Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
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| Blog Day : | 6622 | Post No. : | 20541 |
Today’s song is the last and final song from a social film Hanste Ansoo-1950.
This strangely titled film was made by Akash Chitra Bombay and it was produced and directed by K.B.Lal, born in 1911 at Meerut-U.P. Known for films like Lal Haveli-1944, Lal Dupatta-1948 and Hanste Aansoo-1950 etc. Died on 25-8-1975. He wrote the story as well as the screenplay. The music was by Ghulam Mohammed and the lyricists were Shevan Rizvi and Majrooh Sultanpuri. The cast included Madhubala (just 17 years), Motilal (only 40 years),Gope, Manorama, Mirza Musharraf, Janki Das and others.
Main Teri Tu Mera
Posted on: August 13, 2026
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Blog Day : | 6600 | Post No. : | 20500 |
Mohd Rafi – A Journey Divine – 2
(1947)
तेरी आवाज की जादूगरी से
ना जाने किस जहां में खो गया हूँ
इसी आवाज से चौंका था लेकिन
इसी आवाज में गुम हो गया हूँ
जहां में खो गया हूँ
The coincidence that we arrive at today, was indicated to me by Mahesh ji about 10 days back. And after some back and forth explanations, discussions and negotiations, the editors agreed to designate today as a dual century milestone day.
Yes, we arrive at the 6600th day of continuous musical disbursal of Hindi film songs. All numerical analysis and all the performance superlatives can be done and stated, but then that will just be a repetition of what has been told and discussed numerous times in the past. What we are moving towards forward is a glorious ongoing celebration, as always. Neither this ocean of HF music is going to deplete, and nor will the momentum and potential of this musical bandwagon will falter and rest. Miles to go yet, yes, many many more miles to go, but nothing like sleep to pause on the way.
May the journey of this bandwagon be blessed, and may it continue to accumulate the accolades and the bouquets – for the unstinted and the peerless effort anywhere on the world wide web. And come to think of it this way – maybe some will ask this in their minds – what purpose is being served by this endeavor ? Besides of course putting together a massive compilation of Hindi film songs. Well, my answer to that is – this venture, this so appropriately and so truly designated as a labor of love – it is the ongoing honoring of the stalwarts – both big and small, both popular and anonymous, both celebrated and neglected – the stalwarts who spent their lives to feed this oceanic enterprise called the Hindi cinema, and build this vast repository of music. A grandiose legacy that has been bequeathed to this world at large – to entertain, to give an expression to all the human emotions in all their various colors and flavors. Taking the thousand foot view of this enterprise, it is an ongoing humungous project that continues to assimilate, enumerate and generate asseverations of the multitude flavors of human emotions.
Yes, the effort of this bandwagon, led by the fearless leader (who now verily has an enhanced observation vision 🙂 ), is unmatched, is without a peer anywhere on the net. And I am proud and delighted to be part of this effort along with all my comrades in arm, all pitching in with their knowledge and insights into this ocean of music.
6600 days is a huge chunk of life itself. A passage of years that brings on at least two new generations in the human population. And so we continue, to work within this enterprise, crossing generations of time. And to compound the celebration today, we just slid past another massive milestone – the 205th century song to showcased on our blog. But what to say about it – so much has been said before, and I will just be rephrasing the past. But then, one certain thing to be said – that we all doff our caps in salute, and with a minimal pause, the trek continues. As always, the backlog in the pipeline does not allow a breather to relax. Past this 20500th song post, and on to now the next song, the next century song, the next thousandth . . .
I continue, after a gap of some months – the journey to track and catalog the flow of that divine voice that we so lovingly and respectfully call as Mohammed Rafi.
In the previous and first episode that was published as the song “Dupatta Mora Aaj Hi Rang Dijo“, (from film ‘Mansarovar’ of 1946) I had covered first three years of Rafi Sb’s career – from 1944 to 46. With this post I venture into 1947, and see the beginning of this singing voice. With three songs in 1944, then 12 songs in 1945, on to 39 songs in 1946, we come into 1947 and find a recorded list of 28 songs in 16 films, which are listed below.
