Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Mere dil mein aao aur bas jaao
Posted on: May 17, 2011
“Duniyaa” (1949) is a movie produced by Fazil Brothers and directed by S F Hasnain. This movie had Karan Diwan, Suraiyya, Jankidas, Anwari, Yakoob, Budo Advani, Shakeela, Baby Zubaida etc in it.
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Ae dard zaraa dam le
Posted on: May 17, 2011
Now a days, electronic gizmos do not merit a second look. Every household now a days have itms like TV, computers, mobile phones etc.
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Aankhon mein aankhen daal ke
Posted on: May 16, 2011
When I was young, listening to songs on radio (and specially on Radio Ceylon) was a much looked forward to activity by younsters and grown ups alike. Like always, parents frowned on this activity, because in their opinion, kids should concentrate on their studies, instead of such morally corrupt activities like watching movies and listening to their music. 🙂
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Chhota sa sansaar hamaaraa
Posted on: May 15, 2011
“Zameendaar” (1942) is a movie that was produced far far back in time. One can notice that this movie was produced in the year when Indians passed the Quit India resolution against their British rulers. Yes, this movie goes that far back in Indian history.
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Salaam e muhabbat ka matlab bataa do
Posted on: May 15, 2011
“Kaneez” (1949) is a movie that had actors like Munawwar Sultana, Kuldip Kaur, Khwaja Sabir, Shyam, Sinha etc in it. Most actors of this movie hardly ring any bells for me. The songs of this movie are also not all that well known nowadays, but the songs are lovely to listen to. This movie has songs by singers other than the usual names and that makes for a refreshing change.
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I have discussed one song from “Mirza Sahiban”(1947) in the past. considering that this is one of the four major tradional Punjabi tragic love stories, one would normally expect to have love songs (tragic or otherwise) in a movie like this. So I am pleasantly suprised to find that this movie has a light hearted song as well.
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“Pugree” (1948) is a movie that had Amar, Wasti, Kamini Kaushal, Shashikala, Gope, Pratima Devi, Ram Avtaar etc in it. This movie has some delightful songs in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past.
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