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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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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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“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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“Amar Prem”(1936) was directed by Natwar Shyam for Vishnu Cinetone, Bombay. The movie had Ansuya, Aashiq Hussain, Himmatlal, P R Joshi, Kanta, S Nazir, Anwari, Samson, Fazlu, Mohanlal etc in it.
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“Jeewan Naatak”(1935) was produced by Debki Bose. The movie had Durga Khote, P Jairaj, Rmpyaari, Lovji Lawangiya, Alaknanda, shivrani, Mubarak, maruti rao Pahalwan, Nirma Bannerji, nandkishore, Dar Kashmiri etc in it.
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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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“Actress”(1934), also known as “Bambai Ki Mohini”(1934) was directed by Balwant Bhatt for Prakash Pictures, Bombay. THis was the debut movie for this production house. The movie had Miss Panna, Miss Alaknanda, Bachhu, Kashinath, Lallubhai, Harishchandra etc in it.
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Hindi movies began to be made from 1931 onwards. Though these movies contained songs right from the beginning, it took a while before record companies saw the potential in making records of movie songs.
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“Pahaadi Kanya”(1936) was directed by Harshad Rai Mehta for Wadia Movietone, Bombay. This movie had Nadia, Boman Shroff, John Cawas, Sharifa, Gulshan, Sardar Mansoor, Master Mohammad, Jal Khambata, Abdul Rehman, Bismillah etc in it. This movie is described as a costume drama in HFGK though it appears to be an action movie, seeing the name of Nadia in it in the title role alongwith Boman Shroff and Johan Cawas.
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