Posts Tagged ‘1941’
Peene ke din aaye piye jaa
Posted on: September 21, 2010
Here is one of the earliest drunkard songs from an Hindi movie. The movie is “Khazaanchi” (1941) and the song is “peene ke din aaye piye jaa”.
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Nainon ke baan ki reet anokhi
Posted on: September 20, 2010
“Khazaanchi” (1941) can be described as one of the early prototypes for Hindi movies. This movie was a mega hit of its times. The movie as well as its songs had become big rage with the audience.
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I have posted a few songs from “Doctor” (1941) in this blog. As a kid, I was not much into old movie songs like this one, but now I realise that it was movies like this, that helped build the foundation of Hindi movie industry.
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Aayi bahaar aaj aayi bahaar
Posted on: June 26, 2010
Watching this song is an education in history, I feel. This song is from “Doctor” (1941) which was a movie from an era when India was still under British rule and independence was still several years into the future. Even the “Quit India” movement by Indian leaders had yet to take place. This movie “Doctor” (1941) was produced by Calcutta’s New Theatre. Those were the days when even the landmark of Calcutta, viz the Howrah Bridge was not yet in existence !
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For people like me, who discuss songs from yesteryears all the time, feeling nostalgic about the past is no big deal. But this song is something exceptional even for nostalgia buffs.
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Look what song I have stumbled upon today ! This movie is called “Jhoola” (1941). It is as old a movie as any, and surprisingly, the quality of audio and video of this song is quite good.
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Kaahe ko raar machaayi
Posted on: March 3, 2009
Here is a very philosophical and inspiring song from “Lagan” (1941). The song has been sung by K L Saigal and it is so nice to listen to his voice. His voice almost gives you a mental massage.
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