MUSIC FOR THE BIOPIC ON BHAGWAN GOPINATH JI , A FILM SCRIPTED AND DIRECTED BY PADAMASHRI PRAN KISHORE KAUL

                                         

                                           

                                           

                                       

MUSIC FOR  THE  BIOPIC ON BHAGWAN GOPINATH JI , A FILM  SCRIPTED AND DIRECTED BY PADAMASHRI PRAN KISHORE KAUL..

"Na takht o taaj mein na lashkar o sipaah mein hai

Jo baat mard e qalandhar ki baargaah mein hai ..."

Pran Kishore Kaul has used four popular Leelas or devotional songs of Mahatma Krishen Joo Razdan in his  biopic "Sarvavyapak : Bhagwan Gopi Nath Ji " . These are :-

(1) "gatta tsejji gash aav chaane zennai

Jai jai jai devki Nandanai"

( Darkness has withered away and light has spread  all around upon your birth .

Victory, victory and victory to you ,O son of Devki )

(2) " hosh dim lagayo pamposh paadan

ha saadan haendh  saadho  lo "

( Grant me awareness , my life at your lotus feet

O highest one among all the saints )

This composition of Mahatma Krishen Joo Razdan is based on Rishi Vasugupta's Shiv Sutra," "Awareness is the knowledge"  .

( 3)

"beil ta maadal venna gulaab pamposh dastai

poozai laagas param shivas shiv nathastai.."

(For your pooja archana ,

 I bring bundles of beil patra,

 maadal flowers, ,herbs, 

roses  and lotus flowers ,

O Param Shiva 

O Shiv Natha .) 

(4)

" Aadhaar zagtuk kunuyi chhu mantar 

Shivai namoh om namoh shivai "

( This universe is founded only on one Mantra ,

' Shivaye Namoh Om Namoh Shivaye " )

In this biopic, apart from the  above devotional songs , Pran Kishore Kaul has also picturised a  great scene in which  women are shown singing Adi Sankara's famous Devi stuti , " gauri amba ambur haakshe aham -eide" while Bhagwan Gopinath Ji is performing a Homa .  The soul touching Shiv Leela of   poet Radhe Nath Masarat ," chaane darshan kuyi chhum  haavas  shankar naavas pooza chheyi " has also been picturised with Bhagwan Ji performing Homa using the ever burning Dhooni (  sacred fire ) before him .And Bhagwan Ji  is shown giving whatever money he has with him to Sadhus proceeding on Amarnath Yatra.In this biopic ,one also hears Henze Vanvun , a group singing practised by Kashmiri Pandits in marriages and  Yageopavit ( sacred thread ) ceremonies and   linked to Sama Vedic chants . We are shown Pandit Ved Lal Dhar Vakil, Jagan Nath Shivpuri , Mohammad Abdullah Tibetbaaqal,   singing in the Darbaar of Bhagwan Gopinath Ji who himself was a connoisseur of Hindustani classical  and Sufiana  music rendered with soothing beats of Santoor . Kudos to Pran Kishore Kaul for  bringing Santoor maestro Abhay Rustom  Sopori for the background music. Pran Kishore has also brought in Kishen Ji Langoo , his old associate at  Pragaash Productions ( a production  company of Pran Kishore Kaul  ) for scoring music of  Leelas and devotional songs  for the film. The orchestration by Saurabh Zadoo, Raja Bilal, Waheed Jeelani and Dilip Langoo  was at Pran Kishore's specific request . Dilip Langoo has  contributed as actor as well. I am informed by Pran Kishore Kaul that every musician came free and happily at his first  call. That is great . 

Watch this labour of love on a bigger screen. It gives an unforgettable satisfaction.I felt it  and loved it. Many many more creative years to Pran Kishore Kaul .He has done something impossible at his age .

I conclude with some lines from a poem that Modern Hindi poet Sumitranandan Pant wrote on Bhagwan Gopinath  Ji.  The poem was read by him in  a gathering  at Allahabad on 27.11.1976. Pant Ji died in 1977. I quote :-

"Jyoti bhoomi jai Bharat desh

Jyoti charan dhar  vichre prabhu-var

Jahaan vividh dhar vesh.

Leitay yahaan dhooli par Ishwar

Ramkrishen Gautam ka tan dhar

Aaye Gopinath  Mahatama

Laaye prabhu sandesh..

Shradanjali arpit kartaa mun

Mangal-mai ho divya aagaman

Paavan karo dharaa ko unke

Padh raj kan, har klesh

Jyoti bhoomi jai Bharat desh."

( Avtar Mota )

PS

The film was premiered and  released on 8th March 2025 by Bhagwan Gopinath Ji Trust  at  Abhinav Theatre Jammu with  Sri Atal Dulloo IAS ,Chief Secretary J&K UT being the Chief Guest of the event. It is currently being shown in  some cinema halls in Jammu . Tickets are available at Bhagwan Gopinath Ji Trust Udhaywala ,Jammu .

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