Mubarak Begum :



Mubarak Begum

Mubarak Begum

Birth Place: Ahmedabad (old) , Rajasthan
Profession: Playback Singer, Bollywood.

Mubarak Begum Hails from , Sabrangpur Darwaza, (Ahmedabad) , Rajasthan before settling in Mumbai. The aspiring singer would imitate her idol Suraiya by singing her songs till she had perfected them. Riyazuddin Khan, nephew of the great Indian Classical vocalist Abdul Karim Khan was her Ustad (teacher). She however learnt only enough classical music to enable her to do riyaaz (practice) so as to not let it hamper her light classical music aspirations.

She started her musical career doing shows for the All India Radio. She got her first break when Rafiq Ghaznavi, who gave the immortal motto for Mehboob Khan Films, ‘Muddayi Lakh Bura Chahe Kya Hota Hai, Wohi Hota Hai Jo Manzure Khuda Hota Hai’, heard her voice and asked her to sing for his film. On the day of the rehearsal at Film Center, Tardeo, stage fright struck the yet raw and uninitiated singer and she faltered on her big day. This could have unhinged a newcomer, but Mubarak Begum was too young to understand the implications of her early failure.

‘Mohe Aane Lagi Angrayi, Aja Aja Balam’ was the first song that Mubarak Begum finally recorded for the film Aiyiye ,the composer being Shaukat Dehlvi. She also sang a duet with Lata Mangeshkar for the same film ‘Aao Chalein, Chalein Sakhi Wahan’. The usual running around continued for her with umpteen rejections. Her next film was Phoolon Ke Haar with music by Hansraj Behl and lyrics by a team comprising of D. N. Madhok, Varma Malik and Indeevar. She continued doing the smaller films that came to her, which were not paying more than one hundred and fifty rupees per film.

Mubarak Begum’s next big break was the Kamal Amrohi film Dairya, starring Meena Kumari and Nasir Khan, in which she sang seven songs composed by Harishchandra Rao who had personally selected her. ‘Devta Tum Ho Mera Sahara, Thaamaa Hai Daaman Tumahara’, was the title track with Mohammad Rafi. The film unfortunately was not a success, which diluted whatever recompense she could have hoped for her long – delayed career.

Big composers approached her,but she was not satisfied with the offers that did not demand full fledged songs (she was asked to sing only a few lines). The wheel finally came full circle when S. D. Burmanda called her to render ‘Woh Na Aayenge Palatkar, Unhein Lakh Hum Bulaayein' for the Dev Anand film Devdas. This too had a few lines that had to be repeated. Lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi heard her sing and added an anta d93 ra and a asthayi to give a complete song to her, which pleased Burmanda to no end.

As was published on March 31 1987 in a news paper 'Singer Mubarak Begum, in her fifties, is still confident of her ability to sing well. Day after day she waits for her small dreams to come true. It is an endless wait in a small room where she lives with her family. Ruefully she watches the time passing by and when her own melody 'Kabhi tanhaiyon men hamari yaad ayegi' rings in. her ears she feels sad and neglected.'Success was yet to come for Mubarak.

Bimal Roy was one film – maker who gave her a chance in all his films. Even ‘Hale Dil Sunayenge’ from the hit Madhumati had just one stanza initially before Shailendra decided to write a full song for her. Only three musicians Pandit Ram Narayan on the Sarangi, a tabalchi and a harmonium player were involved in this song which was quite a success.

Her most popular number was ‘Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein Yoon, Hamari Yaad Aayegi’ for a Kidar Sharma’s Hamari Yaad Aayegi during whose recording he listened with his eyes closed and later gave her some money. Her hesitation prompted Snehal Bhatkar, the composer for the film to tell her the myth of luck favouring those who received money from Kidar Sharma. She still considers this number to be one of her most well – known.

