RMIM Archive Article "276".
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# Subject: Ek Hi Film Ke Geet - 2 - "Insaan Jaag Utha"
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# Posted by: malhotra@bedford.progress.com (Neeraj Malhotra)
# Author: Neeraj Malhotra
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EK HI FILM KE GEET - 2
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INSAAN JAAG UTHA
MD : S. D. Burman
LYRICS : Shailendra
SINGERS : Asha, Geeta and Rafi
*ING : Sunil Dutt, Madhubala, Meenu Mumtaz, Nazir Hussain & ?
( The actress in ? has an important role in the movie
so if someone knows who the actress is, please let
me know. She appeared in a lot of movies as a dancer,
but with a significant part )
'Ho... Mehnat kar insaan jaag utha, lo dharti ke bhaag jage,
bhai wah wah wah,
vo mitti sona ho jaaye, jismein humaara haath lage,
bhai mehnat ka,
har khel hai sara,
mehnat ka,
saccha hai sahara, mehnat kaa,
apna to hai naara,
mehnat ka,
...........
A song full of life ( can belong to that 'teaching song category')
starts out with great instrumentals and pretty much sums up the
message of the movie. There is another song in this very category
- OPN's 'saathi haath baDana' from Naya Daur.
The stories of villages and village folk are pretty much history
in the hindi film world. This movie brings nostalgia back. Songs
in my book are some of all time greats of SDB, but then that is
personal opinion.
What leaps out in these songs at you are the instrumentals. Wish
I could describe them - but I am no classical music person, I can
just say that the interludes are different and make up a lot of
the appeal of the songs. Add to that the crisp voices of Asha,
Geeta nd Rafi - and its GOOD MUSIC ! + there is a lot of LIFE to
the songs. Reminds me of the songs of USNE KAHA THA which were
also full of life !
That brings us to a lesser known song of ASHA picturized on that?
actress of the village - she is trying to get Sunil Dutt's
attention with ulterior motives :
'aankhen chaar hote hote, ho gaya pyaar hote hote,
teri bhi o, o, o, meri bhi o, o, o,
teri bhi o~oo~~o~~ meri bhi ooooo~~~' '
The voice is very seductive and so is the part teri bhi o~oo~~o~~
meri bhi ooooo~~~' which is sung in a different andaaz every
time.
There is one piece in the song where the dancing boys with this
girl add CLAP CLAP to the instrumental - a very nice touch.
Sunil Dutt's interest of course is Madhubala... Here is one
actress who can look as sophisticated as she wants - AMAR for
example, a timeless beauty in MUGHAL-E-AZAM, an absolute silly
looking belle in PHAGUN and here we have her as a simple fallen
in love with Sunil Dutt. Her friend is Meenu Mumtaz.... So we
have a perfect FEMALE DUET from then in the voices of GEETA DUTT
& ASHA BHONSLE... These two do sing well together as they have
given us a number of gems !
ASHA : 'Jaanu jaanu re, kaahe chanke hai tora kangana
GEETA: main bhii jaanu re, chup ke kaun aaya tore yangna..
jaanu jaanu re...
That 'tore yangna' is so typical of Geeta Dutt as she blends tore
& angna together. Hemant K. does the same too in some songs.
She does however say 'Angana' very clearly where there is a break
between tore & angana.
Interludes in this song are really wonderful... This song has
it's unique touch too as the lines
'koi kyaa kare baaje jab paao.n ki ' ....
and we have both the girls tap their feet to give you jhankaar -
rather than sing 'payaliya'. The song finishes with the payal...
jhankaar rather than a complete sentence.
This movie has been my favorite perhaps because of this song.
Saw it as a kid and we had to leave in the middle for some reason
- this song was playing and I was a reluctant kid with my head
still turned to the screen - in my mind thinking ... can't we
wait till the end of this song ! - being pulled by an adult to
leave the hall.
Did not know there was more treasure yet to come.
We are back to the local drinking 'Hotel' with our ? actress.
Sunil Dutt has been appointed in charge of those heavy fork
lifts.. So that calls for Song & Dance of course...
haaye haaye malai, haaye haaye malai..
( yes that is right - we have 2 locals starting off :)
zu zu zu zoooo zu zu zu zuuuu
baharo.n se, nazaro.n se, ye dekho kyaa
ishare hai....n
kisi ke ho bhii jaao ae dil waalo.n
din tumhaare hain..
ha ha ha ...
Once again that ha ha ha is sometimes sung as ha~~ha or ha ha ha
with a different touch ! The same ASHA who just sang 'jaanu re
jaanu re' in a very folksy voice is here in her 'Masti bhari
aawaz'. Nice whistle in this song as in one part the boys and
the dancer whistle the entire mukhaDa twice.
We have a village so the hay song has to come but first we have
that Fork Lift. That gives a new touch to the scenery specially
if Madubala has been tricked to step in, floating above and Sunil
Dutt at the controls... RAFI helping him to steal Madhubals's
heart ..
'dekho re dekho log ajooba ye beesawi.n sadi kaa
aasmaan ke chaand ko choone nikala chaand zamiin ka
o logo
ye chanda Roos ka, na ye jaapan ka, na ye amreekan pyaare
ye to hai hindustaan ka~~~~ ye chanda roos ka..'
And that brings us to perhaps the most famous song of this movie
- Yes the famous hay pile is tehre too... in RAFI & ASHA's
voices :
NaTkhaT taaroN hameN na nihaaro
hamri yeh preet nayi
ChaaNd sa mukhDa kyooN sharmaaya
aaNkh mili aur dil ghabraaya
chaaNd sa mukhDa .....
That is it for this time.
- Neeraj Malhotra.
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