badi rangeeli zindagi hai..Geeta Dutt_Jan Nisar Akhtar_O P Nayyar..a tribute

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Song: badi rangeeli zindagi hai,hansi hai dillagi hai.. Film : Shrimati 420, 1956, Singer: Geeta Dutt, Lyricist: Jan Nisar Akhtar, Music Director: O P Nayyar, Producer/Director: G.P. Sippy, Cast: Meena Shorey, Johnny Walker, Om Prakash, Kamal, Rajan Kapoor, Maya Dass, Helen, Hari Shivdasani, Manorama, Master Pakku, Baby Shashi, Uma Dutt, Jago, Sagar, Ratan Gaurang. Production Co: Sippy Films, Visual in the song are not from the film Shrimati 420, 1956, Lyrics :- badi rangeeli zindagi hai hansi hai dillagi hai maza ye jeete jee hai tu muskuraaye jaa badi rangeeli zindagi hai hansi hai dillagi hai maza ye jeete jee hai tu muskuraaye jaa duniya se chhod de aankh churaana sab kuchh yahin hai bhool na jaana duniya se chhod de aankh churaana sab kuchh yahin hai bhool na jaana nazren milaaye jaa dhokhe bhi khaaye jaa nazren milaaye jaa dhokhe bhi khaaye jaa dil ka khazaana hans kar lutaaye jaa ho badi rangeeli zindagi hai hansi hai dillagi hai maza ye jeete jee hai tu muskuraaye jaa nadaan hai tujhko ye bhi pata hansti bahaaren kehti hain kyaa nadaan hai tujhko ye bhi pata hansti bahaaren kehti hain kyaa khud muskuraaye ja sabko hansaaye jaa khud muskuraaye ja sabko hansaaye jaa har ik kali ka dil gudgudaaye jaa ho badi rangeeli zindagi hai hansi hai dillagi hai maza ye jeete jee hai tu muskuraaye jaa badi rangeeli zindagi hai hansi hai dillagi hai maza ye jeete jee hai tu muskuraaye jaa... Meena Shorey (1921–1989) was an Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema actress, who worked in Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi films. Credited in films by her mononym, Meena, her real name was Khurshid Jehan. She started her acting career playing a character role, as Ambhi, Raja of Taxila's sister in Sohrab Modi's Sikandar (1941). Married to her third husband, Roop K. Shorey, by the mid-1940s, she found fame when she acted in her husband's film Ek Thi Ladki (1949), opposite actor Motilal. The story was written by I. S. Johar who also starred in the film. The "foot-tapping" music composed by Vinod became a "huge hit", with Meena becoming an "icon" for the "new liberated" young women. Meena was acclaimed as the "Lara Lappa Girl", from the song of same title in the film. She was one of the first women to be recognised in Indian cinema as a "comedienne of calibre". Modi then cast her as the second lead in Phir Milenge (1942) and Prithvi Vallabh (1943). In the last named, she was paired opposite Al Nasir, whom she later married. The marriage did not last very long due to Nasir's womanising ways. Meena first met the Lahore based filmmaker Roop K Shorey, when he came to Bombay to look for a heroine for his forthcoming film, Shalimar (1946).Sohrab Modi took her to court asking for damages of Rs 3 lakhs. Meena hit the apex of her screen career with Roop K Shorey's Ek Thi Ladki (1949) co-starring Motilal. The film, a comedy thriller, looks at a girl (Meena) on the run after she witnesses a murder and shows a new facet of Meena exploring her comic talents, which were considerable. But above all it was the popularity of the song Lara Lappa Lara Lappa that was chiefly responsible for the film's success. The song was hummed in every nook and corner of the country and as mentioned, Meena became known as the 'Lara Lappa girl!' She also got married to Roop K Shorey becoming Meena Shorey. After Ek Thi Ladki, Meena did a steady lot of movies, mostly with Roop K Shorey, but none measured up to Ek Thi Ladki. Perhaps, the best of the lot was Ek Do Teen (1953) re-uniting the Shoreys with Motilal. By the mid 1950s though she was still doing the odd film or two every year, it was obvious her career was in decline. At this point, the Shoreys were invited to come to Pakistan and make a film. The result was Miss 1956 (1956), a copy of Guru Dutt's Mr and Mrs 55 (1955) starring Meena Shorey, Santosh Kumar, Aslam Pervez, Shamim Ara, Zarif and Charlie with music by the great GA Chisti. Though the film did just average business, the adulation that Meena got on returning to Lahore was tremendous. She decided to relocate to Pakistan, even at the cost of her marriage.Meena's most successful film in Pakistan was Sarfarosh (1956) co-starring Sabiha Khanum and Santosh Kumar. she still made a strong enough impact in the film and perhaps the best song in the film, Teri Ulfat Mein Sanam, sung by Zubaida Khanum was picturised on her. She also became the first Pakistani actress to model for Lux soap, thus becoming the 'Lux Lady of Pakistan.' However soon, even in Pakistan, with her subsequent films making no impression at the box office, she began getting supporting or negative roles and found herself getting sidelined. . Meena Shorey died lonely and forgotten in 1989. Her burial was arranged with charity money and few came to attend her funeral.