Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Bairan nindiya kyun nahin aaye
Posted on: December 18, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What an endearing song, and what a mellifluous voice. Such a wonderful gem of a song, from the first film for which Hansraj Behl composed the music. The film is ‘Pujari’ from 1946. This was the debut year for Hansraj Behl, and 3 films containing his compositions were released that year. As per records, this film is he first one for which he started composing.
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“Station Master” (1942) is a very old movie indeed. This movie had actors like Jagdish Sethi, Jeewan, Amirbai Karnataki, Baby Suraiyya (same person who grew up to be Suraiyya), Gulab, Kaushalya, Prem Adib, Ratnamala, Shakir, Umakant etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellw enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What does one say about a film named ‘Gvaalan’ (Milkmaid) that was released 1946, exactly 65 years ago? Obscure, unknown, rare are the words that come to mind. Looking for early films of Hansraj Behl, I came across a few songs of this film in my collection, that are undoubtedly rare – and not yet published anywhere. As per the history of Hansraj Behl’s films, this film is one of the three films released in 1946 for which this music director has composed the music. Going by this information, this can very well be his debut film. The other two films released in 1946 with music by him are ‘Pujaari’ and ‘Phulwaari’.
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“Kismat” (1943) is a movie which was produced by Bombay Talkies Ltd, Bombay. Gyan Mukherji was the producer and the star cast had Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti, Shah Nawaz, Moti, P.F.Pithawala, Prahlad, Harun, Mubarak etc. This movie was India’s first multi starrer movie and also the most successful movie of those days. This movie was the original lost and found movie which was then copied and emulated in countless number of movies for several decades to come.
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When it comes to singers of the earlier decades, Amirbai Karnataki is a singer that I love to listen to. While searching for songs sung by her, I came across this rare and absolutely wonderful song.
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Kaahe ko byaahi bides
Posted on: December 8, 2011
“Heer Ranjha”(1948) is a movie which was produced by Punjab Film Corporation. This movie was directed by Wali Sahab. The movie had Ghulam Mohammed, Shree Nath, Roop Kamal, Gulab Majnu, Aziz Kashmiri etc in it.
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Mohe haay neend na aaye
Posted on: December 8, 2011
“Duhaai” (1943) is an extremely obscure movie. Information about this movie is just not available on internet. That was the case till I discussed a song from this movie.
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All the Sajjad Hussain songs discussed in this blog are from movies that were released. But Sajjad Hussain also composed a few songs for movies that were shelved.
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“Suhaag Raat” (1948) or “Sohag Raat”(1948) as it was spelled in the posters , was an Oriental Pictures presentation. It was directed by Kidar Sharma. The star cast had names like Begam Para,Bharat Bhushan, Geeta Bali (debut), Maruti etc.
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