The path, the traveller, the journey and the destination

12 May 2018

We are told that to succeed in life we have to have a goal, and we have to take the right path to reach there. But how do we get to the right path? You reach a fork in life, you choose a path and that makes all the difference. Had you chosen the other path your life would have panned out in an entirely different way. Our ancients said महाजनो येन गत: स पन्था:।The right path is the one that has been trodden by the great men. But Javed Akhtar does not like to go where everyone goes; he does not like travelling on the worn-out path.

जहां जाते हैं सब जाना उधर अच्छा नहीं लगता
मुझे पामाल रस्तों का सफ़र अच्छा नहीं लगता

But is life about having a goal or destination? Nishkaam karma would mean you do your best, but you don’t control the outcome. Therefore, you don’t allow yourself to be affected by success or failure. Life is an eternal journey. If you enjoy the journey, every stop is a destination, and wherever you reach you are successful.

‘फ़ैज़’ थी राह सरबसर मंज़िल
जहां पहुंचे कामयाब आए

When we were children and we travelled by the train in the third class, the fun was in the journey – the vendors selling their wares in sing-song voices, the language of signages and songs changing as the train entered a new state, the noise, and the nosey co-travellers. Reaching the destination filled us with a sense of joy and, at the same time, some sadness that the journey was over. Even when we grow up a child remains within us. After a nice holiday, we know we have to come back home, but we wish the good times continued some more. Nida Fazli has said:

न जाने कौन सा मंज़र नज़र में रहता है
तमाम उम्र मुसाफ़िर सफ़र में रहता है

In Robert Service’s Spell of Yukon, the prospector leaves the warmth of his cotton fields down south, and straggles through the bone-chilling cold in big dizzy mountains and deep death-like valleys, yet it is not the gold he is wanting:

There’s gold, and it’s haunting and haunting;
It’s luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn’t the gold that I’m wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It’s the great, big, broad land ’way up yonder,
It’s the forests where silence has lease;
It’s the beauty that thrills me with wonder,
It’s the stillness that fills me with peace.

I mentioned co-travellers, among other things, that make the journey joyous. Since our films were mostly ‘musical romances’, the essence of journey was having a हमसफ़र – ‘हमसफ़र अब ये सफ़र कट जायेगा’. At times you start alone and people join as you go along. मैं अकेला चला था जानिब-ए-मंज़िल मगर/ लोग आते गए कारवां बनाता गया। That has been the journey of Songs of Yore. Even after eight years, we find new travellers joining SoY with excitement at discovering the blog, and that makes the journey worthwhile.

But at times there are journeys you have to undertake alone – Ekla chalo re. More fundamentally, we come alone in this world and we go alone. Zeest safar hai tanhaayi ka; Aana tanha jana tanha. We are all भीड़ के बीच अकेला.

देखिये तो है कारवां वरना
हर मुसाफ़िर सफ़र में तनहा है.
(Jamil Nazar)

As you see from the above, raah, musafir, safar and manzil are intertwined. Allama Iqbal has said:

ढूंढता फिरता हूं मैं इक़बाल अपने-आप को
आप ही गोया मुसाफिर आप ही मंज़िल हूं मैं.

But a modern poet Rajesh Reddy weaves all the four in a strange relationship:

मैं अजब मुसाफ़िर हूं मेरा सफ़र अजीब
मेरी मंज़िल और है और मेरा रस्ता और.

This disconnect seems to be that of a drifter. You might think that a traveller on a path has more agency. Is that really so? In the western countries, you would rarely find a person driving (or even walking) to a place without the help of GPS. GPS is catching up in India too. Have you given a thought whether you choose the path or the GPS dictates you? The middle-class parents today are the GPS to the teenagers. Do Class XII with science, take coaching, write medical or engineering entrance exams, go to a professional college, your life has become ‘secure’. This GPS sometimes goes horribly wrong, such as in Kota suicides. (Kota – Coaching capital of India)

When I wrote posts on kinara, naiya and river, there were a lot of comments on raah, musafir, safar and manzil. Both the journeys are a metaphor for the journey of life. But one apparent difference was that in the boat you are ferried by a boatman across the river. In the journey of the musafir on a raah, there is no apparent boatman, but there are unknown forces determining our destiny. Both the journeys have their own romance.

A post on the path, the traveller, the journey and the destination was long overdue. Hindi film songs capture all the romance and diverse emotions of this raah, musafir, safar and manzil, as they do of nadi, naiya, manjhi and kinara. With hundreds of songs on the theme, each deserved a separate post, but since they are so inextricable from each other I am presenting a sample of songs in a single post.

1. Raah bani khud manzil by Hemant Kumar from Kohra (1964), lyrics Kaifi Azmi, music Hemant Kumar

The hero has got his companion. Therefore, his raah has become his manzil.

2. Main to chala jidhar chale rasta by Kishore Kumar from Dhadkan, lyrics Prem Dhavan, music Ravi

Sanjay Khan is quite happy to go wherever the road goes. He does not care at all about his destination or who his companion would be – Mujhe kya khabar hai kahan mari manzil, hoga koi mera bhi saathi. Wherever, whoever, I am happy with my life.

3. Main jahan chala jaaun bahar chali aye, Mahak jaye rahon ki dhool by Kishore Kumar from Banphool (1971), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Laxmikant-Pyarelal

The same carefree attitude, and now Jeetendra is in a euphoric mood. Wherever he would go, the spring and joy would follow behind.

4. Musafir hun yaaro na ghar hai thikana, Mujhe chalte jana hai by Kishore Kumar from Parichay (1972), lyrics Gulzar, music RD Burman

But a year later, the Jumping Jack Jeetu has become mature and serious. In a situation of uncertainty about his abode and destination, this endless journey is poignant, until he would find a proper stopover.

5. Panthi hum main us path ka ant nahin jiska from Door Ka Rahi (1971), lyrics A Irshad, music director Kishore Kumar

Here is another sombre song of a traveller on an endless path. There is an interesting conversation between Kishore Kumar and Ashok Kumar. Every old path gives way to a new one; and the manzils seem endless. Only the co-travellers change.

6. Zindagi ka safar hai ye kaisa safar by Kishore Kumar from Safar (1970), lyrics Indeevar, music Kalyanji-Anandji

The journey of life is a puzzle; no one has figured it out.

7. Zindagi ek safar hai suhana by Kishore Kumar/ Asha Bhosle from Andaaz (1971), lyrics Hasrat Jaipuri, music Shankar-Jaikishan (both versions)

But despite the uncertainty of what will happen tomorrow, the life is beautiful when two people are in love. In this twin song the male version has been sung by Kishore Kumar for Rajesh Khanna. For a young romantic lover the song is appropriately peppy. The female version sung by Asha Bhsole for Hema Malini comes after her life goes through a tragedy and she rediscovers love with a new person. Therefore, though joyous, this version is set in a more serious mood.

8. Jeevan ke safar mein raahi milte hain bichhad jaane ko by Kishore Kumar/ Lata Mangeshkar from Munimji (1955), lyrics Sahir Ludhiyanavi, music SD Burman (both versions)

Another twin song – one by Kishore Kumar, the other by Lata Mangeshkar. Kishore Kumar for Dev Anand is chirpy as the character is carefree despite knowing that some co-travellers meet only to part. The life is like a train train journey. At different stations, some passengers get down, some new ones enter only to leave later. Lata Mangeshkar version for Nalini Jaywant is sad as some roadblock has come in the way of the lovers.

9. Nayi manzil nayi raahein naya hai meharban apna by Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar from Hill Station (1957), lyrics SH Bihari, music Hemant Kumar

This is a beautiful romantic song. With the new lover, the new path and the new destination, it is not known at which ethereal place this caravan will stop.

10. Kahan le chale ho bata do musafir by Lata Mangeshkar from Durgeshnandini (1956), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Hemant Kumar

Bina Rai has been transported to a dreamland and wonders where the traveller has brought her, and what lies beyond the stars.

11. Manzil ki dhun mein jhoomte gaate chale chalo by Mukesh from Anokhi Ada (1948), lyrics Shakeel Badayuni, music Naushad

Prem Adib is obviously in love. Therefore, he wanders carefree thinking of his manzil. Manzil here seems to have been used as a metaphor for attaining the lady-love.

12. Ek manzil rahi do phir pyar na kaise ho by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar from Sanjog (1960), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Madan Mohan

When two co-travellers share the same destination love is inevitable. Madan Mohan has not composed too many songs for Mukesh. Here is a bubbly romantic duet.

Acknowledgement:
I have accessed some of the couplets cited in this post from the site rekhta.org.
Disclaimer:
The thumbnail picture has been taken from the internet and the copyright belongs to the original owner. The song links are from YouTube and have been used here only for the enjoyment of music lovers. The copyright of the songs vests in the respective owners.

{ 290 comments… read them below or add one }

1 R Nanjappa May 12, 2018 at 11:31 am: I think we may consider:
– Hum hain rahi pyar ke- Kishore Kumar, Nau Do Gyarah
– Mohabbat ki raahon mein- Rafi, Uran Khatola
-Rahi matwale- Talat and Suraiya, Waris, Anil Biswas
2 N S Rajan May 12, 2018 at 11:43 am: Good theme. As usual, very good selections. You may like to add: Main rangeela pyaar ka rahi. Door meri manzil”. Choti Bahan. (1959) Subir Sen & Lata. Hasrat Jaipuri. Shankar Jaikishan. It is all about a ‘journey’ of LOVE.
3 Subodh Agrawal May 12, 2018 at 12:58 pm: An excellent theme, AK, and excellent selection; though I suspect there would be many more songs on raahi, rasta, musafir, safar, manzil etc. Three that come immediately to mind are: ‘Kahan le chalo ho, bata do musafir’ from Durgesh Nandini;

https://youtu.be/yYk2b0jdtmQ

‘Wahan kaun hai tera’ from Guide;

https://youtu.be/Oq-YghNEpNA

‘Saathi na koi manzil’ from Bambai ka Babu;

https://youtu.be/0GrqxZCSEH0

I am sure Mr KS Bhatia is going to be very busy.
4 ksbhatia May 12, 2018 at 3:19 pm: AK ji;

This is one of my fav.theme and I have already started my journey packing my suitcase for my destinated place Atlanta . No matter where I am I will be enjoying visiting your post and contributing as well. This theme along with naiya , kishti, kinara , sahil, majhdar , maajhi , ….etc….etc…is all I am connected with . A long time back, perhaps in Open House , I had listed the genious of Shakeel Badayuni songs that he wrote maximum songs on ….naiya , kishti…and so on with non other than Naushad saheb .

Whenever I am abroad I do make it a point to shoot the best addressed landscapes towns street and roads with my sony handy camera ; switching on Mp3 of instrumentals and songs in my families car serving the visuals as background music . Enjoying off and own my travels over TV when I am back . Depending upon the song I usually switch the shoot to B&W mode to enhance its beauty. I have a company of Mr. Rangan ji who is having a sharp eye with his professional camera zooming on the best of visuals and songs !

Subodh Agrawal ji , more than me Dr, Shetty will be there busy like Bee and Surgeon too . His speed is amazing . Of course we have a geologist in Arvinder Sharma who is going to dig out the gems of vintage and golden era songs.

As a starter……

1. Zindgi ke safar mein guzar jaate….Kishore…Aap ki Kasam…RDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqdNqBA44Bg

2.Aadmi musafir hai…Rafi, Lata….Apnapan….LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipePh7hAkYc

3.Kisi rah mein kisi mohre pe…Mukesh. Lata…Mere Humsafar…KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2RXpMC-1r8

4.Manzil wohi hai pyar ki….Subir Sen….Kathputli….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGri715PSF4

5.Hum panchhi mastaane…Geeta, Lata…Dekh Kabira Roya…MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5paG_IVlRE

….to be contd…
5 Shalan Lal May 12, 2018 at 3:48 pm: Yes, indeed a great theme and a good intro.

The American Poet influenced Jawaharlal Nehru very much. And also some of the poets quoted in the “Introduction”.
Here is his famous poem:
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

But for me when I come to a fork I always take a long cut and not short because I get more benefits by seeing more and enjoying health as well
Short cuts cut short your chances and long cuts offer more!

Shalan La
6 ksbhatia May 12, 2018 at 4:22 pm: Remembring few lines of great shailendra…..

…Aaye gaaye manziloan ke nishan ,
lehra ke jhooma jhooka aasman,
leekan rukega na yeh carvaan…..

…..nishan manziloan ke ,
yeh pairoan ke chhalle,
kahan ja raha hai ,
tu aye jjane waale

Every person tells a story about his personal achievments and failures as he travel thru time and space . There are many missed chances ….as they say….time and tide waits for none . They never come back , only arrested memories comes back to rectify the generation in waiting. A more of such songs…

6. Manzil ki chaah mein….Rafi [ singing from his heart ]..Devdas…SDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtcnkjlduDw

7.Zindgi ke safar mein akele thhe hum…Rafi….Nartakee….Ravi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Lc-fo0JVM

8.aye dil kahan teri manzil…Hemant….Maya…Salil da

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S199DH_hDfU

9.saathi na koi manzil….Rafi…Bombai ka Babu…SDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VGU7rBzPiA

10.bol meri taqdeer mein kya …Lata, Mukesh..Hariyali aur Raasta…SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElmJejw-s1E

….more to follow…..
7 AK May 12, 2018 at 4:35 pm: R Nanjappa,
Hum hain raahi pyar ke; Mohabbat ki raahon mein; Raahi matwale – all are great songs.

NS Rajan,
Main rangeela pyar ka raahi is indeed an outstanding song on the theme. I was trying to avoid repetitions. This had figured in my post on Subir Sen.

Subodh,
Kahan le chale ho also came to my mind, and figures at #10 in the post. Wahan kaun hai tera musafir; Saathi na koi manzil are great songs. That leads me two questions – which music director composed the most raah/musafir/safar/manzil songs, and songs which have all the four components in them.

KS Bhatiaji,
What a selection! I am not sure about #5 but the other four fit like a T.

Shalan Lal,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Thanks for adding the Robert Frost poem. Obviously, I remembered ‘And that has made all the difference’ from this poem, but was not diligent enough to do the research. It seems Javed Akhtar has taken path less travelled by from here. When I come to a fork I take the busy one which gives more comfort that this can’t go wrong.
8 N Venkataraman May 12, 2018 at 6:42 pm: Akji,

Thanks for another admirable theme, the metaphor ‘life is a journey’ viewed through the lens of Bollywood songwriting. Excellent selection of songs. The pick of the lot are Panthi hum main us path ka ant nahin jiska and Musafir hun yaaro na ghar hai thikana, Mujhe chalte jana hai.

Here are some more additions
Jeevan Chalneh Ka Naam Chalteh Raho Subah Sham by Mohindedr Kapoor, Manna Dey Lata Mangeshkar & Shyama Chittar, film Shor (1972), lyrics Inderjit Singh Tulsi, music Laxmikant Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVackQViK0g

Ruk jaana nahin by Kishore Kumar, film Imtihan (1974), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music Laxmikant-Pyarelal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFj3FcUJO9M
9 arvind May 12, 2018 at 7:07 pm: ham chahen ya na chahen
hemanta kumar/phir bhi/1971/raghunath seth/narendra sharma(?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw2GQFPHUSI
10 N Venkataraman May 12, 2018 at 7:28 pm: “which music director composed the most raah/musafir/safar/manzil songs”
My guess is Laxmikant Pyarelal.
I think the most number songs on this theme must have been rendered by Kishore Kumar.

Manzilen Apni Jagah Hain by Kishore Kumar, film Sharaabi (1984), lyrics Prakash Mehra, music Bappi Lahiri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbdRxPBxvzI
11 N Venkataraman May 12, 2018 at 9:00 pm: Rahi Manva Dukh Ki Chinta Kyu Satati Hai by Md.Rafi, film Dosti (1964), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music Laxmikant pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7UK80PQkoo

Mai Rahi Anjaan Raho Ka by Md.Rafi, film Anjaana (1969), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Laxmikant Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpDOB9fnO0A
12 N Venkataraman May 12, 2018 at 9:01 pm: Raahi Tu Mat Ruk Jaana, Tufan Se Mat Ghabrana by Hemant Kumar, film Door Gagan ki Chaon mein (1964), lyrics Shailendra, Music Kishore Kumar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=109&v=VXLzc71zzeQ

Path Bhula Ik Aaya Musafir by Asha Bhosle, film Door Gagan ki Chaon mein (1964), lyrics Shailendra, Music Kishore Kumar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMCvDdWD1a8
13 Arunkumar Deshmukh May 12, 2018 at 9:23 pm: AK ji,

Very good theme. Plenty of songs on this theme are available.
Here is one which I hope fits in.
Film- Miss Bombay
Song- Le chala jidhar ye dil, nikal pade
Singer- Mohd. Rafi
MD- Hansraj Behl.
Lyricist- Prem Dhawan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=37&v=cR-4uP-TLYQ

-AD
14 Arunkumar Deshmukh May 12, 2018 at 9:24 pm: * Miss Bombay-1957
15 N Venkataraman May 12, 2018 at 10:28 pm: A few vintage numbers
Teri Gathri Me Laaga Chor Musafir Jaag Zara by Krishna Chandra Dey, film Dhoop Chaon (1935), lyrics Sudarshan, music Rai Chand Boral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O2caypxZpI

Mat Bhool Musafir Tujhe Jaana Hi Padega by Krishna Chandra Dey, film Devdas (1935), lyrics Kidar Sharma, music Timir Baran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=8LrUv6ZpMGI

Chod Musafir Maya nagar by Pankaj Mullick (NFS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7rPgcKlydk
16 AK May 12, 2018 at 11:03 pm: KS Bhatiaji @6,
Song #8 is sung by Dwijen Mukherjee. Song #10 does not fit directly. Other songs added by you are two good.

Venkataramanji @8, 11, 12 and 15,
These are beautiful additions. Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein seems to be full of Raah/Musafir songs.

Arvind @9,
Heard the song for the first time. Thanks for adding it.

Arunji,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Le chala jidhar ye dil nikal pade fits perfectly.
17 Mehfil Mein Meri May 12, 2018 at 11:05 pm: A good theme.
Very good introduction too.
A few songs
1 saathi Na koi manzil – though the traveller appears aimless.
2 dil ki manzil kuchh aisi – Asha Bhosle would it qualify I doubt.
3 o raat ke musafir – miss Mary
4 eK aaye ek jaye musafir from musafir
5 main rahi bhatakane wale from badal
18 ksbhatia May 12, 2018 at 11:22 pm: Thanks AK ji and Mehfil Mein Meri for the nice additions . A few more in continuity…..

11.Beraham aasman meri manzil bataa hai kahan….Talat…Bahana..MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjo4-ugRm14

12.Jeevan se lambe hain bandhu….Manna Dey….Aashirwad…Vasant Desai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQvAzCbtfI

13.Chal chal re musafir chal….Rafi…Pooja….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76c2sJb03qU

14. Hamsafar saath apna chhod chhale…Rafi, Asha…Aakhri Dao…MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCt2PeLwKTU

15.Aye mere humsafar….Nutan…Chhabili….Snehal Bhatkar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgTiTy95aLo

…..to be contd…..
19 ksbhatia May 12, 2018 at 11:43 pm: Venkatraman ji @15;

Nice vintage songs I was waiting for . I am unable to locate one song of the late 40s ……chal re chal re tu saath mere chal …. a duet which i used to hear from across school boundry from one of the bhojnalye of the Birla Mandir compound . Suno re krishan kala…..was another song that followed thereto.

16.Tu jahan jahan chalega….Lata…Mera Saya…MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfmgBQUFUA

17.Tum jo huye mere hamsafar…Rafi, Geeta…12 O’clock….OPN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c60uJHdP1Tk

18. Ya meri manzil bataa ….Rafi….Rakhi….Ravi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuwlMaktZ0Q

19.Humsafar mere humsafar…..Lata , Mukesh….Poornima…KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pv3_gqJQ8k

20 Chal akela chal akela………Mukesh….Sambhand…OPN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pflINcgXW9Q
20 Gaddeswarup May 13, 2018 at 4:59 am: Since I am not sure without subtitles or somebody around translating for me, I am not sure about this. But the right words appear. It is a rare combination of Suraiya and Lata. https://youtu.be/9bOi-5_kERU
21 Mehfil Mein Meri May 13, 2018 at 7:12 am: A few more songs contd…
6 rahi tha main Aawara by Kishore Kumar
7 yunhi chala chal rahi from swades by Udit Narayan and Kailash kher
8 tanha dil tanha safari by shaan, a non film song
9 o door ke musafir from uran khatola
10 panthi hoon main us path ka by Kishore Kumar
11 nanha Munna rahi hoon from Son of India
12 humsafar Ab Yeh safar from juaari
13 zindagi ke safar Mein by Rafi from nartaki
14 kashti ka khamosh safar from girlfriend
22 AK May 13, 2018 at 8:08 am: Anup,
You rightly had a doubt about Dil ki manzil kuchh aisi manzil. Though the word ‘manzil’ figures in the song, it has not been used in the context of a ‘raah’ or ‘traveller’. Other songs fit nicely. Your song #14 Kashti ka khamosh safar is very interesting, it combines the two forms of journey. A true metaphor for the journey of life.

KS Bhatiaji,
Some great songs you have added. Some have very deep meaning. For example, Jeevan se lambe hain bandhu ye jeevan ke raste – its literal meaning would be very superficial, not touching even the surface of what the poet means. Can you please try? Songs #13 and 18 were new to me. I especially liked #13.

Gaddeswarupji,
O pardesi musafir tu kisko pukare is a fantastic song. But the emphasis is on ‘pardesi’ (literally meaning ‘foreigner’, but ‘stranger’ is closer). That is another interesting theme on which you had given some unique perspective long ago, and had also sent some links. The picturisation of the song is a bit confusing. The song is apparently romantic, but Suraiya is pulling a cradle which has a small child in it. The child grows a little in the song when Lata Mangeshkar’s part appears (for Nigar Sultan?). Off and on, the hero Suresh also comes in the frame, but not with either lady. Interesting puzzle for a mathematician to solve.
23 R Vasudevan May 13, 2018 at 9:24 am: Interesting post.
I would like to add just two songs though there are plenty to append.

1. Ruk ja na nahi thu kahi haar ke………..woh rahi woh rahi
Kishore Kumar in Imthihaan. A lively composition by Lakshmikanth Pyarelel.

