Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Aasmaan aasmaan tu kyaa jaane
Posted on: November 24, 2009
In Bollywood movies, when boy first sees a girl, he would sing a teasing song addressed to her. She would take exception, naturally, but later on, she would fall in love with him and then they would sing a duet, running round trees.
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Dil deke dekho dil deke dekho
Posted on: November 22, 2009
When one thinks of Shammi Kapoor, one invariably thinks of Rafi, Hasrat Jaipuri and Shankar Jaikishan. There are many people who in fact may well think that they were together with Shammi Kapoor right from the beginning of Shammi Kapoor phenomenon.
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“Ek Ke Baad Ek” (1960) is a lesser known movie starring Dev Anand and Sharada.
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I have posted a song from “Bahaar” (1951) in the past. That song was the well known song “Sainyaa dil mein aana re” which was sung by Shamshad Begam and picturised on Vyjyanti Mala.
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Wo paas bhi rahkar paas nahin
Posted on: November 21, 2009
When I was young, I disliked old songs, and I would only listen to new songs, which meant songs of 1970s. But now I cannot have enough of old songs, viz songs of 1950s and even earlier. In fact, I love the music of the songs in these songs.
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The movie is called “Phir Subah Hogi” (1958) which was a serious movie. Moreover, the actors, singers, music director and lyricist of this movie are also known for creating serious stuff. And most songs of this movie are indeed serious songs.
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Here is a bicycle song from an obscure movie called “Zamaana” (1957). The song is picturised on Ameeta and Kamaljit (later better remembered as Waheeda Rehman’s husband). This song is a duet, mostly sung by Asha Bhonsle, with some male voice too. I have no idea about the male voice. It sounds like G M Durrani, but then he was no longer around in 1957 I think. The singer could well be Kamaljit himself. (PS- I have later read somewhere that it was Kamaljit himself).
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As obscure movies go, “Police Detective” (1960) must be among the most obscure. This movie had Sujit Kumar, Shyama,Jayshree Gadkar and Anwar Hussain in lead roles. It was a B grade movie.
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Ham aur tum aur ye samaa
Posted on: November 19, 2009
I am aware of two movies called “College Girl”. One was a movie of early 1960s featuring Shammi Kapoor. The other was a movie of late 1970s featuring Sachin. Though both these movies are forgotten, both of them had some nice songs in them.
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Husnlal Bhagatram were perhaps the first music directors who formed a team and composed music by their combined names. Later on, their lead was taken by Shankar Jaikishan, and then by Kalyanji Anandji, Laxmikant Pyarelal etc. Incidentally, Bhagatram’s brother, called Pt Amarnath, was a music director too.
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