Hemant Kumar - Jaane Woh Kaise - Pyaasa [1957]

Pyaasa (Hindi: प्यासा, Urdu: پیاسا; Eternal Thirst in English) is a 1957
Hindi film directed by Guru Dutt. The film tells the story of struggling poet, Vijay (Guru Dutt), trying to make his works known in post-independence India. Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman in her first major leading role in Hindi cinema), a prostitute with a heart of gold, eventually helps him get his poems published. The music was composed by S.D. Burman.

With commercial success of thrillers like Baazi, Jaal, Aar Paar, C.I.D and comedies Mr. & Mrs. '55, Guru Dutt and his studio were financially secure and established. He could now make movies he really wanted to make, including Pyaasa. Pyaasa is rated as one of the best 100 films of all-time by Time Magazine, which called it "the soulfully romantic of the lot." Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.
Cast; * Mala Sinha - Meena * Guru Dutt - Vijay * Waheeda Rehman - Gulabo * Rehman - Mr. Ghosh * Johnny Walker - Abdul Sattar

The film then and now; * There was a debate between writer Abrar Alvi and Guru Dutt on film's ending. Abrar wanted the protagonist to accept and compromise with the prevailing material social reality; Guru Dutt insisted otherwise. * Song Sar jo tera chakraye composed by S.D Burman was actually based on tune composed by his son R.D Burman. * Pyaasa was to be made with actresses, Nargis Dutt and Madhubala in the roles Mala Sinha and Waheeda Rehman played eventually. But the two actresses couldn't decide which role they wanted to play and Guru Dutt eventually opted for two then new actresses, Mala and Waheeda. * Guru Dutt wanted Dilip Kumar to play the leading role in the movie, which the tragedy king declined. Guru Dutt himself played and movie went on to become one the most commercially successful movies of the year.....

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay (Bangla: Hemonto Kumar Mukhopaddhae) also known as Hemanta Mukherjee (June 16, 1920 September 26, 1989) was an Indian singer, composer and producer. He sang in Hindi films under the name Hemant Kumar.

Hemanta was born in the city of Varanasi, India. His family hailed from a village named Baharu in West Bengal. They migrated to Calcutta in the early 20th century. Hemanta grew up there and attended Mitra Institution school of Bhawanipore area. There he met his longtime friend, Subhas Mukhopadhyay who later became a Bengali poet. After passing the intermediate examinations (12th grade), Hemanta was admitted to Jadavpur University to study Engineering. However, he quit academics to pursue a career in music, despite parental objection. He briefly tried his hand at literature and also published a short story in a prestigious Bengali magazine called Desh, but by the late-1930s he was committed entirely to music.

His first Hindi film songs were in Irada in 1944 under Pt. Amarnath's music direction. Lyrics were by Aziz Kashmiri.
His first movie as a music director was the Bengali film Abhiyatri in 1947. Although many of the songs Hemanta recorded in during this time received critical acclaim, major commercial success still eluded him, right until 1947. Some contemporary male singers of Hemanta in Bengali around that period were Jaganmay Mitra, Robin Majumdar, Satya Chowdhury, Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Sudhirlal Chakraborty, Bechu Dutta and Talat Mahmood.

In September 1989, he travelled to Dhaka, Bangladesh to receive the Michael Madhusudan Award. He performed a concert in Dhaka as well. Immediately after returning from this trip, he suffered a major cardiac arrest on September 26 and breathed his last at 11:15 pm in a nursing home in South Calcutta.

Interestingly, even 15 years after his death, Gramophone Company of India releases at least one album by him every year, repackaging his older songs, because of the commercial viability of his songs. His legacy still lives on through the numerous songs he has recorded, music he has composed and through many male singers in Bengal and the rest of India who continue to imitate his singing style...........
[Wikipedia & IMDb]

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[TheVM2010]

Awesome, thanks dude for posting this song..

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@TheVM2010 - You are most welcome, my friend.

[MrVicshuklanyc]

Until gurudutt was there Calcutta was far ahead in film industry once he was gone Calcutta went down and Bombay was on the top. thank you

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@MrVicshuklanyc - You are most welcome, my friend.

[cynthiasie]

Uuffff what can I say...........I have no words for this great great song!!!

Thank you for posting, thank you!

C.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

You are most welcome, my friend.

[vineetrecw]

dint knew of ur foreign origin .. hoping u understand hindi !!! Oscars is just an appreciation from the eyes on some west bounds who think India is only about poverty, snakes and elephants !!!!

[sshbm]

Sahir Ludhianvi, Hemant Kumar and Guru dutt, a wonderful combination.. It had to be magnificent.

My all time fav Lyricist, Singer and Director. 10/10.

[rcdore]

@MrVicshuklanyc

Gurudutt was from Karnataka-Does it matter?

Ramnath

[sumansreeram]

I am sad no body recognized Sahir Ludhianvi who is the creator of this song

[parijatm]

The noted composer Salil Choudhury once said if at some point of time God desires to sing he will probably choose Hemant Kumar's voice to sing. Can there be a higher complement possible for a singer ??

[ThePeaceonearth12]

What a handsome hero and what a beautiful voice of Mr. Hamant Kumar

[resist4resist]

@MrVicshuklanyc Gurudutt was a Kannadiga by birth. Please do not fight over narrow regionalism. Gurudutt/KL Sehgal/Sunil Dutt belonged to every part of India.

[MrRaibaba]

Guru bhai killer with acting, and hemant kumar with singing,. Hail Them

[MrVicshuklanyc]

@RealMusicKing Bombay after division went to Gujrat as from there 2 prominant leaders Gandhi and patel and gujrati,s were rich as they owned all the businesses .but Maharashtrians took law in there hands and demanded  bombay should go to Maharashtra.so there was lot of unrest because of these reasonsCalcutta was on top.thank you

[MrVicshuklanyc]

@RealMusicKing why these big stars they chose Calcutta.Because india was devided in many parts .Indian film industry was  based in Lahore.You know lahore went to Pakistan.and Bombay was also devided into 2 partas Bomaby and Karachi........thank you

[shekhardhage]

a gurudutt and hemant kumar best