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A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1945:

Highest grossing[link]

The top seven grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1945:^[1]

1945[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Bollywood films of 1945 at the Internet Movie Database

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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Ghulam Haider (Urdu: , Punjabi: ਗ਼ੁਲਾਮ ਹੈਦਰ) was a well-known music composer^[1] who worked both in India and in Pakistan after partition. He changed the face of film songs by combining the popular Raags with the verve and rhythm of Punjabi music,^[2] and also raised the status of music directors. He is also known for giving a break to the well-known playback singer, Lata Mangeshkar.^[1][2]

Early life[link]

Haider was born in 1908 in Hyderabad^[1][2] Sind Division of British Punjab which is now a part of Pakistan. After passing his intermediate examination, he was admitted to a college of dentistry but he abandoned his studies for music. He learnt music from Babu Ganesh Lal.^[1][2][3] He worked with Alfred Theatrical Company and Alexander Theatrical Company as a harmonium player in Calcutta, and worked with Jenaphone Recording Company as a music composer. He composed music for the then famous singer, Umrao Zia Begum, who was working for Pancholi Art Pictures, and made several recordings. He later married her.^[3]

Career[link]

Haider broke into films with the father-son duo Roshan Lal Shorey and Roop Kumar Shorey, and A.R. Kardar gave him the opportunity to compose music for the 1935 film, Swarg Ki Seerhi. But he got his first break with D.M. Pancholi's Punjabi film, Gul-E-Bakavali (1939) starring Noor Jehan.^[1][2] This was followed by Yamla Jat (1940). His first hit came with Khazanchi in 1941,^[1][2] which caused a revolution in the music industry. Khandan (1942), the first film of Noor Jehan as lead actress, was also a hit^[1][2][3] and established him as a top composer. Poonji (1943) was also successful. Then Haider moved to Bombay and composed music for many films including Humayun (1945) and Majboor (1948), the first major break of Lata Mangeshkar in Hindi films.^[1][2] Shaheed (1948) and Kaneez (1949) are his other big hits.

After partition, he returned to Lahore and his first Pakistani film was Shahida (1949). He composed music for many other films like Beqarar (1950), Akeli (1951) and Bheegi Palken (1952) but the films flopped. He died just a few days after the release of Gulnar (1953).^[1][2][3]

Filmography[link]

His major works are:

• Gulnar (1953)
• Aabshar (1953)
• Beqarar (1950)
• Do Saudagar (1950)
• Putli (1950)
• Kaneez (1949)
• Majboor (1948)
• Padmini (1948)
• Shaheed (1948)
• Shama (1948)
• Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1948)
• Patjhad (1948)
• Jag Biti (1947)
• Majhdhaar (1947)
• But Tarash (1947)
• Mehndi (1947)
• Jag Biti (1946)
• Bairam Khan (1946)
• Humayun (1945)
• Phool (1945)
• Chal Chal Re Naujawan (1944)
• Bhai (1944)
• Poonji (1943)
• Khandan (1942)
• Zamindar (1942)
• Chaudhry 1941
• Khazanchi (1941)
• Yamla Jatt (1940)
• Gul-E-Bakawali (1939)
• Majnu (1935)
• Swarg Ki Seerhi (1935)
• Thief of Iraq (1934)

Ghulam Haider Popular Compositions[link]

