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Posted by: maheshks Sep 11 2005, 06:43 AM

Starting this thread with all time great from RATAN(1944).

ANKHIYA MILAKE JIYA BHARMA KE CHALE NAHIN JANA

Picturised on Karan Diwan and Swaran Lata

Singer Johra Bai Ambalawali

Music Naushad

Lyrics D N Madhok


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Enjoy

Posted by: urzung khan Sep 11 2005, 03:51 PM

Thanks for the video.
Did you know that its full (start to finish) sound
track was issued in a set of 78rpms ?

Posted by: maheshks Sep 11 2005, 11:29 PM

????????? I thought both the versions were the same

Will upload the second part tomorrow

Posted by: urzung khan Sep 12 2005, 04:43 AM

I beg your pardon for my poor english. I meant the
sound track of the movie. The song you have posted
is complete and you need not ul 78rpm version.

Posted by: maheshks Sep 14 2005, 11:48 PM

This one is my favourite amongst from all the songs of GM Durrani Saab.
Lataji's voice quality at that time was awsome.

The song is

DO BICHHDE HUYE DIL AAPAS MAIN GAYE MIL
ARMAANON KI NAGRI MAIN HUYA AAJ SAVERA

It is picturised on the young DEV ANAND and KAMINI KAUSHAL
Movie Shair (1949)
Music Gulam Mohammad

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Posted by: jamalf_akbar Sep 15 2005, 02:24 AM

Such a sweet song. Thanks Mahesh-ji. I also love Lata's voice around this time period.

I have the song 'Dil Mera Toda' from Majboor (1948). I'm not sure if it is considered rare or not. If you like I can upload it in the Lata forum. It is in CD quality.

Jamal

Posted by: Mohsin26 Sep 16 2005, 01:12 AM

yes this is really a very nice song

thanx maheshks ji...

Jamal bhai kar dijiye yeh song upload Majboor film ka , this is a very rare song by Lata .

Posted by: jamalf_akbar Sep 16 2005, 04:38 AM

Mohsin,

I have posted the song here -

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=15620

It is the only song I have from the film.

Jamal

Posted by: maheshks Sep 18 2005, 09:14 PM

Here is another old classic in the voices of Shamshad begum and
Ghulam Haider.

NAINO KE BAAN KI REET ANOKHI
BAAN CHALEN AUR NAIN NA DEKHEN

The movie is Khajaanchi. It was released in
the year1941 and a huge hit during that time.
The movie is also known for its immensely popular music scored
by Ghulam Haider. This is what Lataji has once spoken about the
songs from the movie Khajaanchi :

When I was in Pune, Master Gulam Haider’s first movie ‘Khajanchi’ was released. The music in this film changed the style of hindi film movies itself. The movie was a very big hit. Here onwards hindi films started having a touch of punjabi music. Till then it was the influence of Marathi music due to ‘Prabhat cinema’ and bengali music due to ‘New Theatres’. After ‘Khajanchi’, composers like Naushad came in and music started to change.

This song is picturised on Ramola and SD Narang.
Lyrics are written by Wali Saheb.

Enjoy



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Posted by: urzung khan Sep 19 2005, 09:17 AM

Enjoyed the video very much. Ramola looks very beautyful
here. The other fellow looks like Narang to me.

Posted by: maheshks Sep 21 2005, 01:27 AM

This one for the fans of Suraiyyaji and Khurshid Anwar Saab.

PAPI PAPIHA REY PEE PEE NA BOL BAIRI PEE PEE NA BOL

The song is from the movie PARWANA.

Although this movie was released in the year 1947, in the song Suraiyyaji looks
very young and slim. It appears that the song might have been shot during 1944-45
and the release of the movie got delayed due to some unavoidable circumstances.

Khurshid Anwar Saab is the music director and Dina Nath Madhokhji is the lyricist.

Enjoy




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Posted by: urzung khan Sep 21 2005, 03:09 AM

Great Song. Panna Lal Gosh plays the flute here.
I think it was late 1946 when Khurshid Anwar was
called to Bombay from Lahore for Parwana's music.
He was doing music for PagDanDi at that time. Pandit
Amarnath later completed the music of Pagdandi.

Posted by: maheshks Sep 22 2005, 07:08 PM

In the year 1942, Ghulam Haider gave another huge hit KHANDAN starring PRAN, NOOR JEHAN & MANORMA (Yes the same old lady whom we have seen in many movies of sixties and seventies).

The song that is uploaded here is CHALO PANIYA BHARAN KO

It is picturised on young MANORMA.
It was Pran Saab's first movie as a hero. He is sitting in front row.
How many members can recognise him?

Regarding this song there was some controversy that Noorjehanji has also sung
a few lines in this song. But as the song is picturised on Manorma and others,
the voices are of Shamshad begum, ??????? and chorus.
There is no voice of Noorjehan. Those songs of this movie, which were picturised
on Noorjehanji, are indeed rendered by her only.

Enjoy

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Posted by: ashish2345 Sep 22 2005, 08:05 PM

Thanks a lot Mahesh Sharmaji for these vintage songs.
Can you confirm one thing as you have vcd of khandan.On whom the song " Mere bagh ka malli phir a gaya "picturised manorma or noor jehan.on one other discussion board discussion is going that this song was picturised on Manorma and sung by Shamshad begum

thanks a lot

warm regards

ashish

Posted by: maheshks Sep 22 2005, 08:23 PM

Ashish read my comments at post no. 30 here. Neither can be on Manorma nor
Noorjehan.

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=13053&st=15

Posted by: ashish2345 Sep 22 2005, 08:31 PM

Thanks Mahesh ji

It is very difficult for one to judge from the song.
I request the Madam noorjahan fans (Inaaam ,priya,Jamal.........and the other members to identify the real singer

warm regards

ashish

Posted by: urzung khan Sep 23 2005, 06:00 AM

I was never of the view that this song has NJ's voice. The video is another
confirmation. Shukariya.
By the way, the singers of this song are : Naseen Akhtar, Shamshad Begum and
chorus.

Posted by: maheshks Sep 24 2005, 01:13 AM

This is the very first song recorded in the voice of Suraiyyaji.
She is a child in this song and has sung her part. The other singers
are Raajkumariji and Kaushalya.

CHALO CHALO RI SAKHI MADHUBAN MAIN
MOHAN HAIN AANEY WAALEY

The name of the movie is Station Master (1942).
Music is by Naushad saab.

Song is picturised on Ratanmala, Suraiyya and one unknown child artist.

Enjoy


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Posted by: jaykoshal Sep 24 2005, 05:54 AM

Awesome!

Posted by: urzung khan Sep 24 2005, 07:35 AM

ek adad gaanaa vasool paayaa aur raseed likh dee
taake sanad rahe.

urzung khan

Posted by: mohd2004 Sep 24 2005, 06:21 PM

Thanks for the excellent uploads Mahesh Bhai.

Mohd.

Posted by: maheshks Sep 26 2005, 01:00 AM

Urzung Saab..Have you studied in the Indian part of Punjab?
My father used to write such kind of language.

Posted by: urzung khan Sep 26 2005, 06:01 AM

ek adad gaanaa vasool paayaa aur raseed likh dee
taake sanad rahe.
urzung khan
[/quote]


Urzung Saab..Have you studied in the Indian part of Punjab?
My father used to write such kind of language. :unsure:
[/quote]

Yes.

It was/is a standard form of a 'legal receipt'.

urzung khan

Posted by: brgarg Sep 26 2005, 09:52 AM

[quote name='urzung khan' date='Sep 26 2005, 06:01 AM' post='162266']
ek adad gaanaa vasool paayaa aur raseed likh dee
taake sanad rahe.
urzung khan
[/quote]


Urzung Saab..Have you studied in the Indian part of Punjab?
My father used to write such kind of language.
[/quote]

Yes.

It was/is a standard form of a 'legal receipt'.

urzung khan
[/quote]

Mr. Urzung Khan, please let us know which is the school/college and where? Please also share your memories.

Posted by: urzung khan Sep 27 2005, 07:17 PM

[quote name='brgarg' date='Sep 26 2005, 09:22 AM' post='162316']
[quote name='urzung khan' date='Sep 26 2005, 06:01 AM' post='162266']
ek adad gaanaa vasool paayaa aur raseed likh dee
taake sanad rahe.
urzung khan
[/quote]


Urzung Saab..Have you studied in the Indian part of Punjab?
My father used to write such kind of language. :unsure:
[/quote]

Yes.

It was/is a standard form of a 'legal receipt'.

urzung khan
[/quote]

Mr. Urzung Khan, please let us know which is the school/college and where? Please also share your memories.
[/quote]

aap buraa na maane.n, magar meraa aisaa karne kaa
koii iraadaa nahiin.

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Sep 29 2005, 05:22 AM

The next song is picturised on Naseem Bano and Surendra.
The movie name is ANOKHI ADA (1948).
Beautiful music by Naushad saab.
Song is sung by Surendra and Shamshad Begum.


KYUN UNHEY DIL DIYA
HAI YE KYA KIYA

SHISHEY KO PATHHAR SE
TAKRA DIYA
Enjoy

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Posted by: urzung khan Sep 29 2005, 06:21 AM

Am delighted to see the video. Shukaiya.

I am taking the liberty of suggesting the next one.

In Humayon, Rajkumari sang for Nargis and Shamshad
for Veena. Let us see/ hear ' ae chaand tuu bataa de,
mere dil ko kyaa huaa hai'

BTW, all female songs of Humayon were recorded in the
voice of Shamshad (issued by HMV) as well as Rajkumari
(issued by Columbia).

Posted by: unni Sep 29 2005, 07:32 AM

Thanks, Mahesh!

Lovely old song and good quality video.

Sincerely appreciate this nostalgia thread.

Posted by: maheshks Oct 2 2005, 08:49 AM

Thanks buddies for your support and interest in such jewels.

This one is on the request of Urzung Saab.



Honey laced voice of Raajkumari.

AI CHAAND TU BATAA DE
MERE DIL KO KYA HUYA HAI

Song is from the movie HUMAYUN (1945)
It is picturised on Nargisji.
You can also see Dada Muni Ashok Kumar in his younger days.
Music by Ghulam Haider saab.

Posted by: jaykoshal Oct 2 2005, 10:05 AM

Thanks for the clip.

If you did not tell me it is Ashok, I would have sworn it is Kishore!

Jay

Posted by: urzung khan Oct 2 2005, 01:08 PM

Thanks for the video of this song. I was eagerly awaiting
its upload. Humayun was a very successful movie. It
is said that Ghulam Haider was paid Rs 100,000 for its
musical score.

urzung khan

Posted by: mohd2004 Oct 2 2005, 04:05 PM

Thanks Mahesh Bhai for the rare videos.

Mohd.

Posted by: maheshks Oct 2 2005, 08:29 PM

Kidar Sharma wrote those immortal songs in the movie DevDas(1935).
Incidently the singer Raaj Kumari played the role of Chandra (chandramukhi)
in that movie. Kidar Sharma was fascinated by her voice and in majority
of his movies, we find, the leading lady singer was Raaj Kumari.

Kidar Sharma also has the distinction of introducing many stars in the
movies. The song which is uploaded now is from his movie Suhaag
Raat(1948). This is the debut movie for Geeta Bali as well as for
Snehal Bhatkar, the music director. Kidar Sharma, being Punjabi, has beautifully
used punjabi folk music, basically based on raag pahadi, in his movies including
this song. It is an old traditional folk tune, which was in vogue during that period in the
villages of Punjab.

The song is sung by RAAJKUMARI AND GEETA ROY(DUTT) in their
soft and sweet voices.

It is picturised on GEETA BALI AND BEGUM PARA

The words are:

KIS PAAPI SANG ULJHI ANKHIYAAN
HAI ANKHIYAAN
RO RO NAIN GAWAAYEN

Posted by: mahesh Oct 3 2005, 07:54 PM

thanks maheshbhai for the rare song from suhag raat[1948].
regarding kidar sharma;there is a biography of his available''the one and lonely kidar sharma''.hmv had also released a 2 cassette set of his rare songs 2-3 years ago.debut film of snehal bhatker was neelkamal[1947];where he gave music under his real name b. vasudev.as he was under some contract from hmv;he started using his daughter's name snehal for later films.
i think all songs in suhag raat were based on raga pahadi;earlier in chitralekha ;kidar sharma had asked music director jhande khan to use raga bhairvi for all songs.
maheshbhai, can you upload geeta-shamshad duet''mere dil ki dhadkan mein kaun aa samaya'' and mukesh's number''lakhi babul more,kahe ko bihaye bides''.
i have been looking for these songs for a very long time.also,i have never seen suhag raat's vcd/dvd in any shop in delhi.where did you get it from?
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Oct 4 2005, 08:56 PM

Maheshbhai, I have also not seen the vcd/dvd of the movie Suhaagraat in the market.
The song was uploaded from the old video cassette of my grandfather. He had
a great collection of old movies. I will upload the requested songs from this movie
within a few days.

The next song is from the movie JAWAB(1942).

KUCHH YAAD RAHEY TO SUNKAR JA
TU HAAN KAR JA YA NAA KAR JA

A beautiful song

Singer and Actress KANAN DEVI

Soulful music by Kamal Dasgupta.
The lyricist is BEKAL. (Urzung Saab...Is he Bekal Amritsari)

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Posted by: tahir77 Oct 5 2005, 02:35 AM

Thankyou mahesh bhai

Posted by: urzung khan Oct 5 2005, 08:12 AM

The next song is from the movie JAWAB(1942).

KUCHH YAAD RAHEY TO SUNKAR JA
TU HAAN KAR JA YA NAA KAR JA

A beautiful song

Singer and Actress KANAN DEVI

Soulful music by Kamal Dasgupta.
The lyricist is BEKAL. (Urzung Saab...Is he Bekal Amritsari)

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To be frank, I do not know.
By the way, according to Dr Guha ( www.kanandevi.com)
the lyrics of tuu haan kar ja were written by Pandit Madhur.
Here are the details of relative 78rpm:

46) MEGAPHONE-JNG 10004.

DUR DESH KA REHNEWALA –OMC 17200-DUET

(LYRIC : BEKAL)

KUCHH YAAD RAHE TO SUN KAR JA-OMC 17203

(LYRIC : MADHUR)

MUSIC : KAMAL DASGUPTA

FILM : JAWAB (HINDI)
.........

This and ai chand chup na jaanaa are evergreen classics
by Kanan Devi. Thanks for the video.

urzung khan

Posted by: hits Oct 5 2005, 10:21 AM

Urzung,

I recall an old RMIM discussion where this topic came up. If I remember right, the consensus was that it was Bekal. I may be wrong here. Mahesh saab, Bekal Amritsari hi honge woh.

Hits

Posted by: maheshks Oct 8 2005, 06:13 AM

On partition of the country in 1947, two female actresses cum singers
opted to settle in Pakistan. One was Noorjehan and the other one Khurshid.

Here is a song from the movie TANSEN(1943)sung by Khurshid.
The song is picturised on Khurshid and Saigal saab.

GHATAA GHANGHOR BHOR
MOR MACHAVE SHOR
MOREY SAJAN AAJAA
AAJAA MOREY SAJAN AAJAA

Music by Khemchand Prakash


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Posted by: mahesh Oct 12 2005, 09:53 AM

hello maheshbhai,
just to remind you about the 2 suhagraat songs[geeta-shamshad duet and mukesh solo].
thanks and regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Oct 15 2005, 07:54 AM

Maheshbhai..will upload the desired songs tonight.

