Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
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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Ae dil tujhe qasam hai
Posted on: July 29, 2010
I have not posted a song featuring Madhubala for quite song time now. Here is one such song from her earlier days.
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Ae chaand tu bataa de
Posted on: July 25, 2010
Here is a song from a very old movie called “Humaayun” (1945). Now 1945 was a different era altogether. Those were the days when the legends of today were no longer legends and we had an entirely different set of legends those days.
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“Pyaar Ki Jeet” (1948) was a movie starring Suraiyya and Dev Anand Rehman. This movie had some very nice songs in it.
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Piyaa milan ko jaane waali
Posted on: July 23, 2010
“Dev Kanyaa” (1946) was a movie about which very little information is available. Those were the days when the present day legends had yet to become legends. For instance, Lata had yet to make her mark as a playback singer those days.
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Dil mere ud jaa
Posted on: July 18, 2010
I have never heard of a movie called “Roshni” (1949). But that did not prevent me from stumbling upon a song from this movie.
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