Pic :: A Poster Of The Film Padosan 

Padosan :: 42 years  A film that can’t be made in today’s Republic of Easy “ Offended ” India …. and it connected the South and the North

https://youtu.be/jv4wxnYJmzQ

U Tube :: Song .... Aao, Aao, Sawariya ...... CLASS and a JEWEL of a song  The song which DISSOLVED all the DIFFERENCE that existed between the South and the North Indian and UNITED them together

Today on October 29^th 2020 completes the release of the FILM “ PADOSAN ”   to celebrate it's 52nd year , which was ONE OF THE BEST 25 FILMS to be observed , chosen by the critics which on 1971 in a film festival had selected the BEST 25 films to be watched or viewed.  Amongst the JURY that selected were Mr Satyajit Ray.

This article was written by me on ONE of the BLOG page on October 29th, 2010 when the film after it's release had completed it's 42nd year.  I reproduce the entire article today. 

" 42 " is a NUMBER that is an IMPORTANT landmark in the history of the WORLD. It was in 1942 when the QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT had started.It was in 1942 when the ALIIED FORCE got a pact with Netaji Subash Chandra Bose stating that they would join the hands with the AZAD HIND FAUZ to fight the Britishers to oust them from india. It was in 1942 when Japan pounded the Anadaman and Nicobar Island and LOOTED the Island completely to demolish the Britishers from that Island.

1942 saw the TANK- the PATTON TANK invented and created by the Americans which played such a crucial role in the World War-II and it was exactly the year 1942 when America has invented the ATOM-BOMD which........ NO WRITING OF IT......as the writings are still on the WALL of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...... and today on October 29th 2020 the completion of the 42nd year of the film " PADOSAN "  adjudicated as  ONE-OF- THE - BEST- 25- FILMS- TO- BE-EVER-WATCHED in 1971 in a world premier film show sees the light of the day. 

Padosan actually is a film which was based on a Bengali novel “ PASHER BADEER MAYE ”  which actually means the GIRL FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD . This film in Hindi was directed by Mr Ram Swaroop and produced by Comedian Mehmood. The film as as many as NINE comedians the exception being Mr Sunil Dutt who is the lead in the film with Saira Banu who plays the lead woman in the film.

https://youtu.be/lRlj8btIbt8

Pic : U Tube Of The Song " BHAI BATTUR-BHAI BATTUR " 

Padosan simply was a film which was a COMEDIAN WAR with the MUSIC creating it’s magic to win a girl who was a TERRIFIC music lover but was very RAW in it. It infact is a FIGHT between the SHASTRIYA SANGEET which is based on the music that is loved by the SOUTH INDIAN against the changing modern music which are loved by the North Indian and the  lady who is sandwiched between the two.

Just listen to the song, and totally focus your attention to the THROWS , ie , the LULLABHOI that Latadi sings ie throws before singing the song. That completely describes about a " BUD " which bathes with the FRESH morning dew- so AFRESH and slowly opens up to complete itself into a TENDER-FRESH-FLOWER . 

These kind of a song could and would be sung by the one's who sang the songs of this film. WHAT A RENDITION'S that were created by those who sang in this film.  

A “ CULT ” COMEDY FILM WHICH BEATS ANY “ LAUGHTER ” BY DEPTH OF OCEAN AND “ MILES ” OF SKY

As cult comedy films go, Jyoti Swaroop’s Padosan is one of the few in Hindi film history to never run out of laughs. This is an even more remarkable trophy because such a movie cannot be made again in today’s Republic of the Easily Offended, i.e., India. The trademark innocent lunacy of the lovable film turned 50 this year 

 

Pic :: Scenes of" OVATION "  and  laughter at the Hall when that film was screened for that selection

With its bare-bones plot about an innocent naïve young man Bhola (Sunil Dutt), who falls in love with his dancer-singer neighbour Bindu (Saira Banu) and wins her over in a not-so-honest but oh-so-charming way, the focus in Padosan is entirely on scene mechanics and individual performances.

