My 1930s wish list / 08 june 2002
naniwadekar
Here is my wish list for 1931-1940 Hindi film songs.
From 1937, the 78 rpm records for the films started
getting released in appreciable numbers. For 1931-1936
films, I have mentioned wherever the 78 discs happen to
have been released.
For 1937-1940, I have mentioned when the records have
NOT been released by mentioning NRR in front of the
film name. NRR = no record(s) released.
I started making the list casually and though I became
more and more careful the more I realised that the list
could make a useful rmim post, it is still a list made in
a casual spirit AND on the lines of my personal taste
only. For example, though I like Saigal a lot, I am not
especially fond of him. (The key word is 'especially'.)
There is enough of his music available to assuage my
thirst for his singing. So Saigal is not a factor in this
list. I do have New Theatres Films adequately covered for
my purposes. Those films also won't find much mention
here. I need hardly add that New Theaters' music is a
major milestone in Hindi Film Music. If somebody wants to
post (or has already posted) a list of their films, the
forum at large would be thankful to him.
Films by Anil Biswas, Khemchand Prakash and Gyan Dutt
have been listed separately.
- dn
The list -
Any song(s) in a Maadan Theatres Film.
Saraswati Cinetone (Bhalji Pendharkar)
Ayodhya Ka Raajaa - 1932. Prabhat. MD - Tembe. Its print
is available with Film Archives. Its Marathi counterpart
(Ayodhyecha Raja) is available on VHS, I think.
Indra Sabha - 1932. 69 songs listed. None released on 78.
MD - Nagardas Nayak. Maadan Theatres. Acc to Master Fida
Husain, tunes were by Vazir Khan; Nayak was given the
tunes, did notation by playing them on Harmonium and
recorded the songs. Singers - Jahanara Kajjan and Vilayat
Hussain (Agrawale?) both had 10+ songs.
Madhuri - 1932. Singer - Vinayakrao Patwardhan, the
classical singer. MD - Pransukh Nayak. 4 songs released.
Aurat Kaa Pyar - 1933. MD - Mushtaq Hussain of Bareili.
(not Mushtaq Ahmad). Mukhtar Begum. One song 'chorii
kahiin khule na nasiim-e-bahaar kii' is available. It is
probably a later-day version in Mukhtar's voice. Nice song.
Daakoo Kii Ladakii - 1933. Two songs by one Zohra Jan.
She is a diff woman than Zohrabai of Ambala.
Sairandhri - 1933. Coloured Film. MD - Tembe. Singer -
Leela. 3 78s released.
Sant Tulsidas - 1934. two 78s released. MDs - Raghuvir
Ramnathkar (could be related to 'Premrang' Ratnakant
Ramnathkar; see rmic archives) and Sureshbabu Mane.
Singer - G N Joshi.
Baal Hatya - 1935. One 78 disc was released. It features
songs by Firoz Dastur for Anil Biswas and Madhulal Master.
Dharmatma - 1935. (Master Krishnarao. Bal Gandharva.)
Majnu - 1935. MD - Ghulam Haider (Amritsari). I think
this is the same MD of Khandan, Khazanchi fame.
Maut Ka Toofan - Abdul Karim Khan. Who, in the name of
heavens, was this AKK ? But there is no Firoz Datur in
the film in any capacity. So maybe there is no Kirana
connection and it is some other AKK. See another note
about 'Abdul Karim Master' later in the post.
Naagaanand - 1935. C Ramchandra, Azam Bai. MD - Wamanrao Sadolikar
Neela - 1935. B R Deodhar, Roshan Ara
Pardesi Saiyan - 1935. Flute master Dinkarrao Amembal.
Three 78 discs released.
Raaj Mukut - MD Tembe. (Shalini Cinetone)
Swarga Kii Siidhii. MD - Ghulam Haider. Kardar. Umrao
Zia. Four songs released on 78s.
Usha - 1935. Shalini Cinetone. MD - Tembe.
Woh Kaun - 1935. Again, 'Master Abdul Karim'.
Amar Jyoti - Prabhat, Krishnarao. I have 6 of the 8 songs released.
Aseer-e-Havas. Shalini Cinetone. MD - Tembe.
Do Deewane - 1936. Saagar Movietone. MD - Pransukh Nayak.