2. a rare duet in the sense not played much in the media.
ye albeli pyar ka rahi …… from the film Dharthi
Lata and Rafi
Shankar Jaikishan composition is a bit different here as less
of orchestra is used but a catchy tune.
24 AK May 13, 2018 at 9:46 am: Mr Vasudevan,
Perfect fit. Thanks a lot for posting the songs.
25 mumbaikar8 May 13, 2018 at 11:39 am: AK,
Impressed by the use of the couplets and also by the new direction to the सफर
Javed Akhtar can choose his path, for me even when I thought I had chosen the path, after some time have realized that I was chosen by the path, but no matter how soiled the path I walk I always find few untouched spots on that path
Coming to the songs, it is probably one the few times that I do not very much like the choice of your songs, other than the two songs mentioned by Venkataramanji one I liked is manzil ki dhoon me.
I feel ksbhatiaji is coming up with very good songs. Keep it up bhatiaji.
I could think about two songs about having been moved on leaving the राह behind.
First one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=s93w42jWe68
Aaj Purani Raahon Se – Mohammad Rafi – Aadmi ‎‎(1968)
Bhatiaji whould like it Shakeel Badayuni at his best
Second one is very cloose close to heart because it had the perfect timing of us leaving our galiyaan:(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7JRWs9dvVo
Chod Aaye Hum Woh Galiyan – Maachis
26 AK May 13, 2018 at 1:55 pm: Mumbaikar8,
Thanks. But for you not to like any of the songs except one, I can only turn poetic: हमलोग इस सफर में एक दूसरे से बहुत दूर हो गए हैं.
27 Canasya May 13, 2018 at 4:04 pm: AKji:

So, SoY has turned philosophical—at the age of 8! The songs selected are all greatly popular. I expect a large treasure is waiting to be unearthed by Bhatiaji. Duets were underrepresented in the post (only 2 in a selection of 12). So, here is one more:

‘Bahut door mujhe chale jana hai’ (Kishore, Lata in ‘Heera Panna’, MD: RDB)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2qoDsEDu8

I also thought that a banjara song was missing, but I could be wrong.

‘Janam se banjara hoon’ (Hemant in ‘Rahgir’; MD: Hemant)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbC56m8raM
28 AK May 13, 2018 at 5:05 pm: Canasya,
Eight is the new eighty! Right time to turn philosophical. And if you are on any WhatsApp group you get plenty of philosophical stuff, besides other things. Banjara opens an antirely new dimension. When India lived in villages we belonged to that village. Now we are rootless banjaras.
29 mumbaikar8 May 13, 2018 at 5:22 pm: AK,
Canasyaji had hit the nail, the choice of songs are not on par with the philosophy. Instead of duet a triad from Doosra Aadmi
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cN9AVJlp3-g
30 Mahesh May 13, 2018 at 7:26 pm: A few more Mukesh numbers other than those mentioned above.

https://youtu.be/WnE9ZOhLbEc

https://youtu.be/qUKUrlUxxSc

https://youtu.be/crIp0XNmsLc

https://youtu.be/jlscItjHAIg

https://youtu.be/eKOpVxayHDs

https://youtu.be/IiSvSWiNeBE

https://youtu.be/gV1jhXJU6a4

https://youtu.be/DqpzSVXe_mw

https://youtu.be/8RAuXL8-jCU

https://youtu.be/TYpg5BE2iV0

https://youtu.be/jNp63arV5Pk

https://youtu.be/GAqM7CuTkIk

https://youtu.be/fgZwjycd250

https://youtu.be/QdqQP0fJxt4

https://youtu.be/fNQ5MGomiYY

https://youtu.be/3wjLM3alZUg

https://youtu.be/GDZ9SMfxKYo

https://youtu.be/KotLwUhoB_I

https://youtu.be/42xMezN30EE

https://youtu.be/2amJ6F3xrLk

https://youtu.be/1ScF0KTww14
31 Dustedoff May 13, 2018 at 7:53 pm: Great post, AK, and a lovely selection of songs. Nai manzil nai rahein was new to me – what a wonderful song! Thank you, especially, for introducing me to that. Another song which I think fits this theme is Kahin toh milegi… bahaaron ki manzil, raahi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZWtjM7Xa8

And Awara ae mere dil jaane kahaan hai teri manzil. I like both versions, but have a soft spot for the faster one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFx5hfy3Jf4
32 AK May 13, 2018 at 10:41 pm: Mahesh,
Tum kahan le chale ho; Ae mere dil lahra ke chal; Duniyawalon se door jalnewalon se door, aa ja aa ja chalein – what a selection of songs! All my favourites. But in most of the songs in the list, the journey is incidental to the main theme which is something else.

Madhu,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Kahin to milegi is one of my greatest Roshan-Lata Mangeshkar favourites. Fits with theme of ‘manzil’ being uncertain so well.
33 N Venkataraman May 13, 2018 at 11:59 pm: Thanks to Bhatiaji , Anupji, Mumbaikarji and others making a lot of good additions.
Anupji, I would request you to provide the links,that will be helpful.
Maheshji, Thanks for the posting some wonderful songs. It was expected of you as a die-hard fan of Mukesh.
34 N Venkataraman May 14, 2018 at 12:04 am: Akji,
Getting back to your question posed @ 7,
“which music director composed the most raah/musafir/safar/manzil songs”
Earlier, my guess was Laxmikant Pyarelal. Now it seems it is a toss between, SJ, LP and KA.
And the second one.
“songs which have all the four components in them.”

The only song (among the songs posted till now) that fulfills the criteria is the one mentioned by Anupji, Humsafar Ab Yeh safar by Mukesh & Lata Mangeshkar, film Juari (1968), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Kalyanji-Anandji. It has all the components , Safar in the mukhda, Manzil in the second antara, Musafir and Raah in the last antara. I think Maheshji has posted the link to the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQ5MGomiYY
35 N Venkataraman May 14, 2018 at 12:09 am: I am posting two duets. Hope it would pass Akji’s strict scrutiny.

Kitana Hasin Hai Mausam, Kitana Hasin Safar Hai by Chitalkar Ramchandra & Lata Mangeshkar, film Azaad (1955), lyrics Rajinder krishan, music C Ramchandra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaZnV-zzl0o

Mai Pyar Ka Rahee Hu by Md.Rafi & Asha Bhosle, film Ek Musafir Ek Haseena (1962), lyrics Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, music O P Nayyar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1EyoQ6cqk
36 AK May 14, 2018 at 9:40 am: Venkataramanji,
I have no doubt about the first one. It is perfect – there is ‘safar’ and there is a beautiful ‘companion’. In the second one the emphasis seems to be on ‘love’.
37 mumbaikar8 May 14, 2018 at 10:40 am: AK,
What about this one.
Woh hum na thi woh tum na thi Cha cha cha

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-TRVzFARI4
38 mumbaikar8 May 14, 2018 at 10:40 am: AK,
What about this one.
Woh hum na thi woh tum na thi Cha cha cha

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S-TRVzFARI4
39 ksbhatia May 14, 2018 at 1:56 pm: Ms. Mumbaikar 8 , Venkatraman Ji, Jignesh ,

Took a day off yesterday , celebrating Mother’s Day and found a number of very beautiful quality songs posted by every one . Its a time now we should add the song writer’s name along with the mukhada of the song . That will show the trend and domination of the lyrist ruling with the best written songs during that year or during that decade . I know Ms. Mumbaikar and Jignesh would be very happy if we all do this little informative extra excercise . I appreciate the literary contribution of Ms. Shalan Lal from time to time…..that makes me study more on the subject of the theme.

Thanks AK ji for your appreciations . Some time songs do over ride the bounds due to their sheer beauty and contents and mind gets extra waves to ride the peaks . Over to some more songs…..

21. Kya mil gaya hai kya kho gaya…Rafi, Lata…Sasural…Hasrat Jaipuri, ….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc734rx00kc

22.Ruk ja o jaane wali….Mukesh….Kanhaiya,…Shailendra…..SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7RiIAVD2ng

23.Woh chale jhatak ke daman….Rafi…Humrahi….Hasrat…..SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxhvoeoNPYc

24.Rahi mil gaye rahoan mein….Rafi…Dil Deke Dekho…Majrooh, …Usha Khanna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwu03Y_mQd0

25. Akele akele kahan ja….Rafi…An Evening in Paris…Hasrat….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BGshnzIbp0

……to be contd.
40 N Venkataraman May 14, 2018 at 3:23 pm: O Nadiyaa Chale Chale Re Dhaaraa by Manna Dey, film Safar (1970), lyrics Indeevar, music Kalyanji -Anandji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=xaxNurIcFXM

Chale Ja Jaha Pyar Mile by Suman Kalyanpur, film Jahan Pyar mile (1970), lyrics Hasrat Jaipuri, music Shankar Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=_HHb2kqDOcg
41 ksbhatia May 14, 2018 at 3:33 pm: …..in continuation of songs @39, here are a few more songs…..

26.Lakhoan hai nigaha mein zindgi ki raha mein….Rafi. ….Phir wohi dil laya hoon…Majrooh [?]….OPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCp_Qm4PA3o

27.Raat ke humsafar….Rafi, Asha…An Evening in Paris…hasrat…SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1py7Pmb8Bc
42 N Venkataraman May 14, 2018 at 5:30 pm: Javed Akhtar combines RabindranathThakur’s ‘jodi tor dak shune keu na ashe, tobe ekla cholo re, ekla chalo re” with his own, “ tanha raahi apani raah chalata jayega, ab to jo bhi hoga dekha jayega”

jodi tor dak shune keu na ashe, tobe ekla cholo re, tanha raahi apani rah chalata jayega, by Nachiketa Chakraborty & Sonu Nigam, film Bose – The Forgotten Hero(2005), lyrics Rabindranath Thakur & Javed Akhtar, music A R Rehman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tofy4v24Vzs
43 N Venkataraman May 14, 2018 at 7:25 pm: A couple of songs of this millennium
Here Javed Akhtar writes

“jaag uthe hai raaste, o raahi tere waasate
teri jindagi tujhse har ghadi
aur har kadam, hai ye puchhati
raahi dekh raha hai tu kya
har har disha hai raasta
bol tera hai kaun sa rasta
raahi re o raahi re, kisi ko nahi hai pata
raahi re o raahi re, kaha ja raha hai bata”

Raahi Re O Raahi Re by Shankar Mahadevan, film Lucky by Chance (2009), lyrics Javed Akhtar, music Shankar Ehsaan Loy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU9ozW-Dzlk

Ye Ajanabi Caarvaan by Shafqat Amanat Ali, film Hello (2008), lyrics Jalees Sherwani, music Sajid Wajid, Salim Sulaiman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=61&v=FGTc5btZQeg
44 AK May 14, 2018 at 9:51 pm: Mumbaikar8 @37,
If you ask me pointedly, I would have to do सप्रसंग व्याख्या as we had to do in our school exams in Hindi.

Wo hum na the wo tum na the
Wo rahguzar thi pyar ki
Luti jahan pe bewazah
Paalki bahaar ki

The spotlight seems to be on the protagonist lovers, and for some unknown reason there is devastation in the path of their love. Would you agree that this has some similarity with Nida Fazil’s couplet:

बेवफ़ा तो न वो थे न हम
यूँ हुआ बस हम जुदा हो गए.

When posting songs on a theme like this there can be three approaches to the question whether the song fits or not:

i. The moment a doubt arises, discard it. Include only those songs which even a most stringent test can not reject.
ii. Any song in which the keyword occurs in any sense can be included.
iii. Between the above two extremes, leave the judgment to the readers.

Therefore, my answer to your question is ‘yes’, or ‘no’. You decide.

And, by the way, the song is outstanding.
45 AK May 14, 2018 at 10:09 pm: KS Bhatiaji @39 and 41,
Song #21 and 26 are my great favourites. The link with ‘raah’ in these songs is very tenuous. When I wrote the post I thought of songs in which the main theme is the path/traveller/journey/destination. But Ienjoy your songs. Please do carry on.

Venkataramanji @40, 42 and 43,
Nadiya chale chale re dhara – Shall we call it a bridging song between the two modes of journey?
46 ksbhatia May 14, 2018 at 11:36 pm: AK ji @44 ,45;

The word Raah truly comes in real and virtual mode . I am not sure if we can replace real raha with Dagar . I think we can have sub theme to put such close qualifying songs in a set of shelves . I was about to post….Teri rahoan mein khade hain dil tham ke….from Chhalia . Here again the word rahoan can be real or virtual . The movie however picturised taking it as actual …..a directional mis touch ?
47 ksbhatia May 14, 2018 at 11:48 pm: AK ji;

Meanwhile here are few more songs…

28. Chalat musafir moh liya re….Manaa Dey…Teesri Kassam….Shailendra….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7m8hDAYFkE&t=23s

29.Jis path pe chala…..Lata….Yaadgar…Indivar….KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXLakFgg5OY

30. Rahi matwale tu chhed…Talat, Suraiya….Qamar Jalalabadi…Anil Biswas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUQlDoDIHMg
48 AK May 15, 2018 at 7:08 am: KS Bhatiaji,
In my response to Mumbaikar8 I have mentioned that one approach is to include even virtual references. Dagar means the same as path, therefore, is completely OK.
49 Shalan Lal May 15, 2018 at 4:35 pm: Hello AK I wonder about a little part of your very good Introduction.
It is this:
महाजनो ये न गता: स पन्था:।

The right path is the one that has been trodden by the great men. But Javed Akhtar does not like to go where everyone goes; he does not like travelling on the worn-out path.

The Sanskrit quotation you have quoted has this part:- ये न गता”.

“I would like to keep the emphasis on the negative aspect of the “Path” as there is “न गता”” which means “not trodden”.

But your translation says the “right path is the one that has been trodden ” which is exactly the opposite one. The “not trodden one” then comes near to what Robert Frost wanted to say and then the meaning in his last line “And that has made all the difference” makes more clear about the strange path.

If the Pundit who composed that “Subhashit” wanted to say what you have translated then he would not have inserted the “न ” letter in his “Subhashit”.

This is just wondering about your translation and what made you to drop the “न ” out of your translation?

Shalan La
50 ksbhatia May 15, 2018 at 5:14 pm: Some more songs in continuation from those @47……

31.Ajeeb dastaan hai yeh….Lata….Dil Apna….Shailendra….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJLdL5_QkVo

32. Tumehen yaad hoga….Hemant, Lata…..Satta Bazar…Qamar Zalalabadi….KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLl34jZYYSY

33.Usko Manzil mil gayi….Rafi…Son of Hatimtai…Prem Warbartoni…Bulo C Rani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEBOqNJlCnc

34.Yeh pyar ki manzil se mujhe….Rafi, Suraiya…Khiladi….Rajindra Krishan…..Husanlal Bhagatram

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6IdYOgIbL0

35.Nai manzil nayi raahen….Hemant, Lata…Hill Station….S H Bihari….Hemant Kumar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z_UzZzuGoY

……to be contd…
51 ksbhatia May 15, 2018 at 5:49 pm: ….in continuation…..

36.Chalte chalte yuhin koi mil gaya thaa……Lata….Pakeezah…..Kamal Amrohi ?….Gulam . Mohd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfRYFFuUJVE

37.Rah bhoole yahan aate aate sanam….Lata…Lootere…Anand bakshi…LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14NBG2b14XQ

38.Pyar ki raha bahar ki manzil……Rafi., Asha…..Saaz aur Awaz…..Khumar Barabankvi…Naushad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMhis26vfw8

39. Jis gali mein tera….Mukesh…Kati Patang…Anand Bakshi…RDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B_BOpS-W_I

40. Yeh galiyan yeh choubara…..Lata….Prem Rog….Santosh anand …LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUde7UxFkAc

…..to be contd….
52 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 15, 2018 at 5:54 pm: How does one know when a new post is published or additions made ? I randomly search to get there.
Bhatke huye raahi ko manzil kaise mile?
Missed all the action when I myself was a Musafir.. destination.. Bengaluru.

Jo raah chuni toone,usi raah pe raahi chalte jaana re….TAPASYA.
Ek rasta hai zindagi ji tham gaye toh…KAALA PATHAR.
Raahi naye naye rasta naya Naya…ANAND ASHRAM
Chal chala chal akela chal chala chal… FAKIRA.
Raste ka pathar kismet ne mujhe bana diya…RASTE KA PATHAR.
Aate jaate khoobsurat awara sadkon pe…ANURODH.
Main ek sadi se baithi hoon,Is raah se gujre koi nahin…LEKIN
Ek akela is shahar mein…GHARONDA.( Love the lines…
In umr se lambi sadkon ko
Manzil se pahunchta dekha nahin,
Bas daudthe phirte rehti hain,
Humne toh theherta dekhi nahin…).

Maang ke saath tumhara…NAYA DAUR ( Raah bhi tu, manzil bhi tu,
Tu hi aas ka taara).

Aap ki nazron ne samza…ANPADH.( Aap ki Manzil hoon main,meri manzil aap hain).
Mujhko apne gale laga lo… HUMRAHI.( Jin rahon par hanste chalo tum, phool wahi khil jaate hain,
Dum lene ko jahan rukho tum,Madhushala ban jaati hain.)…. These lovely lines were to go in my Phoolon ka Guldasta.

Uth jaag musafir bhor bhayee,
Ab rain kahan jo sovath hai.. ANKHEN DEKHI.( Lyrics…. traditional).

Main Rahi anjaan rahon ka,
O yaaron mera naam Anjaana…. ANJAANA.
Rukh jaa o jaanewali rukh jaa,
Main hoon rahi teri manzil ka… KANHAIYA.

That’s my Baker’s dozen. Just like the flowers in Hindi songs are countless and come in all hues, there are hundreds of songs on this beautiful theme.
I shall be your Humsafar on this musical journey.
53 AK May 15, 2018 at 7:28 pm: Shalan @49,
Thanks for drawing my attention. There was an inadvertent slip. It is one word येन and not ये न. येन refers to the hidden पथेन. You can think of a usage like येन केन प्रकारेण. The subhashit has been constructed in the passive voice, which is very common in Sanskrit, but would sound very awkward in Hindi or English – think of महापुरुषों के द्वारा जिस पथ से जाया गया…

KS Bhatiaji,
Song #35 is there in my post. But you have added some great songs.

Dr Shetty,
If you register, you would be getting all the posts in your mail box. In any particular post also while posting your comments you can tick for receiving all future comments and posts. Since you are a very alert traveller, there should be hardly any occasion for missing the journey. I said in the post that there are hundreds of songs on the theme.
54 mumbaikar8 May 15, 2018 at 10:06 pm: AK,
RDB duet from Waris, with SDB खुसबू
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUkvPlf1fkk
Kabhi kabhi aisa bhi toh (Lata, Muhammad Rafi)
Lyricist for Bhatiajis’s suggestion Rajinder Kishen
55 N Venkataraman May 15, 2018 at 11:15 pm: Bhatiaji,
Hats off to your enthusiasm.

Dr. Pradip Kr. Shettyji,
I am glad that you have come out of your valley of flowers to travel with us. Happy to have you as our co-traveler here.

Songs are coming in torrents; both of you (so do others) take pains to dig out the songs and post them, expecting it to be heard by some of us, if not all. As I perceive, the lyrics are very important to enjoy the songs on this theme. And most of them are philosophical too. Some of the songs demand second hearing. And I too will like to not only do justice to your efforts, but listen and get absorbed in the lyrics and music.

Let me add one more.

Apni marzi se kahan apne safar ke hum hain by Jagjit singh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR3gJnmWrQQ
56 ksbhatia May 15, 2018 at 11:28 pm: Venkatraman ji;

Thanks ; and here is one and only one for you to listen and enjoy non filmi punjabi ghazal of 30s by non other than K L Sehgal …

41. O Sohne saaqia meri gali vich phera…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJGbIM0mNRs
57 ksbhatia May 15, 2018 at 11:39 pm: More of gali songs…..

42.Husnwaloan ki gaaliyon mein…Shamshad…Sheesh Mahal….Vasant Desai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixcr9THRKw

43.Tum aaye to aiya mujhe yaad gali mein aaj chand nikla……Alka …Zakhm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj1Au84OHko

44.Teri galiyoan mein …Rafi…Hawas….Sawan Kumar….Usha Khanna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSm18_c-sU

45.Chal chal re path ik chal….MK….Badrinath Yatra…SNT ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIgfj1voGx4&t=130s
58 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 16, 2018 at 12:47 pm: HAMARI MANZIL,1949,Rafi,Geeta Dutt, S D Batish,Rajinder Kishan,
Husnlal Bhagatram.
Andheron se na dar taron ke Mehfil doondnewale,
….. Manzil doondnewale.
https://youtu.be/ KM69TmGrQPM
59 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 16, 2018 at 1:05 pm: You will love this typical playful one from the combination of Rafi, Asha ,Majrooh ,
SDB.
MANZIL,1960.
Ae kash chalte milke
Chand aur main aur tu
Ye teen raahi dil ke….
https://youtu.be/ 4mOmBVX6Z_C.

And,a rarely heard one from the composer Sharda Iyengar. Sharda,who?, anyone said? Oh! Just Sharda,as in Titli udi, Jab bhi ye dil udaas hoti hai and the Filmfare award winning Baat jara hai aapas ki( JAHAN PYAR MILE).. probably even lesser heard than the song I am presenting.

Andhe safar mein hum bhi tum bhi,
Jeevan ke rahen lambi.
KSHITIJ, Kishore Kumar,Balkavi Bairagi, Sharda.
https://youtu.be/6EhANp5HRXU
60 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli May 16, 2018 at 1:38 pm: There is this wonderful song that has been overlooked so far
Rah pe rahate hai – Namkeen
Guzar RD at their best
One line goes like this
Aasman ka koi kona odhe so gaye
What an apt description of a nomad
61 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 16, 2018 at 1:39 pm: Please read as Manna Dey, Asha…Chand aur main aur tu.
62 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 16, 2018 at 1:54 pm: Mera toh jo bhi kadam hain
Woh tere raah mein hain.
DOSTI,1964.

Gaadi bula rahi hai,
Seethi bajaa rahi hai…DOST,1974, beautifully describes the journey of a train with great insight into the journey of life. But not a single mention of the destination.
Path? Patree ( the tracks)
Traveller? The train itself, and, the commuters.
Journey? The whole song describes it.
Inspirational lines in the end.
63 Canasya May 16, 2018 at 2:03 pm: How could Bhatiaji have missed this one?

Suhana safar aur ye mausam hasin (Mukesh in Madhumati; MD: Salil Chowdhary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSU74fpWsfQ
64 Shalan Lal May 16, 2018 at 3:02 pm: AK@53

Thanks for the correction. Now that makes correct sense what you want to say.

I wonder when this Subhashit was composed/ Are there any way of finding out when the “Subhashits were composed. This is just a curiosity!

No further discussion is needed in this matter.

Shalan La
65 N Venkataraman May 16, 2018 at 3:04 pm: Bhatia ji @ 56
Thanks a lot for the exclusive posting of Saigal’s song.
How does this fare?
Ek Musaafir Aaye Bawa by Md.Farooqui, film Duniya ek Sarai (1947), lyrics Kidar Sharma, music Hansraj Behl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=103&v=XjNbAfMQmrg
Look Bhatiaji, how one thing leads to another!
Just now I used the word fare. Then I realised that the word ‘fare’ owes its origin to the old English word ‘faran’, ‘Faran” means to journey, to travel. In modern English the word ‘fare’ is not used in that sense, yet we use the words ‘seafarers’, ‘ wayfares’,. Genrellay we say ‘farewell’ to departing persons, so this word too must have emerged from ‘Faran’. Was just sharing some of my stray thoughts that came my way..
66 ksbhatia May 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm: Dr. Shetty;

Welcome back . Hope you enjoyed your flight back to Bengaluru after turmoil of election . Yes, train ride is safest bet as all good songs are loaded in abundance without any charge . Here are some of the left overs from my side .

