Archive for April 2011
Main yahaan tu kahaan
Posted on: April 9, 2011
It may be difficult to imagine today but actors like Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy used to act in lead roles five decades ago, before they began to play roles of parents. In fact, the two of them were paired opposite each other in lead roles in many movies of late 1950s.
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Ho umad ghumad kar aayee re ghataa
Posted on: April 9, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Our country is a land of villages, and it lives in the hearts of the farmers of this land. There is an immeasurable bond that we Indians have with the mitti (soil) of this land; that which cares for us and provides for all our needs.
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- In: "chaand" song | "Cuckoo" songs | Cuckoo Dance Song | Duet | Guest posts | Mujra song | Post by Sudhir | Sheila Vaz Dance Songs | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1959 | Suman Kalyanpur songs | Synchronised dance | Twin songs | Usha Mangeshkar songs | Usha Mangeshkar Suman Kalyanpur duet | Yearwise breakup of songs
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another very wonderful duet dance, also a mujra, from the movie Guest House (1959).
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“Navrang” (1959) is a song that is well known for its songs. I have discussed three songs from this movie in the past. Here is another song from this movie. I was not aware of this till a few hours ago.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What a wonderful duet from an almost unknown movie, Taxi Stand (1958). Another long lost friend that I had been searching for a very long time.
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Main gaaun tu chup ho jaa
Posted on: April 8, 2011
Though I am familiar with V Shantaram’s movie “Do Aankhen Baarah Haath” (1957), I have not watched this movie and I am not aware of all its songs, except the better known songs. I was not aware of this song.
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Ham tum ye khoyee khoyee raahein
Posted on: April 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
The 1962 movie Rangoli has a bevy of most wonderful songs, some of which are already discussed in this blog. Here is a very soft and romantic duet from the same movie, beautifully sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar. Lyrics are by Shailendra, and the composition is by Shanker Jaikishan.
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Radha tu hai deewaanee
Posted on: April 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The movie “Yaadein” (1964) was as off beat a movie as any movie could be. The movie was shot almost exclusively on one set and with only one actor. This movie was made by Sunil Dutt under his home banner called Ajanta Arts productions Sunil Dutt himself was the sole actor of this movie.
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- In: "Aankh" song | "chaayageet" song | expression of love | Feelings of heart | Guest posts | Multiple version song | Post by Sudhir | Rafi solo | Rafi songs | Song from unreleased movie | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1960 | Suman Kalyanpur solo | Suman Kalyanpur songs | Yearwise breakup of songs
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
An absolutely wonderful song from an almost unknown movie Black Prince (1960). Music is by Dulaal Sen and lyrics by Upendra.
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