Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
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6389 | Post No. : | 19817 |
#the Decade of Fifties – 1951 – 1960 #
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The song in this post is from the movie ‘Bandhan-1956’. I do not remember to have listened to the songs from this movie earlier or maybe I have forgotten them. The video of this movie is now available on internet which I guess was not the case years back when other songs from this movie were posted on the blog. I have not watched this movie so far, so can’t say much about this movie. This movie was passed by Censor Board on 05.11.1956.
‘Bandhan-1956’ was directed by Hem Chander for ‘Sarkar Productions, Calcutta’. It was produced by D.K. Sarkar. The cast of this movie has Meena Kumari, Pradeep Kumar, Shashikala, Motilal, Achala Sachdev, David, Kammo, Natwar, Nana Palsikar, Meenu, Bhupendra Kapoor, Leela Mishra, Shaikh, Sarita Devi, Shivjee Bhai, Pt Tulee, Ranu Mukherjee, Asit Sen, Zahar Ganguly and others. Music for this movie was composed by Hemant Kumar. This movie has seven songs which were all written by lyricist Rajinder Krishan. The playback singers for the songs of this movie were Hemant Kumar, Bela Mukherjee, Lata Mangeshkar, and Asha Bhonsle. So far three songs from this movie have already been posted on this blog.
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6388 | Post No. : | 19814 |
Hullo Atuldom
Back after a year of inactivity. My last post was on 27th December 2025. Since then the calendar has changed and we are into 2026- a New Year. Even if the gap has been of only a few days, it feels like I have been away forever- feels like an Year of Inactivity. 🙂
“Inspector” (1956) was a film that had 9 songs with the song ‘dil chhed koi aisa naghma’ having two versions – in Hemant Kumar’s & Lata Mangeshkar’s voices. The following songs of the film are present on the blog:-
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Dard e dil tu hee bataa
Posted on: January 13, 2026
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6388 | Post No. : | 19811 |
Naa to kaarwaan ki talaash hai,
naa to hamsafar ki talaash hai
Clickbait?
Not really.
The above qawwali couplet from Barsaat ki Raat (1960) is quite viral these days. This post is however on the genius music director who composed the well-known qawwali.
Roshan Lal.
I have provided the qawwali link above, so that readers can enrich their knowledge regarding the origins and making of the popular number. There are many comments by knowledge readers in the article which give a lot of information.
And, as is my habit, here is a digression.
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6386 | Post No. : | 19804 |
Today’s song is from a Muslim Social film Paak Daman-1957.
1957 – what a year it was ! The best year in the Golden Era! The best year in the 50s! The best year for melody and music! Such wonderful films came this year!!! The lineup of 1957 films looks like the selection of the creamy layer in everlasting music – ‘Mother India’, ‘Pyasa’, ‘Tumsa Nahin Dekha’, ‘Bhabhi’, ‘Asha’, ‘Miss Mary’, ‘Naya Daur’, ‘Do Aankhen Barah Haath’, ‘Paying Guest’, ‘Nau Do Gyarah’, ‘Dekh Kabira Roya’. ‘Nausherwaan e Adil ‘, ‘Gateway Of India’, ‘Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke ‘, ‘Kathputali’, ‘Sharada’ . . . Films like Baarish, Ab Dilli door nahin, Abhiman, Bada Bhai, Begunah, Beti, Chhote Babu, Coffee House, Dushman, Johnny Walker, Miss Bombay, Miss India, Mr. X, Narsi Bhagat, Paak Daman, Pawanputra Hanuman, Ustad, Zamana.
Films produced in Madras were quite popular. AVM’s ‘Bhabhi’, ‘Miss Mary’ and ‘Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke’, Prasad Production’s first Hindi film ‘Sharda’, and MV Raman’s film ‘Asha’ played havoc with their captive audiences. Films from south somehow have always concocted a success formula, mixing comedy, tragedy, social message, excellent production values and above all superb music, which made their films very popular everywhere.
