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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6513 Post No. : 20250

Today’s song is from a very old-almost 90 years old- film Pratibha-1937.

The film was made by Shalini Cinetone, Kolhapur in 2 languages- Marathi and Hindi. The film story was based on a novel by N.H.Apte, in Marathi. It was directed by Kala Maharshi Baburao Painter and its music was composed by Govind Rao Tembe. All the 10 songs of the film were written by Pt. Anand Kumar. The cast of the film was Durga Khote, Master Shyam, Nanasaheb Phatak, Raja Paranjape, Heerabai Badodekar, Keshav Rao Datey and others.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6510 Post No. : 20237

Today’s song is from a different type of film – Bahen-1941.

The film was made by National Studios and it was directed by Mehboob. The Music Director was Anil Biswas. As a team they had worked in 8 films together, at a stretch. The story of the film was by Zia Sarhadi. Screenplay and dialogues were by Wajahat mirza. The cast of the film included Shaikh Mukhtar, Nalini Jaywant, Harish, Kanhaiyalal, Husn banu, Shehzadi jr., Baby Meena (Meena Kumari), Bhudo Advani and many others. At the time of this film, Nalini Jaywant was only 14 year old, running into 15th year. As a girl child, her role was done by Meena Kumari as Baby Meena. She was 7 year old then.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6503 Post No. : 20209

Today’s song is from an 88 year old film Watan-1938.

The film was made by Sagar Film co., Bombay. The cast of the film was Kumar, Bibbo, Sitara Devi, Maya Banerjee, Sankatha Prasad, Mirza Musharraf, Ram Marathe, Yakub and many others. The film was directed by Mehboob Khan. He directed 8 films for Sagar and 1 (Aurat) for National Studios. This film, with a Muslim cultural backdrop, was released on the day of Eid. The film was dominated by grand sets and costumes. The story was usual. Conflict between Kazak and Tatar communities lasted many generations. The film was a complete entertainment package, consisting of Dances, songs, war scenes, Enemity, Revenge, overwhelming costumes and love scenes, in a proportionate manner.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6489 Post No. : 20170

Today’s song is from an 88 year old film jailor-1938.
The film was made by Minerva Movietone, Bombay, owned by the producer and director of this film. The music Director was Mir Saheb, who had an assistant named Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar, who became famous as C.Ramchandra in later years. The cast of the film was Sohrab Modi, Leela Chitnis, Sadiq Ali, Eruch Tarapore, Sheela, Shareefa, Kusum Deshpande and many others. The Lyricist was Amir Haider Kamaal ‘ Amrohavi’, who later became famous as Kamaal Amrohi and husband of actress Meena Kumari.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6487 Post No. : 20164

I present a short song, ‘nainon ke darpan mein’ from Episode-58 of the TV Serial, ‘Mahabharat’ (1988) which is rendered by Roopa Ganguly in the role of Draupadi/Sairandhri. The song is written by Pandit Narendra Sharma which is set to music by Rajkamal. The lyrics are short with sitar interludes being primarily played. Roopa Ganguly is a trained Rabindra Sangeet vocalist and a classical dancer.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6484 Post No. : 20149

Today’s song is from a landmark film from the Early Era -Zambo-the Ape Man-1937.

The film was made by the Bhavnani Productions, Bombay, belonging to Mohan Bhavnani, who also directed the film. Lyrics and the film’s music was by a Multi faceted artist Pt. Badri Prasad. The cast consisted of Navin Yagnik, Sarla, Nayampalli, Indira Wadkar, Dada Salvi, David (making his Debut in Hindi films), Charlie and others.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6481 Post No. : 20137

Today’s song is from a Bi-lingual (Hindi-Marathi) film Charnon ki Dasi-1941. In Marathi the title was Payachi Dasi.

The film was made by Atre Pictures, Bombay. It was directed by Gajanan Jahagirdar. MD was Annasaheb Mainkar. Dialogues, story, screenplay and songs were written by Pt Anand kumar. The cast of the film was Durga Khote, Vanmala, Master Avinash, Gajanan Jahagirdar, Kusum Deshpande, Sadashiv, prem Anand and many others.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6480 Post No. : 20133

Today’s song is from the film Kunwara Baap-1942.

This was the first film from the banner Acharya Art productions, Bombay. It was owned by N.R.Acharya, a director who left Sagar Movietone to start his own company. The film was also the debut film for its director Kishore Sahu as a director. He acted in 30 films and directed 32 movies. From 1947 to 1972 he directed 30 films in a row. He also produced today’s film, besides being the film’s Hero.
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6478 Post No. : 20126

“Chiraag”(1943) was directed by Ram Daryani for Murli Movietone, Bombay. This “social” movie had Ishwarlal,Kaushalya, Veena Kumari, Gope, Majeed, Gulab etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6478 Post No. : 20125

Today’s song is from an obscure and less known Costume film- Captain Kirti kumar-1937.

The year 1937 was a year of Revolution for the newly started Talkie Film. Initially the films were mainly based on Folk tales, Parsi dramas and Mythological stories. 1937 was a year in which the Film industry was trying to drop its old skin and don a New Avtar. From this year, a variety of subjects were used to make films. If we briefly look at some path breaking, landmark films using Novel themes, we will understand how the film industry was attempting to change itself.
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