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“Angoorbaala”(1947) was directed by Naseem Siddiq for Mohan Pictures, bombay. This extremely obscure “social” movie had Ameerbai, Prakash, Shanta Patel, Rafiq, G Shah, Agha Shapur, Bina, Taj, Kareem, Malina, P D Lal etc in it.
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“Dev Kanya” (1946) was directed by Dhirubhai Desai for Vishnu Cinetone, Bombay. This “mythological” movie had Leela Desai, Leela Chitnis, Ulhas, Wasti, Jillo, Indira, Pal Mahendra, Kashinath, Samson, Himmatlal etc in it.
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“Circus King”(1946), an extremely obscure stunt movie was directed by B R Mudnene for Bharat Productions, Bombay. The movie had Brijrani, Baburao Pahalwan, Sarojini, Gadagkar, Usha, Cuckkoo, Pandit, samson, Ramesh, Mirajkar, Ghori etc in it.
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“Rajputaani”(1946) was directed by Aspi for Ranjeet Movietone, Bombay. This “historical” movie had Veena, Jairaj, Bipin Gupta, Ghulam Mohammad, Altaf Hussain, Azeem, Baby Mumtaz, Noorie, Usha Devi etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, 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.

The first gramophone recording of songs in India was done in November 1902. However, the records were marketed only in 1903. A cursory glance at the various issues of Society of Indian Records Collectors (SIRC) indicates that early gramophone recordings were confined mostly to songs sung by ‘Bais’, ‘Devis’, ‘Jaans’, ‘Begums’ etc who mainly belonged to professions like courtesans, dancing, private concert singers etc. In view of their background, they recorded mostly semi-classical songs in the genre of Thumri, Dadra, Ghazals, Bhajans, Hori, Chaiti, Folks music etc. These genres of songs were popular among the masses thanks to theatres where some of the above mentioned singers acted in the plays. The popularity of these songs gave gramophone recording companies profitable business opportunity.
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If remembering important dates is likened to batting in cricket then I must admit that I am a tailender batsman on the lines of B S Chandrashekhar, who found it easier to take wickets than score runs. In his test career, he took 242 test wickets but scored only 167 runs. 🙂
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This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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.

Hullo Atuldom

“Banarsi Babu” is a 1973 movie which was produced and directed by Shankar Mukherjee. The movie had Dev Anand- Rakhee- Yogita Bali in the lead with Jeevan, I.S. Johar, Manorama, Veena, Bhagwan Dada, Maruti etc in supporting cast.
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“Nayi Reet”(1948) was directed by Shubhkaran Ojha for India Film Corporation, Bombay. This obscure “social” movie had Sulochana Chatterji, Geeta Bali, Rajendra, Krishnkant, Tiwari, Badri Prasad, Tarabai, Leela Mishra, Ramesh Sinha etc in it.
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“Panchhi” (1944) was directed by Barkat Mehra for N I Studio, Lahore. This “social” movie had Ajmal, Manorama, Hari Shivdasani, Salma, Gulam Qadir,Salim Raza etc in it.
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“Bela” (1947) was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. The story, screenplay, dialogues and Lyrics of this movie were by D N Madhok. The movie had P Jairaj, Nigar Sultana, Shrinath Tripathi, Pt.Iqbal, Krisnakumari, Master Mehmood, Rekha, Usha, B.R.Sharma etc. in it.
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