Archive for the ‘Zeenat Begam solo song’ Category
Wo din yaad karo
Posted on: July 4, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
We all know that Mukesh was regarded as Raj Kapoor’s voice. The film audience accepted it, though in my view, Raj Kapoor’s voice matched more with that of Manna Dey. I came across a somewhat similar situation albeit on a smaller scale in the 40s with reference to a lead actor of that time viz Ragini and the playback singer Zeenat Begum. It is said that Zeenat Begum’s voice matched so much with that of Ragini that many filmgoers of that time felt that it was Ragini who was singing for herself on the screen. Obviously, during that period, Zeenat Begum became the main playback singer for Ragini and with this tag, she became the playback singer for many lead actors of that time. For those to whom these two names do not ring any bells, here are their brief profiles (with inputs from various sources on the internet).
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Jab ankhiyaan pehli baar milin
Posted on: June 13, 2012
“Paraaye Bas Mein”(1946) is as obscure a movie as any. Hardly any information is available about this movie now.
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“Chaand” (1944) is a movie that introduced Begam Para to Hindi movie watchers. This movie also introduced Husnlal Bhagatram to Hindi movie music lovers.
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Salaam e muhabbat ka matlab bataa do
Posted on: May 15, 2011
“Kaneez” (1949) is a movie that had actors like Munawwar Sultana, Kuldip Kaur, Khwaja Sabir, Shyam, Sinha etc in it. Most actors of this movie hardly ring any bells for me. The songs of this movie are also not all that well known nowadays, but the songs are lovely to listen to. This movie has songs by singers other than the usual names and that makes for a refreshing change.
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“Daasi” (1944), which is a very old and forgotten movie had some superb songs in it. The songs of this movie deserve to be much better known among music lovers.
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Subah huyi har panchhi jaage
Posted on: December 14, 2010
“Daasi” (1944) seems to have some amazing songs in it that deserve to be discussed in these pages.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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