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“Namoona” (1949) was an M & T productions movie. It was directed by Hira Singh. The movie had Kishore Sahu, Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushal, Pratima Devi, Cuckoo, Leela Chitnis, Gulab, Madan Puri, Hira Singh, Shyama, Shanti Madhok etc in it.
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“Mastaana” (1954) is a movie which was produced by Black and White movies productions. H S Rawail was the director and the movie had actors like Motilal, Nigar Sultana, Kuldeep Kaur, Sunder, Rinkoo, Yashodhara Katju, Gope, Chaman Puri, Master Romi, Tiwari, Chandrashekhar etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Presenting the song in response to the farmaish posted by Arun ji Deshmukh.

I am sure the number of folks would be very few, those who have not heard the iconic song, ‘Mere Piyaa Gaye Rangoon’ . The film Patanaga comes from the year 1949, which is considered as a watershed year in the annals of Hindi film music. So many wonderful movies with great music and great songs were released in this year, that it became a memorable year in terms of rising popularity of film music in India. The film is produced under the banner of Verma Films, Bombay and is directed by the distinguished Harnam Singh Rawail.
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“Khel” (1950) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was a Shaheen Pictures production and it was directed by S M Nawab. The movie had Dev Anand,Nigar Sultana, Nargis, Hafiz Jehan, , Anwar, Neelam , Murad etc as far as one can tell.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Reviving a wonderful qawwaali from one of those not so well known films, and yet a gem of a composition and a fabulous presentation. The film is Mujrim Kaun Khooni Kaun (1965). It is a social drama produced under the banner of Pratima Pictures, Bombay and it is directed by Ramneek Vaidya. The star cast includes Jairaj, Indira aka Indira Billi, Heeralal, Sapru, Shammi, Bela Bose, Asit Sen, Raj Mehra, Brahm Bhardwaj, Gopal Sehgal, Shyam Kumar, V Gopal, Mirza Musharraf, Sherry etc. The lyrics for this film are written by three poets viz., Anjum Jaipuri, Akhtar Romani and Naqsh Lyallpuri. This particular qawwaali is written by Akhtar Romani. The music composition is by Baabul – another one of the unsung talents that have produced absolutely A class music, but never really got their due recognition in the industry.
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“Gareebi” (1949) is a movie that was produced by Ranjit Movie company. It was directed by Ramchandra Thakur and the star cast of the movie included names like Geeta Bali, Jairaj, Nirupa Roy, P. Kailash, Usha Kiran, Ramesh Thakur, Jawahar Kaul etc in it.
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“Anjuman” (1948) is a Nargis Art production movie, which meant that it was Nargis’ home production. The movie was directed by Akhtar Hussain. The movie had Jairaj, Nargis, Durga Khote, Anwar Hussain,Chandabai,Neelam etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Besides being an exceptional production in terms of characterizations and performances, the epic Mughal-e-Azam (1960) created by K Asif, was a musical bonanza too. Of the twelve brilliant creations by Naushad Saab and Shakeel Badayuni, eight are already posted on this blog. Here is the ninth musical offering from this film – a wonderful qawwaali in the tradition of baitbaazi, by Shamshad Begum and Lata Mangeshkar. The setting of this qawwaali is as follows.
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