeqPCTEU9rU
Ashwini ji,
When the bumper SUHAGAN songs went unacknowledged, I began to worry. Did I cross the Lakshman Rekha somewhere in my comments ! I am normally extra careful in what I say. So, your response and the reason for the delay came as a big relief!
If you were to delay the reply for a few few more days, I could have sung ..
Khabar mori na leeni revg
Bahut din beete, beete re….
…..
Sapne mein toh daras dikha de..
…..
Sapna bhi toh kis vidh aaye
Jab nindiya nahin aaye…
Lata, Bharat Vyas, LP.
Sant Gyaneshwar.
Dr. Shetty@425, @427
You deserve multiple “Wow”s for sharing the movie with record no. of Khwab / Sapna songs!!
I am quite impressed with your ability and ease in locating the appropriate song from any film of any year.
Suhagan 1954 is not a movie that I can sit through. Had tried to see it before but gave up. However, I plan to check the songs again.
The only Suhagan movie that I found reasonably good is the Guru Dutt-Mala Sinha starrer 1964!!
Its indeed a pleasure to know an all-rounder personality like you – the master of orthopedics, films, songs and even languages.
I hope I am able to meet you sometime ani Marathi madhe bolu!!
Dr. Shetty@433,
Thanks for remembering the other Aradhana songs with sapna.
Its like better late than never!!
Ashwainji@436
Agree that mere sapno ki rani song with sapna in the mukhda overshadowed all the other songs of the film.
One more Kaka number, which I think has not been mentioned yet!!
Apna Desh 1972- Kishore- RD Burman
Rona kabhi nahin rona chahe too jaye koi khilona
……sona chupke se sona chahe toot jaye sapna salona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3M2svfz_WA
Dr.Deshpande @ 444,
These are four titles that I can think of for Dr.Shetty with my limited knowledge of Sanskrit:
Chitrapat Gaana Kosha
Chitrapat Gyaana Saagara
Saptabhasha Nipuna
Apaara Smaranashaktiyukta Purusha
I am sure those, like AK, who are familiar with Sanskrit will be able to come up with many more.
Dr.Deshpande @ 445,
‘Rona, kabhi nahin rona’ was a good pick! The villains being taken in by Rajesh Khanna’s and Mumtaz’s outlandish disguises in the film was so laughable but it gave us a memorable song in ‘Duniya mein’! ‘Bindiya chamkegi’ was another song that became a hit.
Some LP numbers:
Badaltey Rishtey 1978 – Lata, Mahendra
Meri saanson ko jo mehka rahi hai ye pehle pyar ki khushboo
……bahut tarsa hai ye dil tere sapne sajaake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ZazFAzynE
Mr. India 1987 – Kavita Krishnamurthy
Hawa Hawaii awi wiwi wiwi …..main khwabon ki shehzadi main hoon har dil pe chhayi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgKdXLfxgQQ
The Nayakan remake – Dayavan 1988 – Anuradha Paudwal, Pankaj Udhas
Nice song actually, but was more discussed for the picturization!!
Aaj phir tum pe pyar aaya hai…….
….saamne tum ho ya hai khwab koi khushnaseebi pe apni hairaan hoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vATLuNdCWgI
Rahulji @ 442,
Wah! What a pick! SD in his singer avatar was something else!! Whether it was ‘Sun mere bandhu re’ from ‘Sujata’ or ‘O re majhi’ from ‘Bandini’ or ‘Wahan kaun hai tera’ from ‘Guide’ or ‘Doli mein bithaike kahar’ from ‘Aradhana’ or any of his other songs, the singing went straight to your heart!
Dr.Shetty @ 443,
You have cited a beautiful composition based on Raga Shivaranjani by LP. Here is the link:
‘Khabar mori na lee’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD -Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist – Bharat Vyas), from ‘Sant Gyaneshwar’ (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqq_1_JtMuM
Ashwin ji,
Bindiya chamkegi… DO RASTE, LP.
Kaka, Mumtaz again.
Other songs of APNA DESH ..
Kajra lagaa ke , Gajra sajaa ke..
Sun Champa, sun Tara..
Lelo re lelo re, lelo nariyal paani..
Aajaa O mere Raja, jannat ka sair kara doon ..
( A less heard Asha song. A lusty Om Prakash being lured by Mumtaz, scantily, but slightly less garishly, dressed.)
Duniya mein logon ko .. is my favorite from the movie.
Dr.Deshpande @ 448,
The ‘Badaltey Rishtey’ song that you have shared is a brilliant composition based on Raga Puriya Kalyan but brings in shades of proximate ragas like Puriyadhanashri and Marwa.
‘Hawa hawaai’ is a delightful song and fully deserved to be the hit song that it turned out to be!
As for ‘Aaj phir tumpe pyaar aaya hai’, it is only after I read your comment that I got to know that the male voice is that of Pankaj Udhas!
Dr.Shetty @ 451,
Thanks for jogging my memory about the other songs from ‘Apna Desh’. It was an excellent score that RD gave for this movie.
Dr Rajesh ji,
Kaka with Sharmila Tagore, Shakti Samanta, AB, SDB = ARADHANA, 1969.
Kaka with Simple Kapadia, SS, AB,LP = ANURODH, 1977.
I like the title song and the following two songs.
1.Aate jaate khoobsurat awara sadkon par
…..
Kitne haseen khwab ban jaate hain
Unmein se kuch khwab bhool jaate hain.
Kuch yaad reh jaate hain..
2. Jab dard nahin tha seene mein
Tab khaaq majaa tha jeene mein..
….
Itna toh dard na hota
Jab sapna toota karte hain..
( Chahe toot jaaye koi khilona , there.
Sapna toota karte hain, here!
Trust me to link any two things with a common bond! I always do!)
Dr. Deshpande @ 448 once more,
The ‘Badaltey Rishte’ song was cited by Rahulji at #255.
Rahulji @ 255,
1. From a musical point of view, the first 30 s. of ‘Aur nahi, bas aur nahi’ is based on Raga Chandrakauns, which has not been used much in films.
2. Please refer to # 452 for my comments on the ‘Badaltey Rishte’ song.
3. ‘Din hai bahar ke’ is a classic example of what can be termed a picnic song from the 60s!
4 Listening to the catchy ‘Jiske sapne hame roz’ after a long time. Come to think of it, such typically 60s-early 70s songs never get to figure in programmes like ‘Bhoole Bisre Geet’.
BTW, it just struck me that the sthaayi is very similar to another KA composition from ‘Rafoo Chakkar’ that has been cited in a comment on this post – ‘Tumko mere dil ne’!
5 ‘Hamne jo dekhe sapne’ has already been cited by KB @ 7.
6. Here is the link for ‘Bina badara ke bijuriya kaise chamke’. Its tune sounds familiar to that of ‘Chalat musafir ‘ from ‘Teesri Kasam’.
Rahul ji,
AMAR PREM.
Yes, has the only song the father sang under the son’s baton.
(Tell me the only song the son sung under the father’s baton. The same year _ 1972. Give and take pact ? No, just a PJ! Father , the Diva herself and chorus for company. Should have been an exceptional song. But, no, कोई भी हो हर खवाब सचचा नहीं होता ! An average song.
Ye kya hua, kaise hua..
….
Sapna salona tha
Khatm toh hona tha…
Bada natkhat hai re Kishan Kanhaiya
….
…
Mere jeevan ka ek hi sapna…
AMAR PREM , 1948.
Aao chale manwa more door kahin re
…
Nitur bada hai ye jagat
Mere sapne kare choor….
Rajkumari, Rafi; Mohan Mishra, Dutt Thakur.
Raj Kapoor, Madhubala starrer. Some nice songs ,good lyrics.
A fresh song, albeit a classical composition, from my side after a long time:
‘Jab te piyu sapne mein aaye’ – a vilambit khayal in the jod raga Jaitashree (Jait + Shree) set to Rupak taal. This raga, like many other jod-ragas, is almost exclusively the preserve of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana of Khayal. The rendition here is by Vijaya Jadhav-Gatlewar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBnl4Sa10_E
Dozens of songs keep on knocking at the मन के द्वारे । Nice, significant ones, mostly. Some average or lackluster. Have decided I will लगे रहूँ till the post reaches the 500 mark.
A vintage classic with a modern day hit..Both with multiple references to Dreams.
RATTAN , 1944.
The movie that firmly established Naushad on Hindi music firmament.
Jhoote hain sab sapna suhane
Jhoote sab sapna suhane…
Murakh man pehchane sapna suhane..
Jo dil lekar aankh churaye
Aap sapne mein woh milne aate hain
Dil chahe lamba ho sapna
….
Manju, D N Madhok.
Now, let us have something peppy, yo!
In Hindi, Spanish/ Italian and English.
Shuddh desi swadesi!
Kisi ko sapna lage
Kisi ko behti hawa..
Te Amo ,Me Te Amo
Tu chaon hai, tu dhoop hai
Te Amo, Me Te Amo
Tere hazaron roop hai…
Kabhi lage raton ko main
Khwabon se baatein karoon
Subah unhi khwabon ko main
Kaboo karoon…
Khwab saare bunoo tere liye..
Kabhi lage mili nahin
Tumse main khwabon mein bhi
Kabhi lage choooon tumhe
Yoon hi khayalon mein hi..
So, sapna, khwab, khayal in the same song. There was a wide scope for Dream, too.
Ash King, Sunidhi Chavan; Jaideep Saini, Pritam.
DUM MARO DUM, 2014.
Dr.Deshpande @ 271 & 272,
Both songs were new to me – as you would have gathered by now, I am not very acquainted with the songs starting from the mid-80s. I am sure you will agree though that while both songs fit the topic of this post very well, they are of average quality.
Venkataramanji @ 264,
The Jagmohan song ‘Mujhe na sapnon se behlao’ has already been posted by KS Bhatiaji @ 52… but I listened to it once more from the link that you have given – it is such a beautiful song that can be enjoyed again and again.
Thanks for sharing the poignant Bhairavi-based ‘Swapan jodi madhur emon’ and for sharing a video that has the English translation of the lyrics.
Where is the embankment .?
It’s all submerged, inundated, immersed, drowned and overflowing with songs and more songs. 🙂
I tried looking for a song with both “sapna” and “doobh” in it and failed.
Dr. Pradeep, another little assignment to you.
Mahesh
Canasyaji @ 273,
Thanks for both the Talat NFS songs. I usually pay less attention to the lyrics because my mind focuses on the tune by default but I consciously paid attention to the text of both the songs that you have shared thanks to your opening comment – “The NF songs invariably have excellent lyrics”. I agree with you at least wrt these two examples.
Two additional comments:
1. The ghazal seems to be based on Jaunpuri.
2. Talat’s voice appears strained in the geet.
Ashwin ji
I guess that ( now one can guess only) this has not been posted earlier
Pancham forever & unforgettable
Dhanno ki aankho mein – Kitab – Gulzar
https://youtu.be/iwuk-C39H6k
Dhanno tujhe khwab me dekha hai
Dr.Shetty @ 274,
All 3 songs are based on Bhairavi! Wrt the AAA song, it is intriguing that LP got different singers for the voices for each of the heroes but had Lata sing for all three heroines… or maybe it is not that intriguing after all 🙂
Here are the links for all three songs:
1. ‘Humko tumse ho gaya hai pyaar’ by Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Mohd.Rafi & Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi) from Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrj6687YqE4
2. ‘Bane chaahe dushman’ by Kishore Kumar & Mohd.Rafi (MD – Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi) from ‘Dostana’ (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE2enmTaDZ0
3. ‘Mere naseeb meain’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi) from ‘Dostana’ (1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDXQUmqvwVU
Mahesh Master ji,
For film songs, it could be a null set.
But, the Indi Pop group Silk Route ( Mohit and two others) had given a hit in the early 90s.
Dooba dooba rehta hoon
Teri aankhon mein..
…
Koi jaane na, pehchane na
Ye hua kaise
Tum aa gaye khwabon mein aise..
ksbhatiia ji, NV ji, Ashwin ji,
There is another Jagmohan NFS,
Sapno mein mujhko pyar mila
Inkaar mila, ikraar mila..
Different mood from Mujhe na sapno se behlana.
Mahesh ji
Here is what you are looking for
Aisa pahali bar hua hai – har Dil Jo pyar karega – Sonu nigam- Sameer & I nedd not mention MD
https://youtu.be/azTXrkrEm7g
Dr.Shetty @ 276,
Yes, I think I got to know of ‘Chanda dhale pankha jhale’ through one of your comments on SoY. Here are the links to the two versions of this Bharat Vyas song tuned by Vasant Desai from ‘Pyaar ki Pyaas’ (1961):
Geeta Dutt (wrongly credited to Lata in the YT page):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REyBNCwB3ok
Lata Mangeshkar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-HoFjGZOJI
Ranganji @ 277,
Yes, you were the 1st to post a ‘Sapnon ki Rani’ song, which is probably the 1st in a long line of ‘Sapnon ki Rani’ songs in HFM, in the very 1st comment on this post! A good preemptive move on your part! Also, thanks for introducing the expression, ‘arrière-pensée’ to me. Am sure Dr.Shetty will love it, given that he is trying to add la langue Française to list of languages he is proficient i.
Dr.Shetty @ 278,
1. The tune of ‘Mera sapnon ka sansaar’ from ‘Mehmaan’ sounds very similar to the S.Mohinder-tuned Hemant-Lata duet ‘Aa aaja, aaja o jaan-e-wfa’ from ‘Shirin-Farhad’. Here’s the link to the ‘Mehmaan’ song:
‘Mere sapnon ka sansaar’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Anil Biswas, Lyricist – P.N.Rangeen), from ‘Mehmaan (1953)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PR_kJtN8iE
2. ‘Yehi hai mere sapnon ka sansaar’ is a super song! There is a lot of Raga Bhinna Shadaj in the song. Had never heard of Ratna Gupta before. Her voice resembles that of Rajkumari at places. Here are links to both versions of the song:
‘Yehi hai mere sapnon ka sansaar’ by Ratna Gupta (MD – Hemant Kumar, Lyricist – Rajinder Krishan), from ‘Ferry’ (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twgXaQFPJFc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dmGa0dyc4g
3. ‘Palkon ke peecche’ is one of my favourite duets! What a brilliant composition and yes, what imagery!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-KowP8sNiQ
Am not including the link to the QSQT song because I am sure all SoYers would have heard it a thousand times :).
Last but not least, thanks for bringing up the point about the longevity of Majrooh’s career!
Dr.Shetty @ 279,
1. Anil Dhawan had some good songs picturised on himself even though he did not make it big. This is one of them. It was good to see him in ‘Andhadhun’ and get to listen to this song in the film as well 🙂
‘Teri galiyon mein’ by Mohd.Rafi (MD – Usha Khanna, Lyricist – Sawan Kumar Tak), from ‘Hawas’ (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0weRgdk8_do
2. I remember watching ‘Joru ka Ghulam’ on DD at my grand-uncle’s place when I was in the 4th Class in school! Brought back some nice memories!
‘Nainon mein nindiya hai’ by Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Kalyanji-Anandji, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi), from ‘Joru ka Ghulam’ (1972)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P-tckjfm10
3. ‘Do pancchi do tinke’ is a sweet song, possibly Aarti Mukherjee’s most well-known Hindi film song.
‘Do panchi do tinke’ by Kirshore Kumar & Arti Mukherjee (MD – Ravindra Jain, Lyricist – M.G.Hashmat), from ‘Tapasya’ (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDXjrfVPXtI
Rahulji @ 285,
‘Nazaaron mein tum’ is a nice NFS composed in the Western idiom, especially with the chorus element, by the multi-talented V.Balsara. Thanks for sharing it.
Venkataramanji @ 286,
What a song you have posted from ‘Sanam’
It must have brought a lot of satisfaction to the ‘manam’*
Of all the folks who must have ‘paisa phenka’
To watch this song on a dream about Rekha
Whom they would love to meet in this ‘janam’**
* – as in the Tamil word for the Hindi ‘man’
** – to be taken to mean ‘lifetime’
I quite liked the ‘Jannat’ song – was hearing it for the first time.
Ashwin ji,
Choices/ preferences/ likings can differ from one person to the other.
Yes, do panchi do tinke is a sweet song, quite well known. ( When I heard it first, I wondered what are do panchi do din ke!!).
But, I feel her best known song is
Do naina, ek kahani..
From MASOOM.
She won the FF award for the same.
Her first hits in Hindi were the solos, Main wohi darpan wohi and Kar gaya Kanha milan ka waada and the duet ( With Jaspal Singh) Shyam tere bansi pukaare Radha naam.
I had thought of half a dozen songs of her for the theme.
TAPASYA.
Bachhon tum ho khel khilone
Aanewale kal ke sapne
Sundar aur salone…
M G Hashmath, Ravindra Jain.
MANOKAMANA.
Manokamna, manokamna
Hai yahi manokamna
….
Mere jeevan ka har pal
Tere saath beete
Din tere hi darshan mein
Sapno mein raat beete…
Indeevar, Bappi Lahiri.
( Tumhara pyar chahiye mujhe jeene ke liye , BL, well known.)
RAHGIR , 1969.
Aa aa do do pankh laga ke
Panchi ban jaayenge..
….
Maa ki god mein lori sunke
Meech le dono aankhen
Maa soche jab so gaya munna
Sapne mein ud bhaage…
Gulzar, Hi.
( Well known for HK’s Janam se banjara hoon bandhu.)
Including Do panchi, 3 out of 5 songs of AM mentioned by me have Do in them ! Do or die !
Do , do se bhale dhai !!
SoYers
I will be thrilled to bits if someone could post songs on ‘sapna’ or ‘khwab’ that have been sung by Sapna Mukherjee! A Sapna singing about a sapna would be the stuff of dreams 🙂 Anyone know of any such songs? Request that only songs on the theme be posted and not just any song by Sapna!! 🙂
Ditto for Swapnil Bandodkar, the Marathi singer.
I tried Googling for ‘dream songs’ by each of them but drew a blank.
My request in #475 extends to cover dream songs by Sapan Chakraborty as well – he was assistant to RD Burman, sang a few songs and composed music for a few films as well.
Ashwinji
Your efforts in responding to all the comments and listening to songs posted also reflect your perseverance and sincerity.
We had dream songs posted in many languages –Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali…
Posting a Malayalam song by P Leela & Yesudas- A raga malika (Kalyaani, Vasantha, Kaapi, Arabhi)
Sundara Swapname Neeyenikkekiya Varna Chirakukal Veeshi
Pratyusha Nidrayil innalle Njaanoru Chitra Pathangamaay Maari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_MNg9RxBLw
Over to you for further explanations.
https://youtu.be/4VOj-j0L5gw
Pyar pyar karte karte – judai
Singers credited are Alka yagnik – Sapna& Abhijeet
I have neither the patience nor the inclination to check whether Alka / Sapna sings
The line quoting the word khwab
Canasyaji @ 434
Thank you for the non-film lullaby, ‘Soja raj dulare soja, mujhako apni neend se jyada tere sapne pyaare’.
Let me add another NFS of Talat composed by the same MD
Soona pada hai sapno ka aangan, lyrics K L Pardesi, music C K Chauhan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAJ4X90my48
Ashwin Mere Acqa ji,
Jo hukum!
Ho Saajan Saajan aaye ho
….
Saajan ke naino mein sajni sapna banke soyi…
Bhupinder, Sapan Chakraborty; Gulzar, RDB.
RATNADEEP, 1978.
Hema , Girish Karnad ; Basu Chatterjee.
Jaya Chakravarti, Hema’s mother produced this after her critical and commercial success SWAMI. She wanted HM to marry GK, the well educated gentleman, a very big name in literary, theatre and movie circles, instead of Punjab da puttar, He Man, Gharam Dharam ,of ‘ Kuttey, kaminey, main tera khoon pee jaaoonga ‘ fame! A married man with grown up children.
But, God disposes what Man proposes!
No idea whether HM was officially, ceremonially proposed to GK !
Jaya ( nahin ) he!
Jaya, South TamBram Chakravarti ( maami!)
Sapan Bong Chakraborti!
Mumbaikar8 @ 218
Since answering you required watching the film, I did it. I am answering after a week and the comments have grown to more than double. A corona like growth.
There have been hindi film songs since the oldest times which have no connection with story or situation. But from the late 60s onwards, this disease grew immensely. This film is from 1980, by which time songs for situations was an exception rather than rule. The other thing important to note is that even after marriage – and particularly in early days of marriage – ‘paane ki ichha’ is very prevalent, particularly for males. This song is a misfit for the situation which is artificially built to plunge the family of Rajesh Khanna in poverty. The situation for the most famous song of the film ‘hazaar rahen mud ke dekhi’ is absolutely a misfit. For me, Gulzar is not in the league of great golden era lyricists. It is only that he was close to the some people who controlled propaganda and he was given a disproportionate publicity . He is a good lyricist but is in the habit of choosing heavy urdu words and does not care if they fit the song. Can anybody tell what is the ‘hazaar rahen’ and how it fits the situation. In other words he deliberately wants to make it complex. In the other popular song from the same film ‘mausam mausam lovely mausam’, it appears the first line and second line of mukhda as well as antaras look mismatched.
I agree with you that there is no comparison between the two and that what ever I say about Gulzar or Anand Bakshi is my opinion. Even for Sahir, Shakeel, Shailendra, Rajendra Krishan or any other lyricist, I just look at each and every song. There are a number of songs from them which I dont like. I do not like a song just because it is written by my favourite lyricist.
Regarding the OCD thing you wrote, it shows there is very healthy relationship between you and your children. But, if that is taxing or whatever you call it, your habit of deep study has given to us SOYers a number of great analysis of meaningful songs.
I think I cannot be नाराज with anybody who presents his/her genuine opinion here and least of all with you, because there is a lot of common between us, the most prominent being to say everything frankly without fear or favour.
Since you have entertained me with my favourite song, I would reciprocate with one which is also fit for the sapna theme. Another song from this film Teen Deviyan has been mentioned already. But, this one has escaped attention, though this is my great favourite. And Rafi’s magic is no less than his ‘jaag dile deewana’ and with added advantage of SDB who is your favourite MD, this song must be your favourite too. I am talking about ‘kahin bekhayal hokar’ which has word khwab in the mukhda itself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtxp-e1U5i0
There is another song with two versions, which relates to the dream about children. ‘Ae meri ankhon ke pehle sapne’ from Man Mandir. Both versions combined in this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JolhG6ljHD8
AK @373
I agree with you on adda culture of SOY and that is in full swing in this one. I hope this would cross 500 comments.
A few classics,
https://youtu.be/6UBzy1W_0hY
https://youtu.be/xaYdjntTQAs
And ten, has Pradeep ji missed this “Doctors” related gem ?
https://youtu.be/KqpIIaCJggY
@457
Thanks Ashwinji for posting the Vilambit khayal ‘Jab te piyu sapne mein aaye’ in Raga Jaitashree by Vijaya Jadhav-Gatlewar. I am listening to this artist for the first time. Loved listening to her. I have heard this Raga rendered by Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar and Vidushi Kishori Amonkar. Can you please tell me to which taal the Vialmbit Bandish is set to?
In many of the bandishes the words are not clear.
Here is another Vilambit Bandish ‘Jagat Sapana Ka Karat Ghuman’ in Komal Rishab Asavari set to Jhumra Taal (it seems to me) rendered by Ustad Amir Khan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMfGHJhMhXg
Dr. Shetty@454
Thanks for the Anurodh post.
I am quite fond of the title song!!
Some more on Rajesh Khanna – Kishore, Lata Duets
Haathi Mere Saathi 1971 – LP-AB
Dilbar jani chali hawa mastani…..
….meethe meethe sapne le aayi nindiya rani haste khelte guzre ye zindagani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0sI_KRSU8Y
Prem Nagar 1974 – SDB –AB
Kiska mahal hai kiska yeh ghar hai lagta hai ye koi sapna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlH5GQe1JL0
Maryada 1971 – AB- Kalyanji Anandji
Chupke se dil de de nahi te shor mach jayega…..
…….. jaise raat akele mein milte hain chand chakori
chhup chhup ke mil jana sapaon mein aake o gori
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_yi3I3Nu7Q
Ashwinji@476
Here’s a song from 36 Ghante 1974 whose MD was Sapan Chakraborty.
Lyrics by Sahir, sung by Kishore -Asha.
Nice song but was not kept in the film.
Jaane aaj kya hua aisa kabhi hua na tha saanson mein ghule nasha
……khwabon ka sama saja jaisa kabhi saja na tha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsV7yfLCAq8
Venkataramanji @ 477,
Thanks for the kind words. What you call my perseverance is really my ‘praayashchitta’ for abandoning my efforts at responding to comments to my two previous posts. I must admit though that it is exhausting especially as the comments keep piling up – it feels like the comments section is like the mythical ‘akshayapatra’ …but then, I am determined and each century milestone is an incentive, as is the excitement of discovering some good new songs, so I carry on…
The Yesudas-P. Leela duet definitely qualifies as a good new song! Thanks a lot for sharing it. Offering my comments since you have solicited them:
1. There are shades of Mohanam in the Kalyani segment for sure – for e.g. the flute interlude from 0:26 to 0:33 and also the GRSRR corresponding to ‘Neeyenikekiya’. I would like to hasten to add that these are stemming from my Hindustani lens, so maybe I should have used ‘Bhoop’ and ‘Yaman’ instead of ‘Mohanam’ and ‘Kalyani’ in the first sentence.
2. There is no Arabhi in this song at all unless there is some moorcchana going on that evaded me. The segment that starts at 3:31 is some sort of extension of Revati (Bairagi in Hindistani) with the dhaivat added to the scale.
It would be remiss of me if I do not include at least one ‘dream song’ in my mother tongue Konkani. So here are two songs, both featuring Hemant Kumar’s voice. The first one is a solo and the second one is a duet with Helen D’Cruz, who is an iconic figure when it comes to Konkani songs. Unfortunately I do not have all the credits for both songs. The dialect is the one spoken by the Catholics.
1. ‘Juliana’ by Hemant Kumar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq3zUuJ_s-I
The relevant line : ‘Dees raat sopnaant tukka dekhtaan’ ie ‘I see you in my dreams, day and night’
2. ‘Tun sopann go phanteachem’ by Hemant Kumar & Helen D’Cruz (MD – Henry D’Souza)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZgmotlpp38
‘Tun sopann go phanteachem’ means ‘ You are the dream of the early morning, girl’ (‘go’ is the same as ‘ga’ in Marathi or ‘ri’ in Hindi)
Here is a recent write-up on Helen D’Cruz: https://www.mangalorean.com/ye-ye-katrina-fame-konkani-singer-helen-dcruz-an-exclusive-of-a-mesmerizing-singer/
Venkataramanji @ 484,
I am glad that you liked Vijaya Jadhav-Gatlewar’s Jaitashree. The recording is from the cassette she cut for Music Today in the early 90s. The other raga featured on this cassette is Alaiiya Bilawal – this is also available on YT. Coincidentally, she spent many, many years in Calcutta, training under Nivruttibuwa Saranaik at the ITC SRA. I had the opportunity to interact with, and listen to, her when she visited IIM-C in 1990 for a performance. From the Internet, I gather that she currently teaches at the Gangubai Hangal Gurukul of Music in Hubli. Here is a dated interview of hers with Deepak Raja. The last few lines are poignant.
https://swaratala.blogspot.com/2007/06/vijaya-jadhav-gatlewar-i-am.html
In response to your question, the vilambit khayal is set to Teentaal.
Thanks for sharing Amir Khansaheb’s rendition of Asavari. I will listen to it in the morning.
Ashwin ji:
Lara’s first class record of quintuple centuries is under threat. Let me help the cause with a single. It appears that most lullabies in HFM contain the word ‘sapna’. First a few examples of ‘sapna’ in mukhada.
‘Neend pari lori gaaye, maan jhulaye paalna, soja mere laalna, soja mere laalna, meethe meethe sapnon mein so ja mere laalna ’ (Lata in Char Diwari; MD: Salil Chowdhury)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGLThQEPSIk
Venkatraman ji may be able to talk about its Bengali version.
And now a triplet from Jeevan Jyoti, ‘So ja re so ja mere ankhiyon ke tare mere raaj dulaare, raaj dulaare ho tohe sapnon ki nagari se nindiyaa pukaare’, sung separately by Lata, Asha, and Geeta (MD: SDB). First the version sung by Lata:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIjOXg_J5os
Here is the version by Geeta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XGkyBWAedA
And finally, the one by Asha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auDTobIadu0
The word ‘sapna’ and its variations occur in antras too. Two examples follow.
‘So ja re so ja mere raaj dulare so ja’ (Lata in Kathputli; MD: SJ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlFImaEYBI0
The first antra goes: ‘… aayee sapnon ki pari tujhako bulane ke liye …’.
This is vintage Lata with charming modulation of voice. Wonderful.
And lastly, ‘Soja mere lal’ (Lata in Dhadkan; MD: Ravi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiX5JsWvEc
The first antra has ‘… aayi raaat ki raani aanchal mein bhar ke taare; baant rahi hain pariyaan duniya ko sapne pyaare …’.
Ashwin @471 Dr. Shetty @ 474
Speaking about importance “do” in Aarti Mukherjee’s career, her first popular song or perhaps first Hindi song was a duet from Do Dil 1965.
That was the time when Lata Rafi were not singing with each other, MDs were looking for alternatives, Looks like Hemant Kumar settled for Aarti Mukherjee.
No sapna for khwab still along with information I would like to post this “link.
“Shemaroo” home link but the name of main female lead in not mentioned in “singers”.
Info from the website
Sara Mora Kajara Chhudaya Tune
Mohammed Rafi, Aarti Mukherjee
Hemant Kumar
Rajshree, Biswajeet
https://youtu.be/2IkBxwKOMgM
Ek khwab ka song banta hai.
I think Anil Biswas could get the best out of Mukesh
Duet from Anokha pyar
Woh pyar ki ghadiyan woh mohabbat ka zamana
https://youtu.be/wWma-i7ghio?t=59
A sunny Friday. Batting pitch. Both the star players full of josh. Since both are from the same side, no competition, cut throat, or otherwise. Whoever reaches the magical Half K first would be just a statistics. Happy would be all the SOY members _ hitters, bowlers, keepers, fielders, runners, drinks boys, curators, onlookers, umpires, ( match fixers banned ; betting, of the non monetary kind, alright ), the works!
On screen, Rishi meets Dimple after a dozen years. Is fida over her, just like the old times.
Chehra hai ya Chand khila..
…
Tere sapne dekh raha hoon
Aur mujhe ab kaam hai kya
Oh! Sorry.
Understood !
Still,
SAAGAR , 1985.
Javed Akthar, RDB.
Dr. Shetty @ 491 & 492,
This phrase ‘Half K’
Rhymes with AK
So wouldn’t it be ‘mast’
If he gets to the milestone first
‘Sabhi’ contra-songs ‘ko leke’?
(And it is quite apt that the song that you have cited is by KK!)
Hansji @ 481,
‘Kahin bekhayal hokar’ is a beauty! Savouring it after a long time! It is nothing less than a delectable delicacy from Rafi! I also love the ‘theka’ that SD has used for the song.
The ‘Man Mandir’ song is based on Raga Basant Mukhari.
@ 482,
Thanks for the wishes!
Rahulji @ 478,
Thanks for being first off the block with a song by Sapna C! But does it contain ‘sapna’? Like you, I did not have the patience to check :). Looks like the locale is Las Vegas.
Venkataramanji @ 479,
Looks like this NFS is based on Raga Pahadi. Also, Talat’s voice sounds like it has aged a little bit compared to what it was when he was at his peak. I felt the same wrt some of the other NFSs that Canasyaji has shared. Would you agree?
Dr.Shetty @ 480,
I knew I could count on you to come up with a song that would meet the double-sapan criterion! 🙂 And I am sure you have many more up your sleeve!! A nice song which seems to draw from our folk tradition. But very unusual to find Bhupinder featuring in such a song!!
As for Jaya Chakravarti, I watched the movie ‘Masoom’ at the Ega Theatre in Chennai, sitting next to her!! This was in 1983!
Maheshji @ 483,
I had never known that ‘Kyon zindagi ki raah mein’ was sung by Chitra Singh! I had never even known that she also sang for films!
‘NA koi umang hai’ must be one of the best of the RD-Lata combos. What lyrics by Anand Bakshi! If I remember right, Kamal Hassan’s character keeps humming this song in the Tamil film ‘AvaL our Thodarkathai’.
‘Akhiyon ke jharokon se’ is one of the great songs of the Hemlata-Ravindra Jain combo! Thanks for posting it.
Finding the ‘sapnas’ in these songs must have taken some real effort because they come so late in the song!!
Dr.Deshpande @ 485,
What a coincidence that I was thinking of ‘Haathi mere saathi’ only yesterday!! I have a vague memory of watching it when it was released – my mother had taken me along with my brother and 3 cousins to watch it! ‘Dilbar jaani’ is a lovely, immensely hummable song! The movie was a remake of a Tamil film starring MGR.
I had no idea that SD was the MD (rhymes, doesn’t it?) for ‘Prem Nagar’!
‘Chupke se dil de naite’ is also a very enjoyable song! Am listening to it after a very long time and loving it!
Dr.Deshpande @ 500,
Had never heard this song before. I went to Wikipedia to find out the other songs in this film and to find out whether I knew/could remember any of them. Four songs, including this one, have been listed but I am not familiar with any one of them. But another thing caught my eye – this film figures in a ‘List of films featuring home invasions’!!! Maybe we should have an article on songs from film about home invasions on SOY!!!
And, the milestone achieved.
Everyone is BREATHLESS because of excitement, and not, God forbid, Covid 19.
Congratulations to us all.
Shankar Manservan and Javed..
BREATHLESS.
Now that the 500 ka bhoot is off my head (you can see that the bhoot replaced ‘486’ in Comment #500), I will take a break before I resume.
Dr.Shetty @491,
Let’s break for lunch!
A lullaby song with Sapna from the 90s
Saaz 1998 – Kavita – Javed Akhtar – Rajkamal
Nindiya hai sapna hai chandan ka palna hai…..
…..sapnon mein hai mahal do mehle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPLODzN7GvA
Dr.Shetty @ 501,
You were so breathless that you were just a ‘t’ short of abusing Shankar Mahadevan!!! Please have some refreshing tea and regain your breath before you return to continue your part in the dream run! 🙂
Congratulations to everyone one and the winnig team of both sides…..since players were same on both sides . So no teasings and enjoy this semi retro diet…. mein guna gar hun jo chhahe saza do humko , meine sapne mein tujhe ched liya. ….the song that was filmed on biswajeet and biswajit .
Not getting the link since sending from mobile.
One more song. This time from old classic mother india….
Nagri nagri dware dware dhundoo re sawariya….layi thi ankyion mei sapne kya kya pyar ke….
Congratulation Ashwinji for crossing the 500 mark and the first to achieve this landmark in SoY.
Another achievement.
The first post to gather the most number of comments.
But ‘Songs and Contra Songs’ are not very far behind.
Venkatraman ji.
Yes …picture abhi baaki hai….
A song from jhuk gaya aasman….
Mere tumahre beech mein ab to na parbat na sagar….neece rahe khayaloan mein ab ho jaao ujagar…
Beautiful song by lata ji in saira banu voice ! The song is beautifully captured by ace photographer….dwarka diwaacha….using light pastel colors of light green and light blue….the shades of the one used in Hollywood musical….sound of music song….i am sixteen going on sewenteen. A great recall for me.
See if some one post link as my computer still in coma.
bhatiaji@508
Pl find below the link for the Jhuk gaya asman song
Mere tumhare beech mein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqxzlu3Yoj4
Rahul ji @467.
Many Thanks.
I am still looking for something 50s to 70s.
Let me see if I can find something over the weekend.
Posted this song on the Contra Songs post a minute ago. It contains the following line in the 2nd antara:
‘Aisa sundar hai ye jeevan jaise koi sapan salona’
‘Rote rote hasna seekho’ by Kishore Kumar (MD – Laxmikant Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi), from ‘Andha Kanoon’ (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHb3cp5WrR8
Ashwinji@500
Congratulations to you and AKji for achieving the milestone of 500 with this wonderful theme on dreams!!
I understand that this is the first articlet to cross 500 comments on SoY!!
Its indeed a pleasure to be one of the contributors and be part of an august group of readers who are stalwarts and authorities on the songs of the vintage golden age era!!
Regarding 36 Ghante,, it was a remake of the Hollywood film – The Desperate Hours which in turn was adapted from a play and novel of the same name.
The story revolves around 3 convicts who have escaped from prison and take a family as hostages.
Maybe, that’s why its is listed as a film with home invasions!!
Overall, 36 Ghante was a fairly enjoyable film, especially the first half. The second half needed crisper editing and less indianizing or dramatizing of the plot. Had seen it first time on DD years back.
This song, Jaane aaj kya hua, used to be played very often on radio those days. So, it was familiar and I remember being disappointed that it was not there in the movie!!
Ashwin @ 378
I guessed that much, but I had to confirm. You know I am a Rafi fan and consider him the best singer ever. But, I dont have a problem when best of his songs are targeted in this way. On the other hand I consider it as an achievement that he is being targeted alone. What I dont understand is that people like you and Subodh ( who uses the word vocal gimmicks for Rafi, despite his declaring himself a KK fan ) with classical preferences have this opinion about Rafi. Both of you must have sat through a number of such classical performances and it might never have crossed your mind that there is a vocal gimmick or melodrama in them. But for common people rendering of a 3-4 minute gazal or a bandish, by classical singers, for more than an hour is like what you or Subodh feel about Rafi.
Anyway, I have no problem with you or Subodh or any other in this regard. I was just bringing forth my opinion on the matter for the attention of others.
Congrats for the 500 mark!
Dr Rajesh ji,
I just now realized that I haven’t responded to your kind words of appreciation. Me ( मी, मराठी,too) too!
The liking is mutual. Your choice of songs and the variety, माला खूब आवडली।
I do sincerely hope we can meet some day.
Between us, we have done several Kaka songs. I will tease you ( I am a few years senior to you. So, friendly ragging toh banta hai, na?) to find out fitting songs from his first 2 movies, AAKHRI KHAT and RAAZ.
Moving on to the Super Star who displaced Kaka..
MANZIL
Rim jim gire saawan…
Ashwin @493,
I was never in the race
Because you were clearly the Ace
It is good that you touched the tape first
And quenched everyone’s thirst
Until we meet again face to face
Very poor attempt in response to your brilliant poetry. Congratulations for reaching the grand milestone. I am also trying to shake off the bhoot from my shoulders. I have requested for the readers’ the help too on my post.
Ashwin
Congratulations on your ½ K run.
On this feat I am presenting you the song you were looking for.
Sapnon ka song by Sapna Mukherjee
Aaya Sapno Me Koi | Abhijeet, Sapna Mukherjee | Vapsi Saajan Ki 1995 Songs | Ashwini Bhave
https://youtu.be/SY9iv_hS2eA
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First things first.
I had told myself..Relax after the post reaches Half K. Yesterday, on the professional front, was very hectic. After the first comment in the morning, it was sheer coincidence that a 5 minutes gap
between appointments and emergency cases, I managed a quick glance at the post , and, was pleasantly surprised that my timing wasp perfect. The milestone had been reached. Wanted to post the lyrics of BREATHLESS. But ,an acute case of low back ache made it impossible to do so !
Shankarmanservan !!! Yes, Ashwini ji, just a t short of insulting SM!
Koi jab mila toh mujhe
Aisa lagta tha …
Aankhon mein sapne hain
Sapno mein beete hue
saare woh lamhe the…
Ankhon mein sapno ka saagar
Khwab ke dar jaise aankh mein..
Khwab ki duniya bhi kitni haseen
Khwab ki duniya jo kehne ko thi
Khwab jo toote mere..
Aur na koi sapna hai..
Jaise maine khwab ki dekhi thi manzil
Jahan kal dekhe the sapne suhane
Jaane kahan gaya mera sapno ka mela
Aise khayalon main khoya…
Hhooo! That’s a dreadful of sapne, khwab, khayal…
SM, take a bow!
Yes, Shetty Sir!!
Friendly ragging zaroor banti hai!
Especially if it helps to stimulate the grey cells on favorite topics.
And please do not add ji to my name!!
After all, you are my senior from the same field
Your task gave me an opportunity to rewatch the songs of Aakhri Khat, which are a part of my collection.
I always found the movie different and interesting and like the songs too!!
Here are the answers:
Aakhri Khat 1966
Lata – Kaifi Azmi – Khayyam
Mere chanda mere nanhe tujhe apne seene se kaise lagaoo
…….tere sapne mein aa toh gayi main apni majbooriyan kya bataoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUEpN837-0
Raaz 1967
Rafi, Krishna Kalle – Akhtar Romani – KA
Sochta hoon ke tumhen maine kahin dekha hai yaad karta hoon magar…..
…..apne chehere pe mere khwab pareshan ki tarah aaj in reshmi zulfon ko machal jane do
dil mein uthte hue jazbat ke toofan ki tarah aaj har khwab haqiqat mein badal jane do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97wyhqXIC0k
And the KK version of Rimjhim gire saawan
…..kaise dekhen sapne nayan sulag sulag jaaye man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDbi7nP8RV8
Dr Rajesh ji,
As expected, assessment completed within the stipulated time limit. 3 on 3. Good student!
It is natural for a Shagird to expect ‘ return gifts ‘ from the Ustad. Okay, you deserve it.
3 songs picturized on Super starKaka, 3 star singers, 3 lyricists…3 decades!
1.Bin badra ke bijuriya kaise chamke..
….
….
Baite ho jab meete sapne sajai ke..
Mukesh, Anjaan, KA.
BANDHAN , 1969.
2. Yoon hi tum mujhse baat karte ho
Ya koi pyar ka irada hai ?
……..
Roz aati ho tum khayalon mein..
Rafi , Lata ; Indeevar, KA.
SACHHA JHUTA, 1970.
3. Ye mera jeevan tere liye hai
Jeevan ka sapna tere liye hai
…
…
Dekha tha sapna jo zindagi ka
Kishore Kumar, ( child singer ?),Majrooh Sultanpuri ; Rajesh Roshan.
BABU , 1985.
( There is a ‘ sad ‘ KK version. Has the S word in it. Female version..Alka Yagnik.)
For being prompt , a bonus gift. A special film, a special situation, special lyrics, a very special singer.
( Maa ko pukaar ke poocha bachhe be
Aaya kahan se Maa toh bolo..)
Mere Lal, tum toh hamesha apne
Mere man ki abhilasha
Mere tan ki paribhasha..
Indradhanushi sapna sa aaye ho
…
Subah ka sapna
…
Prem ki parampara
Khwab ki khwaish..
Manna Dey, Ghyandev Agnihotri, Kanu Roy.
AAVISHKAR , 1973.
Part of the song is BGS. Some lines are shown as being recited by Kaka, who won the FF Best actor award for this film.
You said you now remember the other Manna Dey beauty from the movie also qualifies. That’s why I say you are an intelligent boy !
Hasne ki chaah ne kitna mujhe rulaya hai..
…
Sapne chalti hi rahe roz naye raste se..
P.S: 1. I am no Ustad. Just in a lighter vein. I know you have taken it supportively.
2.In private conversation, I will drop the ji. In public platforms, as a rule,I address everyone thus.
I am known for making friends easily, and, more importantly, maintaining friendships and relations. I know we are going to hit it off!
Auto correct is going berserk !
Taken it sportively.
Probably time to retire to the Dream World / Land.
Sukh sapno mein kho jaayenge
Dukhdaata Corona ko bhool jaayenge
Daata ke Aasheerwad ki chhaya sar par hai toh
Subah zaroor uthenge…
Hoping that these were not mentioned before, here are some Gulzar songs:
Khushboo 1975 – Lata – RDB
Do naino men aansoo bhare hain, nindiya kaise samaye
doobi doobi ankhon mein sapnon ke saaye
raat bhar apne hain din mein paraye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eqBJuf_quM
Grihapravesh 1981 – Chandrani Mukherji – Kanu Roy
Pehchan to thi, pehchana nahin maine apne apko jaana nahin
……main jaagi rahi kuchh sapnon mein aur jaagi hui bhi soi rahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrrGecKVr0
Ijaazat 1987 – Asha – RDB
Katra katra milti hai katra katra jeene do zindagi hai
…….sapne pe paaon pad gaya tha sapnon mein behne do
pyasi hoon main pyasi rehne do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZzK3CVzLKo
Paheli 2005 – Sonu Nigam , Shreya Ghoshal – MM Kreem
Dheere jalna dheere jalna zindagi ki lau pe jalna
kaanch ka sapna gal hi na jaye soch samajh ke aanch rakhna
…….teri aankh mein dekh chuka hoon woh sapne hain seene hain
aankhon main sapno ki khirche hain chubhti hain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_5elQrVl3w
Dr. Shetty@519, 520.
Of course, all this is in sporting spirit!!
As I said before, it is indeed a pleasure to get to know you and have healthy interactions.
