Lyrics post -
mai.n kyaa karuu.N rukatii nahii.n - Maan - 1954
Meena Kapoor - Anil Biswas


A very pretty Anil Vishwas composition, included in the
'Kalyan influence' section in the Meet tape, circa 2001.
The Yaman influence is used with a very light hand. The
film was directed by Anilda's lyricist-friend from his
National Studios days, Dr Safdar Sitapuri 'aah'. Dr
Safdar supplied penned some songs in the film, too.

Please confirm or dispute the suspect word in the second
stanza and supply the missing word(s) in the mukhada.

I did a search for 'Anil Vishwas' for no reason in
particular and was surprised to find just one occurrence
of that string in the entire history of rmim. That is how
his name is written in Marathi books on music. Ganapati
Vasudev Behere, the firebrand journalist who championed
Hindutva before the word became popular and when doing so
was risky, ran a weekly named SOBAT. One of his rewards
was that he was once beaten up by Shiv Sena youngsters.
Ga Vaa Behere was a romantic, a fornicator, a lover of
music, a bit of a freedom fighter, publisher of Gopal
Godse's book on Gandhi's murder after a legal battle,
a friend of Lata's who revered and feared her and who was
feared in turn by Lata. When he heard Lata was planning
an autobiography, he asked her whether she intended to
cover this affair and that of hers, discuss various
rifts, give sincerest opinion on music-related issues,
etc honestly in the book. He then advised her not to
write the book if she wanted to conceal more things than
discuss. Hence or otherwise, the autobiography plan was
shelved. Despite chronic shortage of funds, 'Ga Vaa' was
dedicated to 'Sobat'. His cranky nature made him refuse
any advertisements about temples in his weekly as he did
not believe in God. He of course supported the Ayodhya
movement. He often wrote more than 50% material in the
weekly's issues single-handedly. To make this somewhat
more acceptable to his readers, Behere used many
pen-names and tried to cultivate different styles. One
pen-name was reserved for issues which touch most human
hearts and scrupulously avoided politics. It was thanks
to this pseudonym of Behere's that I first heard the
words which spell sheer magic : Anil Vishwas.
An eponymous collection of articles in that column titled
'GaVaaksh' or 'kaTaaksh' has been published in book-form.
I don't remember whether that book's author has been
named Anil Vishwas or Ga Vaa Behere.


- dn


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\startsong
\stitle{mai.n kyaa karuu.N rukatii nahii.n}%
\film{Maan}%
\year{1954}%
\starring{Chitra, Ajit, Jagirdar, Yashodhara Katju,
    Achala Sachdev, Durga Khote}%
\singer{Meena Kapoor}%
\music{Anil Biswas}%
\lyrics{Dr Safdar 'aah'}%
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% Contributor : dhananjay naniwadekar
% Date : 05 feb 2003
% Credits  :
% Comments : Director of Maan - Dr Safdar Sitapuri 'aah'.
%     Anilda Series. The song shows Kalyan/Yaman touches.
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\printtitle
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mai.n kyaa karuu.N rukatii nahii.n ashko.n kii rawaanii
kab aa_e.Nge wo ???????? raat suhaanii


aapas me.n gale milate hu_e chaa.Nd sitaare
mallaah muhabbat ke ye madahosh nazaare
afasos! adhurii hai abhii merii kahaanii


wo aa_e.Nge, wo aa_e.Nge, ai subah na aanaa
ai chaa.Nd, mujhe chaa.Nd\-sii??? suurat wo dikhaanaa
milane kii tamannaa me.n ta.Dapatii hai jawaanii


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