Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Raat jaa rahi hai
Posted on: May 28, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of this blog
Late 1940s, and especially the year 1949, is considered to be a watershed year in the annals of Hindi film music. considered by many to be the dawn of the Golden Age of Hindi film music,
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Here is a bhajan that people may have heard but they may not be aware that this bhajan is originally from a movie.
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Kyun shiqwaa karen kyun aah bharen
Posted on: May 27, 2011
I had not heard of this movie called “Pagle” (1950). This by now obscure movie had actors like Sherry, Jagirdar, Begum Para, Agha Jan, Pratima Devi,Cuckoo etc in it.
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Chaandni raat aur taare khile hon
Posted on: May 27, 2011
In my younger days, K L Saigal was a “boring” singer, but now I can not have enough of K L Saigal songs. I find listening to K L Saigal songs a divine experience these days, as it reminds me of those days several decades ago, when most radios in India would play radio Ceylon in early mornings. 7-30 to 8 AM was the most “boring” period on Radio Ceylon, as it was during this time that “puraani filmon ke geet” were played, culminating into a K L Saigal song as the last song.
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Main hoon nanhi nayi dulhan
Posted on: May 25, 2011
“Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahaani”(1946) is based on the real life story of an Indian doctor called Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis, who went to China and served the Chinese patients during the second China-Japan war in 1938. He is held in high regards by the Chinese people. He stayed in China till 1942, when he died of epilepsy. He was only 32 at that time.
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If one needs to buy items, what does one do today ? One just goes to the local market/ shopping mall and gets that. But it was not always all this simple.
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Wo pehli mulaaqaat
Posted on: May 20, 2011
Sajjad Hussain is regarded as one of the most talented music directors in Hindi movies. A respected music director like Anil Biswas described him as the only original music director in the industry, which is a very high praise indeed.
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Aasmaan se door taaraa ho gayaa
Posted on: May 19, 2011
“Darogaa jee” (1949) is a movie that had Jairaj (playing the title role),Nargis,Neelam Mishra,M L Bohra, Nisaar etc in it.The movie has been forgotten, but that has not stopped me from discussing as many as two songs from this movie in the past.
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Here is a wonderful song that I discovered just now. To be honest I had discovered it some one year back but I had not listened to it and then I had forgotten all about it. Just now I listened to this song and I was amazed at how modern this song sounds even today, even though it is a song from as far back as 1942.
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