The Most Comprehensive Resource Centre on KL Saigal 

Single largest collection of mp3 song files, lyrics, discography & much more !

For the very first time,'Saigal Fans' can now preview all the songs of the great singer!

The credit for this success goes almost entirely to the Mentor - Late Mr Hem Chandra Jain who had a life-long passion for Hindi films and 'old' songs which filled his impressive collection  - read more...

Hem Chandra Jain

 (1932 - 2007)

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Kundan Lal Saigal (1904-1947)

The great Indian singing film star of the 1930s and 1940s

(This Site is based almost entirely on resources made freely available on the Internet)

All contributions & suggestions to upgrade the site for the benefit of KL Saigal Fans are welcome

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Two Saigal Movietrack Songs considered ‘Missing’ have been ‘Found’

Two of the 15 songs rendered by K.L. Saigal which were considered to be ‘missing’, have been ‘found’. These are movietrack songs from Bengali film ‘Jeeban Maran’ (1939), produced by New Theatres, Calcutta, which were never released on 78 rpm records were composed by Pankaj Mullick .

The best part of the story is that these songs have come alive with the release of the movie itself (also considered to be lost / destroyed) !!!

Click to listen to :

"Aaji Asamaye Jomunar Kule Keno..."

(Duet by Saigal & Suprova Ghosh;

Lyrics : Ajay Bhattacharya)

 

"Sakhi Ke Se Romoni Kaho... ...Kaanchan Barani Ke Bate Se Dhani "

(Short duration song by Saigal ;

Lyrics : Chandidas)

 The film ‘Jeeban Maran’ starring KL Saigal, Bhanu Bandyopadhyaya and Lila Desai in lead roles, is now available on VCD released as a ‘Classic Collection’ by  Angel Video, Calcutta (Link).

This is a welcome event during the Diamond Jubilee of New Theatres, Calcutta. As many as 150 movies with wholesome entertainment were produced between 1931 and 1955 by their extraordinary film directors, music composers, singing stars and technicians.

The Last Time a Saigal Song was ‘discovered’ was when the recording of a rare non-film Bhajan  rendered by him “Hari bin koi kaam na aayo…”  was found among his personal belongings.

The credit for unearthing this song goes entirely to Har Mandir Singh "Hamraaz", noted Compiler of the multi-volume monumental publication ‘Hindi Film Geet Kosh’ and one of the compilers of the authoritative work "Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya" on KL Saigal, according to Prof Surjit Singh . How did this happen ? It is speculated that after recording the song in the studio of Hindustan Records, Saigal grabbed this recording, and took it away to his house where it was found much later. Maybe the singer was not satisfied with his singing and did not want it to go public with the song.

Website extended to cover : Open Internet Project for Documentation of Songs by

The Immortal Musical Trio: KC Dey, KL Saigal & Pankaj Mullick

(Taken up at the instance of Dr Manohar Lal Kapur & supported by Mr Zainuddin Vahanvaty)

Virginia, USA-based Dr ML Kapur (see left), is a retired physician based in , who is a great fan of movies and songs produced by New Theatre, Calcutta and Naushad;  Los Angeles, USA-based  Mr Zainuddin Vahanvaty  <zainmehf@gmail.com>, is an ardent fan of K.L.Saigal & New Theaters, Calcutta & all its artists.

Active participation of music lovers and collectors solicited  : Please write to  mv.surender@yahoo.com

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Click to view K.C. Dey & Pankaj Mullick web pages and listen to their songs

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GENESIS : It all started as the quest of an individual to collect a few more of Saigal songs and listen to them in the hope of being able to sing a larger number of his songs to himself. 

Having collected a fairly large number of songs and associated resources from the Internet, the urge to share the same with other Fans led to setting up of this website. 

Soon, support and encouragement started pouring in from several well-known music

lovers and Collectors like Dr ML Kapur, Dr Surjit Singh, Zainuddin Vahanvaty, Mr Zafar, Ms Vijoilakshmi Ram Bhat, Mr Kamalakar Pasupuleti, Dr Jyothi Prakash Guha, Dr Suresh S Chandvankar. Mr UVR and Mr Prithviraj Dasgupta.

Others music lovers included Mr K Vijay Kumar, Mr Naseer Qureshi, Mr urzung khan, Mr Afzal A. Khan, Dr. Dipendra K. Sinha, Mr MV Devraj, Mr Naresh Khattar and Mr Kamaal Mustafa (listed in no particular order).

Agra-based Music Collector Late Mr Hem Chand Jain became the self- appointed Mentor of the site,  providing invaluable support and insisting that all  available Saigal songs be posted on the site for the benefit of other music lovers.  

Thanks to his vision and generosity, two of Saigals rarest of rare songs found their way into this website and thus into the public domain. It is thus that the most comprehensive archive of Saigal songs to become available online took shape

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(Last updated on October 11, 2008)