Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Lehron mein jhool ke
Posted on: December 2, 2012
“Do Gunde”(1959) was a Minerva Movietone Pictures. It was directed by V M Vyas. The movie had Ajit, Kumkum, Pran, Raj Kumar, Jayshree Gadkar, Subiraj etc in it.
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Dil lagaa ke qadar gayi pyaare
Posted on: December 2, 2012
“Kaala Paani” (1958) was a Navketan Production movie. It was directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Agha, Kishore Sahu, Rashid Khan, Mukri, Krishna Dhawan, Jankidas, D K Sapru 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.
Collecting information from forgotten artists is extremely difficult. First problem is to find them. Many yesteryear actors who are still alive are living in anonymity. People who live around them also may not know their identity, many times. If they are members of CINTAA (Cine and TV Artists’ Association, Mumbai), one may get their addresses, but some actors do not even inform CINTAA, when they shift.
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Wo aayenge khushi ban kar
Posted on: December 2, 2012
“Aurat”(1953) was produced by Munshi Ram Verma and directed by Bhagwandas Verma under the banner of Verma Films. The movie had Premnath, Bina Rai, Purnima, Ullhas, Hiralal, Roopmala, Nazirabai, Mirabai, Devkishan, Mirza, S. Pratap, Shanta Patel, Nazir Kashmiri, Rajkishore etc in it.
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Nazar ki kataari ye kaise chali
Posted on: December 1, 2012
When I began to follow movies in my younger days then at that time Rajesh Khanna was everyone’s favourite actor. Actors of the previous generation, viz Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and Dev Anand were considered as passe, especially by someone like me. I regarded Dev Anand as an old man trying to act as a youngster in his movies instead of acting in roles befitting his age.
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Hari Om kathha aarambh hoti hai
Posted on: December 1, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Can you guess how many actors and actresses must have worked in ALL Hindi films from 1931 to 2000 ?
I asked this question to my friend and he hazarded a figure of 2000. I put the number at around 3000 to 4000, myself.
What is your Guess ?
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Jawaan hai jahaan
Posted on: December 1, 2012
“Naya Ghar” (1953) was a Kashyap Productions movie. It was produced and directed by D D Kashyap. The movie had Shekhar, Geeta Bali, Begum Para, Jagdev, Leela Chitnis, Ratan Kumar, Shailendra etc in it.
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Aawaaz de raha hai koi
Posted on: November 30, 2012
“Gauhar” (1953) was an All Indian Pictures production. It was directed by F H Hassan. The movie had Bina Rai, Rehman, Agha, Vijaylaxmi, Chaman Puri, Charlie, Cuckoo etc in it.
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Hamko chhedta hai dil
Posted on: November 30, 2012
“Aas”(1953) was a Goel Cine Corporation movie. It was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The movie had Shekhar, Kamini Kaushal, Chanda Bai, Om Prakash, Gulab, Master Ramesh Kapoor, S. K. Prem, Krishan Mukut, Laxmi Bai, Pratibha Rele, Vishnu Mehrotra, Baby Ya Ya etc in it.
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Tak dhoom tak dhoom baaje
Posted on: November 29, 2012
“Bambai Ka Babu” (1960) was a Naya Films production. It was directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen, Nazir Hussain, Achala Sachdev, Dhumal, Rashid Khan, Manohar Deepak, Jagdish Raj etc in it.
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