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# Subject: Year in Hindi Films   1948 (Part 3)
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# Posted by: Surjit  Singh,  dussh@ttacs.ttu.edu
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1948 A Year in Hindi Movies Part C This is the final part of my post on 1948. Next time 1949. I goofed in the posting about aag (1948). Here is the complete entry on aag from the Geet Kosh: aag Produced by R.K. Films, Bombay, directed by Raj Kapoor, MD raam ga.Ngulii, lyricists, bahazaad laKanavii, sarasvatii kumaar diipak, majaruuh sultanapurii. Players: Raj Kapoor, nargis, kaaminii kaushal, nigaar, kamal kapuur, indumatii, premanaath, vishva meharaa, b. m. vyaas, shashiraaj. Songs: 1. rab mere, araj sun merii - mukesh, shailesh, chorus 2. kahii.n kaa diipak - shamashaad, shailesh 3. zinda huu.N is tarah - mukesh 4. raat ko jii chamake.n taare - shamashaad, mukesh 5. naa aa.Nkho.n me.n aa.nsuu - shamashaad 6. kaahe koyal shor machaaye re - shamashaad 7. solah bars kii bhaii umariyaa - shamashaad, rafii, chorus 8. dil TuuT gayaa jii chhuuT gayaa - shamashaad The lyricist for 1 and 2 is diipak, for 4 is majaruuh and bahazaad for all the rest. gajare Starring suraiyaa and motiilaal, it was MD'ed by anil bisvaas. I have heard 3 songs, "duur papiihaa bolaa", "jalane ke sivaa aur kyaa hai yahaa.N", by suraiyaa and "kab aavoge baalamaa, baras baras badalii bhii bikhar gaii" by lata. gunjan The last movie directed by Virendra Chimanlal Desai, husband of Nalini Jaywant. He directed 9 movies, among which are Saigal's Gramophone Singer (1938), Mukesh's Nirdosh (1941). In gunjan, Nalini Jaywant sang 6 out of 9 songs under Ashok Ghosh's music direction. hiir raanjhaa The first movie of Kayyaam, in which he collaborated with varmaajii to give music for 6 songs out of 11. Among the songs are, "shaharo.n me.n se shahar sunaa thaa, shahar sunaa laahor" by umaa devii and chorus, and "dil bujhaa jaataa hai, naashaad huaa jaataa hai" by Geeta. Use the automailer for more info on Kayyaam. jharanaa Produced and directed by Protima Dasgupta, Hindi actress, producer and director, educated in England and Shantiniketan. This movie was banned by Morarjibhai for what he opined were sexually explicit scenes, upon which the movie flopped and Protima retired from the cinema. kalpanaa Produced and directed by Uday Shankar (brother of Ravi Shankar), the most well-known modern dancer of India. It took 4 years and was shot in the Gemini Studios, where chandralekhaa was also made. The choreography became a model for the dream sequence in Awara (1951) and many others. Padmini, one of the famous Travancore trio (other 2 are Ragini and Lalitha), debuted in this movie. khi.Dakii Santoshi's social was the first time Lata sang with shamashaad, mohanataaraa and chorus in the song, "Kushiyaa.N mana-en kyo.n naa ham". C Ramchandra gave the music. mandir When nandaa's father vinaayak died, Dinkar D. Patil finished the movie. Lata and nandaa both acted in the movie, but shantaa aapTe was the star. melaa Has 12 beautiful songs by naushaad and shakiil. Their best film this year starred Dilip and Nargis. I can listen to these for ever. 1. dharatii ko aakaash pukaare - shamashaad, mukesh 2. dharatii ko aakaash pukaare - shamashaad 3. parades balam tum jaaoge, kaho merii - shamashaad 4. Gam kaa fasaanaa kisko - shamashaad 5. mohan kii muraliyaa baaje, sun Thes - shamashaad 6. taqdiir banii ban kar biga.Dii - shamashaad 7. aaii saavan rut aaii, sajan moraa - shamashaad, mukesh, chorus 8. mai.n bhanvraa tuu hai phuul - shamashaad, mukesh 9. meraa dil to.Dane vaale mere dil kii - shamashaad, mukesh 10. gaaye jaa giit milan ke, tuu apanii - mukesh 11. phir aah dil se nikalii - zoharaabaaii 12. ye zingdagii ke mele, duniyaa me.n - rafii nadiyaa ke paar I like this Dilip-Kaushal starrer directed by Kishor Sahu for Filmistan. This was the last movie of Kayoum Mamajiwala Gohar, the star of silent screen, born in Lahore in 1910, died in 1985. She was a child star. Later lived together with Chandulal Shah, the famous mogul of Ranjit