Thanks for the return gift! Happy to receive it.
Though I had already mentioned Babu in my post @283.
With 500+ comments, its difficult to avoid repetition.
Most of the sources mention the duet by KK and Alka and the solos by them individually.
So, maybe even the child’s portion is sung by Alka.
Subah zaroor aayegi and hum uthke kal phir khwabon ke gaane post karenge!!
Subah aa hi gayi!
Since my new friend Dr Rajesh ji was burning the midnight oil well beyond the assignment hour , when he should ideally be resting on the Sapno ke send, an impressed lady in white ( Oh! No, not of the atript aatma kind : Naina barse ; Mere Mehboob na jaa ; or, the double whammy _ Jhoom jhoom dalti raat ) wants to gift him something, but can’t make up her mind what to karo arpan!
( One hell of a long sentence, this !!!)
After all this effort, I realise it is ‘ same name confusion !’ ( A term popular in my second most favorite music blog, ASAD. But, we have in house / in built confusion clearing mechanism in the form of Arun Kumar Deshmukh ji… unka uddesh ? Sangeet desh vaasiyon ke confusion door karna. Bina koi updesh diye, he does this silently. )
It was actually addressed to Rajesh K(aka)hanna ! ( Oh! aka..also known as! Kaka, also known as Khanna. How smart of me!
And, who is the LIW ?
Here, the confusion is manifold!
Neena ?
Meena ?
Anju ?
Manju ?
Yaaa Madhu? ( Wait, wait, Madhavi, isn’t it?)
And, the one confused ?
Shabnam , .. pyar se called by log as Shabbu!
Turns out, it is (Replacement ?) Pseudo Poonam who wants to gift !
Sapno ka Devta kya tujhko karoon main arpan ?
Na koi umang hai…
Lata, AB, RDB.
KATI PATANG.
One word ‘sapno ‘ and half a page dramebaazi ! Who said that ? No, can’t be AK ji! After all, he is the wise BM. The parent of the present post mere desh ( saha) vaasi , intelligent GW Ashwin ji? Naughty, Pun(e) kar, he is! But, he wouldn’t make f(p)un of his guest !( He is a Guest writer; As a commentator, I am his guest; that makes me Guest’s guest ! Athithithi!! Oh! Confusion galore!) My new friend Kaka’s namesake, the Good Doctor Rajesh ji? No! He has said he respects his professional senior, and, mujhe uske baaton par yakeen hai.
At the end, it must be ..Mere ( khud ki) aatma ki ye aawaaz hai! ( Autocorrect jumped in , gleefully, uninvited Athithi! trying to correct Aatma as Asthma!)
Before someone hyperventilates for marring their Sukoon bhari Sunday subah and think of marring ( Hindi marna altered slightly!) me, I take your leave. Today, I am on leave. Beautiful leaves under my trees! Wanna read many leaves of my favorite classic today.
Sapno ke sej, not send!
Autocorrect, tu guss hi gaya!
Hrithik Roshan appeared like a comet with Greek God looks, dancing feet, an extra thumb , an extra role for himself ( meaning , double roles ), and managed an extra large BO collection.
The year was 2000. HR was 26.
Dada Roshan _ 1949 (The year Rakesh was born; at 32. …NEKI AUR BADI.
Dad Roshan _ 1970, GHAR GHAR KI KAHANI.
Chacha Roshan _ 1974, at 19!, KUNWARA BAAP.
Dil mera har baar ye sunne ko bekarar hai
KNPH, KNPH…
….
….
Milte nahin hum tum toh bolo kya hota?
Sach boloon , phir apna khwab na poora hota….
Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik ; Ibrahim Ashk.
lo IP. Ek pal ka jeena, phir toh hai jaana..
..
….
Aankhoh mein dilbar ka sapna bhi hai..
Lucky Ali ( Abba Mehmood had given the first break to RR. ..The year HR was born.) ; Vijay Akela ( hope after 20 years, he is akela no longer! No more sounds fatal!)
The movie won 9 FF awards.
The Roshans took home 5 black ladies :
Rakesh _ Best film and director.
Hrithik _ Best actor and best debut…A first time for FF .
Rajesh _ Best music.
Lucky Ali, for Na tum jaane na hum ,got the best singer award.
With 92 awards at various ceremonies, KNPH entered the Guinness book of world records.
Hansji @ 513,
Thanks for the congratulations on the 500-mark!
Wrt the rest of your comment, here’s my response:
I had sensed while reading your comment @377 that you are a Rafi fan – I had not known about this earlier – and that you had taken issue with my comment @95 but I went ahead and responded because just like you, I state my opinions without fear or favour – just like I had @ 95 though I knew that I would ruffle the feathers of some Rafi fans and some Salil Chowdhury fans (of whom I am one).
While you obviously disagree vehemently with me on my opinion, I am sure that you will be in agreement with me when I state that perceptions/opinions/evaluations about a matter like whether a performer is singing/acting with the right degree of emotion are very subjective and can vary from person to person. Just as you are not able to fathom why I find Rafi’s singing of ‘Toote hue khwaabon ne’ melodramatic, I am not able to understand why some people (not sure whether you belong to this category or not) find that Lata does not emote in her singing, to quote but one example… but this is their opinion and they are entitled to it even if it is different from mine. So net-net, to each his/her own when it comes to subjective attributes of performance.
Now let me come to the second part of your remonstrance. You have said that I have targeted Rafi. Taking this along with what you have stated about Subodhji’s preferences vis a vis Rafi and Kishore Kumar, I suppose the point that you are driving at is that one cannot label Rafi’s singing as melodramatic in light of KK’s style of singing in his comical songs. (Please note that I speak only for myself here). On the face of it, this can be a very logical argument but once again, at the cost of sounding like a stuck record, I would like to say that the validity of the argument depends on the sensibilities of the person to whom you are making it. You may find Kishore over-the-top but not Rafi; in my case, I find that neither have overdone any of the dozens of comic songs that they have rendered. In fact, comic songs are over the top, by definition! But coming back to sad songs, I do find only Rafi delivering them with that extra bit of emotion that I am not comfortable with and if I call this out, I am definitely not targeting him – it is just that he is the sole member of that set as far as the greats from the Golden Age are concerned, in my opinion.
As far as your comment about classical music is concerned, you will be surprised to know that there are widely disparate views with respect to the role of bhaav in khayal singing within the world of Hindustani Music itself, leave alone what the layperson thinks of hour-long raga elaborations! For example, some adherents to the Atrauli-Jaipur gharana are of the opinion that the approach of the Kairana gharana is too sentimental. Another example – not everyone – and this incudes me – is a taker for the ‘kaku bhed’ that the late Omkarnath Thakur used to put to use in his singing. Coming back to laypeople, I have no issue with what they think about Hindustani Music – after all, they are going by their tastes, which have been shaped by their sanskaars, their exposure, etc. etc. This used to bother me when I was younger but not any more. I must add that I count some close relatives and dear friends in this set who are bored by/indifferent to/allergic to Hindustani Music and I don’t even try to convert them.
AK @ 515,
Thanks for the felicitations and for honouring me with an excellent ‘Vijay Kavita’ 🙂 Congratulations to you too for reaching and passing the 500-comments milestone! I would have liked to respond with another limerick but I will rein in and let you have the last word 🙂
I will continue and respond to all the ‘not-responded-to’ comments but at a slower pace than earlier.
mumbaikar8 @ 516,
Thanks for the congratulations and for the gift! 🙂 I don’t know if the song was picturised on Ashwini Bhave but if it was, it will make an even more appropriate gift 🙂
Canasyaji @ 489,
Belated thanks to you for the nudges towards each of the milestones 🙂
Nice ‘lori’ from ‘Cha Diwaari’ but my favourite from Salilda’s lullabies would still be ‘ Aaja ri aaj’ from ‘Do Beegha Zameen’! Listened to the Bengali song with the same tune by Utpala Sen as well.
The ‘lori’ from ‘Jeevan Jyoti’ is such a delight! There was not much to choose between the 3 versions, and it is sad that one of the versions had to be dropped. Given that it was 1953 and that the other contenders were Lata and Geeta, I suppose it was inevitable that it was the Asha version that lost out 🙁
The ‘lori’ from ‘Kathputhli’ is indeed a very melodious lullaby. To my ears, it looks like it is based on Raga Nandkauns. Here is a rendidiotn of this raga from Parveen Sultana’s recording for HMV from the early 70s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-HdoEytu14
The ‘Dharkan’ lullaby has some very contextual content in the 2nd antara, so it may not be suitable for day-to-day use :). BTW, at 4:12, the swars in the interlude are SGRMG which are basically the same as that for the segment corresponding to ‘Chhoti cchoti asha’ from ‘Roja’ ; also approximately to ‘Allah tero naam’!!
mumbaikar8 @ 490,
I feel so idiotic for having forgotten all about ‘Saara mor kajra’. It is such a delightful and hummable song! Thanks for pointing the miss on my part!
You have posted a nice song from ‘Anokha Pyaar’ which I have heard only once or twice before. The songs that I am very familar with from this movie are the multiple-version songs ‘Yaad rakhna chaand taaron’ and ‘Jeevan sapna toot gaya’. BTW, I was under the impression that in the film, Nargis sang in Meena Kapoor’s voice while Nalini Jaywant sang in Lata’s. This duet has belied this impression.
Had searched for Konkani dream songs for Ashwin ji. There are some NFSs, not too great. Then, suddenly this afternoon I knew what is the best alternative. If not the S word directly, at least something connected. If not, Gowda Saraswat Konkani, then Goan Catholic Konkani, almost similar. What’s more, I like almost all of the songs from this movie,and, this is a special favorite because of the senior singer and the chorus in it. Plus the joie de vevre in the picturization, involving a senior actor.
Agey naari tujya matyancha phoolan paaya soree…
Lallallalla laalaa…
That’s Konkani for ( I am translating to the best of my abilities. Ashwin ji to do the needful.)…
Hey woman
You are bedecked with flowers in your hair reaching your feet.
Na chahoon Sona Chandi…
……
Ge ge ge ge ge, ge rey Sauna
( Take it, take it , you young man )
Pyar mein sauda nahin
…….
Mere Sapno ki Rani, hogi tumko hairani
BOBBY, 1973.
Manna Dey, Shailendra Singh, chorus ; Vittalbhai Patel, LP.
Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Konkan, Goan Catholic, Marathi…We have all these and more in the form of people connected with this song !
The almost mandatory Awards section, now.
Best actor ( Rishi, in his biography Khullam Khulla, said he bought ‘an’ award for 30 K!), actress ( Dimple, sharing with Jaya B for ABHIMAAN), Male playback singer ( Narendra Chanchal… Beshak mandir masjid..).
Best music _ SDB, ABHIMAAN, Lyrics _Gulshan Bawra, Yaari hai imaan mere, ZANJEER, Female singer _ Asha Bhosle,Chain se humko kabhi, PJPVNJ.
KS Bhatiaji @ 282,
Along with ‘Soja rajkumari’, ‘Chandan ka palna’, the first two songs that you have shared – ‘Dheere se aaja ri’ and ‘Aaja ri aa’ – are my 4 top favourites among lullabies from Hindi film songs! The Indian and Pakistani versions of ‘Chalo chale maa’ have been cited by Dr.Shetty @ 59. I like this song as well as the Suman Kalyanpur lori from ‘Mangu’ as well but not as much as the four that I have mentioned above.
KS Bhatiaji @ 505,
Thanks for the congratulations!
Here is the link for the song
‘Main gunahagaar hoon’ by Mahendra Kapoor & Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Ravi, Lyricist – Rajendra Krishan), from ‘Nai Roshni’ (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wwAHDxQACw
@506,
The link for one of my favourite songs from ‘Mother India’:
‘Nagri nagri dwaare dwaare’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Naushad, Lyricist – Shakeel Badayni), from ‘Mother India’ (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O48Q7_ZJSF0
Venkataramanji @ 507,
Thanks a lot for the warm felicitations!
KS Bhatiaji @ 508,
Here is the link to the ‘Jhuk gaya aasmaan’ song that you have cited:
‘Mere tumhaare beech mein’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Shankar Jaikishan, Lyricist – Shailendra), from ‘Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan’ (1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqxzlu3Yoj4
Dr.Deshpande @ 509,
Sorry – I had not seen that you had already posted the link to the song from ‘Jhuk gaya aasmaan’ when I responded to KS Bhatiaji’s comment above.
@ 512,
Thanks for the felicitations and also for being such an enthusiastic participant in this post! Like Dr.Shetty, you also have a prodigious memory for songs and their details! Thanks too for sharing the details about ’36 Ghante’. In a sense, the Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’ is also on the same theme of home invasion!
Canasyaji @ 307,
It was while doing a search for your name with regard to my response to your comment @ 489 that I realized that I had not responded with my comment to the Talat NFS that you had posted @ 307. It is indeed a gem and I noted that the tune has shades of Bageshri.
DREAM GIRL , ( 2.0!?!), 2019.
No, not of the ‘ roads as smooth as her cheeks’ kind, an effeminate ( just pretending, if you please) manly hunk ( intra contra,here!) masquerading as Dream Girl, audio only, no video !
Mere dil ka telephone
Hai bajta ring ring ra ra ring..
Tu mere Dream Girl ban jaa re
I’m searching for your love…
Catchy song ,as Meet brothers’ other songs.
Also from the same movie :
Ik mulaqat mein
Baat hi baat mein
Unka muskurana gazab ho gaya…
….
Kyon khayalon mein barf si gir rahi…
Listen to the reworking of Dada Kondke super hit …Mahendra Kapoor, Usha Mangeshkar.. Dagala laagli kala, paani themb themb galha… while you are at it.
Dr Rajesh ji, kai mantho?
Ashwin ji,
….neendiya pyaari aaja – Zeenat Begum” , a lori song from a 1944 movie
Liink…?
Yes found the link for
1944 movie panchhie . Enjoy this oldie from vintage era…. https://youtu.be/3anU2SzUgQ4
Enjoy this song from
Old movie https://youtu.be/9G8EJ2u9M8Y
One more from 1955 movie….Marine Drive….
https://youtu.be/UHkH50VDM8Q
Ashwin @528
Seems it is appropriate one.
https://youtu.be/a8lfE8oezoU
Dr. Shetty@537
I enjoyed the film Dream Girl (2019). Ayushman Khurana has successfully managed to select movies with unusual and interesting story lines.
The music is catchy but of course, not a score that will linger in your mind for long.
I like the Radhe Radhe song too!
But did not enjoy the remake of Dhagala lagli kala.
Its just a typical dance number of recent times.
It was, I believe, made only for promotion.
Personally, I feel that one of the Marathi remixes made few years back was better!
Any time, prefer the original with Dada and Usha Chavan.
It was a craze when the movie had released. I still remember the furore over its lyrics!!
Hans @ 481
We have, agreed many times before not to agree, before let us add Gulzar and Anand Bakshi to that list.
Thanks for Teen Deviyan song I consider most of Rafi SDB combo as one of ”their” best work.
One of the reasons I like SDB so much is that he has brought the best of Rafi on the table. Had SDB not sidelined him pre Pyasa and post Aradhana we would have had many more such gems.
हाँथ कंगन को आरसी क्या
Listen to the quality of singing of this forgotten duet Rafi Geeta Dutt duet with SDB for Ek ke baad ek.
https://youtu.be/bFQRmsTHHdQ
Wishing Amitabh Bachchan a speedy recovery!
Here are some of his songs:
Faraar 1975 – KA- Rajendra Krishan
Duet – Kishore, Lata, Solos by Kishore & Lata
Main pyaasa tum saawan main dil tum meri dhadkan
…aankhon ko jab band karoon main sapne tumhare aaye
o pyar bina ye jeevan fika sapne ye samjhaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xf2BoBM8hs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ner-7tFr06U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgzp9_XY-eg
Saudagar 1973 – Rafi, Aarti Mukherji – Ravindra Jain
Husn hai ya koi qayamat hai
khwab dekha hai ya haqiqat hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cs0Qbe4Z-o
AAA 1977 – Kishore, Mahendra, Sahilendra – LP- AB
Anhoni ko honi karde honi ko anhoni
……sapan salone leke aayi hai ye raat saloni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfYj3r3Zgs
Laawaris 1981
1. Kabke bichhde huye hum aaj kahan aake mile
…….yun sapnon ke phool yahan khilte hain yun dua dil ki rang laati hai – Kishore, Asha – KA-Anjaan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlFvT7SuaLs
2. Kahe paise pe itna guroor kare hai
……chain bikta nahin, khwab bikte nahin dil ke armaan betaab bikte nahin – Kishore – KA-Anjaan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwvIyRfGsDI
Kaalia 1981 – Asha, Kishore, Antara, Usha Rege – RDB- Majrooh
Jabse tumko dekha dekha hi karte hai….
……duniya lagne lagi koi sapno ki vaadi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcKEy69gymc
Ashwin @ 487,
Yes Ashwinji I did request as I always do and would seek in future too.
The mention of Raga Arabhi, in the song ‘Sundara Swapname Neeyenikkekiya Varna Chirakukal Veeshi’, was due to my absent mindedness. Yet a mistake is a mistake and I admit. I meant Raga Ahiri, in fact the same Ragam as ‘Mayamma’, which you had presented in your write up.
Thanks for the fabulous Konkani songs of Hemant Kumar and Helen D’Cruz. I came to know of the songs while doing my legwork for Hemantayan. Hemant Kumar had rendered three Konkani songs, all NFSs, recorded in 1974. As per the information, I had gathered, the lyric for the two songs posted by you was penned by Henry T D’Souza and music was by Enoch Daniels (HMV – 7EPE 4110-45 RPM). The lyrics for the third song ‘Molbar Chondrim’, a duet with Helen D’Cruz,, was penned by Alphanso D’Costa and music was by Enoch Daniels.
And thanks for sharing the write-up on Helen D’Cruz.
Azuch hanv sopnelim – does Sopnelim has anything to with Sapna. Else the following song will not fit the theme. A sweet song.
Chondrim udeon ailo, prithver prakash fanklo
Tujea mogak axelo, kallzant marun ulo
Utram aikon tujim, sontosan dhanvon ailim
Azuch hanv sopnelim, tujea vixint gaitalim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGJf0PJ6pyw
@ 488,
Thanks for the further details on Vijaya Jadhav-Gatlewar and the link. True,the last few lines are indeed poignant. I doubt whether the same atmosphere still persists in SRA-ITC Kolkata. Once again thanks for introducing Vijaya Jadhav-Gatlewar.
“In response to your question, the vilambit khayal is set to Teentaal.”
It appeared to me too. You mentioned the Taal as Rupak @ 457 hence the question.
Hope you could listen to Ustad Amir Khan’s Bandish ‘Jagat Sapana Ka Karat Ghuman’.
And I think you missed my comment @ 323 or found it too dragging.
@ 496,
Yes in his later years his (Talat) natural treble showed signs of strain.
Ashwin @526
I will start this conversation with a confession that I have a biased opinion that Rafi was a playback singer with unfathomable talent that was not tapped to its potential.
He himself, I believe, was not very confident of himself (his insecurities?) his career graph did not much help him with that.
He is known to follow the instructions of the MD whom he thought was the creator of the song.
I agree with you that Rafi used to get melodramatic that possibly that was MD’s demand.
Madhumati Mukesh sang two songs one solo one duet for Dilip Kumar.
Rafi sang two songs one for Johny walker he was the marked choice for Johny walker.
It is known that Rafi was not the preferred singer of Salil Choudhary (I wish had he had more songs with Rafi) or Bimal Roy. There must be some reason, he was asked to sing this song?
Perhaps they wanted that emotions, in the video, Dilip Kumar is shown with moist eyes.
Watch it here, is the director showing the lump in his throat?
https://youtu.be/xkjfF11k7ls?t=178
Could it be reason why he was chosen for that song, otherwise Mukesh has dozens of great sad songs to his credit.
You even said he was only one who did that, could it be that when ever those emotions were needed, he was the choice or say, for his fan, the best choice.
Take this song for example. I personally feel that both Sanjeev Kumar and Rafi were talented enough to perform better than this melodrama, but both of them were director’s artist and did what they were asked to do.
https://youtu.be/2SiEqSoAjeY
HUM HINDUSTANI, 1961.
Mukesh, Prem Dhawan, Usha Khanna.
Chodo kal ki baaten
Kal ki baat purani..
….
Ram ki is dharti ko ,Gautam ki bhoomi ko,
Sapno se bhi pyara sansar banaye…
Bhool jaa, sapne suhane bhool jaa…
Lata, Talat Mehmood ; Asad Bhopali, Hansraj Behl .
RAJDHANI , 1956
Ashwin ji @ 487; Venkataraman ji @ 546:
Timely responses by you, AKji, and stalwarts like Vekataraman ji have provided the reinforcement creating the addictive behaviour among us SoY followers who keep on raining comments on this post. It is classical conditioning, I think. I am not calling it operant conditioning yet, because if we reach that stage, we will keep on posting comments even if there are no responses!
Following the Ghulam Ali and Runa Laila ghazals @ 419, here are two more (different) ghazals beginning with Khayal-o-khwab:
‘Khayal-o-khwab hua hai, kahan se laaun use’ (by Krishan Bihari Noor, sung and composed by Mani Trihima)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuXLIHNKZxQ
‘Khayal-o-khwab hua barg-o-baar ka mausam (by Parveen Shakir, sung by Adida Parveen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Oadexadc0
And now a Sindhi song by Abida Parveen ‘Tun ta milando ranhdain khwaban mein’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGD7kKiprvE
Canasya @ 489,
Nice Lori songs.
Not only the lullabies contain the word ‘Sapna’, ‘dream(s)’ can be found in almost all types of songs, directly or indirectly, more often directly.
‘Neend pari lori gaaye, maan jhulaye paalna, soja mere laalna, soja mere laalna, meethe meethe sapnon mein so ja mere’ (Lata in Char Diwari Salil Chowdhury)
‘Venkatraman ji may be able to talk about its Bengali version.’
It seems you know about the Bengali Version, else you would not have asked me to talk/write about it. Anyway, you have given me the opportunity to rattle on the Bengali version of the song. And the Bengali version with occurrence of the word ‘Swapan’ in the song gives legitimacy to it.
In 1943 there occurred a severe drought in Bengal. Salil Chowdhury was an active member of left wing politics then and was associated with the relief work organized by the ‘Krishak’ wing. After completing the day’s work in the Sunderban region of South 24-Parganas, he and his colleagues were moving along a vast stretch of parched land, when Salil Chowdhury spontaneously started singing.
Prantarer Gaan Amaar, Metho Surer Gaan Amaar,
Hariye Gelo Kon Belai, Aakashe Aagun Jwalai,
Meghla Diner Swapan Amaar, Phasal Biheen Man Kandaay.
Penned by Salil Chowdhury, the poet laments about ‘his song’ the song of the vast stretch of land, his song of the soil, which is lost in the blazing fire from the skys. The uncultivated parched land makes his soul cry, and the poet expresses his expectation/ dream of rain bearing cloudy- days ahead. A dream, a desire;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VHJkDvEU70
Most probably during his visit to Assam with the Student’s wing in 1944 he completed the lyrics and the song. In the early 50s Salil Chowdhury visited Shantiniketan twice. During his first visit he met Kanika Bandopadhyay (Mohardi). On a request from Mohardi, Salil Chowdhury taught Mohardi two songs; this song and another song ‘Aamar Kichu Maner Aasha, Kichu Bhalobasa’. Both the songs were recorded. But Vishwa Bharati/ Rathindranath Thakur objected to ‘Ashram Kanya’ Kanika Bandopadhyay singing non Rabindra Sangeet songs, and the record was not released. Later Mohardi expressed her disappointment in a letter to Salil Chowdhury, and a reference to the incident and the letter could be found in the book ‘Jeeban Ujjiban’ written by Salil Chowdhury. In 1953 both the songs were recorded in the voice of Utpala Sen. And the songs were well received and added to Utpala Sen’s popularity. Salil Chowdhry reworked and reused the tune in the 1961 film ‘Chaardeewari’ (1961), the song posted by you; ‘Neend pari lori gaaye, maa jhulaaye’.
mumbaikar8 @ 547,
Thanks for the incisive insights into the reasons behind why Rafi sang some of his sad songs in the way he did. I think it is a very plausible theory that you have put forward and it is in concordance with what we know about Rafi’s nature. And maybe it was more the director than the MD who made the demand for sentimental singing/acting!
Venkataramanji @ 551,
Thanks for sharing the story behind ‘Prantarer Gaan Amaar’. What a story! In 1943, Salil Chowdhury was not more than 22 and he could think of a tune like that! I really, really envy these geniuses… and at the same time, I am thankful that they were born and that we have the means to listen to their works and preserve them for posterity!
Your story also brought to mind a theatrical production (with live music) by the name of ‘Stories in a Song’ which I saw 7-8 years ago. It was produced by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan and directed by Sunil Shanbag. You can read about it here:
https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/song-of-stories/article5451675.ece
Two or three of the stories in the production that I watched were different from what have been mentioned in the review above, and when I watched the production a second time – this was a year later – they had replaced a couple of episodes with others. On the whole, I enjoyed the show thoroughly both times. The stories varied from being poignant to being uproaringly funny.
Here is a video of a promo for the show. In the context of the discussion on ‘loris’, I would like to draw special attention to the portion of the video between 3:16 and 5:07.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmJzMmRJ83U
Sapno ke gaon mein
Thandi thandi chaon mein
Tum hum se mile…
OONCHI HAWELI, 1955.
Asha, ?, Shivram.
Hopefully 555.
2 very special imageries.
SAMBANDH, 1969.
Andhere mein jo baite hain
Nazar un par zara daalo..
…
Kafan se dhap kar baite hain hum sapno ki laashon ko..
…
Hamare bhi the kuchh apne
Hamare bhi the kuchh sapne…
Mahendra Kapoor, Kavi Pradeep, OPN.
DAAYRA, 1996.
Palkon pe chalte chalte jab unghne lagti hai..
…
Paakhi jaise aankhen sapne chugne lagte hain
…
Kachhi raat ka sapna aaye..
…
Tere toh aur bhi honge sapne..
2 versions _ Jesudas, Asha .
Gulzar, Anand Milind.
Swapna, a South Indian actress, who has worked in almost 50 Hindi movies , debuted with Kannada, Telugu bilingual SWAPNA, 1980. ( A poor reworking of SANGAM.)
And, there is a song with the word Swapna!
Bangarada gombeya maadi
Aa gombege pranava needi
..
Swapna, Swapna… Kannada.
Andalu rasiga posi
Aa rasiki pranam posi
..
Swapna, Swapna..
SPB, Satyam ( RDB of South.)
Proper noun, you said?
So what! I say.
Canasyaji @ 550,
The first ghazal is based on Bhoop though I thought that there was a little bit of Shuddha Kalyan trying to get its foot in the door through the nishaad. It was a pleasant listen. I must confess I had never heard of the artiste before. From the credits given in the video as also from the comments below the video, it seems like the artiste has combined the works of two ‘shaayars’ in this ghazal.
The sthaayi of the 2nd ghazal is based on Darbari. I had no idea Abida Parveen sang ghazals before I listened to this one!
The Sindhi song is based on Kafi. I liked it the best among the three songs that you have posted in this comment.
The classic that was composed specially for the inauguration of the Vividh Bharati channel of AIR:
‘Naach re mayura’ by Manna Dey (MD – Anil Biswas, Lyricist – Narendra Sharma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xhDxenXjI
The relevant line: ‘Dekh saras swapan jo aaj hua poora’
2 Lullabies from 70s.
A duet lullaby by Lata, Rafi.
Samaaj ko badal dalo 1970 – Sahir – Ravi
Taaron ki chhaon mein sapnon ke gaon mein pariyon ke sang tumhe jana hai
There is also a sad version by Lata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDY384CeAyU
Benaam 1974 – Lata – RDB – Majrooh
So ja re nind suhani ek din hasaana ek din rulana jeevan ki reet purani
…..magan magan sapan me gum ho jaa milega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOpa5-Bd_58
Two songs from Mastana 1970 – LP – AB
A lullaby song with its contrasting version of wake-up song.
The lullaby sung by KK and Hemlata is cute in the sense that Mehmood trying to put the girl to sleep ends falling asleep himself.
Soi ja tara ho soi ja tara laike khilone sapne salone galiyan mein aaya ek banjara.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWLTvS0ojs0
The other version is a wake-up song sung by Mehmood to wake up the girl from coma, I guess!
Jagi ja tara ho jagi ja tara toote khilone sapne salone galiyan mein roye ek banjara.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCSaGe0ZFgQ
Ashwinji @ 529,
‘Aa Jaa Ri Aa, Nindiyaa Tu Aa’ is a beautiful lullaby. Bhatiaji posted it @ 282. If my memory serves me right Salil Chowdhury composed the Hindi version first, for the film ‘Do Bigha Zamin’ in 1953.
The Bengali version came later. In 1944-45 Kavi Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay wrote a poem ‘Ghum Aay Re Aay’. In The second part was ‘Ghum Aasche Na’ indicating the absence of sleep. In 1955 Salil Chowdhury set the tune for this poetry and released a record. The tune fort the first part was similar to the earlier Hindi version, whereas the second part was set to a faster rhythm. The second part of the Bengali song has the word ‘Swapna’ and would fit the theme. Here I would like to make a minor correction. The song was recorded in the voice of Pratima Bandopadhyay and not Utpala Sen.
Kavi Mangalacharan Chattopadhyay was an eminent poet and literary figure of Bengal. This is his centenary year. He was the classmate Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay and Subhas Mukherjee at the Mitra Institution.
Later in the year 1956, SalilChoudhury used the tune for the song
Jhun jhunna jhun jhunna jhun jhunna
Jhume gagan jhume pawan
Jhun jhunna aa aa aa
Mere laadale, naazo pale aa aa
Ek baar muskara hoke magan
Jhume gagan jhume pawan
Rendered by Lata Mangeshkar for the film Aawaz, lyrics Vishwamitra Adil
The word ‘Sapno’ occurs in the following stanza,
O ho mere laadale, naazo pale tu kyun dare
O ho bunta hi ja sapano ke jaal ae mere laal
Badle ga tu hi, kismat ki chaal, duniyaa ka haal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBdgCDQI9VA
@553
I never new Shuba Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan were involved in theatrical productions. Thanks for the information and sharing the links. And a nice connection! ‘Lagta hai Begum ne is Naghme ko Lori Banake hi chodenge’; Salil Choudhury too did something of the sort, converted a song of the soil to lullaby. But only the likes of Salil Choudhury could do it with elan.
Posting a song Based on Raga Kedar,
Mai pagal mera manava pagal
Pagal meri preet re
Pagal-pan ki peed vo jaane
Bichhade jiska meet re
Mai pagal mera manavaa paagal
Kahe ye duniya mai divaanaa
Din me dekhun sapne
Divaani duniya kya jaane
Ye sapane hai apane
Ghaayal man ki hasi udaaye
Ye duniya ki rit re, mai paagal
Talat Mahmood, Ashiana (1952), Rajendar Krishan, Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Cr5wiV154&feature=emb_title
Dr Rajesh Deshpande @560,
This is a beutiful pair of lullaby songs. Heard for the first time. And contra too, fitting with a post of mine on ‘Songs and contra-songs‘, which is moving in tandem with this post. Thanks a lot.
Aao Naye Sapne Bune, Amit Kumar, mein Qaatil Hoon (1984),Nida Fazli, Basudev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpGmQE1PaV8
A nice vintage number;
Now the Sapna has become Bairi.
Na Satha Bairi Sapne Na Satha, Shamshad Begum, Chhin Le Azadi (1947), Pandit Indra, Hansraj Behl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_If06DTTw
AKji@563
Thanks for your comment.
Yes, both the songs are quite nice.
I agree that they fit well into the Songs and Contra-Songs post.
I have been following that post off and on. It is a landmark post with a wide expanse and strong potential to continue well-beyond 600. The discussions, deliberations and interpretations that it has elicited are simply great! Congratulations!!
Ghazal sung and composed by Jagjit Singh for Rajesh Khanna starrer – Khudai 1994
Lyrics – Sudarshan Fakir
Ye sheeshe ye sapne ye rishte ye dhage
kise kya khabar hai kahan tut jaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ry7WgupihY
Dr. Deshpande @ 283,
Listening to the Mahendra Kapoor song from ‘Nikaah’ for the first time. It has a nice 60s feel about it – no surprise since the MD was Ravi! The song is based on the scale of Raga Shuddha Kalyan.
I had heard the ‘Taxie Taxie’ song for the first time on SoY, thanks to Dr.Shetty who had posted it in a comment on one of the earlier posts.
‘O saathi re’ from ‘Muqaddar ka Sikandar’ is a classic! I like both versions though I suppose the Kishore Kumar version is more popular.
Had no idea that Alka Yagnik had sung with Kishore Kumar! In this she is singing for a child but would you know whether she has sung a duet with KK in which she has lent her voice to the heroine?
KS Bhatiaji @ 287,
Canasyaji had already posted the ‘Patrani’ dance-song at 18. It is a lovely composition in SJ’s favourite raga – Bhairavi.
The Rafi NFS is beautiful! Thanks for posting it!
The ‘Adalat’ mujra is one of my favourite songs. I love the contrast between the pieces sung by Lata and Asha. The song can almost qualify as a contra song because of this!
Dr.Shetty @ 289,
Yes, the ‘o o o’ of the ‘Jannat’ song is catchy but I did not like the rest of the tune too much 🙁
The ‘Jai jai money money’ song reminded me of ‘Baap bhala na bhaiyya, bhaiiya sabse bada rupaiyya’ song from ‘Sargam'(1950)!
Dr.Shetty @ 305,
You have cited the ‘Chandni’ song in response to my comment at 298 which was itself a response to Dr.Deshpande’s sharing of the same song at 173!!!
Rahulji @ 319,
I have been familiar with ‘Ya dil ki suno’ from my toddler days since the 45 rpm record of this film’s track – it had this song and ‘Dheere dheere machal’ – was part of the record collection at home. What a haunting tune it has!
‘Ya dil ki suno’ by Hemant Kumar (MD – Hemant Kumar, Lyricist – Kaifi Azmi), from ‘Anupama’ (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poXBa76JNKk
And here’s another of my great favourites from the same film:
‘Kucch dil ne kaha’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Hemant Kumar, Lyricist – Kaifi Azmi), from Anupama (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69dnqIFfrnE
The line that qualifies the song for inclusion: palkon ki thandi sej par, sapnon ki pariyaan soti hai
Sensitive lyrics! Moving music! Exquisite singing!
Venkataramanji @ 321,
Listened to all the 3 songs of ‘Anarkali’. I think Swarnalatha has done a good job but even though her name has the Sanskrit word for ‘golden’ in it, can’t help feeling that Lata is the real Golden Lata 🙂
BTW, the chorus sounds a bit besura in both songs – ‘Kaadhal nadikkaraiyil’ as well as ‘Kaadhalittaale acchamenna’, don’t you think?
Venkataramanji @ 322,
Wrt my earlier comment on Talat’s voice sounding frayed in some of the NFSs posted here, it appears that this particular NFS that you have posted was recorded when he was still at his peak. Thanks for posting it.
@ 323,
Thanks for your compliments on the Carnatic section of the post. As you might have seen from the acknowledgments, I had this section reviewed by my friend, historian Sriram Venkatakrishnan, who is also one of the secretaries of the Music Academy, since I am not as conversant with Carnatic Music as I am about Hindustani Music.
Yes, you are right about ‘Paritaapamu’ . Sriram had informed me about both kritis but I decided to include only ‘Giripai’. I included Lalgudi’s rendition because I wanted to include an instrumental recording for a change but I confess that I had not listened to it till the end – my apologies for sharing an incomplete recording. Sahana is also dear to me – what a sweet-sounding raga! Thanks for sharing DKJ’s rendition of ‘Paritaapamu’ – am listening to it as I type this.
As for MS’s rendition of ‘Sarojadalanetri’, I had included it precisely for the reason that she was identified with Sankarabharanam and with this composition!
Am listening to Ranjani’s-Gayatri’s Anandabhairavi now. As far as I know, the Marathi natyapad ‘Ugicha ka kanta’ from ‘Mooknayak’ is also based on the same raga. Here is Bal Gandharva rendering it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEQ5TSuhco
Bhimsenji used to render it frequently. There is a recording of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan rendering it as well
Thanks for your appreciation of the tail-piece of my post. Initially I had thought of including some songs from Western Music but I dropped the idea because I felt the write-up on the women mystics was a fitting end; also, I did not know where to fit the songs that I had selected from Western Music genres in the flow of the post.
Dr.Deshpande @ 324,
It was thanks to Mr.Rangan’s article on Meena Kumari on this very blog that I had got to know of the film songs sung by her. Thanks for sharing ‘Mere sapnon ki duniya’ by her. She must have been 14-15 when she sang this song!
Is that a doll that Saigal is holding in his hand while singing the song?? Very funny!
That is a lovely song by Shanta Apte that you have posted – thanks a lot! And wrt your comment about the credit being given to Asha, please take a look at the credits on the YT page that I have posted for ‘Dheere dheere machal’ @572 – it is Asha who has been credited for singing the song 🙂 🙂
The song from ‘Hamari Beti’ is a sweet song! Thanks for sharing it! ‘Hamaari beti’ was an aptly titled film that Shobhana Samarth produced (and acted in) for launching daughters Nutan and Tanuja.
@325,
Thanks for citing the 2 songs in which 2 men are vying for the affections of the same girl!
Ashwinji@568
Yes, Alka Yagnik has sung many duets with Kishore Kumar in the 80s for full-fledged heroines, most of them 1985 onwards.
She was also one of the seven female singers with KK in the song “Saat Saheliyan” from “Vidhata 1982.
I like their duet from Kaamchor 1982, which was also quite popular – Tumse badhkar duniya mein na dekha koi aur – Rajesh Roshan – Indivar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leTZl7KcFE0
Another one that comes to my mind is Peena haram hai na peelana haram hai from Chameli Ki Shaadi 1986.
Rest have been quite forgettable ones from the typical action/family dramas of the 80s second half many of which were made by South producers/directors – Aaj ka Daur, Pyar Ka Mandir, Khatron Ke Khiladi etc…..
Dr. Shetty,
One more ‘kora kagaz” song by SDB – AB – Rajesh – Sharmila
Only this time, Asha joins KK for the film Tyaag 1977.
Kore kagaz pe likhwa le jiya kiya tere hawale
….kabhi sochta hoon mere sapnon ki radha
kanha se nain churake bhula de na wada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqOmuBZTis
Nowhere close to kora kagaz tha ye man mera!!
One more song from Mere Jeevan Saathi 1972, KK- RDB
Diwana leke aaya hai, dil ka tarana
…….apne bhi hai kuchh khwab adhure kaun ab gine kitne
sach to ye hai ke mere dost ke sapne bhi hai mere apne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNyaSLPO1aQ
There are stories behind songs and films. There are many instances of people dreaming to become producer/ director, actor, composer, song-writer. Chandru dreamt of donning all the hats at once. This is only the beginning of the story.
The production of the film ‘Ramu to Diiwane Hai’ (1980) was started in 1962. The shooting could be done only when Chandru had money. There were no distributors for the film, hence no advance. And another peculiarity; initially the film was shot in black & white. Later Kodak colour film was used.
Tanuja was the heroine. After a couple of reels were shot, the shooting was held-up due to dearth of finance. Later when it was revived, Tanuja refused to continue. How did Chandru managed to get a replacement? Our hero Chandru was on his way to watch a film when he saw a girl who asked him for a ride. That is how actress Rani Deepa signed for the film, in place of Tanuja.
Let us see what the Karnataka-born musician Biddu Appaiah, with Coorgi nativity, who did two western numbers for the film, wrote in his biography about this film. Biddu tells that the producer-director-hero-lyricist-music director Chandru Asrani sought him out in London, and showed him his 90% complete film, which had been under production for about 14 years, and in which there is a change from B &W to color, and, he was convinced, the actors change too! Chandru wanted him to add two songs to the 90% completed film. Film journalists were invited home one evening by Chandru, where he played the songs of the film, at an informal get-together, at his flat at Khar, Mumbai, sometime in 1988-89.
History is jumbled up here, but the film is itself history. The period should be 1978-79. A major part of the film was shot in 1978. Actually two solos and a duet with Suman Kalyanpur were in the voice of Mukesh. Suman Kalyanpur had a solo and couple was sung by Mubaarak Begum. Even Kishore Kumar had two solos. In all eight songs penned and composed by Chandru.
It appears that Biddu also got the surname wrong. Chandru was the younger brother of Arjun Hingorani, who was a producer-director and mentor to Dharmendra. Chandru Hingorani had assisted Raj Kapoor for a few years, and Chandru even got Raj Kapoor to put in a Special Appearance in Ramu Tu Diwana Hai. Chandru offered Biddu a lot of money to compose 2 songs for the film. This was done with the hope that the 2 English songs recorded might attract distributors to buy the film. This was recorded during the height of Biddu’s popularity of Qurbani. Biddu agreed feeling sorry for the man.
The year 1980 was when Chandru was hoping to finally release the film. Chandru passed away without seeing the film released. ‘Ramu To Diwana Hai’ got certified by India’s Central Board of Film, but never released. Arjun Hingorani bought the films distribution rights in the 2000 and the audio song without the Video, belongs to SaReGaMaPa India (previously HMV India).
Now the question may crop what this film has got to do with this article.
A Long standing dream, an unfulfilled dream, which remained unfilled even after his death.
And there are three songs with the word ‘Khwab’ or ‘Swapna’.
You can see Raj Kapoor in this clip and Chandru Hingorani lip-syncing to Mukesh’s rendition @ 2:12.
Khwaabo Ki Duniya Sitaaro Ki Duniya
Dur Bhi Hai Par Dur Nahi
Ujade Fiza Ke Chaman Se Ye Kah Do
Ki Rangeen Bahaar Ab Dur Nahi
Ramu To Diwana Hai (1980), Mukesh, lyrics & music Chandru,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzWZuXQINjw
The second solo by Mukesh
Maanga Tha Pyaar Magar, Mujhko Na Pyaar Mila
Pyaar Ke Badle Me Gham Sau Baar Mila
The second antara….
Mit Gaye Mere Sapno Ke Saaye
Hue Apne Aaj Paraye
Ab Wapas Mujhe Bulale
Meri Haalat Par Hasne Waale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KBI1CaqWeM
Another solo by Mubarak Begum
Aao Tujhe Mai Pyar Karu Phir, Pyar Karu Aur Pyar Karu
Again in the last antara
Khwaabo Ki Duniya Jo Humne Banayi Thi
Phulo Se Sawaari Thi Aur Taaro Se Sajaayi Thi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eiv63Vrbx4
A song from the 50s
Toofan (1954), Lata Mangeshkar, Kaifi Irfani, S D Batish
Khwaab me humko bulate ho
Ye kya karte ho, ho ye kya karte ho
Pyar ki nind churate ho
Ye kya karte ho, ho ye kya karte ho
Khwaab me humko bulate ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHdW7YFRDO8&feature=emb_title
I am kicking myself for not recalling the gem below at the time of writing the post. A drut bandish in AK’s favourite – Raga Durga – rendered by Malini Rajurkar, ‘sapna’ is present in the last line of the sthaayi. Here is the text of the bandish:
Kahun kaase man ki bitha?
Akhiyaan chin ek laagi
Kaisa sukh ka sapna tha
Preetam aayo, garwa lagaayo
Man hulsaayo, tan pulkaayo
Jaag padi paachhe kou na tha, na tha, na tha
Raag Durga by Malini Rajurkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ScQABqVy0
Venkataramanji @ 579,
Thanks for sharing the fascinating story of ‘Ramu to diwana hai’! Certainly a case of how one can get so obsessed with one’s dream but not live to see the dream fulfilled – in this case, the dream has not been fulfilled even years after its dreamer’s death.
Maheshji had already mentioned this film @ 4 and had also shared the first song that you have shared. He had further stated that the other songs would qualify for inclusion under the topic of this post. Thanks for sharing the links of these songs. I listened to both songs. I found all the sudden changes in preludes in the Mubarak Begum song a bit weird.
@ 580,
I have not heard too many songs composed by S.D.Batish. Thanks for posting one. It seems to be based on Kirwani.
Dr.Deshpande @ 578,
Thanks for posting this lovely song from ‘Mere Jeevan Saathi’. It is quite a well-known song but overshadowed by ‘Chala jaata hoon’ and by ‘O mere dil ke chain’ from the same film.
N. Venkataraman ji @579
What a fascinating story you have shared. Sometimes it is too tragic the way our dreams (don’t) unfold.
Neeruahafji @ 584,
I am glad that you like the writing on Chandru Hingorani. Thanks.
Ashwinji @ 582,
Maheshji had posted the song from ‘Ramu To Deewana Hai’ right in the beginning. And I forgot about it, else I would have mentioned it before posting the episode. Sorry Maheshji.
The prelude or part of the prelude may be a later addition.
