Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
“Mastaana” (1954) is a movie which was produced by Black and White movies productions. H S Rawail was the director and the movie had actors like Motilal, Nigar Sultana, Kuldeep Kaur, Sunder, Rinkoo, Yashodhara Katju, Gope, Chaman Puri, Master Romi, Tiwari, Chandrashekhar etc.
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I have discussed as many as eight songs from “Bilwamangal” (1954) already in the blog. Majority of songs of this movie were sung by C H Atma and Suraiyya, who played the lead roles in this movie.
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Bhaj man Narayan Narayan
Posted on: November 6, 2011
“Prabhu Ki Maaya” (1955) is a movie produced by Filmistan and directed by Vithaldas Panchotiya. This movie had Mubarak, Kanta, Jharna, Prem Adeeb, Narmada Shanker, Uma Devi, Mumtaz Begum, P. Kailash etc in it.
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“Bilwamangal” (1954) is a movie which was a Minar Movie productions and it was directed by D N Madhok. I have already discussed as many as seven songs from this movie.
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“Pyaar Ki Baaten” (1951) is a Nargis Arts movie, which was Nargis’ home production. The movie was directed by directed by Akhtar Hussain. this movie had Nargis and trilok Kapoor in lead roles, with Nazir, Rashid, Neelam Kothari, Maruti, Nissar, Khurshid, H. Prakash, Cuckoo etc also figuring in the cast.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
What to say about this qawwaali. . . what a gem, what a superb, almost impromptu presentation, and the lyrics, gosh, such wonderful, impactful, crisp, and short, with a punchline in each antaraa that spontaneously evokes the reaction, ‘waah waah kyaa baat hai’, ‘kya misra maaraa hai. . . kamaal hai.’.
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The comically titled “Pilpili Saahab”(1954) is a rare and obscure movie with equally rare and obscure songs in it. The movie was a Kwatra Films production and it was directed by H S Kwatra. The movie had actors like Sunder, Pran, Mehmood, Agha, Shyama, Lalita, Mumtaz, Rajan Kapoor etc in it.
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“Bilwamangal” (1954) is a movie which was a Minar Movie productions and it was directed by D N Madhok. I have already discussed as many as six songs from this movie.
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“Ek ke baad ek” (1960) is a movie which was produced by Raj Kala and directed by Raj Rishi. The star cast of the movie included names like Dev Anand, Tarla, S. K. Prem, Radhakrishan, Hiralal, Ravikant, Sharda, Prabhu Dayal, Madhu Apte etc.
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Jhan jhan jhan jhan paayal baaje
Posted on: October 31, 2011
S D Burman, a highly influential music director during the golden era of Hindi movie music was around for nearly the entire duration of the golden era. Born on 1 october 1906, S D Burman began his career as a Hindi movie music director in 1946 and he continued to enthrall music lovers with his compositions till 1975. He breathed his last on 31st october 1975. So today is his death anniversary.
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