Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs


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6446 Post No. : 20004

“Senapati”(1961) was produced by Jai Gopal Mohla and directed by Kedar Kapoorfor Mohla Films, Bombay. The movie had Prithviraj Kapoor, Nalini Jaywant, Amarnath, Veena, K N Singh, Tiwari, Helen, Durga Khote, Chaman Puri, Heera Sawant, Rajan Kapoor, Jankidas, Jeevan Kala, Madhumati etc.
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6446 Post No. : 20003

“Chhora Chhori” (1955) was produced and directed by Kidar Sharma for Show Peoples, Bombay. The movie had Nand Kishore, Pratima Devi, Geeta Bali, Pesi Patel, Madhvi, Rashid Khan, Agha, Tony Walker etc in it.
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6446 Post No. : 20002

“Mastaani”(1955) was produced and directed by Dhirubhai Desai for Sharad Productions, Bombay. This movie had Nigar(Sultana), Manhar(Desai), Shahu Modak, Ratnamala, Niranjan Sharma, Agha, Suryakant, Seeta Bose, Santosh Kumar, N.Bhushan, Dilip, Roop Kumar, Mishrilal, B.N.Bali etc in it. Kamal, Indira Bansal, Jankidass, Yashodhara, Bhagwan made guest appearances in the movie.
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6446 Post No. : 20001

Today’s song is from a Historical film – Andolan-1951.

The film was produced by Harnam Motwane, for his own banner Motwane Ltd. Bombay. It was directed by Phani Mujumdar and the music was by Pannalal Ghosh.

The film had in its cast Kishore Kumar, Shivraj, Krishnakant, Sachinn Shankar- Dancer, Parshuram, Tiwari, manju, Pushpa and many others. There were 3 lyricists and 8 singers for only 5 songs of the film.

film Andolan-1951 was a less known serious film. It is likely that most people have not even heard its name. I have not seen this film. But this is what its film booklet says-“In the year 1885, Charu Dutt, a worldly-wise patriot, journeys from his little village to attend the first session of the Indian National Congress, held in Bombay. A fire with patriotic zeal, he returns to his village and speaks to his friends and relatives of the new wave that is about to spread over India. To his son he explains the cultural and political past of India, from the dawn of her history upto the turbulence of 1857. . The years roll on, and we come to the partition of Bengal. There is thunder in the air, and India’s inspiring song, “Bande Mataram”, is born. . The struggle gathers strength. Mahatma Gandhi appears, and freedom comes closer…..1920….1921….. Simon Commission, Bardoli, Dandi, 1930….1932….the battle rages and the drams heightens, and thus, August 1942, Quit India, and on to the final chapter in our freedom story, which unfolds in this film as the story of a single family, representing the nation of which they are the heart-beats. ”
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This article is the 20000th song post in the blog. It covers a song that was released in the year 1931 but whose existence came to light only just recently.

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6445 Post No. : 20000

Things do not get any more rare than this.  Plus celebrations like today’s, also do not get any more better and rare.

Milestones is a habit now long forgotten on this blog. No, I do not mean to say we do not celebrate. But it has now become a matter of routine. However, a milestone such as today, came to fore after a journey of more than 17 years. And that too – we can just bask in this glory for a few hours more. Night will fall, the sun will rise, and this milestone will be left behind – forever.

In five decades of recorded data (1931-80), there is an estimated approximation – about 45 thousand songs, give or take. Beyond that, another 45 years of an industry that I and more in my category have not tracked sincerely. But taking just a crude estimate, let us say, another 40 thousand songs. We are talking of a huge repository that is about 85 thousand songs. I am sure, it is a number that cannot be matched by any other segment of the industry world wide. And if I take a look at the counter on the top of this article, a whopping 20+ percent of that repository is already showcased on Atul-Song-a-Day.

A moment it takes to absorb this. Time to ruminate, to contemplate and to let this number sink in inside.
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6445 Post No. : 19999

I present the song, ‘main boondan bheeji saaree’ rendered by Sadhana Sargam from Episode-40 of the TV Serial, ‘Mahabharat’ (1988) which covers the story of ‘Subhadra Haran’. The song is written by Pandit Narendra Sharma and is set to music by Rajkamal. The song is picturised on Aloka Mukherjee in the role of Subhadra.
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6445 Post No. : 19998

Today’s song is from a social film Nirmal-1952.

The film was produced by R.L.Dembaka and B.C.Pandit. The director was S.Upendra and the music was by Bulo C. Rani. This obscure film had the cast of Purnima, Amarnath, Mirza Musharraf, Shyam Kumar, Cuckoo and others. The 8 songs of this film were all written by Moti, B.A.
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6444 Post No. : 19997

Kamsune/Unsune songs of Asha Bhosle – 95

Today I present to you a beautiful song from an obscure movie – “Kora Aanchal” (1973). However, imagine my surprise when I found a song from this film posted on the blog. Equally surprising was the reason why that particular song was posted by Atul Ji a little over two years ago. And the reason was that the song was about a donkey and it was posted on a World Donkey Day!! Funny, isn’t it?

My song today is “Rona Mera Naseeb Hai” sung by Asha Bhosle, written by Somesh Joshi and composed by Roshanlal Khatri.

“Koraa Aanchal”(1973) was directed by Somesh Joshi & V. Mhatre for ‘Mexico Films, Bombay’. The movie had had Dheeraj, Narendra Nath, Snehlata, Laxmi Chhaya, Joginder, Junior Mehmood, and others in it. Actress Veena made guest appearance in this movie.
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6444 Post No. : 19996

Today’s song is from a film which is almost 90 year old – Jaagirdar-1937. It was made by Sagar Movietone, Bombay.

The talkie films started in 1931 and there was a great activity in the film industry. Major filmmakers from the Silent era were cautious about the future of the Talkie Films, but some people with a vision jumped into making Talkie films. At the same time some more adventurous people entered filmmaking and new studios and companies came up.

The first decade, i.e. from 1931 to 1940 was full of experiments. At a time many Genres were tried. Many experiments were undertaken. The industry was still under the influence of a silent era mentality, so those who could not cope up with the new approach soon eclipsed-like Madon Theatres. Intelligent directors understood that the Talkie films have to be made with a different approach- like V.Shantaram and Sohrab Modi, for example. They not only became famous but also lasted for longer periods.
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6443 Post No. : 19995

#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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Today’s song is a nice composition from the movie ‘Daku Mangal Singh-1966’. Lyrics for this song were sent by Prakashchandra long back. Listeni8ng to songs like this (that I had not heard before), I am beginning to realise that apart from the songs that we grw up listening to (that we fondly remember), there many be thousands of songs that we could never listen to. Seing that most of these songs belonged to obscure movies, it is unlikely that music lovers will ever listen to these forgotten songs.
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