BTW, Raj Kapoor appeared in atleast five films after ‘Ramu Deewana Hai’ (1980-going by the certification).
Abdullah (1980), Gopichand Jasoos (1982), Vakil Babu (1982), Kim (1984) and Dhadaka (1990).
Venkataramanji @579,
Today Chandru will be happy that there is at least one person diwana about his ‘Ramu To Diwana Hai’. Impressive information.
Ashwin @581,
Raga Durga anytime by anyone. Malini Rajurkar is top class. Lovely piece.
AK @ 587,
Thank you,
Now time for a song
Chhaya (1961), Talat Mahmood, Rajinder Krishan, Salil Chowdhury
Aankho Me Mastee Sharab Kee, Kalee Zulfon Me Raten Shabab Kee
Janey Aayee Kahan Se Toot Key, Mere Daaman Me Pankhudee Gulab Kee
First antara
Chand Kaa Tukda Kahun Ya Husn Kee Duniya Kahun
Preet Kee Sargam Kahun Ya Pyar Kaa Sapna Kahun
sochata Hun Kya Kahun Iss Shaukh Ko Mein kya Kahun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxpzmYcA4Gw&feature=emb_title
Venkataramanji@379
Thanks a lot for sharing the touching story of Chandru Hingorani.
Its sad to know that his dream of making a film and seeing its release could not be fulfilled.
Also, unfortunate that his brother Arjun Hingorani, who was a successful P/D, could not or did not help him out. Wish he had at least released his brother’s film.
As per my knowledge, the film was censor certified only in 2001. On the internet, 1980 is mentioned as the film’s year. I believe that the music was released in 1980.
Venkataramanji @ 589,
It is such a pleasant ans welcome surprise that this gem is also a ‘sapna’ song! Thanks for posting it! I was listening to it after a long time – and now I am playing it on loop!
Venkataramanji @ 326,
The Ghalib ghazal seems to be based on Raga Hamsakinkini, a raga that I simply love but have never got to listen to live. Thanks for both songs – they were new to me.
neeruahafji @ 329,
Thanks a lot for your generous praise of my effort. As for your wish for the post to have been a 3-parter, I am not sure whether it would have worked because the only way I could have split it would have been to have 1 part each for film songs/sugam sangeet, classical music and the mystic poets, in which case the classical music and mystic poet posts would have received poor responses given the listening profile of SoYers.
Thanks a lot for adding the tidbits – they were new to me.
Dr.Shetty @ 338,
Yes, ‘Navrang’ had a great score and CR tuned two beautiful songs to Malkauns for this movie – ‘Tu chhupi hai kahaan’ and ‘Aadha hai chandrama’. Here is the link for the first one:
‘Tu cchupi hai kahaan’ by Manna Dey and Asha Bhosle (MD – C.Ramchandra, Lyricist – Bharat Vyas), from ‘Navrang’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfm4VgXyKg
Would like to point out that it was Manna Dey, and not Mahendra Kapoor, who sang this song.
Akela 1963: Asha, N. Dutta, Rajinder Krishan
Paas na hove jinke roti din bade unke raatein chhoti
nind kahaan se aaye
…..khushiyaan sabki gham hain apne bhookha pet to bhookhe sapne
roti ka chhota sa tukda sapne mein bhi nazar na aaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6YeSEYzVUw
Ashwinji @ 581,
Kahun kaase man ki bitha?
Akhiyaan chin ek laagi
Kaisa sukh ka sapna tha
Lovely Dhrut Bandish in Raga Durga by Vidushi Malini Rajurkar is a good recall.
Thanks
We had Vilambit and Dhrut Khayal Bandishes of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, Pt.V D Paluskar, Vidushi Vijaya Jadhav Gatlewar, Ustad Amir Khan and Vidushi Malini Rajurkar posted here.
Here is a Thumri by Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan
Chod ke na jare Saiyyan more…Hay Ram
Paiyyan padun mein tore…
Man mein Rakhoon to mora man jale
Aur Kahoon to Mukh Jal Jaye
Ke So Jaise Ghoonge ko sapnon (Bhayon?)
Jo samaj samaj pachtaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKftSjcIHuQ
neeruahafji @ 341,
That’s quite a haul of songs that you have shared!
1. ‘Sapnon mein aana’ – I could not help smiling at the first comment on the YouTube page :).
2. ‘Aaja re ab mera dil pukaara’ – Am surprised that I had not thought of it for my main post and that no one has cited it yet! Thanks a ton for sharing it!
3. ‘Hum na samjhe the’ has already been cited by mumbaikar8 @ 175.
4. I have already cited ‘Sapnon mein mujhko pyaar mila’ @ 88.
5. Sad to know that ‘O zindagi, ai meri bebasi’ did not make it to the film. Sadder to think of the sad end of Shailendra.
6. From what I’ve read about the Manna Dey version of ‘Zindagi khwab hai’, Salil Chowdhury was not satisfied with it which is why he rerecorded the song in Mukesh’s voice. I think he was right in doing so – Mukesh’s emoting is much better than Mannada’s and sits very well on Motilal.
Dr.Shetty @ 342 & 343,
I am very familiar with ‘Aankhen hamaari hon’ and like it as well. The Asha solo was new to me and yes, the 3 ways in which the different ways in which she pronounces ‘jaati’ is quite novel!
@344,
Wasn’t it uncanny that C.H.Atma’s voice so closely resembled Saigal’s ? Thanks for sharing the song.
@345,
Both songs are quite nice! The first one is based on Raag Des for the most part. Please note that the 1st line of each antara has the same tune as the 1st line of the antaras of ‘Chalat musafir moh liya re’ from ‘Teesri Kasam’!
Dr.Deshpande @ 346,
‘Dil ki girah khol do’ is one of my favourites as well! I had cited it only 9 comments before your comment but in a different context altogether! Thanks for sharing it as a ‘sapna’ song.
Giriji @ 364,
Thanks for decoding the mystery of the MD Darshan for SoYers! Quite appropriate that I am commenting on it as I wait for ‘darshan’ of the # 600, which will happen as soon as I submit this comment.
Venkataraman ji,
There is absolutely no reason for any apologies. I had gotten in touch with Shri Harish ji for the songs of this movie. He had provided me similar info.
Your details however are more elaborate and good enough for a post.
AK ji,
Comment serial numbers are not displayed when we are using cell phones. Any remedy ?
Mahesh,
Mobile version has some limitations. One is not showing message numbers. The other is copying, pasting YT links as we see in Dr Shetty’s comments. He does try to provide links, and probably they also show in his mobile, but we cannot open that.
Ashwinji,
Congratulations for the #600 landmark!!
Though second one to reach the 600 milestone on SoY, I believe, this post is the first one to reach the milestone in less than one month of its posting on the blog.
On this occasion, here are 2 Marathi songs – bhavgeets sung by Asha Bhosale
Hi vaat door jate swapna madhil gaava
(This road goes far into the village of my dreams )
MD- Hridaynath, Lyrics – Shanta Shelke
ही वाट दूर जाते, स्वप्नामधील गावा माझ्या मनातला का तेथे असेल रावा
……
स्वप्नामधील गावा, स्वप्नामधून जावे
स्वप्नातल्या प्रियाला, मनमुक्त गीत गावे
स्वप्नातल्या सुखाचा, स्वप्नीच वेध घ्यावा
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppfu4DsCs80
Swapnatalya kalyaanno, umalu nakaach kewha
goodi apurnatechi laawil ved jiwa
(The flower buds in my dream don’t ever blossom, it is the charm of incompleteness that fascinates my mind)
स्वप्नातल्या कळयांनो, उमलू नकाच केव्हा
गोडी अपूर्णतेची लावील वेड जीवा
MD- Anil Arun, Lyrics – M P Bhave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwGB3CwJX8o
Ashwinji,
Congratulations on achieving two landmarks;
one, crossing the 600 mark and the second, the fastest 600.
Posting a song by Usha Mangeshkar
Jo Khwab Saja Hai Palko Me
Wo Khwab Haqiqat Ban Jaye
Jiyo Aur Jeene Do (1969), Jaidev, Naqsh Lyallpuri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_VIezAnHgI
O Bedardi Sapne Mein Aa Jaa
Kuch To Bipattiyaan Kum Hoi Jaaye
A Dadra by Begum Akhtar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0UnxBbp1g
Those interested can listen to the continuation (2nd part) also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_WcbuyaKfM
Ashwin,
Congratulations for fastest 600.
Sounds btter in Hindi सपने दिखाने का सुक्रिया
Sapne in antara of a non filmy Rafi ghazal
https://youtu.be/VA6K5qjThSk?t=50
Ashwin,
Your article is beyond any medallions, but congratulations for your reaching 600. Your greater contribution is to make all of us limerickists.
,z
Ashwin ji
Congrats for reaching 600
Emulating Dr Rajeshji I add here 2 Marathi songs considered to be evergreen classics
1 तोच चंद्रमा नभात ( the moon in the sky is same)
Written by Shanta shelke & composed & rendered by Sudhir phadake
In one of the antaras
ती न आर्तता सुरात
स्वप्न ते न लोचनी
Now the tune lacks that intense passion
& The eyes are bereft of dreams
https://youtu.be/G7eMJj9Cjns
2 चांदण्या रात्रीतले ते स्वप्न तु विसरुन जा
Forget the dreams we saw on many a starry night
Beautifully rendered by Manik Verma
https://youtu.be/5YcUC7M82vw
Venkataramanji @ 586,
Had no idea that Raj Kapoor had appeared in films even in the 80s.
@ 596,
Am glad that you liked the Durga by Malini Rajurkar that I posted. I am yet to listen fully to the Komal Rishab Asavari by Amir Khansaheb that you posted – I had to stop listening to it due to interruptions the two times I started; will post a comment once I am able to listen to it in full.
Also, would like to point out that the Puriya piece in the main piece is not by V.D.Paluskar (Vishnu Digambar Paluskar) but by his son, D.V.Paluskar (Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar).
Thanks for sharing the Mishra Pahadi thumri by Ustad Salamat Ali Khan and Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan, the former’s son and not to be confused with the legendary singer of the Agra gharana. The ‘sapna’ was a good catch!
@ 604,
Thanks for the felicitations! ‘Fastest 600’, and more so ‘Fastest 500’, reminds me of ‘Jaldi 5’ in Housie games. I would rather prefer ‘Full House’ which I would interpret as engagement with my post by all the stalwarts of SoY, which I think has happened.
That is a very nice Usha Mangeshkar/Jaidev/Naqsh Lyallpuri song that you have shared! Usha was always overshadowed by her more illustrious sisters, which is kind of sad.
@ 605,
The lovely Begum Akhtar ghazal rendition that you have shared seems to be in Mishra Pahadi.
AK @ 588,
I knew you would like Malini Rajurkar’s Durga!
@ 607,
Thanks for the generous compliment and for the felicitation! As far are the ‘limericking’ goes, I think i now run the serious risk of being known on this forum more for this skill than for anything else , so I had better curb my urge to respond in rhyme!
Dr.Deshpande @ 595,
The first lines of the ‘antaras’ of the ‘Akela’ song remind me of the first lines of the ‘antaras’ of Lata’s ‘Laage na mora jiya’!
@ 603,
Thanks for the felicitations!
I am very familiar with ‘He vaata doora zaate’. Beautiful song! For some reason, I was under the impression that the composer was Sudhir Phadke, not Hridaynath Mangeshkar. The 2nd song reminded me of Hridaynath’s classic ‘Sunya sunya maiftlit maaza’ from ‘Umbartha’!
mumbaikar8 @ 606,
Thanks for the felicitation. The Khayyam-Rafi NFS makes for a very pleasing hearing! I can hear shades of Kedar in it.
Rahulji @ 608,
‘Toch chandrama nabhaat’ is one of my favourite Sudhir Phadke songs! It is based on Yaman Kalyan. What a beautiful song!
Manik Varma is one of my favourite singers but I had not listened to this bhavgeet before. It is lovely!
Thanks for sharing both songs!
A brilliant composition from Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein 1964.
Written, composed and sung by Kishore Kumar. Also acted on the screen with son Amit.
Aa chal ke tujhe main leke chaloon ek aise gagan ke tale…..
……sapnon mein pali hansti ho kali jahan sham suhani dhale
………sapnon ke aise jahan mein jahan pyar hi pyar khila ho
hum ja ke wahan kho jaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKMII2Crm_M
A chartbuster song from one of the last blockbuster hits of Rajesh Khanna in the 80s
Souten 1983 – KK, Lata – Usha Khanna- Sawan Kumar Tak
Shayad meri shaadi ka khayal dil mein aaya hai
……saat phere mere sang sapne dekh rahi ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtrEjGdlfYc
Ashwin
I did ctrl- f to confirm that this has not been posted.
Was surprised it to find it wasn’t.
Tasveer Teri Dil Mein Maya
https://youtu.be/cBgk0Ho0xkk
Dr.Deshpande @614 & mumbaikar8 @ 616,
I can’t believe that we had to get to beyond 600 comments before we remembered these 2 classics. Shame on all of us…but better late than never!
Dr.Deshpande @ 615,
Can’t believe that such a well-known song missed the bus…until now.
Ashwin,
Agree on well known songs
Shadi ka was more well-known than tasveer teri
but 2 classics?
shayad meri shadi ka khayal classic?
Usne Kaha Tha (1961), Talat Mahmood & Lata Mangeshkar, Usne Kaha Tha (1961), Shailendra, Salil Chowdhury
Aaha rimjhim ke yeh pyaare pyaare git liye
Aayi raat suhaani dekho prit liye
Mit mere suno jara hava kahe kya, aa
Second stanza
Khoyi Si Bhigi Bhigi Raat Jhume
Aankho Mein Sapno Ki Baraat Jhume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJDe_B5D_o
Sorry, posted the wrong link @619.
Here is the correct link – Aaha rimjhim ke yeh pyaare pyaare git liye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfjw5JcalyU
Ashwinji,
The Bengali version recorded in 1962 too has the word ‘Swapno in the first antara
Aha Oi Anka Bnaka
Je Path Jaaye Sudure..,
Shyamal Mitra, lyrics music Salil Chowdhury
Jeebono Brintero Theke Jhore
Kato Na Swapno Gechhe More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9sBQT1Etvg
Saanjh Dhale Gagan Tale, Suresh Wadkar, Utsav (1985), Vasant Dev, Laxmikant Pyarelal
The first antara…
Path Ki Jaali Se Jhaak Rahi Thi Kaliyaa
Gandh Bhari Gungun Me Magan Hui Thi Kaliya
Itne Me Timir Dasa Sapne Le Nayno Me
Kaliyo Ke Aansuo Kaa Koi Nahi Saathi
Chhod Chale Nayano Ko Kirano Ke Pakhi
Saajh Dhale Gagan Tale Ham Kitne Ekaaki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfAsu7bsf30
Venkataramanji@586
Glad to see that you have mentioned Kim (198) s part of the movies Raj Kapoor acted in the 80s.
Kim was an English movie made by British Television. I have been trying to locate this movie on the internet since a long time but could not find any link. Always wanted to know the roles and characters played by Indian actors such as Raj Kapoor, Nadira and Jalal Agha in the film.
I am sure they would be in supporting roles but am curious to know what made Raj Kapoor act in this movie.
Dhadaka (1990) was a non-descript Marathi movie where both Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor were seen dancing in a baraat song. Apparently, the movie took a long time to complete and release and looks like the song was just added in.
In 1981, Raj Kapoor was seen in the John Jani Janardhan song from Naseeb
I think we haven’t covered this Shammi Kapoor song
Rafi – SJ- Shailendra – Professor 1962
Khuli palak mein jhuta ghussa, band palak me pyar jeena bhi mushkil…
……aur aate rahe aankho mein ek mann chahe sapne se
samajh na aaye, kya jeeta main aur gaya kya haar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWM1Q9TfFyU
A lovely number
Sapna Dekha Tha Chota Sa Aashiana, Dono Hum Aur Tum Milke Rahenge Jahan
Sapne Khil Gaye Apna Hua Ye Milan, Do Dil Mil Gaye Koyi nahi Darmiyan
Ustad Mehdi Hasaan
Composer Robin Ghosh,; a legendary Pakistani/Bangladeshi music director
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFpbECWupbQ
An above-average song from the 1985 hit action movie Arjun, which was heard often when the film was released.
Lata- RDB- Javed Akhtar
Interestingly, the word sapne is present in the mukhda and in every line of the first antara
Bhuri bhuri aankhon wala ek ladka hai
sapne dekhe se jane kyun ghabrata hai
gumsum gumsum khoya khoya sa rahta hai
sapne dekhe se jane kyun ghabrata hai
meri aankhon mein hain kitne saare sapne
rang birange meethe meethe pyare sapne
diwane tu bhi aankhon mein sapne rakh le
banke chamkege raaton mein tare sapne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5HElhbIiwQ
Rajeshji @ 623,
Yes I too am looking for this British TV film based on Rudyard Kiplings novel. Except for a short trailer and a few clippings of the film nothing more is available. I think the DVD of the film can be bought from Amazon.
Thank you for the information on Dhadaka.
Yes I should have remembered John Jani Janardhan song. Probably the last cameo role by Raj Kapoor. And who was not there?. Almost all the stars of Bollywood. Thank you.
The titles of SAPNE SUHANE say
Balraj Sahni
as truck driver.
Shailendra, Salil Chowdhury.
1. O Gori aajaa gaddi vich baith jaa…
…
Kahenge kya ye duniyawale
Na dekho din mein Sapna…
Manna Dey, Lata.
2. Nazar se mil gayi nazar..
..
Bikre hain mere Sapne bagon mein phool banke…
Dwijen Mukherji, Sabita Chowdhury.
3. Dil kehta hai zara toh dum lelo
Dagar kehta hai ke chalte chalo…
…
Zindagi ye Khwab nahin hai pyare..
…
Aayee hai sham Sapne leke naye suhane.
Manna Dey.
4. Chand kabhi tha bahon mein
Phool biche the rahon mein…
…..
Ab toh woh Sapne gaye bikar..
Sabita Bannerji.
Ashwin @617
Once again a lapse of attention @ 618
I did not notice @ 614 “Door gagan ki chhaon me” song.
Please ignore.
Dr. Deshpande,
Professors music and songs were too good. Visiting such melodies is a great pleasure…
Recalling youth chabers of cinema halls buying tickets for early watching of musical comedy films of those days…be it Shammi kapoor, biswajit or joy mukerjee….music ruled such films with stampings of Shankar Jaikishan and OPNayyar.
There is one more song from Professor which carries sapna also. The song is….aye gulbadan …by Rafi. The second stanza is….mukhda dekhe sapno ki dulhan ..
N Venkayraman ji,
Though not connected with the theme…just to mention Raj Kapoor made a half a minute guest apprarence in a bhangra song in Dance Director Deepak home producton of a punjabi movie of 60s. I think Deepak was engaged by Raj kapoor in production of Jagte Raho….for the song …mein koi jhuuth boleya…by Rafi . Just to add further…Deepak married Madhumati a great dancer that was matched close to Helen.
N. Venkatraman ji,
Just missed mentioning punjabi movie produced by Manohar Deepak….Khedan de din char.
Besides doing co production he acted as a hero too.
Ashwinji @ 609,
Thank You for the response and corrections.
Pradeepji @ 628,
‘Suhane Sapne’
Four songs with the word Sapne and Khwab;
And the film itself seems to of Delightful Dreams.
Shailendra, Salil Chowdhury.
1. O Gori aajaa gaddi vich baith jaa…
…
Kahenge kya ye duniyawale
Na dekho din mein Sapna…
Manna Dey, Lata.
Day dreamimg..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfT2TyzKo-A
2. Nazar se mil gayi nazar..
..
Bikre hain mere Sapne bagon mein phool banke…
Dwijen Mukherji, Sabita Chowdhury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dNFG3ZMI7s&feature=emb_title
3. Dil kehta hai zara toh dum lelo
Dagar kehta hai ke chalte chalo…
…
Zindagi ye Khwab nahin hai pyare..
…
Aayee hai sham Sapne leke naye suhane.
Manna Dey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9FMNMtUAQE
4. Chand kabhi tha bahon mein
Phool biche the rahon mein…
…..
Ab toh woh Sapne gaye bikar..
Sabita Bannerji.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk7S2cRqSNw
Bhatiaji @ 630,
Posting the link to the song
Aye gulbadan, aye gulbadan
Phulo kee mehak kaanto kee chubhan
Tujhe dekh ke kehta hai meraa mann
Kahee aaj kisise mohabbat naa ho jaaye
2nd antara
mukhda dekhe sapano kee dulhan
tujhe dekhke kehta hai meraa mann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jroIBI4mH5g&feature=emb_title
@631 & 632
Thanks for further information on Raj Kapoor and Deepak.
After over 600 comments I am not sure if this is a repeat song here…
‘ …kal khwab sunahraa thaa jitna haay zindagi teri raahon mein aaj andhere hai utna…’
‘ Do chamakti aankhon …’ / 1958 /DETECTIVE / Mukul Roy / Geeta Dutt
https://youtu.be/6UPdS0k_Vj4
Bhatiaji@630
Thanks for remembering the second Professor song.
Yes, Professor had a great musical score with very song a delight!
Aye gulbadan and Main chali main chali are my favorites.
@631
Madhumati and Manohar Deepak have the honor of making cricketer Sunil Gavaskar a romantic hero in their 1980 Marathi film Saawli Premachi. The film was produced by Madhumati and Deepak wrote the story.
Josephji @ 635,
Yes it is repeat. Rajeshji had posted it @ 70.
Rajeshji @ 636,
I was aware of Gavaskar acting in the Marathi film Saawl Premachi.
But thanks for the information that thefilm was produced by Madhumati and Deepak wrote the story.
One more song from Milan 1967.
The first one was posted by Dr. Shetty@48 – Ram kare aisa ho jaye
Mukesh, Lata – LP-AB
Part I of Hum tum yug yug se ye geet milan ke gaate rahe hain gaate rahenge
……har baar tumhi tum aan base in aankhon mein bankar sapna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9EJwxR4xWw
Now, second song from Apna Desh 1972
This was mentioned earlier as a song from Apna Desh but not as a song related to the theme.
KK, Lata-RDB-AB
Kajra lagake gajra sajake bijuri girake jaiyo na
……apna banake sapna dikhake bijuri girake jaiyo na
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7f_XTzIocM
Umrao Jaan 1981- A classic score resulting in National awards for Khayyam, Asha and Rekha.
Asha- Shahryar-Khayyam
Justuju jiski thi usko to na paaya hum ne……
…..zindagi tujh ko to bas khwab mein dekha hum ne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkepsO8I4Y
The song is about dreams of an underprivileged girl child who wishes to listen to stories from her grandmother, wants somebody to wipe her tears when she is hurt and sleep on a soft pillow beneath her head.
A novel way to create awareness about the girl child and build up their confidence, Amitasha, an NGO has brought out a music album with girls from slums and underprivileged families lending their voice to it.
The album, titled Ek Sapna Dekha Hai Maine (I have a dream), was for spreading awareness about the pressing concerns plaguing the girl child sometime in early 2000. A group of underprivileged girls from Amitasha were given a chance to sing chorus in one of the songs with noted classical singer Shubha Mudgal.
Ek Sapna Dekha Hai Maine, Subha Mudgal & Chorus, lyrics Parsoon Joshi, music Jatin Pandit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5J1H4acF20
Another number beyond the 20th century.
I M 24 (2012), Shreya Ghoshal, Saurabh Shukla, Jatin Pandit
Chhota sa sapna hai yeh
Anjana apna hai
Dekha na aankhon ne jo
Dil mein hi bas rakhna hai
Jaagun main saari-saari raat
https://gaana.com/song/chota-sa-sapna-hai-yeh
One more from the 21st century.
A nice number
Sapna Hai Sach Hai, Shreya Ghoshal, Abhay Jodhpurkar & others, Panipat (2019), music Ajy-Atul, lyrics Javed Akhtar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7SzUEkXknU
@ 641,
Ek Sapna Dekha Hai Maine, Subha Mudgal & Chorus,
The music was scored by Shantanu Moitra and Jatin Pandit.
Sorry for the error.
Baawaraa man dekhane chalaa ek sapanaa, Swanand Kirkire and chorus, Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi (2005)
Lyrics Swanand Kirkire, music Shantanu Moitra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNB4ah9r79M
mumbaikar8 @ 618 & @ 629,
No problem but I do need to acknowledge both comments, else you will feel that I have ignored you, hence this part of the comment!
@ 544,
Thanks for sharing this lovely duet. It is based on Raga Charukeshi.
Josephji @ 635,
‘Do chamakti aankhon mein’ from ‘Detective’ was shared by Dr.Deshpande @ 70. You might also like to see my response to his comment, @ 149.
mumbaikar8 @ 542,
Had meant to respond to this comment @ 646 but forgot to do so.
‘Aayo sapnon mein koi’ can be termed as a song in which Ms.Bhave dances for her beau in the boondocks with ‘bees’ beautiful Bollywood belles 🙂
Dr.Deshpande @ 366,
Am glad you liked the post and I am sure you meant every word of what you said, going by the fact that you are continuing to contribute song after song to this post even almost 4 weeks after it was published! Thanks a lot for the encouraging response and for your enthusiastic participation in SoY! Am responding to your comment in a belated manner and there are dozens of comments for which I still owe you (and so many others) my responses – be sure that I will get down to responding to all of them, albeit slowly 🙂
Maheshji @ 368,
Belated thanks for the Mukesh song from ‘Milap’. Am familiar with this song but had never watched the video before. The song is based on Raga Madhuwanti but this had never struck me before until now.
Ashwin Bhandarkar ji;
I can not fly but rare songs makes me so. Rare songs certainly are gifts from the unknown .
Keeping my failing memory alive I am looking up of songs from vintage fancy movies like…tarzan aur Jadoogar., Tarzan finds a son, Tarzon aur Lady Robin hood , Tarzan ki Mehbooba , ….and so on . Will post when found .
Till then ….Here are some songs , hopefully they are not repeats…
Khayalon Mein Tum Ho-Saiyyan-Lata…Sajaad Hussain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tjbmsmPrrk&t=100s
Nazaron mein ho tum khayalon mein ho tum .. Manna Dey…NFS…V Balsara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Te-xGtKiw
Khayalon Mein Tum Ho @ Tarzan Aur Jadugar….Suresh , Talwar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZRAL9HHmBE
Wading through Naseem Bano songs for the other post I found this marvellous song sung by Menaka in Pukar. As there is shortage of vintage songs in this post, I am posting it here also.
दिल में तू आँखों में तू सांसों में तू
लब पे तू ख्यालों में तू खाबों में तू
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZi9pV7qqUc
Hansji @ 652,
What an exquisite gem you have posted! Wah! The song is based on a ragamala consisting of ragas, well-known as well as rare. I think I am able to recognize them but I would like to make sure for myself before I post the names here, which means that I will need to listen to the song many more times – a welcome task really! Please give me a few days and I will respond to your comment once again with my analysis! Thanks once again for posting the song!
KS Bhatiaji @ 348,
‘Yeh kaun aaya’ from ‘Baazi’ is a lovely song and one of my favourite Geeta Dutt songs but I did not find ‘sapna/khwab’ or even ‘khayal’ in it.
‘Kash khwabon mein hi aa jao’ is a very nice song. Both the composer and the lyricist have not been given credit in the YouTube page that you have shared. Would you know their names? Google yielded a blank.
‘Keh ke bhi na aaye’ seems to be from an album for which the composer was Shyam Sharma and the lyricist was Lakshman Shahabadi.
@ 349,
Both, the ‘Nartaki’ song as well as the ‘Aaj aur Kal’ songs have the Ravi stamp on them but I could not find either ‘sapna’ or ‘khwab’ in the first song, while the 2nd song has ‘khayalaat’ in it.
@ 350,
I have been to the Brindavan Gardens twice and once to the Nagarjuna Sagar dam – all three visits were during my childhood. It is so wonderful to know about the key role that you played in the construction of these temples of modern India. They are indeed great feats of engineering! Belated but sincere thanks for posting the video of the opening of the gates of the Srisailam Dam. One feels a sense of awe when one watches the waters make their way down the dam. The video is very apposite as well given the title of the post and given the fact that the floodgates for comment on this post still seem to be open!
Meri Nigah Ne, Ye Kaisa Khwaab Dekha Hai
Jami Pe Chalta Hua Maahtab Dekha Hai
…………………………………………..
Neend Bhi Dekhi, Khwaab Bhi Dekha
Neend Bhi Dekhi, Khwaab Bhi Dekha
Chudi, Bindiya, Darpan, Khushbu
Koi Nahi Hai Aisa
Tera Pyar Hai Jaisa
Ha Tera Pyar Hai Jaisa
Jagjit Singh, Alka Yagnik, Tarkieb (2000), Nida Fazli, Aadesh Shrivastava
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=172&v=HETw8ueDMPo&feature=emb_title
Uss mod se shuru kare phir ye zindagi
Har shay jaha haseen thi, hum tum the ajnabi
Lekar chale the hum jinhe jannat ke Khwaab the
Phulo ke Khwaab the wo mohabbat ke Khwaab the
Lekin kaha hai unme wo pehle see dilkashi
Uss mod se shuru kare phir ye zindagi
Jagjit Singh & Chitra Singh Lyrics – Sudarshan Faakir Music Composer – Jagjit Singh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Yj2ev-fUA
Khwabon ki duniya mukammal kahan hai by Atif Aslam, film Daas Dev (2018), lyrics Dr. Sagar, music Vipin Patwa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6GuzKPe6A
Ashwinji@649
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I am enjoying recollecting and looking up songs related to the theme.
You had @475 had asked whether there are any songs by Swapnil Bandodkar related to the theme.
Here are a couple of his hit songs
1. A famous song from his non-film album Tu Majha Kinara.
This song Radha Hi Baawri became very popular and in fact, helped to establish himself as a successful singer.
रंगात रंग तो श्यामरंग पाहण्या नजर भिरभिरते ……..
(Rangaat rang to shyam rang pahunya nazar)
राधा ही बावरी हरिची राधा ही बावरी
(Radha hi baawri hari chi radha hi baawri)
…..हे स्वप्न असे की सत्य म्हणावे राधा हरखून जाई
(he swapna ase ki satya mhanaave radha harkhuni jaai)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2foIIJIPzI
2. Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2010 – also a hit song, both as individual solos and duet with Bela Shende
का कळेना कोणत्या क्षणी हरवते मन कसे
( Ka kalena kontya kshani haravate mann kase)….
…..स्वप्नात तू सत्यात तू साऱ्यात तू
(swapnaat tu satyat tu saaryat tu)
……अजब रीत ही, हे स्वप्न नवे …
(ajab reet hi he swapna nave)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FupW3gNXowI
Chetna 1970 – Mukesh – Sapan Jagmohan – Naqsh
The happy version of this memorable song…
Main to har mod par tujh ko dunga sada
meri awaaz ko, dard ke saaj ko, tu sune na sune
……kaash tute na wo, aarzoo ne meri khwaab jo hain bune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCYCRjIxd90
Dard 1981 – KK, Asha – Khayyam – Naqsh
Pyar ka dard hai meetha meetha pyara pyara
…….naye naye sapnon ki humein nayi raah mili
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYsNBclR4nQ
Probably Mehdi Hasan’s first song for an Indian film. I could be wrong, but I strongly feel, not.
Aas ka jhoota bandhan toota,
Jhoota bharm aur jhooti trishna….
MRIGTRISHNA, 1978.
Lyrics/ Music… Shambhu Sen.
The film had the beautiful Nav kalpana nava roop se rachna rachi jab naar ki ( I remember having read somewhere that the few opening words are by Shambhu Sen) …. Rafi.
Lata’s Sun man ke meet, mere prem geet and Nain thake ghadi pal ginte ginte are nice.
Dileep Sen _ Sameer Sen ( brother and and and son of SS) have given good score for AAINA, 1993.
Lyrics : Sameer.
1. Ye raat khushnaseeb hai
Jo apne Chand ko…
….
O mere saare Sapne adhoore..
…
O Khwab mein …. Lata.
2. Dil ne dil se kya kaha
Sun zara ,szun zara
Aarey aa , aarey aa….
….
….
Farsh ho armanon ka
Sapno ki deewar ho…. Lata, Nitin Mukesh.
3. Goriya re Goriyare mere dil chura ke le jaa..
…
Saari raat mere Sapne mein… Lata, Jolly Mukherjee.
4. Meri
sanson mein tum
Mere Khayalon mein tum…
…..
Mere khwabon mein tum…
Amrita Singh received FF best supporting actress award.
Ashwin Bhandarkar ji @654;
Re listening songs again shows that both Nartaki and Aaj Aur Kal songs do carry Khaloan / Khayalat words .
Posting of Dams details supplemented Embankments . I am glad you have visited Dam sites in your younger days and enjoyed the video of Srisailam Dam .
Further point to state is…. now a days Holland is strengthening their Embankments as sea water is raising owing to globle warming . YT is carrying the details to make Holland fail safe by adopting desired factor of safety. As we know the mean sea levels are higher than the natural ground levels of Holland , it is desirable to check salty sea water not entering the soil strata of cities and towns . Holland have build a number of sluices and lock gates to protect river waters.
Continuing with one more song…a beautiful one from Lata and Anil Biswas combo melodies…
.LATA JI-Film-MEHMAAN-(1953)-Loot Liya Mere Sapnon Ka Sansaar Kisi Ne Loot Liya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PR_kJtN8iE
Dr. Rajesh Deshpande ji @ 658 onwards ;
Thanks for the songs that were new to me and enjoyed it now.
Laxmikant Pyarelal in their very first movie…Parasmani…entered the musical world with great expectations and they lived upto that. Here is one of their melody which was regular on Kolinose / Murphy Radio Days.
Chori Chori Jo Tumse Mili ….Lata, Mukesh…Parasmani…LP…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQPKs3GxD9g
Ashwin ji;
I was looking for songs from …Mehloan Ke Khawb…but could not find any with sapne / khawb or khayaloan mein…wordings.
Dodged by misleading titles , here are some songs I could find which I hope are not repeats….
Rajdhani – Bhool Ja Sapne Suhane…..Talat, Lata….Hansraj Behl…[ reminds me interlude of this song as equivalent to SJ ‘s song in Badal…Do din ke liye mehman yahan…]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ4583Js2EE
Film Gunah 1952 Video Song Mere khayalon mein aakar….Talat..Penned by Kidar Sharma and composed by Snehl Bhatker..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chIQ_CST7Jo
…to be contd.
Dr. Shetty@661
Nice to see you mentioning the Mrig Trishna songs.
I am specially fond of Nav kalpana nav roop se (an excellent composition) and suno man ke meet.
Here are their links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1vFwYJTD58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4rZNnPXSGQ
Thanks also for the Aaina 1993 songs. I got a chance to revisit these nice numbers after a long time.
I also like Aaina hai mera chehra sung by the trio – Lata, Asha and Suresh Wadkar.
As per me, this is the last song sung by Asha and Lata together for a hindi movie.
Can you confirm or correct?
Here is a song from Aaina 1974, which was not as popular as the Aaina of 1993. It revolved around Mumtaz with Rajesh Khanna in a special appearance.
Lata- Naushad- Jan Nisar Akhtar
Wo jo auron ki khatir jiye mar mite sochti hoon unhe kya mila
……khwab dekhe hamare liye ek pal bhi agar so gayi
tum ho maa saare pariwar ki sabki fikron mein tum kho gayi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPDyWsqIbdM
Bhatiaji@663
Glad that you enjoyed the songs.
Thanks for the Parasmani song.
Parasmani, the first successful LP score, had excellent music with all nice compositions.
Here’s one more song from the film by Lata-Rafi. It doesn’t have khwab/sapna but has khayal.
Wo jab yaad aaye bahut yaad aaye….
….khayalon me aake wo jab muskuraye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJti8tOpG0o
Madhuri Dixit starrer Sailaab 1990
Amit Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy – Bappi Lahiri – JAved Akhtar
Palkon ke tale jo sapne pale janam woh sapne to sach ho gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9V8Gfps9uI
Ashwinji, Rajeshji,
Posting a few songs from the vintage era,
Dekho Dekho Sakhiyan Kaisi Chhayi Baadari, Shanta Apte, Amrit Manthan (1934), Veer Mohammadpuri, Keshav Rao Bhole
In the last antara you will find the following lines
Wo khayalo khawabo hua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1O2zzF3Fno
Ashwinji, Rajeshji
And one more from the vintage era,
Kahan Wo Bachpan Kaa Pyara Sapna
Swarg Bhari Wo Prem Ki Raina
Pahadi Sanyal & Pankaj Mullick, Adhikaar (1937), Rashid, Pankaj Mullick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzhvDU6Vdn8&feature=emb_title
And let me say night with this vintage number
So Ja Sapne Ki Aasha Koi Nahi Hai Jag Mein, Shanta Hublikar, Aadmi (1939), Munshi Aziz, Master Krishna Rao
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vt1fk
Pradeepji @ 661,
Sorry, I forgot to run for you .
There are some lovely songs of Mrigtrishna .
Thaanks for posting this lovely number , I guess, in Raga Ramkali.
Aas ka jhutha bandhan tuta
jhJtha bharm aur jhuthi trishna
MRIGTRISHNA, 1978.
Lyrics/ Music… Shambhu Sen.
The first antara
Nain bani ek sunder sapna
Nain khule to koi na apna
Kaahe ko sajaye re sapno ke angna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6MKT2BopJc
Pradeepji @ 661,
Continuing ………..
A nice find. Four songs with the Sapna/ Khwab.
Dileep Sen _ Sameer Sen ( brother and and and son of SS) have given good score for AAINA, 1993.
Lyrics : Sameer.
1. Ye raat khushnaseeb hai
Jo apne Chand ko…
….
O mere saare Sapne adhoore..
O Khwab mein …. Lata.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9FF5yWrUCo&feature=emb_title
2. Dil ne dil se kya kaha
Sun zara ,szun zara
Aarey aa , aarey aa….
….
….
Farsh ho armanon ka
Sapno ki deewar ho…. Lata, Nitin Mukesh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92pvC3T-NTY&vl=gu
3. Goriya re Goriyare mere dil chura ke le jaa..
…
Saari raat mere Sapne mein… Lata, Jolly Mukherjee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3szeLDA3hk&feature=emb_title
4. Meri
sanson mein tum
Mere Khayalon mein tum…
…..
Mere khwabon mein tum…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqbnfIgbJ38
Pradeepji , Ashwinji,
Ashwinji posted the song ‘Sapna ban saajan aaye’ (#5) composed by Jamal Sen
You have posted a song of Sambhu Sen , son of Jamal Sen,
And four songs composed by Dilip & Sameer, brother and son of Sambhu Sen,
Sambhu Sen had two more brothers Madan & Nihal. In the film Mrigtrishna, Madan Sen had rendered a song.
Besides Sameer, Sambhu Sen had two more sons, Lalit & Sanjiv.
Together (Sameer, Lalit & Sanjiv) scored music for Sheesha (2005)
Coming to fourth generation, Sohail Sen was the son of Sameer Sen.
I am posting a Sapna song composed and rendered by Sohail
Sapne saloney, hai sach toh hone Lekin woh sapne tumko, kaise dikaaun
Sohai l Sen & Pamela Jain, Javed Akhtar, Sohail Sen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KIIlbchqNU
And one more….
Aa Le Chal Mujhako Sapano Ke Nagar
Aa bana le humsafar mujheM
Main hi to hoon jisko tu dhundh raha tha
Dekh to le ik najar mujhe
Tu jo chhu le mujhko sona ban jaau main
Wo sab jo sapna hai pa jaau main
Harman Baweja, & Aslesha Gowariker, Whats Your Rashee (2009), Javed Akhtar, Sohail Sen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyz-kh5gO_c
That covers four generations of Sens from Rajasthan.
Moving back to the other end of the spectrum
Another vintage number,
Jab Usha Ke Aanchal Se Kirno Ne Munh Chamkaya, Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Child Artist, Nirmala (1938), Jamuna Swaroop Kashyap Naatwan, Saraswati Devi
You will find the following stanza in the beginning of the link (upto 01:00)
Aare Nindiya Aare Nindiya
Aaja Re Nindiya To Aa Kyon Na Jaa
Bitiyan Ko Meri Sula Kyon Na Jaa
Nanni Si Akhiyon Mein Gulamil Jaa
mmmmmmm…..
Aanti Hoon Mai Aanti Hoon
Bitaya Ko Teri Sulati Hoon
Akhiyon mein Gulamil jaati hoon
Meete Sapne mmmmmm….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=496&v=ws2pCjz8eYY&feature=emb_title
The song is in several parts, probably occurring in the film at different situations. A nice song.
Ashwinji,
In the previous song posted 674, in the beginning it sounds like Jayjayantoi, and the duet part (coming later) seems to be in Kedar.
The prelude seems to be Bhimpalasi.
Tum Meri Tum Mere Saajan
Nishdin palchhin sanjh sawere
Dekhe swapan hai mere sajan
tum meri tum mere
Balwant Singh & Devika Rani, Jeevan Prabhat (1937),Jamuna Swaroop Kashyap Naatwan, Saraswati Devi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtO4vuetRY&feature=emb_err_woyt
Mai man kee bat batau
Kya kya bat uthat mann more
Sab kah kar samajhau,
last two lines
Mitha git banu jharane kaa nit nit sunat suhau
Aasha kaa sapna banakar, man tute jod dikhau
Kundan Lal Saigal & Uma Shashi, Dharti Mata (1938), Pandit Sudarshan, Pankaj Mullick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=Yc9Z5sU9H8o&feature=emb_title
Kali Ghata 1951
Lata- SJ- Hasrat Jaipuri
Dil mein tu mere dil mein tu sapno ki mehfil mein tu
nache jawaani dhun hai pyar ki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8eDX27z22M
Jeevan Taara 1951
Asha, G M Durrani – Vasant Desai – Prem Dhawan
O Chhup chhup ke sapnon mein aata hai kaun
naino ki nindiya churata hai kaun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-E3a3hI11k
Miyan Biwi Razi 1960
Suman Kalyanpur – SDB – Shailendra
Khuli hai khuli hai aankh magar khwab hai wohi ka wohi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5nipRPFNFk
Shatranj 1956
Asha, C Ramchandra – C Ramchandra – Rajinder Krishan
Jawani thi soyi sapnon mein khoyi
aise me koi le gaya dil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc3Y9IIz6MU
Bemisal 1982
Lata – RDB – AB
Ae ri pawan dhoondhe kise tera man chalte chalte
baawari si tu phire, kaun hai tera sajan
…….sapnon ki tu payal bandhe guzre chhanan chhan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwKN5hKEM5A
Rajesh ji @ 680,
Thank you for posting the song from Bemisal (1982).
A nice semi classical number.
This tune was originally composed by R D Burman for the Bengali film Kalankini Kankabati (1981), I think the song is based on Purya Dhanasree. Ashwinji to confirm or correct.
Uttam Kumar was in the lead role. And today , sorry infact yesterday, 24th July was Uttam Kumar’s 40th death anniversary.
The song was rendered by Begum Parveen Sultana.
Although Uttam Kumar is not in the song nor the word Swapna occurs in song, I cannot resist the temptation to post the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1mTWLJwYug
BTW Bemisal (1982) was produced by Debesh Gosh and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. I t was a remake of Uttam Kumar’s Bengali classic Ami Se O Shakha (1975), which was also based on the Bengali story of the same name by Ashutosh Mukherjee. The Bengali film too had a song with the word Swapna.
Let me post the link to song as a tribute Uttam Kumar. It is a female solo lip synced by Kaberi Bose. Uttam Kumar and Anil Chatterjee are there in the scene.
Emon Swapno Kakhano Dekhini , Haimanti Shukla, lyrics Gauri Prasanna Majumdar, music Shyamal Mitra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZNx4XD67mE
Dr.Deshpande @ 367,
The song from ‘Parwana’ has since been yanked off the link that you had provided. Here’s an alternative link that works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA1T012Bhwc
I could not recognize the song when I read the mukhda in your comment but I recognized it as soon as I heard it. Wonder why it was not retained in the movie.
The ‘Charitraheen’ song is based on RDB’s favourite raga – Khamaj.
It is quite surprising that it took 366 comments before the title song of ‘Yaadon ki Baraat’ was cited ! 🙂 I like the imagery – ‘Yaadon ki baraat’!
I remember watching ‘Red Rose’ in college but I have no memory of this song. Neither have I heard it on the radio. If I am not mistaken, the film was a remake of a Tamil movie.
Dr.Shetty @ 369,
It was nice to read your recollections of your college days! Quite frankly, I have never liked ‘Tere mere beech mein’ very much. BTW, it is based on Raga Shivaranjani. A question that comes to mind – did K.Balachander think that ‘beech’ was ‘beach’ and was it why he shot the song sequence near a beach?
I agree with your opinion of L.R.Eswari – she had a unique voice very suitable for peppy songs. In Tamil Nadu, she is also famous for her non-film Devi/Amman devotionals.
