INTERVIEW WITH MANOHARI SINGH - THE NOTED SAXOPHONE & METAL FLUTE
PLAYER

MS: Manohari Singh
YK: Yunus Khan

PART 1

Manohari Singh plays "O mere dil ke chain" on saxophone.

YK: We are fortunate to have you in Vividh Bharati studio today.
Welcome!

MS: Thank you!

YK: You have 40/50 years of experience in saxophone and metal flute.
We would like to know about your childhood days.

MS: I was born in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. I got the
musical instruments in my family only. My father, grandfather, uncle,
all used to play flute. I also started practising flute at home. Then
I came to Calcutta and joined an orchestra band in a place called
Batanagar. It was a Hungarian band, of Joseph Neumann. Both my
paternal and maternal uncles were there.

YK: What was your age at that time?

MS: It was 1942, I was about 13/14 years old.

YK: What about your education then?

MS: I could not study much, I studied in private afterwards.

YK: OK, what happened next?

MS: Then I joined His Master's Voice (HMV) in 1945 as a flute player.
At first I used to play in Bengali songs composed by Kamal Dasgupta.

YK: Kamal Dasgupta, who composed the first private songs of Talat
Mahmood?

MS: Yes, yes. In Calcutta, at the time of Durga Puja every year, some
special songs are released which is a regular thing there. I started
playing these intruments in Bengali and Hindi non-film songs. At that
time I used to play for a very less number of film songs. During
those Puja songs, I met Hemant-da & Salil-da, who use to come there
(in HMV most likely!). Salil-da had a fancy on me. Once there was a
big show in the Eden Gardens. Naushad saahab, Hemant-da, Burman dada
and many others performed in that show. Around that time Hemant-da's
Nagin had become a big hit. So, for this show, they selected the good
musicians from HMV and I was also given the chance to play in that
show. I startec playing saxophone after I joined HMV.

YK: Do you remember which songs you had played for the first time on
your saxophone?

MS: In those days, I used to play "gore gore o baanke chhore",
then "lare lappa lare lappa lai rakh da". I had recorded these
instrumental versions of these songs.

YK: Oh, instrumentals were made in those days also? (surprised)

MS: Yes

YK: So, some LP records were released for these instrumentals?

MS: No, 78 rpm was released.

YK: Oh yes, it was the 50s, this 78 rpm was known as "patthar ke
record".

MS: Yes, so in that show, Basu, who was my very good friend, had also
played. Naushad saahab, Burman dada, they were so happy with our
performances that Naushad saahab said, "bulaa lo inko Bombay, agar
yeh log Bombay aa jaayen to hum denge kaam inko". Salil-da used to
travel to Bombay frequently at that time. He also started putting
pressure on me. Hemant-da had also got setteled there. All of them
started calling us. After partition, the Calcutta film industry was
also in a poor state, so we (myself & Basu) decided to move to Bombay.

YK: Basu Chakraborty and Manohari Singh, whom we know as Basu-
Manohari.

MS: Yes, Basu was a good friend of mine since long. Salil-da then
took us to Burman dada. He was doing the background of Madhumati and
Sitaron Se Aage. The songs were completed, only background was
remaining. I did the background in Madhumati.

YK: So, why dont we listen to one song from madhumati at this point?

MS: I did not play in any song of Madhumati, only in the background
music I played key flute. Then in Maya, I first played Saxophone.

YK: We shall come to Maya, but right at this moment, which song of
Madhumati you like me to play?

MS: The best is "Aaja re pardesi"

---------------------------------
Song: Aaja re pardesi (Madhumati)
---------------------------------

YK: Why is this song special? What is unique about it?

MS: It is romantic song, see the melody according to the location. In
that respect, the "utaav-chaDhaav" of the "mukhDa" and "antara" are
superb. The song begins witha  low register (hums) 'aaja re', a
fantastic atmosphere builds up in this part. Then the music as well
as the song proceeds step by step, just as romance proceeds step by
step.

YK: You were talking about Maya.

MS: After madhumati, I played in 1 or 2 films and then in Maya. In 1
song, I first played Key flute in the prelude and saxophone in
the "antara".

Manohari Singh plays the prelude and mukhDa of "Jaa re jaa re uD jaa
re panchhi" on metal flute.

YK: Waah, waah!

MS: Then this interlude on saxophone.

Manohari Singh plays the interlude, antara and mukhDa of "Jaa re jaa
re uD jaa re panchhi" on saxophone.

YK: 'Kya baat hai'! The sound of saxophone makes us move into another
world, a starnge intoxicating effect is there. How do you feel when
you play it?

MS: I have done very hard work on this instrument. I tried to control
it so that it produces good sound, I did a lot of practice.

YK: Saxophone is not an Indian instrument, and I believe at that time
it was not manufactured in India. So how did you get it?

MS: I had purchased this saxophone (the one he had brought for this
interview) from New York. And the first saxophone I used was also
made in America. In Anil Biswas's orchestra, Ram Singh used to play
saxophone, he was Anil-da's assistant. I got inspired after listening
to Ram Singh. When I played for Maya in the Bombay Lab, Pyarelal was
playing violin. He became very happy with my playing and
congratulated me, gave me a gift also. The news became public that a
man has come from Bengal who plays a western instrument in purely
Indian style and peole started knowing me. Kalyanji bhai gave me a
big break and this song by Lata and Hemant-da was an overnight hit.

YK: Which song was it?

MS: "Tumhe yaad hogaa kabhi hum mile the"

YK: Aha ha, what a song!

Manohari Singh plays "Tumhe yaad hoga kabhi hum mile the" on Saxophone

YK: Other than these, which are the other songs in which you played
saxophone in those initial days?

MS: Then Shankar Jaikishen also called me. Jaikishen-ji had high
respect for me. I played for him first in a duet song of Professor.
Everbody started asking which instrument is this. 'What a feeling has
come out in this tune!' The song was "Awaaz deke humein tum bulaao"

Manohari Singh plays "Awaaz deke humein tum bulaao" on Saxophone

YK: What was special in Shakar Jaikishen's music. They made a
significat contribution in the orchestration side of film music.

MS: Shankar Jaikishen and Naushad used to keep a regular and
permanent orchestra. In every song of Shankar Jaikishen, about 50/60
musicians used to be present. After Shankar Jaikishen, other music
directors like Laxmikant Pyarelal and R D Burman used to keep such
large orchestras. Other music directors kept reasonable orchestras. O
P Nayyar also had a regular orchestra.

YK: Nayyar saahab also called you up?

MS: Yes, wherever I go, requests come for the song "Hai duniya usi ki
zamana usi ka"

Manohari Singh plays "Hai duniya usi ki zamana usi ka" on Saxophone

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Song: Hai duniya usi ki zamana usika (Kashmir Ki Kali)
------------------------------------------------------

YK: Nayyar saahab has a unique style with "joshila" music. Did you
play both saxophone and metal flute in his songs?

MS: Saxophone mostly.

YK: Can you cite few more songs of Nayyar saahab in which you played
saxophone?

MS: "Kitne aTal the tere iraade", then, "Yahi woh jagah hai yahi woh
fizaa hai"

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Song: Yahi woh jagah hai (Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi)
--------------------------------------------------

YK: It is heard that O P Nayyar is a hard task master and that he
records a song in a single take?

MS: Yes, if he feels that the take is OK, then no one can ask him for
a retake.

YK: Any memorable incident with Nayyar saahab?

MS: I had played this song (above song) in a show in Delhi. It was a
Defence Show in 1962. Pt nehru, Asha-ji and Lata-ji were present.
Lata-ji sang "Ae mere watan ke logon" composed by C Ramchandra.

YK: Oh, so it was this memorable show!

MS: Yes, I had played flute in "Ae mere watan ke logon". After this
song, I was sitting behind. I did not know that Asha-ji was singing
this song "Yahi woh jagah hai". When she started singing, I could not
control myself and came infront with saxophone and stated playing at
the correct instant. The public was overwhelmed. After coming back,
when Asha-ji told this to Nayyar saahab, Nayyar sshab took out a 100
rupee note and put in my hand.

YK: Wah!, For Bappi Lahiri also, you have played in the memorable
song - chalte chalte.

MS: Yes, Chalte Chalte was a good composition.

YK: You said you had played flute in C Ramchandra's "Ae mere watan ke
logon". how was the experience with him?

MS: I had also played Mandolin for him. In "ae mere watan ke logon",
I had played only flute.

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Song: Ae mere watan ke logon (Non-film)
---------------------------------------

YK: When did you start working with S D Burman?

MS: "gaa mere man gaa yunhi beetaaye jaa din zindegi ke" was the
first song in which I played for Burman dada. Then I played in Solva
Saal. I was Arrangement Assistant in Insaan Jaag Utha. In the
song "Jaanu jaanu ri kaahe khanke hai tore kangna", I played mandolin
with Laxmikant. Then in films like Guide, Jewel Thief, Teen Deviyan,
I did the arrangement.

Manohari Singh plays "Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hai" on Saxophone

YK: What a wonderful piece!

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Song: Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hai (Guide)
--------------------------------------------

END OF PART 1

Hi all,

I was quite busy last few days, so could not post much. Coming up next
in a few days:

Aaj Ke Fankaar on Alisha Chinoy
Sargam Ke Sitare on Talat Mahmood
Hamare Mahmaan on Manohari Singh

Stay tuned!

Sujoy

Dear Pankaj-ji,

Thanks for your mail. But I am sorry that I do not
have the recording of this programme. I listened to
the programme and transcripted it live. I am
forwarding this mail to the group. If someone is
having the recording, you will definitely get it.

Ramaswamy, if you have the recording, pls send at
PankajDwivedi@...

Best regards,

Sujoy Chatterjee
Vividh Bharati Listeners Club

--- Pankaj Dwivedi <PankajDwivedi@...> wrote:

> Dear Sir,
>
> Namashkar,
>
> I visit the link of Mukeshji's jaimala as Tribute to
> Saigal Sahab and got
> all program in text.
> Thank you very much for that.
>
> I am a small fan of Mukeshji and running
> SingerMukesh.com web site. Few
> years back, I had this Mukeshji,s Jaimala in my
> coll. but due to one music
> lover I lost the tape he never returned my original
> tape.
>
> May I request you to send me this recording to my
> address. I would be so
> much great full to you. Plz. if possible, send me
> the recordings as this
> address:
>
> Pankaj Dwivedi
> 40/246 Parade
> Kanpur 208001
> Ph:91-512-2361019
>
> I will also bear the postal charges. Thanks.
> P.s. Do you have another Mukeshji's recordings in
> your coll.
>
> With Deep Regards,
> Pankaj Dwivedi
>
>


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sunnewaalon ko Nimmi Mishra ka namaskaar. Aaj Ke Fankaar kaaryakram
aaj kendrit hai sangeetkaar Khayyam par.

Khayyam speaks: hamaare sunnewaalon ko, jo hain is kaaryakram ke,
unko namaskaar, salaam, satsriakaal!

Song: dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan leejiye (Umraojaan)

saat suron kaa jaadoo bemisaal hai aur film sangeet to hamaare praan-
vaayu ko jaise taro-taazaa karti hai, jinki khushboo mehkaati hai
hamaari zindegi ko. sangeetkaar Khayyam ki dhuno ka asar laajawaab
hai, haT ke hai, jo deti hai dil ko sukoon, shaanti.

Song: rut jawaan jawaan raat meherbaan (Akhri Khat)

Khayyam ka poora naam hai Mohd Zahoor Hashmi. unka janm Jalandhar ke
Rahun gaaon mein huyaa tha. bachpan se hi unhe filmon ke prati lagaav
tha, aur deewaangee ki hadh is qadar paar huyi ki woh Khud sapnaa
dekhte the 'hero' banne ka. un dino woh Dilli mein apne chacha ke
paas rehkar paDhaai kar rahe the. us waqt Lahore film nirmaan ka ek
pramukh kendra tha.

