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“Insaan”(1944) was directed by Babubhai Jaani for Jayant Films. The movie had David Abraham, Maya Banerjee, Pahadi Sanyal, Krishna Chandra Dey, Kishore Sahu, Shobhna Samarth etc in it.
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Forgotten Melodies of the 1940s – 14
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KAADAMBARI (1944) was produced under the banner of Laxmi Productions and was directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal. The star cast included Shanta Apte, Vanmala, Pahadi Sanyal, Harish, Jeevan etc. There were 15 songs in the film, all penned by Miss Kamal B.A, a pseudonym which Kavi Pradeep used for this film, probably due to his contract with Bombay Talkies. The songs were set to music by Hari Prasanna Das.
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“Dark Street”(1961) was directed by Naresh Saigal for Shankar movies. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nishi, K N Singh, Iftekhar, Anoop Kumar, Amirbai Karnataki etc in it.
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Forgotten Melodies of the 1940s – 13
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Naqsh-e-khayaal dil se mitaaya nahin hanooz
Bedard maine tujh ko bhulaaya nahin hanooz

——Josh Malihabadi

Dil se tera khayaal na jaaye to kya karoon
Main kya karoon koi na bataaye to kya karoon

—–Hafeez Jalandhari

Both these ghazals have been written in the same metre expressing almost the same sentiments. I have no idea as to which one of them was written first. But these ghazals have become a source of inspiration for writing lyrics for songs in Hindi films for situations like ‘broken heart’, separation from the beloved etc.
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Forgotten Melodies of the 1940s – 12
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Readers of this Blog may recall Talat Mehmood’s iconic song aa teri tasweer banaa loon from ‘Naadaan’ (1951) which was composed by Chic Chocolate (Antonio X. Vaz). Recently, I came across the mp3 clip of a song with the same starting verse from an obscure film ‘Rekha’ (1943). There is no mention of the names of singers and lyricist of the song. I got some information from the internet about the film but drew a blank on the names of singers. I could not locate the song on YT.
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“Chaacha Chaudhary” (1953) was directed by Raja Paranjpe for Kardar Production. The movie had Durga Khote, Raja Paranjpe, Shashikala, Kamal Mehra, Rajan, Maruti, Dhumal, Banerji etc in it.
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“Sitamgar”(1958), which was dubbed from the Tamil Original film named “Uthama Puthiran” (1958) was directed by T Prakash Rao for Roopvani Films, Bombay.
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“Padosi” (1941) was directed by V Shantaram for Prabhat Films. The movie had Gajanan Jagirdar, Mazhar Khan, Balwant Singh, Anees Khatoon, D D Kashyap, Radhakrishan, Vasant Thengdi, Balakram, Sumitra Devi etc. in it.
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“Sohni Mahiwal” (1958) was a Chaudhary Art Production movie. It was directed by Raja Nawathe. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nimmi, Kumar, Achla Sachdev, Mukri, Lotan, Chand Burque, Om Prakash etc in it.
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“Chaacha Chaudhary” (1953) was directed by Raja Paranjpe for Kardar Production. The movie had Durga Khote, Raja Paranjpe, Shashikala, Kamal Mehra, Rajan, Maruti, Dhumal, Banerji etc in it.
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