Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Anokhaa jaadoogar Bhagwaan
Posted on: February 13, 2011
The 1975 blockbuster movie “Sholay” needs no introduction, but few people are aware that a movie of the same name was also made in 1953. This movie “Shole” (1953) had Ashok Kumar ,Beena Rai ,Poornima ,Manmohan Krishna ,Jeewan ,Mirza Musharraf,Baby Naaz etc in it.
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Na ro ae rone waale
Posted on: February 12, 2011
My readers may have noticed that my posts for the last few days have dried up. It is because these days I find myself without internet connectivity because I find myself elsewhere for a few days. Hopefully I will be able to get back to my usual activity in three days time as I get back to my usual place of stay. Till then I will only be able to post sporadically.
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Aa teri tasweer banaa loon
Posted on: February 10, 2011
“Naadaan” (1951) is a movie starring Dev Anand and Madhubala.
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Din raat badalte hain
Posted on: February 8, 2011
“Naya Sansaar” (1959) is quite an obscure movie. Few people seem to be aware of any details about the cast of this movie. This appears to be a B grade movie that failed at the box office.
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Ulajh gaye do nainaa dekho
Posted on: February 8, 2011
Romantic songs/love songs are one of the most common form of songs in Hindi movies. It can be seen that many of these songs use high sounding grandiose words, whose meanings often escape the common listeners.
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Muskuraati huyi chaandni
Posted on: February 8, 2011
Listening to Hemant Kumar’s voice is a divine experience. Listening to songs sung by him has a soothing effect on the listeners. I call such songs “mental massage” songs.
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Yahi hai mere sapnon ka sansaar
Posted on: February 8, 2011
“Ferry” (1954) also titled as “Kishti” (1954) is a movie that had Dev Anand and Geeta Bali in lead roles. I have the VCD of this movie lying around with me , but I never bothered to watch the movie. I have just watched a few songs from this movie, and I think that I may yet get persuaded to watch the movie, if only for the songs.
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