Mere Mehboob na ja, aaj ki raat na jaa from the movie “Noor
Mahal” , Composed by Jani Babu Qawwal, lyrics by: Saba Afghani-1965
LINK to YOUTUBE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVt7eG4AyWw
SUMAN
KALYANPUR got very few OPPORTUNITIES to
PERFECT her art and to Really shine like in this WONDERFUL HAUNTING SONG, “Mera
Mehboob na ja, aaj ki raat na ja” from the movie “Noor Mahal” , composed by
Jani Babu ( Qauwal) with lyrics by Saba Afghani and whatever Chance she got to
show her immense TALENT & VOICE , it was because between 1964 to 1968 Rafi had a TIFF
with Lata Mangeshkar on a matter of principle that after collecting their
CONTRACTUAL PAYMENT from the Film Producers / Music Directors , the Play - Back
singer being an EMPLOYEE of the Film
Producer / Music Director from one song to another, has no right to demand
FUTURE ROYALTY in addition to the CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT but Lata Mangeshkar was
DEMANDING ROYALTY in addition to the CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT for the first time
,which was not the practice then, and so
Rafi & Lata stopped singing DUETS
for four years (1964-1968) and becuase of this Vacuum of Rafi-Lata
Duets, Music Directors like Shankar Jaikishan, Kalyanji Anandji,Naushad, Kayam,
Sonik Omi, Usha Khanna, Lakshmi Kant Pyarelal and many others
started giving BIG BREAKS to Suman Kalyanpur for DUETS with RAFI like the super hit duets –tujhe pyar karte
hain karte rahenge and Kehdo kehdo jahan se, ishq par zor nahin-from the movie
April Fool,(Shankar Jaikishan-1964,) Aaj kal tere mere pyar ke charche har
zaban par- from the movie Brahmachari ( again Shankar Jaikishan), tum ne pukara
aur hum chale aye – from the movie Rajkumar ( Shankar Jaikishan), Raat
suhani jaag rah hai, chupke chupke chori
chori oh, from the movie Jigri Dost ( Laksmikant Pyarelal), agar teri
Jalwa Numai na hoti- from Beti Bete,(Shankar Jaikaishan),Dile Betaab ko seenay
se lagana hoga,from the movie Palki ( Naushad), Parbaton ke pedun par sham ka
basera hai – movie Shagun ( Khyam), Itna hai tumse pyar mujhe mere razdar- from
the movie Suraj ( Shankar Jaikishan), Ke jaan chali jaye Jia Nahin jaye- from
the movie Anjana ,(Lakshmi kant Payrelal), kisne mujhe sada di Kisne mujhe
pukara awaz dene wale awaz de dobara- from the movie “Saaz aur Awaaz ( Naushad),
na na karte pyar tumhin se kar baithe- from the movie – jab jab phool khile-
(Kalyanji Anandji),Tujhe chaha,tujhe pooja, bas itni qata hai meri aur qata
kya- From the movie – Choti si Mulaqat- (Shankar Jaikishan), Tu jangal ki morni
te main jangal ka mor- from the movie Raja Saab ( Kalyanji Anandji), Tum se oh
hasina na- from the movie FARZ ( Lakshmikant Pyarelal) and so on and so forth –
many more or countless such duets she
got to sing with Rafi and above all this solo GEM –“Mere Mehboob na ja, aaj ki
raat na ja”for which one can say that EVEN if one doesn't understand the
LANGUAGE one can’t MISS the
the Pathos and Pining that Suman
Kalyanpur has put in to this WONDERFUL
rendition by her and in a most HAUNTING
VOICE that is MATCHLESS and I venture to say that even LATA
MANGESHKAR'S many Haunting Melodies like " Naina Barse rim Jhim, Lag Ja
Gale " both from Woh Kaun Thi , and "Kahin deep Jale Kahin Dil"
from the movie Bees saal Baad AND the marvelous composition of Salil Chaudhary
"aaja re Pardesi, main tu kab se khadi iss paar" from the movie
Madhumati, AND the OLD - gem from MAHAL, "ayeg ayega, aane wala, ayega ayaega",
though these too are GEMS from Lata Mangeshkar, but the above song sung by
SUMAN KALYANPUR - "Mere Mehboob Na Ja, Aaj ki raat na ja"; I am sure,
most music lovers will RATE this TRULY HAUNTING & PATHOS filled SONG by
Suman Kalyanpur,HIGHER than all the other haunting songs of Lata Mangeshkar
that I have listed above.
