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Today’s song is from the film Akash Pari (1958).
The film industry is a Gold mine for some people and it is a big crater of Mud for some people. It is not that a well established famous film company or a filmmaker does not suffer loss due to a flop film, but new entrants, who enter this field with a hope to make a lot of money, frequently end up with unforeseen obstacles which forces them to dump their filmmaking adventure midway.
I have the first 5 volumes of HFGK and I find in each volume, at the end of the book, a list of films which were left unreleased, incomplete or even uncensored. In addition to these hundreds of films which were conceived, started and after 20 to 30 % shooting, the films were abandoned. Apart from this, there were films which were left incomplete but after a few years, they were completed and even released.In such films the gap between the start to finish was sometimes ranging from 10 to 40 years also. By the time such films were released (if at all), the Hero/Heroines looked so old or different that it was a punishment to see such a film !
Some films were announced but never even started or went beyond the Muhurat shot or at the most 4-5- reels. During the 50’s some of such films were—-
1. Ching Chow – Suraiyya and Ajit
2. Ek tha Raja, Ek thi Rani – Nargis and Kishore Kumar
3. Faasla – Madhubala and Ashok Kumar
4. Nigah – Suraiyya and Nasir Khan
5. Jaanwar – Suraiyya and Dilip Kumar
A classic case of a film which began its shooting in 1971 and was completed in 1994, but released only in 2008, after a gap of 37 years, is an interesting one. The Hero was a Newcomer – Amitabh Bachhan. Initially, the director was Mukul Dutt, who left halfway in 1976. Then Ashok Gupta directed it in 1993 and completed it in 1994. However, due to many issues, it finally got released on 22-4-2008, a period of a cool 37 years ! The film’s name was ” Yaar meri Zindagi”. Imagine how AB must be looking in the first scene, shot in 1971 and the last scene, shot in 1994. Meanwhile the Heroine Sharada retired with her last Hindi film in 1996.
All of us know how the films of K.Asif took a long time to come on the silver screen. His longest time consuming film was ” Love and God”, which started shooting in 1963 and was released on 27-5-1986, a period of 23 years. His earlier long time film was Mughal E Azam, which started in 1944 and was released on 5-8-1960, a cool 16 years !
Yet another type of delay is when the Producer wants his money immediately and sells the completed film without waiting for its release ( when he possibly feels that the film will be a Flop). Our today’s film film falls under this category. This film “Akash Pari”(1958) was originally made by Smart pictures with the title DILBAHAR alias LACHAK in July 1950. Its 8 songs, written by Anjum Pilibhiti and composed by one Inayat Ali were recorded in July-August-September-1950. This film, for some unknown reason, was not censored. Its Distributors Indian Republic Syndicate then sold it to Delite Films, Bombay. The new buyers changed the Title of the film to AKASH PARI and got it censored on 11-4-1958 and had it released. However the film was a classic flop and disappeared quickly. All the 8 songs recorded as Dilbahar were used in this film.
The producers were Shrivastav and Geete. The film was directed by Mohan Sinha ( Grand father of actress Vidya Sinha) and the composer was Inayat Ali. Now, in the late 40s, there were 3 composers having similar names. Inayat was a composer for an unreleased film of the 40s,’Basant Panchami’. There was Inayat Ali who composed music for film ‘Galat fahmi’-49 and Dilbahar alias Lachak in the 50s ( This is the film under our discussion today), and the third composer was Master Inayat Hussain who only composed music for a Punjabi film ‘ Kamli’ – (1946). Master Inayat Hussain migrated to Pakistan and became a highly respected,famous and very successful music Director there. Master Inayat Hussain had 4 illustrious daughters – all in the Indo-Pak film industries. His daughter Asha Posley aka Sabira Begum was an actress/singer. Kausar parveen was a famous singer in pak films. Ranee Kiran wasn a Pak actress and Najma Begum was a TV actress.
It is not known whether all these Inayats were the same person or 3 different persons. Anyway, Master Inayat Hussain never claimed any Hindi film in India in his career here. So,obviously he is different.
So much for the history of the film,its composer and the songs. The film itself was a total Bakwaas. I remember having seen this film in Hyderabad. It was one of the ‘stupidest’ films I ever saw in my life. The remarks in my notes about this film are ” How can somebody make a film on such a stupid story ? “. When you read its story, you will realise the truth. The cast of the film was Kusum Pradhan, Mahipal, Ramsingh, Maruti, Krishna Kumari etc etc. The film’s 8 songs were sung by 6 singers, G M Durrani, Meena Kapoor, Shamshad Begum, Faiyaz Mehmood, Geeta Roy and Sulochana Kadam. Here is the story…
Ratna ( Kusum Pradhan) and Ramesh( Mahipal) were in love and consequently vowed to get married. Their joy was turned to sorrow when they found that their parents had already fixed their marriages, which they were not informed about. Ratna refused to fall in line with her father’s plans which excited him and he got a heart attack. Ratna had to give her consent to please her ailing father. When Ramesh learnt this he threatened to commit suicide. Ratna had to make a quick decision. She goes to bed with a heavy heart and an uneasy mind. Dreams take the form of reality….
