S Mohinder -Part 6
Mohinder Singh Sarna (aka S. Mohinder) was born in a small town called Sillanwali in 1925.His training in classical music was from Sikh religious musician Bhai Samund Singh.
Frequent transfers of his father kept the family on the move. Since Mohinder’s education suffered, his father enrolled him in Khalsa High School during the 1940s in the village Kairon in Amritsar.
In 1947, the rest of his family moved to East Punjab in India. The love for classical music brought S. Mohinder to Benares, the Mecca of Indian Classical Music. After some years of grooming S. Mohinder, moved to Bombay(now Mumbai), the centre of the film industry. He got the first chance as music director from Arun Kumar's SEHRA in 1948 ,he himself sang one song in that movie "Aei Dil Uda Ke Le Chal"
A very rare song by S Mohinder From SEHRA (1948)
.He sang another song which was a duet with Prem Lata in the movie Jeewan Saathi (1949),the song was" O Dear My Dear". S. Mohinder took a regular job of music director in “Filmistan Studio”, which was churning out movies like a mint producing coins. S. Mohinder composed music for “Filmistan” for half a decade. It was a great experience.
His first successful film was Nili(1950),starring Dev Anand and Suraiya, which was musical hit but a film disaster.In this movie Suraiya sang 7 songs out of 9.One popular song is being posted below(only Audio)
His noticeable Films inclue "NAATA"(1952) in which the song"Dhadka Reh Reh Ke Dil Baawra" was very popular,the song had the voice of Lata,Rafi,Shamshaad Begum and Balbir. In 1956 his another film Caarvan was released which had some good songs,Aa Ja tujhe Mohabbat Awaaz De Rahi Hai by talat mahmood and another Kis Rah Ka Rahi Hai Tu by Lata and G M Durrani
In 1967 Shirin Farihad released, The song Guzra Hua Zamana Aata Nahin Dobaara became the immortal song of S Mohinder.This movie may be remembered by its songs.
In 1967 Shirin Farihad released, The song Guzra Hua Zamana Aata Nahin Dobaara became the immortal song of S Mohinder.This movie may be remembered by its songs.
Gujra Hua Zamana by Lata
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