Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
In the second half of 1950s, we had movie titles beginning with Miss, Mr and so on. thus we had movies like Miss India, Miss India, Mr X, Mr and Mrs 55 etc.
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Ek baat kahoon mere piyaa
Posted on: December 11, 2009
I have come to to the realisation by now that most old Bollywood movies were musical blockbusters by default. It meant that each of these movies had several nice songs contained in them.
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Pata note karo hamaaraa
Posted on: December 11, 2009
I have mentioned it in the past that Bollywood movie music was enriched not only by legendary music directors, but also by lesser known names who often got to work in forgettable C grade movies.
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I have posted a few songs from “Parchhaain” (1952). What awesome songs this movie has !
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Kismat bigdi duniya badli
Posted on: December 9, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Afsaana” (1951). I am told that arguably the best song from this movie is one that is sung by Mukesh and picturised on Ashok Kumar.
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Here is yet another song that I heard for the first time only just now. And I loved the song immediately.
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Though most songs in Bollywood movies are based on desi values, there are “westernised” songs in Bollywood as well. They are mainly songs which are sung in clubs/ parties, and are often accompanied by dance, either by someone like Helen, or a party dance where several people are seen dancing “phoren” style.
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I have posted several songs from “Johny Walker” (1957) and I find that there are a few more songs in this movie that deserve to be posted.
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