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

Archive for September 2011


“Khandan” (1942) ,a Dalsukh Pancholi production, was one of the biggest movies in Hindi movie industry when it was released in 1942. This movie was inspired from the movie “East Lynne” (1931) which in turn was based on a 1861 novel of the same name written by Ellen Wood. This movie dealt with a topic that was considered quite sensational at that time.
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“Apni Izzat” (1952) is a movie that was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt. This movie had actors like Motilal, Mumawwar Sultana, Sulochana Cahtterji, Gope, Yashodhara Katju,Yakoob, Agha, david, Raj Mehra etc. This is the standard information that is available in all sites, faithfully cut and pasted from the first site where this information first appeared. 😀 These sites also promise you movie news, movie songs, trailer, wallpapers, movie clips, Apni Izzat Awards and Nominations, pictures, videos, Photos etc etc, but you will find nothing of the sort there. And these are sites that are on top of the search engines.
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“Laal Pari” (1954) is a movie about which lots of sites claim to have all the information, but they cannot even have an idea what they are talking about, nor do they care.

Here is a song from this obscure movie. this song is sung by Geeta Dutt. Asad Bhopali is the lyricist. Music is composed by Hansraj Bahl.
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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 year is probably 1932-33; and the location is Calcutta. Kidar Sharma, a very young and talented poet and writer from Amritsar, about 23 or 24 years of age, is eagerly trying to get a break into the world of cinema. The film Rajraani Meera is under production at New Theatres, and the star cast boasts of such luminaries as Prithviraj Kapoor, Durga Khote and KL Saigal. (Although these became household names a few years hence, in those fledgling years, all these stars were new and still trying to find their feet in the industry).Kidar Sharma writes in his memoirs about his first meeting with all three of them on a single fateful day, as he is trying for an introduction to the powers that be in New Theatres.
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