Archive for July 2011
“Dushman” appears to be quite a popular title of Hindi movies. About half a dozen movies of this name have been produced so far. In this blog, I have discussed songs from three such movies, viz “Dushman” (1938),”Dushman”(1957) and “Dushman” (1971).
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Ik teri nazar ik meri nazar
Posted on: July 11, 2011
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I had never heard of this movie called “Kanchan” (1955) before. I came across this lovely song from “Kanchan” (1955) a little while ago.
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Dil ka sahaaraa toot na jaaye
Posted on: July 11, 2011
“Paaras” (1949) is a movie starring Kamini Kaushal, Rehman, Murad, Madhubala, K N Singh,Cuckoo etc.
I have so far discussed four songs from this movie.
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We have so far discussed as many as ten songs from “Bhakt Surdas”(1942) and that includes lots and lots of K L Saigal songs. Talking of K L Saigal songs, we have been discussing one K L Saigal song daily for the last six weeks and so far we have discussed as many as 75 K L Saigal songs. If we continue to discuss one K L Saigal song a day, then we will reach the century of K L Saigal songs in a month’s time.
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Zindagi ka ajab fasaanaa hai
Posted on: July 10, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is another beautiful ghazal from the film Chhoti Chhoti Baaten (1965), presented as a duet in this movie. The ghazal is sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar, and on screen, it is picturized on Moti Sagar and Manju. Moti Sagar plays the role of Motilal’s son in this movie. Motilal leaves his children and comes to live in a village. After some time, one of his sons, Moti Sagar, disillusioned with his own life in his own ways, also follows him and starts to live with his father in the village. Here, he falls in love with a village girls, Radha, played by actress Manju.
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Ye raat ye nazaarey
Posted on: July 10, 2011
I am vaguely aware of this Hindi movie title called “Trolley Driver” (1958) and I have wondered about what this movie is all about. To this day, I am not much aware of the star cast of this movie or its story line.
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Aansoo ki aag leke teri yaad aayi
Posted on: July 10, 2011
“Yahudi” (1958) is a movie starring Sohrab Modi,Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari. This movie, as the name suggests, is a historical mythological movie of the Roman era of 2000 years ago, where Dilip Kumar plays Roman prince Marcus and Meena Kumari plays a jew called Hannah. Being a Hindi movie adoption, they naturally fall in love and in fact sing lots of songs.
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Here is a song from “Basant Bahaar” (1956) that I may have heard in the past but without paying much attention. This time, when I got the lyrics of this song (sent by nahm), I paid close attention to the lyrics. While doing that , one cannot but help pay attention to the singing and the music as well. And while doing that, one realises that this song is an unparalled combination of sensational singing, superb lyrics and wonderful music.
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Na wo hamaare na dil hamaaraa
Posted on: July 10, 2011
“Dil e Naadaan” (1953) is a movie starring Talat Mehmood, Shyama and Peace Kanwal.
Here is a song from this movie which is sung by Sudha Malhotra. The song is picturised on Shyama singing this melancholic song inside her room, with Peace Kanwal wondering outside what is going on.
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There have been quite a few movies made on Raja Harishchandra, the mythological king regarded as the epitome of generosity in ancient scriptures. One of these movies was “Raja Harishchandra” (1952).
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