Archive for the ‘Songs of 1947’ Category
O bhangiyon ke raaja
Posted on: May 11, 2015
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VINTAGE SHAMSHAD BEGUM….Song No. 4
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Today’s song is from film Doosri Shaadi-1947. This is a duet with Ram Kamlani.
“Shaadi” seems to be quite a favourite Title word for Hindi film producers. There are very funny Titles with the word Shaadi. To start with, there was a film called ” Third wife ” made by Madan Theatres in 1931-the First year of Talkie films in India. Those days Polygamy was very common ( and why not ? King Dashrath of Ramayana had also 3 wives. Even in Mythology Lord Krishna had an astronomical figure of 16008 wives. Mortals today are struggling to manage even ONE wife ! ). Doosri Shadi was made in 1947 and then it was followed by a move practicable Pehli shaadi in 1953. So the number finally came down to a manageable number.
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Mann Bhooli Khataayen Yaad Na Kar
Posted on: April 25, 2015
This article is written by Mahesh Mamadapur, 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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
Remembering Shamshad Begum on the second anniversary of her passing away (23rd April 2013). Born in Lahore on 14th April 1919, Shamshad Begum had an inclination towards singing right from her school days. Her school principal impressed with her singing, made her sing the classroom prayers, something which Naushad captilised elegantly in ‘Dard’ (1947) for a group song.
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Ek Baar Phir Kaho Zara
Posted on: March 31, 2015
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Meena Kumari’s life was other people’s destination. For own self, it was a road leading nowhere….no point of arrival.
These words of Meena Kumari, quoted in the book ‘Meena Kumari the Poet – A Life Beyond Cinema’ (2014), sum up her short life, so well.
Today is the 43rd death anniversary of Mahajabeen Bano, better known as Meena Kumari (August 1, 1932 – March 31, 1972). Although she had done roles in diverse genres, she was known as the ‘tragedy queen’ of Hindi films. Her personal life was no less a tragedy than the roles she had played in most of her films. It is said that as a new born child, she was abadoned and put in an orphanage, albiet for few hours, as her parent could not afford to take care of her due to their poor financial condition. A change of mind of her parents brought her back to their residence. But the very thought of she being an ‘unwanted’ child must have lingered in Meena Kumari’s mind later on. Most of her childhood was spent in the film studios as she became the earning member of the family by working in the films as child actor. Her youth was spent in depicting onscreen, the sufferings, sorrows and tragedies that are associated with most womenfolk in India. After the marriage, her husband saw in her more an actress for his films than a wife. With this background, one does not need a psychologist to analyse as to why she excelled in her tragic roles. One of her tragedy roles that most often lingers in my mind is that of Chhoti Bahu in ‘Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam’ (1962) which, in a way, was a reminiscence of her own life.
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“Do Bhai” (1947) was directed by Munshi Dil for Filmistan. The movie had Kamini Kaushal, Ulhas, Rajan Haksar, Paro, Rajendra Singh, Nayampalli, Abdul Mazid, Kanta Kumari, Vikram Kapoor, Baby Tara, Radha, Afghan Sandow, Tiwari etc in it.
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“Ek Roz” (1947) was directed by Daaud Chaand for Gupta art Productions, Bombay. The movie had Nasreen, Al Nasir, Asha Posle, Azmal, Nafees Begam, Saleem Raza, Gul Zamaan, Shyamlal, Shahida, Zubeida, Leela, Indra Nazeer, Fazal Shah, Ayyaaz, Baby Zarina, Shekh Iqbal etc in it.
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Bhole sajan tujhe kaise bataaun
Posted on: February 1, 2015
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“Tohfa”(1947) was directed by Aghajaani Kashmiri for Seth Brothers Productions, Bombay. The movie had Nawab, Veera, Anuradha, Rehman, Mishra, Basant Malini, T N Charlie, Agha Mirza, Masih, Shakuntala, Pushpa, Baby Janet, Anita etc in it.
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“Ek Roz” (1947) was directed by Daaud Chaand for Gupta art Productions, Bombay. The movie had Nasreen, Al Nasir, Asha Posle, Azmal, Nafees Begam, Saleem Raza, Gul Zamaan, Shyamlal, Shahida, Zubeida, Leela, Indra Nazeer, Fazal Shah, Ayyaaz, Baby Zarina, Shekh Iqbal etc in it.
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“Pehli Pehchaan”(1947) was directed by Raman B Desai for Super Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Rajrani, Nihal, Geeta Desai, Nazeera, Ahmad, Maruti, Shyam, Ibrahim, A M Sayyad, Popatlal, Ismat Sultana, Seeta Devi, Basheer, Afghan Sandow etc in it.
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“Leela” (1947) was directed by Dattaram N Pai for Filmistan. The movie had Shobha, Kanu Roy, Veera, V H Desai, Agha, Leela Mishra, Krishnan Kutty, B M Dixit, Satyanarayan, Sunalini Devi etc in it.
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