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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6053 Post No. : 18833

Today’s song is from a very old -88year old – film, His Highness-1937.

I somehow like to write about old films. Names of old actors, directors and the composers bring many memories. Listening to songs from old films gives you an idea how cine music evolved and reached today’s state. In the beginning, the films were totally dependent on stage drama stories, Folklore and Mythology. Afterwards, they started using social themes, comedy and stunts. There was no problem with the stories. For talkie films in the early era, there were 3 sources of film stories…..
1. from Ramayan, Mahabharat, Puranas and other religious stories, social evils and family dramas
2. Using and copying themes from foreign and English films
and
3. Remakes of popular Silent films. About 30 to 40 % silent films were remade into Talkie films.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6013 Post No. : 18732

Today’s song is from a very old film Pratibha-1937.

The film was made by Shalini Cinetone, Kolhapur in 2 languages- Marathi and Hindi. The film story was based on a novel by N.H.Apte, in Marathi. It was directed by Kala Maharshi Baburao Painter and its music was composed by Govind Rao Tembe. All the 10 songs of the film were written by Pt. Anand Kumar. The cast of the film was Durga Khote, Master Shyam, Nanasaheb Phatak, Raja Paranjape, Heerabai Badodekar, Keshav Rao Datey and others.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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6004 Post No. : 18714

Today’s song is from India’s Milestone movie – Kisan Kanya-1937.

The year 1937 was a year of Revolution for the newly started Talkie Films. Initially the films were mainly based on Folk tales, Parsi dramas and Mythological stories. 1937 was a year in which the Film industry was trying to drop its old skin and don a New Avtar. From this year, a variety of subjects were used to make films. If we briefly look at some path breaking, landmark films using Novel themes, we will understand how the film industry was attempting to change itself.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5842 Post No. : 18387

Today’s song is from the film Dharmveer-1937.

This film was released 6 years after the Talkie film started. Just before the advent of Talkie films, Parsi theatre and other drama companies were the only Entertainment sources. Parsi Theatre was famous and most successful because it travelled all over India to perform. They used special reserved Trains to carry people and sets,drapery etc for their company from kashmir to kanyakumari and Gujarat to Rangoon. The success of Parsi Theatre was attributed to Pt. Narayan Prasad Betaab, Pt. Radheshyam Kathavachak, Agha Hashra Kashmiri and Master Fida Hussain – called the four Pillars of Dramas.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5834 Post No. : 18377

Today’s song is a duet from an 87 year old film, Khan Bahadur-1937.

The year 1937 was a year of Revolution for the newly started Talkie Films. Initially the films were mainly based on Folk tales, Parsi dramas and Mythological stories. 1937 was a year in which the Film industry was trying to drop its old skin and don a New Avtar. From this year, a variety of subjects were used to make films. If we briefly look at some path breaking, landmark films using Novel themes, we will understand how the film industry was attempting to change itself.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5833 Post No. : 18376

Today’s song is from a special film from the early era of the Hindi Talkie films – Mahageet-1937.

In 1645, German Mathematician Ethonius Kircher, during his usual work, accidentally found that unmoving pictures, if seen quickly in a chronicled manner could give the feel of movement. He made a box for this and named it ” Kircher Magic Lamp” aka Kitoscope. This is considered as the birth of the idea of the films. Over a period of 250 years, Edison made his first prototype Kinetoscope in 1891. Its improved version was exhibited on 14-4-1894. However, the French Lumier Brothers made a Cinematograph and it was commercially presented on 28-12-1895. By a strange coincidence, it was done in an ” Indian Salon” in the Grand Cafe Hotel in Paris.
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5772 Post No. : 18298

“Asiai Sitaara”(1937) was directed by Haribhai Desai for Harshad and Jagtap, Bombay. The movie was distributed by Wadia Movietone.

“Asiai Sitaara”(1937) had master Vithal, Jenabai Pawar, Ibrahim, Veenadevi, Krishnaswami,Minoo the Mystique, Vasant Pehelwan, Master Dhulia etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5584 Post No. : 18057

Today’s song is from an old film of the early era-Pratibha-1937.

The film was made by Shalini Cinetone, a banner owned by the Maharaja of Kolhapur. It was directed by Baburao Painter, lyricist was Pt. Anand Kumar and the Music Director was Govindrao Tembe. The cast of the film was Durga Khote, Master Shyam, Heerabai Badodekar, Keshavrao Datey, Nanasaheb Phatak, Raja Paranjpe and others.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in other sites without the knowledge and consent of the web administrator of atulsongaday.me, then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

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5440 Post No. : 17832

Today’s song is from the film ‘Anaath Ashram’ (1937). This film was made by New Theaters, Calcutta.

During the period from 1931 to 1955. New Theaters was one of the premiere film production companies of India. This was not only a commercial organization, but also a school for developing new talents in the fields of acting, direction, cinematography, editing, sound recording, costume designing and other departments of film making. Almost all who learnt from here, became big names in their later careers. It was here that the artists were encouraged to become editors from cinematographers, and directors from editors. Names like Nitin Bose and Bimal Roy are enough to prove this point.
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5391 Post No. : 17681

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Blog 10-Year Challenge (2013-2023) – Song No.84
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On this date ten years ago (22 April 2013), eight songs from eight different movies were covered in the blog. Here are the details:-

Post No Song Title Name of the movie Remarks
7951 Pujaari morey mandir mein aao Jaageerdaar (1937) 4 songs covered out of 10 by now
7952 Arshon pe sitaara hai wo Beete Din (1947) 2 songs covered out of 9 by now
7953 Kaahe nainon mein naina daale re Jogan (1950) Movie YIPPEED by now
7954 O parwaane shama ko apni ruswa na karna Shama Parwaana (1954) Movie YIPPEED by now
7955 Aaj aayi bahaar le ke dil ka qaraar Baghdad Ka Jaadoo(1956) Movie YIPPEED by now
7956 Allah ke nek bande Sarfarosh(1964) 2 songs covered out of 6 by now
7957 Ae shaam ki hawaaon Ek Raat(1967) Movie YIPPEED by now
7958 Sataayen saari rainaa kunwaare kangna Kangan (1972) Movie YIPPEED by now

We observe that five movies (out of eight) whose songs were covered in the blog on this date ten years ago (viz on 22 april 2013) have since been YIPPEED in the blog. That leaves us with three unYIPPEED movies that are eligible for Blog Ten Year Challenge today (22 April 2023).

“Jageerdaar”(1937) is one of the three BTYC eligible movies today.
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