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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.

Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay (also known as Sharat Chandra) was a well known Bengali novelist. Some of his works have been made into feature films in many languages. It is said that more than 50 films have been madethat are based on or inspired from his novels. Apart from some well known Hindi films such as ‘Devdas’ (1935, 1955, 2002) and ‘Parineeta’ (1953, 2005), there were other Hindi films based on his novels and stories such as ‘Pujarin’ (1936), ‘Kashinath’ (1943), ‘Biraj Bahu’ (1954), ‘Majhli Didi’ (1967), ‘Chhoti Bahu’ (1971), ‘Khushboo’ (1975), ‘Swami’ (1977) etc. But the most talked about film based on his novel is ‘Devdas’.
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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.

This is the 8th song in “The flavour of the 30s” series. It is from film Adhikar-1937, sung by Pahadi Sanyal and composed by Timir Baran.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Nagendranath Sanyal, more famously known as Pahari Sanyal, was born on 22nd February, 1906, in Darjeeling. Being born in the hilly region, he got the nickname as Pahari, a name that stuck for the rest of his life. His school education was completed in Lucknow. After completing his schooling, he enrolled in Benaras Hindu University, in engineering course. But his destiny and his interest dictated otherwise. He dropped engineering studies and joined classes for Hindustani classical music at Morris college in Lucknow. He learnt both classical vocal music and also instrumental music.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

As I am looking searching for un-posted songs of Pankaj Babu, I am also coming across movies, that were supposedly major draws in their times. Adhikaar (1938), a New Theatres production from Calcutta, is another significant social drama directed by PC Barua.
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Out of 110 movie songs sung by K L Saigal , 106 are available and 100 of them have been discussed in this blog. Searching for the 6 remaining songs not yet discussed in like searching for a needle in a haystack. After careful search, it has been revealed that this particular song from “Krorepati”(1936) had so far escaped from being posted. 😀
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Karwaane e Hayaat is a 1935 production from New Theatres, Calcutta. It is a costume adventure drama directed by Premankur Athorty. Drawn up in the early years of the industry, this film is a trendsetter and a precursor to many other films that will follow over the years, using the same theme with some variations.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The versatility of Saigal Saab never ceases to amaze. Given that only 185 recordings of his songs are available, may the history of Indian cinema have been different, had Saigal Saab lived a longer life.
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