Enter comedic giants – Mehmood and singer-star Kishore Kumar.

While Mehmood plays a caricature of a South Indian man, Kumar plays a pan-chewing caricature of a Bengali theatre director. Rajinder Krishan’s screenplay creates two camps – the young man’s groupies and the woman’s groupies.

Of the nine, the most interesting story exists behind the song “Ek Chatur Naar”. Kishore Kumar is believed to have suggested this one. But it actually comes a 1941 film starring Kumar’s elder brother and star, Ashok Kumar. In Jhoola, Ashok Kumar delivers a much slower rendition of the song.

The soundtrack of Padosan was not just a milestone in the career of legendary R.D. Burman but also in Hindi films. A total of nine songs, written by  Mr Rajinder Krishan himself, each more memorable and melodious than the last: The on-the-run breezy screened on Saira Banu rendering  “ Main Chali Main Chali ”, or the dreamy “ Sharm Aati Hai Magar ”, or the love-infused melodious “ Kehna Hai ”. Play them on a Saturday evening even today and you will find it difficult to turn them off.

The Song Which UNITED the North and the South Indians

“Langde ghode,

Arre dekhi teri chaturayi…”

“…Ye gaali diya ji”

Well these were the words in that song “ EK CHATUR NAAR, KARKAY SHRINGAAR ”  and the songs has tose lines which I have written above.

Basically the ENTIRE SOUTH INDIA is very disciplined and very SOPHISTICATED. They never would use any offensive words or any words which would HURT anybody. The excat opposite is NORTH INDIA where the attitude could be easily termed as VEGABOND and LESS talk about the SOPHISTICATION the  better is is, forget anything about discipline.

In the song, Mehmood says “ ghoda ” in a way that should’ve offended every ‘” Madrassi ”’, but it ended up endearing him to South Indian audiences. Even today, nobody has gone to court saying they are offended by Padosan, even though there are plenty of groups who have petitioned against ethnic jokes. But those were simpler times, as the cliché goes.

The song was a MIX of the SOUTHERN KARNATIC MUSIC loaded with some SCENTS of the TAMILIAN MUSIC added into it and the NORTH INDIAN music which went on to being MIXED in such a manner that the SOUTH INDIAN for the FIRST time in the ANNALS of India then, ACCEPTED the North Indians without any remorse in their life and THIS was the SONG that created that MAGIC.

Generally during those days the South Indians would believe the North Indians as the MOST-UNCULTURED SOULS but this song completely DISSOLVED the differences and the man who did were the TWO-GREAT-SINGERS, Kishore Kumar known as Kishoreda and Manna Dey known as Mannada.

I’m for the SAKE of the NORTH INDIANS getting MIXED and DISSOLVED with the SOUTH INDIANS , putting the U Tube of that song for the people to listen to it and KNOW HOW A SONG CAN MINGLE THE TWO HEART BURNT AND EACH OTHER  HATING COMMUNITY .

https://youtu.be/jzgLYHAwGTo

Pic :: U Tube Of The Song - Ek Chatur Naar Karkay Shringaar 

In toto and in  to , there were NINE songs in this films and ONE-WAS-THE-SMASHER-OF-THE-OTHER .It was very HRAD to tell which one was the BEST. Every song of this film during that era of 1968 went on to create a WONDER of all the WONDER but the MOST that was sung by everybody was the  MERAY SAAMNAY WAALI KHIDKI MEIN EK CHAAND KS TUKDA REHTA HAI…… but there at South India it was > Aao, Aao Sawariya, Sawariya  which was sung by Manna Dey and this really was the SONG-INVENTION-OF-THAT-YEAR as adjudicated by the HIS MASTER’S VOICE ( HMV) a music selling organization which during those days sold the songs making a SONG TRACK on the RPM sound track.

Pic :: The 45 RPM Sound Track

The song left a deep and lasting impact in India’s pop culture – resurfacing again and again in music, movies and wit.