Dr.Shetty @ 370,
Yes, I remember your citing this song in the post on piano songs. I suppose pianos can be found on beaches only in dreams!!
As for ‘Zindagi har kadam’, I don’t like the song! Let us agree to disagree on some of our respective likes and dislikes!
Hansji @ 371,
I agree with your insights. It takes someone like you or mumbaikar8 to analyse the lyrics of a song and come up with insights such as the ones you have shared. As for me, I confess that I pay lesser attention to the lyrics as compared to the tune and to the music, so sometimes what should have been obvious in terms of the meaning escapes me altogether!
@ 372,
A fanciful idea or a wish is often referred to as a dream. So, yes, with this additional meaning, all the songs that you have mentioned would also qualify as songs about dreams.
Rahulji @ 374,
It is really sad how RD’s career and life ended. Even sadder is that he did not live to see the success of his score for ‘1942 A Love Story’. With respect to your comment on the ‘Saverewali Gaadi’, there have been a number of cases of movies sinking but their songs becoming hits. It was sad that this stroke of luck was not in RD’s fate wrt the song that you have shared from ‘Saverewali Gaadi’.
(Now that I am done with the sub-400 comments, let me move on to responding to the balance comments in the 400s)
Dr. Shetty @ 456,
To state that ‘Amar Prem’ had a super-duper score is to state the obvious and to make an understatement!! It was also a Khamaj-fest with ‘Doli mein bithaayke’, ‘Bada natkhat hai ye’, ‘Kucch to log kahenge’, Yeh kya hua’ and most of’Raina beet jaaye’ being in that raga!!
Had no idea that there was an ‘Amar Prem’ that had been released in 1948! Here’s the link to the song that you have cited from it:
‘Aao chale manwa more door kahin re’ by Mohd, Rafi & Rajkumari (MD – Mohan Mishra, Lyricist – Dutt Thakur)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQB2mFmKtYQ
Dr.Shetty @ 456 (contd.)
I forgot to mention @ 688 that the song from ‘Amar Prem'(1948) is based on Raag Tilang.
@458,
Here’s the link for ‘Jhoote hain sab sapna suhaane’ from ‘Rattan’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIn3-gTilUo
The song is based on Raag Bhairavi. Naushad used the same tune 10 years later in ‘Udan Khatola’ for
”Na toofan se khelo’ by Mohd.Rafi (MD – Naushad, Lyricist – Shakeel Badayuni), from ‘Udan Khatola’ (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jzf1zjv53Y
And here is the link for ‘Te Amo’ from ‘Dum maaro Dum”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N3n23loy24
Have heard the song often and I quite like it but I could never figure out what the mukhda was 🙂 . Now I know.
Rahulji @ 463,
Thanks for sharing ‘Dhanno ki aankhon mein’! What a song! The refrain in the background is so unusual… and so addictive!! Only RD could have thought of a sound like that!!
@ 467,
A pretty entertaining song that you have posted! 🙂
Dr.Shetty @ 465,
Is there any genre in popular music that you are not aware off?? 🙂
@ 466,
neeruahafji has already shared ‘Sapno mein mujhko pyar mila’ @ 341.
Dr.Shetty @ 467,
1. mumbaikar8 has also commented @ 490 on Arati Mukherjee and he connection with ‘do’! I had kind of forgotten that it was she who had sung ‘Do naina, ek kahaani’ in ‘Masoom’. Thanks for jogging my memory! Here’s the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-I_kxLKcz8
Here are the links for the others AM songs that you have cited:
2. ‘Bacchon tum ho’ by Arati Mukherjee (MD – Ravindra Jain , Lyricist – M.G.Hashmath ), from ‘Tapasya’ (1976)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA2WSwBD7G4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA2WSwBD7G4
3. ‘Manokaamna, manokaamna’ by Arati Mukherjee (MD – Bappi Lahiri, Lyricist – Indivar ), from ‘Manokaamna’ (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWKqWfCqeXU
4. ‘Do do pankh lagaake’ by Arati Mukherjee (MD – Hemant Kumar, Lyricist – Gulzar), from ‘Rahgir’ (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmh6ssRCSlQ
(Phew! Am finally done with the 400s. 500s – here I come!)
Dr.Deshpande @ 503,
‘Saaz’ was a great film and it was so obvious whose lives it was based on. It also had Bhupen Hazarika in a cameo appearance in the song ‘Badal chaandi barsaaye’, which was also composed by him, if I am not mistaken. Thanks for posting the lori by Kavita Krishnamurthy from this film.
Dr.Shetty @ 517,
‘Breathless’ is based on Raag Yaman for the most part. In the middle, Puriyadhanashri is brought in before the song goes back to Yaman. Beautiful song! Thanks for citing it. Here’s the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFqg8JnohY
Dr.Deshpande @ 518,
Belated congratulations on cracking Dr.Shetty’s quiz!
1. ‘Mera chanda mere nanhe’ is a beautiful but ‘hatke’ lori!
2. One more Krishna Kalle song!, albeit a duet with Rafi! She has sung this song particularly well, in my opinion.
3. In my opinion, ‘Rimjhim gire saawan’ is one of those few songs in which the female version is liked as much as the make version is.
Ashwin Bhandarkar ji, Joseph ji;
Moving on to colour era with two melodies from same film . Both songs carries words …khawab . /sapna respectively in mid stanzas . These songs will find many happy listeners of SJ fans. Beats are their to tap your feets as rhythm and melodies take over.
Deewane Ka Naam To Poochho – Mohammed Rafi’s Classic Romantic Song – An Evening in Paris….SJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmMwOM7nyGM
An Evening In Paris (Title Song) ….Rafi…SJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1RABJehFY
Venkataramanji @ 561,
Yes, Bhatiaji had posted ‘Aa ja ri aaj’ at 282 and I had acknowledged the citation @ 532, 250 comments later! Thanks for providing the details of the history of the song and for correcting me regarding who sang the Bengali version. Thanks a lot for ‘Jhun jhun jhuna’ – what an unusual song! When one reads the mukhda, one would never imagine that it would have this unusual and pulsating rhythm! As you have rightly stated, it requires a genius like Salil Chowdhury to convert a song of the soil to a lullaby!!
@ 562,
‘Main paagal, mera manwa paagal’ is indeed a materpiece in Kedar!
@ 564,
There are some traces of Bihag in the Amit Kumar song, don’t you think?
@ 565,
‘Na sataa, na sataa’ is a delightful song and is based on Brindavani Sarang for the most part. Thanks for posting it.
Venkataramanji@682
Thanks for the information on Bemisal and Uttam Kumar.
My tribute to Utttam Kumar:
Anand Ashram 1977 (also made in Bengali)
Indeevar- Shyamal Mitra
Saara pyar tumhara maine baandh liya hai aanchal mein….
……sapnon ki tum murat tumko paakar safal huwa hai mera ye jeevan
– Asha, Kishore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNL8zhQf4xY
Tere liye maine sabko chhoda tu hi chhod ke chal di….
….kitne sapne humne dekhe isi pedh ke neeche
aise toofan aaye ki ujde khwabon ke bagiche – Kishore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LRgmGPpyrs
And one from Amanush 1975, the hit Hindi-Bengali bilingual which made Uttam Kumar a known face in Hindi cinema.
Asha- Shyamal Mitra – Indeevar
Kal ke apne na jaane kyon ho gaye aaj paraye
ret ka sagar pyar ka sapna pyasa hi tarsaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaMzitEFoYs
Mr. X 1957
Sudha Malhotra – N Dutta – Hasrat
Sapnon ka chanda aaya rimjhim si khushiyan laya
taqdeer hamari jaagi rangeen zamana hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgrqwilYIGE
Venkataramanji @ 546,
Noticed that I missed this comment of yours when I made the great leap from 518 to 561.
Thanks for the clarification regarding the Malayalam song and for all the missing information regarding the Konkani songs that I had posted.
‘Chondrim udeon ailo’ will indeed qualify for this post because ‘Azuch hanv sopnelim, tujea vixint gaitalim’ translates to ‘I was dreaming today, I was singing about you’. BTW, I have always found the Konkani translation into the Roman script pretty weird – for example, I would have transliterated ‘gaitalim’ as ‘gaaytaalin’.
Sorry for my goof-up about the taal @ 457. God knows what I was smoking when typing that comment out!!
Yes, I have not been able to listen to Amir Khansaheb’s Komal Rishabh Asavari in its entirety. Was interrupted both the times I started listening to it. Will let you know once I have listened to the full rendition. As you are aware, this raga is/was a favourite with all those with a Kairana legacy like Amir Khansaheb, Bhimsen Joshi and Gangubai Hangal.
As for # 323, I have responded to it @ 574.
Ashwin @693,
Congratulations for your 7th century. You are not done till it is finally done, and it is not decided by you but the readers. 🙂
AK @ 702,
Thanks a lot! Yes, I do realize that it is out of my hands – all I can do is to continue to doggedly respond to unanswered comments, a few at a time, and hope that the curve of the backlog function starts heading downwards soon.
Ashwin,
One more ton! Congratulations.
Don’t think about the curve.
Venkataramanji has decided to move from spectrum to spectrum, in all categories and languages.
You have a long way to go
My share of visit.
Nav Durga Geeta Dutt Rafi duet Mere rang bhare sapnon me kaun aaya re
https://youtu.be/73hyoyRItms
Ashwinji,
Congratulation for the 7th ton and for the fastest 700.
Bear with me for the following couplets.
AK and Ashwin , Soy’s leading Aces,
Yes, they keep away from races
They have lot of fun,
Afterall it’s the readers, who run
Let us raise a toast, to our host,
and to the author of this post.
Ashwinji @ 697,
Thanks for the responses.
Aao Naye Sapne Bune. Yes I think so there are traces of Bihag.
But more often I am wrong.
The Brindavani Sarang in the song Na Sata Na Sata did not occur to me at all.
Thanks for enlightening me.
@ 701,
Yes I agree, to enjoy a Vilambit that too of Ustad Amir Khan, requires undivided attention.
Rajeshji @ 698 & 699,
Thanks for responding and for the additions from Uttam Kumar’s films Ananda Ashram and Amanush.
Posting another vintage number.
Could not find a better audio link
Ek Nek Tabiyat Raja Tha, Ek Man Ki Komal Rani Thi
Unki Duniya Mein ??? Sapnon Ki
Prem Kahaani Thhi
Molina Devi, Abhaagin (1938), music Rai Chand Boral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=3MzPmpJIPEI&feature=emb_title
mumbaikar8 @ 704,
Thanks for the felicitation on the 700 milestone! Stalwarts, both old and new, such as KS Bhatiaji, Venkataramanji, Dr.Shetty and Dr.Deshpande are keeping this post going with their boundless enthusiasm, unflagging energy levels and vast repositories of songs, and I am struggling to keep up. But then, I have this ‘zidd that I will go through all comments and respond to all those addressed to me, so that keeps me going.
Thanks for the lovely song from ‘Nav Durga’. It is based on Raga Pahadi.
Venkataramanji @ 705,
Thanks for the congratulatory comment as well as for the English ‘dohe’ 🙂
@ 706,
I am glad that you agree with my opinion about the ragas in the songs that you shared – it gives me more confidence, because, as you know, sometimes the raga-identification exercise can result in ambiguous results!!
@ 707,
Thanks for the vintage song. It is largely in Bhimapalas but lapses into Kafi at places and displays shades of Pilu and Maand as well. Would you agree?
Ashwinji,
Congratulations for achieving the #700 landmark.
On this occasion, here is a nice song from the super-hit film Dangal 2016
Arijit Singh – Pritam – Amitabh Bhattacharya
Jhutha jag rain basera saancha dard mera
mrig trishna sa moh piya naata mera tera
naina jo saanjhe khwab dekhte the
naina bichad ke aaj ro diye hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXbeYaVQ8JY
Ashwinji@683
Yes, Red Rose is a remake of tamil film Sigappu Rojakkal, made by the same director Bharathi Raja and starred Kamal Hasan – Sridevi.
Apparently, the original movie was a success while Red Rose didn’t do well at all. A psychological/slasher thriller didn’t suit Rajesh Khanna at all.
Interestingly, the only thing I could remember are the songs.
There are only 2 songs . I like the one Kiski sadayen posted earlier.
Here’s the second one, also a duet by KK-Asha
Tere bin jeena kya tere bin marna kya pyar nibhana aa gaya
…….nigahon mein hawaon mein fizaon mein khwab sajana aa gaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7hoW7Yooz4
Jo Mera Sapna Sach Ho Jaye (Sukh Ke Khel Khilaye Asha), Khursheed, Mere Ankhen (1939), Pyarelal Santoshi, Khemchand Prakash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpCqTzZICFo&feature=emb_err_woyt
Dhire Dhire A Re Badal Dhire A Re
Badal Bhire Dhire Ja
Mera Bulabul So Raha Hai Shor Gul Na Macha
Dhire Dhire
Second antara
Are Tut Jayega Kisi Ki Ankh Ka Sapana
Tut Jayega Kisi Ki Ankh Ka Sapana
Ashok Kumar & Amirbai Karnataki, Kismet (1943), Kavi Pradeep, Anil Biswas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNRcK4F0Iqg&feature=emb_title
Ashwinji, Rajeshji,
Ek Phool Char Kante (1960), is a light-hearted comic love story. Sunil Dutt falls in love with Sushma (Waheeda Rehman) but has to impress her four uncles, the “kantes” of the title. Each uncle has a different idiosyncrasy and Sunil Dutt pretends to be an expert in that field in order to impress that particular uncle. First Uncle Dhumal a religious fanatic he pretends as a religious scholar (Vidyartthi). Second Uncle David an acting fanatic he impresses as a versatile Actor. The four uncles select their protégé for their niece, not knowing that each is selecting the same boy. When the boy whom they have approved disappears, they agree to marry their niece off to her choice, who is Sunil Dutt again.
A fantastic fantasy, and in the end a dream fulfilled.
Posting a peppy song from the film,
Dil Ai Dil Baharo Se Mil Sitaro Se Aankhe Mila
Ye Saman Ye Rangin Saman Mausam Bhi Hai Pyar Ka
Yahi Hai Mere Tere Khwabo Ki Duniya
Yahi Hai Mere Tere Khwabo Ki Duniya
Lata Mangeshkar, Talat Mahmood, Ek Phool Char Kante (1960), Shailendra, Shankar-Jaikishan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEb7xlZUsDg&feature=emb_title
The film was remade in 2000, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge. There was no dream song nor any song having the words Sapna or Khwab. However the leadinglady Karishma Kapoor’s name in the film was Sapna.
Mohan Ki Muraliyaa Baaje, Shamshad Begum, Mela (1948), Shaqeel Badayuni, Naushad
The last antara
Luti bahaare saawan bita tut gaye wo sapne
Jab se piya pardes sidhaare rahe na din wo apne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEEkD5FixE8
Kadar Meri Na Jani Chhod Ke Jane Wale, Shamshad Begum, Qamar Jalalabadi, S D Burman
The second antara
meri dunia apne hatho se mita ja ek bar
yu to aa sakta nahi sapne me aaja ek bar
ho aaja teri meharbani chhod ke jane wale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Qvj2Bfs0E&feature=emb_title
Ashwinji & Rakeshji,
The 1972 film Mom Ki Gudiya is a lesser known film starring Ratan Chopra and Tanuja.
This movie had two songs that were sung by Anand Bakshi.
The word Sapna comes in one of the songs, a duet. And the other song is ‘two in one’ song; it has not only the word Sapno in its lyrics but picturised on a dream sequence.
I believe this was Anand Bakshi’s first film as a playback singer.
Posting the duet,
Bagon Mein Bahar Aayi, Hoton Pe Pukar Aayi, Anand Bakshi & Lata Mangeshkar, Mom Ki Gudiya (1972), Anand Bakshi, Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Second Antara
Sapna to Sapnon ki
Baat Hai Pyaar Me, Baat Hai Pyaar Me
Neend Nahin Aati Sainya, Tere Intzaar Me
Hoke Bekaraar Tujhe Dhoondhun Main, Tu Kahan Kho Gaya
The solo with the dream sequence,
Main Dhoondh Raha Tha Sapno Me, Tumko Anjano Apno Me, Anand Bakshi, Mom Ki Gudiya (1972), Anand Bakshi, Laxmikant-Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fW3c1H1Dno
Another two in one song (sapna & dream sequence) from another lesser known film
Radha Ki Paayal, Kanhaiya Ki Murli, Asha Bhosle, Bus Conductor (1959), Noor Devasi, Bipin Babul
Radha ki paayal
Kanhaiya ki murli
Sapnon mein sun li maine
Sapnon mein sun li
https://vimeo.com/261747247
A Vanilla song from the same film, Bus Conductor (1959)
Daav Chalne Ko Hai
Baat banne ko hai
Pyar ki raat hai
Last Antara
Khwab pura hua hai suhana tera
Khwab pura hua hai suhana tera
Nach kismat pe apni jamana tera
Ab jara muskura aa mere pass aa
Geeta Dutt, Bus Conductor (1959), Noor Devasi, Bipin Babul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSyyelDo06c
Aashiqui 1990
Kumar Sanu – Nadeem Shravan – Sameer
Saanson ki zaroorat hai jaise zindagi ke liye
bas ek sanam chahiye aashiqui ke liye
…..mere sapne ho jahan dhoondhu main aisi nazar
chaand ki zaroorat hai jaise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCuhzjK11iA
Venkataramanji,
I have 33 comments of yours that I am yet to respond to. It is already Monday 27th July i.e 27/07 and 27+7 = 34. So the pattern-seeker/trivia buff in me would be delighted if you could make just 1 more comment on Monday so that the # of comments remaining to be answered = dd+mm for Monday. In return, I plan to declare Monday as Venkataramanji Day and reserve it exclusively for responding to your comments on this post. I would like to hasten to add that I may not be able to address all of them, though. Trust you find my request entertaining enough to be entertained.
Dr.Deshpande,
With your comment @ 720, I find that I am yet to respond to 35 comments of yours in all. Since the date on Tuesday will be 28th July i.e.28/07 and since 35=28+7, I propose that we declare a Dr.Deshpande Day on Tuesday and that I devote the day to responding only to your comments. Also, the disclaimer that I made in the case of Venkataramanji holds. Does this seem like a good idea?
Ashwinji @ 721,
Your request demands consideration.
I sincerely appreciate your ‘Zidd’ / determination to go through all comments and respond.
More the effort you put to near the box and score, the goal post tends to move further back.
It is literally like shifting goal post. I hope the brief respite allows you to catch up.
Abiding by your request this will be my only post for the day in this article.
And thank you very much for setting aside today for responding to my comments.
Hope I can post songs/ comments tomorrow or I will have to wait for one more day?
Best of luck.
Venkataramanji @ 722,
Thanks for being such a sport ! You are welcome to add even more comments today – it is just that I wanted to have 34 comments pending from you on 27/07 before I started responding! I will begin my responses from the next comment by first taking up the octet of comments from 712-719.
Venkataramanji @ 712,
I heard shades of Des in the Khurshid song and at places it sounds very close to Saigal’s ‘Ek bangla bane nyaara’ – for e.g. when she sings ‘sapna sach ho jaaye’ at 2:03.
@ 713,
‘Dheere dheere’ was a sitting duck of a song to be included in this post! Actually Hansji has mentioned it way back @ 77 but the mention is in the context of comparing it with another song and not as an exemplar for songs on dreams! Thanks for sharing it – it is one of my favourites!
@ 714,
Had never heard this Talat-Lata duet before. Thanks for sharing it as also for the storyline and for the details about its remake. Somehow I think Talat’s voice is not suited for this song, especially for the sthaayi. A Rafi or a Manna Dey would have done more justice to it in my opinion.
@ 715,
KS Bhatiaji has shared ‘Mohan ki muraliya’ @ 125 ; my response to him is @ 241.
@ 716,
The first portion of the Shamshad Begum song from ‘Shabnam’ is based on Kafi.
@717,
I had come to know of both these songs sung by Anand Bakshi from an earlier SoY post. His voice sounds a bit like Mukesh’s. Here is the link for the duet:
‘Baagon Mein Bahaar Aayi ‘ by Lata Mangeshkar & Anand Bakshi (MD- Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL72eRM-nao
BTW, the interludes are in Darbari for the most part!
@ 718,
Had never heard this song before. Thanks for sharing it. BTW, it was very funny watching the heroine playing the sitar as it is a slide guitar 🙂
@719,
I found the segment of the interlude from 0:53 to 0:56 (which is repeated from 2:00 to 2:03) the same as the tune for the segment ‘gussa na kijiye, jaane bhi dijiye’ from Kishore’s ‘Maana janaab ne pukara nahin’!
Venkataramanji,
After the octet, it is natural that I take up the ennead (a new word that I learnt today) of your comments from 668 to 676. So here goes:
@ 668,
Isn’t the song based on Raag Maand? Do let me know if you agree. Hats off to you – and to others like Dr.Shetty, Dr.Deshpande, KS Bhatiaji and others – for your ability to ferret out relatively unheard-of songs and that too with the keywords are hidden way down in the last anataras!!
@ 669,
This is the first time that I am listening to a vintage-ere male duet! Very unusual for its time, I suppose!
@ 670,
The song is based on Raga Bhimpalas. A song ahead of its time, one can say, in the way the chorus goes in tandem with the main song in the background! Quite fascinating!
That takes the care of the first triad of the ennead.
@ 671,
I don’t think ‘Aas ka jhoota bandhan toota’ is based on Ramkali. It is based on Bhatiyar. A beautiful composition by Shambhu Sen!
@ 672,
The first song has been labeled as an ‘old song’. In my frame of reference, it is still a new song :). I listened to all 4 songs – they are all good but do not compare to the creations of Jamal Sen or that of Shambhu Sen in ‘Mrigtrishna’. Maybe I am just being biased! BTW, it’s an indicator of the longevity of Lata’s career that she has sung for 3 (or is it 4?) generations of Sens. I think it was on SoY that I read about this first.
@ 673,
The 1st song is pleasant to listen to. The 2nd one has a catchy beat but it sounds very similar to ‘Zoobi doobi’ from ‘3 Idiots’.
Venkataramanji,
Sorry for missing to addressing # 726 to you.
@ 674,
You seem to have posted the link to another song ‘Bolo sajni bolo’ from ‘Nirmala’ (1938) instead of the one that you have described. But thanks for the mistake because I loved ‘Bolo sajni bolo’. It is based on Gaud Sarang from beginning to end!
Here is the link which I think you wanted to post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2pCjz8eYY
As you have stated in 675, the lori is in Jayjjaywanti till 0:58. From 1:33 to2:30 , it is in Bhairavi. As you have stated, the duet is in Kedar. This is followed by 2 lines from the earlier song in Bhairavi. Then, a small bit of the Jayjaywanti lori again after which the Kedar song seems to have been appended once more.
@ 675,
You are right about the prelude of ‘Tum meri, tum mere saajan’ being based on Bhimpalas. In fact, the whole song is based on Bhimpalas.
@ 676,
I think the ‘Dharti Mata’ song is quite well-known. Thanks for posting it!
Venkataramanji @ 682,
Thanks for sharing the Bengali original of ‘Eri pawan’. I had no idea that Parveen Sultana had sung for Bengali films as well. The song has segments of Shankara, Yaman Kalyan, Miyan Malhar, Hamsadhwani, Hindol and Kalavati and at least one more raga that I was not able to identify! That was the genius of RD!
The tune for the 1st 2 lines of the Haimanti Shukla sounds very similar to the tune of the 1st 2 lines of ‘Panna ki tamanna’ from ‘Heera Panna’!
Venkataramanji @ 655, 656 and 657,
The Jagjit Singh-Alka Yagnik song is a pleasant one and a first-time listen for me. The same goes for the duet by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh. Wrt moderrn ghazals, I don’t care much for them – for a person like me who does not understand Urdu and who relates to the music first, the music has to be captivating or raagdaari-based for me to like the ghazal but since it is neither, I am not drawn to this genre at all.
I liked the Atif Aslam song. He has a very nice voice.
4 blog brothers contacted me to say they feel my absence. Thank you all for the kindness and love. How a beautiful blog can become like a family!
Main reason for Long Time, No See is professional. Others, I will elaborate later.
At first, I thought I’d stop at 555 or 666! Now, the magical 1K doesn’t look like an unattainable dream. I will be here more often.
JULIE, 1975.
Anand Bakshi, Rajesh Roshan.
Ye raten nayee purani..
…
Kya sama hai jaise khushboo
Ud rahi ho kaliyon se..
Gujri ho nindiya mein
Palkon ki galiyon se
Sundar Sapno ki baaraten….
Lata.
Tu Shyam mera
Sancha naam tera…
….
Main tujh mein khoyi re
Dooja na koi re
Jaagi ya soyee re
Tu ek apna jeevan Sapna…
Asha, Usha.
R Roshan, from his second movie onwards, has given quite a few songs to Asha and Usha. Probably, the most for his generation.
As usual, have so much (JULIE related )
to say.
Main wapas aaoonga
Ded saare Sapne laaoonga
Aap sab ke dil behlaoonga
Khud bhi khush ho jaaoonga…
Ashwinji@721
Thanks a lot for declaring tomorrow a Dr. Deshpande day. I am honored!
Especially, considering that this is my first continuous contribution on SoY post.
I always look forward to your comments and inputs. Having a very limited knowledge on classical music myself, your information on the ragas is like an education for me.
With your strong support and the enthusiasm of Venkataramanji and Dr Shetty, I believe, some more milestones can be achieved.
I have around 25+ songs for posting but shall start again tomorrow.
Will await your comments.
Interestingly, two of my comments before the #720 Aashiqui one , were not displayed on the post. Shall re-post them again tomorrow.
Venkataramanji @ 641 & 644,
Thanks for sharing the song by Amitasha. It’s a reminder of how privileged we are and that the best use of our privilege is to help, in whatever way possible, those not as privileged as us to realize their dreams.
@ 642,
I had never heard of the movie, let alone the song! Nice, pleasant song and as usual Shreya Ghoshal has done a good job.
@ 643,
There seems to be a lot of Raga Paramshewari in the Panipat song! Request you to please validate this.
@ 645.
I loved the ‘Hazaaren khwaishen aisi’ song! I thought I heard some Chhaya Nat in it.
Venkataramanji @ 633,
One can tell that all these songs are Salil Chowdhury songs from the music and the tune without being told that it is one of his compositions! Of all the songs, I liked the 1st one the most. On a note related to the topic of this post, to get 4 ‘dream songs’ from a film whose title means ‘Sweet Dreams’ is something!
@ 634,
‘Aye gulbadan’ is such an iconic song. Am enjoying listening to it as I type this. I remember watching ‘Professor’ with my friends during my college days at BITS Pilani.
Venkataramanji @ 619, 620 & 621,
Thanks a ton for citing ‘Aha rimjhim ke ye pyaare pyaare’. It is one of my favourite duets. I like the picturisation as well. I had featured it in my previous post on ‘jhoola songs’and would have featured it this time as well in a separate category for ‘dreams used as metaphors’ had it only occurred to me to do so! Thanks for the Bengali version as well – as always, Salilda has changed the orchestration for the Bengali version.
@ 622,
Dr.Shetty has already cited ‘Saanjh dhale’ @ 391.
Venkataramanji @ 625,
Thanks for sharing ‘Sapna dekha tha’ by the great Mehdi Hassan. It’s a beautiful composition but I wish he had used just the tabla and the harmonium for accompaniment. I found the keyboard and the other percussion marring the effect of his marvelous voice and the melody!
And with that my ‘kal ka sapna’ of addressing the backlog of unaddressed comments from you by EOD today has been realized. May the backlog grow again!
Dr. Deshpande @ 731,
Thanks for being such a sport! There’s 1 more minute to go before tomorrow but I will start addressing the backlog of your comments only later in the morning.
Ashwinji, @723 to 729,
Jo waada kiya woh nibhana padega.
While posting my permitted quota of single comment, I promised that it will be the only post for the day.
And I had to keep my word.
Thank you for the responses, observations, opinions, corrections etc.etc.
Mixing up Ramkali and Bhatiyar was a stupid mistake.
Thanks for introducing the word ennead. It was new to me.
Your comments are a learning experience for me.
My biggest take is your pin pointing the Ragas used in various compositions and pointing out my mistakes in identifying the Ragas.
I get back to the segments or mistakes identified by you and listen to the songs again. It is an experience by itself.
Thanks once again.
Dekho Dekho Sakhiyan Kaisi Chhayi Baadari, Shanta Apte does sound like Maand. But I get to hear different types of Maand. I have heard Kishori Amonkar’s Maand and say Ajay Chakroborty singing Maand. Ajay Chakraborty even brings Tivra Madhyam and Komal Ni. Well I will have tutorial from you on this some time later.
I will not post any new songs till you have finished responding to my pending comments.
Pradeep ji has arrived and his looking forward to the magical four figure. And his contribution will not be any less towards achieving the goal.
Josephji is leading the team at the other front. And it is going to interesting.
While choosing the caption for this article you must have had a premonition of total breach of embankment on both the fronts.
Dr.Shetty @ 730,
Great to have you back after an absence for 68 comments (on this blog, temporary absences of stalwarts like you from a post are measured not in units of time but in terms of number of comments since the last comment made by the stalwart)!
‘Julie’ will surely count as one of Rajesh Roshan’s best scores. All the songs were memorable. The bhajan sung by Asha and Usha and picturised on Rita Bhaduri (among others) holds a special memory for me – it used to be played at the Saraswati Mandir on campus at BITS Pilani and I would be able to hear it everyday in my 1st year because my hostel was just a stone’s throw away from the temple and my room was in the wing at the front of the hostel.
Here are the links to both the songs:
1. ‘Yeh raatein, nayi purani’ by Lata Mangeshkar (MD – Rajesh Roshan, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi ), from Julie (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkNDS7TfJ5s
2. ‘Saancha naam tera’ by Asha Bhosle & Usha Mangeshkar ((MD – Rajesh Roshan, Lyricist – Anand Bakshi ), from Julie (1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sAfXMXyGjM
Venkataramanji @ 737,
Thanks for the compliments. Wrt identifying ragas, sometimes I am very unsure and sometimes I goof up very badly, so it always helps when someone like you also validates my assertions. And I know I can count on you to question me if you have the slightest doubt. As for your comment on Maand, ‘light’ melodies like Maand, Pahadi, etc., are permitted a lot of flexibility and elasticity in their structures, and many a time it is difficult to recognize them because they are so diluted. It happens to me all the time..
Ashwinji @ 732 to 735 & 739,
Thank you very much for the responses to my remaining comments.
That marks the start of the ‘Deshpande Day’.
Although you have given me the go ahead for further posting of songs and comments,
I would like to respond to Rahulji’s comments unhindered.
I will try to restrict my posts to the minimum.
Dr.Deshpande @ 710,
‘Dangal’ was a wonderful film. Quite appropriately, I had watched it with my daughter and we both cherish our memories of watching it together. The song that you have shared is a nice sentimental one but I liked ‘Haanikarak Bapu’ the best 🙂
@ 711,
Thanks for refreshing my memory regarding the name of the Tamil original of ‘Red Rose’. Here’s a dream-sequence song, which is the counterpart of the ‘Kiski sadayen, from ‘Sigappu Rojakkal’:
‘Ninaivo oru paravai’ by S.Janaki & Kamal Hassan (MD – Ilaiyaraja, Lyrics – Vaali), from ‘Sigappu Rojakkal'(1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeyWdplou6U
Dr.Deshpande @ 698,
I have included the Bangla version of ‘Sara pyaar tumhaara’ – ‘Amar swapna tumi’ – in my main post! The song is based on Raga Khamaj.
There is a lot of Raga Yaman in ‘Tere liye maine’. It is clearly discernible in the sthaayi. Good song but not as good as ‘Sara pyaar tumhaara’ in my opinion!
@ 699,
‘Kal ke apne’ is another beautiful song that Shyamal Mita composed. It is also based on Raga Khamaj.
@700,
‘Sapnon ka chanda aaya’ is a delightful song! If the lyrics are changed appropriately, the tune can well be used for a children’s song. In fact, it just occurred to me that I may be saying this because the tune of the mukhda of this song is very similar to that of the mukhda of ‘Three Blind Mice’, the English nursery rhyme!
‘Three Blind Mice’ from ‘Max and Louie – Nursery Rhymes & Surprise Eggs’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALEK9gUWRc
This rhyme plays a very important role in the plot of ‘The Mouse Trap’ by Agatha Christie. It is the longest running play in the world and ran continuously at the West End from 1952 to March 2020 before the pandemic cut short its phenomenal run. My grandparents watched it when they visited London in 1972 and I watched it 35 years later in 2007, and then once again, with my wife and daughter, in 2011! Unfortunately, my parents could not get tickets when they visited London in 1979 and they ended up watching another play.
Pradeepji @ 730,
Nice to have you back.
Glad to know that the magical 1K doesn’t look like an unattainable dream.
Since you are back it can be a reality.
Josephji is taking care of the other article.
‘At first, I thought I’d stop at 555 or 666!’
The figures remind me of a 1976 film and an umpire.
Do you remember the 1976 film ‘The Omen’?
666 , number of Antichrist!
And also the English umpire David Shepherd who would hop and skip on the cricket field every time the scoreboard read 111, 222, 333 and so on. Known as a Nelson in cricket, it is considered unlucky and it is believed that having no part of the body in contact with ground brings better luck.
Venkataramanji
Thanks a lot for the sapna songs from the vintage and golden eras. I had got bored of lately watching songs from the era which I call ‘songs of bore’ era to rhyme with this blog’s name.
@ 705
I think you are giving more credit to readers, when you say AK and AB are having fun while the readers run. If you see this post AB has posted more than 250 comments which would have been a herculean task if he had just acknowledged the comments. But he has posted quality comments and given additional information on them where there was a scope. He was suffering with the backlog, just because he had the good intention of replying each comment separately. But now he has learned the art from AK of clubbing comments from at least a single person at one place and should soon catch up.
Dr.Deshpande @ 677,
The ‘Kali Ghata’ song is delightful just like all the other Cuckoo dance numbers for which Lata has lent her voice! I was hearing it for the first time – thanks for sharing it.
@ 678,
‘O chhup chhup ke’ is based on Raga Bhimpalas with a touch of Pilu as well. It is very clear from Asha’s style of singing that the song is from the time before Asha became Asha!
@ 679,
‘Khuli hain aankh magar’ is based on Raga Yaman. The tabaliya in burkha had to be one of Kishore Kumar or Mehmood – he turned out to be the latter! 🙂
@ 680,
Nice song picturised on Helen! Also, reminded me of ‘Itni badi mehfil’ that you had shared @ 158.
@ 681,
I’ve already commented on the Bengali version of ‘Eri pawan’ @ 728. The tune and the music for the Hindi version are the same as that for the Bengali version, so my comments regarding the latter hold for the former as well!
Dr.Deshpande @ 665,
Both compositions from ‘Mrigtrishna’ are brilliant! ‘Navkalpana navroop se’ is based on Raga Yaman. As for Sun man ke meet’, I can hear a lot of Gorakh Kalyan in it. I am familiar with both songs but neither had I watched the videos of the songs nor had I known which films they were from – now I know. Thanks much for sharing both songs.
As for the song from ‘Aaina’ (1974), I had no idea that Rita Bhaduri had had a Lata song picturised on her before the song from ‘Julie’! Co-incidentally Rita is portrayed as a singer in both songs!!
@ 666,
The ‘Parasmani’ Rafi-Lata classic ‘Woh jab yaad aaye’ is yet another song based on Yaman Kalyan. You do seem to have a knack for selecting songs based on Yaman/Yaman Kalyan.
@ 667,
An OK song but it definitely does not deserve to be in the company of the ‘Mrigtrishna’ and ‘Parasmani’ songs 🙂
Dr.Deshpande @ 658,
I am very familiar with Swapnil Bandodkar’s ‘Radha h ibaawari’. Nice song and well-sung too. It is based on Raga Shuddha Kalyan. ‘Ka kalena’ is a pleasant song – had never heard it before.
@ 659,
Was listening to ‘Main to har mod par’ after years. It just struck me that is based on Raga Charukeshi, a raga that came into Hindustani Music from Carnatic Music some 60-70 years ago.
@ 660,
‘Dard’ was a remake of ‘Mamta’ but with the difference that the protagonist’s gender was switched! ‘Pyaar ka dard hai’ is nice but I like ‘Na jaane kya hua’ more.
Dr.Deshpande @ 638,
‘Hum tum yug yug se’ is based on Raga Basant Mukhari, the same raga as which ‘O basanti pavan paagal’ and ‘Vaada kar lo saajna’ are based,
@ 639,
‘Kajra lagaake’ is a lovely song. Other than being able to state that the underlying raga is from the Khamaj thaaT, I am not able to pinpoint it.
@ 640,
‘Justju jiski thi’ is as great a composition as ‘Dil cheez kya hai’ or ‘In aankhon ki masti’ or Yeh kya jagah hai doston’ but is not as popular as the other three. To make a confession, I was listening to it after ages!
Ashwinji
Posting after a long gap
1 phir Teri kahani – Dil Diya Dard Liya – Shakeel – Naushad
https://youtu.be/Yyf8LMeFidI
Just heard it on local FM .
One of my Naushad favorites
2 Dhanno ki Aankho me- Kitaab- Guljar – RDB
Pancham special
https://youtu.be/iwuk-C39H6k
Dr.Deshpande @ 623,
I had missed Venkataramanji’s mention of ‘Kim’ @ 586. I would have thought Rudyard Kipling’s book would have been made into a movie by some Hollywood studio in the 40s/50s when films about the exotic East were popular, so it came as a surprise to know that the movie was made only in the 80s, and that too by BBC. But getting to know that Raj Kapoor played a role in it took the cake! Thanks for all the information.
@ 624,
So, yet another song from ‘Professor’ qualifies for this post! 🙂 Thanks for posting it. Of course, when I qualify your song with ‘one more’, it is because I have already commented on ‘Aye gulbadan’ mentioned by Bhatiaji @ 630 and shared by Venkataramanji @ 634. Your sharing of ‘Khuli palak’ was actually the 1st instance of a ‘Professor’ song being cited in this post!
@ 626,
I have distinct memories of watching ‘Arjun’ along with my brother and maternal grandmother in Mangalore during the summer of 1985. It is a nice song that you have shared but I like ‘Mamaiya kero kero kero mama’ better for its catchy refrain! 🙂
@ 636,
Thanks for the information on Deepak and Madhumati wrt ‘Premaachi Saawli’.
I am posting two special songs.
First is ‘hawa uda kar layi sawan ke sapne’ composed by Dhani Ram and sung by Suraiyya – film Taqdeer (1958). Lyrics are by Verma Malik who gained fame in the later era. I checked out ASAD where this song was posted. Arunji has commented there that this song was recorded in 1955 for a film Apna Khoon which was shelved and the song was used in this film which did not have Suraiyya in the cast. He said that the two songs credited to Suraiyya were both used as background songs. Perhaps it was due to the fact that she did not want her song to be used as playback for some other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwKg7-rqsAI
The second song is ‘ban ban dhaye pyasi hirni’ by Lata from Do Dil. This contains the words ‘aaja o sapnon ke raja’ just before the start of the main song. I am posting this because there was a discussion about sapnon ki rani songs and a number of them were posted, but there was dearth of sapnon ke raja songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR8LMgP42fU
Ashwin ji @ 732,
‘@ 643’,
‘There seems to be a lot of Raga Paramshewari in the Panipat song! Request you to please validate this.’
After you pointed out, I listened to the song again. I cannot conclusively say it was based on Parameswari. If you could explain I would be grateful.
Parameswari is not a frequently heard Raga, although I heard Pt. Kushal Das playing it on Sitar a few months back.
I tried listening to a few Parameshwari classical numbers. Interestingly, when I was listening to Pt. Ravi Shankar’s piece, I could hear Charukesi too. I leave it to you for further elaboration.
Dr.Deshpande @ 567,
The Jagjit Singh song has some Ahir Bhairav in it.
@ 576,
I had no idea that ‘Tumse badhkar duniya mein’ had Alka Yagnik in it!! Thanks for enlightening me. The song is based on Raga Pilu.
@ 577,
I agree with your opinion regarding which ‘Kora Kaagaz’ song is better. There must have been some delay in making/releasing ‘Tyaag’ for SDB passed away in 1975.
Ashwin ji @ 741,
Thanks for posting the dream sequence song from ‘Sigappu Rojakkal’.
This song does not have the word ‘ Kanavu’ or any other similar word.
The other songs of dream sequence posted here earlier had the word Khwab or Sapna in the lyrics.
Can we post ‘dream sequence’ songs without Khwab or sapna in the lyrics. I would also seek the permission of our BG AKji.
Ashwinji @742,
Thanks for bringing out the similarity between the tunes of the English nursery rhyme, ‘Three Blind Mice’, and the song ‘Sapnon ka chanda aaya’ to our notice. Enjoyed reading your personal anecdote.
You have responded to most of Rajeshji’s comments. A few more to go.
Hansji @ 744
Glad that you like my posting from the vintage and golden era. At the same time I too have posted some songs from what you have termed as the ‘Songs of Bore’ era.
As regards the second part, I entirely agree with your observation on the effort put up by Ashwinji in responding insight-fully to all the comments and I have repeatedly acknowledged the fact. Akji is known for his prompt response and he too had to go through the lines (at time in between the lines too) and give his opinion on all the contra songs and intra-contra songs. But it goes to the credit of the two doctors to have carried this post this far. The same goes for Josephji on the other front. He has shouldered the major portion of the burden (merrily) with solid support from you, Mumbaikarji and Rahulji. And that post is not a typical run of the mill article.
Hats off to AKji, Ashwinji, and all the stalwarts of SoY.
Hansji @ 751,
Thanks for posting the two special songs ‘Hawa uda kar layi sawan ke sapne’ and ‘Pyasi Hirni Ban ban dhaye’ and the associated information.
You have posted the link for the song ‘Saathi Utha Baadbaan’ from ‘Sindbad the Sailor’ instead of the link for ‘Hawa uda kar layi sawan ke sapne’. However the song too fits the post since it has the word Khwab.
Posting the link to the song ‘Hawa uda kar layi sawan ke sapne’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez3mfyXMrTI
Ashwin ji and NV ji, Deshpande Day, is it!
Okay, for me too, because I connected with Dr Rajesh Deshpande ji today, personally. Being professional berth we can have long chats.
RD is a Mumbaikar. Mumbai/ Bombay is The City of Dreams.
BOMBAY DREAMS is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber with music by A R Rehman. A mix of original songs and reworked songs.
Premiered in West End in 2002, Broadway,2004 and North American tour,2006.
1. Bombay Dreams.
Sunrise,burning heat
Nothing is as travelled as a Bombay Streets
…
Anything is possible in Bombay Dreams.
2. Shakalaka Baby.
Shakalaka Baby , Shakalaka Baby
…
Secret moon and enchanted DREAMS
Pray we share many nights like these
(ARR’s Shakalaka Baby, MUDHALAVAN
3. Only Love
Only love and only love
…
…
All my Dreams are spoken for
Then you came along and I Dream one more..
(There are strains from TAAL).
4. Love is never easy.
Sweetie, love is never easy..
…
One day soon the Dream will start
That’s what I tell my Dreams..
How many stars?
How many stars have to shine
….
….
Before your Dreams meet mine ~
…..
Before you Dream like me ?
Professional berth!!!..No, Sir, auto corrector, brethren it is!
Will be back tomorrow with LONDON DREAMS, AMERICAN DREAM and more. That, exclusively for dear NV ji, who was the first one from the blog to reach out to me. 2 years, already. And, he never tires to run for this ‘ handicapped’ friend of his.
NV ji,
Thank you. I am grateful. I owe you so much.
Ashwinji,
Thanks a lot for providing detailed responses to my comments.
I really appreciate your untiring efforts in not only mentioning the ragas on which the song is based on but also providing relevant information related to the song/film and sharing your memories.
Its good to see you commenting on both the songs of vintage and golden era as well as the post 70s and recent songs.
@742
Nice to know that you could see the longest running play “The Mouse trap” twice. I have been to London twice but was not able to see the play.
@750
Indeed, Kim was first made in US in 1950, as you had thought. It starred Errol Flynn and had been picturized at various locations in North India.
Dr.Deshpande @ 559,
Dr.Shetty has shared the lori by Rafi-Lata from ‘Samaaj ko badal daalo’ @ 59, 500 comments prior!!
The lori from ‘Benaam’ is nice. I think each time a kid cries on screen, it is time for an intra-contra song on hasna-rona – there are enough songs to merit a separate post on this topic! BTW, here’s an interesting revelation – the tune for the segment from 0:25 to 0:27, which repeats at 0:48 and so on, is the same as the tune for the segment ‘yahi hai, yahi hai’ in the song ‘Yeh jeevan hai’ from ‘Piya ka Ghar’! 🙂
@ 560,
According to me, the songs from ‘Mastana’ are based on Raga Pahadi. Hemlata must have been in her teens when she recorded the duet version.
