Archive for the ‘Song of 1939’ Category
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.
It is a well-known fact that when sound films came into being in 1931, majority of the films which were produced, especially in the 1930s, belonged to the genres of action, adventure, costume drama, mythology, fantasy, folk legend etc. There were few takers for films containing social, family drama and romantic themes. In a way, this was the legacy from silent films. Those who produced and directed silent films may have thought it prudent to try more or less the same genres in sound films to begin with.
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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.
Ever since talkies came in to being in 1931, there have been some classical and semi-classical female singers who got attracted to Hindi film industry as actor-singers and playback singers in the 1930s and the 1940s. Begum Akhtar, Mukhtar Begum, Indubala, Roshanara Begum, Mallika Pukhraj, Saraswati Rane etc were some of the names that come to my mind. However, their filmy careers was short and soon they returned to the concert singing as their main vocation.
One of the lesser known names in this category of singers was Sundarabai of Poona.
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Ban Main Bhi Jo Mehke Phool
Posted on: July 29, 2016
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.
I was in the midst of writing a short write-up on a song from the film ‘Jawaani Ki Reet’ (1939) produced under the banner of New Theatres. The film was not available to view in DVD/VCD format. Luckily, I could get a short review of the film in February 1940 issue of ‘Filmindia’ magazine which gave me some indication as to the theme of the story. The story reminded me of the film ‘Kangan’ (1939) produced under the banner of Bombay Talkies, as I had watched the 40-minute snippet of the film on YT a few days back.
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Kyun prem ka baag lagaaya
Posted on: May 5, 2016
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a 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.
NADI KINAARE (1939) was produced under the banner of Ranjit Movietone and it was directed by Manibhai Vyas. The star cast included M Kumar, Sitara Devi, Sunita Devi, Charlie, Ghory, Indubala, Bhagwandas, Ram Marathe etc. According to an article in ‘Filmindia’ – December 1939 issue, the film was inspired from 3 Hollywood films – ‘King and The Chorus Girl’ (1937), ‘Bluebeard’s Eight Wife’ (1938) and ‘The Rage of Paris’ (1938). All these three films belong of the genre of romantic comedy.
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Main prem baag ki pakshi
Posted on: May 20, 2015
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“Sitaara”(1939) was directed by Ezra Mir for Everest Pictures Corporation, Bombay. The movie had Ratanbai, Khursheed Bano, Nazeer, Mubarak, Jamshedji, Aashiq Hussain, K N Singh, Sunalini, Voilet Cooper, Mirza Musharraf, Nazeer Bedi, Bibi Bai, Haidersha, Aashuji, Trivedi etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a 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.
The first lady of Bangla cinema. And the first lady singing superstar of Indian cinema. It is said that at the height of her popularity, she required protection when she was traveling.
Remembering Kanan Devi on the anniversary of her birth today (22nd April). (It is her 99th anniversary)
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Man mere aandhi ban jaa
Posted on: November 23, 2014
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“Sapera”(1939) was directed by Debaki Bose for New Theatres, Calcutta. The movie had Pahadi Sanyal, Kanan Devi, Prithviraj Kapoor, Nawab, K C Dey, Menaka Devi, Sham Laha, Vikram Kapoor, Vinay Goswami, Satya Mukherji etc in it.
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Bhanwra rasiya re man basiya
Posted on: September 23, 2014
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“Aap Ki Marzi” (1939) was directed by Sarvottam Badami for Sudama Productions, Bombay. The movie had Sabita Devi, Motilal, Vasanti, Mazhar Khan, Khursheed, Sunalini Devi, K N Singh, Sethi, Kripalani etc in it.
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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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Ek preetam ki do pyaari
Posted on: October 30, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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 is a song from Sagar Movietone’s film ” Service Ltd”-39. It was a social cum crime cum mystery cum comedy film directed by Chimanlal Luhar, a well known director of those times. The music was by Anupam Ghatak, Lyricists were Zia Sarhadi and Pt.Indra and the cast included Surendra, Maya Banerjee, Bibbo, Yakub, Kayam Ali, Bhudo, Sankatha and other Sagars regulars.
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