Hemesha Jawaan Geet

Khawar Saab

There seems to be an issue with the songs speed - especially in the earlier part of the song. I think its a little slow...

I too believe that Kamal Dasgupta (and also Kanan Devi) didn't migrate to Bombay unlike some of the names, I mentioned in my previous post. Yet there are movies like Bindiya (1946), Zameen Aasman (1946) and Manmaani (1947) for whom he composed music which were not only produced under Bombay based banners but also their artistes and directors were always based in Bombay. It is possible that Kamal Dasgupta as also lyrics writer Faiyaz Hashmi, another Calcutta based personality mostly associated with Kamal Dasgupta, were both retained by some of the Bombay based producers to write lyrics and compose music for their films which they did out of Calcutta as even the playback singers (Kalyani Das, Hemant Mukherjee, Anima Dasgupta etc) who sang all the songs in these movies were also based in Calcutta.

The strange case is that of Arabian Nights (1946) which was produced under a Bombay based banner but its artistes (Kanan Devi, Nawab, Robin Muzumdar, etc) as also the director were all Calcutta based. May be the movie was produced in Calcutta and its rights were later bought by a Bombay based company.

Pradeep

This post has been edited by pradeepasrani: Jul 18 2010, 10:09 PM

Very valuable information from pradeep sahib re NT era. Here is another song from Amiri...Khawar

Now we move to lata's Punjabi Gem from lacchi. another of my favourite! Absolutely brilliant!!Khawar

Dear Khawarsaab,

Thank you for thinking of me and posting this song. I am honored and pleased.

Prabhakar

I did not notice it. may be the speed was less than 78rpm, during record play??
Here is a beautiful song by Khan Mastana who sung many songs during 1940-1950 but some how never attained the fame associated with Talat, rafi, mukesh, hemant & kishore.
This song is composed by Shyam Sundar....Khawar

The Khan mastana song is of 3.55 min @128kbps.

Here I post an incomplete duet of lata from unreleased film Amar samadhi (1960) composed by Vasant Desai. It is requested if any body can upload the complete version & other songs from the same movie...khawar

What a lovely composition by Shyam Sunder! Thanks Khawar Saab

I've always wondered what happened to Shyam Sunder and Gyan Dutt that they disappeared from HFM after attaining such heights and compose so many gems. Did they die young or simply retire? There is no information on the internet...I'd be interested if you or any other member can shed some light on these two musical geniuses who are not remembered as well as they should be...

An everlasting gem sung by Kalyani and written by Fayyaz Hashmi. It is interesting that Fayyaz sahib is still living in karachi ~ 92 years old. I dont remember the composer of Zameen aasmaan. khawar
3.54 min @128kbps

Responding to the queries of Khawar and Faraaj in the above two posts, MD of Zameen Aasman was Kamal Dasgupta. Shyam Sunder indeed died prematurely in 1953 while he was at the peak of his prowess and was composing music for Alif Laila. Madan Mohan stepped in to complete the music composition for the movie. Gyan Dutt simply faded away in 50s, much like Anil Biswas, Husnlal Bhagatram, Bulo C.Rani, Hansraj Behl, etc in 60s. He did get a few assignments for a few movies between mid - 50s and mid - 60s. Possibly his last assignment was Janam Janam Ke Saathi, released in 1965.

Pradeep

This post has been edited by pradeepasrani: Jul 23 2010, 01:15 PM

Thanks for the info Pradeep Sahab. I did read somewhere that Shyam Sunder died prematurely but what you say confirms that. Its interesting and sad to hear about true musical genius like Gyan Dutt simply fading away...the last albums of his I've heard are from Sunehre Din '49 and Dilruba '50...were his later songs not that good?

A duet of hemant kumar with kalyani (1947) from Calcutta film Faisla. duration 2.59 min @128kbps...Enjoy
Khawar
If somebody can upload other songs from this film in good recording.

Khawar Saheb,

This is an excellent thread. Each of the song posted here is a gem. Thanks a lot for sharing them.

Sincere regards,

-- Rajan

Here is a parul ghosh_panalaal ghosh combination from film Beesvi shaadi.
Duration is 2.50 min @128 kbps....There are only few songs available composed by pannalaal ghosh....khawar