Khayyam speaks: Pandit Amarnathji, Husnlalji, Bhagatramji, teen
bhaai, in logon se maine sangeet seekhaa sabse pehle. un dino 'actor'
banne ka shauk tha mujhe. lekin un dino 'actor' banne ke liye bhi
sangeet seekhna zaroori tha. Lahore mein meri mulaaqaat huyi Chishti
se, jo un dino 'top' ke sangeetkaar the. ek baar woh ek 'musical
composition' kar rahe the. aadhe ghanTe ke baad unhone
apne 'assistant' ko bola ki maine woh jo dhun bajaayee thi, woh maine
kya bajaaya tha, bajaao zara. un dino aaj ki tarah har dhun 'record'
naheen kiya jaata tha. main kone meion baiTha huya tha, maine unse
kaha ki main bajaata hoon. to unhone mujhse kahaa ki 'tum kaise
bajaaoge, tumhe kaise yaad hai?' phir maine bajaaya aur woh bole
ki 'tum mere saath kaam karo, tumhara zaheen achchha hai sangeet ka,
mere assistant raho aur shishya bhi'. maine kaha ki mujhe to 'actor'
banna hai. to unhone kaha ki 'mere saath raho, is tarah se logon se
mil sakte ho, actor bhi ban jaaoge'.

iske 6 maheene baad, 1943 mein Khayyam ne 'Army join' kar kiya. 3
saal baad 1946 mein filmon ka shauk unhe Mumbai kheench laaye aur woh
ek baar phir juD gaye G A Chishti se. phir woh apne guru Husnlal
Bhagatram se bhi mile. Husnlal Bhagatram ne unse Zohrabai ke saath
film Romeo Juliet mein geet gawaye. uske baad Geeta Dutt aur Meena
Kapoor ke saath bhi unhe gawaaya. aayiye ab ek geet sunte hain film
Aahista Aahista se.

Song: Nazar se phool chunti hai nazar (Aahista Aahista)

bataur sangeetkaar Khayyam ki pehli film thi Footpath, jiskaa ek
geet "shaam-e-gham ki kasam" ek alag hi tarah ka sureelaa suhaana
asar detaa tha.

Song: Shaam-e-gham ki kasam (Footpath)

Lala Rukh film ko zyaada safalta naheen mili lekin is film mein
Khayyam ke sangeet ne film sangeet sansaar mein Khaas jagah banaa lee.

Song: Hai kali kali ke lab par tere husn ka fasaana (Lala Rukh)

Barood film mein Lata Mangeshkar ka gaaye is geet mein Thekaa bejoD
hai jo Khaas Punjabi lok dhun par aadhaarit hai.

Song: Rang rangeela saanvra (Barood)

Phir Subah Hogi film ka naam lete hi bahut madhur geet yaad aa jaate
hain. un dino Raj Kapoor ki filmon ka sangeet tayyaar karte the
sangeetkaar Shankar Jaikishen, par is film ka sangeet tayyaar kiya
Khayyam ne jo unke liye ek chunauti thi. bahut Khaas baat thi is film
ke sangeet ki.

Song: Phir na keejiye meri gustaakh mohabbat ka gila (Phir Subah Hogi)

Khayyam ka sangeet bahut hi madhur hai, jo film ki kahaani ko aage
baDhaate hain. iske liye unhe kaDee mehnat karni paDtee hai. woh film
ki poori kahaani paDhne ke baad gaane tayyaar karte hain. yeh kehnaa
mushkil hai ki achchhe sangeet se film chalti hai ya phir film ke
chalne se uskaa sangeet chaltaa hai, is bahas mein hum naheen paDna
chaahte. hum bas yahi kahenge ki Khayyam ka sangeet bahut hi haT ke
hai. film Shola Aur Shabnam ka yeh geet aaj bhi dahak aur ThanDak
liye huye hai.

Song: Jaane kya DhoonDti rehti hai mujh mein (Shola Aur Shabnam)

1968 mein film Sankalp ke baad Khayyam ne apna pooraa dhyaan aur
tanmaytaa lagaa dee Gair filmi Ghazlon mein. Begum Akhtar ke aakhri
dino mein Khayyam ne bemisaal dhune 'compose' kee.

Song: Yeh na thi hamaari kismat (Non-film ghazal - Begum Akhtar)

Meena Kumari ki shaayri mein bhi rang bhar dee Khayyam ne.

Song: Chaand tanha hai aasmaan tanha (Shayri by Meena Kumari)

ek lambe arse ke baad Yash Chopra ki film Kabhi Kabhie mein Khayyam
ne sangeet diya jo superhit rahaa. iske baad Yash Chopra ke liye
Trishool, Noorie aur Nakhuda jaisi filmon mein unhone sangeet diya.
Bazaar, Aahista Aahista aur Umraojaan jaisi filmon mein bhi unkaa
sangeet laajawaab tha.

Song: Phir chhiDi raat baat phoolon ki (Bazaar)

maujooda sangeet se alag gambheer aur laajawaab hai Khayyam ka
sangeet. unke geeton mein Bharatiyata ki garimaa niraali hai. unke
sangeet ke shehdaaiyon ko kuchh aur pyaas hai, chaahat hai unke
sangeet ki. Vividh Bharati ki taraf se Khayyam saahab ko bahut bahut
shubhkaamnaayen. ab deejiye ijaazat Nimmi Mishra ko, namaskaar.

THE END

1972

Mere mehboob aur aziz fauji jawaano, aap mera aadaab qabool karen.
Aaj is karyakram mein main apne gaaye kuch filmi aur gair filmi
naghmen lekar aaya hoon, aur kuchh doosre kalakaaron ke gaane bhi
hain. Pehla geet ek gair filmi geet hai jo mera gaaya huya pehla
recorded gaana tha - "Sab din ek samaan nahee rehta tha, ban gaya kya
se kya main". Us samay mujhe yeh pataa naheen tha ki iske alfaaz mere
liye haqeeqat ban jayenge.

Song: Sab din ek samaan naheen tha (Non-film)

Haan saahab, to sun liya aapne mera gaaya pehla gaana. Kundan Lal
Saigal ki hasti kisi taareef ki mohtaaj naheen. sabhi gaayakon ki
tarah main bhi unka pujaari rahaa hoon. unke geeton se mujhe ishq
hai. apna aqeeda hai ki allaah taalaa ne aasmaan-o-zameen ke jitne
sur,lay, aur dard the, unke gale mein bhar diyaa tha. Saigal-saahab
se meri pehli mulaaqaat Kalkatte mein huyi thi, jab unki film 'Meri
Bahan' ki 'shooting' chal rahi thi, aur meri New Theatres mein nayi-
nayi 'entry' huyi thi. Woh pehli mulaaqaat aaj bhi mere zehen mein
hai. Ab main aapko Saigal sahab ka hi gaaya ek geet sunwata hoon, par
Meri Bahen film ka naheen, balki Dushman film ka.

Song: Karoon kya aas niraas bhayi (Dushman)

Main bhi kuch filmon mein bataur hero kaam kiya tha, jaise ki Dil-e-
Nadan, Waris, Sone Ki Chidiya, aur Ek Gaon Ki Kahani. Film Ek Gaon Ki
Kahani mein ek scene tha jismein main ghoda gaadi chalaakar jaata
hoon. To director sahab ne kaha ki is situation mein aapka gaaya ek
gaana zaroor hona chaahiye. Gaana bana, sabhi ko bahut pasand aaya
siwaay ek hasti ke. Aur woh shakhs tha us ghode gaadi ka ghoda. Pataa
nahin kyun us ghode ko gaana pasand naheen aaya! Jaise hi shooting ke
liye gaana chaalu hota, woh ad kar tuk jaata, badi mushkil se phir us
gaane ki shooting huyi. Aap yeh gaana suniye aur aap hi bataaiye ki
is gaane mein aisa kya tha ki woh badtameez ghode aisa bartaav kiya.

Song: Jhoome re neela ambar (Ek Gaon Ki Kahani)

humne apni filmon mein aksar yeh dekhaa hai ki log tasveer se baaten
karte hain, jaise 'husband wife' se, maa bete se, vagerah vagerah.
aur kai baar to tasveer ke honThon par muskuraahaT bhi aa jaati hai.
par mere paas jo tasveer hai woh na muskuraati hai aur na hi kuchh
bolti hai. zaraa aap hi dekhiye yeh kaisi tasveer hai!

Song: Tasveer teri dil mera behlaa na sakegi (Dil-e-Nadan)

1941 mein maine apnaa pehlaa gaana 'record' kiyaa tha, 'recording
room' mein Pankaj Mullick saahab bhi baiThe huye the. unhe meraa
gaana pasand hai. unhone meri taarif kee aur taarif ke saath saath
naseehaten kee jinhe main aaj tak maantaa hoon. unke geeton mein se
yeh gaana bahut pasand hai "piya milan ko jaana".

Song: Piya milan ko jaana (Kapalkundala)

Mujhe bhi dhune banaane ka shauk hai, filmon ke liye naheen, balki
mere gair filmi geeton ke liye. Maine apne kai geeton ka sangeet
tayyaar kiya hai. Ab main aapko aisa hi ek ghazal sunwaane jaa raha
hoon, jise likha hai Shakeel Badayuni ne aur iska tune maine hi
banaayi thi. Aur yakeen maaniye maine poori ghazal ka tune 15 minute
mein tayyaar kar diya tha. Suniye yeh ghazal.

Song: Tumne yeh kya sitam kiya (Non-film Ghazal)

Main aur kuchh chuninda kalaakaar ek baar Sikkim gaye huye the aap
fauji bhaiyon ka manoranjan karne. Tab mujhe samajh mein aaya ki aap
log mujhe aur mere gaaye geeton ko kitna pasand karte hain. Jab bhi
main aap logon ke liye programme pesh karta tha to ek geet ki
farmaaish aksar aati thi. Aur woh geet hai film Sone Ki Chidiya ka,
jismein main hero tha aur is geet mein main aur heroine ek kashti pe
savaar hokar gaate hain. Suniye yeh geet.

Song: Pyar par bas to naheen hai (Sone Ki Chidiya)

dekhiye, yeh Lata Mageshkar aur Manna Dey film Sati Savitri mein ek
doosre se kuchh keh rahe hain. pataa naheen yeh gaana mujhe itna kyun
pasand hai, par bahut achchha lagta hai, aap hazraat bhi suniye.

Song: Tum gagan ke chandrama ho (Sati Savitri)

Kanan Devi, ek aur mahaan fankaar. Unke saath maine New Theatres ki
film Rajlakshmi mein ek chhota sa role kiya tha. Us film mein ek role
tha jismen us character ko ek gaana bhi gaana tha. Director sahab ne
kaha ki aap to gaate hain, aap hi yeh role kar leejiye. Main agle din
khoob shave karke, daadhi banaakar set par pahuncha, aur tab mujhe
pataa chala ki role sadhu ka hai. Make up man aakar mera poora chehra
safed daadhi se dhak diya. Jab gum sookhne lagi to chehra itna
kheenchne laga ki mujhse munh bhi khola naheen jaa raha tha. Director
sahab ne kaha ki zara munh kholkar to gaayo! Mujhe unpar badaa gussa
aaya aur dil kiya ki daadhi utaarkar phenk doon. Tabhi wahaan aa
pahunchi Kanan Devi aur main apne aap ko sambhal liya. Ab Kanan Devi
ka gaaya huya bhi ek gaana sun leejiye, film hai Mukti aur geet
hai "Sanvariya man bhaya re"

Song: Sanwariya mann bhaya re (Mukti)

S D Burman ke sangeet ka bhi anokhaa rang hai. inke saath bhi maine
gaane gaaye hain. ab aakhir mein inhi ka ek geet pesh karta hoon,
film Taxi Driver aur geet hai "Jaayen to jaayen kahaan"

Song: Jaayen to jaayen kahaan (Taxi Driver)

Fauji bhaiyon, mujhe ummeed hai ki mere chune huye gaane aapko pasand
aaye honge. Ab aap se main rukhsat chaahta hoon.

THE END

Dear Pankaj-ji,

Thanks for your mail. But I am sorry that I do not
have the recording of this programme. I listened to
the programme and transcripted it live. I am
forwarding this mail to the group. If someone is
having the recording, you will definitely get it.

Ramaswamy, if you have the recording, pls send at
PankajDwivedi@...

Best regards,

Sujoy Chatterjee
Vividh Bharati Listeners Club

--- Pankaj Dwivedi <PankajDwivedi@...> wrote:

> Dear Sir,
>
> Namashkar,
>
> I visit the link of Mukeshji's jaimala as Tribute to
> Saigal Sahab and got
> all program in text.
> Thank you very much for that.
>
> I am a small fan of Mukeshji and running
> SingerMukesh.com web site. Few
> years back, I had this Mukeshji,s Jaimala in my
> coll. but due to one music
> lover I lost the tape he never returned my original
> tape.
>
> May I request you to send me this recording to my
> address. I would be so
> much great full to you. Plz. if possible, send me
> the recordings as this
> address:
>
> Pankaj Dwivedi
> 40/246 Parade
> Kanpur 208001
> Ph:91-512-2361019
>
> I will also bear the postal charges. Thanks.
> P.s. Do you have another Mukeshji's recordings in
> your coll.
>
> With Deep Regards,
> Pankaj Dwivedi
>
>


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>
>   Few new programs have been added/modified and all are getting
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Audio Courtesy: Ramaswamy, Parag, Susan, Anup

SB: Shamshad Begum
KS: Kamal Sharma

Recorded at Shamshadji's residence at Powai, Mumbai, in the year 2005.

