Since 1999

Articles

Articles on Hindi Films

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) 

Despite many famous researchers such as Anna Morcom decalring that Saraswati Devi is the first female MD, RMIMers know better. Read about it here

Sound and Music in Hindi Talkies

Unfortunately I do not have any song with her as MD, enjoy this Meera bhajan sung by her

Bhajan by Ishrat Jehan (Bibbo)

Now you know!


 Listen to Nishan (1965)

 

 

 

This post is a tribute to many people. First the person who supplied the VHS tape to Tom Daniels, who mastered it into DVD and posted on his YouTube channel. Then Narsingh who extracted the 12 images from the video. And, above all Edu happily remembers all the wonderful time she spent in the industry and knows most of the people with whom she worked. She identified almost all the people here

 Now you know!


Bharat 13 Lata H Mangeshkar