• Yasrib ko janey waley, mara salaam le ja (singer: Umra-o-Zia Begum)
• Aashiyaane Ko Mere Jab (film: Thief of Iraq 1934)
• Shala jawania maney, aakha na morin, pee lai (singer: Baby Noor Jehan, film: Gul Bakawli 1939)
• Pinjare De Vich Kaid Jawanee Mastanee (singer: Baby Noor Jehan, film: Gul-E-Bakawali 1939)
• Kanka dian pakian faslan ne (singer: Noor Jehan, film: Yamla Jatt 1940)
• Bas bas we Dholna, tere naal ki bolna (singer: Noor Jehan, film: Yamla Jatt 1940)
• Sawan ke nazarey hain, ha ha ha (singer: Shamshad Begum, film: Khazanchi 1941)
• Ek Kalee Naajo Kee Palee (film: Khazaanchi 1941)
• Tu koun si Badli mein, mere Chand hay aa ja (singer: Noor Jehan, film: Khandan 1942)
• Mere liye jehan mein chain hay na qarar hay (singer: Noor Jehan, film: Khandan 1942)
• Sajan Aa Ja, Rajan Aa Ja (film: Bhai 1944)
• Chamko Chamko Bijaliya, Han Bijaliya (film: Chal Chal Re Naujawan 1944)
• Mujhe Madhur Lagata Hai Unase (film: Chal Chal Re Naujawan 1944)
• Ai Chand Too Bata De (film: Humayun 1945)
• Data Toree Daya Se Abb Des Hamara (film: Humayun 1945)
• Ho Chand Chamaka Andhere Me Aaj Hai (film: Humayun 1945)
• Ashko Pe Huwa Khatam Mere Gham Kaa Fasana (film: Bairam khan 1946)
• Gulshan Pe Hai Bahar Koyal Kee Hai Pukar (film: Jag Biti (1947)
• Ham Hain Dukhiya Iss Duneeya Me (film: Jag Biti (1947)
• Aaj Mohe Sajan Ghar Jana (film: Majhdhaar 1947)
• Aa Jao Beedeshi Baalama (film: Padmini 1948)
• Aajaa Bedardi Baalama (film: Shaheed 1948)
• Aana Hai Toh Aa Jao Gar (film: Shaheed 1948)
• Ab JiKe Koyi Kyaa Kare (film: Majboor 1948)
• Watan ki rah mein, watan ke no-jawan shaheed ho (singer: Mohammed Rafi, film: Shaheed 1949)
• Lo, chal diye woh ham ko tasalli diye baghair (singer: Noor Jehan, film: Gulnar 1953)
• Bachapan Kee Yadgaro, Mai Tumko Dhundhatee Hu (film: Gulnar 1953)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ghulam Haider at the Internet Movie Database

Subhash Ghai
Born	(1945-01-24) 24 January 1945 (age 67) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India[1]
Occupation	Film director, producer, Actor, screenwriter
Years active	1970–present
Spouse	Mukta Ghai
Website
http://muktaarts.com/

Subhash Ghai (born 24 January 1945 in Nagpur, India) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. His most notable films include Kalicharan (1976), Karz (1980), Hero (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989), Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997) and Taal (1999). He launched Mukta Arts, a film production company in 1982, and is known as the "showman" of Hindi cinema, for making epic films that portray grandeur and very rich themes.

Early life[link]

Subhash Ghai belongs to a Punjabi Khukhrain family.^{[citation needed]} Born to a dentist father who practised in Delhi, Subhash did his higher secondary in Delhi and thereafter graduated in Commerce from Rohtak, Haryana.^[1] Next he moved to Pune, Maharashtra to join the Film and Television Institute of India, Law College Road (FTII). After attaining a diploma, he started working in the Indian film industry in 1970.

Career[link]

He started his career in Hindi cinema as an actor with small roles in six films, like Taqdeer (1967) and Aradhana (1971). He was the male lead in the 1970's Umang, which did not do well at the box office, and Gumraah (1976) with Reena Roy and Danny.^[1] His directorial debut was the film Kalicharan (1976) which he obtained through a recommendation by Shatrughan Sinha. Kalicharan was one of the biggest hits of its time. As of 2005, he had written and directed 15 movies out of which 13 were highly successful. In 1982, he started Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company, with Subhash Ghai as its chairman and managing director.

His most notable films in the 1980s were Karz (1980), Vidhaata (1982), Hero (1983), Karma (1986) and Ram Lakhan (1989). He went on to win a Filmfare Best Director Award for Saudagar (1991) which pitted legendary actors Dilip Kumar and Raaj Kumar against each other. His 1993 release Khalnayak which was known for its controversies for its use of the popular song "Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai" and its star Sanjay Dutt's breakthrough performance.

