Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music
A qawwaali with a difference. In that the performers on screen are not sitting down, but are prancing around in a completely free format. This is not the only non-sitting-down qawwaali performance, but I am sure it must be a very strong contender of being one of the funniest qawwaali performances to be seen on screen.
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I was unable to discuss any songs whatsoever in the last few days. As a result, I have fallen short of the usual daily targets that I have set for the blog. From today onwards, things will hopefully limp back to normal.
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Dekho jee baalam jaalam
Posted on: November 27, 2011
“Chhora Chhori” (1955) is by now an obscure movie. This movie was a “Show Peoples” production. It was produced and directed by Kidar Sharma. Cast of this movie includes names like Nand Kishore, Pratima Devi, Geeta Bali, Pesi Patel, Madhvi, Rashid Khan, Agha, Tony Walker etc.
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“Aar Paar” (1954) was a Guru Dutt Films production and it was directed by Guru Dutt as well. The star cast included Guru Dutt, Shyama, Shakila, Bir Sakhuja, Johny Walker, Noor, Jagdish Sethi, Rashid Khan, Jagdeep etc. in it.
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Jai Jagdeesh harey
Posted on: November 25, 2011
“Anand Math” (1952) is a novel written by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay which was first published in 1882. This novel served as a major source of inspiration for Indian freedom fighters against the British rulers. The British rulers banned this novel and this ban was lifted only after India gained independence. “Vandematram”, a song contained in the novel became Indian’s national song.
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“Mr X” (1957) is a movie which was a Sippy Films presentation and it was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaiwant, Pran, Nishi, Rajen Kapoor, Leela Misra, Sheela Vaz, Amirbai Karnataki, Hari Shivdasani, Helen, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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Aa jaane wafaa aa
Posted on: November 23, 2011
“Anarkali” (1953) is a musical blockbuster which has great songs following one after another. The music of this movie is composed by C Ramchandra.
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Most of the songs discussed in this blog are movie songs that were part of some movies. In some rare cases, we also discuss songs that were excluded from the released movie, either at the time of release or later.
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“Jailor” (1958) was a Minerva movietone movie. it was directed by Sohrab Modi. The star cast included Sohrab Modi, Geeta Bali, Kamini Kaushal,Pratima Devi, Abhi Bhattacharya, Nana Palsikar, Daisy Irani, Raj Kumar, E. Tarapore etc.
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There have been several movies titled “Milan”. Movies of this title were released in 1946, 1958 and 1967. This blog has songs from all three movies.
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