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Various Artists - Stars from Another Sky Pt. 2: Film Songs from the Subcontinent Before the World Was Torn Asunder, 1940-1947 '2025

Stars from Another Sky Pt. 2: Film Songs from the Subcontinent Before the World Was Torn Asunder, 1940-1947
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Album name Stars from Another Sky Pt. 2: Film Songs from the Subcontinent Before the World Was Torn Asunder, 1940-1947
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Date 2025
GenreWorld,Soundtracks,Indian Music
Play time 00:55:44
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
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Size 128; 236 mb
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       As the 1940s began, South Asian cinema entered a transformative phase.
Playback singing, still a new idea in the previous decade, quickly became
standard practice. Actors no longer had to sing, and singers no longer had to
act, opening the door to a wave of dedicated vocal talent that redefined the
sound of the industry.

Voices like Noor Jehan, Shamshad Begum, and Suraiya rose to prominence, becoming
household names across the subcontinent. Behind them, composers like Naushad,
Anil Biswas, and Ghulam Haider were expanding the sonic palette of film music,
blending ragas with Western orchestration, folk tunes with jazz-era
instrumentation. Harmoniums, sarangis, violins, accordions, and clarinets filled
out increasingly complex arrangements, while ghazals and qawwalis continued to
influence mood and structure.

Although the post-Partition years are often considered to be Bollywood’s
“Golden Age,” thanks to filmmakers like Raj Kapoor, Bimal Roy, and
Guru Dutt, the music started its peak just before the divide. By 1947, Naushad
and others were producing some of the most emotionally rich and musically
intricate work in the industry’s history, compositions that would prove
challenging to surpass in the decades that followed.

Yet this high point came during a time of immense upheaval. The Second World
War, the Bengal famine, and the crumbling of colonial rule all loomed large.
Film songs often reflected the uncertainty, sometimes mournful, sometimes
romantic, sometimes defiant. And when the Partition finally came, it fractured
the world that had created this music. Artists became refugees, studios were
split, and careers were thrown into flux. Noor Jehan, who would go on to become
Pakistan’s most iconic singer, recorded many of her most beloved songs in
Bombay. Khursheed, another major star, faded from public life after migrating.
K.L. Saigal, a towering figure of the 1930s and '40s, died in Lahore just months
before the split.

This collection spans those final years before Partition, a time of creative
flowering and looming catastrophe. Like Part 1, these songs were sourced from
immigrant-run music shops in New York and New Jersey. They are fragments of a
vanishing world, each one a snapshot of the art, longing, and resilience that
defined this extraordinary era.

— Gary Sullivan (Bodega Pop)

Tracklist:
1. Leela Chitnis - Chal Chal Re Naujawan
2. Zohra Ambala - Ankhiyan Milake
3. Shamshad Begum - Ek Kali Nazon Ki Pali
4. Ashok Kumar - Jalja Jalja Patange
5. Noor Jehan - Badnam Mohabbat Kaun Kare
6. Noor Jehan - Aahen Na Bharin Shikve Na Kiye
7. Suman Kalyanpur - Dil Gaya To Gaya
8. Roshanara Begum - Desh Ki Pur Kaif
9. Ameerbai - Ghar Ghar Mein Diwali Hai
10. Raj Kumari - Pardesi Ghar Aaja
11. Noor Jehan - Aawaz De Kahan Hai
12. H. Khan Mastana - Panghat Pe Ek Chhabili
13. K. L. Saigal - Hat Gai Lo Kaali Ghata
14. Suraiya - Chale Dil Ki Duniya
15. Parul Ghosh - Tum Ko Mubarak Ho

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