Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Hain pyaar ke do matwaale
Posted on: February 3, 2011
Though I have vaguely heard of this movie called “Apradhi Kaun”, I was not much aware of what this movie was all about. I just stumbled upon its songs and that got me interested in this movie.
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Halke halke chalo saanwre
Posted on: February 3, 2011
I have heard of a movie called “Taangaawaala” of 1970s, but I was not aware that there was a movie called “Taangaawaali” too, which in fact came some two decades prior to “Taangaawaala”. In any case, I have not discussed any songs from either movie in this blog so far.
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As music lovers, most of us only get to listen to well known songs. If one wants to listen to songs that were forgotten, one needs to dig deep and search for them. During this search, one often comes across some gems.
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Mythological/historical Lovers of the yore, viz Heer-Ranjha, Laila Majnu, Sohni Mahiwaal etc have inspired Hindi movie makers to make several movies on their stories.
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Parwaanon se preet seekh len
Posted on: February 1, 2011
The lyrics of this song has been provided by Sudhir , a new reader of this blog and a fellow entusiast of Hindi movies and their songs
It is interesting to know how the information that is common knowledge four decades back becomes rare information with passage of time. Today few people know about the existence of this movie and its songs. When I was growing up as a pre teen kid in late 1960s and early 1970s, information about this movie was readily available but I never bothered to look that up. after all I was a pre teen kid, who was only interested in the new songs and new movies, not old ones like this.
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Jaane waale sipaahi se poochho
Posted on: January 31, 2011
“Usne Kahaa Thhaa” (1960) is a critically acclaimed movie starring Sunil Dutt and Nanda. And importantly for this blog, the movie has some nice songs in it as well. I have discussed as many as three songs from this movie already. here is the fourth song from this movie.
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Jaagiye Gopal laal
Posted on: January 31, 2011
Here is another rare gem that I discovered hours ago. This song is from “Jawaahar” (1960). Like the song, I had never heard of this movie before.
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“Husn Ka Chor”(1953) was a Wadia movietone movie, starring Mahipal and Usha Kiran. The movie as well as its music have become too obscure to find with time.
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“Nastik” (1954) is a poignant and hard hitting movie about the aftermath of partition and the hypocrisy of organised religion. The effect of this movie is enhanced by the songs of this movie which are truly timeless and iconic.
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Jhoom jhoom kar chali akeli
Posted on: January 30, 2011
“Taj”(1956) had virtually the same team as “Naagin” (1954). The makers of “Taj” (1956) obviously hoped to replicate the commercial success of “Naagin” 91954) by doing that. I am not sure how much of a commercial success “Taj” (1956) was. It was certainly nowhere close to “Naagin” (1954), that is for sure.
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