Archive for the ‘Ameerbai Karnataki solo’ Category
Chanda des piyaa ke jaa
Posted on: December 27, 2011
“Bharthari” (1944) is a movie that I became aware of when I discovered a wonderful song from this movie and discussed it in this blog. No information of any sort was available on this movie on internet till then. But our in house encyclopaedia, Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh had exhaustive information about him which he shared with us in his comments to that post.
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Meri muniya ki ankhiyan mein
Posted on: December 22, 2011
I was under the impression that lullabies first made their appearance in Hindi movies in 1950s, and that these lullabies have been sung by singers of the golden era (1949-1980). But I just came across a lovely lullaby from the pre golden era.
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Bairan nindiya kyun nahin aaye
Posted on: December 18, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What an endearing song, and what a mellifluous voice. Such a wonderful gem of a song, from the first film for which Hansraj Behl composed the music. The film is ‘Pujari’ from 1946. This was the debut year for Hansraj Behl, and 3 films containing his compositions were released that year. As per records, this film is he first one for which he started composing.
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When it comes to singers of the earlier decades, Amirbai Karnataki is a singer that I love to listen to. While searching for songs sung by her, I came across this rare and absolutely wonderful song.
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“Chaand Chakori” (1945) is one among many movies about which most sites have no inkling, but they all claim to offer all kinds of information, viz movie review, music review, posters, awards and nominations, wallpapers etc etc, where in reality their relevant page is almost entirely blank.
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“Pagli Duniya” (1944) is a movie that can qualify for the category of the most obscure movies today. Hardly any information is available about this movie. This movie had actors like Motilal, Mumtaz Shanti, Sheikh Mukhtaar, Kanhaiyalal, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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Very little information is available about the movie “Zamaana” (1938). This movie was produced by Krishn M and directed by Raam Daryani and it had actors like Ameena, Bansi Karnataki, Gope,Gulab, Hansa Wadkar,Jeewan, Majid, Nazir, Padma Devi, Vasant etc.
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Jiyaa doley jiyaa doley
Posted on: August 30, 2011
There was a time when I ran away a mile at the prospects of having to listen to old songs. But now I especially like to listen to the songs of past singers who are not all that well known these days.
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When one talks of a movie called “Caravan”, one normally means “Caravan” (1971), but I have just discovered that there was another movie of the same name which was released in 1944. Very little information is available about this movie. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie.
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