Melody in Movies 1939-1942
Ket...@att.net
1939: Shanta Hublikar sings Ab kis liye kal ki baat in a record seven languages
(with different lyricists and composers for each) in V Shantaram’s Aadmi.
(More on this song at the end of the post--Ketan)
Kangan marks the debut of Phalke award laureate poet Pradeep.
Ghazi Salauddin marks the debut of composer Khemchand Prakash.
Chandidass, President, Street Singer, Mukti, Vidyapati, Acchut Kanya, Kangan and
Devdas are among the biggest musical hits of the 1930s.
1940: Premnagar marks the entry of the legendary Naushad Ali as composer.
Naushad is destined to be initially a technical trendsetter and later a staunch
classicist.
(Did he mean "narcissist" perhaps?--Ketan)
1941: Kanchan contains the first-ever song recorded by Naushad — Bataa do koi
kaun gali more Shyam sung and enacted by Leela Chitnis.
Doctor is a major triple triumph for Pankaj Mullick as actor, singer and
composer. 36 years later, Shakti Samanta will remake the subject as Anand
Ashram.
Jhoola completes the Bombay Talkies, Ashok Kumar hat-trick of musical hits after
Kangan and Bandhan.
Khazanchi is a major musical hit and Shamshad Begum hits big time.
Nirdosh (music by Ashok Ghosh) marks Mukesh’s low-profile debut as actor-singer
with Nalini Jaywant as his leading lady. His very first song, Dil hi bujha hua
ho to fasl-e-bahaar kya seems to endorse Mukesh’s bond with the sad song.
Pardesi marks singer-actress Khursheed’s entry into big time.
Chandan is SN Tripathi’s first solo score.
1942: Duhai marks the debut of the brilliant Bharat Vyas, who along with Pradeep
and Pt Narendra Sharma forms a trio of poets who veer towards pure Hindi rather
than Urdu and Hindustani.
Khandaan introduces Noorjahan, who later becomes Lata Mangeshkar’s idol and
inspiration.
Nai Duniya is Naushad’s first production and marks the recording debut of
Suraiya, then a child singer (Boot karoon main polish babu).
Shobha introduces composer Vasant Desai.
Sukhi Jeewan marks the debut of composer C Ramachandra in Hindi films after the
Telugu films Jayakkodi and Vanmohini. Later the maverick singer-composer
pioneers many trends and prolifically composes under other names (Shyamoo,
Chitalkar, Annasaheb) as well.
Zamindar introduces lyricist Qamar Jalalabadi, the first Hindu film celeb to
adopt a Muslim screen name when the trend is the exact reverse.
--Rajiv Vijaykar
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For the Aadmi song, according to the HFGK, the MD for the movie is Master
Krishnarao and the lyricist for the movie is Munshi Aziz. The HFGK lists the
song in the following manner:
Song :
A. Ab kis liye kal ki baat....Part 1(Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Punjabi)
B. Ab kis liye kal ki baat....Part 2(Hindi, Bangla and Tamil)
C. Ab kis liye kal ki baat....Part 3(Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, and Telugu)
D. Ab kis liye kal ki baat....Part 4(Hindi, Bangla and Tamil)
Further details are as follows:(Pardon the spellings)
Gujarati song: "Kansaar raakhiya dhebar taare kaaje"(Lyricist: Jeetubhai Mehta,
Composer: Not mentioned)
Punjabi song: "Vekh chambe ne paila paiiyya, motiye diya khidiya ne khushbua
(Lyricist: Abid Gulrez, Composer: Not mentioned)
Telugu song: "Manchigandh maina mallepoovu laina"(Composer and lyricist:
Professor V N Bhushan)
Bengali song: "Kholo aaji kholo nayan duvaar"(Lyricist: Shrimati N C Ganguly,
Composer : Anil Biswas)
Tamil song: "Innishe gaantiil vinaiyan nadumu" (Lyricist: Kalyanasundaram,
Composer: S. Ramamirtham)
No details are provided for the Hindi and Urdu version. I guess that means they
were written by Munshi Aziz and composed by Master Krishnarao.