46. Pyar ki raah dikha duniya ko….Rafi…Lambe Haath…G S Kohli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W13wijGzdk

47. Watan ki raah mein watan…..Rafi, Khan Mastana….Shaheed…Gulam Haider

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4k2bcecBrQ

48.Akela hun mein humsafar dhoondta hun…..Rafi…..Jaal….LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDRYNoN4om0

49. Aaj galiyoan mein teri …..Rafi….Sohni Mahiwal….Shakeel Badayuni…..Naushad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saflOQa9YAU

50.Kahin deep jale kahin dil…Lata….Bees Saal Baad…Shakeel Badayuni…..Hemant Kumar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKPC9WCAGAw

Now closing my ininings with a happy note……

51. Dekhta chala gaya mein zindgi ki rahoan mein…..Rafi, Lata…..Gateway of India….Rajindra Krishan….Madan Mohan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M85F-C6EUMc
67 Shalan Lal May 16, 2018 at 3:13 pm: AK
So far the famous song in Shri 420 is not mentioned
It is Mera Juta Hai Japani, Lyric Shailendra MD SJ

Just a few verses:
मेरा जूता है जापानी, ये पतलून इंगलिस्तानी
सर पे लाल टोपी रूसी, फिर भी दिल है हिंदुस्तानी
मेरा जूता…

निकल पड़े हैं खुली सड़क पर
अपना सीना ताने – (२)
मंज़िल कहाँ कहाँ रुकना है
ऊपर वाला जाने – (२)
बढ़ते जायें हम सैलानी, जैसे एक दरिया तूफ़ानी
सर पे लाल…

ऊपर नीचे नीचे ऊपर
लहर चले जीवन की – (२)
नादाँ हैं जो बैठ किनारे
पूछें राह वतन की – (२)
चलना जीवन की कहानी, रुकना मौत की निशानी
सर पे लाल…

It is one of the great Road Songs of Indian Films. RK sang it in his Rusi Visit.
68 Shalan Lal May 16, 2018 at 3:21 pm: Many will think that “Awaraa Hoon” is not a “Path Geet”

But I think it is a Road song without mentioning the Rahi, Rasta etc.

Here are a few verses from it. This time the lyric is by Hasarat

(आवारा हूँ, आवारा हूँ
या गर्दिश में हूँ आसमान का तारा हूँ ) – २
आवारा हूँ, आवारा हूँ

घरबार नहीं, संसार नहीं
मुझसे किसीको प्यार नहीं – २
उसपार किसीसे मिलने का इक़रार नहीं
मुझसे किसीको प्यार नहीं – २
सुनसान नगर अन्जान डगर का प्यारा हूँ
आवारा हूँ, आवारा हूँ

आबाद नहीं बरबाद सही
गाता हूँ खुशीके गीत मगर – २
ज़ख्मों से भरा सीना है मेरा
हंसती है मगर ये मस्त नज़र
दुनिया ऽऽऽ
दुनिया में तेरे तीर का या तकदीर का मारा हूँ
आवारा हूँ, आवारा हूँ
या गर्दिश में हूँ आसमान का तारा हूँ
आवारा हूँ, आवारा हूँ
69 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 16, 2018 at 4:36 pm: INTO THE WILD, THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, ROMAN HOLIDAY, OUT OF AFRICA, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DOLLARS, THE BEACH, THE WAY, THE ART OF TRAVEL…….
SOLWA SAAL, BOMBAY TO GOA,DIL CHAHTA HAI, ZINDAGI MILEGI NA DOBAARA, QUEEN, HALF TICKET, HIGHWAY,NH 10,JAB WE MET, HONEYMOON TRAVELS,MR AND MRS IYER,DIL DHADKNE DO, AROUND THE WORLD, CHENNAI EXPRESS…
Yes,all examples of some of the best Travel movies. The genre had journey/ travel as a metaphor for the life itself. Coming of age, self discovery, mystery thriller unfold during these journeys.
Will post songs from these. Some from the new ones are pretty good…DIL CHAHTA HAI,JAB WE MET especially.
70 N Venkataraman May 16, 2018 at 4:43 pm: Canasyaji @ 63
I thought it was already posted. no, it was not. Thanks for posting.
71 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 16, 2018 at 5:09 pm: Aaha aaha ha ye suhana safar… Title song. SUHANA SAFAR,1970,Anand Bakshi ,LP.
I know of the two versions,Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur. Is there a duet also?
72 AK May 16, 2018 at 7:18 pm: Shalan Lal @64,
This one is from Mahabharat Van Parva 3.13.315 which comes as Yudhishthir’s reply to one of the Yaksha Prashnas: What is the right path of life?

Yudhishthir’s reply:
धर्मस्य तत्त्वं निहितं गुहायाम्
महाजनो ये न गत: स पन्था:

(The essence of Dharma is very complex, as if hidden in a cave. That path is the right path which has been taken by great men.)

I don’t know if there is any general way of finding the source of a subhashit, or if there is any good compilation of all subhashits. I remember tidbits from my school days. However, the Internet today seems to be the storehouse of everything.
73 Arunkumar Deshmukh May 16, 2018 at 9:07 pm: Comments 64 and 72 AK ji and Shalan ji…..

There are scores of books on this subject.
I had the following-
1.Subhashit Ranakar- Krishnashastri Bhatavadekar
2. Subhashit Ratna bhandar-Narayan Acharya and
3.Sanskrit subhashit Navneet- J N Adhyatmik Trust

I may still be having these in my library. The books give details about each subhashit.
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74 ksbhatia May 16, 2018 at 10:26 pm: AK ji ;

A few songs as a make up of my miss judged songs….

52. Gore gore o banke chhore….Lata, amirbai…Samadhi…Rajendra krishan….C R

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuCtgwQ0_Ks

53.Chori chori meri gali aana hai bura….Lata….Jaal…Majrooh ?….SDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk6gv1JQm5g

54. In pyar ki raahoan mein ….Lata, Asha….Puranmilan…Indeever….C.Arjun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sHsz9T8M5M

55. Kal ki daulat aaj ki khushiyan….Rafi…Asli Naqli…Shailendra…SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuyi-5NbIoE
75 AK May 16, 2018 at 11:05 pm: Mumbaikar8 @54,
Beautiful words, ‘राह में चलते चलते राही खो गए बेखुदी में.

Venkataramanji,
@55, Nice ghazal Apni manzil ke kahan apne safar ke hum hain.
@65, Md Farooqui is a very good singer. Not much is known about him. Ek musafir aaye re Baba is such a nice song.

Shalan Lal @67, 68,
Between the two songs Mera joota hai Japani’ fits better.

Arunji,
Thanks a lot for this information.
76 AK May 16, 2018 at 11:10 pm: Rahul Bhagwanrao Mukul @60,
Welcome to Songs of Yore. Raah pe rahate hain is a very nice song.
77 ksbhatia May 16, 2018 at 11:41 pm: Ms. Shalan Lal , AK ji, Venkatraman ji …;

When we were small , X mas trees were tall
When we were young , X mas trees were fun
Now we are tall , X mas trees are small

Yes ; remembering the golden old times of the mid 50s when paths were less road worthy and were fit to run only Theela Gaadis and Tongas . The Buses and Taxis were rare sight , only appearing after twenty or thirty minutes gaps. Owning Cars during those times was a status symbol and a luxury too . Most of the cars and taxis were imported or the one passed on to next of the british raj generation. Besides British cars American Cars too were present in good numbers .Most of the british cars like Morris 8 , Morris 14 and Baby morris were fitted with engines of austin of england . Indian Car….Landmaster 14 and Hindustan 14 were exact replica of corresponding Morris cars . Fiat 10 and Baby Fiat was also popular and lately joined by Standard10 ….popular with Navy officials . On American side , a number of different cars were owned by the rich and famous higher up society and higher ranked officers from the likes of External Affairs and Defence Ministries . Ford , Prefect , Desoto, Plymouth, Cheverolet , Buick were the lead runner . I still remember the perfume of the Upholstry carried by these cars .

All these cars and very primitive roads in co existence ! In those times most of the roads were single lane and looking for highways and expressways was a far cry. I know I have to follow a Pagdandi to reach for my school or to a near by market . So , urbanisation took the time forward , gearing up to match the world of today and roads now taken up to as wide as 16 to 32 lanes Expressways .

Many movies came up with the titles like ….Agra Road . Road No 303 , Burmah Road , Chennai Express etc . ….but there is one movie titled …Pagdandi made in 1947 .Hard hit fans of vintage taste would surely get surprised listening to some of the vintage rare songs….

56. Is duniya ki pagdandi par….Amirbai Karnatki….Amrapali

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDdGtHWtpc

57. Jogan bana ke piya chhod gaye galiyoan mein…..Amirbai…..Chakor Chandni [1945]…Bulo C Rani…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MPV4RzBGQM&t=40s

58.Hamari gali aao….Zeenat Begam…..Mukhda[1951]…Aziz Kashmiri….Vinod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlVkCCNtYdU
78 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 17, 2018 at 11:03 am: Do rang duniya ke,aur do raaste,
Do rang jeevan ke,jeene ke vaste…
DO RASTE, Mukhesh,Anand Bakshi ,LP.
( Raasta bhool na jaye,
Raahi dhokha na khaye).

Raahi O Raahi Raahi,O Raahi.( Raahi tere sar pe duaon ke saaya rahe…)
.. HIMALAY SE OONCHA,1975,Lata Mangeshkar, Indeevar ,Kalyanji Anandji.
https:youtu.be/dflPD6V8MMQ
79 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 17, 2018 at 12:28 pm: A man with a hammer and a chisel… what image would a movie buff get? Of course,of a sculptor with his Muse, you silly! GEET GAYA PATHARON NE,NEEL KAMAL….
But let us know about a poor labourer who carved a path in a hillock single handed to reduce the distance between his unapproachable village Gehlaur and the city of Gaya, Bihar.
Yes,it is Dashrath Manjhi, The Mountain Man, modern day Shahjahan whose memorial to his wife is probably more significant than even the Taj Mahal.
A runaway from his village, Dashrath returns after eight years of hard labour in the Dhanbad coal mines,marries and settles down into a life of labour. His wife Phalguni Devi, pregnant with her second child, while climbing a hillock carrying lunch for Dashrath, slips and falls and bleeds profusely. The nearest medical facility is 70 km away. By the time she is taken there crucial time is lost and she passes away after giving birth to a baby girl.
Dashrath Manjhi is heartbroken and approaches authorities from his village Panchayat level to Delhi .Mumbai.all in vain. Vowing to cut down the ego of the mountain blocking his village’s access to civilization. With just a hammer and a chisel he starts carving a road through the mountain. Day after day, for 22 years ( 1960 to 1982), facing ridicule and discouragement, even from his own family,he toils away. He carved a path 30 feet wide,360 feet long and 25 feet deep. The distance between his village and Gaya is reduced from 55 km to 15 km.
The Government came in 4 years later (!) to make the road Pucca.
Manjhi breathed his last fighting cancer in the year 2007.
The acclaimed Kannada movie BHOOMI THAYIYA CHOCHALA MAGA,1998,by Rajendra Singh Babu, has a character,Kallappa ( Kallu is stone in Kannada) based on Dashrath Manjhi. The 2015 Ketan Mehta project, MANJHI THE MOUNTAIN MAN is a biographical based on Dashrath’s life.
O Rahi O Raahi Roshni ke Sipahi….
There would not be another song on a path/ road where the hero carves a path!

https://youtu.be/ MLbH3GrPrnO
80 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 17, 2018 at 12:48 pm: Main chali main chali dekho pyar ki gali… PADOSAN.

Main chali main chali
Peeche peeche jahan… PROFESSOR.

Tum jo mil gaye ho,toh ye lagta hai… HANSTE ZAKHM.

Manzil kahan meri…MISS MALA.
https://youtu.be/ixFjaB8C5kM.

Two Banga bandhus… from the Ekla cholo land…
1. Manzil wohi hai pyar ki….KATHPUTHLI,1957,Subir Sen, Shivendra,SJ.
2. Ye Safar bahut hai kathin magar…1942 A LOVE STORY,1994, Sivaji Chatterjee, Javed Akhtar,RDB.
81 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 17, 2018 at 1:06 pm: Aadmi musafir hai,aata hai jaata hai..APNAPAN.

Ek rasta,aha aha,Do raahi,
Ek chor,ek Sipahi…RAM BALRAM,1980.

Musafir jaanewale,nahin phir aanewale…GADAR,EK PREM KATHA.

Gali gali mein phirta hai….TRIDEV,1989.

Hum tere shahar mein aaye hain musafir ke tarah…
https://youtu.be/ YqTE44bjHUO.
82 N Venkataraman May 17, 2018 at 2:23 pm: AKji @75
This is only write-up on Md.Farooqui that I could find.

http://films.hindi-movies-songs.com/farooqui.html
83 Shalan Lal May 17, 2018 at 2:38 pm: AK @ 72

Wonderful reference . Of course one cannot argue with either Yaksh or with Dharmaraj. But then there is some truth in the line of Robert Frost as well. I wonder what answer the Yaksha would give to Robert Frost. I wonder what answer the King Vikramadity would have given to the Beatal? I think I must pause and even the Betal would go back to hang upside down on the tree after I would tell or rather read the Robert Frost poem.

Well we are not any wiser. This is a fork and each road will have its seductiveness and travelling is important as RK says:
“नादाँ हैं जो बैठ किनारे
पूछें राह वतन की – (२)
चलना जीवन की कहानी, रुकना मौत की निशानी”

Shalan La
84 Shalan Lal May 17, 2018 at 2:52 pm: Arunkumar Deshmukh @73

Thank you very much for the names of the books. Next time I shall go the British Library I will have some thumb through this Bhandar of Subhashit. But you are a “Bhandar” yourself and why should I go to the British Library? Thank you very much indeed!

My point was to locate the dates of the Subhashit but now it is known. It is the part of Mahabharat.

The date I wanted to know because I believe that the word “महाजनो” has another meaning and not necessarily means “great persons”.

But I must not go on we are getting away from the “Raah and Raahi.

Shalan Lal
85 N Venkataraman May 17, 2018 at 2:56 pm: Bhatiaji @ 77
From the days of Thela Ghadis & Tongas we have travelled long way. Thanks for the nice reminiscence of mid 50s.

Chala Kaafila Pyar Ka by Asha Bhosle, film Shart (1954), lyrics S H Bihari, music Hemant Kumar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=dbNn7zCpo0o
86 Shalan Lal May 17, 2018 at 2:57 pm: ksbhatia@77

Very well said Bhatiaji!

I remember the film Pagadandi. But there is one good Hindi poem on Pagdandi which I do not remember.

Shalan Lal
87 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 17, 2018 at 5:14 pm: B R Chopra’s first directorial venture was AFSANA,1951. His first film as producer/ director for B R Films was EK HI RASTA,1956…
Majrooh Sultanpuri, Hemant Kumar.
Bhoola bachpan dukhi jawani…. Hemant Kumar.
The song has a Lata Mangeshkar version also. But,I think it is not available on the internet.

https://youtu.be/ B69xBscamzc.
The very short background song has three of the four factors of the theme…path, traveller, destination.
88 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 17, 2018 at 5:23 pm: Sansaar ki har sheh ka itna hi fasana hai…..DHUND,1973, Mahinder Kapoor,Sahir Ludhianvi,Ravi.
( Ye raah kahan se hain,
Ye raah kahan se hai,
Ye raah kahan tak hai,
Ye raaz koi raahee samza hai na samza hai na jaana hai.
89 Anu Warrier May 17, 2018 at 5:33 pm: Saw this post on my sidebar a couple of days ago, but didn’t get a chance to read it until now. Great theme – and I quite like the connections between path and traveller. You have introduced me to a couple of ‘new’ songs as well.

I haven’t waded through the comments and don’t know if this has been posted yet but there is a lovely Subir Sen song from Kathputli that perhaps fits this theme: Manzil wohi hai pyar ka raahi badal gaye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGri715PSF4

The 80s and 90s weren’t very well known for their music, but I have a soft spot for this one from Sharabi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbdRxPBxvzI

This too is from a later period than you write about, but it’s a lovely RD composition. Ye safar bahut hai kathin magar from 1942 A Love Story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ohhGkotvLE
90 Arunkumar Deshmukh May 17, 2018 at 6:56 pm: Comment 75 and 82 AK ji and Venkataraman ji,

Here is some more information on Mohammed Farooqui, in my article…

https://atulsongaday.me/2016/06/25/haseenon-ko-dil-mein-basaana-buraa-hai/

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91 Arunkumar Deshmukh May 17, 2018 at 7:01 pm: Shalan Lal ji,

#84

The only other meaning of Mahajan is ‘ Moneylender ‘ or Sahukar.

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92 N Venkataraman May 17, 2018 at 7:12 pm: @ 90
Thanks a lot Arunji.
93 mumbaikar8 May 17, 2018 at 7:36 pm: AK,
Venkataramanji is working on the Md who has composed the most raah, musafir safar, manzil songs. the lyricist, I believe, most fascinated by the idea of “we” being musafir is Shailendra,
One to add to the list is this beautifully written song from Musafir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzWfx2Hecw0&feature=player_embedded
94 AK May 17, 2018 at 11:08 pm: KS Bhatiaji @56, 66, 74 and 70,
Thanks for the fabulous KL Saigal’s Punjabi ghazal. Can match with his best in Hindi/Urdu. You have added some very nice songs. I also enjoyed your dream journey into your past when life was simple, as also its alleys and narrow roads.

Dr Shetty @58,59,62, 76, 79, 80, 81, 87 and 88,
‘Ae kash chalte mil ke – I liked the line चाँद और मैं और तू. On a lighter vein, there was ‘Tum aa gaye ho, Noor aa gaya hai – chalo hum teenon kahin chaai pee lete hain’.

Arunji @73,
Thanks for giving the source reference.
@90, Thanks for the additional information on Mohammad Farooqui.
@91, ‘Mahajan’ as a moneylender is a modern usage. I doubt if it was ever used in this sense in the classical Sanskrit or earlier. In the Subhashit the only possible meaning is a great man or a learned man.

Venkataramanji @82,
Thanks a lot for the link to the article on Farooqui.

Mumbaikar8 @93,
Ik aaye ik jaaye musafir is a very nice song. You should be pleased that almost all the songs on this theme are deeply meaningful.
95 AK May 17, 2018 at 11:16 pm: Anu @89,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Ye safar bahut kathin hai magar is such a nice song, and fits absolutely with the theme. Thanks for posting it.
96 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 12:08 pm: Bhakti Shakti hai,Karm Dharm hai,
Gyan mukthi ka path hai… …………..Aatma ki Anant yatra mein,
Ye tan toh bas Rath hai.
Path anek hain,Rath anek hain..
Ek hi laksh dikhate chalo….

Profound, philosophical lyrics, right? Typically Bharat Vyas.
SANT GYANESHWAR,1964, Mukhesh,Shyama Hemmadi.
All the songs ( except Ek do teen chaar, bhaiya bano hoshiyar…Anand Bakshi)by Bharat Vyas.
Also,
Jyot se jyot jagate chalo,
Prem ki Ganga bahate chalo… Mukhesh/ Lata.
( Raah mein aaye jo deen dukhi…)
97 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 12:10 pm: Bhakti Shakti hai,Karm Dharm hai,
Gyan mukthi ka path hai… …………..Aatma ki Anant yatra mein,
Ye tan toh bas Rath hai.
Path anek hain,Rath anek hain..
Ek hi laksh dikhate chalo….

Profound, philosophical lyrics, right? Typically Bharat Vyas.
SANT GYANESHWAR,1964, Mukhesh,Shyama Hemmadi.
All the songs ( except Ek do teen chaar, bhaiya bano hoshiyar…Anand Bakshi)by Bharat Vyas.
Also,
Jyot se jyot jagate chalo,
Prem ki Ganga bahate chalo… Mukhesh/ Lata.
( Raah mein aaye jo deen dukhi…)
https://youtu.be/VrcqSuEH7rk …. the first song.
98 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 12:18 pm: SANGAM,1964, Shailendra ,Hasrat Jaipuri ,Shankar Jaikishan.
1. Dost dost na raha….
( Jo zindagi ke raah mein bane the mere Humsafar woh dost mere tum hi the….
…..
Gale lage sahem sahem…..
Safar ke waqt mein palak pe motiyon ki….)

2.O Mehabooba,O Mehabooba,
Tere dil ke paas hi hai meri manzil e Maqsood….
(Gujroon main is rasthe se kabhi,
Gujroon main us se,
Milta hai har ek raasta jaa kar tere ghar se…)
Mukhesh.
99 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 12:28 pm: WOH KAUN THI,1964,Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Madanmohan.
1. I will select the Asha beauty somewhat obscured and overshadowed by the dazzle of the three Lata numbers. I adore the way she sings aah aah aa aa aah…
Shokh nazar ki bijliyan dil pe mere giraye jaa….
….( Ab toh wafa ki raah par hum tere saath chal pade…)
2.Naina barse rim zim rim zim…..
…( Ye dil ab tak batkta hai teri ulfat ki rahon mein….
O mere humraahi…).Lata.
3. Chod kar tere pyar ka aalam…
…
Mil gaye aaj khafil e dil ke,
Hum khade hain kareeb manzil ke.
Mahinder Kapoor, Lata.( For no reason at all,I don’t like this song, just like the DHOOL KA PHOOL one..Tere pyar ka aasra chahta hoon…!).
100 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 12:36 pm: DOSTI,1964, Majrooh Sultanpuri,LP.
Rafi…
1.Raahi manwa dukh ki chinta kyon satati hai…
…( Door hai Manzil door sahi…
Humraah koyee apna toh hai)
2.Koyee jab raah na paaye,mere sang aaye…
3. Mera toh jo bhi kadam hain woh tere raah mein hain.
101 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 12:40 pm: The last four posts have a common thread to them. What would it be?
Shokh nazar ki bijliyan….
https://youtu.be/ jOtE14HMTRM.
102 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 2:26 pm: In AROUND THE WORLD,Rajashree’s companion,in the restaurant scene,says ” Ise ( Raj Kapoor) Manzil e Maqsood mil gayi.” An obvious reference to the Sangam song. Rajashree replies,” Manzil par pahunch kar bhi kuch raahi bhatkhte rehte hain!
103 N Venkataraman May 18, 2018 at 4:34 pm: Mumbaikar @93

You wrote “Venkataramanji is working on the Md who has composed the most raah, musafir safar, manzil songs”

This is not correct, to browse through all the songs from the 1930s till date is practically next to impossible.

Yes I was meticulously keeping a track of the songs posted here till the downpour of postings started. Then the “Natak at Karnataka” drew me further away and I lost track. Yet I did a quick browsing through the postings here. If the postings here are any indication, then Shankar- Jaikishan pair must be in the lead. But KA and LP can form an alliance to pip SJ to the post. Do we need a floor test?

In the meantime let us listen to some beautiful songs composed by Khayyam, I am not sure about their place in this post, but the words Raahen, Manzil etc. comes for mention in these songs.

