Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Whenever we in India celebrate the birthday of someone, we tend to sing a few happy birthday songs from Hindi movies. There are a few such songs which have become so popular that they have become an integral part of birthday parties in India.
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Among all the genres of songs that one can have in Hindi movies, rail songs are a genre that is quite fascinating. The rail songs are in fact a very interesting topic and I had done a long and deailed discussion on rail songs where I had discussed some 30 odd songs in my by now almost defunct blog.
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Maine kahaa Miss what is this
Posted on: September 8, 2011
“Mitti Mein Sona” (1960) is a movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha. For some reason, the songs of this movie are not easy to come across. It is music lovers’ loss because this movie has some awesome songs in it.
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The original “Devdas” was produced in 1935. The next Devdas came up exactly twenty years later, in 1955.
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Jaanaa thhaa hamse door
Posted on: September 5, 2011
I have discussed as many as four songs from “Adaalat” (1958) and I was surprised to receive the lyrics of this song from Prakashchandra. When I checked up, I found that this well known song from “Adaalat” (1958) was actually missing from the blog.
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“Khul Ja Sim Sim” (1956) is a B grade movie that was obviously based on the Arabian nights tale of Alibaba and the forty thieves.
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Searching for unknown songs from B grade movies is almost always a highly rewarding experience. I always discover some amazing gems ervery time I indertake this exercise.
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While discussing songs, I often like to discuss songs that are rare/ unusual/unexpected in some ways. For example, songs sung by people normally not known for their singing, songs composed by people who are normally known for some other activity, lyricist/music director/singer figuring in the picturisation of the song etc.
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“Moti Mahal” (1952) is one of those B grade movies that have been forgotten with time. this movie had Ajit, Suraiyya, Jeewan, Ratan Kumar, Satish, Veera, Roopmala etc in it.
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Pyaar ki rut do rangi saajan
Posted on: September 3, 2011
“Apni Izzat” (1952) is a movie that was directed by Nanabhai Bhatt. This movie had actors like Motilal, Mumawwar Sultana, Sulochana Cahtterji, Gope, Yashodhara Katju,Yakoob, Agha, david, Raj Mehra etc. This is the standard information that is available in all sites, faithfully cut and pasted from the first site where this information first appeared. 😀 These sites also promise you movie news, movie songs, trailer, wallpapers, movie clips, Apni Izzat Awards and Nominations, pictures, videos, Photos etc etc, but you will find nothing of the sort there. And these are sites that are on top of the search engines.
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