I am a big fan of comedy songs. Primarily old ones.. starting with Bhagwan Dada, Johnny Walker, Mehmood, Kishore Kumar and even some Om Prakash and Mohan Choti ones.

New ones are not that great. I am listing some of my favorites here. Start sharing yours.

- Aana meri jaan .. sunday ke sunday
- Mere piya gaye rangoon....
- Khush hai zamana aaj pehli tareekh hai
- Sar jo tera chakraye...kahe ghabraye
- All line clear ...Aage badho..
- Hami kale hain to kya hua...dilwale hain
- Int ki dukki paan ka ikka....suno ji yeh calcutta hai
- churi ban kanta ban...chamcha nahin ban
- Babu samjho ishare...pum pum pum
- O bade miyan deewane...


and the list is endless....

Maybe we should share some of these..

Yeah, I thought of starting this thread too when Arnab came up with Comedies. For songs, my list would definitely include the above, but it would perhaps begin with some of these:

meri pyarri bindu (padosan)
ek chatur naar (padosan)
ham the woh thii aur samaa rangin samajh gaye naa (Chalti ka naam)
thande thande paani se nahaanaa chahiye
jahaan chaar yaar mil jaayeN
pyaar hameN kis moR pe le aayaa
paanch rupaiyya barah aana
preetam aan milo (angur)
meri bhaiNs ko danDaa kyuuN maaraa
pag ghungroo baandh
Dar lage to gaanaa gaa
muttu kullika varigalla

of course there are many more, but meri pyaarii bindu works for me always:

mere bhole balam, mere pyaare balam
meraa jiivan tere binaa, o mere piyaa, hai vo diyaa
jisame.n tel na ho, ke jisame tel na ho ...
meraa jiivan tere binaa, vo ek baag hai bahaar
jisase haTakar guzare, duur duur se guzare ...

o, mujhe apanaa banaa le,
o, bhole apanaa banaa le,
haay re bhole, apanaa banA le, haay
tere kadamo.n me.n meraa pyaar, meraa sa.nsaar, merii kismat hai
mujhe apanaa banaa le - (2)

Sunil Dutt: Accha guru, jab woh aisa kahegi na, to mai kya jawab duunga?
Kishore: Jawab? Jawab? Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha. Are Bamruu, Pyaar mein, pyaar mein, jawab apne aap ho jaata hai! Kahana... ANURADHAAA!
Mukri: Arre Guru, Guru, Anuradha nahin, Bindu,BINDU!
Kishore: Arre Tere ki, Bhuula! Kahana, KAHANA...
Chorus: Kyaaaaa?

merii pyaarii bi.ndU,
merii bholii bi.ndU,
merii mAtherii bi.ndU,
merii si.nduurii bi.ndU,
merii bi.ndUrii bi.ndU,

merii prem kii naiyaa, biich bha.Nvar me.n, gu.D gu.D gote khaae
jhaT-paT paar lagaa de, jhaT-paT paar lagaa de ...

terii baiyaa.n gale me.n Daal ban jaa mere gale kaa haar
jhuule prem hi.nDole, o jhuule prem hi.nDole

mere jiivan kii aashaa, pa.Dh le mere naino.n kii bhaashhaa,
mujhe man me.n basaa le, pal pal palako.n me.n chhupaa le ...

tuu jhaT-paT aakar chhaT-paT mere andhe kue.n me.n diip jalaa ke
kar de ujaalaa, o zaraa kar de ujaalaa ...

bi.ndU re-e-e-e, bi.ndU re-e-e, bi.ndU re-e-e ...

In many ways, when film actor Mahmood passed away recently, I was reminded of just this and the other anecdotes associated with Padosan, as apparently Pancham, Mahmood and KK had these formidable adda sessions where most of the songs were just improvisd, lyrics et al, on the spur of the moment, as it were. This one for sure, and the bits wheere KK crazily badloes the surs [now, how to tell CJji that this bit doesn't quite work with something like "changes the scale" or something like that), making Manna De and Mehmood cry out, ye cheating, ye cheating ji, badal diyaa, sur badal diya.

okay, so i had to go put my "dilli ka thug" dvd in the player. i had forgotten just how many great songs are in that movie. in addition to "c.a.t cat" there's also the very funny "hum to mohabbat karega"--not just the lyrics or kishore kumar's antics but also the faces that nutan (looking impossibly beautiful) makes at him while he chases her around:

"nutan: vah re majnu!

kishore: laila, laila karega...oh lailaaaa, lainlaaaa! (i'm guess majrooh didn't write this last bit)
thandi aahen bharega
chaahen yeh zamana kahe humko diwana
aji hum to mohabbat karega!"

