Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Beqaraar hai koi
Posted on: April 9, 2010
“Shama Parwaana” (1954) was one of the first movies of Shammi Kapoor. And in this movie, he was paired up opposite a top heroine of the day, namely Suraiyya. In Bollywood movies, leading ladies as often treated as pieces of decoration. It is heratening to see that leading lads too can get the same treatment. In Shammi Kapoor’s earlier movies, especially where he was pitted against star names like Suraiyya, Suraiyya got all the limelight and Shammi Kapoor was left playing the second fiddle. 🙂
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Tu hi bharosa tu hi sahaaraa
Posted on: April 6, 2010
“Shama Parwaana” (1954) was a movie that had Suraiyya and Shammi Kapoor in lead roles. This movie had some nice songs that have been largely forgotten by now.
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Ye duniya ke mele magar ham akele
Posted on: April 4, 2010
One interesting genre of Bollywood songs is the one kind where the leading man/ leading lady reach the villain’s hideout and keep him amused by singing and dancing. The villains must be severely entertainment starved, seeing how eager they are in watching the song and dance performance. and this allows the colleagues of the dancing persons to enter the den unnoticed. 😉
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Aayi jhoom ke bahaar
Posted on: April 3, 2010
“Insaaniyat” (1955) was the first (and last) time that Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand were cast together in one movie. Dev Anand was (mis)cast as a dacoit wearing a mustache who gets reformed when a girl (Bina Rai) slaps him. 😉
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Zulf ke phande phans gayi jaan
Posted on: April 1, 2010
It may sound strange but it is true. Some of the finest music of O P Nayyar has been composed for movies where Johny Walker was the hero. I have posted a few such songs already and I keep stumbling upon more such songs regularly.
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Chanda mama mere dwaar aanaa
Posted on: March 31, 2010
It was one year ago that I had discovered “Lajwanti” (1958) and I discussed most songs of this movie in this blog. But there is one song that remained unposted because I could not find a video link of that song at that time.
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Kusoor aapkaa huzoor aapkaa
Posted on: March 31, 2010
Wow ! I was not aware of this song. What a rollicking and rocking song this is ! This song must be one of the first such songs sung by Kishore Kumar where he sings in the style that would become his trademark singing style.
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These days I am posting the songs of “Munimji” (1955). This movie had Dev Anand and Nalini Jaiwant in lead roles.
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Un aankhon mein neend kahaan
Posted on: March 30, 2010
I have posted over 100 songs composed by Madan Mohan in this blog. It means that over 10 % of all Madan Mohan songs have been included in this blog. I hope that a time will come when almost all songs of Madan Mohan will be available here. In fact I hope that some day almost all the songs of all the great music directors will be available here.
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“Mr Qartoon MA” (1958) is a movie which has been forgotten with time. Here is a song from this movie.
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