Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Raakhi ka aaya tyohaar sakhi
Posted on: August 2, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings all readers, for the celebration of the festival of Raksha Bandhan, or Raakhi as it is more popularly known.
Today is the full moon day, i.e. the last day of the month of Shravan (Saawan) of the Hindu calendar. Traditionally, the monsoon rains have already set in. The fields that were ploughed and upturned, after the last harvest and before the arrival of rains, are now fully prepared for sowing. For the farmers and their families, this is the auspicious beginning of the sowing season – another crop to tend to, another harvest to look forward to. In most of North India, the farmers will start to sow the wheat crop from this day.
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O saawan ke din aaye re
Posted on: August 2, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I am familiar with the Hindi film ‘Sikandar-e-Azam’ (1965) which I had watched on Doordarshan long ago. How can I forget the iconic song “jahan daal daal par sone ki chidiyan karti hai basera” which used to be played on our Independent Day and the Republic Day. A few months back, I came to know that there was another film ‘Sikandar’ with the same story line which was released in 1941. The film was produced under the banner of Minerva Movietone owned by Sohrab Modi and directed by him. The star cast included Prithviraj Kapoor ( Sikandar), Sohrab Modi ( King Porus), Vanmala (Ruksana), Sheela, Meena Shorey ( Prarthhna, Kign Ambi’s sister), K N Singh ( King Ambi of Taxila) etc.
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Chheen ke dil kyun pher lin aankhen
Posted on: July 31, 2012
Today (31st july) is the day when Rafi left for the heavenly abode, and the world of Hindi movie music was no longer the same again.
It is difficult to believe, but it has been 32 years already without Rafi. How time flies !
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“Elaan” (1947), a Mehboob Production movie, 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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Man dol rahaa hai
Posted on: July 29, 2012
“Qeemat” (1946) is an extremely rare and obscure movie by now. Hardly any information is available about this movie online. This movie had Sulochana Chatterjee, Amar etc in it, as far as I can find out.
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Jeene ki soorat ho gayee
Posted on: July 28, 2012
“Tohfa” (1947) is a movie about which little is known now. From internet, I can gather that the movie had
Nawab, Veera, Shahnawaz, Anuradha, Rehman, Misra, Agha etc in it.
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Mere pehlu mein hai zindagaani
Posted on: July 28, 2012
“Elaan”(1947) 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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Ye kaun chala haay ye kaun chala
Posted on: July 27, 2012
Regulars of this blog may have noticed the reduced postings of songs for the last few days. It is not because of any slackness on my part. It is because I have not been able to find time to spend on the blog. I was travelling almost throughout during this period and all these postings were done hurriedly, often while journeying. And after the end of the journey, I landed at Delhi and became busy in meetings.
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Suno suno hey nar naari
Posted on: July 25, 2012
Today (25 july) is the birth anniversary of Sudhir Phadke. He got very few opportunities to give music in Hindi movies. As a result, most of his musical creations are in Marathi, where he is a legend as a music composer as well as a singer.
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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 his 100th writeup in this blog.
Yesterday, Shamshad Begum hit a double century on this blog. That reminded me that I had missed writing an article on her on the occasion of her 93rd birth day on April 14th. Her songs of 40s, 50s and 60s are still remembered and some of them have reappeared in the guise of remix songs. At 93, she is the senior most playback singer amidst us. Manna Dey, the next senior most playback singer is 16 days younger to her.
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