A NFS
https://youtu.be/0PS6J8pXclY
And, a vintage era one
https://youtu.be/7HfIVgivL0s
Dr.Deshpande @ 545,
1. I am familiar with ‘Main pyaasa tum saawan’. Nice tune. Another stand-out in the first song sequence is Amitabh’s yellow shirt with flowers! I guess that was the fashion for men then though I do not remember any of my older male relatives sporting such designs in the 70s! 🙂
2. As for ‘Saudagar’, I like ‘Tere mera saath rahe’ the best. This particular duet that you shared is based on Pahadi. Also, Arati Mukherjee’s name seems to be popping up quite often in this post! 🙂
3. The video of ‘Anhoni ko honi karde’ has been yanked off the link that you provided. Here’s an alternative link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBtAanF0UZc
The song is too iconic for me to make a comment, so I will not offer my opinion for once except to say that the song is based on Bhairavi.
4. I think there is a lot of Mishra Shivaranjani in both the ‘Laawaris’ songs!
5. I have only my usual bland comment for the Kaalia song – “nice song!”
Dr. Shetty@757
Indeed a pleasure to connect with you and have a long chat today!!
It always feels great and comfortable to communicate with a colleague from one’s profession sharing common interests!!
Hope to continue to interact and learn from you.
Back from a hospital call.
Bombay once more before calling it a day ( night?).
This is also to remember Kum Kum ,who left for her final journey today.
MR X IN BOMBAY.
Khoobsurat haseena
Jaan E Man , Jaan E Jaan
..
Khayalon mein doobi hoon O Babu.
Kishore, Lata ; LP.
Before really retiring…
Tera jalwa kisne dekha
Woh tera ho gaya…
…..
Khwabo mein aksar
Woh aane jaane lage hain….…
UJALA.
Lata, Rafi ; SJ.
Dr.Deshpande @ 521,
No one has mentioned the ‘Khushboo’ song so far. The film had a fantastic score! ‘Do nainon mein’ is one of the many memorable songs from the movie! Thanks for sharing it. To me it sounds like it is based on Jhinjhoti.
The ‘Grihapravesh’ song must be the only one to have been shot in a beauty parlour! After several Arati Mukherjee songs, it is good to see Chandrani Mukherjee make her debut in this post :). On a serious note, Kanu Roy gave some outstanding slow songs for example, the Geeta Dutt classics in ‘Anubhav’.
As for the ‘Katra katra’ song, until I read the credits for the song in your comment, I used to be under the impression that it was an ARR song!! That is how pathetic my knowledge is about songs post the late 70s! Please pardon my ignorance!
‘Paheli’ was a brilliant film! An unusual ghost story compared to the run of the mill films that we usually get to see in this genre! The song is largely based on Yaman Kalyan but there are jhalaks of other ragas including Nand in the portion sung by Shreya Ghoshal. Great composition!
As I call it a day
After a fulfilling Dr.Deshpande Day
I realize that the goalpost has shifted once again
Even as unanswered, many older comments remain
“You are not done till it is finally done”, as AK would say
Ahwinji,
The Song from ‘PaniPat’, ‘ Sapna Hai Sach Hai’, was bothering me. The first thing in the morning, I listened to the song with a fresh mind, free from yesterday’s residues and hangovers. And indeed it was Parameswari. For a novice, it took some time for the truth to sink in.
I had a wonderful morning. I sat with Harmonium and my exploration lead to some beautiful revelation which, I am sure, you must be aware of.
I got into Ahiri, by including the missing Pancham. And all of a sudden it dawned on me; considering the Madhyam of Ahiri as ‘Sa’, I mean Kharaj Parivartan’, I got into Charukesi. May be, that is why I was finding strains of Charukesi in Ravi Shankar’s Parameshwari. Hope I could express myself.
I would look forward to your expert opinion and further elaboration.
Thanks Ashwinji for send me into a dream trip at the dawn.
Ashwinji@768
Thanks a lot for devoting your time yesterday on my comments. Having a Dr. Deshpande Day was a privilege.
As I said before, your valuable comments add to my knowledge.
I am now ready to post new comments, having a good number of songs waiting to be mentioned.
The goal post will keep shifting as Dr. Shetty is back in action and is raring to reach the 1K target.
As his junior colleague, I will do my bit to support!
Beginning with a tribute to Kum Kum:
Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere 1960
Lata, Mukesh – Kalyanji Anandji – K L Pardesi
Ye vaada karen jahan bhi rahen
tum humare raho hum tumhare rahen
…..kitna haseen ye sapna hai mera main bhi hoon teri dil bhi hai tera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvwKnLapTqs
A lovely song from the vintage era.
Her beloved comes in her dreams
Sapnon mein koi aata hai
Kuchh chupke se keh jaata hai
Hothon se honth milaata hai
Hriday ka kanwal khilaata hai
Sapera (1939), Kaanan Devi, Kedar Sharma, Rai Chand Boral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=9BvvOsoQhtw&feature=emb_title
Rajeshji,
Please do not leave me out,
After the lull for the two days let me start posting a few songs.
Another nice song from the vintage era,
On broken dreams…..
Toot gayaa hai sapna
Sapna toot gayaa
Toot gayaa hai sapna
Sapna toot gayaa
Kitna achhaa sapna thhaa
kitna achhaa sapna thhaa
Nishaani(1942), Naseem Akhtar, Aziz Kashmiri, Pt Amarnath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfFiPjCnl84&feature=emb_title
Ashwinji, Rajeshji, Pradeepji,
One more peppy vintage number,
Sapnon mein koi ayaa
Sajaniya..aa sapnon mein koi ayaaSong
Ratnavali (1945), Shamshad Begum, Rammurty Chaturvedi, Gobind Ram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCM2q015yvU&feature=emb_title
Another nice number rendered by Naseem Akhtar
Man pagle sapan dikhaaye
Mann jhoothe deep jalaaye ae…….
Last antara…
Jis ka jeevan us ka sapna aa
Kaun huaa hai jag mein apna
Qeemat(1946), Naseem Akhtar, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Naushad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9FPpeNf8WI&feature=emb_title
Kadar Meri Na Jani Chhod Ke Jane Wale,
The second antara
meri dunia apne hatho se mita ja ek bar
yu to aa sakta nahi SAPNE me aaja ek bar
ho aaja teri meharbani chhod ke jane wale
Shamshad Begum, Shabnam (1949), Qamar Jalalabadi, S D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Qvj2Bfs0E&feature=emb_title
A vintage song from my side:
Nargis 1946
Amirbai Karnataki – Husnlal Bhagatram – Qamar Jalalabadi
Aa aankhon mein aa palkon mein aa aake chhup ja
…..palkon mein soye sapne hamare
sapnon mein tu bas ja
……sapna kabhi khatam na ho ye mere pyar ka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmYT_A6MYM
Bhool Na Jana 1947
Brijmala – Khan Mastana – Wahid Qureshi
Dekha tha maine jo sapna wo sapna aaj to toot gaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g3lRWSFnfo
Zaban 1943
Kaushalya, Ishwarlal – C Ramchandra – Dina nath Madhok
Dekha hai ek sapna suhana
kisi chor ka chori chori mere pass aana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpo_UXQKbbU
Prithviraj Sanyukta 1946
Nina – S K Pal – Akhtar ul Imaan
Sundar sapna ban ke aali nainan mein kaun samaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI7Sj00YOGQ
Bhaagyawan 1953
Asha – Avinash Vyas – Neelkanth Tiwari
Naari nahin hai sapna naari nahin kahani
naari ki god mein hi palti hai zindagani
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7veY78boSjs
Veer Arjun 1952
Asha- Avinash Vyas – Saraswati Kumar Deepak
Sakhi sapnon mein saajan aaya
mere nainon mein aake samaaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz0cZrME0Ig
Pradeepji @ 758, 760, 766
Thank you for posting the A R Rehman;s compositions.
I will leave the privilege of posting the links to Ashwinji, which he usually does in his articles.
Rajeshji @ 776 to 779
Thanks for the lovely vintage numbers.
Ashwinji, Rajeshji,
Continuing with the Vintage Vibes;
Posting another lovely number
Sapne se kaun jagaaye re
Mujhe sapne se kaun jagaaye re
Kaun geeton se mujhko bulaaye re ae
Geeton se mujhko bulaaye re ae ae
Arabian Nights, (1946), Kanan Devi, Faiyyaz Hashmi, Kamal Dasgupta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG-AscDYIgU
Ashwinji,
Arunji posted the sweet song ‘Sapnon mein aane waale’, from ‘Hum Ek Hain’ (1946) (@61). And the singer was indeed Zohrabai Ambalewali.
Posting a melancholic song rendered by Zohrabai Ambalewali from the same Film . Song on mother’s broken dreams
Toot gaya, toot gayaa, toot gaya, toot gayaa
Meri mata ka SAPNA toot gayaa
Meri mata ka SAPNA toot gayaa
Bachpan ke wo khel hamare
Wo jhagde wo mel hamaare
Jo ek thhey aaj anek huye
Sab saakh sakhaara chhoot gayaa
Ham Ek Hain (1946), Zohrabai Ambalewali, P L Santoshi, Husnlal-Bhagatram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Fq60IW2f8&feature=emb_title
Thanks, Venkataramanji,
Here’s one more:
Jhoola 1941
Ashok Kumar, Arun Kumar, Rehmat Bano – Saraswati Devi – Pradeep
Aaj mausam salona salona re haan salona re
…..chamke chamacham mere sapne
jaise chandi sona re
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvTS925M-eI
Nai Raahen 1959
Ravi – Shailendra
2 versions – Duet by Hemant & Lata, Solo by Lata
Kal ke chaand aaj ke sapne tumko pyar bahut tha pyar
laal tumhare dam se hi kal jagmag hoga ye sansaar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mRk60-s9vY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWXIOMCgOO0
Rajeshji @ 785,
Aaj mausam salona salona re haan salona re
…..chamke chamacham mere sapne
jaise chandi sona re
A nice vintage number
Continuing with another vintage number,
Posting a wonderful lilting composition; well rendered by Surinder Kaur,
Mere uljhe uljhe SAPNE
Mere uljhe uljhe SAPNE
Sulajh na paayen
Ulajhte jaayen
Koi suljhaaye re ae ae
Laal Dupatta, (1948), Surinder Kaur, Manohar Khanna, Gyan Dutt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS_w9yizma4&feature=emb_title
A Poignant song
Sukh ki raaten thhin SAPNA
Koi nahin ab apnaa ……
1st antara…………..
Ab dukh ki dhoop mein hai SAPNA
Sukh ki raaten thhin sapnaa aa
Samrat Ashok, (1947), Husn Bano, Shams Lucknavi, Gyan Dutt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C76OzB_Nbgc&feature=emb_title
Moving on to the other end of the spectrum.
Secret Superstar is a 2017 musical drama film written and directed by Advait Chandan, and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao. The film tells a story of a teenage girl who dreams to be a singer, uploading videos on YouTube while disguising her identity with a niqab, and her relationships with her mother, father and mentor. Insia Malik (Zaira Wasim), a 15 year-old girl, lives with her Gujarati Muslim family in Baroda, including her mother Najma, her brother Guddu, her grand-mother, and her abusive father Farookh who often beats his wife. Insia is very passionate about singing but her father is against her dream of being a singer.
A short trailer of the film (01:26) – ‘Sapne Dekhna Basic Hota Hai itna to sabka allowed hona chahiye’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L4MP_T60EY&list=PLb9vqUfd6-a7s9Vhs41TNrf_Ci_fgX1uh&index=21
Posting the song ‘Sapne Re’
Chori se-chori se chhup-chhup ke
Maine chori se-chori se chhup-chhup ke
Tinka-tinka chun ke sapna, ek banaya
Dori se-dori se bun-bun ke mene
Dori se-dori se bun-bun ke
Tukda-tukda sil ke sapna ek banaya
Tukda-tukda sil ke sapna ek banaya
Sapne re, sapne re, sapne mere sach
Ho jana re, ho jana re, ho jana re
Sapne re, sapne re, sapne mere sach
Ho jana re, ho jana re, ho jana re
Singer: Meghna Mishra, lyrics Kausar Munir, music Amit Trivedi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQZdmF3VZyg
The full audio song
https://www.google.com/search?q=sapne+re+secret+super+star&oq=sapne+re+secret+super+star&aqs=chrome..69i57j46j0l5.123235j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Jo tujhe jagaye, nindein teri udaye KHWAB hai sachcha wahi
Nindon mein jo aaye jise tu bhul jaye KHWAB wo sachcha nahi
KHWAB ko rag de, nind ko aag de
Angaron ko jagaye, koyalo sa jo gaye, KHWAB hai sachcha wahi
Leharein jo uthaye leharein jo uthaye
Paniyo ko hilaye, khwab hai sachcha wahi
KHWAB ko rag de, nind ko aag de
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Shankar Mahadevan, London Dreams (2009), Prasoon Joshi, Shankar Ehsaan Loy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=XQ8_GnmZe3M&feature=emb_title
Suraj Meri Khidki Se Jo Hai Jhankta
kirano ko jaise mil gaya hai rasta
hasti hui aa gai o o o………………………..
ye aaj kya ho gaya sach bari bari ho rahe sab KHWAB hai
Sunidhi Chauhan, Luck by Chance (2009), Javed Akhtar, Shankar Ehsaan, Loy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-OmxichW68
Yeh Jindagi Bhi Kya Kya Hamko Dikhalaati Hai
SAPNON ki dhundhali raah mein
Ye jindagi bhi hame kaha leke aa jaati hai
Ik anjaani si chaah me
Jaane hamko kya paana hai, socho kya hai apni manjil
Samjhaane se kab maana hai
Dekho karta jidd hai ye dil
Chhune hai taare ise, chaahiye saare ise…………..
Ye jindagi bhi kitani baate keh jaati hai
Ik sidhi saadhi baat mein
Ye jindagi bhi kyun itane KHWAAB sajaati hai
Har suni suni raat mein
KHWAABO mein koi armaan hai
Puchho dil se armaan kya hai
Mushkil hai ya wo aasaan hai
Sun lo dil toh ye kehata hai
Chhune hai taare ise, chaahiye saare ise
Jo palako ke tale, hai apne SAPNE leke chale
Ye keh do wo chale sambhal ke
Na kar na koyi gile, kahi jo thokar aisi lage
Ki SAPNE tute aansu chhalake
….
Loy Mendonsa & Shekhar Ravjiani, Luck by Chance (2009), Javed Akhtar, Shankar Ehsaan, Loy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAsiIVEWLxM
Sapnon Se Bhare Naina, Shankar Mahadevan, Luck by Chance (2009), Javed Akhtar, Shankar Ehsaan, Loy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njxeRQzPEOw&feature=youtu.be
Three in One song; Khwab, Sapna
and a dream or a fantasy?
Yeh hawaye gungunaye puchhe tu hai kaha
Tu hai phulo me kaliyo me, ya mere KHWABON ki galiyo me
Tu hai phulo me kaliyo me, ya mere KHWABON ki galiyo me
Yeh hawaye gungunaye puchhe tu hai kahan
Tu hai phulo me kaliyo me, ya mere KHWABON ki galiyo me
Dharati saji ambar saja jaise koi SAPNA
Isme ho ghar o humsafar tera mera apna
Dharati saji ambar saja jaise koi SAPNA
Isme ho ghar o humsafar tera mera apna
Parineeta (2005), Shreya Ghoshal& Sonu Nigam, Swanand Kirkire, Shantanu Moitra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deTVgOf2cWs&feature=emb_title
Song with Sapne & dream sequence
Suraj hua maddham chaand jalane laga
Aasama ye haay kyun pighalane laga
Mai thahara raha zami chalane lagi
Dhadaka ye dil saans thamane lagi
…………………………………..
Hai khubasurat ye pal sab kuchh raha hai badal
SAPNE hakikat me jo dhal rahe hai
Kyaa sadiyo se purana hai rishta ye hamara
Ke jis tarah tum se ham mil rahe hai
Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gam (2001), Sonu Nigam & Alka Yagnik, Anil Pandey, Sandesh Shandilya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0zKs8i7Nc8&feature=emb_title
Fantasy or day dreaming
Jise dhundata hu mai har kahi jo kabhi mili mujhe hai nahi
Mujhe jis ke pyaar par ho yaki wo ladaki hai kaha
Jise sirf mujhse hi pyaar ho jo ye kahane ko taiyaar ho
Suno tum hi mere diladaar ho wo ladki hai kaha
Jo tumhaare Khwabo me hai basi wo hasin murti pyaar ki…………..
Maan lo agar mai ye kahu ke mere KHWABON me tum hi to ho
Jaan lo mera aramaan hai ke mere sath hi ab tum raho
Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shaan, Javed AKhtar, Shankar Ehsaan Loy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIg8H60bRJo
One more Sapnon Ki Rani SOng
AND a dream sequence
O mera dil tha akela tune khel aisa khela
Teri yaad me jaagu raat bhar
Baazigar main baazigar dilwalo ka main dilbar
1st antara
Chupke se aankho ke raste tu mere dil me samaya
Chahat ka jaadu jaga ke mujhko deewana banaya
Pehli nazar me bani hai tu mere SAPNON KI Rani
Yaad rakhegi ye duniya apni wafa ki kahani
BaaziGar (1993), Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Nawab Arzoo, Anu Malik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPElPtPAz7Y&feature=emb_title
Another fantasy song not exactly dream,
But has the word Sapna in the lyrics
Yaar bina chain kaha re, pyar bina chain kaha re
Sona nahi chandi nahi, yar toh mila ……………
Koyi naya SAPNA nigaho me toh hain
Koyi naya sathi nayi raho me toh hain…………..
SAPNON ka koyi sansar chahiye
Yeh bhi hoga thoda intjar karle
Saheb (1985), S Janaki & Bappi Lahiri, Anjaan, Bappi Lahiri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNVfum7oLwc&feature=emb_title
Earlier posted the song ‘Suraj Meri Khidki Se Jo Hai Jhankta’ by Sunidhi Chauhan from Luck by Chance (2009)
Another listenable song from the same film
Jab hawaaye sunaati hai tere mere pyaar ki daastaan
sunti hai ye fiza sunti hai ye jamin sunata hai aasmaan
isliye phulo me kaliyo me khushbu hai
isliye parvato jharano mein jaadu hai……….
SAPNON ka ye mausam hai dil se dil ka sargam hai
sulagi sulagi honto par halki halki shabnam hai
chalte chalte kaha aa gaye hum
tum jo paas aaye sharma gaye hum
Mahalakshmi Iyer & Amit Paul, Javed Akhtar, Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK7JXY4xb5w
Motiyon ke seg bichayi huyi hai
Dil ki bhi duniya sajaaye huye hai
aaja raaja leke barat aaja
Aaja raaja leke barat aaja
The second antara,
SAPNE kuware mere tera intzar kare saajan
Tu kya jane kitna ye
Tujhse pyar kare mere saajan
Adh khili phulo ki mala piroye huye
Kab se khadi hu tere chah me khoye huye
Aaja raaja leke barat aaja
Seems to be a dream sequence;
Asha Bhosle, Anmol Moti (1969), Rajinder Krishan, Ravi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvLIu0Hx_Jc
With an awesome partnership between a Financial Expert and a Medical Doctor, the score is 800 now!
Boundaries, Sixes and what not!
Congratulations to AK ji, Ashwin ji and all of us, the members of SOY musical family.
O Ek SAPNE saje,
Dhol Taase Baje, O Dekho SAPNE Saje
Kab Mera SAPNA Sach Hoga Sajana
Le Ja Tu Pahana Ke Kangana
Yaar Mere Tu Ab Apne Angana
Ab Apne Angana, Ab Apne Angana
Mahandi Rachaoge, Dulhan Bana Ke Le Jaunga
Mai Dholi Me Bitha Ke Pyar Mere Sach Hoga SAPNA
Sach Hoga Sapna, Sach Hoga SAPNA
Mohammed Rafi, Aarti Mukherjee & Amit Kumar, Ganga Ki Saugand (1978),Anjaan, Kalyanji-Anandji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=uFihpChkiK0&feature=emb_title
Lut Gaya Mere Sapno Ka Dera,
Md.Rafi, Pyar Ki Dastan (1961), Sarvaar, Nashad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOrT0Q0Kc_4
Mehbooba Dil Walon Ki, Shahzadi Mere KHWABON Ki,
Aashiq Hoon Mar Jaoonga, Zalim Ruk Ja Zara
Md.Rafi, Anjaan Hai Koi (1969), Asad Bhopali , Usha Khanna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs0v3MBWJNs
Kaun Ye Aaya Mehfil Me, Bijli Si Chamki Dil Me
Ujalaa Mukhada Kaala Til, Hoth Gulabi Jaise Dil
Rag-e-Badan Tauba Tauba, Aankh Mili To Kya Hoga
Haay O O Dilaruba Meri Nita……..
Last antara
Tu Jo Hai Meri Baaho Me, Jalate Hai Dipak Raaho Me
KHwabon Ki Basti Hai Zameen, Aaj Hai Duniya Kitani Haseen
Md.Rafi & Asha Bhosle, Dil Deke Dekho (1959), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music Usha Khanna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XRibZvrIN8
Venkataramanji,
This was too good! I am impressed with the ease and familiarity that you can handle both the ends of the spectrum. Your knowledge on songs of all the eras and decades is wonderful.
You ensured that this post was the first one to reach #800 mark.
Congratulations to you, Ashwinji, AKji, Dr. Shetty and others.
Glad to have joined the group.
@789
Secret Superstar was indeed a well-made film.
Here’s one more song:
Meghna Mishra – Amit Trivedi – Kausar Munir
Koi ye bata de main hoon kahaan koi to bata de mera pata
sahi hai ke nahin meri ye dagar loon ke nahin main apna ye safar
darr lagta hai sapnon se kar de na ye tabah
darr lagta hai apnon se dede na ye daga
…koi yeh bata de main kaun hoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGHGj3VM2UA
China Town 1962
Asha, Rafi – Ravi – Majrooh
Humse na poochho hum kahan chale, ye dil jahan le chala wahan chale
……sapnon ka chaman hai rang liye, dharti hai gagan ko sang liye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fhOCGhZxbc
Pyar 1950
Geeta Dutt – SDB – Majrooh
Woh sapnewali raat milan ki raat
kabhi to aayegi woh sapnewali raat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT0ojT94D0A
Goonj Uthi Shahnaai 1959
Rafi – Vasant Desai – Bharat Vyas
Bikhar gaye bachpan ke sapne, armaao ki shaam dhale
kahin saje baarat kisi ki, kahin kisi ka pyaar jale
kah do koi na kare yahan pyaar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAie5OAt4Y4
Aarti 1962
Rafi – Roshan – Majrooh
Ab kya misaal doon main tumhare shabab ki
insaan ban gayi hai kiran mahtab ki
….tasveer ho tumhi mere jannat ke khwab ki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad5BcGFpxog
Venkataramanji & Dr.Deshpande,
I peeped into the blog in the afternoon at around 2 pm and my eyes popped out the next time I checked in, which was late at night just before I went to bed – 30 more comments had been added by the two of you! Looks like the 1-day gap was reinvigorating and has unleashed the animal spirit in both of you! Let me take cover and run for shelter as the song-showers continue. I will reenergize myself over the next couple of days and be back for I still owe responses to a few pre-700 comments from Dr.Shetty and Bhatiaji !
Ashwinji @ 811,
Appreciating your resolve to respond to all the comments, I understand you difficulty in executing the same. Although Pradeep ji foresees 1K comments, he has not yet padded up for the cause. I can understand his difficulties too. Both the doctors have their professional commitments. I would not burden you with any further postings for the time being. I too would take a few days hiatus and will try to be back on Sunday. That would give you some respite;
Thanks a lot.
One last posting for the week end.
An immortal Mukesh number…
Ham chhod chale hain mahafil ko
Yyaad aaye kabhii to mat ronaa
Is dil ko tasallii de denaa,
Ghabaraaye kabhii to mat ronaa
Ham chhod chale hain mahafil ko …
Ek KWAAB saa dekhaa thaa hamane
Jab aankh khulii vo TuuT gayaa
Ye pyaar agar SAPNA banakar
Tadapaaye kabhii to mat ronaa
Ham chhod chale hain mahafil ko
Mukesh, Ji Chahta Hai (1964), Indeevar, Kalyanji-Anandji
https://gaana.com/song/ham-chhod-chale-hain-mehfil-ko
Itna sannata kyon hai, mitron?
Covid 19 times. World is different. Give lesser appointments. Only emergency surgeries. Still, being the local branch IMA ( Indian Medical Association) President, and also some other Medical/ Orthopedic bodies takes the toll on my , otherwise systematic lifestyle and ,more importantly, makes time , a precious commodity!
And, after Flowers ( where I collected thousands of songs, noting them down.. Which, I normally don’t do…) Dreams is the most addictive theme for me. Not Dil, not Pyar, Chand, Ankhen….So, wanted to retire prematurely at 555 or 666! But, doston ke pyar wapas kheench laaya and we will see to it that the post reaches the Magical 1K mark.
Dr Shetty
Although 1K is also important, but do keep your appointment with nature in your farm house, which is more important if you are more busy. 1K will come sooner or later.
We are here enjoying – in the past few days – three weaver birds competing with each other in stitching together their individual nests on a babool tree in our farm. It is wonderful how they pluck grass and tear away thin strips from the sugarcane plant leaves and stitch them together in building a nest with gates and windows. And man is under the impression that human beings are the only ones with brains, ideas, technology etc.
I have promises to keep. On this Friendship Day, and the whole week following, I intend to post dozens of songs dedicated to my first friend on the blog.
Aaj se saat din mere dost ke naam!
Kya hai aap ke dost ka naam?
Raja? Haan.
Raja of Anand? Haan, haan.
The Financial n Musical n Cinematic n History Expert? Haan, bhai, haan!
The bond between the Kaveri land and Ganga, Hoogli land? Haan, wohi.
But, you people know him as N Venkatraman ji, abbreviated to NV by yours truly.
NV ji,for being a great friend:
Starting with an unlikely pair _
Go on an open car ride with Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore under the blue sky with white clouds.
Ami to jani tumi.
…. Shonar Swapner…
Hemant Kumar, Shyamal Gupta, Pabitra Chatterjee.
SHESH ANKA, Bengali, 1962.
S A was ‘ inspired’ by CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW, 1958.
C A C S must be the film to have ‘ inspired’ the maximum films, in India and elsewhere. Details to follow.
Ek khwab ne aankhen kholi hai
Kya mod aaya hai kahani mein..
( Gulzar’s voice for the opening lines).
…
Sajde bichawan ve…
….
Khwab khwab si lagti hai duniya..
Gulzar, Singh, Nihira Joshi ; Gulzar; Shankar Ehsaan Loy.
KILL DIL.
I was wishing for a few day hiatus. But the post from a dear friend compelled me to come back to respond to his genuine gesture on this friendship day.
Pradeepji @ 816,
Thank you very much for those exuberant expressions, extending your hands of friendship.
I whole heatedly appreciate our true friendship.
As I have promised Ashwinji not to post any songs for a few days, to give him some respite.
Since Ashwinji has sought a few day to reinvigorate himself, I would continue to run for till he is back.
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Go on an open car ride with Uttam Kumar and Sharmila Tagore under the blue sky with white clouds.
Ami to jani tumi.
…. Shonar Swapner…
Hemant Kumar, Shyamal Gupta, Pabitra Chatterjee.
SHESH ANKA, Bengali, 1962.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38irSjfHTuk&list=PLcoZjKNJTtjc42eFWdmgGn9vC0Dqc8VB9&index=27
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‘S A was ‘ inspired’ by CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW, 1958.
C A C S must be the film to have ‘ inspired’ the maximum films, in India and elsewhere. Details to follow.’
I will look forward to the details.
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Ek khwab ne aankhen kholi hai
Kya mod aaya hai kahani mein..
( Gulzar’s voice for the opening lines).
…
Sajde bichawan ve…
….
Khwab khwab si lagti hai duniya..
Gulzar, Singh, Nihira Joshi ; Gulzar; Shankar Ehsaan Loy.
KILL DIL.(2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4fzOSVy6-o&vl=en
Pradeepji,
Please read ‘wholeheartedly’ instead of ‘whole heatedly’
I take this opportunity to wish all the members of the SoY family, ‘A Happy Friendship Day’. Let our bonds of friendship grow stronger every breath by breath.
Venkataramanji@714
Ek Phool Char Kaante is indeed an enjoyable comedy. Thanks for mentioning the movie and its song.
A perfect star cast, nice music and some hilarious comic scenes make it a delight to watch again.
Here are two more songs from the movie:
1. Soch rahi ki kahoon na kahoon par aaj kahungi mere sanam
…..bahakte hai ye kadam udti si chalti hoon yunhi rahe sapnon ki yeh jhilmil – Lata – SJ- Shailendra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHkQRJ2FiAs
2. Tirchhi nazar se yun na dekh palat palat ke yun na dekh
…..raahi tere waaste bhool rahe hain raaste tujhko paana ek haseen khwab hai – Rafi -SJ -Hasrat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0kklI8GV3g
NV ji,
I reciprocate whole heartedly.
PYAR, 1950.
Rajinder Krishen, SDB.
The only movie where Kishor Kumar playbacks for Raj Kapoor..KK for RK!
Mohabbat ka chota sa ek ashiyana
Kisi ne banaya, kisi ne mitaya.
..
…
Tujhe yaad hai humne dekha tha Sapna
Kaha tha mujhe tu ne Sapne mein apna
Woh Sapna tha Sapna, hasana fasaana.
…
KK.
Woh Sapno ki raat, milan ki raat
Kabhi toh aayegi woh Sapno ki raat..
Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury.
Ashwinji, Venkataramanji,
Do have a deserving break for next few days,
I will continue to post now as and when time permits since the next week is quite busy for me.
Ashwinji can provide his comments at his own convenience.
Zindagi aur Khwab 1961
Manna Dey, Suman – Dattaram – Pradeep
Na jane kahan tum the, na jane kahan hum the
jaadu ye dekho hum tum mile hai
na jane kahan hum the, na jane kahan tum the
ab to milan ke sapne khile hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU1pdUUhmkg
Hans ji,
How beautifully have you explained the admirable artistry of the three Weaver Birds, all the three,my friends!
ksbhatia ji will be proud of your poetic language.
Of course, professional commitments first always!
The farmhouse surroundings during the monsoons is a sight to behold. Right now, as I am typing , there is gentle rain, cool breeze, the sound of Mother Netravati flowing mixed with the croaks of the frogs and the (?) chirping of the cicadas. Heavenly!
Please share your mobile number by mail. I will frequently share some nature videos.
Happy Friendship Day to us all.
Two songs from Anupama 1966 have been mentioned already.
Here’s the third one….
Asha – Hemant Kumar – Kaifi Azmi
Kyun mujhe itni khushi de di ke ghabarata hai dil
…..zindagi betaab hai mere liye
pyaar rangeen khwaab hai mere liye
sab bahak jaate hai jaane kyun, jo bahakaata hai dil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFdbTdcOLpQ
Not sure, if this has been posted earlier…
Anari 1959
Mukesh – SJ – Shailendra
Sab kuchh sikha hamne na sikhi hoshiyari
sach hai duniyawalo ke hum hai anari
….asli nakli chehre dekhe dil pe sau sau pehre dekhe
mere dukhte dil se puchho kya kya khwaab sunehre dekhe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLZoBJxlQBA
One more song from Do Dil 1965
Rafi – Hemant Kumar – Kaifi Azmi
Ram ram japna paraya maal apna
pyar mein dekha humne ye sapna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_tw9hIrwSQ
An average sapnon ke raja song from an obscure movie
Nateeja 1969
MD – Usha Khanna
Possibly the only B/W movie of Vinod Khanna
Interesting part is the quartet of singers – Shamshad Begum, Kamal Barot, Usha Timothy and Usha Khanna singing together
Are sapnon ke raja milne aaja
ankhiyan diwani humri pyari suratiya tumri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLv9Cgv8L0g
Song from Funtoosh 1956, not included in the movie
Asha – SDB — Sahir
Pyar ne kitne sapne dekhe aas mein kitne geet bune
is duniya ke shor mein lekin dil ki dhadkan kaun sune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQI7DtdoSs
On Rafi Saab’s Remembrance Day, a ‘ deleted ‘ song from
SUJATA, 1959.
Andhe ne bhi Sapna dekhi
Kya hai zamana
Goonga bhi ab gaane baita
Pyar ka gaana…
The song, picturized on Sunil Dutt’ s friend teasing him on falling in love with Nutan ( SUJATA ), present very much in the movie , disappeared in the videos version.
Pradeepji @829,
Thank you for mentioning one of those lesser known songs of ‘Sujata’
Andhe ne bhi SAPNA dekha kya hai zamaana,
Goonga bhi ab Gaane Baita Pyar Ka Gaana
Md.Rafi, Sujata (1959), Majrooh Sultanpuri, S D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQaIhJOX_PM
Here’s an apt Rafi song on his Remembrance day: Mujhko mere baad zamana dhoondhega
Ek Naari Do Roop 1973
Ganesh – Asad Bhopali
Dil ka suna saaz tarana dhoondhega
teer-e-nigah-e-naaz nishana dhoondhega
mujhko mere baad zamana dhoondhega
….log mere khwabon ko churake daalenge afsanon mein
mere dil ki aag bategi duniya ke parwanon mein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62_-JTtVIU
One more Rafi song…
Raja aur Rank 1968
LP – AB
O phirki wali tu kal phir aana
nahi phir jaana tu apni jubaan se
…..o sapnon mein o sapnon mein aanewali ruk ja jaanewali
kiya tune mera dil chori
yeh poochh le gori zameen aasmaan se
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbIP6b0BArs
Hare Rama Hare Krishna 1972
RDB – AB
Phoolon ka taaron ka, sabka kehna hai
ek hazaron mein meri behna hai
……jab se meri aankhon se ho gayi tu door
tab se saare jeevan ke sapne hai choor
aankhon mein nind na man mein chaina hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzonmjushCQ
Baharen Phir Bhi Aayegi 1966
Mahendra K – O P Nayyar – Kaifi Azmi
Badal jaye agar maali chaman hota nahin khaali
baharen phir bhi aati hai baharen phir bhi aayegi
…..andhere kya ujaale kya na ye apne na wo apne
tere kaam aayege pyare tere armaan tere sapne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwpaXBguDlw
Naqli Nawab 1962
Talat, Asha – Babul – Kaifi
Mast aankhen hai ki paimane do
haaye aaj to mujhko bahak jaane do
…..khoya khoya sa ye khwaabon ka sama
hamein le aaye hai ye armaan kahaan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id687FnnYws
Jeena Yahan 1979
Sabita Chowdhary – Salil Chowdhary – Yogesh
Yahi to hai mere khwabon ka jahan
ye saji dharti ye khula khula aasma
kitna madhur lage jeena yahan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8OsnVIGsjA
Boond Jo Ban Gayi Moti 1967
Asha – Satish Bhatia – Bharat Vyas
Meri zindagi ek khwab hai
jo na pee sake vo sharab hai
laakhon chahe, laakhon raahen
main ruku ya chalu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3okcguuNNDk
Ashwin ji:
Having left Lara biting dust, this post now threatens Sri Lanka’s test inning’s total of 952! Here is my contribution towards another milestone: ‘Swarg Se Sundar Sapno Se Pyara’ (Chandrani Mukherjee in Ghar Dwaar; MD: Chitragupt):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLZyLJG03uY
There is a happy version also sung by Alka Yagnik, Chandrani Mukherjee, Poornima and Suresh Wadkar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw3Y4GL0_rA
Maniratnam, an MBA, began working on a Kannada film with two friends. The project got shelved. Independently wrote another script. Kamalhasan refused to play the lead . After many rejections, someone agreed to produce, with the condition that it will be a small budget Kannada film.
PALLAVI ANUPALLAVI, 1983.
Maniratnam’s debut movie starring the JULIE pair Lakshmi and Vikram along with Anil Kapoor, Kiran Vairale.
MR approached Ilayaraja, already a huge star in the music world. Impressed by the beginner’s screenplay, Ilayaraja gave his nod , that too, at a quarter of his normal price!
They went on to work together in 6 more movies.
PALLAVI ANUPALLAVI was a huge critical, and ,partly commercial hit.
1. Naguva nayana madhura mains
..
Aase hoova haasi kaade
Nadey nee KANASA hOsaki bidade…
S Janaki.
O Premi O Premi. ..
…
Kanasali ondu roopasi bandu
…
Nanasilli nagalu Kanaseke?
SPB.
3. Hridaya rangoli alisuthide indu
….
Olumeyanu meetide
Kanasugala thumbide…
S P Shailaja.
Lyrics _ R N Jayagopal.
Khandaan 1979
Lata – Khayyam – Naqsh Lyalpuri
Ye mulaqaat ek bahana hai
pyar ka silsila purana hai
…..khwab to kaanch se bhi nazuk hai
tootne se inhe bachana hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEw7EOFb5XU
Aahista Aahista 1981
Asha – Khayyam – Nida Fazli
Jab koi khwab chamakta hai haqeeqat ban ke
koi kismat se chala aata hai kismat ban ke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upT4MbayxPs
One more Khayyam song
Lorie 1985
Asha, Talat Aziz – Khayyam – Bashar Nawaz
Tumhi se roshan hai raat meri
tumhi se har din hua sunehra
….saje the kabse tumhare sapne meri nigahon ke darpanon mein
sulagti rehti thi dheemi dheemi ye aag madhma ke saawanon mein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8EhvBmxcHQ
Naakhuda 1981
Lata, Nitin Mukesh – Khayyam – Nida Fazli
Tumhari palkon ki chilmanon mein ye kya chupa hai sitare jaisa
haseen hai ye hamare jaisa shareer hai ye tumhare jaisa
tumhare khwabon ke aaine mein ye kya chupa hai hamare jaisa
jawan hai ye hamare jaisa haseen hai ye tumhare jaisa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyWKc4srN7k
Soldier 1998
Alks Yagnik – Anu Malik – Sameer
Mere khwabon mein jo aaye meri nindon ko churaye
mera dil dhadkaye mera hosh udaye
o saajan o saajan aayega aayega aayega saajan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZK2HBPx4Ak
From Anu Malik’s early days…..
Aapas Ki Baat 1982
1. Lata, Shailendra – Dayanath Pandey.
In my school days, I used to find the lyrics of this song quite funny and story like, when it used to be played on radio and TV in those days.
Kehni hai do batein tumse magar kahunga kaanon mein
jo tum kehna nahin kisi se apne ya beganon mein
…..kaun si baat pehle kahoon dil ki ya haseen khwab ki
baat seedhi si humse karo ye paheli hai kya aap ki
…..dil ki baat hai kehna mushkil khwab ki hi baat bataaye
kitna pyara tha wo sapna bhoole se bhi bhool na paaye
…..tum to jhute ho ek numbri na tha sapna na koi pari
tum chale the humi ko banane dekh ke mast mausam suhane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSG5Neu52hM
2. KK – Anjaan
Tera chehra mujhe gulaab lage
dono aalam mein lajawaab lage
….roz milte ho par nahin milte
aisa milna bhi mujhko khwaab lage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjxdhPOMn0E
3. Suman Kalyanpur – Anjaan
Phool raahon mein bikhar jaate hai jab wo aate hai
…..soye soye khwab jage jale bujhe bujhe jale
dil mein shama pyar ki
khwab kitne hi sawar jaate hai jab wo aate hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHnOeDSbDL4
Tere Mere Sapne 1996
Udit Narayan, Vinod Rathod, Hema Sardesai – Viju Shah – AB
Tere mere sapne khile yaaron ke dil mile
kahin pe jaam hai kahin pyaas hai yahi hai yaar zindagi ke silsile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd8basr_Oi4
Fareb 1996
Udit, Alka – Jatin Lalit – Neeraj
O humsafar dil ke nagar sapne chalo hum sajaayen
tum ho paas aur hum kahin kho jaayen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEVJgT2Vf8Y
Now, Fareb from the 50s
Fareb 1953
Lata – Anil Biswas – Majrooh
Raat gungunaati hain loriyan sunaati hain
nind kyun nahin aati
…..khwab kyun huye ghayal aye mere pareshaan dil
khwab kyun huye ghayal nind kyun nahin aati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg2_8AsTiG4
Rajeshji @846,
Tere Mere Sapne remind me of a song from Ek Duje ke liye
Mere jivan saathi Pyaar kiye jaa
Javaani divaani Khubsurat, Ziddi Padosan
Satyam shivam sundram…………………………..
AAshiq hu baharo kaa, tere mere SAPNE
Tere ghar ke samne, aamne saamne, shaadi ke baad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq021lXIz9w&feature=emb_title
Another duet from EDKL. By the way Rati Agnihotri’s name in the film was SAPNA.
Hum Tum Dono Jab Mil Jayenge Ek Naya Itihas Banayenge
Aur agar hum na mil paye to
To bhi ek naya ithihas banayenge………………………
3rd antara
Phir ye dil dil na tadpta rehata hai
Jab humse bedard zamana kehata hai
Milna koi do KHWABON me kitne hai naam kitabo me
Hum unme kyu naam likhayenge
EK Duje Ke Liye (1981), SPB, Lata, Anand Bakshi,LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1xBlfL4S4k&feature=emb_title
Parakh 1960
Lata – Salil Chowdhury – Shailendra
1. O Sajana barkha bahaar aayi
ras ki phuhaar laayi ankhiyon mein pyar laayi
……aisi rimjhim mein o sajan pyase pyase mere nayan
tere hi khwaab mein kho gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a7l2UzZ654
2. Mila hai kisi ka jhumka, thande thande hare hare neem tale
o sachche moti wala jhumaka
……pyar ka hindola yahan jhul gaye naina
sapne jo dekhe mujhe bhul gaye naina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkVzekMqjaM
Dil Ek Mandir 1963
Lata – SJ – Hasrat
Hum tere pyaar mein saara aalam kho baithe hai kho baithe
tum kahte ho ke aise pyar ko bhool jaao
…..sapnon ka darpan dekha tha sapnon ka darpan tod diya
ye pyar ka aanchal humne to daaman se tumhare baandh liya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onb3sBz3xV4
Padosan 1968
KK – RDB – Rajinder Krishan
kehna hai kehna hai aaj tumse ye pehli baar
ho tum hi to laayi ho jeevan mein mere pyar pyar pyar
…..kab se dil ne mere maan liya hai tumko apna
aankhen meri dekh rahi hai jaagte sote ye sapna
mere gale mein daal rahi ho tum baahon ka haar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewj3fShfZow
I today suddenly remembered this beautiful song from Naya Zamana sung by Lata and composed by SD Burman.
kitne din ankhen tarsengi
kitne din yun dil tarsenge
ae mere pyase dil
aaj nahin to kal mehkegi khabon ki mehfil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4wX2quUNxw
One would expect many lories from Chitragupta because he is known for sweet melodies. But, I think he has composed only a handful of them.
I had wanted to post a sweet Lata lorie in the appropriate post earlier,but then forgot about it totally. Then, I had heard it after decades.
So jaa meri nanhi pari
Tere liye main kab se jaag rahi..
..
..
Nanha munha Khwab na toote…
MAA, 1960 .. Unreleased.
Majrooh Sultanpuri.
Check out for 3 beautiful Kishore Kumar songs of 3 different moods. The saxophone in one of these, atypical Chitragupta, and more a RDB!
Ashwin,
As we wait for your dream run of 1K, I was looking for some dream songs to cheer you in advance. I don’t think any song would have been left by the readers. One song, inappropriate for the grand occasion but appropriate for Covid-times which kept haunting in my mind, is:
Duh ke ab din beetat naahi
Sukh ke din the ek sapan tha
from Devdas (1935), lyrics Kidar Sharma, music Timir Baran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JuTxafW_f4
This song made Saigal a national rage.
But Saigal sang a positive song too, another all-time classic.
