Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
“Dilruba” (1950) has some awesome songs in it. In fact I have discussed as many as five songs from this movie. In fact I was so impressed with one song ( Dhak dhak karti chali jeewan ki rail re )of this movie that I had posted that as the 2000th song of this blog.
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Bahaaron ne jise chhedaa hai
Posted on: December 22, 2010
Radio songs where a long lost individual sings live on radio station and his beloved just happens to be listening to that very radio station- this was one variation of lost and found themes that Hindi movies have been so fond of.
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“Jogan” (1950) is a movie starring Cast: Anwari, Dilip Kumar, Manju, Nargis, Pratima Devi, Rajendra Kumar, Tabassum etc in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past, including the timeless Meera Bhajan Ghoonghat ke pat khol re .
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Aana piyaa more aanaa
Posted on: December 21, 2010
“Namoona” (1949) was a movie in which Kamini Kaushal and Dev Anand were paired together. This movie had some very nice songs in it.
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Lata and Suraiyya have sung together in only four songs. I have discussed one such song (Mere chaand mere laal re (Deewaana) (1952) )in the past.
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“Shabnam” (1949) is a movie replete with nice songs. I have so far discussed two songs from this movie.
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It is popularly belived that the use of Hinglish words (Hindi and English words combined) began in Hindi movies only in 1980s and it met with the disapproval of purists. But in reality, such Hinglish songs have been there from 1940s itself. Who can forget the evergreen song Aana meri jaan meri jaan sunday ke sunday from “Shehnaayi” (1947).
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“Shikaari” (1946) was one of the earliest movies of S D Burman as a music director. The songs of this movie became quite popular and helped S D Burman in getting a foothold in the Hindi movie music industry.
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Suhaani beriyaan beeti jaayen
Posted on: December 20, 2010
Movies with the title “Milan” seems to get produced every decade. I am aware of “Milan” (1967) and I also became aware of “Milan” (1958). Now it turns out that there was a movie of this name in 1946 too. This movie, “Milan” (1946) had Dilip Kumar, Ranjana, Meera Mishra etc in this movie.
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Dheere dheere aare baadal
Posted on: December 20, 2010
“Kismat” (1943) was a landmark movie in the annals of Hindi movies. This movie was the first multi starrer movie in the Hindi movie industry. Its songs were hugely popular, and remain so to this day.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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