Archive for the ‘Light hearted song’ Category
Arrey qismat ka sitaaraa chamka
Posted on: November 17, 2011
“Sangeeta”(1950), an obscure movie by now, was a Sudha Pictures production. it was directed by Ramanlal Desai. The starcast of the movie included names like Shyam, Nigar, Suraiya Choudhary, Ramsingh, Radha Krishnan, Pran, Mumtaz Ali etc in it.
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Popat hoon main pyaar ka
Posted on: November 9, 2011
“Raaz” (1967) is a movie that is known as one of Rajesh Khanna’s earliest movies (perhaps even his debut). He was the hero f the movie of course. But it turns out that he was not the only one figuring in songs and dance.
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Has anyone heard of a Hindi movie by the name “Black Tiger” (1960) ? I certainly had not. But just because I had not heard about it does not mean that this movie did not exist. This movie was very much in existence and it was a quintessential B grade movie. It was produced by an imaginatively named production house called Highway Pictures. The movie was directed by the legendary director of such movies, namely Akkoo. The “star cast” of this movie includes such B grade superstars as Nazma, Azad, Nadira, Habib, Sheikh etc.
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In Hindi movies, most activities are carried out according to a set piece pattern, and that included songs as well. Teasing songs, romantic songs, expression of love song, all of them seem to follow some well laid down guidelines.
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Chhedoongaa main sargam
Posted on: October 13, 2011
“Aabroo” (1956) is an Uma Chitra production. this movie was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi. The movie had Kamini Kaushal, Kishore Kumar,Madan Puri, Achla Sachdev, Smriti Biswas etc in it.
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“Husn Ka Chor” (1953) is a quintessential B grade movie which was a Basant Pictures presentation. It was directed by J B H Wadia. The movie had Lalita Kumari, Mahipal, Arti, Usha Kiran, Babu Raje, Jiji Goldstein, Sharda, B. M. Vyas, Dalpat, Sardar Mansoor, Raja Sandow, Mithu Miya etc. in it.
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O meri jaan bachnaa
Posted on: September 25, 2011
“Faislaa” (1965) was a quintessential B grade movie produced by Jugal Kishore Productions. It was directed by Jugal Kishore. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Jagdeep,L. Vijayalaxmi, Jugal Kishore, Jeevan, Sulochana Chatterji, Niranjan Sharma,Helen etc.
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When we discuss old songs of 1930s and 1940s, we tend to believe that those songs were all serious songs. That is not really the case. In all generations of music one can find light hearted songs as well.
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Andhe ne bhi sapna dekha
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sujata” (1959) is a critically acclaimed movie and it is a musical blockbuster too. I am aware of most of the better known songs of this movie, which have gone on to become evergreen classics. But this movie also has a few lesser known songs.
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