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“Ratnawali”(1945) was directed by Surendra DEsai for Amar Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Surendra, Ratnamala, Usha Mantri, Maya Bannerji, K N Singh, Nand Kishore, Leela Mishra, Ansari, Jaani Babu, S Nazir etc in it.
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Hindi movies had some memorable “chana zor garam” songs beginning from as early as 1940. The first chana zor garam song was Chane jor garam babu in “Bandhan” (1940). The next such song came up in 1956 which was Chana zor garam babu main laayaa mazedaar in “Naya Andaaz”(1956). The next “Chana zor” song came up in “Kraanti”(1981).
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Though Mumbai gangout happened nearly a month ago (on 21 december 2014), details about it are slow in coming. I wrote about my preparations to join this meet in this article on 3 january 2015. Then nothing happened for several days. I was pleasantly surprised to see an entertaining writeup from Sudhir ji on 13 january 2015 in which he describes his experiences from the planning stage till his arrival at the venue on the D day.

The above wonderful writeup has now inspired me to write the second part of my own take on this meet. So here is goes.
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“Sipahiya”(1949) is a movie few people have heard about, leave aside knowing about. Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia, has all the information about this movie, of course. Here is what he has to say about this obscure movie:
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This article is written by Bharat Upadhyay, 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.

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Raag Maalikaa in Hindi Films – 20
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Ram Rajya was a 1943 Bollywood mythological film, directed by Vijay Bhatt. Prem Adib and Shobhna Samarth were the lead roles as Rama And Sita. The supporting cast was Umakant, Badri Prasad, Ameerbai, Yashwant, Pandit, Madhusudan Pandey, Shantakumari, Aathavale, Ranjana etc. The first ever Indian movie that premiered at USA, It became one of the most popular movies of that early era of Hindi Cinema, and was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1943. The film gained significance, as for the title it used the term Ram Rajya (Rule of Rama), which Mahatma Gandhiji often used to define democratic-righteous rule during the Indian independence struggle. Incidently, it was the only film Gandhiji ever saw. Kanu Desai’s art direction was very much appreciated, equally by the Critics and masses.
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VINTAGE NAUSHAD….Song No. 5
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Today’s song is from film Sharda-42. This was the first film made by A R Kardar under the banner of Kardar Productions, after its establishment.
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We have heard a song that advises people to jump into a well but avoid getting married. 🙂 This song was sung by Kishore Kumar in “Parivaar”(1956). This funny song was discussed in the blog as far back as in 2009.
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Today (12 january 2015) is the 97th birth anniversary of C Ramchandra (12 january 1918-5 january 1982). Here is a song from “Roshni”(1949) on this occasion.
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“Jeewan Saathi”(1949) was directed by M D Baig for Khatri Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Ajit, Sulochana Chatterji, Mumtaz Ali, Jeewan, Badri Prasad, S Nazir etc in it.
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“Sehra” (1948) was an Arun Productions movie. Three songs from this movie have been discussed in the past. Our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh shared some rare information about this movie at that time. Here is what he has to say about this movie:-
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