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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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Dil de diya hai tujhko
Posted on: June 11, 2011
I had neither heard of this movie nor this song. But it appears that in the form of “Naach” (1949), I may have hit a goldmine.
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Baag lagaa doon sajni
Posted on: June 9, 2011
“Tansen” (1943) is a movie that had K L Saigal in title role of Tansen. So naturally it follows that this movie has some nice K L Saigal songs in it.
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“Apsara”(1961) is a movie I know little about. And I was not aware about the songs of this movie either.
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Chaand sitaare karte ishaare
Posted on: June 7, 2011
“Adl e Jahaangir” (1955) was the first movie directed by G P Sippy of “Sholay” (1975) fame. this movie had Pradeep Kumar and Meena Kumari in lead roles.
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I have remarked in the past that “Bhakt Surdas” (1942) is a treasure of great K L Saigal songs. Correction- It has great songs, not just by the great man, but also by the female lead of the movie. Yes, Khurshid, the female lead of this movie also shines with her singing in this movie.
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Saawan ke jhoole pade
Posted on: June 6, 2011
When I saw the first line of the song, I thought it was the song from “Jurmaanaa” (1979), but then I found that this song was from an older movie called “Pyaar Ki Pyaas” (1961), which is a movie I knew nothing about.
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Baagon mein koyal boli
Posted on: June 6, 2011
Though I was aware of a movie called “Ishaaraa” (1964), I was not aware that another movie of the same name was released in 1940s too.
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Dil todne waale o dil todne waale
Posted on: June 1, 2011
I have discovered this song only just now. This song is from an unheard of movie called “Bholi” (1949). I am not aware about its star cast and other details as of now.
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Saanwariyaa prem ki bansi sunaa
Posted on: May 28, 2011
With time, I have become a big fan of K L Saigal and an even bigger fan of Kanan Devi (if that is possible). To the delight of fans like me, the two of them worked together in a few movies, where they acted and sang together.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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