Archive for May 2011
Jiyaa bechain mera din rain
Posted on: May 6, 2011
“Sheeshaa” (1952) is an obscure movie that had Sajjan, Nargis, Kumkum, Amar, Achla Sachdev, Vimla, Cuckoo etc in it.I have no idea about the fate of this movie at the box office, but I guess that this movie failed to set the box office on fire.
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Aayi madhu ritu basant bahaar ree
Posted on: May 6, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A wonderful gem of a duet from Hamdard (1953). This is such a wonderful classical jugalbandi, such a pleasure to listen with your eyes closed. It is almost a divine composition, a signature composition by Anil Da, with more than one raga blended seamlessly into a single flow. A virtuous melody, and a pleasure to listen to.
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Bheegi bheegi raat aayi
Posted on: May 6, 2011
“Aakaash” (1953) is a less known movie that had Agha, Balraj Sahni, Nadira, Manmohan Krishan,Shammi(not to be confused with Shammi Kapoor), Badri Prasad,Jillo etc in it.
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Paisaa hi maalik paisaa hi daataa
Posted on: May 5, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have seen the movie Sautela Bhai (1962) many years ago on Doordarshan, and have remembered it for a very strong performance by Guru Dutt. It is a family drama, based on the story of two step brothers. Guru Dutt, the elder, is a responsible and values oriented person. The younger one is an irresponsible weakling, who has a bevy of crooked friends around him. The storyline moves on a very predictable track, with a happy ending.
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Bade aaye shikaari shikaar karne
Posted on: May 5, 2011
“Angulimaal” (1960) is a movie that was based on the life of a bandit who got reformed after he met Lord Buddha. This movie was produced by Thai International Society and it was directed by Vijay Bhatt. Bharat Bhushan, Nimmi,Anita Guha etc acted in it.
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Koi maane na maane magar jaaneman
Posted on: May 5, 2011
“Chaar Din Chaar Raahen” (1959) was an ambitious movie that tried to deal with lots of issues and ended up as a confused hotch potch of a movie.
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Roothh ke tum to chal diye
Posted on: May 5, 2011
“Jalti Nishaani” (1957) is an obscure movie by now. It had Geeta Bali and Kamal Kapoor in lead roles. Kuldeep Kaur,Sundar,Ulhaas,Chaman Puri etc had also figured in this movie.
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If one creates one or two masterpiece songs in a movie that I suppose the creators of such songs in that movie could be justified in taking it easy while creating the remaining songs. But that is not how they worked in the (G)olden days. The created one gem after another in the same movie, as if this was the last movie of their careers. And they continued it for their other movies as well for their entire careers that lasted a few decades. and then there were many others who worked in the same way. No wonder we are left with a huge body of quality music that we can keep exploring for decades, without being able to exhaust it.
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Keh rahi hai raat andheri
Posted on: May 4, 2011
“Hyderabad Ki Naazneen” (1952) is a movie about which very little is known. I have discussed two songs from this movie and the only thing that I have been able to find from the picturisation is that Nigar Sultana played the title role in this movie.
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