Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Kisne chheda man ka taar
Posted on: October 14, 2012
“Tohfa”(1947) was a Seth Brothers Production. It was directed by Agha Hashra Kashmiri. The movie had Rehman, Veera , Nawaab etc in it.
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Mohe le chal balam mele mein
Posted on: October 13, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 8 (Vatsala Kumthekar)
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Lord Byron had said,” Time is a great leveller”.
To paraphrase Lord Byron, Hindi film industry is a great leveller. This industry has taken some people from Rags to Riches and some others from Riches to Rags !
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Nazron ki duniya aabaad kar de
Posted on: October 13, 2012
“Najma” (1943) was a Mehboob Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Veena, Sitara Devi, Yakub, Murad, M Kumar etc in it.
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I have discussed as many as six songs from this movie. Despite discussing so many songs from this movie, not much was known about it. But now we know the detailed story of this movie.
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“Balam” (1949) was a Wadia Movietone Production. It was produced by Homi Wadia. The movie had Wasti, Nigar Sultana, Suraiya, Masood, Jayant, Agha etc in it.
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Koi kyaa jaane
Posted on: October 9, 2012
his article is writteb by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 4 (Ira Nigam)
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India is a very peculiar country.
It is rather Unique.
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“Aaina”(1944) was an R D Production movie. This movie was directed by S M Yusuf. The movie had Trilok Kapoor, Husn Bano, Kaushlya, Yakub, Gope etc in it.
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“Sangeeta” (1950) was a Sudha Pictures Production. It was directed by Ramanlal Desai. The movie had Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Suraiya Choudhary, Ramsingh, Radha Krishnan, Pran, Mumtaz Ali etc in it.
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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.
This is the story of a diva who, despite being in the midst of very adverse family circumstances in her formative years and facing the conservative society, created a niche for herself in the field of classical and ghazal singing. It is also the story of a woman who, despite fame and adulation showered on her by millions of fans, felt lonely all through her life.
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