Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Ek teer chala dil pe lagaa
Posted on: February 15, 2012
“Mahal” (1949) is a landmark movie in several ways, including its music. We in this blog have discussed as many as four songs from this movie.
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Here is another song of the genre “how come this song was not posted earlier”. 🙂 And like always, my excuse is the same. I thought this song was already discussed but I was wrong.
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“Patanga”(1949) was a Varma Films production. It was directed by H S Rawail and the starcast had names like Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Cuckoo, Yakub, Gope, Purnima, Randhir, Mohana, Ramesh Sinha, Shyama, Raj Mehra etc in it.
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“Rattan” (1944) was a movie whose songs were based on folk music instead of classical music as was the norm those days. That helped ordinary folks to identify with and connect with the music of this music. The result was unprecedented. The producer of this movie earned more money through the music rights than through the screening of the movie.
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“Lekh” (1949) was a Liberty Arts Production. It was directed by G Ganesh. Starcast of the movie included Motilal, Suraiyya, Anand Pal, Cuckoo, Ishu, Jagirdar, Sitara etc.
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Mohammad Hussain Farooqui is not a singer that is familiar to too many music lovers today. He worked as a playback singer in late 1940s in Hindi movies before disappearing into oblivion.
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“Chaandni Raat” (1949) is an obscure movie by now. It was a Tajmahal pictures presentation and the movie was directed by M Ehsan. Starcast of the movie had names like Shyam, Naseem, Ulhas, Cuckoo, Jilloo Maa, Parvin, David Abraham etc in it.
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“Khilaadi” (1950) is a Talwar Films presentation. The star cast of the movie had names like Ashok Kumar, Suraiya, Kumar, Indu, E. Tarapore, Anoop Kumar, Narbada Shanker, Sunder, Cuckoo etc in it.
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