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Lata - Mere Tumhare Beech Mein Ab To Na Parbat Na Sagar - Jhuk Gaya Aasman



This post has been edited by sani_thakur: Sep 19 2005, 11:25 AM

If I am not mistaken, this song is totally different from Malika's.

Jay

Absolutely! The Mallika Pukhraj song is a classic of lyricism. The Lata-ji song is replete with nostalgia for old-time listeners of Radio Ceylon.

For a change of pace! For a change of time and style and mood!

Unni

I have found that in any discussion of old hits by the, lets say, more mature members of this forum, the name Radio Ceylon frequently crops up. I have not seen any mention of All India Radio or any other radio station in India itself.

Was Radio Ceylon in Sri Lanka beaming its program to residents of India and doing a much better job in playing the hits of those days than the Indian radio stations?

I spent a month in Bombay on a training program 25 years ago, and while I have many wonderful memories of that trip, one downer was you had nothing worthwhile to watch on the old Doordarshan TV. Everytime you turned on the station, there would be someone talking about some rural development program somewhere. The radio station was no better either but then maybe I was switching on at the wrong times!


Anil

For Priya - consider it a very belated Birthday gift - but it was a thought and I am glad I could get an opportunity to act on it, albeit late.
Agar dilbar ki ruswayee hamein manzoor ho jayen, sanam tu bewafa ke naam se mashoor ho jaye, Khilona (1970). LP, Anand Bakshi. This is a DVD rip courtesy Mohd ji and has a couple of minutes of music initially. I thought it best to upload this longer version. Don't remember what Mumu looked like in this mujra, but she must've been a live wire for sure!

YES YES YES. Radio Ceylon was the original pioneer of spreading hindi film music to all parts of India - from Jalahalli to Jhumritalaiyah. In addition, one of the most popular radio programs of those days was the Binaca Geetmala conducted by the famous Ameen Sayani - and this was hosted on Radio Ceylon on Wednesdays from 8-9 pm - and the whole of India (interested in HFM) used to listen in. This program apparently ran for 39 years since it started in 1952 !! ( I stopped listening after the mid seventies, though). I lived in Calcutta in my younger days 50s/60s...and Radio Ceylon was my staple diet in those days. They also had a channel for western music.

Vividh Bharati from All India Radio came later ..maybe early sixties - started gaining ground towards the mid/late 60s, i think, and slowly established itself with the help of medium wave transmission....and then gradually Radio Ceylon faded out in importance. But for us old-timers ... Radio Ceylon will always hold a very special place in our hearts - the Binaca Geetmala, the K L Saigal song just prior to 8am ..the film trailers .. and so much more !! Just the mention of the name is enough to transport us back to those memorable days !!

Sri

For Sutradhaar ji

Main janti hoon, Mem Didi (1961), with Mukeshji. Music :Salil da, Lyrics: Shailendra.
3:59 mins @ 128
Courtesy Unni ji (Big surprise )



It's been edited for tape hiss I expect.

Sri


Thanks for that background information. Appreciate it.


Anil

This song from "Pyaar kiye ja" also has the voice of Mahendra Kapoor
humming in the middle. The film was a remake of an extreeeeeemely
popular Tamil film "Kaadhalikka neramillai" which had excellent music.
Of all the songs in the remake, this is the only one IMO that came
close to capturing the beauty of the music in the Tamil original.

Some recollections about Radio Ceyon were posted here:

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...5&hl=radio+days

In the early days of TV (black & white) in the late 60's/ early 70's, a city-dweller would come back home in the evening, tired after a long day's work, switch on the TV, and discover that the only channel available was showing "Krishi Darshan" --- telling you how much fertilizer to put in your fields! That sums up the attitude of state-run media.

In the early day of radio broadcasting their approach was the same. Entertainment had no place, and AIR was primarily used to broadcast news, propaganda and impart "education". At best they offered classical and folk music, plus their own studio recordings. Film music was considered "cheap" and "vulgar", forbidden in the hallowed portals of AIR!

Radio Ceylon capitalized on this and offered a popular substitute in the form of a commercial service ("vyapar vibhag") with sponsored programs recorded in Bombay and broadcast from Colombo. Songs from films made in Bombay and Madras were not played on Indian radio --- Indian listeners had to tune in to a foreign station to hear them!

Radio Ceylon broadcast a Tamil program every evening, apart from their Hindi programs in the morning and evening.

My earliest memory of a film song heard over the radio is Geeta-ji's "Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu" on Binaca Geetmala --- late 50's.

The Mallika Pukhraj's version was written by the great Hafiz Jallandhari who
later on wrote the national anthem of Pakistan. Lata's song was signature tune
of the Radio Ceylon's programme "Hamesha Jawan Geeton ka programme".

I have posted a beautiful article for old Radio Ceylon lovers..a really nostalgic one.

Read here

http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...=0&#entry162611