Dharti kahe pukar ke

Bhai re...
Ganga aur jamuna ki gehri hai dhar
Aage ya peechhe sabko jaana hai par

Dharti kahe pukar ke, beej bichha le pyaar ke
Mausam beeta jaaye, mausam beeta jaaye
Mausam beeta jaaye, mausam beeta jaaye
Mausam beeta jaaye, mausam beeta jaaye

Apni kahani chhod ja, kuch toh nishani chhod ja
Kaun kahe iss ore tu phir aaye na aaye
Mausam beeta jaaye, mausam beeta jaaye
Mausam beeta jaaye, mausam beeta jaaye

Teri raah mein kaliyon ne nain bichhaaye
Dali dali koyal kali tere geet gaaye, tere geet gaaye
Apni kahani chhod ja, kuchh toh nishani chhod ja
Kaun kahe iss ore tu phir aaye na aaye
Mausam beeta jaaye, mausam beeta jaaye
Mausam beeta jaaye, mausam beeta jaaye

Ho... bhai re...
Neela ambar muskaaye, har sans tarane gaaye
Haay tera dil kyon murjhaaye, 

Ho ho ho ho ho
Man ki bansi pe tu bhi koi dhun baja le bhai
Tu bhi muskura le
Ho ho ho ho ho
Man ki bansi pe tu bhi koi dhun baja le bhai
Tu bhi muskura le

Apni kahani chhod ja, kuchh toh nishani chhod ja
Kaun kahe iss ore tu phir aaye na aaye

Bhai re, bhai re, bhai re, o o
Mausam beeta jaye, mausam beeta jaaye
Mausam beeta jaye, mausam beeta jaaye

Movie: Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
Director: Bimal Roy
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
Lyricist: Shailendra
Music Composer: Salil Chowdhury

The great music composer Salil Chowdhury wrote a Bengali short story ‘Rickshawalah’ in 1951-52 inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s poem Dui Biga Jomi. His friend, the noted film director Ritwik Ghatak, showed it to Bimal Roy, who liked it and decided to make a film based on it. They named the film Do Bigha Zamin after Tagore’s poem.

Although Roy wanted Chowdhury to write the screenplay for the film and compose music for it, he did only the latter. Another stalwart of the industry, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, wrote the screenplay and edited the film.

The song I have chosen for this week is Dharti kahe pukar ke, also known as Mausam beeta jaaye, from this film. It tells you to leave some sign that you existed because seasons are quickly passing by. I often mull over this; the times are such. Over the last few years, I have lost so many people close to me.

Chowdhury adapted the tune from the famous Russian song Polyushko Polye (Song of the Meadowlands in English) composed by Lev Knipper. It is rendered excellently by Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey, and features one of my favourite actors, Balraj Sahni. ~ S