Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
I have noticed that majority of Hindi movie characters do not seem to do anything for their living, at least as far as songs are concerned. Most songs are about feelings of happiness, sadness, love etc. There are very few songs about the activities that help people make a living.
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Chham chhamaachham paayal baaje
Posted on: July 6, 2011
“Rail Ka Dibba” (1953) is one of the earliest movie of Shammi Kapoor. In this movie he is paired opposite Madhubala. By that time, Madhubala had already carved a niche for herself whereas Shammi Kapoor had yet to discover his niche.
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Hindi movies often have background songs in them, which gets played at a critical juncture in the movie. Such songs may get played either at the beginning of the song, end of the song, or at some other important occasion.
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“Do Phool”(1958) is a movie with some delightful songs in it. I just discovered a very nice song in this movie.
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Maanjhi meri qismat ke
Posted on: July 4, 2011
Here is a lovely “maanjhi”(boatman) song with a difference. The song is very much a boat song, in the sense that Asha Parekh, looking young and pretty, is standing on a boat in a river and singer this song. And she is singing about “maanjhi”, but here “maanjhi” does not mean the boatman, but it means the man who will steer her destiny. Yes, she is singing this song about her beloved (Sunil Dutt).
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Dil par huaa aisaa jaadoo
Posted on: July 4, 2011
Guru Dutt, like Meena Kumari , is today known for his tragic roles. But he, like Meena Kumari, began his career playing bubbly happy characters.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the days before the 1930s, the theatre was the more powerful media for entertainment and creativity, more so than the silent movies. The Parsi theatre found its roots in India, during the 1850s, and grew in popularity and influence over the subsequent decades, The early decades of 1900s saw the growth of the Parsi theatre (or Parsi Thiyetar, as it was known in those times) in Bombay. Many stalwarts that we see in the vintage classic movies of 30s and 40s, got their feet wet on the stage productions of Parsi theatre.
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Aankhon mein hai tu
Posted on: July 3, 2011
“Laila Majnu” (1953) is one of the earlier movies of Shammi Kapoor and here he had played the role of Majnu opposite Nutan playing Laila.
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Na to dard gayaa na dawaa hi mili
Posted on: July 2, 2011
“Kaali Topi Laal Roomaal” (1959) was a B grade movie starring Chandrashekhar,Shakila,Kumkum, Agha, K N Singh etc. This movie should have ended up unsung like most B grade movies, but its songs were so wonderful that they caught the imagination of the public. As a result, the movie ended up as a big grosser.
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