Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Na tum aaye na neend aayi
Posted on: September 3, 2011
“Rimjhim” (1949) is a movie that was produced by Hindustan Cine. It was directed by Ramesh Gupta and Sushil Sahu. This movie had Kishore Sahu, Ramola, Mubarak,Mohana, Mumtaz Ali,Amir Bano, Anil Shah, Jankidas etc in this movie.
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Kaaghaz ki thhi wo naao
Posted on: September 2, 2011
I just came across this rare song from an obscure movie. The movie is called “Zabaan” (1943) and it had actors like Dixit, Mubarak, Ishwarlal, Kaushalya etc in it. None of these names rings any bell as far as I am concerned.
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“Rimjhim” (1949) is a movie that had Kishore Sahu and Ramola in lead roles. I have just now discovered the songs of this movie.
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“Laal Dupatta” (1948) is a movie produced by Akash Chitra and directed by K B Lall. This by now forgotten movie had Sapru, Madhubala, ulhas, Gulzar, Neelam, Ranjit Kumari, Kesari, Raja Haksar etc in its cast.
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“Panghat” (1943) is a Prakash Pictures production. It was directed by K J Parmar and Mahesh Chandra. It had actors like Umakant, Ratnamala, Jeewan, Sushil Kumar, Raj Kumari, Shukul, Chiman Seth etc in it. There is not much information available on this movie on internet and much of the information (including what is available on imdb) is misleading and incorrect. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie.
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Jaane waale tu itna bataa re
Posted on: September 1, 2011
“Seedha Rasta” (1947) was a movie produced by Prabhat Film company. This movie has Shahu Modak and Kamla Kotnis in lead roles.
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Aaja bicchde huye saajan
Posted on: September 1, 2011
“Nayi Kahaani” (1943) is a movie that had Jayraj, B Nandrekar, Rose, Banerji, Shalini, Master Chhotu etc in it.
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Baras gayi Raam badariya kaari
Posted on: September 1, 2011
In olden days, becoming a train driver was a fond dream of every kid. And those who actually became one were looked upon with awe by his near and dear one’s. During the British days, most drivers in Indian Railways used to be Anglo Indians and that showed their status in society.
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Kaise kate ratiyaan baalam
Posted on: September 1, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today’s write up is different from the normal format / content of Saigal Saab’s songs, that we are discussing on this blog. (I am in travel today, and have limited access to resources and time. I shall be back tomorrow.)
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When one has to find details about Hindi movie songs, especially old songs, one has to be quite wary of the authenticity of the information. There are information about old songs that are incorrect. If such an information appears in one site, then it is faithfully cut and pasted by all other sites, and with time it becomes Gospel.
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