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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.

Blog Day :6536Post No. :20334

#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #

“Deepak-1951” was directed by Chandrashekhar for ‘Ram Ganguly Productions’ and it was passed by Censor Board on 07.02.1951. Ram Ganguly was also the producer and music composer of this movie. The cast of this movie “Deepak-1951” had Prithviraj, Vijaylakshami, Umesh Sharma, Arun Ganguly, Sajjan, Kamal Mehra, Shanti Madhok and others.

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This article is written by Pamir Harvey, 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.

Blog Day :6535Post No. :20333Movie Count :5216

When Atul started his alphabetical series of actresses who have lip-synced to Asha Bhosle’s voice, I suggested the names of some actresses who were missing from the list. I also sent the respective songs. Amala’s name was on my list, along with the song “Step by Step” from Dost (1989). When I asked Atul if he would mind my writing a post on the song, he replied that he would welcome it. This is how this contribution of mine came about after a long hiatus from this resourceful blog.

I became aware of Amala through her first Hindi film, Pushpak (1987). The film made quite a splash in the Hindi film industry, as it was a silent movie released in the middle of a decade that was full of very loud films. I did not have the chance to watch it in a cinema hall at the time. Amala looked quite different from the usual Hindi heroines of that era. In her interviews, she came across as a very sympathetic person who was actively involved in efforts against cruelty to animals. This brings us to the plot of the movie in question.

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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.

Blog Day :6535Post No. :20329

Today’s song is from a daring and novel film of the first decade of the Talkie films, Khwaabon Ki Duniya-1937.

Made by Prakash Pictures, it was directed by Vijay Bhatt, one of the owners, with music by Lallubhai Nayak. The cast included Jayant, Sardar Akhtar, Shirin bano, Lallubhai, Umakant, M.Ismail, Zahoor, Madhav Marathe and 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.

Blog Day :6533Post No. :20322

Today’s song is from a Social film – Parakh-1944.

Made by Central Studios, Bombay the film was directed by Sohrab Modi. The music was by 2 MDs – Khursheed Anwar (7 songs) and Saraswati Devi (2 songs). The cast ofthe film included Mehtab, Balwant Singh, Kaushalya, Shahnawaz, Yakub, Sadiq Ali, Pratima Devi, Balraj Mehta and some 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.

Blog Day :6532Post No. :20321

Today’s song is from a very old film -Jeevan Prabhat-1937.

The film was made by Bombay Talkies. It was directed by Franz Osten. The music was by Saraswati Devi and the Lyricist was J.S.Casshyap. The film was Debut film for the lead actor Kishore Sahu and actress Renuka Devi. The cast included Devika Rani, Kishore Sahu, Mumtaz Ali, Maya Devi, Chandraprabha (sister of Saraswati Devi), Renuka Devi, Prithviraj Kapoor and many others.

In the initial era of Talkie films, Calcutta’s New Theatres and Poona’s Prabhat were the most well known filmmakers. They used to make films on social issues. Particularly, Prabhat was famous for keeping their films centred on the Reform themes like,Dowry, Child Marriage, Second Marriage, Cast difference etc.From the mid 30s one more company came into limelight and that was Bombay Talkies- founded by Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani. They also followed the trend and films on social issues like Untouchability, illiteracy etc were made.

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This article is written by Satyajit Rajurkar, 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.

Blog Day :6530Post No. :20315

My Tribute To The Legendary Playback Singer -Suman Kalyanpur

One of the last living legends, Smt. Suman Kalyanpur is no more. I will write a few words and then post this song as a tribute to the legend.

In the golden era of Hindi film music, there were voices that entertained, voices that captivated, and voices that touched the soul. Among the most exquisite of these was the voice of Suman Kalyanpur— a singer whose artistry, grace, and humility earned her a special place in the hearts of music lovers.

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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.

Blog Day :6530Post No. :20314

#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #

The song under discussion in the post is from the movie ‘Saagar-1951.This movie ‘Saagar-1951’ had made its debut on the blog on 15.01.2014 and four more songs were added to its’ tally later.

“Saagar-1951” was directed by P. Jairaj for his home production P.J. Films Unit. It had Nargis, Jairaj, Bharat Bhushan, K.N. Singh, Veera, David, Durga Khote, Banke, Rajni, Krishna, Vimla, Neelam, Cecil, Bindu and others. This movie was passed by Censor Board on 02.06.1951. This movie has ten songs written by Pt. Narendra Sharma. Music for this movie is composed by S.K. Pal. Geeta Dutt, Sulochana Kadam, Asha Bhonsle, Manna Dey and Rajkumari are the playback singer in this movie.

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This article is written by Satyajit Rajurkar, 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.

Blog Day :6529Post No. :20312

Kamsune/Unsune songs of Asha Bhosle – 112

“Saaghar Labon Se Laga Le” is again a very rare song by Asha Bhosle from the film “Ek Bechara” (1972). The song is penned by Anand Bakshi and composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal.

“Ek Bechaara” (1972) was produced by B N Ghosh and directed by S M Abbas. the movie had Jeetendra, Rekha, Pran, Kalpana, Vinod Khanna, Johnny Walker, Bindu, Salomi, Anwar Hussain etc in it.

The film revolves around a simple-hearted villager whose honesty and devotion are tested by betrayal and conspiracy.

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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.

Blog Day :6529Post No. :20311

#the Decade of Sixties – 1961 – 1970 #

#Sureelee Suman – Suman Kalyanpur – 28.01.1937 – 31.05.2026) #

Suman Kalyanpur the ‘Sureelee Suman’ of Hindi Film Music, and many regional languages music passed away on 31st May 2026. She was born on 28th January 1937. The news of her passing away came as a shock to music lovers. I got this news first on a WhatsApp group which I did not want to believe. When I checked on internet there was no such news. It was only on the next day that several sources carried this news and this bad news was confirmed.

As a music lover I had been listening to the voice of Suman Kalyanpur from early childhood. After coming into contact with this blog, I got the opportunity to share many of her songs and I enjoyed listening to these songs in the process of preparing their writeups.

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Blog Day :6529Post No. :20309

“Ghunghroo”(1952) was produced by Rajendra Jain and directed by Hiren Bose for Filmkaar Limited, Bombay. The movie had Om Prakash, Sumitra Devi, Kuldip Kaur, K N Singh, Murad, Badri Prasad etc in it.

Prints of “Ghunghroo”(1952) are not available and so it is difficult to find the story of the movie. But our inhouse movie researcher Mr Sadanand Kamath jee searched far and wide and pieced together the story of the movie which is given below:-

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