Archive for the ‘Songs of 1945’ Category
O varsha ke pehle baadal
Posted on: March 21, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the 30s and 40s, legendary singers like K C Dey, K L Saigal and Pankaj Mullick with their Hindi film and non-film songs mesmerized not only the people of Bengal but the whole of India. In fact,it was the K L Saigal-Pankaj Mullick duo who ruled the music scene in Calcutta (Kolkatta) in the 1940s. It was during this time that a new singer emerged in Calcutta who, with his solo song ‘o varsha ke pehle baadal meraa sandesaa le jaana’ in the film MEGHDOOT (1945) impressed the listeners very much. This song became the most popular song of the film. The singer was none other than Jagmohan Sursagar, born as Jaganmoy Mitra. The popularity of this song resulted in a collaboration of Jagmohan-Faiyyaz Hashmi-Kamal Das Gupta trio in bringing out some of the finest non-film Hindi songs which became even more popular than their filmy songs.
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“Samrat Chandragupta” (1945) was produced and directed by Jayant Desai. The movie had Ishwar Lal, Renuka Devi, Nayam Pally, Suraiya, Mubarak, Sulochana Chatterjee etc in it.
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Jhoom rahi baaghon mein
Posted on: February 2, 2013
“Yateem” (1945) is an obscure movie and not much information is available about this movie.
Here is a song from “Yateem” (1945). This song is a duet which is sung by Rajkumari and G M Durrani. Zia Sarhadi is the lyricist. Music is composed by Khurshid Anwar.
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Haaye re duniya
Posted on: December 27, 2012
“Zeenat” (1945) was produced by Sheth Shiraz Ali Hakim and Ramzanali S Lakhani and directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. This movie had Noorjahaan, Karan Dewan, Yakub, Dixit, Majid, Himalaywala, Naseem Jr, Agha Salim Raza, Leela Mishra etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Voice of Mukesh #9
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Now this song is really something. The scenario that is presented in these verses, is one that would be close to the hearts of every married couple with the caveat that they live in a joint family. (Those who do not live in a joint family, of any type, may discount this experience. 🙂 ). The song is about the moments of romance that a married couple can steal, maybe in the night, when all other members are blissfully asleep. The husband reaches out to his wife, and the wife complains about all the hard work she has to manage at home during the day. The husband placates her and tries to convince her that the household chores are no big deal and for him, and that for him, she still is as beautiful as the chirpy, naughty mynah bird.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Voice Of Mukesh #8
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It is well known that the film that really launched the career of Mukesh was the 1945 film ‘Pehli Nazar’. And in this film, the most enduring sound has been the song “Dil Jalta Hai To Jalne De”, sung by Mukesh. Apart from this timeless and iconic song, Mukesh has sung three more song in this film. One more solo song, and two duets with Naseem Akhtar. The solo song is “Tai Kar Ke Badi Door Se Purpech Dagariyaa”, a light hearted song of a young heart in search of love. The duet is the title song “Laga Pehli Nazar Ka Teer”. These three songs are now already present on this blog.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Voice of Mukesh #6
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‘Pehli Nazar’ (1945) proved to be the take off film for Mukesh. Of course, the iconic “Dil Jalta Hai. . .” needs no introduction. The phenomenal longevity of this song did two things. First, it established Mukesh as a singing icon, to be reckoned with. And secondly, it put in shade the remaining songs of this film, which are now remembered only by the real die hard aficionados of Mukesh’s voice. The pathos and the depth of emotion that is subsumed in “Dil Jalta Hai. . .”, is without doubt matchless. But then, the other songs in this film are no less a delight, in their own rights.
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Laga pehli nazar ka teer
Posted on: November 2, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a feloow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Voice of Mukesh #5
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Ah, so now we arrive at the turning point of Mukesh’s fledgling career that made him capture the attention of all concerned, and be launched on to the sky of Hindi films, never to look back. The year is 1945, the film is ‘Pehli Nazar’, and the singer Mukesh – well, it almost did not happen.
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Maana ke tum haseen ho
Posted on: October 30, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Voice of Mukesh #4
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The year 1945 saw the release of two films which had songs by Mukesh. The films are ‘Moorti’ and ‘Pehli Nazar’. The latter, of course, is the film that set Mukesh on the path of stardom as a singer. Let us first talk about ‘Moorti’.
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Ae dil e naakaam
Posted on: October 22, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
With Kundan Lal Saigal towering above every other male singing star and singer of his era, it was inevitable that many a new-comer tried to sing in the Saigal idiom in the 1940s. Mukesh got noticed sounding like Saigal in Dil jalta hai to jalne de in Pehli Nazar (1945); the self-confessed Saigal devotee Kishore Kumar sang Marne ki duaayen kyun maangoon in Ziddi (1948) and Jagmag-jagmag karta nikla chaand poonam ka pyaara in Ziddi (1949) in the Saigal style; C. H. Atma always sounded like Saigal.
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