Here is a top hit of its time.

MERE CHHOTEY SE MAN MAIN CHHOTI SI DUNIYA RE


The song is picturised on MUMTAZ SHANTI. Other known faces seen in the song are
ULHAS and the child artist SURESH (Later on he acted as hero in many movies).

Movie BASANT (1942)

Singer Parul Ghosh
Music Pannalal Ghosh..the Bansuri maestro
Lyrics Pyarelal Santoshi

In this movie there is a song picturised on a child star who later on
became the most beautiful heroine of the Hindi Cinema. This was, therefor, her first movie.


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Posted by: sri Oct 15 2005, 01:20 PM

mahesh

thanks so much for all your lovely videos. the last one - from BASANT - brought back so many memories from my childhood days. we had this song on 78rpm record and it was a popular one at home. I still remember very vividly - Pannalal Ghosh (the M.D. of this movie) used to live down the road from where we used to live, in Calcutta - and used to conduct flute classes there. Parul Ghosh, as many may know, was his wife and the sister of Music director Anil Biswas.

another bit of info - related to the 'most beautiful' heroine mentioned in your post. No arguments about the fact that she was the most beautiful.

However, IMDB records the first film of Madhubala (born as Mumtaz Jehan Begum on Valentine's Day 1933), as Baghdad ka chor (1934) where she is credited as 'Mumtaz' and her second film as 'Shaheed-e-muhabbat' (1936) where she was again credited as Mumtaz. Basant (1942) is listed as her 3rd film, where she is credited as 'Baby Mumtaz' (for the first time). Strangely, her 4th film, when she was still 11, was Mumtaz Mahal !! Later, in 1947 when she was 14, she got her first major break via Kidar Sharma in Neel kamal opposite Raj Kapoor - but was still credited as Mumtaz (as per IMDB). Another film in 1947, where she is credited as 'Madhubala', is the film 'Dil ki Rani' - where, again, she acted with Raj Kapoor. I think this was probably her first film using her 'to-become-very-famous' name. In 1949, of course, came the famous role in Mahal. Then, later in 1950, she acted in a film called 'Madhubala' - with Dev Anand !! Interesting ?

By the way, Mahesh ... any chance of getting the video of that song from Basant - picturised on the 'most famous' heroine - who was still a child star at that time ???

Sri

Posted by: maheshks Oct 15 2005, 02:25 PM

Sri Bhai the information displayed at IMDB is not correct.
She was born in the year 1933 at Delhi and their family
shifted to Bombay only in the year 1940-41. The two movies
credited to her by IMDB are of the year 1934-36 i.e. when
she was in the age group of 1-3 years. It was certainly
some other Mumtaz who had played the role of heroine.

"She stole the hearts of the masses even as a little girl. With the song
`Tumko mubarak ho unche mahal ye, humko hain pyari hamari galiyan'
in the hit film Basant, Baby Mumtaz established herself as a star.
Later known as Madhubala, this pig-tailed teenager's initial flirtation
with stardom failed to launch her career as a heroine.

Born in Delhi on February 14, 1933, Mumtaz Jehan Begum (her real name)
made her first appearance in front of a movie camera at the famous
Bombay Talkies Studio, Malad. Director Amiya Chakravarty, who was responsible
for giving many newcomers a break, was also instrumental in Madhubala's
debut performance. Devika Rani also took kindly to this young girl and Baby
Mumtaz's first screen appearance was a jubilee hit".

Copyright © 1997 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

Sri Bhai,

I will upload the song picturised on Baby Madhubala (Baby Mumtaz) within
a couple of days.

Posted by: sri Oct 15 2005, 08:02 PM

You're right. Mahesh
Surely, Mumtaz could not have become 'Baby' Mumtaz after a few years!! Also, I find now that Mumtaz was listed in the main cast of the 1934 movie - and surely that could not have been a 1 year old baby !! That must have been some other Mumtaz.

So, it is Basant - which must have been her first film. Thanks for pointing out the holes in the IMDB info

Awaiting the video !

Sri

Posted by: maheshks Oct 16 2005, 03:29 PM

Here is the duet sung by Shamshad begum and Geeta Roy (Dutt)

MERE DIL KI DHADKANO MAIN SAKHI KAUN AA SAMAAYA
HAR SHAAKH JHOOMNEY LAGI HAR PHOOL MUSKURAYA

MOVIE SUHAAG RAAT(1948)
LYRICS KIDAR SHARMA
MUSIC SNEHAL BHATKAR
PICTURISED ON GEETA BALI(first appearance), BEGUM PARA AND ONE UNKNOWN GIRL

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Posted by: mahesh Oct 16 2005, 05:47 PM

maheshbhai,
thanks a million for this song.
bahut bhaut shukriya.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Oct 22 2005, 09:49 PM

Madhu Bala's very first scene in the hindi movies (as a child artist)
Movie : Basant(1942)



She sang her first song in the same movie...Basant (1942)



and she also sang her second song in the movie....Basant.


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Posted by: sri Oct 22 2005, 10:17 PM

Mahesh

Thanks a lot for your valuable effort in getting us all these very rare treasures !!

Great work !!

Sri

Posted by: mahesh Oct 23 2005, 10:07 AM

maheshbhai,
thanks for the rare video clips.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: urzung khan Oct 24 2005, 09:50 PM

buhat shukariyaa aur ba.Dii maharbaanii, ba.Dii maharbaanii
tumhe.n ye sunaane ko jii chaahataa hai, jii chaahataa hai

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Oct 27 2005, 12:18 AM

Aap subka bahut bahut shukriya.

BALAAAYEN LOON MAIN US DIL KI JO DUNIYA KE LIYE RO DEY
JAHAAN WAALON KE RANJ O GHAM KO APNE KHOON SE DHO DEY

Picturised on PC Barua and Kaanan Devi
Singer ???????
Movie Jawaab(1942)
Music Kamal Dasgupta



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Posted by: maheshks Nov 1 2005, 01:10 PM

Going far back, as back as 1935.

Those who have not seen K.C. DEY live.

TERI GATHARI MAIN LAGA CHOR MUSAFIR JAAG JARAA

ACTOR AND SINGER K C DEY

MOVIE DHOOP CHHAON (1935)

LYRICIST PANDIT SUDARSHAN

MUSIC R C BORAL

It was the first movie where the playback singing was used.

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Posted by: urzung khan Nov 1 2005, 04:29 PM

gathari ham ne sambhaal li hai, fikr na karen.
Sharma Ji, what about 'jao jao o mere saadhoo' ?
us ki video ul karen to bas mazaa hi aa jaaye. I think
Jao Jao was his career best song.
Allah kare zor-e-upload aur ziyaadaa.

urzung khan

Posted by: jaykoshal Nov 1 2005, 07:46 PM

Sharma ji,

Thanks for the clip. Is the song, "Man ki ankhen khol" from the same film?
Jay

Posted by: maheshks Nov 6 2005, 09:15 AM

Urzung Sir,

I have not checked the quality of the full picture so far give me some time
to upload that song.

Koshal saab,

The song...baba man ki aankhen khol.....is from this movie only.

Urzung Sir,

Here is a gift for you. Raw but very SWEET AND MELODIUS voice of Suraiya
in the movie Sanjog.

It was one of her earliest movies (released in the year 1942) when
she started playback singing, particularly for Mehtab. I think she must not
have reached the age of even 15 while giving full playback for Mehtab.

KOYI CHUTKI SI MERE DIL MAIN LIYE JAAYE
JIYA BAL KHAYE HAI RE HAI
MERE NAINO MAIN GHATAA BAN KE KAUN CHHAYE
NAIN BHAR AAYE HAI RE HAI

SINGER SURAIYA
LYRICIST DINA NATH MADHOK
MUSIC DIRECTOR NAUSHAD

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Posted by: jaykoshal Nov 6 2005, 09:27 AM

Thanks for the precious clips!
Jay

Posted by: mohd2004 Nov 6 2005, 09:37 AM

Million thanks, Mahesh Bhai for these rare video songs.
Sincerely appreciated.

Mohd.

Posted by: urzung khan Nov 6 2005, 12:50 PM

Had heard this song loooooong ago. But now the video had its
sone pe suhaagaa effect. bas guzraa zamaanaa aankhon ke saamne
phir gyaa.

The other KC Dey song ( jao jao o mere saadhoo) is from Puran Bhagt.

urzung khan

Posted by: shuklas Nov 6 2005, 05:14 PM

Mahesh Jee :

Thanks. Thanks a lot. Just a brilliant upload. Would you have video song of Moghul-e-Azam : Hume kash tumse mohabat....

Please upload.

Shuklas

Posted by: maheshks Nov 9 2005, 04:10 AM

Here is the next video clip. It is evergreen

PREM NAGAR MAIN BASAAUNGI GHAR MAIN

MOVIE CHANDIDAS

YEAR OF RELEASE 1934

SINGERS K L SAIGAL AND UMA SHASHI

MUSIC DIRECTOR R C BORAL

LYRICIST AGA HASHRA KASHMIRI

SONG PICTURISED ON K L SAIGAL AND UMA SHASHI

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Posted by: urzung khan Nov 9 2005, 08:37 AM

mein nukta-chini nahin kar raha, magar tasvir dhundli hai.
thoda bit rate zyada kar dete to achha hota. gaane ki video
dikhaane ka buhat shukariya.

UZK

Posted by: mahesh Nov 9 2005, 09:03 AM

mahesh bhai,
thanks for the video.
do you have vhs of neelampari[52]?

regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Nov 11 2005, 08:21 AM

[/quote]

mein nukta-chini nahin kar raha, magar tasvir dhundli hai.
thoda bit rate zyada kar dete to achha hota. gaane ki video
dikhaane ka buhat shukariya.

UZK
[/quote]

Urzung Sir,

Even Nukta-chini and chhinta-kashi from the senior members like you are acceptable and
welcome. The prints of Chandidas and Devdas (1935) are not of great quality and I find
that there is not much imporovement in resolution and quality even if uploaded at higher
bit rate. The next clip would be from Nartaki......ye kaun aaj aaya sawere sawere...pankaj malik.

Mahesh Bhai..could not find the vhs of neelam pari so far....in case i find it....will surely
upload it on oriroity.

Thanks and regards

Posted by: Chitralekha Nov 11 2005, 09:00 AM

Thanks for all the goodies

Posted by: urzung khan Nov 11 2005, 04:11 PM

[quote name='maheshks' date='Nov 11 2005, 07:51 AM' post='184833']
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mein nukta-chini nahin kar raha, magar tasvir dhundli hai.
thoda bit rate zyada kar dete to achha hota. gaane ki video
dikhaane ka buhat shukariya.

UZK
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[quote post='183988' date='Nov 9 2005, 09:03 AM' name='mahesh']
mahesh bhai,
thanks for the video.
do you have vhs of neelampari[52]?

regards,
mahesh
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Urzung Sir,

Even Nukta-chini and chhinta-kashi from the senior members like you are acceptable and
welcome. The prints of Chandidas and Devedas (1935) are not of great quality and I find
that there is not much imporovement in resolution and quality even if uploaded at higher
bit rate. The next clip would be from Nartaki......ye kaun aaj aaya sawere sawere...pankaj malik.

Thanks and regards
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meraa bhi khyaal thaa k yehii baat hogii. chlo gaane k bahaane Uma Shashi
ki shakl bhi dekh li. agle gaane ka intezaat hai, bas Dar hai kahin aap thak
na jaaen.

UZK

Posted by: maheshks Nov 12 2005, 01:25 PM

Here is

YE KAUN AAJ AAYA SAVERE SAVERE

Picturised on NAJAM and LEELA DESAI (considered as one of the most beautiful faces)

MOVIE NARTAKI (1940)

SINGER PANKAJ MALLIK

MUSIC PANKAJ MALLIK

LYRICS POET ARZOO

Urzung Sir, Leela Desai ke baarey main kuchh roshni daaliye.

I have at least one more movie of her alongwith the legend K.L Saigal.

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Posted by: urzung khan Nov 13 2005, 04:53 AM

is me.n shak nahiin k laDki khoobsurat thii. me.n ne in ki chand
tasvire.n 45/46 me.n dekhi thiin. tafseel nahiin jaantaa.
gaane video buhat pasand aayi. Very good poetry bt Arzoo
Lukhnavi.
ek aur laDki thi, Pameela jo parsi thi aur zaahir hai khoobsurat
thi. Amirbai sang a nice song piturised on her: huwaa kayaa
qusuur jo ham se ho door. I saw a 60 second clip somewhere
of this song. Do not remember the film name.

UZK

Posted by: urzung khan Nov 13 2005, 10:35 AM

baat ho rahi thi chaand se chehron aur chaand ki.
Chaand-1944, me.n chaand bhi tha aur chaand se
chehre waali Begum Para bhi. to aaiye dekhte hain
us film ka ek gaanaa.

A successful movie establishing Husnlal Bhagtram and
Begum Para. An all hit-songs movie in which Zeenat Begum
of Lahore sang for the first time in a Bombay film. HB got
this assignment on the recommendations of Pandit Amarnath
who was close relative of theirs.
'ai chaand bataa mujh ko' was piturised on Begum Para and
Prem Adib and sung by Zeenat Begum and G M Durrani. Lyrics
were written by Qamar Jalalabadi.

(I had some network problem in uling part2, so it was
uled twice. One of them should be ok. )

Posted by: mohd2004 Nov 13 2005, 01:42 PM

Thanks Mahesh Bhai and KhanSaheb for the rare videos.

Mohd.

Posted by: maheshks Nov 13 2005, 02:47 PM

Thanks Urzung Saheb, Mohd Bhai and Chitralekhaji.

Urzung Sir,

Sitara Devi is also there in the movie Chaand(1944). I have the vcd of
this movie. Some nice songs composed by Husnlal Bhagat Ram. SD Batishji
says that Husnlal and Bhagat Ram were the younger (real) brothers of
Pandit Amarnath.

Regarding Leela Desai, I have two more movies of her. Both with the legend
K.L Saigal. The movies were President (1937) and Dushman (1939). I have
already ripped the song.. Karoon kya aas niraas bhayi.. and it is 2nd in the
queue.

Why is it on 2nd position....because what I am uploading is

HUYA KYA KASOOR JO HUMSEY HO DOOR

MOVIE BASANT (1942)

The song is picturised on PRAMILA AND ULHAS

Singer AMIRBAI KARNATKI

LYRICS PYARELAL SANTOSHI

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Posted by: urzung khan Nov 13 2005, 08:25 PM

aap ne to kamaal kar diya, munh se baat nikli aur
poori ho gayi. Pramila, I think, is still alive.
guzaarish hai k mujhe ye Zohrabai ki aawaaz nahin
lagti.

UZK

Posted by: maheshks Nov 13 2005, 09:34 PM

Huzoor aap ne durust farmaya. Awaaj Parul Ghosh ki hai.

thanks and regards

Posted by: urzung khan Nov 14 2005, 05:05 AM

mere kaan 30s model ke hain aur un ko ye awaaz
Amirbai Karnatki ki lagti hai.

Here is a brief about Pramila and the interview-exerpt
refered there in. I thought she was parsi but she turns
to be Jew.

*********

Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham),
was a Jewish girl from Calcutta. She
worked as an actress in Hindi films
and also was a producer and
distributor. She was the first Miss
India in 1947. We produce here an
excerpt from her interview where she
talks about how she dealt with a
director who was trying to trick her
into wearing a skirt that grew shorter
and shorter everyday.