She sang for her personal favourites Shankar – Jaikishan in Hamrahi, Rafi, 'Mujhko Apne Gale Lagalo Ai Mere Hamrahi'; Around The World (a duet with Sharda, 'Yeh Muh Aur Masoor Ki Dal') and a qawwali in Arzoo, 'Jab Ishk Kahin Ho Jaata Hai’. She also worked with Kalyanji-Anandji in Juari, giving the hit 'Neend Ud Jaye Teri Chainse Sone Wale’ and in Yeh Dil Kisko Doon.Another of her hit number was the song 'Hume Dum Daike Souten Ghar Jaana', which was a duet with Asha Bhosle. Madan Mohan used her in Neend Humari Khwab Tumhare for 'Sakiya Ek Bhi To De'. In Saraswati Chandra for which Kalyanji – Anandji won the National Award for music, she sang ‘Vada Humse Kiya Dil Kisiko Diya' and in Kajal - 'Agar Tum Na Miloge To Main Yeh Samjhoongi’. This was the most productive period of her career with work being no constraint and offers coming at regular intervals from people who mattered.

Best Of Mubarak Begum:
Song Movie
Yaad Rakhna Sanam Daku Mansoor
Aankhon Aankhon men Marvel Man
Aye Dil Bata Khooni Khazana
Be Murawwat Be wafa Sushila
Bhari Mehfil men Rukhsana
Devta Tum ho Mera Sahara Daera
Kabhi Tanhaiyon men Hamari Yaad Aaegi
Kuchh Ajnabi se aap hain Shagun
Kya Khabar thi Rishta
Merey Aansuon pe na Muskura Morey Man Mitwa
Mujh ko Apne Gale Lagalo Hamrahi
Nigahon se Dil Men Hameer Hath
Dil ko lagaake Rukhsana
Sanwaria Teri Yaad men Ramu to Deewana hai
Shama Gul Karke na ja Arab ka Sitara

Singer : Jagjit Kaur : Film : Shagun : Tum Apna Ranjo gam

(The singinficance of this upload is to let the listeners know the similiarity of voices between Mubarka Begum -forthcoming uploads and the Jagjt Kaur)

Shuklas

If any one has songs of above singers....please start uploading .

Mubarak Begum : Shushila : Be murawatt bewafa

Hamrahi :

Mubarak Begum & Rafi

UNNI :

THANKS FOR YOUR DETAILED RESPONSE. DEVATA TUM HO....WE UPLOADED IN RAFI'S DUETS LONG BACK.

Please upload rest of them. Will appreciate.

Shuklas

Shuklas:

Can you believe I almost missed your invaluable upload of "Bemurawwat bewafa"? It it such a thrill to acquire a track I haven't heard for over 25 years!

THANKS A MILLION! The sound quality was EXCELLENT.

One of these days, when you get round to Suman Kalyanpur, hopefully you'll find the other song I've been seeking since long: "Maangney se jo maut mil jaati, kaun jeeta is zamaney mein".

Thanks --- Unni

Shuklas :

Wonderful uploads. God love you all.

John chacha

Dear Unni :

Thanks & glad that you were seeking that song. By the way...Mangane se jo maut mil jati....to kaun jeeta is zamanemein is from film : Sunahare Kadam & singer is Lata Mangshker Music by Bulo.C.Rani ( The one who provided music for famouse-Hamein to loot liya milke husnwalone) .

We will try to find & upload the song.

Thanks.

Shuklas

Thought this might be of interest:

BULO C. RANI

A music director, however popular, is often forgotten with the passage of time when the trend of music changes.

Bulo C Rani was one such composer whose best is buried under the debris of time. When the slow paced melodious music was replaced by the fast paced rhythmic melodies Bulo suddenly lost his relevance as a composer. He lived in a state of hybernation for so long that his death - a suicide - on 24th May 1993 at 73 was reported as if it was a matter of no big consequence. The eventful career of Bulo C Rani in the 40’s and the early 50’s was forgotten.

Mukesh, after his initial failure as a singer, drew attention only when he sang for Bulo in ‘Moorty’ ( ‘Badariya baras gai us paar’/with Hamida and khursheed/1945 )

The film ‘Jogan’ (1950) was a land -mark in Bulo’s career. His composing skill enabled him to enhance the inherent charm of Meerabai’s traditional bhajans such as ‘ghoonghat Ke Pat Khol re’, ‘Main to giridhar Ke ghar jaaoon’, ‘Damag damag dole naiya’ and ‘ Jogi mat ja, mat ja’. Even the Holi song (‘Rang daaro ri’) and the sentimental one in the voice of Talat (‘Sundarta Ke Sabhi Shikari’) were no less appealing. More than Dilip Kumar and Nargis in the film it was Bulo’s music which turned out to be the real star.

