Chal chal chal re

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#The Decade of Seventies – 1971 – 1980 #
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# Bhoole-Bisre Geet # 101 # Remembering Salil Chowdhury #
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Today 5^th September 2020 is the twenty-fifth (19 November 1922 – 5 September 1995) ‘Remembrance anniversary’ of yesteryears’ great music director and also lyricist, writer and poet Salil Chowdhary.

Salil Chowdhury has given us some of the unforgettable and even immortal songs in movies like ‘Do Bigha Zameen-1953’, ‘Naukri-1954’, ‘Jaagte Raho-1956’, ‘Madhumati-1958’, ‘Parakh-1960’, ‘Chhayaa-1961’, ‘Anand-1971’, ‘Mere Apne-1971’, ‘Rajnigandha-1974’ and many many others. There is a long list of his achievements and recognitions which very well deserved a detailed post. However today we will discuss a lesser known movie where music is composed by him.

Today’s song is from a movie ‘Sabse Badaa Sukh-1972’.

I came across this song almost seven years back and it is lying pending since then. That time the very less information was available with me about his movie. After that I got information from HFGK Vol-V (1971-1980). The movie had also become available online for some time before becoming unavailable again.

Here are the details about his movie.

‘Sabse Badaa Sukh-1972’ was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee for ‘Lakshmi Enterprise’ and ‘Hrishikesh Mukherjee Unit’. Saroj Bannerjee, Susheela Kamat, Nitin Mukesh and Shakeel Chandra were assistant directors. The movie was presented by Ashok Hira and Kishore Kanungo

Story and screenplay of this movie was written by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Nityanand Dutt and D.N. Mukherjee were his associates.

Dialogues for this movie were written by Gulzar. Additional scenes were written by Salil Chowdhary and lyrics were written by Yogesh.

Das Dhaimade was the Editor in chief for this movie whereas Subhash Gupta was the sound editor. Editing was done by Shanker Pradhan, Shreedhar Mishra, Khan Zaman Khan and Anil Pradhan. Biren Tripathy was the Dialogue director of this movie. Anil Ghosh was the associate director and controller of production.

This movie had Vijay Arora, Robi Ghosh, Meeta Faiyyaz, Naarghita, Kumud Damle, Meher Banu, Rajni Bala, Sabeena, Sunita, Tun Tun. Kali Bannerjee, Utpal Dutt, Asrani and Keshto Mukherjee. They were supported by S. N. Banerjee, Raj Verma, Bhola, Noni, Tarun Ghosh, Mukund Babu, Sudha, Sarita Devi, Shreedhar, Jagjit, Meena Rai and others.

Manna Dey, Nitin Mukesh and Naarghita had given their voice to the two songs in this movie. Music for this movie was composed by Salil Chowdhury. Kanu Ghosh and Shashikant assisted him in music.

This movie was passed by Censor Board on 24.11.1972.

Today’s song is a background song played while the titles of the movie are rolling. Earlier video links were available which now seem to have become obsolete and only the audio of this song is available.

This song is sung by Manna Dey. This movie had total two songs and the other song is sung by Nitin Mukesh and Naarghita.

I have not watched this movie so can’t say much about it. However, I would request knowledgeable readers to throw light on this movie and its songs.

Let us now enjoy today’s song. Lyrics are written by Yogesh and music is composed by Salil Chowdhury.

With this song ‘Sabse Badaa Suh-1972’ makes its debut on the blog.

Audio

Song-Chal chal chal re (Sabse Bada Sukh)(1972) Singer-Manna Dey, Lyrics-Yogesh, MD-Salil Chaudhary
All chorus
Male chorus
Female chorus

Lyrics

Chal chal chal re ae ae
Pyaase man mere mujhe
Ab na chhal re ae ae
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh

Aa aa aa
Aa aa aa

Jag hai bada albela aa
Aa
Lagaa hai yahaan ik mela
Aa
Jag hai bada albela aa
Aa
Lagaa hai yahaan ik mela
Aa
Sambhal sambhal kar yahaan se nikal
Na mailaa ho aanchal al
Chal chal chal re ae
Pyaase man mere mujhe ab na chhal re ae
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh

Aa
Aa
Aa

Sapnon ke lekar jhule ae
Aa
Kitne yahaan path bhule ae
Aa
Sapnon ke lekar jhule ae
Aa
Kitne yahaan path bhule ae
Aa
Dagar dagar pe hai taashon ka nagar
Thehar na man chanchal al
Chal chal chal re ae ae
Pyaase man mere mujhe
Ab na chhal re ae ae
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Khwaabon mein uljhe
tu ye na samjhe
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Kahaan hai
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh
Tera sabse bada sukh

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Devnagari Script Lyrics (Provided by Avinash Scrapwala)
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चल चल चल रे
प्यासे मन मेरे मुझे
अब न छल रे ए
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख

आ
आ

जग है बड़ा अलबेला आ
आ
लगा है यहाँ इक मेला
आ
जग है बड़ा अलबेला आ
आ
लगा है यहाँ इक मेला
आ
संभल संभल कर यहाँ से निकल
न मैला हो आँचल अल
चल चल चल रे
प्यासे मन मेरे मुझे
अब न छल रे ए
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख

आ
आ
आ

सपनों के लेकर झूले ए
आ
कितने यहाँ पथ भूले ए
आ
सपनों के लेकर झूले ए
आ
कितने यहाँ पथ भूले ए
आ
डगर डगर पे है ताशों का नगर
ठहर न मन चंचल अल
चल चल चल रे
प्यासे मन मेरे मुझे
अब न छल रे ए
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
ख़्वाबों में उलझे तू ये न समझे
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
कहाँ है
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख
तेरा सबसे बड़ा सुख