Posted by: mohd2004 Nov 14 2005, 01:07 PM

Yes Khan Saheb is right, its Amir Bai Karnataki and its also confirmed by Srinivas Rao of CMC.


Mohd.

Posted by: maheshks Nov 14 2005, 04:54 PM

Urzung Sir and Mohd. bhai thanks for the corrections.

Urzung Sir, also thanks for the Pramila's live interview.

Here is an old photograph taken at the time of shooting of the

movie NARTAKI (1940)

Actress Leela Desai, Director Nitin Bose, Camera Mulji Yusuf





AND here is another one from the movie DHARATIMATA(1938)

KL SAIGAL, KC DEY AND THE GIRL IS UMA SHASHI

Posted by: maheshks Nov 15 2005, 05:38 AM

The next one is EVERGREEN


KARUN KYA AAS NIRAAS BHAYI KARUN KYA AAS NIRAAS BHAYI


PICTURISED ON K L SAIGAL, LEELA DESAI (Looks as beautiful as ever)
AND NAJMUL HASAN(Yes the boy sitting on the sofa
is the same guy with whom Devika Rani eloped and
came back after a quarrel)

MOVIE DUSHMAN (1939)

MUSIC PANKAJ MULLICK

LYRICS ARZU LUCKNAWI

SINGER K L SAIGAL

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Posted by: urzung khan Nov 16 2005, 06:39 AM

Thanks for the video of this nice song.

UZK

Posted by: desai2rn Nov 17 2005, 09:01 PM

Maheshbhai, Thanks for the rare u/l. I have the audio but never thought I would be able to watch vedio
of the great song.

Ramesh.

Posted by: maheshks Nov 17 2005, 10:07 PM

Urzung Sir and Ramesh Bhai..thanks for appreciations.

The next song for Abhas Kumar Ganguli's (Kishor Kumar's) fans.
Especially for those who have not heard his raw voice.

According to my information it was his first solo in the hindi movies.

MARNE KI DUAAYEN KYUN MAANGOON
JEENE KI TAMANNA KAUN KAREY

SONG PICTURISED ON DEV ANAND (HIS SECOND MOVIE)

MOVIE ZIDDI (1948)

MUSIC KHEMCHAND PRAKASH

LYRICS PREM DHAWAN

Posted by: shuklas Nov 18 2005, 03:23 AM

Mahesh Jee :

Thanks a million for " marne ki dua e......" Thanks.

Keep it up.

Shuklas

Posted by: urzung khan Nov 18 2005, 08:25 AM

Sharma Ji, 'oh teraa kyaa kahnaa'
baDi lambi chhalaang lagaee hai aap ne. toofaan mail
ban kar beech me.n kayi station choD diye.
ek to ' chandaa re ja re ja re' hojaaye, aur doosre
Anmol GhaDi kaa ' man letaa hai angDaaee' bhi
dekhne ki khawaahish hai.

UZK

Posted by: ravikumarofindia Nov 18 2005, 01:22 PM

Thanks a lot maheshks for the "Marne Ki Dua Kyon Mangu" video, the first full song sung by Kishore Kumar.
It is an extremely rare collection. Thanks.

Also do you have the video of the 2nd song
Yeh Kaun Aaya Karke Solha Shringar
from Ziddi (1948)

The 2nd song of KK from that same movie.

Posted by: mohd2004 Nov 19 2005, 04:11 PM

Thanks a lot Mahesh Bhai for the video of Ziddi (1948).

Mohd.

Posted by: mahesh Nov 19 2005, 08:07 PM

maheshbhai,
thanks a ton for the ziddi song.
your video collection never fails to amaze me.you must me among handful of people who have videos of very rare films.it is highly commendable that you are so generous in sharing them with us.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Nov 20 2005, 05:41 AM

Brothers,

Bahut khushi hoti hai jab aap sub log taarif karte hain.
Abhi to bahut se purane gaane hain jo upload nahin kiye.
Aage aage dekhiye hota hai kya

Urzung Saab,

Aaapki farmaish par... the song of Suraiya from the movie

ANMOL GHADI (1946)

PICTURISED ON SURAIYA

MUSIC NAUSHAD

LYRICIST TANVEER NAQVI

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Posted by: urzung khan Nov 20 2005, 07:33 AM

ye apane waqt kaa vo lajawaab gaanaa hai jo NJ ke
gaano.n tale dab gayaa. magar meri nazar mein ye
gaanaa AG ke doosre kisi gaane se kam nahiin.
Ehsaan-mand hoon ke aap ne ek aur khawhish poori
kar di.

UZK

Posted by: mohd2004 Nov 21 2005, 03:45 PM

Thanks a lot Mahesh Bhai.

Ji Han Khan Saheb, Ye bohat hi lajawaab gana hai and mere hisaab se bhi bohat undaah.

Mohd.

Posted by: Ummer Nov 21 2005, 04:06 PM

Personally,
I like 3 Suraiya's solos better than NJ songs from this film. My most fav song from Anmol Ghadi is "Mein dil mein dard basa la aayie, nainoun sai nain mila aa ie"

Ummer.

Posted by: maheshks Nov 21 2005, 08:55 PM

YAAR KUCHH INKE BAAREY MAIN BHI KAHEN
Was this not the best song sung by Surendra?

KYUN YAAD AA RAHEN HAIN
GUZRE HUYE JAMAANE

YE DUKH BHARE FASANE
ROTEY HUYE TARANE
KISKO SUNA RAHEN HAIN
GUZRE HUYE JAMAANE

PICTURISED ON SURENDRA

MOVIE ANMOL GHADI(1946)

MUSIC NAUSHAD

LYRICS TANVEER NAQVI

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Posted by: jaykoshal Nov 21 2005, 09:07 PM

Keep up the good work!

Jay

Posted by: maheshks Nov 24 2005, 02:47 PM

On the request of DHALL Saab....an absolute beauty by exponent of karnatik style.....

M.S. SHUBBULAKSHMI SINGING IN THE MOVIE MEERA(1947)

HARI AAWAN KI AWAZ
AAJ SUNI MAIN HARI AAWAN KI AWAZ

lyrics pandit narender sharma


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Posted by: urzung khan Nov 25 2005, 06:56 AM

It is a well sung song and so is ' ab kaun hai meraa, kahoo ab kaun hai meraa'
as both of these ride on good tunes by Naushad. However Surindra did not have
a 'singer's voice'. Earlier he had sung a song in Deccan Queen: yaad na kar
dil e hazee.n bholee hui kahaaniyaaN, which was very popular and is still
remembered. Some years back I had a chance to meet an oldtimer who had
attended Surindra's marriage here.
Thanks for the video.

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Nov 26 2005, 10:19 PM

Another hit song from JAWAB(1942).

DOOR DES KA REHNEWALA AYA DES PARAYE

PICTURISED ON PC BARUA AND KANAN DEVI

MUSIC KAMAL DASGUPTA

SINGERS KANAN DEVI AND ???????

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Posted by: maheshks Nov 27 2005, 05:19 PM

Here is an evergreem from singer, actor and music director Pankaj Mullick

GUZAR GAYA WOH ZAMANA KAISA KAISA

MOVIE DOCTOR (1941)

SINGER PANKAJ MULLICK

MUSIC DIRECTOR PANKAJ MULLICK

ACTOR PANKAJ MULLICK

LYRICIST ARZU LUCKNAWI

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Posted by: sri Nov 27 2005, 06:21 PM

Mahesh

thanks a lot for all your rare and excellent (as usual) video uploads !!

MSSubbulakshmi looked so pretty in the video clip from Meera !

Sri

Posted by: sri Nov 27 2005, 07:32 PM

In return for this lovely upload of yours, here's a picture of the 45 rpm record, released by Hindustan Records, which we must have bought sometime in the 60s. I have the 78 rpm version too ... but couldn't find it easily

As was usual in those days, the film version of the song is slightly different from the record version

Sri


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Posted by: rom Nov 27 2005, 07:41 PM

Thanks for this lovely image, Sri!
I've been hearing this song almost all my life, on radio and tapes. Love this song!

Posted by: shuklas Nov 27 2005, 10:11 PM

Mahesh Jee & Sri :

Thanks a billion.Thanks for above uploads and image.

Thanks.

Shuklas

Posted by: rom Nov 28 2005, 01:12 PM

Missed this thread till yesterday, and thus missed these clips, Mahesh-ji!
Could anyone kindly PM me these clips of Madhubala's? I have seen a movie where the little Madhubala sings the song "Meri Chhoti Si Duniya Re" on stage... was that song among these clips? And is this movie available in DVD/VCD?
Thanks a lot, Mahesh-ji, for sharing all these clips with us.

Posted by: urzung khan Nov 29 2005, 07:28 AM

video ke saath dekh/sun kar kuchh aur hi lutf aayaa.
(Better spell the poet as Arzoo or Arzuu)

Sunaa hai, ek film thi Dhartimata. Some months ago
I heard this song from it for the first time:
aaKhir voh din aayaa aaj
jis din kaa rastaa taktaa thaa
jis kaa thaa muhtaaj

It is a very well sung song by Pankaj Mullick.

Please...........

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Dec 4 2005, 01:40 PM

Thanks to all my brothers for appriciations and to Sri Bhai for scan of the 45 rpm record.

Rom paji there were two clips in Madhu Bala's voice:

1. Meri chhoti si duniya re and
2. Humko hain pyari hamari galiyan

Urzung Sir, the poet used to spell his name in the manner that I have
written because in all the movies I find the name is written in this particular
manner. Some people do not write their names in traditional way.

The print of Dharatimata movie is not available with me at this moment.
In place of requested song, uploading a huge hit :

DHEERE DHEERE AA RE BAADAL DHEERE DHEERE JAA
MERA BULBUL SO RAHA HAI SHOR GUL NA MACHAA

THE SONG IS PICTURISED ON MUMTAZ SHANTI

MOVIE KISMET (1943)

SINGER AMIRBAI KARNATKI (HER VOICE IS SO SOFT IN THIS SONG)

MUSIC ANIL BISWAS

LYRICS KAVI PRADEEP

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Posted by: urzung khan Dec 5 2005, 04:46 AM

Nice song, saw after some 60 years. Would not one remember a movie
viewed in an open air cinema at night in December in northern Panjab?

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Dec 7 2005, 01:08 AM

Urzung Sir, the movie Kismet has been the biggest block buster till the movie Sholey

broke its record. Jaahir hai ke is tarah ki film to aapne dekhni hi thi chhahe woh December

ki Pathankot ki sardi ho ya Ganganagar ki June ki garmi.

The next song is again a big hit during its time.

PANGHAT PE KANHAIYYA AATA HAI
AAKAR DHOOM MACHATA HAI

SONG PICTURISED ON KC DEY AND THE CHILDREN

MOVIE VIDYAPATI (1937)

SINGER K C DEY

LYRICS KIDAR SHARMA

MUSIC R C BORAL

Posted by: urzung khan Dec 8 2005, 04:01 AM

Pathankot ki sardi jaaDe ke dinon mein ! ThanDi hawaaen, Dalhosie se aae.n/
guzar gayaa vo zamaanaa, kaisa, kaisa .....

Less than a year ago, there was an other super hit starring Mumtaz Shanti.
Mangti-1942 (punjabi) ran for 60 weeks and was the first Punjabi Golden Jubli
movie. Its 11/12 songs are still remembered. MD was Govind Ram.

Thanks for the video of this song.

urzung khan

Posted by: shuklas Dec 10 2005, 02:10 AM

Mahesh Jee :

Thanks a lot for this rare treat.Thanks.

Shuklas

Posted by: maheshks Dec 11 2005, 06:28 AM

Urzung Saab and Shuklaji...thanks for appreciations.

MERI HO GAYI UNSE BAAT
WOH MERE HAIN HAAN
MAIN UNKI HOON HAAN

SINGER AND ACTRESS SURAIYA

MOVIE 1857 (Released in the year 1946)

MUSIC SAJJAD HUSSAIN


Download and enjoy

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Posted by: mahesh Dec 17 2005, 09:31 AM

mahesh bhai,
thanks a ton for 1857 and sanjog songs.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Dec 17 2005, 05:57 PM

Thanks mahesh bhai.

Here is a beautiful gazal.

PARESHAAN HOON KE KYUN MERI PARESHAANI NAHI JAATI
LADAKPAN TO GAYA PAR MERI NADAANI NAHIN JAATI
MAIN HAIRAAN HOON KE KYUN AANKHON KI HAIRAANI NAHI JAATI

MOVIE PARBAT PE APNA DERA(1944)

SINGER AMIRBAI KARNATKI

MUSIC VASANT DESAI

LYRICS DEWAN SHARAR

SONG PICTURISED ON VANMALA

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Posted by: mahesh Dec 18 2005, 04:17 PM

mahesh bhai,
thank a ton for the song from parbat pe apna dera.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: urzung khan Dec 19 2005, 03:12 AM

buhat shukariya, is gaane ke dikhaane aur sunaane kaa.

urzung khan

Posted by: mahesh Dec 19 2005, 09:18 AM

mahesh bhai,
pl. upload other songs of sanjog also.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: rom Dec 19 2005, 09:46 AM

I'd missed this topic!
Thanks for the info, Mahesh-ji, and also for the other clips you've uploaded!
Would it be possible for someone to PM me these two clips?

Posted by: r&d Dec 20 2005, 02:25 AM

rom ji,

I am re-uploading them, just to motivate you to upload my
request in KK forum.

Let me know when you have download so I can delete them.

Thanks,

Rajnish

Posted by: rom Dec 20 2005, 08:56 AM

Thanks, R&D, for sharing these clips again!
And your request for those Guru songs had indeed slipped my mind.
Will share the ones I have tomorrow!
Thanks again!

Posted by: maheshks Dec 20 2005, 11:49 AM

Mahesh Bhai,

Udte huye panchhi from Sanjog (1943) will follow this beautiful gazal
sung by Zohrabai Ambalawali.

JO DARD BAN KE JAMAANE PE CHHAAYE JAATE HAIN
WOH GEET TOOTE HUYE DIL PE GAAYE JAATE HAIN


MOVIE PARBAT PE APNA DERA(1944)

SINGER JOHRA BAI AMBALAWALI

MUSIC VASANT DESAI

LYRICS DEWAN SHARAR

PICTURISED ON AN UNKNOWN ACTRESS
THE KNOWN FACES ARE OF
ULHAS AND VANMALA
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Posted by: bade bana Dec 20 2005, 02:00 PM

great going

Posted by: mohd2004 Dec 21 2005, 12:38 PM

Million Thanks for this excellent Ghazal.

Mohd.

Posted by: urzung khan Dec 22 2005, 07:54 AM

Sharma Sahib,

It is a god song. It is the first time that I have heard
songs from this movie.
Incidently the 'zamiin' of this ghazal as well as its
tune is somewhat similar to a ghazal sung by Zohra in
Sohni Mahinwal-1946 mded by Lal Mohammad:
nahii.n chiraaG-e-muhabbat jalaa_e jaate hai.n
ye dil ke daaG jahaa.n ho.n dikhaa_e jaate hai.n
vo dard ban ke jigar me.n samaa_e jaate hai.n
bhulaa rahii huu.n magar yaad aa_e jaate hai.n
uThaa nigaah-e-muhabbat mujhe sahaaraa de
kaThin hai raah qadam Dagmaagaa_e jaate hai.n

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Dec 25 2005, 07:26 AM

FOR Rafi Saab's fans

Rafi singing for Rafi

WO APNI YAAD DILANE KO IK ISHQ KI DUNIYA CHHOD GAYE

MOVIE JUGNU(1947)

MUSIC DIRECTOR FIROZ NIZAMI

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Posted by: mahesh Dec 26 2005, 10:54 AM

maheshbhai,
waiting for sanjog songs,
thanks in advance.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Dec 26 2005, 05:43 PM

Urzung Sir and Maheshbhai,

Here is the song from the movie Sanjog(1943). One of the earliest playback singing

of Suraiya.

