Cinema Qawwali Archive

Aahen naa bhareen shikwe na, Zeenat, 1945, Noor Jahan, Zohrabai, Kalyani.
First women qawwali in cinema available so far.

Dil ho qabu mein to dildar ki aisi taisi, Village Girl, 1945, Mohd. Rafi, G.M.Durrani.

Tu ne dekha ek nazar aur dil ka, Village Girl, 1945, Kalyani, Amirbai, Zohrabai, Noor Jahan etc.
Women qawwali - many couplets from Ghalib, a birthday party with baloons and eateries (not confirmed if the song is from Village Girl)
Recording not available

Zara sunlo hum apne pyar ka afsana kehte hain, Bazar, 1949, Rajkumari, Lata Mangeshkar.
Women's qawwali. Nigar Sultana

Khabar kisi ko nahi/Duaen maang rahe hain, Beqasoor, 1950, Mukesh, Lata, Anil Biswas, Aarzoo Lucknowi.

Yeh dunya musafirkhana hai, Surang, 1953, Manna Dey, Sulochana Kadam, chorus.
Not strictly a qawwali, but people's song with philosophical lyrics

Sajde mein hai sar, Mirza Ghalib, 1954, Bande Hasan & Mohd. Rafi.
At an artificial set of Nizamuddin dargah

Har baat poochhiye ye haqeeqat na poochhiye, Chandni Chowk, 1954, Lata, Asha, Shamshad Begum.

Marna bhi mohabbat mein kisi kaam na aya, Aazad, 1955, Raghunath Jadhav.

Meri dunya lut rahi thi Mr.& Mrs.55, 1955, M.Rafi, O.P.Nayyar, Majrooh.

Kali kamli wale tum pe lakhon salam, Hatimtai ki Beti, 1955, Asha Bhosle, M. Rafi.
Na't

Hamein bhi dedo sahara, Seema, 1955, M.Rafi, chorus.
Faqir song sung like qawwali

Damadam mast Qalandar, Mast Qalandar, 1955, M.Rafi, Shamshad Begum.

Aaja aaja ham hain akele, Taj Aur Talwar, 1956, Ismail Azad.

Hamein itna batado ishq ki manzil, Talwar ka Dhani, 1956, Yusuf Azad.

Jidhar nazrein uthai, Fighting Queen, 1956, Shankar Shambhu.

Parwar digare Alam tera hi, Hatimtai, 1956, M.Rafi.
Prayer song invoking Prophets
Watch another video version on youtube.

Ye bhool hui bhoole se kabhi, Fifty Fifty, 1956, Mohd. Rafi solo, Madan Mohan

Falak bola Khuda ke noor, Khuda Ka Banda, 1957, Mohd. Rafi,
No clapping, an Urdu devotional.

Yeh zalim haseen hai, Jahazi Lutera, 1957, Ismail Azad.

Jalwa jo tera dekha humne aankhon se, Gateway of India, 1957, Asha Bhosle, Mubarak Begum, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar

Thi ek shahzadi, Lalarukh, 1958, Talat Mehmood, Kaifi Azmi.
Central asian musical storytelling style.

Woh jab jalwa dikhate hain, Mr. Q, 1958, Yusuf Azad.

Adayen teer hain andaz nirale, Jungle Princess, 1958, Mubarak Begum, Jani Babu Qawwal.

Aaj kyun humse parda hai, Sadhna, 1958, M.Rafi, Master Nisar.

Milti hai bheekh Maula tere huzoor se, Sohni Mahiwal, 1958, Lata Mangeshkar, chorus
Women qawwali at a shrine, no clapping.

Allah ki rehmat, Mehndi, 1958, Chand Bala, M.Rafi, S.Balbir

Hamein to loot liya milke husnwalon, Al-Hilal, 1958, Ismail Azad.

Yeh husnwaale bhi kaisa kamaal karte hain, Behram Daku, 1959, Jani Babu.

Hum wafadar nahi, Toofani Teerandaz, 1959, Ismail Azad, Sudha Malhotra.

Meri jholi ko bharde aye khuda, Maan ke Ansu, 1959, Shamshad Begum, Mohd. Rafi.

Chalachal musafir, Maan ke Ansu, 1959, Mohd. Rafi, Mubarak Begum
Faqir song.

Mein so jaun Ya Mustafa kehte kehte, Maan ke Ansu, 1959, Shamshad Begum.
Na't song about reform.

Munh dho ke aaye aashiq aur haath dho ke jaaye, Lal Nishan, 1959, Ismail Azad.

Peene ki bhi aadat kaisi, Fashionable Wife, 1959, Ismail Azad.

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