Ranjit Movietone's films. 1938-1947.
naniwadekar
Ranjit's MDs before 1938 were Jhande Khan in the very
early years and later Banne Khan, Rewa Shankar Marwari
and Ganga Prasad Pathak. Very few or maybe no 78 records
of their films were released upto 1937.
Ranjit made Gyan Dutt its MD of choice in 1938 and 39.
It started releasing its film songs on 78s. In 1940, Khemchand
was recruited and Ranjit had the greatest one-two punch
in the history of Hindi films in Gyan Dutt and Khemchand
for some years. Chandulal Shah had assembled a great
crowd for his studio. Kedar Sharma, Jayant Desai, Motilal,
Khursheed are the names which come readily to mind.
Bulo C Rani also showed his class under the banner.
But the most important name must be Khemchand's.
Here is a list of Ranjit's films in the 10 year span, 1938-47.
g = Gyan Dutt
KcP = Khemchand Prakash.
BCR - Bulo C Rani.
1938
baaziigar - gyan dutt
ban kii chidiyaa - G
billi - G
gorakh aayaa - g
Prithvi Putra - Gyan
Prof Waman - g
rickshaawaalaa - g
the secretary - g
1939
adhoori kahani - g
nadi kinare - g
sant tulsidas - g
thokar - g
1940
aaj kaa hindustan - kcp
achhut - g
deewaalii - kcp
holi - kcp
musafir - g
paagal - kcp
1941
beti - g
dhandora - g
pardesi - kcp
sasual - g
shaadii - kcp
ummiid - kcp
1942
aramaan - g
bhakta surdas - g
chandani - k
dhiraj - g
dukh sukh - kcp
fariyad - kcp
iqaraar - kcp
mehmaan - kcp
1943
andhera - g
bansari - g
gauri - kcp
nurse - g
shankar parvati - g
tansen - kcp
vish kanya - kcp
1944
bhanwara - kcp
caravan - bulo c rani
mumtaaz mahal - kcp
pagli duniya - bcr
shahenshah baabar - kcp
1945
chaand chakori - Rani
dhanna bhagat - kcp
moorti - bcr
prabhu ka ghar - KcP
1946
phulwari - 1946 - hansraj behl
1947
bela - bcr
chhin le aazaadii - behl
duniya ek sarai - hansraj behl
kaun hamaaraa - bcr
laakhon mein ek - behl and bcr
piya ghar aajaa - bcr
woh zamaanaa - bcr
With KcP seemingly gone from Ranjit, I did not scan
beyond this point.
As late as 1960s, Ranjit kept adding to its pages.
Wasn't Lata's sublime song 'woh jo milate the kabhii'
sung for a Ranjit film? (Akeli Mat Jaiyo). It is a song
for Madan Mohan fans to crow about.
Ranjit supremo Chandulal Shah was called 'Sardar',
perhaps for his haughty, aristocratic ways. The songs
in his films, esp. the ones during Khemchand years,
bleed Royal blue blood.
- dn
naniwadekar
>
> Ranjit supremo Chandulal Shah was called 'Sardar',
> perhaps for his haughty, aristocratic ways. The songs
> in his films, esp. the ones during Khemchand years,
> bleed Royal blue blood.
>
Some of Ranjit's singers were -
khursheed, snehprabha, bulo c rani, rajkumari, saigal,
amirbai, vasanti, pagnis, wahidan, gyan dutt, shameem,
brujmala, motilal?, kantilal, ishwarlal, sitara devi, the
other noor jehan, mukesh, k c dey, charley, kusum mantri,
hamida, khan mastana, mohantara, feroze dastur,
zohra (film - rajputani)
- dn
Srinivas Ganti
"naniwadekar" <nani3...@hotmail.com> wrote :
> Ranjit's MDs before 1938 were Jhande Khan in the very
> early years and later Banne Khan, Rewa Shankar Marwari
> and Ganga Prasad Pathak. Very few or maybe no 78 records
> of their films were released upto 1937.
This is very very unfortunate especially considering that 78's
of films by other big banners from the era came before.
Imperial Films (Madhuri -1932), Wadia Movietone(Laal-e-yaman - 1933)
,New Theatres (Pooran Bhagat - 1933) , Prabhat Films
(Amrit Manthan - 1934), Saagar Cinetone (Grihalaxmi - 1934).
> Ranjit made Gyan Dutt its MD of choice in 1938 and 39.
Gyan Dutt's first film with Ranjit was Toofani Toli (1937).
Incidentally this was the first Ranjit film for which records
were issued.
> It started releasing its film songs on 78s. In 1940, Khemchand
> was recruited and Ranjit had the greatest one-two punch
> in the history of Hindi films in Gyan Dutt and Khemchand
> for some years.
Absolutely !
Khemchand's first movie for Ranjit was Man Ki Aankhen (1939).
His debut was also in the same year with Gaazi Salauddin made
by Supreme Pictures.
>Chandulal Shah had assembled a great
> crowd for his studio. Kedar Sharma, Jayant Desai, Motilal,
> Khursheed are the names which come readily to mind.
> Bulo C Rani also showed his class under the banner.
> But the most important name must be Khemchand's.
> Here is a list of Ranjit's films in the 10 year span, 1938-47.
>
>
> g = Gyan Dutt
> KcP = Khemchand Prakash.
> BCR - Bulo C Rani.
>
>
> 1938
> baaziigar - gyan dutt
> ban kii chidiyaa - G
> billi - G
> gorakh aayaa - g
> Prithvi Putra - Gyan
> Prof Waman - g
> rickshaawaalaa - g
> the secretary - g
> 1939
> adhoori kahani - g
> nadi kinare - g
> sant tulsidas - g
> thokar - g
Man Ki Aankhen - kcp
sg.
naniwadekar
"Srinivas Ganti" <gant...@hotmail.com> wrote -
>
> .... considering that 78's
> of films by other big banners from the era came before.
> Imperial Films (Madhuri -1932), Wadia Movietone(Laal-e-yaman - 1933)
> ,New Theatres (Pooran Bhagat - 1933) , Prabhat Films
> (Amrit Manthan - 1934), Saagar Cinetone (Grihalaxmi - 1934).
>
Even before Amrit Manthan, some songs in Sairandhri (1933)
were released on 78 by Prabhat.
>
> Khemchand's first movie for Ranjit was Man Ki Aankhen (1939).
> His debut was also in the same year with Gaazi Salauddin made
> by Supreme Pictures.
>
No, Khemchand's first release for Ranjit was in 1940.
What is 'Man Ki Aankhen' supposed to mean and where
did you get this (mis)information? The film Khemchand
composed for in 1939 was Merii Aankhen urf My Eyes.
That film, like Gaazii Salauddin, was also a Supreme
Pictures production.
> > 1939
> > adhoori kahani - g
> > nadi kinare - g
> > sant tulsidas - g
> > thokar - g
>
> Man Ki Aankhen - kcp
>
Once again, Meri Aankhen (not Man Ki Aankhen) was not
a Ranjit production.
- dn