UDTEY HUYE PANCHHI KAUN INKO BATAAYE

JO PASS MAIN BAITTHEN HAIN DIL UNKA HUYA JAAYE

SINGERS SURAIYA AND NOOR MOHD CHARLIE

SONG PICTURISED ON MEHTAB AND NOOR MOHD CHARLIE

MUSIC NAUSHAD

LYRICS DINA NATH MADHOK

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Posted by: urzung khan Dec 27 2005, 03:26 AM

Sincere thanks. NMC, the famous comedian was cast here as hero. He
used to sing his own songs. Migrated to PK, worked in a couple of
films and was heard no more.

Posted by: Ummer Dec 27 2005, 03:54 AM

Here is a write-up on Noor Mohammed Charlie written by Zulqarnain Shahid (Pakistani film journalist - nephew of Indian singer Talat Mahmood).

"Palat Tera dhyan kidhar hail"... it was a typical honk of the champion comic of the pre-Partition Indian cinema. Noor Mohammad Charlie made a great splash in the sea of the Indian cine kingdom, when he entered the fray with his own zany jokes and word variations, apart from his pet phrases and lingual zigzaggers. It is an undeniable fact that Muslims have dominated the humor department in the Indian film industry over the 73 years history of the talkies, including Yaqoob, Noor Mohammd Charlie, Mirza Musharraf Agha, Johnny Walker, Mehmood, Ghauri, A. Shah Shikarpuri and others. About Noor Mohammad Charlie, you could say that with his own distinct style, he was the most hilarious doctor of the best medicine.

Noor Mohammad belonged to the Memon community, and like many young men of his age, he was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. He loved to walk and talk with Chaplin's style and even had a tiny moustache like his ideal artiste from Hollywood. Those were the days when the world was overwhelmed by the incredible talent of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, The Three Stooges, Butt Abbott & Costellou, Norman Wisdom and many others. As the World Wars ravaged the world in the first half of the 20th century, the people thronged to the cinema to forget and drown their sorrows in laughter and fun. In India, a similar trend was in the offing, and Charlie just swept away the people with his style of talking and his funny gongs, making noises that were new to the sub continent, and acting in a way that tickled the generations emerging out of the gloom of the British Rule. Elephanta Movies produced Pak Daman Raqqasa, directed by B. R. Oberoi, in 1932, and introduced this most peculiar young character Baba Charlie, with nudges, prods and his individual hairstyle that took the nation by storm.

In those days, the comics believed in the body language, as did Charlie. But, apart from that his gift of the gab stood him in good stead. Lala Yaqoob, Ghauri and Dixit were already famous before Charlie, but he left many of them behind with his innovation and hilarity. Zarina was released in 1932 too, where he had an early run in with Yaqoob, where Jaal Merchant and Zubeida did the lead. Later, films like Chandarhasa, Premi Pagal, Nadra, Farzand e Hind, Toofan Mail, College Girl, Raat Kee Rani, Secretary, Thokar etc were released, which made Charlie a remarkable artiste of the subcontinent. It's generally thought that his best character acting was reserved for the Ranjeet Movietone, which was the film company of famous maker, Chandulal Shah. He even played the lead in some of the humorous movies, including Chand Tara, where he was partnered by Sauran Lata, very famous in those days, Ghazal, where Leela Chitnis was his heroine, and Dulha, with Chandr Prabha.

When he came to Pakistan, Charlie was almost at the end of his popularity and career, and worked in almost a dozen Urdu, Sindhi and Punjabi movies. His first film released in Pakistan was Agha G. A Guys Punjabi film, Mundri, in 1949, which was directed by Daud Chand. It was quite a hit to boost up the local cinema in its formative years. Ragni and Ilyas Kashmiri were the leading artistes of the film. In Nazeer Ajmeri’s Beqarar, he played his light hearted role to the hilt and was applauded all the way. Similarly, in Ataullah Hashmi's Akeli, in 1951, he was a sidekick of Santosh, whose leading lady was Ragni. In 1956, the first ever Sindhi film, Umar Marvi was released in Pakistan, by Fazlani and Sheikh Hasan, where Nighat Sultana and Fazlani did the lead, and Charlie had a characteristic role of this famous folk tale. In J. C. Anand's Miss '56, he acted alongside Meena Shoori, Santosh, Aslam Parvez and Shamim Ara. Fazlani's Sindhi film, Pardesi was released in 1958, which had Charlie enacting a lovely role of a clever villager. Another Sindhi film the same year, Parai Zameen, also starred Charlie. Sharon Kee Dunya, the same year was a flop, and showed that Charlie was definitely .

Charlie worked in Lollywood even after both superstars, Waheed Murad and Munawwar Zareef
had made their debuts in the early 1960s. In 1965, he did the lead in a funny film by Aslam Irani, called Pilpili Sahab, which had the lead role for him opposite Naghma. He did well enough, with a young Munawwar Zareef playing a smaller crony by his side. Fazlani's Urdu film, Ustadon Ke Ustad, which appeared in 1967, also had Charlie probably his last film. His son, Latif Charlie has been
a famous character actor on the silver screen, and has played various roles in
films like Doraha, Pyar Kee Jeet, Raaz etc. Charlie himself shifted to America, and came back to Pakistan just before his death.





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Posted by: mahesh Dec 27 2005, 10:35 AM

thanks maheshbhai for the video song and ummer for the informative article on noor mohd. charlie.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: Ummer Dec 27 2005, 10:13 PM

Here is a video of superhit song from very old Pakistani film Gumnaam (1954).

Tou lakh chali re gorie tham tham kai
Payal mein geet hain chham chham kai

Singer :- Iqbal Bano
M/D :- Master Inayat Hussain
Picturized on :- Seema and Sabiha Khanum

Posted by: mohd2004 Dec 28 2005, 02:00 PM

Thanks Mahesh Bhai for the Sanjog video.

Million thanks Umer for the Iqbal Bano Video song, one of the best songs of Lollywood.

Mohd.

Posted by: mahesh Dec 29 2005, 10:05 AM

hi ummer ,
thanks for the rare video clip.
pl. have a look at my wish list in suraiya sub-forum.i think you have some of those songs.pl try to ul them if you find time.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: Ummer Dec 29 2005, 07:55 PM

Here is a video clip of another superhit song of its time "Aayey mausam rangelay suhaney" sung by Zubeda Khanum for pakistani film Saath Lakh. It is considered as one of her greatest hits.

Aayey mausam rangeelay suhaney, jiya nahin maney
Tu chitthi lai kai aaja balma

Film :- Saath Lakh (1957) - Pakistani
Singer :- Zubeda Khanum
M/D :- Rashid Attre
Picturized on :- Neelo (Santosh Kumar and Sabiha Khanum are also seen in this song).

Posted by: Ummer Dec 29 2005, 07:57 PM

Mahesh, I will upload suraiya's songs soon.

Posted by: maheshks Dec 30 2005, 08:55 PM

Ummer Bhai thanks for the nice uploads.

Here is a beautiful gem

AI DIL NA MUJHE YAAD DILA BAATEN PURANI

singers mohd rafi and shamshad begum

movie sawan aya re (1949)

music khemchand prakash

song picturised on kishor sahu and ramola

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Posted by: maheshks Dec 31 2005, 06:25 PM

This one is for the fans of Noorjehan

DIL LEKE MUKAR NA JANA

NAAZUK HAI BAHUT JAMANA

movie LAL HAVELI(1944)

singers NOORJEHAN AND SURENDERNATH

music MEER SAHEB

lyrics SHAMS LUCKNAVI

song is picturised on noorjehan and surendernath

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Posted by: shuklas Dec 31 2005, 06:43 PM

Mahesh Jee :

Thanks for above upload.Thanks so much.Hope to see you uploading video song of Gawaiya.....teri yad ka dipak jalta hai...in brand new year.

Wish you all very happy new year.

Shuklas

Posted by: Ummer Dec 31 2005, 07:38 PM

Hello Mahesh Bhai,
Thanx for the video version of this song. This song is available on Shamshad Begum - Golden Collection (2 CD set). I didnt know that this song was background number. Do you have other songs from this movie? If yes, can you upload audio or video versions of those songs.

Btw, I dont know who decided to cast Kishore Sahu as hero.

Posted by: Ummer Dec 31 2005, 08:45 PM

Here is another rare video from Pakistani Film Naukar (1955). This was Swaran Lata's most famous film in Pakistan (Pakistan's second golden jubilee hit after Sassi (1954)). Her most famous film in Pre-Partition India was Rattan (1944) (a video song of which was uploaded by Mahesh Bhai sometime ago), which is still considered as one of the biggest hits of Bollywood and established Naushad's reputation as Music Director.

Music Director was G.A. Chisthi who was guru of music director Khaiyyam, and Khaiyyam mentioned him several times in his interviews. G.A. Chisthi was the most prolific music director of Pakistan in the first 25 years of Pakistani Cinema, composing for more than 100 movies.

By some magazines this film is also regarded as the debut of Playback singer Kauser Perveen, which is not right because she sang earlier for Gumnaam (1954). However, she got her first break through this film by singing the famous lorie "Raj dulare meri akhiyoun kai tarey, tujh pai warie warie jaoun". The film version was sung by Munawwar Sultana, but Kauser's version remains famous till today.

Here is a very nice sad song sung by Kauser Perveen for Swaran Lata.

Song :- Laga di aag kiyoun maalik, meray aashiyanai mein
Maza milta hai kiya tujhko dil kai dukhanai mein

Singer :- Kauser Perveen
M/D :- G.A. Chisthi
Film :- Naukar (1955)
Picturized on :- Swaran Lata.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 2 2006, 02:13 AM

MAINE DEKHI JAG KI REET

MEET SAB JHOOTHE PAD GAYE

singers mukesh and shamshad begum

movie sunehere din (1949)

music gyan dutt

lyrics dina nath madhok

song picturised on rehana and raj kapoor

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Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 2 2006, 02:25 AM

Thanks, Sharamaji for this gem. Is there a slow (sad) version of this song also?

Jay

Posted by: Ummer Jan 2 2006, 03:14 AM

Yeah, the sad version comes at the end of the film as background number.

Ummer.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 3 2006, 10:39 PM

This one is specially for Urzung Saab,

WOH KAHEN AAPKI DO CHAAH KA INAAM MUJHE

AB TO IK JAAM E MUHABBAT HAI YE PAIGAM MUJHE

SINGER AND ACTOR PAHADI SANYAL

MOVIE MILAN (1946)

MUSIC ANIL BISWAS

LYRICS HAZRAT AARZU LUCKANAVI

OTHER FACES ARE DILIP KUMAR AND RANJANA

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Posted by: urzung khan Jan 4 2006, 04:34 AM

Specially for me! very well. The way he sings gives rise to
a doubt that he lacked some of his teeth. Just an average
'kaam chalaa_o' singer. But nevertheless I enjoyed it. Music
from 40s is quite thrilling for me.

urzung khan
....................................................
udaasiyaa.n dil me.n nohaagar hai.n,
banii hai hasrat zubaan-e-mahfil

Posted by: maheshks Jan 5 2006, 07:16 PM

SONG FROM MADHU BALA'S FIRST MOVIE AS HEROINE

How many can recognise her?

BHOOL JAATE HAIN BHOOL JAYA KAREN

AAJMAATE HAIN AAJMAAYA KAREN

SINGER RAAJKUMARI

MOVIE NEEL KAMAL (1947)

MUSIC B VASUDEV (SNEHAL BHATKAR)

LYRICS KIDAR SHARMA

Song picturised on Mumtaz {madhu bala's real name shown in the movie}

Posted by: bade bana Jan 5 2006, 08:22 PM

good

Posted by: bade bana Jan 5 2006, 08:30 PM

good

Posted by: maheshks Jan 7 2006, 08:03 AM

ANOTHER EVERGREEN

BADNAAM NA HO JAAYE MOHABBAT KA FASAANAA

O DARD BHARE AANSUYO AANKHON ME NA AANA

SINGER SURINDER KAUR

MUSIC GHULAM HAIDER

LYRICS QAMAR JALALABADI

MOVIE SHAHEED (1948)

SONG PICTURISED ON KAMINI KAUSHAL......THE OTHER ACTOR IS DILIP KUMAR

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Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 7 2006, 10:15 AM

Thanks for the download.
Our local girl, Surinder, beat the legendary Lata to get to sing this song!
Jay

Posted by: maheshks Jan 8 2006, 06:41 AM

One of the greatest number from the legend.

THANDI HAWAAYEN LEHRA KE AAYEN

MOVIE NAUJAWAN (1951)

MUSIC S D BARMAN

LYRICS SAHIR LUDHIANVI

ACTORS NALINI JAYWANT AND PREMNATH

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 9 2006, 05:45 AM

Great song. Nalni is stunningly beautiful here.

Posted by: divz Jan 9 2006, 08:38 PM

Maheshji lovely songs and lovely videos.....thanks for sharing.... i wonder why i dont check this thread reularly...

Posted by: maheshks Jan 10 2006, 02:34 AM

Divyanjli aage aage dekho aur kaun se gaane upload hote hain

Urzung Sir.....Another great hit from the same combination.

TUM NA JAANE KIS JAHAAN MAIN KHO GAYE

MOVIE SAZAA (1951)

MUSIC S D BARMAN

LYRICS SAHIR LUDHIYANVI

SONG PICTURISED ON NIMMI.....YOU CAN SEE DEV ANAND ALSO

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Posted by: urzung khan Jan 10 2006, 06:05 AM

is gaane ko 'choongaa' ginaa jaaye gaa.
No doubt, a hit song but,imo Nimmi kaa
naak-naqshaa bas so so hi thaa.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 11 2006, 03:46 AM

Itna hit gaana aur "jhoonge" mein maang liya

Khair koyi baat nahi de diya......hum bhi dildaar hain aap bhi kya yaad karoge.
(Nimmi to pakodey jaise naak ke liye mashhoor thi)


The next song is in the voice of a legend and it is his first song being uploaded in the HF by me(audio or video).

Truly a great song

YEH HAWA YE RAAT YEH CHAANDNI TERI IK ADA PE NISAAR HAI

MUJHE QUOON NA HO TERI AARZU TERI ZUSTZU MAIN BAHAAR HAI

singer talat mehmood

movie sangdil (1952)

music sajjad hussain

lyrics rajinder krishan

The song is picturised on Dilip Kumar and the girl is Shammi (yes who is now very old and we often see her in various serials on Television.

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Posted by: divz Jan 11 2006, 09:23 AM

yes yes Mahesh ji i am 'dekh-ing' it regularly now..... i wont miss any more uplaods of forum.. once i had d/led papi papihara and chalo paniya bharan ko".. it was reall good........ sachhi...... for your efforts..

