Archive for March 2010
I have posted as many as six songs from “Haqeeqat” (1964) and I thought that I had covered all the songs. But it turns out that I had missed out on posting another very fine song from this movie.
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Jiyaa le gayo ji mora saanwariyaa
Posted on: March 18, 2010
“Anpadh”(1962) had several songs sung by Lata. I was under the impression that all these songs were picturised on Mala Sinha, but that is not the case.
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In 1950s, we had this trend where movies with the prefix “Naya” added to old movie titles were used to create new movies. “Naya Andaaz”(1956) was one such movie. This movie had Johny Walker, Kishore Kumar and Kumkum in lead roles.
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I have not posted songs from the music director Ganesh for quite some time. Songs composed by him are very difficult to come across. But the effort in finding these songs is well worth it. Almost all his songs are gems of the highest order.
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Main na kisi ka aitbaar karoongi
Posted on: March 17, 2010
“Boxer” (1965) was a movie featuring Dara Singh and Mumtaz. This movie had music by Laxmikant Pyarelal who were then newcomers as music directors.
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When it comes to rare to find songs, this song must take the cake.
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“Jawaani Ki Hawaa” (1959) is quite an obscure movie. It was an All India pictures production and it was directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Vaijayantimala, Raj Mehra, Purnima, Badri Prasad,Shammi, Anil Kumar, Anwar, Amar, Helen, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Posted on: March 15, 2010
This title song of “Satyam Shivam Sundaram” has at least two versions. The song itself is quite popular to this day. Its picturisation is another matter. The critics those days panned Raj Kapoor for using this movie to show Zeenat Aman’s body at every opportunity, which in the view of the critics was against the Indian ethos.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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