Romancing the Jaadugar Balma

12 January 2022

Jadugar qatilBy now the regular readers of the SOY can easily answer if Amitabh Bachchan were to ask on KBC, बलमा के कितने प्रमुख प्रकार हैं? It is sad that this season of KBC has come to an end; if it is revived, he might some day ask this question! We have met with anaari, pardesi, ajanabi, and beimaan balmas. It is difficult to make an exhaustive list of the several types of ‘balmas’ found in our films – in which category would you put the ‘Balma’ Shakti Kapoor in Chaalbaaz (1989)?. But there is one major category, Jaadugar Balma/Baalma, which was quite ubiquitous in our films once, and quite distinct from the other forms covered on SOY. These categories are not watertight compartments. There are shades of meaning and the context which may overlap in more than one category. In my last post on the ‘Beimaan baalma’, many readers posted songs which were closer to ‘Jaadugar baalma’, and I had to be careful not to let out this planned post.

Nothing in our films is without some connection to our folklore, mythology or social mores. The biggest enchanter was Krishna during his Brij period. His this romantic aspect, his felicity with music, dance and sixteen arts, besides his divine purpose of taking birth as a human being on the earth – of slaying the demons and helping the good prevail over the evil – make him a Poorna Avatar. Drawing inspiration from the Krishna mythology, Jaadugar Balma has an exalted origin.

The female enchantresses in our mythology are not quite the counterpart of Krishna. Mohini, the female form of Vishnu, appears a number of times in different tales. During the joint Samudra Manthan by the gods and the demons, among many things the belly of the ocean yielded, the most precious was the ‘Amrit Kalash’ (elixir). A fierce fight broke out between the two sides over its possession. Had the demons been able to lay their hands on it, it would have made them invincible. Vishnu appeared as Mohini, a femme fatale, who charmed the demons to their destruction. In another tale, Bhasmaasur, armed with the boon given by Lord Shiva to turn anyone into ashes by touching his head, decided to try his powers on Shiva himself. On Shiva’s pleadings, Vishnu came in the form of Mohini, who enchanted the demon to dance with his hand on his head, thus instantly reducing him to ashes.

The apsaras were celestial dancing beauties in Indralok. From time to time, when Indra felt threatened by the extreme penance of some mortal on the earth, he would send one of the apsaras to seduce the person and break his penance.

In folklore and fairy tales, the witches or jaadugarnis have an evil aspect. Calcutta was once the epicentre of industry, economic activity, and jobs which drew droves of men from Bihar and UP. Their left-behind women pined for their visits which became rarer with the passage of time. The plight of Calcutta-widows led to the folklore of enchantresses of Bengal who seduced their men by their charms, and transformed them into a parrot or pigeon and put them in a cage. I was puzzled what these Bengal jaadugarnis gained by keeping their men in a pinjra. A sympathetic messenger, endowed with special powers, would go to locate, identify this caged parrot, and rescue him from the spell of the jaadugarni. I am sure the readers have heard the common saying बंगाल का काला जादू. This predates PC Sircar Sr; the special association of magic with Bengal made him a legendary magician of India.

Numerous films, literature and TV serials present femme fatales as vamps whose primary aim is to trap the hero by their charms, with evil intentions. Invariably this brings doom to the person and the family, unless he is careful to keep away from her. This depiction is highly sexist which paints men as innocent victims, being devoid of any agency.

The jaadugars in our film songs are not evil. The women find their charm irresistible. Here the man has the agency; the woman can do nothing but helplessly pine for him. This trope, too, is not very dignified for women, but we can’t have it both ways. The Jaadugar Balma is a benign, well-meaning person. Let us enjoy some songs which completes our romance with different types of balmas.

1. Kaahe jaadu kiya, mujhko itna bata jaadugar balma jaadugar balma by Shamshad Begum/Amirbai Karnataki, lyrics Naushad Jarchavi, music Nashad

This is the best song showing the lady’s helplessness faced with the charm of the enchanter – Mujhko apani khabar hai naa dil ka pata. It was apparently  sung by Shamshad Begum in the film, but Amirbai Karnataki also recorded it in her voice. This combined video contains both the versions, both are our great favourites.

2. Kar gaya re kar gaya dil pe jaadu sanwariya by Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle from Basant Bahaar (1956), lyrics Shailendra, music Shankar Jaikishan

The spell cast by the enchanter has contrasting effect on the dancer Kumkum and the singer on the tanpura, Nimmi. Nimmi has reason to be sad at the Patthar ki moorat Bharat Bhushan. Bharat Bhushan, who seems to be the object of attraction of both, gives blank looks to each of them, I don’t know why. Even with him, Kumkum is high-spirited and joyous in her dance. Though the film could not become a Baiju Baawra, it had some absolutely fascinating songs by Shankar-Jaikishan.

3. O ji O ji chhodo ji dupatta mera jaadugar baalma by Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar from Champakali (1957), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Hemant Kumar

Bharat Bhushan comes to life in his romancing with Suchitra Sen. A joyous duet, Suchitra Sen’s pleading with her jaadugar baalma to let go of her dupatta is a put-on.

4. Jaadugar sainya chhod mori bainya, ho gayi aadhi raat ab ghar jane de by Lata Mangeshkar from Naagin (1954), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Hemant Kumar

You can make out, Vyjayanthimala is in no hurry to leave her enchanter and go home. Yet, she has to pretend that Pradeep Kumar is holding her up. When the enchanter and woman are together, everything is blissful. Another outstanding song of romancing the jaadugar baalma/sainya from the combination of Rajendra-Krishna and Hemant Kumar.

5. Jaadugar qaatil, haazir hai mera dil by Asha Bhosle from Kohinoor (1960). lyrics Shakeel Badayuni, music Naushad

Dilip Kumar was one of the biggest enchanters in his heydays, but here Kumkum is no less qaatil, though she has been completely enchanted by the jaadugar and given him his heart. The dancer and the sitarist is a terrific combination.

6. Dil lootnewale jaadugar ab maine tujhe pahchana hai by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar from Madari (1959), lyrics Farooq Kaisar, music Kalyani-Anandji

Kalyanji-Anandji 1.0 became known for such sweet melodies, sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar. Kalyanji had Hemant Kumar-Naagin connection which explains the sweetness in his music. He is said to have played the been tune in Naagin on his clavioline. The duo created a Naagin-style song in a B-grade film, which became a rage in the radio era.