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 11 2006, 10:12 AM

kahne ko buhat kuchh hai agar kahne pe aae.n

magar fil-haal khamoshi hi behtar hai.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 12 2006, 03:24 AM

Keh do keh do ki ye tune madan mohan ne chura kar....tujhe kya sunaayoon mein dilruba.......main use kar li. Magar hairat ki baat yeh hai ki us gaane main nutan (heroine) ke saath jo doosri ladki baithi hai woh aur koyi nahi Shammiji hi hain. Ek tune per do gaane aur ek ladki un dono mein.

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 12 2006, 08:39 AM

mein is gaane ki nahiin, Lata waale gaane ke silsle mein
'choonge' waali baat ka jawab denaa chahta tha. khamosh
ho gyaa aur khamosh hi rahoon gaa.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 12 2006, 01:40 PM

Ashish's request

MERE PIYA GAYE RANGOON KIYA HAI WAHAAN SE TELEPHONE

SINGERS SHAMSHAD BEGUM AND C RAMCHANDRA

MOVIE PATANGA (1949)

LYRICS RAJINDER KRISHAN

MUSIC C RAMCHANDRA

SONG PICTURISED ON NIGAR SULTANA AND GOPE

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Posted by: ashish2345 Jan 12 2006, 02:22 PM

thanks alot maheshji for fulfilling my desire

warm regards

ashish sharma

Posted by: maheshks Jan 12 2006, 11:49 PM

Talking of plagiary....I remember one old hit punjabi song.....saanu rab di saun tere naal pyar ho gaya ve channa sachi muchi ve channa sachi muchi.....(Can some kind soul provide the details?)....S D Barman used this tune in the following song :

BUS CHUPKE HI CHUPKE SE PYAR HO GAYA O PIYA TERA MERA

BUS AANKHON HI AANKHON MAIN IQRAAR HO GAYA O PIYA TERA MERA

SINGER GEETA ROY

MUSIC S D BARMAN

MOVIE EK NAZAR (1951)

LYRICS RAJINDER KRISHAN

SONG PICTURISED ON KULDEEP KAUR....THE OTHER ACTOR IS REHMAN

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Posted by: Ummer Jan 13 2006, 02:27 AM

Mahesh Bhai,
Thanx alot for this song. Do you have other songs from Ek Nazar? Please upload them

Yeah this song is based on first ever hit film of Pakistan - Pheray (1949) Starring SawanLata & Nazir. Music Director :- G.A. Chisthi. "Mainu rab di saun tere naal pyar ho gaya ve channa sachi muchi ve channa sachi muchi".

Ummer.

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 13 2006, 03:00 AM

There was an old Punjabi folk song, much older than any of these, with that tune:

"Bina Rubb de toon hor naal pyar na karin o'manna (heart) yaad rakhin,
Sonna chhad ke toon mitti da bapar na karin o'manna yaad rakhin".

Jay

Posted by: maheshks Jan 13 2006, 03:31 AM

Lau kaar lo gal. Ai taan choraan te mor pe gaye

Kisi ke paas ye dono gaane hain kya?

Posted by: Ummer Jan 13 2006, 03:34 AM

Lol!

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 13 2006, 07:39 AM

ho sakta gai, Chishti ne chori na ki ho. Voh 30s ke
shru mein HMV aur Jeinophone mein music composer
the, aur unhon ne beshumar gaanon ki dhunen banai
thin. ain mumkin hai ke Bina Rab De ki dhun bhi unhiin
ki ho aur unhon ne ise reuse kar liya. mein ne Bina Rab
waalaa gaanaa nahiin suna.

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Jan 14 2006, 03:59 PM

Urzung Saab gaana upload kar ne ki liye bahut bahut dhanyavaad.

Baat yeh hai ke jab main ek aur purani movie ka vhs dekh raha tha to mujhey ek aisa gana dikha jiski dhun kuchh aisi hai jo ki Naushad Saahib ne Mohd. Rafi Saab ko ek amar bhajan ko gaane ke liye di...mujhe lagta hai ki logon ko asli purana gaana bhi dikha diya jaaye. Naushad saahib ka composition is gaane ke theek 17 years ke baad aaya aur bahut hit ho gaya. Right now I am not disclosing the movie's name, year of release and the music director's name (It is a sort of quiz)...I do not know the names of the actors, on whom this song was picturised, as well as the lyricist and the singer......some one to please identify these people. For clue....this photograph is from the same movie......now it should be quite easier to identify the movie otherwise it is very very difficult......the movie of course is a block buster of its time and still well known.



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Posted by: mohd2004 Jan 14 2006, 05:14 PM

Million Thanks Mahesh Bhai for EK NAZAR video song. I also second request please upload other songs if you have, its a very rare movie. Specially, there is one very nice peppy Geeta Dutt & Chorus song- ek balhadh balhadh chhora -penned by Rajendar Krishan.

Mohd.

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 14 2006, 06:36 PM

Naushad Sahib waalaa gaanaa hai: man taDpat hari darshan ko aaj

Posted by: mahesh Jan 14 2006, 07:53 PM

mahesh bhai,
thanks a ton,
i would request for other songs of ek nazar[ which are very rare] either in audio or video format.

kuldeep kaur also had two other lovely geeta solo picturized on her-
1]-ek thi ladki[49]-chandni raat hai...unse kahna ki,
2]-baaz[53]-taare chandi afsane
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: mahesh Jan 14 2006, 08:07 PM

maheshbhai,
the singer can be s n tripathi who came along with saraswati devi from lucknow and assisted her for some time.this film is also considered by many people to have first playback song in bombay film.
regards,
mahesh

Posted by: maheshks Jan 15 2006, 05:06 PM

Mahesh Bhai theek kaha...the above song was from the movie Achhut Kanya (1936). The photograph is of Devika Rani. Geet Kosh kya kehta hai singer ke baare main. Jaisa Urzung saab ne kahan naushad saab ka gana 1953 main aaya.

Brothers, the second song of Geetaji from the movie ek nazar would be uploaded this week only.

Urzung Saab ki farmaish (although it was for audio) jo ki unhone Talat ji ke forum main ki thi. Bachhon ko kabhi kabhi ye bahut mushkil gaane poochh lete hain. Koyi baat nahi Urzung Saab main aapko Shyama hi dikha deta hoon. She was one of the most talented punjabi kudis in the hindi movies.

CHANDA CHAMKTI RAAT OJI MORE PRITAM SUNIYO MAN KI BAAT

singers lata and talat mehmood

movie do dulhe (1955)

lyrics indra chandra

music b s kalla

song picturised on shyama and sajjan

Posted by: desai2rn Jan 15 2006, 10:53 PM

Maheshji, The hero and playback singer seems to be the great Kundan Lal Saigal.

Ramesh

Posted by: maheshks Jan 16 2006, 01:44 AM

Desai Sahib...no he is not K.L.Saigal.

Regarding Shyama, she had in 1954 this great hit to her credit:

YE LO MEIN HAARI PIYA HUYI TERI JEET REY

KAHEY KA JHAGDA BAALAM NAYI NAYI PREET REY

singer geeta dutt

music o p nayyar

movie aar paar (1954)

lyrics majrooh sultanpuri

actors shyama and guru dutt

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Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 16 2006, 02:22 AM

Sharmaji,

Would you happen to have Geeta's "Ae dil mujhe batade, too kis pe aa gaya hai", "Bhai Bhai"
picturized on Nimmi and Ashok Kumar.

I have the song but not the Video. One of the sexiest and suggestive scenes, without anyone touching
the other!

Jay

Posted by: Ummer Jan 16 2006, 02:34 AM

It is picturized on Shyama and Ashok Kumar, not Nimmi.

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 16 2006, 08:11 AM

My compliments to all who created this wonderful song.
aap to apane hi hai.n, aap ko compliments ki zuruurat nahiin.
is gaane ki video achanak yahaan paa kar haath paa.nv phool
gaye. khair, gaanaa sunaa aur dekhaa aur zaahir k jab bhii ise
dekhe/sunege, aap kii yaad aaye gii.
ye Sajjan vohii hai jo Saiyaan mein bhi thaa ?

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Jan 17 2006, 03:24 AM

Urzung Saab...Sajjan was the hero in saiyaan...opp madhu bala..in sheesha...opp. nargis and in bahana opp. meena kumari.....

Koshal Saab,

Your request....a true melody

AI DIL MUJHE BATA DE TU KIS PE AA GAYA HAI

singer geeta dutt

music madan mohan

lyrics rajinder krishan

movie bhai bhai (1956)

song picturised on shyama and ashok kumar

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Posted by: divz Jan 17 2006, 05:23 PM

mahesh ji
thankoooooooooooo soooooo much for videos of "e lo mai haari piya" and "ae dil mujhe bata de"

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 17 2006, 07:15 PM

he was a bit of poet too. Talat has sung a couple of his
creations. 'meraa dukh ambar pe chhaayaa' is one of them.
good poetry and well sung.

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 17 2006, 08:05 PM

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 17 2006, 08:12 PM

Posted by: usha Jan 18 2006, 05:38 PM

Shyama looks so lovely in the song'Yeh lo mein haari piya' ,also' yeh dil mujhe batade' infact she looks good in all her old b&w movies, only later she put on too much weight....all those old heroines looked so naturally beautiful.

Posted by: r&d Jan 19 2006, 02:28 AM

Quality of this track is so much better than the CD version that mohd2004 uploaded
previously.
May I request audio versions of all the songs from Sawan Aaya Re (1949).
Probably can be uploaded in new thread.

Thanks,

Rajnish

Posted by: mmuk2004 Jan 19 2006, 02:41 AM

What a number
Had always wanted to see how it was picturised. Thank you so much maheshks.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 19 2006, 03:38 AM

On 18th January, 1947, a legend departed from this world..... my tributes to him

1. ik raje ka beta lekar udne wala ghoda

k l saigal in the movie president (1937)

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2. sukoon dil ka mayassar gul o sammar main nahin

jo aashiyaan main hai apne woh baag bhar main nahin

k l saigal and kanan devi in the movie street singer (1938)

the person listening to them is jagdish sethi.

lyricist aarzu lukhnavi


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Posted by: urzung khan Jan 20 2006, 08:21 AM

sukoon .............
mein ne jo gaanaa sun rakhaa hai, vo kanan devi ka solo thaa.

Posted by: zippoo Jan 20 2006, 09:52 AM

Priye Bhraata,

Aap ki ijaazat lete huey yeh chhota sa bheynt meri taraf se.

Besides being one of the best serenades ever, sung mellifluously by the only one who could do full justice to it, and the heavenly shayari, there is one very unique thing that happens in this video. Dekhein aapki rai mere se milti hai ya nahin.

Posted by: ashish2345 Jan 20 2006, 10:31 AM

indeed a very good comedy movie containing many good songs like pyar ke jahan ki nirali sarkaar hai (lata &shamshad), very nice lata solos like thukrea ke mujhe ae jane wale
nigar sultana was the main heroine (the same lady in Mughal-E-Azam in qawwalli opposite Madhubala as Bahar )

it was C ramachandran who worked on many comedy movies like patanga,namoona,albela and Rajinder Krishan penned the comedy songs remember the PADOSAN ones

ashish

Posted by: ashish2345 Jan 20 2006, 10:33 AM

thanks a lot Maheshji for this mega beautiful song.a well written well composed well sung melody of the three greats SD Burman, Sahir Ludhyanivi and Lata. Lataji had sung with full emotions and its awesome to see Nalini Jaywant

it was Sahir Ludhyanvi's first work and it was excellent
thanks again

ashish

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 20 2006, 11:18 PM

Dear Zippoo,

I agree with you 100%. This may be the best song of all time!

In the movie version, one of the ladies picks up the flower pot and uses it to add an "additional" tabla.
The added rhytms are interestingly merged with the original tabla.
The Record is ony 3 minutes long and does not have the adde rhythms.

In this same movie, there is another awsome song by Lata, "Kut-the hain dukh mein ye din", also considered
by some to be her best.



Thanks,
Jay

Posted by: maheshks Jan 21 2006, 02:17 AM

Ushaji, in the eighties, Shyama had appeared on television in the Tabassum's programme "Phool khilein hain gulshan gulshan". She was really fat at that time. I distinctly remember that she, with her distinctive smile, said that when her children saw her movies they said "Mummy tum pehle aisi thi...ab tumhe kya ho gaya hai".

Urzung Saab....yes this version was not released on records....the records have only kanan bala as the singer.

Madhvi and Ashish...thanks for appreciations

Ummer and Rajnishji.....rest of the songs from Sawan Aya Re...will be uploaded.

Bhratashri Zippoo....Aapke to saare uploads he zabardast aur madhur hote hain....ye ek aur bahut achha upload hai....koshal bhai ne baaki sab baaten details mein bataa di hain.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 21 2006, 03:03 AM

Another nice one from the movie PARBAT PE APNA DERA

BULBUL KI RUT BAHAAR AAATI HAI EK BAAR

JEEVAN MEIN SAB KO PYAR AATA HAI EK BAAR

movie parbat pe apna dera (1944)

music vasant desai

lyrics dewan sharar

singers I cannot recognise the singer...one line sang by a female singer appears to be of Asha Bhosle...This may be one of her earliest recordings.

Song picturised on ulhas, vanmala and others

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 21 2006, 07:34 AM

Sharmaji,

I want to start a new topic and want to sound out your opinion.

The topic will involve posting songs motivated by western tunes.

For example: "Oh Babu oh Lala" was motivted by "Rum and Coca Cola".

One would post both the songs and details about those.

The purpose here is not to acuse anyone of stealing, but to see what Indian talent can do
with one line from a foreign tune.

What do you think?

Jay

Posted by: unni Jan 21 2006, 07:39 AM

Sorry, but upload of Western tracks is not permitted in the forum.

Posted by: zippoo Jan 21 2006, 08:06 AM

Jay Ji,

Nice catch on the impromptu tabla. Normally, our beloved heroes and heroines move their hands on any musical instrument they are supposedly playing in a manner that reminds me of "kahin pe nigaahen (aur haath), kahin pe nishaana". However, the lady playing the sitar in the video seems to be playing the sitar part note for note (at least to my untrained eyes). I have never seen such a perfect "rendition" by anyone on the screen before.

Just an observation.

Posted by: priya Jan 21 2006, 11:50 AM

I doubt if Ashaji sang in Hindi films in 44. Even in Badi Ma she only acted and Lataji playbacked for her. All records say her first song was in 48--the grp number in Chunariya.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 21 2006, 06:57 PM

She started singing in the Marathi movies in the year 1943. "Majhaa Baal" was perheps the movie name. This song is composed by Vasant Desai, a prominent music director of Marathi movies even at that time.

Since she did not have much role to play (sing) in this song, I said this might be her earlier recordings and not full song, probably for this reason, it does not find any mention in the record books.

Does anybody know that in 1948, besides "Chunariya" about which the records say she sang that one group number, she sang solos also? What do the records say about this....

Says Khayyam, "Asha and I have worked together right from my first film, Biwi, in 1948. I had asked Asha to sing Mere man ke aangan chand chamka for the then superstar Mumtaz Shanti. She sang it beautifully".

