Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Laayi hayaat aayee qazaa
Posted on: August 17, 2012
“Shabaab” (1954) was a Sadiq productions movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nutan, Shyam Asant Kumar, Wasti, Badri Prasad, Yashodra Katju etc in it.
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“Baaraat” (1960) was a K Amarnath Production movie. It was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Ajit, Shakila, Pratima Devi, Salim, Murad, Mukri etc in it.
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Bolo bolo kuchh to bolo
Posted on: August 16, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When ‘Dil Deke Dekho’ was released in 1959, the only thing I remembered at that time about the movie was that it was a film in which Asha Parekh was introduced as a new heroine to pair with Shammi Kapoor. The film was a super hit and its songs became very popular. But little did I know at that time that the film’s songs were composed by a new music director called Usha Khanna. In fact, I carried a wrong impression for some time that O P Nayyar was the music director of this film. Even for her second film ‘ Hum Hindustani’ which was released in 1960, I thought that the music director was Dattaram, the music assistant to Shankar-Jaikishan. I carried these impressions as the music compositions of these two films were very close to the styles of O P Nayyar and Shankar Jaikishan respectively. After about 4 decades when I revisited her songs, mostly of 60s and 70s, I felt that she had developed her own style of music for the songs of her later films.
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Ab wo raaten kahaan
Posted on: August 16, 2012
“Yasmin” (1955) was a Musical Pictures Production. It was directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Suresh, Vyjyantimala, Jayant, Shyam Kumar, S. N. Banerjee, Maruti, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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“Shabaab” (1954) was a Sadiq Productions movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Nutan, Shyam Asant Kumar, Wasti, Badri Prasad, Yashodra Katju etc in it.
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Dilli hai dil Hindustan ka
Posted on: August 15, 2012
Today (15 august 2012) is the 65th Independence day of India.
The main function on this day is held in New Delhi at the Red Fort (Laal Qila) from where the Prime Minister addresses the nation. The eyes of the nation are glued to New Delhi on the occasion through TV, Radio, etc.
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Chamka ban kar aman ka taara
Posted on: August 15, 2012
On the occasion of India’s 65th Independence day today (15 august 2012), here is a song from “Ek Hi Raasta” (1956). This song is a patriotic song enacted on the stage by Meena Kumari and several kids.
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Yaaron soorat hamaari pe mat jaao
Posted on: August 14, 2012
Today (14 august 2012) is the first death anniversary of Shammi Kapoor. It is unbelievable but true that one year has already passed when we have been without him.
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Raja recently informed me that Rafi and Geeta Dutt had sung nearly 155 duets together and that most of these duets (30) were under the music direction of Chitragupta.
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