7. Koi kahe rasiya koi man basiya, main piya tujhe chor kahun ya chhaliya re by Lata Mangeshkar from Madari (1959), lyrics Pt. Madhur, music Kalyanji-Anandji

I can’t help posting another absolutely melodious dance song in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar from the film Madari. The enchanter here is called by different loving names: rasiya, man basiya, chor, chhaliya. This may seem to overlap with Beimaan balma, but is closer to the Jaadugar balma. Kalyanji (Virji Shah) had started as a solo music director a year earlier with Samrat Chandragupta. In the very first year of his younger brother joining him to form a duo, they strike gold with great music.

8. Ja re jaadugar dekhi teri jaadugari by Lata Mangeshkar from Bhabhi (1957), lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Chitragupta

Now Shyama is the delighted target of the enchanter’s spell. The jaadugar seems to be expressionless. Chitragupta is one of the top favourites of the SOY community. Bhabhi was his first super-success.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHA9pzEUlM4

9. Tu ne wo rangeele kaisa jaadu kiya by Lata Mangeshkar from Kudrat (1981), lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri, music RD Burman

Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini are transported into their previous lives, when they were lovers. The man had cast such a spell that she started calling piya, piya as if in delirium.

10. Rasik balma haye dil kyun lagaya tose from Chori Chori (1956), lyrics Hasrat Jaipuri, music Shankar-Jaikishan

I take Rasik balma as a synonym of Jaadugar balma. The spell brings grief to Nargis as she starts repenting why she fell in love with him. A timeless song.

11. Baazigar O baazigar, tu hai bada jaadugar by Kumar Sanu and Alka Yagnik from Baazigar (1993), lyric Nawab Arzoo, music Anu Malik.

Now as an exception, here is a song where the enchanter does not have benign intentions, because there is a reason with which we empathise. Baazigar (acrobat?) is also an enchanter and, therefore, the smitten lady tells him that he is a jaadugar. She does not yet realise that the ‘enchanter’ has come with the purpose of avenging past insults and harrowing villainy of the girl’s daddy.

12. Jaadu teri nazar, khushboo tera badan, tu haan kar ya na kar by Udit Narayan from Darr (1993), lyrics Anand Bakhshi, music Shiv-Hari

Now a song of a lady who has enchanted the hero who is, incidentally, tongue-tied in her presence. That takes him nowhere, turning him into an obsessive lover with a twisted personality.

13. Jab se Kanhaiya gaile Gokul bisaari dehile, aaho aaho Udho kaun re joginiya jogwa saadhe ho raam (Bhojpuri Purbi) by Chandan Tiwari, lyrics Mahender Misir

We do not see much of the ‘jaadugarni’ in our film songs. In Krishna mythology there is very little or absolutely no mention of Radha in our ancient texts. But in the middle ages, Jayadev’s Geet Govind, and later Bhakti Kaal poet Surdas and others, made Krishna-Radha love and dance and song, the centre of people’s imagination. An intriguing part of Krishna story is that once he left Brij for Mathura, he never came back there, leaving behind the pining Radha, other gopis, his foster parents and all his associations there. Realising the pain of Radha and the gopis, Krishna dispatched the learned scholar Uddhav to teach them some Gyanyog to forget him, and devote their life instead to realise the Supreme Being, the all pervasive Formless Brahman (ब्रह्म). The gopis would have none of this; Uddhav was no match for their taunts, sarcasm and their overwhelming love for the Sagun Krishna:

Since the day Kanhaiya left us, he has erased all the remembrances of Gokul
Tell us O Udho, which jogin has cast her jog on him.
(Which enchantress has cast her spell on him)

Radha has become a skeleton staring at the village pathway for your arrival
You have been very cruel to her and all of us
Without you Kanha, Vrindavan and Madhuban have become still
Tell us Udho which enchantress has poisoned the mind of Kanha
The real jogin is the birahin Radha who is performing such an arduous jog

You can see the first use of jogin/jog is in the sense of enchantress and her spell. From satire it moves to the pathos of the forlorn Radha, gopis and Gokul, and finally it ends with jogin/jogi in the literal sense while describing Radha’s unbearable pain and sacrifice in separation. This is one of the famous songs of Mahender Misir (16 March 1865-26 October 1946), popularly described as the Purbi Samrat. Chandan Tiwari is a leading current singer at the forefront of re-establishing the spirit of traditional Bhojpuri folk over its Bollywood-style vulgarity in the Bhojpuri film songs. A very poignant song which would move anyone transcending the barriers of language and culture.

14. Jaadu bhareli kaun albeli naar raseele…naina raseele Thumri in Mishra Gara by Bhimsen Joshi

Continuing the jadugarni theme, I am sure a deep search would yield many songs about enchantresses in folk and light classical. I end here with a thumri by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi in his divine voice as my tribute to him in his centenary year (4 Feb 1922-24 January 2011). A beautiful song – I understand it is about a damsel who casts a spell on men.

Acknowledgements and Disclaimer:
The song links have been embedded from the YouTube only for the listening pleasure of the music lovers. This blog does not claim any copyright over them, which rests with the respective owners of the rights.

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1 Mehfil Mein Meri January 12, 2022 at 9:18 am

Such a beautiful post and nice sing list.
I’m yet to listen to the classical songs, but enjoyed other songs, most of those were well known.
Would Jadu Hai Tera hi Jadu from Ghulam fit?

And

The sensuous number Jadu Hai Nasha Hai by Shreya Ghoshal from jism?

Anup:-)

2 Mehfil Mein Meri January 12, 2022 at 9:25 am

Remembered another one,
A Jadugar saiyan from Gharana.

https://youtu.be/qS6hSuMVZ0k

In 2001,
The film mujhe kuchh kehna hai had a jadu song.
Hero talks about the magical eyes of kareena kapoor, the latter however waves it off and in turn accuses him of following her (पिछा आना) and stealing her heart away.

https://youtu.be/X_0E2I1Y7uw

Anup
🙂

3 Mehfil Mein Meri January 12, 2022 at 9:36 am

Yet another jaadugar, though not a benign one.

Ragini, Madhumati and Rani dance to a fabulous melodious song. They play sisters, princesses of a Kingdom and the one on the throne is villian. But the song is good, though I guess doesn’t exactly fit here. But I’m too fond of it to avoid it.

