Archive for the ‘Shamshad Begam solo’ Category
Jhamak jhamak liye teg tamak
Posted on: August 15, 2011
India won her freedom from British rulers in 1947 after a prolonged struggle of several decades.
It is believed that the first freedom struggle against them was launched in 1857 which did not succeed.
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Main banoongi film star
Posted on: July 26, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The melodious strains of ‘Chalo Dildaar Chalo, Chaand Ke Paar Chalo’, composed more than 4 decades ago, sound and feel like a fresh breeze of air, every time one listens to it. The magnum opus of the famously talented Ghulam Mohammed, a string of his best creations – ‘Chalte Chalte Yun Hi Koi Mil Gayaa Thhaa’, ‘Inhi Logon Ne Le Leena Dupatta Mera’, ‘Mausam Hai Aashiqaana’ and more – establish the definition of what Ghulam Mohammed’s body of musical creation is. A pity that this success came somewhat late in the day – a release that marked a watershed in the history of Hindi film music was to happen about three years after the demise of its creator.
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Bhaiyya mera albelaa o bhaabhi
Posted on: July 24, 2011
“Grihasthhi” (1948) is by now an obscure movie. It had actors like Faizi , Kuldip , Sulochana Chatterji, Masood , Sharda , Yakub , Shyama , Mirza Musharaf, Pran , Lalita Pawar etc in it.
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“Hazaar Raatein” (1953) is quite an obscure movie with equally obscure songs. That has not stopped us from discussing as many as two songs from this movie already in this blog.
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Here is a melancholic song from “Rail Ka Dibba” (1953). This song is sung by Shamshad Begam. Shakeel Badayuni is the lyicist and music is composed by Ghulam Mohammad.
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Chham chhamaachham paayal baaje
Posted on: July 6, 2011
“Rail Ka Dibba” (1953) is one of the earliest movie of Shammi Kapoor. In this movie he is paired opposite Madhubala. By that time, Madhubala had already carved a niche for herself whereas Shammi Kapoor had yet to discover his niche.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sheeshmahal (1950) is a well known Sohrab Modi production that deals with the ups and downs of life. The movie contains a number of good songs, four of which have already been discussed on this blog.
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“Pugree” (1948) is a movie that had Amar, Wasti, Kamini Kaushal, Dikshit,Shashikala, Gope, Pratima Devi, Ram Avtaar etc in it.
This movie had some nice songs in it which were sung by Mukesh, Sitara Kanpuri and Shamshad Begam. I have so far discussed three songs from this movie.
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“Rail Ka Dibba” (1953) was one of the very first movies of Shammi Kapoor. Of course, he was nowhere close to realising his potential and discovering his identity in this movie. For that he would have to wait for another four years.
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Nainon ke mast ishaare
Posted on: June 24, 2011
“Jal Tarang” (1949) is a by now obscure movie. This movie, which was produced by Kuldeep Pictures and was directed by Rajendra Sharma had Rehman, Geeta Bali, Shashikala, Shyama, Ram Singh, Rajan Haksar etc in it.
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