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6385 | Post No. : | 19802 |
“Circus Queen”(1959) was produced by Homi Wadia and directed by Noshir Engineer for Basant Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Nadia, John Cavas, Samar Roy, Sheela Kashmiri, Sheikh, Habeeb etc in it.
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6383 | Post No. : | 19795 |
“Kavi”(1954) was directed by Debki Bose for sunrise Pictures, Bombay. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Geeta Bali, Nalini Jaywant, Chandrashekhar, B M Vyas, Jankidas, Om Prakash etc in it.
The movie had ten songs in it. Six songs have been discussed in the blog in the past.
Here is the seventh song from “Kavi”(1954) to appear in the blog. This song is sung by C Ramchandra and Asha Bhonsle. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist. Music is composed by C Ramchandra.
Only audio of the song is available. From the lyrics, it is clear that the song takes a light hearted look at the “fashionable” ladies of those days. Yes, women used to be fashionable and westernised even seven decades ago. 🙂
Song-Chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar (Kavi)(1954) Singers-C Ramchandra, Asha Bhonsle, Lyricist-Rajinder Krishan, MD-C Ramchandra
Both
Lyrics
shahar mein dekha ek tamaasha
beech sadak ik naar
shahar mein dekha ek tamaasha
beech sadak ik naar
sainya ke sang chalee ghoomne
banee galey ka haar
galey ka haar
galey ka haar
chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar
chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar
cigarette peetee dhuaan udaatee
rail ka jaise bamba
are mardon jaise baal kate
bhai naar hui ya khambha
cigarette peetee dhuaan udaatee
rail ka jaise bamba
are mardon jaise baal kate
bhai naar hui ya khambha
laal bahu ke gaal gulaabee
nain musaafir maar
musaafir maar
musaafir maar
chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar
chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar
baabu ko vo kahe darling
darling
kahaan kee hai ye bolee
baabu ko vo kahe darling
kahaan kee hai ye bolee
lamb tadanga kurta pehne
na ghoonghat na cholee
ram ram
lamb tadanga kurta pehne
na ghoonghat na cholee
maal to desee chaal bidesee
samajh na aaye yaar
na aaye yaar
na aaye yaar
chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar
chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar
buree hai kya phir yaaron
apne raamlal kee maa
bholee bhaalee
seedhee saadee sada kare jee haan
buree hai kya phir yaaron
apne raamlal kee maa
bholee bhaalee
seedhee saadee sada kare jee haan
arre bachche paale chauka deke
kare balam sang pyaar
balam sang pyaar
balam sang pyaar
chalee shahar kee naar ho chalee shahar kee naar
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6381 | Post No. : | 19788 |
Today’s song is a special song from a Muslim Social film – Darwaza-1954.
The film was produced by the famous writer of Urdu, Ismat Chugtai (21-8-1915 to 24-10-1991). She was the wife of this film’s director Shahid Lateef (11-6-1913 to 16-4-1967). His famous films were Naya Sansar-41, Jhoola-41, Anjaan-41, Ziddi-48, Arzoo-50, Fareb-53, Darwaza-54, Sone ki chidiya-58 and Baharen phir bhi aayengi-66. This pair of story writer, screenplay writer and producer- Ismat Chugtai and director Shahid Lateef worked in many films, including today’s film Darwaza-1954. The banner was Film India Corporation, Bombay. Music for this film was by Nashaad.
Film Darwaza-1954, true to its name, was the entry door for many artists. Singers Suman Kalyanpur and Sabita Bannerjee debuted as Hindi film singers with this film. Lyricist Khumar Barabankvi also debuted as a Lyricist with this film. The cast of the film was Shyama, Shekhar, Nazir Hussain, Leela Mishra, Neelam, Kumkum, Altaf (husband of Khurshid Jr, actress and singer as well as sister of Meena Kumari). Master Romi was a Guest artist.
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