Jadugar dekho kaise ye jaadu kiye jaye

https://youtu.be/2qbPgKfEOPM

4 Mehfil Mein Meri January 12, 2022 at 9:44 am

And how about,

Jadugar sawariya by Asha Bhosle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihd_RuczzWM

And,
This Lata Mangeshkar song by Chitragupt.

Kaisi dhun yeh chhedi jaadugar?

https://youtu.be/KXNSkI8FVxU

And,
Oh! Sounds preety obvious.

Leke pehla pehla pyar,… Jadu nagari se aaya hai koi jaadugar from CID. The charmer has his own aura to transform a khafa shakila to a happily smiling one!

Anup
🙂

5 Canasya January 12, 2022 at 1:30 pm

Akji:

Thanks for a wonderful post again. You are maintaining a punishing schedule of new posts with novel themes.

Often, the victim of magic is totally overwhelmed by the magician’s persona. But sometimes, s/he retains enough sense to pinpoint the source of magic. Here is ‘Jadugar tere naina’ (Lata and KK in Man Mandir; MD: LP):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxG_a8l0AJQ

6 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 12, 2022 at 2:05 pm

AKji,

Jadugar Balma is a nice follow-up post to Bedardi balma.
Good selection of songs with many favourites there – Madari, Kohinoor, Nagin and the ones from the new era.

Here’s one to begin with:

Ek Phool Do Mali 1969
Ravi – Prem Dhawan – Asha

Saiyan le gayi jiya teri pehli nazar
kaisa jaadu kina tune mo pe o jaadugar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBk3175WaC8

7 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 12, 2022 at 2:49 pm

House No 44 1955
SDB – Sahir – Asha

Dekh idhar O jaadugar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAlwKHM12c

8 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 12, 2022 at 3:28 pm

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai 1960
SJ – Shailendra – Lata

Mera dil ab tera o saajna
kaisa jaadu phera o saajna

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3SFk29Bao

9 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 12, 2022 at 3:33 pm

Ek Dil Sau Afsane 1963
SJ – Hasrat – Lata

O jaadugar pyar ke ye bata
dil mera kyon tera ho gaya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXUbmcsaVy8

10 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli January 12, 2022 at 7:44 pm

Ak ji
Nice way to apply jadubhara balm for the pain caused by bedardi balma.
You observation about jadugar sajani is spot on. Jadugar balmas far outnumber jadugar sajanis.
May be they are reluctant about conceding power of Jadu their sajanis possess. And when they rarely do acknowledge the power it is invariably attributed to nainas. Sample the following
Main kya janu kya jadu hai
– Zindagi- K L Saigal – Punkaj Mullick
https://youtu.be/JJlHdQlw9y0

Naina hai jadubhare – Bedard Jamana kya jane – Bharat Vyas- Mukesh- KA
https://youtu.be/hDSkUS2W-ms

Feroze however is enchanted by the face and the persona
Tere chere me wo Jadoo hai – Dharmatma – Indeevar – Kishor – KA
https://youtu.be/QsrB3hX5QIg

Kisi ne jadu Kiya – Chaand aur Suraj – Shailendra- Mukesh- Salil Chowdhury
https://youtu.be/dHoh-ibM4vQ

11 Hans January 12, 2022 at 9:11 pm

So you have decided to exhaust all of the baalmas. A nice topic with a nice narrative. I think Indians have always been attracted to ‘jadoo’ of any kind. Every body has been mesmerised at some moment or the other and might have exclaimed ‘ye to jadoo ho gaya’. So we all like this thing. The song are no less jadu-filled by our great artists and you have selected great ones.

But, there is one thing missing. There was a film Jadoo-1951. Why did not you explore it for at least one song. The famous ‘lara loo’ has it in the mukhda.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkCizoNMt-Y

‘Lo pyar ki ho gayi jeet’ has it in the antara , ‘dil pe kiya wo jadu apna banake chhoda’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8-DBV4ZzAE

Another famous song from Suraiyya ‘tere nainon ne chori kiya’ has ‘jane kaisa jadoo kiya teri meethi baat ne’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSklV0J0pms

12 S Joseph January 12, 2022 at 10:00 pm

A nice theme and great presentation with good song selection. I believe the heroes in most movies have true ‘jadugar like’ qualities .

One such song from a not so popular movie …

‘ Kaisa jadu balam…’/ 1958 / 12 O’ CLOCK / Majrooh Sultanpuri / OPN / Geeta

https://youtu.be/1aAqjFfYHfE

13 AK January 12, 2022 at 11:30 pm

Anup @1,
I don’t thing I would put these songs in this category.

@2,
Na dekho humein jaadugar sainya fits my theme perfectly.

@3,
The name of the film Cobra Girl and the song Jaadugar dekho kaisa ye jaade kiye jaye set the tone. Perfectly fitting song.

@4,
Obviously, all the songs fit perfectly.

14 AK January 12, 2022 at 11:38 pm

Canasya @5,
You are welcome and thanks a lot for your appreciation. Nice observation about the victim identifying a specific cause. I thought of another, but ‘jaadugar’ word is not mentioned upfront:Sainya teri ankhiyon mein dil Kho gaya.

15 AK January 12, 2022 at 11:43 pm

Dr Deshpande @6,
I think ‘jaadugar baalma’ nicely completes the different types I have covered. Kai’s jaadu kiya tune mo pe wo jaadugar is a perfect song. This is also an example of identifying the cause – Teri pahli nazar – as theorised by Canasya.

@7, 8, 9,
All the three songs are excellent fit here.

16 AK January 12, 2022 at 11:47 pm

Mr Muli @10,
It it is interesting two theoreticians – you and Canasya – should notice the ‘naina’ as the cause for most cases of spell. ‘Chehra’ comes next as the culprit. Nice songs.

17 AK January 12, 2022 at 11:51 pm

Hans @11,
There may be some minor types still left. If I find enough of them, I might think of writing on the assorted types. But for the present, I think, we have covered the main types. I thought of the film Jaadu after the post was published. Thanks for mentioning it. Other two songs are all-time classics.

18 AK January 12, 2022 at 11:53 pm

Mr Joseph @12,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Kaisa jaadu balam tune daara is a very nice song.

