Down The Melody Lane

History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell

1952

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¤ First International Film Festival held in India traveling to Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Madras.

¤ Parliament passed the Cinematograph Act of 1952 replacing 1918 Act though with little changes.

¤ Filmfare claiming to be 'first serious effort in film journalism in India' launched.

¤ West Pakistan banned import of Indian Films.

¤ Bombay Talkies ceased its production.

Popular Films

Baiju Baawra: Vijay Bhatt
Bharat Bhushan, Meena Kumari

Aan: Mehboob
Prem Nath, Dilip Kumar, Nadira

Daag: Amiya Chakraborty
Nimmi, Dilip Kumar, Chandrashekhar

Jaal: Guru Dutt
Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, K N Singh

Anand Math: Hemen Gupta
Geeta Bali, Prithviraj, Bharat Bhushan

Bewafa: M L Kumar
Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Ashok Kumar

Popular Songs

Dil Me Chhupa Ke Pyar : Aan
Mohd. Rafi

Ye Raat Ye Chandni : Jaal
Hemant Kumar

Aei Mere Dil Kahin Aur : Daag
Talat Mahmood

Mohabbat Hi Jo Na Samjhe : Parchhain
Talat Mahmood

O Duniya Ke Rakhwale : Baiju Bawara
Mohd. Rafi

Ye Hawa Ye Raat Ye Chandni : Sangdil
Talat Mahmood

Films Released

Total Films Released : 233
Hindi : 102    Bengali : 43    Tamil : 32 
Telugu : 25  Marathi: 17    Others: 14

Mohd. Shafi
He was a terrafic Sitar player. He worked as music assitant to Naushad. He composed music for few films, such as, Annadata, Zindagi, mohabbat Ki Jeet, Tanhayee, Kite Fight etc. He was the one who introduced Suman Hemmady (Kalyanpur) in Mangu, in 1955, with the song 'Koi Pukare Dheere Se..', before he himself was replaced as the composerof the film. He died in 1980.

Mohd. Shafi with Rafi

Prem Nath
Prem Nath Malhotra, famous as Prem Nath debuted in 1948 with the film Ajit. He fell in love with actress Bina Rai during the shoot of Aurat. They married and later formed a production company together called P N films. His sister Krishna married Raj Kapoor while his other sister Uma was married to actor Prem Chopra.

Prem Nath

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