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A Year in Hindi Movies 1947 Part I
1947 - Part A: Saigal and Noorjahan gone.
Saigal was born on April 11, 1904 and learnt singing
from his mother Mrs. Kesar Kaur. Made just 28 movies and
sang about 250 songs, including non-filmi songs. The
legendary singer died on January 18, 1947. His last movie
was paravaanaa, his third and last with suraiyaa. Baby
khurshiid, later known as shyaamaa played his
sister. The music was by khurshiid anvar and lyrics were
by madhok. Saigal sang five songs,
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Words like 'unsung' and 'rare' are usual very loosely on the internet. In a group on Facebook, Sajjad is called unsung! My foot! He is the most overly sung MD, in my opinion. Any photo or song is declared 'rare' or even 'rarest of the rare', even though a quick google search reveals that these have been on the internet for years! Here is one truly rare image of Raj Kapoor from the Bengali film Bari Didi.

Now you know!
Listen to Jung Aur Aman (1968)
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I cannot make out in the video if it is a Dalda tin can, but it is definitely a ghee can. Nalini Jaywant sings
Listen to 1941_bahan_06_nahin-khaate-hain-bhayyaa.mp3
Now you know!
Bharat 25 Lata Md Shafi
- Madhubala Images from Films
- Musing 6: Sunehra Baal booklet
- Musiing 86: Shama Dulari, Narsingh 689 Tunes
- Musing 408: Rafi 113. Shyam and Wife Taji
- Musing 188: Sulochana Sahebjan, Bharat 26 Lata Md Shafi Mukesh
- Musing 300: Hindi singers in Telugu, Rafi 38
- Musing 163: Tamil firsts, Lata Bharatji 01
- Musing 48: Sulochana thirsty, Zindagi Aur Maut (1965)
- Musing 186: Indurani dancing, Bharat 24 Lata Md Shafi
- Musing 11: Songs from Minister (1959)
- Musing 628: Roberto 110. 1949 and 1985.
- Musing 177: Indra Sen Johar, Bharat 15 Lata Hridyanath
- Musing 275: Lux Soap, Rafi 13
- Musing 36: W M Khan, Veer Bhimsen (1964)
- Musing 620: Roberto 103. Saiyan in Singapore.

