Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
“Jaadoo” (1951) was a Musical Pictures presentation. It was directed by A R Kardar and the star cast of this movie had names like Suresh, Nalini Jaiwant, Amanullah, Shyam Kumar, Sharda etc in it.
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“Lakeeren” (1954) has by now ended up as an obscure movie, but that is not how it must have been during its time. It was a Sushil Pictures production and it was directed by Harbans. Starcast of the movie included big names like Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaiwant, Pran, Durga Khote, Ramayan Tiwari, Cuckoo etc.
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Sambhal ae dil
Posted on: February 6, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusist of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As a music director, N Dutta worked for films that are a mix of A grade and B/C grade films. He did have some films associated with big name banners. Especially, he worked for BR Films for the movies Saadhna (1958), Dhool Ka Phool (1959) and Dharamputra (1961). Each of these films is a musical bonanza and boasts of a string of wonderful hits. Four songs of the 1958 film ‘Saadhna’ are already posted on this blog. This is the 5th gem from this film.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As I encounter more songs, heard and unheard, composed by N Dutta, I find that Asha Bhosle is the singer who has apparently sung most of his songs (with female voice). Here is a lovely melody from an obscure film, ‘Mohini’ (1957). In this film, of the 9 songs, six are sung by Asha ji.
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Itna na sata ke koi jaane
Posted on: February 6, 2012
“Bindiya” (1960) was an AVM Productions movie. It was directed by Krishnan Panju. THe starcast included names like Padmini, Balraj Sahni, Jagdeep, Lalita Pawaar, David, Om Prakash, Rajendranath, Jayashree Gadhkar, Achala Sachdev, Minoo Mumtaaz, Neelam, Hanumanthachari, L.R.Mudaliaar, Siddhu etc.
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Ae dil ae deewaane
Posted on: February 6, 2012
The movie “Baaz” (1953), not to be confused with “Baazi”(1951) was an H G Films production. It was directed by Guru Dutt and the starcast of the movie oincluded names like Guru Dutt,Geeta Bali, Ramsingh, Kuldip Kaur, Sulochana, Yashodhara Katju, Jaswant, K. N. Singh, etc.
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In Hindi movies, we have songs for all occasions that touch the lives of Indians. Thus we have songs for various human feelings like joys, sorrows, love, hate etc. Then there are songs for various Indian festivals. We also have songs for special occasions like birthdays, weddings etc.
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There have been two movies called “Sharaarat”, which were released in 1959 and 1972. Both these movies were musical blockbusters.
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“Mujrim” (1958) was an Eagle Films production. It was directed by O P Ralhan and the starcast included names like Shammi Kapoor, Raagini, Amrit Rana, Johnny Walker, Shobha Khote, Kamal Kapoor, S. Banerjee, Tuntun etc.
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“Udan Khatola” (1955) was a Sunny Productions movie. It was directed by S U Sunny and the starcast had names like Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Surya Kumari, Jeevan, Agha, Nawab, Tuntun etc.
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