Oh betaji. - Albela - Hindi movie from 1951

1951 musical comedy extravaganza produced by Bhagwan da. He was born in a poor Marathi family. His is story from rags to riches to rags again. Bhagwan Dada was born in 1913 as Bhagwan Abhaji Palav. He was the son of a textile mill worker but was obsessed with films. He worked as a labourer but dreamt of films. He got his break with bit roles in silent films and got totally involved with the studios. He learnt film making and From 1938 to 1949 he directed a string of low budget stunt and action films that were popular with the working classes. He used to play a naive simpleton. On advice of Raj Kapoor he turned to making a social film called Albela starring Bhagwan and Geeta Bali (Raj Kapoor's sister-in-law), and featuring music by his friend Chitalkar, or C. Ramchandra. Albela was a huge hit. After that Bhagwan did not have any more hits and eventually had to give up producing and directing films, sell his bungalow and cars and move to a chawl. He took whatever roles he could get, but apart from Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje and Chori Chori, none were roles of note, and he eventually took on bit parts in which he did his famous dance. Most of Bhagwan's associates left him in his time of need, apart from C. Ramchandra, Om Prakash and lyricist Rajinder Krishan, who continued to meet him even in his chawl. Bhagwan died in 2002 at age 89. All his friends died long before him. (source Wikipedia)

Category:

Music

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• Hindi
• Bhagwan da
• C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar)
• Albela 1951

[dkapasi4]

who is singer ......... likes Kishorkumar, but he would be too young then..

[SJisBack]

@dkapasi4 The singer is Chitalkar aka C.Ramchandra the music director.

[jhebruk]

My dad use to sing this song to me. Miss those days. Miss you Dad!!

[pr9nkaholic]

Why does he remind me of Costello from Abbot and Costello?

[SangeetMagna]

Thanks for this amusing but excellent song and also for the short description of Bhagwan's life. C. Ramchandra was the king of music directors in his time. Lovely memories.

[SinghBikash]

Bhagwan da was a great actor and dancer. I like this song.

[DiggleDust]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KiranGopalAshtekar]

Oh, the magic of C.Ramchandra !

THanks.

[amrutvani2]

excellent song and lilting music by all time great c.ramchandra.Thanks for a nice upload.

Harish