Hamri atariya pe aao sanwariya

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hamri atariya pe aajaa re saanwariya dekha dekhi tanik hoi jaaye

This is the mukhda of the song from the film ‘Dedh Ishqiyaa’ (2014) which I partly heard for the first time during the promotion of the film on various TV channels in December 2013. I was very happy that in the era of Hindi film music where loud songs with high velocity instrumentation and the meaningless lyrics are the order of the day, this semi-classical song had also found a place in the scheme of things of the modern day movie makers.



It was gratifying for me to note that within a short time from the day this song was uploaded on YT, it got thousands of hits. After the release of the film, a full version of this song was uploaded on YT which has already got hits over 35000. It is heartening to note that in the midst of what I call as chaotic music scenario in Hindi films,we still have admireres of this kind of music even among younger generayion. This song which is a creation of lyricist Gulzar, singer Rekha Bhardwaj and music director Vishal Bhardwaj is a composition reminiscent of the bygone era of HFM when such music was heard and appreciated more frequently.

But how many of us, especially among the younger generation know that the song from ’Dedh Ishqiyaa’ was inspired from a very popular Bhairavi Dadra of almost the same mukhda sung by Begum Akhtar about five decades back ? The song in Dadra genre was ‘hamri atariya pe aao re sanwariya dekha dekhi balam hoi jaaye’. Rather than branding Gulzar and Vishal Bhardwaj as plagiarists, we should be thankful to them for bringing this immortal Bhairavi Dadra to the notice of present generation, albeit in a new lyrical and musical formats tailored according to the taste of the modern day music lovers. Although Rekha Bhardwaj had rendered this song beautifully in her seductive voice for Madhuri Dixit befitting the role played by her in the film, my vote goes to the original version of this song sung by Begum Akhtar in her soulful voice well supported by sarangi interludes.

A significant feature of this Bhairavi Dadra sung by Begum Akhtar is that after the mukhda ( or ‘sthayi’ in the Hindustani classical music parlance), the first antara is a she’r (couplet) followed by the antara probably in Avadhi, again followed by another she’r. The antara in Avadhi is repeated at the end of the song. I guess that Begam Akhtar, being a ghazal singer may have had a hand in improvising this traditional Dadra by adding two she’rs to it. I could not get the shayars of the she’rs. It is a known fact that Begum Akhtar used to occasionally write she’rs herself as a hobby.

There is some interesting trivia attached to this Bhairavi Dadra. Once in Delhi, Begum Akhtar was staying with one of her senior shagirda (disciples) when she was introduced to a cute washer woman who could dance very well. On the request of the shagirda, the washer woman danced, singing this traditional Dadra. Begum Akhtar was so much impressed with the song that she composed a tune for this song reorganising the lyrics. Later she chose this Dadra for singing in an august gathering of high officials from India and Pakistan in Shimla on the occasion of signing of the Shimla Agreement in July 1972. The lyrics of the Dadra were apt for the occasion (Reference: ‘Ae Mohabbat… Reminiscing Begum Akhtar’ by Professor Rita Ganguly, 2008).

2014 is the birth centenary year of Malika E Ghazal Begum Akhtar and on this occasion, I present the Bhairavi Dadra ‘hamri atariya pe aao saanwariya’ which is sung and composed by her. The lyrics are an amalgam of traditional (probably Avadhi) and Urdu couplets. This Dadra song was a part of Begum Akhtar’s LP ‘Thumri, the music of love’ issued sometime in the late 60s.



Song-Hamri atariya pe aao sanwariya (Begam Akhtar NFS) Singer-Begam Akhtar,MD-Begam Akhtar

Lyrics

aa aaa

aa aa aa

aa aa aaa

aa aa aaa

aa aa aaa

hamri atariyaa pe aao sanwariyaa

dekha dekhi balam hoi jaaye ae ae

hamri atariyaa pe aao sanwariyaa

dekha dekhi balam hoi jaaye

hamri atariyaa

tasawwur mein chale aate wo

kuchh baaten bhi hoti hain aen aen aen

shab e furqat bhi hoti hai

mulaaqaaten bhi hoti hain aen aen aen aen

hamri atariyaa pe aao sanwariyaa

dekha dekhi balam hoi jaaye ae ae

hamri atariyaa pe

prem ki bhiksha aa

maange bhikhaaran

laaj hamaari rakhiyo saajan

prem ki bhiksha aa aa

aa aa aaa

aa aa aaa

prem ki bhiksha

maange bhikaaran

laaj hamaari rakhiyo saajan

aao sajan tum hamre dwaare

saara jhagda khatam hoi jaaye

aao sajan tum hamre dwaare

saara jhagdaa khatam hoi jaaye ae ae

hamri atariyaa pe

tumhaari yaaaad

aansoo ban ke aayi

chasm e veeraan mein ae ae

aa aa aa

tumhaari yaad

aansoo ban ke aayi

chasm e veeraan mein aen aen

zahe kismat ke veeranon mein

barasaten bhi hoti hain

hamri atariyaa pe aao sanwariyaa

dekha dekhi balam hoi jaaye ae

hamri atariyaa pe aao

aa aa aa

aa aa aa

aa aa aaa

aa

prem ki bhiksha aa

maange bhikaaran

haan aan aan

prem ki bhiksha aa

maange bhikaaran

laaj hamaari rakhiyo saajan

aao sajan tum hamre dwaare ae ae

aao sajan tum hamre dwaare

saara jhagda khatam hoi jaaye ae

aao sajan tum hamre dwaare

saara jhagda khatam hoi jaaye ae

hamri atariyaa pe

hamri atariyaa pe aao sanwariyaa

dekha dekhi balam hoi jaaye ae

hamri atariyaa pe aao sanwariyaa

dekha dekhi balam hoi jaaye ae

aao sajan tum hamre dwaare

saara jhagda khatam hoi jaaye ae

hamri atariyaa pe

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