Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Laaye laaye laaye laaye balamwaa
Posted on: August 22, 2011
The song “Chal Chal Re Naujawaan” and the movie “Chal Chal Re Naujawaan” are different. A song thus titled first appeared in an Ashok Kumar movie called “Bandhan”(1938). The movie “Chal Chal Re Naujawaan” appeared in 1944. This movie too starred Ashok Kumar. So this phrase “Chal Chal Re naujawaan” whether as a song or as a movie title became inextricably associated with Ashok Kumar.
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Bheegee bheegee palken hain
Posted on: August 21, 2011
“Bela” (1947) is a by now obscure movie. This movie had actors like Nigar, Jairaj, S N Tripathi (same as the music director), Krishna Kumari,B R Sharma (same person who was a lyricist as well) etc in it. Others are rather unknown names for me.
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When one talks of a movie called “Caravan”, one normally means “Caravan” (1971), but I have just discovered that there was another movie of the same name which was released in 1944. Very little information is available about this movie. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this movie.
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“Mashaal” (1950) is a movie That had Ashok Kumar, Sumitra Devi and Rooma Devi in lead roles. This movie had some nice songs in it including the song Upar gagan vishaal which launched Manna Dey’s career as a playback singer.
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Jab chaand jawaan hogaa
Posted on: August 18, 2011
Here is a song that is a very rare song on several counts.
This song is from an obscure movie called “‘”Bairam Khan” (1946). This song is sung by not one or two or three, but four female singers ! This song is sung by Geeta Dutt (then Roy), Shamshad Begam, Naseem Begam and Munawwar Sultana.
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Shaheedon tumko mera salaam
Posted on: August 15, 2011
This aricle is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings to all, on the 64th anniversary of Independence. A day to be remembered. And more than the day, it is important to remember those who laid down their lives to make this freedom possible.
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Jhamak jhamak liye teg tamak
Posted on: August 15, 2011
India won her freedom from British rulers in 1947 after a prolonged struggle of several decades.
It is believed that the first freedom struggle against them was launched in 1857 which did not succeed.
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Jai Hind ye Hind ki kahaaniyaan
Posted on: August 15, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings all on the 65th anniversary of Independence of our country from the rule of the Britishers.
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Ek din hansaaye ek din rulaaye
Posted on: August 14, 2011
“Kismat” (1943) has the distinction of being India’s most successful movie at the box office (it ran for three years at one movie hall) before its record was broken by “Sholay” (1975) (it ran for five years in one movie hall). “Kismat” (1943) really must have caught the imagination of the public at that time. And its music definitely played a big role in bringing movie watchers to the movie halls.
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