Archive for the ‘Actor-Singer song’ Category
Prem ki ho jai jai
Posted on: July 24, 2011
“Chandidas”(1934) was one of the earliest movies in which K L Saigal appeared. In this movie, he sang four songs. Three of them, which are relatively better known and are available on youtube have already been discussed in this blog.
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Every “new” K L Saigal songs that are being discussed these days are like going into unchartered waters, because we are now discussing those K L saigal songs which are not all that commonly known. These are songs that were not played much during Radio Ceylon’s “Puraani filmon ke geet” programme, and these songs are not yet available on youtube.
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Kyaa hamne bigaadaa hai
Posted on: July 21, 2011
We have come a long way in discussing K L Saigal songs. We have already discussed 85 out of 130 odd K L Saigal songs available. In addition,K L Saigal also sang in a few other languages, but that is beyond the scope of this blog.
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When one blogs from the comforts of home, one tends to take many things for granted. It is only when one moves out that one may realise that the things that are extremely essential such as internet connectivity is not all that freeely available. Even then, I am feeling a strong urge to blog today, because today this blog celebrates its third anniversary.
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Thukra rahi hai duniyaa
Posted on: July 18, 2011
K L Saigal had less than thirty songs in the blog two months ago. Thanks to the conscious decision to discuss one K L Saigal song a day, we now have as many as 82 K L Saigal songs in this blog. And hopefully we will have a century of K L Saigal songs by the next month.
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Ye kiski yaad aa gayi
Posted on: July 17, 2011
“Rajput” (1951) is a by now obscure movie which had P Jairaj, Suraiyya, Kuldip Kaur, Shakuntala, Leela Mishra, D K Sapru, Mumtaz Begam etc in it. This Jubilee pictures movie was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri.
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Though the concept of playback singing was introduced in 1930s itself, but actors continued to sing their own songs till late 1940s. It was only in 1950s that the concept of singing actors finally gave way and playback singing finally became the norm.
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Jo naukri dilaa de
Posted on: July 16, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The versatility of Saigal Saab never ceases to amaze. Given that only 185 recordings of his songs are available, may the history of Indian cinema have been different, had Saigal Saab lived a longer life.
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Ham apna unhen banaa na sakey
Posted on: July 13, 2011
“Bhanwraa” (1944) is among the lesser known movies of K L Saigal as far as I am concerned. Of course, even lesser known movies of those days used to have wonderful music in them, and the songs of this movie are no exception.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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