Posts Tagged ‘1950’
Kisi ko kya khabar
Posted on: July 21, 2013
“Bhai Bahan” (1950), not to be confused with “Bhai Bahan” (1959), was produced by Krishna M and directed by Ram Daryani. The movie had Prem Adeeb, Bharat Bhushan, Geeta Bali, K N Singh, Cuckoo, Nirupa Roy, Gope, Jeevan, Yashodhara Katju, Gulab, Khatoon etc in it.
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Phool khile hain gulshan mein
Posted on: July 19, 2013
“Neeli” (1950) was a Ranjit Film Company production. It was directed by Ratibhai Punatkar. The movie had Dev Anand, Suraiyya, Agha, Shyama, Dulari, Cuckoo etc in it.
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“Neeli” (1950) was a Ranjit Film Company production. It was directed by Ratibhai Punatkar. The movie had Dev Anand, Suraiya, Agha, Shyama, Dulari, Cuckoo etc in it.
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Shiqwa tera main gaaun
Posted on: July 12, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During the early 70s when I got interested in Hindi film songs of the golden era. I had heard from my seniors in this field talking about singers, music directors and lyricists of 30s and 40s with some anecdotes. While, I had almost forgotten many of the unfamiliar names over a period of time until the advent of the internet technology, one of very few names which firmly remained in my mind was that of D N Madhok. From their discussions, I had then realised that he must have been an influential lyricist of his time. He was stated to be one of very few lyricists of that time who used to give lyrics to music director with tunes. While this may be a boon for the struggling music directors, my guess is that the established and self-respecting music directors must have surely resented his ‘value addition’ to the lyrics. One of the music directors of the 40s ( I am not very sure but it was probably Shyam Sundar) had a tiff with him on this issue and he never worked with him.
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Dil ka milna mushqil hai
Posted on: July 6, 2013
“Hamaari Beti” (1950) was produced and directed by Shobhana Samarth under the banner of Shobana Pictures to launch her daughter Nutan. The movie had Motilal, Shobhana Samarth, Veera, Nutan, Cuckoo, Shekhar,Tanuja, Randhir, Agha, Pramila, David Abraham, K N Singh etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
After discussing the second successive song from Nagina-51, and some anecdotes from Nutan’s life, I had decided to take a break from Nutan and discuss some other interesting songs lined up already with me.
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Ye hawa ye fiza ye bahaaren
Posted on: June 14, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Geeta Dutt was one of the few singers who got a godsend opportunity as a playback singer in Hindi films. The devdoot or farishta (angel) in her case was none other than Pandit Hanuman Prasad, one of the music director of the 40s. While walking on a Mumbai street, he heard a singing voice coming from the balcony of the building above him which attracted his attention. He straightway walked into the room and found a teenage girl singing. She was Geeta Roy as she was known then. He liked her singing so much that he offered her the chance to sing a predominantly chorus song in the film ‘Bhakt Prahlad (1946) in which she had two lines to sing. These two lines from the song attracted the attention of S D Burman who persuaded her parents to let her sing in ‘Do Bhai’ (1947). The iconic song “mera sundar sapna beet gaya” and the box office success of the film signalled the arrival of Geeta Roy as a playback singer. By the end of 40s, she had already attained the status of one of the prominent female playback singers of Hindi films.
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Paas balam chori chori aa
Posted on: June 10, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a song from LAJAWAB-1950. Anil Biswas was the Music Director. By 1950, he had been in the Hindi film industry for about 15 years. He was hailed as the original composer and also the senior most one to be called “Bhishma Pitamah” of the HFM. He had attained fame, name, money, love and position in the industry, but one thing always bothered him and that was that, he had not been able to compose any song for Saigal or Noorjehan.
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Sajaniya kit bhaage
Posted on: June 4, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the fourth song from this film featuring in the blog. Actually, this will be the fourth and last Rafi song in the film.
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