PART 2

Namaskaar, Sargam Ke Sitare, prastut hai suprasiddha paarshwa gaayika
Shamshad Begum se Kamal Sharma ki baatchit par aadharit is karyakram
ka doosra aur antim bhaag.

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Song: Dhadke mera dil jawani Ram kasam na bhaaye bachpan yaad aaye
------------------------------------------------------------------

KS: Mumbai mein aane ke baad mein yahaan aapki pehli film kaun si thi?

SB: Pehli film Mehboob sahab ka kiya, Taqdeer, woh Lahore se leke
aaye the mujhe.

KB: Mehboob sahab ne?

SB: Woh Lahore gaye the. Taqdeer picture ke liye mujhe book kiya tha.
Wahaan unki heroine thi, unka sasural bhi waheen tha. Woh to naheen
aayi, Mehboob sahab mere ghar aaye aur kaha ki tum mere saath chalo.
Mere baba aane naheen dete the. Woh kehte the idhar hi theek hai, tum
kya itni door Bambai jaayogi? Do do saal shakal dekhne ko naheen
milenge. Mehboob sahab ne kaha ki arey samundar mein jaane do usko.
Unhone baba se kaha ki miya, aap galat samajh rahe hain, isko jaane
deejiye. Ab iska naam itna hai ki jaane do isko, aap ne socha bhi
naheen hoga kitni badee industry hai. Unke kehne par baba ne kaha ki
achcha jaane dete hain. Phir Taqdeer picture banaakar hum waapas
chale gaye. Taqdeer mein sangeet tha Rafiq Ghaznavi ka. Rafiq bahut
achchha gaate the.

KS: Lekin Taqdeer ne tay kar diya ki aapki taqdeer Mumbai mein hi
likhi hai.

SB: Bambai mein, Yahaan se chali gayi thi main, phir mujhe Poona se
bulaaya. Ek picture thi Navyug Chitrapat ki - Panna. Iske saare gaane
superhit huye. Aur film silver jubilee se bhi zyaada time chali thi.
Phir wahaan se Bombay aa gaye. Bombay aane ke baad, yahaan sab log
kehne lage yeh karo woh karo. Sab karte karte do maheene lag gaye.
Phir aahista aahista main idhar hi rehne lagee.

KS: Kahaan rehti thi Mumbai mein, Kaun si jagah thi jahaan aapka
rehna tha Mumbai mein?

SB: Abhi makaan liya hi naheen tha.

KS: Hoon!

SB: Hotel mein rehte the kai kai. Jab hum idhar aakar settle ho gaye
tab liya.

KS: Kahaan liya makaan?

SB: Mahim mein rehte the.

KS: Aur pehli gaadi aapne kab khareedi?

SB: Pehli gaadi to aate hi saal khareede thi, naheen to kaise aate
jaate? Nayi gaadi to milti naheen thi, to humne second hand lee. Nayi
gaadi to aati naheen thi!

KS: Booking karwaani padtee thi ya phir baahar se aati thi.

SB: Haan, aur kitne kitne saal lag jaate the, booking mein. Phir 47
mein nayi gaadi lee (name of the car is not clearly understood)

KS: Mumbai mein sabse zyada recording aapki kahaan hoti thi? Yun to
bahut saare recording studios hain par us samay to gine-chune studios
hi the. To sabse zyaada recording aapki kahaan huyi?

SB: Aapne dekha hoga jahaan pe Ranjeet Studio hain na, wahaan pe gali
mein jaakar ek bahut badaa studio tha - Cine Sound. Cine Sound mein
bahut saare gaane record hote the kyunki wahaan pe Sharmaji ka bahut
naam tha as recordist.

KS: Kya bolte the, aapse kabhi kisi ne kahaa, kya reaction tha unka?
Ki aaj aapne badaa achchha gaaya ya...

SB: Kehte the na, ki bahut achchha gaaya, thank you.

KS: Achchha sabse zyaada rehearsal aapne kis gaane ke liye kiya tha?

SB: Yeh to bhaiya mujhe kuchh naheen yaad! Maine kitne hi gaane gaaye
hain.

KS: Aisa gaana ki ek din ho gayi, do din bhi ho gayi (SB interrupts).

SB: Woh to roz ki baat thi. Woh to ek ek gaane ko chaar chhar chheh
chheh din gawaate the, Naushad sahab maanenge naheen, aankhen band
karke baith jaate the. (Kamal Sharma laughs) Unki kitni hi picturen
hain jo silver jubilee, golden jubilee manaayi.

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Song: Main rani hoon raja ki, raja mera piya
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SB: Main apna, Nayyar iske peeche, badi achchhi thi, mere saath jitne
bhi music directors sab achchhe the.

KS: Nayyar sahab to kehte the ki Shamshadji ki jo awaaz hai,
woh 'temple voice' hai 'temple voice', suno to aisa lagtaa hai ki
jaise mandir mein ghantiyaan baj rahi hon.

SB: Yeh us rab ne dee hai, main to naheen, maine to bas mehnat kee
hai.

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Song: Naach rangili gaaye re, mose raha na jaaye re, main kaa karoon,
kaase kahoon, mere saajna
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KS: Kuchh andaaza hai ki kitne filmon mein gaaya hoga aapne, 200,
150, 300?

SB: Yeh meri filmon ko waise to, apne kuchh filmon ko yaad naheen,
itne zyaada gaaye hain maine, par yeh naheen tha ki kisa ka picture
chheen ke maine le lee ho, yaa phir yeh kaha ho ki yeh mujhe
chaahiye, naheen! Jo bhi aake de gaye, maine gaaya, bhagwaan ki badee
meherbaani ki maine kabhi kisi ko naheen kaha ki tumne gaana diya ya
naheen, maine sabko milke gaaya.

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Song: Tu hai mera yaar, main hoon tera yaar, toote na bhai toote na,
tera mera pyar
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KS: Bahut pehle aapne shuruwaat kee radio station se, baad mein phir
kabhi jaana huya radio station mein?

SB: Jab XXXXXXX kiya to main idhar gaayi hoon

KS: Bombay mein?

SB: Bombay mein, Bombay mein gaayi to mujhe time naheen milta tha,
itne gaane hote the sabke, kisi ke subah ko aa jaayen, ab unka set
lagaa huya hai, unka do laakh rupay ka nuksaan hota hai. Achchha hum
milke . Ek aadh baar cancel kar diya, raat ko gaaya, din ko naheen
gaaya, phir mere ko badee sharam aayi, maine kam kar dee kaam, ya to
yeh chhod doon ya woh chhod doon, mere ko achchha naheen lagtaa ki
main aapko telephone karoon ki main aaj naheen aa sakti. Humne jisse
kaam shuru kiya, uski jagah ko hum yeh samjahte hain ki humein idhar
se break mila aur usi ke liye ab time naheen hai? Aur idhar yeh hai
ek maamla, kaam ka hai, poori industry baithi hai, uska kya karen?
Agar anheen karte to sab ke sab bad-bad shuru kar dete hain. Hum jab
bhi nikalte hain na us road se, to idhar ka radio station hai na,
usey zaroor dekhte hain (Kamal Sharma a short laugh). Abhi bhi?

KS: Abhi bhi waheen hai, Church Gate mein,

SB: Bilkul saamne

KS: Bilkul saamne, aur yeh jo hamara Vividh Bharati ka office hai woh
Borivali mein hai, yeh bhi pehle waheen tha Church Gate mein.

SB: Yeh 'Hari Mirchi' kya naam hai iska?

KS: Radio Mirchi iska naam hai, woh Goverment ka naheen, private hai.

SB: Jo Goverment ka hai, usi radio ko jaante hain, usi ke saath kaam
karke upar aaye hain.

KS: Record par apna naam dekhkar kitni khushi hoti hai, to film ke
parde par aapne sabse pehle apna naam kab dekha tha?

SB: Hamare samay mein naam vaam ke jagah naheen the. Inhone likhni
shuru kee to likhni shuru kee, humne kisi ko naheen kaha ki hamara
naam likho, bachche bachche ko maaloom tha humne gaana gaaya hai, to
phir naam likhne se kya hota hai? Hum pehle pehle sochte the ki kya
hoga, naam hoga, idhar aane ke saath hi doosron ko pataa lag gaya ki
yeh wohi hai jo radio par gaati hain, humne aakhir tak radio naheen
chhoda.

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Song: Kahaan chale ho jee pyar mein deewana karke, main to neem taley
aa gayi bahaana karke
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KS: Actors aapko kaun pasand hain?

SB: Apne time ke ek hain Nargisji, Meena Kumari, ?????????

KS: Koi baat naheen, koi baat naheen, koi baat naheen, aaj ki filmen
to aap dekhti hongi?

SB: Aaj ki filmen, ek Shahrukh hai, yeh sab ladke aur ladkiyaan kaam
karti hain, hamari acting jo hai na, pehle to chand artistes kaam
karte the, Dilip Kumar sahab kamaal kaam karte the, Pradeep Kumar
badaa achchha kaam karte the, waah, subhaanallah! uske baad yeh
actressen, badaa achchha waaqai kaam karte the. Madhubala, sundar
jitni thi kaam bhi utna achchha karti thi.

KS: Bilkul sahi baat hai

SB: Lekin aam artiste, aam hero-heroine aisa kaam naheen kar sakte.
Ab to pataa naheen andar se kaise bane-banaaye aate hain, jo aa rahe
hain Kishore Kumar ka nakal kar rahe hain, (Kamal Sharma laughs), ab,
yeh, inhone, aapne khud nikaale hain, yeh bhi artiste, actually
dekhne ke laayak hain,???????

KS: Kahaani aur sangeet?

SB: Sangeet to 'bad-bad' kar diya hai, koi aa jaata hai gaana.

KS: Aap ne kabhi aaj ka sangeet, woh jo melody thi, ek samarpan tha
(SB interrupts)

SB: Sab khatam ho gaya hai, ab to sirf shor hai aur rthythm hai,aur
upar se 'bad-bad-bad'

KS: Phir gaano se bholaapan bhi chalaa gaya hai

SB: Bholaapan kaise rahe jab aap baat hi aisa karte ho? Pehle naach,
hamaare naach classical hote the, dekha hai aapne? Log dang reh jaate
the ki yeh kya kar rahe hain saamne khade hoke! Tarabai, yeh bade
bade, aur aaj, yeh kya hai dance mein? Action hi itne burey hote hain
ki log sharmaakar munh udhar kar lete hain.

KS: Shamshadji, jab koi artiste kaamyaab hota hai to bahut saare log
chaahte hain ki yeh bhi mere film mein aaye, film mein kaam kare kyun
ki iski kaamyaabi mere film ko bhi kaamyaab kar sakta hai.

SB: Haan ji

KS: To aisa kabhi huya ki gaana hi padegaa?

SB: Yeh to takreeban hota hi tha, yeh to hona hi tha, aur yeh hota hi
hai. Ja zaroorat hoti hai to sab kehte hain ki yeh aayengi to hi hoga.

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Song: Laagi naino ki aisi kaTaar, haaye mera jeena huya dushvaar
----------------------------------------------------------------

Vividh Bharati par aap sun rahe hain suprasiddha paarshwa-gaayika
Shamshad Begum se Kamal Sharma ki baat-chit ka doosra aur antim
bhaag

KS: Kuchh naam yaad aate hain aapko ki kisi ne kahaa ho aapse ki aap
hi gaaiye is film mein, tabhi yeh film chalegi, aur phir baad mein
woh film (SB interrupts)

SB: Dekhiye, yeh bahut saare log karte hain, music directors kya,
film director, kya naam, producers, sabko zaroorat hoti hai to aisa
hi kehte hain, lekin unka naam kehte achchha naheen lagta,
chhichhorapan naheen hai, bhulaane ka yeh naheen hai, hamaare saath
jaise sab achchhe log the, aur yeh waaqai sahee hai ki hamaari
industry bahut gareeb-parvar hai, hamaare industry ko koi bura naheen
keh sakta, bahut gareeb-parvar industry hai, (starts sobbing), jo
time mein ??????????????, 8 saal ke baad, 10 saal ke baad, 5 saal ke
baad dekho, Chevrolet gaadi???????????????? phir woh gareeb-parvar
naheen? Jo kaam karega usi ko banaayenge na, ghar baithe kisi ke koi
aaj jaata hai?

KS: Shamshadji, ek artiste, Rafi sahab, unke baare mein log zaroor
aap ke munh se jaanna chaahenge, aapko kaisa lagaa unke saath kaam
karke?

SB: Bahut shareef aadmi, nek aadmi the, unka waisa mizaaj naheen tha
ki mera naam hai itna, gaane-bajaanewaale log zyaada bad-mizaaj hote
hi naheen hain.