Darn I hate it when this happens - I posted that list and on the way back home remembered just this - hum to mohabbat karega, because the line "jutaa polish karegaa" automatically popped into my head when I somehow found myself mixing this with the more recent

lou ke liye saalaa kuchh bhii karegaa,

written by Abbas Tyrewala (a name which should definitely go into the current lyricists list!)

And yes, it really had to be KK to make Nutan lose all inhibitions in this movie. Never saw her look so unrestrained and having huge fun.


Of the recent ones, there is also Rangila's "aisaa bolegaa saalaa waisaa bolegaa, khullam khulla dil kaa har raaz usko bolegaa" which the earlier one sort of segued into for me, but what was really disappointing was forgetting to include:

joRii hamaarii banegaa kaise jaanii (particularly the angrez accent when he sings:

angrezii desh me itnaa romance hai
baahar kaa chhokrii kitnaa advance hai...

Another classic for me is Aby Baby freaking out in Mr Natwarlal:

mere paas aao, mere dosto, ek kissa suno...

nahii bhuultaa main wo jangal kii raat,
mujhe yaad hai wo thii mangal kii raat

right up to the ending with, par ye jiinaa bhii koi jiinaa hai lallu?

clap!clap!

Situationally funny songs

Tel Maalish...(Sar jo tera chakaraaye..)
from Pyaasaa

Ab ke sajan saawan mein..
from chupke chupke

Funny with sad edge..
haal chaal theek thaak hain from Mere Apne.

Silly funny..
Mere Angne mein tumhaara kyaa kam hai?
With Amitabah, what was that movie?

Pratibha

Another one which had me totally enthralled was Aby Baby singing Eer Bir Pattey (the one he got sued for, for the video) and the pity is that since ABCL went bust, this one and the soundtrack of the Bandit Queen (both ABCL releases) also went off the market and is now available largely as MP3, unless pirated copies are around. So when the bigger B, Harivansh Rai, passed away, I spent quite a while trying to transcribe the song (apparently a folk song that the bigger B would recite to his kids) Here it is then, for you all.


ek raheN Eer,
Ek raheN Bir,
Ek raheN Patte,
ek raheN hum

Eer kaheN chalo laKrii kaaT aayi
Bir kaheN chalo laKrii kaaT aayi
Patte kaheN chalo laKrii kaaT aayi
Hum kahaa chalo hama'o laKrii kaaT aayiN

Eer kaaTeN eer lakRii
Bir kaaTeN bir lakRii
Patte kaaTeiN tiin lakRii

hum kaaTaa ...
kariliyaa

Eer kaheiN chalo gulel banayii
Bir kaheiN chalo gulel banayii
Patte kaheiN chalo gulel banayii
hamao kahaa chalo hama'o gulel banaaii

Eer banayeiN eer gulel
Bir banayeiN bir gulel
Patte banayeiN tiin gulel

Aur hamaar? ...
kaT kuT gayii

Eer kaheiN chalo chiRiiyaa maar aayi
Bir kaheiN chalo chiRiiyaa maar aayi
Patte kaheiN chalo chiRiiyaa maar aayi
hum kaha chalo hama-o chiRiiyaa maar aayi

Eer maare'n eer chiRiyaa
Bir maare'n bir chiRiyaa
Patte maare'n tiin chiRiyaa

hum maara? ..
Phudakiyaa

Eer kaheiN chalo bhujii pakaayeiN
Bir kaheiN chalo bhujii pakaayeiN
Patte kaheiN chalo bhujii pakaayeiN
Hum kaha chalo hamao ...bhuuji pakaayeiN

Eer bhuje eer chiRiyaa
Bir bhuje bir chiRiyaa
Patte bhuje tiin chiRiyaa

Hamaar?
Jal jul gayii!

Eer kaheiN chalo raajaa ke salaam kar aayiN
Bir kaheiN chalo raajaa ke salaam kar aayiN
Patte kaheiN chalo raajaa ke salaam kar aayiN
Hum kaheiN chalo hamuaa raajaa ke salaam kar aayiN

Eer kiye eer salaam
Bir Kiye bir salaam
Patte Kiye tiin salaam

hum diyaa ...
thenguvaa dikhaa

Eer kaheiN chalo ghoRaa khariid aayeiN
Bir kaheiN chalo ghoRaa khariid aayeiN
Patte kaheiN chalo ghoRaa khariid aayeiN
Hum kaheiN chalo hamua ghoRaa khariid aayeiN

Eer kharide tiin ghoRaa
Bir kharide tiin ghoRaa
Patte kharide tiin ghoRaa

Aur hum kaa diyaa ...
gadhaiaa

Eer kaheiN ghoRe ko paanii piilaa aayiN
Bir kaheiN ghoRe ko paanii piilaa aayiN
Patte kaheiN ghoRe ko paanii piilaa aayiN
Hum kaheiN chalo hamua paanii piilaa aayiN

Eer pilaayeN eer ghaat
Bir pilaayeN bir ghaat
Patte pilaayeN tiin ghaat

Aur hum? hum pilaayaa
dhoobii ghaat

Eer kaa bole hee hee
Bir kaa bole hee hee
Patte kaa bole hee hee

Aar hamaar bole?
Hee Haw

and then there's this immortal classic by bappi lahiri. but maybe it belongs in the food forums?

