Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
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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Maan gayi main ab maan gayi
Posted on: December 7, 2011
“Duhaai” (1943) is an extremely obscure movie by now. Little information is available about this movie now. From the little that I have been able to dig about this movie (from imdb), it was directed by V M Vyas. Some of the actors of this movie were Ansari, Shanta Apte, Noorjahaan,Butt Kasar, M Kumar etc.
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Jaa parwaane jaa
Posted on: December 6, 2011
“Rajputani”(1946) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was directed by Aspi Irani and it had Jairaj, Veena, Bipin Gupta, Usha Rani,Noori, Altaf Hussain, Azim etc in it.
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Koi kisi se dil na lagaana
Posted on: December 6, 2011
“Nishaana” (1950) was an M & T Production. It was directed by Wajahat Mirza Changezi. The starcast of the film included names like Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Cuckoo, Madhubala, Shyama, Yakub, Nawab, Kanhaiyalal, Balam, Shanti Madhok, Durga Khote etc.
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Aane waale jab aayenge
Posted on: December 6, 2011
Discussing Sajjad Hussain compositions in this blog is always special, and more so because the remaining Sajjad Hussain songs that are being discussed now are extremely rare to find.
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Hanske na teer chalaanaa
Posted on: November 27, 2011
“Beqasoor” (1950) was a Madhukar Pictures presentation. K Amarnath was the director of this movie. Starcast of the movie included names like Ajit, Madhubala, Geeta Nizami, Durga Khote, Yakub, Gope, Pramila etc in it.
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