Gulzar's first song -the story

I found this article ..how the song came about and the story behind it..its in hindi ( written in english but in hindi 😆)

The following is Gulzar relating the story of how his first film-song
came about...he is a young man of 26 working with stalwarts like Bimal
Roy and Sachin Dev Burman during the making of the movie 'Bandini' in
1962......

moraa goraa ang layi le
mohe syaam rang dayi de
chhup jaoongi raat hi mein
mohe pee ka sang dayi de

is geet ka janm vahaan se shuroo huaa jab Bimal-da aur Sachin-da ne
mujhe bulaayaa situation samjhaane ke liye. Sachin-da ne shuroo kiyaa:

Sachin da

Kalyani (Nutan) jo man hi man Vikas (Ashok Kr.) ko chaahne lagee hai,
ek raat choolhaa-chauNkaa sameTkar gungunaatee huyi baahar nikal aayi'

'bimal da

aisaa karaykTar ghar se baahar jaakar nahiN gaa saktaa ', Bimal-da ne
vahiN rok diyaa.

'sachin da

baahar nahiN jaayegi to baap ke saamne kaise gaayegi' Sachin-da ne
poochhaa.

bimal da
'baap se hameshaa vaishnav-kavitaa sunaa kartee hai, sunaa kyoN nahiN
saktee?' Bimal-da ne daleel dee.

'sachin da

'ye kavitaa-paaTh nahiN hai daadaa, gaanaa hai!'

bimal da

'to kavitaa likho, vo kavitaa gaayegi'

'sachin da

'gaanaa ghar meiN ghuT jaayegaa'

If you've noticed, the first time this sthaayi is sung by the
Kalyani-Lata, Sachin-da has composed an almost gungunaane waalaa style
with the rhythm starting and then pausing, and then starting and then
pausing again...succinctly bringing out the duvidhaa mentioned above by
Gulzar. And what a tremendously innovative placement of the sam of this
rhythm in the meter...it seems play opposite by coming right between
the words 'goraa' and 'ang', and following that placement throughout
the song!

Originally posted by: paljay

Wow Dollyji kya article dhundh nikala aapne maza aa gaya.

Bandini is my favorite movie.

bandini mein nuten ji adakaari aur sub geet kitnae achchein hein..

I will see if I can post some links to the songs..

songs of bandani..

Mora Gora Rang Laile

http://www.dishant.com/jukebox.php?songid=38963

Some facts about our gulzar ..

Gulzar was born in Deena(Now in Pakistan) on 18th August, 1936. After partition he came to Delhi. Gulzar - aka Sampooran Singh began his film career as an assistant to Bimal Roy. He worked with Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar in the beginning of his career. He wrote songs for films with bimal da's Bandini. Mora Gora Ang Layee Le is supposed to be his first song. Although his first film to be released was Kabuli Wala, which also had some all time greats like E mere pyare watan and Ganga aaye kahan se. Bandini and Kabuliwala were followed by Sannata, Biwi aur Makan, Do Dooni Chaar and most notable of all Khamoshi and various others during 60's. After getting recognition as a sensitive lyricist, he started writing scripts and stories for films. Then with Mere Apne in 1971, He turned Director. Since then he has given us lots of beautiful, serious and funny moments through his movies. He has written stories for around 60 films and directed 13 movies, each one a masterpiece.

During 1987-1996 he was not in limelight as he did only 7 films as lyricist and 2 as director in the span of 10 years. With the success of Maachis, he is back.

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That story is cute. Thanks for sharing it. The songs of Bandini are all good and Nutan ji is one of India's great actresses. She looked so innocent but there was a mischief in her, which got conveyed through her eyes....I like her a lot.

Originally posted by: adi_0112

That story is cute. Thanks for sharing it. The songs of Bandini are all good and Nutan ji is one of India's great actresses. She looked so innocent but there was a mischief in her, which got conveyed through her eyes....I like her a lot.

bilkul sahi kaha tumnae..she had the most piercing and expressive screen eyes...in film industry..

Gulzar and his family were one of the many to have suffered the pangs of partition. The family moved to Amritsar in Indian Punjab but Gulzar, having dreams of being famous, came to Bombay to earn a living. In order to earn his daily bread, Gulzar started to work as a garage mechanic in Worli while writing poetry in his spare time. Gulzar, as any other dreamer who comes to Bombay for the first time, was bitten by the film bug. Making a modest beginning as an assistant to Bimal Roy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, he wrote his first song 'Mora Gora Ang Lai Le..' for Bimal Roy's film Bandini. Bimal Roy, always one to encourage young talent gave him the opportunity to write songs. He became Bimalda's full-time assistant. He then began writing for films for directors like Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Asit Sen. Some of the films that Gulzar has written include Anand (1970), Guddi (1971), Bawarchi (1972) and Namak Haram (1973) for Hrishida and Do Dooni Char (1968), Khamoshi (1969) and Safar (1970) for Asit Sen.
With Mere Apne in 1971, he donned the role of a filmmaker. Gulzar went on to make Parichay (1972) and Koshish (1972), a sensitive look at the travails of a deaf - dumb couple superbly played by Sanjeev Kumar and Jaya Bhaduri. With these films also began a mutually beneficial partnership with Sanjeev Kumar. The Gulzar - Sanjeev Kumar partnership resulted in such fine films as Aandhi (1975), Mausam (1975), Angoor (1981) and Namkeen (1982) and represent Sanjeev Kumar's finest work as an actor. With his sensitive yet successful films, stars like Jeetendra (Parichay, Khushboo (1975), Kinara (1977), Vinod Khanna: Achanak (1973), Meera (1979) and Lekin (1990) and Hema Malini: Khushboo, Kinara, Meera (1979) worked with Gulzar to gain respectability as artists and it must be said that some of their best and most introspective work has come in these films.

Gulzar's famous television serial Mirza Ghalib displayed his finesse as a writer and director through a superb depiction of the life of the legendary poet. He had even waived his own fees to try and maintain the budget for this serial. The period 1971 to 1986 found him relatively prolific, and it was only toward the close of the 1980s that he stepped back a little and kept largely out of the limelight. In 1996, the hit Maachis brought him right back in our midst, and he has followed this success up with his latest venture Hu Tu Tu, which is garnering its share of critical acclaim. Gulzar has also involved himself in many projects that cater to a younger audience - his latest in this realm is the new album Kardi Katha, released by Skymusic. The tracks are narrated by him. On the small screen, he has contributed to the popular TV serials Jungle Book and Potli Baba Ki, with songs, narration and some typical Gulzar magic.

Gulzar has been honoured time and again for his work. This includes winning the National Award thrice - Best Screenplay for Koshish, Best Director for Mausam and Best Lyricist for Ijaazat. He has also won the Filmfare Award a number of times. Gulzar is also the author of books on poetry, a book of short stories and a dozen books for children. A story book for children Ekta received an award from the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) in 1989.