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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6504 Post No. : 20213

Today’s song is from the 85 year old film Naya Sansar-1941.

The film was made by Bombay Talkies. It was directed by N.R.Acharya and the music was given by 2 MDs – Saraswati Devi (4 songs) and Ramchandra Pal (6 songs). The cast of the film included Ashok Kumar, Renuka Devi, Mubarak, Shahnawaz, V.H.Desai, David, Suresh, Azurie, Mahesh Kaul, Arun Kummar, Nana Palshikar and others. The Lyricist was Kavi Pradeep.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6503 Post No. : 20209

Today’s song is from an 88 year old film Watan-1938.

The film was made by Sagar Film co., Bombay. The cast of the film was Kumar, Bibbo, Sitara Devi, Maya Banerjee, Sankatha Prasad, Mirza Musharraf, Ram Marathe, Yakub and many others. The film was directed by Mehboob Khan. He directed 8 films for Sagar and 1 (Aurat) for National Studios. This film, with a Muslim cultural backdrop, was released on the day of Eid. The film was dominated by grand sets and costumes. The story was usual. Conflict between Kazak and Tatar communities lasted many generations. The film was a complete entertainment package, consisting of Dances, songs, war scenes, Enemity, Revenge, overwhelming costumes and love scenes, in a proportionate manner.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6493 Post No. : 20184

Today’s song is a child song from the social film Das Baje-1942.

Actually there were 2 films having this same title. The other film Das Baje or 10 O’ Clock was made in 1958. It was a Crime thriller. Then there was also a film titled 11 Baje or 11 O’Clock made in 1948. This was a Stunt film. Topping the clock another film called 12 O’Clock or Bara baje was made in 1958. This was also a Crime thriller.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6492 Post No. : 20180

Today’s song is from the Mythological film Mahatma Vidur-1943.

1943 was a year in which the II world war was in full swing. Both sides were almost equal. The effects of the war on India were… it faced the infamous Bengal Famine, caused by the war profiteering. Controls on film production were tightened by the Government. I.P.T.A. became operative with its first staged p0lay ‘ Nibanna’. Film Kismet became one of the biggests Hits ever. V.Shantaram’s Rajkamal Kalamandir debuted with Shakuntala, as did Mehboob with his film Najma. Government made showing of Newsreel before any film mandatory. Film Raj Nartaki’s english version The Court Dancer was exhibited in the USA, first time for an Indian film.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6491 Post No. : 20177

Today’s funny song is from the stunt film Miss Good Night-1960.

MISS was yet another favourite title of Hindi filmmakers. There were as many as 27 films with titles starting with the word MISS. Compared to this, the males had an upper hand. There were 34 film titles starting with the word Mr. And then, as expected, there were only 3 film titles starting with Mr. and Mrs. Alas ! There was not a single film title starting with the word Mrs. What an injustice !
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6490 Post No. : 20174

Today’s song is from a dubbed film Aayi phir se Bahaar-1960.

Originally made by Asha Productions, Madras, the film’s rights were bought by National productions, Madras. It was directed by A.Bhim Singh and the Music Director was Vedpal Verma. The film was originally a Tamil Hit film ” Raja Rani”-1956. The cast of the film was Padmini, Shivaji Ganeshan, Raja Sulochana, Rajendran, Mathuran, Krishnan and many other Tamil artists. The Hindi version was produced by D.K.Tehrani, Ambalal Patel and Kanti Joshi. The 8 songs of the film were written by Indivar (4), Sajan Bihari (2) and Vedpal verma (2). All the songs were composed on the original Tamil film song tunes, so the MD Vedpal verma had only to arrange music players etc.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6489 Post No. : 20170

Today’s song is from an 88 year old film jailor-1938.
The film was made by Minerva Movietone, Bombay, owned by the producer and director of this film. The music Director was Mir Saheb, who had an assistant named Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar, who became famous as C.Ramchandra in later years. The cast of the film was Sohrab Modi, Leela Chitnis, Sadiq Ali, Eruch Tarapore, Sheela, Shareefa, Kusum Deshpande and many others. The Lyricist was Amir Haider Kamaal ‘ Amrohavi’, who later became famous as Kamaal Amrohi and husband of actress Meena Kumari.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6488 Post No. : 20165

Today’s song is from an obscure, social film-Deep Jalta Rahe-1959.

India has been, from the beginning, a prolific producer of films.Films have become an inseparable part of Indian people. Earlier there were other sources of entertainment like Radio, dramas, travel, Jatras, get togethrs etc. But now Entertainment means only films.

In January 2022, Shri Girdharilal Vishwakarma ji of Jodhpur- a well known Musicologist and a collector of exclusive records- published some statistics on RMIM forum about Hindi films. According to it, the total number of Hindi films from 1931 to June 2017 (86.5 years) was 12891, giving an average of 150 films per year. The averages per decade till the year 2000 came to 134 films, but in the next 16.5 years the number of films was 208.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6487 Post No. : 20161

Today’s song is from the film Rambaan-1948.

The film was made by Prakash Pictures, Bombay, known for popular Mythological films like Bharat milap-1942 and Ram Rajya-1943. The film was directed by one of the owners-Vijay Bhatt. Music was by Shankar Rao Vyas, an old loyal composer of prakash Pictures. 3 Lyricists wrote 8 songs. Pt. Indra (4 songs), Neelkanth Tiwari (3 songs) and Moti B.A. (1 song). The cast of the film was a tested one with record breaking films earlier. Shobhana Samarth, Prem Adib, Umakant, Chandra Mohan, Ram Singh, Raj Adib (brother of prem Adib), Leela Mishra, Ameerbai Karnataki, Janakidas, Laxman, Seetaram and Thaudi with many others.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6486 Post No. : 20157

Today’s song is from a Historical film (labelled as a ‘Mythological’ film by HFGK, for reasons not known) – Sati Toral-1947.

The Lakshmi Productions, Bombay’s film was directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal. The banner was owned by the Producer Chimanlal Trivedi. Lyricist was Miss Kamal, B.A.. This was a pseudonym of Kavi Pradeep. At that time, he was under contract with Bombay Talkies and could not use his real name . Under this Pen name, he wrote lyrics for four films, namely Kadambari-44, Amrapali-45, Sati Toral-47 and Veerangana-47. Incidentally, all these films were directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal. The music was by H.P.Dass and Manna Dey. His first film as a M.D. The cast of the film was Shbhana Samarth, prem Adib, Jeevan, Badriprasad, rehana, Sankatha prasad (elder brother of lyricist/comedian Kanhaiyalal).
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