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     1'''KUNDAN LAL SAIGAL (1904-46)''' 
     2 
     3 
     4Legendary actor and singer whose 
     5performance in the lead role of Barua's 
     6Devdas set the standard for musical 
     7melodrama acting. Born in jammu. As a child, 
     8he occasionally played Seeta in the Ramlila of 
     9Jammu. His only formal training apparently 
     10came from a little-known Sufi peer, Salman 
     11Yussuf. The singing tradition he assimilated, 
     12sometimes described as the Kotha (where the 
     13courtesans performed), had little classical 
     14rigour, but emphasised the poetic ·bending' of 
     15syllables into musical curves in forms like th~ 
     16thumri and the ghazai. His renditions of Mirza 
     17Ghalib's poetry and his identification with its 
     18tragic iconography formed the famous Saigal 
     19persona. Worked as a typewriter salesman 
     20when B.N. Sircar recruited him for his singing 
     21ability. His style was substantially shaped at 
     22New Theatres by Rai Chand Boral who. with 
     23Timir Baran and Pankaj Mullick, composed 
     24most of the songs which remain among the 
     25most popular hits in Indian film history. Acted 
     26in a Bengali film for the first time when he did 
     27a small role, including two songs, in the 
     28Bengali version of De~das (having first had to 
     29satisfy Saratchandra Chatterjee that he could do 
     30it). He also sang two songs in P.V. Rao's 1936 
     31Tamil version of Barua's film. Later proved very 
     32popular in Bengali films, e.g. Didi, Des her 
     33Matt. At New Theatres, the films of Nitin Bose 
     34(President,]ibau Maran) and Phani 
     35Majumdar (Street Siuger) allowed his music 
     36to develop its own autonomy. Inspired a whole 
     37generation of singers such as Mukesh, Talat 
     38Mahmood, Kishore Kumar and Kozhikode 
     39Abdul Qadir. Worked at Ranjit in the '±Os 
     40(e.g. the classic Tanseu). Biography by 
     41Menon 1989). 
     42 
     43 
     44'''FILMOGRAPHY''': 1932: Jiohabbat Ke Aansoo; 
     45Zinda Lash; Subah Ka Sitara; 1933: Purmz 
     46Bhakt; Rajraui Meera; Yahudi Ki Ladki; 
     47Dulari Bibi; 1934: Chaudidas; Daku 
     48.Manso01~ Mohabbat Ki Kasauti; 1935: 
     49Karwau-e-Hayat; Devdas; Bij'oya; 1936: 
     50Karodpati; Pujarin; 1937: Didi/President; 
     511938: Desber Mati/Dharti Mata; Street 
     52Singer!Saathi; Dushmaul]iban Marau; 
     531940: Zilzdagi; 1941: Parichay!Lagau; 
     541942: Bhakta Surdas; 1943: Tausen: 1944: 
     55Bhanwara; Meri Baheu; 1945: Kuruksbetm: 
     56Tadbir; 1946: Omar Khayyam: Shabjeban; 
     571947: Paru.wza. 
     58 
     59[[Actor]] 
     60 
     61[[Music]]