Posted by: Atul on: November 22, 2009
“Ek Ke Baad Ek” (1960) is a lesser known movie starring Dev Anand and Sharada.
Posted by: Atul on: November 22, 2009
I have posted a song from “Bahaar” (1951) in the past. That song was the well known song “Sainyaa dil mein aana re” which was sung by Shamshad Begam and picturised on Vyjyanti Mala.
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2009
I thought that I had posted this song already. Then I realised that I had not posted this song. Though I had got the lyrics of this song ready a while back, I do not know why I had not yet posted it.
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2009
It is quite common for me to remark that many of the songs being posted are songs that I came across only recently. And I also find myself remarking frequently that I found these songs to be gem stuff, even though the movies as well as the songs contained in these movies failed to get [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2009
When I was young, I disliked old songs, and I would only listen to new songs, which meant songs of 1970s. But now I cannot have enough of old songs, viz songs of 1950s and even earlier. In fact, I love the music of the songs in these songs.
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2009
The movie is called “Phir Subah Hogi” (1958) which was a serious movie. Moreover, the actors, singers, music director and lyricist of this movie are also known for creating serious stuff. And most songs of this movie are indeed serious songs.
Posted by: Atul on: November 20, 2009
“Badaltey Rishtey” (1978) was released to a lukewarm response and the movie did not do well at the box office. Of course there is no correlation between a movie’s box office performance and its production values. The story of this movie was different from the usual “dhishum dhishum” stuff of those days. From what one [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 20, 2009
I can not recall this movie called “Suraj Aur Chandaa” (1973) which was released during by early teen years. But when I stumbled upon the songs of this movie recently, I realised that I had listened to these songs those days. In fact, a few of these songs were extremely popular and I enjoyed listening [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 20, 2009
Here is a bicycle song from an obscure movie called “Zamaana” (1957). The song is picturised on Ameeta and Kamaljit (later better remembered as Waheeda Rehman’s husband). This song is a duet, mostly sung by Asha Bhonsle, with some male voice too. I have no idea about the male voice. It sounds like G M [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 20, 2009
As obscure movies go, “Police Detective” (1960) must be among the most obscure. This movie had Sujit Kumar, Shyama,Jayshree Gadkar and Anwar Hussain in lead roles. It was a B grade movie.
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