One song by Motilal + one chorus were released on 78.
This film has a song with the words - 'paa laagoo kar
jorii re', lyricist Raghunath Brahmabhatt, filmed on and
sung by one Kamlabai. But it was not released on 78.
Jeewan Naiya - 1936. Ashok Kumar sings for Saraswati Devi
a song - 'koi hamdam na rahaa'. It was released on a record.
Piya ki Jogan - 1936. Sardar Akhtar - Anil Biswas. 4
songs on 78.
Prem Ki Aag - 1936. Singer and MD - Mukhtar Begum. 2
songs on 78.
Aatma Tarang - 1937 (Firoz Dastur. MD - Habib Khan)
Anaath Ashram - 1937 (MD - RCBoral. Uma Shahshi, Harimati,
Dhoomi Khan, Kalyani, Sanyal)
Asiai Sitara - 1937 (MD - Master Mohd)
Baanke Sipaahi - 1937 (MD - Ghulam Mohd. Not the one who
composed for Pakeezah, I guess. NRR)
Chaabuk Sawaar (MD - Gauhar Karnataki) NRR
(That makes Gauhar K yet another woman MD.)
btw, Jaddan Bai (Nargis' mother) was also a Film MD.
Dharmaveer. 1937. Hans Films. MD - Mainkar. Indira
Wadkar (released in both Hindi and Marathi)
His Highness - 1937 (MDs - Shankarrao Vyas, Lallubhai Nayak)
Hurricane Hansa - 1937 (MD - Master Mohammed)
Jaagirdaar - 1937 - Anil Biswas
Jeewan Swapna - 1937. MD - Jaddan Bai. NRR.
Khudai Khidmatgaar - 1937. actor-singer : Master Fida
Mussain. MD - Nagardas Nayak.
Mukti - 1937 (MD - Pankaj Mullick)
Parakh - B S Hoogan (Indira Wadkar)
Pratibha - 1937. Shalini Cinetone. MD - Govindrao Tembe.
Singers - Durga Khote, Hirabai Badodekar
Premveer - 1937 . Hans Picture. MD - Mainkar.
Singer -
Master Vinayak.
Prem Yatra - 1937 (MD - Zahoor. Singer - Umrao Zia Begum)
Shhadi Kaa Maamalaa (Marathi version - Vijayaachii Lagne)
Story - Mama Varerkar. MD - not known. Singer - Bapu
Pendharkar (natyageet singer), Hansa
Toofani Toli - 1937. Gyan Dutt. Singers - Wahidan,
Kalyani, Miss Khatun, Kantilal.
Vidyapati - 1937. R C Boral.
Wahaa.N - 1937. PRABHAT. MD - Krishnarao. Singrs - Vasant
Desai, Shanta Apte, Buwa Sahab.
Zambo (Jumbo) the ape man - 1937. MD - Badri Prasad.
Singer - Indira Wadkar (disciple of Agra guru Vilayat Hussain Khan)
Abhaagin - 1938. MD - Boral. Singer - Kamla Jharia.
Adhikar - 1938. Timir Baran. Same-sex male tandem.
(barakha ki raat and suhaag kii raat)
Baaghbaan - 1938. MD - Mushtaq Hussain. One tune by
Naushad. singers - Ashraf Khan, Sitara
Bahadur Kisaan - 1938. MD - Mir Sahab. Khan Mastana
debuts as singer. NRR.
Ban Ki Chidiyaa - 1938. Gyan Dutt. singers - Ram Apte,
Kantilal, Wahidan.
Brahmachari - 1938. Dada Chandekar.
Singers - Meenakshi, Vinayak
Divorce - 1938. Mir Sahab. Khan Mastana, Naseem Bano,
Prem Adeeb.
Double Cross. 1938. Badri Prasad. Singers - Gauhar
(Bikaner), Basheer Qawwal.
Gopal Krishna - 1938. PRABHAT. Master Krishnarao.
Ram Marathe, Shanta Apte, Shanta Hublikar.
Industrial India - 1938. MDs - Harishchandra Bali,
Anilda, Mishtaq Hussain.
Singers - Shobhana Samarth, Prem Adeeb.
Jwaala - 1938. Dhamman Khan. Vinayak's Hans Pictures.
