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Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category


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6451 Post No. : 20025

“Andhera”(1943) was a “social” movie that was directed by Aspi Irani for Ranjit Movietone, Bombay. This movie had Sitara Devi, Arun Kumar Ahuja, K C Dey, Kesari, Bhagwan Das, Baby Madhuri, Laxman, Malti, Rajkumari etc in it.
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6447 Post No. : 20006

Twenty Thousand Song Posts!

We have all reached the magical milestone that we have been eagerly waiting for the last few months. This is a mind-blowing milestone, worth being appreciated and celebrated with pride and accomplishment.
Hearty Congratulations to all involved.

The wait is over, but the march continues for there are new frontiers and landmarks to be achieved. The troupe of music enthusiasts are unwavering in their efforts and roles. Personal, professional and retired life notwithstanding, the contributors in terms of guest-writers, lyrics contributors, comment writers, visitors etc. continue to add, enrich and strengthen the basic virtues of the blog.
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6447 Post No. : 20005

Today’s song is from an unusual film Parbat pe apna Dera -1944.

Made by V.Shantaram for his own banner Rajkamal Kalamandir, the film was also directed by him. The music was by Vasant Desai for the songs written by Dewan Sharar-who wrote the film’s story also. For the 9 songs of this film, as many as 7 singers were used, like Parshuram, Vasant desai, Khan mastana, Naseem Akhtar, Zohrabai Ambalewali, Ameerbai Karnataki and Lalita Deulkar.
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6441 Post No. : 19990

Today’s song is from the film Gopinath-1948.

The film was directed by Mahesh Kaul and the music was by Ninu Mujumdar. The lyrics of the film’s 9 songs had a mix of 2 songs each by Meerabai and Surdas and 5 songs by Ram Murti Chaturvedi. The cast of the film included Raj Kapoor, Tripti Mitra, Latika, Anwari Bai, Firoz, Mahesh Kaul and others.
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6440 Post No. : 19987

Today’s song is from a special film Lakharani-1945.

The film was produced by Prabhat film Company, Poona. It was a Costume film, directed by Vishram Bedekar. The film had music by Master Krishna Rao Phulambrikar – an All India famous classical singer of his times. The 6 songs of this film were written by Qamar Jalalabadi aka Omprakash Bhandari. The cast of the film included Durga khote, Monica Desai ( younger sister of actress Leela Desai and wife of director Phani Mujumdar), Azurie, Sapru, Guru Dutt, Ram Singh, Urmila and many others.
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6439 Post No. : 19986

Today’s song is from a social film Chand Tara-1945.

1945 was the year when the devastating II World War ended and the film industry heaved a sigh of relief. Many irksome regulations were relaxed. There was no force now to make Propaganda films for war, no shortage of Raw Film and plenty of Finance available through black money, generated during the war times. However, the year saw only 73 Hindi films made.

One of the most successful and famous film directors of Hindi films- Bimal Roy had a beginning in 1945. He was the director of the Bangla film “Udayer Pathe”, based on the story by Jyotirmoy Roy. It was remade in Hindi as ” Humrahi”. Both versions became Hit films. Thus a cameraman and editor Bimal Roy emerged as a big name in Hindi films. He got this opportunity as New theatres, Calcutta had dried up with its ace and famous directors, who left the company and had marched towards Bombay, even when NT was downhill. This film was also noteworthy because Tagore’s “Jana Gana Mana” was used in the film Humrahi-1945, which later on became India’s National Anthem (though it was written by Tagore to please and welcome King George V, on his visit to India in 1911).
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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.

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6437 Post No. : 19980

Today’s song is from a re-made costume film from the South – Nishan-1949.

Besides being a Musical films’ year, 1949 was also an year when the South Indian filmmakers, especially S.S.Vasan, became active after the film Chandralekha-1948 became a successful one and brought in huge profits. It became an attraction for the filmmakers in the South. They understood that the Hindi film market was many times bigger than the Southern film market and that it was possible to capture a part of it with their south made Hindi films.

Initially, in the early era, Bombay was the biggest centre for film making. When the Talkie films started, other smaller centres in those times, like Lahore and the South, woke up. For Lahore, language was not a problem and so there was a traffic between Lahore and Bombay film people for work and technology. Thus few centres for film production prospered in Lahore-like Pancholi and Shorey etc.
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6436 Post No. : 19979

Mohd Rafi – A Journey Divine – 1
(1944-46)

किसी ने कभी पानी से पूछा — पानी रे पानी तेरा रंग कैसा

तो जवाब जो पानी ने दिया — जिसमें मिला दो लगे उस जैसा

Someone once asked water, “Water, water, what color is yours?” The answer water gave was, “My color will resemble whatever I am mixed with.” This isn’t a quality, a skill, an art, or anything significant. It’s the very nature of water, a gift from God, bestowed upon water. When God created water in the universe, He granted it an inexhaustible treasure: despite being colorless, it possesses the unique ability to manifest every other color. Perhaps with a similar thought in mind, God brought to this earth an individual whose voice was so gifted with the ability to become the voice of any and every personality, every character. He shaped that individual’s personality with such natural simplicity that it could provide a voice for everyone behind the scenes, yet its own existence remained completely inconspicuous. This individual’s voice might be in the background, but listeners might not even be aware of its presence. Over time, this voice would linger behind hundreds of characters. Only those who knew would know what it was.
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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.

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6434 Post No. : 19972

Today’s song is from a social film, with an intriguing title – Anban-1944.

Hindi film titles are sometimes funny and sometimes confusing. Funny, we can understand but confusing titles can cause problems. I can understand the same titles for films. There are hundreds of such examples. Same titled films can be found from 2 to 7 films. Yes. Film title ” Insaaf” was used for 7 films from 1937 to 1997 – one each in every decade !

When titles are similar but not exactly the same, they can still cause confusion. Here are some examples….. Aajkal and Aaj aur kal, Aarsi and Aarti, Shadi ke baad and Shadi se pehle, Agent 1-2-3, Agent 777 and Agent 999, Lagaan and Lagaam, Daanaa Paanee and Dana Pani etc etc.

Today’s film also falls in this category. There was a film called Aanbaan and this is Anban. For several years I was confused, but when I read in a Film magazine that this is Un-bun pronounced as “अन-बन ” (discord or rift in English), my confusion was cleared. (Aanbaan means dignity or pride in English).
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6433 Post No. : 19969

Today’s song is from a social film – Pardesi-1941.

It was a Ranjit Movietone presentation. Directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi, its music was provided by Khemchand Prakash. Film’s 15 songs were written by D.N.Madhok and Pyarelal Santoshi. The cast included Motilal, Khursheed, Snehprabha, E. Billimoria, Durgesh (Debut of actress Anjali Devi-Bombaywali- in her real name), Kantilal, Bhagwandas etc.
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