Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Durga Mata O sukh daataa
Posted on: October 17, 2010
Not all Hindi movies are made by big producers. There are many movies that are made by lesser producers with lesser names. Most of these movies, which are known as B and C grade movies, end up remaining unsung and unwatched as majority of such movie do not get proper exposure with the public.
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Saanjh ki belaa jiyaa akelaa
Posted on: October 16, 2010
“Chandralekha”(1948) was a Hindi remake of Gemini’s movie of the same name in South Indian languages (Tamil and Telugu) and all these versions turned out to be hugely popular and this encouraged Gemini and other South Indian production houses to foray into production of Hindi movies in future.
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Saajnaa more saajnaa
Posted on: October 16, 2010
I have been posting the songs composed by Sajjad Hussain these days. I have so far discussed three songs from his debut movie viz “Dost”(1944).
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Sun lo dil ka afsaanaa
Posted on: October 12, 2010
In Hindi movies, songs were traditionally recorded twice- once for the picturisation and once for the audio (for the record company). The audio records were typically released prior to the release of the movie.
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Alam par alam sitam par sitam
Posted on: October 12, 2010
Sajjad Hussain made his debut an an independent music director with “Dost”(1944). With the passage of so much time, very little is known about this movie today. What is known is that this movie had actors like Noorjahan, Vatsala Kumthekar, Motilal, Husnbano, Maya Banerjee, Kanhaiyalal etc in it.
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Mujhe baawri baawri log kahen
Posted on: October 10, 2010
I have been posting the songs composed by Sajjad Hussain these days. In this series, here is a rare song from an obscure movie called “Mere Bhagwaan” (1947).
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Ummeedon kaa taaraa
Posted on: October 9, 2010
I have been posting the songs composed by Sajjad Hussain in this blog these days. One of the earlier movies where he composed music was in the movie called 1857.
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I have talked about my resolution to try and post all Sajjad Hussain songs that are available. I have come to realise by now that Sajjad Hussain composed songs in 17 movies (and not 14, as popularly believed).
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Dol rahi hai naiyya
Posted on: October 7, 2010
S D Burman made his debut as a music director in Hindi movies in 1946. That year, two of his movies were released. They were “Aath Din” and “Shikari”.
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