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Song: Challo challo challen hum babool ke taley, thandi thandi hawa
humein pankhen jaley
------------------------------------------------------------------

KS: Kabhi aur bhi ichchhaayen hoti hain, sapne hote hain, ghoomne ke,
aur bhi bahut saari chhoti chhoti ichchhaayen hoti hain, woh aur kaun
kaun se shauk hain aap ke jinse aapka man ramtaa tha?

SB: Sahee baat hai, shauk hamara to yahi tha aur marte dam tak yahi
rahega, humne gaana hi gaaya aur gaana achchha sunke hi aaraam aa
jaata hai, waaqai kahin jaane ka, kahin naheen jaate, Punjabi koi
writer the jo tarjumaa karte the angrezi kitaabon ka, to woh kitaab
maine padhee, yeh, kya naam hai, Mutabarak Joota (????), badaa ajeeb
sa naam tha uska, maine servant ko bheja ki library se leke aa kitaab
ko, woh kitaaben leke aaya karta tha, yeh kitaab laakar usne kahaa ki
yeh kitaab aap zaroor padhen, maine kahaa yeh Matabarak Joota padhne
ki kitaab hai? Tere ko un logon ne ulloo banaaya hai. Usne
kaha 'naheen sahab, usne kahaa hai aap zaroor padhen, naheen pasand
aaye to paise naheen dena' (SB laughs). Maine padhnaa shuru kiya, jab
maine padhna shuru kiya usko, aakhir tak padhke khatam kiya itni
kamaal ki book thi woh, likhnewaale to kamaal hi kar dete hain.

KS: Padhne mein shauk matlab aapko bahut rahaa hai?

SB: Bahut

KS: Upanyaas hi padhtee theen ya doosre vishay bhi padhtee theen? Ya
phir subjects bhi padhne ka shauk tha?

SB: Love stories main naheen padhtee thee.

KS: To?

SB: Woh ajeeb se likh dete the, love story aati hain, woh wohi kuchh
story ka plan, yeh woh, main naheen padhtee thi. Heroiney, yeh, uske
upar politics ka koi bhi yeh naheen hota, villainey naheen kuchh
naheen, woh seedhaa likhte jaate the usne kya kiya, woh unke
poplitics ke upar aa jaata tha.

KS: waisi cheez aapko padhne ka shauk tha?

SB: Mujhe pasand tha

KS: Aur Hindi writer-on mein

SB: Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

KS: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, unki to bahut saari filmen bhi bani
hain

SB: bahut filmen bhi bani hain, Devdas dekha hoga aapne.

KS: Jee haan, jee haan. Hindi mein kaun se writers aapko pasand hain?

SB: Premchand- Godaan, aur saari padhee hain unki, ek naheen hai jo
naheen padhee.

KS: Achchha humne suna hai aapko filmon ka shauk tha, aur Hollywood
ki filmen dekhne ka bahut zyaada shauk tha?

SB: Hollywood ki picturen us waqt aati badee achchhi thi, ab to unki
picturen bhi dekhkar dar lagtaa hai, ek aadmi khadaa hokar sirf
bandooken hi chalaata jaata hai, ab unka woh standard naheen hai

KS: To aap busy rehti theen to filmon ke liye kaise time nikaalti
theen?

SB: Woh main, kaam ke time mein main kabhi naheen gayi, kabhi agar
cancel ho gaya

KS: Recording?

SB Recording, ya kabhi jaldi khatam ho gayi recording to film (laughs
lightly), na kisi ka ooncha neechaa kaha, na kisi ki buraai kee na
suni, apna aaraam se picture dekhne jaa rahe hain khaana khaake.

KS: Kaun kaun si jagah aapne ghoomi, desh kaun kaun se dekhe, mulk
kaun kaun se ghoome?

SB: Europe ghooma main inke saath, bitiya ke saath mein

KS: Achchha ek cheez mujhe bataaiye, pehle radio mein aap jaati rahi
hain, aaj radio ki team aapke ghar aayi hai, radio se baat karte huye
kaisa lag raha hai aapko?

SB: Badee khushi ho rahi hai, tabhi to nikalte hi maine aap se kaha
ki radio-waale aa gaye (laughs). Log jab tak mujhe yaad karte hain,
jab tak mere gaane baanchne jaate hain, main zinda hoon.

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Song: Sharmaaye kaahe ghabraaye kaahe sun mere raja o raja aaja aaja
aaja
-------------------------------------------------------------------

KS: Shamshadji, aaj baazaar mein aap ke gaano ki 'remix' chhaayi huyi
hai. aap ka kya Khayaal hai in 'remix' gaano ke prati?

SB: Mujhe 'remix' se koi shikaayat naheen hai. aaj shor sharaba ka
zamana hai, rhythm ka zamana hai, bachche log aise gaane sunkar khush
hote hain, jhoomte hain. Mujhe bhi achchha lagta hai, par koi in
geeton mein hamara naam to den!

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Song: Saiyan dil mein aana re (Bahar)
Song: Kabhi aar kabhi paar (Aar Paar)
Song: Leke pehla pehla pyar (CID)
---------------------------------------

KS: Shamshadji, aap ne humein itnaa saara waqt diya, apne jeevan ki
itni saari baaten bataayeen, bahut achchha lagaa, aapko meri taraf
se, Vividh Bharati ki taraf se, aur Vividh Bharati ke kaDoDon
shrotaaon ki taraf se bahut bahut shukriyaa.

SB: meherbaani!

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Song: Aji bas shukriyaa (
-----------------------------------

aap sun rahe the suprasiddha paarshwa-gaayika Shamshad Begum se Kamal
Sharma ki baat-chit ka doosra aur antim bhaag. ab Sargam Ke itare
kaaryakram samaapt karne ki deejiye humein ijaazat namaskaar!

THE END

SB: Shamshad Begum
KS: Kamal Sharma

Recorded at Shamshadji's residence at Powai, Mumbai, in the year 2005.

PART 1

Sargam Ke Sitare karyakram mein aaj hum aapki mulaaqaat sargam ke us
sureeli aur lokpriya gaayika se karvaa rahehain jinhe aap Shamshad
Begum ke naam se jaante hain, jinki khanakbhari awaaz se na keval woh
thirakta tha balki unki lokpriyata ka aalam yeh hai ki aaj ki yuva
peedhee unke gaaye geeton ki remixon par thirak rahi rahe hain.
Shamshadji se yeh baatchit hamare sehyogi Kamal Sharma ne Shamshadji
ke Powai ke unke ghar par record kiya. To aayiye sune yeh baatchit.

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Song: Boojh mera kya naam re nadi kinare gaaon re
-------------------------------------------------

SB: Mere ko gaana nahin seekhaaya kisi ne, gramophone par sun sunkar
maine seekha. Mere gharwale ne ek paisa nahi kharch kiya. Ladkon ka
hi filmon mein gaana bajaana achchha nahi maana jaata tha, ladkiyon
ki kya baat thi. Maine gaane lagti ghar mein to sab chup kara dete
the ki kya har waqt 'chen chen' karti rehti hai.

KS: Shamshadji, aapne kis umra se gaana shuru kiya tha?

SB: 8 saal se gaana shuru kiya, jab se hosh aaya tabhi se gaati thi

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Song: Kaahe koyal shor machaaye re koi apna mujhe yaad aaye re
--------------------------------------------------------------

KS: Aap jis school mein padhti theen, wahaan aapke music teacher ne
aapka hausla badhaaya hoga?

SB: Unhone kaha ki awaaz achchhi hai, par gharwalon ne is taraf
dhyaan nahin diya. Main jis school mein padhti thi woh British ne
banaya tha, Urdu zabaan mein, maine 5th standard tak padhaai kee. Hum
chaar bahen aur teen bhai the. Ek meraq chacha tha, ek unko gaane ka
shauk tha. Woh kehte the ki hamare ghar mein yeh ladki aage chalkar
achchha gaayegi.Woh mere baba ke sage bhai the. Woh Urdu itna achchha
bolte the ki tabeeyat khush ho jaati, lagta hi nahi ki woh Punjab ke
rehnewale the. Mere walid ghazlon ke shaukin the aur we mushayre mein
jaaya karte the. kabhi kabhi we mujhse ghazlen gaane ko bhi kehte
the. Lekin woh mere gaane se darte the. Woh kehte ki chaar chaar
ladkiyaan hain ghar mein, tu gaayegi to in sabki shaadi karwani
mushkil ho jaayegi.

KS: Shamshadji, aapki gaayiki ki phir shuruwaat kaise aur kab huyi?

SB: Mere us chacha ne mujhe Xynophone company mein le gaye, woh ek
nayi gramophone company aayi huyi thi. Us samay main 12 saal ki thi.
Waqhaan pahunchkar pata chala ki audition hogi, un logon ne takhtposh
bichhaaya, hum chadh gaye, us par baith gaye (SB laughs). Waheen par
maujood the sangeetkaar Master Ghulam Haider sahab. Itne kamaal ke
aadmi maine dekha hi naheen tha. Woh mere walid sahab ko pehchaante
the. Woh kamaal ke pakhaawaj bajate the. Unhone mujhse poochha ki
aapke saath kaun bajaayega? Maine kaha main khud hi gaati hoon, mere
saath koi bajaanewala naheen hai. Phir unhone kaha ki thoda gaa ke
sunaao. Maine Zafar ki ghazal shuru kee "Mere yaar mujhse mile to",
ek asthayi ek antara, bas! Unhone mujhe rok diya, maine socha gaye
kaam se, yeh to gaane hi naheen dete. Yeh maine khwaab mein bhi
naheen socha tha ki main playback artiste ban jaayungi, mera itna
naam hoga. Main sirf chaahti thi ki main khulkar gaayun.

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Song: Mere ghunghar waale baal
------------------------------

SB: Maine Masterji se phir kaha ki doosra gaana sunaayun? Unhone kaha
ki naheen, itn atheek hai. Phir 12 gaano ka agreement ho gaya, har
gaane ke liye 12 rupay. Mastreji ne un logon se kaha ki is ladki ko
woh sab facilities do jo sab bade artiston ko dete ho. Us zamane mein
6 maheeno ka contract huya karta tha, 6 maheene baad phir
recordingwaale aa jaate the. 10 se 5 baje tak hum rehearsal kiya arte
musicians ke saath, Masterji bhi rehte the. Aap hairaan honge ki unhi
ke gaane gaa gaa kar main artiste bani hoon.

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Song: Naino ke baan ki geet anokhi
----------------------------------

KS: Aap mein bhi lagan rahi hogi?

SB: Master Ghulam Haider sahab kaha karte the ki is ladki mein guts
hai, awaaz bhi pyaari hai. Shuru mein har geet ke liye 12 rupay dete
the. Poora session khatam hone par mujhe 5000 rupay mile. Jab rab
meherbaan to sab meherbaan (SB becomes emotional & starts sobbing).
Jab result nikalta hai to phir kya kehna!

---------------------------------------------
Song: Duniya ko laat maaro duniya salaam kare
---------------------------------------------

KS: Aapne phir radio se bhi jud gayeen, is baare mein kuchh bataayen

SB: Jab maine gaana shuru kiya tha tab radio nahin tha, sirf
gramophone companies thi, aur bahut mehenga bhi tha, 100 rupay keemat
thi gramophone ki aur har record ki keemat hoti thi 2.50 rupay. 2
saal baad jab hum tayyaar ho gaye, tab rab ne radio khol dee aur main
Peshwar Radio mein shaamil ho gayi.

------------------------------------------------------------
Song: Har dil ki daastaan, dukh dard bhi hai, aaraam bhi hai
------------------------------------------------------------

KS: Radio mein kisi producer ko aap jaanti thi, aapko mauka kaise
mila?

SB: Us waqt producer nahi, station director hote the, unke liye
gaanewaale kahaan se aayenge? Woh gramophone company waalon se
poochhte the gaayakon ke baare mein. Xynophone company se bhi unhone
poochha aur is tarah se mera naam unhe mil gaya. Maine Peshawar Radio
se shuruwaat kee, Pashto, Persian, Hindi, Urdu aur Punjabi programmes
karne lagi. Phir Lahore aur Dilli Radio se bhi judee.

-----------------------
Song: O jaadugar baalma
-----------------------

KS: Aap maanengi ki aapki kaamyaabi ke peechhe radio ka bhi badaa
haath hai?

SB: Bahut bada haath hai ji, radio ne hi ek seekhaya sabhi ko ki yeh
ladki ek artiste hai.

-----------------------------------------
Song: Kahin pe nigaahen kahin pe nishaana
-----------------------------------------

KS: Shamshaji, yeh bataaiye ki us samay aap gair filmi gaane gaati
theen, kabhi filmwaalon ki bhi ichchha huyi hogi ki aapse filmon mein
gawaaye?

