Sulochana kadam biography books
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A vintage affair with Shyam Sundar
The film Industry ushered a new era after the release of Ardeshar Irani's first talkies Alam Ara on March 14, 1931. Songs were introduced in films with six to eight being compulsory in every film.
Music composers were in existence even in the silent era. While talkies lyricist and playback singers were also introduced. This trio gave unforgettable melodies. The process is still on till date.
Some composers attained the iconic status. R.C.Boral, Pankaj Mullick, Anil Biswas, Khemchand Prakash and Master Ghulam Haider to mention few. Some like Naushad, S.D.Burman, C,Ramchandra, Shankar Jaikishan and O.P.Nayyar became extremely popular. Some but unfortunately were extremely talented remained unsung. They were no less than the composers mentioned above. They were Shyam Sunder, S.N.Tripathi, Hansraj Behal, Chitragupt and Bulo C Irani who are still the hot favourites of vintage film music lovers. It is high time to rediscover their contributions.
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Hansa Wadkar
Indian scen and bio actress
Hansa Wadkar | |
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Still from spelfilm Navjeevan (1939) | |
| Born | Ratan Salgaokar 1923 Bombay, Maharashtra, British India |
| Died | 1971 (aged 47–48) Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1936–1968 |
| Spouse | Jagannath Bandarkar (m. 1937; sep. 1945) |
| Children | 1 daughter, Rekha |
Hansa Wadkar (1923–1971) was a Marathi and Hindi spelfilm and scen actress of Indian cinema. She started her acting career at the age of thirteen years, as a heroine in the bilingual bio Vijaychi Lagne (1936). Wadkar went on to man a name for herself working in the reputable film companies like Bombay Talkies, Prabhat Film Company and National Studios. Her career defining role was in Vishnupant Damle's Sant Sakhu (1941) where she enacted the role of the hona saint Sakhu. Her other memorable roles were in the Tamasha genre films like Lok
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Wo aaye hain dil ko qaraar aa gaya hai
This article is written by sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The name Sulochana Kadam may not ring bells for many except for old Hindi film songs buffs. I was not aware of this name as a playback singer in Hindi film industry until I got a 78 RPM gramophone record of her song ‘mausam aaya hai rangeen’ from film ‘Dholak’ (1951) sometime in early 70s. But I was aware of the name Sulochana Chavan as the famous lavani singer of Maharashtra.
It was much later that I became aware of the fact that after marriage she was known as Sulochana Chavan. With the advent of Youtube and other websites, I came to know that she had sung many Hindi film songs during 1947-53. Her trademark songs were “chori chori aag si dil mein lagaa kar chal diye” – Dholak (1951) and “ankhiyaan milaake ankhiyon ki neend churaake aajaa” – Mukhadaa (1951) among many songs she sang du