19 Anita January 13, 2022 at 8:58 am

AKji, the subcategories of balma are rather interesting. I too had done a post more than a year ago on the jaadugar. I had been inspired to write this after watching a Marathi movie on Dada Saheb Phalke called Harishchandrachi Factory(2009). https://anitamultitasker.wordpress.com/2020/12/27/songs-of-the-charmer-jaadugar-special/

20 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli January 13, 2022 at 10:36 am

Ak ji
Continuing with Jadui Aankhe
Though gazals cast their own spell on listeners very few of them have used jadu or jadugar. Here is one of them by Bahadurshaha Jafar.
I am posting 2 versions one by Mehedi Hasan and the other by Runa Laila
Unki aankho ne khuda jane Kiya kya jadu
Ke tabiyat meri kabhi aisi maieel to na thi
Baat karni kabhi mushkil
https://youtu.be/lQmfg4ua3qk

https://youtu.be/APsCj3G3grQ

21 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty January 13, 2022 at 10:51 am

Leke pehla pehla pyar..
..
Jaadoo nagree se aaya hai
Koi Jaadoogar.

CID.

Tu ne O Rangeela kaise jaadoo kiya..

KUDRAT.

Jaadoo hai tera hi jaadoo..

GHULAM.

Aisa jaadoo daala re..

KHAKEE.

22 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty January 13, 2022 at 11:11 am

Kum Kum and Asha Bhosle.

Dekh idar O Jadugar..

HOUSE NUMBER 44.

Jadugar Qatil hazir hai mera dil..

KOHINOOR.

Suman Kalyanpur, A Bakshi, S Kwatra.

O Jadugar, na mujhpe kar
Ye jhoota jadoo..

AIRMAIL, 1960.

Amir Bai, Nakshab, Nashad.

Kaahe jaadoo kiya..

O Jadugar baalma…

NAGMA, 1953.

Tha thayya karke aana
Jadugar more sainya.

PANCHAYAT, 1958.

Sanjeev Kumar and Waheeda Rehman both find each other ‘s eyes Jadugar in MAN MANDIR, 1971.

Jadugar, tere naina
Dil jaayega bachke kahan?

23 Dr PradeepKumar Shetty January 13, 2022 at 11:12 am

Oh!
KOHINOOR and KUDRAT are in the main post itself! Sorry

24 S Joseph January 13, 2022 at 11:49 am

A classic that is heard even today should qualify under ‘ Jadugar songs ‘ category due to the words ‘…sudh-budh bhuli khadi gopiyan jane kaisa jadu dara…’

‘ Brindavan ka krishn…/ 1957 / MISS MARY / Rajinder Krishan / Hemant Kumar / Lata , Rafi

https://youtu.be/-h8iQwgX38Q

25 Hans January 13, 2022 at 12:01 pm

If there is jadoo then there must be people advising against it. Canasya talked about ‘ankhon ka jadoo’. ‘Ankhon pe bharosa mat kar, duniya jadoo ka khel hai’ also confirms it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0LyW7yDcY4

‘Tere nainon ne chori kiya’ talked about ‘meethi baat ka jadoo’. This is also confirmed by the prohibitory tone in ‘meethi meethi baton se bachna jara, duniya ke logon men hai jadoo bhara’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsH24zE_oHI

But what happens if ‘jadoo’ of a person has already done the trick and another tries his luck. See this in ‘tera jadoo na chalega o sapere’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0WoZPP-O-c

26 S Joseph January 13, 2022 at 2:11 pm

A song rarely heard

‘ Kaisa jadu dala…’/ 1953 / FOOTPATH / Ali Sardar Jafri / Khayyam / Asha

https://youtu.be/CGOGKeh2-dM

27 Sivanandam Palamadai January 13, 2022 at 4:42 pm

AK Ji
One more off beat theme and nice research and selection of songs (though I was surprised to see 90’s songs in this forum!!).
As far as your comment on Basant Bahar is concerned , it had very good songs , totally 9 if I can remember , with each one being a masterpiece and had silenced the critics who always had bracketed Shankar-Jaikishan being more of “mass” and not ” class”; it is definitely in the league of Naushad’s Baiju Bawaraa. Personally, I am a very big fan of S-J.
I think “Ja ja re jaa balama ” from this film may qualify for your earlier article on Bedardi Baalamwaa-which, to the best of my memory didn’t get discussed in your article and neither in the comments section also. The lines “Sautan ke sang raat bitayee, kahe karat ab jhooti batiyaan should denote a bedardi baalma.
Song Singer
1 “Badi Der Bhai” Mohammed Rafi
2 “Bhay Bhajana Vandana Sun” Manna Dey
3 “Duniya Na Bhaye” Mohammed Rafi
4 “Ja Ja Re Ja Balama” Lata Mangeshkar
5 “Kar Gaya Re” Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle
6 “Ketaki Gulab Juhi” Manna Dey, Pt . Bhimsen Joshi
7 “Main Piya Teri” Lata Mangeshkar
8 “Nain Mile Chain Kahan” Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
9 “Sur Na Saje” Manna Dey

28 Dr Pradeep Kumar Shetty January 13, 2022 at 4:54 pm

Little hat ke. Lady teaches pyar ka jaadoo to a gentleman!

Seekh le Babu
Pyar ka jaadoo…

DILLI KA THUG.

29 Hans January 13, 2022 at 6:49 pm

In a love duet it is immaterial who uses the word, because both are under a spell. Here are three duets. In the first heroine uses the word, in the second the hero and in the third both of them.

Tumne hansi hi hansi men – Lata/M. Kapoor – Ghar Basake Dekho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS9opeWuZtw

Isharon isharon men dil lene wale – Asha/Rafi – Kashmir Ki Kali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNsNuCitZys

Aap yun hi agar humse milte rahe – Asha/Rafi – Ek Musafir Ek Haseena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYDNOsv-RM

30 AK January 13, 2022 at 6:56 pm

Anita @19,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. Knowing you by now, I am sure you can find a dozen more categories. I have read your post. Interesting. I remember I have watched this film in Siri Fort Auditorium during centenary celebrations of Hindi cinema. I would like to watch it again if available in public domain with subtitles.

Just curious to know and you are in a position to confirm, many film historians give the honour of the first feature film to Pundalik released in 1912. The debate now centres on what qualifies to be a ‘feature film’.

31 AK January 13, 2022 at 6:59 pm

Mr Muli @20,
Unki aankhon ne khuda jaane kiya kya jaadu: There is double jaadu in this, the second one hearing it in the voice of Mehdi Hasan. Thanks a lot for refreshing our memory.

