Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
I have mentioned in the past that “Ratan” (1944), officially known as “Rattan” revolutioned the creation of music composition in Hindi movies. From classical music base, music began to draw inspiration from folk music and that enabled the “aam aadmi” to feel attached and attracted to the music.
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Milke bichhad gayin ankhiyaan
Posted on: August 21, 2010
“Ratan”(1944), or ‘Rattan” as it is mentioned in old posters, was a turning point in Hindi movie music. Before this movie, the movie music was based on classical music. But the music of this movie broke new grounds and introduced music based on folk music. And the folks (ordinary public) lapped up this music. And soon, every other music director jumped onto the band wagon and Hindi movie music began to enjoy much higher level of popularity among public.
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Ae kaale baadal bol
Posted on: August 20, 2010
Here is a “Jhoola” song from an old and largely forgotten movie called “Dahej” (1950).
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Kadam kadam badhaaye jaa
Posted on: August 15, 2010
Of all the national leaders who fought for Indian independence, the name of Subhash Chandra Bose is taken with great respect by many Indians.
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All patriotic songs have the ability to move the listeners. Out of these songs, the most moving songs are those that talk of the martyr, the shaheed. There has been in fact two movies called “Shaheed”, viz “Shaheed” (1948) and “Shaheed” (1965).
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There are several patriotic songs in Hindi movies. Most of these songs were created after independence, when India had already acquired independence. Creating patriotic songs in an independent nation is easy, but just imagine the case when India was not yet an independent nation.
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Koi lelo bhaiyya
Posted on: August 14, 2010
Here is a song from a very old movie called “Meenakshi” (1942). I became aware of this movie because of a farmaish by Sid for this song. This movie had Ahindra Chowdhury, Sadhana Bose and K C Dey in lead roles.
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Gham ka fasaanaa kisko sunaayen
Posted on: August 13, 2010
“Mela” (1948) was a movie starring very young Nargis and Dilip Kumar in lead roles.
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Indian independence also brought partition, and it caused human suffering on a large scale. Quite a few movies were made on this subject. “Lahore” (1949), starring Karan Dewan and Nargis was one of the first such movies on this subject.
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I just stumbled upon a song that is picturised on Suraiyya (then a superstar) and Madhubala (an emerging superstar). This song is from “Singaar” (1949) and it is a showdown song between the two.
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