Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
I have been discussing the songs of “Parbat Pe Apna Dera” (1944) these days. This movie is a treasure of songs that have been forgotten with time, but which deserve to be much better known. And the fact that the artists singing these songs are those who were active in the pre golden era of Hindi movies, make these songs even more valuable.
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I have been discussing the songs of “Parbat Pe Apna Deraa” (1944) these days. and what wonderful songs this movie has ! It is a treasure trove of gems.
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Haay mori daiyya jiyaa ghabraaye
Posted on: March 30, 2011
In Hindi movies, mujra songs are quite common, especially in Hindi movies of 1950s to 1970s. When one looks at the lyrics of these mujra songs, one finds that the lady, who is supposedly from the poorer and lesser educated section of society, uses quite sophisticated and high sounding words and highly evolved thoughts in her mujra songs.
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Hamse karle preet ri jogan
Posted on: March 30, 2011
I have discussed the title song of “Parbat Pe apna Deraa” (1944) recently. Here is another song from this movie.
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Jhoom rahaa hai mera man
Posted on: March 29, 2011
“Aage Badho” (1947) is a forgotten movie from the past. It had Dev Anand, Khursheed,Vasant Thengdi and Kusum Deshpande in lead roles. Chances are, other names were the lead actors and Dev Anand, then a new comer could be a lesser actor in this movie.
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Parbat pe apna deraa
Posted on: March 29, 2011
I have come across a forgotten movie from the past. The movie is called “Parbat Pe Apna Deraa”(1944). This movie was made by V Shantaram and it had Ulhas and Vanmala in lead roles.
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“Niraalaa” (1950) is a movie starring very young Madubala and Dev Anand. And this movie also has some superb songs sung by a very young Lata under the music director of her mentor C Ramchandra.
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“Anmol Ratan” (1950) is a forgotten movie that had Karan Dewan, Nirmala Devi, Meena Kumari etc in it.
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Chaley pawan ki chaal
Posted on: March 14, 2011
“Doctor” (1941) is a movie that was simultaneously made in Bangla and Hindi and this movie catapulted Pankaj Mullick to the zenith of his career. In this movie, he acted, sang as well as composed the music.
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Abhi shaam aayegi niklenge taare
Posted on: March 13, 2011
“Samaadhi”(1950) was a movie starring Ashok Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant. Few people today may be bothered about its story, but what songs this movie had ! Absolutely timess songs and a few of them in fact continue to influence Hindi movie songs even today. For instance, the song Gore gore o baanke chhore(Samadhi) is still popular among musical plagiarists for their remixing. When it comes to a patriotic song,Kadam kadam badhaaye jaa (Samadhi) is as iconic as they come.
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