32 AK January 13, 2022 at 7:03 pm

Dr Shetty @22, 23, 28,
Thanks a lot for the flurry of songs. Great recall. Unfamiliar songs, one would have clicked on the links. You have not been able to crack this gadget challenge?

33 AK January 13, 2022 at 7:11 pm

Hans @25,
Interesting. The victim herself tries not to come under the spell. Others too caution about it. Tera jaadu na chalega O sanpere is a rare song of defiance. Chitragupta created another great duet of defiance in another film,
Main hun gori naagin banungi rasiya kaise aaj teri baaje nahin been re.

34 AK January 13, 2022 at 7:14 pm

Mr S Joseph @26,
I had heard it earlier only once. Meena Kumari’s bath under a public water tap must be her most erotic scene, matched later by Chitralekha?

35 AK January 13, 2022 at 7:23 pm

Mr Sivanandam Palamadai @27,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation. SJ in Basant Bahar were superb, its music was matchless. But Naushad had created an aura about Baiju Bawra.

Yes, Ja ja re ja baalma fits perfectly in Bedardi baalma. I had earlier covered prominently as ‘Khandita Nayika’ in my post on ‘Nayika Bhed in songs’.

https://www.songsofyore.com/nayika-bhed-in-songs/

36 Anita January 13, 2022 at 11:54 pm

AKji @ 30
The movie is available on YouTube along with English subtitles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICvCtMpexfg
Just curious to know and you are in a position to confirm, many film historians give the honour of the first feature film to Pundalik released in 1912. The debate now centres on what qualifies to be a ‘feature film’.
I will have to find out more about this. I had planned to visit the National Museum of Indian Cinema at leisure but it just did not work out.

37 Anu Warrier January 14, 2022 at 5:39 am

The first song that popped into my head when I saw the theme is Jaadugar Saiyyan. 🙂 The song from Kohinoor is also a great favourite.

I haven’t read the comments so I don’t know if this has already been mentioned, but there’s Jaadugar tera jaadu niraala from an obscure film called Jung aur Aman.

Usha Khanna’s composition for Flat No. 9Jaadugar mujhko itna bata.

And Dil lootnewaale jaadugar from Madan (1959)

38 S Joseph January 14, 2022 at 7:29 am

….Batiyan jaadu bhari….

Could not get more details. Even the video is not found on the YouTube.

‘ Beimaan tori batiyan…’/ 1947 / MANMANI / ?? / Kamal Dasgupta / Kalyani Das , Hemant

https://youtu.be/PhDJlsLYwE8

39 AK January 14, 2022 at 7:49 am

Anita @36,
I will one day watch it on YT. I will wait for your confirmation, but it is no longer a matter of ‘fact’, but of ‘definition’. Whose word is authentic?

40 AK January 14, 2022 at 8:06 am

Anu @37,
You can be sure Jaadugar tera jaadu tera nirala and Jaadugar mujhko itna bata could not have been posted earlier. How do you ever come across such songs?

Last sentence: Perhaps you mean the film Madari.

41 AK January 14, 2022 at 8:09 am

Mr S Joseph @38,
Beimaan tori batiyan is a beautiful song. Charming contrast between the tempo of Kalyani and Hemant Kumar.

42 S Joseph January 14, 2022 at 10:55 am

Another 40s song . Do not know any other Mumtaz song . ‘ …naima jadu baan…’

‘ Sajan ka naina …/1943 / NAJMA / Anjum Pilibhiti / Rafiq Ghaznavi / Mumtaz, Amirbai Karnataki

https://youtu.be/e6RdF95SJTY

43 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli January 14, 2022 at 2:57 pm

Ak ji
Hansji @ 29 has posted
Tera jadu na chalega o sapere
An obvious contra to this is
Chal baith Ja – Amir Garib – AB – LP
– Lata & Kishor
Where Hema meekly accepts Dev’s assertion
Mera Jadu chal Gaya
Chal gaya
But wait, the real jadu of AB is in the next line
Kal aaya tha kal Gaya
Kal Gaya.
https://youtu.be/V69V9Ieb_Gw

44 AK January 14, 2022 at 3:54 pm

Mr S Joseph @42,
Sajan ke naina jaadu baan: Wonderful vintage female duet from Mehboob Khan’s first production venture. Najma film itself had some more songs of Mumtaz.

45 AK January 14, 2022 at 3:58 pm

Mr Muli @43,
There are hundreds of contra songs to Tera jaadu na chalega wo sapere, but Baith ja, faith gayi; khadi ho ja, khadi ho gayi is the ultimate. I noticed another jaadu, Dev Anand looked to me 80% Rajesh Khanna.

46 Ashwin Bhandarkar January 14, 2022 at 7:56 pm

AK,

Only skimmed through the post. Will read it/listen to the selection over the weekend. In the meanwhile, here is a dadra that the inimitable Girija Devi was very famous for:

‘Diwaana kiye shyam, kya jaadu daala’ by Vid.Girija Devi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcLabMtso7U

47 Ashwin Bhandarkar January 14, 2022 at 8:11 pm

The lyrics of the well-known Bhairavi thumri ‘Baajuband khul khul ja’ go as follows:’

Sthaayi:
Baajuband khul khul jaaye
Saawariya ne jaadu daala

Antara:
Jaadu ki puDiyaa bhar bhar maare
Kaahe karega baid bechaaraa

The fist jaadu is the spell cast by the saawariya which causes the nayika to go without food and become so emaciated that her arm-band has become loose. The 2nd jaadu is the magic in the remedy of the ‘baid’ but unfortunately it proves to be ineffective in curing her of her lovesickness.

Here is Pt.Bhimsen Joshi rendering the thumri:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpG_1v2sUaU

48 Anu Warrier January 14, 2022 at 10:24 pm

@AK, sorry, yes, it’s Madari. The autocorrect on my phone is usually autowrong.

49 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 14, 2022 at 11:03 pm

Mr & Mrs. 55 (1955)
OPN – Majrooh – Rafi

Dil par hua aisa jadoo tabiyat machal machal gayi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWM-2jAecJ8

50 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 14, 2022 at 11:09 pm

Another one from Kohinoor 1960

Naushad – Shakeel – Rafi, Lata
Koi pyar ke dekhe jadugari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWNf2wKey7

51 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 14, 2022 at 11:14 pm

Toofani Teerandaz 1959
Iqbal – Farukh Kaiser – Sudha Malhotra

Jadugar balma ne mera dil loot liya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjciUjS8hJk

52 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 14, 2022 at 11:22 pm

Madan Manjari 1961
Sardar Malik – Hasrat – Lata

Jaadugar saiyan dekho kar gaya jadoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhE84pQTV4

53 AK January 14, 2022 at 11:24 pm

Ashwin @46,
I hope you come back after reading the post fully. Girija Devi does not excite me much.

