Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950’ Category
Today (20 august) is the death anniversary of Avinash Vyas. Avinash Vyas had a long career in Hindi movie beginning from 1943 (Mahasati Anusuya) to 1981 (Bhakt Gora Kumbhar).
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Guess what song I stumbled upon a brief while ago ! I came across a rare song about Eid on the eve of the festival.
This song is as obscure as any. It is from a movie called “Rashida Dulhan” which was made sometime in late 1940s or early 1950s I guess but was never released. The songs of this movie, or at least this song managed to survive though.
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Aaya mere dil mein tu
Posted on: August 18, 2012
“Daastaan” (1950) was a Musical Pictures Production, which was a joint venture of A R Kardar and Naushad. The movie was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suraiya, Raj Kapoor, Murad, Al Nasir, Veena, Suresh, Protima Devi, Shakila, Banerji, Lakshman, Surinder, Baby Anwari, Swartha, Krishna Kumar etc in it.
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Ek do teen chaar
Posted on: August 13, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Recently, I came across a duet song ‘ek do teen chaar’ sung by Asha Bhonsle and Kishore Kumar from the film MUQADDAR(1950). I remember this film in which the lead actor Nalini Jaywant had sung three songs in her own voice, one of which has already been discussed in this blog.
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Qismat mein yahi likha thhaa
Posted on: July 16, 2012
“Hanste Aansoo” (1950) was an Akash Chitra Production movie. It was directed by K B Lal. The movie had Motilal, Madhubala, Gope, Manorama, Mirza Musharaf, Jankidas etc in it.
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“Aankhen” (1950) was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. This movie had Shekhar, Nalini Jaiwant, Bharat Bhushan, Cuckoo, Anwari, Yakub, Yashodhara Katju, Bhudo Advani etc in it.
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Taare wohi hain chaand wohi hai
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Anmol Ratan” (1950) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was a Dewan Production movie. It was directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Karan Dewan, Meena, Gope, Gulab, Nirmala, Madan Puri etc in it.
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Dil jawaani ke nashe se choor hai
Posted on: June 5, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song under discussion is from the film “Birha ki Raat”(1950). Another song I discussed from this film the other day “bahut purdard hai aye sunnewaale”” starts with the sh’er :
jahaan mein jin ki ummeedon ke bede
paar hote hain
woh khush qismat hazaaron mein kahin
do chaar hote hain
‘Beda paar lagaana’ is a saying in hindi/urdu meaning ‘achieving the ambition or reaching ones destination. The word ‘Beda’ literally means a “Fleet of big ships”. The opposite of this saying in a curse “Beda garq ho teraa” or a lament “beda garq hogayaa”. “Garq’ is drowning in water. The special thing about these sayings or muhaavra’s which are used in urdu/hindi, is that they can be used backwards, forwards, in singular/plural,past/present tense, negative/positive and in varied situation they can be applied.
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Bhajo re bhaiyya Ram Govind Hari
Posted on: June 5, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Kehat Kabeer Suno Bhai Saadho. . .’
A refrain that is now a well known by line by which one can recognize that a particular bhajan is by Kabeer. A name that is now a household word wherever Hindi is spoken and understood. And a poet whose verses and dohas (couplets) have found their way into the everyday spoken Hindi, as proverbs and adages. Yesterday, the Jayeshtha Poornima, was the birth anniversary of this great poet saint of India.
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