Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category


“Pahli Jhalak” (1954) was a Jagat Pictures Productions. It was directed by M V Raman. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Vyjyantimala, Dara Singh, Shammi, Roopa Verma, Jawahar Kaul, Shivraj, Kamlakant, Om Prakash, Anil, Pran etc in it.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

This is the 8th song in the series, “Music Directors sing for other Music Directors “.

Here is an obscure song-“Hum se karega jo muqaabla” from an equally obscure film- Bhala Admi-1958, sung by an obscure composer singer- Bhushan and the Music Director is even more obscure- Nisar Bazmi.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Recently I have requested Sudhir Sir to find a rare Rafi song for me. It is a song which actually brought me to to this blog. It is a non-film song which nobody seems to know anything about. Three years ago I was desperately searching for the full lyrics of this prayer poem ‘Khud jiyo auron ko bhi jeene do’. I searched extensively on the net but could not find the full lyrics. I had no inkling at that time that Rafi sahab had sung this song. But some site (I do not remember which one) had this information that this prayer/poem was by Rafi sahab and it was picturized in a film by Films Division of India, where none other than Prithvi Raj Kapoor is singing it in front of a classroom. There after I searched for it high and dry,but the result was always zilch. Now I have no way of verifying if the information about the song is strictly correct or not. But it was a start and unfortunately also the end of it. All this time this thing has always been in the back of my mind, which comes to fore from time to time. Like it did the other day when I made that request to Sudhir Sir.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music anda regular contributor to this blog.

The songs written by him were a rage in the 70s and 80s. Sample the following – “Rotey Huye Aate Hain Sab, Hansta Hua Jo Jaayegaa. . .”(‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’, 1978), “Maano To Main Ganga Maa Hoon, Naa Maano Te Behtaa Paani”(‘Ganga Ki Saugandh’, 1978), “O Khaike Paan Barnaaras Waala”(‘Don’,1978), “Pag Ghunghroo Baandh Meera Naachi Thi”(‘Namak Halaal’, 1982), “Jahaan Chaar Yaar Mil Jaayen” (‘Sharaabi’, 1984), “Gori Hain Kalaayi’aan, Tu La De Mujhe Hari Hari Choodiyaan” (‘Aaj Ka Arjun’, 1990). And not that the 60s was bereft of his creations. The rustic and earthy “Pipraa Ke Patwaa Sarikhe Doley Manwaa” (‘Godaan’, 1963), or velvety romanticism of “Bahaaro Thaam Lo Ab Dil, Mera Mehboob Aata Hai”(‘Namaste ji’, 1965), or the delicately sensuous “Aap Ke Haseen Rukh Pe Aaj Nayaa Noor Hai”(‘Bahaaren Phir Bhi Aayengi’, 1966), or pensive sounds of “Aaj Tumse Door Ho Kar, Aise Royaa Mera Pyaar”(‘Ek Raat’, 1967), or the fun filled song of intoxication “Bina Badraa Ke Bijuriyaa Kaise Chamke”(‘Bandhan’, 1969) – endearing gems all, spread out over a career that lasted over four decades.

The pen that crafted these timeless verses laid itself to rest with the passing away of Laal ji Pandey, better known to music lovers as Anjaan –this day sixteen years ago (03 Sep, 1997). And a befitting day to celebrate the 100th song written by him to make it on this blog.
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“Lambe Haath” (1960) was a D M Movies production. It was directed by Krishna Malik. The movie had Mehmood, Naaz, Daisy Irani, Jagdish Sethi, Nazi, Mridula, Baij Sharma, Brahma Bhardwaj, Rajan Haksar, Fazal, Deepak Kumar, Shakuntala Devi, Moolraj, Babulal, Rafeeq, Shyam Sunder, Mirza, Ketaki Bai, Raj Dutt, Cheenu etc in it.
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We have discussed over two thousand songs of Rafi in this blog which adds up to just over 40 % of all the songs that he has sung in Hindi movies. Many of these songs are extremely well known songs, but at the same time we have also come across some totally unheard of songs. It no longer surprises me or regulars of this blog when we come across Rafi songs that we had never heard before.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular conributor to this blog.

This is the 7th song in the series ” Music Directors sing for other Music Directors “.

It is a song from the film Harihar Bhakti-1956, sung by Composer Snehal Bhatkar for the film’s Music Director K Datta or Datta Korgaonkar.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

This is the 6th song in the series, “Music Directors sing for other Music Directors”.

The song selected today is from the film TAJ AUR TALWAR,-1956, sung by composer Hemant kumar, for Music Director Sudipta.
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“Lambe Haath” (1960) was a D M Movies production. It was directed by Krishna Malik. The movie had Mehmood, Naaz, Daisy Irani, Jagdish Sethi, Nazi, Mridula, Baij Sharma, Brahma Bhardwaj, Rajan Haksar, Fazal, Deepak Kumar, Shakuntala Devi, Moolraj, Babulal, Rafeeq, Shyam Sunder, Mirza, Ketaki Bai, Raj Dutt, Cheenu etc in it.
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