@47,
Baajuband khul khul jaaye by Pandit Bhimsen Joshi is of a different class. It will be difficult for a male singer to sing it badly. The one by our favourites Ustad Farid Ayaz and Ustad Abu Mohammad is expected absolutely great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY74M6P5C88

So is by ghazal king Jagjit Singh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ9wJemSsDg

54 AK January 14, 2022 at 11:25 pm

Dr Deshpande @49, 50.
Both are fabulous songs.

55 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 14, 2022 at 11:26 pm

Jadoo Nagri 1961
SN Tripathi – Hasrat – Asha, MK

Jadu bhare tore naina kateele
hum par zulm karen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrMk5MMKfSE

56 Rahul Muli January 15, 2022 at 7:53 am

Akji
In 1988, when Melody in HFM was on ventilator, there was a brief revival. And no wonder that there was Chitragupt relation behind the revival. QSQT again has Aamir dreaming about Aankho Ka Jadu here
https://youtu.be/FEvBiayarlc

57 AK January 15, 2022 at 10:11 am

Dr Deshpande @55,
Jaadu bhare tore naina kanteele: Nice song. Heard for the first time. Now we are exploring the magic of ‘naina’.

58 AK January 15, 2022 at 10:14 am

Mr Muli @56,
I didn’t realise that ‘jaadugar baalma’ would lead to so much research on the magic of the eyes.

59 Shalan Lalvani January 15, 2022 at 7:37 pm

AK Dear

The recent articles exploring the “flip side of the filmy songs” are going well with the readers.

However these articles are very helpful to understand the ethos of light and heavy songs of the Hindi films.
I enjoyed the article.

Shalan La

60 Rahul Muli January 15, 2022 at 8:11 pm

Ak ji
There is jadoo teri nazar, jadubahre naina, aankho ka Jadoo and here is
Nigaho ki Jadugari – Shabnam – Prem Dhawan – Usha Khanna – Lata
https://youtu.be/KGxlfoxwVvA

61 AK January 15, 2022 at 11:03 pm

Shalan Lalvani @59,
Thanks a lot for your appreciation.

62 AK January 15, 2022 at 11:06 pm

Mr Muli @60,
Nice song composed by the sole woman MD who broke the glass ceiling in the 50s and 60s.

63 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli January 16, 2022 at 5:51 pm

Ak ji
There is no second guess required to decipher what magic Bharat bhooshan experienced here.
Kabhi dekhi na suni aise Tilismat ki raat – Barsaat ki Raat – Sahir – Roshan – Rafi
Though it does not directly qualify for the theme I cannot resist posing it because it may be a rare song where the word Tilismat is used.
https://youtu.be/-tuPIVNiJVE

64 AK January 17, 2022 at 8:15 am

Mr Muli,
Wah! You are a Master Discoverer. We have heard this song a million times without taking much notice. ‘Tilism’ was adequate, I don’t think its plural is in common use. Zahir must have used it to rhyme with ‘Barsaat’ in the opening line.

65 Shelomit January 17, 2022 at 8:40 am

“The real jogin is the birahin Radha who is performing such an arduous jog”–oof.

Beautiful songs around an interesting theme, as usual. “Naagin” has been on my to-watch list for some time. After hearing this lovely song from it, I think I must prioritize it.

66 AK January 17, 2022 at 11:16 am

Shelomit,
I am impressed that an Angrez 🙂 could be so attracted by Bhojpuri Purbi. I find you are quite partial to Hindi pop films of 1970s and 1980s I would not much care for. I am sure you know that there were some really excellent films too in these years 🙂 . But I do drop in your blog off and on to enjoy some humour.

67 Shelomit January 17, 2022 at 12:31 pm

You may be unsurprised to learn that “Nagin” (1954) used to sit on the to-watch list directly adjacent to “Nagin” (1976) and “Nagina” (1986), both of which I got around to seeing first! I do watch and enjoy pre-’60s films, although I find I often don’t have much intelligent to say about them afterwards.

Thank you for stopping by my blog : ) There is yet another ’80s post queued up for this coming week, but the week after that is “Milan” (1967).

68 S Joseph January 17, 2022 at 5:25 pm

Another pre -1950s song that I do not recollect having heard earlier. Singing to herself behind closed doors but with expressions and all . It is nayanon ka Jadu . Thankfully we have the video though not of good quality .

‘ Jadu kar Gaye…’/ 1948 / ZIDDI / Prem Dhawan / Khemchand Prakash / Lata

https://youtu.be/ZAv1hWuU_Js

69 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 17, 2022 at 8:09 pm

Pyar Hi Pyar 1969
SJ – Hasrat – Asha

O sakhiyan sakhiyan mori ankhiyan lad gayi ek jaadugar se

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krNyGj7N49s

70 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 17, 2022 at 8:18 pm

Khakaan 1965
N Datta – AB – Asha

Jaadu kar gayi hai nazar
pyar ka ho raha hai asar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV7eUMOniTQ

71 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 17, 2022 at 8:41 pm

Dastak 1996, Miss Universe Sushmita Sen’s debut movie.
In the song, she’s referred to as the one with magical eyes.

Rajesh Roshan – Javed – Udit

Mujhko jab aise dekhti ho….
jaadu bhari ankhonwali suno
tum aise mujhe dekha na karo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy90dEOZKZA

72 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 17, 2022 at 8:49 pm

One more about nazar ka jaadu

Alladdin and Wonderful Lamp 1978
Chitragupta – Naqsh – Asha

Jaadu teri nazar ka chal hi gaya diwane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aG9NaTLauA

73 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 17, 2022 at 9:54 pm

And one from Chitragupta’s sons!
A typical 90s song and picturization!!

Loafer 1996
Anand Milind – Sameer – Udit

Teri tirchhi nazar mein hai jaadu
teri patli kamar mein hai jaadu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mEOTy94XE4

And there is a female version too!

