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Parody song is a comic song that has the same or very similar tune of a popular song but the words are changed. The earliest one I have heard is 'gaao gaao ai mere saadhoo' from MIss Frontier Mail (1936)

gaao gaao ai mere

It is based on the very popular 'jaavo jaavo ai mere saadho' from Pooran Bhagat (1933)

jaavo jaavo ai mere

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Published: 26 April 2018

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Which one was Naushad's first song? Of course, there are many answers. But we can rule out non-filmi, because he did not do that until early 80s. So, filmi. First independent film was Prem nagar (1940). Turns out he had given music to a song, which was recorded before that. So,

Listen to 1941_kanchan_bataa-do-koee-kaun.mp3

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Rafi 06

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Program guide for Lahore, Dec 22, 1938

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