Archive for the ‘Actor-Singer song’ Category
Kaahe gumaan kare ri gori
Posted on: June 19, 2011
“Tansen” (1943) was based on the life of the legendary musician Tansen who lived in the era of Mughal emperor Akbar and who was regarded as one of the nine jewels in emperor Akbar’s court. The title role of Tansen was layed by K L Saigal and his love angle was played by Khursheed.
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Here is a sstage song from the movie “Chaand” (1944). This song is picturised as a stage song on Sitara Devi. I am not sure who is the singer of this song. It could well be Sitara devi herself. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this fact.
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Tadpat beete din rain
Posted on: June 18, 2011
In my daily series of K L Saigal songs, here is a song that I failed to locate on youtube and so I had to upload it myself.
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In my daily discussions of K L Saigal songs, I mostly discuss solos sung by him. Here is a duet song involving K L Saigal. The other voice in this song is Suraiyya’s.
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Kis ne ye sab khel rachaayaa
Posted on: June 16, 2011
“Dharti Mata” (1938) is a musical extravaganza of its time. It has several songs sung by K L Saigal in it.
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Ae ishq hamen barbaad na kar
Posted on: June 15, 2011
“Naach” (1949) is a movie that I have become aware of only recently and I havre discussed one wonderful song from this movie.
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So jaa raajkumaari so jaa
Posted on: June 13, 2011
I became aware of the movie “Zindagi” (1940) only just recently, but I was familiar with a couple of songs from this movie for some four decades. I had been listening to these songs at the srtoke of 8 AM on radio many a times in 1970s.
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Main kyaa jaanoon kyaa jaadoo hai
Posted on: June 12, 2011
During late 1960s and much of 1970s, when I was growing up as a kid, I scoffed at the songs that were played on radio Ceylon between 7-30 to 8 AM, which was the time for the programme called “Puraani filmon ke geet”. And the programme culminated at the stroke of 8 with a song by K L Saigal.
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