Hamida Bano – Ud Ja Re Ud Ja Panchhi Pee Pee Mat Bol – Mera Khwab (1943) – Lyrics: M E Ashq We have adopted a conscious choice of selecting the songs that can easily be classified as the ones receding from the memory. Every song that Ghulam Mohammed created songs with each of this singer had the perfect mix of the singer and of the music director. The choice of singers does seem to be a function of the period in which the music for the film is composed. We will begin with an overview of Ghulam Mohammed’s career in the form of songs he has composed for different singers.
As such, in the month of his death anniversary, we commence an annual series that relives his known and less known songs.
And yet, the fact that Ghulam Mohammed got to compose music for just 37 films in a career spanning almost four decades does neither tells the full story of his caliber nor it does justice to his talent. The career of Ghulam Mohammed is littered with ironies of fate that did give him his credit for his creation, but a little too late and far too less.Įvery single piece of article written on Ghulam Mohammed would invariably focus on at least one defining characteristic. Ghulam Mohammed (1903 – 17 March 1968), born in the family of musician in Bikaner (Rajasthan), got his early training from his father, Nabi Baksh, a tabla player and a stage artist. Ghulam Mohammed and His Singers: 1943 – 1949 Hum KyoN Bataye Kisaka Hamein Intazaar Hai – Char Aanken – Narendra Sharma – Anil Biswas Main RouN Tu Rulae Jaa, Jo Chahe Jhulm Dhaye Ja – Char Aanken – Narendra Sharma – Anil Biswas Hamein Yaad Aa Rahi Hai Unaki, Bah Rahi Hawa Fagun Ki – Char Aanken – Narendra Sharma – Anil Biswasĭo Aise Vardan Prabhu, Mere Sapne Sach Ho Jaye – Char Aanken – Narendra Sharma – Anil Biswas Here we get see her in her vintage era version of a youthful actress-singer heroine. Most of our generation has seen Leela Chitnis as a (grief-stricken) mother on the screen. HFGK records Nagri Meri Kab Tak YuN Hi Barbad Rahegi as a different version of the song. Man Kahe Gabaraye…– Man Ki Jeet – Josh Malihabadi – S K PalĪye Chand Na Itarana, Aate Hai Mere Sajan -Man Ki Jeet – Bharat Vyas – S K PalĪye Chand UmmidoN Ko Meri Shama Dikha De – Man Ki Jeet – Josh Malihabadi – S K Pal With that disclaimer, the other songs available on YT are included here. From all other indications one would conclude that she is Sitara Kanapuri. Two of these five – Nagri meri kab tak yun hi barbaad rahegi and Pardesi kyun yaad aata hai – are also found in Memorable Songs of 1944. HFGK has has five songs of Man Ki Jeet credited to Sitara, but it is not clear if she is Sitara Devi, the dancer or Sitara Kanpuri, the playback singer. Since this ias a dance number, one would conclude that singer is Sitara Devi.Ĭhupake Chupake Mere Dil Mein Aaye Hai Murari – Chand – Qamar Jalalabadi – Husnlal Bhagatram Memorable Songs of 1944 has one solo song of Sitara – Mere dilruba aa ja mere dilruba (Chand). So Ja Meri Ladli So Jaa – Chal Chal Re Naujwan – Pradeep – Ghulam Haider Ho Gori Pyar Bhara Dil, Preet Ke Naina, Koi Chhupaye….Apne Balam Se Apne Sajan Se Mil Ke Aayi Ho – Chal Chal Re Naujwan – Pradeep – Ghulam Haider Laaye … Balamva Mere Liye PhooloN Ke Haar – Chal Chal Re Naujwan – Pradeep – Ghulam Haider Memorable Songs of 1944 has two Shamashad Begum solos Main Jogan Ban Jaungi….Mere Devta Lo Meri Aarti (Chal Chal Re Nujawan) and Jao Sajan Mere Harjai, Balam mohe sajan more chhedo na (Daasi, Music: Pandit Amarnath). For the year 1944, Shamshad Begum’s quantitative presence apparaently seems limited to two films, if we do not consider the songs from Panna, which HFGK notes Rajkumari clarifying that the songs were rendered by Shamshad Begum in the film but were recorded in her voice.