Archive for the ‘Songs of 1948’ Category
I am on my long return journey back and so internet connectivity is once again an issue. when I reached a place with good internet connectivity, I failed to take advantage of that because of several reasons. Now I will wait for the next such opportunity and try to ensure that my writeups are ready for posting by that time.
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“Shahnaaz” (1948) is by now an obscure and forgotten movie. Little is known about this movie today.This movie was a Wahab Production movie and it was directed by S Hassan. The star cast of the movie included names like Nihar, Begum Para, Sheikh, Shanta Patel, Shyama, Gulzar, Altaf etc.
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Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
Posted on: January 16, 2012
“Shahnaaz” (1948) is an obscure movie and little is known about this movie. In fact, there is uncertainty even about the title. I have seen the title being spelled as “Shahnawaaz” too in some site.
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“Anokhi Ada” (1948) was a Mehboob Production movie. It was directed by Mehboob himself and the star cast of the movie included names like Prem Adeeb, Surendra, Naseem Bano, Pratima Devi, Zeb Qureshi, Cuckoo, Bhudo Advani, Nawab, Murad,etc.
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Jeewan jyoti bujhti jaaye
Posted on: December 30, 2011
In Hindi movies, a female character singing a bhajan in front of the idol of a God used to be a standard scene from 1950s to 1970s. I have always wondered who pioneered this genre of songs. Now I believe that I have got my answer. Having watched a few such songs from the earlier days of Hindi movies, I have now come to the conclusion that Amirbai Karnataki could well be the first singer to sing such bhajans as well as the first actress to enact them on screen.
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O motor waale babu
Posted on: December 23, 2011
“Chunariya” (1948) is by now an obscure movie. What I know about this movie is that this movie had Wasti, Manorama, Pran etc in it.
I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past. Here is another song from the movie. This is a light hearted song where the lady is calling her beloved who for some reasons has become annoyed with her. And her beloved is no ordinary person. He has got a Motor ! And the Motor (Car was called Motor in Hindi movies those days) could well be a beloved possession of the man, so the lady gives “duaa” in the song that may his motor remain intact.
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Meri muniya ki ankhiyan mein
Posted on: December 22, 2011
I was under the impression that lullabies first made their appearance in Hindi movies in 1950s, and that these lullabies have been sung by singers of the golden era (1949-1980). But I just came across a lovely lullaby from the pre golden era.
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Aankh meri lad gayi re lad gayi
Posted on: December 21, 2011
“Chunariya” (1948) is by now an obscure movie. From the little information that I have about this movie, I know that this movie had Wasti, Manorama, Pran etc in it.
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Kaahe ko byaahi bides
Posted on: December 8, 2011
“Heer Ranjha”(1948) is a movie which was produced by Punjab Film Corporation. This movie was directed by Wali Sahab. The movie had Ghulam Mohammed, Shree Nath, Roop Kamal, Gulab Majnu, Aziz Kashmiri etc in it.
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