Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Mehak rahi phulwaari
Posted on: October 2, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Doctor (1941) is a classic landmark film produced under the banner of New Theatres, Calcutta. This film is the zenith of Pankaj Babu’s performance as a singer-actor, and all the songs of this film attained iconic popularity. A brief description of the earlier episodes of the film are summarized in the write up for the song Kab tak niraashaa ki andhiyaari .
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I had recently discussed a song from “Kaun Hamaara” (1947). This movie is an extremely obscure one and details about this movie are not available. For instance, we have no idea about the leading actress of this movie who sang the earlier posted song which was sung by Hamida Banu.
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Man mein uthhe uchhaale mere
Posted on: September 29, 2011
I had discussed a song from the obscure movie called “Preet” (1945). According to the little information available about this movie, it was directed by Ram Daryani and it had Chandramohan, Nazir , Snehprabha , Swarnalata , Pahari Sanyal, Gope , Gulab etc in it.
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“Moorti” (1945) is a movie produced by Ranjit Movietone and directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Motilal, Khursheed, Padma Banerjee, Yashwant Dube, Kamal Jamindar, Kaneez, Tara Bai etc. in it.
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Ae chaand zaraa sun le
Posted on: September 28, 2011
“Pyaar ki Manzil” (1950), a by now obscure movie, was produced by a production house with a fancy name, viz. “Super Team Federal” ! This movie was directed by Keky Mistry. The movie had Rehman, Munawwar Sultana, Pratima Devi, Kamal, Gope, Ramesh Sinha, Sita Bose, Jankidas, Niranjan Sharma etc.
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I was under the impression that the first time that we heard the reference to naagan (female cobra) and sapera (snake charmer) in Hindi movies was “Naagin” (1954). But it turns our that there was a song in “Kaun Hamara” (1947) where the song talks (figuratively) of the cobra of love biting a lady and she seeks (figurative or may be emotional) treatment from her beloved.
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“Preet” (1945) is a by now obscure movie. Few people seem to have any idea about this movie. From the little I have been able to find about this movie, it was directed by Ram Daryani and it had Chandramohan, Nazir , Snehprabha , Swarnalata , Pahari Sanyal, Gope , Gulab etc in lead roles.
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“Chaand Chakori” (1945) is one among many movies about which most sites have no inkling, but they all claim to offer all kinds of information, viz movie review, music review, posters, awards and nominations, wallpapers etc etc, where in reality their relevant page is almost entirely blank.
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“Moorti” (1945) is a by now obscure movie. This movie was produced by Ranjit Movietone and directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Motilal, Khursheed, Padma Banerjee, Yashwant Dube, Kamal Jamindar, Kaneez, Tara Bai etc. in it.
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