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This article is written by Sudhir, 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 sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

The 1937 film ‘Mukti’ from the banner of New Theatres, was considered a very bold move. A path breaking film that explores the complexities of relationship between a man and a woman. It was daring theme for its times, especially being tackled by a big name production house. The storyline is written by and the film is directed by PC Barua, who was at the height of his creative energies and his career. He was already a big name with New Theatres, having directed the 1935 hit film ‘Devdas’ for both Hindi and Bengali versions. He also played the lead role in the Bengali version.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

A time was when KL Saigal was known as the foundation stone of New Theatres, and Kaanan Devi was known as the beauty and glamour. Also called as the nightingale of Bengal, was the most popular female singer of her era, and has left an indelible mark both in Hindi and Bengali cinema.

Remembering Kaanan Devi on the anniversary of her passing away (17th July).
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“Arabian Nights” (1946 was directed by Niren Lahiri for P R Productions. The movie had Kanan Devi, Asit Baran, Nawab, Molina, Robin Majumdar, Sundar, Devi Mukherji, Hiralal etc in it.
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“Street Singer” (1938) was directed by Phani Majumdar for New Theatres. The movie brought together K L Saigal and Kanan Devi together for the first time. This movie was a sumptuous musical feast as it contained 13 songs in it. As many as nine songs from this movie have been covered in the blog.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

After ‘Devdas’(1935), the most talked about film of New Theaters-P C Barua combination was ‘Mukti’ (1937). It was a path breaking film. It had a bold story relative to the time period and the new techniques of direction. It is claimed that ‘Mukti’ (1937) is the first film which was extensively shot outdoors in the forest of Gauripur (Assam). It was also the first film in which Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s poems were used for the songs in the Bengali version based on his tunes. Incidentally, when the untitled story of the film was narrated to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, he gave this movie its title viz. ‘Mukti’.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

LAGAN (1941) was produced under the banner of New Theatres and was directed by Nitin Bose. The star cast included K L Saigal, Kanan Devi, Nawab Kashmiri, Nemo, Jagdish Sethi, Girdhari Lal Vaid, Naresh Bose, Rohmat Bibi etc. There were 11 songs in the film, all penned by Arzoo Lucknowi which were set to music by R C Boral. The film was 5th largest grosser on the box office for 1941 and got the Bengal Film Journalists Association’s award for the best film of 1941. Incidentally, after this film, both K L Saigal and Kanan Devi left New Theatres, the former to Bombay (Mumbai) and the latter joined M P Productions of P C Barua. K L Saigal, however, returned to New Theatre for doing ‘My Sister’ (1944) which was his last film for New Theatres.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This article is meant to be posted in atulsongaday.me. If this article appears in sites like lyricstrans.com and ibollywoodsongs.com etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of atulsongaday.me and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.

In the post-silent film era, Pramathesh Chandra Barua (P C Barua) directed 13 Hindi films many of which had Bangla versions as well. Three of his films – ‘Devdas’ (1935), ‘Mukti’ (1937) and ‘Jawaab’ (1942) and their Bangla versions were super hits. These are classic films which connoisseurs of vintage films would like to have in their collections. While an abridged Hindi version of ‘Devdas’ (1935) is available (probably deleting the damaged portions of the original print), its Bangla version was destroyed in a fire in New Theatres many years ago. There is only one copy of the Bangla version of this film available with Bangladesh Film Archives that too with about 40% of the film being damaged. Hindi version of films ‘Mukti’ (1937) and ‘Jawaab’ (1942) are not available but their Bangla versions are available.
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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.

ARABIAN NIGHTS-1946 was a ” Triveni Sangam ” of artists from Bengal in a Bombay film. Kanan Devi, Kamal Dasgupta and Faiyaz Hashmi came together to make music for this Fantasy film. This film,incidentally, is also making its debut on this Blog.
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