Showing posts with label film qawwali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film qawwali. Show all posts

Sunday 12 September 2021

Qawwali Songs were once an Important Ingrediant for the Success of a Film

 


Qawwali is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing Originally performed at Sufi shrines or dargahs throughout South Asia, It became popular among the masses when these were introduced in films. Qawwali has apparently found in films since it became Talking. The earliest evidence was a Qawwali 'Allah Hu ' in the 1935 film Talash-e-Haque. Another very popular Qawwali was 'Aahen Na Bhari' from the 1945 movie 'Zeenat' sung by Noor Jehan.Phir Aah Dil Se Nikli Tapka Lahu Jigar Se composed by Naushad and sung again by Zohrabai Ambalewalli in Mela (1949) also became a craze.

During the Golden Era, Qwawali was in its peek, almost every film used to have at least one Qwwali, The success of the qawwali 'Hame to Loot Liya Milke Husn Walon Ne' from the 1958 film Al Hilal sung by the professional  Azad Qawwal, opened the gate for other Qawwals like Shakeela Bano Bhopali, , Jaani BQawwal Ismailabu Qawwal, Aziz Nazan, Nusrat Fateh Ali and Altaf Raja

Shakeela Bano Bhopali was India's first female Qawwal. She came to Bombay in the late 50s on the invitation of BR Chopra and Dilip Kumar. She was offered many films, Jagir(1959) was the first film 

Rare Qawwali of Shakeela Bano Bhopali



A Qawwali group consists of eight or nine men including a lead singer, one or two side singers, one or two harmoniums, and percussion. There is also a chorus of four or five men who repeat key verses, and who aid and back up percussion by hand-clapping.

The performers generally sit in two rows with the lead singer, side singers, and harmonium players in the front row, and the chorus and percussionists in the back row. The harmonium got preferred in Qawwalis as the earlier used sarangi needed to be retuned between songs.

There have been many changes in Bollywood Qawwali, some composers have infused it with modern and western musical instruments and with techno beats and are called Techno-qawwali.  Techno qawwalis with dance-oriented tracks are also in vogue nowadays and are called Club qawwali. The most popular Qawwali was Na Toh Karwan Ki Talash Hai was from the 1960 film Barsat Ki Raat composed by Roshan. After the popularity of this Qawwali Roshan became the Qawwali king who gave many more popular Qawwalis to Bollywood

Here are a few Bollywood Qawwali

Song of Talash-e-Haque. 1935 Audio only

Song of Zeenat. 1945

Song of Mela 1949



Song of Al Hilal  1958


Song of Sadhana (1958).



Song of Barsat Ki Ek Raat 1960

Song of Chaudhvin Ka Chand 1960

Song of Mughal-e-Azam 1960

Song of Dharamputra 1962

Song of Kala Samundar 1962





Song of Dil Hi To Hai (1963)

Song of Aaj Aur Kal,1963

Song of Mere Mehboob  (1963)

Song of Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai (1963),



Song of Badshah 1964

Song of Fauladi Mukka 1965




Song of Waqt  (1965)


Song of Aarzoo 1965



Song of Mere Humdam Mere Dost 1968

Song of Reshma Aur Shera 1971


Song of Dushman 1972


Song of Ameer Garib 1974





Song of Hamrahi 1974





Song of 5 Rifles 1974


Song of Dharma 1975



Song of Laila Majnu 1976

Song of Amar Akbar Anthony 1977


Song of Bunty Aur Babli