Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Us dil ki bhala taskeen ho kyaa
Posted on: March 15, 2013
“Anand Bhawan” (1953) was an Aaina Pictures production. It was directed by S M Yousuf. The movie had Manhar Desai, Nigar Sultana, Kate Sethi, Trilok Kapoor, Durga Khote, Tiwari etc in it.
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Le ja uss ki duaayen
Posted on: March 13, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is one of those few songs that Mohammed Rafi sang for Music Director Anil Biswas for the film ‘Heer’ (1956). Eight songs from this film already posted in the blog. They are all very touching song. This is a film on the legend of Heer-Ranjha, a folk lore of Punjab. Much of the folk music and poetry from this region is devoted to such legendary love stories like Heer-Ranjha, Sohni-Mahiwal and Mirza-Sahibaan. This song ‘ le ja uss ki du’aayen ho jo tera ho na sakaa ‘ is the ninth song to appear in the blog.
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Bata de ae dil
Posted on: March 13, 2013
“Pooja” (1954) was a Verma Films production. It was directed by Bhagwandas Verma. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Purnima, Badri Prasad, Shakunthala Paranjape, Om Prakash, Raj Mehra, Ulhas, S Nazir, Hira Lal, Janakidas etc in it.
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“Veer Rajputani” (1955) was a Basant Pictures production. It was directed by J B H Wadia. The movie had Manhar Desai, Shakila, B M Vyas, S N Tripathi, Bipin Gupta, Helen, Meenakshi, Anwar Hussain, Babu Raje, Sharda etc in it.
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“Halaaku” (1956) was an All India Pictures production. It was produced by P N Arora and D D Kashyap, with the latter directing the movie as well. The movie had Ajit, Meena Kumari, Pran, Minu Mumtaz, Veena, Sunder, Helen, Niranjan Sharma, Raj Mehra, Shammi etc in it.
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“Shiv Bhakt” (1955) was an A V M production movie. It was directed by H L M Sinha. The movie had Shahu Modak, Ragini, Misra, Padmini, Pandhari Bai, Anant Kumar, Gope etc in it.
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Aarti karo Shankar ki
Posted on: March 10, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
MAHASHIVRATRI greetings to all readers !
In India all our social customs, traditions, calenders and Festivals are linked to Agriculture, because basically,even today, we are an Agricultural country. With almost over 70% population (as against 85% in 1947) living in Villages and depending on farming, even in these days. No wonder if all our major events have an Agricultural base.
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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.
In olden times there was a saying that one must visit Kashi(Benaras/Varanashi) before one dies.(There is an old saying in Western India ” Surat nu Jaman ane Kashi nu Maran”,which means,in your life you must eat food in Surat and Die in Kashi-both the best options).
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