Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
“Gateway of India” (1957) was a movie starring Johny Walker, Madhubala, Bhagwan etc. This suspense movie had eight songs in it. As many as five songs from this movie have been discussed in the past.
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“Commander” (1959) was produced by M Usman Nadiadwala and directed by Kedar Kapoor under the banner of Meher movies. The movie had Ranjan, Nigar Sultana, Kumkum, Helen, Kamal Kapoor, Chaman Puri, Maruti Rao, Tiwari, Ram Mohan, Manjeet, Kailash Kumari, Rana, Saroj, Krupal, Gaurang, Ramesh Tiwari etc in it.
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Gudiya tere raaj mein baaje baaja
Posted on: June 29, 2013
“Ham Sab Chor Hain”(1956) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by I S Johar. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Nalini Jaiwant, Majnu, Ram Avtaar, Ramesh Sinha, Rajendranath, Mumtaz Begum, Ameeta, Shakuntala, I S Johar 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.
Here is yet another Golden song from the film EK DO TEEN-1953.
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Tere aage bolna dushwaar ho gaya
Posted on: June 28, 2013
Shammi Kapoor found his true identity in Hindi movies with “Tumsa Nahin Dekha” (1956). Prior to this movie, he was an underconfident struggling actor who played second fiddle to the leading ladies opposite him. Most movies (if not all) featuring Shammi Kapoor in the lead fared poorly at the box office.
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Kaise zaalim se pad gaya paala re
Posted on: June 28, 2013
“Chamkee”(1952) was a National Film Circuit production. It was directed by J K Nanda. the movie had Roopmala, Ragini, Murad, Shekhar, Jeevan, Ulhas, Nana Palsikar, Mumtaz, Shashikala, Meera Misra, Cuckoo 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 a very delightful song from the comedy film EK DO TEEN-1953. The song is sung by Promodini Desai, Asha Bhosle, Meenal Wagh and others. I have written earlier on Promodini Desai on 8-10-2012, in the series on ‘less known singers (Desai sisters) and about Meenal Wagh, as comments on 4-5-2012, on this Blog.
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Ye baat kitni sach hai
Posted on: June 27, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Many Colors of Love #3 — The Fancy Emotions of Childhood
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And so the scribe has written. . .
Mausam hai thanda thanda
Posted on: June 27, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a very melodious song from film JHANJAR-1953.
1953 was an year when not only C Ramchandra was on Top, but also he was in the Seventh Heaven, due to his friendship with Lata. This was a period when Lata was fully involved in CR’s songs and persona. Leaving aside their personal matters, we will talk only of their music.
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Aankh milaane ke liye
Posted on: June 25, 2013
“Chandan” (1958) was a Dossi Films production. It was directed by M V Raman. The movie had Nutan, Shyama, Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, Karan Dewan, Kamla Laxman, Achla Sachdev, Raj Mehra, Randhir, Pran, K. N. Singh, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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