Meri tirchhi nazar mein hai jaadu – Alka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox7DhzsLnn0

74 mumbaikar8 January 18, 2022 at 7:48 am

AK,
I am curious about your next category.
With Jadugar Baalam I thought you had exhausted all of them, but you obviously have some more up your sleeve.
Jadugar Balam or Jadugar Balma such a catchy phrase could have been a very popular movie title wonder why it was not picked.
we do have a Maya Memsaab

Ek Haseen Nigah ka dil pe saaya hai Jadu hai junoon hai
https://youtu.be/9nBuQ5_KIZk

Dr. Rajesh has posted a song from Alladdin and Wonderful Lamp 1978
1952 had Aladin Aur Jadui Chirag one of those Meena Kumari’s pre Baiju Bawra movies.

Aankh Main Jadu Bhar Ke – Meena Kumari, Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag Song
https://youtu.be/xQPk-yxyJQk

75 Hans January 18, 2022 at 11:07 am

Muliji, @63
You have a great catch. Though ’tilism’ has a wide meaning, Sahir used it in the sense which is perfect for the present theme. He was a master at the use of Urdu as well as Hindi words. The lyricists of the golden era were not only well read but also close to society.

76 Hans January 18, 2022 at 11:10 am

I think another ‘jadoo’ here is the speed with which Dr Deshpande is discovering the songs.

77 AK January 18, 2022 at 2:16 pm

Shelomit @67,
I am sure ‘Nagin’ and ‘Nagina’ must have been great fun. Compared to these the first Nagin could be quite tepid, except the songs.

Milan: I am curious to see your humour in this serious film.

78 AK January 18, 2022 at 2:19 pm

Mr Joseph @68,
Jaadu kar gaye kisi ke naina is a beautiful song. Thanks for mentioning it. Chanda re ja re ja re from this film became immortal, leaving this song far behind.

79 AK January 18, 2022 at 2:33 pm

Dr Deshpande @69,
This jaadugar is also a zalim. Nice one.

@70,
N Datta gave some landmark songs for Asha Bhosle. The eyes do cast a spell, but the song does not for me.

@71,
Jaadu bhari aankhonwali suno: Is this an unabashed imitation of Is rang badalti duniya mein? Therefore, the song is quite melodious, gives feel of the 1960s.

@72,
Jaadu teri nazar ka chal hi gaya diwane: No wonder. The song is from a tilismi film.

@73,
Teri tirchhi nazar main hai jaadu is a very enjoyable song. This man find jaadu in the lady’s ‘ang ang mein’ and in all her gestures.

80 Hans January 18, 2022 at 2:42 pm

AK, @ 34
Consider two scenes. One is from Footpath where Meena Kumari is taking bath in an enclosed space where nobody is present, which was a common thing to do for every girl or woman. The other one is from Phool Aur Pathhar, where Meena Kumari exposes her shoulder deliberately to show beating marks in the court in full public view. Look at different public reactions to the two scenes. The first one draws the remark ‘oh, Meena Kumari too’ in ‘thou too Brutus’ style. The second one elicits sympathy and sobs.

Is this a fit case of ‘jaaki rahi bhavna jaisi’? 😉

BTW, it is said that in Chitralekha her body double was used.

81 AK January 18, 2022 at 2:46 pm

Mumbaikar 8,
There is no next category. Broadly it is all sewed up as far as I can think. I made a mention in passing about ‘assorted type of other balmas’ – you never know something interesting may turn up in the readers’ comments.

Aankh mein jaadu bhar bhaar ke is a real magical song. Firstly, Shamshad Begum, and secondly Meena Kumari’s uninhibited Arabic dance. I think her miserable married life, made her into a scree tragidienne.

82 Hans January 18, 2022 at 2:54 pm

@ 69 & 79
If this jadugar baalma is zalim too then what about this one
‘jadugar baalma tere nainon men jia kho gaya, zalima tera ho gaya’ from Pehle Aap by Zohrabai Ambalewali.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBky94x2qag

83 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli January 18, 2022 at 6:53 pm

Ak ji , Hans ji
Thanks for appreciation. I recalled the song when in a casual chat with friends somebody mentioned Zinda Tilismat and I don’t know how Tilismat ki raat reverberated in my ears.
Ak ji your comment @ 78 spurred me to write this.
As Hans ji has said lyricists of golden era were simply superb. They had the ability to use precise words for the given situation. You have written about assorted categories of balmas. And apart from the main categories covered by you we have bhola, nadaan, jhootha, farebi , chotasa , babua and few other types of balmas and sajanas.
And to top it all I feel there is a unique balama sipahiya.

84 AK January 18, 2022 at 9:26 pm

Mr Muli,
Bhola, naadan would fall under anadi baalma (the dunce). Jhootha, farebi I would include under Beimaan, bedardi etc. Chhota sa, babua, sipahiya are different from the main types. Thanks a lot for adding so many assorted types.

85 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 18, 2022 at 10:57 pm

Hansji @76
Thanks for your comment. Just trying to recollect befitting songs.

@ 80
Your observations on the two scenes featuring Meena Kumar is both interesting and appropriate.
I am wondering if any furore was raised that time over the Footpath scene.

86 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 18, 2022 at 11:00 pm

Beti Bete 1964
SJ – Shailendra – Rafi

Naino wali tere naina jaadu kar gaye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yjGLLWsEFQ

87 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 18, 2022 at 11:04 pm

Aasman 1952
OPN – Prem Dhawan – Geeta Dutt

Dekho jaadu bhare more nain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLUYBlVsCvQ

88 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 18, 2022 at 11:09 pm

Maya 1961
Salil C – Majrooh – Asha

Jaadu dale hai machal machal kiski nazar kiski ada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQDzeWlMAt4

89 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 18, 2022 at 11:18 pm

Parvarish 1958
Dattaram – Hasrat – Asha, Sudha Malhotra

Is kadar tera tasavvur kabhi….
….jaane kaisa jaadu kiya re bedardi balam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afBulGvD3TQ

90 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 18, 2022 at 11:25 pm

Raftaar 1955
Shivram – Nakshab – Shamshad

Jaadu bhare naina tihare balam
tore sar ki kasam jaadu daar gaye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1sPcJXgTrg

91 AK January 19, 2022 at 10:44 am

Hans @80,
What we all do is not important, what is shown on the screen is. Since Meena Kumari is associated as a Sati Savitri, seeing her exposed on the screen, without cinematic reason, is odd.

92 AK January 19, 2022 at 11:00 am

Dr Deshpande @86,
I was just wondering, this post was about the ‘jadugar’. With the discussion veering towards ‘main ka jadu’ (the magical spell of the eyes, the focus shifts to the eyes.

