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The Voice of Mukesh #52
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Ah, the fiftieth song in this series. We are continuing to track the progress of Mukesh as a singer across the years of his career. And today we reach the 50th post in this journey starting from 1941.

And the number got me thinking – we need something special for the occasion.
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“Gokul” (1946) was directed by Vasant Painter for Prabhat Films. The movie had Kamla Kotnis and Anant Marathe in it, as can be gleaned from the little informationa available about this movie.
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“Nayi Duniya”(1942) was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Jairaj, Shobhna Samarth, Azurie, Mazhar Khan, Hari etc in it.
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‘Dil fidaa karte hain, Qurbaan jigar karte hain’

“Even if I have to face death a thousand times for the sake of my Motherland, I shall not be sorry. Oh Lord! Grant me a hundred births in ‘Bharat’. But grant me this, too, that each time I may give up my life in the service of the Mother land.’

These inspiring words come from none other than the great revolutionary and laureate Shri Ramprasad ‘Bismil’.
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“But Taraash” (1947), forgotten movie by now had an interesting history behind it.
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“Ajeeb Ladki” (1952) was a Tajmahal Pictures Production. It was directed by Mohammad Ehsan. The movie had Rehman, Naseem Bano, Cuckoo, Shashikala, Agha, Jayant, Shyam Kumar, etc in it.
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This is the second song in ” Gems from obscure films” series. It is from film NAQAB POSH-1956. It is sung by Shamshad Begum and G M Durrani, under the baton of Music Director Dhumi Khan.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

It is a well known fact to all those interested in Hindi film music of golden era that Mohammed Rafi regarded G M Durrani as his idol. In the initial period of his singing career starting with his public and private performances, Mohammed Rafi used to imitate the singing style of G M Durrani. In the later 40s, as he started getting assignments for playback singing in Hindi films, somewhere during this period, he developed his own style of singing. Perhaps to some extent, credit should go to the music directors like Naushad, Husnlal-Bhagatram and Shyam Sundar who groomed him suitably in the initial stage of his playback singing. Later, with the popularity of his songs in ‘Baiju Bawra’ (1952), he reached the stage of ‘take off into a sustained growth’ in his playback singing carrier. The rest is history.
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“Chaand” (1944) was a Prabhat Film Company production. It was directed by D D Kashyap. The movie had Prem Adeeb, Begum Para, Sitara Devi, Sapru, Master Balakram, Ram Singh, Vatsala etc in it.
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“Chaand” (1944) was a Prabhat Film Company production. It was directed by D D Kashyap. The movie had Prem Adeeb, Begum Para, Sitara Devi, Sapru, Master Balakram, Ram Singh, Vatsala etc in it.
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