Archive for the ‘Songs of 1940s (1941 to 1950)’ Category
Mera sundar sapna beet gaya
Posted on: January 24, 2009
It is a very old song from a movie called “Do bhai” (1947) and this song was sung by Geeta Roy ( later Geeta Dutt). This song made her an overnight sensation.
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“Ankhen” (1950) was the debut movie of Madan Mohan as a music director. He used quite a few singers as well as lyricists in this movie. I have already posted a song that was sung by Raj Khosla whose lyrics were written by B D Mishra.
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Madan Mohan made his debut as a music director in “Ankhen” in 1950. What is this with Madan Mohan and the names of his movies ? By now we have had three more movies with the same name, released in 1960s, 1990s as well as in the decade of 2000.
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Chanda re ja re ja re
Posted on: January 11, 2009
To most of us, singers like Lata and Kishore Kumar are legends. But no one is born a legend. Everyone, including the legends, have to make a beginning somewhere.
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These days telephones are taken for granted and calling anywhere to anywhere in the world is no big deal.
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Khayaalon mein kisi ke is tarah
Posted on: November 16, 2008
It is a very sweet song to listen to. Almost everyone associated in this song ( except the lyricist) was a newcomer to Bollywood industry and was trying to find his/ her feet. But their collaboration created this masterpiece that is remembered fondly to this day.
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Aayega aayega aane waala aayega
Posted on: November 11, 2008
Though Lata Mangeshkar made her debut as a playback singer in 1947, it was not like she became a singing legend almost overnight. For three years she was just another struggler in Bollywood. But the song that catapulted her to nationwide name and fame was the 1949 song “Aayega aanewaala aayega” from “Mahal”.
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Aayi hai deewali
Posted on: October 27, 2008
I am surprised to note that there are very few Deewali songs in Bollywood movies unlike say Holi or Raakhi songs. One needs to go back many decades to look for deewali songs in Bollywood movies .
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