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To keep up our New Year resolution of one movie getting Yippeeeed per day I found that the 1982 Manmohan Desai produced & directed “Desh Premee” falls short by a song to achieve YIPPEEHOOD.
The movie had six songs (referred myswar.com for this information) of which the blog has 5 songs. The songs were penned by Anand Bakshi and Laxmi -Pyare were the music directors. The movie had one song by Mohd. Rafi- his last in a Manmohan Desai movie (that is the left over song). Manmohan Desai with Laxmi-Pyare and Mohd. Rafi had created a magical era of Bollywood music. This movie had Shammi Kapoor in a supporting role with the Bengali superstar of that era- Uttam Kumar; but both didn’t have any song to lip-sync. The movie payed tribute to Mehmood’s Hydrabadi- character from “Gumnaam” and we had Amitabh Bachchan dressing up; as Mehmood had done in Gumnaam and singing “Khatoon Ki Khidmat Me” in a Hyderabadi lingo in Kishore Kumar’s voice. Laxmikant’s voice was used for both Prem Chopra and Amitabh in the song “Gore Nahin Hum Kaale Sahi”; the only time he sang in movies (credits of the movie shows his name as Laxmikant Karpe.) This was one movie where Parveen Babi didn’t sing a song. Though it was an “Average” movie everywhere else it was a “Golden Jubilee” at Hyderabad’s Ramakrishna (I remember that as the movie hall where I saw Sholay for the first time in my life). The film paid tribute to Mohd. Rafi and Uttam Kumar both of whom died two years before the movie released. It’s censor certificate has the date 6-3-1982 and it was released on 23-04-1982.
So here is the last song. It is filmed in a Basti- Bharat Nagar; trust Manji (thats how Amitabh refers to Manmohan Desai in his interviews) to make things very clear to the public. It is shown to be a refugee camp of sorts and has Premnath playing a Nair- South Indian, Shammi Kapoor a Sardar- North Indian of course, Uttam Kumar a Bengali- Indian from east, and Parikshit Sahni representing western India and a muslim for added effect; things cannot be more explicit than this- right? The song preaches to love our fellow Indians and respect the ideals of the nation.
Foot Note: just saw the title sequence of the movie and I recommend it for the thought behind how Amitabh’s blood is shown dripping from his leg and “Inquilaab Zindabad” is formed. Hatsoff to MANJI.
Song-Nafrat ki laathhi todo laalach ka khanzar phenko (Deshpremi)(1982) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Anand Bakshi, MD-Lamikant Pyarelal
Chorus
nafrat ki laathi todo
laalach kaa khanjar phenko
zid ke peechhe mat daudo
tum prem ke panchhi ho
desh premiyon
desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo desh premiyon
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo desh premiyon
nafrat ki laathi todo
laalach kaa khanjar phenko
zid ke peechhe mat daudo
tum prem ke panchhi ho
desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo desh premiyon
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
meethe paani mein
ye zahar na tum gholo o o
jab bhi
kuchh bolo o
ye soch ke tum bolo
bhar jaataa hai gahraa ghaav
jo bantaa hai goli se
par vo ghaav nahin bhartaa
jo banaa ho kadvi boli se
do meethe bol kaho o
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
aa aa aa aa aa
aa aa aa aa aa
dekho
ye dharti ee ee
ham sab ki maataa hai ae ae
socho o
aapas mein aen
kyaa apnaa naataa hai
ham aapas mein lad baithhe
to desh ko kaun sambhaalegaa
koi baahar waalaa
apne ghar se
hamen nikaalegaa
deewaanon hosh karo o o
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
todo
deevaaren
ye chaar dishaaon ki ee ee
roko
mat raahen
in mast hawaaon ki
poorab pashchim uttar dakkhan waalon
meraa matlab hai
is maati se poochho
kyaa bhaashhaa
kyaa iskaa mazhab hai
phir mujhse baat karo o o
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
mere desh premiyon
aapas mein prem karo
desh premiyon
