Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Dil leke bhaaga
Posted on: April 7, 2009
Bollywood movies have created a few myths which many armchair watchers now believe to be true, though that is hardly the case. The inspiration for two such myths have come from Hollywood movies.
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Hamen tum bhool baithe ho
Posted on: April 5, 2009
This song is from a very old movie called “Shair” (1949). This movie had Dev Anand and Surayya in lead roles.
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Teri duniya mein dil
Posted on: April 2, 2009
“Baawre Nain” (1950) was the movie that established Roshan as a music director of note. This Raj Kapoor movie had many immortal songs sung by several singers who went on to become legends.
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Tooti phooti gaadi
Posted on: March 30, 2009
It is an unbelievably sweet and romantic song from a movie few people may even be aware of.
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toot gaye sab sapne mere
Posted on: March 29, 2009
“Parwana” (1947) was the last movie of K L Saigal before he died at a young age thanks to his drinking habits.
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Kisi ke dil mein rahna thha
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Here is a lovely song from “Baabul” (1950). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and Lata. The song was written by Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad was the music director.
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Here is a song that I heard many a times in Radio Ceylon in the morning between 7-30 AM to 8 AM. And as happened with me most of the time, all I knew about the song was the name of the singers, that is all.
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“Aag” was one of the earliest movies in which Mukesh got an opportunity to sing.
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I have been posting a K L Saigal song again after a break. And while listening to this song, I was once again exposed to the magic of K L saigal’s voice.
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