Archive for the ‘Songs of 1951’ Category
“Shabistaan” (1951) was a Filmistan Production movie. It was directed by B Mitra. The movie had Shyam, Naseem Bano, Cuckoo, Bipin Gupta, Bhujbal Singh, Murad, Sapru etc in it.
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Mil lo raaja sadakiya pe mil lo
Posted on: June 21, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is the 8th song in the series of Lata singing with lesser known singers. This song is from the film Bikhare Moti-1951, where Lata sings with Raja Gul. This singer makes a Debut on this Blog. The Music Director is Ghulam Mohammed.
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Jaldi jaldi na karo
Posted on: May 17, 2013
“Phoolon Ke Haar” (1951) was produced by Shreekant and directed by G P Pawar. The movie had Nasir Khan, Geeta Bali, Nigar Sultana, Sunder, Mangala, Hiralal, Madhav Kale, Yashodhara Katju etc in it.
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Chalo Honolulu chalo Honolulu
Posted on: May 13, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today’s song is a fun song from Sanam-51, a film in which Dev Anand and Suraiya were the lead pair and the music was by Husnlal Bhagatram.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The end of the 40s and middle of the 50s was the period in which many comedy and musical films were made. This was the Golden Era of HFM and the Indian audience was not only enjoying good music but also laughing out loudly with the comedy films. Actually,it was a reflection on a joyous nation, which got its Independence after a long time and with sacrifices. So,it was a time for making merry !
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Jiya lehar lehar lehraaye
Posted on: April 28, 2013
“Sansaar” (1951) was a Gemini Pictures production. It was directed by S S Vasan. The movie had Ishwarlal, M. K. Radha, Vanaja, Mohana, Agha, Meera, J. S. Kashyap, Anil Kumar, Kalla, Ratnappa, Pushpavalli, Swaraj, David Abraham etc in it.
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“Actor” (1951) was a Sarosh Pictures Production. The movie was ditected by Ramji Arya. The movie had Geeta Nizami, Murad, Ramola, Indu, Mithu miyaan, Gulzar, Sulochana, Bhagwan, Sunder etc in it.
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Bogi bogi bogi
Posted on: April 19, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
HAM LOG (1951) was a typical Zia Sarhadi film highlighting the social issues in keeping with the socialistic ideology followed by Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA). The film was produced under the banner of Ranjit Movietone. In this film, social issues were raised that arose out of the difficulties faced by a poor family of Lalaji Harcharandas (Kanhaiyalal) and his wife (Durga Khote), unemployed son Raj (Balraj Sahani), a sickly daughter Paro (Nutan) and a school going son (Master Ratan). The problem is further accentuated by the arrest of Lalaji for allegedly stealing money from his employer for which he is sent to prison.
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Nindiya aayi re
Posted on: April 18, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When Kidar Sharma wrote the lyrics of the song so jaa rajkumari so jaa, he might not have been aware that he wrote the first lori (lullaby) song for a Hindi film. Another thing he did differently was that he wrote the lori lyrics for a male singer-actor (K L Saigal) whereas the lori is traditionally sung by women. This could happen because, as he said in his autobiography ‘The One and Lonely Kidar Sharma’ (2002), he had in fact written a lori ‘so jaa raj dulari so jaa, so jaa main balihaari so jaa’ especially for his wife Raj Dulari. But K L Saigal fell in love with it and pressurised Kidar Sharma to make it public. It was only after his wife agreed that Kidar Sharma consented to use this lori for the film ‘Zindagi” (1940) by changing ‘raj dulari’ to ‘rajkumari’. This lori sung by K L Saigal became very popular all over India.
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