Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Rab mere araj sun meri
Posted on: August 6, 2011
The music of “Aag” (1948) is something that I can ever have enough of. The music of the songs of this movie is lovely and archtypically ancient, and at the same time timeless, as far as I am concerned.
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Sapt suran teen graam
Posted on: August 5, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
A hundred songs ! Given that the film industry generates many thousands of songs every decade, a hundred songs is a small number. But these hundred are special. These hundred belong to a very exclusive set of a total of 185 songs. And this exclusive set is the musical fortune, each song a jewel studded with priceless gems. Available for the pleasure of all, yet this treasure is a mine of gold and diamonds. Priceless, for this is all that is. There cannot be any more additions to these jewels. Yes, I refer to the recorded legacy of Saigal Saab – a list of 185 recordings in all. Of these, 110 belong to Hindi films, 37 are non filmi songs, in Hindi / Urdu. Of the remaining, a set of 30 recordings are part of Bengali cinema, and the remainder are in other languages (Punjabi, Tamil, Persian). So yes, this blog now hosts 100 of the total of 147 renditions (in Hindi/Urdu) by Saigal saab. An important accomplishment and an occasion to celebrate. Congratulations all.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Parwaana (1947) is sadly the last film of Saigal Saab. In January of 1947, Saigal Saab left this mortal world, with this picture being released after his departure. In the leading credits for this film, this is dedicated to the everlasting memory of Saigal Saab himself.
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Janam janam ka dukhiyaa praani
Posted on: August 2, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Saigal Saab and Suraiyyaa were to be paired together in 3 films between 1945 and 1947. Tadbeer (1945) was the first such film in which these two singer-star sensations came together. Tadbeer is a social drama produced and directed by Jayant Desai. The film presented an impressive star cast that includes Saigal Saab, Suraiyyaa, Mubarak, Jillobai, Rehana, Salvi, Reva Shankar, Amina, Shalini, Raja Joshi and Shashi Kapur. (This last name is not the Shashi Kapoor that we are all familiar with).
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This song is a long pending farmaish for this blog. This song is “Haseenon ki adaayen”, aka “haan ye bholi soorat waale” from “Chaar Din” (1949). This song has been giving me lots of troubles. For one, this song has not one , but two parts. And secondly, each of the part is supposed to have three singers each and as per credits, only one singer is repeated in the other part of the song. But I can clearly notice that these parts have more than three singers singing in them. Moreover, more than one common voice can be heard in both the versions.
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This blog boasts of the largest collection of Sajjad Hussain compositions at one place in the entire interwebs. And I am quite proud of this feat. This blog has as many as 57 Sajjad Hussain compositions, and several of them are rare songs not available elsewhere.
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We have been discussing K L Saigal songs regularly for the last two months, and now we have reached such a stage that all the remaining Hindi songs sung by K L Saigal songs can be covered in the next five or six weeks. Yes, we have come a long way in discussing K L Saigal songs in this blog.
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Armaan bharaa dil toot gayaa
Posted on: July 30, 2011
Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten movie that I have just discovered. This song is from “Wafa” (1950). This movie had Nimmi and Karan Dewan in lead roles.
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Main khili khili phulwaari
Posted on: July 30, 2011
When it comes to rare and special songs, this rare song is very very special indeed. This song is from “Subhadra” (1946).
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Karle nainon se nainaa do chaar
Posted on: July 30, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Tadbeer (1945) is a social drama, produced and directed by Jayant Desai. It is a film about the unkind hand of fate in the life of a kind hearted, religious and an upright person.
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