Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Saanjh ki bela panchhi akelaa
Posted on: August 11, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In this blog we have discussed three pairs of Hindi film personalities having more or less the same name leading to considerable confusion. Shyam vs Shyam Kumar, Shashi (chand) F. Kapoor vs Shashi Kapoor ,and Arun Kumar(Ahuja) vs Arun Kumar (Mukherji).
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Jalne ke siwa aur kyaa hai yahaan
Posted on: August 11, 2012
We in this blog discuss songs of various artists during their anniversaries. Discussing well known artists during their anniversaries is no big deal since everyone knows about their anniversaries. But there are artists who were lesser known and information about them is not easily available. Today is the birth anniversary of one such person.
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Dharti ko aakaash pukaare
Posted on: August 9, 2012
“Mela” (1948) was a blockbuster movie of its time. It was a Wadia Films Production. It was produced by S U Sunny and Hila Wadia and directed by S U Sunny. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, Roopkamal, Amar, Rehman, Baby Zubaida, Nurjehan, Chandabai, Allaudin, Khalil, Abbas, Maqbul Jr., Gulam Mohmed Jr. etc in it.
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“Dillagi” (1949) was a Kardar Productions movie. It was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Shyam, Suraiya, Sharada, Amar, Shyam Kumar, Amir Banu, Chandabai, Yasmin etc in it.
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“Elaan” (1947) was a Meboob Production. It was produced and directed by Mehboob Khan. The movie had Surendra, Munawwar Sultana, Zebunissa, Agha, Shahnawaz, W. M. Khan, Leela Mishra, Rita, Shaheda, Subhasini, Reehan, Mohammad Afzal etc in it.
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Log mujhko khush samajhte hain
Posted on: August 6, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I was aware of Behzad Lucknowi as a lyricist for the films mainly of the 40s. I found that he suddenly vanished from Hindi film industry after he wrote lyrics for a few songs in films released in 1951. Last week, I accidentally came across an audio clip of a ghazal sung by none other than Ghulam Haider from the film ‘Zamindar’(1942). This beautiful ghazal was written by Behzad Lucknowi. I was so touched by this poignant ghazal that I started looking for his other songs penned by him for Hindi films. Two songs among a few already covered in this blog were very familiar to me but I was not aware that those two songs were written by Behzad Lucknowi. Those two songs were : zindaa huun is tarah kigham-e-zindagi nahin, tumhaare bulaane ko ji chaahataa hai. After listening to these songs and the ghazal from the film referred to above, there was an urge in me to know more about Behzad Lucknowi. As it turned out, he was an interesting personality.
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Main bhanwra tu hai phool
Posted on: August 5, 2012
“Mela” (1948) was a Wadia Films production. S U Sunny and Hila Wadia were its producers. S U Sunny had directed this movie which had Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, Roopkamal, Amar, Rehman, Baby Zubaida, Noorjehaan, Chandabai, Allaudin, Khalil, Abbas, Maqbul Jr., Ghulam Mohmed Jr. etc in it.
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Phir aah dil se nikli
Posted on: August 3, 2012
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Today (3 august) is the birth anniversary of Shakeel Badayuni (3 august 1916- 20 april 1970). The combination of Shakeel Badayuni as a lyricist as Naushad as a music director was one of the most common and most successful lyricist-music director combinations of the golden era of Hindi movies. They worked together in as many as thirty movies.
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