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Now the rest of the film takes place in her dream.Ratna and Ramesh elope to Amarnath. There they saw a yogi sitting in Samadhi. Ramesh mocked him. The insulted yogi cursed him and reduced him to a very small height. Ratna’s father and Ramesh’s friend Chamak have followed them and when they come there and see Ramesh’s fate they take him to the Doctors but all in vain. Then Chamak and Ratna take Ramesh to America with a hope of curing him. Instead, Ramesh attracts the attention of an International gang of crooks who try to kidnap Ramesh. Ratna and Chamak fly to Burma where they are followed by the gang. She and Chamak escape in an aeroplane but as their luck would have it, their plane crashes and when they gain consciousness they find Ramesh missing. Ratna breaks into sobs and cries. . The yogi who has cursed Ramesh takes pity on her and gives her the power of flight. Ramesh has been carried away to the Dwarf land where the Princess( Krishnakumari) falls in love with him and proposes marriage and when Ramesh refuses she orders him to be slaughtered.
Ratna who has got the power of flight comes with Chamak just in time to save Ramesh. From there she takes Ramesh to the moon in hope of curing him. Here also she is disappointed and flies to Venus, here the Queen promises to cure him to which Rahu-the commander- in- chief objects and when the queen refuses to listen to him he holds her captive, and tries to assault Ratna. Ramesh escapes un-noticed and rescues the queen who with her divine power restores Ramesh back to his normal height, Then Ramesh and the queen come to rescue Ratna. Ramesh and Rahu have a fight in which Rahu is about to strike Ramesh, seeing this Ratna screams with a fright and wakes up to find herself in the arms of Ramesh who has come to give her the good news that it was they who had been engaged to one another. The parents bless the couples and then they live happily ever after.
The audience too is happy and relieved that the film is over.
The cast of this film consisted of Kusum Pradhan, Mahipal, Ram Singh, Maruti, Kamal (Maruti’s real wife), Krishnakumari and others. I do not know who Kusum pradhan was. I have never seen this name in any earlier or later film. Possibly this was her only film. How many of us know that the Comedian Maruti was one of the ” Same Name Confusion ” pairs ? The other Maruti was Marutirao pehalwan (Hero of the first Gujarati Talkie-Narsi mehta-1932), one of the early cinema heroes. However his career ended before comedian Maruti’s began, so there was no actual confusion.
MARUTIRAO GANPATRAO PARAB better known by his screen name MARUTI or Maruti rao. MARUTI was Comedian in Hindi Cinema who mostly appeared in Stunt Movies. he was born on 21-2-1927. He was frequently cast in DARA SINGH movies. MARUTI was active in Bollywood from his 1st Movie Gajre 1947 till his death in 1981. His last movie was Karate 1983.In 33 Years. He has more than 230 movies to his credit.
MARUTI ‘s Memorable Movies were Albela 1951 , Footpath 1953 , Bap Re Baap 1955, Bagdad Ka Chor 1955 , Chori Chori 1956, Guest House 1959 ,Opera House 1961, Parasmani 1963, Lootera 1965 , Raja Aur Runk 1968, Ustad 420, 1969, Mera Nam Joker 1970 ,Shor 1972, Kuwara Baap 1974, Kala Sona 1975 , Nagin 1976 , Don 1978, Jani Dushman 1979 , Professor Pyarelal 1981.
He directed “Hum Sab Ustad Hain” (1965), “Mangu Dada” (1970), Kahin Aar Kahin Paar” (1971), & “Hum Sab Chor Hain”(1973). He also appeared in these Movies.
MARUTI was married to lesser known actress’ KAMAL’ who appeared in movies Dussehra 1956,”Tatar Ka Chor”(1955), “Garma Garam” (1957), “Darbar”(1955) , “Riyasat”(1955). Comedian Actress Guddi Maruti is his daughter. Maruti Parab died on 12-3-1981. (Thanks to Rajnikumar Pandya ji).
Today’s song is a duet by Geeta Roy (since the song was recorded in 1950 when she was not yet married, hence Roy) and G.M.Durrani.
Song-Ho khel naheen dil se ho dil ka lagaana (Akash Pari)(1958) Singers-Geeta Dutt, G M Durrani, Lyrics-Anjum Pilibhiti, MD-Inayat Ali
Both
Lyrics
Ho o o
khel nahin dil se ho dil ka lagaana
Ho o o
khel nahin dil se ho dil ka lagaana
ho dil na lagaana
hai bedard zamaana
dil na lagaana
hai bedard zamaana
Ho o o
khel nahin dil se ho dil ka lagaana
dene ko hamne dil to diya hai
dene ko hamne dil to diya hai
badle mein dil ke dard liya hai
badle mein dil ke dard liya hai
ho o ho o
ho o o
dard banaa jeene ke mera bahaana
ho dil na lagaana
hai bedard zamaana
Ho o o
khel nahin dil se ho dil ka lagaana
pyaar kee baazee haar naa denaa
aa aa aa aa aa aa
pyaar kee baazee haar naa denaa
maut se pahle maar na denaa
maut se pahle maar na denaa
ho o o ho o o ho o o
haar ke bhee dekho na dil ko lagaanaa
ho dil na lagaana
hai bedard zamaana
Ho o o
khel nahin dil se ho dil ka lagaana
saath rahenge donon milke
saath rahenge donon milke
poore honge armaan dil ke
poore honge armaan dil ke
ho o o ho o o
ho o o
kehta raahe chaahe ye kuchh bhee zamaanaa
dil na lagaana
hai bedard zamaana
Ho o o
khel nahin dil se ho dil ka lagaana