Door Hai Manzil Rahen Mushkil (NFS) by Begum Akhtar, lyrics Shaqeel Badayuni, music Khaiyyam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMllGzOIk3Q

Hazaar Raahen Mudke Dekhi by Kishor kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, film Thodi si Bewafai (1980), lyrics Gulzar, music Khayyam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj1noGGLZYc

Na manzil hai na manzil ka nishaan hai by Talat Mahmood, Asha Bhosle & Mubarak Begum, film Tatar Ka Chor, 1955), lyrics Prem Dhawan, music Khayyam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk0RWlkdGIg
104 N Venkataraman May 18, 2018 at 4:37 pm: Dr. Pradeep Kr. Shettyji,

Even after coming late, you are giving our ‘old war-horse’, Bhatiaji, a good run for the money. Looking at your indefatigable energy, I think you should have contested the recent Karnataka election. Then you would have been the most sought after person. If there are any broken bones in case of a likely fracas in tomorrow’s floor test, you could have come handy. Since all these are not exactly music to the ears, well! on to some songs,

Not that well-known MDs like Sapan Jagmohan’s and Brij Bhushan’s songs

khuli vadiyo ka safar hai, hasi manjilo pe najar hai by Md.Rafi, film Aayega Aanewala (1967), Lyrics Naqsh Lyallpuri, music Sapan Jagmohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYJmFKfxFP4

tum humsafar bano to jaha chale hum, jidhar chale hum ye bahar sath aaye by Mukesh, lyrics Naqsh Lyallpuri, music Brij Bhusan

tum hanso to mile roshni is dil ko
tum hanso to mile roshni is dil ko
dil mera pyar se yu mile manjil ko
zindagi ke phul mehke meri raho me
tum humsafar bano to jaha chale hum
jidhar chale hum ye bahar sath aaye
tum humsafar bano to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W773j5WXG1g
105 Shalan Lal May 18, 2018 at 4:39 pm: Just one verse from the following very Punjabi song: It has some comic version as well. But my cassette tape has broken……..

– मैं निकला ओ गड्डी लेके ओ रस्ते पर ओ सड़क में

From the film Gaddar: Ek Prem Kahani 2001
Lyric by Anand Bakshi Singer: Udit Narayan, Music: Uttam Singh
Acted in by Sunny Deol and Amisha Pate.

main nikla o gaddi leke
main nikla o gaddi leke o raste par o sadak me
ek modh aaya,main uthe dil chhod aaya
ek modh aaya,main uthe dil chhod aaya

rab jane kab gujra amritsar,o kab jane lahor aaya
main uthe dil chhod aaya
ek modh aaya,main uthe dil chhod aaya

Shalan Lal
106 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 18, 2018 at 7:54 pm: RAJANIGANDHA…..Kaii baar Yun hi dekha hai,
Ye Jo man ki Seemarekha hai…

CHOTI SI BAAT….Na jaane Kyun hota hai ye zindagi ke saath….( Wohi hai dagar,wohi hai safar…)

SWAMI….Yadon mein woh, sapnon mein hain ,
Jaaye kahan…
( Ye meeth ye sakhiyan mere….raahen mere,
Har mod par koi apna…)

KHOON BHARI MANG…. Hanste hanste khat jaaye rasthe….

HUM HAIN RAAHI PYAR KE…
1. Yun hi khat Jaayeg safar saath chalne se…
2. Bambai se gayi Poona…
…..Hum hain raahi pyar ke

SHALIMAR..Hum bewafa hargiz na the,
Par hum wafa kar na sake…
( Kitni akeli thi woh raahen hum jisme…)

QAYAMAT SE QAYAMAT TAK…Ae mere Humsafar ek jaraa…

RAASTE PYAR KE…Tedhe medhe,oonche neeche,lambe lambe raasthe…

YE RAASTHE PYAAR KE,2001,Jaspinder Nirula,Shaan; Anand Bakshi, Sanjeev Darshan.
Ek dil se niklte hain ye,
Ek dil tak pahunchte hain…
….
Ye raasthe hain pyar ke.

And,now,mere pyare Humsafar, Humraahi,Humkadam…
Geet aur Sangeet,Saaz aur Awaaz ki is Suhane Safar mein…a film with a relavant title, and, four songs fitting the bill.
Pesh kar raha hoon…
YE RAASTEY HAIN PYAR KE,1963, Rajinder Kishan,Ravi.

1. Ye raastey hain pyar ke,
Chalna sambhal sambhal ke…Asha.

2. Tum jispe nazar dhalo,
Us dil ka Khuda Hafiz….
….
Saathi ho agar tumsa, Manzil ki Tamanna kya?
Hum Ko toh Safar pyara,
Manzil ka Khuda Hafiz….Rafi.

3. Aaj ye meri zindagi dekho khushi mein jhoome….
……Tanha nahin nikli hoon main,
Dil bhi hai mere Humsafar…
….
Raahon mein meri phool hain…

And, the rarest, brining up the rear end…
The handsome, drop dead gorgeous Sunil Dutt’s romantic lines (in his own voice.. wasn’t he a Radio announcer before entering the tinsel town?) to the pretty, stately Leela Naidu ( in Asha Bhonsle’s voice)…
Jaane Jaana,paas aao,Aao na…
…..
Mera is Safar mein ye pehela kadam hai,
Chaloongi jidhar le chalo…

Sunil Dutt’s first production, directed by R K Nayyar,was based on the K M Nanavati murder case. Later,ACHAANAK,1973 and RUSTOM,2016 followed. More about them tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/ m6h2nf8g7iO.
107 AK May 18, 2018 at 11:11 pm: Dr Shetty @96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 106,
When it rains, it pours. Many songs were new to me. You asked what was the common thread in the last four posts. It seems you have something specific in mind. What is it?

Venkataramanji @103, 104,
Na manzil hai na manzil ka nishan hain is a very nice song.
108 ksbhatia May 18, 2018 at 11:16 pm: Ms.Mumbaikar 8 @93;

Musafir movie had so many good song with salil da taking the cake giving music in this three in one movie i.e. movie having three parts all having different love stories of the past and future . A sort of cross section of moving society of that time living and leaving the house owned by David in the film . The main characters of three parts were Shekher , Dilip Kumar and Kishore Kumar . The movie had many firsts….Dilip, Lata duet ; Keshto ‘s first dance number and acting debut in hindi films ; Hrishikesh Mukerjee’s first directional debut ; Shailendra’s second or third screen appearence .

There is one beautiful worded duet song by Shailendra [ and he is enacting on screen ] …..Tedhi Medhi hum se chale saari duniya ; in the second stanza there is reference to gali gali , which I think must be accomodated as a qualifier of this theme . Listen to this song and see the invention of break dance by our own….Keshto ,the great.

59.Tedhi Mehdi chale…..Manna dey, Shamshad…Musafir …Shailendra…Salil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTKw5pV0Utc

Adding one more from bylane’s treasure songs….

60. Bataa do koi kaun gali gaye shyam….Manna…Madhu[1959]…Roshan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtfLmJQcqY
109 ksbhatia May 18, 2018 at 11:46 pm: Ms. Shalan Lal, Venkatraman ji @85,86;

Those born in the mid 40s , 50s and even early 60s must have really enjoyed walking thru ….Pagdandi s ….enjoying going up and coming down the uneven terrain . The junglee grass adding to the charm of the rustic walk surrounded by the uncut matching trees….mostly of Kiker varieties .

While abroad I look up to walk to such famous Trails that has been kept well by the state govt. never getting it spoiled and providing the botanical details to the visitors at many places as well . Trail to grand pa’s mountain just at tennessee border was my last of the visit to such places . It is a fun when you enjoy walking down the trail you enjoy singing as well. Return trail walk ….you have to match the breath and your Rafi’s tunes goes Talat’s way !!

Here is one of my fav. Laural and Hardy song ….Trail of the lonesome pine . The original song was recorded some time in the late 1890s or early 1900s .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyYZvO8S398
110 ksbhatia May 18, 2018 at 11:53 pm: AK ji @94;

I entirely agree with you. K L Saigal ‘s punjabi ghazal is sure a top of the class . He has sung one more punjabi song / ghazal…..mahi nal lagdi aakh kadi na . I am looking for some punjabi songs of vintage era sung by non punjabi ‘s . Could be only few but still interest is there to find it.
111 ksbhatia May 19, 2018 at 12:19 am: Ms. Shalan Lal, AK ji …@67,68,75;

The old RK’s movies practically had reference to raasta, manzil, safar , humsafar, dagar etc in quite a number of songs like ….

1.Mud mud ke na dekh…..zindgani ke safar mein tu akela hi nahi hai
hum bhi tere humsafar hain
2. do ….Aaye gaye manziloan ke nishan
3.Ramaiya vasta wayiaa…..rasta wohi musafir wohi

4. Patli kamar hai…………..Naya nagar nit nai dagar hai

5. Awara hun………………….Sunsan nagar anjaan dagar ka pyara hun

6. O jaane wale mudke jara dekhte jaana……..Manjil ne kahan aake
meri baat bigaari …[ this is in second stanza , not there in the movie ]

……..many more to add but enough to show.
112 ksbhatia May 19, 2018 at 12:23 am: Dr. Shetty , Venkatraman ji

Sitting overtime listening to the huge collections of songs posted by Shetty ji . I need to ask prescription from doctor sahib for my failing memory !!
113 AK May 19, 2018 at 10:07 am: KS Bhatiaji @108 to 112,
Tedhi medhi chale is such a fabulous song. Hearing it for the first time. Where was it hidden? Thanks a lot for posting it.

‘Rasta, musafir, manzil’ songs in RK films – nice observation. Shalan Lal too mentioned ‘Awara hun’ and ‘Mera joota hai Japani’.
114 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 19, 2018 at 11:43 am: TAXI TAXI
1. Jeevan mein humsafar, milte toh hain zaroor,
Par kho jaate chalke thodi door…
2. Laayi kahan ye zindagi,
Hai saamne manzil meri…

JHOOTA KAHIN KA
Jeevan ke har mod par,
Mil jaayenge Humsafar,
Jo door tak saath de,
Dhoonde usi ko nazar.

MAUSAM,1976, Gulzar, Madanmohan.
1. Chadi re chadi kaisi gale mein padi..
…..
Sidhe sidhe raston ko thoda sa mod de do….
2. Rukhe rukhe se kadam rukh ke baar baar cahale.
Qarar leke tere ghar se beqarar chale..

HUM KISISE KUM NAHIN
Chand mera dil, Chandni ho tum..
… Yahi toh hai Sanam pyar ka thikana,
Main hoon,main hoon…
( I feel THIKANA should qualify for MANZIL).
115 arvind May 19, 2018 at 12:45 pm: yeh faasle teri galiyon ke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pamPNvsKUoU
jagjit singh/mammo/1994/vanraj bhatia/gulzar.
116 N Venkataraman May 19, 2018 at 1:37 pm: Bhatia ji, Dr. Shetty ji.
Monsoon will arrive a few days earlier i.e on 29th may. That will be music to many. But here we are drenched in torrent of songs. Thank you

Bhatiaji,
You have dug out some good songs from galis and nukkads. Tedhi medhi chale is a wonderful song. Thanks a lot.

Bhatia ji, Akji,
A few more songs with Raah, Musafir, ManzilI, Safar etc. with other related words.

(Manzil, Thikana, Musafir, Raahi)
Kaha Teree Manjil, Kaha Hai Thikaana by Md.Rafi,film Nai Raahen (1959), lyrics Gopal Singh Nepali, music Ravi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OKOuMve9SY

(Musafir, Manjil,Raahe)
Chal Musafir Teri Manjil Dur by Md.Rafi, film Ganga Ki Saugand (1978), lyrics Anjaan, music Kalyanji Anandji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=nohfdqc2dH4

(Manzil, Raaste, Raah, Raahi, Safar, Dagar, Saathi, Path)
Uunche Niche Raaste Aur Manzil Teri Dur by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music rajesh Roshan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU4zplrkqTs

(Manzil, Musafir, Dagar, Safar)
Kahin To Milegi Mahobbat Ki Manzil by Abhijeet, film Milan (1994), lyrics Sameer, music Anand-Milind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHXFYFNYzvU

Arvindji,
yeh faasle teri galiyon ke. Nice song
117 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 19, 2018 at 1:52 pm: I don’t know whether this has already been posted. If not,a rare gem… first,K L Saigal original; then,Lata Mangeshkar Shradhanjali.
BHAKT SURDAS,1942,Surdas,Gyan Dutt.
The lyricist is mentioned as D N Madhok for all songs including Surdas’s best known Maiya Mori main nahin maakhan khayo!
https://youtu.be/IvO_4RGSjCw
118 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 19, 2018 at 3:31 pm: The celebrated Kaifi Azmi nazm,Aurat.
Adopted for TAMANNA, the Paresh Rawal,Pooja Bhatt starrer by Mahesh Bhatt.

https://youtu.be/
LNtSTsunzZo

https://Youtu.be/ UD_YINv_Lng
119 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 19, 2018 at 7:06 pm: If SEEMA,1955 , Shailendra, (Hasrat ),SJ had solemn lyrics…
Kahan jaa raha hai tu are jaanewale…
….Ye Jeevan ka Safar andha Safar hai,..Nishan manzilon ke….Rafi.

And
Tu pyar ka Saagar hai….
…..raah bhoole the kahan se hum… Manna Dey.

SEEMA, 1971, (Gulzar, Varma Malik, )Indeevar.. had the light hearted
Ladki chale jab sadkon pe,
Aayee qayamat ladkon pe…..
…..Tham gaye raasthe,rukh gayee raahen.

https://youtu.be/ n3454rnbLVo

I am sure all of you identify the sadkon pe chalnewali ladki as Bharati ( later married to Kannada superstar Vishnuvardhan)…She is a veteran of more than 100 movies in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu ,Malayalam, Tulu and Hindi.
Meharban, Sadhu aur Shaitan,Kunwara Baap,Purab aur Paschim,Ghar Ghar ki kahani,Aankh Micholi are some of her Hindi movies.
120 AK May 19, 2018 at 11:42 pm: Dr Shetty @114, 117, 118, 119,
Nice songs. I especially liked your analysis of songs from the film Seema.

Arvind @115,
Ye faasle teri galiyon ke is a very nice song.

Venkataramanji,
You have added some very nice songs @116.
121 N Venkataraman May 20, 2018 at 12:08 am: Unchi Nichi, Manzil To Hai Badi Door by C H Atma, film Bhai Saaheb (1954), lyrics Shailendra, music Neenu Majumdar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NNhcePO-u0

Ajib Hai Zindagi Ki Manzil by Shankar Dasgupta, film Aakash (1952), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music Anil Biswas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=113&v=B4w2MNHPRFY

A wonderful rendition by Iqbal Bano, Ulfat kee nai manzil ko chala, film Qaatil (1955), lyrics Qatil Shifai, music Inayat Hussain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMHdvl7vGqs
122 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 20, 2018 at 5:42 am: Soyee hai kahan jaake taqdeer mohabbat ki…MR LAMBOO,1956, Suraiya,Harsh(?),O P Nayyar.

This Sheikh Mukhtar production had two other lyricists… Majrooh Sultanpuri and Jan Nisar Akhtar.
Listen to the beautiful song ( I think no video is available) and tell me what is special about this movie. Mind you, nothing minor or trivial….it is very significant.
https://youtu.be/EldFT_tOXOl

Sau baar janam lenge,
Sau baar judaa honge….
USTHADON KE USTHADON,1963,Rafi,Asad Bhopali,Ravi.
For a long time during my childhood,I had thought this beauty to be a Usha Khanna composition.
Good morning,mere Humsafars…will try to post some more songs later in the day and also try to arrange at least some of the huge collection of Phool, Kaliyan, Bahaar, Chaman etc in some cohesive order!
123 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 20, 2018 at 8:06 am: While posting the TAMANNA song yesterday,I suddenly realised Paresh Rawal as Tiku, the hijda/ third sex/ eunuch is probably the first full length character of the gender in our movies. Mahesh Bhatt has done a wonderful job with Rawal and Pooja Bhatt. Rawal’s sensitive portrayal of a Eunuch born to a fading Bollywood actress, Nadira in one of her last screen appearances, was devoid of any melodrama. The Eunuch, devastated by his mother’s death,brings up an abandoned girl child. Another Veteran Zohra Sehgal plays the role of the child’s grandma. The thought process led onto DARMIYAAN,1997, the Bhupen Hazarika, Kalpana Lazmi creation . Once again,a fading Bollywood actress of the 1930s,Kiron Kher,is shattered on learning her only son is an Eunuch. Living in denial,she makes the world believe Immi,Arif Zakaria,is her younger brother ( Indrani Mukherjia,in some other context!). Failing career,lover abandoning her for a younger girl etc drive her into alcoholism, oblivion and self destruction. Immi, who had moved away, returns,now with a boy child,his SON! Another fact she can not make herself understand! Finally,it is Immi who saves her. Great performance by Zakaria and Kher had done justice to the role, albeit with a little over acting.
Now , the relavant song.

Apne des mein hum hain paraye,
Duniya parayi,log yahan begana…
…..
Koi Safar,koi toh rasta,
Koi toh manzil ho….
Bhupen Hazarika ( vocals and music),Javed Akhtar.
https://youtu.be/ sjZliC1ELrM

Enjoy the song. Shall come back later to complete my discourse on Eunuchs in movies… unless someone posts a loud( or is it bold?)NOOOOO!
124 mumbaikar8 May 20, 2018 at 8:44 am: Venkataramanji,
I agree, it is not possible for a meticulous person like you to keep track in the downpour we are experiencing, but even a quick browsing from you is welcome cause it isl much better than the aerial survey I do.
Like you, the Karnataka Natak kept me busy, with remote in hand, browsing through all the North Korean channels too.
I was startled when you beat me to the song I was sitting on for last two days
Ulfat ki nai manzil ko chala, film Qaatil (1955)
Getting back to karnaataka drama seems like पिक्चर अभी बाक़ी हैं
125 AK May 20, 2018 at 11:38 am: Venkataramanji @121,
Nice batting from Vintage End. Good partnership with Dr Shetty from Modern End.

Dr Shetty,
@122: To your question about Mr. Lambu, I cheated a little. The Wikipedia says the film contained a song, Yaad karun tori batiyan song composed by OP Nayyar. But the song on YT is in Suraiya’s voice. Our OP Nayyar expert Ravindra Kelkar can throw light on this. Or, was it something else you had in mind?

@123, Very sensitive description of the movies based on the transgenders. The films didn’t have much traction.

Mumbaikar8,
The Karnataka Natak is now over. But the final Act would be in 2019.
126 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 20, 2018 at 1:21 pm: DO JHOOT,1975. SJ.
1. Chalo bhool jaayen jahaan Ko
Yahan do ghadi…..
…..wahi meri manzil jahan le chale aaj tum…
Kishore ,Lata; Vittal bhai Patel.

2. Do jhoot jiye ek sach ke liye…
….
Kis ajeeb mod par aa gayi hai zindagi,
Manzilon ke paas hi lut gayi hain raasthe..
Mangeshkars( Lata,Usha). M G Hashmat.

https://youtu.be/ O9hRCjyK_U
127 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 20, 2018 at 1:45 pm: Let us pray to the Sheronwali Maata.

Chalo bulawa aaya hai,
Mata ne bulaya hai…AVTAAR, Narendra Chanchal, Asha Bhonsle, Mahinder Kapoor; AB,LP.
( Saare Jag mein ek thikana saare gham ke maaron ka..
… Raastha dekh rahi hai Maata)
https:/youtu.be/ ANyQiYlEkmk

Tune mujhe bulaya Sheranvaliye…
…AASHA, 1080,Narendra Chanchal,Rafi,AB,LP.
Saara Jag hai ek Banjaran, ….
…Oonche parbat lamba raasta.

O Sheronwali,Oonche deronwali…
SUHAAG,1979. Rafi Lata,
AB,LP.
Tu hi dikhaa ab raastha…
…duniya raastha rokh ke kaadi.
128 N Venkataraman May 20, 2018 at 1:55 pm: Mumbaikarji,
Thank you for the response.
Only the first round of the Karnataka Natak is over. It was a well scripted thriller. I expect more in the following months, before 2019. Sorry to have startled you. You should have moved faster, should have learnt from the events witnessed on the TV screen for the past few days.

Dr Shettyji,
Soyee hai kahan jaake taqdeer mohabbat ki. Nice song.
Akji,
What about this song? Will it pass the litmus test?
Keh Rahi Ye Zami Keh Raha Hai Aasma by Md.Rafi & Mubarak Begum & others , film Baghdad ka Jadu (1956), lyrics Preetam Dehlvi, music Shafi M Nagari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emsaOD1mvTY
129 mumbaikar8 May 20, 2018 at 4:35 pm: Ksbhatiaji, @ 108
Had heard tedhi tedhi humse but had not watched the video , Keshto is truly amazing , thanks for sharing. Musafir seems to be an interesting movie.
Time to watch some good movies now!
130 mumbaikar8 May 20, 2018 at 5:02 pm: AK,
Venkataramanji expects more Natak before 2019 too.
Back to business,
A song for litmus test too.
Yeh jo zindagi hai koi dastaan hai form Earth 1947 all the philosophy of raasta and manzil bt Javed Akhtar without actually the words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIphEjMfT_g

One light hearted song by RDB and Majrooh from Mela that fits

Ek Baar Rakh De Qadam Jara Jhoom Ke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFAedm3_E60
131 Shalan Lal May 20, 2018 at 5:51 pm: ksbhatiaji@ 111

Indeed very true.

Many times the songs get so popular that people forget the meanings of the words and the words become only sound and miss the honey in them.

You have aptly and skill fully brought out the pearls from the shell.

Thanks again.
132 N Venkataraman May 20, 2018 at 9:04 pm: Mumbakarji,
I said you should move faster but not in a hurried manner. Take it easy.
I am sure you will love this song
(Raahi, Musafir, Manzil)
Aye Zindagi Ke Rahi bt Talat Mahmood, film Bahar (1951), lyrics Rajinder Krishan, music S D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpQz602JIFI
133 AK May 20, 2018 at 9:26 pm: Venkataramanji,
@128: The song has the refrain Ruk nahi sakta kabhi ye zindagi ka raasta. The picturisation shows a caravan on the move with this motivational song. Should fit with the theme.

Back to @121: Who is the lady with CH Atma in Unchi nichi hai manzil to badi door? She also deserves credit for this nice song.

You have reasons to expect more thriller before 2019. Your state WB is going to be at the vanguard.
134 N Venkataraman May 20, 2018 at 10:34 pm: Shalanji @133
So aptly put.
135 N Venkataraman May 20, 2018 at 10:36 pm: Akji @ 135
I think the female singer is Kaumudi Munshi.
Responding to the last part of your comment
Delhi is still far away. My comment was in reference to Karnataka. The post poll alliance has just overcome one hurdle. Now the difficult task is to tackle the internal conflicts and contradictions. I would like to mention an anecdote.

As the legend goes, Sultan Ghyasuddin Tughlaq, during his campaign in Bengal, sent a message to the saint Nizamuddin Auliya, threatening to take his life on his return to Delhi. The saint remained undeterred, smiled and pronounced in Persian, “Hunooz Dilli door ast” — “Delhi is a long way off.” As fate would have it, the sultan could not reach Delhi at all.

