Archive for the ‘Songs of 1947’ Category
I associate “Parwaana” (1947) with songs of K L Saigal, though in my younger days, “Parwaana” for me meant a movie of 1971 where Naveen Nischol was the hero and Amitabh Bachchan the villain.
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“Do Bhai” (1947) is a movie that was a hit movie of its time. Of course the lead actors of this movie are not all that well known today. Name of Kamini Kaushal is still familiar, but few people may have any idea about Ulhas and Rajan, who are credited as the leading actors of this movie.
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We are so used to Mukesh being the voice of Raj Kapoor that we do not pause to think how it would be if Raj Kapoor sang for himself.
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It is a very old song, exactly 62 years old to be precise. The Bollywood movie music then was in the process of evolving and maturing, and was still in a state of transition.
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maar kataari mar jaana
Posted on: June 24, 2009
“Shehnaayi” (1947) was a box office hit movie. One big attraction of this movie was its music. The movie had some path breaking songs in it.
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Jawaani ki rail chali jaaye re
Posted on: June 19, 2009
Stumbling upon songs that I never heard before is nothing new for me. But it looks like this stumbling is something different. I have really stumbled upon a rich vein of old classics this time.
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It is widely believed by people that western music was introduced in bollywood in 1960s by R D Burman and that Hinglish lyrics began to be used in 1980s. One is way off the mark if one believes so.
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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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