Dekho Ji Ye Waada Karo

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During the course of my exercise to pick up Hindi songs in Bangla films, I have gone through many Bangla films with their basic details such as the director, story writer, star cast, lyricist, music director, playback singers etc. In the list of lyricists in any Bangla film, if I find the name of the lyricist from Hindi films, I am almost certain that there would be at least one Hindi song in that Bangla film. In some cases, I found that though the name of the Hindi film lyricist was not mentioned, still one or two Hindi songs were found in such Bangla films.

During one of such exercise, I got to know of a Bangla film ‘Sorry Madam’ (1962). The film was directed by Dilip Bose. Although, I could not find the name of Hindi lyricist for the film, the names of playback singers like Manna Dey, Mukesh, and Asha Bhosle gave me a glimmer of hope that there could be at least one Hindi song in the film. The music director for the Bangla film was Ved Pal. But I scored a blank on this count. However, during the searching the songs on the internet, I came across not one but three Hindi songs under the film’s title ‘Sorry Madam’ (Unreleased). Some further searches on the internet revealed a story behind this unreleased film which I was not aware of it. The film was to be a remake of Bangla film ‘Sorry Madam’ (1962) which was a box office success. Hindi remake with the same title was to be produced and directed by Dilip Bose who had also directed its Bangla version. But the film remained unfinished because the director, Dilip Bose went into deep depression after a personal tragedy.

Dilip Bose started his filmy career as actor in Bangla films ‘Kashinath’ (1943) and ‘Bichar’ (1943). I could not get any lead as to what he did during 1943-1960. In 1960, he directed his first Bangla film ‘Dui Bechaara’ (1960). The next Bangla film which he directed was ‘Sorry Madam’ (1962) with Biswajeet and Sandhya Roy in lead roles. ‘Chaandi Ki Deewar’ (1964) was his first directorial venture in Hindi film. During his filmy career, he directed 5 Bangla films, 6 Hindi films and 10 Bhojpuri films. He also acted in about a dozen Bangla films which included Satyajit Ray’s ‘Charulata’ (1964). He also did some smaller roles in a few Bhojpuri films besides story and screen-play writing.

In 1979, after directing Hindi films like ‘Chaandi Ki Deewar’ (1964), ‘Sansaar’ (1971), ‘Thokar’ (1974), ‘Badnaam’ (1975) and ‘Sikka’ (1976), he decided to produce and direct the Hindi remake of his Bangla film ‘Sorry Madam’ (1962) with Raj Kiran and Kajal Kiran in the lead roles. Six songs, all rendered by Mohammed Rafi (some with Asha Bhosle) were recorded in December 1979 under the music direction of Chitragupt. However, Dilip Bose was struck with a personal tragedy when he suddenly lost his wife. Being a sentimental person, Dilip Bose was so much devastated by this tragedy that he went into deep depression for a long time and the film remained unfinished. After recovering from the depression, Dilip Bose concentrated mainly on directing Bhojpuri films. Dilip Bose died in 2002.

Even though 6 songs of the unfinished film ‘Sorry Madam’ (1979) were recorded in December 1979, no gramophone records or CDs were issued. So, they remained unavailable to the public. It was only after the death of the music director, Chitragupt in January 1991 that the tape containing the songs were discovered.  It was decided to release the song in an album. However, by that time, Hindi film music scene had changed and composition style of these six songs sounded old to the music companies who were not interested in releasing the songs. It was only after the success of ‘Veer Zara’ (2004) in which the old-style song composition of Madan Mohan became a hit that a fresh effort was made to release the songs. A music publishing company agreed to release the songs. The tape of the songs were sent to Belgium to digitally restore them to the highest sound quality. Thus,  the songs which were recorded in December 1979 had to wait for 30 years to get them released in an album ‘Teri Adaa’ in 2009.

I am presenting one of the six songs, “Dekho Ji Waado Karo Ke Door Kabhi Tum Na Rahoge” from the unfinished film ‘Sorry Madam’ (1979). The song is written by Kaafil Aazar which is set to music by Chitragupt.

[Acknowledgements:  Some of the information about the background history of the film with 6 unreleased songs are sourced from silkrd.files.wordpress.com and about Dilip Bose, from the book, ‘Cinema Bhojpuri’ by Avijit Ghosh.]

