Archive for the ‘Songs of 1930s (1931 to 1940)’ Category
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The first lady of Bangla cinema. And the first lady singing superstar of Indian cinema. It is said that at the height of her popularity, she required protection when she was traveling.
Remembering Kanan Devi on the anniversary of her birth today (22nd April). (It is her 99th anniversary)
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Ae ri sajni rain hai beeti jaay
Posted on: April 19, 2015
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One of the 8 films made and released in 1938 from the ‘factory’ of Ranjit Movietone was an obscure movie PROFESSOR WAMAN, M.Sc. (1938). The film, belonging to the genre of crime and mystery, was directed by Manibhai Vyas who made his debut as a director with this film. The star cast included E. Billimoria, Mazhar Khan, Sunita Devi, Beg, Sitara Devi, Rajkumari, Waheedan Bai etc. The film had 8 songs written by P L Santoshi and were set to music by Gyan Dutt. The film was released on 10th December 1938.
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The Wonderful Sounds of 1930s – 4
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Imagine the treasures lost. The true magnitude may never be measured correctly. We have a definitive record, in the shape of Hindi Film Geet Kosh, which presents the most complete information available. The sense of completeness and correctness can be gauged by the fact that the compiler, Shri Harmandir Singh ji ‘Hamraaz’, went back to dig out the past records of the censor board, and also searched and retrieved as many film information booklets as possible, in his effort to compile as complete and as accurate set of information, as possible. Even with this momentous effort that he has put in, he still acknowledges that the information is not yet 100%.
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Preet Kaise Karoon Pardesi Piya
Posted on: April 3, 2015
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The Wonderful Sounds of 1930s – 3
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It is 1934 and the fledgling Hindi talkie film industry is in its fourth year only. The volume of business is slowly continuing to grow. In the three years prior i.e. 1931-33, a total of 161 films were certified by the Censor Board. 1934 saw a sharp increase in production and in all, 120 new films were certified in this year. And this production is coming not just from Bombay. Of course, a major share is produced in Bombay, but almost a quarter of this number comes from the production studios in Calcutta. Then come Pune, Kolhapur and Lahore – really just a handful. But still signifying that the production of Hindi films was a focus at multiple centers around the subcontinent.
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This article is written by Sudhir, 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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
The Wonderful Sounds of 1930s – 2
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Almost eighty years ago – ‘Miss Frontier Mail’ from way back in 1936. The caricatures in the video clip stand testimony to the pioneers of Hindi cinema. This is the famous original stunt film from the house of Wadia Movietone, featuring the famous fearless Nadia, the queen of stunt films in the 30s and 40s.
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The Wonderful Sounds of 1930s – 1
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The decade of 1930s will continue to remain a shaded mystery for the lovers of Hindi film music. In the decade when the Hindi film song was born and took its first fledgling steps, the creators and the keepers of this art probably did not envision the significance of this new medium and expansive influence it would go on to exercise on an entire culture, generation after generation. When the films, and more so, the talking films came into being, their predecessor was the various forms of folk theatre and formal stage drama. From time immemorial, since these art forms have existed, these have simply been live performances, with no thought or effort applied to somehow catalog and preserve them. The play was written, and its script was the primary record of its existence.
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Prem apoorab maaya jagat mein
Posted on: February 17, 2015
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New Theatre, Calcutta’s “Dhoop Chhaaon”(1935), a remake of their Bangla movie “BhagyaChakra”(1935) was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Biswanath Bhaduri, Vikram Kapoor, K C Dey, Ajmat Bibi, Nawab, Kidar Sharma, Uma Shashi, Dev Bala, Nagendra Bala, Giridharilal Vaidhya, Babulal, Ahi Sanyal, Indu Mukherji, Trilok Kapoor etc in it.
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“Prem Ki Aag”(1936) was directed by M L Kapur for Mukhtaar Film Company, Bombay. The movie had Mukhtaar Begam, Haseena Banu, Bhai Desa, Pran Shankar Acharya, F M Butt, D N Uppal, A R Akhtar, Safdar Ali etc in it.
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Ye maana hamne
Posted on: February 13, 2015
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“Piya Ki Jogan”(1936) , also known as “Puchased Bride” was directed by Hiren Bose for Golden Eagle Movietone, Sindh. The movie had Sardar Akhtar, Pramod Chandra, Krishna Kumari, Merwan Irani, D Manik, Ashalat, Vasu H K, Sheila, Agha Jaan, Bannerji, Niranjan Singh, Meharbaan, Anil Biswas etc in it.
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