Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950’ Category
Maine kaha babuji itna bataaoge
Posted on: April 6, 2012
If a movie title has nouns like “Behan”,”Bahu”, Bhabhi” etc in it preceded by adjectives like “Badi”, “Chhoti” etc then one can safely conclude that sacrificing characters lie ahead in the movie and unless one is masochistic in nature, one needs to steer clear of such movies.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Rewinding back to 1950. The earlier year, 1949, had proved to be a golden year for music and songs in Hindi films. Many a memorable films and many many memorable songs got released in this year, and many relatively new artists got launched on hugely prolific careers. Some writers accord the period from 1949 to 1952 as the best period of music in Hindi film industry. But one voice was relatively unheard. A very new singer by the name Asha Bhosle, was just fledgling, and a career that was still to take a shape. Sixty one years hence, she would be celebrated as the most recorded singer in history. But back, in 1949 and 1950, you could count her songs on your fingers. All of sixteen years old at that time, and already saddled with turbulent personal affairs, no wonder that she did not have many songs to her credit in this golden period of Hindi film music.
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Regulars of this blog may be wondering why I have discussed only one post today and then nothing ! The reason is, today my wife has all the time to supervise over me and sitting at the computer is proving out to be difficult for me. I somehow managed to post one writeup today when she was not looking. Now it is afternoon and she has gone out for her favourite pastime, viz shopping. I refuse to have anything to do with shopping so I have dropped her (and the daughter) to a shopping complex and come back. Assuming that they will be there for three hours, I need to make the most of these three hours to make up for lost time. 🙂
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Mausam e bahaar yaar
Posted on: March 20, 2012
“Sargam” (1950) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by P L Santoshi and the starcast included names like Raj Kapoor, Rehana, Om Prakash, Mumtaz Ali, Paro, Ratan Kumar, Chandabai, Rajendra, David Abraham, Tabassum, Radha Krishnan, Samson, Vijayalaxmi, Ramsingh, S. L. Puri, Sudesh etc.
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Mera pyaar mujhe lauta do
Posted on: March 4, 2012
This article is written by Khyati Bhatt, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Hindi Cinema has given us the treasure of so many melodious singers who never restricted their ability only for the movie songs. The list includes K.L.Saigal, Pankaj Mulick, Jagmohan, C.H.Atma, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd.Rafi, Asha Bhonsle, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Talat Mahmood, Geeta Dutt, Kishore Kumar( which is something new to me and thanks to Arunji for that info) and may be few more.
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Though movie songs have been the staple diet for Indian music lovers over the decades, there used to be a small and loyal market for non film songs (NFS), also known as private songs. Singers like Jagmohan Sursagar, Talat Mehmood, C H Atma, Juthika Ray etc were the biggest names on the private music circles.
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“Gauna” (1950) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was a Jagat Pictures Production. It was directed by Amiya Chakravarty. Star cast of the movie had names like Usha Kiran, Anoop Kumar, Purnima, S. Nazir, Kesari, Shailendra, Indumati, Wasti etc it.
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Jab kisi ke rukhh pe zulfen
Posted on: February 24, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
Remembering Talat Mehmood on his 88th birth anniversary today, the 24th of February.
The moon generally does not venture out during the daytime. For if it does, then no one can see it, and no one would pay any attention – for daytime is the time of the sun. No matter however enchanting the moon may seem by itself, daytime is not the time for it.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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