Ketan
naniwadekar
<Ket...@att.net> wrote -
>
> 1939: Shanta Hublikar sings Ab kis liye kal ki baat in a record seven
languages
> (with different lyricists and composers for each) in V Shantaram's Aadmi.
>
> (More on this song at the end of the post--Ketan)
>
>
According to the hfgk, Lyricist - Anil Biswas, Music - Smt Ganguly.
It could be a misprint in the film booklet and/or hfgk. But there you
are. One Anil Biswas is stated to be its lyricist. I have been intending
to ask Hamraaz about this entry for quite some time.
The film 'Aadamii' was made in Marathi under the name 'MaaNuus'.
I don't know who wrote the lyrics but composer was the same for
both Hindi and Marathi versions - Master Krishnarao (Phulambrikar).
Shanta Hublikar had sung the Marathi counterpart of 'ab kis liye kal
kii baat' in Maanoos : 'aataa kashaalaa udyaachii baat'.
>
> Pardesi marks singer-actress Khursheed's entry into big time.
>
'Entry into big time' is a subjective phrase and Vijaykar could
be right. But Khursheed had some fabulous songs to her credit
as early as 1939 : main baag kii sundar titlee (kaun kisii kaa -
rafiq ghaznavi). 'Kaun Kisii Kaa' is not a Ranjeet film though
Khursheed's earliest songs were predonimantly under Ranjeet
Movietone's banner.
- dn
Ket...@att.net
>> Bengali song: "Kholo aaji kholo nayan duvaar"(Lyricist: Shrimati N C
>Ganguly,
>> Composer : Anil Biswas)
>According to the hfgk, Lyricist - Anil Biswas, Music - Smt Ganguly.
>It could be a misprint in the film booklet and/or hfgk.
Oops..sorry for the typo. I guess I misread it. Thanks for the correction.
Ketan
naniwadekar
>
> 'Entry into big time' is a subjective phrase and Vijaykar could
> be right. But Khursheed had some fabulous songs to her credit
> as early as 1939 : main baag kii sundar titlee (kaun kisii kaa -
> rafiq ghaznavi). 'Kaun Kisii Kaa' is not a Ranjeet film though
> Khursheed's earliest songs were predonimantly under Ranjeet
> Movietone's banner.
>
>
I was wrong about Khursheed's earliest songs being under
Ranjit's banner. (It seems the word is spelled Ranjit
Movietone, not Ranjeet.)
Issue # 115 (April 2001) of Listeners' Bulletin had
carried an article on her. Born Irshad Begum near
Lahore in 1918, she acted and sang songs in the Punjabi
Film Ishq-e-Punjab (alias Mirza Sahiban) and the Hindi
Film 'Swarg Kii SiiDhii' in Lahore in 1935. Then she
moved to Mumbai. Her earliest films include Gaibii
Sitaaraa, Shokh Dilarubaa, Ailaan-e-Jung, Kiimiyaagar,
Sipahasaalaar, Iimaan Frosh, Saaqii, Madhur Milan / Afasaanaa,
Aap kii marazii, Daughters of India, Dekhaa Jaayegaa,
Flying Raanii, Kaun Kisii Kaa, Merii Aankhen, Muraad,
Sitaaraa, Dharm Bandhan - 1940. Then she joined
Ranjit and acted/sang in Holii and Musaafir - 1940,
Beti, Pardesi, Shaadi, Chaandanii, Bhakta Surdas,
Tansen, Nurse, Mumtaaz Mahal, Shahanshah Babar,
Moorti - 1945. I think all these films were Ranjit's.
Other films were Zamiin - 1943, Prabhu kaa ghar,
Maharana Pratap, Aage Badho, Manjhdhaar, Phulwari,
Mitti. Her last Indian film was Aap Biitii - 1948.
She acted in two films in Pakistan in 1956, Fankaar
(MD - Timir Baran, a surprise for a Pakistani film)
and Mandi. Both the films flopped. She divorced
her husband Lala Yakub around 1960. She then married
Yusuf Bhai-miyan who died before her (I guess betn
1996-2000). Khursheed died on Wednesday, 18 April 2001.
The article on her in the LB issue of April 2001
was published just before her death.
- dn