Posts Tagged ‘Kanan Devi’
Saanwariyaa prem ki bansi sunaa
Posted on: May 28, 2011
With time, I have become a big fan of K L Saigal and an even bigger fan of Kanan Devi (if that is possible). To the delight of fans like me, the two of them worked together in a few movies, where they acted and sang together.
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Preetam se preet nibhaaungi
Posted on: April 7, 2011
“Street Singer” (1937) is one of the earliest Hindi movie after movies started talking in 1931. This movie had K L Saigal, Kanan Devi, Jagdish Sethi, Bikram Kapoor, Nirman, Satya Mukherji etc. This movie was produced by New Theatre of Calcutta and it was directed by Phani Majumdar.
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Movies of 1930s and 1940s are obviously movies far too old for anyone of us. Hardly any information is available about movies and actors of that era. The generation who followed these movies are also no longer there with us. So, with passage of time, the music of that era is getting forgotten.
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Loot liyo mandheer
Posted on: February 23, 2011
A few hours ago, I came across a lovely song from a very old movie. Here is this song, which is sung by Kanan Devi, and I guess that this song is picturised on her as well. Aarzoo Lucknowi is the lyricist and music is composed by R C Boral.
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Tum bin kal na aawe mohe
Posted on: October 4, 2010
Here is a song which must be perhaps the oldest piano song in Hindi movies. This song sees K L Saigal meeting a man (Can anyone tell who he is) and Kanan Devi. He decides that Kanan Devi is going to sing a poem of K L Saigal. Kanan Devi sits on the grand piano and sings this song.
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Main sote bhaag jagaa doongaa
Posted on: September 28, 2010
When I was a young kid, I did not like old songs, especially those sung by K L Saigal. With time,as I became more mature (?), I began to tolerate, and subsequently began to appreciate K L Saigal.
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Dole hriday ki naiyya
Posted on: August 17, 2010
Here is a song from the very early days of Hindi talkies, viz 1937, only 6 years after Indian movies had started talking. The movie is “Vidyapati” (1937)
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Duniya Ye duniyaa toofaan mail
Posted on: June 9, 2009
When one listens to old songs and watches their picturisation, one often gets to know about that era. That way, these songs serve as good historical references.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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