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Published: 01 September 2017

Last Updated: 09 September 2017

Even though the sthaaee-antaraa tradition became a fashion in the late forties, it would be wrong to say taht it never happened in the 30s. Listen to jaavo 2 ai mere saadhoo by K C Dey from Pooran Bhagat (1933) here

http://hindi-films-songs.com/khawar-063.html

annd you find him repeating the refrain after every verse. Still there are no interludes.

Now you know!

Listen to Gyara Hazar Ladkiyan (1962) 

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Published: 31 August 2017

Last Updated: 04 September 2017

From the book Behind The Curtain by G D Booth:

Shankar Indorkar: He [Rahman] says, “Just you play something. Play
anything. Just open the cor anglais and play something.” I didn’t understand.
I say, “What key? At least tell me something!” But he says, “Play
anything, whatever you want.” So I played something, nothing, just something.
Maybe half an hour. From low to high on both instruments (oboe
and English horn). Whatever I could think. And he just recorded everything.
So it got to be about two o’clock in the morning, and then he says,
“Okay, pack up.” I didn’t understand what was going on. He paid me, and
I went back [to Mumbai]. And after that he never called me. Because he
had all my sounds. So you could say he has me.

I guess that's post-modern creativity :)

Now you know!

 I do have about 2,000 more songs from 1931-1960 to post. Trying to get permission from the friend who gave them to me. In the meantime, posting songs from films.

Listen to Ankh Micholi (1962) 

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Published: 30 August 2017

Last Updated: 04 September 2017

Jyoti is Bindu's Mom

Har Mandir Singh sent me all the special issues of Nai Duniya (Indore) and in one of them it said that Jyoti was Bindu's mother. Har Mandir also has a rule about having two independent sources. Luckily a very knowledgeable friend confirmed it. So, I mentioned it on RMIM. Somebody quickly pointed out that Jyoti, who acted in Aurat (1940) was married to G M Durrani. More research showed that Bindu's mom was actually Jyotsna Desai, a stage actress. I immediately accepted my mistake.

What about the 2 independent sources? Turns out that my friend had spent lots of time in Indore and his source was the same magazine that had the mistake!

Now you know!

 Dharti Ke Lal (1946)