Posts Tagged ‘1936’
Jo naukri dilaa de
Posted on: July 16, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The versatility of Saigal Saab never ceases to amaze. Given that only 185 recordings of his songs are available, may the history of Indian cinema have been different, had Saigal Saab lived a longer life.
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Ab pyaare pyaare aawenge aanand din
Posted on: May 16, 2011
Most music lovers of Hindi movie music are familiar with the names of major artists who began their careers in 1940s and later. But the artists who worked in the earlier decades are not all that well known, and worse, it is often believed that they were not in the same league as the artists who came later. Nothing could be farther from the truth, as I have been discovering.
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Aaj hamen ban behad bhaataa
Posted on: July 19, 2010
I became aware of this movie called “Amar Jyoti” (1936) thanks to the review of this movie by Greta (memsaab). When I searched for the songs of this movie, I came across a few songs from this movie. Considering that the sound recording technology was in its infancy and the actors themselves had to record the songs live, the quality of the songs were not particularly great at least in the first two songs of this movie that I came across. But when I heard the third song, I sat up and took notice.
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Main ban ki chidiya
Posted on: March 21, 2009
Even those who do not think much of old songs may have heard of this song or at least this movie. This movie called “Achhut Kanya” (untouchable girl) produced in 1936 was obviously made on a topic that was too far ahead of its time and the makers of this movie did a great social service by making a movie on this topic. It was the first out of only two movie that Mahatma Gandhi is reported to have seen, the other movie being “Ram Rajya”.
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