Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Teri yaad aa rahi hai
Posted on: July 21, 2011
“Hazaar Raatein” (1953) is by now an obscure movie. This movie had actors like Rehana, Manhar Desai, Agha, Cuckoo, Bipin Gupta, Kuldeep Akhtar, Amir Banu, Satya Narayan, Gajendra Singh, Yunus etc.in it.
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Here is a melancholic song from “Rail Ka Dibba” (1953). This song is sung by Shamshad Begam. Shakeel Badayuni is the lyicist and music is composed by Ghulam Mohammad.
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Tumhe dil diyaa ye kyaa kiyaa maine
Posted on: July 20, 2011
I have mentioned that finding Sajjad Hussain compositions is always a cause for great celebration. With as many as 56 Sajjad Hussain compositions already discussed in the blog, there many not be many more Sajjad Hussain compositions that are left to be discussed.
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Main kyun na naachoon aaj kaho jee
Posted on: July 18, 2011
“Paighaam” (1959)which was a Gemini Pictures productions, is a movie that had Dilip Kumar and Raj Kumar together for the first time. This big budget movie was directed by S S Vasan.
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I have heard this song quite a few times, but all these days I never knew which movie this song was from.
Now, thanks to the lyrics of this song that were sent to me by nahm, now I am aware that this song is from “Chori Chori” (1956).
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Jaa jaa re jaa baalamwaa
Posted on: July 18, 2011
I have discussed as many as 8 songs from “Basant Bahaar” (1956) and I thought that I had discussed all the songs from this movie. but wait, there are still more songs in this movie.
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Dil na jalaao door door se
Posted on: July 17, 2011
“Sim Sim Marjeena” (1958), as the name suggests, is a B grade movie based on the famous Arabian tale story of Alibaba and forty thieves. This movie had Mahipal,Shakeela,Hele, Heeralal,Maruti, Tiwari etc in it.
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O babusaab o memsaab
Posted on: July 17, 2011
In Hindi movies, we have seen several songs of the “Roothhna-Manaanaa” (Sulking appeasing) genre where one partner (usually the male) tries to appease the sulking partner and succeeds just before the penultimate line in the song is to be sung. 😀
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Ye kiski yaad aa gayi
Posted on: July 17, 2011
“Rajput” (1951) is a by now obscure movie which had P Jairaj, Suraiyya, Kuldip Kaur, Shakuntala, Leela Mishra, D K Sapru, Mumtaz Begam etc in it. This Jubilee pictures movie was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri.
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