Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
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6440 | Post No. : | 19987 |
Today’s song is from a special film Lakharani-1945.
The film was produced by Prabhat film Company, Poona. It was a Costume film, directed by Vishram Bedekar. The film had music by Master Krishna Rao Phulambrikar – an All India famous classical singer of his times. The 6 songs of this film were written by Qamar Jalalabadi aka Omprakash Bhandari. The cast of the film included Durga khote, Monica Desai ( younger sister of actress Leela Desai and wife of director Phani Mujumdar), Azurie, Sapru, Guru Dutt, Ram Singh, Urmila and many others.
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Aaj mera man doley re
Posted on: March 5, 2026
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6439 | Post No. : | 19986 |
Today’s song is from a social film Chand Tara-1945.
1945 was the year when the devastating II World War ended and the film industry heaved a sigh of relief. Many irksome regulations were relaxed. There was no force now to make Propaganda films for war, no shortage of Raw Film and plenty of Finance available through black money, generated during the war times. However, the year saw only 73 Hindi films made.
One of the most successful and famous film directors of Hindi films- Bimal Roy had a beginning in 1945. He was the director of the Bangla film “Udayer Pathe”, based on the story by Jyotirmoy Roy. It was remade in Hindi as ” Humrahi”. Both versions became Hit films. Thus a cameraman and editor Bimal Roy emerged as a big name in Hindi films. He got this opportunity as New theatres, Calcutta had dried up with its ace and famous directors, who left the company and had marched towards Bombay, even when NT was downhill. This film was also noteworthy because Tagore’s “Jana Gana Mana” was used in the film Humrahi-1945, which later on became India’s National Anthem (though it was written by Tagore to please and welcome King George V, on his visit to India in 1911).
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Jhoole mein laal jhulaave re
Posted on: March 3, 2026
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6437 | Post No. : | 19980 |
Today’s song is from a re-made costume film from the South – Nishan-1949.
Besides being a Musical films’ year, 1949 was also an year when the South Indian filmmakers, especially S.S.Vasan, became active after the film Chandralekha-1948 became a successful one and brought in huge profits. It became an attraction for the filmmakers in the South. They understood that the Hindi film market was many times bigger than the Southern film market and that it was possible to capture a part of it with their south made Hindi films.
Initially, in the early era, Bombay was the biggest centre for film making. When the Talkie films started, other smaller centres in those times, like Lahore and the South, woke up. For Lahore, language was not a problem and so there was a traffic between Lahore and Bombay film people for work and technology. Thus few centres for film production prospered in Lahore-like Pancholi and Shorey etc.
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Dupatta Mora Aaj Hi Rang Dijo
Posted on: March 2, 2026
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6436 | Post No. : | 19979 |
Mohd Rafi – A Journey Divine – 1
(1944-46)
किसी ने कभी पानी से पूछा — पानी रे पानी तेरा रंग कैसा
तो जवाब जो पानी ने दिया — जिसमें मिला दो लगे उस जैसा
Someone once asked water, “Water, water, what color is yours?” The answer water gave was, “My color will resemble whatever I am mixed with.” This isn’t a quality, a skill, an art, or anything significant. It’s the very nature of water, a gift from God, bestowed upon water. When God created water in the universe, He granted it an inexhaustible treasure: despite being colorless, it possesses the unique ability to manifest every other color. Perhaps with a similar thought in mind, God brought to this earth an individual whose voice was so gifted with the ability to become the voice of any and every personality, every character. He shaped that individual’s personality with such natural simplicity that it could provide a voice for everyone behind the scenes, yet its own existence remained completely inconspicuous. This individual’s voice might be in the background, but listeners might not even be aware of its presence. Over time, this voice would linger behind hundreds of characters. Only those who knew would know what it was.
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Bhaabhee ke nakhre bade
Posted on: February 27, 2026
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6433 | Post No. : | 19969 |
Today’s song is from a social film – Pardesi-1941.
It was a Ranjit Movietone presentation. Directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi, its music was provided by Khemchand Prakash. Film’s 15 songs were written by D.N.Madhok and Pyarelal Santoshi. The cast included Motilal, Khursheed, Snehprabha, E. Billimoria, Durgesh (Debut of actress Anjali Devi-Bombaywali- in her real name), Kantilal, Bhagwandas etc.
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Main to gaaoongee
Posted on: February 26, 2026
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6432 | Post No. : | 19965 |
Today’s song is from a Costume imaginary film Gul Bakawali-1947.
The year 1947 is a reminder not only for the Independence of India, but also for the upheaval that took place in the film industry that time. More than in any other industry in India, Muslims were plentiful, working in different sections and departments of the Hindi film industry. Majority of them migrated to the newly formed Muslim Nation of Pakistan. This did create a lot of disturbance in the film industry. Right from the beginning of 1947, there were signs that soon the British would leave India – after dividing it into two Nations, India and Pakistan. When the month and date became known for the Partition, there was a great hurry among the filmmakers to complete their projects on hand and in process, compromising many factors like quality of the film, number of songs and such other things.
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This article is written by Avinash Scrapwala, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6428 | Post No. : | 19953 |
#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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The song in this post is from the movie ‘Rangeen Kahaani-1947’. This “social” movie was directed by Anjum Hussaini for ‘New Roshan Art Productions, Bombay’. The cast of this movie had Surekha, S. Irshad, Dulari, Agha Mirza, Sayyad Ahmed, Bibi Jaan, Khursheed Parvez, P.D. Lal, Maqbool, M.K. Hasan, Ghulam Mohiddin, Sarita, Faiyyaz Begam, Mehrunnisa, Azim Hyderabadi, Mahshar Shirazi and others.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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6421 | Post No. : | 19928 |
Today’s song is a popular historical song from the film Hindustan Hamara-1950.
The film was made by Paul Zils Productions, Bombay and was directed by the owner of the banner, Paul Zils- a German. The Music Director was Vasant Desai. The film cast included the top stars of those times- Prithvuraj, Dev Anand, Jairaj, Durga Khote, Nalini Jaywant, Surendra, Wasti, K.N.Singh, Dewan Sharar, Prembath, Shambhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, Yashodhara Katju and many others.
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Chaley aao dheerey dheerey
Posted on: February 13, 2026
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6419 | Post No. : | 19921 |
“Samaaj Ko Badal Daalo”(1947) was directed by Vijay Bhatt for Prakash Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Arun Ahuja, Mridula,Yakub,Umakant, Leela Pawar, Bikram Kapoor etc in it. This social reform movie dealt with the topic of mismatched marriages.
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