Archive for the ‘Songs of 1954’ Category
Muhabbat ki daastaan aaj suno
Posted on: November 12, 2011
I became aware of this song accidentally while I was searching the details of another song of this movie. My search led me to this article on songs of Mayur Pankh (1954) by Richard S.
A little more digging up reveals that I may have inadvertently stumbled upon a movie that is a trivia buff’s delight.
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In 1970s, kids of my age (and for that matter much of the Indian population) who were used to movie songs of the kind popular in 1970s, found the singing style of old songs quite amusing. And Saigal’s singing style was the source of big mirth among people. There were people who would sing in Saigal style for the purpose of amusing themselves and others. Songs like “jab dil hi toot gaya” were “popular” for this purpose.
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“Mayur Pankh”(1954) is a movie produced by Sahu Films and directed by Kishore Sahu. The movie had Kishore Sahu,Sumitra Devi, Helen, David, Asha Mathur, Seema, Cuckoo, Ramesh Gupta, Odette Ferguson etc in it.
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“Mastaana” (1954) is a movie which was produced by Black and White movies productions. H S Rawail was the director and the movie had actors like Motilal, Nigar Sultana, Kuldeep Kaur, Sunder, Rinkoo, Yashodhara Katju, Gope, Chaman Puri, Master Romi, Tiwari, Chandrashekhar etc.
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I have discussed as many as eight songs from “Bilwamangal” (1954) already in the blog. Majority of songs of this movie were sung by C H Atma and Suraiyya, who played the lead roles in this movie.
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“Bilwamangal” (1954) is a movie which was a Minar Movie productions and it was directed by D N Madhok. I have already discussed as many as seven songs from this movie.
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The comically titled “Pilpili Saahab”(1954) is a rare and obscure movie with equally rare and obscure songs in it. The movie was a Kwatra Films production and it was directed by H S Kwatra. The movie had actors like Sunder, Pran, Mehmood, Agha, Shyama, Lalita, Mumtaz, Rajan Kapoor etc in it.
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“Bilwamangal” (1954) is a movie which was a Minar Movie productions and it was directed by D N Madhok. I have already discussed as many as six songs from this movie.
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“Aurat Teri Yehi Kahaani” (1954) was Ranjit Movietone (assembly line) production, which was directed by their long term director Charurbhuj Doshi. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nirupa Roy, Sulochana, Chandrashekhar etc in it.
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Chubh gaye do nainaa matwaare
Posted on: October 7, 2011
The era of singing in K L Saigal singing style was over in 1947 with the demise of K L Saigal and new style of singing came into existence. However, there was C H Atma, a K L Saigal devotee, who continued to uphold K L Saigal singing style for another few years.
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