Archive for the ‘Songs of 1948’ Category
Here is a very old song from an obscure movie called “Actress” (1948). This is a stage song. It is sung by Rafi and it is picturised on Prem Adeeb.
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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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“Aag” was one of the earliest movies in which Mukesh got an opportunity to sing.
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Ye zindagi ke mele
Posted on: March 4, 2009
This song has become an iconic song, and I just realised that this song was composed 60 years ago.
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When one listens to old song, one needs to have some appreciation of history, otherwise one tends to judge old songs by present day standards and thus he/ she may do grave injustice to old songs while making hasty judgements about them.
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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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Kyun pheri nazar dekho to idhar
Posted on: September 8, 2008
This song is a very special song. Not only is it the oldest song (1948) posted in this blog so far , this is one song that very few people may have heard. This song was composed for the movie “Anokhi Ada” (1948). As many bollywood music fans may be aware, this movie was a musical blockbuster full of memorable songs.
This particular song was excluded from the movie at the editing stage. As a result, this song died an untimely death, and people forgot all about it.
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