Archive for the ‘Songs of 1930s (1931 to 1940)’ Category
Ye pyaari pyaari paati
Posted on: March 2, 2012
I have discussed it in the past that there are very few songs in Hindi movies which are picturised on dogs. Now that I have mentioned this fact, our alert contributors are bound to inform me when they come across any such songs.
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If one makes an analysis of the songs based on their chronological age, one may find that majority of songs discussed in this blog are from the decades of 1950s and 1960s, with the number of songs tapering off drastically as one goes to the earlier as well as later decades. This follows the normal distribution curve (also known as bell shaped curve) as they say in statistics 🙂 .
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More angnaa mein aaye aali
Posted on: November 15, 2011
“Vidyapati” (1937) is one of the earliest Hindi talkies and it is one that was a landmark movie of its time. It was produced by Calcutta’s New Theatre. This movie starred Pahadi Sanyal, Prithviraj Kapoor, Kanan Devi, K C Dey, K N Singh, Kidar Sharma, Nemo, Chhaaya Devi, Leela Desai etc.
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“Azaad”(1940) is a movie that was directed by N R Acharya. This movie had an impressive cast including Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, Hansa Wadkar, Rama Shukul, Mumtaz Ali, Nazir Bedi, Arun, Ramchandra Pal, D V Surve etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Presenting an iconic non-film song rendered by Pankaj Babu. The verses are written by Faiyyaaz Hashmi, and the music composition by Pankaj Babu himself. As a music director, there are many pioneering accomplishments that Pankaj Babu has contributed to the cause of music. In this particular song, there are very distinct sounds of piano and guitar. Pankaj Babu was probably the first music director who integrated the sounds of western musical instruments in the music arrangement for this song.
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I found that both I as well as Sudhir jee came up with articles for this song ! I have combined both the articles in this write up. The first half (discussing Ashok Kumar’s career), is written by me. The second half, discussing this song is by Sudhir jee
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Atul’s write up
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A few days ago (13th october to be precise), we discussed Kishore Kumar’s songs on the occasion of his death anniversary. It was mentioned in passing in one of the articles that 13th october also happened to be the birthday of Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar’s elder brother. As a result of this death of his kid brother on his birthday, Ashok Kumar would no longer celebrate his birthday.
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Main rotaa hoon mat manaa karo
Posted on: October 14, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Comparatively, the treasure of Hindi songs by Pankaj Babu is limited. In the Hindi/Urdu domain, Pankaj Babu has scored music for about 25 films from 1933 to 1954, some of them in collaboration with RC Boral. He has rendered less than 40 songs in all, in Hindi films. Outside of films, and excluding the live programs and recordings, the non-film Hindi songs number about 20. And so comparatively, his contribution appears to be not as significant (in the Hindi domain) as that of his contemporaries. His musical creations are more prolific in the Bengali film and non-film space. By some accounts, Pankaj Babu has composed over five thousand songs. Simply going by the numbers, it is evident that his major contribution has been in Bengali.
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Teri dayaa se ae daayee
Posted on: October 12, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Nartaki’ (1940), a production by New Theatres, was considered a musical bonanza, with a number of wonderful songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
An almost sublime piece of music, whose author is not known (as yet). This non film offering by Pankaj Babu is a gem that ensconces within itself, immeasurable depths of emotions. The words are just so beautiful, and the rendering by Pankaj Babu highlights the expressions to the utmost.
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