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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.
This article is his 1800th post in the blog as a guest poster.
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6428 | Post No. : | 19952 |
This is my 1800th post here !
Oh, my God !! It is simply unbelievable !!!
I started writing posts here from 1-10-2012 and in almost 13.5 years’ time, I wrote 1800 posts here. Add to it another 100 odd posts elsewhere, on different aspects of Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Kannada films and I start thinking if I am really the same person ?
After quitting my Pharma work totally as a career (retirement in 1998, as a General Manager-Marketing and then as a Consultant upto 2008), I turned to my favourite subject – Old films and songs, starting only as a commentator on articles of other writers initially. I was initiated into writing posts by ATUL JI. So, whatever my achievements in this field are, the credit goes to ATUL JI, for his help, encouragement and for providing opportunity. Thank you, ATUL JI !
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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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6427 | Post No. : | 19947 |
Today’s song is from the film Sailaab-1956. Sailaab means Flood or Deluge.
The film was produced by Mukul Roy for his own banner M R Films, Bombay. Initially the film director was Ravindra Dave, but after shooting 4 reels, he left the film due to some serious differences with the producer. The rest of the film was directed by Guru Dutt. By that time most of the songs were also recorded. This happened in 1954 and the film got delayed to get censored only in 1956. The Film’s Music Director was Mukul Roy . His assistant was Kanu Ghosh. Lyrics were by Majrooh Sultanpuri-4 songs, Shailendra-2, Madhukar Rajasthani-1 and Hasrat Jaipuri-2 songs each. The cast was Geeta Bali, Abhi Bhattacharya, Bipin Gupta, Ramsingh, Smriti Biswas, Helen, Uma Devi and others. The Guest artist was Johnny Walker.
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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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6426 | Post No. : | 19944 |
Today’s song is from a Remake film from the South- Sansar-1951.
The film was made by S.S.Vasan for his own banner Gemini Pictures, Madras. It was also directed by him. There were 3 MDs – M.D.Parthasarathy, E. Shankar Sastri and B.S.Kalla. All the songs were composed jointly by Shankar and Kalla. As per Vasan’s system, Parthasarathy was in the team as a Supervisor.
The cast was a mixed one. The leading pair Pushpavalli and M.K.Radha and majority of other artists were from the original south film. A few artists were from Hindi films like Gulab, Mohana Cabral, Meera, Agha , David, Casshyap and Anil Kumar were taken to give the film a Hindi touch.
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Phool se rukhsaar
Posted on: February 19, 2026
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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6425 | Post No. : | 19941 |
Today’s song is the last and final song from the film Sindbaad the Sailor aka Sindbad Jahazi-1952.
1952 was a year which was going through a lean period for Hindi films. Increased costs of Film production, escalating rates of stars and music Directors, establishment of Star System in place of earlier Studio System, increasing taxes, decreasing number of Cinema Halls etc caused a worry in the film industry. Financiers with Black money were making films – in 1952 the number of Hindi films made went up to 105 from 97 of 1951, but dropped again to 98 in 1953. Most films were of lower quality. Because of superior music there were some great films too, but the situation was grave nevertheless.
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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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6424 | Post No. : | 19938 |
Today’s song is from the social film Parichay-1954.
Selection of an apt and fitting Title for the film, which makes a statement on the film’s content, has always been a daunting challenge to filmmakers. There are many film titles which are appropriate, but more titles are far off from the film’s content, misleading the viewers. Parichay-1954 is one such film. The film tries to glorify the sanctity of a marriage and how it should be carried on, but its title does not have any connection with this philosophy.
The film was produced by Radheshyam Jhunjhunwalla under his own banner, J.J.Films, Bombay. It was directed by an expert director- Satyen Bose. The music to the film’s 8 songs was shared by Sailesh Mukherjee and Vedpal Verma. The cast of the film was Shashikala, Abhi Bhattacharya, Pranoti Ghosh (wife of Abhi Bhattacharya in real life), Sajjan (Purohit), Zebunnisa (an actress from the silent era), Panchotia, Shakuntala, Indira Chitnis, Dhumal, Kesarbai (elder sister of actress Indira Wadkar and paternal aunt of actress Hansa Wadkar) and others. Songs were written by Keshav (5) and Akhtar Yusuf(2).
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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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6423 | Post No. : | 19935 |
Today’s song is from the comedy film Paisa hi Paisa-1956.
The film was made by Mehboob Productions, Bombay. It was directed by Mehrish. The Music Director was Anil Biswas. The Lyricist was Majrooh Sultanpuri. The cast of the film included Kishore Kumar, Shakeela, Mala Sinha, Radha Kishen, Zul Velani, Shyam Kumar, Amar, Mukri, Murad, Husn Banu, Kumud Tripathi and others.
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Lo aaya Johny laalten
Posted on: February 16, 2026
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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6422 | Post No. : | 19932 |
Today’s song is from a so-called ‘Social’ film, but actually a Murder and Mystery film – Laalten-1956.
The film was made by Harish Productions, Bombay and it was directed by Tara Harish, owner of the banner. Music Director was Hemant Kumar and his assistant was Ravi. There were 3 Lyricists, namely Indeevar, Shevan Rizvi and Qaif Irfani. The cast of the film included Geeta Bali, Motilal, Kanhaiya Lal, Mukri, Shammi, Harish, Mohan Choti, Uma Dutt and a host of B and C grade actors. The guest artiste was Bhudo Advani.
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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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6421 | Post No. : | 19928 |
Today’s song is a popular historical song from the film Hindustan Hamara-1950.
The film was made by Paul Zils Productions, Bombay and was directed by the owner of the banner, Paul Zils- a German. The Music Director was Vasant Desai. The film cast included the top stars of those times- Prithvuraj, Dev Anand, Jairaj, Durga Khote, Nalini Jaywant, Surendra, Wasti, K.N.Singh, Dewan Sharar, Prembath, Shambhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, Yashodhara Katju and many others.
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Shubh din aaye shubh din aaye
Posted on: February 10, 2026
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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6416 | Post No. : | 19911 |
Today’s song is from a social film, Rangeela-1953.
The film was produced and directed by Master Bhagwan for his own banner Bhagwan Art Productions, Bombay.The cast included Bhagwan, Poornima,Vivek, badri prashad, Baburao pehalwan, heera Sawant, Madhav Kale, Kammo, Cuckoo, Indira and a host of Bhagwan’s regular artists. Unlike other films of Bhagwan, C.Ramchandra did not give music to this film as he was busy with the film Anarkali-1953. So, Jamal Sen was the Music Director. Though a gifted and talented musician, he was known to be an unlucky Music Director.
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