Hila Wadia Productions’ Baalam was touted as a gorgeous musical romance. There was a beautiful solo: TERI YAAD SATAAYE GHADI GHADI written by Mulkraj Bhakri who was also the Producer and Writer of Bansaria. Nigaristan Film, Bansaria had Geeta Bali and Randhir in the lead roles. In Hamara Manzil, there were two duets with Geeta Roy: ANDHERE SE NAA DARR…KAANTE BANENGI KALIYAAN, written by Rajinder Krishan, and WOH AUR ZAMAANA THAH which has S.D. One with Shamshad Begum: DIL SE DIYAA HAI TUJHKO. Rafi found further favour with Husnlal Bhagatram in Kuldip Sehgal’s Naach which featured Suraiya, Shyam and Wasti, and where there were: two duets with Suraiya CHHAAYAA SAMAA SUHAANA, and SEENE MEIN AAG BHADAKTI Two songs were with Geeta Roy and Lata Mangeshkar: KYOON KARTA MAAN JAWAANI KAA and LAB PE HAI FARIYAAD. The Rafi-Shamshad duet, MUSAAFIR SADAA GEET GAYE CHALA CHAL was written by Sudarshan Fakir. ZARA TUMNE DEKHA TOH was a Rafi-Lata duet penned by Kaifi Irfani. Three solos were written by Kaifi Irfani and they were: HAI KAAM MOHABBAT KA AAYI JAWAANI and TUMEH SUNAAYE EK KAHAANI while Kedar Sharma penned HAAY RE PYAARE PYAARE. In 1949 they gave seven songs to Rafi in Jal Tarang: four solos and two duets to Rafi.
Just to point out a few more songs with some music directors:Īs we mentioned before, Husnlal-Bhagatram had found immense success after Pyar ki Jeet (1948). In the meantime now, Rafi Sahaab’s repertoire of songs in 1949 increases compared to his past years. Decades later, Dilip Kumar would turn down the role of Jahangir, that was played by Chandramohan in Pukar, thus refusing Sohrab Modi’s offer in the remake of Pukar. Who can forget his role in Shaheed as the Public Prosecutor of the British Government and who ultimately comes to the defence of his own son, the patriotic Ram (Dilip Kumar) who has been sentenced to death! Those powerful dialogues and the scene is as immortal as the scene of Ram’s funeral after he has been sentenced to death on the gallows. Besides, he had three more movies in hand: Sadiq’s Sabak, Arora’s Paaras, and Prem Adib’s Ram Vivah. Things had been looking up for him before he died since he began working in Shaheed, Ram Baan and Dukhiyari. His funeral rites were performed at the expense of Film Artistes Association. He died penniless despite the fact that he had earned a fabulous fortune at one time. On 2nd April 1949, Chandramohan the well-known star of Sohrab Modi’s Pukar (1939) and a powerful performer of many other later movies died at a young age of 44. In the line-up were: Andaz, Lahore, Singhar, Char Din, Barsaat, Apna Desh, Samadhi, and Rajani. Four pictures celebrated their silver jubilees: Mela, Pyaar ki Jeet, Dard and Khidki.
The year 1949 started on a promising note. A Humble Tribute to the Greatest Playback Singer of all times – by Nasir Ali.
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