| Saawan Kee Ghata Dheere Dheere Aana | Aage Badho | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Khursheed | Sudhir Fadke | Amar Verma |
| Desh Mein Sankat Aaya Hai, Ab Kuchh Kar Ke Dikhlaana Hai | Aap Ki Sewa Mein | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, G M Saajan, Chorus | Datta Davjekar | Mahipal |
| Main Teri Tu Mera, Dono Ka Sang Sang Ho Basera | Aap Ki Sewa Mein | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Mohantara Talpade | Datta Davjekar | Mahipal |
| Meri Aankhon Ke Taare, Ye Phool Suhaye Haaye Piya | Aap Ki Sewa Mein | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Datta Davjekar | Mahipal |
| Jab Baithe Baithe Dil Bhar Aaye Aur Lab Se Nikle Haaye | Dak Bangla | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Naresh Bhattacharya | Deena Nath madhok |
| Duniya Mein Meri Aaj Andhera Hee Andhera | Do Bhai | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Sachin Dev Burman | Raja Mehndi Ali Khan |
| Do Din Ginti Ke, Umariya Beeti Jaaye | Do Dil | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Gobind Ram | Deena Nath Madhok |
| Tu Bhi Reh Main Bhi | Ek Kadam | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Shamshad Begum | Prakash Nath Sharma | – |
| Wo Apni Yaad Dilaane Ko Ek Ishq Ki Duniya Chhod Gaye | Jugnu | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Chorus | Firoz Nizami | Asgar Sarhadi |
| Yahan Badla Wafa Ka Bewafayi Ke Siwa Kya Hai | Jugnu | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Noor Jahan | Firoz Nizami | Shakeel Badayuni |
| Das Na Jaayen Tujh Ko Zulfen Kaaliyan | Malika | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Allah Rakkha Qureshi | Tanveer Naqvi |
| Meri Dilruba, Mere Paas Aa | Malika | 1947 | Mohd, Rafi, Allauddin Khan | Allah Rakkha Qureshi | Tanveer Naqvi |
| Maya Man Ka Rog Hai Moorakh Maya Man Ka Rog | Rishta | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Mohammed Shafi | Vehashi Jaunpuri |
| Hum Banjaare Sang Hamare Dhoom Macha Le Duniya | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lalita Deolkar, Chorus | C Ramachandra | Moti |
| Hum Ko Tumahara Hee Aasra, Tum Hamare Ho Na HO | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | C Ramachandra | Moti |
| Kis Ko Sunaaun Haale Dil… Hum Ko Tumhara Hee Aasra | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Lalita Deolkar | C Ramachandra | Moti |
| Main Hoon Jaipur Ki Banjaran Chanchal Mera Naam | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Lalita Deulkar | C Ramachandra | Qamar Jalalabadi |
| O Babu, Aji Babu, Gali Meri Teri Chaand Chamka Dekho | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | C Ramachandra | Qamar Jalalabadi |
| Sambhal Sambhal Ke Jaiyo Ho Banjaare, Dilli Door Hai | Saajan | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Lalita Deolkar, Chorus | C Ramachandra | Ram Murty Chaturvedi |
| Imtihan Jab Aata Hai… Ae Jee mat Poochho Baat, College Albeli | Samaaj Ko Badal Dalo | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Arun, Mannadey | Khemchandra Prakash | – |
| Chali Saajan Ghar Jaaye, Aaj Dulhaniya Kes Sanwaare | Shadi Se Pehle / Juve Ka Nateeja | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | Paigankar / Karnaad | Pt Mukhram Sharma |
| Chalo Ho Gayi Taiyar, Zara Thehro Jee | Shadi Se Pehle / Juve Ka Nateeja | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar | Paigankar / Karnaad | Pt Mukhram Sharma |
| Nainon Se Naina Mila Le | Shahkaar | 1947 | Mohd Rafi & Rajkumari | K.Dutta | Arzoo Lucknavi |
| Ae Duniya Hai Sab Prem Kee, Tu Prem Kiye Ja | Shahkar | 1947 | Mohd Rafi, Shamshad Begum | K Dutta | Aarzoo Lakhnavi |
| Jeevan Hai Anmol Musafir, Jeevan Hai Anmol | Shanti | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | B S Thakur | Shakeel Badayuni |
| Tohe Jaana Hai Toh Hanste Hanste Jaana | Shanti | 1947 | Mohd Rafi | B.S.Thakur | Shakeel Badayuni |
And beginning to track his progress from year to year, I prepare the following table, which will get updated as we progress from one episode to the next.
