Gehri Chaal Marathi Movie Songs Download
Elliott Davis
Amitabh Bachchan is on the run with Zeenat Aman, being chased by the goons because they have discovered he is not the real Don. He is a fugitive from the law too, because the DSP Saheb, who could have vouchsafed for his innocence, is no more. In this hopeless situation, he bumps into a colony of Banarasi bhaiyas who offer him a paan. The paan of Banaras makes him forget all his woes, it clears his mind, and in the ecstasy, he breaks into a dance with gay abandon.
We have some Punekars (as also a Master punkar ) on SoY. They can confirm if paan is such a big thing in Poona too. Sitara Devi in her ebullient style offers paan to her patrons. Jagdish Sethi, who was a prominent figure in our early films, asks naughtily, what if he does not take the paan? Sitara Devi knows how to put down such smart alecs; she promptly replies Maaroongi naino ke baan re. This paan has other ingredients from Dilli and Lucknow.
The lovers are 100 कस apart, with one being in Dilli and the other in Agra, but the painful cry of their heart eliminates the distance. Listen to this wonderful song from the debut of Rafi in Hindi films. He plays second fiddle to Shyam Kumar, then a Naushad favourite. Even though Rafi sounds tentative, as any newcomer would be before an established singer, you can recognise the familiar voice which would rule the airwaves some years down the line.
In the previous song, one can understand that the items of apparel and adornment can catch the fancy of a woman, but I am quite puzzled why she should be so sold on bamboo. But lest you should think that it was an oddity, it seems baans (bamboo) has long been associated with Bareilly, which was known only to Bollywood. Here Jayshree mockingly rues that the only thing her beau could think of bringing for her was baans from Bareilly. Quite clearly, jhumka as the identity of Bareilly is now pass.
Ludhiana is the seat of the famous Punjab Agricultural University and a hub of different industries, such as bicycle, woollen garments, hosiery, auto spare parts etc. But here lives Nimmo (Helen) who fires up the street with her dance and song with Bhagwan and Chandrashekhar.
Dangal marked the second phase of super successful Bhojpuri films which had started with Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo in 1962. The first phase of Bhojpuri films had music by Chitragupta. Manna Dey sings this song based on a traditional Bhojpuri folk song.
Anup,
Thanks a lot for correction in the name of the singer in the song Aagre ko ghaghro. The dance of Aishwarya Roy to the song Luk chhup ke main ghumi is so fascinating. Alas, she is not the same now. Eint ki dukki is on a metro, Calcutta, which I propose to cover in the next part.
Madhu,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Hai ye June ka mahina perfectly fits to the theme. Thanks for adding it. I was also quite puzzled by the popularity of Aati kha Khandala, but fits in the theme. If you had plans to write on the theme, you must.
Wonderful post. Long back, for one of my assignments I had to do a study of all townships in Tamilnadu, big and small. Some of the best references on the smallest ones I could find were in the Gazetteers written by ICS/IAS officers, British and Indian. Unfortunately, that practice seems to have been discontinued.
Canasya,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. District Gazetteers were classics. These were brought out along with the decennial census/cadastral surveys. They were keen to learn everything about the land they were going to rule. The survey & settlement operations have gone out of vogue. And the motivation/need for such documents is perhaps not there.
KS Bhatiaji,
The Republic Day Parade and Beating the Retreat can fill any Indian with a sense of pride. But we are suddenly jolted to the darker side. About the same time some valorous Sena was pelting stones on a bus carrying schoolchildren in protest against a film they had not seen.
Some time I feel proud and luckey also to have chosen Water Engineering Service after my selection thru UPSC services exams . Designing big dams and power houses and inspecting them during construction from time to time gave me many opportunities to visit and even live in small towns which i really had enjoyed during my service . Of course many Dak bungalows and Guest Houses are there but living in jungles of some nearby projects is altogether different .
Incidentally since the arrival of huge number of Bangaldeshi people in England who are fond of eating Paans more than any other community, the British National Health has been very conscious about the Paan eating habit of the Indians.
Every time I visited a Hospital I had to fill in a form and declare that I do not eat Paan. According to my doctor the Paan eating leads the complication of mouth and throat diseases and the Tobacco chewing may cause cancer in stomach, mouth and throat.
