Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Honthhon pe taraane aa gaye jee
Posted on: February 24, 2012
24th february is the birth anniversary of Talat Mehmood and as is the practice with us, we gift ourselves some Talat Mehmood related gems on this occasion. 🙂
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Ye khushi ka samaa
Posted on: February 24, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Talat Mehmood ( 24-02-1924 – 09-05-1998) and the song ‘ tasveer teri dil mera behalaa naa sakegi’ are synonymous. I was under the impression that this song was from a film. But after getting hold of a 78 rpm record ( N.16767) of this song in early 70s, I realised that it was a non-filmy song. I came to know much later that this was one of the top selling gramophone records issued in early 40s and this song brought Talat Mehmood to the limelight as a singer in Hindi film industry.
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Tose laage nainaa
Posted on: February 23, 2012
“Nayi Raahen” (1959) is an obscure movie by now. It was a Goel Cine Corporation Production. Devendra Goel was the producer and the movie was directed by Brij Sadanah. Starcast of the movie includes names like Ashok Kumar,Geeta Bali,Shubha Khote, Anoop Kumar, Nazir Hussain, RadhaKrishan, Madan Puri, Mohan Choti, Nazir Kashmiri etc.
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Mere lalla ko sulaayegi nindiya
Posted on: February 23, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I was aware of the film Suhagan (1964) but never knew that one more film by the same name was released in 1954. In fact, I found that most of the websites including IMD jumbled the details of both these films in Suhagan (1954). As per Indian Film Trade website, the film was produced by Datta Dharmadhikari, a Marathi film veteran who has been known for producing and directing family drama films. Anant Mane, also a veteran Marathi film director, directed the film. The star cast included Geeta Bali and Jaswant in the lead role and Shyam Kumar, Sulochana, Vijaylaxmi, Janakidas in subsidiary roles.
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“Shabaab” (1954) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. Starcast of the movie included names like Bharat Bhushan, Nutan, Badri Prasad, Shyam Kumar, Yashodhara Katju, Wasti etc.
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Dekh idhar o jaadoogar
Posted on: February 22, 2012
“House No 44″(1955) was a Navketan International Films Production. It was produced by M K Burman and directed by Dev Anand. Star cast of the movie included names like Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, K.N.Singh, Kumkum, Bhagwan Sinha, Sheela Vaz, Prabhu Dayal, Jambura, Anand Pal, Parashuram, Sarita, Shivraj, Rashid Khan, Kammo, Kumkum etc.
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Jab jab tujhko chhuaa
Posted on: February 21, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
1959 was the busiest year in the career of music director N Dutta. That year, seven films with music composed by him, were released. (Six of these films are already represented in this blog. ‘Naach Ghar’ is one film that is awaiting entry here). And the music of these films is notable and still remembered – films like ‘Black Cat’, ‘Dhool Ka Phool’, ‘Didi’, ‘Bhai Bahen’, ‘Mr. John’, and ‘Jaalsaaz’.
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“Deedaar” (1951) was a Filmkaar Production. It was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nimmi, Nargis, Dilip Kumar, Yakub, Tabassum etc in it.
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Aur hai dil ki lagi
Posted on: February 21, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I came to know about the film RAAG RANG (1952) in early 70s while discussing some old Hindi songs with one of my office colleagues who had a vast collections of old Hindi film songs in 78 rpm records.
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Tu mere pyaar ka phool hai
Posted on: February 20, 2012
Most Hindi movies deal with safe topics because dealing with “unsafe” topics are fraught with dangers. and when one’s own career may be at stake then obviously few movie makers can be expected to venture into potentially risky topics.
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