Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Yaad rakhnaa chaand taaron
Posted on: May 31, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I had heard popular songs from ‘Kismet’ (1943) in my childhood. But it took another two decades for me to know that Anil Biswas composed those immortal songs. It was during one of the sittings in my friend’s house sometime in early 70s when I listened for the first time a song from ‘Taraana’ ( 1951)- seene me sulagte hain armaan that I came to know of him as music director. Subsequently,I heard many of his songs from films of 40s and 50s and I started liking those songs. It took me another four decades to know about Anil Biswas’s detailed profile and filmography by which time I realised that he was an institution by himself.
Read more on this topic…
Tum bhulaaye na gaye
Posted on: May 31, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Feroza Begum was the better-half of the famed music director Kamal Dasgupta who composed many Bangla movie and private songs and some unforgettable Hindi ones too – in particular for Jawab (1942) and Hospital (1943) which numbers are very much availableon this blog.
Read more on this topic…
“Taara” (1949) is an extremely obscure movie by now. This movie was a New Bombay Theatre Production. It was directed by R D Pareenja. The movie had Shyama, Jawahar Kaul, Kuldip, Majnu, Nayantara, Chand Burque etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Laaj bharey in nainan mein
Posted on: May 14, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
It still surprises some of my friends when I tell them that I completed my high school studies in Hindi medium. It was unthinkable that a person belonging to one of the southern states would join the Hindi medium school. It was a surprise for me as well.
Read more on this topic…
“Lekh” (1949) was a Liberty Arts Production. It was directed by G Ganesh. Starcast of this by now obscure movie included Motilal, Suraiyya, Anand Pal, Cuckoo, Ishu, Jagirdar, Sitara etc.
Read more on this topic…
Tasweer teri dil mera behla na sakegi
Posted on: May 9, 2012
Talat Mehmood is today mainly known for the songs that he sang in Hindi movies. But he began his career as a non film singer. He had gone to Calcutta in late 1930s when he was still a teenager and he began to create waves there with his ghazals.
Read more on this topic…
Suno jee pyaari koyaliya boley
Posted on: April 23, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I had never heard of the film SANYASI (1945) until a few months back. The film was produced under the banner of Kardar Productions and directed by A R Kardar. The cast included Shamim Bano, Amar, Shyam Kumar, Ghulam Mohammed. I checked the available songs on internet and found to my surprise that there were 10 songs in this film out of which 7 songs were sung by Zohrabai Ambalewali (both solo and duets). These songs were written by Pandit Madhur and set to music by Naushad. Other than these, I am not able to get other details about this film such as genre and box office success or otherwise of the film.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the 30s and 40s, female actor-singers like Noor Jehan, Khursheed, Rajkumari, Amirbai Karnataki and Zoharabai Ambalewali dominated the Hindi film industry. These artists were based in Lahore and Bombay (Mumbai). Kanandevi who was based in Calcutta(Kolkatta) held somewhat higher status of a superstar actor-singer for nearly two decades both in Bengali and Hindi film industries. Today, April 22nd is the birth anniversary of Kanandevi who was born in Howrah to a poor family. Her adoptive father died early which forced her to take the responsibility of looking after her family at a young age of 10 years. A well wisher introduced her to Jyoti Studios where she was given a small role in a Bengali silent film Joydeb(1926). Thereafter she worked in some more silent films. It took about 10 years for her to be noticed as an accomplished actor in the film Khooni Kaun (1936).
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Maybe the friends on this blog have given up on me, if my inconsistency of the past few days, some weeks is any evidence. Well yes, the things are kind of busy in life at this time (now why should that be an excuse?) :). Nonetheless, today I do want to write about a wonderful song I came across for the first time last week, and also write about where I am and of the interesting things that have happened today.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs
Recent comments