So ja rajkumari so ja
So ja main balihari so ja
So ja meethe sapne aayein
Sapne mein pi daras dikhayein
from Zindagi (1940), lyrics Kidar Sharma, music Pankaj Mullick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opsmm66GLH0
Sangam 1964
Lata, Mukesh – SJ – Shailendra
O mere sanam o mere sanam do jism magar ek jaan hai ham
ek dil ke do armaan hai ham
…..mere apne apna ye milan sangam hai ye ganga jamuna ka
jo sach hai saamne aaya hai
jo beet gaya ek sapna tha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EagBXY4TqKI
Night in London 1968
Rafi – LP – AB
Ba hosh o hawaas mein diwana ye aaj vasiyat karta hoon
ye dil ye jaan mile tumko main tumse mohabbat karta hoon
….mere jeete ji yaar tumhe meri saari jagir mile
wo khwab jo maine dekhe hai un khwabon ki taabir mile
har ek tamanna ke badle mein aaj ye hasrat karta hoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmgaIID3H18
Shama 1981
Lata – Usha Khanna – Asad Bhopali, Zafar Gorakhpuri
Chand apna safar khatm karta raha
shamma jalti rahi raat dhalti rahi
…..khwab palkon se girkar fana ho gaye
do kadam chalke tum bhi juda ho gaye
meri haari thaki aankh se raat din ek nadi aansuon ki ubalti rahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAFynP4SNmU
Chand 1959
Lata – Hemant Kumar – Shailendra
Khoyi khoyi ankhiyaan nind bina, dekh rahi hai ek sapna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29xl8FtL88s
Forty Days 1959
Asha – Babul – Kaifi Azmi
Dekho ye taare khoye khoye, phoolon mein sapne soye soye
rut hansi ki aayi haye aise mein dil kyun roye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLAHZJ3XU7A
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1953
Lata – R C Boral – Bharat Vyas
Baaje muraliya baaje muraliya
sapne huye saanche aaj mere sapne huye saanche
bole koyaliya kuhu kuhu man mera naache naache
sapne huye saanche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkwtf22WWig
Sajni 1956
Lata – Sudhir Phadke – Narendra Sharma
Nindiya bulaane waali sapne dikhaane waali
murali bajaai pyaare poonam ke chaand ne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGGnOWciODY
Chaalbaaz 1958
Lata – Chitragupta – Prem Dhawan
Koi dil ko lage apna apna
ise pyar kahoon ya sapna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vU6penTDzk
Rajeshji,
After giving a good support in attaining the 800 mark, you have single-handedly held the fort, kept the scored board moving, posting 40 out of the 64 comments. Your professional priorities must have kept you away today. Kudos Rajeshji for the great effort.
Ashwinji,
Five days have passed since you left with a note of intent to be back after a few days after getting re-energized.
Hope everything is fine with you.
I took the opportunity to take a few days break from this post, after posting a song on 30th afternoon. Between 30th afternoon and today I posted only two songs (on 2nd August late night). However I responded to the friendship Day greetings from Pradeepji and posted a few links to the songs mentioned by him.
On 30th evening Pradeepji wrote,
‘I have promises to keep. On this Friendship Day, and the whole week following, I intend to post dozens of songs dedicated to my first friend on the blog.’
Pradeepji,
Within the next five days we had five comments and eight songs from you. I am sure professional commitments must have kept kept you too away.
And to lift the flagging spirits Canasyaji (@838), Hansji (@854) and AK (@856) posted a comment each with songs.
Hope the team would get into the act soon so that Pradeepji’s 1K doesn’t turn out to be a distant dream.
Rajeshji, Pradeepji & Ashwinji,
Now it is the turn of the ‘runner’ cum ‘nightwatchman’ to stick to the wicket for some time and keep the scoreboard moving.
Let me first provide the links to the songs mentioned by Pradeepji.
@821,
PYAR, 1950.
Rajinder Krishen, SDB.
The only movie where Kishor Kumar playbacks for Raj Kapoor..KK for RK!
Mohabbat ka chota sa ek ashiyana
Kisi ne banaya, kisi ne mitaya….
…
…
Tujhe yaad hai humne dekha tha Sapna
Kaha tha mujhe tu ne Sapne mein apna
Woh Sapna tha Sapna, hasana fasaana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt9TkBEwfm0
Woh Sapno ki raat, milan ki raat
Kabhi toh aayegi woh Sapno ki raat..
Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT0ojT94D0A
Loved listening to both the songs
I understand KANASU / KANASA is the Kannada word for DREAM,
Similar to the Tamil word KANAVU.
Posting the songs
Naguva nayana madhura mains
..
Aase hoova haasi kaade
Nadey nee KANASA hOsaki bidade…
S Janaki.
It is aduet with SPB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B55OAPaEwNQ
A beautiful number with a lovely use of violin and good orchestration.
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O Premi O Premi. ..
…
Kanasali ondu roopasi bandu
…
Nanasilli nagalu Kanaseke?
SPB.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CkUvHjNMew
Hridaya rangoli alisuthide indu
….
Olumeyanu meetide
Kanasugala thumbide…
S P Shailaja.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7XZFlxeK98
Another good posting
Pradeepji @ 855,
So jaa meri nanhi pari
Tere liye main kab se jaag rahi..
..
..
Nanha munha Khwab na toote…
MAA, 1960 .. Unreleased.
Majrooh Sultanpuri.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBSKT24XOWg
Man ki been matwari baje
Aasha jhume jiwan nache ………..
1st antara
Sawan me bas rup tihara
Soye SAPNE apne jage
Man ki been matwari baje
Shabab (1954), Lata Rafi, Saqeel Badayuni, Naushad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH378X_txCM&feature=emb_title
Ashwin ji:
Dr. Rajesh Deshpande @ 700 had posted one Sudha Malhotra number. Here is another:
‘Maine dekha hai sapna bahar ka’ (Sudha Malhotra in ‘Black Rider’; MD: Harbans Lal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd9xcGNFr7E
Venturing into some nice dream sequence songs , though without the words Sapna/Khwaab/Dream etc.
Pradeepji gave a brief account about Dak Ghar (1966), and posted two songs of Bhupinder in the article on Madan Mohan. This is a very pleasant film laced with melancholy and was based on a Rabindranath Tagore story about the last few days of a dying boy named Amal (Sachin). A sick Amal is confined to his house, lives simultaneously in a world of fantasy and reality. Amal chatters with the passersby and villagers, and dreams about seeing the world beyond his horizons. As he gets sicker, he spends more time in bed, his real encounters with the outside world become fewer and the lines between reality and dreams begin to blur.
There are few dream sequence songs in the film but without the words Swapna or Khwab or dream etc.
Dream Sequence 1
As he escapes into dream at his time of difficulty, Amal tries to connect with the characters, he used converse in reality, in his dream. The pretty patterns dissolve into flowers and a garden where Sudha, the pretty flower seller who had promised to come back, dances.
Dak Ghar (1966),
Kheli Hoon Bahaaron Mein
Singer ?, Kaifi Azmi, Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgcR1bxwCpw&feature=emb_title
Dream Sequence 2
Following each meeting with the characters whom he talks to or met from his windows in reality, he fantasizes about it through songs which are very endearing.
Dreaming to be a Dahiwala
Dak Ghar (1966),
Taaza Dahi Le Lo Taaza Dahi
Shyam Vasvani, Kaifi Azmi, Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=YcRf4BtTCn8&feature=emb_title
A Dream Sequence 3
Earlier in reality, the chowkidar had told him that the new building across the road from Amal’s house is a new Post Office belonging to the Kinga. Amal is excited at the thought of going to visit the King beyond the hills someday, and even more elated at the thought of getting a letter.
And Amal becomes increasingly fixated on getting a letter from the King, he now dreams of beecoming a postman himself so he can travel beyonf the hills.
Dak Ghar (1966),
Jhan Jhan Baaje Iktaara,
Raja Ka Mai Harakaara
Shushma Shrestha, Kaifi Azmi, Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=50&v=rQUn6W0HFdI&feature=emb_title
Another Dream sequence without the word Sapna or Khwab in the lyrics
One day, while Manmohan (Kishore Kumar) is on the night shift, a woman named Renu comes to their garage seeking help as her car breaks down. Renu gets angry at Manmohan because he is sleeping when he is supposed to be on duty. Manmohan does not like the fact that Renu shouted at him and initially refuses to repair her car, but finally agrees. Manmohan fixes the car, and Renu leaves, forgetting to pay Manmohan for his services. He tells his brother Brijmohan about this and realizes that Renu forgot her purse in the garage. Manmohan goes through it and finds a pass to a concert. Manmohan goes to this concert to recover his money. When Manmohan reaches the venue, he is not allowed to enter as the pass has Renu’s name on it. Not wanting to let go of his money, Manmohan waits in Renu’s car to meet her when she comes out. He, however, falls asleep and starts dreaming.
From Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1959)
Mai sitaro ka tarana, mai baharo ka fasana
Leke ik agadai mujh pe, dal nazar ban ja divana
Rup ka tum ho khazana, tum ho meri jan ye mana
Lekin pahale de do mera, pach rupaiya bara aana
Panch rupaiya, bara aana-aa
Marega bhaiya, na na na na-aa
Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar, Majrooh Sultanpuri, S D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob56hsABMts
Ashwinji, Rajeshji,
For now, let me traverse at this end of spectrum.
Later I would move to the other extreme end of the spectrum.
Hope this song has not yet been posted..
Chal Mere Bhai (2000) is the story of two brothers, Vicky (Sanjay Dutt) and Prem Oberoi (Salman Khan) and how their lives are turned upside down by a girl named SAPNA (Karishma Kapoor).
Chori chori SAPNON me aata hai koi,
Sari sari rat jagata hai koi
Dil mera dil bekarar ho gaya,
Dil mera dil bekarar ho gaya
Aisa lagata hai mujhe pyar ho gaya
Chal Mere Bhai (2000), Alka Yagnik & Abhijeet, Sameer, Anand-Milind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RIk29wWCWU&feature=emb_title
Venkataramanji @ 865,
A lot of midnight oil I’m having to burn
A new professional skill, in order to learn
It needs a lot of concentration
And the mental strength to stay away from distraction
Besides there is many a pressing commitment
Which I can miss meeting only to my detriment
That explains why I’ve been away from SoY
Engaging with which I thoroughly enjoy
I will definitely respond to comments now and then
But this may not happen that often
I trust SoYers will understand
And that the old faithfuls will not disband
I take this opportunity to thank you for expressing concern
But aal ij well and I will surely return
In the meanwhile, all the best for the 1K
To you, SoYers and to our leader, AK
N Venkataraman ji;
You have really opened up Doors and Gates of Dream Factories. Enjoyed songs you have posted .
Dream sequences, dance numbers…. with and without lyrics, poetry , music background only, songs of sadness, romantic and dramatic …and so on…. became popular and some producers made them compulsory after the success of long one reeler dream sequence song of Awara. 1952 movie Aan had two dream sequences and that too without songs. It is said that they were added to the film later on please french audience who felt that Nimmi’s role was less than Nadira and they liked Nimmi a lot. Naushad’s music was the talk of the town those days . His mastery over orchestra surprised many in hollywood and other part of the world.
Love Triangle Between Nimmi, Dilip Kumar And Nadira – Aan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSSYrly0vOQ
Aan – 1952 – Fantasy Dance Sequence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWj4qDeb2CM&t=3s
Future is never promised so go after your dreams ….is the life line for everyone. There are many Dream Factories working round the clock to please everyone. Many find them as Dream Merchants only.
Dev Anand while living among the poor in Asli Naqli dream of having Tandoori chicken after a song is woken up to find Milk overboiled….vanishing his dreams. Beautiful music beautiful song….
Chheda Mera Dil Ne Tarana – Dev Anand – Asli Naqli – Mohd Rafi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS9BlwEG6FU
Dreaming is half motivation or half achievements …..for rest of the half one has to work hard full filling entire summed up dreams.
One more of dream sequence song from Leader…
Leader Aaj Hai Pyar Ka Faisala Ae Sanam Lata Mangeshkar Mohd Rafi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4at8-PY3bk&t=2s
to be contd….
Ashwin ji;
A hidden song from Radio days…
HUM APNE GHAM KO , SAJA KAR BAHAR KAR LENGE – ASHA …Sardar malik….Madan Manjari 1961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ2-iiX7erc
Venkataramanji@865
Thanks for your message and appreciation.
Yes, yesterday was a busy day as I had to prepare for a webinar held today. Now some free time before my next session on Friday.
Recalling and posting songs here is a welcome respite from work.
@866
I had posted the Geeta Dutt song from Pyar @808.
It actually starts with woh sapne wali raat.
@875
The song from Chal Mere Bhai was on my list.
Thanks for posting it!
Following you to this end of the spectrum, I will begin from recent times.
Padmaavat 2018
Shail Hada, Shivam Pathak – SLB – A M Turaz
Qalbiya qais wallah
Habibi habibi habibi
Jabse pehna hai maine ye ishq-e-sehra
khalibali ho gaya hai dil duniya se mera
khalibali ho gaya hai dil
…..taar-vaar dil ke sab toot se gaye
neendon waale jugnu rooth raaton se gaye
lag sa gaya hai khwaabon ka aankhon mein dera
khalibali ho gaya hai dil duniya se mera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7K4vGYL9zI
Toilet Ek Prem Katha 2017
Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal – Vickey Prasad – Siddharth Garima
Jabse mila hoon tujhse muskurata rehta hoon
jo bhi milta hai mujhse sunata firta hoon
door rehna is mayajaal se warna tera jeena dushvar ho jaayega
hans mat pagli pyar ho jaayega
…..main to ye sochta tha sochta tha bewaja
khwabon ki khidki thi band ab ishq hoga bhi kya
tujhse yun thoda khul gaya hoon main
yun teri ankhon mein ghul gaya hoon main
ho jaise pani mein chandan hua
dil ab kuchh bhi karne ko taiyar ho jaayega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6613uDk6XYI
Sanju 2018
Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan – Rohan Rohan – Puneet Sharma
Main badhiya tu bhi badhiya shadi kar le sanwariya
phutengi phir phuljhadiyan badhiya badhiya
….sun sajna kal aaya sapna
maine sapne mein dekha mandap apna
sab taare the baraati sang naach rahe suraj chanda
jaag ja re pagli tu sapna nahi hai ye hai durghatna
suraj se mandap jal jayega mujhe nahi pakna nahi pakna
main badhiya tu bhi badhiya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk4lraE0wxU
Badhaai Ho 2018
Shubha Mudgal – Sunny Bawra, Inder Bawra – Kumaar
Tujhe god mein leke main aaj laad ladawaan
dekhe sapne nindon mein meethi loriyaan gawaan
hai ye duayein tu jug jug jeeve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXJPCktYVx4
Ashwinji @876,
Thank you for the nice response.
We do understand, you have multiple activities and commitments.
Yet you have given us your valuble time and company.
We are thankful.
1k is just a Bahana and borrowing Hansji’s words, ‘the real target is enjoyment’.
‘Nirmal Anand’
Bhatiaji @ 877 & 878,
Welcome back to Dreamland.
Earlier you have posted a dream sequence song from Pyasa.
Thank you for the four dream sequence and the the wonderful narrations.
Enjoyed reading them.
And also for the ‘Khufia Khwab’ song.
Can the songs ‘Kyaa se Kyaa hogaya’ and ‘ Tere Ghar Ke Samne Ek Ghar Banaunga’ be considered as adream sequences?
Rajeshji,
Welcome back after a busy day.
I check whether songs in my list, has already been posted or not and delete the song from my list.
In spite of my cross checking few songs elude the scrutiny.
The song ‘Tu mujhe suna main tujhe sunaoon’ from ‘Chandni’ (1989) mwas posted by you @ 173 and repeated by Pradeepji @ 305.
Posting another song from the film
Lagi aaj sawan ki phir wo jhadi hai
Wahi aag sine me phir jal padi hai……..
Last antara
koi kash dil pe zara haath rakh de
mere dil ke tukado ko ek saath rakh de
magar ye hai KHWABO khayalo ki baate
kabhi tut kar cheej koi judi hai
Chandni (1989), Anupama Deshpande & Suresh Wadkar, Anand Bakshi, SHiv Hari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrNbG2W6IRE&feature=emb_title
Rajeshji,
One from Chandni (1989)
Hope they are not repetions.
Mahbuba mahbuba
Are shaharo me se shahar suna bhai shahar suna tha dilli
Dilli shahar me chandani naam ki ladaki mujhse mili
Uski jhil si aankho me haye dil mera duba……………………..
1st antara
KHWAB aur khayalo ki galiyo me jisko dhudha
bana tu mera ha bani tu meri bani main teri mahbuba
Chandni (1989), Kishore Kumar, Anand Bakshi, Shiv Hari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoCYhTvr2sA&feature=emb_title
Thanks for posting songs post 2000. Since you have taken up this end, let me move to the other extreme end for the time.
Venkataraman ji @ 674:
About twenty years ago, I had seen four of Franz Osten’s movies in a retrospective organized by Max Mueller Bhavan in Bangalore. The prints were well preserved and of pristine quality, far superior to that of Bollywood movies of 1970 vintage!
Here is another Devika Rani number from Anjaan, ‘Pyare pyare sapne hamare’, (MD: Pannalal Ghosh)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rqJSdTRxPk
There are two more versions, one by Ashok Kumar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhvdg9tjM5s
and another duet version by Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani (please ignore the image in the video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOhKCWQN2lc
Venkatramanji@886, 887
Lagi aaj sawan ki phir wo jhadi hai is my favorite song from Chandni.
Glad you remembered and posted it.
Remembering Sridevi, here’s one more song from Mr. India 1987, after Hawa Hawaii
Two KKs together – Kishore Kumar & Kavita Krishnamurthy – LP – Javed Akhtar
Karte hain hum pyaar Mr. India se
humko milna sau baar Mr. India se
…..mujhko le aaya hai raahi jaane kaisi raahon mein
din mein bhi ye sapne dekhoon main hoon uski baahon mein
…..mere sapnon ka wo raaja, ding daang ding daang daang
paagal ab to hosh mein aaja, ding daang ding daang daang
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrAhrTIupi0
Kaabil 2017
Jubin Nautiyal, Palak Muchhal – Rajesh Roshan – Nasir Faraaz
Tere mere sapne sabhi band aankhon ke taale mein hain
chaabi kahan dhundhein bata woh chaand ke pyaale mein hain
phir bhi sapne kar dikhaoon sach to kehna bas yehi
main tere kaabil hoon ya tere kaabil nahin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usng5mo30lk
Bodyguard 2011
Shreya Ghoshal, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Himesh Reshamiya – Shabbir Ahmed
teri meri meri teri prem kahani hai mushkil
do lafzon mein ye bayaan na ho paaye
…..tumse dil jo lagaya toh jahaan maine paaya
kabhi socha na tha yun meelo door hoga saaya
kyu khuda tune mujhe aisa khwab dikhaya
jab haqeeqat me use todna tha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFuxaxoJSTM
Barfi 2012
Shreya Ghoshal, Nikhil Paul George – Pritam – Swanand Kirkire
Itti si hasi, itti si khushi
itta sa tukda chaand ka
khwabon ke tinkon se chal banaaye aashiyan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCMNen9q3fI
Mohit Chauhan – Pritam – Swanand Kirkire
o ae aankhon hi aankhon mein kare baate
o ae khwaabon ki nadi mein khaaye gote
aala aala matwaala barfi
paaon pada mota chhaala barfi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0JHpYBRADA
Bajrangi Bhaijaan 2015
Atif Aslam – Pritam – Amitabh Bhattacharya
Haal-e-dil ko sukoon chahiye poori ek aarzoo chahiye
jaise pehle kabhi kuch bhi chaaha nahin waise hi kyun chahiye
dil ko teri maujudagi ka ehsaas yun chahiye
tu chahiye, tu chahiye shaam-o-subah tu chahiye
…..mere zakhmon ko teri chhuan chahiye
meri shamma ko teri agan chahiye
mere khwaab ke aashiyane mein tu chahiye
main kholu jo aankhein sirhane bhi tu chahiye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuvla6ABKbs
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara 2011
Mohit Chauhan, Alyssa Mendonsa – Shankar Ehsaan loy – Javed Akhtar
Ude khule aasman mein khwabon ke parinde
ude dil ke jahaan mein khwabon ke parinde
o ho kya pata jayenge kahan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0XjwtP_iTY
One more song from Kaabil 2017
Vishal Dadlani – Rajesh Roshan – Manoj Muntashir
Kadam se kadam jo mile toh phir saath hum tum chale
chale saath hum tum jahan wahi pe bane kaafile
mon amour mon amour
….aaj saare sapne chal palkon mein bhar le
aaj saari khushiyon se yarana karle
da ra di da ra suno toh yaara aaja karle manmani thodi aur
mon amour mon amour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUi25PV0sqs
Canasyaji @ 888,
Thanks for posting the triple version of the vintage number ‘Pyare Pyare Sapne Hamre’ from the 1941 movie’Anjaan’
Nice postings.
Again another surprise miss.
That reminds me of another Franz Osten’s movie, ‘Prem Kahani’ (1937) and a young Ashok Kumar in the lead role.
Khushid Minocher Homji and Manik Minocher Homji were sisters and they were rechristened as Saraswati Devi and Chandraprabha Devi, when they joined Bombay Talkies.
Saraswati Devi was the music director for the film Prem Kahani and Chandraprabha Devi acted in the film.
Presenting the song ‘Ankhiyaan Jhapi Mori’ rendered by and filmed on Chandrprabha Devi and Ashok Kumar and composed by Saraswati Devi. The word ‘SAPNE’ occurs in the first stanza. Another vintage wonder. In the later part ther is dream sequence too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iSdDsrnGOI
Rajeshji ,
Nice to see you in full flow. 12 good postings from this end of the spectrum.
Great going. Keep it up.
Ashwinji, Rajeshji, Pradeepji,
I did some deep dredging to find movies in the silent era with the word Sapna/Swapna or Khwab in the title.
And my efforts yielded the following three movies. Since they were silent movies, there is no chance of any song; giving a brief synopsis of the three movies.
1924 –‘Usha Swapna’ or ‘Usha’s Dream”, produced by Star of the East Film Co. Madras, Director – Raghupathy S. Prakasaha.
Raghupathy S Prakasha, considered to be one of the pioneers of silent films in the South, brought handsome and intelligent Yaragudipati Varada Rao (Y V Rao) back from west. Y V Rao originally belonged to Nellore (in Andhra Pradesh). He went to Bombay and Kolhapur and acted in a couple of silent films.R.S. Prakash brought him to Madras and Y.V. Rao acted in some of the silent films produced by Star of the East Film Co. (Bhishma Prathigjna-1921, Gajendra Moksham and Usha Swapna-1924, Garuda Garvabhangam-1929).
1925- ‘Sansaar Swapna” or “Dream of Life”, was produced under the Kohinoor Film Company banner and directed by Homi Master.
Homi Master has been referred to as silent cinema’s most successful film-maker. At the age of thirteen, Master joined a famous Parsi theatre group called Bilwala. He soon became a popular stage actor. Following a brief stint at the Phalke Film Company, he joined Kohinoor Film Company working initially as an actor. He went on to direct films for them starting with Bismi Sadi.
The social film had Khalil, Moti, Miss Marie and others in the casting.
1929 – ‘Khwab-e-Hasti’ or ‘Magic Flute’wasproduced by Imperial Film Company and directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani.
Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani (1903-62) born in Hyderabad, Sind. Studied at College of Technology, Manchester (1921-4), then studied film-making in Germany at UFA (1924). Joined Imperial (1927-9), where he made Khwab-e-Hasti, adapted from the novel Dreamland. Scripted by A.S. Desai, this film is not to be confused with Agha Hashar Kashmiri’s play of the same title.
The fantasy film had Sulochana (Ruby Myers), Dinshaw Bilimoria, Gohar, Diane Belle, Mazhar Khan, Baburao Sansare, Rustom Irani and Ghori in the casting.
Agha Hashar Kasmiri’s play by the same name was based on Shakepeare’s Macbeth. In 1934, Magic Flute/ Khwab-e-Hasti , a Talkie film, was produced by the Imperial Film Company and directed by Homi Master.
Music direction was by Nashtar Lakhnavi. And the cast included D. Billimoria, Gohar Mamajiwala, Sulochana (Ruby Myers), Chanda, Rustom Irani, Hadi, W. M. Khan, Ghory, B. Sansare.
Posting another nice vintage duet
Suno Ek Naya Fasana…….
Ek KHWAAB ki mehfil se
Main laya hoon ek geet suhaana
Geet suhaana
KHWAAB ki baaten
Kuchh na chupaana
Jo kuch bhi dekha hai sunaana………
KHWAAB mein jo kuchh dekha
Usko banaa do aaj taraana………..
Maine dekha KHWAAB mein
Ek niraala jahaan
Jhukte nahin hain sar wahaan
Darte nahin hain dil wahaan
Kanan Devi & Asit Baran, Arabian Nights (1946), Faiyyaz Hashmi, Kamal Dasgupta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQnRxYFzKo&feature=emb_title
Sab SAPNE pure aaj hue chamke aasha ke tare
man mandir ke hai dwar khule
man mandir ke hai dwar khule
kahte hai nain tumhare
Geeta Dutt & Md.Rafi, Veer Babruwahan (1950), Anjum Jaipuri, Chitragupt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtdv8XQI87M&feature=emb_title
Saajan comes in her dreams……..
O main soyi thhi
Haan haan soyi thhi
SAPNON mein aaye sajan
O salone sajan manmohne sajan
O main soyi thhi
SAPNON mein aaye sajan…………….
last antara ……….
Aaja SAPNON ke meet mere sundar sangeet
Aaja tujko sikhaaun muhabbat ki reet
Nayi Bhaabhi (1950), Kaushalya, lyrics B M Sharma, music Harbaksh Singh
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hav2o
Saajan comes in her dreams……..
O main soyi thhi
Haan haan soyi thhi
SAPNON mein aaye sajan
O salone sajan manmohne sajan
O main soyi thhi
SAPNON mein aaye sajan…………….
last antara ……….
Aaja SAPNON ke meet mere sundar sangeet
Aaja tujko sikhaaun muhabbat ki reet
Nayi Bhaabhi (1950), Kaushalya, lyrics B M Sharma, music Harbaksh Singh
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hav2o
I have just scored well in the latest assignment in the online course that I am doing, so in celebration I thought I would clear a long overdue debt to KS Bhatiaji, so here goes:
@ 538 & 539,
‘Aaja ri nindiya pyaari aaja’ is a lovely lullaby! It seems to be based on Dhanashri; there is also a strand of Shuddh Sarang in it corresponding to the segment ‘preet se preet lagaja aaja’. Thanks a ton for posting this. – one of the best lories that I have listened to! Am giving the credits for the lyrics and the music here:
Lyrics: Akhtar Chugtai/Manohar Sherai
MD: Pandit Amarnath
@540,
The song is from ‘Jaadu Nagri’ (1961) and is very sweet! Here are the credits:
Lyricist: Hasrat Jaipuri
MD: S.N.Tripathi
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
@ 541,
A nice piano song – hopefully someone has mentioned it in AK’s post on piano songs! Here are the details:
Song: ‘Apne khayaalon ko’
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist: Either Sahir Ludhianvi or Qamar Jalalabadi
MD: N.Datta
This takes care of your pre-600 comments, Bhatiaji! Will come back to address the 8 comments that you have made in the 600s.
Ashwinji @902,
Congratulations for your achievement.
Pray, you succeed in every endeavour.
And may all your dreams fulfilled.
Ashwin ji:
You have have scored well in the online exam and so has done this post by crossing the 900 mark. The availability of online courses from Ivy League and other top schools to everybody all over the world is like finding ‘sapne me sampada’ (Sudhir Phadke in Janabai; MD: Sudhir Phadke):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIxI2ev23rI
Ashwin ji @902 , Venkatraman ji @903;
I fully endorse Venkatraman ji views . Grace is the celebration of life and Achievements. Enjoy and celebrate since it happened. As a culture, let’s raise our glass or toasts as applicable !!. Toasts , Yes…Every meal is a small celebration . But….Yeh kya hua kaise hua…sapna silona tha ek na ek din hona tha…Huaaa !
Ye Kya Hua Kaise Hua – Amar Prem…Kishore …RDB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saApSghVCOU
Two more films from the 1930s with Khwab/ Sapna in the title.
1937 – ’Jeevan Sapna’
Produced b and directed by Jaddanbai under her Sangeet Film Company banner,’ Jeevan Sapna’ was a social drama. Music was also scored by Jaddanbai; Pyare Lal Santoshi penned the lyrics. The cast included Mehtab, Sitara Devi, A. Hussain, Marutirao, Shanta Devi, Anees Khatoon and others.
Jaddanbai was a trained classical singer. She established her own film company Sangeet Film Co. and she was the producer, director snd Md in her films. She also acted and wrote some of the songs. In 1935,She introduced her daughter Nargis, as Baby Rani, in ‘Talash-e-Haque’.
1937 – ‘Khwab Ki Duniya/ Dreamland’
The film was produced by Praksash Pictures and directed by Vijay Bhatt (bebut film). Khwab Ki Duniya was inspired by the film The Invisible Man (1933) based on H. G. Wells novel of the same name. The film had elaborate special effects with the invisible man being the main draw. Babubhai Mistry trained as a special effects director was acclaimed as a “trick scene photographer” for his work in Khwab Ki Duniya. Sardar Akhtar and Jayant were in the lead role. Music was by Lallubhai Naik, lyrics were penned by Pandit Anuj.
There was one song with the word ‘Khwab’ in the Mukda, “Duniya Saari Ek Khwab Hai Jhoothi Uski May”. I could not locate the link to the song.
My search yielded two more Hindi films of 1942 with word SAPNA / Swapna.
SWAPNA, a social film, was directed by Zia Sarhadi and E. Billimoria, Kaushalya, Balwant Singh, Alaknanda, Bhudo Advani in the casting. Music for the film was scored by Shanti Kumar and the songs were penned by Tanveer Naqvi.
The other film was SACHCHA SAPNA, directed by Madhav Kale, The cast included Rajkumari, Madhav Kale, Kumar, Ashalata; Annashaeb Mainkar was the MD and Ehasan Rizvi was lyricist.
No songs fitting the post could be found from the above films.
Presenting a song from the film Jawab (1942), rendered by Kanan Devi
Kuch Yaad Rahe To Sun Kar Jaa
2nd antara
Kya SWAPN rahega SWAPN jo dekha
Kaise bataau kya kya dekha
Kya SWAPN rahega SWAPN jo dekha
Kaise bataau kya kya dekha
Dekhu kuch tere
Dekhu kuch aisa kar ja
lyrics Bekal, music Kamal Dasgupta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK0NrsZ5kUs&feature=emb_title
Another sweet vintage song with SAPNA from the film Basant (1942)
Chhoti si duniya re
Mere chhote se man me chhoti si duniya re
Chhote chhote gharwa, chhoti atariya
Cchhoti si bagiya re
Mere chhote se man me chhoti si duniya re
The next stanza
Bagiya me aasha ke phulwa phule
SAPNE mere un pe jhula jhule
Dori, dori lagan ki daare
Dori lagan ki dare
Parul Ghosh, Pyarelal Santoshi, Pannalal Ghosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=139&v=J82A59LofFI&feature=emb_title
Another duet of the song from Basant (1942)
Ek duniya basa le
Mere man duniya basa le
2nd antara
Choti si duniya ho choti choti bate
Chote chote din ho
Aur choti choti rate
Chote chote din ho
Aur choti choti rate
Raato ko SAPNON se khub saja le
Raato ko SAPNON se khub saja le
Arun Kumar & Parul Ghosh, Pyarelal Santoshi, Pannalal Ghosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYl2BYxAyI&feature=emb_title
The third song with the word ‘SAPNA’ from the film Basant (1942)
Tumko Mubarak Ho Oonche Mahal e
Humko hai pyari
Humari galiya, humari galiya
Mahalo me reh ke bhi
Chain na aaye chain na aaye
Galiyo me soye jo
Dil ko bichaye dil ko bichaye
SAPNO me wo hi manaye rangraliya
SAPNO me wo hi manaye rangraliya
Humko hai pyari
Humari galiya, humari galiya
Madhubala, Pyarelal Santoshi, Pannalal Ghosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLHLytIFhLw&feature=emb_title
Rajeshji,
Moving again to the other end of the spectrum;
Aane char aane bache hai char aane, sun le waste naa karna yar
Bara aane jindagi yuhi waste hui, waste hui waste hui………..
Next stanza
Itne SAPNE the jo dil me hi mar gaye
Chadhne ke pehle hi parvat se dar gaye
Itne Sapne the jo dil me hi mar gaye
Chadhne ke pehle hi parvat se dar gaye
Abb toh chadhenge girenge dekhenge, kya hai parvaton ke paar
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Shantanu Moitra, Swanand Kirkire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHAa3X0VRA&feature=emb_title
One from the late 90s
Jo bhi chahu vo mai pau
Zindgi me jeet jau
Chand tare tod lau
Sari duniya par mai chhau
Bas itna sa KHWAAB hai
Bas itna sa KHWAAB hai
Yes Boss (1997), Abhijeet, Javed Akhtar, Jatin-Lalit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_WvU9J1nXw
Back into the millennium
A patriotic song
Des Mere Des Mere
Meri Jaan Hai Tu
Des Mere Des Mere
Meri Jaan Hai Tu……………….
Mitaane Se Nahin Mitate
Darrane Se Nahin Darrte
Watan Ke Naam Pe
Watan Ke Naam Pe.
Hum Sar Katane Se Nahin Darrte………………..
Hazaron KHWAAB roshan ke sulagti si nigaahon mein
Sulagti si nigaahon mein
Kafan hum baandh ke nikle hai azadi ki rahon mein
Kafan hum baandh ke nikle hai azadi ki rahon mein
Nishaane pe jo rehte hai nishaane se nahin darrte
Desh mere desh mere meri jaan hai tu
The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002), A R Rahman, Sukhwinder Singh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy8J1Z65Rzs
5:01
Venkataramanji,
Nice information about the silent era movies relevant to the theme.
Here’s one more from this side of the spectrum…
Pad Man 2017
Mohit Chauhan – Amit Trivedi – Kausar Munir
Ude ude badal ka ek tukda kaise main todu
….o saale sapne main tere sadke
bas gaya hain tu meri nas mein
ab jahan tu aa raha hoon main wahan
o saale sapne main tere sadke
ho gaya hoon main tere bas mein
ab jahan tu aa raha hoon main wahan
…..tune nind se uthaya abe saale sapne
ab to jaagu main raat din
…..aaja tujhse kya chhupana abe saale sapne
mujhko bhi lat hain teri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXe-HYtY43E
A 2013 Non film (Album) song
Mere KHWAAB Sukhe Jate Hai
Ankhon se Aansoo Behten Hai
Ooo Maa, sunle tu zara
Tu hi hai ik mera……………
Sukhwinder Singh, Album-Badi Anmol Hoti Hai Maa (2013)
https://gaana.com/song/mere-khwaab?autoplay=true
The previous one was on Mother,
Now this one dedicated to a father
Paalne mein chand utra
Khoobsurat KHWAAB jaisa
Godh mein usko uthata toh
Mujhe lagta tha waisa
Sara jahan mera hua
Maadaari (2016), Sukhwinder Singh, lyrics Irshad Kamil, music Sunny Bawra-Inder Bawraa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpMI86Lazhg&feature=emb_title
This one from a film on sports personaity;
Sachin Sachin.. .. .. ..
Raat chaahe ho ghaneri
Hai ujaala tere haathon mein
Ho adhoora KHWAAB toh phir
Neend kaise aaye raaton mein
Sachin: A Billion Dreams (2017), A. R. Rahman, Sukhwinder Singh, Kaly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ-RlWsl_Ww
One more from Pad Man 2017
Arijit Singh – Amit Trivedi – Kausar Munir
Aaj se teri saari galiyan meri ho gayi
aaj se mera ghar tera ho gaya
aaj se meri saari khushiyan teri ho gayi
aaj se tera gham mera ho gaya
o tere kaandhe ka jo til hai o tere seene mein jo dil hai
o teri bijli ka jo bill hai aaj se mera ho gaya
o mere khwabon ka ambar o meri khushiyon ka samandar
o mere pin code ka number aaj se tera ho gaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFsEqOBG51M
Sooryavansham 1999
Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal – Anu Malik – Sameer
Kore kore sapne mere barson se the kitne adhure
dhire dhire rang saja ke tune kar diye unko pure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN8VL6JVrYI
Woh Lamhe 2006
KK – Pritam – Nilesh Mishra
( tune lifted from Tak Bisakah by Noah)
Kyun aajkal nind kam khwab jyada hai
lagta khuda ka koi nek irada hai
kal tha fakir aaj dil shehzada hai
lagta khuda ka koi nek irada hai
kya mujhe pyar hai ya kaisa khumaar hai ya
…..soye se khwab mere jaage tere waste
tere khayalon se hai bheege mere raaste
…..tum kyun chale aate ho har roz in khwabon mein
chupke se aa bhi jaao ek din meri baaho mein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrAM_H7v8wM
One more from the late 90s
Saat rang ke SAPNO me mai kho gayi sajna
Odhi chunar tere pyaar ki teri ho gayi sajna
Maine tujhko pehnaaya hai sajni gajra chudi kangna
Chaahe chhute duniya maine maangi hai duwa
Saat Rang Ke SAPNE (1998) Alka Yagni & S P Balasubramaniam
Sameer, Nadeem Shravan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4iyLNRv2Pw
Once Upon A Time in Mumbai 2010
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Tulsi Kumar – Pritam – Irshad Kamil
Paaya maine paaya tumhein rab ne milaya tumhein
honthon pe sajaya tumhein nagme sa gaya tumhein
paaya maine paaya tumhein sab se chupaya tumhein
sapna banaya tumhein neendon mein bulaya tumhein
tum jo aaye zindagi mein baat ban aayi
sapne teri chahaton ke sapne teri chahaton ke
dekhti hoon ab kayi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFa_i0DOGdc
Back to some Vintage Vibes ,
Mera Khwab (1943) was directed by Hansraj Patel,The cast included Prakash, Zebunissa, Samson, Putlibai, Abbas. Music was scored by Ghlam Mohammad, M E Ashq penned the songs. There were no fittings songs.
Naadaan (1943) had a song with SAPNE
Ati Suhane SAPNE Tihare, but the link to the song could not be located .
One song ‘ Neend hamare, khwab tumhare rendered by G M Durrani, Balakram from Nai Kahani (1943) was posted by Pradeepji @ 42.
Posting another song from the film
Aa ja, aa ja, aa ja
Bichhde huye saajan
Bichhde huye saajan jis desh gaya hai
Jis desh gaya hai
Us desh ka rasta SAPNE me dikha ja
G. M. Durrani, Nai Kahani (1943), Wali Saheb, Shyam Sundar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMA6HdUkXIU
Koi mere SWAPNON mein aa gaya
Pyaar banke ae ae
Zindagi pe chhaa gaya bahaar ban ke……….
Ye meethhe meethhe SAPNE toot jaayen na
Ye sahaare ye nazaare mujhse roothh jaayen na
Resham, (1952), Suraiyya, Prem Dhawan, Hansraj Bahl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=cbQLM7t5NKE&feature=emb_title
A sweet song from a mythological film
Madhur madhur SAPNON mein
Aaj main to kho gayi
Piya mere ho gayi
Main piya jee ki ho gayi
Devyani, (1952), Asha Bhonsle, lyrics Manohar Khanna, music Purushottam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_AgNsEYQZo&feature=emb_title
My friend Ashwin ji, after khadi mehnat, burning of midnight oil, din raat ek kar ke apne laqshya ko prapth karne mein safal huye hain. First Class First aaye hain apne online IMTIHAN mein. Maa ji agar Pune madhe hote toh zaroor apne khud ke haathon se banaye kheer/ gaajar ka halwa khilate! Koi baat nahin, hum hain , na?
Badhai ho!
During the preparations, all alone, he would sometimes lose hope and think of giving up, stopping before reaching his manzil. But, I nibhaoed mere farz of being a true friend by singing to him..
रुख जाना नहीं, तू कहीं हार के
काँटों पे चल के मिलेंगे साये बहार के
ओ राही, ओ राही….
He had always sacrificed his own comforts to give others whatever they desired. His dreams were his only true companions in his tireless journey.
लोंगोँ को उनका सबकुछ देके
तू त़ो चला था सपने ( Sapne ) ही लेके।
His single minded dedication, hard work , perseverance paid rich dividends.
The evening the results were announced, he was on Cloud Nine, justifiably so.
रोज शाम आती, मगर ऐसे न थी..
…..
In his excitement, euphoria , he recalled his courtship days. He used to dream with open eyes… Daydream! Thank God, they didn’t turn into nightmares!
Koi geet mujhko sunaye
Preet man mein jagaye
Khuli aankh Sapne dikhaye…
IMTIHAN, 1974.
LP have done a Salil Da or SDB in Roj Sham aatee…
Jokes apart,
Ashwin ji,
Hearty congratulations. Any positive nateeja of any IMTIHAN at any age is commendable, applaudable and praiseworthy.
Keep it up!
Wherever the treat, at Mangalore, Mangalore mein, Mangaloorinalli, Kodiyalanthu, Kudlad, Maikalth, Mangalapuramulude, it better be a grand one!
The raunchiest song of recent times?
Ooh Lalla?
Think again, fast,
Onn Rand Moon Naal..1 2 3 4…
Dreamum Wakeupum
Critical conditionum…
Jumpingum! Pumpingum!
Stree lingum! Pullimgum!
Topu to bottom, Kama Sutaram!
Thighsu thandaram, Size matterum!
Body heetnam, Hot seetnum,
Calling Fire Brigade….
Scorching the screen!
PrathviRaj, as the delectable sex object, gets more eyeballs than Rani Mukherjee in AIYYAA.
Venkataraman ji @ 923:
We can count on you to unearth wonderful pearls from the vintage depths of HFM. Here is one more in that vein:
‘Chhed gayo mohe sapne mein Shyam’ (Lata in ‘Jhanjhar’; MD: CR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t7KhiSxYig
Pradeepji @ 927,
That was good post
Here is the link.
Onn Rand Moon Naal..1 2 3 4…
Dreamum Wakeupum
Critical conditionum…
Jumpingum! Pumpingum!
Stree lingum! Pullimgum!
Topu to bottom, Kama Sutaram!
Thighsu thandaram, Size matterum!
Body heetnam, Hot seetnum,
Calling Fire Brigade….
Scorching the screen!
PrathviRaj, as the delectable sex object, gets more eyeballs than Rani Mukherjee in AIYYAA.
I am posting the audio version.
Those want to see the video can see it YT.
https://gaana.com/song/dreamum-wakeupum
Pradeepji, You are not expected to score in singles. Your are THE prolific scorer of SoY.
A late surge will help us to reach your 1K targe a little time after the other post touches the mark
And that would be wonderful
Canasyaji @ 928,
Another fabulous posting from the golden period.
I will try to post some from the vintage and golden period sons,
some beyond 2000 too.
But all of them may not be wonderful. They will fit the theme not the standards.
Thank you Canasyaji
Pradeepji, Canasyaji,
An interesting peppy number from the golden period,
the lyrics has all the twenty six alphabets
ABC ABC
Mere SAPNON mein chori chori aaya karo ji
CDE CDE
Koi dekh lega
Aise na bulaaya karo ji
Ilzaam (1954), Asha Bhonsle & Kishore Kumar, lyrics Rajinder Krishan, music Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=H3Pkvw7yCKk&feature=emb_title
Canasyaji,
This vintage number must be to your liking.
Prabhu ji prabhu ji, tum rakho laaz hamari
Prabhu ji prabhu ji, tum rakho laaz hamari
Man ki baat chupi nahi sabse
Man ki baat chupi nahi sabse
Joban dhan sari
Rakho laaz hamari, prabhu ji prabhu ji tum
2nd antara
kaise dekh rahi hu sapna, SAPNO ki kya hota apna
kaise dekh rahi hu sapna, SAPNO ki kya hota apna
jo kuch hua meri marji se, mujhko sone na de
rakho laaz hamari, prabhu ji prabhu ji tum
Hospital (1943), Kanan Devi, Pandit Madhur, Kamal Dasgupta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcBokurr8sI&feature=emb_title
in continuation…………….
Posting a song rendered by S N Tripathi
Panghat ke Gayilon ka
Panghat hi hai thikana
Farhad kaise gujre
Apna hai ab jamana
Khana tu unki gaali
Rehna tu unki galiya
khana tu unki gali
Rehna tu unki galiya
Sona to KHWAAB unke
Sona to KHWAAB unke
Gana to unka gana
sona to KHWAAB unke
Gana to unka gana
Farhad kaise gujre
Apna hai ab jamana
Panghat (1943), S N Tripathi, Pt. Indra, S N Tripathi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRuatn60Ag
Aap kyu kyu aap kyu aayenge
Aap kyu kyu aap kyu aayenge
Meri aankho me ab tak wohi KHWAB hai
Meri aankho me ab tak wohi KHWAB hai
Dil usi rog se mera betab hai
Dil usi rog se mera betab hai
Kya ye barkha ke din
Kya ye barkha ke din bhi gujar jayenge
Hai ye SAPNA
Hai ye SAPN ke sach much tum aaye yaha
Hai ye SAPNA ke sach much tum aaye yaha
Dil ki aankho se dekho ke hu mai kaha
Dil ki aankho se dekho ke hu mai kaha
Mil na jaye kahi
Mil na jaye kahi ye jami aasma
Tum kaha mai kaha tum kaha mai kaha
Aap kyu kyu aap kyu aayenge
Aap kyu kyu aap kyu aayenge aap kyu
Taqdeer (1943), Motilal & Shashad Begum, Mahil ul Qadri, Rafiq Ghaznavi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9paSbuOXjs&feature=emb_title
Manwa kahe phir tadpaye manwa kahe phir tadpaye
Bhul gayi thi jo barsate bhul gayi thi jo barsate
Chandani rate pyar ki bate chandani rate pyar ki bate
Ab kyu reh reh kar haye man ko unki yad sataye
Manwa kahe phir tadpaye
1st antara
Jag uthe kyu nind ke mare kahe re SAPNE rishte nate
Chhod chuki thi jis jiwan ko chhod chuki thi jis jiwan ko
Kahe yad me aye manwa kahe dil dhadkaye
Wapas (1943), ? , Akhtar Chugtai, Rai Chand Boral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx72QqNPHBM&feature=emb_title
Ashwinji,
Kaun aayaa mere man ke dvaare
Paayal ki jhanakaar liye…………………
1st antara…………………….