I am sure not many people have heard this song from some obscure 60s film. Here goes..

Yes ras teri baaton ka Choclate
Yeh jadu teri aankhon ka Omelette
Yeh ghera teri zulfon ka baby... Dil ko gaya lapet..

Very funny indeed. I remember it hearing it long time back on Radio Sri Lanka. Was not able to find it thereafter.

Love in Simla had quite a few good ones also.

- A baby.. Idhar Aao.. Aa gaya.. ghoom jayo.. ghoom gaya..
Ab kaho kya khaoge.. Jalebi...

- Alif Zibra A.. alif zere ay..

- Gaal gulabi kiske hain.. Nain sharabi kiske hain.. bolo kaun kaun kaun...Shakila!!

More to come...

A song that manages - incredibly - to span the divide between horror and humour is "Goli maar bheje me" from Satya (I think).

See, two days I am away and you folks forget one of AB's best:

My name is Antony Gonzalves

....

You see the coefficient of the linear
Is just a position
By the haemoglobin of the atmospheric pressure
In the country

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and

Madhuri Dixit milii raste mein

....
Madhuri kahe tere liye
parathe pakaaoon
or something

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and nana patekar in

kabhi hundred one kabhi hundred two

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and what about

We are G-U-J-J-U

from Kal ho na ho?

not that this is a comedy song per se but having just finished "sholay" i must make a mention of the following exchange in the intro to the "holi ke din" song:

random village man: "aye nakhrewali!
random village belle: "doongi main gaali!
random village man: "arre ramu ki saali!"

hum kaale hain to kya hua..
ok so i like mehmood

I am surprised no one mentioned two of Kishore's songs:
-Priye Praneshwari (Hum Tum or Woh)
-Zaroorat Hai Zaroorat hai (Man Mauji)..

Both the songs are actually very nice compositions apart from being comical.

I loved Mehmood in "Kabhi agey kabhi pichey" in "Sadhu aur Shaitan".. He was simply superb in this Lamikant-Pyarelal,Rafi song..

And finally I do not want to miss the situationally comical classic from "Kala Bazaar":
"Uparwaala jankar anjaan hai"..(Rafi, SD Burman)

This is a dead serious song if you listen to it without knowing the sequence..But when you see the sequence the entire sense that the song portrays changes....

sudip,

can you confirm this for me: i seem to remember a song that used to be on chitrahar every once in a while in the late 80s that featured mehmood (i could be wrong about this) singing "main marne chala hoon", while striding dramatically down the road with a crowd following him. which movie is this? or have i dreamt it?

arnab

The film is "Gunahon Ka Devta"

I think Mehmood was a superb dancer. His mudras in Padosan was simply excellent. In fact the way he carried himself in a lungi in two Rafi songs was just too good..
1. Hum kale hai to kya hua (Gumnaam)
2. Mehbooba banalo mujhe dulha (Sadhu aur Shaitan)

thanks sudip!

interested parties can hear an excerpt from this (and other songs picturized on mehmood) here.

"murgiwalon, apni murgiyan sambhalon, murga mera..."

Sikander ne Porus se kee thi ladayi
Jo kee thi ladayi,
to mein kya karoon?

---

Khatmal dheere se jaana khatiyan mein
So rahi hai rajkumari
dekh rahe meethe sapne
jaa chupja takiyan mein
oh, khatmal dheere se jaana khatiyan mein.

The impression I have, based on no evidence at all, is that it's a parody of another song, Bhanvra dheere se jaana bagiyan mein (KK sings a snatch of it in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi - "Hai Laala Jhing Laala Hai Laala, Hoh")

Is my surmise correct, does anybody know? It's an ancient mystery for me.

Did Anyone mention

O kutta bhao ow ow
O mere kaan mut khao

(We used to sing it to our dog everytime he barked needlessly.)

Yes. It was a parody.. Even "Bhanvra dheere se jaana bagiyan mein" is a parody of the original folk song from East Bengal "Nishitey Jaio Phooloboney re bhamra".. The original lyricist as well as music composer was the poet Jasimuddin from Bangladesh.

