Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Bachpan ka mora tora pyaar
Posted on: June 17, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Heidi” is a world famous children’s novel, written by the Swiss author Johanna Spyri. First published in 1880, it carried a tag line “For children and those who love children’. ‘Heidi’ is one of the most enduring works of children’s literature, being one of the most popular children books in the twentieth century. Even after 130+ years, the story still reads very fresh and has not lost its charm over the decades. My own first introduction to this work was probably at the age of 6 or 7, when I read a Hindi translation of this work, and got to read the English version later.
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Ye pyaar ki raaten ye aaj ki baaten
Posted on: June 16, 2011
“Baghdad” (1952) is a B grade Hindi movie starring Bhagwan, Begam Para, Bharti Devi, Hari Shivdasani, Anwar Hussain etc. Like most B grade movies, this movie too has entered the hall of obscurity.
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Nayi naweli preet huyi re
Posted on: June 13, 2011
“Baaghi Sardaar” (1956) is a B grade Hindi movie which had names like Amarnath, Ameeta, Chitra, Daljit, Helen, Kammo, Manju etc figuring in it. Then there is a Pakistani movie of the same name that was released in 1966.
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Ulfat ke hain kaam niraale
Posted on: June 13, 2011
“Awaaz” (1956) is a movie starring Nalini Jaiwant,Rajendra Kumar, Usha Kiran, Murad, Mukri, Jagdeep etc.
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“Farmaish” (1953) is an obscure movie by now. This movie had actors like Bharat Bhushan, Vijay Laxmi, Kuldip Kaur, Pran, Gope, Maruti, Chandra Shekhar etc in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past. Here is another song.
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Jaan gayi hoon pehchaan gayi hoon
Posted on: June 12, 2011
“Teen Bhai” (1955) is not a movie too many people may be aware of. Its songs are equally obscure.
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“Bhakt Dhruv” (1957) was clearly a B grade low budget mythological movie. The movie as well as its songs ended up getting forgotten and subsequently obscure.
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