SB: Baba filmon mein mujhe kaam naheen karne nahi denge yeh saaf saaf
keh diya tha, gramophone company aur radio mein gaa rahi ho, bahut ho
gaya, ab iske aage aur naheen, unhone aisa keh diya tha. Mera to film
ke liye screentest bhi ho gaya tha. Lekin baba ne mana kar diya, kaha
ki aur nahi chaahiye. Us zamane mein playback nahi tha, isliye agar
filmon mein gaane ke liye usme acting karna bhi zaroori tha, isliye
filmon mein gaane ka mauka nahi mil paaya. Maine 2/3 saal radio mein
kas ke gaaye. Phir playback aa gaya. Us waqt main Xynophone company
mein gaa rahi thi, isliye company ne filmwale ke saamne yeh shart
rakh dee ki main film mein gaa sakti hoon, lekin gramophone record
par Xynophone ka naam rahega. Pehli film jisme maine gaaya, woh tha
Yamla Jatt, Pancholi sahab ki. Maine isme 4/5 gaane gaaye, jo saare
super hit huye, film ne bhi silver jubilee manaayi.

KS: Aapne dekha ki naheen is picture ko?

SB: Dekha tha, ek baar.

KS: Achchha Shamshaji, us zamane mein recording studios ka maahaul
kaisa huya karta tha?

SB: Achchha tha aur kaam karnewale log the. Jab tak music director
nahi kehta ki sab perfect hai, tan tak artiste ko rehearsal karte
rehn padta. Itni baar rehearsal hoti thi ki sur ke saath saath bol
bhi yaad ho jaate the.

--------------------------------------------------
Song: Jab usne gesu bikhraaye baadal aaya jhoom ke
--------------------------------------------------

SB: Us daud mein aisa naheen hota tha ki "aaaaa" kiya aur 'cut' kar
diya, "ooooo..." kiya phir cut kar diya. 8 minute ka bhi gaana hai
tostart se end tak theek hona padta tha, koi bhi galati ho, chaahe
singers ki ya musicians ki, retake karwate the.

KS: Humne suna hai ki us zamane mein kisi bhi geet ko do baar gaane
padte the, film ke liye alag, gramophone ke liye alag?

SB: Haan, pehle film company mein gaate the jo picture ke parde par
dikhaay aur sunayi deta, phir gramophone company jaate the, agar
gramophone record nikaalna tha.

KS: Aap recording ke liye ghar se studio kaise jaati thi, bus ya taxi
mein?

SB: Jee nahi, taange mein. Hamar bungla tha Maal Road par, wahaan se
Pancholi Studio, apne taange mein hi aaya jaaya karti thi.

------------------------------------------------------
Song: E ji thandi sadak hai akad akad ke chalo na babu
------------------------------------------------------

KS: Yamla Jatt ke baad aapne kin filmon mein gaaye?

SB: Yamla Jatt pehli film thi, music director the Master Ghulam
Haider. Yeh Punjabi zubaan ki film thi. Uske baad aayi Khazanchi, jo
Hindi zabaan ki thi, Masterji hi music director the. Isme sabhi 8
gaane mere gaaye huye the. Yeh picture 52 hafton se zyada chali.
Pancholi Arts ke liye maine 7/8 filmon mein gaaye, sabhi ne silver
jubilee manaayi, do ne golden jubilee bhi manaayi. Sangeetkaar Shyam
Sundar ke liye ek picture mein maine gaaya, jisne silver jubilee
manaayi, is picture ka ek gaana tha "Goriye soniye na kar gumaan" jo
superhit huya. Shukriya film bhi silver jubilee thi, Ustad Zande Khan
ke ek picture mein bhi gaaya jo silver jubilee manaayi.

---------------------------------------------------
Song: Na bol pee pee more angana panchhi jaa re jaa
---------------------------------------------------

KS: Kaun kalakaar aapko sabse zyada pasand hai?

SB: Saigal sahab, kya insaan the, wah wah wah!

----------------------------------
Clip: Main kya janoo kya jadoo hai
----------------------------------

KS: Saigal sahab se aapki kabhi mulaqaat huyi?

SB: Main to unki fan thi shuru se hi, unke baare mein kya kahoon, woh
to kamaal ke aadmi the, itne khoobsurat ke jawaab naheen. Maine unhe
jab dekha to we beemaar ho gaye the.

KS: Achchha, pehle kabhi unse naheen mile?

SB: Naheen, maine unki Devdas 14 baar theatre mein jaakar dekhi hai,
jab bhi paise ikattha ho gaye, chale gaye Devdas dekhne. Ek theatre
thi jahaan pe auraton ke liye alag se seats lage hote the, wahaan jaa
jaakar dekhti thi.

KS: Devdas ka kaun sa gaana sabse zyada aapko pasand hai?

SB: Baalam aaye baso more mann mein

-------------------------------------
Clip: Baalam aaye baso more mann mein
-------------------------------------

KS: Unke saath huyi milaqaat ke baare mein hamare shrotaaon ko kuchh
bataaiye.

SB: Unhe maine Bambai mein dekha tha. Ek din main Ranjit mein
rehearsal  kar rahi thi. Khabar aayi ki Saigal sahab aa rahe hain.
Maine un logon se keh rakha tha ki Saigal sahab ki gaadi aaye to
mujhe batana. Itne mein unki gaadi aa gayi, unki ungli mein heere ki
angoothi thi. Maine kahaa 'salaam'. Kisi ne unhe mere baare mein
bataaya huya tha, woh mere paas aaye aur Punjabi mein kaha ki oye
tune apne baare mein kuch nahi bataya, sirf salaam kehkar chali jaa
rahi thi!

KS: Saigal sahab ke baad, ab main Kishoreda ke baare mein poochhna
chahta hoon, yeh bahut baad ki baat hogi, unke saath bhi aapne gaaya
hai.

SB: Woh bahut hi shareef aadmi the (SB laughs)

KS: Unki pyari pyari sharaarton ke baare mein humne suna hai (KS
laughs).

SB: Woh apni style ka badaa achchha gaayak the, hamaare saath unka
bahut achchha relation tha, unke saath kuchh duets maine gaaye hain,
ek gaana badaa chala tha Naya Andaz picture ka, unhone bhi itna
achchha gaaya tha isey.

--------------------------------------------------
Song: Meri neendon mein tum mere khwaabon mein tum
--------------------------------------------------

KS: Aur kin kin gaayakon ke saath aapki jodi bani?

SB: Koi jodi wodi naheen ji, us zamaane mein music directors kisi ki
baat naheen sunte the, woh jis gaayak ko chunenge humein usi ke saath
gaana padega, kisi ki majaal hai jo koi zabardasti kare.

KS: Achchha to kis gaayak ke saath aapko gaate huye sabse achchha
lagaa?

SB: Kisi ke bhi saath bura naheen laga. Maine hamesha chaaha ki main
jiske saath gaa rahi hoon, woh bhi achchha gaaye. Uska achchha hoga
to mera bhi achchha hoga.

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Song: Bheega bheega pyar ka samaa bataade tujhe jaana hai kahaan
----------------------------------------------------------------

To yeh tha guzre zamaane ki mashoor gaayika Shamshad Begum se Kamal
Sharma ki baatchit par aadhaarit is Sargam Ke Sitaron karyakram ki
pehli kadee. Agle hafte sunna na bhoolen is baatchit ki doosri kadee.
Ab deejiye humein ijaazat, namaskaar!

END OF PART 1

doston, film sangeet ke aasmaan mein kai aise sitaare hain jinki
chamak peeDhee dar peeDhee yunhi barkaraar hai, jinki lau aaj tak
bujh naheen paayee hai. ek aisi hi awaaz kaa zikr aaj hum karne jaa
rahe hain. to kaun hain Aaj Ke Fankaar?

Clip: boojh mera kyaa naao re (CID)

jee haan shrotaaon, yeh aawaaz hai gaayikaa Shamshad Begum kee jo
Vividh Bharati par hain Aaj Ke Fankaar.

Shamshad Begum speaks: aap sab ko meri duyaayen. mere liye gaana to
aasaan hai, par bolna bahut mushkil. samajh mein naheen aa raha hai
ki kahaan se shuru karoon.

Song: boojh mera kya naao re (CID)

Shamshad Begum speaks: jagbeeti bayaan karna mere liye bahut mushkil
hai. aap beeti shuru karne se pehle yeh geet pesh kartee hoon.

Song: Na bol pee pee more angna o panchhi jaa re jaa (

Shamshad Begum ki awaaz mein jo aakarshan hai, rounak hai, jo
chanchalata hai, usey koi bhi nazarandaaz naheen kar saktaa. 30, 40
aur 50 ke dashakon mein unki awaaz ne shrotaaon par jaadoo keeye.
dilon ki daastaan bayaan karnewaali Shamshad Begum ki daastaan Lahore
mein san 1919 mein shuru huyi thi.

Shamshad Begum speaks: daastaan yun hai ki mera janm Lahore mein 1919
mein huya, us samay laDkiyon ko jo zaroori taalim dee jaati thee,
mujhe bhi dee gayi. gaane ka shauk ghar mein kisi ka bhi naheen tha
mere alaawa. mere waalid Ghazlon ke shaukin the aur we mushayre mein
jaaya karte the. kabhi kabhi we mujhse ghazlen gaane ko bhi kehte the.

Song: aji bas shukriyaa (

Shamshad Begum ne sangeet ki koi aupchaarik taalim naheen lee. woh
apni safaltaa ka shrey deti hain sangeetkaar Master Ghulam Haider ko.

Shamshad Begum speaks: Master Ghulam Haider mere walid ke achchhe
dost the. Ek baar unhone meri awaaz suni aur unko meri awaaz pasand
aa gayi. Masterji ne ek recording company ke zariye mera pehla record
nikalwa diya. 14 saal ki umra mein mera pehla gaana record huya jo
tha "Haath joda lai pakhiyanda oye kasam khuda di chanda"

san 1937 mein Shamshad-ji All India Radio se juDeen. us samay unkaa
naam jaanaa jaa chukaa tha.

Shanshad Begum speaks: 1937 mein main All India Radio Delhi ki
artiste ban gayi jahaan maine Pashto, Persian, Hindi, Urdu aur
Punjabi mein programmes pesh kiye. Par maine kabhi sangeet ki koi
taalim naheen lee. 1939 mein main Lahore aur Peshwar mein radio
programmes karne lagi.



Song: kabhi aar kabhi paar laagaa teer-e-nazar (Aar Paar)

40 ke dashak ke shuru mein Shamshad Begum ne pehli baar filmon mein
gaaye, woh Lahore mein banee filmen theen.

Shamshad Begum speaks: Pancholiji ne pehli baar mujhe playback ka
mauka diya film Yamla Jat mein, jismein mera geet "Aa sajna" kaafi
hit huya tha.

Shamshad Begum sings "Aa sajnaa"

Yamla Jat ke baad Shamshad-ji ne Lahore ki kuchh aur filmon mein
gaane gaaye jinmein shaamil hain Khazanchi, Khandaan aur Poonji. phir
uske baad Mehboob Khan ke nyote par Shamshad Begum ne Mumbai ki film
Taqdeer mein geet gaaye aur phir woh Mumbai ki hi hokar reh gayeen.
aur ek ke baad ek super hit geet gaati chali gayeen.

Song: kahin pe nigaahen kahin pe nishaana (CID)

40 ke dashak mein paarshwa-gaayan ke kshetra mein nayee nayee
aawaazen aane lagi thi. un dino zyaadatar abhineta abhinetri apne
gaane Khud gaaya karte the. Shamshad Begum ke kadam rakhte hi
Naushad, Ram Ganguly, S D Burman, Nashad aur O P Nayyar jaise
sangeetkaaron ne unse apne gaane gawaaye.

Song: duniya ka mazaa le lo duniya tumhaari hai (

Shamshad Begum ne 3 dashakon tak film sangeet jagat mein raaj kiya
aur unke lagbhag sabhi gaane mashoor huye, jo aaj naayaab ho gaye
hain. Master Ghulam Haider, Naushad, O P Nayyar, C Ramchandra jaise
sangeetkaaron ne unki aawaaz ko sanwaara. saaz aur aawaaz ke is
sangam se utpanna huyi ek se ek kaamyaab geet.

