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Bata de koi mohe Shyaam ki dagariya
Posted by: Atul on: February 21, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the last few months, I must have listened to a large number of non-filmy songs (NFSs) on the internet especially those recorded in the 40s to 60s. While I was familiar with some of them from my younger days, others have been new to me. I enjoyed listening to most of the NFSs and I have shared on this blog a few of them. I am sure that If these NFSs were exposed to the listeners in a same way as Hindi films songs then they would have become equally popular. However, Majority of listeners of Hindi songs are the fan of film songs and there is no way NFSs could compete with Hindi films songs in the popularity chart. Of course there are exceptions to the rule.
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Aaao re aao re aao re hey girdhaari
Posted by: Atul on: February 15, 2013
“Rajrani Meera”(1956) was a Chitra Bharati Production movie. It was directed by G P Pawar. The movie had Roopmala, Mahipal, Lalita Pawar, Sulochana, Sapru, Prem Adeeb etc in it.
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Jamuna ke teer Kanha aa
Posted by: Atul on: January 2, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the sphere of Geeta Dutt’s non-filmy songs (NFS), I was aware of only one of her songs hauley hauley hawaayen doley during my younger days, thanks to the radio. Much later, I had bought 78 RPM record of this NFS sometime in early 70s. If I remember correctly, this record had ‘jamuna ke teer kaanhaa aao’ on the other side. So I became aware of one more NFS of her. Probably those days of early 50s, the singers will have to sing at least two NFS songs to bring out one 78 RPM record. With the advent of internet, we have access to some more of her NFS based on which I have a feeling that compared with other playback singers of her time like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi, Talat Mehmood, Mukesh, Manna Dey etc, she has cut comparatively very few Hindi NFS discs. I found that none of her NFS other than the two I referred to above, were known to me though they are beautifully rendered by her. I have recently heard ‘ye hawaa ye fizaa ye bahaaren’ composed by V Balsara and I liked it very much.
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Jhulna jhulaave Nandlala
Posted by: Atul on: December 31, 2012
This article is written by Vidur Sury, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog.
Here is the second song of the tribute series to great playback singer and singer – actress Amirbai Karnataki Ji. This is her second song from the major hit Narsi Bhagat (1940). One duet of Amirbai and Durga Khote from this film has already been discussed.
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Jabse toone bansi bajaai re
Posted by: Atul on: December 22, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Following the passing away of Bharat Ratna Pandit Ravi Shankar recently on 11 Dec 2012, his phenomenally gifted first wife Annapurna Devi and his talented daughter Anoushka came under renewed focus. His eldest brother Padma Vibhushan Late Uday Shankar, an acclaimed dancer and choreographer of his day, was also very much in the mention.
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Dheethh langar natkhat harjaayee
Posted by: Atul on: December 8, 2012
“Radha Krishna” (1954) was a G B productions movie. It was directed by Raja Nene. The movie had Kamini Kaushal, Ratan Kumar, Agha, Jankidas, Rajkumar, Vasantrao Pehalwan, Maruti, Rajan Kapoor, Shankutala etc in it.
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“Geet” (1970) was a Saagar Art International Production. It was produced and directed by Ramanand Saagar. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Sujit Kumar, Kum Kum, Nazir Hussain, Daisy Irani, Bhagwan, TunTun, Manmohan Krisha ,Ashoo, Paro, Husn Bano, HiraLaal, Keshto Mukherjee, Omkar Aima, Radheshyaam, Shyam Kapoor, RamAvtaar, Chaman Puri, Mirza Musharraf, Braham Bhardwaj, Dilip Dutt, Narbada Shankar, Ram Murti, H P Sharma etc in it.
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Tere bharosey hey Nandlaala
Posted by: Atul on: November 4, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
After listening to some of the evergreen non-filmy songs during the last few days, I have come to the conclusion that non-filmy songs have their own style of compositions with tunes and melody getting primacy over orchestration. The musical instruments used in such songs are minimum. Most of these songs give a feel of devotional songs in one way or the other. In romantic songs, there is the devotion towards lovers/beloved. The patriotic songs are devotion to the country. Of course, the bigger canvass of the devotional songs (bhajans) is the spiritualism and devotion to the Almighty. In the 60s, ghazals and bhajans formed a bulk of the non-filmy songs.
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Naachat jhoomat jaayen
Posted by: Atul on: October 20, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
GOPAL KRISHNA (1938) was produced under the banner of Prabhat Film Company both in Hindi and Marathi versions. The film was directed by V G Damle and S Fatelal. The star cast included Ram Marathe, Shanta Apte, Parshuram, Ganpatrao Tambat etc. I have not seen the full movie but based on a few short clips of the films including the video clips of the songs that are available on the internet, it is a mythological film with a subtle message of nationalism against the British rule in India. The conflict between Gokul villagers on the one hand and King Kansa on the other side was compared with that of Indians and the British rule. Some of the dialogues of Krishna were full of nationalist fervour. For instance, he says to Nand that if we continued the live under the fear of King Kansa, none of our work would be successful. In some other context, Krishna says that the King and his men have been blinded by an authority of absolute power and when Kans’s men drag our cows like dogs and keep with them without proper food, such ruler and his men need to be mauled.
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Hey ji Natwar Naagar murli adhar dhar
Posted by: Atul on: October 7, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 2 (Pinakin Shah)
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Gujarat being the nearest state from Bombay, it was easy for aspirants from there to visit Bombay and try their luck in the metropolitan city. As such Gujarati community has a sizeable presence in Bombay. Gujaratis are very active in almost every activity in all the fields of Film making, be it Acting, Direction, Production, Technical or Music .
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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