Archive for the ‘Songs of 1947’ Category
Bujh gaye aashaaon ke deepak
Posted on: January 23, 2026
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6398 | Post No. : | 19848 |
#the Decade of Forties – 1941 – 1950 #
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The song in this post is from the movie ‘Rangeen Kahaani-1947’. It was directed by Anjum Hussaini for ‘New Roshan Art Productions, Bombay’. This “social” 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 in it.
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Saare jag mein pet ka dhandha
Posted on: January 10, 2026
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6385 | Post No. : | 19801 |
Today’s song is one of the very few songs sung by the Music Director Anil Biswas. Today’s film is Bhookh-1947.
In olden days, there were 3 major film centres-Bombay, Lahore and Calcutta. After 1947, all the Hindi film activity at Lahore shifted to Bombay. By mid 50’s even Calcutta almost stopped making Hindi films. Many Hindi speaking artistes in various disciplines of film making shifted to Bombay and finally Bombay became the only and the main Hindi film making Centre.
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6330 | Post No. : | 19604 |
Today’s song is from the film Bhakta Dhruva-1947.
It was a film by Prakash Pictures, which had become famous for religious films, after their blockbuster film Ram Rajya-1943. The film Bhakta Dhruva-1947 was directed by Shanti Kumar and the music was by the veteran Shankar Rao Vyas, who tuned the lyrics by Pt. Indra and Moti, B.A. ( he was actually M.A.).
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Kyun tu mujhse roothh gayee
Posted on: October 23, 2025
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6306 | Post No. : | 19518 |
“Majhdhaar”(1947) was produced and directed by Sohrab Modi for Minerva Movietone, Bombay. This social movie had Khursheed, Surendra, Sadiq Ali, Baby Tabassum, Surekha, Erich Tarapore, Rafiq Ghaznavi, Ghulam Hussain, Faizbai etc in it.
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6301 | Post No. : | 19502 |
“Gaurav”(1947) was directed by K J Parmar for Mukti Productions, Bombay. This obscure “social” movie had Zeenat, Ghanshyam, Raj Mehra, Munshi Khanjar, Charubala, Shobharani, O P Gaud, Baby Rajni, Hira Date, D Babulal, Pinakin Shah, Pratap Ojha, Anant Acharya etc in it.
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6241 | Post No. : | 19301 |
Today’s song is from a less known or rather unknown, obscure film- Mulaqat-1947.
This was one of the movies of 1947, which was made in great haste, adding only to the quantity of films. Actually the Music Director as well as the cast of the film was good, but somehow the film did not click.
This was a film with Muslim social background. The cast of the film was Naseem Banu, Prem Adib, Rama Shukla, Mumtaz Ali, Majid, Najma, Shah Nawaz and many others.
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Baaghon mein bahaar aayee
Posted on: August 15, 2025
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6237 | Post No. : | 19282 |
Today’s song is from a mysterious film – But Tarash-1947.
When I first heard this film’s name, for a very long time, I was puzzled about its meaning. First I thought ‘ But’ is written by mistake for ‘Boot’. But Then what was Tarash ?
Was it also by mistake, for ‘Trash’ ? No, it could not be !
Very wisely, I referred to my dictionary of ” Urdu into English and vice versa”. Conveniently, it lists Urdu words in Roman script, so one who can not read Urdu, can also use this dictionary easily. This dictionary is compiled by The Rev. T.Cravel,M.A. and it was published in 1889 from Lucknow. This book is one of my prized possessions and I got this from my father 70 years ago. This 136 year old book has to be handled very carefully as its pages have become yellowish brown and very sensitive for breakages. The dictionary meaning of ” But Tarash” is ‘One who sculpts an idol’. In Hindi we call it a ‘Shilpkar’ or a ‘ Moortikar’.
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6233 | Post No. : | 19269 |
Today’s song is from the film Samaj ko badal dalo-1947. The film, made by Prakash Pictures, Bombay was directed by one one of its owners Vijay Bhatt. Music was by Khemchand Prakash. The cast of the film included Arun Ahuja, Mridula, Yakub, Umakant, Vikram Kapoor, Leela Pawar and many others.
Contrary to the usual Mythological films made by Prakash Pictures, this social tragedy film was a surprise to their audience. However, due to political instability, India’s proposed Partition and fear of communal riots, Prakash must have tried a safe way out. Additionally, unlike Mythological films, the social films did not need more time to finish the shootings.
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6212 | Post No. : | 19183 |
“Ghar Ki Bahu”(1947) was directed by Narayan Rao and G K Devre for Kohinoor pictures, Bombay. This “social” movie had Paro Devi, Umakant, Ghulam Mohammad (actor), Pandey, Mehar Sultana, Manohar Ghatwai, Dhuliya, Babu Raje, Geeta Sardesai etc in it.
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