Before ‘Jogan’ came his way Bulo had already earned recognition through the films such as ‘Rajputani’ (‘Ja parwane ja kahin shama jal rahi hai/Mukesh, hamida and ‘Anjuman (‘Kaise bataoon tum se is dil ko pyar kyun hai’/Shamshed, Mukesh) and the immense popularity of the song ‘Armaan bhara dil toot gaya’ (‘Wafa/Lata, Mukesh)

Bulo C Rani had a special fascination for heavy voices which were capable of more expressive power. For the same reason he was able to create a great impact on listeners with the voices of Amirbai (‘Sooni padi hai payar ki duniya tere baghair’/ ‘Carvan’).
Zohra (‘Ankhon mein intezaar Ki duniya liye huve’/’Carvan’) and geeta Roy (Dutt) in the songs of ‘Jogan’. Bulo did not hesitate to create an enchanting melody in the song ‘Badi bhool hui tujhe pyar kiya’ in ‘Maghroor’.

‘Bilwamangal’ (1954) was the last significant film of Bulo c Rani. Suraiya sang one of her most memorable song ‘Parwanon se preet seekhli, shama se seekha jal jaana’ and so did C.H. Atma in ‘Panghat pe more shyam bajaaye muraliya’.

Despite the popularity of a stray song such as ‘Hamen to loot liya milke husn Walon ne’ (Ismail Azad/’Al Hilal’/1958). Bulo C Rani just continued to drift because his music had not remained a viable commercial proposition.

After ‘Sunhare Qadam’ (1966). Bulo’s career came to an end. Having once enjoyed the position of prominence the lack of assignment made him restless.

It was an irony of fate that the song he composed in the voice of Lata in his last film ‘Sunhare Qadam’ was ‘Maangne se jo maut mil jaati, Kaun jeeta zamane men’.

Irony was that in life he asked for death and he got it.

Shuklas I will post some non-film song of Mubarak Begum here, which I found recently.
By the way thanks for Bemurawwat bewafa --(Film: Susheela) a rare gem, which I was also looking for.

Here is -Mubarak Begum-solos-Non Film songs:

#1-Aahon me kahenge na ...



Mohd.

Mubarak Begum-solos-Non Film songs:

#2-Be baat hamse tarke mohabat na kijiye...



Mohd.

Mubarak Begum-solos-Non Film songs:

#3- Dil sarapa hai in dinon.....



Mohd.

I don't know how to thank all of you for sharing Mubarak Begaum's songs and ghazals with us. Just awesome. Thanks a million!!!

Songs of Mubarak Begum:

HUM HAAL E DIL - Film: MADHUMATI

ITNE KARIB AA KE BHI (with TALAT MAHMOOD) Film: SHAGOON

JAB ISHQ KAHIN HO JATA (with ASHA BHOSLE & chorus) Film: ARZOO

MEHFIL MEIN AAP AAYE (with SUMAN KALYANPUR) Film: MOHABBAT ISKO KAHTE HAI

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Songs of Mubarak Begum (continuation)

MUJHKO APNE GALE (with MOHD. RAFI) Film: HAMRAHI

NEEND UD JAYE TERI (with KRISHNA BOSE & SUMAN KALYANPUR) Film: JUARI

WOH NA AAYENGE - Film: DEVDAS

YEH MUNH AUR MASOOR (with SHARDA) Film: AROUND THE WORLD

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Dears :

Request to upload a song by Lata..(?) from Film : Sunhare Kadam....Mangne se jo maut mil jatti kaun jeeta is jamane mein.

(Dont tell me to post this request in Lata's section...as I have seen one request in this thread only)

Apriya

Dear Apriya Ji ,

We strongly recommend to ask or upload in the proper thread of Individual singers. You won't believe but it helps us a lot when new users looking for that same song or request again...and again... also behind the scene it helps us with maintainence and avoiding the repeats uploads.

