Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
Chala na jaaye dil haathon se
Posted on: June 4, 2013
“Raaj Sinhaasan” (1958) was a Jay Dee Pictures production. It was directed by Kundan Kumar. This B grade movie had Mahipal, Ameeta, Sunder, Chandrashekhar, W. M. Khan, Hiralal, Ram Mohan etc in it.
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“Sandesh” (1952) was a Sandesh Pictures Production movie. It was directed by Bal Gajbar. The movie had Kumud, Umesh Sharma, Meenaxi, Arvind, Nana Palsikar, Vikas, Durga Khote, Lalita Pawar etc in it.
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Deepak jalaao jyoti jagaao
Posted on: June 2, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Seven song of the film Sangeet Samrat Tansen (1962) are posted in the blog. This singular Rafi solo is the eighth song to appear. It seems to me that Bharat Bhooshan is in the title role. The song is the creation of lyricist Shailendra and Music Director S N Tripathi. But to elevate this song in a film based on a vocalist life, the onus rest heavily on Rafi Sahab. And the award goes to Mohammed Rafi Sahab. Not lyrical, not musical but a vocal beauty, this one.
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O jaane waale jaa
Posted on: June 2, 2013
“Baazaar” (1949) was a Madhukar Pictures Production. It was directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Shyam, Nigar Sultana, Cuckoo, Misra, Badri Prasad, Gope, Yakub, Amir Banu etc in it.
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Le le gori pehen le chhori
Posted on: June 2, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a song from Film- Paapi-1953, a film largely remembered for the only Double Role that Raj kapoor ever did in his career. Another reason to remember this film was that this was a film Directed by Sardar Chandulal Shah, the owner of Ranjit Studios and Ranjit Movietone. To understand why his direction was important in this film, we will have to go into the history of Ranjit first.
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“Saaqi”(1952) was a Talwar Pictures Production. It was produced by R C Talwar and directed by H S Rawail. The movie had Madhubala, Premnath, Bipin Gupta, Mohna, Randhir, Iftikhar, Rirkoo, Mumtaz, Mattoo, Chandabai, Uma Dutt, Azim, Douglas, H. Prakash, Nazir, Sadhusingh, Cuckoo, Gope etc in it.
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Ek aaye ek jaaye musaafir
Posted on: May 31, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a song from MUSAFIR-57, a film in the 50s, which became famous for its different presentation style. It was,in fact, not one continuous story, but a collection of 3 stories, taking place in one house. This was a new approach in Hindi cinema and there was a mixed reaction to this film from the audience and the critics.
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“Veena” (1948) was a Jagat Pictures Production movie. It was directed by J P Advani. The movie had Rehman, Hemavati, Veera, Sulochana Chatterji, Leela Misra, Yakub, Girdhari etc in it.
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Tere poojan ko bhagwaan
Posted on: May 30, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The year is 1935.
A young Anil Biswas is preparing to record a song for a newly arrived Heroine-RATTAN BAI. She had come from Calcutta, after working in the big banner ” New Theatres”. Having worked in films like ‘Subah ka Sitara’ and Yahudi ki Ladki-1933, with the legendary singer Sehgal, her name had become famous already. She had also worked in Rooplekh-34 and karvaan-e-hayaat-35.
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