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By Bella Jaisinghani, TNN
One of India's best-loved patriotic songs, 'Ai mere vatan ke logon', completes 50 years on January 27. Lata Mangeshkar had sung Kavi Pradeep's immortal classic this day in 1963 before Pandit Nehru, moving him to tears.
Indeed, the vivid imagery of the jawan resting his head on his bayonet as death claims him, the final refrain of "Jai Hind! Jai Hind ki sena!", were all so evocative that Nehru asked to meet the songwriter when he visited Mumbai later. Kavi Pradeep's family shared exclusive photos of that audience with TOI.
His daughter Mitul said, "My father wrote the song in 1962 after the Indo-China war. The Indian film industry had decided to do a fundraiser for the army in Delhi, and filmmaker Mehboob Khan approached my father to write a song. Lata Mangeshkar sang it at the National Stadium in New Delhi on January 27, 1963, in the presence of the president and prime minister."
Nehru asked to meet the writer but Kavi Pradeep had not been invited by the organizers. "Two months later on March 21, the prime minister visited Mumbai and repeated his request. My father met him at Raj Bhavan and Nehru requested him to sing at a function at Robert Money School that evening. Kavi Pradeep did so and presented the handwritten lyrics to him," says Mitul.
Actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar had visited the poet at the time to express his appreciation. "Mahakavi Pradeep has lamented the loss of our brave martyrs in this song. But he has also dealt a slap in the face of our citizens. He exhorts them to fill their eyes with tears because patriotism as a virtue does not come naturally to us. Did any family skip a meal in the honour of jawans during the Kargil conflict or when they were mutilated? Do mothers pray for their welfare? We take it for granted that they will protect us," he says.
C Ramchandra wrote the music for this non-film composition and Kumar points out that among all its creators, it was he who did not get due credit.
The Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon song was first time performed live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Republic Day (26 January) 1963, just two months after the end of the war. A copy of the soundtrack spool was also later gifted to Nehru on the occasion. According to legend, Nehru was moved to tears by the song.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ai-mere-vatan-ke-logon-turns-50/articleshow/18173940.cms
Movie: Non Movie
Lyrics: Pradeep
Music: C. Ramchandra
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
[video=youtube;9x8cZTmtnaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9x8cZTmtnaQ[/video]
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon Lyrics in English
Aye mere vatan ke logon
tum khuub lagaa lo naaraa
ye shubh din hai ham sab kaa
laharaa lo tirangaa pyaaraa
par mat bhuulo siimaa par
viiron ne hai praaN gaNvaae
kuchh yaad unhen bhii kar lo (2)
jo lauT ke ghar naa aaye (2)
ai mere vatan ke logon
zaraa aaNkh men bhar lo paanii
jo shahiid hue hain unakii
zaraa yaad karo qurabaanii
jab ghaayal huaa himaalay
khatare men paDii aazaadii
jab tak thii saaNs laDe vo
phir apanii laash bichhaa dii
sangiin pe dhar kar maathaa
so gaye amar balidaanii
jo shahiid…
jab desh men thii dIvaalii
vo khel rahe the holI
jab ham baiThe the gharon men
vo jhel rahe the golii
the dhanya javaan vo aapane
thii dhanya vo unakii javaanii
jo shahiid…
koii sikh koI jaaT maraaThaa
koii gurakhaa koI madaraasii
sarahad pe maranevaalaa
har viir thaa bhaaratavaasii
jo khuun giraa parvat par
vo khuun thaa hindustaanii
jo shahiid…
thii khuun se lath-path kaayaa
phir bhii banduuk uThaake
das-das ko ek ne maaraa
phir gir gaye hosh gaNvaa ke
jab ant-samay aayaa to
kah gaye ke ab marate hain
khush rahanaa desh ke pyaaron
ab ham to safar karate hainkyaa log
the vo divaane
kyaa log the vo abhimaanii
jo shahiid…
jay hind… jay hind kii senaa (2)
jay hind, jay hind, jay hind
One of India's best-loved patriotic songs, 'Ai mere vatan ke logon', completes 50 years on January 27. Lata Mangeshkar had sung Kavi Pradeep's immortal classic this day in 1963 before Pandit Nehru, moving him to tears.
