Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
“Rimjhim”(1949) was a Hindustan Cine Production movie. It was directed by Ramesh Gupta and Sushr Sahu. The movie had Kishore Sahu, Mubarak, Ramola, Mohana, Jankidas, A. Shah, Narmada Shanker, Amir Banu, Mumtaz Ali etc in it.
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Chamkat damkat daamini
Posted on: May 2, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the process of searching for some rare songs sung by G M Durrani, I came across a song ‘chamkat damkat daamini’ sung by him in the film GEET GOVIND (1947) with Aabha and Geeta Dutt. I have not heard the name of the film nor the song. I am not even aware of Aabha, one of the playback singers in this song. Perhaps she may be one of those ‘one-film’ playback singers.
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Ajee dil ho qaaboo mein to
Posted on: May 1, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
On the eve of my retirement from the service in 2006, I had started buying VCDs/DVDs of many classic Hindi films mostly of 40s and 50s to watch them as a part of my post retirement activities. While I have watched most of them, there were still a few VCDs which were lying intact without even breaking the plastic wraps. One of such VCDs was of the film ‘Village Girl’ (1945). What caught my attention was not the intact plastic cover but a boldly printed statement on the top of the VCD cover in Hindi which in English meant ‘Mohammed Rafi’s first song – ajee dil ho qaaboo mein to dildaar ki aisee taisee’. Until now I was under the impression that Mohammed Rafi’s first debut Hindi film as a playback singer was ‘Pahle Aap’ (1944). I decided to first watch the film.
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Jiya beimaan
Posted on: April 30, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Voice of Mukesh #16
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This delightful and endearing sound of a heart that is finding love for the first time, took me by surprise. And the song seems to be really rare, in that I am not able to locate any published version online so far.
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Morey angna mein
Posted on: April 30, 2013
“Nishaan” (1949) was a Gemini Combines Production. It was directed by S S Vasan. The movie had P Bhanumati, Ranjan, Nagendra Rao, J. S. Casshyap, Maya Banerji, B. Kalla, Narayan Rao etc in it.
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Meri veena ro rahi hai
Posted on: April 30, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Somewhere in the late 2011 AK ji, of Songsofyore.com, had written on this Blog about the importance of NFS. After reading his views, I too wrote a rather lengthy comment supporting the inclusion of NFS on this Blog. Our contention was that, prior to the Hindi Film Music becoming popular all over India,it was those ghazals, Geets and Bhajans, privately sung and recorded by various artists which had ruled the tastes of music lovers. In fact many famous singers had recorded NFS in the beginning phase of their singing careers. Some names are Talat Mehmood, Saigal, Pankaj Mullick, Jagmohan and JUTHIKA ROY !
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Today (29 april 2013) is the 14th death anniversary of Kidar Sharma (12 april 1910- 29 april 1999). He was involved in Hindi movies in various capacities, viz Producer, Director, Script/ Screenplay writer, lyricist, actor etc. He is also known as one who gave beaks to several artists who later went on to become big names in Hindi movies. Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Bharat Bhushan, Hansraj Bahl, Snehal Bhatkar, Roshan, Mala Sinha, Tanuja are a few such names who owe their debuts in Hindi movies to Kidar Sharma.
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Mera husn lootne aaya
Posted on: April 29, 2013
“Chandralekha” (1948) was one of the earliest Magnum Opus of Indian movies. Here is what Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved in house encyclopaedia has to say about this movie:
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
NAYI KAHAANI (1943) was produced under the banner of Prabhat Film Company and directed by D D Kashyap. The star cast included Jairaj, Miss Ross, B Nadrekar, Shalini, Paresh Banerjee, Master Balakram etc. I had not heard of Miss Rose as an actress. A search on the website did not reveal much information about her except some basic information here. She was born as Rose Masbiah in Calcutta (Kolkatta) in a Jewish family. Her filmography indicates that she started working for Madan Theatres in Calcutta starting with the film ‘Hindustan’ (1932). Sometime around 1938, she shifted to Bombay (Mumbai) and joined Sagar Movietone. After the closure of Sagar Movietone, she seems to have become a freelance actor doing roles in films produced under the banners of Ranjit Movietone, National Studios and other film production banners in Bombay/Poona. During her career, she acted in 24 films. ‘Daasi Yaa Maan’ (1946) was her last film. She was a good singer and in a few films, she sang her own songs.
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Ho o o teri meri ye kahaani
Posted on: April 27, 2013
I have recently become aware of a movie called “Nishaan” (1949). This movie was a Gemini Combines Production. It was directed by S S Vasan. The movie had P Bhanumati, Nagendra Rao, J. S. Casshyap, Maya Banerji, B. Kalla, Ranjan, Narayan Rao etc in it. Judging the movie by its songs, this movie appears to be a great fun movie. I wonder why this movie is not all that well known.
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