Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Taaraa toote duniyaa dekhe
Posted on: December 15, 2010
Here is a song from “Malhaar” (1951) that is regarded as a timeless classic.
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Bheegi palkein uthhaa
Posted on: December 13, 2010
Here is an A grade song from a B grade movie. The movie is called “Do Gunde” (1959) and it had Ajit and Jayshree Gadkar in lead roles.
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Andhhon se dayaa karnaa daataa
Posted on: December 12, 2010
These are the days of being political correct. Instead of calling a spade a spade, these days we use euphemisms instead. Thus, what was called an imbecile in the past is now called “differently enabled” and what was once called blind is now called “visually impaired”. Those were the days when cutting trees and hunting tigers was considered the in thing. Now these activities are banned.
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O zindagi ke dene waale
Posted on: December 12, 2010
I have discussed several songs from “Naagin” (1954) in the past, six to be exact. But this movie had so many songs in it that a few songs are still at large and remain to be posted.
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Laagi naahin chhoote raamaa
Posted on: December 11, 2010
December 11 is the birthday of Dilip Kumar. I take this opportunity to discuss a few songs picturised on Dilip Kumar.
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Chhoom chhanananan paayal boli
Posted on: December 10, 2010
“Ghar Ghar Mein Deewaali” (1955) by all indication was a B grade movie, going by the star cast which had Shyama, Sajjan, Manorama, Gajanan Jagirdar etc in lead roles. Little is known about this movie, and its prints are apparently not available.
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Madan Mohan made his debut as a music director in 1950. In his debut movie “Aankhen” (1950), he used many singers, but curiously enough, Lata was not among them. From his next movie, Lata became an important singer for him.
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Everyone is aware that 1957 saw the movie “Mother India” in which Nargis played the central character. Few people know that the same year also saw the release of another movie called “Miss India”. And guess who played the central character in this movie ? It was none other than Nargis herself !
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Though few people today talk of this movie, “Durgesh Nandini” (1956) was a well known movie even in 1970s when I was growing up in the sense that I used to read about this movie in magazines.
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