Mera Ladka - 1938. MD - Keshavrao Bhole. PRABHAT.
Shanta Hublikar. Balakram.
Mother India - 1938. MD - Ram Gopal. Anant Marathe.
Mr X - 1938. MD - Shankarrao Vyas and Lallubhai Nayak.
Singers - Ratan Bai, Lallubhai, Anant Marathe.
Nand Kumaar. MD - G P Kapoor. Singer - Durga Khote.
Jayashri Films. (PRABHAT crowd. Director - Keshavrao Dhaibar)
actors - Durga Khote, Govindrao Tembe, Nanasaheb
Chafekar, Anant Marathe.
Poornima - 1938. MD - Shankarrao Vyas. Singers - Sardar
Akhtar, Shankarrao Vyas. Probably SV's first film.
Raajaa Gopichand - 1938. MD - C Balaji. Bhalji's
Saraswati Cinetone.
singers - G M Londhe (natyageet sinegr), Ratnaprabha,
Leela, Dinkar Dhere
Rifle Girl. MD - B R Deodhar. NRR.
Saathi. MD - Tembe. Singer - Durga Khote.
Street Singer. 1938. R C Boral. singers - Saigal, Kanan,
Khemchand.
Sunehra Baal. MD - Firoz Dastur. Singers - Badri Prasad,
Firoz Dastur.
Tarzan Ki Beti. MD and singer - Anupam Ghatak.
Vaasanti- 1938. MDs - Govindrao Tembe and Mir Sahab.
singers - Naseem Bano. Sitara (Agra)
1939.
Aadmi. PRABHAT. (Marathi version - Manoos). MD - Krishnarao.
Ram Marathe, Shanta Hublikar, Bai Sundarabai, Manju
'aataa kashala udyachi baat' is in several languages.
Bengali version is written by one Anil Biswas and tuned
by Shrimati N C Ganguly. (It could be a mis-print in
HFGK. More likely, AB composed it.)
Baagi. MD - Shanti Kumar. Amir Jan Karnataki, Ashraf
Khan. (Amir Jan = Amirbai Karnataki)
Brandy ki botal / Brandichi baatali (Marati) - Master
Vinayak. Dada Chandekar.
Gaazi Salahuddin - Khemchand Prakash's first film as MD.
Some songs are available.
Kangan - 1939. Bombay Talkies.
Meri Aankhen - KcP. Khursheed and Sitara.
Navjeevan - MD - Saraswati Devi. Hansa Wadkar and Lalita
Deulkar. How old was Lalitabai in 1939? I would guess at
most 16. She married Sudhir Phadke in 1949.
Pati Patni - Mushtaq Hussain and Harishchandra Bali.
Payaam-e-haq. Jhande Khan and Shyam Babu. singer - Ghulam
Mohd (Nagpur)
Pukaar - (Minerva) Mir Sahab. Naseem Bano, Sardar Akhtar,
Roshanara Begum (of Kirana, I think).
some songs are released on clarionet on 78s played by
Master Ibrahim
Sach Hai - Saraswati Cinetone, Kolhapur.
MD - Sureshbabu (Maane??) sinegrs - Rose, Sureshbabu.
1940.
aaj ka hindustan. KcP (asstt - Banne Khan). Sitara,
Kantilal, Ishwarlal.
alakh niranjan (director - Bhalji) D P Korgaonkar. Miss
Leela.
bandhan - Ashok Kumar, Arun Kumar, Leela Chitnis
Deewali. KcP.
Diamond Queen. WADIA. MD - Madhulal Damodar Master.
Sardar Mansur, Radha Rani.
Ek Hi Bhool. Shankarrao Vyas. Amirbai Karnataki.
Ghar Ki Rani (Marathi - Ardhaangi). Master Vinayak. Dada
Chandekar.
Meenakshi, Leela Chitnis, Vinayak.
Holi. Khemchand Prakash.
Jai Swadesh. Madhulal Damodar Master. Some well known
singers in 1940.
Madari Mohan. MD - Prof B R Deodhar and K Narayan Rao.
Matwali Meera. MD - Master Brujlal Verma. Kamla Jharia,
Mukhtar Begum, Fida Hussain.
Narasi Bhagat. Shankarrao Vyas. Pagnis and Amirbai
Karnataki.