Of course there are no saints in Delhi now, but I am not that sure about the Tughlaqs here.
136 N Venkataraman May 20, 2018 at 10:45 pm: Continuing from where I left
humsafar to hai magar manzile hai juda juda,
And it is much more complicated than what this song says,

(Safar, Raasta, Humsafar, Manzil)
Zindagi Ye Safar Mein Hai by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan,Dil Kabaddi (2008), lyrics Virag Mishra, music Dhruv Dhalla,Sachin Gupta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XjLifUd6CY&feature=player_embedded
137 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 21, 2018 at 1:44 pm: When I say SAAT HINDUSTANI,1969, what would you remember immediately? What a silly question! One would remember Amitabh Bachchan’s debut,
K A Abbas,…. some would recall Anwar Ali ( Mehmood’s brother) , Utpal Dutt and Jalal Agha. But , hardly would anyone remember the music of the movie! The film’s song Aandhi aaye ki thoofan, Mahinder Kapoor, Kaifi Azmi,J P Kaushik..won the National award for best lyrics.

https://youtu.be/ mlzQtSO9Ovc

The movie has another song that would gain entry into this theme with a Green Card. But, the lyrics, video are not available.
Ek manzil pe sab ki nigahen rahe….

J P Kaushik,is largely associated with K A Abbas movies. In Haryanvi he has worked for more than a dozen movies.A few Rajasthani and an English film ,too!(The Corner Shop).
JPK was given his first break by K A Abbas in SHEHAR AUR SAPNA.
KAA’s another film with music by JPK..
AASMAAN MAHAL.
Aye raat zara aahista guzar…..Geeta Dutt, Madhukar; Madhukar ( same one,now as lyricist),JPK.

https://youtu.be/lhrV2y40FCY.

What is interesting about the heroine and the lyricist?
138 N Venkataraman May 21, 2018 at 4:26 pm: Dr.Pradeep Kr.Shettyji @138
Thanks for mentioning Aasman Mahal. It made me remember the song ‘Main Aahe Bhar Nahi Sakta’. It was posted by Akji in ‘Songs of Atariya’. I think Arvinderji had provided the link to the song. A nice song and echoing Akji’s words it was a double Attariya song. At that time I was not aware of the name of the lyricist. Later, I came to know that the lyricist was Mazaz Lakhnavi, who also penned the very popular song Ae Gam-E-Dil Kya Karu (Thokar 1953). He does not seem to be a regular lyrics writer in Hindi films. There is also scene in Pyasa where the Nazm, Rudaad-E-Gam-E-Ulfat Unse Unase Ham Kyaa Kahate Kyun Kar Kahate, penned by Mazaz Lucknavi is recited by an on-scene poet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb554f9kEiw

BTW Shettyji, are you sure the lyrics for the song ‘Aye raat zara aahista guzar…’ was by Madhukar? The title credits of the film does not mention Madhukar’s name as lyricist. It seems he debuted as an actor in this film, yes he rendered a song in this film with Geeta Dutt and I found a similar name as the dance director of this film. I am not sure if they are the same person. The lyrics for all the songs, except one, were written by Ali Sardar Jafri.

Coming back to your question “What is interesting about the heroine and the lyricist?”

Are you referring to the lyricist of the film or the song mentioned by you? Anyway, I have no idea.
139 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 21, 2018 at 4:46 pm: N Venkatraman ji,
What is interesting about the heroine and the lyricist/ male singer of the song posted?
I seem to be asking too many questions, mostly trivia, interesting nevertheless,to a group where the’ music listening age’ of some of the Veterans must be greater than my physiological age! Of course,I am not just out of the cradle…all of 57!
Still, these little thingummies give me a high ( needed, perhaps, because I am not used to,by choice, other elements that give one a high!).
AK ji,
About the common thread of the four 1964 movies+ the Mr Lambu… I am waiting. Here,too, the first one is a trivia (invented by me), but the second one is a very significant one.
140 AK May 21, 2018 at 5:47 pm: Dr Shetty,
My guess about the first one is that all the films were nominated for the Filmfare Award for the best music, which went to LP for Dosti. For the second one, please see my comment at @125.
141 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 21, 2018 at 5:58 pm: CHAK DE INDIA, SULTAN,DANGAL, LAGAAN,AWWAL NUMBER,JO JEETA WOHI SIKANDAR, CHAMATKAR,SACHIN A BILLION DREAMS,M S DHONI THE UNTOLD STORY, AZHAR,MARY KOM, BHAGH MILKA BHAGH,KAI PO CHE,GOAL,PAAN SINGH TOMAR ,BUDHIYA SINGH BORN TO RUN, BROTHERS, APNE,BOXER, HATTRICK, PATIALA HOUSE, EHSAAS,JANNAT,SALAA KHADOOS,TANNU WEDS MANNU,MUKKABAAZ,POORNA,CAPTAIN,STRIKER, STUMPED, IQBAL,DIL BOLE HADIPPA,CHAIN KULI KI MEIN KULI, BADLAPUR BOYS….
I must have covered almost all the sports related Hindi movies. I can’t resist mentioning BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM , the maker toh apni pind di khudi nee!
So,why this prologue and why sports?
Well, the first authentic sports related Hindi movie is,to the best of my knowledge,HIP HIP HURRAY,1984.
Debutant director Prakash Jha,who was unable to raise funds for DAMUL, made this with finances from Manmohan Shetty and Pradeep Uppoor, the backbone of the New Wave movies. Raj Kiran,as a High school football coach, turned in a brilliant performance. Wordsmith Gulzar handled the writing department ( screenplay, dialogues, lyrics) ,as usual, was,superb. Music is by Vanraj Bhatia, the favourite of Bengal,Nihlani, Kundan Shah et al.
1. Ek subah ek mod par maine kaha usey rokh kar…. Jesudas.
2. Jab kabhi bhi mud ke dekhta hoon main,
Tum bhi kuch ajnabhi si lagte ho,
Main bhi kuch ajnabhi SA lagta hoon… Bhupinder Singh.
3. Maidaan hai saari zindagi,
Khel hai saari umr ka… Shailendra Singh.

https://youtu.be/ qNhFoGT_Ni4
https://youtu.be/ gcpGyCESIBs
https://youtu.be/ bksblGRSGoO

Enjoy.. good stuff.
142 N Venkataraman May 21, 2018 at 6:11 pm: Dr.Shettyji @139
Not at all. I may not match your energy and enthusiasm, nevertheless I am curious. Please continue with your quizzing. I am enjoying.
143 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 21, 2018 at 7:00 pm: Most of the above sports themed movies have at least one song fitting into our theme… natural,they aiming for a goal, heading towards a destination crossing tough terrains, difficult paths.
Shall post some of them soon. Again, flowers pop up from almost everywhere…and, Am I mightily pleased!

For the time being please do with the title song of LAKSHYA…
Haan yahi rasthaa hai…
……Paana hai lakshya…
Shankar Mahadevan, Javed Akhtar, Shankar Ehsan Loy.
144 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 21, 2018 at 7:03 pm: AK ji,
Almost correct about the 1964 movies. Shall bore you all with further details later!
145 ksbhatia May 21, 2018 at 11:46 pm: Dr. Shetty ji ;

You are perfectly right . K A Abbas movie themes required a very down to earth music director ……specialising in low tone songs and J P Kaushik did fab. job and the combo carried on . Aasman Mahal impressed me a lot.

Like this combo the other most tied up were Shyam Benegal , Govind Nahalani and Vanraj Bhatia ……a passionate film maker combo’s of the likes of Swiss film directors ; indulging in every minute detail capturing frames in perfection by Govind Nahlani , a master’s touch of a great cinematographer and very well matching music by Vanraj Bhatia. Vanraj Bhatia’s music in every film is class in itself . Whenever I listen to Naushad’s music , my mind goes in auto mode to turn to Vanraj’s music and songs. Yes, Vanraj’s background music I am refering to ! Listen to party scenes’ background music in Benegal films . Those interested in Symphonies they are surely to get a good listening pleasure . For songs….Tumahare bina jee na lage ghar mein…..says it all.
146 ksbhatia May 21, 2018 at 11:51 pm: Mahesh @30 ;

A good Mukesh’s solo and duets compilation . Took time listening to them as mukhadas were missing . All the 21 songs do qualify for the fit in theme .
147 ksbhatia May 22, 2018 at 12:21 am: Ms . Shalan Lal, Ms. Mumbaikar 8 , Venkatraman ‘ji, AK ‘ji ;

I am glad all of you liked the ….Tedi Tedi hum se phire….song from Musafir . A perfect setting for the gali gali and nukaad atmosphere . I am , however surprised that this song went un noticed when I posted it in one of the article by Mr. D P Rangan . There too I gave my observations relating to the tilt of the earth’s axis , its spin as of Top [ lattoo] that we used to play when we all were young ; and other such geographic details.

Venkatraman ji , some time a trail or a pagdandi takes you no where and one gets lost easily . Life is full of …bhuul bhuuliyan…and the manzil gets lost . Listen to the Shailendra’s classic nukkad song . Each word is worth weighing in gold .

Ajab teri duniya hai more rama….Rafi…Do Bigha Zamin….Salil’da

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9L1XfUOTdo

……..ho ke hamari , hui na hamari
alag tori duniya…….
148 N Venkataraman May 22, 2018 at 1:08 am: Bhatiaji,
Very true. Life is full of …bhuul bhuuliyan…and the manzil gets lost. Even your words are worth weighing in gold.
Thanks for posting the songs from Do Bigha zameen. Recently on my travel back to Kolkata, I watched Do Bigha Zameen again. Do you remember, Mahmood did the role of a peanut seller in Do Bigha Zameen. He can be seen in this song sequence.
149 Ashok M Vaishnav May 22, 2018 at 9:13 am: Th e Journey began with an interesting prologue, with assured milestones ‘stations’ to visit on the way.
But the co-travelers were not mere passengers. They have been adding more and more interesting destinations, at a frenzied pace.
I would also chip in without much ado:

Aye Mere Hamsafar RoK Apni Nazar Na dekh Is Kadar, Ye Dil Hai Bada Besabar – Chhabili – Nutan
Co-travelers glance can be so unnerving…
https://youtu.be/HVjBE66NWmY

A song that has similar starting lyrics. and involves Nutan, this time as a co-traveler whose glance steals the heart
Aye Mere hamsafr, kya tujhe hai khabar, mera dil le gayi mera dil le gayi, teri pehli nazar.. – Malkin – Talat Mahmood

https://youtu.be/JGvZFWlztjs
150 mumbaikar8 May 22, 2018 at 3:47 pm: Venkataramanji,
You know it, I like Bahar song. SDB had the knack of extracting the best out of his singers.
I have one Talat Manzil song from Mai Suhagan Hoon Lachchhiram Asad Bhopali YE KIS MANZIL PE LE AAYEE MERI BADQISMATI
151 mumbaikar8 May 22, 2018 at 3:51 pm: Venkataramanji,
I have taken you advice very seriously:(
Here is the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJuSrEhgxyU
152 mumbaikar8 May 22, 2018 at 4:17 pm: AK,
Still awaiting your verdict @130 Yeh jo zindagi hai from Earth 1947.

Meena Kumari Khayyam album has two songs that I think can qualify,
First one has rahguzar so no issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw0wBQ_Xncs
Second one does not have “humsafar” in lyrics but implies that like chand aur aasman all “humsafars” are tanha tanha.
Would you clear it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6AH7cXwW6s
153 N Venkataraman May 22, 2018 at 4:21 pm: Mumbaikarji,

I hope you are serious! Very few take my advice seriously! Ye Kis Manzil pe le aayee meri Badqismati. Nice posting. Thanks a lot.

Here is another Talat number

Aaye Bhi Akela, Jaye Bhi Akela by Talat Mahmood, film Dost (1954), lyrics Varma Malik, music Hansraj Behl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TEpwDh7YfY
154 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 22, 2018 at 7:42 pm: N Venkatraman ji, I may have been misled by some sites about Madhukar being the lyricist. You must be right. Still, there is something interesting about him!

If not posted already,I am giving you three superb vintage era songs.
1. O pardesi musafir kise karta hai ishaare…BALAM,1949, Suraiya,Lata; Qamar Jalalabadi; Husnlal Bhagatram.

2. Oonche neeche raahe ye pyar ke raste these…BAAP BETE,1959,Geeta Dutt,Lata; Rajinder Kishan, Madanmohan.

3. Chahe kitne kathin dagar ho…JEET,1949. Suraiya,Shankar Dasgupta; Prem Dhawan: Anil Biswas.
( How lovely do Dev Anand and Suraiya look together! If only….)

https://youtu.be/ 9bOi_5_kERU
https://youtu.be/ DYwfR93Mbis
https://jf0qgfoYGc8

Do respond before I start about the specialities, especially in connection with the last number!
155 AK May 22, 2018 at 9:30 pm: Mumbaikar8 @130 and 152,
Heard the song Ye jo zindagi hai for the first time. AR Rahman sound is very obvious, but it is surprising how this song has remained hidden. It grows on you, there is something deeply charming about the song. The refrain is clearly a ‘rasta’ song, it talks about the uncertainty in the life’s journey. But the ‘antara’s do not seem to carry the theme. The refrain is in chorus, without any distinct dominant voice. Therefore, unless you listen carefully, it may not impact you as a ‘rasta’ song. But forget the nitpicking, it is a superb song. Thanks for introducing me to the song.
156 N Venkataraman May 22, 2018 at 9:52 pm: Ashok Vaishnavji @149
I liked the Talat song Aye Mere hamsafr, kya tujhe hai khabar. Thanks a lot.
Mumbikaji @152
Great posting. What a lyric, expressing the intense pathos of a lonely and sensitive soul.
157 N Venkataraman May 22, 2018 at 9:54 pm: Dr.Pradeep Kr.Shettyji @ 154
I am still curious and waiting for the information on Madhukar.

The three songs you have posted are indeed superb, especially I liked the duet chahe kitni kathin dagar ho very much. Thanks for posting them. However, the first song from Balam (1949), O pardesi musafir kise karta hai ishaare was posted by Gaddeswarupji (@20) and Akji has expressed his views about the song @ 22.

I would wait for the “specialties”. You make your postings interesting with additional narratives and trivia. You have a knack for digging out those information. Thanks once again.
158 SSW May 22, 2018 at 11:26 pm: There is a Salil Chowdhury song that was sung by Lata in Pinjre ke Panchi that he himself produced. Manzil teri khoj mein…. It has interesting interludes some of which segue into chord progressions used in other songs like Saathi re…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX108LeMIUI

However I much prefer the Bengali version of this song sung by Madhuri Chattopadhyay… The arrangement, preludes interludes are different and Madhuri’s voice to me has more weight.

http://www.salilda.com/songs/nonfilm/bengali/adhunik/madhuri/gungun.mp3
159 ksbhatia May 22, 2018 at 11:35 pm: Venkatraman ji @148 ;

Thanks for your kind words . Yes I knew of Mahmood”s role in Do Bigha Zamin . There are some more bit roles done by him in some films before he was labelled comedian . In Pyaasa he was one of Guru dutt’s brother and that was in negative role.

Coming back for some classic songs….

63. Aawara Ae Mere Dil jaane kahan teri manzil…..Lata…Raat Aur Din…..Shailendra/ or Hasrat ?…..SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKYZweKa2ko

64. Phaaili hui hain sapno ki baahen….Lata…House no 44….Sahir….SDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT7Cpa5cYxc

65. Prem Panth ko chala musafir….Talat…Patal Bharivi….Pt.Indra Chandra….Ghantasala [md…hearing for the first time]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2rkqyvbJyw
160 ksbhatia May 23, 2018 at 12:25 am: Ashok M Vaishnav ji @149 ;

The Talat song from Malkin…Aye mere humsafar kya tujhe hai khabar….is good . I heard it for the first time . Took opportunity to hear rest of talat’s songs from the same film .

Nutan’s song from Chabili , I did posted earlier . This and other song….lehroan pe laher… are based on western hollywood movies songs and Snehel Bhadkar did full justice making the interludes that matched the song.
161 ksbhatia May 23, 2018 at 12:33 am: Dr. Shetty ji ;

I am not able to open the links of some of your songs on youtube . It may require some check . The songs , however , you are sending are amazingly the ones we have missed or heard less. The platter is full and we are enjoying your Buffet dishes .
162 ksbhatia May 23, 2018 at 12:57 am: Venkatraman ji;

From …..Gali ……you enter ….Kuchha…then …..Thaiyer . My spelling may be wrong but some of the classic songs I am posting now I think says it all.

66. Yahi armaan lekar ….Rafi…Shabab….Shakeel…..Naushad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGGXo5lmVLA

67.Marna teri gali mein…Lata, Rafi….Shabab…….do…….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0iYYSpPSks

68.Mujhe le chalo aaj phir us gali….Rafi…Sharabi…Raj. krishan…MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3S6fNGFIY

69.Dilwale ab teri gali tak aa …..Asha, Rafi…Kala Paani…SDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WrNrLjQwlw

70. Do din ke liye mehmaan yahan malum nahi manzil hai kahan…..Lata……Badal….Shailendra…SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ps2H8zzl74

71.Apni kaho ya meri suno [Manzil ka thikaana bhul gaye]…..Lata, Talat…..Parchhaien…Noor Lakhnavi…C. Ramchandra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXOvbCv6ms8&t=24s
163 N Venkataraman May 23, 2018 at 1:43 pm: SSW @ 58
You bring in a welcome diversion to the discussion. True, the Bengali version by Madhuri Chaterjee and the accompanying arrangements are fantastic. Salail choudhury’s poetry matches his melody and composition. Most probably he penned the lyrics in the 60s.

At the outset it may sound like a romantic verse, but it is not. It seems, the poet addresses the Supreme Being. He says when the spring of one’s life comes to an end, when the outward world can no longer hold his interests, he requests the Supreme Being to revisit him again and reset the discordant notes. The last stanza of the Bengali version too mentions life’s journey.

Nijeri majhare nami,
Ogo antarayami,
Haraye gechhi aami,
Door durgamo path aamar,
Jatra shuru, kaal nei thamaar
Ei jowar seshe bhatar taane,
Bhirhbe tori tomar kule.

A very rough translation,

Oh lord of my heart, plunging within
I am lost into my inner-self;
Distant and difficult is my path;
The journey has commenced, no time for respite,
At the end of the flow and ebb of tide,
my boat will be secured at your bank.

This my best attempt in bring out the essence of the song.

Being a Salil Choudhry aficionado, you must have heard the song “Oi Je Sabuj Bono Bithika” by Madhuri Chatterjee. I would like to have your opinion on her rendition of this song and the interlude in particular.
164 N Venkataraman May 23, 2018 at 1:47 pm: Much after the introduction of Railways, many famous iconic trains were introduced. The famous Toofan Express of the East Indian Railway, was a daily express train between Calcutta and Delhi, with a restaurant car. Introduced on 1st June 1930, the Toofan Express was the most popular fast train between Calcutta and Delhi. It is now called the Udyan Abha Toofan Express, 13007/13008. Actually, there never was a train called Toofan Mail. Officially, it was always Toofan Express. It was the influence of Bollywood that reduced the Toofan Express to Toofan Mail.

Wadia Movietone produced “Toofan Mail” in 1932 and “Toofan Express” in 1938, the former being a silent film. In 1934, Ranjit Studios produced “Toofan Mail” under Jayant Desai’s direction. In 1935, a film by the name “The Return of the Toofan Mail”, directed by R S Choudhury, was released. Again in1942 and in 1955, two movies by the name “Return of the Toofan Mail” and “Toofan Mail” were released. The former had 10 songs and the music director was Gyan Dutt. Two songs of 1955 version (MD Nisar) are available on YT, but none of the songs are relevant to theme under discussion.

One song that would be relevant to this post is Kanan Devi’s song from the 1942 film Jawab, Toofan Mail, Duniya Yeh Duniya Toofan Mail.

Duniya ye duniya, tufaan mail by Kanan Devi, film Jawab (1942) , lyrics Pt.Madhur, music Kamal Dasgupta

koi kahan ka ticket kataata
ek aata hai ek hai jaata
koi kahan ka ticket kataata
ek aata hai ek hai jaata
sabhi musafir bichhad jayenge
sabhi musafir bichhad jayenge
pal bhar ka hai mel
tufaan mail
duniya ye duniya, tufaan mail

jo jitni punji hai rakhte
usi mutaabik safar vo karte
jo jitni punji hai rakhte
usi mutaabik safar vo karte
jeevan ka, jeevan ka hai bhed batati
jeevan ka hai bhed batati
gyani ko ye rail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQl82p4JZh0
165 N Venkataraman May 23, 2018 at 8:16 pm: Bhatiaji @159, 162
Three nice additions. I think Shailendra is the lyricist of the song Aawara Ae Mere Dil jaane kahan teri manzil.

Two song, not from the yore, but relatively recent.

Ye Zamin Hai Rahaguzar Tere Mere Vaaste by Roop Singh Rathod, film Dillagi (1999), lyrics Javed Akhtar, music Jatin-Lalit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyA2UcPpgW4

Rehaguzar, Tanha Tanha Hain Ye Safar, by Sukhwinder Singh, film Rehguzar (2006), lyrics Nusrat Badr, music Aadesh Shrivastav
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnxfzExVVM
166 mumbaikar8 May 23, 2018 at 8:37 pm: Venkataramanji,
good Rahguzar.songs. I will add one
Baithe ha rahguzar par apna diya Asha Bhosle_kafi Azmi_Babul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQYVk1QqjY
One humsafar Madna Mohan duet that sounds like Chitalkar’s
Ay humsafar bata de – Mohammad Rafi & Lata Mohar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m06SBfNRFQ8
167 N Venkataraman May 23, 2018 at 10:01 pm: Mumbaikarji @166
Two beautiful additions.
A few more Rahguzar songs
I found this while looking for songs on Kolkata.

Kehta Hai Ye Safar, Kehti Hai Rehgujar by Kumar Sanu, lyrics Javed Akhtar, music Jatin-Lalit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1C1FXeC1og

A wonderful rendition by Ghulam Ali
Phir Kisi Rahaguzar Par Shaayad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzJWC8oGkPg

This one I liked the most, Rahguzar gets a mention in the second stanza.
hai safar hamara naya naya kisi pal andhera jo ho gaya
kahi kho na jaaye yeh rahguzar mere paas aa, mere paas aa
hame saath chalna hai umr bhar mere paas aa, mere paas aa

Mere Humsafar Mere Humsafar Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam, film Refugee (2000), lyrics Javed Akhtar, music Anu Malik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh2Hm1fjlx8
168 AK May 23, 2018 at 10:32 pm: Venkataramanji @164, 165,
Many raah, musafir, manzil songs we don’t give much thought to apart from their tunes. After listening to the songs posted by you, I am impressed by the profound thoughts in those songs. Same goes for Toofan Mail, Duniya ye duniya. Your transcript of the lyrics makes a very interesting reading; it echoes all the thoughts I mentioned in the post.
169 SSW May 24, 2018 at 12:03 am: Mr.Venkatraman @163
“Oi je sobuj bono..” is a magnificent composition, and Madhuri has sung it amazingly. To pull of such a song is not easy, firstly the range is considerable and the notes are tricky. In the mukhda itself you notice how she has to bring her voice low in “tire oi banke”. And in the antara the notes move across a span of nearly two and a half octaves , when she sings ” taar prangane chroraye” at nearly the top of the register there are intricate movements from one note to the next. Do you hear the piano behind her voice during those pieces , it is a great accompaniment.? There are beautiful accordion runs in the song. As for the interludes and a smidgin of the melody it is inspired by the first movement of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony.
See here at 0:49, I found an old video of Bernstein conducting , he would have been 100 this year .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2VY33VXnrQ
170 ksbhatia May 24, 2018 at 12:31 am: Venkatraman ji ;

A very fine grip over the subject which has come to an interesting stage . Like AK , Myself too is swayed by your brief travelogue .