Shamshad Begum speaks: "Aana meri jaan meri jaan sunday ke sunday" C
Ramchandra ka yeh geet to aapne kai baar sunaa hogaa, is geet mein
meri awaaz istemaal kee gayi thi. ek aur sangeetkaar hain Naushad
saahab. Naushad sahab ke saath maine kuch 16/17 filmon mein gaaye
hain jaise Shajehan, Dard, Dulari, Mother India, Mughal-e-azam,
Deedar, Anmol Ghadi, Aan, Baiju Bawra, wagerah. Mere paas unke
khoobsurat geeton ka khazana hai. Log aaj bhi unke sangeet ke shedaai
hain. Mere stage shows mein log zyadatar unke geeton ki hi farmaish
karte hain. ab unkaa ek geet sunwaayungi.

Song: baadal aaya jhoom ke (

Shamshad Begum speaks: aaj in 30 minton mein kai chehre saamne aaye
aur chale gaye. maine un logon ka zikr kiya jinka taallukh gaano se
hai. maine kabhi sangeet ki koi taalim naheen lee. Jo kuch bhi maine
seekha hai woh marhoom Master Ghulam Haider sahab ki den hai, aur
mere dil mein unke liye bahut izzat hai. Har aadmi ko apne guru aur
ustaadon ki izzat karni hi chahiye.

gaayika Shamshad Begum theen Aaj Ke Fankaar.

Shamshad Begum sings "Naina bhar aaye neer (Humayun)"

Aaj Ke Fankaar aaj kendrit tha Shamshad Begum par, isey prastut kiyaa
Shehnaz Khan ne.

THE END

namaskaar, hamaare aaj ke fankaar hain suprasiddha gaayika Usha Uthup

Song: doston se pyaar kiya (Shaan)

Usha Uthup speaks: 'Vividh Bharati is one of my favourites'. log
kehte hain ki 'video has replaced radio', par main naheen maantee. TV
mein jo gaane hum aajkal dekhte hain, bas ek ya do 'line' hi baar
baar 'repeat' hote hain, antara yaad naheen hotaa aur doosre kamre
mein jaate jaate mukhDaa bhi bhool jaate hain. puraane gaano ke to
antara, yahaan tak ki 'prelude' aur 'interlude' bhi yaad ho jaate the.

Usha Uthup sings "aa lauT ke aaja mere meet", "man moraa baawra",
and "Teen kanastar peeT peeT kar galaa phaaD chillaaya.

Clip: Teen kanastar peeT peeT kar (

Usha Uthup speaks: aajkal to sabhi apne aap ko 'pop singer' kehlaate
hain (laughs). 'my mother used to sing "ghunghaT ke paT khol" and all
such classical based songs, but I was more interested into
those 'filmi' songs" (laughs). R D Burman ne Bombay To Goa mein
mujhse 2/3 English songs gawaaye the.

Usha Uthup sings "Listen to the music of pouring rain"...."sun sun
sun barsaat ki dhun sun".

Usha Uthup speaks: 'my sister Uma was a real pop singer', unka ek
gaana tha (sings) "Come to Bombay". America mein gaane bante hain
jinmein Canada, Los Angeles, New York shehron ke naam aate
hain, 'then why not Bombay, why not our own country?'

Song: Koi yahaan aha naache naache (Disco Dancer)

Usha Uthup speaks:yeh jo gaana "koi yahaan aha naache naache", yeh
ek 'devotional song' bhi ho saktaa hai, 'on Krishna, its all in your
mind'. dukh ki baat yeh hai ki yahaan ek 'pre-conceived idea' aa
jaata hai.

Song: Aayiye meherbaan (Armaan)

Usha Uthup speaks: 'I didn't come with a gifted voice, whatever I
have achieved, its all because of my family and my audience, I did
not have any Godfather or Godmother in this industry', main 'night
clubs' mein gaaya karti thee.

Usha Uthup sings "bindiyaa chamkegi chooDi khankegi".

Usha Uthup speaks: yeh jo gaana tha, 'I can never sing like that
(original song by Lata), but I sing in my own way'.

Usha Uthup sings "ab jo mile hain to baahon ko baahon mein le le re
saajna"

Usha Uthup sings "haal kaisa hai janaab ka kya khayaal hai aapka"

Usha Uthup speaks: maine kabhi naheen sochaa tha ki 'singer'
banoongi. 'my music teacher used to say, "get out of the class", my
voice was not OK'. mujhe 'clap' karne ke liye khaDe kar dete
the 'choir' mein.

Song: Ramba ho (Pyara Dushman)

Usha Uthup speaks: Ameen Sayani ke bhaai Hameed Sayani ke programme
mein maine ek English song gaaya tha, kya huya maine woh gaate gaate
uske lafz bhool gayi, to maine aise hi 'la la la' se usko 'cover-up'
kar diya. tab mujhe lagaa ki 'I was very quick in covering up the
music'.

Song: Are you ready naakaabandi (Nakabandi)

Usha Uthup speaks: aaj jise hum 'fusion' keh rahe hain, 'I think
fusion is a bad word'. 'One person who is excellent in fusion in its
true sense is R D Burman'.

Clip: Rampur ka baasi hoon (Rampur Ka Laxman)

Usha thup speaks: Main kya bataayun, kuchh log samajhte hain ki 'only
they have the authority to talk about R D Burman'. Khair jo bhi
hai, 'he and I shared a lot of music, we were really' yaar, 'real'
yaari thi hamaari. 'You cant imagine how we were, in fact', bahut
gaane the jo maine unko deeye. 'With due respect' main bataana
chaahoongi. (sings) "It is tuesday this must be Belgium, it is
wednesday it must be Rome, it is thursday it must be Monteal, it is
friday I must go home". Yeh gaana maine unko bahut saal pehle diya
tha, is gaane se 'inspired' hokar banaa (sings) "chura liya hai tumne
jo dil ko nazar naheen churana sanam"

Clip: Chura liya hai tumne jo dil ko (Yaadon Ki Baraat)

Usha Uthup: Ek aur gaana tha "When the moon is in the Jupiter.....age
of Aquirious"...."Jab andhera hota hai aadhi raat ke baad"

Clip: Jab andhera hota hai (Jab Andhera Hota Hai)

doston, aaj kaa yeh kaaryakram kendrit tha gaayika Usha Uthup par. ab
Kamal Sharma ko deejiye ijaazat, namaskaar!

THE END

Do try to listen
Sujoy

sorry, it should be 11th Feb (not 12th Jan).
Sujoy

--- In vividhbharati@..., "soojoi_india"
<soojoi_india@y...> wrote:
>
> 12 Jan was the death anniversary of famous poet and lyricist Pt
> Narendra Sharma. He was also one of the founder members of VIVIDH
> BHARATI (he had designed the programme format). VB observed this
day
> with a number of special programmes.
>
> CHITRASHAALA programme (0655 & 1310 hrs) featured poetry written &
> recited by Pt Sharma. The title line of this poem was "Lekar janam
> jagat kaaraa mein tumne mukt kiyaa jag jeevan". (Lavanyaji, can we
> have the entire text of this poem?) For those who joined late,
> Lavanya-ji, a member of this group, is the daughter of Pt Sharma.
>
> EK HI FILM SE (1230 hrs) featured all the songs of BHABHI KI
> CHOODIYAN.
>
> As this day also coincides with the death anniv of Kamaal Amrohi,
so
> Aaj Ke Fankaar was based on him that day. But AAJ KE FANKAAR of 13
> Jan (0930 hrs) was based on Pt Narendra Sharma (whose transcript is
> already available in the files section).
>
> Though JAIMALA GOLD this week featured actress Nadira, it is
expected
> that Pt Sharma's Jaimala will be aired in the last week of this
month
> on the occassion of Pt Sharma's birth anniversary (28 Feb).
>
> Sujoy
>

12 Jan was the death anniversary of famous poet and lyricist Pt
Narendra Sharma. He was also one of the founder members of VIVIDH
BHARATI (he had designed the programme format). VB observed this day
with a number of special programmes.

CHITRASHAALA programme (0655 & 1310 hrs) featured poetry written &
recited by Pt Sharma. The title line of this poem was "Lekar janam
jagat kaaraa mein tumne mukt kiyaa jag jeevan". (Lavanyaji, can we
have the entire text of this poem?) For those who joined late,
Lavanya-ji, a member of this group, is the daughter of Pt Sharma.

EK HI FILM SE (1230 hrs) featured all the songs of BHABHI KI
CHOODIYAN.

As this day also coincides with the death anniv of Kamaal Amrohi, so
Aaj Ke Fankaar was based on him that day. But AAJ KE FANKAAR of 13
Jan (0930 hrs) was based on Pt Narendra Sharma (whose transcript is
already available in the files section).

Though JAIMALA GOLD this week featured actress Nadira, it is expected
that Pt Sharma's Jaimala will be aired in the last week of this month
on the occassion of Pt Sharma's birth anniversary (28 Feb).

Sujoy

As you all might know that actress Nadira passed away yesterday. Vividh
Bharati was quick enough to prepare a special Aaj Ke Fankaar on her and
broadcast it last night at 21:30 hrs. It contained excerpts from her
interview recorded last year that was broadcast in Celluloid Ke Sitare
programme.

I will post some interesting facts from this prog shortly

May her soul rest in peace!

Sujoy

As you all might know that actress Nadira passed away yesterday. Vividh
Bharati was quick enough to prepare a special Aaj Ke Fankaar on her and
broadcast it last night at 21:30 hrs. It contained excerpts from her
interview recorded last year that was broadcast in Celluloid Ke Sitare
programme.

I will post some interesting facts from this prog shortly

May her soul rest in peace!

Sujoy

EPISODE 4 (05/02/2006)

In Kashmir Ki Kali, Shakti Samanta had introduced Sharmila Tagore. He
had seen her photograph in a Bengali magazine and he liked her. He
called her father and fixed an appointment for story narration. Her
father assured that if the story is good, he would allow her to work.
Shakti, with 3 distributors, went to meet Sharmila. The distributors
did not like Sharmila much but Shakti was confident in his choice.

Dialogues from Kashmir Ki Kali (Sharmila Tagore & Shammi Kapoor)

On the very first day of shooting, a god rappo was established
between Sharmila and Shammi Kapoor. The entire team went to Kashmir.
7/8 house boats were rented and rooms in a near-by small hotel were
booked for the unit members. Shooting was help up for 15 days due to
continuous rains. They passed these days catching fish :)

The Bhangra dancers used in the songs were called from Jalandhar
while the other dancers were brought from Mumbai.

Song: Haaye re haaye yeh tere haath mein (Kashmir Ki Kali)

The shooting of Amanush was done in the famous mangrove
forest 'Sundarban' that houses the famous Royal Bengal Tigers. It was
an unforgettable experience for the entire crew. There was only place
where tigers could not enter. It was a plot of land surrounded by
water on all four sides. Tents and boats were used to accommodate a
crew of nearly 150. There were small sharks in the waters, so
instruction was given to the unit not to venture into the waters.
Also, it was instructed not to lean out hands through the boat window
at night as tigers generally hide in the water waiting for a piece of
flesh in the form of a 'human hand'.

During the initial days of Amanush, Samanta used to make frequent
visits to Uttam Kumar's house (Uttam Kumar was the hero of the film).
It was at his place where Samanta met Shyamal Mitra and requested him
to compose the songs of this film. Mitra agreed on the condition that
the lyrics should be good enough.

Song: Dil aisa kisi ne mera toDaa (Amanush)

Shakti Samanta became a fan of Indeevar after he wrote the
extraordinary songs of Amanush. However, the Indeevar song "Kaise koi
jeeye" from Baadbaan was one of Samanta's favourites.

Song: Kaise koi jeeye zeher hai zindegi (Baadbaan)

It was a surprising decision to cast Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila
Tagore in an offbeat film like Amar Prem when the two actors were at
the height of popularity. Motivated by a Bengali film, Samanta went
to its writer and requested that he wanted to make this film in Hindi
with certain changes and asked for the price. The writer listened to
the changes Samanta wanted to make and got agreed. The writer got the
Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay. Before getting started with the
film, Samanta collected a print of the Bengali film and asked
Sharmila to watch it and give her comments in 1 week. The very next
day Sharmila met Samanta and asked, "kab shuru karenge, bataaiye!"

Dialogues from Amar Prem (Sharmila Tagore & Rajesh Khanna)

Shakti Samanta is fan of Sarat Chandra's writings. He points out that
whenever a film has been made out of his novel, it has become a
superhit. Whatever times Devdas was made, each time it has been a
blockbuster. Samanta, however, maintains that it is very difficult to
make a film based on a Bankim Chandra's novel. He still keeps on
reading 'Bankim Rachanavali'.

Song: Raina beeti jaaye (Amar Prem)

As the story and plot suggests, the music of An Evening in Paris was
required to be westernized. Samanta selected the city of Paris as it
was very popular destination in those days. Samanta agrees that there
was nothing special in the story of this film. The dancers were hired
from Paris itself. When a French producer saw this film, he asked
Samanta if he can put few scenes of the film in his film and asked
for the price.

