Ek Pal Ruk Jana....

O Janewale..Ek Pal Ruk Jaana- Lata Mangeshkar- Film Rahi 1953- Lyrics Prem Dhawan-Music Anil Biswas

Rahi (The Wayfarer) is a 1952 Hindi social drama film produced and directed by K. A. Abbas.The film was based on Mulk Raj Anand's novel "Two Leaves and a Bud" (1937), which was scripted by Abbas. It was produced as a bilingual in Hindi as Rahi and in English as The Wayfarer, under the Naya Sansar banner. Its screenplay was by Mohan Abdullah and V. P. Sathe and the cinematographer was Ramchandra. The film starred Dev Anand and Nalini Jaywant with Balraj Sahni, David, Achla Sachdev and Manmohan Krishan.

The story revolved around an ex-army man played by Dev Anand, who takes up a job in a tea estate, only to get disillusioned with the management, and his situation. Nalini Jaywant played his love interest as a tea leave picker. Her acting was appreciated in the film getting "great critical acclaim".

Plot:- Dev Anand is an ex-army officer who gets a job in a tea estate. He is hired as an over-all manager by the English owners. Anand proves a loyal and diligent worker meting out punishment to the workers on the behest of his owners. He falls in love with one of the tea-picking girls (Nalini Jaywant). The workers rebel against the harsh and sometimes brutal management of the estate owners. Nalini Jaywant is shot by the owner in the rioting when the workers get out of control. A gradual change has also come over Anand, especially in his dealings with the tea workers, After the death of Nalini Jaywant,  Dev Anand loses interest in life and carries on with his journey to unknown lands with his knapsack on his back.

Afsar was a movie in which the hero Dev Anand did not have any song. Film Aram 1951 , also had songless hero (Dev Anand), and in Rahi also Hero Dev Anand did not have any song.  This music hating hero, wield hunters on those who sing. Considering that the story of Rahi has rural Assamese background, Anil Biswas used Assamese folk tunes in his music.

Fast Version

हो~ जाने वाले राही
इक पल रुक जाना
रुक जाना, रुक जाना, रुक जाना
इक पल रुक जाना
इक पल रुक जाना
रुक जाना, रुक जाना, रुक जाना
(न रोके है राह तोरी बैंयाँ हमार
न बन्धन में बाँधे हैं नैनों के तार) -२
जो रोके तो रोके है मन की पुकार
इक पल (रुक जाना)-३ इक पल रुक जाना
रुक जाना-३
(भला तेरा क्या, एक पल जायेगा,
मेरा सारा जीवन बदल जायेगा) -२
हर इक साँस गीतों में ढल जायेगा~
इक पल (रुक जाना)-३ इक पल रुक जाना
रुक जाना-३
(अधूरा है जो गीत गा लूँ ज़रा
मैं पूरी कहानी सुना लूँ ज़रा) -२
तुझे अपना कहके बूला लूँ ज़रा~
इक पल (रुक जाना)-३ इक पल रुक जाना
रुक जाना-३
इक पल रुक जाना
Slow Version
(इक पल रुक जाना
हो~ जाने वाले राही
रुक जाना-३ इक पल रुक जाना हो) -२
(न रोके है राह तोरी बैंयाँ हमार
न बन्धन में बाँधे हैं नैनों के तार) -२
जो रोके तो रोके है मन की पुकार
इक पल (रुक जाना)-३ इक पल रुक जाना हो
(लगाये जा मन पे जुदाई के तीर
छुपा लूँगी अपने करेजवा में पीर) -२
न तुझसे कहेंगे ये नैनों के नीर
इक पल रुक जान रुक जाना रुक जाना
इक पल रुक जाना हो
इक पल रुक जाना
हो~ जाने वाले राही
रुक जाना-३ इक पल रुक जाना हो



Rahi 1953
Starcast: Dev Anand, Nalini Jaywant, David, Balraj Sahani
Lyrics Prem Dhawan
Music Anil Biswas
Written and Directed by K.A.Abbas
A Naya Sansar Film