First Movie, suraiya Options

[maheshks]

Can some one tell me which was Suraiya's first movie and the very first
song sang by her for the hindi movies?

[unni]

Reportedly, her first acting role was as a child artiste in "TAJ MAHAL" in 1941. And a song "Boot karun mein polish" for the film "Nai-Dunia", music by Naushad, was cited as her first song, in 1942. In the same year she recorded "Panchhi Ja Peechhey Raha Hai Bachhpan Mera" in a film called "SHARDA". (Not that I'm any expert on Suraiya. The info is as per web biographies).

[maheshks]

This is what Naushad Saab says

"We were making a film for Prakash pictures and needed a girl
to play the heroine’s younger sister, someone who could sing as
well. The singer G M Durrani suggested Suraiya and one day a
young girl dressed in a frock holding her grandmother’s hand
walked into the office. The director of the film C M Lohar
asked me to take her audition. The girl had no training in music
but she was very intelligent. She sang two songs for the film
Station Master. One was a chorus yeh rail hamare ghar ki
chuk chuk, and a solo number saajan ghar aaye. It was her
debut, both as an actress and as a singer. She was just nine
years old. I introduced her to A R Kardar, in whose film Nayi
Duniya, she gave playback music for the first time. Then came
Sharda, another film by Kardar. The heroine was Mehtaab and
Suraiya gave playback for the song Panchi ja piche raha hai
bachpan mera. Her playback singing for Mehtaab became so
successful that people thought it was Mehtaab herself singing."


So if we go by his statement the movie "Station Master" should be her
first movie.

Any one can tell more about this controversy?

[unni]

Mahesh:

The quote from Naushad is more likely to be accurate. If she was just 9 years old when she first recorded a song, that would have been in 1938. Whereas the movies mentioned on the web were from 1941 and 1942.

[surhall]

Mahesh:

The quote from Naushad is more likely to be accurate. If she was just 9 years old when she first recorded a song, that would have been in 1938. Whereas the movies mentioned on the web were from 1941 and 1942.

Hello,
She sing not her some time 1939 P_D_ big man was number one all the time SM?
Thanks
surinder dhall

[bobby mudgel]

i ve all da song from station master 42 -geetkosh says there r 2 songs of suraiya in it--sajan ghar aaye and chalo chalo ri sakhi