Uma Devi [Tun Tun] - Aaj Machi Hai Dhoom - Dard [1947]

"Dard" [1947] is an Indian Hindi film directed by Abdul Rashid Kardar.
Starring Shyam Kumar, Nusrat, Munawar Sultana, Badri Prasad, Husn Banu, Pratima Devi and Suraiya.
Music is by Naushad. Lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni...........

Tun Tun (11 July 1923 24 November 2003) was the screen name of Indian playback singer and actor-comedienne, Uma Devi Khatri, who is often called the 'first woman comedienne of Hindi cinema'!

Uma Devi Khatri, was born in a conservative Punjabi family, in a small village in Uttar Pradesh, where after the premature death of her parents while she was still her teens, she was raised by her uncle.

She arrived in Bombay (Mumbai) at the age of 13, having run away from home, and knocked on composer Naushads door. She told him that she could sing and that she would throw herself in the ocean if he didnt give her a chance. He auditioned her, and hired her on the spot. She made her debut as a solo playback singer, in Nazir's Wamiq Azra (1946), working with legends like Naushad Ali, soon she signed a contract with the producer-director A.R. Kardar, who used Naushad as music director, and went on make a place for herself amidst music stalwarts like, Noor Jehan, Rajkumari, Khursheed and Zohrabai Ambalewali.

In 1947, she had huge hits with " Afsana likh rahi hoon dil-e-bekrar ka" ("I Am Writing My Saga of desperate heart"), "Yeh Kaun Chala Meri Aankhon Mein Sama Kar" ("Who is This My Love?") and "Aaj Machi Hai Dhoom Jhoom Khushi Se Jhoom", which she sang for actress, Munawar Sultana, in A.R. Kardar's production, Dard (1947), again under the music direction of Naushad; she also sang a duet, "Betaabhai Dil Dard-e-Mohabat Ke Asar So", with Suraiya. In fact, a Pakistani gentleman, got so enamoured by her song, "Afsana likh rahi hoon", that he never went back, and later married her, the couple had two daughters; her husband, whom she called Mohan, died in 1992.

Success of Dard, meant that she next received Mehboob Khan's, Anokhi Ada (1948), which again had two hit numbers, "Kahe jiya dole" ("Why the Heart Throbs") and "Dil ko lagake humne kuch bhi na paya" ("I Got Nothing by Falling in Love"). This brought her into the league of highly rated playback singers. She reached her peak as a vocalist in, director S.S. Vasans, "Chandralekha" (1948), made by Gemini Studio, Chennai, her seven songs, which include hits like, "Saanjh ki bela" ("These Moments of Evening"), remain her most accomplish work in her singing career; though signing the film also meant a breach of contract with producer-director, Kardar, which lead to her dwindling fortunes in the industry.

Moreover, in coming years, owing to her older style of singing and limited vocal range, she found it difficult to compete with the rising singing stars, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Eventually Naushad suggested that she take up acting, because she had a very bubbly personality and wonderful comic timing. He asked his friend Dilip Kumar to cast her in one of his films, and she appeared in Babul (1950) with him , which had Nargis as the lead actress; it is he who renamed her as 'Tun Tun' to suit her comic persona, and name stayed with her, and a comedic legend was born.

She went on to act in Guru Dutts classics like Aar Paar, (1954), Mr & Mrs 55 (1955) and Pyaasa (1957). In the 1960s and 1970s, she remained as a permanent comic relief in numerous Bollywood films, a few years down the line, she most notably starred in Amitabh Bachchan starrer, Namak Halaal (1982), a Prakash Mehra's blockbuster.

In her career spanning five decades, she acted in around 198 films, pairing with top comedy actors of her times like, Bhagwan Dada, Agha, Sunder, Mukri, Dhumal, Johnny Walker to Keshto Mukherjee, and was last seen in Hindi film in 'Kasam Dhande Ki' (1990).

Owing to her popularity, the name Tun Tun has been synonymus with fat women in India!

She died on 23 November 2003 in Andheri, Mumbai, after a prolonged illness at the age of 80 and is survived by two daughters.
[Wikipedia & IMDb]

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[99farooque]

very nice melody of uma devi, perheps this is the best song of uma ji, thanks you sooooo much for uploading, uma ji zindabaad.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@99farooque - You are most welcome, my dear friend.

Uma Devi [1923–2003] was a great singer.

May her soul Rest In Peace.

[tkyaheya]

I have posted the address to you channel.

Remember the two Hindi original versions i requested sometime back.

Yes! it is available in imirza777's channel upon my request.

Lataji in Nirmohi 1951 & Bhola Shankar 1952

For your information and update please.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@tkyaheya - Thank you my dear friend for the great help.

I really appreciate it.

Take care.

[tkyaheya]

I can get you the Sinhala version site if you are still interested!

Thanks for posting this evergreen. Anyway it is not in the YT, but in a different link.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@tkyaheya - Please send it, my dear friend.

It will be much appreciated.

Thank you.

[sunnysunthankar]

Alovely song by umadevi and actress Munnawar sultan.

[vinodkbhatia]

MUNAWAR SULTANA IS JUST MAGNIFICENT IN THIS SONG. THAT GRACE, THAT DIGNITY, THAT SOPHISTICATION THAT IS SEEN HERE IS REALLY GONE WITH THE ACTORS OF THOSE GONE BYE DAYS WHICH ONLY THOSE ACTORS HAD WITH THEM.

THE BEAUTY OF THIS SONG IS THAT IS STILL FULL OF COMPLETE LIFE EVEN AFTER SIXTY FIVE YEARS OF COMPOSITION.. THAT WAS THE BEAUTY OF NAUSHAD SAHIB'S MUSIC. HOW CAN ANYONE FORGET HIS COMPOSITIONS IN MOVIES LIKE BAIJU BAWRA, DASTAN, DILLAGI, AAN, DARD MUGHAL-E-AZAM, SHABAB , MOTHER INDIA ETC.

[vinodkbhatia]

REMARKABLE. JUST REMARKABLE. UMA DEVI HAS BEATEN EVERYBODY IN THIS SONG. SHE HAS SIMPLY PROVED THAT NEITHER NOORJEHAN NOR LATA MANGESHKAR NOR SHAMSHAD BEGUM WAS REQUIRED WHEN SHE WAS. SINGING. WHAT A GLORIOUS SONG AND WHAT A GLORIOUS RENDITION OF THE SONG. SHE TAKES YOU TO A DIFFERENT WORLD WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL DEPTH IN HER VOICE.ONE FEELS LIKE DROWNING IN HER VOICE AND GET LOST FOREVER IN THAT VOICE.THERE IS SO MUCH LIFE IN THIS SONG THAT ONE IS AMAZED IN BEWILDERMENT.

[sunnysunthankar]

very very nice song by umadevi supported by wonderful acting by mannawar sultan.

[tkyaheya]

I have posted the address to you channel.