Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
“Mangu” (1954) was produced by Sheikh Mukhtaar and directed by M A Ansari. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Nigar Sultana, Aroon, Mukri, Ansari, Sheila Ramani etc in it.
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“Shart” (1954) was a Filmistan Production. The movie was directed by B Mitra. The movie had Deepak, Shyama, Shashikala, Mohana, Sulochana, Chaman Puri, Jagdish Kanwal, I. S. Johar etc in it.
Here is a song from this movie. This song is sung by Geeta Dutt and chorus. I had great difficulty in identifying the actors in the picturisation. They are all familiar faces but they are so young in this picturisation that they are almost unrecognisable. Shashikala lip syncs in Geeta Dutt’s voice. Her accomplice in this picturisation is played by a thin bearded person, who is none other that I S Johar. From the picturisation, it seems that they are upto some mischief as befit the conduct of villains in Hindi movies.
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Ae mere chaman main hoon wo kali
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Shart” (1954) was a Manmohan Films Production. It was produced and directed by Manmohan Sabir. The movie had Deepak, Shyama, Shashikala, Mohana, Sulochana, Chaman Puri, Jagdish Kanwal, I. S. Johar etc in it.
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Yahaan ham wahaan tum
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Shrimati 420″(1956) was obviously a take on the iconic movie “Shri 420″(1955). The movie was a Sippy Films production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Johny Walker and Meena Shorey in lead roles.
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Morey tumse ulajh gaye nainaa
Posted on: June 17, 2012
“Bedardi” (1951) was a Ranjit Movietone presentation. It was directed by Kidar Sharma. The movie had Geeta Bali, Nimmi, Cuckoo, Jaswant, Amirbai Karnataki, Nazira, Manju, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Hemant Da on his birth anniversary today.
This is a very uplifting song, and a very dear memory that I carry from my radio listening days. The manner of rendition contains a conviction in the voice that simply establishes this sentiment to be true – “be a comfort to others, sacrifice your own happiness. . . in the end your own happiness will itself come to you.”
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Ye khaamoshiyaan ye samaa
Posted on: June 16, 2012
Hindi movie Music basically has three major fields, namely singing, lyrics writing and music composition. All these are specialised fields. People who are good in two of these fields can be called musical all rounders.
That way Hemant Kumar was a true musical all rounder. He can be described as a great in music composition as well in playback singing. And that is reflected in this blog too where Hemant Kumar has completed his century of songs as a music director and as a playback singer both. To this date, he is the only artist in the blog to have done so.
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Mann doley mera tann doley
Posted on: June 15, 2012
I have discussed as many as eight songs from “Naagin” (1954) and all of them are iconic songs. I thought that all the iconic songs from this movie have already been discussed. So it comes as a huge surprise to me to realise that the song “Mann doley mera tann doley” from “Naagin” (1954) has not yet been discussed.
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“Hamdard”(1953) was a Variety production movie. It was directed by S Bhagat. the movie had Nimmi, Rajen Kapoor, Shekhar, Yashodhara Katju, Shivraj, Ishu, Jagirdar, Smriti Biswas etc in it.
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