Two of his films in the late 1990s, Pardes (1997) (Foreign) and Taal (1999) (The Beat) were released internationally and featured in the top 20 movies in the U.S. box office charts for several weeks. His following films, Yaadein (2001) and Kisna (2005) were box office and critical failures.

He then took a break from directing and turned producer having success with box office hits such as Aitraaz (2004), 36 China Town (2006) and Apna Sapna Money Money (2006). As a producer, most of his films were average except for Iqbal (2005) which was brilliantly written by Vipul K Rawal.

In 2006, he set up his own state-of-the-art film institute Whistling Woods International in Mumbai.^[2] The institute trains students in filmmaking: production, direction, cinematography, acting, animation, etc. Like Alfred Hitchcock he is known to give brief cameos in his directorial ventures.

After a three-year hiatus from directing he returned in 2008 with Black and White released on 7 March 2008 and, later Yuvvraaj also released in 2008, which was a flop at box office. Incidentally the song "Jai Ho" was to be part of this film, but Ghai felt it was unsuitable for the actor Zayed Khan to perform onscreen;^[3] later it was used in Slumdog Millionaire. After his Oscar win, A. R. Rahman revealed in an interview that it was Ghai who had asked him to use the words "Jai Ho" in a song.^[4]

Personal life[link]

Ghai is married to (Rehana Farooqui) Mukta Ghai after whom he named his company Mukta Arts. He has two daughters; the elder Meghna looks after his dream project Whistling Woods International Institute for Films, Media, Animation and Media Arts.

Awards[link]

Filmfare Awards

• 1992: Best Director: Saudagar
• 1998: Best Screenplay: Pardes ^[5]

Filmography[link]

1. Yuvvraaj (2008) - The musical extravaganza
2. Black & White (2008)
3. Om Shanti Om (2007) ... Special appearance in song, "Om Shanti Om" of Karz
4. Good Boy, Bad Boy (2007) (producer)
5. Apna Sapna Money Money (2006) (producer)
6. Shaadi Se Pehle (2006) (executive producer)
7. 36 China Town (2006) (producer)
8. Iqbal (2005) (producer)
9. Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005)
10. Aitraaz (2004) (producer)
11. Joggers' Park (2003) (producer)
12. Yaadein (2001)
13. Taal (1999)
14. Pardes (1997)
15. Trimurti (1995) (producer)
16. Khalnayak (1993)
17. Saudagar (1991)
18. Ram Lakhan (1989)
19. Karma (1986)
20. Meri Jung (1985)
21. Hero (1983/II)
22. Vidhaata (1982)
23. Krodhi (1981)
24. Karz (1980)
25. Gautam Govinda (1979)
26. Vishwanath (1978)
27. Kalicharan (1976)
28. Aradhana (1969) ... as Suraj's (Rajesh Khanna) friend Prakash

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mukta Arts, Official website
• Official Biography
• Subhash Ghai at the Internet Movie Database
• Whistling Woods International Film School
• Whistling Woods International School of Animation

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Not to be confused with Shamshad Begum (classical singer) (d. 1998), mother of Naseem Banu, and grandmother of actress Saira Banu.

Shamshad Begum (born April 14, 1919^[1]) is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.

Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and watched Devdas 14 times. She earned 15 rupees per song and was awarded 5,000 on the completion of the contract on Xenophone, a renowned music recording company.

