Lyrics Post -
suukhii bagiyaa harii hu_ii - hamaarii baat - 1943
Singers - Parul Ghosh, Male Voice
MD - Anil Biswas (The first post in 'Anilda Series')


Ask C Ramchandra. Ask O P Nayyar. Ask Roshan. Ask Lata.
Ask Talat. Ask anybody steeped in the Golden Era of Hindi
Film Music (1931 to 1955/60) about the music directors
whose presence blessed those years and one of the first,
if not THE first, name mentioned would be that of Anil
Biswas. Naturally, he has loomed large over rmim. Posters
have exhausted superlatives. A beautiful compilation of
about 90 songs has been put together to honour him and
another one equally good, with a new set of 90 songs, can
be put together. Even after years of immersion in his
music, he continues to beckon and surprise and amaze, as
all great artists do.

A lyrics series dedicated to his songs would be an
appropriate device to keep ourselves engulfed in
nostalgia for his genius.

For the first post in the series, I have picked a
sentimental favourite from Hamaarii Baat - 'suukhii
bagiyaa harii huii'. The second post will cover a song he
sang for another music director (Vasant Kumar Naidu) in
Lalaji. I will think aloud a few thoughts about the
series in the second post tomorrow.

When the song 'suukhii bagiyaa' was played to Anil Biswas
about 20 years ago, he could pick the female voice in the
duet to be Parul Ghosh's. But the male voice's identity
remains unknown. The enunciation snatches at the words.
My copy of the song is noisy which doesn't help in
deciphering the words. The lyrics were supplied to me
from the film's booklet by Hamraaz. With the words known
beforehand, it is not difficult to follow what the
singers are saying. The song is a masterpiece. It is
amazing how an unknown male singer could leave such an
impress on the song. Parul, the unknown male, the
instrumental pieces make for a stupendous sum which
dances straight to the listener's heart with Anilda being
the unifying force behind the miracle.


- dn


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\startsong
\stitle{suukhii bagiyaa harii hu_ii}%
\film{Hamaarii Baat}%
\year{1943}%
\starring{Devika Rani, Jairaj, Mumtaz Ali, David,
    Suraiya, Rajkumari Shukla, (which?) Raj Kapoor }%
\singer{Parul Ghosh, Male Voice}%
\music{Anil Biswas}%
\lyrics{Narendra Sharma}%
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% Contributor: dhananjay naniwadekar
% Date : 06 jan 2003
% Credits : Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'
% Comments: I am starting 'Anilda Series' with this song.
%    'Bombay Talkies' Film.
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\printtitle
#indian
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suukhii bagiyaa harii hu_ii
ab suukhii bagiyaa harii hu_ii
ghan shyaam badariyaa chhaa_ii re
shyaam badariyaa chhaa_ii


Daal Daal nav pallav jhuule
biitii baato.n ko man bhuule
jiivan kii ritii nadiyaa me.n
na_ii tara.ng laharaa_ii re
    shyaam badariyaa chhaa_ii   \threedots


na_ii lahariyo.n me.n bahataa jal
na_ii na_ii rut, naye phuul phal
naye gulo.n ke gaalo.n par
nanhii.n shabanam musakaa_ii re
    shyaam badariyaa chhaa_ii   \threedots


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#endindian
\endsong
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