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[maheshks]

Urzung Sir and Maheshbhai,

Here is the song from the movie Sanjog(1943). One of the earliest playback singing

of Suraiya.

UDTEY HUYE PANCHHI KAUN INKO BATAAYE

JO PASS MAIN BAITTHEN HAIN DIL UNKA HUYA JAAYE

SINGERS SURAIYA AND NOOR MOHD CHARLIE

SONG PICTURISED ON MEHTAB AND NOOR MOHD CHARLIE

MUSIC NAUSHAD

LYRICS DINA NATH MADHOK

[urzung khan]

Urzung Sir and Maheshbhai,

Here is the song from the movie Sanjog(1943). One of the earliest playback singing

of Suraiya.

UDTEY HUYE PANCHHI KAUN INKO BATAAYE

JO PASS MAIN BAITTHEN HAIN DIL UNKA HUYA JAAYE

SINGERS SURAIYA AND NOOR MOHD CHARLIE

SONG PICTURISED ON MEHTAB AND NOOR MOHD CHARLIE

MUSIC NAUSHAD

LYRICS DINA NATH MADHOK

Sincere thanks. NMC, the famous comedian was cast here as hero. He
used to sing his own songs. Migrated to PK, worked in a couple of
films and was heard no more.

[Ummer]

Here is a write-up on Noor Mohammed Charlie written by Zulqarnain Shahid (Pakistani film journalist - nephew of Indian singer Talat Mahmood).

"Palat Tera dhyan kidhar hail"... it was a typical honk of the champion comic of the pre-Partition Indian cinema. Noor Mohammad Charlie made a great splash in the sea of the Indian cine kingdom, when he entered the fray with his own zany jokes and word variations, apart from his pet phrases and lingual zigzaggers. It is an undeniable fact that Muslims have dominated the humor department in the Indian film industry over the 73 years history of the talkies, including Yaqoob, Noor Mohammd Charlie, Mirza Musharraf Agha, Johnny Walker, Mehmood, Ghauri, A. Shah Shikarpuri and others. About Noor Mohammad Charlie, you could say that with his own distinct style, he was the most hilarious doctor of the best medicine.

Noor Mohammad belonged to the Memon community, and like many young men of his age, he was a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. He loved to walk and talk with Chaplin's style and even had a tiny moustache like his ideal artiste from Hollywood. Those were the days when the world was overwhelmed by the incredible talent of Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy, The Three Stooges, Butt Abbott & Costellou, Norman Wisdom and many others. As the World Wars ravaged the world in the first half of the 20th century, the people thronged to the cinema to forget and drown their sorrows in laughter and fun. In India, a similar trend was in the offing, and Charlie just swept away the people with his style of talking and his funny gongs, making noises that were new to the sub continent, and acting in a way that tickled the generations emerging out of the gloom of the British Rule. Elephanta Movies produced Pak Daman Raqqasa, directed by B. R. Oberoi, in 1932, and introduced this most peculiar young character Baba Charlie, with nudges, prods and his individual hairstyle that took the nation by storm.

In those days, the comics believed in the body language, as did Charlie. But, apart from that his gift of the gab stood him in good stead. Lala Yaqoob, Ghauri and Dixit were already famous before Charlie, but he left many of them behind with his innovation and hilarity. Zarina was released in 1932 too, where he had an early run in with Yaqoob, where Jaal Merchant and Zubeida did the lead. Later, films like Chandarhasa, Premi Pagal, Nadra, Farzand e Hind, Toofan Mail, College Girl, Raat Kee Rani, Secretary, Thokar etc were released, which made Charlie a remarkable artiste of the subcontinent. It's generally thought that his best character acting was reserved for the Ranjeet Movietone, which was the film company of famous maker, Chandulal Shah. He even played the lead in some of the humorous movies, including Chand Tara, where he was partnered by Sauran Lata, very famous in those days, Ghazal, where Leela Chitnis was his heroine, and Dulha, with Chandr Prabha.

When he came to Pakistan, Charlie was almost at the end of his popularity and career, and worked in almost a dozen Urdu, Sindhi and Punjabi movies. His first film released in Pakistan was Agha G. A Guys Punjabi film, Mundri, in 1949, which was directed by Daud Chand. It was quite a hit to boost up the local cinema in its formative years. Ragni and Ilyas Kashmiri were the leading artistes of the film. In Nazeer Ajmeri’s Beqarar, he played his light hearted role to the hilt and was applauded all the way. Similarly, in Ataullah Hashmi's Akeli, in 1951, he was a sidekick of Santosh, whose leading lady was Ragni. In 1956, the first ever Sindhi film, Umar Marvi was released in Pakistan, by Fazlani and Sheikh Hasan, where Nighat Sultana and Fazlani did the lead, and Charlie had a characteristic role of this famous folk tale. In J. C. Anand's Miss '56, he acted alongside Meena Shoori, Santosh, Aslam Parvez and Shamim Ara. Fazlani's Sindhi film, Pardesi was released in 1958, which had Charlie enacting a lovely role of a clever villager. Another Sindhi film the same year, Parai Zameen, also starred Charlie. Sharon Kee Dunya, the same year was a flop, and showed that Charlie was definitely .

