Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
“Moorti” (1945) was a movie produced by Ranjit Movietone. It was 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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“Pagli Duniya” (1944) is a movie that can qualify for the category of the most obscure movies today. Hardly any information is available about this movie. This movie had actors like Motilal, Mumtaz Shanti, Sheikh Mukhtaar, Kanhaiyalal, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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“Anokha Pyaar” (1948) was an Ambika Films Company production. It was directed by M I Dharmsen. The movie had Kesari, Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Nalini Jaywant, Mukri, Ved, Uma Dutt, Habib, Sheikh, Sankatha Prasad etc in it.
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Champakali hai udaas
Posted on: September 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I came across this gem of a sweet song of sadness today, and have simply fallen in love with it. Very simple words, very simple composition, and such effortless but impressive rendering by a voice that should merited to be known and heard more than it actually is.
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“Sabak” (1950) is a movie that was produced by Sadiq Productions and directed by M Sadiq. This movie had Karan Dewan,Munawwar Sultana, Om Prakash,Jaageerdaar, Jillo etc in it.
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Kab tak niraasha ki andhiyaari
Posted on: September 22, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Music has always been an enchanting appeal for me, since my childhood. Having grown up on a listening diet of radio programs on AIR and Radio Ceylon, the music of Hindi films has been the best charm for me. In the eighties, fresh out of college, and into my first job, the earnings meant that now I could buy music that I wanted to listen. Cassette tapes were the popular media in those days, and making copies of music from records was a rampant cottage industry.
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Here is a song from “Sabak” (1950). It is sung by Surinder Kaur. D N Madhok is the lyricist. Music is composed by A R Qureshi.
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“Raat Ki Raani” (1949) was a J S Pictures presentation.Jagdish Sethi, who was the owner of the J S Pictures was also the director of this movie. He in fact acted in this movie too. The movie had Munawwar Sultana, Shyam, Sulochana Chatterji, Madan Puri, Jagdish Sethi, Om Prakash, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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When we discuss old songs of 1930s and 1940s, we tend to believe that those songs were all serious songs. That is not really the case. In all generations of music one can find light hearted songs as well.
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Ambuwaa ke ped suhaane
Posted on: September 20, 2011
“Sabak” (1950) is a movie which was produced by Sadiq Productions and directed by its owner, namely M Sadiq. The movie had Karan Dewan,Munawwar Sultana,Om Prakash,Jagirdaar,jillo etc in it.
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