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Bollywood (Hindi) cinema
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A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1942:

Highest grossing[link]

The top five grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1942:^[1]

1942[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bollywood films of 1942 at the Internet Movie Database
• Listen to songs from Bollywood films of 1942

Parul Ghosh (died August 13, 1977), born Parul Biswas, was one of the pioneers of playback singing,^[1] singing in Hindi and Bengali movies from 1935 to 1951.^[2] Originally hailing from Barisal,^[1] now in Bangladesh, she was introduced to playback singing by her brother Anil Biswas.^[3] Films in which she featured include Jwar Bhata, Milan, Hamhaari Baat and Namaste.^[1] In her early career she was associated with New Theatres, Kolkata.^[4] She was married to the eminent flautist Pannalal Ghosh^[5] in 1924.^[1]

Parul Ghosh died on August 13, 1977 in Malad, Mumbai.^[4]

References[link]

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Baiju Bawra or Baijnath Prasad or Baijnath Mishra (1542–1613) was an Indian dhrupad singer. He was the court musician of Raja Mansingh of Gwalher, now Gwalior, along with Nayak Charju, Bakshu, and others. Much of the information on Baiju Bawra is legendary and not historically verifiable.

Early life[link]

Bawra was born in either Chanderi (in Gwalior) or in Champaner (in Gujarat) on Sharad Purnima in the month of Ashwini in 1599 according to Vikram Samvat calendar (1542 CE). He was called Bawra (crazy) because he was insanely in love with a dancer in Chanderi. Baiju learnt Dhrupad music in Dagurvaani in Vrindavan.

Career[link]

Bawra was a musician at the court of the Raja of Chanderi (now in the Guna District of Madhya Pradesh). Later, he became a musician at the court of Raja Mansingh of Gwalher (modern Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh). Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat had also patronized Baiju.^[1]

Like Tansen, the musician at the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Bawra was a disciple of Swami Haridas (1512–1607).

According to historical books preserved in Jai Vilas Mahal in Gwalior, he would light oil lamps by singing Raga Deepak, make it rain by singing the ragas Megh, Megh Malhar, or Gaud Malhar, and bloom flowers by singing raga Bahar.

Contemporary singers[link]

Swami Haridas teaching Tansen

Besides Tansen, renowned singers, Baba Ram Das, who composed raga Ramdasi Malhar, and Nayak Charju, who composed raga Charju ki Malhar, were Baiju's contemporaries.

Historian Abul Fazal at Emperor Akbar's court and historian Faqirullah at Emperor Aurangzeb's court have written that Baiju defeated Tansen in a singing competition at the court of Akbar. Tansen then touched Baiju's feet and asked for his own life. In response, kind-hearted Baiju went back to Gwalior.

A Legend on Baiju[link]

A legend goes as follows. Gopal Lala was a beloved student of Baiju. After Gopal Lala and his wife deserted Baiju to seek a performing career elsewhere, Baiju lost his senses. From this point onwards, he was known as Baiju Bawra (crazy Baiju). The king of Kashmir employed Gopal Lala as a court musician; Gopal Lala claimed that he was a self-taught musician. On learning this, Baiju reached that city in tattered clothes. His crazed appearance and singing caused a sensation but Gopal Lala refused to recognize his guru. Duly, a contest was arranged between Baiju and Gopal Lala at the royal court. Baiju was to sing first and Gopal Lala was to respond. Baiju sang raga Bhimpalasi with such effect that Gopal Lala broke down and died of heart attack on the spot. Gopal Lala's body was cremated on the bank of river Satluj. When the bones in Gopal's body were thrown in the river following the cremation, they sank. According to a legend, Gopal's widow then asked Baiju to retrieve her husband's bones. Responding, Baiju taught a new version of Malhar to her daughter, Meera, and after a week's training, Meera sang that raga on the bank of Satluj in front of a crowd. As soon as she finished the Dhrupad, her father's bones emerged on the bank out of the river. From that time on, that raga is known as Meera ki Malhar. After this incident, Baiju renounced a wordly life and disappeared in the forests of Kashmir.

Later life[link]

Baiju died of typhoid at the age of 71 on the eve of the Indian festival, Basant Panchami in Vikram Samvat 1670 (1613 CE).

In popular culture[link]

Baiju Bawra, a Hindi-language film was made on him in 1952. In the movie, Baiju is a musician who believes that Tansen is responsible for his father's death. He attempts to avenge his father's death by challenging Tansen to a musical duel and is successful in defeating him.

References[link]

Lt. Gen. (R) Syed Tanveer Hussain Naqvi is a retired three-star general of Pakistan Army. A close aide of Pervez Musharraf, he was the former head of National Reconstruction Bureau of Pakistan.^[1]

References[link]

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Shyam Kumar (born M. Shyam Kumar) was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Kerala. He was born in Tellicherry.

Kumar made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1985-86 Ranji Trophy season, against Andhra. From the lower order, he scored a single run in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second.

Kumar took a single wicket from nine overs of bowling.

External links[link]

• Shyam Kumar at Cricket Archive

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