Great Composer Feroze Nizami Ji, Pre - partition films Options

[Vidur Sury]

Feroze Nizami Ji made excellent and very melodious music, and this naturally made him famous. It was sheer hard work from him and the singers he employed. His compositions had a great range from Hindustani Classical Music to Western Music as well as Thumris and Ghazals. He had a very large singer variety as well and made very good use of many of those great vocal talents. He himself was a great exponent of classical music. Hope to create a thread for his Pakistani films soon as well.

Starting a thread to appreciate this great genius and enjoy his immortal compositions. This is dedicated to his 10 pre - partition films, 1943 - 1947. He used almost 30 singers!

Here is his short but extremely memorable filmography:

1. Vishwas (1943) with Master Chaila Lal Ji
2. Badi Baat (1944)
3. Umang (1944)
4. Us Paar (1944)
5. Piya Milan (1945)
6. Sharbati Aankhein (1945)
7. Amar Raj (1946)
8. Nek Parveen (1946)
9. Jugnu (1947)
10. Rangeen Kahani (1947)

Regarding his favourite singers of pre - partition period, though he used a large number of singers, the great Amirbai Ji was his favourite vocalist (obviously, so, even among females). His second female favourite was another great top 1940s singer, Hamida Bano Ji. His favourite male singer was the veteran great, Mohammed Rafi Ji, who received a lot of encouragement and further training from him. G. M. Durrani Ji, a melodious top male singer of 1940s came next.

He used many more top playback singers like Zohrabai Ji, Rajkumari Banaraswali Ji, Shamshad Begum Ji, Zeenat Begum Ji, Naseem Akhtar Ji, Parul Ghosh Ji, Mohantara Ji, Binapani Ji and Hafiz Ali Khan Mastana Ji. Noor Jehan Ji, Feroze Dastoor Ji, Nirmala Devi Ji are some famous singing stars who sang for him. He also encouraged some great 1940s' singers who unfortunately never became top, like Kusum Mantri Ji and Krishna Kumari Ganguly Ji. Great classical vocalist, Malika-E-Mauseeqi Roshan Ara Begum Ji has sung some of her best film songs for him.

I will be posting the interesting song lists very soon, uploading songs I have. Our dear friends having the balance are requested to upload them.

Vidur

This post has been edited by Vidur Sury: Aug 3 2011, 05:25 PM

[Vidur Sury]

Finally, we have reached Feroze Nizami Ji's 10th and last film in India. This is Rangeen Kahani (1947). The songs became quite popular, starring Feroze Ji's all time Indian favourite, Amirbai Ji. Through this film, just before leaving India, he shows his great liking for Amirbai Ji as a singer. He himself did a great job singing 2 duets with Amirbai Ji. Apart from this, he used his other most favourite female singer, Hamida Bano Ji as well as another outstanding 1940s vocalist, Binapani Mukherjee Ji very well. Amirbai Ji made quite a famous voice for Indo - Pak actress and the film's heroine Surekha Ji and so it was a reasonable success.

Here are 4/9 songs from the classic which I have, our kind friends are requested to upload the remaining. Thanks a lot to our generous Balaji Ji for song 9.

All 4 songs are 128 kbps:

10. Rangeen Kahani (1947)
Banner: New Roshan Art Pictures, Bombay
Leading Pair: Surekha, S Irshad
Cast: Dulari, Agha Mirza, Sayyad Ahmed, Bibijaan, Khursheed Pervez, P D Lal, Maqbul, M K Hassan, Ghulam Mohidin, Sarita, Faiyyaz Begum, Mehrunnisa, Azeem Hyderabadi, Mahshar Shirazi

1. Dukh Ke Din Ab Sukh Se Talen, Banne Ko Saajan Bombay Chalen - ?

2. Ye Dilli Kahin Dil Ki Lagi Na Ban Jaaye - Amirbai Karnataki

3. Man Meri Baat Na Maane, Main Thak Gayi Samjhake - Amirbai Karnataki - 2.46 min

4. Main Sharab Hoon, Main Sharab Hoon, Main Hizab Hoon - Amirbai, Binapani Mukherjee, Hamida Bano, Chorus - 3.31 min

5. Bujh Gaye Ashaon Ke Deepak, Sab Apne Mukh Mod Gaye - Amirbai Karnataki

6. Tujh Bin Kaun Sahara Bhagwan, Tujh Bin Kaun Sahara - Amirbai Karnataki - courtesy Viraj Bhai

7. Aa Gayi, Aa Gayi, Aa Gayi, Mere Man Ki Rani Aa Gayi - Amirbai Karnataki, Feroze Nizami - 3.17 min

8. Man Haule Man Haule, Man Haule - Haule Gaaye - Amirbai Karnataki, Feroze Nizami

9. Mera Rootha Preetam Maan Gaya Amirbai Karnataki - 2.29 min (Couresty of Balaji Ji)


Enjoy and please upload remaining melodies!

Vidur

This post has been edited by Vidur Sury: Aug 7 2011, 03:00 PM