Posted by: maheshks Jan 21 2006, 07:26 PM

Khayyam saab ka naam aaya....this rare one in the voice of Mrs. Khayyam (Khayyam saab and me from the same district }

KHAMOSH ZINDGI KO IK AFSANA MIL GAYA

BHANWARE KO PHOOL SHAMA KO PARWANA MIL GAYA

SINGER JAGJIT KAUR

MOVIE DIL E NADAN (1953)

LYRICS SHAKEEL BADAYUNI

MUSIC GHULAM MOHAMMED

SONG PICTURISED ON PEACE KAMAL AND THE BOY WITH VIOLIN IS TALAT MEHMOOD

Posted by: ashish2345 Jan 21 2006, 09:17 PM

thanks alot Maheshji for this gem.the girl in song is very uncommon face .can you tell in what other movies she worked
Jagjit Kaur had very sweet voice,but she had vey less work to her credit.mostly worked under Khyyam in Umraojaan also.
there is also one trio sudha malhotra,talat ,Jagjit kaur mohhabot ki dhun bekraron se puccho another melody.her another sweet song is "larri ve larri tujhse ankh jo larri" from shola aur shabnam it was the same tune of Surinder kaur song ari ve ari or vice versa
regards
ashish

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 21 2006, 09:38 PM

Thanks for the warning. This will be done for a very specific and limited purpose to
show what Indian talent can do enhance from a single line.

In general, I agree with the policy.

Jay

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 22 2006, 12:16 AM

Zippoo ji,

You are a keen observer. In many Indian movies, the hero is playing the violin or Piano, but there is NO
Violin or Piano sound in the track!

K. L. saigal not only sang on the sets, but required that a full orchestra follow him around!

By the way, keep sending these awsome videos. I have all the audio tracks that I want (some captured
from the film), but videos only from HF. So, please send anything that you have.

At times, I have taken parts of a song from the 78 rpm and part from the movie to construct a longer track.

For example, in Shri 420, Lata sings a snippet of "Mera Joota Hai Japani" near the end, and I have added it
to the Mukesh song.


Jay

Posted by: maheshks Jan 22 2006, 06:08 AM

Ashish I donot recollect any other movie where she had played a significant role. One thing I know about Peace Kamal or Kanwal is that she was crowned as Miss India in 1953.

Another great song from the legend :

HUMSE NA POOCHHO KOYI PYAR KYA HAI PYAR KYA HAI

POOCHHO BAHAAR SE POOCHHO BAHAAR SE

MOVIE KALI GHATA (1951)

SINGER LATA MANGESHKAR

MUSIC SHANKAR JAIKISHAN

LYRICS HASRAT JAYPURI

SONG PICTURISED ON ASHA MATHUR AND THE MAN LISTENING TO THE SONG IS

FAVOURITE HERO OF UMMER.......KISHORE SAHU (UMMER,.. KISHORE SAHU HAS MADE

SOME MEMORABLE MOVIES AND IN SOME OF THEM HE HIMSELF WAS THE HERO)

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Posted by: priya Jan 22 2006, 11:39 PM

Maheshji,

The records do mention the film Biwi and the song only as 1950--maybe the film took 2 yrs to be produced? Even before that in 49 Asha sang for Khayyam in the film Parda. The records say her first solo was in 1948--2 songs for the film Bhakt Gopal Bhaiyya. Unfortunately these do not seem to be available.

Posted by: Ummer Jan 23 2006, 06:27 AM

lol!


Asha Mathur was also seen in Poonam and Alif Laila.

Ummer.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 24 2006, 10:12 AM

Here is great hit from forties

AB AAI BASANT BAHAAR

MOVIE SAUGANDH(1942)

LYRICS PANDIT NATWAR

MUSIC R C BORAL

SONG PICTURISED ON ASIT BARAN



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Below is the audio version in 128 kbps

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Posted by: maheshks Jan 26 2006, 02:02 PM

Chintuji many many thanks

Here is Ghulam Haider's full orchestra on display....nice composition from the early forties:

MAR GAYI REY HAMEIN TERI NAZARIYA

TIRCHHI NAZARIYA PYARI NAZARIA

SINGERS NOORJEHAN, SHAMSHAD BEGUM AND JOHRA BAI AMBALAWALI(PERHEPS)

MOVIE KHANDAAN(1942)

MUSIC GHULAM HAIDER

LYRICS D N MADHOK

I cannot recognise any of the girls appearing in the song, except noorjehan

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Posted by: urzung khan Jan 26 2006, 07:02 PM

I think it is the best of Saugandh.
Can you ul a higher res audio copy of this
song ?

regards,
urzung khan

Posted by: Talaikya Jan 27 2006, 04:11 AM

Lady playing sitar - Jayshree Gadkar (Shantaram's second wife and Rajeshree's Mom)
Chappie singing - V Shantaram
The "pot" lady - no clue, anyone??

Questions (inspired by idle curiosity):

1 Did Shantaram ever divorce any of his wives? Who was his first wife? I know Sandhya (ughh) was his 3rd wife.
2 Was Jayshree Gadkar a trained musician?

I have just started viewing these treasures, thank you everyone So little time, so much music/ videos/ radio programmes!

Posted by: maheshks Jan 27 2006, 04:18 AM

Tji she is Jayshree and not Jayshree Gadkar.

Posted by: Talaikya Jan 27 2006, 04:33 AM

... and Jayshree and Jayshree Gadkar are different persons? Ooops!! Yep... I meant Jayshree, not the Gadkar

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 27 2006, 07:28 AM

I may be wrong but I think Peace Kanval came into the film world
by winning a Kolynos-Kardar contest. She also appeared in
Kardar's Barati.

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 27 2006, 07:56 AM

Afaik, the sitar in this song was played by Ustad Rais Khan.

Posted by: divz Jan 28 2006, 07:44 PM

maheshji thankoo so much for khandaan song....

Posted by: Inaam_Nadeem Jan 28 2006, 07:52 PM

Mahesh Ji! Do you have 'Meri Ammi Ka Raj Bhala' too from 'Khandan?

Inaam

Posted by: urzung khan Jan 29 2006, 07:45 AM

filhal mein geet par koii tabsraa nahiin kar rahaa.
ye bataaen k ye gaanaa film ke kis hisse mein hai:

CD 1 mein ?
CD 2 mein ?

agar CD2 mein, to kayaa ye aakhri file mein hai
jo ke about 300mb size ki hai ?

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Jan 29 2006, 08:21 AM

Urzung Saab,

What could I gather about some of the girls (those who were crowned as Miss India in the initial years) is that

"Initiated in 1947, the year India got its Independence, the first Miss India title was conferred upon actress Pramila based on all-India voting by fans, editors and prominent journalists from different magazines. Pramila was described as "all India's shapeliest heroine" by the Indian Film Journalists' Association, Mysore city, and she was presented the title by Morarji Desai. Nutan, a celebrated beauty of Indian cinema who had a meteoric rise as an actress, was crowned Miss India in 1952. Peace Kanwal, pageant winner in 1953, once a shy and self-conscious person, today holds solo painting exhibitions in art galleries at the Waldorf Astoria in New York and the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai".

Regarding Khandaan song....it is the file no.5 on cd 1

Inaam...Meri Ammi ka raaj bhala...is not available.

The next song is a beautiful composition of Shyam Sunder

CHORI CHORI AAG SI DIL MEIN LAGA KAR CHAL DIYE

HUM TADPATE REH GAYE WOH MUSKURA KE CHAL DIYE

SINGER SULOCHNA KADAM

MOVIE DHOLAK (1951)

LYRICS AZIZ KASHMIRI

MUSIC SHYAM SUNDER

THE SONG IS PICTURISED ON MEENA SHOREY (LARA LAPPA FAME)

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Posted by: Ummer Jan 29 2006, 07:42 PM

Hello Mahesh,
Thanx alot for the video version of this song. As I haven't seen the picturization be4, I had different picturization in my mind... something like 2 girlz dancing (one of them NJ) and the guy looking at them lol . Never thought that it was picturized this way...

Ummer.

Posted by: Ummer Jan 29 2006, 08:06 PM

Talking about Meena Shorey (Lara Lappa girl)... who migrated to Pakistan in 1956. Here is a very rare, sweet and peppy song picturized on her from the Pakistani Film Aakhri Nishan (1958). It was one of her few hit movies in Pakistan.

Music is by Rehman Verma (it was his second film in Pakistan after Baaghi (1956)). He composed one Indian film in 1948 Heer Ranjha with Khaiyyam as Verma Ji.

Other known faces seen in this song are Neelo (famous dancer who later became heroine), Sudhir (hero), and Nazar (comedian).
[If you look at the song picturization, there is one MAJOR FLAW in the direction of this song... (Hint :- Look carefully as the song ends). Can someone point it out?

I dont know who the singer is, but guessing by the voice it appears to be Nahid Niazi. Maybe Urzung Khan can confirm it?


Rut hai suhani Gorie Kie Jawani
Dag mag dag mag doley

Movie :- Aakhri Nishan (1958)
Singer :- Nahid Niazi? and Chorus
Music :- Rehman Verma

Posted by: maheshks Jan 30 2006, 05:46 PM

Here is another beautiful composition by Shyam Sunder (music directors khaiyyam and ravi rate him as one of the greatest music directors in hindi cinema). He was the man under whom Rafi Saab sang his first punjabi as well as hindi cinema songs(soniye hiriye in gul baloch and dil ho qaabu main in village girl).

A beautiful westernised type of song:

CHHALAK RAHA HAI NIGAHHON SE PYAR THODA SA

WOH KAR GAYE HAIN HAMEIN BEKRAAR THODA SA

SINGER SULOCHNA KADAM

MOVIE DHOLAK (1951)

LYRICS AZIZ KASHMIRI

MUSIC SHYAM SUNDER

THE SONG IS PICTURISED ON MEENA SHOREY

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Posted by: mohd2004 Jan 30 2006, 05:53 PM

Thanks for this excellent Video song. IMO DHOLAK songs are the career best songs of Salochna Kadam and the most popular ones.

Mohd.

Posted by: maheshks Jan 31 2006, 03:05 AM

That was the most worst decision taken by her which spoiled her life. She died in abject poverty. Even for her burial charity money was used.

Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 31 2006, 06:03 AM

Sharmaji,

I am sorry to hear the fate of Meena Shorey.

Many years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting her and getting an autograph; in India (before 1956).

Next time, I visit India, I will try to locate it and share it.

Her autograph was very peculiar (funny). She wrote it with two o's, Meena shoorey.

The o's had semi-circles inside that made them look like human eyes looking at you in a very humorous way.

It was a joke inside of the signature. I can still feel her looking at me.

Do you, by any chance, have a video Lara Lappa? I have the movie audio.

Jay

Posted by: Ummer Jan 31 2006, 12:44 PM

Hello Jaykoshal,
Here is an article on Meena Shoorey from my website.

Meena Shorey was the silver screen temptress of the 40's and the 50's. She made her debut in Sikander (1942), the memorable Sohrab Modi production starring Prithvi Raj as the world conqueror. Meena starred as the sister of Ambhi, the rajah of Taxila. After her marriage with Roop K. Shorey of the Shorey Studios, Lahore, she migrated to Bombay when the partition riots made it difficult for them to stay in Lahore (The Shorey Studios was soon burnt down by a gang of self-righteous reformers).


Eik Thi Ladki, made by her husband in 1949 in Bombay, dubbed her as the sensational Lara Lappa Girl (after one of the popular songs from that film). Just when the glamour of this achievement was beginning to decline the couple was called to Lahore by J.C. Anand. He had used an Indian soundtrack (Hemant Kumar's number Na Yeh chand ho ga) in his successful movie Sassi last year and now he wanted to improve the status of his plagiarism by imitating the concept of an entire film: Guru Datt-Madhubala hit Mr. & Mrs. 55. What came out was Miss 56.


Although the film did average to good business, it proved to be the swan song of the Shoreys. Meena, the Lara Lappa Girl of the forties was pampered by all, in contrast with the treatment meted out to declining artistes by film-goers in Bombay. For her it was like rediscovering her youth. So when the time came to return to India, she decided to stay back, leaving heart-broken Roop to take yet another trip from Lahore empty-handed, within a span of ten years, first losing his means of livelihood and then his sweetheart. That was the separation of the Shoreys. As time was to reveal, it did no good to any of them. Apart from a few side roles in major films like Sarfarosh (1956), Bedari (1957), and Mauseeqar (1962) she was soon reduced to obscure films with titles that sounded like Jagga (1958), Bacha Jhamoura (1959), Behrupiya (1960)and Jamalo (1962) before her ultimate descent into negative old-age role of a `Madam' running a network of bonded prostitution in Khamosh Raho (1964).


The final part of her life story is almost too painful to be real. While Roop K. Shorey died in 1973 in India, from a broken heart over the separation from his sweetheart, the former wife of the studio owner and once a bright star in the galaxy of Bollywood was reduced to extremely destitute living by the end of her life before her death in 1989. She was last seen in the television program Silver Jubilee in 1983 and then mentioned in one news item as having had stood up in a function begging for charity money to marry off her sister's daughters. Muhammad Ali, who had played a younger (and his first great) role against her in Khamosh Raho was reported to have given her moral support on that occasion. It is said that her burial was arranged with charity money.






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Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 31 2006, 08:10 PM

Thanks for the sad story. What is your website address.
Jay

Posted by: maheshks Jan 31 2006, 08:58 PM

Ummer thanks for this great piece of information. What is the address of your site?

Koshalji, really a tragic end to a life which once upon a time had touched such dazzling heights.

Here is the video of the song which made Meena Shorey immortal:

LARA LAPPA LARA LAPPA LAAI RAAKH DA

ADI TAPPA ADI TAPPA LAI RAAKH DA

singer lata mangeshkar

music vinod

lyrics aziz kashmiri

movie ek thi ladki (1949)

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Posted by: jaykoshal Jan 31 2006, 09:40 PM

Thanks for a very clean copy of Lara-Lappa.
Jay

Posted by: Shahrukh3000 Feb 1 2006, 12:48 AM

maheshks ji

can u tell me all the other singers from this song
Lara Lappa Lara Lappa Lai Rakhda

my info says this: Mohd Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, G.M. Durrani, Meena Kapoor & Chorus


can u pls upload more songs from EK THI LADKI

Posted by: maheshks Feb 1 2006, 01:27 AM

Your information is correct..you may add the name of zeenat begum also...kindly check the properties of the uploaded file ..you will find the names of these singers.........Urzung saab to comment on this.

Posted by: skg Feb 3 2006, 05:12 AM

Even more perfect rendition of Sitar was by Dilip Kumar in Kohinoor ("Madhuban Mein Radhika" & "Dhal Chuki Sham-e-Gham"). He had actually learnt to play Sitar for that movie. Also Rajendra Kumar learnt to play Shehnai from Ustad Bismillah Khan for the movie Goonj Uthi Shehnai.

Posted by: maheshks Feb 4 2006, 01:42 AM

One of the greatest bhajans sung by Geeta Dutt.

Ghoonghat ke pat khol re tohe piya milenge

Singer geeta dutt

movie jogan(1950)

lyrics meera bai (not the original bhajan some changes have been made by pandit ramesh shastri)

music bulo c rani

song picturised on nargis and dilip kumar

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Posted by: jaykoshal Feb 4 2006, 03:57 AM

Thanks again, Sharama ji.

Geeta has done a great job, however, I think Juthika Roy is unmatched on this song.

Whereas, when it comes to Mutt ja jogi, Geeta wins by a mile.

But, your hard work in providing these clips has made all of us win by miles.

Jay

Posted by: urzung khan Feb 4 2006, 04:33 AM

An evergreen classic. buhat buhat shukariya.

Posted by: urzung khan Feb 4 2006, 04:40 AM

I think Geeta Roy is miles ahead of all others who have sung this bhajan.

urzung khan

Posted by: urzung khan Feb 4 2006, 04:59 AM

ek aur request poori karne ki badi nawaazish.
agar is gaane ki dhun chori ki gayi hai, to asli
(western) gaanaa kaun saa hai ?
SK ki maadri zuban kaun si thi ?

