Archive for the ‘Songs of 1944’ Category
Though the concept of playback singing was introduced in 1930s itself, but actors continued to sing their own songs till late 1940s. It was only in 1950s that the concept of singing actors finally gave way and playback singing finally became the norm.
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Ham apna unhen banaa na sakey
Posted on: July 13, 2011
“Bhanwraa” (1944) is among the lesser known movies of K L Saigal as far as I am concerned. Of course, even lesser known movies of those days used to have wonderful music in them, and the songs of this movie are no exception.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Parbat Pe Apna Dera (1944) is one of the more important creations of V Shantaram. The film deals with the concept of ‘maya’ the enduring allurement of the material world that spares no one. The theme also deals with the consequences fo desires, which are mostly painful and damaging. Briefly, Ulhas is an ascetic who lives alone on a hilltop, and does not allows any visitors or passersby to come to him. Once, Vanmala chances to come face to face with this ascetic, in one of her treks. She is injured, and the ascetic has some cure that relieves her of pain. She is the daughter of a rich person, probably used to having her way. She insists on continuing to meet Ulhas, against his wishes, and continues to bring him gifts, almost setting up a household on the hilltop, once where there was an abode of renunciation. One thing leads to another, and the ascetic ties the nuptial knot with this rich lady, leaves his ‘parbat’ (symbolically the high vantage point of human experience), and comes down to ‘civilization’ to live with his newfound family.
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Rumjhum barse baadarwaa
Posted on: June 21, 2011
In Hindi movies, the rainy season is the season of love. And this rainy season has countless songs in Hindi movies in its various sub themes, viz Saawan, jhoola, phuhaar, rimjhim, full fledged rains etc.
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Here is a sstage song from the movie “Chaand” (1944). This song is picturised as a stage song on Sitara Devi. I am not sure who is the singer of this song. It could well be Sitara devi herself. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this fact.
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“Chaand” (1944) is a movie that introduced Begam Para to Hindi movie watchers. This movie also introduced Husnlal Bhagatram to Hindi movie music lovers.
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Kyaa yahi jawaani hai
Posted on: June 13, 2011
If you rely upon most sites for knowing about the movie “Chaand”(1944), the only information you may come across is that this movie had Shashikala in it. The fact that Shashikala at that time was only 11 years old is obviously lost on these sites.
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Bhool jaanaa chaahti hoon
Posted on: June 11, 2011
“Jwaar Bhaata” (1944) is today remembered as Dilip Kumar’s debut movie. This movie also had Shamim, Arun Kumar,Vikram Kapoor, Mridula,Agha Jaan etc in it.
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In common public perception, K L Saigal’s name is often associated with sad melancholic songs. But no artist confines himself/herself entirely to just one kind of songs. K L Saigal has sung songs of several genre.
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I have been discussing the songs of “Parbat Pe Apna Dera” (1944) these days. This movie is a treasure of songs that have been forgotten with time, but which deserve to be much better known. And the fact that the artists singing these songs are those who were active in the pre golden era of Hindi movies, make these songs even more valuable.
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