Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Ganga ki bhoomi Jamuna ka desh
Posted on: July 11, 2026
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| 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
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 : | 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
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| 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.
Jaago jaago jaaga madhur prabhaat
Posted on: June 28, 2026
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| Blog Day : | 6554 | Post No. : | 20397 |
“Kasauti”(1941) was directed by Ramchandra Thakur for National Stuudios, Bombay. The movie had Miss Rose, Prahlad, Veena, Sunalini Devi, Satish, Marutirao Pehelwan, Baby Meena, N A Ansari etc in it.
Nainon mein naina daaley
Posted on: June 27, 2026
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| Blog Day : | 6553 | Post No. : | 20392 |
“Society”(1942) was directed by Nazir for Hind Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Sitaara devi, Nazir, Majid, Gope, Alaknanda, Shaam, Rajkumari Shukla, Chopra, Malti, Janardan Sharma, Anwari, Ishrat etc in it.
Joban kee naiyya doley
Posted on: June 23, 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 : | 6549 | Post No. : | 20383 |
Today’s song is from an 82 year old film- Bade Nawab Saheb-1944.
The film , made by Silver Films, was directed by Vedi, lyricist Shams Lucknowi and the music was by Basheer Dehalavi. The cast of the film included Chandra Mohan, Pahadi Sanyal, Kumar, Pramila, Bibbo, Susheel Kumar, Leela Mishra, Ghori and others.
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