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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Magic of Movies - 1944

The five highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1944:
1. Rattan

Rattan or Ratan is a 1944 Indian Hindi-Urdu film, directed by M. Sadiq, produced by Abdul Rashid Kardar, and starring Swaran Lata, Karan Dewan and Amir Bano. It was a highly successful movie of 1944. The film is noted as the film which made Naushad one of the top contributors to music in Indian films and enabled him to demand a fee of Rs 25,000 a film.The heroine of the movie Swaran Lata had said in a live interview with the Pakistan Television years later that the tunes of the songs of Rattan were set by the lyricist D. N. Madhok himself.
Abdul Rashid Kardar spent 75,000 rupees on production in 1944 to make Rattan. The music by Naushad Ali was such a phenomenal hit that the company earned Rs 3 lacs as royalty from Gramophone sales in the first year.
Cast
Swaran Lata as Gauri,Karan Dewan as Govind,Amir Banu as Basant Kumar,Azoorie,Chanda,Ghulab
Manju,Badri Prasad,Rajkumari Shukla,Wasti
Music
The film had music by Naushad, with lyrics by the renowned poet of the 1940s D. N. Madhok
"Akkhiyan Milake " - Zohrabai Ambalawali
"Rimjhim Barse Badarwa" - Zohrabai Ambalawali
"Hindustan Ke Hum Hain" - Mohammad Rafi
"Milke Bichhad Gayii Akkhiyan" - Amirbai Karnataki
"Jab Tum Hi Chale Pardes Laga Kar Theis" -Karan Dewan
"O janewale Balamwa" - Amirbai Karnataki and Shyam Kumar
"Jab Tum Hi Chale Pardes Laga Kar Theis"
"Pardesi Balma Baadal Aaya"
"Sawan Ke Baadalo Unn Se Yeh Jaa Kaho"- Zohrabai Ambalewali and Karan Dewan[3

2. Dost

Dost is a 1944 Bollywood film produced under the banner Navin Pictures, directed by Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. Kanhaiyalal and Maya Banerjee play the lead with Agha, Himalaya Dasani, Husn Banu, Mirza Musharraf, Motilal, Noor Jehan, Ram Pyari, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, Sherali and Varmala Kumthekar in the support cast. The film song lyrics were written by Shams Lakhnavi with music composed by Sajjad Hussain.
Cast
Kanhaiyalal,Maya Banerjee,Agha,Himalaya Dasani,Husn Banu,Mirza Musharraf,Motilal,Noor Jehan
Ram Pyari,Shaukat Hussain Rizvi,Sherali,Varmala Kumthekar
Soundtrack
Dost was the first film of Sajjad Hussain as an independent music director, and its soundtrack featured hit songs.
All lyrics written by Shams Lakhnavi; all music composed by Sajjad Hussain.
1. "Ab Kaun Hai Mera" Noor Jehan
2. "Alam Par Alam Sitam Par Sitam" Noor Jehan
3. "Badanaam Muhabbat Kaun Kare" Noor Jehan
4. "Koi Prem Ka Deke Sandesa" Noor Jehan
5. "More Sajana Aake Daras Dikha" Noor Jehan

3. Bhanwara

Bhanwara is a 1944 Indian Bollywood film. It was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1944. It was released in 1944. The film was directed by Kidar Sharma for Ranjit Movietone. It starred K. L. Saigal, Arun, Kamala Chatterjee, Monica Desai, Lala Yakub and Brijmala.
Set in the early 1940s the film, a musical comedy is about two friends who arrive in the city to find jobs.
Two friends, Pancham (K. L. Saigal) and Rekhab (Arun) have just arrived in the city. They are looking for jobs and accommodation. Pancham interested in music, finds a job in a music and dance school to teach singing. There he meets Indu, who teaches dancing to the students. She also happens to be his upstairs neighbour where he has rented a room. Indu lives there with her sister Bindu (Kamala Chatterjee). Rekhab manages to rent a room below a wrestler's (Lala Yakub) accommodation. The two friends fall in love with the two sisters. The wrestler helps Rekhab to develop his physique in order to impress his sweetheart. Through comic situations that follow, the film ends happily.
Cast
K. L. Saigal,Arun,Kamala Chatterjee,Monica Desai,Lala Yakub,Brijmala,Kesari
Music
The music was composed by Khemchand Prakash with lyrics by Kidar Sharma, and a song written each by Swami Ramanand Saraswati and Pandit Indra.
Songlist
Ye Woh Jagah Hai K. L. Saigal
Diya Jisne Dil K. L. Saigal
Hum Apna Unhe Bana Na Sake K. L. Saigal
Thukara Rahi Hai Duniya Ham Hain Ki So Rahe Hain K. L. Saigal
Muskarate Hue Yun Aankh Churaya Na Karo K. L. Saigal
Kya Hamne Bigaada Hai, Kyun Hamko Sataate Ho K. L. Saigal, Amirbai Karnataki
Duniya Ki Aankhon Se Sharmane Wale Amirbai Karnataki
Mann Ki Bazi Haar Chuka Hai Amirbai Karnataki, Arun Kumar
Teri Pee Pee Ki Pukaron Ne Amirbai Karnataki
Ye Dua Maango Hasino
Ye To Malaria Hai Arun Kumar

4. Meri Bahen

Meri Bahen also called My Sister is a 1944 Indian Bollywood film. It was the fourth highest grossing Indian film of 1944. Produced by New Theatres, Ltd. Calcutta, and directed by Hemchander Chunder, it starred K. L. Saigal, Sumitra Devi, Akhtar Jehan, Chandrabati Devi, Nawab and Tulsi Chakraborty. The music direction was by Pankaj Mullick with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan.
The film is cited as Saigal's best film at New Theatres technically. Set against the backdrop of WW II in Calcutta, it was the story of a schoolteacher and his young sister. The film followed his rise to fame as a singer and the changes in his relationships following a bomb-raid.
Cast
K. L. Saigal as Ramesh,Sumitra Devi as Krishna,Akhtar Jehan as Bimala, Ramesh's sister, Chandrabati Devi as Rekha,Tulsi Chakraborty as Choudhary
Soundtrack
The film had music composed by Pankaj Mullick assisted by Biran Bal and Hiten Bannerji, with lyrics by Pandit Bhushan. The singers were K I Saigal, Pankaj Mullick, Rekha Mullick, Vimala, Ila Ghosh and Utpala Sen. According to Vijay Ranchan,Pankaj had composed two versions of the song "Piya Milan Ko Jaana" in Kapalkundala (1939) directed by Phani Majumdar. Mullick used one version of the song in Meri Bahen in his and Ila Ghosh's voice.
Songlist
Main In Phoolon Ke Sang Vimala
Do Naina Matware Tihaare K. L. Saigal
Chhupo Naa Chhupo Naa O Pyari Sajaniya K. L. Saigal
Haay Kis But Ki Mohabbat Mein K. L. Saigal
Ae Qatib-E-Taqdeer K. L. Saigal
Suno Ek Hare Ped Ki Daali Par Rekha Mullick
Jal Jaane Do Is Duniya Ko Utpala Sen
Panchhi Kaahe Hott Udas K. L. Saigal
Piya Milan Ko Jaana Pankaj Mullick, Ila Ghosh

5. Bharthari










Bharathari is a movie directed by Chaturbhuj A. Doshi featuring Surendra Nath, Mumtaz Shanti.

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