And If you have seen or see any such cross over posting or request , feel free to inform them or us , as no one should feel offended if a mistake is pointed out , instead we would thank that person for helping / contributing in his/her own way to make this HF more organised and structured.

Normally we are liberal in certain ways like if we have kishore da's forum and Asha ji's forum and if the song is duet , the user can post in either of the sections....

My humble request to move this request in LATA ji's section and also if you can help me or let users know of any such postings which might have been accidently posted in wrong sections...

Thanks

Unniji, thank you so much for Mubarak Begum's songs!!!

Looking for a rare one "Mere aansuwon pe na muskara" from film "Morey Man Mitwa". I have it in very poor quality recorded back in 1970's from short wave radio. Please u/l if anyone has a better quality recording.

hello mohd bhai,
can you upload the non-film songs of mubarak begum again.
also do you have songs from qawalli ki raat.
thanks in advance.
regards,
mahesh

Mahesh Bhai, the requested Non-film songs of Mubarak Begum are U/L here and I have only one song of Qawalli Ki Raat which I will post tomorrow.

Mubarak Begum- Non-Film Songs:-

Track#1- - Anhonme kahenge na .
Track #2-- Be baat hamse tarqe mohabat na kijiye.
Track#3- - Dil sarapa hain in dinon-

The remaining requested Non-film songs of Mubarak Begum by Mahesh Bhai are U/L here :-

Track #4- - Haye woh ek raat sahil ragini mehtab tum.
Track #5- - Sirf ehsaan jatane ke liye mat ana.
Track #6- - Ulfat ka jab liya naam to ro pade.

Requested song -
1964-Qawalli Ki Raat-Mohd. Rafi & Mubarak Begum-Ae jane nazar-IqbalQureshi

mohd bhai thanks a ton for all these wonderful songs,
regards,
mahesh

Since this thread has been resurrected after some time, I have a request.
Can somebody upload a good copy of the song "NeeNd uD jaaye teri"
from Juari?

SB:

This recording has been taken from audio-cassette and sound-edited. Hope it serves till we get a CD version:

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Oh I am really happy with any version of the song. One of those songs that I
am really fond of, and never could figure out why.
Does anybody know the context of this song in the film? The women seem
really pissed at the guy. Are they all singing about the same guy?

Just one more thing Unni, your song title did not mention the 3rd singer. Her
name is Krishna Bose.

Thanx again for the upload.

Hi all

Just spotted this thread today, and I'm requesting for a song uploaded long time back- 'yeh munh aur masoor ki daal' . BTW, did you guys happen to catch Mubarak ji when she appeared on SA Re Ga Ma some years ago, she sang 'kabhii tanhaiyon mein' and 'mujhko apne gale lagalo'

Yes. That would be Shashi Kapoor. The video shows the screen split into 4 with the 3 women pining about the hero (and the hero in the 4th split).

Aap logon ne is chayn se sonewaale ki neend bhang kar di.

Ab jab neend toot hi chuki hai toh...

Thanks for the song. Dua hai ki aapki neend hamesha ke liye bhang rahe, aur aap isi tarah logon ki farmaish poori karen . By the way, I also have quite a few Mubarak Begum songs, would have to convert the tape. It includes songs like-

1)Ghir ghir aaye badarwaa kaare(with Talat)
2)Sanwariya teri yaad mein
3)Aeji aeji yaad rakhana
4)Suno morey nainaa
4)Itne Kareeb Aake bhi(with Talat)
5)Humein Dam Daike Sountan Ghar Jaanaa(with Asha Bhosle)
etc...

Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein
Mubarak Begum
Snehai (1961)
Snehal Bhatkar - Kidar Sharma
2:32 @ 128 kbps
CD



The Movie could be Hamari Yaad Aayegi (1961)
My CD had the above name, unless I mistyped it.

It is indeed Hamari Yaad Aayegi (1961) starring Tanuja...