Thanks Dilliwala for this post. I have been searching for this for such a long time. Pity the video is not available. Tyring to download a mp3...

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quote name='Dilliwala Dilwala' date='Aug 13 2004, 05:42 PM' post='1438']
Another one which had me totally enthralled was Aby Baby singing Eer Bir Pattey (the one he got sued for, for the video) and the pity is that since ABCL went bust, this one and the soundtrack of the Bandit Queen (both ABCL releases) also went off the market and is now available largely as MP3, unless pirated copies are around. So when the bigger B, Harivansh Rai, passed away, I spent quite a while trying to transcribe the song (apparently a folk song that the bigger B would recite to his kids) Here it is then, for you all.


ek raheN Eer,
Ek raheN Bir,
Ek raheN Patte,
ek raheN hum

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I did not find this from HALF TICKET:

aake siidhii lagii dil pe jaise kaTariyaa o saa.nwariyaa oy
aake siidhii lagii dil pe jaise kaTariyaa o
saa.nwariyaa oy hoy
o terii tirachhii najariyaa.a
le gayii meraa dil terii julmii najariyaa o gujariyaa oy
le gayii meraa dil terii julmii najariyaa o gujariyaa
oy hoy hoy
o jaane saarii nagariyaa
aake siidhii lagii dil pe jaise kaTariyaa o saa.nwariyaa


And this again in the same movie when Pran is following KK who wishes to hide from him and joins Helen in the dance:

Woh ek nigah jya mili tabiyatein machal gayee
Zara woh muskura dye arzooen ....

Woh mere peechhe haath dhoke pada hai bacha lo mujhe bacha lo mujhe..

JHUMROO also had a couple of good comic numbers:

Babu anaa sunte jaana
and
Ge ge ge geli zara timbuktoo

I love this one from Angoor:

Preetam aan milo

And Johnny Walker in this Madhumati song

Jungle me mor nacha kisisne na dekha


And this

Lapak jhapak tu aare badarwa Sar ki kheti sukh rahi hai...

And another gem from KK in Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool:

Guni jano bhakt jano
Hari naam se naat jodo maaya se mukh modo re
Nagad narayan ki jai jai bolo
......
.......

Jai govindam jai gopalam.

(the one about peechhe pad gayo income taxum)

Astonishing actually, that this didn't feature... till now. And here's the video:
Aake seedhi lagi dil pe...



Really late response, I know (and DD must be quite out of his mind by now), but would this be Saj rahi gali...?

Mind? Never mind

Sowwy!

Spending less time on AS obviously also means I don't read properly.

pliss if someone knows what langwij KK speaks in or bhat he is saying there at various points, pliss to enlighten me? but even in total incomprehension, such KK songs light up any dark world (as in night here right now) for sure.



daal kaise gale... ( from "baap re baap")

i have mentioned this on more than one occasion: there used to be a great song on youtube that was then removed. kishore singing while an older man and his troupe play the music. the real conversation of the song is between kishore and a young woman, doubtless related to the older man, but older man has no idea. everyone keeps making great faces at each other. it would help, of course, if i could remember the name of the movie.

edit: actually, i think it is "naughty boy". of course, youtube has every song from the movie except the one i want. that is, unless it is not in this movie at all!

and i first mentioned it here:



alas, the link no longer works.

if indian friends need to know one figure from pakistan, that's rangeela, the real genius, a total unpaRh, turned into the greatest comedian on this side of the border, directed and produced movies, composed lyrics and film scores, wrote screeplays and i believe editing as well. but take a look at this one and watch the whole thing since the song starts a bit into the piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVa7J_-_1Vc

- moazzam

i am very sorry to note kk repeated the same yodelling flourishes across different songs. sapnaa meraa tuut gayaa and all!

arre yaar, baat samjhaa karo-- KK was worried that his songs might be seen as too ganwaar* (all that naansense and shrieking and running around, you know!) and so he put in all that intertextuality. In fact, in one of those otherwise gibberish sounding pieces, he says as much, just before he starts neighing (I think).









* that is also some kind of beans in marathi-- string beans? adrak ma'am? ll?-- but I am not sure KK had any fear of being mistaken for one of these.

right-o, mausi, no one would have called kishore a borgi bean!


this is not it - saa saa saa re? from your link:





ETA: i think this may be it. my previous post of this song has the same missing youtube link!

What about this one? I declare Salilda has made even the canine sing in tune. Tanuja being herself.

Beta bowwow wow.

yes, that's it! but i'm not going crazy. it was only added to youtube a day ago (and after my post)--which suggests to me that the gentleman in question reads a-s....