1943

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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Best songs of 1943: Wrap Up 2

Amirbai Karnataki-Parul Ghosh-Khursheed-Kanan Devi September 19, 2022

And the Award for the Best Female Solo singer goes to ? If you browse through the Wrap Up 1 regarding the best solos of 1943, it was clearly a one-horse race with KL Saigal being the Pole Star. During Saigal-Noorjehan-era there was no female Saigal, or as I have said earlier a number of […]

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Best songs of 1943: Wrap Up 1

KL Saigal & GM Durrani May 26, 2022

The SOY Award for the Best Male Singer goes to? There are years when a competition becomes a one-horse race. That is the case with the best male singer for the year 1943. On the one hand we have the landmark film Tansen starring KL Saigal and Khursheed, on the other we have Kismet and […]

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Best songs of 1943: And the winners are?

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If 1944 was the year of Naushad’s Jewel in the Crown, Rattan, 1943 was the year of Kismet which became a cult film on the back of its music by Anil Biswas. The Master Khemchad Prakash was at the peak of his craft, and so were KL Saigal and Khursheed in the film Tansen which […]

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