Charlie worked in Lollywood even after both superstars, Waheed Murad and Munawwar Zareef
had made their debuts in the early 1960s. In 1965, he did the lead in a funny film by Aslam Irani, called Pilpili Sahab, which had the lead role for him opposite Naghma. He did well enough, with a young Munawwar Zareef playing a smaller crony by his side. Fazlani's Urdu film, Ustadon Ke Ustad, which appeared in 1967, also had Charlie probably his last film. His son, Latif Charlie has been
a famous character actor on the silver screen, and has played various roles in
films like Doraha, Pyar Kee Jeet, Raaz etc. Charlie himself shifted to America, and came back to Pakistan just before his death.

[mahesh]

thanks maheshbhai for the video song and ummer for the informative article on noor mohd. charlie.
regards,
mahesh

[Ummer]

Here is a video of superhit song from very old Pakistani film Gumnaam (1954).

Tou lakh chali re gorie tham tham kai
Payal mein geet hain chham chham kai

Singer :- Iqbal Bano
M/D :- Master Inayat Hussain
Picturized on :- Seema and Sabiha Khanum

[mohd2004]

Thanks Mahesh Bhai for the Sanjog video.

Million thanks Umer for the Iqbal Bano Video song, one of the best songs of Lollywood.

Mohd.

[mahesh]

hi ummer ,
thanks for the rare video clip.
pl. have a look at my wish list in suraiya sub-forum.i think you have some of those songs.pl try to ul them if you find time.
regards,
mahesh

[Ummer]

Here is a video clip of another superhit song of its time "Aayey mausam rangelay suhaney" sung by Zubeda Khanum for pakistani film Saath Lakh. It is considered as one of her greatest hits.

Aayey mausam rangeelay suhaney, jiya nahin maney
Tu chitthi lai kai aaja balma

Film :- Saath Lakh (1957) - Pakistani
Singer :- Zubeda Khanum
M/D :- Rashid Attre
Picturized on :- Neelo (Santosh Kumar and Sabiha Khanum are also seen in this song).

[Ummer]

hi ummer ,
thanks for the rare video clip.
pl. have a look at my wish list in suraiya sub-forum.i think you have some of those songs.pl try to ul them if you find time.
regards,
mahesh

Mahesh, I will upload suraiya's songs soon.

[maheshks]

Ummer Bhai thanks for the nice uploads.

Here is a beautiful gem

AI DIL NA MUJHE YAAD DILA BAATEN PURANI

singers mohd rafi and shamshad begum

movie sawan aya re (1949)

music khemchand prakash

song picturised on kishor sahu and ramola

[maheshks]

This one is for the fans of Noorjehan

DIL LEKE MUKAR NA JANA

NAAZUK HAI BAHUT JAMANA

movie LAL HAVELI(1944)

singers NOORJEHAN AND SURENDERNATH

music MEER SAHEB

lyrics SHAMS LUCKNAVI

song is picturised on noorjehan and surendernath

[shuklas]

Mahesh Jee :

Thanks for above upload.Thanks so much.Hope to see you uploading video song of Gawaiya.....teri yad ka dipak jalta hai...in brand new year.

Wish you all very happy new year.

Shuklas

[Ummer]

Ummer Bhai thanks for the nice uploads.

Here is a beautiful gem

AI DIL NA MUJHE YAAD DILA BAATEN PURANI

singers mohd rafi and shamshad begum

movie sawan aya re (1949)

music khemchand prakash

song picturised on kishor sahu and ramola

Hello Mahesh Bhai,
Thanx for the video version of this song. This song is available on Shamshad Begum - Golden Collection (2 CD set). I didnt know that this song was background number. Do you have other songs from this movie? If yes, can you upload audio or video versions of those songs.

Btw, I dont know who decided to cast Kishore Sahu as hero.

[Ummer]

Here is another rare video from Pakistani Film Naukar (1955). This was Swaran Lata's most famous film in Pakistan (Pakistan's second golden jubilee hit after Sassi (1954)). Her most famous film in Pre-Partition India was Rattan (1944) (a video song of which was uploaded by Mahesh Bhai sometime ago), which is still considered as one of the biggest hits of Bollywood and established Naushad's reputation as Music Director.

Music Director was G.A. Chisthi who was guru of music director Khaiyyam, and Khaiyyam mentioned him several times in his interviews. G.A. Chisthi was the most prolific music director of Pakistan in the first 25 years of Pakistani Cinema, composing for more than 100 movies.

By some magazines this film is also regarded as the debut of Playback singer Kauser Perveen, which is not right because she sang earlier for Gumnaam (1954). However, she got her first break through this film by singing the famous lorie "Raj dulare meri akhiyoun kai tarey, tujh pai warie warie jaoun". The film version was sung by Munawwar Sultana, but Kauser's version remains famous till today.

Here is a very nice sad song sung by Kauser Perveen for Swaran Lata.

Song :- Laga di aag kiyoun maalik, meray aashiyanai mein
Maza milta hai kiya tujhko dil kai dukhanai mein

Singer :- Kauser Perveen
M/D :- G.A. Chisthi
Film :- Naukar (1955)
Picturized on :- Swaran Lata.

[maheshks]

MAINE DEKHI JAG KI REET

MEET SAB JHOOTHE PAD GAYE

singers mukesh and shamshad begum

movie sunehere din (1949)

music gyan dutt

lyrics dina nath madhok

song picturised on rehana and raj kapoor