Forgot about this song; hope it was not posted earlier
Paagal manavaa, soch me dubaa
Sapnon kaa sansaar liye
kaun aayaa
Dekh Kabira Roya (1957), Manna Dey, Rajinder Krishan, Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd2FnIFkiBw&feature=emb_title
A sweet composition, Tilang?
Lagan tose laagi balma dhare dil pe haath
Taron ke saath saari rain jaagi balma
Lagan tose laagi balma
Lagan tose laagi balma………………………
2nd Antara
Nind ki maati duniya saari
SAPNON mein thi khoi
Ruki-ruki thi mast hawaaye
Lahar-lahar thi soi
Main nindiyaa se dur rahi kyun
Ye na jaane koi
lagan tose laagi balma
Dekh Kabira Roya (1957), Lata Mangeshkar, Rajinder Krishan, Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYazvBH7Wgw&feature=emb_title
Kahe Tarsaye Jiyara, Yauwan Rut Sajan Ja Ke Na Aaye
Last antara
Nit nit barse na, ras ki puhar, ras ki puhar
SAPAN jal gagan, nit na lutaye
Kahe jiyara tarsaye, kahe tarsaye jiyara
A lovely classical composition and dance.
Raag Kalavati ?
Chitralekha (1964), Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Sahir Ludhyanvi, Roshan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZ2SVxgBho
Chal Chal Mere Sang chal
Chal chal mere sang Sang
Mere dil kee dhadkan me
Too lamha lamha har pal
chal chal mere sang sang………………………
ek tamanna dil me hai
dekhu mai tujhe jee bharke
SAPNO me tere kho jau
ankhiya mai band karke
Astitva (2000), lyrics Shrirang Godbole, singer & music Sukhwinder Singh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR7RUvs0gU0&feature=emb_title
Wake Up Sid (2009),
Shankar Mahadevan, lyrics Javed Akhtar, Shankar, Ehsaan Loy, Shankar
Aaj Kal Jindagi Mujhase Hai Keh Rahi
Aaj kal zindagi Mujhse hai keh rahi
Tu jo meri maane toh chal deewane
Sapnon ki rahoon mein tu
Saari khusboon ko
Saari roshni ko le le in bahoon mein tu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcfPu-Nu6w
Teri payal mere geet
Teri payal mere geet
Tu sargam hai mai sangeet
Tu sargam hai mai sangeet
Teri payal mere git……………………….
gora mukhda chanchal bindiya
SAPNE dekhe le gayi nindiya
Teri Payal Meri Geet (1993), S P Balasubramaniam, Hasan Kamal, Naushad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUi8E2FwR7I&feature=emb_title
Posting a wonderful NFS by Geeta Roy (1948)
I think it is based on Raga Lalit
The song writer paints a delightful ‘Sapna’ experienced by the lady and set to a beautiful melody which gives emphasis on the lyrical content of the song.
Nandlaal ke dhyaan mein
Raat gayi main soye
Bhor bhayi to mann kahe
Phir kab rajni hoye
Sakhi SAPNE ki baat bataaaoon
SAPNE ki baat bataaaoon
Aisa thhaa kuchh SWAPAN rangeela
Jo kehte sharmaaaoon
Sapne ki baat bataaaoon
Lyrics Chandrashekhar Pandey, MD G N Joshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8fxSAP-nqM&feature=emb_title
A simple nice composition from Roshan
SAPNON mein aanaa
Chhed chhed jaanaa
Seekhaa kahaan se mere balam ne
Hai ik naveli naar albeli
Hans ke lutaayaa
Dil jis pe ham ne
Sheesham (1952), Lata Mangeshkar & Mukesh, lyrics Indeevar, music Roshan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_5KrVw550
SAPNON mein aane waala baalam
Man mein samaane waala baalam
Sakhi tera bhola balam aayega
Aayega matwaala baalam……………………..
Tan lahraaye hai
Jiya bal khaaye hai
Piya ke milan ke SAPNE dekh ke
Gori muskaaye hai
Neelampari (1952), Asha Bhonsle & Geeta Dutt , lyrics Saraswati Kumar Deepak, music Khursheed Anwar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=Qxda8uP8w3M&feature=emb_title
Naari nahin hai SAPNA
Naari nahin kahaani
Naari ki god mein hi ee
Palti hai zindagaani
Bhaagyawaan, (1953), Asha Bhonsle, Neelkanthh Tiwari, vinash Vyas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7veY78boSjs
Rai Chand Boral. RC Boral’s body of work with Lata is limited to just 2 movies and a huge chunk of that is from Shri Chaintanya Mahaprabhu.
Dard E Dil
Baaajey muraliyaa
SAPNE hue saanche
Aaj mere SAPNE hue saanche
bole koyaliyaa. . .
Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, (1953), Lata Mangeshkar, lyrics Bharat Vyas, music Rai Chand Boral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=189&v=lkwtf22WWig&feature=emb_title
From AN obscure movie,
SAPNON ki nagariya haaye meri
Kismat ke hi haathon chhali gayi
Ghir ghir ke badariya aayi thhi
Par barse bina hi chali gayi
Raj Ratan (1953), Asha Bhonsle, lyrics Bharat Vyas, music Ninu Majumdar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4uSjbMQ7Kk&feature=emb_title
Pyar Ho Gaya Mujhe Pyar Ho Gaya……
1st Antara
Bate bhi ho gayi meri
SAPNON ki kitab me unko basa liya
Unko basa liya hai mohabbat ke gav me
Jab maine aankh band ki didar ho gaya
Pyar ho gaya mujhe pyar ho gaya
o mujhe pyar ho gaya
Dard-e-Dil (1953), Asha Bhosle, Hasrat Jaipuri, Rai Chand Boral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nY4dWflZpo
A nice song from a obscure film
SAPNE toot gaye
Sapne toot gaye
Man mein preet jagaane waale
Man ko loot gaye
Sapne toot gaye
Daak Baabu(1954), Asha Bhonsle, lyrics-Prem Dhawan, music Dhaniram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sq4N1xC8_Q
Bhatiaji posted a ‘Sapne song’ from ‘Marine Drive’ (1955) @ 541
Posting another song from the same film
Dil bhi mit jaaye to ulfat
Dil se jaane ki nahin
ZIndagi teri amaanat
Hai zamaane ki nahin
Raaten jagaa ke
SAPNE sajaa ke
Kaliyaan chunin hain tere haar ke liye
Baithe bithaaye hamne to haaye
Duniyaa lutaa di tere pyaar ke liye……………..
Last antara
Jab se mili hai tujhse nigahe
Mahki hui hai mere SAPNON ki rahe
Le le duaye de de panahe
Bas me nahi hai betab bahe
Marine Drive (1955), Asha Bhonsle, lyrics Sahir Ludhianvi, music N Datta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49I3N79LqRA
Bhatiaji posted the beautiful Lata’s song ‘Koi Mere Sapnon Mein Aaya’ from the 1956 film ‘New Delhi’ (1956)
Posting another nice ‘Sapna’ song by Lata from the same film,
Gori tere SAPNON ke sajna
Aaye tere angna
Kar le solah singaar
Ho jaa jaane ko abb taiyaar
New Delhi (1956),Lata Mangeshkar, lyrics Shailendra, music Shankar Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQs-alkNKpE&feature=emb_title
Besides the song already posted by Canasyaji there is another melodious song in the film Patraani that fits the theme.
Saat samandar paar haaye re mera SAPNON ka sansaar
SAPNON ka sansaar kahoon ya saajan tera dwaar kahoon main
Patraani (1956), Lata Mangeshkar, Hasrat Jaipuri, Shankar Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dijc82_UJo4
A nice song from a little known film,
Mere nainon mein
O mere SAPNON mein chupke se aaaaaa
Aaj kis ne ye jaadu kiya
Meri duniya mein
O dil ki bagiya mein chhup chhup ke aa aaaa
Aaj kis ne ye jaadu kiya
Bansari Bala (1957), Sudha Malhotra, Saraswati Kumari Deepak, Kamal Mitra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7Hk3NbO82A&feature=emb_title
Mai To Chanda Ki Nagri Se Aayi Re
Piya pyare mai teri parchhai re
Mai to chanda ki nagri se aayi re
Tere dware dulhaniya aayi re………………………..
1st antara…..
Bhole balma bata de mai jau kaha mai jau kaha
Piya SAPNON ki nagri basau kaha mai jau kaha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIDiBM3z_dY&feature=emb_title
SAPNON ka chanda aaya
Rimjhim jhim khushiyaan laaya
Taqdeer hamaari jaagi
Rangeen zamaana hai………..
Mr X (1957),Sudha Malhotra, Hasrat Jaipuri, N Datta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgrqwilYIGE&feature=emb_title
A Qawwali…..
Kisi ne KHWAB mein hatim se ek din poocha
Ae marde nek
Zara mujhko bhi ye raaz bata
Khuda ke bandon ko
Milta hai kis tarah se khuda
Shaan e Haatim, (1958), Md.Rafi, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, music A R Qureshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epvd84fgKZs&feature=emb_title
A Lori…….
SAPNON ki dor bandhi palko ka palna
Soja meri rani mera kahna na talna
Ghar Sansaar (1958), Asha Bhosle, S H Bihari, Ravi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgFisKnWDtA&feature=emb_title
A good duet from the 50s
Humane SAPNE dekh liye
Aage na jaane kya ho aa miliye
SitamGar (1958), Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt, Sajan Bihari, G Ramanathan-G Bali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FHqZmgbMiE
A beautiful duet, there is also a Lata solo
Laal tumhare dam se hi kal
Jagmag hoga ye sansaar
Kall ke chaand aaj ke SAPNE
Humko pyar bahut tha pyar
Nayi Raahen (1959), Hemant Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar, Shailendra, Ravi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0fnqfgK0fY
Seems to be a birthday song once againfrom a obscure film
Kushiyon ka din aaya
SAPNE sanwaar ke
Kaliyon ke hothon pe hain
Geet bahaar ke
Kehne lagaa aaj mera dil ye pukaar ke
Teri umar ho laakh baras ki
Zindagi hansti ho
Aankhon mein masti ho
Laakh baras ki umar ho
Lady of the lake (1960), Sudha Malhotra, Anjaan, Suresh – Talwar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMxmkPBlaq8&feature=emb_title
SAPNON mein aane waala
Aaya bahaar ban kar………….
Dekha hai ek SAPNA
Baithi thi ban sanwar kar
Pareeksha (1963), Geeta Dutt, lyrics SR Saaz, music SN Tripathi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY4eQgW9118&feature=emb_title
Dekha hai SAPNA koi
Tu kyu roya hai sote hue
Aisa na hoga kabhi tere papa ke hote hue
Tere papa ke hote hue
Yaadein (1964), Lata Mangeshkar, Anand Bakshi, Vasant Desai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syStEz93Z84&feature=emb_title
Presenting a NFS- Ghazal rendered by Md.Rafi (1965)
Kash KHWABON mein hi
Kash KHWABON mein hi aa jao
Bahut tanha hu bahut tanha hu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4GE2kJWvKI
This is from the incomplete film ‘Saajan ki Galiyaan’, starring Dev Anand and Sadhna.
This song was included later in the film ‘Film hi Film’ (1983)
‘Film hi Film is a unique movie, where unused songs and clips from films which could not be made or completed were used.
Meeting the lady who so far has just been present in his dreams?
Hum ne jinke
KHWAAB sajaaye
Aaj wo mere saamne hain
Dil ki haalat
Haaye re haaye
Aaj wo mere saamne hain
Hum ne jinke
KHWAAB sajaaye
Saajan Ki Galiyaan (1966) –Unreleased, Mohammed Rafi, lyrics Hasrat Jaipuri, music Shankar Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr0GNAvg1K0&feature=emb_title
Rajeshji @ 324,
While posting the song ‘Kal Maine Ek sapna dekha’ from the 1945 film Kadambari you wrote,
‘Surprisingly, the information on the youtube link incorrectly says – Asha Bhosle for Jaalsaaz. But the song is correct.’
Apparently the uploader of the link mixed up the two songs. There was a song in 1969 film Jaalsaaz rendered by Asha Bhosle with same opening line.
Postink the link to the song
Kal maine ik SAPNA dekha
Sapne me seekhaa sharmaana
Kaun chupa hai in palkon me
Mushqil hai ye raaz bataana
Jaalsaaz (1969),Asha Bhonsle, Naqsh Llayalpuri, G S Kohli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPqUyh7DUuQ&feature=emb_title
Tera Rang Sunahra Ho Kajra Gahra Gahra
Gore Mukhde Pe Hai Do Naino Ka Pahra
Thumak Thumak Teri Chal Mastani
Maine SAPNON Me Dekhi Rup Ki Rani
Sach Kahde Tu Wo To Nahi
Md.Rafi, Mahua (1969), Qamar Jalalabadi, Sonik Omi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=760f62l2b2Y
Tadap Tadap Ke Mohabbat Din Gujrta Hai
Machal Machal Ke Ye Dil Tumko Yaad Karta Hai
Tum Mere SAPNON Me Aana Chhod Do
Tum Mere SAPNON Me Aana Chhod do
Mana Maine Mana Tum Chhod Ke Jana Chhod Do
Tum Chhod Ke Jana Chhod Do
Mohammed Rafi & Asha Bhosle, Madhavi (1969), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Laxmikant-Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEFVl-Y1pOg
SAPNO ke shishmahal me SAPNO ke shishmahal me
Phir aaj ujaala hai phir aaj ujaala hai
Koi aanewala hai koi aanewala hai
Ho sapno ke shishmahal me
Shimla Road (1969), Suman Kalyanpur, Asad Bhopali, Usha Khanna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1sTMxkLBLc
Kaun tere SAPNON me aata
Aake naino me muskata
Na ja na na ja hume to ye batao
Jud gaya kis se ye nata
Sati Sulochana (1969), Suman Kalyanpur, Bharat Vyas, S N Tripathi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ-qfTOuuUQ&feature=emb_title
Jivan bhar hum tum sath rahe
Jivan bhar hum tum mil na sake
Thi kaun ghadi ankhiya jo ladi
Do phul pyar ke khil na sake………………………….
1st antara
Jitne the SAPNE sanjoye jitne the SAPNE sanjoye
Sab asuvan jal se dhoye ban gaye aaj angare
Sati Sulochana (1969), Suman Kalyanpur, Bharat Vyas, S N Tripathi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJ49_t6zvY&feature=emb_title
Aana to sajani din ko aana
SAPNON mein aake sataana na
Md.Rafi, Raaton Ka Raja (1970), Majrooh Sultanpuri, R D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idZMdqk43l8
In 1972, Subir Sen scored music for the Hindi film “Midnight”. I recently came across the songs of this film.
As per Wikipedia the film was directed by one Raju and was released in England in 1972. Information on Wikipedia cannot be relied upon. There were 5 songs in the film rendered by Md.Rafi, Subir Sen, Talat Mahmood & Geeta Dutt.
Posting a highly listenable solo from this film rendered by MD. Rafi
Zindagi Ka, Hain Yeh Fasana, Kahin Mera Dil, Kahin Main,
Mere SAPNON Ki, Kho Gayi Manzil, Mere SAPNON Ki, Kho Gayi Manzil,
Kahin Manzil, Kahin Main, Kahin Mera Dil, Kahin Main
Md.Rafi, Midnight (1972) Unreleased, lyrics Tajdar Taj, music Subir Sen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDs0kL-CctA
Gomti Ke Kinare, a 1972 film which stars Meena Kumari and Mumtaz. It iwas the last release of Meena Kumari.
Amitabh Bachchan was being considered (to play hero opposite Mumtaz) by Saawan Kumar and Meena Kumari. However, Mumtaz, who was close to the Khan brothers those days, recommended Sameer Khan.
Posting a song from the film, pedestrian ……………………nothing great.
KHWAAB ki tasweer aankhen
Lab khanakte jaam se
Aap hi kahiye
Pukaaroon aapko kis naam se
Gomti Ke Kinaare, (1972), Manhar, lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music R D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI3WwXxW2lo&feature=emb_title
Tut gaya mera SAPNA suhana
Ae mere man tera pritam nirmohi
Dard na jane preet na samjha andar hi
Aarop (1974), Manna Dey, Maya Govind, Bhupen Hazarika
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtaxbByZBf8
A Patriotic song from a 1975 film
The word ‘KHWAAB” occurs only once.
Mazloom kisi kaum ke
Jab KHWAAB jaagte hain
To desh mein hazaaron inqilaab jaagte hain
Aandolan, (1975), Manna Dey, lyrics Verma Malik, music Jaidev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF983iMmN2A&feature=emb_title
ek khwaab e tamanna bhoole the
ek khwaab e tamanna phir dekha
haalaat ki khoobi kya kahiye
dil phoonk tamaasha phir dekha………..
2ND antara…
khwaabon ka janaaza phir dekha
haalaat ki khoobi kya kahiye
dil phoonk tamaasha phir dekha
Nawaab Saheb, (1978), Asha Bhosle, lyrics Sahir Ludhianvi, music C Arjun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAwK-q9KVhQ
Hope this songs was not posted earlier
One song ‘Akhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se’ was posted by Maheshji @ 483
Kayi din se mujhe koyi Sapno me aawaz deta tha, har pal bulata tha
Achha toh woh tum ho, tum ho, tum ho
Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978), Hemlata, Shailendra Singh, lyrics & music Ravindra Jain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFZbzOCamlA&feature=emb_title
Aaya Na Karo Gudiya Mere Paas
Dukh mera sun ke tum ho jaogi udas……..
1st Antara……….
mera jina kya jina
ke jiti hu mai yuhi jine ke liye
sapna koi na koi aas
Asha Bhosle, Naukar (1979), Majrooh Sultanpuri, R D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrxlgpMsgSY
Rajeshji @ 411 and Ashwinji have posted one song each of Hariharan.
At the start of his career, Hariharan did the concert circuit and also performed on TV. He sang for a number of TV serials. In 1977, he won the top prize in the “All India Sur Singaar Competition” and was promptly signed on by the late music director Jaidev to sing for his new Hindi film Gaman (1978). His debut song “Ajeeb Sa neha Mujh Par Guzar gaya yaaron” in that movie became such a hit that it won him an Uttar Pradesh State Film Award, as well as a National Award nomination.
Posting a song from another film
Ye KHWAAB saa dekha thha
Bas jaanewafaa tum ho
Ham jaage to ye jaana aa
Jeene ki sazaa tum ho ho ho
Hariharan, Aayi Teri Yaad)(1980), lyrics Naqsh Lyalpuri, music Jaidev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_pFjnrk2oU&feature=emb_title
Jab koi KHWAAB chamaktaa hai
Haqeeqat ban ke
Koi qismat se chalaa aataa hai
Qismat ban ke ae ae
Aahistaa Aahistaa, (1981), Asha Bhonsle, Nida Fazli, music Khayyam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upT4MbayxPs&feature=emb_title
Tassavur Raat Ki Mahfil Saja Raha Hun Mai
Wo Kaun Hai Jise Apna Bana Raha Hun Mai
Ek Inklab Sa Jere Nakab Dekha Hai
Meri Nigah Ne Ye Kaisa Khwab Dekha Hai
Meri Nigah Ne Ye Kaisa Khwab Dekha Hai
Zaameeni Pe Chalta Hua Mahtab Dekha Hai
Zaameeni Pe Chalta Hua Mahtab Dekha Hai
Meri Nigah Ne Ye Kaisa Khwab Dekha Hai
Mohammed Rafi, Lubna (1982), Nida Fazli, Manas Mukherjee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmmASkkHbW4
Pyar to SAPNA hai, dard hi apna hai
Nind jaha khulti hai, khwab pighal jate hai
Dard vahi rahta hai naam badal jate hai
Sweekaar Kiya Maine (1983), lata Mangeshkar, Nida Fazli, Usha Khanna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY3nntRfLmU
Tere bina mai kuch nahi mere bina tu kuch nahi
Tu bhi kaho ji piya mere sang sang
Sweekar kiya maine swikar kiya maine ……..
Jhula tera hai dori meri SAPNA tera ye aankhe meri
Ho jhula tera hai dori meri
SAPNA tera ye aankhe meri
Chanda ko chahe jaise chakor
Sweekaar Kiya Maine (1983), lata Mangeshkar, Vitthalbhai Patel, Usha Khanna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-gyYb4Fn7I
Videsh( 1984), music Sapan Jagmohan
Meri aankhon mein ik SAPNAhai
Khushnaseeb hain wo log
Jinka koi apna hai
Pankaj Mitra & Md. Rafi duet version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=kuVGB96MIus&feature=emb_title
Md Rafi solo Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtV2_wR5vN4&feature=emb_title
Is man ki ek thes lagi haye is man ki ek thes lagi
Chan se ye Darpan Chan se ye darpan toot gaya
is man ki ek thes lagi haye is man ki ek thes lagi
ye mere gito ke mukhade ye mere gito ke mukhade
tute hue siso ke tukade mai in ko na joad saki haye
mai in ko na joad saki haye aaina hath se chhuat gaya haye
is man ki ek thes lagi haye is man ki ek thes lagi
Last antara
SAPNA salona hai SAPNA salona hai
tan man hai kya bas mati ka koi khilona hai
SAPNA salona hai SAPNA salona hai
bite dino biti raato ko bite dino biti raato ko
karke yaad sabhi baato ko
hasna hai rona hai hasna hai rona hai
Ek Nai Paheli (1984), Lata Mangeshkar, Anand Bakshi, Laxmikant-Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hH2NSK66r4
oh re mann, oh re mann
khoya kya jo paya hi nahi
khoya kya jo paya hi nahi
khali hath ki lakeere hai
khali hath ki lakeere hai
kuch likha hi nahi, kuch likha hi nahi…………………….
Last anatara..
tare sare raat raat hai
tare sare raat raat hai
din aaye to khali ambar
din aaye to khali ambar
aankh me SAPNA reh jata hai
aankh me SAPNA reh jata hai
Kashmakash (2011), Hariharan, Gulzar, Sanjoy-Raja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjVdYzm72ao
riga rigamani ni ni dapa
manwa aage bhage re bandhu sau sau dhage re
manwa aage bhage re
manwa aage bhage re bandhu sau sau dhage re
manwa aage bhage re
KHWABO se khel raha hai soye jage re
manwa aage bhage re……………………….
dari pe bole koyaliya kaan ras ghole koyaliya
sari raat apne SAPNO me soye jage re
manwa aage bhage re
din gaya jaise rootha rootha shaam hai anjani
purane pal ji raha hai aankhe pani pani
wo jo tha tha ki nahi tha aaye to batayega
SAPNO se woh utrega aisa lage re
manwa aage bhage re bandhu sau sau dhage re
Kashmakash (2011), Shreya Ghoshal, Gulzar, Sanjoy-Raja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we80yqP63is&feature=emb_title
neele ambar ke do naina do naina kise chahe kise na
ek din hai to ek raina kise chahe kise na
neele ambar ke do naina do naina kise chahe kise na
1st antara
mandir me do murat ho to koi pujari phul chadaye
ek man me do surat ho to koi kaise preet nibaye
ek sach hai to ek SAPNA kise chahe kise na
neele ambar ke do naina do naina kise chahe kise na
Asha Jyoti (1984), Kishore Kumar, Anjaan, Laxmikant-Pyrelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tottbvib1do&feature=emb_title
dole re man mora dole re, papiha pihu pihu bole re
dole re man mora dole re
ambar pe ghata jo chhai re rut ne jo li agadai re
SAPNO ke swagat me naino ne hai dwar khole
Agnivarsha (2002), Chitra & KK, Javed Akhtar, Sandesh Shandilya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdgNXIqsA6k&feature=emb_title
apna samjh ke tumhe dil diya tha
magar tumne dil ke tukde kiye hai
mujhe kis khata ki saja tumne di hai
mohabbat se meri kyu badle liye hai
apna samjh ke…………………
last antara
sach hi kaha hai kisi ne jahan mein
mohabbat mein aksar hota hai aisa
KHWAABON ke rangeen mahal tutte hai
khud apna saya deta hai dhokha
saccha agar hai mera pyar hamdam
tujhe khich layegi meri wafayen
apna samjh ke tumhe dil diya tha
Pyaar Hua Badnaam (1992), Sadhana Sargam, Anand-Milind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSxG1CiI1KY&feature=emb_title
jaan-e-man jaan-e-man
jaan-e-man kisi ka naam nahi
phir bhi yeh naam honthon pe na ho
aisi koi subah nahi, shaam nahi
1st antara
maine sifr khayaalo se, KHWAABO ki sej sajaai hai
dil ki khali deewaro par ik tasveer banaayi hai
maine sifr khayaalo se, KHWAABO ki sej sajaai hai
dil ki khali deewaro par ik tasveer banaayi hai
tasveero pe marta hu, waqt guzaara karta hu
main mehboob ki galiyo ka, koi aashiq badnaam nahi
Jaaneman (1976), Kishore Kumar, Anand Bakshi, Laxmikant-Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh8tOmNLPfI
o raam ji badaa dukh dinaa tere lakhan ne badaa dukh dinaa
sudh budh bisaraa_i meri nid churaa_i meraa mushkil kar diyaa jinaa
ho raam ji badaa dukh………………….
2nd antara
meri akhiyaa mere SAPNE le gayaa sab kuchh saath vo apane
ye jaan nigodi jaane kaahe ko chhod i chhali_e ne sab kuchh chhinaa
badaa dukh dinaa
Ram Lakhan (1989), Lata Mangeshkar, Anand Bakshi, Laxmikant-Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNn8ZJFeTZQ
chhalaki chhalaki chandni me gati hai diwangi
bite jo baho me teri wo hi pal jindgi…………….
tum khuli aankho ka meri gungunata KHWAB ho
khwahisho ka aasman ho nagmo ka sailab ho
samane darpan ke apne aise kyo betab ho
tum hi meri hakikat tum hi meri bekhudi
bite jo baho me teri wo hi pal hai jindgi
Classically Mild (Album) (2008), Sonu Nigam, Ajay Jhingran, Deepak Pandit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ebld65_7t8
pardesi kyun yad aata hai
pardesi kyun yad aata hai
ek chand chamak kar jungal me
chhup-chhup ude badal me
ek chand chamak kar jungal me
chhup-chhup ude badal me
jab SAPNA sa dikhlata hai
jab SAPNA sa dikhlata hai
pardesi kyun yad aata hai
Man Ka Jeet (1944), Sitara Devi, Josh Malihabadi, S K Pal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PDfDGGIkMw&feature=emb_title
Duniya ki ye khushi hai
tujhe bhul jaye hum tujhe bhul jaye hum…..
Last antara
………….
tujhe bhul jaye hum tujhe bhul jaye hum
tere bager jina hai marna teri kasm
ya KHWAAB jindagi hai
jo tujhko na paye hum
Bhai (1944), Zeenat Begum, Sahtir Ghaznavi, Ghulam Haider
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2fv2er8C0
do aise vardaan prabhu, mere SAPNE sach ho jaaye
mujhe do aise vardaan prabhu, mere sapne sach ho jaaye
aansu mere phul phul kar, aansu mere phul phul kar
shabanam ban musukay
Char Aankhein (1944), Leela Chitnis, Narendra Sharma, Anil Biswas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnTjvx4uJsc
ankhiya mila ke bhagna na
tere bin chain kam paungi
tere bin chain kam paungi ………………
Last anatara
sundar SAPNA tut na jaye
sath dilo ka chut na jaye
sundar SAPNA tut na jaye
sath dilo ka chut na jaye
is nindiya se jagna na
Jeevan (1944), Naina Devi, D N Madhok, Naushad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcE0byVdh7M
tu hi ye mujhko bata de chahu main ya na
apne tu dil ka pata de chahu main ya na……………..
mere chhote chhote KHWAB hai, KHWABO me geet hai
geeto me zindagi hai, chahat hai prit hai
abhi me na dekhu KHWAB woh jinme na tu mile
le khole honth maine ab tak the jo sile
mujhko na jitna mujhpe utna is dil ko tujhpe
hone laga aitbar
tanha lamho me apni bunti hu tere SAPNE
tujhse hua mujhko pyar
puchhungi tujhko kabhi na chahu main ya na
tere KHWABO me ab jina chahu main kyun na
tu hi ye mujhko bata de chahu main ya na
apne tu dil ka pata de chahu main ya na
Aashiqui 2 (2013), Arijit Singh & Palak Muchhal, Irshad Kamil, Jeet Ganguly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ll3sEUrh8&feature=emb_title
I came back from my walk, had a shower and checked the SoY site a little while ago and I could not believe my eyes when I saw the comment count at 996! Venkataramanji has added 68 comments on the trot!!! WOW!!!! It will be most fitting for him to be the person to take the post to the 1K mark!
madhur suro me gaaye chandni
chand so ja, chand so ja……………
aankho me hai nind ki masti
aao basave KHWAAB ki basti
aao basave KHAWAAB ki basti
sej bichha du main taaro ki
sej bichha du main taaro ki
chand so ja, chand so ja
Maa Baap (1944), Rajkumari, Roopbani, Allarakha Qureshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scAfK4uSCXk
tukde utha ke dil ke, le jayenge nishani
bas khatam hai kahani
bas khatam hai kahani
khich kar layi mujhe, hai meri takdir kaha
khich kar layi mujhe, hai meri takdir kaha
tukde tukde hui, aakar meri takdir kaha
tukde tukde hui, aakar meri takdir kaha
jisne kar rakhi thi
ha jisne kar rakhi thi, raato ki meri nind haram
nikli kambakt hai, us KHWAAB ki taabir kaha
nikli kambakt hai, us KHWAAB ki taabir kaha
tukde tukde hui, aakar meri takdir kaha
Lalila Majnu (1945), ?, Tanveer Naqvi, Govind Ram
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enIY8WmPyxg&feature=emb_title
saiya salone se nain mila ke
preet laga ke haay jaan gayi
saiya salone se nain
meri jaan gayi jaan gayi jaan gayi
last antara
naino ke gaav me
naino ke gaav me aaja re balam
naino ke gaav me aaja re balam
SAPNO ki dunia basa ja re balam
SAPNO ki dunia basa ja re balam
virhan ko garwa laga more raja ho more saiya ho
meri jaan gayi jaan gayi jaan gayi
meri jaan gayi jaan gayi jaan gayi
saiya salone se nain
saiya salone se nain mila ke preet laga ke haay jaan gayi
saiya salone se nain
Gaon Ki Ladki (1945), Amirbai Karnataki, Wali Saheb, Shyam Sundar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVcJH-hGdD4&feature=emb_title
Ashwinji, Pradeepji, Rajeshji, Bhatiaji and all the member of SoY,
Thank You everybody for your contributions.
OMG! Deva re Deva!
What a Dream Run!
And,the Dream Runner is definitely my dear friend NV ji. My dear friend Dr Rajesh ji gave ample,able support. Of course, veteran ksbhatia ji, Canasya ji, Hans ji, Mumbaikar ji, S Joseph hi, BM AK ji, GA Ashwin ji have their contribution in this historical fête.
Me? yes, the first to set the goal and believing it can definitely be achieved.How I wish I had the tenacity, the staying power, the stamina and the perseverance to make the other deserving topic ( it can be a 5K project), The Flower Shower In Bollywood. All is not lost yet. I may revisit the post.
I have just two questions for dear NV ji..How long were you at the desk/ laptop this evening ? And, did you foresee the mission 1K being accomplished today itself? I had thought we would reach it tomorrow…08/08/2020.
Heartiest Congratulations to all the members of SoY for achieving this dream-come-true 1K milestone on this post!!
As Dr. Shetty mentioned@1004, didn’t expect to reach the landmark today.
A special salute to Venkataramanji!!
It was a wonderful marathon run on your part today evening covering 70 comments to reach the 1K post.
Really impressed with your ease and expertise in traversing both the ends of the spectrum!!
Some songs did get repeated in the last run ( 5-6 songs had been posted by me earlier), but that’s perfectly fine when there are 1K+ posts. Its indeed difficult to keep a track of so many songs. I have also ended up repeating a few.
Its indeed a pleasure and privilege to join the team and enjoy this special moment!!
Celebrating with a song from Appu Raja 1990 (dubbed from Apoorva Sagodharargal)
Asha, SP Balasubramaniam – Ilaya Raja – Prem Dhawan
The song aptly begins with the words suited to the occasion…..
Wo to bana apna dekha jo sapna
aji paya maine pyar dilbar ka
wo to hogi dulhan baahon mein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzPr5XbGANg
A hit song from another hit dubbed film – Roja 1993
Minmini – A R Rahman – P K Mishra
Dil hai chhota sa chhoti si aasha
masti bhare man ki bholi si aasha
chand taaron ko chhune ki aasha
aasmaano mein udne ki aasha
…..swarg si dharti khil rahi jaise
mera man bhi to khil raha aise
koyal ki tarah gaane kaa armaan
bijli ki tarah machloon yeh armaan
jawani hai laayi rangeen sapna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE7fP5YJORQ
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani 2000
Udit Narayan – Jatin Lalit – Javed Akhtar
Hum logon ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani
jitna bhi tum samjhoge utni hogi hairaani
apni chhatri tumko dede kabhi jo barse paani
phir bhi dil hai hindustani
…..aankhon mein kuchh aansoo hai kuchh sapne hai
aansoo aur sapne dono hi apne hai
dil dukha hai lekin toota to nahin hai
umeed ka daaman chhuta to nahin hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0-gnitn5Qs
Dr Rajesh ji,
Joining you in the celebration…
Sun le Khuda, gaur se zara
Aasmaan mera, ab aasmaan mera
Neend thod ke Khwab ud gaye
Aasmaan mera….
Jashn hai jeet ki, Jeet ki jashn hai..
Abhijeet Ghoshal, Prasoon Joshi, Shankar Ehsaan Loy.
LONDON DREAMS, 2009.
The Ajay Devgan,. Salman Khan movie is about two friends’ aspirations to be successful singers. It was initially planned with Aamir and Shah Rukh Khan and A R Rehman.
I had mentioned LD along with BD, to be my gift to NV ji. Without realizing it, he has posted one song from LD. But, there is more about the songs of LD, and, there is a very interesting observation. All that, tomorrow.
In a very busy Out Patient set up of a Medical College or any other major hospital with a very heavy turn out of patients, a post graduate student or an Intern / House Surgeon would normally write Repeat All / Rpt All/ even R A , if too pressed for time, for chronic cases like Hypertension ( BP, in layman’s tongue. A misnomer because everyone has to have BP _ Blood Pressure!). I , if ungrateful, would do that when dear NV ji posts links to my songs. No, I would not do that,. ever!
Just now saw that in the ( comparatively speaking) lull before the storm / cyclone/ hurricane/ tsunami last evening, after which he would gallop single handedly to the finish line, he was kind enough to post the link for Dreamum Wakeuppum ! How can I thank him enough!? He could as well have bypassed it because there is absolutely no problem for anyone to find the new song on the YouTube.
And, he wanted me to post the One thousandth song! Earlier, I would have loved to! But, later I thought the honor should be Dr Rajesh’s . But, after his ‘ don’t leave/ count me out’ and yesterday’s Olympic standard sprint, he had to be the Chosen One! And, at the other track, Rahul ji or S Joseph ji.
At one point, I had decided to just enjoy the posts, comments,songs incognito. My inability to use a computer at the workplace for anything other than professional tasks is a very complicated thing, difficult to understand! NV ji… AlmostcAlways AK ji, Dr Rajesh ji , graciously do the job/ run for me. My continuing, genuine gratitudes.
I shall enjoy everything on my most favorite blog, not only music related, but among all the other categories ..I have a wide range of interests. Will mention only those songs which are easy to find. Will take a friend’s help in the case of others, or, would refrain from butting in without a link, because the basic format of the blog requires a link to any song posted.
Am in a rush will come later to congratulate Ashwin and his team for 1k.
Right now, am here to give some information about an unachievable feat achieved by N Venkataraman.
Single handedly he saw to it that his dream of 1000 comments “first” for the “dream project” was achieved.
At 5.05 am when I posted my Contra song was 46 short of 1000five hours later at 10.00 am Mr Muli posted comment 957 around 11.00 am Hans got it started. In took four Hans, Mr. Joseph, Mr. Muli and Canasyaji roughly 11+ hours to add remaining 40+ comments.
Mr. NV. Started shooting his comments at 7.30 pm. @ 929. 71 to go.
At 8 47 he posted his comment # 998, that is 59th comment and he had time for one at Contra songs too.
In 77 mins. He posted 60 comments and waiting for the right moment he hit the nail at 9.18 two mins before Mr. Muli posted his 1000
What a performance. Hats off .
CONGRAGULATION .
Thanks for the nail biting finish touch.
Ashwinji hearty congratulations!
I could not post here partly because of my engagements and partly because Hansji hurled outswingers, indippers, doosras & what not on contrasting. To complicate the things notifications about this post stopped coming on my mail somehow.
Special mention of Venkataraman ji is needed as he farmed the strike for last 70 odd overs to complete the coveted landmark in a whirlwind manner as elaborated by Mumbaikarji above.
To celebrate the occasion here is a song from one of your favourite composers ( that is my guess)
Unfortunately it was not included in the film and despite the alleged inspiration ( citiligjts) is a beautiful composition rendered equally beautifully
Tum Meri jindagi me kuch is tarah see aaye
Bhula sa khwab jaise
Such home muskuraye
https://youtu.be/PN0rH8dLn28
To celebrate the occasion,
Hearty congratulations to all SoYers for getting to the !K landmarks at both posts! Given that I still have backlog dating back to the 6th century (from Comment # 519 to be precise) and given my slow pace of processing comments, I will be a very old man indeed by the time I get through all of them 🙂
Ashwin ji:
Congrats. You must have dreamt of it sometimes!
‘Mujhe kabhi kabhi sapna ye aaye’ (Suman in ‘Mera Qasoor Kya Hai’ ; MD: Chitragupta):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8XhLc48TqY
Er. Ashwin Bhandarkar ;
Yes , you made it ! I think there were many factor of safety adopted in the design of Embankments ….making them fail safe. The journey to the road was just like ….saathi haath barrana ! Many new songs were delivered , many added and many excavated to see them day lighting .
To me its a very nicely packaged Album to find songs which I am still day dreaming about since my campus days….
Zoobi Doobi Full Video | 3 Idiots | Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor | Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ1uLVgv3Vg
Venkataramanji,
This is Ashwin’s moment of glory, but before greeting him I have to make special mention of your contribution. I have not watched clock, nor counted the numbers, but I am impressed that you have covered a period of 80 years in your choice of songs. Some deserve special mention.
@896,
Ankhiyan jhapi mori from Prem Kahani (1937) is composed, and also sung by Saraswati Devi. She was trained in classical music, but don’t you think at high notes she seems laboured?
@907,
Thanks for posting Kanan Devi’s Kuchch haan kar ja, ya na kar ja from Jawab (1942). Remembering ‘swapan’ deep down in the song requires good recall.
@908, 909, 910,
Thanks for posting three dream songs from Basant (1942). All the songs are familiar but remembering ‘dreams’ in them is impressive.
@912,
Bas itna sa khwab hai: I love this song from the new music. The first scenes of the grand piano create an impression that it is placed on an open terrace, later it being transported in an open truck comes in view. Since it is in close up it makes a conspicuous presence in the Mumbai skyline. A great ‘piano’ song.
@932,
Thanks for posting Kanan Devi’s Tum raakho laaj hamari from Hospital (1943). I would not ask you the secret of how you recall ‘sapna’ in the second stanza.
@935,
Manwa kaahe phir tadapaye from Wapas (1943) is a nice find. The YT uploader mentions Binota Roy as the singer, a commenter mentions Shaila Devi.
@951,
Gori tere sapnon ke sajna from New Delhi (1953) is a lovely song.
@954,
Main to chanda ki nagri se ayi re by Sudha Malhotra from Bansari Bala (1957) is a very good song.
@959,
Kal ke chaand aaj ke sapne from Nayi Raahein (1959): Both versions are equally good. We discussed this in Ravi’s songs for ‘other’ singers.
@969,
Kaun tere sapne mein aata by Suman Kalyanpur from Sati Sulochana (1969), music SN Tripathi is an excellent song. It must figure in Suman Kalyanpur’s best songs.
@994,
Pardesi kyun yaad ata hai by Sitara Kanpuri from Man Ki Jeet (1944): We mentioned this song in “Romancing the Pardesi”. I think the singer was Sitara Kanpuri, and not the famous Sitara Devi of Kathak fame.
@997,
Ankhiyan mila ke bhagna na by Nirmala Devi from Jeevan (1944) is a nice discovery. It has Naushad writ large on its music, but it is surprising Rattan from the same year became a sensation, but this song remained hidden.
@1000,
Congrats for the honour of posting 1K comment. And what song you have chosen for the occasion! It was great to hear Alla Rakkha singing a song.
@1001,
Tukde utha ke dil ke, le jayenge nishani from Laila Majnu (1945) is an outstanding song. The YT uploader identifies Khan Mastana as the singer which might be correct.
@1002,
Sainya salone se nain mila ke, preet laga ke haye jaan gayi from Gaaon Ki Gori (1945) is a great song. Amirbai Karnataki is always outstanding.
Thanks a lot for posting all these gems.
Ashwin @1013,
Heartiest congratulations for your 1K which was inevitable. Our doctors on the blog would make sure you remain forever young. Yes, but by the time you would catch up with all the comments, we would be congratulating you for 2K. All the best.
AK @ 1016 & 1017,
Thanks and heartiest congratulations to you on the 1K milestone for the contra songs post! Frankly, I don’t think it is my moment of glory at all especially given my non-participation from 800 CE (Comments Era) onward. My post was only a trigger that led to the unlocking of the ‘khazanas’ of songs in the inexhaustible memories of the SS (SoY Stalwarts). The 1K milestone is a tribute to their unflagging energies and passion and all the glory goes to them…and to you, as the one who created SoY and who has fostered the sterling culture and the easy camaraderie of this forum over the past decade that in turn have made such a thing as 1,000 comments on a single article a reality and not just a dream.
Venkataramanji
Congratulations for the on the trot 71 and single day 74 comments record. You mentioned @ 884 my words about the target of enjoyment. But I never said so many posts of the Songs of Bore (SOB) and Songs of Double Bore (SOBB) era provide me enjoyment. But since you have also posted so many from vintage and golden eras, you can be excused. Thanks for all this entertainment.
Flying Rani 1959
Asha, Manna Dey – B N Bali – Nazmi Kanpuri
Sapne mein saiyyan tum aaya na karo
aake mohe chhed chhed jaaya na karo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLhJA9UNyTI
Pratishodh 1980
KK – Ravindra Jain
Mere sapnon ka gaon jahan thi mamta ki chhaon
abhi aur thodi door thodi door thodi door hai
mere sapnon ka gaon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd2pgBpMdz0
Not sure, if this posted earlier….
Ladka Ladki 1966
Asha, Mahendra – Madan Mohan – Rajinder Krishan
Aankhon ko meri tum apne khwaabon ki ijaazat de do
pyasa hoon mohabbat ka main thodi si mohabbat de do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYlBWYbxlxg
Ashwin.
Let me apologize for not congratulating you on Friday.
I had planned to take a long weekend off from SOY, but when I saw the photo finish win, I had to come. I had saved a song on my computer that was not available on YouTube for your D day.
On Friday I had time for only one thing. Either upload the video and congratulate you with the newly posted song or congratulate Mr Venkataramanji on his unbelievable feat.
I chose the later. I was in such a rush I did not even proof read my comment. I am sure when Venkataramanji is back he will find errors in my detail.
Now the song I have uploaded for you.
1944 movie Police Aata hai kaun aata hai kaun
https://youtu.be/I2ltS8fAS8g
BTW How about reserving a place with the handkerchief for the topic “PYAAR”?
Happy Shree Krishna Janmashtami.
A quirky song with some good acting by Ranbir Kapoor.
Tum Kissan ho, Main hoon Radha
Tum suyi ho, Main hoon dhaaga..
…
Main badiya, Tu badiya..
…
Sun Sajna kal maine dekha ek Sapna
Sapne mein dekha mantap apna
…
Sapna nahin hai
Ye hai durghatna…
Sunidhi, Sonu; Puneet Sharma, Rohan Rohan.
Pradeepji,
Coming back after 96 hours. I was down with fever and body-ache. Now I am free from both, feeling relieved. I was a bit worried because of the prevailing situation, especially with a person with hypertension and diabetes at home.
