Archive for the ‘Song of 1937’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim “Zauq” is considered as a leading light amongst the Urdu poets across all ages in the subcontinent. Born in 1789, he was the son of a lowly placed soldier in the Mughal Army. He was educated in the ‘maktab’ (elementary religious school) under the tutelage of Hafiz Ghulam Rasool. Hafiz saab was a poet himself, and used to write ghazals under the pen name of ‘shauk’. Under this influence, Muhammad Ibrahim got addicted to poetry, and himself started to write under the pen name of ‘Zauq’.
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Har gali mein hain bageeche
Posted on: May 23, 2011
“Wahaan” (1937) is a very old Hindi movie which few people know about today. Many legends of Hindi movies had acted in this movie. Names like Chandramohan, Shanta Apte, Leela Chitnis, Prahlad, Ulhas, Master Chhotu etc had figured in this movie.
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Na koi prem ka rog lagaaye
Posted on: September 27, 2010
When I was a kid, I disliked listening to old songs, especially the songs in Radio Ceylon’s “Puraani filmon ke geet” which was broadcast from 7-30 AM to 8-AM. I in fact found the singing style of these old songs quite funny. And I would find the singing of K L Saigal the funniest of them all.
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Darshan huye tihaare
Posted on: September 17, 2010
“Vidyapati” (1937) was producd 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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Dole hriday ki naiyya
Posted on: August 17, 2010
Here is a song from the very early days of Hindi talkies, viz 1937, only 6 years after Indian movies had started talking. The movie is “Vidyapati” (1937)
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Looking at the title, my readers may be wondering if they have wandered across to some unfamiliar site instead of a Bollywood movie song blog, or whether I have begun to post on some other topics in this blog.
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Ek thhaa raajaa
Posted on: August 3, 2010
Tiny tots always love to listen to stories. Telling them stories is always the best way to hold their attention. I recall that my kid, when she was young, would look at books with colourful pictures and asked me to read her stories at bed time. Seeing that I would be reluctant, she would tell me-“I am not asking for much, I want you to tell me only ten stories, that is all.”
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Ek Raaje ka beta
Posted on: March 12, 2009
Here is a poignant K L Saigal song from “President” (1937).
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