पायल बाजे छनन छनन

“Paayal Baaje Chhanan Chhanan” is a song from Anath Ashram (1937), a New Theatres social drama directed by Hemchandra Chunder on the reformist theme of widow-remarriage. The music is by R.C. Boral and the lyrics are by Kidar Sharma (Kedar Nath Sharma). It was sung by Kalyani.

“Paayal Baaje Chhanan Chhanan” was composed by R.C. Boral for the New Theatres film Anath Ashram (1937), part of one of the most influential studio sound tracks of the 1930s. It is rendered by Kalyani.

The lyrics of “Paayal Baaje Chhanan Chhanan” were written by Kidar Sharma (Kedar Nath Sharma), who served as the lyricist for Anath Ashram. The film was an early credit in Sharma’s career at New Theatres, where he wrote for R.C. Boral’s compositions before going on to become a celebrated writer-director of Hindi cinema.

“Paayal Baaje Chhanan Chhanan” belongs to Anath Ashram (1937), a New Theatres social melodrama directed by Hemchandra Chunder. The film told a reformist story centred on widow-remarriage and an orphanage (“anath ashram”), with a cast that included Uma Shashi, Najmul Hussain, Jagdish Sethi, Prithviraj Kapoor and Trilok Kapoor.