There is a station on the local railway called Masjid Bundar. It was due to the synagogue of early Jewish people who became Marathi Jews or called Saturday Brahmin as they worship on the Saturday. Now the place is dominated by Muslims and the synagogue was turned into a mosque by the middle of the 19th century.
The Name Dadar is because the place was climbing steps when Bombay was in seven islands. The breaches in between the seven islands were filled in by the East India company who got it from their king who got it as dowry for marrying a Portuguese princess.
Bhatiaji,
What nostalgia and revival of Jhumri Tilaiya on SoY! It was a part of folklore, and many people thought it to be a mythical town. Jhumri Tilaiya se panhuchi also mentions Nainital and Bhopal (Washington is erroneous).
Timbuktu , as of now is an administrative centre of Mali. Small Salt caravan do arrive ; but the large -scale Trans- Saharan commerce no longer exists there. Although the city has small Airport but it is mostly reached by Camel and Boats. Timbuktu has the history of having gone many cycles of droughts which leads to many helping hands for improving upon agriculture and irrigation practices.
I , along with my family and grand daughters , visited this place in our June , 2012 vacations and enjoyed a lot . I made a DVD of my vacation and enjoy viewing the same in the company of friends and relatives.
Notating the basic melody of our film songs is pretty much the same as notating western songs. However the variations in solo instruments etc are more difficult to put down as are our vocal variations around the primary note and the movement from one note to another.
Venkatramnji mentions Naushad. In my reading of the articles written I his diary by Naushad he mentioned that in the beginning of his career he was very much impressed by the music of the New Theatre and also by Rabindra Sangeet. He said he would listen to both for hours in his spare time and watch the films of New Theatre again and again.
Here the scene starts at 7:00 with the Bhajan, Hey Gobinda Rakho Sharan. Again at 10:19, Maganlal Megraj (Utpal Dutt ) arrives by Bajra to the accompaniment of the Bhajan Pag Ghunghroo Bandh Meera naachi re.
I doubt if any classic Hindi movie has picturised Banaras as nicely as Ray, though there have been stories based in Banaras, such as Laga Chunri Mein Daag, which give some flavour of the city. There are serials galore located in the city.
Nevertheless, the charm of Banaras is undisputed. No one represented the romance of Banaras better than the quintessential Banaras Man, Ustad Bismillah Khan. There is a story that a rich patron in the US insisted that the Ustadji settle down in New York, with all expenses paid. He hesitated, he has a big kunba dependent upon him. The patron promptly offered to host them as well. But the biggest difficulty was, as Ustadji asked him, How can he bring Ganga of Banaras to New York, which was the soul of his music?
I always enjoy when you write . The Banaras has truly emerged as a front runner ; as it is a place where great film makers from every corner of the world have shots many of their films here on these very ghats . Besides Satyajit Ray , films like Gandhi , Passage to india , Jis desh mein ganga behti hai , Sanghursh etc. were partly shot here .
Its really a visual treat to watch each frames of Aparajito beautifully captured by the ace cinematographer S. Mitra , his first movie with Satyajit Ray , a regular there after with S.Ray. The sound scope is a treat for music lovers . The Sitar and Flute numbers in the background enhance the visual treats and so also the large sketches on the walls [ probably by Satyajit himself]. Similarly , Ravi Shankar gave a masterly composed music in a scene in Gandhi when train passing over ganges .
AKji and Bhatiaji,
Thank you for your response to my writing on Benares. I often wonder why I write. But when it becomes participative / interactive with flow/ sharing of information then it seems more than worthwhile.
I watched the movie Mukti Bhavan recently. I presume it was shot near the Harishchandra Ghat. In reality there is a Mukti Bhavan very close to Harishchandra Ghat. There are two cremation ghats in Banaras, one is the well known Manikarnika ghat mentioned by Akji and the other one is Harishchandra Ghat. The recollection of this movie sends me back to my recent cocoonic state. A fleeting glimpse of the Ganga Aarati too can be noticed in this movie. When I visited Banaras in the early eighties I did not find Ganga Aarti performed at Dashashwamedh Ghat. I understand this practice was introduced in 1991.
Venkataramanji,
Banaras is a city of a thousand colours. Another colour which has figured in some celebrated stories in Hindi literature is its nukkads frequented by hangers-on with all the time in the world, no ostensible source of income. Their language is colourful, which would put the most explicit Punjabi to shame. At these addas, state and national politics are decided, governments are made and and unmade and cricket team is selected.