Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
“Patanga” (1949) had that iconic song “Mere piya gaye Rangoon wahaan se kiya hai telephoon”. It is perhaps the only song from this movie that is known to most people.
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Balam tujhe mera salaam
Posted on: July 18, 2009
“Patanga” (1949) is known for its legendary song “mere piya gaye Rangoon wahaan se kiya hai telephoon”.
This movie in fact was a big musical blockbuster of its time, and it was full of great songs.
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Ye mausam aur ye tanhaayi
Posted on: July 15, 2009
Here is a lovely song from “Daastaan” (1950). It is a piano song.It is sung by Suraiyya and it is picturised on her as well.
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S D Burman was a very senior music director. He started giving music in Bollywood movies as early as 1940s itself.
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It is a very old song, exactly 62 years old to be precise. The Bollywood movie music then was in the process of evolving and maturing, and was still in a state of transition.
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Ae dil mujhe aisi jagah le chal
Posted on: July 5, 2009
“Aarzoo” (1950) was a movie starring Dilip Kumar. Those were the days when Talat Mahmood used to sing for him.
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Here is a very old song from an obscure movie called “Actress” (1948). This is a stage song. It is sung by Rafi and it is picturised on Prem Adeeb.
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Lo ji sunlo tumse kahte hain
Posted on: June 30, 2009
Here is a very old song from a movie called “Sunahre Din” (1949). In this song, one can see how a gramophone player looked like those days.
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Ghoonghat ke pat khol re
Posted on: June 27, 2009
This bhajan is one of the most well known bhajans as well as one of the oldest. Though everyone had listened to it, few people can tell the movie to which it belongs. It is just yesterday that I found out this information.
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