Song – Dekho Ji Ye Waada Karo (Sorry Madam) (UR) (1979) Singer – Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics – Kaafil Aazar, MD – Chitragupt
Asha Bhosle + Mohammed Rafi

Lyrics

dekho ji ye waada karo..o..o
dekho ji ye waada karo. . .
ke door kabhi tum na rahoge
jaao ji ye waada kiyaa..aa
jaao ji ye waada kiyaa
ke doo..oor kabhi hum na rahenge
 
waada tumhaara mujhko payaara hai jaan se
chaaha hai tumko hum ne kitne armaan se
waada tumhaara mujhko payaara hai jaan se
chaaha hai tumko hum ne kitne armaan se
phoolon mein jaise khushboo
itne kareeb hain
phoolon mein jaise khushboo
itne kareeb hain
phoolon se khushboo se bhi
hum to khushnaseeb hain
ho oo
khushnaseeb hain
khaao meri aankhon ki kasam
khaao meri aankhon ki kasam
ke door kabhi tum na rahoge
jaao ji ye waada kiyaa..aa
jaao ji ye waada kiyaa
ke doo..oor kabhi hum na rahenge
 
itna sataaya thaa kyun dil mera loot ke
ab na rahungi main to tumse kabhi rooth ke
itna sataaya thha kyun dil mera loot ke
ab na rahungi main to tumse kabhi rooth ke
raaten sajegi apni palkon ki chhaaon mein
raaten sajegi apni palkon ki chhaaon mein
utarega chanda mere sapnon ke gaaon mein
ho oo
sapnon ke gaaon mein
dekhega ye chaand sadaa..aa
dekhega ye chaand sadaa
ke door kabhi hum na rahenge

dekho ji ye waada karo..o..o
dekho ji ye waada karo…..
ke door kabhi tum na rahoge
jaao ji ye waada kiyaa..aa
jaao ji ye waada kiyaa
ke do..oor kabhi hum na rahenge
ke do..oor kabhi hum na rahenge
ke do..oor kabhi hum na rahenge
ke do..oor kabhi hum na rahenge

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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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देखो जी ये वादा करो॰॰ओ॰॰ओ
देखो जी ये वादा करो॰ ॰ ॰
के दूर कभी तुम ना रहोगे
जाओ जी ये वादा किया॰॰आ
जाओ जी ये वादा किया
के दू॰॰र कभी हम ना रहेंगे

वादा तुम्हारा मुझको प्यारा है जान से
चाहा है तुमको हमने कितने अरमान से
वादा तुम्हारा मुझको प्यारा है जान से
चाहा है तुमको हमने कितने अरमान से
फूलों में जैसे खुशबू
इतने करीब हैं
फूलों में जैसे खुशबू
इतने करीब हैं
फूलों से खुशबू से भी’
हम तो खुशनसीब हैं
हो ओ
खुशनसीब हैं
खाओ मेरी आँखों की कसम
खाओ मेरी आँखों की कसम
के दूर कभी तुम ना रहोगे
जाओ जी ये वादा किया॰॰आ
जाओ जी ये वादा किया
के दू॰॰र कभी हम ना रहेंगे

इतना सताया था क्यों दिल मेरा लूट के
अब ना रहूँगी मैं तो तुमसे कभी रूठ के
इतना सताया था क्यों दिल मेरा लूट के
अब ना रहूँगी मैं तो तुमसे कभी रूठ के
रातें सजेंगी अपनी पलकों की छाँव में
रातें सजेंगी अपनी पलकों की छाँव में
उतरेगा चंदा मेरे सपनों के गाँव में
हो ओ
सपनों के गाँव में
देखेगा ये चंदा सदा॰॰आ
देखेगा ये चंदा सदा
के दूर कभी हम ना रहेंगे

देखो जी ये वादा करो॰॰ओ॰॰ओ
देखो जी ये वादा करो॰ ॰ ॰
के दूर कभी तुम ना रहोगे
जाओ जी ये वादा किया॰॰आ
जाओ जी ये वादा किया
के दू॰॰र कभी हम ना रहेंगे
के दू॰॰र कभी हम ना रहेंगे
के दू॰॰र कभी हम ना रहेंगे
के दू॰॰र कभी हम ना रहेंगे