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Feb 5 2006, 04:08 AM

Koshal Saab..shukriya

Urzung Saab...I donot think that the song...chhalak raha hai..was based on any western song.

Mother tongue of Sulochana Kadam (now Sulochana Chavan) is Marathi. She was born in Mumbai on 17.03.1933.

This one is amongst my favourites of Geeta Roy

YE KAUN AAYA KE MERE DIL KI DUNIYA MAIN BAHAAR AAYI

SINGER GEETA ROY

LYRICS SAHIR LUDHIYANVI

MUSIC S D BARMAN

MOVIE BAAZI (1951)

SONG PICTURISED ON KALPANA KARTIK (REAL NAME MONA SINGA LATER ON SHE BECAME MRS DEV ANAND)..OTHER NOTICEABLE PERSONS ARE K N SINGH AND KRISHAN DHAWAN (THE POLICE MAN). THIS MOVIE WAS PRODUCED BY DEV ANAND, DIRECTED BY GURU DUTT AND STORY, SCREENPLAY AND DIALOGUES BY BALRAAJ SAHNI.

Enjoy

Posted by: Pulkit Feb 5 2006, 08:00 PM

A quick browsing through this thread revealed uploads and information about actress Meena Shorey. Here is another interesting autobiographical sketch of her-

For today's generation, the name Meena Shorey may mean nothing,
but music lovers would definitely remember the ever-popular
song "Lara Lappa" from the film "Ek Thi Ladki". The film,
which starred Meena Shorey opposite the debonair Motilal, was
a huge success.
Some years back, a vernacular magazine had published an inter-
view with the (late) actress where she had talked about her
life and film career. An English rendition of this autobio-
graphical sketch is given below :
--------------------------------------------------------------


My real name is Khursheed Jahan. I had two sisters and a brother.
Wazir Begum was my elder sister. Rukhsana and Siddique were
younger to me. Our father Mian Barkat Ali was an agriculturist
from Multan. But due to his irresponsible ways, all lands had
to be sold off one by one, and ultimately we shifted to Lahore.
Here, he started a dyeing business, but this too failed. Money
problems led to domestic squabbles and things became very very
difficult. My elder sister then got married to one Aslam, who
was from Bombay and had some connections with the film industry.
After some time, she called our mother and the other siblings
to come over and live with her in Bombay. Rather than feel
sad, my father was in fact happy at getting rid of his "liabi-
lities". Soon afterwards, he remarried.


Times were hard. Bombay was a much costlier city. I wanted to
join the film industry. Once I accompanied my brother-in-law
Aslam to attend the muhurat of a film. It was Sohrab Modi's
"Sikandar". One of my friends had loaned me a beautiful dress
to wear. Though I was only about 12 years at the time, I looked
a little older and was the cynosure of all eyes at the studio
set which was very crowded. Some people even thought that I was
the heroine of the film. Actually, Vanmala had been cast in this
film opposite Prithviraj Kapoor. Sohrab Modi was busy in arranging
the lights etc. but, seeing the commotion, he came to where we
stood, looked me over, and straightway told Aslam that he wanted
to cast me in his next film. He said that he was in fact on the
look-out for a beautiful girl like me, who could pose a worth-
while challenge to Naseem Banu, who was renowned for her beauty.
I was of course overjoyed and succeeded in persuading my mother
to let me join films and thus my career began.


Sohrab Modi got me to sign an agreement where, he told me, there
was a stupulation that I couln't accept any outside film for one
year. This film (made by Sohrab Modi) was a great hit and my
career was really launched. It was the beginning of a very
happy and prosperous period. We moved into a new house. There
were lots of offers which I couldn't accept. The well-known
Director-Producer Mehboob Khan wasnted to cast me in his film
"Humayun" and even spoke to Sohrab Modi but the latter refused
to release me from his contract. In his next film "Prithvi
Vallabh", I was cast opposit a very handsome actor Al-Nasir.
We fell in love and got married. The film too proved very
successful. Life couldn't have been better.


Around this time, a film-maker Roop K. Shorey came to Bombay
from Lahore. He wanted to cast me in his new film "Shalimar"
but my contract with Sohrab Modi again came in the way.
Instead, Begum Para did the film, opposite Chandramohan. In
those days, Bombay film-stars often visited Lahore, which was
another big film centre. On one such visit, I met Dalsukh
Pancholi. He announced two films "Shehr se Door" and "Arsi"
where I was to star as the leading lady. But, after the
shooting had begun, Sohrab Modi sent a legal notice to me and
Pancholi, claiming damages of Rs. 3 lakhs. I was surprised, as
the one-year period was long over. It turned out that Modi
had taken advantage of my being illiterate and fraudulently
altered the restrictive provision from one to three years.
I came back to Bombay and pleaded with Modi not to destroy my
film career but he refused to budge. For about an year, I had
to remain idle. Then, Modi demanded Rs. 60,000/- from me as
his price for releasing me from the contract. I met his wife,
Mehtab, and requested her to intercede on my behalf. Ultimately,
the matter was resolved on payment of Rs. 30,000/-. I then
returned to Lahore.


My husband Al-Nasir remained behind in Bombay and continued to
work in films. He was a philanderer and had relations with many
women, betraying my faith and love. First, he befriended
Kuldip Kaur, who say through his game. After some time, he
married Manorama but left her soon. Then he married Veena.
Faced with this situation, I obtained a divorce from him.


In Lahore, I began shooting for Pancholi's "PatJhar" with a new
leading man. Geeta Bali too was cast in the movie. It was
only half-completed when the country was partitioned and
Pakistan came into being. Since I had several films lined up
in Bombay, I decided to go back there, along with my family.
I acted in films like "Actress". "Kale Badal" and "Dukhiari".
In those days, I lived in a flat near Shivaji Park. Majnu,
a comedian and character-actor, also lived nearby. He told
me that, following Partition, Director Roop Shorey had come
to Bombay and was living in a hotel. Financially, he was so
hard up that he had no money to even pay his hotel bills. I
felt very sad. I had seen him in his heyday. He was a very
generous man and had helped me in my early career. I had also
acted in his film "Rut Rangeeli". On hearing of his plight,
I went to see him, paid off all his bills and brought him to
live in my flat. I suggested to him that he could resume
film-making and promised to finance his ventures. Shorey's
next film, made with my finance, was "Chaman" and it was quite
successful. Om Prakash had acted in this movie. Then,
Shorey made "Ek Thi Ladki", where the biggest hero of the day,
Motilal, acted opposite me. The film was hugely successful and
its song "Lara Lappa" became a phenomenal hit. Right from the
days of our earlier association, I had felt a sort of gratitude
towards Shorey. In Bombay, we became very good friends. Once,
we went to Calcutta, where he proposed to me. Though he was
already married, I was told that the (bigamy) laws were not
applicable in Bengal. Accordingly, we decided to get married
in Calcutta. He was in fact prepared to become a Muslim. But,
in order to repay him for all his past favours, I decided to
marry him according to Hindu rites. Thus I became Meena Shorey.


In 1954, the Pakistani film industry started a fierce agitation
against Indian films, although Indian films and film-stars
remained very popular with the Pakistani people. Two years
later, I decided to come over to Pakistan and straightway began
receiving film offers. My first film here was "Miss 1956",
which was made in Karachi. On its release, I came to be known
as the topmost heroine in Pakistan. Then a well-known film-maker
Anwar Kamal Pasha signed me on for his film "Sarfarosh", where
I had to play a Princess. A great many costly costumes were got
prepared for the role. Just then, I came to Bombay for a few
days to meet my husband (Sorey). In my absence, another Pakis-
tani actress Sabeeha Khanam plotted against me and got my part
changed to that of a bandit queen. Feeling outraged, I declined
the film. But then I relented, when the producer's father
Hakim Shuja Pasha came to my house and pleaded with me to save
him and his son from financial ruin.


Time continued to elapse. I met actor Asad Bukhari when he was
cast opposite me in "Jamalo". We fell in love and got married
during the making of this film. But he proved to be a most
selfish person. For his sake, I made another film which bombed
at the box office. Although he didn't spend a single paisa on
this film, he started distancing himself from me. Once when
we met in a studio, he even went to th extent of denying our
marriage. All this broke my heart and I decided to leave the
film industry for good.


---------------------------------------------------------------


Note : This interview was done in 1985. Meena Shorey died on
the 13th September 1987.







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Posted by: maheshks Feb 6 2006, 03:34 AM

Pulkit thanks for this rare article enlightening us on the life of Meena Shorey.

I have both the movies Sikandar as well as Prithvi Vallabh on VHS..will try to find how did she look like in these movies (both were released much earlier to ek thi ladki) and who was that al nasir (unknown name for me).

Meawhile, here is a classic from Talat Mehmood

MEIN PAAGAL MERA MANWA PAAGAL

SINGER TALAT MEHMOOD

MOVIE AASHIANA(1952)

MUSIC MADAN MOHAN

LYRICS RAJINDER KRISHAN

ACTORS THE SONG IS PICTURISED ON RAJ KAPOOR. THE OTHER MAN IS RANDHIR

ENJOY

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Posted by: Pulkit Feb 6 2006, 09:43 PM

Mahesh you are most welcome. Don't remember her in Sikander but a beautiful girl from Prithvi Vallabh comes to mind. I guess the song- 'raam naam dhan paayaa maine' was picturized on her. Al Naseer seems to be the chap who had to pretend as a poet/singer in the film though he was playing the prince. However, apart from aesthetical joys what captivated me the most in the film was great performance by Durga Khote as princess Mrinal.

Posted by: Ummer Feb 7 2006, 12:08 AM

Al-Nasir also appeared in Guru Dutt-Madhubala starrer "Mr and Mrs 55". He is the guy at the beginning of the film with whom Madhubala flirts.

One more correction. Meena never left film industry, she appeared as late as 1979 in bit roles in Pakistani films.

Ummer.

Posted by: sri Feb 7 2006, 01:13 AM

Mahesh,
very strangely ...I seem to have missed this one !! dont know how !
could you pl re u'l or PM to me ?

many thanks ...as usual for your very interesting and excellent video uploads !

Sri

Posted by: maheshks Feb 9 2006, 06:47 PM

Sri Bhai I have PM the video clip to you.

In the memory of yesteryears actress NADIRA who passed away this morning in Mumbai.

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=19547&pid=220262&st=0&#entry220262


TUJHE KHO DIYA HAMNE JAANE KE BAAD
TERI YAAD AAYI TERE JAANE KE BAAD

song is picturised on nadira
singer lata mangeshkar
movie aan (1952)......this was her first movie.
music naushad
lyrics shakeel badayuni


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Posted by: fiftysomeone Feb 9 2006, 07:48 PM

Amazing to see colour way back in 1952! Was it just this song or the entire movie?
Would be great to have the Mud Mud Ke Dekh video too!
Thx.

Posted by: Pulkit Feb 9 2006, 09:01 PM

The entire movie was coloured

Posted by: maheshks Feb 11 2006, 03:53 PM

Here is another one of famous punjabi singer surinder kaur

AANA HAI TO AA JAAO GAR AB BHI NA AAOGE
HUM TUM KO NA PAYENGE TUM HUMKO NA PAAOGE

singer surinder kaur

movie shaheed (1948)

music ghulam haider

lyrics nakshab

song picturised on kamini kaushal

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Posted by: Pulkit Feb 11 2006, 11:15 PM

Dear Mahesh, Thanks a lot for all these rare videos . I have just uploaded a superb dance and song video of Noor Jehan from her Pakistani film Koel(1959)-' mehki fizayen gaati hawayen' . She acted and sang in the film. The video can be downloaded from the following link.

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?act=ST&f=14&t=19560&st=15

Here are a few caps for preview.


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Posted by: jaykoshal Feb 12 2006, 06:07 AM

Sharmaji,

You have spoiled us by sending all those beautiful videos.
My friends want to see them on the big screen.
Which software do I need to convert to DVD? I have a DVD (Sony) burner.

Thanks,
Jay

Posted by: urzung khan Feb 12 2006, 08:37 AM

ye huii naa baat. Video to khuub hai magar audio
distorted hai. lagtaa hai source hi kharaab thi. khair
audio alehdaa se dhuundh lenge.
buhat, buhat shukariya.

urzung khan
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behosh hii samajh ke aaye to saamane
mujh se to kaamyaab merii beKhudii rahii

Posted by: mohd2004 Feb 12 2006, 12:03 PM

Yeh Lijiye Khan Saheb is ka Audio HMV/RPG release-


AANA HAI TO AA JAAO GAR AB BHI NA AAOGE
HUM TUM KO NA PAYENGE TUM HUMKO NA PAAOGE

Singer Surinder kaur

Movie Shaheed (1948)

Music Ghulam Haider

Lyrics Nakshab

Song picturised on Kamini Kaushal


Enjoy,

Mohd.

Posted by: mohd2004 Feb 12 2006, 12:07 PM

Request for audio song from SHAHEED (1948),
(missing from my Shaheed Album):

Ham kahan aur tum kahan...

Singer Surinder Kaur

Music Ghulam Haider


Mohd.

Posted by: Pulkit Feb 18 2006, 09:54 PM

Just uploaded a classic melancholic and full of rage melody from Noor Jehan's superhit film Koel (1959).

Song: O bewafa maine tujhse pyaar kyun kiya
Film: Koel(1959)
Music: Khurshid Anwar

Just click on the link below


http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?showtopic=19560&pid=223252&st=15&#entry223252


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Posted by: maheshks Feb 19 2006, 03:02 PM

Koshal saab..you may use aurora video converter for changing the format..but on full TV screen the song may get blurred because I have uploaded the song with reduced resolution so as to minimise the upload time.

Pulkit Bhai increase the video frame size a bit.

Here is another one of Noorjehan from the movie lal haveli.


TERI YAAD AAYE SAANWARIYA

SINGER AND ACTRESS NOORJEHAN (actor is surendranath)

MOVIE LAL HAVELI (1944)

LYRICS SHAMS LUCKNAVI

MUSIC MEER SAHIB

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Posted by: Inaam_Nadeem Feb 20 2006, 03:52 PM

Mohd Ji! Can you upload all the 'Shaheed' songs (Audio) you have with you? Please

Posted by: Pulkit Feb 20 2006, 10:08 PM

Mere Paass Sheedee hai Shaheed ki, bhej doon????/

Posted by: Inaam_Nadeem Feb 22 2006, 07:30 PM

Tere waade par jiye hum, tou ye jaan, jhoot jaana
Ke khushi se mar na jaate, agar aetbaar hota (Ghalib)



PS: For translation, contect with Bibhas!!!

Posted by: Pulkit Feb 22 2006, 07:55 PM

Baba Re, itna hathode jaisa lion . Ek chhoti se baat yaad aayi 'umeed pe duniya qayam hai'

Posted by: maheshks Feb 24 2006, 03:03 AM

A nice catchy tune

PIYA CHALE AAYE DHEERE SE

UNSE MERA DIL MIL GAYA

MOVIE HUM BHI INSAAN HAIN (1948)

LYRICS GOPAL SINGH NEPALI

MUSIC DIRECTORS THERE ARE TWO CANNOT SAY WHO COMPOSED THIS ONE.

