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It has been over a month now since I last sent a post to Atul ji.
My travels on official and personal accounts during this period have delayed my posts on the themes, topics already planned and other posts that have been triggered by the discussions and happenings during this period.
And it was only during this period that the ‘Chennai Gang-out’ took place wherein yours sincerely meet the ‘Yippee Guru’ Pradeep ji at Chennai.
So, post on the details of this ‘gang-out’ is also due.
But to break this silence and to get into the ‘writing mode’, I thought that I would do a ‘warm-up post’ before taking up the planned posts and the ‘Chennai Gang-out Post’.
It was on the first of June that I had last shared a couple of posts to Atul ji before leaving for my official travel to the eastern part of the country. I was there for almost a week and I returned back to Nagpur on ninth of the month to take up a travel to the western part of the country on the twelfth of the month, this time to drop my daughters after their vacation and for doing the admission formalities for the new academic session.
Now, during this weeklong visit, it was almost certain that I would have to again travel for an official visit either to the eastern part of the country or to the south (specifically to Krishnapatnam near Nellore (AP) and Chennai (if need arises) also.
There was also a possibility of my visiting to Raichur (Karnataka), so I thought of covering Bangalore (one can also have a train directly from Chennai to Raichur also) if our ‘Chiller Boss- the Mastermind’ is available there from his busy schedule.
And, my visiting to the ‘head quarters’ of ‘Yippee’ that are located in the ‘Bunkers in the South’, was also very much required at this ‘critical juncture’ when our respected ‘Leader’ had specifically reaffirmed to ‘Yippee’ a movie every day !
Some sort of ‘art of management’ was ‘crafted’ and I got one of my colleagues to visit the east (where he had already visited prior to my visit) so that I could proceed to the south.
I was more than happy to grab this opportunity, even though it was clear that I would miss my marriage anniversary celebrations
(how I dare to make such plans, Ben Katie was furious, when she came to know )
But, I sincerely wanted to break the jinx of cancelling my earlier gang-out visits, where each time the tickets had to be cancelled at the last moment.
Well, everything went well and the ‘gang-out’ took place and we will enjoy the songs and details on ‘gang-out’ in the posts coming very soon…
Now, while returning back from Chennai I was looking back on my travels taken during the month and the days I was away from my base station Nagpur.
It was only seven days out of the thirty days that I stayed at Nagpur and I was away for rest of the month. And, I travel from the ‘city of zero milestone of India’ to East, West, South so far around six thousand kms (considering the total up-down journey) during this period. (I hope that visits to the North and Mumbai also came up in the future as early as possible )
I got to pass through many places on train that were just names for me till then as I had not actually visited them or stayed there. I try to get down and roam a little on the platform at such places to get a feel of that place, if possible. This exercise gives me a lot of pleasure.
It is very usual for me that lot of thoughts (mostly philosophical) came to my mind when I watch the surroundings passing by from the window of the train or while standing at the door and enjoying the breeze. I am holding on to those various thoughts and feelings to be used later on for detailed posts. I have already decided on some songs to go with them.
I thought of this “warm up post” at the Warangal Station of the South Central railway, during my return journey from Chennai to Nagpur by the Tamil Nadu Express. When I was thinking of a song to go with this post, the name of the film that immediately come to my mind was this movie called ‘Raahgeer-1969’.
I had earlier shared a song from this film ‘panchhi re ude gagan gagan’ long back and it is still to be posted. However I was looking for a different song and I was sure that I would get it in this album only. So I checked for other songs from this movie and decided on this song that is being presented today.
“Raahgeer” (1969), also spelt “Rahgir” was a Geetanjali Chitradeep production and it was directed by Tarun Majumdar. This movie had Biswjeet, Nirupa Roy, Asit Sen, Sandhya Roy, Vasant Chowdhury, Shashikala, Padma Chauhan, Anwar Hussain, Pahari Sanyal, Master Prasenjit, Ifthekar, Kanhaiyyalal etc in it.
Lyrics for this film for all the ten songs were penned by Gulzar and music was composed by Hemant Kumar.
Here is what our respected Arun ji had mentioned in brief about this film while commenting on the song-post of the song ‘janam se banjaaraa hoon bandhu’
“
Atul ji,
First of all, this is a production of GITANJALI CHITRADEEP,CALCUTTA.
