History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ Exhibition of 'approved' propaganda films made compulsory under Defence of India Rules 44A.
¤ Kismet one of the biggest hits in Indian Film history is released. It ran continuously for 196 weeks at Chitra, Calcutta. All were regular shows!
¤ Rajkamal Kala Mandir's first film 'Shakuntala' released.
¤ Mahatma Gandhi watched 'Ram Rajya', the only film in his life time.
¤ Information Films of India started.
Hamari Baat: M I Dharamsi
Jayraj, Devika Rani, David
Tansen: Jayant Desai
K L Saigal, Khursheed
Kismat: Gyan Mukherjee
Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti
Naadan: Zia Sarhadi
Noor Jahan, Maya Devi
Ram Rajya: Vijay Bhatt
Shobhna Samarth, Prem Adib
Taqgeer: Mehboob
Nargis, Motilal, Chandramohan
Dheere Dhere Aa Re Badal : Kismat
Arun Kumar, Amirbai
Door Hato Ae Duniya Walon : Kismat
Amirbai
Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare : Nai Kahani
G M Durrani
Aaye Bhi Wo Gaye Bhi Wo : Namaste
Parul Ghosh
Gadi Wale Dupatta Uda Jaye : Poonji
Shamshad Begum
Ghat Ghanghor Ghor : Tansen
Khursheed
Total Films Released : 161
Hindi : 106 Bengali : 21 Tamil : 13
Telugu : 6 Marathi : 7 Others: 8
Van Shipley
Van Shipley is credited with being the first electric guitarist in India. He composed music for films, and was one of the first musicians to release independent albums of instrumental renditions of Hindi film songs. 1943 he joined Husnlal Bhagatram as music assistant, later he moved to Bombay. He worked on the background score of Barsaat, Aawara. His first independent record was released in 1962.