SINGER'S VOICE SIMILAR TO GEETA ROY

SONG PICTURISED ON RAMOLA

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Posted by: surhall Feb 24 2006, 05:26 AM

In This movie Muisc by H.P.DASS. singer Manadey--- K. PARVEZ .

Thanks
surinder dhall

Posted by: mohd2004 Feb 25 2006, 12:39 PM

Thanks Mahesh Bhai, again for this rare video.

Inaam Bhai OK, I will upload all the Shaheed songs in SKS thread which I have.

Mohd.

Mohd.

Posted by: maheshks Feb 26 2006, 10:45 AM

Thanks chintu, mohd bhai and surinder ji.

Here is a classic piece from shyamsunder

DUNIYA HAMARE PYAR KI YUHIN JAWAAN RAHE
MAIN BHI WAHIN RAHOON MERA SAAJAN JAHAAN RAHE

SINGERS KARAN DIWAN AND LATA MANGESHKAR

MUSIC SHYAMSUNDER

MOVIE LAHORE (1949)

LYRICS RAJINDER KRISHAN

SONG PICTURISED ON KARAN DIWAN AND NARGIS

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Posted by: urzung khan Feb 27 2006, 09:19 AM

Lahore me.n hote huve Lahore ka gaanaa dekhaa aur
sunaa. Khoob hai. Heroine bhi Lahore ki li jaa saktii thii.
Was not there a song in this movie about Lahore ? I
think it had one. My favourite from this was Lata solo:
Tuute huve armaanon ik duniyaa basaaye

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Mar 2 2006, 11:55 PM

[/quote]

Lahore me.n hote huve Lahore ka gaanaa dekhaa aur
sunaa. Khoob hai. Heroine bhi Lahore ki li jaa saktii thii.
Was not there a song in this movie about Lahore ? I
think it had one. My favourite from this was Lata solo:
Tuute huve armaanon ik duniyaa basaaye

urzung khan
[/quote]

Urzung Saab,

Toote huye armaano.....reminds me of another great compostion of shyamsunder in village girl (1945)....in noorjehan's voice.....baithi hoon teri yaad main.

Bombay main us samay main kaun si Lahoran thi?

Yes in the beginning of the movie there is a song on Lahore.

Uchhe Burz Lahore De

This picture of Lahore Railway Station is of 1895. (ai burz salaamat hain ke toot taat gaye?)

Posted by: maheshks Mar 3 2006, 12:06 AM

Here is another hit for old timers.

WAH RI DUNIYA WAH RE JAMAANE

SINGER SHAMSHAD BEGUM

MOVIE GRIHASTHI (1948)

MUSIC GHULAM MOHAMMED

LYRICS WAHID QURESHI

SONG PICTURISED ON UNKNOWN GIRL. THE OTHER LADY IS LALITA PAWAR.

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Posted by: urzung khan Mar 3 2006, 06:50 AM

[quote name='maheshks' date='Mar 2 2006, 11:25 PM' post='227676']
[/quote]

Lahore me.n hote huve Lahore ka gaanaa dekhaa aur
sunaa. Khoob hai. Heroine bhi Lahore ki li jaa saktii thii.
Was not there a song in this movie about Lahore ? I
think it had one. My favourite from this was Lata solo:
Tuute huve armaanon ik duniyaa basaaye

urzung khan
[/quote]

Urzung Saab,

Toote huye armaano.....reminds me of another great compostion of shyamsunder in village girl (1945)....in noorjehan's voice.....baithi hoon teri yaad main.

If you have Malika Pukhraj's 'nigaah-e-yaar jise aashnaa-e-raaz kare', play it
and keep the music of other two songs in mind. MP's song was recorded in
mid40s.

Bombay main us samay main kaun si Lahoran thi?

Kamini Kaushal, Meena, Munawwar Sultana, Khursheed, Shamim

Yes in the beginning of the movie there is a song on Lahore.

Uchhe Burz Lahore De

This picture of Lahore Railway Station is of 1895. (ai burz salaamat hain ke toot taat gaye?)

Theek Thaak haiN. Even before partition additions were made in its front-center.




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Posted by: mohd2004 Mar 4 2006, 12:37 PM

Excellent Upload Mahesh Bhai. Song uploaded was a very popular one on radio ceylon only. Heard after very long time.

Mohd.

Posted by: balajigade Mar 4 2006, 09:18 PM

Wah Mahesh bhai hearing this song after ages. ThanQ

Posted by: maheshks Mar 4 2006, 11:44 PM

Urzungji, balaji, mohd bhai and chintuji bahut bahut dhanyavaad.

Ab suraiyaji ka ek madhur geet suniye aur dekhiye.

MERE MUNDERE NA BOL
KAGAA JA JA KAAGA

ACTRESS AND SINGER SURAIYA

MOVIE PARWANA (1947)

MUSIC KHURSHID ANWAR

LYRICS DINA NATH MADHOK

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Posted by: urzung khan Mar 8 2006, 09:30 AM

aap yaqiin karen yaa na karen, public ko is film kaa
ek gaanaa kuchh zyaadaa hi pasand tha. Ji haaN vohii
jise BAN kar diyaa gyaa thaa.

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Mar 8 2006, 10:06 PM

Urzung Saab woh kaun sa gana tha?

Here is a light hearted one

O HASEENA SAMBHAL SAMBHAL KE CHAL
PUD NA JAAYE KAMAR MEIN BAL

MOVIE SAQI (1952)

SINGERS C RAMCHANDRA AND GEETA DUTT

MUSIC C RAMCHANDRA

LYRICS RAJINDER KRISHAN

SONG PICTURISED ON GOPE SETH AND AN UNKNOWN GIRL (MOHNA MOST PROBABLY, MUST HAVE ACTED IN MANY MOVIES AT THAT TIME)

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For dial up users

Download all the files and unzip them in a single folder. Double click the batch file. All the files will automatically merge into one.

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Posted by: jaykoshal Mar 9 2006, 01:36 AM

Talking about Kamar, here is an old refrain:

Suna hai ke unke Kamar hee nahin hai, Khuda jaane Naala khaan bandhte hain!

Posted by: balajigade Mar 9 2006, 06:01 AM

Thanx Mahesh bhai
--Balaji

Posted by: urzung khan Mar 9 2006, 08:39 AM

saiyaan ne unglii maroo.Dii re, raam qasm sharmaa gayi mai.n

It was banned in Punjab for public singing/broadcasting etc by
Panjab Censor Board. Earlier a song from Shukarya/1943 by
Sundar was banned: nainon ke teer chalaa gayi re

Muhesh Kumar Sharma Ji, agar file lambi hi honi hai to theek,
magar kyaa is k ToTe nahiin kaa sakte ? mujh jaise dialup
waalon kaa kuchh khyaal karen. vaise jo aap ki marzii.

urzung khan

Posted by: Ummer Mar 9 2006, 09:49 AM

Yes it is Mohna. The publicity still of Saqi on cassette shows Madhubala, PremNath and Mohna sitting together.





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Posted by: Ummer Mar 9 2006, 09:51 AM

What about Suraiya?

Posted by: maheshks Mar 11 2006, 01:25 AM

Urzung Saab apka hukam sar aankhon par. Kindly re-check the post.

Koshalji and Balaji shukriya.

Ummer thanks for true identification of the girl.

Posted by: maheshks Mar 11 2006, 05:38 PM

MAAR KATAARI MAR JANA
YEH ANKHIYAAN KISI SE MILANA NA HO MILANA NA

SINGER AMIRBAI KARNATAKI

MOVIE SHEHNAI (1947)

MUSIC C RAMCHANDRA

LYRICS PYARE LAL SANTOSHI

HEROINE REHANA

Download all the files and unzip them in a single folder. Double click the batch file. All the files will automatically merge into one.

Posted by: pareshmotiwala Mar 11 2006, 06:48 PM

the last post batch file did not work...

Posted by: Shahrukh3000 Mar 11 2006, 09:14 PM

maheshks ji

can u pls also upload this song from Shehnai pls: aana meri jaan meri jaan sunday ke sunday

Posted by: mohd2004 Mar 12 2006, 11:16 AM

Million thanks for the Shehnai (1947) Video.
The most popular song of Amir Bai Karnataki and also one of the best ones from Shehnai.
Heard this extended version, an extra stanza for the first time, IMO this film version was never published on records as it exceeds the 3 minutes limit for 78 rpms (since its track time is 4-18 minutes).
Last stanza-----
Kyoon in ankhone ne unka ab tak intezar kiya
Kyoon is bhole dil ne un par baar baar itebaar kiya
Jo yahi mohabbat ka badla mujhko milne wala thaa hayee..
Kyun duniya ke taane sehke maine unse pyaar kiyaa
Sunke hasega zamana dukh apna kisiko sunana naa..

Mari katari...


Mohd.

Posted by: Ummer Mar 13 2006, 01:14 AM

Hello Mahesh Bhai,

Thanx for the Shehnai video. The heroine of this film Rehana married famous Pakistani director Iqbal Shehzad.

According to latest reports, they got divorced and Rehana married a businessman Sabir Ahmed. Nowadays, Rehana is leading a window's life in seclusion in Karachi.

Posted by: surhall Mar 13 2006, 09:21 AM

A ny member hv Latest picture her.
If hv U/L.
Thanks
surinder dhall

Posted by: maheshks Mar 15 2006, 03:39 AM

Urzung, Surinder Dhall and Koshal Saahiban, Ummer, BC and Mohd Bhai...here is another great song picturised on Rehana:

THANDI THANDI HAWA JO AAYE
KOYI CHHOTI SI BADARIYA AA KE CHHED JAAYE
TO MEIN KYA KAROON BATA DE JAANE WAALE O
SATAANE WAALE O

SINGER : SURINDER KAUR
MOVIE : SUNEHRE DIN (1949)
LYRICS : DINA NATH MADHOK
MUSIC : GYAN DUTT

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P.S : Remove the words batch, 001 and 002 appearing before the unzipped files and then double click the batch file.

Posted by: urzung khan Mar 16 2006, 07:04 AM

Thanks. Any chance of anybody posting Shamshad Begum's version from 78rpm ?

urzung khan

Posted by: mohd2004 Mar 16 2006, 01:39 PM

Khan Saheb, here is the requested song -78rpm version by Shamshad Begum-
SUNEHRE DIN (1949) ---Thandi hawa-lyrics: D.N. Madhok-Music: Gyan Dutt


Mohd.

Posted by: urzung khan Mar 16 2006, 06:46 PM

So quick with the requested song !! Shamshad's version has vanished
from the music shops. It is now among the very rare items.
Thankyou so much ever.

urzung khan

Posted by: maheshks Mar 17 2006, 03:55 AM

In the year 1947 Mar Katari Mar Jana of Amirbai Karnataki was released.
Strangely another song on the similar lines was released at or around same time.
Watch and listen to this song :

SAR PHOD PHOD MAR JANA
KISI SE DIL NA LAGANA

actor and singer : shyam sunder

movie : dil ki rani (1947)

music : s d barman

lyrics : y n joshi

the young girl is madhu bala..it is one of her earliest movies

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Posted by: pradeepasrani Mar 17 2006, 11:21 PM

Mahesh Bhai

Your video uploads are mind boggling.

The latest one from Dil Ki Rani is truly phenomenal.

Do you also hav Raj Kapoor's "O Duniya Ke Rehne Waalo" from the same movie which he himself sings. If so, please upload.

Thanks and regards

Pradeep

Posted by: maheshks Mar 19 2006, 12:21 AM

Pradeep Bhai I will upload that song within a few days. In the meanwhile uploading yet another light hearted song. Beautiful light dance by Rehana. I donot recollect as to who made a request for listening to a song sung by kalyani mitra. I am fulfilling that request also :

TUM HAMARE HO GAYE AUR HUM TUMHARE HO GAYE

MOVIE : SUNEHRE DIN (1949)

SINGERS : KALYANI MITRA AND SHAMSHAD BEGUM

ACTRESSES : REHANA, NIGAR SULTANA AND OTHERS

MUSIC : GYAN DUTT

LYRICS : SHEKHAR


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Unzip all the files in one folder and then double click the merger file.

ENJOY

Posted by: maheshks Mar 19 2006, 07:54 PM

Here is a soulful one....listened to this song after so many years

GUZARI THI RAAT AADHI KHAMOSH THA JAMANA
JALTE HUYE DILON KA SUN LE JARA FASANA

SINGER : LATA MANGESHKAR
MOVIE : SURANG(1953)
LYRICS : SHEWAN RIZVI
MUSIC : PANDIT SHIVRAMKRISHNA
THE ACTRESS IS YOUNG SHASHIKALA AND THE HERO IS VINOD KUMAR

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Posted by: sangeetbhakt Mar 19 2006, 09:38 PM

What a beautiful song. I had never heard it. Lata's voice is probably at the best
period of her life. The pitch of this song, the miThaas is exceptional.
And the other thing that I really liked was how well Shashikala tracks with Lata's
voice and her hands on the maTka. She keeps perfect time with the song with
her hands (more than can be said for the gazillion actors who waved their hands
over piano keys on screen). And her expressions seem to match up with the
changing pitch in Lata's voice.
Thank you for sharing this song maheshks. Dil khush ho gaya.

Posted by: mohd2004 Mar 20 2006, 10:37 AM

Thanks for this rare gem from Surang (1953).

Mohd.

Posted by: AzgarKhan Mar 20 2006, 03:21 PM

Yes absolutely!! Lata at her best.

Posted by: Ummer Mar 21 2006, 05:08 AM

Mahesh Bhai,
Thanx alot for Surang song

Posted by: Ummer Mar 21 2006, 05:16 AM

Here is a nice discussion about Surang soundtrack by Hrishi Dixit.

Song: chhalke na gham ke pyaale, piye jaa piye jaa
in aansuon ko piye jaa... piye jaa

Film: Surang (1953)
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music: Shivram Krishna
Lyrics: Sheven Rizvi


This is a brisk, uplifting melody, etched in the same pattern of positive
effervescence as "aansuon ki chhaaon men bhi hans le...", and delivers a similar
message too. Beautiful vocal artistry in this song - the tune meanders in some
delicate sinusoids with lovely murkis around the curves. Gorgeous rendition from
Lata. There is a subtle, charming pause in the second line, between the "piye
jaa"s, which infuses a sort of urging tone, like "c'mon, piye jaa..."

The song starts off in a slow prelude set against a strumming sitar backdrop:
palkon hi had se baahar aansoo nikal na aaye
keh de musafiron se manzil pe thehar jaayen

I think SURANG is a V Shantaram film... don't recall who's in it (Sandhya), but
it does have a lovely set of songs. Two other Lata solos worth mentioning in
this movie are "gehri gehri nadiya men bahi chali jaaun re" and "guzri thi raat
aadhi...". A couple of songs by Manna Dey and a delightful Asha solo "mast
bahaar hai, pyaar hi pyaar hai" make up the soundtrack muster roll. The overall
music is very similar to another soundtrack from the same year - TEEN BATTI
CHAAR RAASTA, also a Shantaram film, and also composed by Shivram Krishna.

..Hrishi

Posted by: sangeetbhakt Mar 21 2006, 07:33 AM

He is absolutely right. It is a Shantaram film, but interestingly does not star
Shantaram himself or anybody married to/related to him

The heroines are Shashikala and Sheela Ramani with Ulhaas and Vinod Kumar.
I recall Ulhas's name but not his face. And I don't know who Vinod Kumar is.
So, mahesh or anybody else, do you have the other songs from this film?
THe description by Hrishi makes them seem worth having.