Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
O o aajaa panchhi akelaa hai
Posted on: July 31, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, 31st July, is Rafi saab’s death anniversary. It is a date that evokes emotions in many Rafi saab fans even thirty years after his death. Many of them, especially if they are in their 50s or more, will remember the 31st of July 1980 as one of those “where were you on that day?” events, associated in the past with JFK’s assassination in 1963 and the successful moon-landing in 1969, and more recently with 9/11 or India’s own 26/11.
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Duniyaa kyaa hai hamse suno
Posted on: July 31, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
The versatility of one voice has been unmatched in the annals of Hindi film music. A voice that is a match for any emotion, from one end of the spectrum to another. A voice that renders gaiety and fun as effortlessly as sadness and regrets of life. A voice that could woo the lady love and call out to the Almighty God with the conviction that one actually strains the hearing, expecting an answer come back from the heavens. A voice that has the capability to merge itself into any personality so totally and unobtrusively that the listener could never separate the voice from the character. That is the voice of Rafi Saab, a divine gift that dwelt on this earth for single lifetime, and left behind a legacy that would span an eternity. It is indeed a matter of good fortune to be born in this era, and be touched by the voice of this marvelous, unearthly tenor – a sound that appears maybe once in an aeon.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
With this post, we are celebrating the 4300th song on this blog. Keeping a fairly sharp pace, at the rate of about 6 or 7 songs per day, we reached this latest century milestone within 16 days of touching the 4200 mark. Congratulations to all.
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Qadar jaane naa ho qadar jaane naa
Posted on: July 30, 2011
I have mentioned in the past that I believed Nutan to be the original tragedy queen, before Meena Kumari joined in playing such roles. But just now I have realised that the crown of the original tragedy queen should go to Nimmi who was playing such roles almost from the beginning of her career, which began prior to Nutan and Meena Kumari’s forays in to tragedy roles.
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Dekh ke teri nazar beqaraar ho gaye
Posted on: July 29, 2011
“Howrah Bridge” (1958) was a landmark movie in the annals of Hindi movie club songs. This movie had not one but two club songs that went on to become immortal clu songs. One was of course the Helen song Mera naam Chin Chin Choo and the other was the Madhubala song Aayiye meharbaan (Howrah Bridge) .
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Ashqon se likhee taqdeer meri
Posted on: July 29, 2011
“Daaman” (1951) is one of those obscure movie about which not much information is available. Songs of such movies tend to be just as obscure but one can often come across some nice songs in such movies.
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Ham tumse judaa tum hamse judaa
Posted on: July 29, 2011
“Bade Bhaiyya” (1951) was a B grade movie starring Suresh and Nirupa Roy. this movie , which was directed by Aspi Iraani had a musical team that is quite obscure.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A most hilarious song from Navrang (1959). Lyrics are by Bharat Vyas and the composition is by C Ramchandra. The song is sung by Bharat Vyas himself.
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Man mein mere angaarey hain
Posted on: July 28, 2011
“Malti Madhav” (1951) is a by now forgotten movie. With the movie, its songs too have been forgotten. But these songs are rare gems.
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Aise hain sukh swapan hamaare
Posted on: July 27, 2011
When one thinks of the combination of Lata, Pt Narendranath Sharma and Sudhir Phadke, then what is the song that immediately comes to mind ? Jyoti kalash chhalke(Bhaabhi ki choodiyaan)(1961) ofcourse. But that is not the only song created by this team. They have created a few more.
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