FIRST EVER FILM WHERE A SINGER RECORDED THE SCENES “ LIVE ”

This was the FIRST and the ONLY film where the songs sung by Kishore Kumar was recorded  live at the time when the shots were screened. Actually Kishoreda as he was known was the HEART of the film. He sang as many as FIVE songs in this film.

https://youtu.be/S0WPSYFm7iE

U Tube : Song : Meray Saamnay Waali Khidki Mai

Actually it was he who had to act by miming his lips at every song and that was NOT possible by him because in this film he kept of changing his modulations and the effect of the sound creation while singing.This he made it clear to Mehmood while shooting in the films. Mehmood then took a decision discussing the matter with R.D.Burman and the duo allowed Kishoreda to screen the song which he sang while acting on it on recording it in “ LIVE ” .

For some technical reason it was NOT possible for anybody to screen Kishoreda’s acting based on the background of the song/music recorded and it was thought of that all the song which Kishoreda had to move his lips on the same would be screened live.That was done with as many as SIX camera’s focused on Kishoreda and  WHAT A MAGIC THAT HE CREATED AND PRODEUCED. It belied all the previous theories that the songs screened on the pais ought to be recorded first and then it ought to be screened on the artiste’s performing.

“ THAT WAS AN UNIQUE EXPERIMENTATION ith 100% “  SUCCESS ”  recalls Mr Joa who was the MANAGER of the STUDIO who saw this with his open eye and who now is based at NEW YORK as he married a Lady who possessed a US birth citizenship ” . It completely OPENED a new AVENUE of film making says Joa which broke all the MYTH that surrounded the song recording and putting it for the screening on the leads in the film.

The EFFECT and the MAGIC created was SPELLBOUND and a WHIZ of all the WIZARDY .The music provided by Mr R.D.Burman was something which could be termed as WONDER-OF-WONDERS- BEATING-ALL-THE-MAGIC.

R.D.Burman SOLELY and INDIVIDUALLY composes the MUSIC with Kishoreda “ GUIDING ” him

This was the FIRST INDIVIDUAL attempt of Mr R.D.Burman who composed the music of any film for the time time in his life on a very INDIVIDUAL basis. His Father Mr S.D.Burman had requested Kishoreda to GUIDE him for the music by putting his inputs wherever needed be as Kishoreda was a TERRIFIC MUSIC COMPOSER as well.  

It was like a PUPIL getting TRAINED under the watchful eye of his MASTER .  and it was Kishoreda who put all the VITAL inputs at every places required, and the RESULT  as well as the EFFECT was simply unbelievable and it was from here that R.D.Burman solely went on to BECOME a GREAT-GREATER-GREATEST music composer THANKS to Kishoreda for putting him onto tat stage.

The entire list of the song of this film which were ONE-TAJ-MAHAL-CREATED-AFTER-ANOTHER are illustrated below and NOTHING like it if anybody listens to this song even now-:

Music

The music of the film was composed by R.D. Burman . The lyrics were written by Rajendra Krishan.

S.No	Title	Music	Singer(s)	Duration
1	"Main Chali Main Chali"	R.D. Burman	Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar	05:04
2	"Bhai Battur"	R.D. Burman	Lata Mangeshkar	04:39
3	"Mere Samne Wali Khidki"	R.D. Burman	Kishore Kumar	02:48
4	"Ek Chatur Naar"	R.D. Burman	Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Mehmood	06:18
5	"Kehana Hai.. Kehana Hai Tumse"	R.D. Burman	Kishore Kumar	03:39
6	"Aao Aao Sanwariya"	R.D. Burman	Manna Dey, Mehmood	04:40
7	"Mere Bhole Balam (Meri Pyaari Bindu)"	Kishore Kumar	Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman	03:21
8	"Sharam Aati Hai Magar"	R.D. Burman	Lata Mangeshkar	05:05
9	"Mere Samne Wali Khidki" (sad version)	R.D. Burman	Kishore Kumar	02:31

Kishore Kumar's character in the film was inspired by the personality of his uncle, Dhananjay Banerjee (a classical singer), and music director Khemchand Prakash. The song Ek Chatur Naar was originally sung in the movie Jhoola by Ashok Kumar.

