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“Pehle Aap” (1944) was one of those early movies which decided the course of action that future Hindi movie music was to take. This movie, like other movies where Naushad was the music director, had its music based on folk music, and that enabled public to readily connect and identify with this music.
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When it comes to artists of 1940s, there was a plethora of two names. One name was Khursheed and another was Shyam. There were far too many persons being called Khursheed and Shyam. The onfusion was further enhanced by the fact that the two Shyams will act together in the movie and one Shyam would give playback for the other Shyam.
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“Rattan” (1944) was a movie that was musically a major milestone for Hindi movie music. The music of this movie served as a major trendsetter. The music of this movie was based on folk music, as against classical music. This ensured that movie goers, who were exposed to such music in their day to day life, were able to identify with this kind of music better. And just how well did the public identify with the music ! The music of this movie became super duper hit. Naushad became a rage, and other music directors too jumped on the bandwagon of folk music based songs.
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Listening to this song always has the effect of taking me back to 1960s, when things were much more simple and simplified. A song like this had a magical effect on listeners and they felt the urge to be drawn towards the movie halls screening this movie. I am sure this and other songs from this movie were the main reasons why people thronged to watch this movie. Watching Sadhana could be the second (distant) reason and watching Rajendra Kapoor may be the third (even more distant) reason. One only needs to delete all the songs and make people watch this movie, and let us see whether Jubilee Kumar would have really been able to carry the movie as he was reputed to be.
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In olden days, becoming a train driver was a fond dream of every kid. And those who actually became one were looked upon with awe by his near and dear one’s. During the British days, most drivers in Indian Railways used to be Anglo Indians and that showed their status in society.
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