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I was aware of movies called ” Jawaab” that were released in 1942 and 1970, but it turns out that there was another movie with this title that was released in 1955. This movie, viz. “Jawaab” (1955) had Nasir Khan,Geeta Bali ,,Balraj Sahni ,Johnny Walker, Mukri ,Achala Sachdev, Master Romi ,Tun Tun (Uma Devi) etc. Despite such impressive starcast, this movie apparently ended up as an obscure movie, so obscure in fact that few people seem to be aware of this movie.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.

Today, India is celebrating the 64th anniversary of freedom from the British rule. A movement that lasted almost 100 years – starting with disjoint uprisings against the Britishers, and the first coordinated war of independence in 1857, the struggle and resistance was carried forward by many stalwarts across the entire country. There was the nationwide resistance movement through political and social disobedience. Besides, there were other complementary movements, that added impetus to this struggle for freedom. Groups of young people, charged with the objective of bringing to end the oppressive reign of an alien government, came together in various cities in different parts of the country, and conducted local resistance and struggle. Kundan, the 1955 production from Minerva Movietone, depicts one such group of young men, as a subplot to the main theme and story of the film.
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There are several ways in which I come across musical gems. Arbitrarily clicking away at various youtube clips is one such way. But another, and far more effective way is to go through the farmaishes of readers on the farmaish page, and look for those songs. That is what I am consciously doing these days, and it has been a highly rewarding experience.
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“Sitaara” (1955) is an obscure movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyantimala, and also Begam Para,Helen etc. As is the case with most obscure movies, this movie too has some nice songs in it that deserve to be better known among music lovers.
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“Kundan” (1955) was a movie based on the celebrated French novel “Les Miserables”. Adapting it to Hindi movies meant that there was enough scope for melancholic songs in it 🙂 And the cast included Nimmi, who specialised in just that kind of roles. 😀
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