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Today’s song is a parody song from Devar Bhabhi-58. It is sung by Mohd.Rafi,under the baton of Music Director Ravi. The song is written by Raja Mehandi Ali Khan. The film is making a debut on the Blog with this song.
Talat Mehmood was a non film singer before he joined films in Calcutta ( first film Rajlaxmi-45). One of his Non film songs became very very popular all over India. After 70 years, it is popular even now. The song is “Tasveer teri dil mera behla na sakegi”. It was written by Fayyaz Hashmi and recorded in 1944 by its composer Kamal Dasgupta.
When Talat came to Bombay, acted and sang in films, people remembered his popular NFS ‘Tasveer teri dil mera”. There was a flood of songs starting with or having the word “Tasveer” in the films of the 50s decade, written by various Lyricists and composed by many Music Directors.
Infact, in 1944 itself, C.Ramchandra had composed a song “Tasveer apni mujhko de do” for the film Bahadur followed by “Tasveer-yaar dil se” in Sargam-50. some other ‘Tasveer’ songs were….
| Song | Movie |
|---|---|
| Tasveer banata hoon teri | Deewaana(1952) |
| Tasveer banaate hain ik | Dard-E-Dil(1953) |
| Tasveer banati hai | Jeevan Jyoti(1953) |
| Tasveer banaata hoon | Baradari(1955) |
| Tasveer nayan mein thee | Rajkanya(1955) |
| Meri Tasveer lekar | Kala Samunder(1962) |
| Meri Tasveer mein Rang | Album ‘Sajda’ by Lata |
| also sung by Jagjit Singh | separately(1960) |
There may be many more such songs. The reason why this topic came up is that today’s song too has the same Mukhda ” Tasveer teri dil mera behla na sakegi ” same as the popular song by Talat Mehmood. However, this is not a soft song like that one, but it is a Parody song, sung by Mohd.Rafi. Rafi sang it for the comedian Radha kishen to sing on the screen. As usual Rafi took efforts to sing in a typical style of voice- the specialty of Radhakishen.
You would not recognise this voice as Rafi’s voice if it is not specifically informed. Rafi had this knack. Specially Lata and Rafi, always tried to sing in the style of the singer on the screen. That is why Rafi songs for Johnny Walker had that distinct style. In case of Radhakishen, Rafi tried his best to copy his voice. Radhakishen had a shrieking chirpy voice, very difficult to copy for any one.
Radhakishen (Mehra) was born on 13-6-1915 in Delhi. He was a good writer and wanted a job as a writer in films. V.Shantaram, however, offered him a job as an actor in Prabhat. His first role was that of a villain in film ‘ Padosi ‘-41. It was here that he became very friendly with writer Pt. Mukhram Sharma, who helped him by creating special roles for him in the scripts that he wrote. Radhakishen played the roles of a miser to perfection. He became a regular with P.L.Santoshi films like Shehnai, Sargam, Apni Chhaya etc.
His biggest role as a comedian which brought him to limelight was in film New Delhi-56. He played important roles in Begunah and Naya Daur also. Changing over to comic villain’s role in Parvarish-58, he was equally effective. In Sadhana-58 he was a crafty neighbour and in Chhoti Behan-59, he was a greedy trader. Being a writer himself, he would get effective and ironic dialogues.
At the height of his career, he became a Producer with Amar Rahen ye pyar-61. Because of kavi Pradeeps left wing songs, the film was held up by Censors for a long time and when finally it was released, it flopped miserably. Before that itself, due to heavy losses, mounting debts and a failed Love affair, Radhakishen committed suicide by jumping to death from the fourth floor terrace of his building, on 18th March 1960. He died after his film Ek ke baad ek-60 was completed. Its Producer Raj Rishi, who was his close friend, put an obituary message in the film’s credits as ” This picture is respectfully dedicated to the fond memories of my friend and great artiste Radhakishen, who is no more with us “.
Same year in May 1960, the well known Distributor Tarachand Barjatya announced a Trophy in the name of Radhakishen, to be given to the Best Comedian of the Year. This is probably the only Trophy of its type in the film industry. (Thanks to Sanjjit Narwekar and Harish Raghuwanshi ji for information on Radhakishen)
Today’s song and the post is also dedicated to Radhkishen whose Death Anniversary falls on 18th March.
Song-Tasweer teri dil mera…maike se aa jaa bibi ree(Devar Bhaabhi)(1958) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, MD-Ravi
Lyrics
tasveer teri dil mera aa
bahla na sakegi
mar jaaungaa aa
maike se jo tu aa na sakegi
maike se aa jaa bibi ree
maike se aa jaa bibi ree
teri yaad mein ho gayi T B
maike se aa jaa bibi ree
teri yaad mein ho gayi T B
kheer samajh kar khaa loonga
teri gaali bhi jooti bhi
maike se aa jaa bibi ree
teri yaad mein ho gayi T B
yaad mein teri royee rasoi
choolha bhaya udaas
tadap rahe hain lote thhaali
chamche aur glass
kya main yoon hi jhaadoo deta rahoonga baarah maas
arri aati hai tu aaja varna
leta hoon sanyaas
is ghar ko bachaa jaa bibi ree
is ghar ko bachaa jaa bibi ree
teri yaad mein ho gayi T B
kheer samajh kar khaa loonga
teri gaali bhi jooti bhi
maike se aa jaa bibi ree
teri yaad mein ho gayi T B
tere baap se poochh ke maine
tujhse byaah rachaaya
tere baap se poochh ke maine
tujhse byaah rachaaya
saari raat gulaab bai ko
angna mein nachwaaya
dhaggi dubb
dhaggi dubbi dhaggi dubbi dhubb
saari raat gulaab bai ko
angna mein nachwaaya
band baja
shahnaai baji
sab ne mera ration khaaya
band baja
shahnaai baji
sab ne mera ration khaaya
par jab tu mujhse bichhad gayi
to koi na poochhan aaya
rotey ko hansa jaa bibi ree ee
rotey ko hansa jaa bibi ree
teri yaad mein ho gayi T B
maike se aa jaa bibi ree
teri yaad mein ho gayi T B
ho teri yaad mein ho gayi T B TB
