Archive for the ‘Songs of 1930s (1931 to 1940)’ Category
Na jaane kya hai dil ka raaz
Posted on: January 19, 2014
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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.
After ‘Devdas’(1935), the most talked about film of New Theaters-P C Barua combination was ‘Mukti’ (1937). It was a path breaking film. It had a bold story relative to the time period and the new techniques of direction. It is claimed that ‘Mukti’ (1937) is the first film which was extensively shot outdoors in the forest of Gauripur (Assam). It was also the first film in which Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s poems were used for the songs in the Bengali version based on his tunes. Incidentally, when the untitled story of the film was narrated to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, he gave this movie its title viz. ‘Mukti’.
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Dil mein tu aankhon mein tu
Posted on: January 17, 2014
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“”Pukaar” (1939) was produced and directed by Sohrab Modi. The movie was about the mughal emperor Jahangeer. The movie had Chandramohan in the title role of Jahangeer with Naseem Bano playing Noorjahaan. The movie also had Sohrab Modi, Sheela, Sardar Akhtar, Sadiq Ali, Jillo, Maya Devi, Shakir, Ghulam Hussain, A B Ramesh, Kusum, Ram Apte, G M Das, Babu Singh etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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.
This article is the 9300th song post in the blog.
Ninety Three Hundred, and counting. The merry bandwagon continues to roll, and we come yet one more milestone closer to that target, that now seems oh so accessible. Congratulations, and more congratulations – to all friends and contributors who are making this journey so beautiful, so enjoyable, and oh yes, so much worth the while. A team effort that would simply be unparalleled anywhere in the annals of film and film music journalism and internet publication.
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Lo khaa lo madam khaana
Posted on: January 14, 2014
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular 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.
STREET SINGER (1938) is regarded as one of the three tops films of K L Saigal produced under the banner of New Theaters. If ‘Devdas’ (1935) confirmed the arrival of K L Saigal as an actor-singer, ‘Street Singer’ (1938) and ‘Zindagi’ (1940) made him the first star actor-singer of the Hindi film industry. People used to watch his films more for his songs than for the film itself. The flip side of Saigal’s popularity as a singer was that his songs virtually eclipsed the songs sung by other singers in his films.
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Man prem ki jyot jala sajni
Posted on: December 8, 2013
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“Anaath Ashram” (1937) was a New Theatres production. It was written by Kidar Sharma and directed by Hemchandra Chundar. The movie had Uma Shashi, Najmul Hussain, Jagdish Sethi, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nawaab, Master Satu, Trilok Kapoor, Nemo, Manorama etc in it.
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Kyaa kaaran hai ab roney ka
Posted on: November 27, 2013
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Today (27 november 2013) is the 51st death anniversary of K C Dey (1893- 27 november 1962). He is one of the few artists who achieved a great deal in his life despite the severe handicap of being visually impaired. One needs to take one’s hat off to a man of such talent perseverance and indomitable spirit.
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Mat neer baha chup ho jaa
Posted on: November 17, 2013
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300 days and after (1938) is a movie that few people are today aware of. Here is what Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia, has to say about this movie.
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Ab nahin dhaarat dheer jiyarwa
Posted on: November 17, 2013
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“Laal E Yaman” (1933) was the first movie of JBH Wadia that he produced under his banner of Wadia Movietone. During the making of this movie, he attended a private music concert where he heard a 13 year old kid singing. He gave him the opportunity to sing a song in his movie. He was so pleased with the recording that he asked him to sing more songs in the movie and signed him up as an actor in the movie as well.
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