Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Arzi hamaari ye marzi hamaari
Posted on: December 3, 2010
Most music lovers, including yours truly, are aware of only one song from “Naukri” (1954) and that song is the evergreen Chhota sa ghar hoga baadalon ki chhaaon me. But there are other songs in it that are created with the same amount of love and care and those songs are also wonderful to listen to, if we only care to listen to them. These days I am digging these songs out and I am finding that these forgotten songs are gems.
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Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten movie.
This song is from “Anuradha” (1960) which had Balraj Sahni and Leela Naidu in lead roles.
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“Jaadoo” (1951) is a movie starring Shyam,Nalini Jaiwant and others. As is the case with most movies of those days, the songs of this movie too are delightful songs to listen to.
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Maane naa maane naa maane naa
Posted on: November 30, 2010
I have mentioned it in the past that “Saweraa” (1958), though a forgotten movie, was a musical blockbuster with some wonderful songs in it.
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Aag lagaanaa kyaa mushqil hai
Posted on: November 30, 2010
Party songs/club songs where a female dancer sings and dances became a staple diet of Hindi movies in 1950s. Geeta Dutt was one of the first (if not the first) singer who sang such songs. As for the actors on whom such songs were picturised, there were many, ranging from dancers (Cuckoo, for instance) to heroines (Geeta Bali, for instance). Quite a few of these songs became very popular.
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“Ham Sab Chor Hain” (1956) was a light hearted movie which was written and directed by I S Johar. This movie had some interesting comedy songs in it that are nice to listen to.
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I am surprised to realise that I have discussed only one song from “Naukri” (1954). This movie had some very nice songs in it.
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Billi bajaaye baajaa
Posted on: November 26, 2010
“Sahaara” (1958) is one of those movies that have been totally forgotten with time. But when one watches the movie, or listens to the songs, one realises that this movie and/or its songs deserve to be much better known instead of lying forgotten.
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“Chakradhaari” (1954) was a B grade religious/mythological movie. It is that kind of movie which are given a miss by the mainstream movie watching public and only “lowbrow” movie watchers watch such movies, mostly in small towns.
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