Archive for the ‘Songs of 1947’ Category
I was not aware of this movie called “Aage Badho” (1947). As I can see, this movie had Dev Anand and Khursheed in lead roles.
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There were two movies called “Doosri Shaadi” that were produced in 1940s. One was released in 1947 and the other one in 1949. Both these movies had different teams.
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I have discussed as many as 37 songs composed by Sajjad Hussain in Hindi movies. Finding the remaining songs composed by him (he composed about 100 such songs) is proving to be a tall order, as these songs are rare songs, which are not easy to find.
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I have so far discussed 32 songs composed by Sajjad Hussain in this blog. Considering that he composed about 100 songs, I have discussed one third of all the songs composed by him in Hindi movies.
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Mujhe baawri baawri log kahen
Posted on: October 10, 2010
I have been posting the songs composed by Sajjad Hussain these days. In this series, here is a rare song from an obscure movie called “Mere Bhagwaan” (1947).
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When I look at the roles of lead actresses of Hindi movies, I find that the ability to cry is an essential quality that they must possess. So I cannot help but feel that most actresses who entertained hopes of a successful careers in Hindi movies needed to have lots of practice of crying. In other words, it always helped if they came from families that offered them lots of opportunities to hone this skill. So does it mean that most actresses in Bollywood had unhappy childhood ? Shudder !
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Mere mundere na bol jaa kaagaa
Posted on: September 21, 2010
“Parwaanaa” (1947) was a movie starring K L Saigal and Suraiyya. I have posted three songs from this movie in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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Hamko tumhaaraa hi aasraa
Posted on: September 10, 2010
Rafi is today a legend of Hindi movie music but he too was a struggler for much of 1940s. It was only from 1946 onwards that he began to get songs to sing.
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Here is a superb sentimental song from “Do Bhai” (1947). This is one of the earliest songs sung by Geeta Dutt that went on to become her calling card (the other such song being Mera sundar sapna beet gaya from the same movie).
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I had never heard this song before. And I cannot be blamed either for not having heard this song before. This song is from an old and forgotten film called “Tohfaa” (1947). This film had actors like Rehman,Anuradha(?) , Mishra (?), Nawab (?),Veera (?) etc etc.
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