Archive for the ‘Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960)’ Category
Yesterday I posted a wonderful “roadside tamasha” song picturised on Minu Mumtaz and Johny Walker from “Ek Saal” (1957).
The song must have caught the imagination of the movie goers, and the same duo played similar roles in subsequent movies as well.
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“Aah” (1953), not to be confused with “Aag”( 1948) had some lovely songs composed by Shankar Jaikishan, which were equally nicely picturised.
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Suno suno gagan ke taaron
Posted on: July 22, 2009
I keep stumbling upon unknown songs that are gems. Today I stumbled upon a remarkable gem.
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Jaane na nazar pahchaane jigar
Posted on: July 21, 2009
A boy and a girl, strangers to each other, who get wet in the rain, and are forced to stay the night together- this stuff leads to great romantic possibilities in Bollywood movies. It also leads to the possibilities of songs.
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Miyaan meraa badaa beimaan
Posted on: July 21, 2009
Minu Mumtaz, who was a sister of Mehmood was a popular dancer in Bollywood movies of 1950s and 60s.
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Baat chalat nayi chunri rang daari
Posted on: July 21, 2009
“Ladki” (1953) was a movie which few people know much about today, but it was a musical blockbuster on its days. Not just that, it was full of some amazing dances by Vyjyanti Mala and Anjali Devi.
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Here is a lovely song from “Kaali Ghataa” (1951).
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Here is a stage song from “Naya Andaz” (1956). In fact, there are two songs – one song is following by the other.
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How the songs of “Azaad” (1955) were composed in an interesting tale in itself.
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Ham kathputle kaath ke
Posted on: July 20, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Shikast” (1953) in the past. This movie had Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant in lead roles.
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