Happy 3rd Birthday to My Blog and a Quiz

How time flies! I have a feeling that the last quiz was some two months ago and in fact a year has passed since and my nanha munha blog is already three years old. Happy Birthday my dear harveypam blog. You have given me many moments of pleasure and have always been an outlet for my creative energy. More than that, lots of thanks goes to the readers of this blog and the commentators, who have always encouraged me and sent me many songs, which were new for me. The comments also provided me with information, which I didn’t have before. Besides info and songs, it was always fun to communicate with you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I have already written about the blog’s past history and the form it has taken now. And this quiz has a lot to do with it. This quiz-pattern isn’t my invention. Some Hindi-Filmi-Sangeet deewane had been practising it on the discussion forum rec.music.indian.misc. (RMIM) for a long long time. Here is an example. Since few years it has been abandoned.
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h a r v e y b l o g (a) h o t m a i l dot c o m
PLEASE DON’T POST THEM IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.

This is how the quiz works. The aim is to recognise the song from its antara.
Here is an antara of a song:
main tumhari daasi janam ki pyaasi
tumhi ho mera shringar pritam
tumhari raste ki dhuul le kar
main maang apni sada bharungi

Then comes the clue:
Asking the beloved not to go with the threat of breaking into tears is an old trick known to the master, his wife, his slave and also the fish.

If you already know this antara (which I think you will), you know which song I mean. If you don’t, then ‘Asking the beloved not to go with the threat of breaking into tears provides you the clue to the mukhda of the song na jaao saiyan chhuda ke baiyan, kasam tumhari main ro padungi.
The words ‘the master, his wife, his slave’ gives the clue to the title of the film Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam.
The word fish is clue to the actress on whom the song is filmed, Meena Kumari. Meena in Sanskrit means a fish.

For correctly guessing the song and naming it, in this case: na jaao saiyan chhuda ke baiyan you get five points and further points for naming the name of the film, music director, playback singer(s), lyricists, actor(s)/actress(es) on whom the song is filmed and recognising the three clues.

na jaao saiyan chhuda ke baiyan…………………………………….5 points
Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam………………………………………………….1 point
Music Director: Hemant Kumar……………………………………….1 point
Playback singer: Geeta Dutt…………………………………………..1 point
Lyricist: Shakeel Badayuni…………………………………………….1 point
Filmed on: Meena Kumari………………………………………….1 point
Recognising all the three clues and explaining them…………….3 points

And if you can answer why particularly the songs below were chosen for this post, you get extra 20 points.
So totally you can win 150 points

Unlike the last quiz, this quiz has songs, which are generally known by old Hindi film song lovers. I know that the term ‘generally known’ is not easily applicable. I myself didn’t know the ‘allegedly’ famous song dilruba dil pe tu from Rajkumar [1964]. The screen shots shown ARE from the videos of the songs. Except for one, the lyrics of all the songs are to be found on Atul’s Song A Day.

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h a r v e y b l o g (a) h o t m a i l dot c o m
till 6th of May 2012, 2400 hrs Central European Time.

Scores & Results
The person who scores the maximum number of points is the winner. Multiple winners are possible. You can also keep your answers to yourselves and check the answers, when I post it. If it is okay with you, I will post a list of the persons who participated and their score with the results on 6th of May 2013.

Prizes
Fun while solving it.
I hope you enjoy solving this quiz

1. dil ke phasane, dil bhii na jane
tum ko saajan, dil ki lagan, kaise bataaye

Lotus-like girl in the youthful season is feeling the cool breezes blowing.

2. kabhi roye to aap hi hans diye ham
chhoti chhoti khushi chhote chhote wo gum

Moon-Art remembers the childhood days spent like a butterfly. Butterfly of a good pedigree, I would say!

3. ham ne dil de bhi diyaa ahd-e-wafa le bhi liya
aap ab shauq se dede jo saza dete hai

This stringed instrument under a big white mausoleum is being punished for love.

4. main kahungi gum sahungi chupp rahungi
kya bebas hoon lekin nahin main bezubaan

Gold passes through flames to become pure they say, but is it necessary that it should dance till it dies?

5. malum na tha itni
mushqil hain meri raahe
armaan ke bahe aasu
hasrat ne bhari aahen

The Emperor of the world is a good title, but it doesn’t help you much if you have a broken heart and don’t want to live anymore. Riding a Cycle is a good heart exercise though!

6. nanhi si jaan meri kaho na jalaoge
chod ke mujhe kahin chale to na jaoge

The sacred poem surely doesn’t have the lines to the effect: don’t go after meeting the eyes. But if your elder sister says so, then it must be so.

7. saas ke toofaan kaise chupau
aankhen kya kya dekh rahi hain
dil pe guzare kaise bataau

How does one go about coming hither only a bit? Most probably only the coy boy toy Roy can imagine that someplace where the sun rises.

8. mujhpar yakin ab kam sahi
main saadaa dil-mujrim sahi
in ke liye ae mohtram cheda
kisi aur ko tha khuda ki kasam

Elvis and a wish sounds like a fish, though he tries to deny it and blames it on somebody above the second floor.

9. jaati bahaaren hai uth ti jawaniyaa
taaron ki chhaon me pehle kahaniya
ek baar chal diye agar tujhe pukar ke
laut kar naa aaenge kaafile baharke

Dave has spread the net. I wonder if the night and moonlight will really not come again.

10. un se nazr kya milli
khil gai dil ki kalii
jhum ke chaai bahar
fuut pada dil se pyar

Miss Fish belongs under water, but through the magician’s spell she has landed in the pedestrian zone.

Please do give me feedback if the quiz was too easy or too hard or just right enough. When I went through the post it seems to easy for me, because I know the answers already, that is why your feedback would be highly appreciated.
I wish you all lots of fun at guessing and working the clues out. And if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
Looking forward to your answers!

PLEASE SEND THE ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ TO
h a r v e y b l o g (a) h o t m a i l dot c o m
PLEASE DON’T POST THEM IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.

Today I got the news that our beloved Shamshad Begum is no more! May she rest in peace!
Thank you Shamshad for the great legacy, you leave behind. They will always be a source of pleasure for us. Thank you!