Best songs of year

Best songs of 1941: Wrap Up 3

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And the SOY Award for the best duet of 1941 goes to? I have mentioned the special charm of duets for the variety they add to the film music. In the Vintage Era it is more pronounced as we come across many gems by singers whose names we have not heard. The long term average […]

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Best songs of 1941: Wrap Up 2

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And the SOY Award for the Best Female Singer goes to? As the readers are aware from the year-wise reviews, the female solos on the average far outnumber the male solos. In the Overview Post of the best songs of 1941, I had included 71 songs. In the Wrap Up 1  about the best male […]

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Best songs of 1941: Wrap Up 1

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And the SOY Award for the Best Male Singer goes to? In KL Saigal’s active years, the Best Male Singer was generally a one-horse race. He has sung great songs in 1941, too, in the film Lagan. Yet he is not a runaway winner. Nay, I would say with Doctor (1941) in which Pankaj Mullick […]

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Best songs of 1941

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And the winners are The regulars of SOY who have been following year-wise reviews of the best songs of the year would have noticed an interesting feature. Every vintage year was characterised by some film(s) whose music became timeless. If we had Rattan in 1944 by Naushad, we had Kismet and Tansen in 1943, and […]

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Best songs of 1942: Wrap UP 4

Gyan Dutt-Anil Biswas-Kamal Dasgupta-Ghulam Haider December 10, 2023

And the SOY Award for the Best Music Director of 1942 goes to? After the Overview Post, Wrap Up 1 of the best male solos, Wrap Up 2 of the best female solos and Wrap Up 3 of the best duets, it is time for the final Wrap Up 4 to discuss the best music […]

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Best songs of 1942: Wrap Up 3

Bhakt Surdas-Basant-Bharat Milap-Station Master November 20, 2023

And the award for the best duet of 1942 goes to? 1935 to 1946 have been years of KL Saigal dominance of the film music. Yet, there is something about duets that even in these years duets leave a lasting imprint. These include some duets in which KL Saigal is the male singer, but the […]

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Best songs of 1942: Wrap Up 1

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And the award for the Best Male Singer goes to? KL Saigal in most of his active years was a colossus and, thus, the answer to this rhetorical question was a foregone conclusion. In 1942, Saigal had just one film, Bhakt Surdas, but that was enough to make his songs etched in the memories of […]

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Best songs of 1942

Bhakt Surdas-Basant-Bharat Milap-Station Master May 8, 2023

And the winners are? As we go back more and more into vintage years there is a concern whether we would come across some familiar songs. There are indeed some undiscovered gems, but there are also many songs which have become immortal and have been part of us since the radio era. KL Saigal was […]

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Best songs of 1943: Wrap Up 4

Khemchand Prakash-Anil Biswas December 11, 2022

And the Award for the Best Music Director goes to? The year 1943 was like 1944 in many respects. Kismet became a cult hit for its novel theme; it also happened to have outstanding music by Anil Biswas. Anil Biswas also gave some excellent music in Hamari Baat. Naushad didn’t have a Rattan (1944) exactly, but he gave music […]

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Best songs of 1943: Wrap Up 3

More balapan ke sathi-Dheere dheere aa re baadal October 19, 2022

And the award for the best duet goes to? There is something about duets which make them exceptional. If you take a re-look at my Overview Post, six out of the eight ‘Special Songs’ are duets. There are just so many varieties in them. For example, the titles of Bhojan ke nazaarein hain and Main […]

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