Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Ghir ghir aaye baadal kaare
Posted on: September 17, 2011
“Daak Banglaa” (1947) is a movie where Suraiyya seemingly sang most of the songs. I have so far discussed four songs from this movie and her voice appears in all of them, either solo or as part of a duet.
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“Anban” (1944) is as obscure a movie as a movie ever can be. Hardly any information is available about this movie now. This movie was directed by N Lahiri. Its star cast included names like Shah Nawaz, David Abraham, Mubarak , Pahari Sanyal, Nargis , Jagirdar , Shobhana Samarth etc.
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Manwa mein pyaar doley
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sartaj” (1950) is an obscure movie which was produced by Omar Khayyam (?) and directed by S Khalil. This movie had actors like Motilal, Munawwar Sultana, Cuckoo, Manorama, Ansari, Mirza Musharaf, Shyama, Rattan Bai etc in it.
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Aison se jee na lagaaye koi
Posted on: September 16, 2011
Suraiyya, who was the leading lady of “Daak Bangla” (1947) had sung quite a few songs in this movie.
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Ambuwaa pe koyal boley
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“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. Only the first two names in the cast are somewhat familiar. I have little idea about the other actors in the list.
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“Pehle Aap” (1944) is a movie produced by A R Kardar. This movie had Wasti, Shamim, Jeewan, Anwar Hussain etc in it.
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Peepal ki chhaaon mein
Posted on: September 15, 2011
“Dak Bangla” (1947) is a movie starring Wasti,Suraiyya,Kamal Kapoor (making his debut),Gope, M Ismail, Rampyaari etc. This movie was produced by Indian National Pictures Limited and it was directed by M Sadiq.
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Jab baadal ghir ghir aayenge
Posted on: September 14, 2011
“Daak Bangla” (1947) is a movie produced by an official sounding Production house namely Indian National Pictures Limited. 😀
The movie was directed by M Sadiq and it had actors like Wasti , Suraiyya,Gope,Rampyaari,M Ismail etc. Kamal Kapoor who later went on to have a long career as a baddie in Hindi movies, made his debut in this movie.
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Ho ho ho chaandni raat hai
Posted on: September 13, 2011
“Daak Bangla” (1947) is a National Pictures production. It was directed by M Sadiq. This movie had Wasti, Suraiyya, Kamal Kapoor, Gope, M Ismail etc in it.
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