Archive for November 2010
Party songs are one of the more common kind of songs in Hindi movies. Every mainstream movie tended to have a party song in it.
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In 1950s, Hindi movies tended to have intoduction songs in them in which the hero introduced himself and described his philosophy in life.
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When one searches for forgotten gems from old Hindi movies,one does not have to dig deep. Scratch the surface and one can unearth a treasure of high quality gems lying all over.
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Kishore Kumar made his debut as a playback singer in 1948 when he sang for Dev Anand in “Ziddi” (1948). For nearly two decades after that, he remained a marginal singer who only sang for himself and occasionally for others (read Dev Anand).
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Miyaan jee chori chori
Posted on: November 14, 2010
“Parda” (1949) was a K pictures presentation. It was directed by A G Soorma. This movie had Rehana, Chand, Amar, Kusum Thakur, Ansari etc in it.
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There were two movies called “Doosri Shaadi” that were produced in 1940s. One was released in 1947 and the other one in 1949. Both these movies had different teams.
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Here it is again. One more century of songs ! Yes, this song is 3200th song of this blog !
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Dil hi to hai tadap gayaa
Posted on: November 13, 2010
Most of the songs discussed in these pages are “normal” songs in the sense that these songs were released normally, viz they were included in the movie and were released on records as well.
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Party songs, where a female singer sings and dances became standard fares in mainstream Hindi movies of 1950s.
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I have discussed as many as 37 songs composed by Sajjad Hussain in Hindi movies. Finding the remaining songs composed by him (he composed about 100 such songs) is proving to be a tall order, as these songs are rare songs, which are not easy to find.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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