Mohe Punghat Per.... Indubala.

Indubala was born in Novenber, 1899 at Amritsar, where the circus party had gone for performance. Indu was born premature and Dr. Bidhumukhi Basu was taken to Amritsar from Calcutta to attend to Rajabala. Such was the affection and concern of the husband for his young wife. Motilal's interest in Rajabala dwindled later, supposedly because Rajabala showed no interest in going back to the circus after Indu's birth and soon she was left to fend for herself. She came to Calcutta with her daughter and was given shelter by a Jiban Krishna Ghosh, who remained loyal to her till his death and also played a major role in establishing Indubala in her life as a performer. Once in Calcutta, Rajabala trained herself as a singer and Indubala's first training in music was from her mother. The initial plan was to train Indu as a nurse and she was admitted as a trainee in a hospital in the Pataldanga locality of Calcutta. Indu did not take fancy in the job and ran away from the hospital, much to the disappointment of her mother, who never wanted her only daughter to be forced into a life of indignity. After this incident Indubala's musical training started. Although her father ignored wife Rajabala completely, he remained fond of his daughter and kept in touch with her and often invited her to his ancestral home where he lived during his brief visits to Calcutta and sent her a monthly pocket money of Rupees twenty till his death. Indubala's first performance was at a gathering of distinguished guests where her mother was the chief entertainer. Each one of the guests appreciated Indu's singing and thus began her formal training from Gouri Shankar Mishraji. Indu was only about twelve then. This also marked the entry of Indubala into the red light world. Amongst her trainers were Kali Prasad Mishra, Elaahi Bux and Miss Gauhar Jaan. Apart from music, Miss Gauhar Jaan, credited as Prima Donna of India, Indu also learned etiquette from the elder artiste and developed a close friendship with her. This association provided Indu with valuable musical knowledge and experience.

Dr. Jyoti Prakash Guha

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[tumpaasho1]

This is raag "Gara'

[jasiddiqi]

Excellent! I will be indebted to the good person who uploaded this. I had always known that the Mughal-e-Azam version was based on an old bandish but had never heard the original.

Note the antiquated words: "Mohe punghat par nandlaal cherd dino re, mori najook kalliyan mardord dino re, lapak jhapak mori..." etc. What a beauty. How I wish Nausad/Shakeel had retained the original language for the film version! Thank God also for Youtube which makes it possible to share such rare treasures.

[65naz1]

You have uploaded HISTORICAL GEM.Thanx.........Great Naushad made it popular thru Mughl-e-Azam

[smitaajgaonkar]

wow...mughal-e-azams song is inspired by this !!

[mariandevadas]

superb

[MrSamPak]

Vintage classical...

[0nman]

wow!!! awesome...what a gem!

[Kachalia]

You realize everything emanates from the past

[010904050]

Thank you for this rare audio and info. A great voice! Never heard the name before.