Binaca GeetMala - Ameen Sayani Vol-2
Here is another volume of your favorite Geet Mala with Ameen Sayani. As many of you requested, another volumes will also be here very soon. If you are unable to see the play button please install FlashPlayer.
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Signature tune of HAWA MAHAL
Vividh Bharati, the Commercial Broadcasting Service (CBS) of All India Radio, was started in 1957 to compete with already famous Radio Ceylon that used to broadcast popular Hindi film music and had interesting broadcasters - it had Binaca Geet Mala and Ameen Sayani.
So Vividh Bharati came up with a bunch of some great programs like Inse Miliye, Chhaya Geet, Bhule Bisre Geet, Jaimala, Aap Ki Farmaish and Hawa Mahal.
Among these I certainly remember Hawa Mahal. Radio remained quite popular till late 80s and then declined in 90s - Television and Cable proved too powerful a foe. But if you grew up in a power cut prone area, even in late 1990s, often some cold winter night, dinner time, religiously around 8:30PM, was animated by the familiar sounds - the throaty laughs, dry sobs, contemplative Hmmms, irritated Ohhos and intelligent Ahas - coming from a play of Hawa Mahal. Same voices, different plays and a tune that seemed to sing, 'Attention Listeners! I have something important to tell You. An important Story. So listen now...'
The signature tune of AIR (ALL INDIA RADIO)
Signature tune for AIR (All India Radio) was composed and set to music by Thakur Balwant Singh in 1936. Still according to some others, in the year 1936, the signature tune was composed by Walter Kaufman, the director of western music programs in Bombay.That the antiquity of this tune is 1936, is certain.
Every morning since then, this otherworldly tune has been played at the beginning of the morning telecast of AIR, and with time has etched itself into the memories of everyone who listened to radio in India. Some brooding morning sounding: melancholic, and on some bright mornings sounding: still more melancholic. Read more...
Binaka Geet Mala (Ameen Sayani) Vol-1
BINACA GEETMALA, the most popular program in the history of All India Radio. Very first GEETMALA was aired on Dec 3-1952. Presnter of the longest run famous weekly program (1952-1994) was Ameen Sayani. He was paid just Rs 25/- as monthly remuneration and the JACKPOT prize was announced every week for Rs. 100 only. It was aired from Radio Cylone and later on Vididh Bharti in 1988. Earlier it was CIBACA GEETMALA but later it became BINACA GEETMALA and then COLGATE CIBACA SANGEETMALA. The estimated listnership ranging was 9,00,000 to 20,00,000.
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