| 1944 | 3 | 3 |
| 1945 | 12 | 15 |
| 1946 | 39 | 54 |
| 1947 | 28 | 82 |
Listening to this voice in all its different colors, emotions and renditions, the thought goes out to the quality of expression of this voice. I am sure all of us must have come across and viewed the few handful videos live interviews of Rafi Sb. Viewing these videos and hearing him speak, a wondrous thought comes to mind. Listening to his voice in these informal conversations, one is struck by the relaxed soft tones of this voice – so unhurried, so humble. One almost has to strain one’s listening to catch his words. And then the wonder appears in the mind – is this really the voice that has been recorded as “Bhagwaan, Bhagwaan. . . O Duniya Ke Rakhwaale”, or “Baar Baar Dekho, Hazaar Baar Dekho”, or the cresendoing notes of “. . . Inteha Ye Hai Ke Bande Ko Khuda Karta Hai Ishq” in the qawwaali “Na To Karvaan Ki Talash Hai”, and few thousand other sound and emotional variations that we are so used to hearing since childhood. Seriously, it is really a stretch of imagination to equate this humble soft voice in the live interviews, with the wondrous, and sometimes thunderous, variations of rendition that Rafi Sb has produced and presented from within himself. And I keep wondering – is this the same person.
Well, more observations on this topic in the next episode. I am already so drastically late with this post, that I curtail my thoughts – to be continued later.
Today’s song in from the 1947 film ‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’.
‘Aap Ki Sewa Mein’ is a production from the banner of Chandrama Pictures, and is directed by Vasant Joglekar. The eight songs of this film are penned by Mahipal, yes the same Mahipal that we are more familiar as the actor. The music composition is by Dutta Davjekar. The interesting thing to note is that this is the film in which Lata Mageshkar has sung plaback in Hindi films for the first time.
Rafi Sb’s voice, in this song, sounds so familiar and so mature already. Very similar to the voice we are so used to listening in the songs of 1950s and 60s. Listen and judge for yourself.
Song – Main Teri Tu Mera (Aap Ki Sewa Mein) (1947) Singer – Mohantara Talpade, Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics – Mahipal, MD – Dutta Davjekar
Mohantara Talpade + Mohammed Rafi
Lyrics
ho ho ho oo
ho ho ho oo
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera
chhod ke mujhko
kidhar chale
o kidhar chale
bichhde door huye
bichhde door huye
main teri
tu mera
main teri
tu mera..aa
donon ka sang sang ho basera
aawo
aawo jhoolte chalen kinaare
aawo
aawo jhoolte chalen kinaare
paani mein ho mahal hamaare
paani mein ho mahal hamaare
lehar lehar mein dol dol kar
naache pawan jhakora
lehar lehar mein dol dol kar
naache pawan jhakora
aa ha ha
main teri
(aa ha ha)
tu mera
(aa aa aa aa)
donon ka sang sang ho basera
mann ki rani
mann pe chhaao..oo
mann ki rani
mann pe chhaao
prem hilore laao
prem hilore laao
ghir ghir kaale baadal aaye
aao maine haath badhaaye
ghir ghir kaale baadal aaye
aao maine haath badhaaye
sajan daal de aaj yahaan
meethe sapnon ka ghera
sajan daal de aaj yahaan
meethe sapnon ka ghera
aa ha ha
main teri
(aa ha ha)
tu mera
(aa aa aa aa)
donon ka sang sang ho basera
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Hindi script lyrics (Provided by Sudhir)
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हो हो हो ओ
हो हो हो ओ
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
छोड़ के मुझको
किधर चले
ओ किध चले
बिछोड़े दूर हुए
बिछोड़े दूर हुए
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा
मैं तेरी
तू मेरा..आ
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
आवो
आवो झूलते चलें किनारे
आवो
आवो झूलते चलें किनारे
पानी में हों महल हमारे
पानी में हों महल हमारे
लहर लहर में डोल डोल कर
नाचे पवन झकोरा
लहर लहर में डोल डोल कर
नाचे पवन झकोरा
आ हा हा
मैं तेरी
(आ हा हा)
तू मेरा
(आ हा हा)
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
मन की रानी
मन पर छाओ..o
मन की रानी
मन पर छाओ..o
प्रेम हिलोरे लाओ
प्रेम हिलोरे लाओ
घिर घिर काले बादल आए
आओ मैंने हाथ बढ़ाए
घिर घिर काले बादल आए
आओ मैंने हाथ बढ़ाए
सजन डाल दे आज यहाँ
मीठे सपनों का घेरा
सजन डाल दे आज यहाँ
मीठे सपनों का घेरा
आ हा हा
मैं तेरी
(आ हा हा)
तू मेरा
(आ आ आ)
दोनों का संग संग हो बसेरा
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| Blog Day : | 6590 | Post No. : | 20487 |
Today’s song is from a social film ‘Garib’ (1942).
