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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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O saajnaa kyaa kiyaa
Posted on: May 3, 2011
“Chandralekha” (1948) was a milestone for Indian movie industry. It was originally a South Indian movie produced by Gemini.After its huge success in South India, the movie was dubbed/remade into Hindi and its success among Hindi movie watchers paved the way for South Indian producers to venture into producing Hindi movies, not just as remake of South Indian movies, but also original Hindi movies.
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Balmaa jaa jaa jaa
Posted on: May 3, 2011
The more number of songs I discover, the more I realise how less I know about the great musical gems. And that is the case when I have already discussed over 3800 songs !
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Beimaan tore nainwaa nindiyaa na aaye
Posted on: May 3, 2011
When a small kid has to be put to sleep, the mother sings him/her a soothing lullaby. It is not just that only small kids appreciate lullabies. Grownups are just as receptive to them. So I see no reason why a female should not sing lullabies to her husband/lover in case he too is required to be put to sleep.
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Ghar ki raani hoon jee
Posted on: May 2, 2011
It is a coincidence that the movies whose songs I am discussing today bear the same name as that of later day movies that I am more familiar with. Thus I discussed a song of “Heer Ranjha” (1948) and then “Sangam” (1954) while most people are more familiar with these movies of later vintage, viz “Heer Ranjha” (1970) and “Sangam” (1964) respectively. Likewise, when one talks of “Abhimaan”, the name of 1973 movie may come to the minds of most, including myself. But there was another movie of the same name that was produced in 1957.
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Aayen to kaise aayen
Posted on: May 2, 2011
I am aware of the movie called “Sangam” (1964), but I was not aware that another movie of the same name was produced exactly 10 years prior to “Sangam” (1964). This movie, i.e. “Sangam” (1954) had Kamini Kaushal, Shekhar, Shashikala, K. N. Singh, Murad, Rajrani, Chaman Puri, Ratan, Jeewan etc in it.
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Kaise kaatoon ye kaali raaten
Posted on: May 2, 2011
While looking for songs of “Heer Ranjha” (1970), I discovered that this was not the only movie bearing this title. There have been as many as six movies called “Heer Ranjha” over the decades ! “Heer Ranjha” (1970) -the fifth movie bearing this title is the most well known of them, thanks mainly to its music. Prior to this movie, “Heer Ranjha” (1948) -the fourth movie with this title,was the most well known movie of this name.
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Dekho chandaa se khelen sitaare
Posted on: April 29, 2011
Beginning from 1944, Hindi movie industry have produced movies named “Dost” after every ten years. Thus we had movies called “Dost” in 1944, 1954, and 1974. We did not have a “Dost” in 1964, , though we had “Dosti” in 1964.
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Mil mil ke bichhad gaye nain
Posted on: April 29, 2011
“Aaraam” (1951) is a movie that starred Dev Anand and Madhubala. I have discussed five songs from this movie in the past.
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