Nartaki - Punkaj Mullick.
Paak Daaman. MD - K M Pawar. (related to Vasant Pawar of
Vasant-Ramchandra duo by any chance??)
singers - Leela Hyderabadi, Firoz Dastur, Bundu Khan
Achhapal (Poona)
Prem Nagar - Naushad's first film.
Sanskaar - Ashok Ghosh. Harish, Wahidan, Jyoti.
Sant Gyaneshwar. PRABHAT. Keshavrao Bhole.
Sardar - Shankarrao Vyas.
Sneh Bandhan - Pannalal Ghosh.
Suhaag - Timir Baran
Waseeyat - MD - Khan mastana
Virginia - MD Khan Mastana
MDs
The one and only Anil Biswas.
(His first film as MD was in 1935. Dharma Ki Devi was his
first film without any co-MD. He claims this 1935 film
had a song which used background singer. But yet another
of his films, dated 1937, is supposed to be the first
Bombay film which used playback.)
Baal Hatya - 1935 (with Madhulal Master)
Bharat Ki Beti (with Jhande Khan)
Dharma Ki Devi - 1935. (13 songs. Sardar Akhtar, Firoz
Dastur, 3 songs sung by AB himself)
Fida-e-vatan - 1936. Daryani Productions. (With Jhande
Khan.) Amir Karnataki acted and sang. NRR.
Piya Ki Jogan - 1936. (Anilda, Sardar Akhtar, Hiren Bose)
Pratima - 1936
Prem Bandhan - 1936 (with Jhande Khan)
Sangdil Samaaj - 1936.
Sher Ka Panjaa - 1936 (with Jhande Khan)
Shokh Dilruba - 1936 (with Sunder Daas) 6 songs by
Khursheed. NRR.
(1937 - Daryani Productions, Saagar, probably no Eastern
Arts, etc)
Bulldog - 1937
Dukhiari - 1937 (with Madhulal Damodar Master)
Gentleman Daakoo - 1937
Insaaf - 1937
Jaagirdaar - 1937 (many lovely songs available)
Kokila - 1937
Mahageet - 1937
Dynamite - 1938
Gramophone Singer,
Hum tum aur woh. Singers - Maya Bannerjee, Zohra Jan,
Harish,
Industrial India,
Postman
300 days and after,
Vatan
Comrades - 1939
Ek Hi Raasta. Jyoti, Anilda, Wahidan.
alibaba - 1940
aurat
Pooja. director - Kardar. Asstt - Ram Singh. Zahur Raja,
Anilda, Sardar Akhtar, Sitara.
Gyan Dutt -
Toofaanii Tolii (Ranjit - 1937)
Baazigar - 1938.
Ban Ki Chidiya - 1938. (Wahidan, Ram Apte, Kantilal,
Ghulam Hussain, E Bilmoria)
Billi - 1938
Gorakh Aayaa. Singers - Rajkumari (Kolkata) and Rajkumari
(Benaras). Rajkumari of Benaras sang in Baaware Nain.
Prithvi Putra.
"Profesor Waaman , M Sc "
Rickshaa-waalaa
The Secretary. Wahidan. Kalyani. Gyan Dutt himself,
Rajkumari (Benaras)
aapki Manzil - 1939. Khursheed, Gyan Dutt, Vasanti
adhoori kahaani - Miss Rose, Durga Khote
Nadi Kinare - Kantilal, Gyan Dutt, Kalyani, Sitara,
Rajkumari
Sant Tulsidas. RANJIT. Pagnis, Ram Marathe, Vasanti.
Thokar
achhut - 1940
chingaari
musaafir
Sajani.
Khemchand.
Gaazii Salauddin - 1939
Merii Aankhen (Khursheed, Sitara)
Aaj kaa Hindustan - 1940. (Ranjit Film)
Deewali.
Holi.
Paagal - 1940.
List of MDs -
Abdul Karim Master. He composed for Sadhu yaa shaitan -
1939. Kirana founder AKK died in 1937. So this one should
be a diff fellow. He might have composed as AKK also. See
the list above.
Anil Biswas - separate list of his films has been given.
