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Published: 08 October 2017

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Earliest song in which I hear both the singers laughing. The song is sung by Anil Biswas and Sardar Akhtar. Although both are in the cast of the film, HFGK says that the male on-screen is Pramod Chandra. I am sure it is Anil Biswas himself doing the laughing here, because the song is from the 78 record. The words are 'saaqee ho, sahan-e-baaGh ho, abr-e-bahaar ho, pahaloo men tum'. Obviously an Urdu translation of the famous rubaayi by tentmaker (and poet) Omar Khayyaam! I know one more song with a slightly different translation from the original Persian. I will point it out when we reach 1964 :)

1936 Piya Ki Jogan Song

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Listen to Shera Daku (1966) 

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Published: 07 October 2017

Last Updated: 07 October 2017

First time for Shahu Modak and Shanta Apte. Interesting info in this ad from the Indian Express, Madras Edition, Jan 6, 1933. People ask why HFGK does not have release dates? Two main reasons, there is no universal documentation for release dates, and, it changes from city to city. We can see from here that it played at the Kinema Central, Madras from Jan 7, 1933. We also see that it had been running in Bombay for 21 weeks before that. In fact, I have read that it ran for 25 weeks in Bombay.   

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Listen to Preet Na Jane Reet (1966) 

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Published: 06 October 2017

Last Updated: 06 October 2017

This is the earliest song in which there is a long intro and the interludes are also long.

Maya (1936) Aj Sakhi Ayi

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 Listen to Kunwari (1966)