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A lot of people (including me) think that Cinema is a modern art for. However, the people involved in the business keep remind us how much money they made or lost. You may not be surprised to learn from an old book on Indian Theater the following.
A quotation from the owner of a theatrical
company, when a suggestion was made to improve the literary quality of
his plays,
ham yahaan rupayaa paidaa karne aaye hain, kuchh
saahitya bhanDaar bharne naheen. deshoddhaar aur
samaaj-sudhaar kaa Thekaa ham ne naheen le rakkhaa.
hamen to jismen rupayaa milegaa wahee karenge.
which means,
We have come here to make money, not to add to the
literary treasure. Uplift of the country and social
improvements are not solely our duty. We will do what
makes money.
Now you know!
Listen to Jay's BCSP 20190724
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In the early early talkies, males had to play female roles also, because the acting had a bad reputation and no respectable female would come forward. When they did, men did not like it. Kamlabai in an interview
Now you know!
Listen to Purnima (1965)
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From the book Behind The Curtain by G D Booth:
Shankar Indorkar: He [Rahman] says, “Just you play something. Play
anything. Just open the cor anglais and play something.” I didn’t understand.
I say, “What key? At least tell me something!” But he says, “Play
anything, whatever you want.” So I played something, nothing, just something.
Maybe half an hour. From low to high on both instruments (oboe
and English horn). Whatever I could think. And he just recorded everything.
So it got to be about two o’clock in the morning, and then he says,
“Okay, pack up.” I didn’t understand what was going on. He paid me, and
I went back [to Mumbai]. And after that he never called me. Because he
had all my sounds. So you could say he has me.
I guess that's post-modern creativity :)
Now you know!
I do have about 2,000 more songs from 1931-1960 to post. Trying to get permission from the friend who gave them to me. In the meantime, posting songs from films.
- First Decade RMIM article
- Musing 172: Damroo again, Bharat 10 Lata Bahl
- Musing 14: Bindu and Jyoti, Dharti Ke Lal
- Musing 420: Rafi 125. Box Office 1927
- Musing 71: Koee Hamdam Na Rahaa, Devi (1970)
- Musing 109: Lata did loses case, Narsingh 711
- Musing 58: Madhubala biggest, Ghar Ka Chiragh (1967)
- Musing 116: Animal voices, Eddie Billimoria, Narsingh 718
- Musing 216: Khurshid Anwar Birthday, Bharat 54 Lata Sudhir Phadke
- Musing 347: Krishan Chandar on Lahore Radio Station 1938, Classical Dhrupad 12
- Musing 43:Parody Song, Sati Nari (1965)
- Musing 299: Coachvaan, Rafi 37
- Musing 380: Woody and Sanjeev, Rafi 87
- Musing 411: rafi 116. sarakaar-e-madeenaa
- Musing 246: So ja rajkumar, Rafi 04