Anupam Ghatak
Badri Prasad
Banne Khan (Ranjit fellow)
B R Deodhar. Shikaari - 1932. Patit Paawan - 1933
Bhagat Ram (Batish) -
Bhagat Ram (Batish) - No records released for any of his
1938-1940 films. Husnlal joined him only in 1944 as MD.
Bhurji Khan. Kurukshetra - 1933. Chhatrapati Movietone,
Kolhapur. one 78 disc was cut for Kurukshetra.
Brijlal Verma
Ganga Prasad Pathak (Ranjit Movietone fellow)
Gauhar Karnataki
Gobind Ram
Govindrao Tembe (for any non-Prabhat film)
(Note - I cannot imagine now what I meant by the
above comment. 'for any non-Prabhat Film' ???)
Gundopant Walawalkar - Harmonium wizard. (Kolhapur
Cinetone. Bhalji) Film - Aakaashwaani - 1934
Gyan Dutt - see separate list
Hari Prasanna Das
Harishchandra Bali
B S Hoogan
Jaddan Bai
Jhande Khan
K Datta (K = Korgaonkar)
Bapurao Ketkar (Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale's disciple) Film - 'Shyaam
Sunder' - 1932 plus more film(s).
Khemchand Prakash - see separate list.
Madhulal Damodar Master
Master Mohammed
Mir Sahab
Mukhtar Begum
Mushtaq Hussain Khan of Bareili (Naushad's guru)
Lallubhai Nayak
Nagardas Nayak
Pransukh Nayak (Madhuri - 1932)
Rafiq Ghaznavi
S P Rane. (Who is that??)
Rewa Shankar Marwadi (RANJIT fellow)
Shankarrao Vyas
Shanti Kumar Desai
Shyam Babu (Pathak? of Jeet fame)
Singers -
Anantrao Damle
Ashraf Khan (He has sung two superb songs in Roti - 1942)
Dinanath Mangeshkar (Krisharjun Yuddha - 1934)
Jaddan Bai (Nargis's mother)
Jahanara Kajjan (Part of Maadan camp)
Gauhar (Mamajiwala) (She was with Ranjeet Movietone -
many films. Real-life companion of Sardar Chandulal Shah)
Gauhar Karnataki (Amirbai's sister)
Gol Nishaan - 1936. Two discs released.
Shahu Modak
Master Nissar. (Maadan fellow. Shireen Farhad - 1931)
Master Vitthal
Mukhtar Begum
Nalini Tarkhad (Prabhat)
Rajkumari. THE Rajkumari (of Baware Nain fame). Also
known as Rajkumari Dubey and Rajkumari of Benaras.
Her films (not all are in Hindi) - Radhe Shyam - 1932,
Afghaan Abalaa, Nai Duniya - 1934.
1935 - Bambai ki seThaanii, Bombay Mail, Laal Chiththii
Shamsheer-e-Arab.
1936- Village Girl.
1938 - Gorakh Aayaa, Secretary, 'Prof Waman, B Sc'
1940 - Punarmilan.
Rajkumari (of Kolkata) - New Theatres. Devdas - 1935.
Vinayakrao Patwardhan (Madhuri - 1932)
Zohra Jan (Daaku Ki Ladaki - 1933. She is different than
Zohrabai Ambalewali. She may or may not be the same
as Zohrabai Agrewali.)
Zohrabai Ambalewali made her debut for Anil
Biswas in Gramphone Singer - 1938. She used to sing on
AIR (Delhi, Lahore, Peshawar stations) in 1937 as Zohra Jan
of Ambala. Zohra sang under the name Zohra Bai or Zohra
Jan in Gramophone Singer, Hum Tum Aur Woh - 1938,
Bahurani - 1940. Later in Himmat, Talash, Rattan, et al.
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Surjit Singh
> Here is my wish list for 1931-1940 Hindi film songs.
>
<GONE>
> Vidyapati - 1937. R C Boral.
> Street Singer. 1938. R C Boral. singers - Saigal, Kanan,
> Khemchand.
> Pukaar - (Minerva) Mir Sahab. Naseem Bano, Sardar Akhtar,
> aurat
Have songs on video or full videos of all 4.
Will post songs from videos, eventually.
>
> Kangan - 1939. Bombay Talkies.
>
Posted.
> bandhan - Ashok Kumar, Arun Kumar, Leela Chitnis
Posted.
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Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
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