Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
“Boot Polish” (1953) was a movie based on the plights of orphan. Considering the subject, this movie was bound to have melodrama is it and that is why I am not sure that I would like to watch this movie.
Read more on this topic…
Johny Walker, who mostly played a comedian in Hindi movie had become so popular that he began to command one song per movie which was typically sung by Rafi. This song was often a major highlight of the movie.
Read more on this topic…
I was not aware that Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari worked together and that too at a time when he was known to act mostly opposite Nargis.
Read more on this topic…
“Ek Sholaa”(1958) is a forgotten movie by now. It had Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead roles.
Read more on this topic…
Koi laakh kare chaturaayi
Posted on: August 18, 2010
If you want to calm your nerves by listening to music then it is often a good idea to listen to a song sung by Kavi Pradeep. He was mainly a poet, but he also sang a few songs and most of these songs went on to become immortal songs.
Read more on this topic…
Sahaara koi mil jaataa
Posted on: August 18, 2010
I am not much familiar with the name of this movie called “Raftaar”(1955). Thanks to the farmaish of songs from this movie, I now know that this movie had Talat Mehmood and Nadira in lead roles. Talat Mehmood, like Mukesh was toying with the idea of establishing himself as an actor-singer. Singing career of both of them suffered and both of them soon gave up acting.
Read more on this topic…
“Mastaanaa” (1954) was a movie starring Motilal, Nigar Sultana, Chandrashekhar,Kuldip Kaur, Sundar,Gope etc.
Read more on this topic…
I have posted all but one song from “Madhumati” (1958) so far. This movie is arguably one of the biggest musical blockbuster movies of all time in Hindi movie history. Here is the last song from this movie that was yet to be posted.
Read more on this topic…
Chhotaa saa baalmaa
Posted on: August 17, 2010
The name of O P Nayyar is normally associated with racy songs. He was not a classical music trained music director, unlike many of his peers. But even then, O P Nayyar could still come up with lovely semi classical songs if the situation so demanded.
Read more on this topic…
I just realised that I had not posted this well known song from “Shree 420” (1955) so far. Here is this lovely and cute song.
Read more on this topic…
Recent comments