Naushad – The Genius Of Naushad – 3AEX 5015 – Angel First Pressing – (Condition – 90-95%) – LP Record | |
Naushad Ali Urdu: نَوشاد علی (26 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian music director for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry.He is particularly known for popularising the use of classical music in films.His first film as an independent music director was Prem Nagar in 1940. His first musical success film was Rattan (1944), following it up with 35 silver jubilee hits, 12 golden jubilee and 3 diamond jubilee mega successes. Naushad was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the Padma Bhushan in 1982 and 1992 respectively for his contribution to the Bollywood film industry.Naushad was born and raised in Lucknow, a city with a long tradition as a center of Indian Muslim culture. His father, Wahid Ali, was a munshi (court clerk). As a child, Naushad would visit the annual fair at the Deva Sharif in Barabanki, 25 km from Lucknow, where all the great qawwals and musicians of those days would perform before the devotees. He studied Hindustani music there under Ustad Ghurbat Ali, Ustad Yusuf Ali, Ustad Babban Saheb and others. He also repaired harmoniums. As a lad, he joined a junior theatrical club and was appointed the club’s music maestro for their theatrical presentations. He used to watch silent films at the Royal theatre in Lucknow. Theatre owners would hire a team of musicians to play the tabla, harmonium, sitar and violin. The musicians would watch the film first, make notes, finalize the scales required. When the show began in the evening, they would sit in front of the screen and play music for the scenes. This was a great way to be entertained and learn music at the same time. It made him grasp the nuances required in composing a film’s background music score. In time Naushad formed his own Windsor Music Entertainers or just Windsor Entertainers, so named because he had seen the word “Windsor” around Lucknow and liked its ring. It led to the Indian Star Theatrical Company in a theatre at Golaganj colony in Lucknow. He was trained under Laddan Khan until he became capable of working independently as a composer. There he also developed the sense to pick rare musical jewels from the folk tradition of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Saurashtra during the company’s sojourns in those regions. The travelling players got as far as Viramgam in Gujarat, where they discovered penury, even after selling off theatrical props and musical instruments. The company limped back to Lucknow through the kindness of one of Naushad’s friends. Naushad had already become a cinema fan in the silent era and then, in 1931, Indian cinema got voice and music that further fascinated the 13-year-old boy. But his family was strict follower of Islamic diktat of prohibition of music and his father gave him ultimatum to leave music if he wanted to stay at home. He ran away to Mumbai in the late 1937 to try his luck as a musician.In Mumbai, he initially stayed with an acquaintance from Lucknow (U.P.) at Colaba and after a while, shifted to Dadar opposite the Broadway theatre where he would sleep on the footpath. He assisted music director Ustad Jhande Khan who was at the peak of his success those days, at a monthly salary of Rs 40. The producer was a Russian and the studio was at Chembur. The film could not be completed. Naushad was a piano player so he worked as a pianist in composer Ustad Mushtaq Hussain’s orchestra. He then polished off an unfinished film score and got a credit as assistant to Hussain. Then the film company collapsed. Composer Khemchand Prakash took him on as his assistant for the film Kanchan at Ranjit Studios at a salary of Rs 60 per month, for which Naushad remained extremely grateful and in interviews, he had called Khemchand his guru. His friend, lyricist D. N. Madhok, trusted Naushad’s unusual talent for composing music and introduced him to various film producers. Chandulal Shah, the owner of Ranjit Studios, offered to sign Naushad for one of his forthcoming films. Naushad composed a thumri for this film, “Bata de koi kaun gali gaye Shyam”, but the film never got on the floors. He was assistant music director for the Punjabi film Mirza Sahib (1939). He composed for his first independent film Prem Nagar in 1940 that had a story set in Kutch for which he did a lot of research into the folk music of the area. With A.R. Kardar’s film Nayi Duniya (1942), he got first credit as “music director” and he began to work regularly for Kardar Productions. He however had a flexibility that he could work outside Kardar Productions and this arrangement continued ever after. He first got noticed with A.R. Kardar’s film Sharda (1942) wherein 13-year-old Suraiya debuted with the song “Panchhi Ja” for the playback for heroine Mehtab. It was Rattan (1944) that took Naushad right to the top and enabled him to charge Rs 25,000 a film during those days. | |
Record Details | |
Title | Naushad – The Genius Of Naushad – 3AEX 5015 |
Music | Naushad |
Singer | Noorjehan, Lata Mangeshkar, Shamshad Begum, Suraiya, Mukesh, Mohd. Rafi, Zohrabai Ambalewali & Karan Dewan |
Releasing Year | 1962 |
Genre | Film Hits |
Language | Hindi |
Label | Angel First Pressing |
Made In | India |
Manufacture | The Gramophone Company Of India Limited |
Serial No. | 3AEX 5015 |
Side One | |
· Jawan Hai Muhabbat (“Anmol Ghadi”) | Noorjehan |
· Bachpan Ke Din (“Deedar”) | Lata Mangeshkar & Shamshad Begum |
· Murliwale Murli Baja (“Dillagi”) | Suraiya |
· Gaye Ja Geet Milan Ke (“Mela”) | Mukesh |
· Dil Toote Na (“Andaz”) | Mukesh |
· Panchhi Ban Men (“Babul”) | Lata Mangeshkar |
Side Two | |
· Chhod Babul Ka Ghar (“Babul”) | Shamshad Begum & Chorus |
· Aaja Meri Barbad-I- Mohabbat (“Anmol Ghadi”) | Noorjehan |
· Maan Mera Ehsan (“Aan”) | Mohd. Rafi |
· Sawan Ke Badalo (“Rattan”) | Zohrabai Ambalewali & Karan Dewan |
· Suhani Raat Dhal Chuki (“Dulari”) | Mohd. Rafi |
· Jhoom Jhoom Ke Nacho (“Andaz”) | Mukesh |
Specification | |
Size | 12 Inches |
Speed | 33 RPM |
Record Condition | 90-95% |
Cover Condition | Excellent |
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