Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Ruk ruk ruk kahaan chali deewaani
Posted on: July 20, 2012
If Akshay Kumar movies of 1990s tended to have the word “Khilaadi” in them , then Sheikh Mukhtaar’s movies of 1950s and 1960s used to have the title “Ustaad” in them.
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Sambhal sambhal ke chalna
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Ten O’ Clock” (1958), not to be confused with “12 O’Clock” (1958), was a Niagara Pictures Production. It was directed by Jugal Kishore. The movie had Suresh, Geeta Bali, Sheikh Mukhtar, Yakub, Maruti, Daisy Irani etc in it.
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Bulbul mere chaman ke
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Heer” (1956) was a Filmistan production. It was directed by Hamid Dutt. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Nutan, Ulhas, Darpan, S. L. Puri, Randhir, Krishna Kumari, Zohra Sehgal, Chaman Puri, Mubarak, Murad, Rashid Khan, Lalita Pawar, Shakuntala etc in it.
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Kaun sa taara chaand ko pyaaraa
Posted on: July 20, 2012
“Zalzala” (1952) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was produced by a production house called “Art Film Of Asia”. It was directed by Paul Zills. The movie had Kishore Sahu, Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Krishnakant, Misra, Shakoor, Raji, Sunalini Devi, Sita Bose, Michael, Manju, Jagdev etc in it.
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Aa bhi jaa meri duniyaa mein
Posted on: July 19, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The 19th of July may not seem like a particularly noteworthy date in the history of mankind. But for this blog, it is a special day – because it happens to be the birthday of this blog. Yes, friends, it was on the 19th of July 2008 that Atul started this blog that we have all come to love so much over the years.
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Thahar zara o jaanewaale
Posted on: July 18, 2012
“Boot Polish” (1953) was an R K Films production. It was directed by Prakash Arora. The movie had David Abraham, Raj Kapoor, Veera, Chand Burque, Babay Naaz, Kumar, Shailendra, Bhudo Advani, Prabhu Arora etc in it.
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Apni naakaami se mujhko kaam hai
Posted on: July 18, 2012
“Subah Ka Taara” (1954) was a Rajkamal Pictures production. It was produced and directed by V Shantaram. The movie had V Shantaram,Pradeep Kumar, Jayshree, Rajshree, Amirbai Karnataki, Shakuntala, Neelam, Nimbalkar, Naaz, Chhagan, Romeo etc in it.
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Ham par jaadoo daal gaye ho julmi
Posted on: July 17, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
July 17th is the birth anniversary of Snehal Bhatkar ( 17/07/1919 – 29/05/2007), one of the forgotten music directors of the Hindi film industry. On his last death anniversary, I had written an article on him for this blog. So I would skip his profile. Snehal Bhatkar was a talented music director who, like many lesser known music directors, lost in the rigmarole of the Hindi film industry.
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Ek dharti hai ek hai gagan
Posted on: July 17, 2012
“Adhikaar” (1954) was a Roop Kamal Chitra production movie. It was directed by Mohan Segal. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Usha Kiran, Radha Krishan, Yashodhara Katju, Shashi, Balam, Narbada Shanker, Kamal, Neeru etc in it.
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Hai dil mein milan ki aas
Posted on: July 16, 2012
“Bindiya” (1955) was a Film Asia Production movie. It was directed by Shamim Bhagat. The movie had Shakuntala, Shekhar, Sulochana, Kumkum, Leela Mishra etc in it.
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