Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Gehoon ke phulke khilaa de
Posted on: March 5, 2016
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Forgotten Melodies of the 1940s – 15
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During the British rule in India, film censorship was introduced under Indian Cinematography Act, 1918 under which the films could be exhibited only after getting certification from the Censor Boards. During the height of freedom struggles, film censorship was used as a tool to discourage political and socio-economic issues which were perceived to be anti-British rule in India. In the talkie era, ‘Mill’ (Mazdoor, 1934) was probably the first Indian film to be banned for exhibition by the Censor Board after the film was released. The story and script written by Munshi Premchand dealt with the exploitation of labourers by a Mill owner. The film was considered to contain inflammatory undertones creating a rift betwen the labourers and owners in factories.
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Bhoola bhatka pathh haaraa man
Posted on: February 28, 2016
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“Jwaar Bhaata”(1944) was directed by Amiya Chakravarty for Bombay Talkies. The movie had Mridula, Shamim, Agha Jaan, Dilip Kumar, P F Pithawala, K N Singh, Mumtaz Ali, Arun Kumar, Vikram Kapoor, Jagannath Arora,Naseem Lodhi, C J Pandey, Khaleel etc in it. The movie is today remembered as the debut movie of Dilip Kumar.
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“Mehndi”(1947) was directed by Sibtain Fazli for Fazli Films, Bombay. The movie had Nargis, Begam Para, Murad, Ghori, Jillobai, Jaani babu, Protima Devi, Chacha Premi, Anwari, Zaki, Baby Shyama etc in it.
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Bhaai roothhe bhaabhi manaawe
Posted on: February 27, 2016
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“Insaan”(1944) was directed by Babubhai Jaani for Jayant Films. The movie had David Abraham, Maya Banerjee, Pahadi Sanyal, Krishna Chandra Dey, Kishore Sahu, Shobhna Samarth etc in it.
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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.
Forgotten Melodies of the 1940s – 13
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Naqsh-e-khayaal dil se mitaaya nahin hanooz
Bedard maine tujh ko bhulaaya nahin hanooz
——Josh Malihabadi
Dil se tera khayaal na jaaye to kya karoon
Main kya karoon koi na bataaye to kya karoon
—–Hafeez Jalandhari
Both these ghazals have been written in the same metre expressing almost the same sentiments. I have no idea as to which one of them was written first. But these ghazals have become a source of inspiration for writing lyrics for songs in Hindi films for situations like ‘broken heart’, separation from the beloved etc.
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Aa teri tasweer banaa loon
Posted on: February 24, 2016
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Forgotten Melodies of the 1940s – 12
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Readers of this Blog may recall Talat Mehmood’s iconic song aa teri tasweer banaa loon from ‘Naadaan’ (1951) which was composed by Chic Chocolate (Antonio X. Vaz). Recently, I came across the mp3 clip of a song with the same starting verse from an obscure film ‘Rekha’ (1943). There is no mention of the names of singers and lyricist of the song. I got some information from the internet about the film but drew a blank on the names of singers. I could not locate the song on YT.
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Main geet sunaati rehti hoon
Posted on: February 23, 2016
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“Padosi” (1941) was directed by V Shantaram for Prabhat Films. The movie had Gajanan Jagirdar, Mazhar Khan, Balwant Singh, Anees Khatoon, D D Kashyap, Radhakrishan, Vasant Thengdi, Balakram, Sumitra Devi etc. in it.
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“Chaar Aankhen”(1944) was directed by Sushil Majumdar for Bombay Talkies. The movie had Leela Chitnis, Jairaj, ashalata, P F Pithawala, Pal Mahendra, Nand Kishore, Jagannath Arora, Sharifa, Kamta Prasad, Anant, Bachanlal Dixit, Gadadhar Sharma etc in it.
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Saathi janam maran ka tu
Posted on: February 21, 2016
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“Padosi” (1941) was directed by V Shantaram for Prabhat Films. The movie had Gajanan Jagirdar, Mazhar Khan, Balwant Singh, Anees Khatoon, D D Kashyap, Radhakrishan, Vasant Thengdi, Balakram, Sumitra Devi etc. in it.
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