Song: Raat ke humsafar thak ke ghar ko chale (An Evening in Paris)

Samanta says that he got the most satisfaction in those films that
has touched the audience emotionally, like Anuraag. Another
significant film with a morale was Anand Ashram.

Song: Saara pyar tumhara maine baandh liya hai aanchal mein (Anand
Ashram)

END OF EPISODE 4

aaj ka yeh kaaryakram kendrit hai paarshwa-gaayika Shreya Ghoshal par

Clip: Dil to udne lagaa (Tum)

doston, kamseen Shreya Ghoshal is film sangeet sansaar mein aise
samay mein aayee hain ki jab kai 'singers' apne awaaz kaa jaadoo
jagaane mein mashgul hain. apni khanakti sureelee awaaz se Shreya ne
apne liye ek alag hi mukaam banaa liyaa hai aur safal bhi huyi hain.

Clip: Tumhe jo maine dekha (Main Hoon Na)

Shreya Ghoshal ka sangeet ke is kshetra mein aana sanyog-vash hi
huyaa. apni awaaz ka lohaa manwaane ke liye woh kai pratiyogitaaon
mein bhaag le rahee theen. aisi hi ek pratiyogitaa mein Sanjay Leela
Bhansali ki nazar unki awaaz par padee. unhi dino unki film Devdas
ban rahi thi. is nanhi si kali ko Sanjay Leela Bhansali ne apni film
mein gaane ka mauka diya aur phir kya huya, jo huya woh ek itihaas
hai.

Clip: Silsila yeh chaahat ka na maine bujhne diya (Devdas)

kudratan awaaz ka achchha honaa aur us par riyaaz, tayyaari aur poore
samarpan ke saath Shreya Ghoshal ne apni qaabliyat ko siddha kiyaa.
Shreya Ghoshal ki awaaz mein ek ajeeb si khanak hai. katheen se
katheen geet ko bhi baDe khoobsurti ke saath gaa leti hain, aur saral
sureele geet to unke awaaz se nikharkar baahar aati hain. apni madhur
suron ki taan jab woh chheD detee hain to har kisi ka man gungunaane
lagtaa hai

Clip: Chhan chhan (Munna Bhai MBBS)

Shreya Ghoshal speaks: gaane ka shauk kis umra se tha mujhe yaad
naheen. main bahut 'high pitched' roti thee aur sabke kaan kharaab
kar detee thi. mere 'mummy daddy' ne dekhaa ki main achchhaa gaatee
hoon. meri mummy riyaaz karti theen, main bhi aaspaas ghoomti rehti
thi, to kabhi kabhi woh kehti ki beti yeh gaa, beti aisa gaa. aur
main Theek Theek gaa deti thee. Tab se mere 'parents' ko lagaa ki is
mein kuch 'potential' hai, aur maine gaana seekhna shuru kar diya.
main Rajasthan ke Kota shaher se 70 km door ek chhoTi si jagah hai
Raarphata, wahaan par sangeet seekhne ka zyaada scope naheen tha.
waheen par kuch folk music seekha, thoDaa classical music seekha,
phir hamaare music teacher Bhatnagar sir se seekhaa. phir main 70 km
door Kota jaakar bhi kuch din sangeet seekha. is tarah se 'music'
mere 'routine' mein aa gaya.

Clip: Aye meri zindegi tu mere saath hai (Saaya)

Shreya Ghoshal speaks: main bahut 'lucky' hoon ki mere parents
bahut 'supportive' hain aur hamesha mujhe 'encourage' kiya hai, khaas
kar mere papa. unhone kabhi kisi cheez ke liye mujhe 'force' naheen
kiyaa. jab doosre bachchon ke 'mummy daddy' unhe paDhne baiThne ke
liye peechhe peechhe ghoomte, mujhe kabhi kisi ne aisa naheen kahaa.
main bhi yeh samajhti hoon ki kisi cheez ke liye jitnaa 'force' kiyaa
jaaye, 'they start hating that thing', jitnaa 'support' denaa hai,
unhone mujhe diyaa. main kabhi unse poochhti ki aapne mujhe kyun itni
chhooT de rakhi hai, to unhone kaha ki achchhe bure ki pehchaan tum
khud karo.

Clip: Tu hi bata zindegi jo bhi huya jyun huya (Oops!)

Shreya speaks: main aapko ek 'secret' bataati hoon, meri mummy aaj
bhi mujhse kehti hai ki yeh gaana waana chhoD, aur phir se shuru kar
de paDhaai, aur 'engineering' kar le. yeh baat to sach hai ki
is 'line' mein 'insecurity' bahut, kab kya ho jaaye keh naheen sakte.
mere paapa Kota mein 'nuclear plant' mein achchhi naukri karte the,
mere liye woh usey chhoD kar Bombay chale aaye. jab main 11 saal ki
thi, tab Sa Re Ga Ma mein bachchon ke liye ek 'episode' huyaa tha
jismein maine gaaya tha. us 'episode' ke 'judge' the
Kalyanji 'uncle'. unhone mujhse kahaa ki tum log Bombay aa jaao, main
tumhe seekhaana chaahta hoon, 'you have the potential'. maine
kuchh 'professional albums' mein gaaye the, 'mostly Bengali and
Marathi, things started growing after that', phir Bhansali ji ne sa
Re Ga Ma mein mujhe sunaa.

Clip: Bairi piya baDaa bedardi (Devdas)

Shreya Ghoshal speaks: silsilaa to shuru ho gaya Devdas se, uske baad
jo agli 'hit film' aayi, woh thi Jism, 'it was one of the
milestones'. Devdas ke baad waise to kuchh filmon mein gaaye jaise
Tujhe Meri asam, vagerah, lekin inhe itnaa 'promote' naheen kiyaa
gaya tha. Jism mein "jaadoo hai nashaa hai" bahut 'popular huya.

Clip: Jadoo hai nasha hai (Jism)

Shreya Ghoshal ne anginat filmon mein gaaye hain aur gaatee rahengee,
yeh hai ek chhoTi si jhalak unke gaaye kuchh lokpriya geeton ki.

Clip: Agar tum mil jaao zamaana chhoD denge hum (Zeher)
Clip: Aashiq banaaya aap ne (Aashiq Banaya Aapne)
Clip: Hum tumko nigaahon mein (Garv)
Clip: Bepanaah pyaar hai aaja (Krishna Cottage)
Clip: Mera dil kuchh kehna chaahta hai aap se (Plan)
Clip: Mausam ki ijaazat ho (Chehraa)

Shreya Ghoshal ne kai gaayakon ke saath yugal geet gaaye hain, inmein
Sonu Nigam ke saath gaaye huye kai geet behad lokpriya huye hain,
aayiye aise hi kuchh geeton ke bhi ansh sunte chalen.

Clip: Teri baahon mein hum jeete marte rahe (Khakee)
Clip: Pyar bhara dil yeh sanam (Loc Kargil)
Clip: Piu bole piyaa bole (Parineeta)
Clip: Vaada karo tum jaane se pehle phir milenge sanam (Phir Milenge)

jee haan doston, jaane se pehle hum vaada karte hain ki aapse phir
mulaaqaat hogi. hamaara aaj ka yeh kaaryakram kendrit hai paarshwa-
gaayikaa Shreya Ghoshal par. ab apne dost Ashok Sonawane ko ijaazat
deejiye, namaskaar!

Clip: Chalo tumko lekar chalen (Jism)

THE END

I agree, earlier Chitralok used to be full of musical trailors of new
films, but this also has stopped. It seems music & film companies are
more interested in showing their promos in TV only.

Sujoy


--- In vividhbharati@..., Anup Manchalwar
<anupmanchalwar@y...> wrote:
>
> Whats happenning to VB these days???? (Exclamation by Sujoy) Here
is my observation:
>
>
>   Vividh Bharati is lacking funds....the crucial problem with them.
Govt of India and big oranizations like Prasar Bharati and
Doordarshan should take initiative to end Vividh Bharati's financial
crisis. Many people ask in their letters as to why VBS need
advertisements...and for this their reply is that they need funds.
>
>   VBS and Doordarshan are the channels which reach throughout
India. People love it and understand it. They are national media. The
VBS team should do something so that they get more and "bigger"
clients for advertisements. They should realise their importance that
VBS is still the best radio channel in India and for Indians. People
easily get obssessed with other radio channels because of lesser
variety and indistinct music.
>
>   TATA, Babul toothpaste, VICCO and Dabur, are few "big"
advertiser...but I dont understand why the film distributors have
stopped giving premiers of their releases and film ads on VBS. The
film team should realize that advertising on VBS can make more profit
than the ads on hoardings and in private channels.
>
>   Best wishes to VBS !!
>
>   Anup Manchalwar,
>   PUNE
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> soojoi_india <soojoi_india@y...> wrote:
>   In today's Aaj Ke Fankaar on Shreya Ghoshal, the 1st song that
was
> played was "Maar daala" from Devdas, which is certainly not a
Shreya
> number, but by Kavita & Kay Kay.
>
> Whats happenning to VB these days???? :(
>
> Sujoy
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In today's Aaj Ke Fankaar on Shreya Ghoshal, the 1st song that was
played was "Maar daala" from Devdas, which is certainly not a Shreya
number, but by Kavita & Kay Kay.

Whats happenning to VB these days???? :(

Sujoy

Lata Mangeshkar Fan club

In today's Aaj Ke Fankaar on Shreya Ghoshal, the 1st song that was
played was "Maar daala" from Devdas, which is certainly not a Shreya
number, but by Kavita & Kay Kay.

Whats happenning to VB these days???? :(

Sujoy

Hi,

There is no Jaimala of Rafi, Kishore, Sahir. Kaifi Azmi's Jaimala was
broadcast last month only. But u r right that VB keeps on repeating
the same progs again and again. may be some of the recordings are
damaged or not in a state to be aired.

Sujoy

--- In vividhbharati@..., "shirishkoyal"
<shirish.koyal@g...> wrote:
>
> Hello friends.
> Thanks to my lethargy, Kamal Amrohi Sahab (and Vividh Bharati) have
> beaten me. You must have heard his Jaimala Gold at 3.15 today. I
kept
> prevaricating and postponing posting the file, and Vividh Bharati
> broadcast Kamal Sahab's programme a fourth time. I feel ashamed.
> Anyhow, the file is ready. Shall post it tomorrow. If any other
member
> has recorded today's programme, he/she is welcome to post it.
> By the way, does Vividh Bharati have a limited stock of old
Jaimalas?
> Why did it have to air Kamal Amrohi's programme a fourth time?
Aren't
> there Jaimalas of Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Balraj Sahni, Kaifi
Azmi or
> Sahir Ludhianvi. I'd give my right arm for Sahir and Rafi's
Jaimalas.
> Please record them if these are broadcast. I'll try to record them
on
> my part. Unfortunately, I couldn't record Kamal Amrohi's programme
> broadcast today; I heard it on my car radio.
> Susan, thanks for your suggestions. Hopefully, I will be able to
send
> you all the file one way or other.
> Cheers.
> Shirish
>

Hello friends.
Thanks to my lethargy, Kamal Amrohi Sahab (and Vividh Bharati) have
beaten me. You must have heard his Jaimala Gold at 3.15 today. I kept
prevaricating and postponing posting the file, and Vividh Bharati
broadcast Kamal Sahab's programme a fourth time. I feel ashamed.
Anyhow, the file is ready. Shall post it tomorrow. If any other member
has recorded today's programme, he/she is welcome to post it.
By the way, does Vividh Bharati have a limited stock of old Jaimalas?
Why did it have to air Kamal Amrohi's programme a fourth time? Aren't
there Jaimalas of Mohd Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Balraj Sahni, Kaifi Azmi or
Sahir Ludhianvi. I'd give my right arm for Sahir and Rafi's Jaimalas.
Please record them if these are broadcast. I'll try to record them on
my part. Unfortunately, I couldn't record Kamal Amrohi's programme
broadcast today; I heard it on my car radio.
Susan, thanks for your suggestions. Hopefully, I will be able to send
you all the file one way or other.
Cheers.
Shirish

Hello! Shirish,

           Thanks for trying to upload the Kamal Amrohi
recording. Waiting to hear it. Shirish, if incase there
isn't enough space in the group, You can try and create a"
GMAIL ACCOUNT" for the group itself, for uploading these
big files,etc, as per Sujoy's OK. Good Luck! And Thanks!

Susan Renda

--- shirishkoyal <shirish.koyal@...> wrote:

  Hello friends,

  I'll be posting the Kamal Amrohi recording on the this
group tonight.
It would be great if I succeed in doing this. But if I
can't, then I shall email it to the several members who
have sent me their email IDs. Any more members who want
that programme may send me their email IDs too -- in the
next 10-12 hours.

