Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

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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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5875 Post No. : 18449

Today’s song is a Debut song for its singer- Music Director, S. Purushottam, who sang his only song in a Hindi film ever. The film was Apna Desh-1949.

Normally, the Indian film audience likes to see films which uphold the age old Indian values like, ” Truth prevails” or ” Good wins over evil ” or ” Real Love triumphs ” and such other things. Over a period, certain beliefs had been built over matters like entertainment. When only the stage dramas were available as the source of entertainment, people expected that a Joker (Vidushak) is a necessity in every drama. Even the oldest Sanskrit drama like ” Mrichhkatik” used to have a Vidushak (Joker) in it. In social dramas there always would be a funny character producing laugh and humour. Similarly, when Talkie films started, presence of songs was taken for granted and songs were very much a part of the film in any language, sometimes even as a background song.
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5874 Post No. : 18448

“Grihasthhi”(1948) was directed by S M Yousuf for Aaina Pictures, Bombay. This “social” movie had Sulochana Chatterjee, Kuldeep, Yakub, Pran, Masood, Mirza Musharraf, Mehrunissa, Rekha, Rajni, Chamcha, Abu Bakar, Bhaga Bai, Lalita Pawar, Pandit Kaul etc in it.
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5868 Post No. : 18440

“Grihasthhi”(1948) was directed by S M Yousuf for Aaina Pictures, Bombay. This “social” movie had Sulochana Chatterjee, Kuldeep, Yakub, Pran, Masood, Mirza Musharraf, Mehrunissa, Rekha, Rajni, Chamcha, Abu Bakar, Bhaga Bai, Lalita Pawar, Pandit Kaul etc in it.
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This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, 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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5861 Post No. : 18427

Hullo Atuldom

Today is 4th August. We are celebrating/ remembering the maverick actor, singer, music director, producer, director of Hindi Films on his 95th birthday. I think he was first a singer who was coaxed into acting and eventually turned a producer/director of films. I think he composed songs only for films that he made. (I don’t mind if fans of his correct me 🙂 )
I am sure I need not spell specifically that I am talking of Kishore Kumar (Khandlawala).

Also, I need not mention that he was the brother of Ashok Kumar & Anup Kumar & Sati Devi who was the wife of Sashadhar Mukherjee (founder of Filmalaya Studios). It is common knowledge that all his four wives were actresses & his son Amit Kumar is also a singer/actor/ music composer.
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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, 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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5861 Post No. : 18426

#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #
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(4th August’2024- Kishore Kumar’s 95th birth anniversary )

Today 4th August’2024 is the ninety-fifth birth anniversary of singer-actor-producer-director-lyricist & music director Kishore Kumar.

We are paying our tributes to this great son of this soil by listening to and enjoying songs sung by him.

In this post I am presenting a song from the ‘1967’ movie ‘Duniyaa Naachegee’.
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5860 Post No. : 18422

The movie ‘Aayega Aanewaala’ (1967) was produced under the banner of Kewal Productions by Kewal Mishra and KL Pandit. It was directed by Kewal Mishra. The movie stars Sanjeev Kumar, Kumkum, Savita Chatterji, Agha, Bela Bose, Ram Mohan, Kundan, Rajan Haksar, Chaman Puri, Uma Khosla, and Khairati etc. The film has six songs, all written by Naqsh Llyalpuri and composed by the music director duo – Sapan Jagmohan.
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5855 Post No. : 18410

Today’s song is from the film Ghungroo-1952. The film was made by Filmkaar Ltd., Bombay. It was directed by Hiren Bose and the music was by C.Ramchandra. The cast of the film consisted of Omprakash, Sumitra Devi, Kuldeep kaur, K.N.Singh, Badri prashad and others.

During the early phase to the Golden era of Hindi film music, the atmosphere in the industry was very cordial. Everyone had the opportunity to grow in his field and there were no ill feelings either on religious basis or success/failure basis. In such a healthy atmosphere, few friendships between actors, directors, MDs and even producers grew deep. Some of them were ideal and people in the industry used to quote their friendship in their gatherings. Here are some examples….
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5850 Post No. : 18405

“Sarfarosh”(1964), a costume drama (often a euphemism for B grade movie) was directed by Dharam Kumar for United Movies Art, Bombay. This movie had had Jairaj, Nishi, Jeevan, Jagirdar, Shery, Maruti, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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5848 Post No. : 18403

Remembering Mukesh on his birthday, today 22 July.

As most of my posts feature Mukesh, many of my views on his songs could sound cliches. But then there is so much to write on his voice as words fail every time an attempt is made. There are songs on various aspects, emotions and circumstances one faces in life. I could stick my neck out and say that even many of his sad songs bring joyful solace to the heart. For, the voice sans the music and even the literal meaning of the lyrics feels as if a divine entity is trying to convey the many facets of life.
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This song post marks the 18400th song in the blog as well as 1001st song of Geeta Dutt in the blog.

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5846 Post No. : 18400

Today’s special post marks the 18400th song to be posted on the blog. It is being posted on 20th July 2024 which marks 52 years since the honey voiced Geeta Dutt left for her heavenly abode, too early at the age of just 41 years old leaving behind three children and a legacy that can never be forgotten by music lovers.

This post also marks her 1001st song to be posted on the group. We normally combine artists century songs with the blog’s century songs but we had erred in counting Geeta Dutt songs in the blog and She was already on 1000 songs. So this song is 1001st song of hers (sort of like a shagun) to mark the 18400th song on the blog.

Geeta Dutt is the fifth playback singer and 10th artist to complete 1000 songs in the blog. Lata, Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar are the other playback singers with 1000 plus songs in the blog. Two music directors duos (Shankar Jaikishan, Laxmikant Pyarelal) and three lyricists (Rajinder Krishan, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Anand Bakshi) are the other artists with 1000 plus songs in the blog.
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