Shehnai (1947)

Hit musical by the famous duo of lyricist Santoshi and composer Ramchandra. Marital drama featuring the four daughters of a comedian (V.H. Desai), their rival, the arrogant daughter of the zamindar (Indumati), and the various men in their lives: the zamindar’s secretary (Radha Kishen), the police inspector (Kishore Kumar) etc. The film had Ramchandra’s all-time hit Aana meri jaan Sunday ke Sunday (sung by Meena Kapur and Shamshad Begum with the composer) and several other songs, including the bhajan Jai Krishna hare Krishna (sung by Veenapani Mukherjee) and the railway number Jawani ki rail chale jai re (sung by Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar and the composer).