Archive for the ‘Songs of 1947’ Category
“Qasam” (1947) was a Prem Pictures production. It was directed by M D Baig. The movie had Kanta Devi, Jamu Patel, Najma, Prem Adeeb, Raj Adeeb, Sabir, Shashibala etc in it. The songs of this movie are extremely rare and they were often considered as extinct by music lovers.
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Wo jisko mita baithhe
Posted on: February 3, 2013
“Qasam” (1947) was a Prem Pictures production. It was directed by M D Baig. The movie had Kanta Devi, Jamu Patel, Najma, Prem Adeeb, Raj Adeeb, Sabir, Shashibala etc in it.
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Ae dil bata kisko karoon pyaar
Posted on: January 18, 2013
This blog has 78 songs composed by Sajjad Hussain and that leaves about 20 more Sajjad Hussain songs that are yet to be covered.
These remaining songs are rare songs that are difficult to find and they may be available only with private dedicated collectors. I had mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I had the privilege of meeting Mr Bakshshish Singh in Sudhir jee’s residence. He has a nice collection of old and obscure songs and he is ever willing to share them. While leaving, he left his portable hard disk with Sudhir jee for him to see what was useful for him. Next day, when I was again in Sudhir Jee’s residence, I looked at the contents of the hard disk and copied some of it as may fit in my pen drive.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hindi film music became people oriented, in the real sense, from Khazanchi-1941. Till then HFM was ,as if, in the clutches of Classical and stage music.
The begining of the Fifth decade of the 20th century was a revolutionary period for Film Industry. Mehboob, Kardar, K.Asif, V.Shantaram, Filmistan etc established their own studios and started producing meaningful cinemas. It also brought a new dimension to film music. This decade showed that Good Music, on its own, can make a film successful at the box-office, irrespective of other factors like cast, plot etc.
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“Nateeja” (1947) was a Bombay Talkies movie. It was directed by Najam Naqvi. The movie had Shamim Bano, Yakub, Jillo, Radhika, Maya Devi etc in it.
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“Mulaaqaat” (1947) was a Taj Mahal Pictures Production movie. This movie was directed by Munshi Dil and it had Prem Adib and Naseem Bano in lead roles.
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“Dard” (1947) was a Kardar Productions movie. It was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Shyam Kumar, Suraiya, Munawar Sultana, Nusrat, Husn Banoo, Badri Prasad, Protima Devi, Amir Ali, Lakshman, Noor Mahal etc in it.
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Kisne chheda man ka taar
Posted on: October 14, 2012
“Tohfa”(1947) was a Seth Brothers Production. It was directed by Agha Hashra Kashmiri. The movie had Rehman, Veera , Nawaab etc in it.
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Kaaghaz ki meri naao
Posted on: September 30, 2012
“Do Dil” (1947) was directed by Jagdish Sethi. It had Motilal, Suraiya , Karan Diwan , Badri Prasad etc in it.
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Dil dhadke aankh mori phadke
Posted on: September 27, 2012
“Dard” (1947) was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suraiya, Shyam Kumar, Munawwar Sultana, Nusrat, Badri Prasad, Husn Banu, Pratima Devi etc in it.
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