Cheers.
Shirish


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Hello friends,
I'll be posting the Kamal Amrohi recording on the this group tonight.
It would be great if I succeed in doing this. But if I can't, then I
shall email it to the several members who have sent me their email
IDs. Any more members who want that programme may send me their email
IDs too -- in the next 10-12 hours.
Cheers.
Shirish

EPISODE 3 (29/01/2006)

This episode entirely deals with ARADHANA.

Before Aradhana, Rajesh Khanna had worked in 2/3 films all of which
had flopped. When the concept of Aradhana came in Samanta's mind, he
wanted to cast new actors as he wanted the audience not to compare
the performances of the actors with their earlier films. Samanta
liked the performances of Rajesh Khanna in his previus films and
called him. But Khanna was disappointed on hearing the story as his
character dies before the interval and comes again at the end. But
Samanta tried to convince him by all means. He even assured him of
financial security that he would get his money even if the film
flopped. With new faces, Samanta made this film in a low budget, but
when it released, it made him a 'lakhpati'.

Song: Mere sapnon ki rani kab aayegi tu (Aradhana)

Aradhana was released in Bandra Talkies. In Madras, it ran for 2
years at a stretch. Even the style of Sharmila Tagore was adopted by
the girls and many started wearing their sarees in her style.
Aradhana also gave birth to a superstar (Rajesh Khanna). It also
flagged off the association of Rajesh Khanna, Anand Bakshi, S D
Burman and Kishore Kumar. One song of this film was composed by R D
Burman as his father's health was not going well.

Song: Baagon mein bahaar hai (Aradhana)

At first it was decided that Rafi would sing the songs. But he was on
a long world tour, hence it was decided to get Kishore. But at that
time, Kishore used to sing for Dev Anand, so S D Burman was not sure
if Kishore would sing for the new hero. Shakti called up Kishore, who
had become his friend by that time through Ashok Kumar. Kishore said
that he sings for Dev Anand. Samanta replied, "nakhre kyun kar raha
hai, ho saktaa hai ki yeh tumhaare liye kuchh achchha ho jaaye!"
ishore agreed and in this way the first song was recorded.

Song: Kora kaagaz tha yeh man mera (Aradhana)

When Rafi returned back, he was given the remaining two songs.

Song: Gungunaa rahe hain bhanwren (Aradhana)

"Roop tera mastaana pyar mera deewana" was a very bold song for that
period. Shakti usually listened to the his songs at night in his
house and thought about their picturizations. For this song, it
suddenly came to his mind to picturize this song in one shot. He took
a piece of paper and wrote 'A', 'B' and 'C' on it, A for hero, B for
heroine and C for camera and picturized the song i his mind. He
arranged for a round trolley and shot it in the Filmalaya studio.
Many people put an objection to his idea of shootng it in one shot.
Someone said, "iska dimaag kharaab ho gaya hai jo itna achchha gaana
ek hi 'shot' mein le raha hai". Samanta jusitified by saying
that "jab raat ko gaana sun raha tha to samajh hi naheen aaya ki
kahaan 'cut' karoon". This song became the first song in Hindi cinema
to be picturized in a single shot.

Song: Roop tera mastaana pyar mera deewana (Aradhana)

END OF EPISODE 3

Sargam Ke Sitare, aaj ka yeh kaaryakram samarpit hai ek aise fankaar
ko jinhe sansaar jaantee hai ek umdaa shaayar aur ek behatareen
geetkaar Qamar Jalalabadi ke naam se.

Song: Ek pardesi mera dil le gaya (Phagun)

Qamar Jalalabadi, film sangeet ke ek aise geetkaar jinke anginat
jhilmilaate geeton se film jagat ka aasmaan roshan hai.

Song: Dum dum diga diga (Chhalia)

Qamar Jalalabadi ne apne naghmon ko kabhi zindegi ki khushiyon se,
kabhi unke ghamon se sajaaya, kabhi mohabbat ka paigaam diya, kabhi
aansooyon ki namee dee, aur kabhi jawaan umangon aur hasraton se bhar
diya.

Song: Piya piya na laage mora jiya (Phagun)

Qamar saahab ke aise kai geet hain jo behad 'popular' rahe hain
jinhone unka naam Hindi film sangeet ke sunehre itihaas mein jaD diya
hai.

Song: Tu hai mera prem devta (

Qamar Jalalabadi ke zindegi ki shuruwaat huyi 28 February 1917 ko
Punjab ke Jalalabad shaher mein. Unka asli naam tha Om Prakash
Bhandari. Bachpan se ki kalaa aur lekhan ke prati unka rujhaan tha.
apne 'professional career' ki shuruwaat unhone patrakaarita se
kiya. 'Daily Milaap' naamak patrika mein unhone apna ek Khaasa jagah
banaaya. ptrakaarita ke saath saath woh apna ek aur pehchaan bhi
banaa rahe the, shaayar ka.

Qamar Jalalabadi recites his a number of shers from his ghazals
(These were recorded for Chitrashala programme)

Shaayri aur sangeet ke sangam ne unhe ek naghma-nigaar banaa diya.
1940 mein Mumbai ke Prabhat Pictures mein unhe pehla 'break' diya tha
Ram Shastri ne. is film se shuru huyi unke ek sunehre 'career' ka.
1940 se 1970 tak Qamar saahab ke kalam ne Khoob dhoom machaayee aur
woh ek se ek 'hit' geet dete chale gaye.

Song: O door jaane waale vaada na bhool jana (Pyar Ki Jeet)

Qamar Jalalabadi ne apne samay ke sabhi naami sangeetkaaron ke liye
geet likhe, in mein se kuchh ke naam hain Husnlal Bhagatram. Raag
PahaaDi par aadhaarit film Ansoo ki yeh rachnaa film sangeet ke
itihaas mein ek sarvashreshTha geet ke roop mein maana aur jaana
jaata hai.

Song: Sun mere saajna dekhoji mujhko bhool na jaana (Aansoo)

Anil Biswas ne Qamar saahab ke naghmon ko kya khoob baandha hai apne
dhuno mein...

Clip: Raahi matwaale (Waris)
Clip: Roothke tum to chal deeye (Jalti Nishani)

Hansraj Behl...

Clip: Bhool jaa sapney suhaane bhool jaa (
Clip: Mohabbat zinda rehti hai (Chengeez Khan)

Qamar Jalalabadi ke naghmon ko ek alag hi rang diya sangeetkaar O P
Nayyar ne.

Clip: Nazron ke teer maare kas kas kas (

Kalyanji Anandji ne bhi Qamar Jalalabadi ke anek geeton ko apne
dilkash dhuno se sanvaarkar amar banaa diyaa.

Song: Main to ek khwaab hoon (Himalay Ki God Mein)

Vividh Bharati par is samay aapne 'tune' kiya hai 'programme' Sargam
Ke Sitare aur aaj ka yeh kaaryakram samarpit hai geetkaar aur shaayar
Qamar Jalalabadi ko.

Qamar Jalalabadi speaks: 'Director' Manmohan Desai ki pehli film
Chhalia apne bhai Subhash Desai ke liye 'direct' kiya. Subhash Desai
ne sangeetkaar ke liye Kalyanji Anandji ka naam chuna. Subhash Desai
ka naam sunte hi Kalyanji bhaag khaDe huye. Subhash Desai ne unka
peechha naheen chhoDa, unhe pakaD kar unhe sangeetkaar banaakar hi
dam liya. leejiye film Chhalia ka geet suniye meraa likha huya.

Song: Teri raahon mein khaDe hain dil thaam ke (Chhalia)

Qamar Jalalabadi ke geeton mein prem, virah aur milan, tanhaaiyon,
umangon aur hasraton ke rang paaye jaate hain, to kai geet
unhone 'league' se haT kar bhi likhe hain, jinmein haasya vyang bhi
bharpoor nazar aata hai. aisa hi ek geet suniye Kishore Kumar ki
awaaz mein.

Song: Jai Govindan Jai Gopalam (Aansoo Aur Muskaan)

Qamar Jalalabadi speaks: sangeetkaar Laxmikant-ji ne ek baar mujhe
bataaya tha ki bahut saal pehle jab woh 'musician' the aur 'music
director' naheen bane tab unhone sochaa tha ki 'chance' mila to mujhe
apna mustaqeel shaayar rakhenge. phir kya huya, mere man kuchh aur
hai, daata ke kuchh aur. bahut saal baad mauka huya Laxmikant
Pyarelal ke liye Malakchand Kochchad ki film Kachcha Chor mein geet
likhne ka, isi film ka ek geet suniye Asha-baai ki awaaz mein, jise
parde par Rekha ne gaaya hai.

Song: Pehle woh muskuraaye phir hum muskuraaye (Kachcha Chor)

Qamar Jalalabadi speaks: kuchh arsaa pehle ek 'producer' ne mujhe
Khandala le jaakar 3 din aur 3 raaton ke liye ek bangale mein qaid
kar diyaa aur keh diya ki jab tak unka 'script' poora naheen ho jaata
main wahaan se nikal naheen saktaa. naa woh Khud aaraam karte aur naa
mujhe chain ki saans lene dete. is baat se aap ko jang ke din yaad aa
gaye honge. mujhe lag raha tha "qaid mein hai bulbul Sahyaad
muskuraaye". phir mujhe ahsaas huya ki woh 'producer' bhi to mehnat
kar raha hai. woh 'producer' the Prem Nath aur film thi Gyaniji. is
film mein Sardar Malik aur Prem Nath ka 'music' tha. leejiye is film
ka ek geet suniye.

Song: Kabhi woh Laila kabhi woh Majnu (Gyaniji)

Qamar Jalalabadi ki Khoobi sirf geet lekhni tak hi seemeet naheen
rahi. woh ek aadarniya shaayar aur ek achchhe insaan the. film jagat
ki chakaa-chaundh mein rehkar bhi woh ek sachche karmyogi ka jeevan
jeete rahe. 1950 ke dashak mein kaamyaabi ki shikhar par pahunchne ke
baad bhi unki saadgee par uska koi prabhaav naheen paDaa. unki
sanjeedgee unke kai geeton mein nazar aati hai.

Song: Mere TooTe huye dil se koi to aaj yeh poochhe (Chhalia)

Qamar Jalalabadi ne jahaan ek taraf aise dard bhare geet likhe,
waheen doosri taraffilm Howrah Bridge ke aise naTkhaT geet bhi likhe.

Song: Mera naam Chin Chin Chu (Howrah Bridge)

Aur ab suniye woh geet jiska jaadoo aaj bhi ek nasheela samaa baandh
detaa hai.

Song: Aayiye meherbaan (Howrah Bridge)

san 1944 mein banee film Chaand ki yeh rachnaa film geet ke sabhi
maandanDon mein khaDee utartee hai.

Song: Do dil ko yeh duniya milne hi naheen detee (Chand)

Qamar saahab ke geet aam aadmi ki zubaan par chaDh jaane ki taaqat
rakhte the. Unke geeton ki saralta hi unki sabse baDee Khoobi thi.
gehri baat ko sahejta se keh dena koi aasaan kaam naheen hai. tabhi
to unka shumaar desh ke mahaan geetkaaron mein hota hai.

Song: Baaje paayal chhun chhun hoke bekaraar (Chhalia)

Qamar Jalalabadi ne apne filmi safar mein kuchh 166 filmon mein
kareeb kareeb 700 gaane likhe. ek kaamyaab geetkaar aur shaayar hote
huye bhi unhone 41 filmon ka samvaad lekhan kiya. iske alaawa
4 'screenplay' aur 5 kahaaniyaan bhi likhe. is tarah se unki kalaa
aur pratibha film nirmaan ke anek kshtron mein nazar aayeen. Film
Writers' Association ki sthaapna mein Qamar saahab ka mahatwapoorna
yogdaan raha. woh uske 'Founder Secretary' aur 'President' bhi rahe.
9 January 2003 ko Qamar saahab ne is faani duniya ko alvidaa keh
diyaa aur amar ho gaye apne kaaljayee kritiyon ke zariye. Qamar
saahab apne geeton ke baare mein kahaa karte the ki "yeh naghmein
qaum ke hain jo chaahe gungunaa le"

Clip: Jaate panchhi neel gagan mein geet milan ke gaayen (

Sargam Ke Sitare, aaj ka yeh kaaryakram samarpit tha jaane-maane
geetkaar Qamar Jalalabadi ko. ????? ke shodh aur aalekh par aadhaarit
is kaaryakram ke nirmaan mein prastuti sehyog diyaa P K A Nair ne aur
Vividh Bharati ki or se isey aapki sevaa mein prastut kiya Kamal
Sharma ne. ab deejiye ijaazat, namaskaar!

THE END