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


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Blog Day :

6447 Post No. : 20009

Our Blog has achieved a substantial milestone of completing 20000 posts with Sudhir ji’s post on a rare song, gham kaa banoge nishaana. When I had joined the bandwagon sometime in July 2011, the Blog had just completed 4000 songs in about 3 years. At that time, I had never imagined that the Blog would attain even a milestone of 10000 articles because it would have been a long haul during which the interest of the owner of the Blog (Atul ji) and the guest writers may wane because they may have to prioritise other important commitments. In the event, I have been proved wrong. Over the period of time, not only Atul ji has been keeping his interest in the Blog intact, but more guest writers have also joined the bandwagon making Atul ji’s posts appearing more as a ‘guest’ post while some of the guest writers have turned regular contributors on a voluntary basis. Furthermore, there is a phenomenal increase to the visitors of the Blog which is currently in the threshold of crossing 18 million in 18 years, that is, an average of one million a year.
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Blog Day :

6447 Post No. : 20008

I heard this song today after ages and when I checked the blog, it wasn’t posted as yet, although the rest of the four songs out of five, were posted. So with this post, all the songs are covered making the movie Yippeed.

Today’s song “Ek Jhonka Pawan Ka Aaya” is sung by Lata Mangeshkar, written by Anand Bakshi and composed by Kalyanji Anandji. It is from the movie “Tamanna” (1969).

“Tamanna”(1969) was directed by K P Atma for K S Pictures, Bombay. This “social” movie had Mala Sinha, Biswajeet, Shashikala, Agha, Nazima, Deven Verma, Nazeer Hussain, Sulochana, Sajjan, Achla Sachdev, Asit Sen etc in it.
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6447 Post No. : 20007

“Andolan”(1951), a “historical” movie, was produced by Harnam Motwane and directed by Phani Majumdar for Motwane Limited, Bombay. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Shivraj, Krishnakant, Sachin Shankar- Dancer, Parshuram, Tiwari Junior, Manju, Pushpa, Sushma, Shekhar,D G Bhojwani, Sharad Pandey,Naresh Malhotra,Gauri Devi,Shivji Bhai etc in it.

There were five songs in this movie. Four songs have been covered in the blog.

Here are the details of the songs already covered in the blog:-

SNo in Blog Song Title Singer/s Lyrics Posted On Remarks
9170 Subah ki pehli kiran tak zindagi mushqil mein hai Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Shanti Sudha Ghosh Niaz Hyder 18 December 2013 Song sung by three singers
13986 Vande Maataram Parul Ghosh, Sudha Malhotra, Shailesh Kumar, Manna Dey Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 26 January 2018 Song sung by four singers
18471 Ram naam ras peeje manwaa Arun, Usha Meera Bai 27 August 2024
20001 Radha ne kiya singaar kyun Parul Ghosh Indeewar 12 March 2026

It is interesting to note that the four songs that have been covered in the blog were sung by different number of singers. One song is a solo, another a duet, another sung by three singers, another by four singers. As many as eight different singers were used. Four lyricists were used for these songs. One of the “lyricist” was Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay whose patriotic song “Vande Mataram” was used in the movie and he was credited as the lyricist of this song. Another “lyricist” was Meera Bai.

Pannalal Ghosh was the music director. His wife (Parul Ghosh, sister of Anil Biswas) and daughter (Shanti Sudha Ghosh) were among the singers of this movie. Other singers were Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey, Sudha Malhotra, Shailesh Kumar, Arun and Usha. I am not sure who were the singers mentioned as Arun and Usha. Arun could well be same as Arun Kumar Mukherjee.

Here is the fifth and final song from “Andolan”(1951) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by Parul Ghosh. Indeewar is the lyricist. Video of the song is available. I request our knowledgeable readers to help identify the actress lip syncing the song as well as the man in deathbed who is being discussed in the song as “Prabhu charnon mein aaya pujaaree”.

With this song, all the five songs of “Andolan”(1951) are covered in the blog. The movie thus joins the list of movies that have been YIPPEED in the blog.


Song-Prabhu charnon mein aaya pujaaree (Andolan)(1951) Singer-Parul Ghosh, Lyricist-Indeewar, MD-Pannalal Ghosh

Lyrics

prabhu charnon mein aaya
prabhu charnon mein aaya pujaaree
jeevan bhent chadhaane
chamkee ek prakash kee rekha
hans kar apna bhagwaan dekha
chamkee ek prakash kee rekha
hans kar apna bhagwaan dekha
jyot se jyot jalee hai
jyot se jyot jalee hai
milne
jo jaane kho jaa re
naina daras bina re ae
naina daras bina re
prabhu charnon mein aaya
prabhu charnon mein aaya pujaaree
jeewan bhent chadhaane


This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, 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.

Blog Day :

6447 Post No. : 20006

Twenty Thousand Song Posts!

We have all reached the magical milestone that we have been eagerly waiting for the last few months. This is a mind-blowing milestone, worth being appreciated and celebrated with pride and accomplishment.
Hearty Congratulations to all involved.

The wait is over, but the march continues for there are new frontiers and landmarks to be achieved. The troupe of music enthusiasts are unwavering in their efforts and roles. Personal, professional and retired life notwithstanding, the contributors in terms of guest-writers, lyrics contributors, comment writers, visitors etc. continue to add, enrich and strengthen the basic virtues of the blog.
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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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6447 Post No. : 20005

Today’s song is from an unusual film Parbat pe apna Dera -1944.

Made by V.Shantaram for his own banner Rajkamal Kalamandir, the film was also directed by him. The music was by Vasant Desai for the songs written by Dewan Sharar-who wrote the film’s story also. For the 9 songs of this film, as many as 7 singers were used, like Parshuram, Vasant desai, Khan mastana, Naseem Akhtar, Zohrabai Ambalewali, Ameerbai Karnataki and Lalita Deulkar.
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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 written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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.

Blog Day :

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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