Movies. Lata and Chitalkar had their first duet, "o gorii o chhorii kahaa.N chalii ho" for this movie. The most famous song is, "more raajaa ho, le chal nadiyaa ke paar" by Rafi and Lalita Deulkar, future wife of sudhiir pha.Dake. pyaar kii jiit Wow, another hit musical from the team of husnalaal- bhagataraam, starring suraiyaa. The first movie of director O. P. Dutta, father of J. P. Dutta of Gulaamii (1985) fame. When I listen to these songs on my car cassette player, the tape gets worn out. 1. kabhii panaghaT pe aajaa - suraiyaa, miinaa, surinder kaur, chorus 2. rut rangeeli hai suhani raat hai - suraiya, miina, surinder kaur, chorus 3. tere naino.n ne chorii kiyaa - suraiyaa 4. o duur jaane vaale vaadaa naa - suraiyaa 5. koii duniyaa me.n hamaarii tarah - suraiyaa 6. mai.n apane dil ke haatho.n - surinder kaur, raam kamalaanii 7. ik dil ke tuka.De hazaar hu-e - rafii 8. itane duur hai.n huzuur, kaise - surinder kaur Wow again. The last solo was surinder kaur's first Hindi movie song. rangiin zamaana or ajiit Produced and directed by Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani, it was India's second color film. It was, however, the first to be shot on Kodachrome 16mm film and blown up to 35mm in US. Bhavnani, born in 1903, studied at the College of Technology in Manchester, then at UFA in Berlin. He worked with Kohinoor and Imperial before forming his own companies. After this movie, he joined Information Films of India (later Films Division) and directed many documentaries. By the way, this was the first movie as a hero for premanaath, Raj's saalaa. Bhavanani made no more features after ajiit. seharaa The first movie for the MD, S. Mohinder. It featured in the leading roles the singing pair nirmalaa (Govinda's mom) and aruN ahuujaa (Govinda's pop). They sang 2 duets, she sang 5 solos. Even Mohinder Singh sang a song, "ai dil u.Daa ke le chal". Nirmalaa, who was also the mother of producer- director kiirti kumaar, was born on June 7, 1928 and died on June 15, 1996. She debuted in K. B. Lal's saveraa (1942) in which shobhanaa smarth and aruN ahuujaa were stars. She learnt singing from her father and then from ba.De Gulaam alii Kaan. She became known as a famous Thumarii gaayikaa after she retired from movies in 1959. shahiid Dilip excels as the rebel hero, with kaaminii kaushal as heroine. Lila Chitnis played mother for the first time here. Has good songs by Gulaam haidar, the most memorable being, "aa jaa bedardii baalamaa koii ro ro pukaare" by Geeta and, "badanaam naa ho jaaye muhabbat kaa fasaana" by surinder kaur. A duet with lata and madan mohan was recorded but not used in the movie. shikaayat jaa.N nisaar aKtar wrote songs for the first time for this movie. I do not know which. suhaag raat giitaa baali became a famous movie star after this movie directed by Kidar Sharma. She plays a suffering village maiden, who is delightfully unsophisticated. Bharat Bhooshan, who had earlier shot to fame as Bhakt Kabir was saved from starvation because of this movie. People wanted him to do more dhaarmik movies after kabiir and he refused, thus leaving him a very poor married actor. vidyaa Great music by S. D. Burman in this Dev-Suraiyaa social. I enjoy the suraiyaa solo, "kise maaluum thaa do din me.n saavaan biit jaayeegaa", the suraiyaa-mukesh duet, "laaii Kushii kii duniyaa, hansatii huii javaanii", the lailta solo, "pyaar ban ke mujh pe koii chhaaa gayaa, chhaa gayaa re", and the amiirbaaii numbers, "jiivan jyoti bujhatii jaaye", "bhagavan tere sansaar ke hai.N khel niraale", "merii muniyaa.n kii akhiyan me.n tuu aa jaa". The biin effect in the last song, a lorii, is very soothing. I never listen to it when I am driving. ************************************************************ Thus ends 1948. My sources are the usual, with one new one: Directory of Indian Film-Makers and Films, compiled and edited by Sanjit Narwekar, published by Greenwood Press in 1994. Excellent first-hand source on Indian directors. Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
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