Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

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In case of most movies, only a few songs become popular and other songs become forgotten with time. I have found that several of these forgotten songs are superb songs to listen to, and with some luck, they should have become popular songs, instead of ending up into the dustbin of obscurity.
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“Ham Bhi Insaan Hain” (1959) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was produced by V A K Productions. R Majumdar was the director. The sar cast included names like Abhi Bhattacharya, Lata Sinha, Anil Kumar, Kumar, Dhumal,Chaman Puri, Samar Roy, Lalita Kumari etc. Most names in the cast ring no bells. In other words, this movie was a B grade movie.
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“Nishaana” (1950) was an M & T Production. It was directed by Wajahat Mirza Changezi. The starcast of the film included names like Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Cuckoo, Madhubala, Shyama, Yakub, Nawab, Kanhaiyalal, Balam, Shanti Madhok, Durga Khote etc.
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“Khidki” (1948) is a movie which was produced by Arvind and Anand, and it was directed by P L Santoshi. The star cast included names like Rehana, Jawahar Kaul, V. H. Desai, Kalpana, Radha Krishnan, Leela Misra, Ramsingh, Mumtaz Ali, Tiwari 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.

Luteraa (1965) is a musical bonanaza that boasts of absolutely fabulous music by Laxmikant Pyaarelal, who had just arrived on the music scene two years prior. All the songs in this film are veritable gems. In all seven songs are present in this film, all penned by Anand Bakshi. All the songs are dance songs, all songs are in female voices. Yes, interesting that there is not a single song in a male voice. Of the total seven songs, six of them are in Lata ji’s voice. As mentioned all are dance numbers, four of them performed by Nishi, who is the leading lady in this film, one by Helen and one by Bela Bose. All these six songs are already present on this blog.
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In my series of songs composed by Sajjad Hussain, I have been discussing the as yet undiscussed Sajjad Hussain songs from “Khel” (1950) these days. This movie had nine songs in it,and I have discussed as many as seven of them in the past.
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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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