The name of Hemant Kumar’s production house was GEETANJALI PICTURES, BOMBAY.So; there is every possibility that this may be a home production, in some way or the other, of Bishwajeet.
I remember having seen this film halfway, in the theatre, as it was very much boring.
Directed by Tarun Mujumdar,its cast was, Bishwajeet, Sandhya Roy,Shashikala,Padma,Nirupa Roy, Kanhaiyalal, Anwar Hussain, Pahadi Sanyal, Prasanjit, Iftekhar, Asit Sen, Sabita Chatterjee etc.
The story, as I remember, was of a young man who is fond of wandering and sets out on an endless journey. The film depicts various experiences he encounters in his travels. He does not get attached to anybody, but becomes a darling of many.
Neither the story, nor the music, nor the actors were of much interest and hence no wonder the film wandered aimlessly in search of success.
-AD
NB- There seems to be no record of any major award given to Rahgir.Maybe,Bengal Govt. or critics or journalists award may have been given to it.”
Two songs from this film have been posted earlier on the blog. Today’s song, third from this film to appear on the blog, is sung by Lata Mangeshkar and composed by Hemant Kumar ji. Lyrics are by Gulzar.
Let us now enjoy this beautiful song. Only the audio of this song is available as of now …
Song-Mitwaa re bhool gaye thhe raahen ae mitwaa (Raahgeer)(1969) Singer-Lata, Lyrics-Gulzar, MD-Hemant Kumar
Lata +Chorus
Lyrics
Mitwaa aa aa aa aa aa re
Bhool gaye thhe raahen ae mitwaa
Mitwaa aa aa re ae ae
Bhool gaye thhe raahen ae mitwaa
Ek musaafir laakhon raste
Ek musaafir laakhon raste
Jaane kahaan thhi teri raahen
Mitwaa aa aa aa re ae ae
Bhool gaye thhe raahen ae mitwaa
Lambe soone veeraanon mein
Kitni baar ruke dilwaaale ae
Lambe soone veeraanon mein
Kitni baar ruke dilwaaale
Dhoop mein dekhin
Chhaaon ki choten
Dhoop mein dekhin
Chhaaon ki choten
Chhaaon mein dekhe dhoop ke chhaale
Hothon par hi rok li hamne
Hothon par hi rok li hamne
Ek hansi mein
Saari aahen
Mitwaa aa aa re ae ae
Bhool gaye thhe raahen ae mitwaa
Ek se ek judaa thha raahi
Paas thhe saare sang na koi ee
Ek se ek judaa thha raahi
Paas thhe saare sang na koi
Sab rangon ke dekhe chehre
Sab rangon ke dekhe chehre
Un aankhon ka rang na koi
Jin baahon mein neend aa jaaye
Jin baahon mein neend aa jaaye
Dhoondh rahe thhe wohi baahen
Mitwaa aa aa re ae ae
Bhool gaye thhe raahen ae mitwaa
Mitwaa aa aa re ae ae
Bhool gaye thhe raahen ae mitwaa
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Devnagri Script Lyrics:
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मितवा आ आ आ रे
भूल गए थे राहें ए मितवा
मितवा आ आ रे ए ए
भूल गए थे राहें ए मितवा
एक मुसाफिर लाखों रस्ते
एक मुसाफिर लाखों रस्ते
जाने कहाँ थी तेरी राहें
मितवा आ आ आ रे
भूल गए थे राहें ए मितवा
लम्बे सूने वीरानों में
कितनी बार रुके दिलवाले ए
लम्बे सूने वीरानों में
कितनी बार रुके दिलवाले
धूप में देखी
छाँव कि चोटें
धूप में देखी
छाँव कि चोटें
छाँव में देखे धूप के छाले
होठों पर ही रोक ली हमने
होठों पर ही रोक ली हमने
हे हंसी में
सारी आहें
मितवा आ आ रे ए ए
भूल गए थे राहें ए मितवा
एक से एक जुदा था राही
पास थे सारे संग न कोई ई
एक से एक जुदा था राही
पास थे सारे संग न कोई
सब रंगों के देखे चेहरे
सब रंगों के देखे चेहरे
उन आँखों का रंग न कोई
जिन बाहों में नींद आ जाए
जिन बाहों में नींद आ जाए
ढूंढ रहे थे वोही बाहें
मितवा आ आ रे ए ए
भूल गए थे राहें ए मितवा
मितवा आ आ रे ए ए
भूल गए थे राहें ए मितवा
