Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
C RAMCHANDRA is generally considered a rebel amongst the composers of his times. He is the one, who, in the fifth decade of the 20th century itself brought full fledged western music variety in Hindi songs. At the same time he composed soft and extremely melodious songs based on various Ragaas also. He took Lata Mangeshkar to the pinnacle where she remained, later, on her own merit, for a long period. Very few composers have exhibited such variety in their music. It was a fact that many of his films were sold merely on the strength of his music.
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Wo jisko mita baithhe
Posted on: February 3, 2013
“Qasam” (1947) was a Prem Pictures production. It was directed by M D Baig. The movie had Kanta Devi, Jamu Patel, Najma, Prem Adeeb, Raj Adeeb, Sabir, Shashibala etc in it.
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“Chilman” (1949) was an O S S Productions movie. It was directed by Changezi. The movie had Rehana, Shareef, Pritma, Shanti Mullick, Hamid, Anwari etc in it.
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Jhoom rahi baaghon mein
Posted on: February 2, 2013
“Yateem” (1945) is an obscure movie and not much information is available about this movie.
Here is a song from “Yateem” (1945). This song is a duet which is sung by Rajkumari and G M Durrani. Zia Sarhadi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Khurshid Anwar.
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Kehke bhi na aaye tum
Posted on: February 2, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I was a bit surprised to note that Mohammed Rafi had to struggle for nearly 5 years to establish him as one of the leading male playback singers in Hindi film industry. It is said that he recorded his first song for a Punjabi film as early as 1942. It took him another 2 years to get his first song in a Hindi film ‘Pahele Aap’ (1944), a duet with Shyam thus beginning his long lasting collaboration with Naushad. It took another year for him to get an opportunity to sing his first solo song ‘ae dil-e-nakaam tamanna’ in ‘Hamara Sansaar’ (1945) followed by ‘teraa khilonaa toota baalak’ in ‘Anmol Ghadi’ (1946), the latter one under the baton of Naushad.
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Mere dil ko sajan samjha do
Posted on: January 31, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During my childhood days, I had heard more about Suraiya than any other contemporary female actors like Mudhubala, Nargis etc. As I know now, both Madhubala and Nargis were more successful in terms of their box office hit films than that of Suraiya in the 50s. But it was Suraiya who was the most discussed star at that time. I guess that her charismatic personality invited keen interest from cinegoers and her fans in the same way as was the case with Rajesh Khanna in the 70s. The building in which she used to stay at Marine Drive was an important ‘tourist spot’ in those days for the visitors in the city. People would to wait for her ‘darshan’ which eluded most of them . After many years, this type of adulation was witnessed outside Rajesh Khanna’s bungalow in the 70s and Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow even now.
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Jai bolo Mahatma Gandhi ki
Posted on: January 30, 2013
Today (30 january 2013) is the 65th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (2 october 1869- 30 january 1948). He was one leader who genuinely made a change in the world and that was a change for the betterment of people. He was a leader who inspired all the major mass movements of the 20th centuries namely anti colonialism, anti apartheid, and nearer home, anti touchability.
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Ho raat milan ki dil hai pyaasa
Posted on: January 30, 2013
This article is wtitten by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Curiosity is a natural emotion every man has. One is always curious to know about his friends, environment, neighbours, even enemies. This curiosity becomes an urge when the subject of curiosity is a celebrity. Celebrities always show only one side of their life, usually the positive one. People are anxious to know more about them, their private lives etc. That is why autobiographies of celebrities are lapped up by the public.
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“Khidki”(1948) was an Arvind and Anand Production movie. It was produced and directed by P L Santoshi. The movie had Ram Singh, Rehana, Kalpana, Jawahar Kaul, V. H. Desai, Radha Krishnan, Leela Misra, Mumtaz Ali, Tiwari etc in it.
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This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
My curiosity in the Keshav Talpade directed Tigress (1948) was piqued when Mr. Sudhir Kapur posted the patriotic number Hum iss zameen ke hain from this film on the occasion of India’s Republic Day a couple of days ago.
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