Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Mera naam Raju gharaanaa anaam
Posted on: July 26, 2010
Here is a well known song from a well known movie. The song is “Mera Naam Raju gharaana anaam” and it is from “Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai” (1960).
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Here is a lovely “roadside tamasha” song that I stumbled upon recently. This song is from “Rail Ka Dibba” (1953) which was one of the earliest movies in which Shammi Kapoor acted. This song does not feature him though.
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In Bollywood movies,”Mela” (Fair) plays a very important role in the progress of the story. Family members go to a “Mela” and enjoy themselves and then they get separated, only to meet at the last reel of the movie.
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Ye bansi kyun gaaye
Posted on: July 25, 2010
“Parakh” (1960) was a delightfully different kind of a movie. This movie is no longer remembered much, but its songs are fabulous.
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Sakhi ri likh de piyaa kaa naam
Posted on: July 25, 2010
I have been posting songs from “Saarangaa” (1960) these days. All these songs are wonderful songs to listen to.
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“Naagin” (1954) has so many songs that it is easy to lose track of them. And there are songs which seem like extensions of earlier songs. For instance, the song “teri yaad mein jalkar dekh liyaa” is immediately followed by “Oonchi oonchi duniyaa ki ” song.
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Chali jaa chali jaa chali jaa
Posted on: July 25, 2010
In this blog, I post many well known songs from the past, but I get the most satisfaction when I post lesser known songs that very few people know about.
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Koyi ghar aayegaa pyaar jagaayegaa
Posted on: July 24, 2010
I was under the impression that that the title song (Saarangaa teri yaad mein(Saarangaa)(1960)) of “Saarangaa” (1960) was the only memorable song from this movie. But then I discovered and posted another awesome song (Haan deewaanaa hoon main (Saarangaa)) from this movie. And now I am discovering that other songs of this movie are also wonderful songs. In other words, this movie is a musical blockbuster !
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When “Hum Log” is mentioned, most people remember the first mega serial in Indian TV which was aired on Doordarshan (India’s government TV channel, which was the only TV channel in India at that time) in 1980s. But three decades earlier, there was a Hindi movie by this name too.
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Haan deewaanaa hoon main
Posted on: July 23, 2010
I first became aware of the movie “Saarangaa” (1960) in 1970s when I heard the title song of this movie in the local station of Vividh Bharati in the evening. It was then that I first heard about music director Sardar Malik. For a considerable time after that, I associated the title song of “Saranga” with Sardar Malik. This song (Saarangaa teri yaad mein(Saarangaa)(1960) )is already posted in this blog.
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