Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Prem ki pyaari nishaani
Posted on: January 10, 2013
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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.
Sachin Dev Burman started his musical career as a singer-composer, mainly of non-filmy songs in the 1930s in Calcutta (Kolkatta). After joining the Hindi film industry as a music director in 1946, he sang very few songs in Hindi films and that too only those composed by himself. So I was under the impression that he did not sing any songs in Hindi films under the baton of other music directors. I was wrong in my impression as I found a few days that he sang such songs way back in the beginning of his career. As early as 1941, he had rendered a song for a Hindi film under the music direction of Madhulal Damodar Master. This song happened to be his debut song for Hindi films.
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Pardesi kyun yaad aata hai
Posted on: January 9, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
MAN KI JEET (1944) was produced and directed by W Z Ahmed under the banner of Shalimar Pictures owned by him. Shyam and Nina were in the lead roles. The story of the film was said to be based on Thomas Hardy’s novel ‘Tess of the D’urbervilles’. One of the most popular songs from this film nagri meri kab tak yoon hi barbaad rahegi has been discussed in this blog.
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Akele mein wo ghabraate to honge
Posted on: January 8, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
The first time we hear of Khayyaam as a music director is in the 1951 film, ‘Pyaar Ki Baaten’. In this film, he shares the honors of music composition with Bulo C Rani. But certainly, this is not his first film as a music director. He has been active in the industry since 1948, albeit has was using a different name. In 1947-48 when he came to Bombay looking for opportunities as a music director, some producers and friends suggested to him not to use his original name, and so he adopted a pseduonym – Sharma ji. Under this name he composed music for three films, before reverting to his original name with the film, ‘Pyaar Ki Baaten’.
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Kyaa jaadoo hai tere paas piyaa
Posted on: January 7, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
The Voice of Mukesh #10
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The first five years of Mukesh’s career, from 1941 to 1945 were sketchy, and not very productive. The available records show that he sang 14 songs in six films during these five years. His singing did not capture much attention, and Mukesh was a discouraged man, contemplating to leave Bombay and return home to Delhi. But then in 1945, ‘Pehli Nazar’ happened, under the baton of Anil Biswas. And after the release of ‘Pehli Nazar’, Mukesh’s career was on the up and up.
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“Apradhi” (1947) was a Prabhat Pictures Production. It was produced by S Fatehlal and directed by Yashwant Pethkar. The movie had Madhubala, Ram Singh, Leela Pandey, Pran, Uma Dutt, Raj Kishore, Gouri, Srinivas Joshi, Manjrekar, Kishan Rao, M Naresh, Niranjan, Subodh, Vinod, Gangubai, Madhu Apte etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hindi film music became people oriented, in the real sense, from Khazanchi-1941. Till then HFM was ,as if, in the clutches of Classical and stage music.
The begining of the Fifth decade of the 20th century was a revolutionary period for Film Industry. Mehboob, Kardar, K.Asif, V.Shantaram, Filmistan etc established their own studios and started producing meaningful cinemas. It also brought a new dimension to film music. This decade showed that Good Music, on its own, can make a film successful at the box-office, irrespective of other factors like cast, plot etc.
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Aaja ri nindiyaa aaja
Posted on: January 3, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The name Hanuman Prasad paints a picture of a Pehelwan playing kushti in an akhaada. Guru Hanuman and his akhaada in North India is quite famous.
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Preet ka naata jodne waale
Posted on: January 2, 2013
“Afsar” (1950) was a Navketan Films production. It was directed by Chetan Anand. The movie had Dev Anand, Suraiya, Krishan Dhawan, Rashid Khan, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Manmohan Krishna, Kanhaiyalal etc in it.
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Dekho dekho sajan tum na aana
Posted on: December 31, 2012
“Meri Kahaani” (1948) was a Super Team Federal Productions movie. It was directed by Keki Mistry. The movie had Surendra, Munawwar Sultana, Pratima Devi, Ramesh Sinha, Murad, Bhudo Advani etc in it.
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“Nateeja” (1947) was a Bombay Talkies movie. It was directed by Najam Naqvi. The movie had Shamim Bano, Yakub, Jillo, Radhika, Maya Devi etc in it.
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