Aasha (1957 film)

Plot

The story is about Kishore who is good-hearted person and always helps poor people even though he is from rich Zamindar family. One day he travels to Bombay to stay with his cousin Raj, who cheats a lot with girls. When they both go for a hunt in the jungle, Raj meets a man who demands he marry his jilted daughter . Raj murders the father and he frames the crime on Kishore. Kishore is forced to flee. Finally Kishore and his lover Nirmala prove that Raj is the guilty one, and Raj tells the truth in front of everyone. Now the police arrest Raj and Kishore marries Nirmala amid happy celebrations.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by C. Ramchandra and the lyrics were written by Rajendra Krishan. The song "Eena Meena Deeka", sung by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar in two different versions, became very popular. It was one of the Hindi cinema's first rock and roll numbers. The words of the song were inspired by kids playing outside composer C. Ramchandra's music room. The kids were chanting "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe", which inspired Ramchandra and his assistant John Gomes to create first line of the song, "Eena Meena Deeka, De Dai Damanika". Gomes, who was a Goan, added the words "Maka naka" (Konkani for "I don't want"). They kept on adding more nonsense rhymes till they ended with "Rum pum po!". The title of the David Dhawan film Eena Meena Deeka was inspired by this song. It was later covered by Timid Tiger and Goldspot. In 1999 Sarfarosh film starring Aamir Khan and Sonali Bendre content a song Jo Haal Dil Ka which included the eena meena deeka lyrics in a beginning part of the song.

Use in media

An advertising campaign by the JWT agency of London for the UK bank HSBC in October 2008 used the "Eena Meena Deeka" song from the film as background music.