Archive for the ‘joie de vivre’ Category
Dil ki duniya jagmagaayi
Posted on: November 5, 2012
“Daak Babu” (1954) was a Jubilee Pictures Production. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The movie had Talat Mehmood, Nadira, Radhakrishan, Kuldip Kaur, Yashodhara Katju, Manmohan Krishnan etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Wonderful gems still to waiting to be rediscovered, and in the queue for making an appearance on this blog. Well, one day this treasure may all be known and documented, but thankfully, that day is still a long way off. And the journey of the musical bandwagon on this blog, continues on its merry way, searching, researching, documenting and posting. Oh, what a joy.
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“Farishta” (1958) was a Pancholi Production movie. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Mubarak, Anita Guha, Sohrab Modi, Mehmood, Nana Palsikar, Sheikh Murad, Mridula etc in it.
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Tu kaun hai mera keh de baalam
Posted on: September 17, 2012
Here is this song from “Deedaar” (1951). It is sung by Lata and it is picturised on a lady looking extremely happy and besides herself with joy. I had great difficulty in identifying her and I actually rubbed my eyes in disbelief on realising that the lady in question was none other than Nimmi ! I was told that the only occasion when Nimmi was seen breaking into a faint smile was in a 1960s movie and that too towards the fag end of her career. but this song alters all that. She actually is seen smiling whole heartedly in this song.
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“Aazaad” (1955) was a Pakshiraj Production movie. It was directed by S M S Naidu. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Pran, S. Nazir, Raj Mehra, Randhir, Achla Sachdev, Deepa Sahi, Shammi, Subblaxmi, Badri Prasad, Murad, Om Prakash etc in it.
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Dhadak dhadak dil dhadke
Posted on: September 10, 2012
“Daastaan” (1950) was a Musical Pictures presentation. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suraiya, Raj Kapoor, Murad, Al Nasir, Veena, Suresh, Protima Devi, Shakila, Banerji, Lakshman, Surinder, Baby Anwari, Krishna Kumar etc in it.
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“For Ladies Only” (1951) was a Jaimini Dewan Production movie. It was directed by Vedi and the movie had Satish, Sadana Bose, Roopa Verman, Kuldeep Kaur etc in it.
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Ghat kaari matwaari ghir aayee
Posted on: September 3, 2012
Today (3 september) is the death anniversary of Meena Shorey. it was on this day in 1989 that Meena Shorey breathed her last.
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Mast bahaaron ka main aashiq
Posted on: August 27, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A few days ago the blog completed 6500 songs and also 1600 songs of Rafi Sahab. Moreover Lata Mangeshkar also has achieved 1900 songs in the blog. So the two of them have featured in more than 3000 or almost 3500 songs in the blog. The difference being the Rafi-Lata duets and some more songs like group songs where they both are singing alongwith others.
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Main pankhh lagaa ke udd jaaun
Posted on: August 25, 2012
“Armaan” (1953) was a Film Trust of India production. It was directed by Fali Mistry. The movie had Madhubala, Jagirdar, Shakila, Gulab, Dev Anand, Murad, K. N. Singh etc in it.
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