Of the nine, the most interesting story exists behind the song “Ek Chatur Naar”. Kishore Kumar is believed to have suggested this one. But it actually comes a 1941 film starring Kumar’s elder brother and star, Ashok Kumar. In Jhoola, Ashok Kumar delivers a much slower rendition of the song.

Said Mr Satyajit Ray about this film when that MOST EVER TO BE WATCHED 25 FILMS IN THE WORLD  WERE TO BE SELECTED in 1971-

“ Few Hindi films are recognised by their voices and sounds. Padosan is that rare gem in which an inflection here, a change of tone there, is all that it takes. Mehmood and Kishore Kumar’s performances are an aural artistry of another kind and there is absolutely no excuse to not hear its pleasures again and again ” .

In a film where characters exist only as (endearing) caricatures, and where two veterans threaten to steal the film in every scene, both Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu are charming enough to make their presence felt. Minor characters like Bhola’s uncle and aunt also keep their own space.

Last year, actor Kamal Haasan picked Padosan as one of his 70 favourite Indian films. He had this to say of Mehmood: “When I went to see Padosan, I went to protest against it – we had been told it was a film where South Indians were made fun of.

 “ We went in to agitate, came out smiling, as fans of Mehmood saab, imitating him.”

Let us put our eye into the one’s who acted in the film. Sunil Dutt is dead.  R.D.Burman is no longer with us.  Kishoreda left us on October 13^th 1987.  When I add on to the list I find so too Mehmood Bhai, Keshto Mukherjee, Raj Kishore, Aga who acted as Saira Banu’s father  in the film, Omprakash who was the maternal uncle of Sunil Dutt in the film, the lady who acted as Saira’s mother in the film,  to say and infact all the one’s from the A to Z of the films who were associated in making PADOSAN except the TRIO Lata Mangeshkar, Saira Banu and Asha Bhosle the rest are no more alive.

 IT WOULD BE BETTER TO ASK SAIRA BANU MADAM TO SAY MANY AND MANY A THINGS ABOUT THIS FILM AND IT’S MAKING.

My " ASK " :: WHO SHOULD IT BE ? 

My final ASK to the GOVERNMENT of India is-:

I wish to KNOW who ought to be conferred the BHARAT RATNA or the PADMA SHRI.

Those who are EARNING Rs 500 crores per annum by playing those matches where the number of CENTURIES scored is 100 with less than 20% of those knocks winning the matches for india with 90% of the matches FIXED with betting scams or those WHO DISSOLVE ALL THE ILL- FEELINGS AND INTEGRATES AND MIXES THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY INTO ONE BY THEIR MAGIC WHICH MAKES THE PEOPLE WORLD OVER TO LAUGH, LAUGH AND LAUGH AS  I have depicted the picture ABOVE  .

There is ONE in the film Padosan who  is NO MORE now, RICHLY deserves a BHARAT RATNA,  and SOME, maybe now DEAD or ALIVE really deserves that " PADMA SHRI " 

Well- the " INTELLIGENT " Government has all the INTELLIGENT answer which it answers it  " INTELLIGENTLY " at the right moment 

I'm SURE Mr Satyajit Ray and Mr Kamal Hasan in that matter were and are NOT the FOOLS to put in their statements as depicted 

Well watch the film or listen to the songs on the U-Tube. However I put some U-Tubes for the people to enjoy the occasion

Lastly - once again :: " INTELLIGENT " Government has all the INTELLIGENT answer which it answers it  " INTELLIGENTLY " at the right moment  

Well , that is it

Regards and Thanks

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Shyamal Bhattacharjee 

Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree in    B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a      Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored THREE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It  published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management published by NBCA, Kolkatta  in 2012. He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing

 

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