Archive for the ‘Songs of 1947’ Category
toot gaye sab sapne mere
Posted on: March 29, 2009
“Parwana” (1947) was the last movie of K L Saigal before he died at a young age thanks to his drinking habits.
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Us mast nazar
Posted on: February 27, 2009
In the list of K L Saigal songs, here is a song from “Parwaana” (1947). D N Madhok wrote the lyrics while Khursheed Anwar composed the music.
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Mera sundar sapna beet gaya
Posted on: January 24, 2009
It is a very old song from a movie called “Do bhai” (1947) and this song was sung by Geeta Roy ( later Geeta Dutt). This song made her an overnight sensation.
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This is an absolutely wonderful evergreen song sung by Umadevi.
This song was picturised on an actress called Munawwar Sultana. The actress as well as the singer are no more around, but this song has easily become immortal.
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This song is one of the oldest in this blog, and one of the most cherished one. Noorjahan makes her debut in my blog with this song. Rafi figures in this song too. This was one of the earliest hit filmy song of Rafi.
Except this song and singers, most other things about this song have been largely forgotten. This movie was called Jugnu ( I only knew a Dharmendra- Hema Malini movie of this name in 1970s). The lyricist is someone called Tanvir Naqvi, a namesake of the current Pakistani new ball bowler. Music director was someone called Feroz Nizami.
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