You remind me of many stunt films of the 30s, 40s and 50s . Off and on I look for such movies for the Art and production details like sets , music prevalent during those times and of course acting and stunts as well. In such films the trick photography is the main attraction and Basant Pictures production house were the one which were well aided by famous Mistry Brothers……Babu Bhai Mistry the trick phtographer . In earlier movies foreign specialised cinematographers from Germany were also sought after .

Your reference to locomotives reminds me of the famous stunts of Buster Keaton …..saving a child laid on the track , making himself sturdy right in front of the running engine , picking the child and taking him in his arms. Now this scene I remember to have seen in one of the stunt movie in my childhood . It could be Kaptain Sheroo, Captain Azaad or Captain Kishore . Just now I am remembring the stunts of the famous hunterwali…..Nadia …..an actress that made the name of Basant Movietones. ……running top the roof of train bogies fighting and jumping from one bogie to another.

Continuing for some more songs…..

72. Ek musafir ko duniya mein…..Rafi….Door Ki Awaaz….Ravi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNBUBNHqy1k

73.Bar bar meri gali aana….Geeta ….Sher E Baghdad….Jimmy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ukgvN0YZdw

74.Meri zindgi ke humsafar….Geeta…Shrimati 420…Jaan Nisaar Akhtar……OPN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmj55WlVk_w

…..to be contd.
171 N Venkataraman May 24, 2018 at 5:15 pm: AKji,

Canasyaji in a recent post had mentioned ‘By the time a post is a century old it tends to lose focus, with songs on related/adjacent themes, subthemes and bylanes.’ We may stray into bylanes, rest at places, par manzil tak pahuch ne ke liye maarg par aana zaroori hai.

Thanks for the appreciation. It is my humble opinion that unlike the post like Tasveer, where the emphasis was more or less on the particular word (extended to similar words), this post is theme based, with greater emphasis on the thought mentioned by you in the introductory write-up. And going through the lyrics is important and stimulating. Not totally familiar with many Urdu and Hindi words and the nuances of the language, (yet ) it is a pleasurable learning experience and repeated listening helps to understand the essence of the lyricist’s imagination and inspiration.

I should thank you for bringing up a lyricist oriented post. We should have more of such article and theme based posts, which will give some food for thought.

Having said that, just adhering strictly to the theme may not be possible and may make the discussion somewhat somber, some allowance should be acceptable. That brings variety to the discussion and a broader participation.

A couple of songs with Train travel as a metaphor of life…

Ye Duniya Ki Rail Musafir Chhak Chhak Chalti Jaye by Md.Rafi, film Sitaraa (1955), lyrics Shaqeel Badayuni, music Ghulam Mohammad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSQQqdYJ3I8

Yeh Duniya Rail Niraali by Md.Rafi, film Payal (1957), lyrics Rajinder Krishan, music Hemant Kumar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UonWC1fOzB4
172 N Venkataraman May 24, 2018 at 5:19 pm: Bhatiaji,
Well said. True, the discussion has come to an interesting stage and your contribution is by no means insignificant, and adds value to the blog. It is the contribution of the blog members that takes us through this journey called SoY. Here is songs from Hum Panchi Ek Daal ki.

Nandu get the permission of his headmaster to travels with his schoolmates and take the school bus on an excursion, during the vacation, to Sitapur dam and on the way to do some Shramdhaan. Here is a song from that sequence.

Ek Se Bhale Do Do Se Bhale Chaar, Manjil Apni Dur Rasta Karna Paar by Asha Bhosle, film Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke (1957), lyrics Pyarelal Santoshi, music N Dutta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=n4mz3QKUx1c

This one from a late vintage film, hope this fits the bill.

Kinare Kinare Chale Jayenge by Suraiya, film Vidya (1948), lyrics Yashodanandan Joshi, music S D Burman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFOBHluDo1I

Another train song

Ek Matwala Aaj Chala Apni Manzil Ko by Md. Rafi, film Aap ki Parchhaiyan (1964), lyrics Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, music Madan Mohan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=-dO6DtJCTTI
173 N Venkataraman May 24, 2018 at 6:03 pm: SSW @169
Yes, I cannot agree more. Outstanding rendition and splendid composition. You did not disappoint me. You were not expected to. Your technical embellishments add to my listening pleasure. Thanks too for the link to Leonard Bernstein’s video. My late night yesterday ended listening to piece.

I am posting another composition of Salil Choudhury, which I suppose will go with theme.

In late 80s or early 90s Salil choudhury asked Yoesh Goud, his old comrade, to translate in Hindi some of his early creations. The songs were rendered by Salil’s own team and recorded and telecast by the Doordarshan. The original Bengali song ‘O Alor Patho Jatri E Je Ratri Ekhane Themo Na’ was written and composed by Salil Choudhury in 1949. I am certain that you will be aware of the details; hence I am not going further into it.

Chalo Bhor ke Rahi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKzZ6roccq8

Thanks once again
174 ksbhatia May 24, 2018 at 11:44 pm: Ak ji ;

The journey so far has been good ……not tired but taking break after posting one of my fav. song …..milte hi nazar aap mere dil mein aa gaaye [ ….dil ke kehne pe badte gaaye yeh kadam, kya khabar dagar bhool jaayenge hum ….] from 1956 movie New Delhi. Simple romantic song penned by Shailendra and musical melody over waltz interlude by Shankar Jaikishan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze7w1wOyI4w
175 AK May 25, 2018 at 8:54 am: KS Bhatiaji,
Just as we desire that the journey should go on forever, the journey along this post has become unending. Thanks a lot for adding this delightful song.
176 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty May 26, 2018 at 7:15 pm: N Venkatraman ji,
I am sitting upon several good songs perfectly fitting the theme. But your mentioning of the old Comrades Salil da and Yogesh Gaud set me thinking out of the box because I was able to recall half a dozen songs from this combination.
The land of Comrades other than Salil da’s West Bengal and Tripura,of course,is my neighbouring state , God’s own country. The only Communist ruled state of India today.
Salil da’s entry into South Indian movies was with the 1965 Malayalam movie CHEMMEEN( Malayalam for prawns) , about the life and love of a fisherman folk based on Thakazhi ShivaShankar Pillai’s novel of the same name. ( He later went on to win the nation’s highest literary award, the Jnanapeetha,for his seminal work Kayar(in the year 1980).
CHEMMEEN,1965,won the Best film ( President’s Gold Medal) award. At Cannes film festival,it won the best cinematography award and at the Chicago international film festival, a certificate of merit.
The songs from the movie are evergreen and are loved by the Gen X people,too, especially the Jesudas number Kadalinakkara… and, the Manna da beauty,Manasa maine…
Now,at last (!), the relavance for us… The movie was dubbed into Hindi ,1990, CHEMMEEN LAHAREN,and,Salil da used the original tunes with new voices. Lyrics… Yogesh. The film , based on the fishermen, the moving boats,the movement of the sea waves… should have a connection to our theme, right?
The only puzzle for me is why Jesudas and Manna da, who were singing for Salil da then ,and later,too, were not used! One more ‘ if only..!’
CHEMMEEN… https://youtu.be/ Qv5p8OwwbYE

CHEMMEEN LAHAREN… https://youtu.be/ 91GviqRBksc
https://youtu.be/ OjGTVCSTewU

Mind you, the latter hold no candle to the original beauties!
I shall present several Salil Chowdhury_ Yogesh_ Travel songs tomorrow.
Happy sailing on the musical waves and may your Sahil lead you all safely to your Manzil!
177 N Venkataraman May 27, 2018 at 9:07 pm: Dr.Shettyji,
Glad to know that you too are an admirer of Salil Choudhury. For that matter who is not? Thanks for the Chemmeen songs. BTW, our own SSW wrote an excellent article on Salil Choudhury way back in 2014 – The Revolutionary Music Genius: Salil Chaudhary. I suggest you should go through that post.
178 Ashwin Bhandarkar May 28, 2018 at 12:15 am: Totally missed this post for some reason.

Here’s an Anilda-Lata-Prem Dhawan classic, which has 2 versions, both of which can be found in the link:

‘Ik pal ruk jaana’ from ‘Raahi’ (1953)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8RGxWBYTU
179 Ashwin Bhandarkar May 28, 2018 at 12:40 am: While it is the norm for the naayikas in khayal bandishes to implore clouds, crows and coyals (pardon the unconventional spelling and the resultant deliberate alliteration) to take messages to their lovers, it does occur to the occasional pragmatic naayika to hand this responsibility over to itinerant ‘pathiks’, as in these two examples:

1. In the well-known Gaud Sarang drut khayal, ‘Piyu pal na laagi mori akhiyaan’, the antara begins with ‘Veer pathikwa le ja sandeswa’. Here is a rendition (it begins at 0.44 with the antara beginning at 3:06) by Ulhas Kashalkar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zE4RmdtMAE

2. Fast forward to 17:26 to listen to ‘Le ja re ja re pathikwa, itna sandeswa piya ko’, a drut bandish in Raga Bihag composed by C.R.Vyas, rendered by Veena Sahasrabuddhe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6DlmUaxnhQ

BTW, isn’t it intriguing that the English ‘path’ and the Sanskrit/Hindi ‘path’ mean the same thing?
180 Ashwin Bhandarkar May 28, 2018 at 12:50 am: It is well known that Pt.Kumar Gandharva created what he called ‘dhun ugam’ ragas from folk tunes. One of them was ‘Raahi’. Here is a recording of Kumarji himself rendering this raga:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5d56H1HEyI
181 SSW May 28, 2018 at 7:55 pm: Ashwin @179, the origin of path could come from Proto-Indo-European, the Avestan word to tread or way is “panta” is related to “panthah” or way in Sanskrit and “pent” in old German. The Gaud Sarang by Pt.Ulhas is lovely.
182 AK May 29, 2018 at 12:23 am: Ashwin,
Welcome back. With so many pathik songs, I thought you would be posting Tulsidas bhajan Kahan ke pathik sung by the one and only DV Paluskar.
183 ksbhatia May 29, 2018 at 11:54 pm: Venkatraman ji ;

My salute to you for your unending rare vintage songs . I had to take pause listening to the various songs and was swayed away enjoying each one of its content and beauty . To put a few steps more from gullies to highways , some more additions from myside….

76. Aye mere majnu meri galiyoan mein aana chhod de…..Shamshad, Durrani…..Naqab Posh[1956]…..Dhumi Khan [MD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVjQ9x9kqo

77. Kahan teri manzil kahan hai thikaana…Rafi…Nayi Rahen…N Dutta/ Ravi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhsqydQRNnM&t=85s

78 . Gaye chala ja ek din tera bhi zamana aaye ga…..Shamshad , Durrani ……Roshan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM7cDTFxlnc

The last song says it all . We are on an unending journey with limits extending to infinity……..
184 ksbhatia May 30, 2018 at 12:28 am: …..in continuation….

79. Hamari gali aana, achha ji……Talat, Asha….Mem Sahib….MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtO81QhjJ30&t=77s

80. Mhaari gali me aa jaao…. Shamshad…Namoona ….CR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EBNEkxX3KU

to be contd….
185 arvind May 30, 2018 at 11:16 am: apni kahani chhod ja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-AWCj9Chc
mannadey /do bigha zameen/1953/salil choudhury/shailendra.
186 N Venkataraman May 30, 2018 at 1:18 pm: Ashwinji @ 178, 179 & 180
Thanks for the classical embellishments.

Akji,
Kahan ke pathik, a welcome addition.

Bhatiaji,
‘We are on an unending journey with limits extending to infinity……..’
Well said. Thanks for the nice words and the add-ons.
BTW when is your ‘Safar’ to US, or have you already reached your ‘Manzil’?

Arvindji
I thought this song was already posted. Thanks for posting it.
187 N Venkataraman May 30, 2018 at 1:24 pm: And the journey continues………Majhi Meri Qismat Ke Ji Chaahe Jahan Le Chal

tu hi mere dil ki manzil tu hi meraa hamsafar
zindagi se badhke mujhko teri ek mithi nazar
teri ek mithi nazar
teri aankho me rahun mai tu mere dil me rahe
zindagi bhar pyaar ki yah naav aise hi bahe
maajhi meri kismat ke jee chaahe jahan le chal

Majhi Meri Qismat Ke Ji Chaahe Jahan Le Chal by Lata Mangeshkar, film Hum Hindustani (1961), lyrics Rajinder Kishan, music Usha Khanna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_nHtNFe6XY
188 N Venkataraman May 30, 2018 at 1:30 pm: Jis Path Pe Chala Uss Path Pe Mujhe by Lata Mangeshkar, film Yaadgaar (1970), lyrics Indeevar, music Kalyanji-Anadji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXLakFgg5OY&feature=player_embedded
189 AK May 30, 2018 at 1:31 pm: KS Bhatiaji,
#78 is a quintessential song of happy journey. #77 was new for me. Thanks for posting it.

Arvind,
Apni kahani chhod ja is an all-time great song. Thanks a lot.
190 mumbaikar8 May 30, 2018 at 6:20 pm: Bhatiaji@183
An appropriate sher
मंज़िल मिलें न मिलें मुझे इसका ग़म नहीं
मंज़िल की जुस्तजू में मेरा कारवां तो हैं
191 ksbhatia May 31, 2018 at 12:02 am: Ms. Mumbaikar 8;

Yes your sher fits the theme and the never ending journey .

AK ji ;

The song ….Gaye chala ja….was fav. of our family . See how the songs of the 50s and 60s motivated even panthi to remain in happy note even difficult times .

Now two songs from Son of India with sub theme …manzil

81. Zindgi aaj mere naam se ….Rafi….Shakeel….Naushad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pZA2b1mMSc

82. Chal deye de ke gham……Lata….Shakeel….Naushad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRn2P2R1fS0
192 N Venkataraman May 31, 2018 at 4:01 pm: Bhatiaji,
Hearing the songs of Son of India after a long time. The film was a box office flop. But the songs were good. Thanks for the post.

Another week to go for the completion of the 8th year of SoY. A new year, yet another new journey; or the old journey, continued with a new vigour? Till then this journey continues, we can revisit small towns & metros, go around the world, indulge in some parodies, we can listen to the songs of the mortal stars, mesmerize ourselves with Talat or Bulo C rani…… so many options. You or on 82, another 18 to go to touch another personal milestone. Let us celebrate the last week of SoY’s 8th year with aplomb.

Geet Gaataa Chal O Saathi Gungunaataa Chal by Jaspal Singh, film Geet Gaata Chal (1975), lyrics & music Ravindra Jain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=w-OIilgyibQ
193 ksbhatia May 31, 2018 at 10:53 pm: Venkatraman ji;

Last one year was really a year of good monsoon of songs and over and above we shared our youthful time spend vis a vis the year on which the 78 rpm vinyl records were made. In fact each song brings back the happy time we spend during that period .

Here is one for the happy time

83. Nazneen bada rangeen hai wada tera…..Rafi, Asha…Phir wohi dil laya hun…..Majrooh….OPN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9C25xu0kZ4

84. Dil ki tammana thi masti mein….Rafi, Asha….Gyarah hazar ladkiyan….Majrooh ……N. Dutta ……Happy and Sad version together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jAEfxe9hyU
194 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 1, 2018 at 12:07 pm: SWAMI VIVEKANANDA,1955,R C Boral.
1. Pathik akela badtha jaa tu….
Koi raah naye bathlayega… Hemant Kumar,
https://youtu.be/ XowG798

2. Man chalo nija Niketan…. Talat Mahmood,Shankar Sen( Hindi translation of Bengali original lyrics.
https://youtu.be/_B66bpkB798.
195 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 1, 2018 at 12:28 pm: Mon cholo nijo Niketane is a Bengali devotional song written by Brahmo Samaji Ajyodyanath Pakrashi.
In 1881, when Narendranath Datta (birth name of Swami Vivekananda) met Shree Ramakrishna Paramahansa for the first time at Surendranath Mitra’s Kolkata residence,he sang this along with other songs. Swami Vivekananda continued to sing this on several occasions even later, and this was one of his favourite songs.
O my mind,let us return to our original abode….

The song is sung by almost every noted Bengali singers and some others as well.
It features in
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA,1998,The award winning G V Aiyyar movie ( Salil Chowdhury) that fetched National award for Mithun Chakraborty’s portrayal of Shr
ee Ramakrishna Paramahansa.

THE LIGHT,SWAMI VIVEKANANDA,2013( Nachiketa & Dr Varma).
196 mumbaikar8 June 1, 2018 at 3:05 pm: AK,
Gulzar on( Jeene ki “rahen”, kismet and irade), his latest.
Not on you tube yet.
https://www.saavn.com/s/song/hindi/Raazi/Raazi/Cj9bV0FdW3I
197 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 1, 2018 at 4:40 pm: Mumbaikar ji,
Nice song. Gulzar writing for daughter Meghana…. her third film after FILHAAL and TALWAR.
That makes me mention JEENE KI RAAH.
1. Ek Banjara gaaye…
….hum sab jeenewalon ko Jeene Ki Raah bataye.
2. Chanda ko doondne sabhi taaren nikal pade… galiyon mein woh…
….
Phoolon ke badle kanton pe chalna pade unhe.
(My second favourite tear jerker songs of the childhood!… first being…Aaj kal mein dal gaya….BETI BETE… Also has..kaun aayega idhar,kis ki raah dekhe hum…..)
3.Aa meri humjoli aa…
….Baagon mein baharon mein,
Galiyon mein,chaubaron mein….
4. Aane se uski aayee bahaar…
….maujon ki rawaani hai!
Of course,I would consider only 1 and 2 as relavant.
198 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 1, 2018 at 9:40 pm: Yesterday, visited my wife’s ancestral home in Kumble Kasaragod district of Kerala for a religious ceremony. Visited after a long time. My wife’s forefathers were zamindars and minor Royalty. The palanquin there is in a fairly good condition and occupies the same position on a wall in the courtyard of the haveli. Immediately brought to my mind the BALIKA BADHU song…
Doli mein sawaar Sajni ka pyaar…..RDB,
Anand Bakshi ,RDB.
There are hundreds of doli songs and quite a few of them relavant to our theme. Still,I had to remember this!
https://youtu.be/ C4FjjQsAbll

Then I remembered
Jagat Musafirkhana laga hai aana jaana..
The Bhupinder version in the film,as well as the longer Anand Bakshi version. Why was it recorded?!?
https://youtu.be/ pMr_R4gly5w
https://youtu.be/ xdTkVmGDbel

When I went to YouTube for watching the latter,it prompted me to watch
Jisko tune ghar samja Ye duniya Musafirkhana hai….
SURANG,1953, Manna Dey, Sulochana Kadam,Shevan Rizvi, ShivaRam.
https://youtu.be/ vbcxJhqRa1U
199 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 1, 2018 at 9:46 pm: The above mentioned palanquin was last used by my late mother in law’s elder sister… for her marriage in the year 1946, and her subsequent visits to the Maike, for deliveries etc,till 1957. Since her two younger sisters were much junior to her and got married much later ( 1958& 60), and the times were a changing,they never experienced the Doli ki sawaari!
200 ksbhatia June 1, 2018 at 11:35 pm: In continuation of songs @193 , here are some more . Excuse me if they are repeat ones .

85. Main hun jhoomru…..Kishore….Jhoomroo….KK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYV7wRovPhY

86. Insaf ki dagr pe….Hemant….Ganga Jamuna….Naushad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUoUULuWNM

87. Jeevan ke do raahe pe khade ….Lata….Chhoti si Mulakat….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsILKtw-Ex8

This song is amongst my fav.songs . The movie was produced by Uttam Kumar , though did not did well on box office ; but for a serious audience it was good. Vyajgentimala gave excellent performance and so also Shankar Jaikishan .
201 N Venkataraman June 1, 2018 at 11:50 pm: Dr.Pradeep Kr.Shettyji,
@194 & 195
Thanks for reviving the memories and the songs of Swami Vivekananda.

Ajyodyanath Pakrashi was the assistant and disciple of Debendranath Thakur (father of Rabindranath Thakur). He passed away in the year 1874.
Before meeting Ramakrishna Pramahamsa (Gadadhar Chatterjee) , Narendranth associated himself with Brahmo Samaj when he was studying in Scottish Church College 1881-84. Brahmo Samaj was an a religious organization of that time. He often attended the meetings of Brahmo Samaj. His initial beliefs were shaped by Brahmo concepts.
202 N Venkataraman June 2, 2018 at 12:12 am: Bhatiaji,
Nazneen bada rangeen hai wada tera, even after 55 years an evergreen melody. Dil ki tammana thi masti mein, another wonderful duet. Makes you feel young and to relive those lovely days!
Kaun Disha Mein Leke Chala Re Batohiya by Hemlata, Jaspal Singh, film Nadiya Ke paar(1982), lyrics & music Ravindra Jain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=65&v=x3iVHlSoJAs
203 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 2, 2018 at 12:54 am: SSW @ 181 – Thanks for throwing light on the etymology of ‘path’. Am glad that you enjoyed Ulhasji’s Gaud Sarang.

AK @ 182 – Quite frankly, I had never listened to ‘Kahaan ke pathik’ before. Thanks a lot for introducing me to it.

And here’s one more HCM composition on ‘pathikwa’ – ‘Aa ja ra aa ja pathikwa’, a drut cheez in Raga Madhukauns, rendered by Vasantrao Deshpande:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9ltBRwVZEA
204 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 2, 2018 at 1:17 am: Can’t believe that ‘Is mod se jaate hain’ from ‘Aandhi’ has not been listed so far . It has multiple mentions of ‘raah’ as well as a mention of ‘raste’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STOM6NZfcrs

And here is Nitin Mukesh singing ‘So gayi saari manzilein, so gaya hai rasta’ for Chunky Pandey, with Alka Yagnik and Shabbir Kumar lending their voices to Madhuri Dixit and Anil Kapoor respectively, in ‘Tezaab’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4FmY6tuCcs
205 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 2, 2018 at 1:37 am: Here is one of my favourite Lata songs; the first antara starts with ‘Jis raah se tum aane ko the’:

‘Yeh shaam ki tanhaaiyaan’ (Shailendra/SJ/Lata) from ‘Aah’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2jsjAiXbZ8
206 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 2, 2018 at 9:08 am: Another of my favourite Lata songs:

‘Chanda re ja re ja re’ from ‘Ziddi’ (Prem Dhawan/Khemchand Prakash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-7NJ1lWZAE

The 2nd antara has the line ‘hamne tori raah mein preetam pag pag pe hain nain bicchaye’.
207 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 2, 2018 at 6:28 pm: The last antara ‘Kaare badara tu na jaa na jaa’ (Shailendra/SJ/Lata) from ‘Shikast’ goes thus:

‘Chauraste pe jaise musaafir
Path poocche ghabraaye
Kaun des, kis or jaaoon main
Man mera samajh na paaye’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CiCRA-xbOc
208 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 2, 2018 at 6:33 pm: The celebrated ‘Five Hundred Miles’ sung here by Peter, Paul & Mary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADN1lLEp3H0

Per Wikipedia, ‘the simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveller who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return.’

