Archive for September 2011
“Anban” (1944) is as obscure a movie as a movie ever can be. Hardly any information is available about this movie now. This movie was directed by N Lahiri. Its star cast included names like Shah Nawaz, David Abraham, Mubarak , Pahari Sanyal, Nargis , Jagirdar , Shobhana Samarth etc.
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Jaag sajaniyaa jaag
Posted on: September 17, 2011
I just now realised that we are coming to an end of all K L Saigal songs that are there to be discussed. Yes, it is true that we in this blog have covered all the available movie and non movie songs in Hindi/Urdu that were sung by K L Saigal.
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Jhulnaa jhulaao
Posted on: September 17, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Well, then folks, we come to the time to wind up this series. Today is the penultimate post, of the set of all Hindi/Urdu recordings of Saigal Saab that are available anywhere. Let us take a look as some numbers. This is the 37th non-filmi song that is being posted today. This completes the set of all the non-film songs that are now available on this blog. Of these, 26 items are ghazals by eminent poets, and 11 are songs in the semi classical tradition of Hori, Jhoolaa, Thumri, and Bhajans.
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Andhe ne bhi sapna dekha
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sujata” (1959) is a critically acclaimed movie and it is a musical blockbuster too. I am aware of most of the better known songs of this movie, which have gone on to become evergreen classics. But this movie also has a few lesser known songs.
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Manwa mein pyaar doley
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sartaj” (1950) is an obscure movie which was produced by Omar Khayyam (?) and directed by S Khalil. This movie had actors like Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Cuckoo, Manorama, Ansari, Mirza Musharaf, Shyama, Rattan Bai etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The mystery of Saigal Saab’s mastery over music and singing will probably never be fully understood. Without a formal training regime from a dedicated master, the fact that he has accomplished what we know, one has to, but acknowledge an inner illumination and a divine gift.
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Aison se jee na lagaaye koi
Posted on: September 16, 2011
Suraiyya, who was the leading lady of “Daak Bangla” (1947) had sung quite a few songs in this movie.
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Ambuwaa pe koyal boley
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Moorti” (1945) was a movie produced by Ranjit Movietone. It was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Motilal, Khursheed, Padma Banerjee, Yashwant Dube, Kamal Jamindar, Kaneez, Tara Bai etc. in it. Only the first two names in the cast are somewhat familiar. I have little idea about the other actors in the list.
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“Pehle Aap” (1944) is a movie produced by A R Kardar. This movie had Wasti, Shamim, Jeewan, Anwar Hussain etc in it.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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