Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
This is an iconic song, which everyone has definitely heard. And in fact this is a song that has been remixed too, accompanied by gaudy picturisation, I am sure.
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Mast chaandni jhoom rahi hai
Posted on: September 30, 2011
This is a song that many music buffs may already be familiar with, but I discovered this song only just now. and I loved this song. I am sure this song is already regarded as a lovely song by those who are already familiar with it.
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“Yaasmeen” (1955) is a movie produced by Musical Pictures ! Yes, that is indeed the name of the production house that produced this movie.
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“Raftaar”(1955) is a movie that was produced by Filco and I wonder what this arconym stand for. This movie was directed by Nakshab and I guess that he could well be the producer of this movie too.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Again, a song to fall in love on the first hear itself. I heard this song only today morning, and it forced me to write this post. Another obscure film, another unheard gem of a musical creation.
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I had mentioned in an earlier discussion that Helen’s aspirations (if any) of playing mainstream rolers in Hindi movies (where mainstream roles means donning a sari /salwar kurta etc and singing songs that are the preserve of leading ladies) were realised on movies like “Cha Cha Cha” (1964) and “Lahu Ke Do Rang” (1979). She in fact won the Filmfare award for best supporting actress too, for her role in “Lahu Ke Do Rang” (1979).
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Regulars of this blog may have noticed that I tend to discuss the songs of a few artists regularly and then after some time, I stop discussing that artist and begin to discuss the songs of some other artist.
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Jeewan naiyya behti jaaye
Posted on: September 23, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Pankaj Babu’s last association with Hindi film world was in 1954. After the film Kasturi, in 1954 he did not work for any more Hindi films. His association with the Bengali cinema lasted for some more years, till 1972, beyond which he was content with the peace, and with teaching music. The Padam Shri award for this remarkable musician came in 1970, followed in 1972 by Dada Saheb Phalke award for lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema.
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Mera yaar banaa hai dulhaa
Posted on: September 20, 2011
There are several well known songs that I think have already been discussed in the blog when in reality they are as yet unrepresented in the blog.
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