I would request for the two Rukhsana (1955) songs

Bhari Mehfil men (most of the DBs says it is by Shamshad Begum)
Dil ko lagaake


May be we should start a thread on Sajjad Hussain's songs,
now that would be great.

Mubarak Begum Was at her very best in the film Daaeraa(1953). I have two of her songs from that film- 'devata tum ho mera saahaara' and 'suno more nainaa'. Anybody having other gems from the film?

The idea of a thread on Sajjad Husein is great. Many singers call him a die-hard perfectionist and thus a difficult person to work with. Some even call him a bit eccentric because of his statements like- 'When God created Lata and Noor Jehan to sing, why did he create others at all?'

On the whole I believe that his compositions are brilliant and he should ahve got much more fame than he had.

Could you please upload "Suno more naina" from "Daera"?? I have not heard
this song.
The song of Mubarak Begum's that I rank among her best is "Kya khabar thhi"
from a film called "Rishta", music by K Dutta.

Yeh Munh Aur Masoor Ki Daal - Sharada, Mubarak Beghum - Around The World - 1967 - Rajashri, Ameeta

Last year there was a Sangeetke Sitaaronki Mehefil - a radio program in India by Ameen Sayani - on Mubarak Begum (17-11-04)

You may download and listen to the same in WMA-9 format by right clicking on the 2 links below -
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Mubarak Begum Part A.wma

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Mubarak Begum Part B.wma
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A song "Bemurawwat Bewafa" by Mubarak Begum from the film Sushila [1966] Music C. Arjun Lyr Jaan Nissar Akhtar has been uploaded in Ghazal section of the forum at post -
http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?act=...&t=11536&st=0#3
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Another one "Mere Aansuon Pe Na Muskura" -Mubarak Beghm [More Man Mitwa - 1965] Music Dattaram (Raga Sindhu Bhairavi)
is at the posthttp://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...id=94292&st=0&#

- A

Thanks for the info on shushila. I thought it was non-filmi

Anyway, are you a mac weenie? or are you just using spymac for hosting.

Sangeetbhakt-ji, here is the CD-rip for -the requested song-Suno mori naina:

1953-DAAYRA-
-Mubarak Begum
-Suno mori naina
MD -Jamal Sen.

Please U/L here the song by Mubarak Begum-Kya khabar thhi"-from a film "Rishta", music by K Dutta. I don't have this one.
Thanks in advance ,
Mohd.

Yes.. just for the files sake ..
-A

[quote=mohd2004,May 25 2005, 10:53 PM]
[quote=sangeetbhakt,May 25 2005, 08:50 AM][quote=Pulkit,May 24 2005, 07:39 PM]
Could you please upload "Suno more naina" from "Daera"?? I have not heard
this song.
The song of Mubarak Begum's that I rank among her best is "Kya khabar thhi"
from a film called "Rishta", music by K Dutta.

[/quote]

Sangeetbhakt-ji, here is the CD-rip for -the requested song-Suno mori naina:

1953-DAAYRA-
-Mubarak Begum
-Suno mori naina
MD -Jamal Sen.

Please U/L here the song by Mubarak Begum-Kya khabar thhi"-from a film
"Rishta", music by K Dutta. I don't have this one.
Thanks in advance ,
Mohd.

[/quote]
First things first, thanx for uploading the song.
Second and this is really much more important than the first thing,
please do not append "ji" to my name. Totally unnecessary.
THird, give me a day or two to digitize the song from tape and I will upload
it, possibly over the weekend.

I have these from Daera (1953) all Talat solos.
"Aa Bhi Jaa Meri Duniya Mein " from Rare Gems - Talat CD
"Aye chand sitaron" from talatmahmood.com
"Ansoo To Nahin Ankho Men" 16 kbps from some web site.

you can download
a Talat & Mubarak duet from Googla. Apparently a rare song, since this was one of
the songs in the Khalid Mahmood's wanted list.

http://www.talatmahmood.com/TALAT%20MAHMOO...do%20GOGOLA.mp3

Pulkit,
Can you pleaseeeeee upload "Suno more naina"

U.

One more song by Mubarak Begum

"Haal e dil sunaayenge"

at

Salil Chowdhari Section

-A

Here it is.