The tune was copied for ‘jab koi baat bigad jaaye’.
209 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 2, 2018 at 6:39 pm: Bob Dylan’s iconic ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’, rendered here by Peter, Paul & Mary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld6fAO4idaI

It starts with
‘How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man?’
210 mumbaikar8 June 2, 2018 at 6:51 pm: Ashwin,
After reading so many meaningful antaras , I recollect an antara by Shailendra from a song posted by Bhatiaji from Pooja चल चल ररे मुसाफिर चल तू उस दुनिया में चल
so relevant
मस्ती भरी हवाएं जिस गलि से जाए फूल खिलाए
यह मदहोश निगाहें जिसपे टिक जाए अपना बनाए
जहाँ प्यार का रास्ता कोई न रोकें कोई ने कहें संभल
चल चल रे मुसाफिर चल तू उस दुनिया में चल
211 AK June 2, 2018 at 7:25 pm: Dr Shetty @194, Venkataramanji @201,
Mono cholo nije niketan – The video link of Hindi song by Talat is not available on the YT. But thanks a lot for all the interesting information. I heard some Bengali versions. Some renderings in Raga Desh were excellent.

Mumbaikar8 @ 196,
Thanks a lot for sharing the Raazi song. Other songs of the film, such as Dilbaro also seems to have the theme of journey. Of course, in this film the journey is on two different levels.

Ashwin @203 to 209,
Thanks a lot for these beautiful additions. It is good to go back to the Aandhi song. The two protagonists have come to another fork in their life’s journey.
212 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 2, 2018 at 7:34 pm: Door des ka rehanewala aaya,aaya des paraye….JAWAB,1942, Kanan Devi,Asit Bharan, Bekal,Kamal Dasgupta.
https://youtu.be/ ddb7Bpah3Sg.
213 N Venkataraman June 2, 2018 at 8:39 pm: Akji, Dr.Shettyji

This link should work.

Man Chalo Nij Niketan Me, Talat Mahmood, film Swami Vivekanand(1955)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=95&v=ouGWJyyNBaU
214 ksbhatia June 2, 2018 at 10:33 pm: Rangan ji, venkatraman ji , Dr. Shetty ji , Ak ji , Jignesh & . Ms.Mumbaikar ;

I have still some more songs on gallies and roads but before that a rail engine drive for all of you to enjoy this rare song from a 1951 movie….Ustad Pedro . I have not seen the movie but its name indicate it to be a stunt movie. Another movie with the same name came up in 1971 too.

88. Dil ka yeh engine….Lata, Chitalkar……Ustad Pedro….C.Ramchandra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzCHVeMJDuU

Over to galiyan songs …..Both the songs are amongst fav.songs of mine….rather treasure !

89. Sajan ki galiyaan chhod chhale….Lata….Bazaar ….Shyam Sunder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wS4mCsXKg0

90. Chori chori meri gali aana hai bura…Lata….Jaal….SDB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6rwcCUlmDs

More to follow later on .
215 ksbhatia June 2, 2018 at 11:14 pm: Ashwin Bhandarkar ji @209;

Thanks for the iconic Bob Dylan’s song . Such songs do come up in every era….a sort of a beautiful reminder of the good old past. Yes; In my career I have designed many Bridges over the spillway gates of large dams , the rigid & flexible roads ; but myself being the lover of country side , the walk and drive I enjoy the most is thru country roads. Its not just one enjoy the nature and beautiful landscapes….its the chirping of birds that adds to the music behind the scenes.

A fav. song from my side ….

Country Roads take me home…..by John Denver

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeUdJky9rY

This song I have kept in my heart . I have spent about three months in one of the best locations in colorado ….as trainee at USGS under US Aid prog. ….Denver, Golden, Aspen, Colorado Springs , continental divide of rocky mountains , garden of the gods , grand canyon ….etc. Though many visuals entertain you on YT. but the scenic and rustic beauty is different thru eyes . It is as good as looking of beautiful eyes of others !
216 ksbhatia June 3, 2018 at 12:09 am: in continuation some more songs on this theme…..

91. Door kahin tu chal…Rafi, Lata….Bedard Zamana Kya Jaane….KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_mK4Tk1mvo

92.Aplam Chaplam….Lata, Usha….Azaad….CR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNGnSJdFihQ

93.Ooi Maa Ooi Maa yeh kya hogaya…Lata…Parasmani….LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G94RcpKw6wk

94. Jahan mein jaati hun …..[ chhod do aana jaan dil ki dagar se] …..Lata, Manna dey…..Chori chori….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJYXbjefCs

95. Hai unki woh nigahen dil dekhe unki rahen…Asha…Aakhri Dao..MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTTg2bTUUJo

96. Manzil ki taraf apni….Talat….Lakhoan mein ek…Bhola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7HZL2J85CI

trying for more…..
217 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 3, 2018 at 7:50 am: ‘Gali gali mein kiya hai badnaam’ from ‘Hanste Zakhm'(Kaifi Azmi/Madan Mohan/Asha)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb60kO419yU

The song is reminiscent of that other iconic MM-Asha song: ‘Jhumka gira re’
218 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 3, 2018 at 7:59 am: The Khamaj thumri ‘Kaun gali gayo shyaam’, rendered here by Prabha Atre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN044JlAM-g

The same thumri but cast in Pahadi this time, and in the voice of Parveen Sultana from ‘Pakeezah’. The song was introduced by Naushad after he took over as Music Director following the death of Ghulam Mohammad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro6fLVg8p3M
219 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 3, 2018 at 8:16 am: The antara of the drut bandish ‘Aaj bajaaye kaanha baansuri’ in Yaman (it starts at 21:29), rendered here by Gangubai Hangal and Krishna Hangal, is ‘Brindaavan ki kunj galiyan mein’ :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaJeupmwBJQ
220 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 3, 2018 at 8:26 am: The song ‘Ketaki gulaab juhi’ from ‘Basant Bahaar’ drew its inspiration from the cheez ‘Gali gali aendi tori’ in Raga Basant, which starts at 23:27 of this recording of a Bhimsen Joshi performance at the Dover Lane Music performance in Calcutta in 1990:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8MGl2FqYk

BTW, I was present at this concert 🙂
221 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 3, 2018 at 11:59 am: ‘I have often walked on this street before’ from the Hollywood version of ‘My Fair Lady’, sung by Bill Shirley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeybnI6OJMQ
222 arvind June 3, 2018 at 12:50 pm: EK shab ke musafir hain ham to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeJE0zQwr3A
Mahesh/maikhana/1966/kidar sharma/bhushan(m.d.)
223 arvind June 3, 2018 at 1:33 pm: carvan guzra kiye hum rehguzar dekha kiye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EePB0cHrs2s
asha bhosle/jaidev/faani badayuni.
224 N Venkataraman June 3, 2018 at 1:41 pm: Jeevan Ki Gaadi Chalti Hai by Lata Mangeshkar & Talat Mahmood, film Do Dulhe (1955), lyrics Pt.Indra, music B S Kalla
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=DjCfLCasqog
225 N Venkataraman June 3, 2018 at 2:02 pm: A perfect family holiday song from Hum Saath Saath Hain.

After Vivek (Monish Behl) & Sadhna’s (Tabu) wedding,Vivek plans for a outing , Vivek suggests that everyone should come and it is a holiday and not a honeymoon. Everyone reluctantly agrees and gets ready to go to Rampur as per Sadhna’s wish. Vinod (Saif Ali Khan), who is deeply in love with Sapna (Karishma Kapoor), is excited to meet her and confess his love. They reach the mansion in Rampur.

A B C D E F G H, I Love You by Udit Narayan,Shankar Mahadevan, Saif Ali Khan, Hema Sardesai & Hariharan, film Hum Saath Saath Hain (1999), lyrics Mitali Shashank, music Ram-Lakshman

chhuttiyo ke ye din hai suhaane
saathi tera yu saath rahe
bachcho ke sang bachche phir ban jaaye
mauj me jhume zara masti kare
banake baadal haay, banake panchhi haay haay

apne gaav ki galiyo me chale ham
bachapan ki yaado me khoya hai man
baahe thaame tin bhaaiyo ki
thumakegi phir se unaki bahan
saavan ke jhulo se haay, baabul ke aagan me haay haay

thandi thandi ye havaaye hamko
chupake chupake kya kehati suno
manzil hai karib ab hamaare
bole ghataaye khushiya chuno
nazare chura ke dil me, chhupa ke sapne buno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=ninsb8n8cRE
226 ksbhatia June 4, 2018 at 12:22 am: N. Venkatraman ji;

Going on and not going back . Picking up threads and tying knots ; not to let them loose . Winding it back on to a spool ……and here are the charms of some great oldies .

97. Ae humsafar bata de manzil teri kidhar hai….Lata, Rafi….Mohar…MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq8I2DiFFu8

98. Jhoom jhoom ke do diwane….Rafi, Lakshmi…Mastana….MM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50xuq0B1zBs

99. Meine chand aur sitaroan ki tamana ki thi….Rafi…Chandrakanta…N.Dutta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdt2rIJiUCI

100. Bedardi balma tujh ko mera man yaad karta hai….Lata….Arzoo….Hasrat , …SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAoLbRDtts

……and the show must go on …..will come back with not so knotty but melodious songs.
227 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 4, 2018 at 4:01 am: Post Golden Era and post 80s, there were seldom any movie scores which made me say WOW! Some of those…
1942 A LOVE STORY, LEKIN,RUDAALI,ROJA( actually, the original Tamil album, and,to a lesser extent, the Hindi version), BORDER,RANG DE BASANTI,JAB WE MET…
So,I will post some songs from these.
228 N Venkataraman June 4, 2018 at 3:56 pm: Bhatiaji,
Congratulations for posting a century of songs.
I would be back re-energized to begin a new journey.

A Ghazal by Ghulam Ali

Musafir Chalte Chalte Thak Gayaa Hai
Safar jaane abhi kitna pada hai….
Musafir chalte chalte thak gayaa hai…
Safar jaane abhi kitna pada hai….
Musafir chalte chalte thak gayaa hai…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boz6WamL29I
229 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 4, 2018 at 5:32 pm: Another thaka hua Musafir..a good song.
Main thak gaya hoon,
Mujhe sone do….
MUSAFIR,1984, Kishore Kumar,RDB, Gulzar ,RDB.
https://youtu.be/ _LorUTcW9Zo
230 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 4, 2018 at 7:42 pm: Kalpana Lazmi, Bhupen Hazarika project RUDAALI,1993, based on Mahashweta Devi’s short story on the professional mourners of Rajasthan was a beautiful movie earning the National award for best actress, very deservingly, for Dimple Kapadia ( also best art director_ Samir Chanda and best costume designer_ Simple Kapadia.)
On the first hearing itself, the music made me exclaim’ WOW!’ Gulzar, Bhupen Hazarika have created magic!
The jewel in the crown, the rare gem, three versions….Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Bhupen Hazarika… everyone unique in it’s own way.
Samay o dheere chalo,
Bhuj gayi raahon se chaaon,
Door hai, door hai,Pee ka gaaon,
Dheere chalo….
( I know only Tu is tarah se meri zindagi mein shamil ho as another example of a triple song. Any others?)

Jhooti mooti mitwa aavan bole,
Bhadon bole kabhi sawan bole…. Lata.
…. curiously meaningful lyrics… Vintage Gulzar…
O mori Chandrama teri Chandni ang jalaaye,
Teri oonchi atari,maine pankh liye khatwaye( will translate roughly..
O Moon, you are perched high above,
Can’t reach you since I have had my wings cut…. I could decipher this only after repeated hearings. It was played ad nauseum (!) on my car stereo for weeks after it’s launch!)

Maula o maula… Bhupen Hazarika.
….
Gol hai gol hai raasthe ke pahiye.

I know I am going overboard,but it’s one of my favourite albums, and, Bhupen da’s best Hindi album in my opinion.
231 ksbhatia June 5, 2018 at 12:27 am: Venkatraman ji @228.

Thanks for your encouraging words that keeps me going . Heard Ghulam Ali’s Ghazal after a long time and enjoyed its beautiful lyrics .

Some more songs to care for any duplicates …..

101. Andhe jahan ke andhe raaste….Talat…Daag…Shailendra….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QKUWk6anI

102. Hume un rahoan pe chalna hai….Subir sen, Aarti…Masoom…R.B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSxhHGmMjLY

103. Yeh hansta hua karwan…..Hemant, Asha….Ek Jhalak…HK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5PMSzXchVo

a few more but later on.
232 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 5, 2018 at 3:44 am: CARAVAN,1971, Majrooh Sultanpuri
,RDB.

Hum toh hain raahi dil ke,
Pahunchenge rukhte chalte,
Manzil hai kisko pyari ho…. Kishore Kumar.

Arey ho, Goriya kahan tera des re…Rafi ,Asha Bhonsle.
233 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 5, 2018 at 3:57 am: Jalti hai duniya jalti rahe,
Sau sau rang badalti rahe,
Pyar ki gaadi chalte rahe, …..
…..
Dil ke tickate,Roop ka dabba,
Pyar ka engine,haaye Rabba,
…..
Haath family malte rahe,
Koila banke jalte rahe….

Some dhunvaadhaar lyrics, wouldn’t you say? The haath malte family burn like coal!.. needed to run the locomotive!

Mukhesh,Usha Khanna, Qamar Jalalabadi, Kalyanji Anandji.
JOHAR MEHMOOD IN HONG KONG
234 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 5, 2018 at 6:00 am: Ustad Rashid Khan with Usha Uthup? Yes! And,a good song,too!
Listen to the title song of the movie CITY LIGHTS,2014.
Rashmi Singh,Jeet Ganguly.
Bhage bhage bhage manwa…
…..
Yahan hai andhera, ujala,
Ye hai ek makdi ka jaala,
Raftaar se lad raha Caravan….

How many Hindi songs will have the word Makdee in them? Not a handful,I am sure!
Vishal Bhardwaj’s MAKDEE… with Shabana Azmi as a pugnacious witch…did it have one?!?
235 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 5, 2018 at 6:16 am: Oh! Of course the title song!
Makdee ke ghar mein koi nahin jaaye…!
You should listen to the other songs to believe what wonders the Gulzar ,Vishal Bhardwaj combination can create! Gulzar ,RDB…a terrific Jodi,yes! But the times allowed them to experiment only to a certain extent. On reading the lyrics of the lovely IZAAJAT number Mera kuchh saamaan tumhare paas pada hai…RDB quipped, ” Next you will ask me to set a time for the headlines of Times Of India!” But listen to the kasai Naseer bhai singing to the chicken on the slaughter table…..
Ushtare se naai,chaku se kasai
Kaate na toh kya karega bhai?
…He even goes lyrical about the beauty of the murgi and how she is well groomed without applying oil to her colourful hairs! Whacky, you say? Yes, and joyful!
236 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 5, 2018 at 6:48 am: One thing leads to another and the journey continues….!
IJAAZAT,1987.
Asha Bhonsle and Gulzar… National awards….Mera Kuch saamaan. For Gulzar, Filmfare award,too.
How I like the songs of the movie…all 4 of them,all Asha solos.
The movie unfolding at a waiting room of a railway station on a rainy night… journey of love, betrayal, separation, moving on… journey of life itself!

1. Choti si kahani se,
Baarishon ke paani se,
Saari vaadi bhar gayi
….

Dil mein gile bhi the,
Pehle mile bhi the,
Milke paraye the,
Do humsaye the….

2. Katra Katra milti hai,
Katra Katra jeene do,
Zindagi hai,…behne do,
Pyasi hoon main pyasi rehne do…na.
…..
Halki halki kohre ki dhunwen mein,.
Shayad aasmaan tak as gayi hoon,
…..
O dekho kahan tak as gayi hoon….

Time to go! Morning rounds… the patients you meet are travellers on varied paths, seldom smooth ones, usually bumpy, arduous, difficult terrains… sadly,many a traveller unable to reach his destination! But, however much the obstacles on their paths,a good doctor tries hard to make them believe the destination is reachable, and goads them along… always being their Humsafar,till the very end,be it a happy one or a tragedy!
So long mere Humsafars! Did I get too philosophical? Bear with me,as you all do, always…. throughout my short journey on the blog.
237 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 5, 2018 at 5:11 pm: A traveller who doesn’t want to reach his destination!
Tera dil kya kehata hai? Mera dil toh ye kehata hai,
Yun hi raasthe pe chalte jaaye hum,
Aur manzil kabhi bhi na aaye…..
AASHIQ HOON BAHARON KA,1977, Kishore Kumar,Anand Bakshi ,LP.
238 ksbhatia June 5, 2018 at 11:10 pm: In continuation of songs at 231 , a few more from radio days and some rare unheard before.

104. Gar heh zameen nahin mera aasman to hai [ manzil ki justju mein mera carwan to hai…]….MK…Hamare gham se mat khelo….Jaidev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ3MWvWThn0

105. Chal chala chal aye musafir….Rafi, Manna dey….Arabian Nights….Lala Sattar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dQBT46vjrE

106 Chala hai pyar ka rahi….Lata….26th january [ 1956 movie]..CR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddPJbnTs4H8
239 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 6, 2018 at 5:51 am: Jaata hoon main, mujhe ab na bulana,
Meri yaad mein na aansoo bahana,
Mera hai kya,koi manzil na koi thikana…
DAADI MAA,1966,Rafi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Roshan.
240 AK June 6, 2018 at 8:28 am: Dr Shetty and KS Bhatiaji,
Thanks for making this journey endless. Dr Shetty, you remind of a doctor in Patna who was respected as a professional, and was a great patron and expert of classical music. He played tabla at important concerts. But I have to repeat a request. It would be helpful if you could give YT links of unfamiliar songs.
241 ksbhatia June 6, 2018 at 11:25 pm: AK ji ;

I am in process of looking for some vintage songs and found one of the rare or less heard ghazal sung by K L Saigal …….

107. Bahut uss gali ke…..Arzoo Lucknavi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCBJ-a7Gdiw
242 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 7, 2018 at 11:53 am: Scorching summer is about to end. Four days starting from today, heavy thunder showers forecast in Coastal region, Kerala to Maharashtra. Let’s pray the Higher Powers for guidance, protection and blessings….and,to lead us on the right path.

1. Jaise Sooraj ki garmi se jalte hue tan ko mil jaye taruvar ki chhaya,
Aise hi sukh mere man ki mile hai main jab se sharan tere aaya,mere Raam..
….
…Jis raah ki manzil tera milan ho,
Us par kadam main badhaoon…
PARINAY,1976, Sharma Bandhu, Ramanand Sharma,Jaidev.
https://youtu.be/ Luz758PACO4

2. Itni shakthi hame dena Daata,
Man ke vishwas kamjor ho na,
Hum chale nek rasthe pe,humse
Bhool kar bhi koi bhool ho na…
ANKUSH,1996, Abhilash, Kuldeep Singh.
Two versions… Sushma Shreshtha, Pushpa Pagdhare/ Muralidhar, Ghanshyam Vaswani et al.
https:// youtu.be/ _w_P5Pr6eEQ

3. Hamari hi mutti mein Akash saara,
Jab bhi khulegi chamkega taara…
….
..Jin mein hai chalna nayi peediyon ko,
Unhi rasthon ko banana hame hain…
PRAHAAR,1991, Mangesh Kulkarni.
Multiple versions… Manna Dey (2), Kavita Krishnamurthy.
https://youtu.be/ 113ZvAJw7BO

I am sure all of you will like this bouquet. Rains have just started. May the monsoons herald happiness and prosperity to our farmers, the providers and nurturers, who have never got their dues.
243 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 7, 2018 at 7:02 pm: MOTHER INDIA…Gaadiwale gaadi dheere hank re…

KUNWARA BAAP…Main hoon ghoda,ye hai gaadi,mere Rickshaw sabse nirali…

MR JOHN,1959,Rafi,Jan Nisar Akhtar,N Dutta.
Beta sambhal ke chalna,
Jyada nahin uchalna,
Rasthaa bada hai chikna,
Dhire se bach nikalna….
…..
Chandi ke Caron mein jhakhad na jaana,
Paise ke lalach mein pakad na jaana…
https://youtu.be/ tJd3m4Gl_c

TANGEWALA,1972, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Naushad.
1. Rafi…Thap thup thip ke ghoda..
Lipat lipat kar Tangey ke sang raah jhoomta jaaye…
2. Mukhesh…Jinke kaaran galiyon galiyon bhehekthe..
Beech daga mein…
Kar bhala,hoga bhala,
Anth bhale ka bhala….
….. Jeevan kum hai,door hai manzil,
Sapnon mein na dol jara…
https://youtu.be/VAffBsGoxrk

Lot more vehicles, signals, accidents (!) tomorrow. Have to attend a very rare case of bilateral posterior dislocation of Hip joints in a school going boy who fell into a stream because the makeshift palm trunk bridge on which he was walking collapsed! A rare event for any Orthopaedic Surgeon.
244 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 7, 2018 at 8:01 pm: Successfully reduced the fractures. The boy will be in bed with traction for a few weeks.
Tangewalis from the Golden and Modern Eras,Mard Tangewala, Various other drivers and their vehicles, journeys laid up for tomorrow!
Rains have caught speed. Some amount of thunder,too. Time to revisit Baarish songs. Came across quite a few in the Flower valleys!
245 AK June 7, 2018 at 11:38 pm: Dr Shetty,
Congratulations for the successful procedure. It is great that with so much demands from your profession you are able to engage so actively with SoY.
246 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 8, 2018 at 1:31 pm: A Happy birthday song? YES!

Hanste jaana tum, Gaate jaana,
Gham mein bhi khushiyon ke deep jalaate jaana…
….
..Raah mein aayenge aandhiyan toh kayee,
Raastha rokhenge bijliyan toh kayee,
Tum kisi mod par rukh na jaana kahin…
DO QAIDI,1989.
Kishore Kumar, Sameer,LP
247 ksbhatia June 9, 2018 at 12:21 am: Dr. Shetty ji ;

Going in a slow pace now . One movie ….Devar Bhabhi…of 1957/58 ….is one of the least known film with large casting…Rajendra Kumar , Mala Sinha , Balraj Sahni …… etc. I was young when I saw some part of the movie’s shooting in Lodhi Garden ….the scene Mala Sinha slapping Rajendra Kumar and a song sequence on Mala Sinha…..Yeh kaisi rut aayi ajab rang layi…. . The movie was average and is a passing one . There were two or three comic songs and one related to this theme is as follows.

108.Pyar ki galiyoan mein o beta kale bister gole….Rafi….Dever Bhabhi….Ravi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qfun5Hgy6I
248 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 9, 2018 at 1:19 pm: ‘Teri galiyon main hum aaye’ (Yogesh/Salil Chowdhury/Manna Dey & Antara Chowdhury) from ‘Minoo’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTkx3RxDVRE
249 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 9, 2018 at 4:52 pm: HARE KANCH KI CHOODIYAN,1967, Shailendra ,Hasrat Jaipuri; SJ.

