Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Aise mein agar tum aa jaate
Posted on: January 9, 2011
“Balam”(1949) is a movie that had Suraiyya in it alongwith Wasti,Nigar Sultana, Agha etc. This movie is also significant for the fact that Suraiyya and Lata sang together for the first time (out of a total of just five such occasions). I have in fact already discussed the first such Lata-Suraiyya duet which is O o pardesi musaafir kise kartaa hai ishaare .
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Most of the songs discussed in this blog are created by those who are well known names or the usual suspects, as one may call them. But that does not mean that they were the only talents out there. Even the lesser known artists have helped build a good body of work as far as Hindi movie music is concerned. It is another matter that many of these songs lie hidden and buried and they are required to be dug up.
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“Mumtaz Mahal” (1944) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie has Khursheed in the title role with Chandramohan,Kajjan, Sulochana Chaterjee, Lala Yakub, Brajmala etc also figuring in this movie.
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Hamaari gali aanaa
Posted on: January 4, 2011
Hindi movies prior to the golden era (viz prior to 1949) had people about whom not much is known today. But it is clear that their contributions during their time in their fields of activity should not be forgotten.
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Saajnaa din bahure hamaare
Posted on: January 1, 2011
I take pride in the fact that we have a good collection of some great, yet rare compositions in one place in this blog. For instance, this blog is a one stop place for the biggest number of Sajjad Hussain compositions.
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Dil do nainon mein kho gayaa
Posted on: December 26, 2010
“Sunahre Din” (1949) was a movie where Raj Kapoor, a newcomer was paired opposite Rehana, an established star of the times. This movie had some nice songs in it and I have discussed a couple of songs from this movie already.
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“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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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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