Sometime back, a controversy erupted in the media, when several publications gave the false news of her death, before it was clarified that the Shamshad Begum who died in 1998 was Saira Banu's (Dilip Kumar's wife) grandmother with the same name. The singer has been living with her daughter Usha Ratra and son-in-law in Mumbai, ever since her husband Ganpat Lal Batto died in 1955.^[2] Recently, she celebrated her 89th birthday at her elder sister's house and now she stays at - Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai ^[3] She was conferred the Padma Bhushan in 2009.^[4]

Career[link]

Begum made her debut on radio on Peshawar Radio in Lahore on December 16, 1947, captivating the hearts of her listeners with the enchanting depth of her voice. Shamshad was very much conscious of her not so beautiful face and she never posed for any pictures and not many people saw her pictures anywhere. Until the end of the 1970s, nobody knew her face at all, though everybody could recognise her melodious voice as it was used by the great maestros like Naushad Ali and O. P. Nayyar. Even today, her songs from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s are popular and continue to be remixed by music directors.

Begum sang for the All India Radio (AIR) through her musical group 'The Crown Imperial Theatrical Company of Performing Arts', set up in Delhi. The then AIR Lahore helped her entering the world of movies as they frequently broadcast her songs, which induced music directors to use her voice for their films. Shamshad also recorded naats and devotional music for a couple of gramophone recording companies.

Her crystal-clear voice caught the attention of sarangi maestro Ustad Hussain Bakshwale Saheb, who took her as his disciple. Lahore-based composer Ghulam Haider used her voice skillfully in some of his earlier films like Khazanchi (1941) and Khandaan (1942). When he moved to Bombay in 1944, Shamshad went with him as a member of his team, leaving behind her family and staying with her Chacha (paternal uncle). She is credited with singing one of the first Westernised songs, Meri jaan...Sunday ke Sunday by C. Ramchandra. O.P. Nayyar describes her voice as that of a "temple bell" for its clarity of tone. Begum became a national rage between the 1940s and the late 1950s, having a voice different from her peers like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Geeta Dutt and Amirbai Karnataki. In 2009, she was conferred with the prestigious O P Nayyar award for her contribution to Hindi film music.^[5]

Songs[link]

• Leke pehla pehla pyar, (CID 1956), (music: O.P. Nayyar)
• Milte hi aankhen dil hua, (Duet with Talat Mehmood), (Babul), (music: Naushad)
• Chali chali kaisi yeh hawa yeh, (Duet with Usha Mangeshkar), (Bluffmaster 1965), (music: Kalyanji Anandji)
• Kabhi aar kabhi paar zara dere chalo, (Aar Paar), (music: O.P. Nayyar)
• O Gadiwale - Mother India - Naushad
• Kahin pe nigahen kahin pe nishana - CID (1956) - music O.P. Nayyar
• Boojh Mera Kya Naam Re - (1956) - music O.P.Nayyar
• Mere piya gaye Rangoon - Patanga - music C.Ramchandra
• Ek Tera Sahara – Shama - music Master Ghulam Haider
• Holi aayee re Kanhaai - Mother India (1957) - Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni, Music: Naushad
• Naina Bhar aye neer - Humayun - music Master Ghulam Haider
• Chod Babul Ka Ghar - Babul - music Naushad
• Kajra Mohabbatwala Ankhiyon mein Aisa dala (Duet with Asha Bhosle) - Kismat (1968) - Music: O.P. Nayyar
• Meri neendon main tum, meri khwabon mein tum (Duet with Kishore Kumar) - Naya Andaz - Music: O.P.Nayyar
• Teri Mehfil Mein Qismat (Duet with Lata Mangeshkar) - Mughal-E-Azam
• Saiyan Dil mein aana re - Bahar

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References[link]

External links[link]

• Legends - Shamshad Begum: Her profile, Interview, complete list of her songs and her work with Music Directors and Co-Singers
• Shamshad Begum at the Internet Movie Database
• Indianetzone - Shamshad Begum
• PLANET POWAI - Shamshad Begum
• IndianMelody.com - Shamshad Begum, The Legendary Singer This link refers to the wrong Shamshad Begum, which says she has died.
• PRO BOLLYWOOD - Dharti Ko Aakash Pukare by Manohar Iyer
• PRO BOLLYWOOD - Shamshad Begum's Photos at Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards
• Dhool.com - Song of the Day # 691
• Shamshad Begum -The Eternal Voice

Video links

• Shamshad begum Film songs

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