1. Panchi re O panchi,
Ud jaa re O panchi…Rafi, Asha.

2 ,3. Sharda…
Kahan chala re, kahan chala re…
Kahan …kaun theri raah thakey re…
& Khushi ke rang mein khilltee huyee bahaar rahe…
….
Kabhi judai na aaye tere rahon mein.
250 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 9, 2018 at 6:29 pm: GAURI,1967, Rafi, Rajinder Kishan,Ravi.
Main akela jaa raha tha,
Kya khabar thi mere peeche hai ghamon ka Caravan….
251 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 9, 2018 at 7:36 pm: The lyrics of ‘Jeevalaga’, a Marathi song penned by Shanta Shelke, set to tune by Hridaynath Mangeshkar, and sung very movingly by Asha, are the outpourings of a person weary of (the journey of) life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grpwubr-Kho

The meaning of the lyrics can be found here:
http://aahatanaahat.blogspot.com/2009/02/jivalaga-rahile-re-door-ghar-maaze.html

I always thought that the Raga was Puriyadhanashree but a friend told me that Hridaynath had stated in an interview that the song is in Raga Shree-Gauri. Page 199 of ‘Swar Samrat Deenanath Mangeshkar’, a biography in Hindi of Master Deenanath by Vandana Ghangurde states that it is based on a bandish ‘Hun jo gayi’ in this raga (see https://books.google.co.in/books?id=GkNqCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=shree-Gauri+jivalaga&source=bl&ots=y8S_0euHE-&sig=NcHKxNfVLj6yfpNCgs0e8Gon2cs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4zdC73cbbAhWBsY8KHYOoDSkQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=shree-Gauri%20jivalaga&f=false)

Hridaynath recycled the tune for the Hindi ‘O baawari’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55id2IjlccU
252 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 9, 2018 at 7:41 pm: ‘Hi vaata doora zaate’, another Shanta-Hridaynath-Asha joint venture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–qVdYTk4_M

The meaning can be found here:
https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Asha-Bhosle-2/Hi-Waat-Dur-Jaate/translation/english
253 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 9, 2018 at 8:10 pm: The 1st antara of the Lata-Asha duet ‘O chaand jahaan woh jaaye’ (Rajendar Kishan/C.Ramchandra) from ‘Sharada’ goes thus:

वो राह अगर भूले तू राह दिखा देना
परदेस में राही को मंज़िल का पता देना
है पहला सफ़र उनका और रीत हैं अन्जाना,
हर रात खबर लाना

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D5qcQH3zJE
254 ksbhatia June 10, 2018 at 11:36 am: AK ji;

Safar , Dagar, Galiyan aur chhobaare abhi bhi baki hain……

109. Tu kahan kho gaya balam matwara…..Lata…Singapore….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWMKmN0fSg

110. Hum tum yeh khoi khoi rahen….Lata, Mukesh….Rangoli….SJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVmAwUiEBbE

111 . Rahi chal sambhal sambhal ke….Asha…Detective….Mukul Roy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrLNJMfuxbM&t=47s

112. Yeh hansta hua carvan zindgi ka …..Hemant, Asha….Ek Jhalak..HK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRbvDykUEe4
255 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 10, 2018 at 11:56 am: ksbhatia ji,
You will find it difficult to believe I came across this song,pyar ki galiyon mein…a few days back, and wanted to post it along with the Beta sambhal ke chalna! Good that several sea divers explore the depths of the vast ocean,Hindi film music and emerge with priceless gems.
Let’s continue exploring!
My close friend,a music lover himself, was planning to gift me Hindi Geet Kosh for my last birthday. But,I told him, the YouTube has made things easy for us. Let us do at least some searching without the aid of HGK!
You are out of your mind,he mumbled and presented, instead,a Coffee Table edition of 100 Years of Indian Cinema.
256 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 10, 2018 at 12:06 pm: MILAN,1967,Anand Bakshi, LP.
Lata….
1.Tohe sanwariya nahin khabariya,
Thumre kaaran…..
Hum ho gaye Pardesi…
…..
…Apne angna,apni Atariya….
…..gaon ki galiyon mein,
Bhoole phirte hain hum dagariya….

2. Aaj dil pe koi zor chalta nahin…
….
Kashthiyon ke liye ye bhanwar bhi toh hai,
Kya zaroori sab ko kinara mile….
257 ksbhatia June 11, 2018 at 12:17 am: Dr. Shetty ji @255;

Gems in ocean and astro material up there on moon and mars are all priceless . The Voyager that carried the Golden records is a straight example ……the records still there in universe ! . Geologists too get some deep hidden unknown material on excavations . Civil Engineers gets geological surprises while boring and excavating tunnels and huge openings in hills and mountains for seating underground turbines of the power houses.

Results are there whenever intentions are honest. And Honesty in Professionalism is a prerequisite condition to achieve success . Let we all do what world want us to do.

113. Jeevan Path pe pyar ne …..Lata, Rafi…Ek Shreeman Ek Shrimati..KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb6nNCwvLKY

114. Ban ke saathi pyar ki rahoan mein….Lata, Rafi…Sweetheart…KA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ywtDAxCDAY
258 ksbhatia June 11, 2018 at 1:03 am: AK ji , Venkatraman ji , Ms. Mumbaikar 8 ;

Whenever I listen to a beautiful song or ghazal of golden or vintage era of radio days , my mind goes to the charms of beautiful wooden textured radios that prevailed before entry of onslaught of transistor radios. A big wooden cabinet casing fitted with stout dials and big displayed radio waves length were the in things of the lives of the mid 40s thru 60s . Proudly known as tube radios also , they were the real luxury of those times . These wooden cased radios had some nice sound that even minor sound outputs could be heard from far away .

Fashion changed and small radios emerged with piano finished shining cabinets of the likes of those made by Phillips of Holland . The large shinning record changer and radio cabinets too changed into smaller versions . So much changed thereafter that we all have seen . People now hear music using the ear buttons of their mobiles. Of these people , I some time think , wheather they really are enjoying music or is it a glamour parade alone !

For me ; I still crave to listen those beautiful Ghazals and songs of those times on the vintage wooden tube radios of the likes of…….

Ulfat ki nai manzil ko chala….Iqbal Bano….Ghazal…..Lyrics , Qateel Shafai….MD, Inayat Hussain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKojltdrkKY

This beautiful Ghazal Is really a gem and deserve to be placed on a mantle of a well decorated fireplace .
259 AK June 11, 2018 at 10:41 am: KS Bhatiaji,
Journey with you into nostalgia is such a pleasure. ‘The large shining record changer’ – these were grand items and were called ‘Radiogram’. It was a combination of a ‘tuner’ and a ‘record changer’. They denoted new class, just as the grand piano was the old class. Now we are into the age of nanotechnology, and rightly so, to fit into our nano-apartments.

Ulfat ki nayi manzil ko chala is an. outstanding ghazal. Even more vintage were Kamla Jharia and Firoza Khanum.
260 N Venkataraman June 12, 2018 at 9:12 pm: Coming back to this post after a week. Since then another 31 comments and several songs have been posted and the post has crossed 250 comments. Congratulation to all.

Presenting two songs,
The first one on a lighter mood,

Hum Bhi Musafir Tum Bhi Musafir by Md.Rafi, film Khazana (1984), lyrics Anand Bakshi, music Laxmikant-Pyarelal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7kn_xD-npI

The second one from a film across the border, Badnaam was adapted from Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story Jhumkay.

Hum Bhi Musafir Tum Bhi Musafir by Masood Rana, film Badnaam(Pakistani film,1966), lyrics Hamayat Ali Shair,music Deboo Bhattacharya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG0VaKSfz04
261 N Venkataraman June 12, 2018 at 9:47 pm: Bhatiaji @ 231, 238, 241,247, 249,250,254,257,258
I am glad that you enjoyed the Ghulam Ali’s Ghazal Musafir Chalte Chalte Thak Gayaa Hai, Safar jaane abhi kitna pada hai.

Enjoyed listening to the song Saigal’s Bahut Uss Gali Ke. Thanks for posting it. Andhe jahaan ke andhe raaste, jaaye to jaaye kaha….ae gam ke maaro manzil wahi hai, dum ye tute jaha. Wondeul song, picturised on Agha. A minor error, the song is from Patita (1953) and not from Daag (1952). Copy-paste error. Hume un rahoan pe chalna hai, another nice posting. Both Subir Sen and Aarati Mukherjee could not leave a lasting impression in Hindi films. Gar heh zameen nahin mera aasman to hai, nice wordings, good rendition. . Thanks a lot for all the additions.
A song from another Pakistani film
Manzil Hay Na Humdam by Masood Rana, film Main Akela (1972), lyrics Tanvir Naqvi (?), music Bakhshi Wazeer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyZ6JVk24ng
262 N Venkataraman June 13, 2018 at 12:36 am: Pradipji @229, 230, 232-237, 239, 242-244, 246,255, 256

Bhatiaji and you have carried this journey this further. I am amazed by the energy and enthusiasm and the number of postings by both of you. Thanks for the beautiful songs from Rudali. Thanks too for all the other postings.

Congratulations for you professional feat and my best wishes and prayers to the boy for a speedy recovery. Hope he is progressing well.

“I know only Tu is tarah se meri zindagi mein shamil ho as another example of a triple song. Any others?”
I think you may find the answer to your question in one of the previous posts of SoY, “Multiple Versions Songs (23): A Male / Female solo / duet or a Chorus – More than two versions of a song” by Ashok Vaishnavji, posted on 3rd July 2015.
You may find the links to some of the songs missing, expected to be replaced with fresh links as soon as possible.

Let me make one more addition. Hope this one is not posted earlier
Tufaan Men Ghiri Hain Meri Taqadir Ki Raahein by Talat Mahmood, film Shikast (1953), lyrics Hasrat Jaipuri, music Shankar Jaikishan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=89&v=nwrhf4MbsiA
263 N Venkataraman June 13, 2018 at 3:24 pm: Ashwin
Thanks posting some wonderful songs. I am putting my observations/ comments. It may be known to you.
@248
Teri galiyon main hum aaye is a lovely duet. It was Antara Choudhury’s first song and she was only seven years old then. Thanks for posting it.

You must be aware that there are two more versions of this song. The tune was first used in the 1975 Malayalam film Raagam, a duet by K J Yesudas and S Janaki. Later in 1990, he used the tune for Bengali basic song, ’Janam Janamer Saathi’ sung by Antara Choudhury again and she was a 20 years lady.. I am posting the song here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xZLz2gdZM4

@251
Jiwalaga Rahile Re Door is another gem of a song. Although I have heard it before, I did not know it was an expression of a person weary of (the journey of) life. This phase of life comes to every human being.Thanks for posting the lyrics and the meaning of the songs. The hindi version O baawari was equally good.

Salil Choudhury, on hearing the Marathi version was so moved that he wanted to do a Bengali version of the song. Salil Choudhury wrote the lyrics maintain the sentiment of the original version. The song was recorded in 1967 and rendered by Asha Bhosle again. I guess the Marathi version was recorded sometime in 1966.
https://www.youtube.comf/watch?v=1iHVtmRkMhE

I understand that Raag Poorya Dhanasree, Raag Sree and Raag Gauri belongs to Poorvi That. Just for my further understanding, how does Raag Shree-Gauri differs from Poorya Dhanasree?

Salil Choudhury also wrote lyrics for the Bengali Version of Hi Vaat Dur Jate (@252)
264 AK June 13, 2018 at 6:30 pm: Venkataramani and Dr Shetty,
I have restored all the missing links of songs from Multiple Version Songs (23), except one which I could not find on the YT. You can visit the post here.
265 N Venkataraman June 14, 2018 at 12:07 am: AKji
Thanks for the effort. I am sending you the link to the 3rd version.
266 N Venkataraman June 14, 2018 at 12:11 am: Mumbaikarji,
Here is the song from Raajkumari (1970), lyrics Gauriprasanna Majumdar, music R D Burman
Bandha dwaare andhkaare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j84sbnfm4ko
267 AK June 14, 2018 at 9:55 am: Venkataramanji,
Thanks a lot. I have put in that too. Now the post is completely restored.
268 N Venkataraman June 14, 2018 at 1:55 pm: Great. Thanks Akji.
269 Ashwin Bhandarkar June 16, 2018 at 6:38 pm: Venkatramanji @263

I had not known about the Malayalam/Bengali versions of the songs that I had posted. Thanks for sharing them.

I do not have the expertise (and this is no expression of false modesty) to give a comprehensive response to your question regarding the differences between Shree-Gauri and Puriyadhanashri, but I can easily identify phrases in the song that clearly smack of Shree or of Gauri of the Purvi thaat* (there is another Gauri, which is of the Bhairav thaat). Laying out an elaborate analysis of this song may not be of interest to most readers, but if you are interested, we can certainly take the discussion offline.

* – According to a website, the Gauri of the Purvi thaat is nothing but a ‘jod’ raga of Bhairav thaat ki Gauri and Shree, which means that Shree-Gauri = Gauri of Purvi thaat itself, rather than a jod of Shree and Purvi thaat ki Gauri, as one would tend to believe! I have a CD lying somewhere of one of Pt.K.G.Ginde’s lec-dems on Gauri, in which he talks about 6 (!) prakaaars of the raga – must listen to it once again with more attention.
270 N Venkataraman June 17, 2018 at 3:55 pm: Ashwin Bhandarkar ji,

Thank you for the response. My email id is venkatssa18@gmail.com
271 Ksbhatia June 18, 2018 at 4:46 pm: Ak ji;

A song that i used to sing in the late 50s……lechala yeh dil jahan le chale….by rafi ….miss bombay 1957….hansraj behl. A beautiful melody that makes everyone heading to nearby table to match the taps and rhythm.
272 AK June 18, 2018 at 5:47 pm: KS Bhatiaji,
A perfect traveller song.
273 mumbaikar8 June 18, 2018 at 7:31 pm: AK,
Very popular title song of widely watched Pakistani drama Humsafar
https://youtu.be/vee-ARvduA4
274 AK June 18, 2018 at 8:42 pm: Mumbaikar8,
Nice. Thanks for mentioning.
275 Pramod Godbole June 20, 2018 at 8:37 am: AK G , Namaste.

A very nice theme nd perfect top 12 songs I must say.
Nd what a tremendous response from the readers . Gr8 !!!

Song of ” Hill station ” was new for me.Nice 1.

Here , we r also co – travellers on the path of SoY , enjoying the ‘sangeet -safar ‘ thoroughly .
Nd there is no chance to sing the song
” Pal do pal ka saath hamara , pal do pal ke yarane hai ,
Is manzil par milane wale us manzil par kho jaane hai ”

No , no chance of ” kho jaane hai ”
Because Ak G is here, reminding everyone
” Chalate chalte mere ye geet yaad rakhana ,
Kabhi alvida na kehna ,
KABHI ALVIDA NA KEHNA ”

Thnx AK G for creating such a nice blog.

With regards ,
Pramod Godbole.
276 AK June 20, 2018 at 9:38 am: Mr Godbole,
Welcome to SoY and thanks a lot for your generous words. The caravan keeps growing. I hope the silent humsafars also start expressing their joy of the journey.
277 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 21, 2018 at 6:42 am: Main hoon rail gaadi, mujhe dhakka lagaa!
Mama Mia poon poon…pyar ka gaadi te chalao,accelator aur badhao…
Meri engine garam hua re, jaldi oil daalo…
No music lover would post these Travel/ Vehicle related songs, whatever the compulsion!
But, sample these lines from a Vintage movie….of 1951,no less!

Dil ka engine seetiyan maare
Aajaa sajan aajaa line clear hai…
…
Aankhon ka signal karthi hai ishaare..
…
Jawani ka Thoofan Mail chhuk chhuk chhuk kare hai..
….
Guard ka dil gori tum pe as gaya..
….
Mujhko woh dhaaga de jo break mein chhupa gaye..

Clean fun, harmless flirting.. naughty,but not gross.

Guess the singer?
Shamshad Begum? Geeta Dutt? Asha Bhonsle?
No Sir! Lata ji with Chitalkar!
USTHAD PEDRO,Raja Mehdi Ali Khan,C Ramchandra.

https://youtu.be/XzCHVeMJDuU
278 AK June 21, 2018 at 7:15 am: Dr Shetty,
Heard for the first time. I had a feeling Lata Mangeshkar’s voice does not fit in this song. This needed Shamshad Begum, but C Ramchandra was by then besotted with her.
279 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 21, 2018 at 8:40 pm: AK ji,
Accidental discovery!
I have,all my life, restrained myself from commenting on Lata Mangeshkar_ C Ramchandra relationship.
But, believe me, the innocent flirting reminded me of the same!
Now, onto someone whose name was never dragged into any controversy or gossips relating to the matters of hearts…Rafi Saab.
RAKHI,1962,Rafi, Rajinder Kishan ,Ravi.
The South production that won Ashok Kumar his First Filmfare Best Actor award… next being the one for AASHIRWAD,1969 that fetched him the National Award,too. In 1966,he had won the Filmfare Best Supporting actor award for AFSANA.
1. Ya meri manzil Bata
Ya zindagi ko cheen le….
https://youtu.be/ 8M_tbVuGEA8
2. Aye ishq teri Jai ho…
…..
Main pyar ka rahi hoon..
280 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 21, 2018 at 9:10 pm: Assuming that this lovely song/s isn’t posted, I am presenting…
Aye dil kahan teri manzil
Na koyee Deepak hai
Na koyee Thara
Gum hai Zameen
Door Aasmaan….
MAYA,1961, Majrooh Sultanpuri,Salil Chowdhury.
I think I have a Triple song on my hands.
The Dwijen Mukherjee ( sounds uncannily like Hemant Kumar) and Lata versions are easily accessible on YouTube. But I am sure there is a duet version by them as well.
https://youtu.be/S199DH_hDfU( Dwijen Mukherjee)

Also from MAYA the evergreen
Jaa re jaa re ud jaare panchi….
Lata…
…Na daali rahi,na kali
Ajab gham ki aandhi chali
Udhi dukh ki dhool rahon mein..

Rafi….
Sanam tu chal diya rasthaa mere bina
Toh kya main reha nahin sakta tere bina
281 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty June 21, 2018 at 9:28 pm: SANJH AUR SAVERA,1964,Rafi, Hasrat Jaipuri/ Shailendra ,SJ.

Zindagi mujhko dikha de raastha….
A rare tragic number on Mehmood.
https://youtu.be/ A_qlTH8uaw4

Taqdeer kahan le jaayegi
Maloom nahin, maloom nahin.
Lekin hai yakeen
Aayegi manzil..
…
Mushkil hai dagar
Lamba hai safar….
.
Rafi ,Asha…
Yahi hai woh Sanjh aur Savera…
….
Janam Janam se andhera tha meri rahon mein…
282 AK June 21, 2018 at 10:57 pm: Dr Shetty,
The ceaseless flow of songs continues. Thanks a lot.
283 ksbhatia June 22, 2018 at 2:41 am: Missed posting link #271 ; and hear the song now…..

Le chala yeh dil jahan nikal pade….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR-4uP-TLYQ
284 mumbaikar8 June 23, 2018 at 8:50 pm: AK,
This sher conceptually different but like the outlook 🙂
क्यूँ ज़रूरी है किसी के पीछे पीछे हम चलें
जब सफ़र अपना है तो अपनी रवानी चाहिए
285 AK June 24, 2018 at 12:46 am: Mumabikar8,
This fits perfectly. The poet does not want to follow someone else, but chart his own course. Nice one.
286 Ashwin Bhandarkar July 3, 2018 at 10:08 pm: Came across this song last night while doing a search for the late Sushila Rani Patel’s rendition of Raga Jait on YouTube (which I did not find):

‘Gulnaar joban raar machaaye galiyan ma’ from ‘Gwaalan'(1946) – (Pt.Indra/Hansraj Behl/Sushila Rani Patel)

The song is based on Raga Sarang.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97E_SuwmVWs
287 Shalan Lal July 4, 2018 at 3:03 pm: Ashwin Bhandarkar @ 286

It is very good of you to mention Sushila Rani Patel song from “Gwaalan” 1946. She had sweet voice. Once I went to see the Girnar, herself and talk about some issues of “Film India” when she was doing her morning Riyaz,

I waited her to finish and congratulated for her very good voice. It was “exciting talk” with her.

The film “Gwaalan” and her previous film “Draupadi ” both were directed by Baburao Patel as he has promised her to make the heroine of the Hindi films when he first met her and made her change to stay in Bombay instead of going to Rajasthan to teach in a college. But he got more than from her.

He got interested in Sanskrit literature, Hindu religion and became a practicing Brahmin. His translation of the Bhagvat Geeta was very good. he continued producing small booklets on various Sanskrit Mantras and a book of stories on Marathi Saints and another on Visit to Religious places in India etc.

Baburao though was a notorious vagabond, womaniser and controversial journalist and editor of the “Film India, he directed five or six Hindi Films in the thirties.

After marrying Sushila Rani his third wife he took a very good interest in the classical music and tried to present Sushila Rani’s voice far too superior to Lata’s singing.

When a fan of Film India asked him his comment in praise of Sushila Rani in hyperbolic words Baburao answered him in his most popular column “Questions and Answers” to this particular questioner “All you said about “Sushi” is true but most of the mornings Sushi gives me “enema treatment as well”
That was Baburao Patel as uncouth as possible!

Shalan Lal
288 Ashwin Bhandarkar July 4, 2018 at 9:28 pm: Shalan Lal,

‘Circulating libraries’ were very popular when I was growing up in Madras in the 70s and 80s, and my parents were members of one such. ‘Mother India’ was one of the magazines that was part of our monthly subscription. I remember reading Baburao’s colourful comments and Sushila Rani’s columns, and elders in the family frequently commenting that he wrote trash. Finally, we substituted ‘Mother India’ with another magazine and it wound up soon after,

Sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, the Saraswat Samaj of Madras organized her concert, but I could not attend for some reason which I do not remember now. I got to know that she sang Jait Kalyan and Raisa Kanada. Many years later – in fact, only a few months before her death – I got to see an excerpt of a live performance in which she had rendered a tarana in Jait Kalyan. Last night, I was listening to a rendition of Jait Kalyan by another musician, and the SRP-JK association suddenly came back to mind, which prompted me to do the Google search that led to the ‘Gwaalan’ find.
289 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty March 20, 2019 at 12:11 pm: AAH,1953.
Mukhesh, Hasrat Jaipuri,SJ.

Raat andheri door savera
Barbaad hai dil mera…
…….
….
Khoyi hai Manzil,
Rastha hai mushkil…
….
Aah bhi roye
Raah bhi roye.
290 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty March 20, 2019 at 12:31 pm: SHIKAST,1953.
Lata, Shailendra,SJ.

Kaare badra tu na jaa na jaa
Bairi tu bides na jaa..
….
Chaurasthe pe jaise Musafir
Path pooche ghabraye
Kaun des kis oar jaaoon main…

The path, the traveller, the journey and the destination

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