Indeed, the vivid imagery of the jawan resting his head on his bayonet as death claims him, the final refrain of "Jai Hind! Jai Hind ki sena!", were all so evocative that Nehru asked to meet the songwriter when he visited Mumbai later. Kavi Pradeep's family shared exclusive photos of that audience with TOI.
His daughter Mitul said, "My father wrote the song in 1962 after the Indo-China war. The Indian film industry had decided to do a fundraiser for the army in Delhi, and filmmaker Mehboob Khan approached my father to write a song. Lata Mangeshkar sang it at the National Stadium in New Delhi on January 27, 1963, in the presence of the president and prime minister."
Nehru asked to meet the writer but Kavi Pradeep had not been invited by the organizers. "Two months later on March 21, the prime minister visited Mumbai and repeated his request. My father met him at Raj Bhavan and Nehru requested him to sing at a function at Robert Money School that evening. Kavi Pradeep did so and presented the handwritten lyrics to him," says Mitul.
Actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar had visited the poet at the time to express his appreciation. "Mahakavi Pradeep has lamented the loss of our brave martyrs in this song. But he has also dealt a slap in the face of our citizens. He exhorts them to fill their eyes with tears because patriotism as a virtue does not come naturally to us. Did any family skip a meal in the honour of jawans during the Kargil conflict or when they were mutilated? Do mothers pray for their welfare? We take it for granted that they will protect us," he says.
C Ramchandra wrote the music for this non-film composition and Kumar points out that among all its creators, it was he who did not get due credit.
The Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon song was first time performed live by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on Republic Day (26 January) 1963, just two months after the end of the war. A copy of the soundtrack spool was also later gifted to Nehru on the occasion. According to legend, Nehru was moved to tears by the song.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ai-mere-vatan-ke-logon-turns-50/articleshow/18173940.cms
Movie: Non Movie
Lyrics: Pradeep
Music: C. Ramchandra
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
[video=youtube;9x8cZTmtnaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9x8cZTmtnaQ[/video]
Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon Lyrics in English
Aye mere vatan ke logon
tum khuub lagaa lo naaraa
ye shubh din hai ham sab kaa
laharaa lo tirangaa pyaaraa
par mat bhuulo siimaa par
viiron ne hai praaN gaNvaae
kuchh yaad unhen bhii kar lo (2)
jo lauT ke ghar naa aaye (2)
ai mere vatan ke logon
zaraa aaNkh men bhar lo paanii
jo shahiid hue hain unakii
zaraa yaad karo qurabaanii
jab ghaayal huaa himaalay
khatare men paDii aazaadii
jab tak thii saaNs laDe vo
phir apanii laash bichhaa dii
sangiin pe dhar kar maathaa
so gaye amar balidaanii
jo shahiid…
jab desh men thii dIvaalii
vo khel rahe the holI
jab ham baiThe the gharon men
vo jhel rahe the golii
the dhanya javaan vo aapane
thii dhanya vo unakii javaanii
jo shahiid…
koii sikh koI jaaT maraaThaa
koii gurakhaa koI madaraasii
sarahad pe maranevaalaa
har viir thaa bhaaratavaasii
jo khuun giraa parvat par
vo khuun thaa hindustaanii
jo shahiid…
thii khuun se lath-path kaayaa
phir bhii banduuk uThaake
das-das ko ek ne maaraa
phir gir gaye hosh gaNvaa ke
jab ant-samay aayaa to
kah gaye ke ab marate hain
khush rahanaa desh ke pyaaron
ab ham to safar karate hainkyaa log
the vo divaane
kyaa log the vo abhimaanii
jo shahiid…
jay hind… jay hind kii senaa (2)
jay hind, jay hind, jay hind
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