@ 926,
In hustle-bustle, I could post the link to your songs from Imtihaan (1974). Let me make amends.
रुख जाना नहीं, तू कहीं हार के
काँटों पे चल के मिलेंगे साये बहार के
ओ राही, ओ राही….
लोंगोँ को उनका सबकुछ देके
तू त़ो चला था सपने ( Sapne ) ही लेके।
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuaY_qKBUAM&feature=emb_title
And the link to the other song…
रोज शाम आती, मगर ऐसे न थी..
…..
Koi geet mujhko sunaye
Preet man mein jagaye
Khuli aankh Sapne dikhaye…
IMTIHAN, 1974.
LP have done a Salil Da or SDB in Roj Sham aatee…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhPEPo_XGvE&feature=emb_title
Pradeepji @ 1004,
Yes it was dream run for both the posts and its participants.
Back to cricket parlance, generally I act as the runner for the main batsman at the crease, sometimes I do come as a night watchman, but seldom don the role of a pinch hitter especially in the powerplay round or in the slog overs.
I don’t think there will be any such opportunity in near future. You did play an important role in the PP1 round. And then set the target and made us believe that it can definitely be achieved.
‘I have just two questions for dear NV ji.How long were you at the desk/ laptop this evening ? And, did you foresee the mission 1K being accomplished today itself? I had thought we would reach it tomorrow…08/08/2020.’
I would answer your second question first. Yes, I was definite that the other post would reach the four figure mark on the 7th instant and I was determined to emulate them the same day, but I was not sure about reaching the target before them. I had mentioned it @ 929 (07:30 pm).
Coming to the first question I would narrate the story sometime later.
Pradeepji @1009
Sun le Khuda, gaur se zara
Aasmaan mera, ab aasmaan mera
Neend thod ke Khwab ud gaye
Aasmaan mera….
Jashn hai jeet ki, Jeet ki jashn hai..
Abhijeet Ghoshal, Prasoon Joshi, Shankar Ehsaan Loy.
LONDON DREAMS, 2009.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4WN51UfLOU
Pradeepji @ 1010,
The last paragraph,….. I didn’t get you exactly. If you meant to say that you are going to restrict or reduce your postings in SoY, please, please, please don’t even think of it. We are there, as ever, to post your links. But we would be doubly happy if you could manage to post the link with help of a friend.
Pradeepji @ 1024,
Thanks for the greetings.
And the link to the song…
Hearing the song for the first time.
Tum Kissan ho, Main hoon Radha
Tum suyi ho, Main hoon dhaaga..
…
Main badiya, Tu badiya..
…
Sun Sajna kal maine dekha ek Sapna
Sapne mein dekha mantap apna
…
Sapna nahin hai
Ye hai durghatna…
Sunidhi, Sonu; Puneet Sharma, Rohan Rohan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJGxulNokY
Rajeshji, @ 1005,
Thank for the nice words and sorry for the delay in responding.
You deserve a special word of appreciation, since you have achieved a unique feat of posting the maximum number of comments in a single post in your debut year. Congrats and please keep it up.
Mumbaikarji @ 1011,
Thanks a lot for the appreciation and monitoring the proceedings.
And sorry for the delayed response.
@ 1023,
Thanks for posting the vintage song from Police (1944).
This song was among the 8-10 songs left, after I posted the 1000th comment.
Later I posted two more. I may post rest to clear the residue.
Rahulji @ 1012
Thanks for the nice words and the song.
I remember your early forecast (@36) about this post going to be all time block buster. Mumbaikarji too foresaw a similar outcome for the other post. And it was not just a coincidence, but a great forethought. Kudos to both of you.
Ashwinji @ 1013,
Please don’t bother to respond to the torrent of comments / songs posted by me .
I can very well understand your difficulty in responding, considering your busy schedule.
You have tried your best, but as I have said earlier it is a classic case of shifting goal post.
AKji @ 1016,
I am completely bowled over by your efforts to listen to 100 odd songs and post your valuable comments. I thought nobody will go through the postings, leave aside responding to the comments. In fact I have said, more than once, to go slow on postings. That allows the time to listen to the songs and/ or go through the discussions. Else it doesn’t do justice to the efforts of the person posing the songs/comments. This was an unusual situation, may be a sudden rush of adrenaline.
Thank you Akji for listening to the songs, for providing the missing singers name, observations, corrections………..
And it is an open secret as to how one recalls or remembers the related words in the lyrics. No big deal. I need not elaborate.
Thank you once again.
Dr. Shetty,
Wish you and all the SoY members a very Happy Janmashthami!
One more Ranbir Kapoor song:
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani 2009
Neeraj Shridhar – Pritam – Irshad Kamil
Sapnon mein aaike jaaike o ri goriya hamri churai le nindiya
hum pe giraike haye re tu bijuriya humse churaile hum ka
bahaaron mein tu hai, nazaaron mein tu hai
dekhoon jidhar main wahan tu dikhaayi de
prem ki naiyya hai raam ke bharose
apni hi naiyya ko paaar tu lagaai de
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Ux5TQ4oUc
Hansji @ 1019,
Yes I borrowed you words to emphasis that in the end it is all for fun and enjoyment, but I did not mean that you enjoyed the songs SoB and SoBB era. And I am happy that I could provide you some entertainment. And thanks for the congratulations and all the more for the reprieve.
Venkataramanji@1025,
Sorry to hear that you were down with fever and body ache. At the same time, it is good to know that you are better now.
Hope this was not due to the stress of the marathon run.
In the current situation fever is indeed a symptom to worry!!
Thanks for your comments@1029.
Its been a pleasure posting comments on this post and hope I am able to contribute on future posts too..
Venkataramanji,
You had posted a song from Wake Up Sid 2009 @ 940
Here’s one more song from the film
Kavita Seth – SEL – Javed Akhtar
O re manwa tu to baawara hai
tu hi jaane tu kya sochta hai
tu hi jaane tu kya sochta hai baawre
kyun dikhaye sapne tu sote jaagte
jo barse sapne boond boond nainon ko moond moond
kaise main chaloon dekh na sakoon anjaane raaste
gunja sa hai koyi iktaara iktaara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSS_R91Nimw
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam 1999
Kumar Sanu, Kavita K – Isamil Darbar – Mehboob
Aankhon ki gustakhiyan maaf ho
ek tuk tumhe dekhti hain
jo baat kehna chahe zuban tumse woh yeh kehti hain
…..is dil ki nadaniyaan maaf ho
yeh meri kahan sunti hain
yeh pal pal jo hote hain bepal sanam
to sapne naye bunti hain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1kouWRi1s
Qurbani 1980
Manhar, Kanchan, Anand Kuamr – KA – Indivar
Naseeb insan ka chaahat se hi sawarta hai
kya bura isme kisi par jo koyi marta hai
hum tumhe chahte hai aise
marne waala koyi zindagi chahta ho jaise
…..mere khwabon mein jo saj raha hai
wo khuda to nahi par zamane mein sabse juda hai
mere khwabon mein jo saj raha hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5cR-oWrC4E
Jaani Dushman 1979
KK< Anuradha – LP – Verma Malik
o meri jaan are bol meri jaan
teri aankhon ne jaane kya jaadu kiya
main bhi gaya mera dil bhi gaya
o meri jaan bol meri jaan
tu nindon mein sapne piro gaya
jinse mujhe kuchh ho gaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6KCSFN5LCU
Bheegi Palken 1982
Asha, Amit Kumar – Jugalkishore, Tilakraj – M G Hashmat
Nainon mein sapne samaye the jiske wohi raat hai
o do dil milenge ye unke milan ki shuruvat hai
…..socho na sajna sakaar hoga dono ka sapna suhana
saanso ki sargam sur me rahegi jivan banega tarana
sunke to dekho tum dhadkan ki dhun pe yahi raag hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6RP6e8OwFw
PALKI, 1967.
Shakeel Badayuni, Naushad.
Kal raat zindagi se mulaqat ho gayi
…
Ek Khwab jalvagar tha haqeeqat ke
roop mein…
Rafi.
Mere ghar se pyar ki palki chali gayee…
…
…
Mere liye ek Khwab ban gaya aaj tu
Chhaa gayee udaasiya….
Manna Dey, Rafi, Lata.
Naushad is credited for the Story of PALKI.
The other movie with his Story is
TERE PAYAL MERE GEET, 1989.
He has produced
BABUL, 1950
URAN KHATOLA, 1955
MAALIK , 1958
PRAHAAR, 1991.
Nana Patekar wore multiple hats : Actor, Story and Screenplay , Director.
It was a well made film.
Dhadkan jara ruk gayi hai
Kahin zindagi beh rahi hai
…
…
Mit jaaoon Sapno ki aagosh mein
Suresh Wadkar, Mangesh Desai, LP.
EK BAAR PHIR, 1980.
The movie was in the limelight for it’s bold ( extra marital affair !) theme.
Vinod Pande , Raghunath Seth.
Ye paude Ye pathhe Ye phool..
…
..
Soye Sapne jagaaye..
Anuradha Paudwal, Bhupinder.
Jeevan ek sangharsh hair
….
…
Sambandh ye hum dono ka
Ek meeta Sapna the…
Grammatical error?
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…
38 years ago, same time during the Ganeshotav, this song constantly played on the loud speakers.
I remember my older relatives were not happy with Lata singing this song.
Here it is…
Khuddar 1982 – KK, Lata – Rajesh Roshan – Majrooh
Main ek disco tu ek disco
duniya hai ek disco disco 82 disco 82
…., meri khushiyan mere sapne hai zinda yahin
mujhe pinjra na dikhao main parinda nahin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5476DpsD7oo
Yeh Vaada Raha 1982
KK, Asha – RDB – Gulshan Bawra
Tu tu hai wahi dil ne jise apna kaha
tu hai jahan main hoon wahan
ab to ye jeena tere bin hai saza
…..kisi mod pe bhi naayeh saath toote
mere haath se tera daaman na chhoote
kabhi khwaab mein bhi tu mujhse na roothe
mere pyaar ki koi khushiyaan na loote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjfzFVw2Zjo
Mere saare Group vaasiyon ko Swatantrata Diwas ke Shubh kaamnaaye.
Let Gandhi ji’s dream of Ram Rajya come, at least partially, true.
Ae jaate huye lamho
Zara thehro…
…
Saanson mein
Aankhon mein
Khwabon mein
Yaadon mein
Chupa kar rakhoon…
Roop Kumar Rathod, Javed Akhtar, Anu Malik.
BORDER, 1997.
Hindustan Ki Kasam 1974
Manna Dey — MM – Kaifi Azmi
Har taraf ab yehi afsane hain
hum teri aankhon ke deewane hain
…..neechi nazron mein hain kitna jadoo
ho gaye pal mein kayi khwaab jawaan
kabhi uthhne kabhi jhukne ki ada
le chali jaane kidhar jaane kahan
raaste pyar ke anjaane hain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iu6FV4F2Rs
Naqab 1989
Asha – Kamal Makhdoom – Farooq Qaiser
Aankhen meri badalne lagi dekhti hai khwab
allah mere chehre pe rakhiyo mera naqab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ZTauLt0Dw
Khwaab 2014
Sonu Nigam – Sandeep Chowta – Sameer
aankhon mein mere khwaab hain saje
dil mein ek nayi aas hai
jeetne ki khwaahishen saji
hosh hai aur josh hai
main to udd chala abhi neele aasman mein
hogi har khushi abhi mere saath
roko na mujhe suno udta hi rahoon sada
ye hai khwaab ye hai khwaab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NWmryu7b3I
This post also needs ignition. Here is ‘teri yaad dil se bhulane chala hoon’ from Hariyali aur Rasta.
‘kabhi jis jagah khwab dekhe the maine
wahin khak apni udaane chala hoon’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtqJbZIBIVw
Back to posting after a few days gap.
Will clear my backlog of songs pending for post
Beginning with a song from Hum Kisise Kam Naheen 1977, a musical blockbuster from Nasir Hussain and RDB
Asha, Rafi – Majrooh- RDB
Yeh ladka haye allah kaisa hain deewana
kitna mushkil hai tauba isko samjhaana
ke dheere dheere dil bekaraar hota hai
hote hote hote pyaar hota hai
…..bholi ho tum kya jano, ab bhi mujhko pehchano
sapna tumhara main hoon mano ya naa mano
dekho nadani se mujhe na thukrana
nahin to gaati hi rahogi yeh tarana
ke dheere dheere dil bekaraar hota hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWirtPCKco
Now a song from a mediocre Hum Kisise Kum Naheen 2002
Anuradha, Sonu Nigam – Anu Malik – AB
O sapnon ke saudagar ek sapna de de
sapna lena hai to dil apna de de
tauba meri tauba tauba
sapna itna mehenga hai to ek kangna de de
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDhST7eL3WQ
Aswin ji , Venkatraman ji, Hans ji, Dr. Deshpande ji ;
It rained heavely in jaipur followed by one in Gurgaon . Probably it was just like cloud burst with high intensity precipitation of 1 in 100 years frquency flooding .
Rains brings floods and at the same time brings romance to the fore front. We love the rain but then we take cover when it starts to pour on us. What follows next is the blame game .
But in our youth times we love getting drenched in cold water and feel the warmth their after . One need to feel the rain and not just to simply get wet.The best thing about the rain is that it makes you feel so clean, makes you feel as pure as is.
A cup of hot Tea is really the source of getting our hands getting real warm feelings . Pakodas….. always added bonus.
As they say…. let the rain be the witness to our love.
A romantic song that fits the bill ….with word sapna coming at the last line .
jhir jhir jhir badarwa..hemant kumar -lata-salil chaudhary-pariwar
In continuation here is the link…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeEY23hT_KM
Aswin ji , Venkatraman ji, Hans ji, Dr. Deshpande ji ;
Rain in spain stays mainly in the plains…..a true quote…nicely brought out as a song in …..My Fair Lady .
Rains takes over the romance and wise versa…..
rim jhim badrwa barse..Lata_Hemant Kumar_Salil Chaudhary..Tangewali 1955.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-CXGOn2zgU
Hans ji;
Batti bal ke baane utte rakhni haan…..is my all time favorite too . Shamshad , Rafi were fantastic in both …Bhangra and Do Lacchiyan . Hansraj Behal was really back bone in making these two movies an all time hits.
Since yourself a punjabi film buff….here is one song with sapne .
Rati Mainu Supne Vich (Swaran Lata & Ved Prakash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQZ7tAUsloY
There is more song like this one filmed on Gopal Sehgal [ Duwani wala] ….that I am unable to recall now.
Aswin ji;
Here is my all time sweet bhajan by Lata ji ….again with sapne…
ae ri main to prem diwani..naubahar1952 – lata – roshanlal –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3LrLrZlVB4
Bhatiaji,
A rain song depicting great showers leading to a bountiful harvest!!
V Shantaram’s classic Do Ankhen Barah Haath 1957
Lata, Manna Dey – Vasant Desai – Bharat Vyas
O umad ghumad kar aayi re ghata
kare kare badra ki chhayi chhayi re ghata….
…..dhan ye sawan dhan ye barkha dhan dhan hamari dharti
sabke jeevan ke ye adhure sapne poore karti
dekho dekho ghar ghar hamare
lehar lehar anand ki leharati aayi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0cXBF1ICik
Pathan 1962
Lata – Brij Bhushan – B K Puri
So ja salone so ja nindiya tujhe bulaye
so ja so ja maa ke khilone so ja
…..baadal ki oat lekar chanda bhi so gaya hai
chup chap har sitara sapnon mein kho gaya hai
tere liye re lalna palna gagan sajaye soja soja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEwrI9S_LmI
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey 2010
Sohail Sen, Pamela Jain – Sohail Sen – Javed Akhtar
Sapne salone hain sach toh hone
lekin woh sapne tumko kaise dikhaoon
kehta hai jeevan jitne hain bandhan
raste se main pehle toh unko hataaoon
mann ki baat kehne ke pal nahin aaye
yeh din raat angdayi jo leke jaage toh mann gaaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F8SbIuieQc
Veer Zaara 2004
Lata, Sonu Nigam – Madan Mohan – Javed Akhtar
Do pal ruka khwabon ka karvaan
aur phir chal diye tum kahan hum kahan
….. tum the ya sapnon ka tha sawan
tum the ke khushiyon ki ghata chhayi thi
tum the ke tha koi phool khila
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPsxxBhv9kc
Bhatiaji @ 1054, 1055, 1056,
The master batsman back in business.
Your writings are as brilliant as ever.
Thanks for posting the two fabulous songs from Pariwaar and Tangawali.
To find Sapna in the last few lines would have required real effort.
Or was it an instant recall?!
And the Bhajan from Naubahar was among the residues left in my kitty.
Glad that you have posted it. Thus four songs from my backlog have been posted.
Rajeshji @ 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062,
Thank you for the additions, especially the songs from Do Aankhen Barah Haath and Pathan.
Posting one from my back log
Ja ja re Chanda ja re teri Chandni bhi
Mera jiyra jlaye rey ja ja re chanda ja re…
Dunia to sari soyi Sapno ki raat me
Ek mai hi jagu jage gum mere sath me
Aankhiya bhar bhar aaye baat baat me
Lata Mangeshkar, Prem Dhawan, Dilip Dholakia, Private Secretary (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA0fDFfnv8Y
Venkataramanji,
Nice to see you back here with a new post.
Continuing with my pending posts….
One more from Khuddar 1982
KK, Lata – Rajesh Roshan – Majrooh
Oonche neeche raaste aur manzil teri door
raah mein raahi ruk na jaana ho kar ke majboor
…..tujhe pyaar bhi mile path mein to samajhna yahi
ye hai raaste ki chhaon saathi teri manzil nahin
tera jo apna aur hai sapna
apne hi sapnon ki manzil se na reh jaana door
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQk3aITXUU
Some typical 80s average stuff, but fitting with the theme…
Commando 1988
Vijay Benedict – Bappi Lahiri – Anjaan
O mere apne o mere sapne
tu maane na haar chahe toofan aaye hazaar
is jeevan ki har jung yahan tu hi jeete har baar commando
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I31UQskJRKg
Laparwah 1981
Jatin Pandit – Bappi Lahiri – Ramesh Pant
Tumko maine sapnon mein to dekha tha
mil jaaoge ek din ye na socha tha
tum mujhko mil gaye dil mera kho gaya
kismat ki baat hai sapna sach ho gaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NzLoaySQJI
Nafrat Ki Aandhi 1989
Nitin Mukesh, Shabbir Kumar, Chandrani – Bappi Lahiri – Anjaan
Sapna sapna apna hai yahi ek sapna
phoolon ke gaon mein pyar ki chhaon mein
pyara sa ho koi ghar apna
sajna sajna apna bhi yahi hai sapna
phoolon ke gaon mein pyar ki chhaon mein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqgilhradWo
Main Intaquam Loonga 1982
Asha, Shabbir Kumar – LP – AB
Is sapnon ki shehzadi ki thodi shartein hain shaadi ki
ye kaisa dastoor hai par mujhko sab manzoor hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y33kX7RyLKU
Khatron Ke Khiladi 1988
Anuradha, Mohd. Aziz – LP – AB
Tumse bana mera jeevan sundar sapan salona
tum mujhse khafa na hona kabhi mujhse juda na hona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML8mPI3s6Nc
N Venkataraman ji @1063;
Thanks for your appreciation . Such songs just comes out from my ATM [ Any Time Music] Machine. Yes , it takes time ; but one has to listen complete song , otherwise You tube is a helping hand . As you must have noticed …my ears only roam about songs upto late 60s or at the most 70s….beyond that…it all goes with younger generations . The melodies always stays with me . Those were the days when orchestra interludes were part of the songs and while humming songs
interludes had a great place to sing along .
Sapne in Bhajans were a surprise for me too.
N Venkataraman ji @1064;
Ja ja re Chanda ja re teri Chandni bhi
Mera jiyra jlaye rey ja ja re chanda ja re…from Private Secretary is my favorite song . I think Hans ji and myself have already posted in this theme….or is it in other ? With so many articles on track it is difficult to trace where one get posted.
N Venkataraman ji @1063;
Yourself…..The master batsman back in business……
Yes I was busy converting my back yard garden into new format . Had plenty to design keeping elderly and young kids in mind . It is now complete and shall be sending fotos /videos to you and persons alike . All these I had to do before Dushhera , Diwali and X mas celebrations . Yes did all these under prevailing precautions too.
As for Master Batsman…..I think this title should go to yourself and ….Hans ji , Dr Deshpande ji , Dr. Shetty ji and century maker Joseph ji . Mumbaikar8 is the lone fighting cricketer who could be traced as defensive players of the 60s in almost every posts . Her lyrical contributions are …..amazing recalls !!
Rajeshji, and Bhatiaji,
Generally, one month after Deewali the crackers turn a damp squib.
But here, after Hansji’s ignition, both of you are going great guns.
Bhatiaji,
Happy to know that you are getting ready for the festivals indicating that you are in high spirits.
Looking forward to your snapshots of your redesigned backyard.
I fully endorse your views on Mumbaikarji.
Bhatiaji & Rajeshji,
I checked, I don’t think the song from Private Secretary was posted earlier here. Unless I made a mistake in my search.
Clearing my backyard
Aa hasino ki adaaye bhi, jamane se niraali hain
Wafa ka nam hotho par hai, dil andar se khali hai
Ha ye bholi surat wale, dil ka lagana kya jane
Aji jab dil chaha laga di aag, bujhna kya jane
Lata Mangeshkar sings…..
Aa nahi aata hai is duniya me, jisko pyar ka SAPNA
Jise dekho hathali par, liye phirta hai dil apna
Md.Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, S D Batish, Zohrabai Ambalewali & Rajkumari, Char Din (1949), Shaqeel Badayuni, Shyam Sundar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8N9HWEdDKA
Sapnay 1997 ( hindi version of Tamil film Minsara Kanavu)
AR Rahman – Javed Akhtar
1. Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam
Chanda re chanda re kabhi to zameen par aa
baithenge baatein karenge….
…..gulshan gulshan vaadi vaadi behti hain resham jaisi hawa
jungle jungle parbat parbat hain nind mein sab ek mere siva
chanda chanda aaja sapnon ki neeli nadiyon mein nahaaye
aaja ye taare chunke hum haar banaaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4aA0HnStYQ
2. Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chitra, Srinivas
Ooh la la ek bagiya mein rehti hai ek maina
poochhti hai ki bolo kya hain kehna….
…..jhoome ja jhoome ja duniya mein har dil ko hai geet koi to mila
geeton mein hain jinke pyare sapnon ki duniya ye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5-1WlmO0mg
3. KK (Krishna Kumar), Kavita Paudwal
Strawberry aankhen sochti kyaa hain
ladki tum to mahalon mein ho pali….
…..tum dil ki har ek baat pe kyon itni ho bezaar
tum pyaar ke sab khwabon ko bhi kehti ho bekaar…..
…..pyar sabse karoon hai ye sapna mera
jo bhi duniya mein hai ho wo apna mera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScUvDM7vyos
Sapna 1969
Manna Day – Jaidev – V N Mangal
Aye meri majboor zindagi chal ri kahin chal door zindagi
aye meri benoor zindagi
….bikhar gaye sab apne sapne
bichhad gaye jo bhi the apne
koi bhi dil ki baat na samjhe
ye kaisa dastoor zindagi chal ri kahi chal door zindagi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihE1hMprT9I
Venkataramanji,
Not sure if these have been already posted.
Simla Road 1969
Suman Kalyanpur – Usha Khanna – Asad Bhopali
Sapnon ke sheesh mahal mein phir aaj ujaala hai
koi aanewala hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1sTMxkLBLc
Beti 1969
Lata – Sonik Omi – Shakeel
Aaja nindiya suhani meethe sapnon ki rani
aaja ri leke sukh ki kahani aaja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI54Zxzrkow
And this one….
Pilpili Saheb 1954
Shaminder, Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Mangeshkar – Sardul Kwatra – Shailendra
Sapnon ki duniya mein naye rang laaya
o man bhaya phagun aaya phagun aaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5-XPyyl1g
Damaad 1978
Asha – Hemant Bhosle – Yogesh
Jaage jaage nainon mein andekhe sapne
kaise chupke chori se lage rang bharne main janoo na
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HyLAQGkxhM
Posting after a break. Planning to clear the backlog over the next few days!
Apna Jahaan 1987
Anuradha Paudwal, Anu Malik – Anu Malik – Amit Khanna
Tere mere sapne saare khoye hain kahaan
shayad chanda tare soye hain jahaan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrnqdD93Yn8
Tum Laut Aao 1983
Jagjit Singh, Chitra Singh – Sudarshan Fakir
Chitra Singh, Suresh Wadkar
Tere sapne mere sapne
apne sapne pyar ke sapne
sapnon ki ungli thaamke chalna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3vxHzFO2MU
Chitra Singh
Ek sapnon ka ghar aur ghar mein tumhein
hum basaale to kaisa rahega
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4hAC2M1Ed8
HAHK, the family blockbuster of 1994
MD – Ram Laxman
1. Lata, Kumar Sanu – Ravinder Rawal
Aaj hamare dil mein ajab yeh uljhan hain
gaane baithe gaana saamne samdhan hain
….meri chhaya hai jo aapke ghar chali
sapna banke meri palkon mein hain pali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCHhzFHISAs
2. Lata – Ravinder Rawal
Lo chali main apne devar ki baraat le ke
…..hazaar sapne palkon mein apne
deewani main saath le ke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGfVK1V26lA
3. Lata, SPB, Shailendra, Udit – Ravinder Rawal
Dhik tana dhik tana tik tana
aaj padega sabko gaana
…..taras gaye the jisko naina
aaj hua sach woh sapna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr8SPQBPvnA
4. Lata, SPB
Hum aapke hain kaun
…..aakhir mujhe kehna pada
khwabon mein tum aate ho kyun
hum aapke aapke hain kaun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyJoeduGpJI
5. Lata – Dev Kohli
Chocolate lime juice ice cream toffiyan
pehle jaise ab mere shauq hai kahan
…..khilne lagi hain raahon mein kaliyan
ankhiyan dhoondhe sapnon ki galiyan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uzkpoxj5J0
Vansh 1992, remake of Mani Ratnam’s tamil film Agni Natchathiram 1988
Reasonably good score by Anand Milind, different from their usual style. Probably inspired by Ilayaraja’s score for the original
Lata, Suresh – Nanad Milind – Sameer
Main to deewani huyi
sapnon ki rani huyi….
……aayi baharen mehki hawaayen
khwabon ki baraat sajne lagi…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ar30DB9x-w
Humse Badhkar Kaun 1981
Bhupinder – Ram Laxman – Ravinder Rawal
Baste baste basa nasheman barson mein aabad hua
ek saiyaad ki nazar lagi to pal bhar mein barbad hua
sapnon ka gharaonda toota halaat ke is toofan mein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egp-aow-Y00
Nasihat 1986
Sadhana Sargam – KA – Anjaan
Mera man dekhe sapna yahi sapna
jeevan mera beete saara sang sang tere sajna re
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0LtuatB2k
Baaghi 1990
Abhijeet – Anand Milind – Sameer
Ek chanchal shokh hasina mere sapnon mein aaye
mujhe ek jhalak dikhlake wo mere dil ka chain churaaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuj6GtjpHVQ
Dhokebaaz 1984
Yesudas, Hemlata – Ravindra Jain
Tere hi khwabon mein tere khayalon mein
dooba hua hai ye mann jaane kab hoga tujhse milan
…..sadiyon se tu mere sapnon ki rani hai
parichay naya hai mohabbat purani hai….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu2kV-vd0S8
Taaqat 1982
Asha – LP -AB
Sapno mein to dekha tumko ankhiyon se ab dekhoon
jaane meri kya haalat ho main tumko jab dekhoon
…..dekho haathon ki ye chand lakeeren
mere sapnon ki hai ye tasveeren
meri kismat mein kya likha hai mere rab dekhoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjSawlLvFE4
Teri Bahon Mein 1984
SPB – Bappi Lahiri – Amit Khanna
Diwani diwana anjana afsana
tum jo mile dil ne kaha teri bahon mein guzre zamana
…..sapnon ki sargam sapnon ki laiy hai
apna milna sadiyon se taiy hai
teri bahon mein guzre zamana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBZOuw5_7yM
https://youtu.be/dacG7E-2ApA
In memory of composer S. Mohinder who passed away yesterday.
A tribute to composer S. Mohinder
Two beautiful compositions from Naata 1955
Lyrics by Tanvir Naqvi
1. Lata, Sudha Malhotra
More salone kanha gaana murli par wo gaana
gaye jiske saath zamana
…..main tori nindiya par chhaoon ban kar sapna suhana
more kanha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb0axAudQZ8
2. Lata
Lagan lagi hai sajan milan ki
badhti jaye laiy dhadkan ki
…..aaj sakhi ri tere man mein armanon ka raaz
kya kya sapne dekh rahi hai kahe to aawe laaj
hogi poori baat sapan ki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrkNCUm1cA0
S. Mohinder composed only one song for Shrimatiji 1952.
Sung by Hemant Kumar, Geeta Dutt, lyricist RMAK
Do naina tumhare pyare pyare gagan ke taare
kare ye ishaare dil dil se milayenge
…..pyar bhara ek chota sa dil hai bada bedard zamana
o mere sapnon ke saathi mil ke bichhad mat jaana
kiye vaade jo nadiya kinare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fodB0E7HlQs
Song from one his last films, Picnic 1966
Rafi – Majrooh. Picturized on Anand Bakshi
Bijlee giri kahan se begane ho gaye hum
apne hi aashiyan se
…..aankhon mein pyar roya sapnon ne di duhaai
awaaz tak na aayi wo chal diye yahan se
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsMKeJXjIQ
Anjaana 1969
Rafi – LP – AB
Main raahi anjaan raahon ka
o yaaron mera naam anjaana
…..nikla hoon akela dhoondhun koi mela
main saathi anjaan sapnon ka
pukaro mera naam anjaana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOa1F8wVrPg
Venkatraman ji ;
Music is a central element of life …though it is two ears apart . We can not smell music but it s the nose that takes all the tear drops as we listen to melancholy/ sad songs .
A great song of the mid 50s that everyone listened to before going to bed.
Dheere Se Aaja Ri Ankhiyon | Albela Lata Mangeshkar CR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtR7_zJl02A
Ashwin Bhandarkar ji;
Here is a rare song less heard from an unknown movie…..
Ae Dil Yuhin Tu Dekhe Ja Sapne Mukesh Film Janam Teep (1973 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noc5oLWJUNQ
Any idea anyone knowing about its music director ?
In continuation….
Got it . The film is Gujarati and its music directors are….P.Sumanchandra , Yusuf Azad .
Ashwin Bhandarkar ji;
Happy Engineer’s Day to you and all others of S O Y technocrats .
The fancy of sapne continues and here is one of my favorite from the kitty of SJ where Rafi renders his passionate call to the beloved….
aaye bahar ban kar..Rafi_ Hasrat Jaipuri_Shankar Jaikishan…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WTFX75Z4fM
Ashwin Bhandarkar ji;
Now its Asha’s call in reply to Rafi’s song…..aye bahar banke …
Raat Rangeeli Chamke Taare (HD) – Baap Re Baap ..Asha….OPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYZX_Lch2s
Sanjog 1961
Mukesh – MM – Rajinder Krishan
Bhooli hui yaadon mujhe itna na sataao
ab chain se rehne do mere paas na aao
…..daaman mein liye baitha hoon toote huye taare
kab tak main jiyoonga yunhi khwabon ke sahare…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpO4vUGXFyE
Lata – MM – Rajinder Krishan
Chala hai kahan chala hai kahan
duniya idhar hai teri pyar idhar hai tera…
….ankhiyaan meri sapne tere ho
dekh zara o saathi mere ho…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CplidkTm-4
Bhatiaji @ 1094,1095,1096
‘Music is a central element of life …though it is two ears apart. We cannot smell music but it s the nose that takes all the tear drops as we listen to melancholy/ sad songs.’
Beautifully expressed. Continuing to enjoy your pearls of wisdom.
A special thanks for posting the rare song ‘Ae Dil Yuhin Tu Dekhe Ja Sapne’ from te Gujarati film ‘ Janam Teep’ (1973 )
Aayega Aanewala 1967
Asha – Sapan Jagmohan – Naqsh
Mere aanchal se khele hawa
ambar ki chhaon mein naache mera dil….
,,,,,nayi si dagar mein meri har nazar mein
naye khwab sajne lage….
….. khwabon mein tum the khayalon mein tum the
mulaqat hoti meri…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD0TmU4xooo
Deewana 1992
Kumar Sanu – Nadeem Shravan – Sameer
Sochenge tumhe pyar kare ke nahi
ye dil bekarar kare ke nahi
khwabon mein chhupaya tumko yaadon mein basaya tumko
miloge hamein tum jaanam kahi na kahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17LL_iqlHE8
Rangeela 1995
Asha – A R Rahman – Mehboob
Tanha tanha yahan pe jeena ye koi baat hai
koi saathi nahin tera yahan to ye koi baat hai…
…..kisi ka to sapna ho aankhon mein teri
koi dilbar to ho baahon mein teri….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL8kz8t7pmg
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander 1992
Udit, Sadhana – Jatin Lalit – Majrooh
Pehla nasha pehla khumar
naya pyar hai naya intezar …..
……usne baat ki kuchh aise dhang se
sapne de gaya wo hazaaron rang ke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI2HJONbT5A
Deedar 1992
Udit, Sadhana – Anand Milind – Sameer
Ye suni si raahen hai chahat ki baahen….
…..tera mera mera tera sapna hai jo bhi yahaan hai apna hai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1i1pC8fvIM
Raja Hindustani 1996
1. Udit 2. Alka – Nadeem Shravan – Sameer
Aaye ho meri zindagi mein tum bahar banke
mere dil mein yunhi rehna tum pyar pyar banke
aankhon mein tum base ho sapne hazaar banke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7cUMWxS6Xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYWJgi9G8Os
Sangeet 1992
Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha – Anand Milind – Santosh Anand
Jo geet nahin janma wo geet banayenge
tere pyar ka sur lekar sangeet banayenge
koi sukh bhi nahin apna koi dukh bhi nahin apna
duniya jise kehte hai hai sundar ek sapna
is khwab ko bhi apne nagmon se sajayenge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzEdjbHQVB4
Do DIlon Ki Dastaan 1985
Amit – LP – Anjaan
One two three
Ek sabz pari mere khwabon mein aati hai chali jati hai…
….khwabon mein aaye khayalon mein sataaye
main tadpun wo dekhe nazaara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H68eSjbUFrA
Bada Din 1998
Udit, Alka – Jatin Lalit – Javed
Meri aankhon mein tum ho mere sapnon mein tum ho
meri dhadkan mein tum ho, meri sanson mein tum ho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSgz3DMP-Tc
A non-film Sapna song sung by Sapna Awasthi
Album – Sun Chaila 1998
MD – Triveni Bhavani
Sapna aaya aadhi raat
baithi thi saajan ke saath
unhone liya haath mein haath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N3j0zMpasA
The tenacity, the perseverance, the staying power and the single minded resolve of my friends N Venkatraman ji and Dr Rajesh ji here, and S Joseph ji and a few others in the other post of the exclusive 1K club makes me exclaim….” Lage raho!”
A couple of songs from
LAGE RAHO MUNNA BHAI.
Swanand Kirkire, Shantanu Moitra.
1. Title song.
Bole toh bole toh kaisi hogi haay
…
Lage raho Munna Bhai…
Khwabon mein woh apun ke roj roj aaye..
2. Aane char aane bache hain char aane..
….
Itne sapne the jo dil mein hi mar gaye…
Realized just now that my comment was number 1111 !
Now, the dedication is to my friend ( Dr ) Rajesh Bhai, MBBS, MD.
MUNNA BHAI MBBS.
Rahat Indori, Abbas Tyrewala; Anu Malik.
1. Title Song.
Hello, Nanavati Hospital, aarelaa join,
Hello, Leelavati Hospital, jaarela hoon….
M bole toh…
….
Hai Sapna ye apna,
Sapna ye apna,
Sapna ye hogi na break, break, break…
2.Apun jaise tapori ko kya maloom
Saala pyar kis chidiya ka naam hai!
….
Saala ek, ek sapna dekha tha
….
Sapna toota hai toh dil kabhi jalta hair…
Realized just now that my comment was number 1111 !
Now, the dedication is to my friend ( Dr ) Rajesh Bhai, MBBS, MD.
MUNNA BHAI MBBS.
Rahat Indori, Abbas Tyrewala; Anu Malik.
1. Title Song.
Hello, Nanavati Hospital, aarelaa join,
Hello, Leelavati Hospital, jaarela hoon….
M bole toh…
….
Hai Sapna ye apna,
Sapna ye apna,
Sapna ye hogi na break, break, break…
2.Apun jaise tapori ko kya maloom
Saala pyar kis chidiya ka naam hai!
….
Saala ek, ek sapna dekha tha
….
Sapna toota hai toh dil kabhi jalta hai..
Dr. Shetty,
A late response, but thanks a lot for dedicating the Munnabhai MBBS songs!!
Here’s one more song from the film…
Vinod, Shreya – Rahat Indori – Anu Malik
Chhann chhann chhanan chhann chhann mann gaye kyon
sann sann hawa sann sann leharaye kyon
…..aanchal mein hain khwab tumhare
aanchal par hai naam tumhara
…..aankhon mein sapne sawarne lage hain
sanson mein ghungroo bikharne lage hain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LicWAGzm5SA
Kalakaar 1983
Kishore Kumar – KA – Indeevar
Neele neele ambar par chand jab aaye
pyar barsaye humko tarsaye…
…..pyar mein nahane ko doob hi jane ko
dil mera tadpaye khwab jaga jaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5GI4QbpjQU
Dr Rajesh ji,
Believe me when I say I purposefully left out Chhann Chhann Channan, knowing very well you will find it out.
Am glad my hunch proved to be true !
During my internship, 1984, the SPB song Deewani Deewana… from TERI BAHON MEIN was a favourite of my cousin. He would hum it all day. The movie, an adaptation / plagiarized version of BLUE LAGOON starred Mohnish Behl and introduced Ayesha Dutt ( later Shroff. )
Deewani deewana
Anjana afsana…
….
Teri baahon mein
Gujre zamana…
…
Sapno ki sargam
Sapno ki lay hai
….
Teri baahon mein
Sapne dekhe…
SPB & chorus; Amit Khanna, Bappi Lahiri.
Also from the same movie..
Kitne phool, kitne ped, kitne panchi yahan…
….
Ik tinka tu, ik tinka main
Aise banega ghar apna
Neeli ho chat, deewar haree
Rangeen ho jaise koi sapna…
The above song is by Kishore Kumar.
Ashwin Ji,
Long time, no see ! Hope all is well with you and your loved ones.
PAISE KI GUDIYA, 1974.
Varma Malik, LP.
Lata Mangeshkar.
1. Main toh darti na daloon kajarva
Ki naino mein Sajan baste..
….
Baiti baiti sham savere
Dekhoon sapne tere…..
2. Main hoon ek bazar ki raunaq
Main ik Sundar Sapna…
Asha Bhosle.
Pagal Pagal Pagal
Hum sab Pagal..
…
Sapna kya hai ?
Hum sab kya hai?
Pagal Pagal Pagal…
RATTAN by A R Kardar was the highest grosser of 1944. Made at a cost of 75,000 Rs, the earning from the royalties of gramophone records itself was 3 lakh Rs ! It established Naushad as the Numero Uno composer and he hiked his fees to a princely 25,000.
Zohrabai Ambalawali, Amirbai Karnataki, Shyam Kumar, Karan Dewan and Manju ( the last two starred in the movie ) gave the playback. D N Madhok was the lyricist.
Jhoote hain sab sapan suhane
Jhoote sab sapan suhane
Moorakh man sach jaane sapan suhane
…
Jo dil lekar aankh churate hain
Woh sapno mein milne aate hain
….
Dil chahe lamba ho sapna
Manju was the singer actress.
PARWANA, 1947.
D N Madhok, Khurshid Anwar.
1. K L Saigal.
Toot gaye sab sapne mere
Ye do naina sawan bhadon
….
Dekh rahe the khwaab suhane…
2. Suraiya
Aa jaa balma re nagri darr laage
…
Abhi woh sapno mein aaye the
Abhi bhaage…
HAMARI BETI, 1950.
Lata Mangeshkar, ? Kidar Sharma, Snehal Bhatkar.
Mere sapne bane aaj apne
Ha mere sapne
Ho mere sapne
Haan haan mere sapne…
Nutan’s debut film at the age of 14, produced by Shobhana Samartha had Baby Tanuja as well.
Interestingly, Nutan was sent to a Finishing School in Switzerland in 1953 after her initial movies didn’t do well at the box office.
Dr. Shetty @1116
I do believe you and I am glad that I could make your hunch come true.
@ 1117
Actually, I had posted the Diwani Diwana song @1088.
With 1100+ posts, it is indeed difficult to keep a track.
I entered 1st year MBBS when this film was released and even I used to enjoy this song. Quite hummable!!
Title song of Thodasa Roomani Ho Jayen 1990, one of my favorite off-beat movies.
Directed by Amol Palekar for Doordarshan
MD – Bhaskar Chandavarkar , Lyrics – Kamlesh Pandey.
In two versions, by Chhaya Ganguly and Vinod Rathod.
Baadalon ka naam na ho ambar ke gaaon mein….
…..thodasa roomani ho jayen
mushkil hai jeena umeed ke bina
thode se sapne sajaaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C6WzQkKbys
Dr Rajesh ji,
Oh! Sorry about repeating Deewani Deewana. Yes, with so many comments, we tend to lose track !
BAAZ, 1953.
Chham chham chham chham ghoonghar baaje
Naacho gaao re
….
Jaago jaago savera hua, Rain gayi
…
Sapno ke bas mein na dol..
Geeta Dutt, Majrooh, OPN.
The movie had some fantastic Geeta Dutt songs.
What a musical extravaganza did the team of Sahir, Ravi, Asha Bhosle, Mahinder Kapoor and Rafi created in the shape of KAJAL, 1965!
Mere bhaiya, mere Chanda
…..
Woh bhi din aaye ke un khwabon ke tabir mile
Tere khatir jo haseen khwaab bune hai maine..
Asha.
Aap ke paas jo aata hai, phigal jaata hai
…
Hont hai ya kisi shayar ki duaon ka jawab
Zulf hai ya kisi sawan ke talabgar ka khwab…
Mahinder Kapoor.
Agar mujhe na mili tum
Toh main ye samjhoonga
Ke dil ki raah se hokar khushi nahin gujri..
…..
….
Khayal khwab ki duniya jawan hai tumse
…
Ye khwab khwab rahe, bekasi na gujri.
( Normally we hear Khwabo khayalon mein. Reverse here. )
Mahinder Kapoor, Asha.
The 8 songs bouquet that I had posted from SUHAGAN is probably impossible to match for any theme. Then there was SAPAN SUHANE with 5 ( / 6 ? ) songs.
CHAND AUR SURAJ, 1965.
Shailendra, Salil Chowdhury.
1. Baag mein kali khilee bhagiya mehkee
…
….
Sapne jo aaye, tadpa ke jaaye..
2. Meri aur unki preet purani
Chal chal jaaooya Mumbaila
….
Bambai meri Sapnon ki Rani
…
Toone sachh karke sapne dikhaye
Both Asha Bhosle.
3. Teri yaad na dil se jaa saki
….
Taron ke saaye mein kitne sapne
Dekhe the milke humne tumne
Root gaye tum ,Sapne bhi rooted
….
4. Jhanana jhan baaje , bichhua baaje
…
Aayee dwar pe jab se ye rain kajrari
Dekhoon pyar ke sapne main birha ke maari
….
Both, Lata.
5. Tumhe dil se chaha, Tumhe dil diya hai
….
Tere khayal teri hi baat
Rehte hain dil mein din ho ya raat
…
Suman Kalyanpur, Rafi.
SURAJ AUR CHANDA, 1973.
Anand Bakshi, LP.
Poorab disha se pardesi aayaa
…
Jab se aayaa, neend na aayaa
Sapnon mein aake mujhe jagaaya
Lata.
Jeena marna hai ab din raat tere saath
….
….
Mere khwabon ki hai tabeer ,taqdeer in nigahon mein
Suman Kalyanpur, Rafi.
Chaitali 1974
Lata, Manna Dey – LP- AB
Dharti ambar neend se jaage
dekho apne aangan….
…..sapnon ke ban mein neel gagan mein
ek ek karke chand sitare chhup gaye peechhe jaake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-aIkCPAXA
Aabroo 1968
Rafi – Sonik Omi – G S Rawal
Har chehra yahan chaand to har zarra sitara
ye vaadi-e-kashmir hai jannat ka nazara
….ye jalwa-e-rangeen hai kisi khwab ki taabir
ya phoolon mein baithi hui dulhan ki hai tasveer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unjJsHyRftk