Dadasaheb Phalke Award

FILMOGRAPHY

As a composer : (Hindi)
1933 - YahudiKi Ladki
1935 - Dhoop Chhaon
1936 … Manzil, Millionaire
1937 … Mukti, President
1938 … Dharti Mata, Adhikar
1939 … Badi Didi, Dushman, Kapalkundala
1940 … Nartaki, Zindagi, Arohi
1941 … Doctor
1942 … Meenakshi
1943 … Kashinath
1944 … Meri Bahen
1948 … Oonch Neech
1949 … Chhota Bhai, Manzoor
1950 … Roop Kahani
1952 … Chhoti Maa, Yatrik, Zalzala
1953 … Naya Safar
1954 … Chitrangada, Kasturi
1955 … Amar Saigal.

As an Actor

1934 … Chashar Meye
1937 … Mukti
1938 … Adhikar
1939 … Kapalkundala
1940 … Arohi
1941 … Nartaki, Doctor

Reviews

When Saigal came to Pankaj Mullick's music room to sing the classical number Karoon Kya Aas Niraas Bhaye, he was totally drunk. Saigal tried singing but just couldn't get it right even after 15 takes. Pankaj Mullic was so furious that he slapped Saigal, who started crying like a child repeating, "You hit me, you hit me". To which Pankaj Mullick replied "Of course, I did. You call yourself a singer and can't sing even one line straight." Saigal felt so humiliated that he sang the song with such a vengeance that it was immediately okayed.

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