The film was made by National Studios, Bombay, which started after the closure of Sagar Movietone. Automatically, all the artists under contract with Sagar were transferred to National Studios. The film was directed by Ramchandra Thakur and the music was by Anil Biswas (7 songs) and Ashok Ghosh (5 songs). Lyrics were by Dr. Safdar ‘ Aah ‘ Sitapuri and Pt. Indra.
Haaye Ye Maine Kya Kiya
Posted on: August 1, 2026
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| Blog Day : | 6588 | Post No. : | 20484 |
Today’s song is from a flop, obscure film, with a good star cast – ‘Garibi’ (1949).
Based on overall rating, there are 3 types of films….
1) Memorable Films – due to powerful story, acting, direction or music.
2) Films refreshed by memory when referenced in later years – films popular or hit for a short period and then forgotten till referenced in later years.
3) Totally forgettable films – from day one, due to poor/weak/unbelievable story, direction, music or outdated theme.Top actors, directors or MDs also can not save the film.
Ganga ki bhoomi Jamuna ka desh
Posted on: July 11, 2026
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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 other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
| Blog Day : | 6567 | Post No. : | 20454 |
Today’s song is from the film Gaon-1947.
After the II World War was over, it was clear that the British were unable to rule India anymore, due to the war effects on their own country – which was their first priority to mend and develop now. Most Indians felt that the British were leaving India because of Gandhi and Nehru. The respect for these two affected the film industry too. Films on what Gandhi taught about villages and village life and farmers were made. Film gaon-1947 was also one of these films, which tried to emphasize that life in the villages was better than cities and the Indian culture can thrive only in villages.After the exit of Gandhi, Nehru’s philosophy was followed in the films of post 1948 and the decade of 1950’s. Major producer- directors like Mehboob Khan and Bimal Roy, for example,were true followers of Nehru’s Socialist Philosophy, which prompted them to make films like Mother India and Naya Daur etc. Lets not go into discussing politics, post independence. This is not a platform for that.
Aao sakhee khelen aankh michaulee
Posted on: July 7, 2026
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| Blog Day : | 6563 | Post No. : | 20434 |
Today’s song is from an unknown film -Ankh Micholi-1942. Unknown does not mean it is not mentioned anywhere, but it only means that it was not known to most people. It is slightly lesser than ” less known’ films.
In 1940, after the film Kumkum the dancer, starring Sadhona Bose, the establishment of Sagar movietone was wound up and it was merged lock,stock and barrel with National Studios. After 3 films, this also closed down and Chimanlal Desai started his own Amar Pictures. As per Biren Kothari’s book- Sagar Movietone, after making just 6 movies, Amar also closed down. Out of these 6 films, except the film Adab Arz-1943, the other 5 films just came and went, without much noise.
Film Aankh Micholi-1942 was directed by a veteran and a spillover from the Silent era- R.S.Chaudhari. Music was by Gyan Datt and the Lyricists were Pt.Indra, Satyakam and Shatir Lucknowi. The cast of the film included Nalini Jaywant, Satish, Sulochana, Jillo, Hadi, Protima Devi and others.
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, 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 other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
| Blog Day : | 6562 | Post No. : | 20428 |
Today’s song is from an obscure film-Aasra-1941.
Produced by National Studios, Bombay, it was directed by Lalit Mehta and Chimanlal Gandhi. Music was by Anil Biswas. All the 11 songs of the film were written by Dr. Safdar ‘Aah Sitapuri. The cast of the film included Sardar Akhtar, Amar, Husn Banu, Veena Kumari, Kanhaiyalal, Bhudo Advani and Debutant Actor- Director N.A.Ansari along with many others.
Aaj aayee sajanwa ajab ratiyaa
Posted on: June 29, 2026
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 other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
| Blog Day : | 6555 | Post No. : | 20401 |
‘Sikandar’(1941) was produced under the banner of Minerva Movietone and was directed by Sohrab Modi. The star cast included Prithviraj Kapoor, Vanmala, Sohrab Modi, Sheela, Meena (Shorey), K N Singh, Sadiq Ali, Shakir, Yakub, Gajendra Singh, Jillo Bai, Zahur Raja, Noor Jehan (Sr), Prakash, etc. This was the first Hindi film for actress, Vanmala and Meena and the first film for Prithviraj Kapoor in Mumbai after his return from New Theatres, Kolkata. Another noticeable feature about Prithviraj Kapoor in this film is that his voice sounds different than what I have heard in his films of the 1960s.
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