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== Music ==
== Music ==


The music, composed by [[Sardul Singh Kwatra]],<ref name=ti/> played a major role in the film's success.<ref name="g">{{cite web | url=http://knol.google.com/k/punjwood# | title=The 1950s | publisher=[[Google]] | accessdate=18 April 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211231751/http://knol.google.com/k/punjwood | archivedate=11 December 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Sardul modified the folk tunes of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] and the songs were hits. [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammad Rafi]], [[Shamshad Begum]], Rajkumari and Jagjit Kaur were the playback singers. Rajkumari first sang for a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] Kurhmai in 1941, but in the film ''Posti'', her songs became real hits.<ref name=ao/> Popular songs of the film include "Do Guttan Kar Merian" by Asha Bhosle, "Kajjle Di Paanian Dhaar" by Rajkumari and a duet, "Ja Bhaira Posti" by Mohd. Rafi and Shamshad Begum.<ref name=ti/>
The music, composed by [[Sardul Singh Kwatra]],<ref name=ti/> played a major role in the film's success.<ref name="g">{{cite web | url=http://knol.google.com/k/punjwood# | title=The 1950s | publisher=[[Google]] | accessdate=18 April 2012 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211231751/http://knol.google.com/k/punjwood | archivedate=11 December 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Sardul modified the folk tunes of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] and the songs were hits. [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammad Rafi]], [[Shamshad Begum]], Rajkumari and Jagjit Kaur were the playback singers. Rajkumari first sang for a [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] Kurhmai in 1941, but in the film ''Posti'', her songs became real hits.<ref name=ao/> Popular songs of the film include "Do Guttan Kar Merian" by Asha Bhosle, "Kajjle Di Paanian Dhaar" by Rajkumari and a duet, "Ja Bhaira Posti" by Mohammed Rafi and [[Shamshad Begum]].<ref name=ti/>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Posti
Directed byK. D. Mehra
Produced byKwatra Production
StarringMajnu
Shyama
Bhag Singh
Ramesh Thakur
Music bySardul Singh Kwatra
Release date
1950
CountryIndia
LanguagePunjabi

Posti (Template:Lang-pa) is a 1950 Punjabi film and the first production of Kwatra Production (of Sardul Singh Kwatra and Harcharan Singh Kwatra),[1] directed by K. D. Mehra (Krishan Dev Mehra), starring Majnu and Shyama in the lead roles. Shyama was the principal female actress of this movie. [1] [2] It did very well at the box office and was a hit not only in the East Punjab Circuit, but also in the Delhi area.[1] A noted playback singer, Asha Bhosle, made her debut with the film.[1][2]

Music

The music, composed by Sardul Singh Kwatra,[2] played a major role in the film's success.[3] Sardul modified the folk tunes of Punjab and the songs were hits. Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi, Shamshad Begum, Rajkumari and Jagjit Kaur were the playback singers. Rajkumari first sang for a Punjabi Kurhmai in 1941, but in the film Posti, her songs became real hits.[1] Popular songs of the film include "Do Guttan Kar Merian" by Asha Bhosle, "Kajjle Di Paanian Dhaar" by Rajkumari and a duet, "Ja Bhaira Posti" by Mohammed Rafi and Shamshad Begum.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Aujla, Harjap Singh. "Sardul Kwatra and his Soulful Music". www.apnaorg.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "Folk music was his forte". The Tribune. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. ^ "The 1950s". Google. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.