Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
Ye haseen shaam gardish mein jaam
Posted on: March 13, 2011
“Teerandaaz” (1955) is a movie starring Ajit, Madhubala, Jairaj, Kuldeep, Helen etc. This movie, which apparently was a B grade movie has passed into oblivion and its prints no longer seem to be in existence.
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Wo dekho dekh rahaa thhaa papeehaa
Posted on: March 10, 2011
“Fariyaad” (1964) is by now a forgotten movie. This movie had Ashok Sharma, Zeb Rehman,Nazima, Tuntun, Achla Sachdev etc. The movie was different from the usual mainstream Hindi movies and it fared badly at the box office.
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In India, being a “gareeb” (poor) has often been equated to being good and nice. And likewise, being rich has been considered being bad and evil. So it is not uncommon to find Hindi movies, especially old ones, championing the cause of gareebs, the way Indian politicians champion their cause even today, instead of asking the basic question as to why gareebs should even exist in the first place.
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Lo aaye jhoom ke pilpili
Posted on: March 4, 2011
After a somewhat longer wait than usual, here is that occasion again when this blog reaches a century and we celebrate it by discussing a special song ! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the 3600th song of this blog !
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Basanti phool khiley
Posted on: March 4, 2011
“Uddhaar” (1949) is an obscure movie that few people know anything about. This movie had some big names of those days in it. It had Munawwar Sultana, Dev Anand, Nirupa Roy, Bharat Bhushan etc in it.
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I keep stumbling against unknown and unheard of gems almost every day. Look what I discovered just now !
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Most of the songs that Suraiyya sang in her career were picturised on herself. But there was a stage, in the beginning of her career,where she sang for other actresses too. It was during early 1940s.
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Din raat badalte hain
Posted on: February 8, 2011
“Naya Sansaar” (1959) is quite an obscure movie. Few people seem to be aware of any details about the cast of this movie. This appears to be a B grade movie that failed at the box office.
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“Husn Ka Chor”(1953) was a Wadia movietone movie, starring Mahipal and Usha Kiran. The movie as well as its music have become too obscure to find with time.
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26th January (Republic day) and 15 august (Independence day) are the two national days in India when National flag is hoisted all over the country. This blog also joins in the celebration. After this blog began in july 2009, we have had two independence days and two republic days. During those occasions, this blog discussed the the popular patriotic songs from Hindi movies. Many of these songs have gone on to become iconic songs.
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