Archive for the ‘Song of 1936’ Category
“Deccan Queen”(1936) was not a movie about a train, but about a mysterious lady. This suspense movie was directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Surendra, Aruna Devi, Ramchandra, Pande, Pesi Patel, Bhudo Advani etc.
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Ab maine jaana hai
Posted on: October 12, 2012
“Amar Jyoti” (1936) was a Prabhat Production. It was directed by V Shantaram. The movie had Chandramohan, Durga Khote, Shanta Apte, Vasanti, Vasant Desai etc in it. This movie was the first Indian movie to be screened at the Venice Film Festival.
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Jeet jyot tez chamak raha hai
Posted on: September 22, 2012
Today (22 september) is the death anniversary of Durga Khote (14 january 1905 -22 september 1991). Many younger day movie watchers may associate her with mother and grandmother roles, but she was one of the earliest leading lady of Hindi movies and one of those who paved the entry of women from respectable background to Hindi movies.
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Hari basey sakal sansaara
Posted on: September 12, 2012
“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies Production. It was produced by Himanshu Rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani in lead roles.
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Udi hawaa mein jaati hai
Posted on: September 11, 2012
“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was made at an era far far removed from the present day. It was produced by Bombay Talkies. Its producer was Himanshu Rai and it was directed by a German director called Franz Osten. It was a case of an indophile German directing a Hindi movie on a sensitive topic like untouchability and doing a great job. And those were the days when India was under British occupation too. And Ashok Kumar, a lab assistant with Bombay Talkies found himself being made the hero of the movie when the heroine Devika Rani eloped with the original hero, only to come back subsequently. And she was the wife of Himanshu Rai ! And the music director of this movie, a Parsi lady faced stiff resistance from members of her community who were against her decision of joining the film line as a music director.
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“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies production. It was produced by Himanshu Rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar and Devika Rani in lead roles with P F Pithawala, Kamta Prasad, Kishori Lal, Kusum Kumari, Pramila, Anwari, Ishrat etc also there in the movie.
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Mere dil ki duniya ujad gayi
Posted on: September 9, 2012
“Janmbhoomi” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies Production. Little is known about this movie today. I became aware of this movie thanks to a lovely song picturised on Devika Rani and a cute dog. It was then that Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopeadia, shared details about this movie. Here is what he has to say about this movie:
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“Achhoot Kanya” (1936) was a Bombay Talkies movie. It was produced by Himanshu rai and directed by Franz Osten. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, P F Pithawala, Kamta Prasad, Kishori Lal, Kusum Kumari, Pramila, Anwari, Ishrat etc in it.
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Dheere baho nadiya dheere baho
Posted on: August 31, 2012
I wonder if anyone has made a list of “Chakki” songs in Hindi movies. Present generation people may not be aware of a “Chakki”. “Chakki” was a manual rotaty grinder- a home appliance of previous generations which was used to grind grains. You poured grains on the hole near the centre of the “chakki” and rotated the “Chakki”. The grain got crushed and came out from the edges which was then collected.
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Ham watan ke watan hamaara
Posted on: August 15, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings all friends and visitors to this blog, on the 65th anniversary of independence of our nation. Happy Independence Day.
In the years before 1947, the film censorship was of course in the hands of the foreign British rulers. The seeds of the sentiments and passions for being free of an oppressive foreign rule had been well laid during the 1857 uprising. It was the first major cry for a free nation, and over a period of almost a century after that, this sentiment was kept alive by many an activists, writers, poets and social leaders.
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