@87,
OP Nayyar comes up with an Ace in his debut film.

@88,
Nice song.

@89,
Here the bedardi baalam casts a spell. Nice song which can fit my both the posts which heralded the new year.

@90,
Shamshad Begum adds her own magic to the song.

93 S Joseph January 19, 2022 at 11:03 pm

Pre partition song . The video is not found. Not many would recollect having heard this . Both the MD as well as the lyricist are new to me.

‘ Kya jadu hai…’/ 1946 / CHEHRA / I C Kapoor / MA Mukhtar / Shamshad , Mukesh

https://youtu.be/iI_fgB83iZs

94 S Joseph January 19, 2022 at 11:41 pm

A popular song . Could have been posted above. Do not know if this fits. Someone who has seen the movie could say.

‘ O buddho lambo… ‘ / 1971 / BUDDHA MIL GAYA / Majrooh / RDB / Lata , Manna Dey

https://youtu.be/nm5jX2pAzdM

95 AK January 20, 2022 at 10:59 am

Hans @82,
In my previous post on ‘Beimaan balma’, there was a song by Chitragupta- Kajra na dekhe, gajra na dekhe/ Hoga bada naadan beimaan balma. That unified the dunce with the rogue. Now we find that there is some overlapping between the enchanter and the rogue. This is getting interesting.

96 AK January 20, 2022 at 11:03 am

Mr S Joseph @93,
Kya jaadu hai tere paas piya is a beautiful song. No two singers would be more different than Mukesh and Shamshad Begum in their tonal quality and singing style. It is interesting how wonderfully they have gelled in a number of vintage duets.

@94,
New song for me.

97 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli January 20, 2022 at 12:42 pm

Ak ji
The obsession with Naino ka jadu continues.
Yashomati maiya se – SSS – Pt Narendra Sharma- LP – Lata / Manna Dey
Kale Naina but not kala jadu.
https://youtu.be/5x0O-qR527U

98 S Joseph January 20, 2022 at 12:53 pm

A popular song under MD CR . Alongwith Lata , CR has also given his voice in this song .

‘ Ulfat ke jadu …’/ 1950 / SANGRAM / Brajendra Gaud /CR / Lata , Chitalkar Ramchandra

https://youtu.be/3H1FwTX4vHg

99 S Joseph January 20, 2022 at 1:22 pm

Not so popular song . The movie
was also from C category.

‘ Ye kiya toone…’/ 1958 / ZIMBO / Majrooh / Chitragupt / Asha

https://youtu.be/QnSeWq6Nwg4

100 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 20, 2022 at 6:01 pm

One of Madhuri Dixit’s chart busters from the 90s

Raja 1995
Nadeem Shravan – Sameer – Udit, Alka

Ankhiyan milaoon kabhi ankhiyan churaoon
kya tune kiya jadoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux7WD9FrmWQ

101 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 20, 2022 at 6:05 pm

Another one from the 90s…

Raghuveer 1995
Dilip Sen Sameer Sen – Sameer – Alka, Jolly Mukherji

O jaaneman chehra tera jadoo koi jadoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YuSONGiDp4

102 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 20, 2022 at 6:12 pm

One more song from Darr 1993

Shiv Hari – AB – Lata, Udit

Tu mere samne main tere samne…
….tera jaadu chal gaya o jaadugar…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7RHSbyZGw

103 AK January 21, 2022 at 10:55 am

Mr Mauli @97,
Thanks for this song, We were very close to ‘kala jadu’. The search continues. Or is it getting difficult because kala jadu’ was undisputedly evil?

104 AK January 21, 2022 at 11:00 am

Mr S Joseph @98, 99,
We are getting more songs of jaadu than jaadugar. In ‘jaadu’ too, the magic of the eyes dominates.

105 AK January 21, 2022 at 11:50 am

Dr Deshpande @100,
The music of the film was very goo, but strangely the film bombed.

@101,
This is a poor copy of AR Rahman’s ‘Muqabla, muqabla’. How many clones of this song are floating around?

@102,
This is a unique composition. After Shahrukh Khan’s tentative line ‘Tu mere saamne hai, main tere saamne, tujhko dekhun ki pyar karun, Juhi Chawla comes very sensuously Toot gayi, toot ke main choor ho gayi. Then the songs has both the enchanter and his spell.

106 Rahul Bhagwanrao Muli January 22, 2022 at 5:19 pm

Ak ji
We will not have patience to search for kala jadu because it belongs to literally and figuratively in post golden era years.
One of my younger friends found for me a gem which I do not dare to post here. I will just mention it
Kala jadu from Mission Mumbai .

107 AK January 23, 2022 at 10:48 pm

Mr Muli,
Why the diffidence in posting a great discovery. So here is your discovery on ‘kala jaadu’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkIqAqSsyOA

108 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 23, 2022 at 10:59 pm

Here’s one jaadugar song…

Ek Shola 1958
MM – Majrooh – Asha

Jaadugar tune kaisa jaadu ye kiya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT46qFwp4gw

109 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 23, 2022 at 11:03 pm

And one from recent times….

Dulhan Banoo Main Teri 1999
Ram Laxman – Ravindra Rawal – Udit, Kavita

Jaadugar jaadugar jaadu chalaake
chhod na jaana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdDU9IP_jDk

110 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 23, 2022 at 11:08 pm

From 2000s…

Chand Sa Roshan Chehra 2005
Jatin Lalit – Sameer – Udit, Sunidhi

Jaadugar jaadugar ishq bada hai jaadugar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpWiDOCG1wo

111 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 23, 2022 at 11:12 pm

A Kala Jaadu song….

Allah Ke Banday 2010
Ishq Bector – Sarim Momin – Ishq Bector

Kala jaadu ho gaya re kaala jaadu ho gaya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF5FA9-mwKI

112 Dr. Rajesh Deshpande January 23, 2022 at 11:18 pm

Danka 1954
Aziz Hindi – Nazim Panipati – Lata

Na jane kya jaadu hain
more saiyan ji ke paas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IQfAD0jj3Q

113 AK January 24, 2022 at 7:50 am

Dr Deshpande @108,
Jaadugar tune kaisa jaadu ye kiya is a very melodious song. 50s! Heard for the first time.

@109, 110, 111, 112,
I am completely unfamiliar with songs. But I am haay that we are discovering more ‘black magic’.

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