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

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


c…”Nausherwaan e Adil” (1957) was a Minerva Movietone production. It was directed by Sohrab Modi. The movie had Raj Kumar, Mala Sinha, D.K.Murad, Shammi, Agha, Amir Bano, Niranjan Sharma, Sohrab Modi, Naseem Bano, Bipin Gupta, Uma Dutt, Heera Sawant, Sheela Vaz etc in it.
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“Chaudhvin Ka Chaand” (1960) was a Guru Dutt Films production. It was directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Rehman, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Minoo Mumtaz, Mumtaz Begum, Pravin Paul, Naazi, Zebunissa, Uma Devi, Lata Sinha, Balam, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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“Anuradha” (1960) was an L B Films production. It was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Leela Naidu, Abhi Bhattacharya, Ranu, Nazir Hussain, Mukri, Asit Sen, Manav Chitnis, Bhudo Advani, Rashid Khan, Hari Shivdasani, Asim Kumar etc in it.
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It is human nature that many of us blame others for our plights. But Hindi movie characters often go one step further. They hold the Almighty responsible for the situation that they find themselves in. Such characters would then sing a song in which they remonstrate with the Almighty.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

After listening to some of the evergreen non-filmy songs during the last few days, I have come to the conclusion that non-filmy songs have their own style of compositions with tunes and melody getting primacy over orchestration. The musical instruments used in such songs are minimum. Most of these songs give a feel of devotional songs in one way or the other. In romantic songs, there is the devotion towards lovers/beloved. The patriotic songs are devotion to the country. Of course, the bigger canvass of the devotional songs (bhajans) is the spiritualism and devotion to the Almighty. In the 60s, ghazals and bhajans formed a bulk of the non-filmy songs.
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“Chhoti Behan” (1959) was a Prasad Production movie. It was produced and directed by L V Prasad. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Nanda, Rehman, Shyama, Sudesh Kumar, Trideep Kumar, Mehmood, Hari Shivdasani, Dhumal, Badri Prasad, Shobha Khote, Veena, Radhakrishen etc in it.
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This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

Hum Hindustani a patriotic film of 1960 had the message of youth turning the nation into a hub of industrial and green revolution. Portraying the two faces of the Indian youth were Sunil Dutt and Joy Mukherjee. The former an upright engineer and the latter a bit misled.
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