Archive for the ‘Songs of 1951’ Category
“Sainyya”(1951) is one of the better known movies for which Sajjad Hussain composed music. It means that the songs of this movie are relatively easy to find. I in fact have already discussed as many as four songs from this movie.
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25th october is the date when Sahir Ludhianvi left this world in 1980, exactly three decades ago.
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“Jauhri” (1951) is a forgotten movie in which (believe it or not) Manorama was the lead actress and a few songs were picturised on her, too.
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Main keh doon tum ko chor
Posted on: October 18, 2010
Playful romantic songs, especially those that are picturised on a pair of actors who were actually romantically involved always makes for good listen/watch. Dev Anand and Suraiyya were one of the first such on screen couple.
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Ab raat milan ki beet chuki
Posted on: October 17, 2010
In Hindi movies, majority of songs have their origins in Indian classical music or folk music. Other source of inspiration has been Western popular music, which in fact became a standard fare in Hindi movie music of 1970s and 1980s.
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“Afsaanaa” (1951) was a B R Chopra movie and it was one of the first lost and found movies in Hindi movie history. This movie, which was a huge hit during its time starred Ashok Kumar, Veena,Jeewan,Cuckoo ,Pran, Kuldeep Kaur etc.
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Ghadi ghadi dil bhar aaye
Posted on: October 5, 2010
Look what song I have discovered today ! Here is a song from an old and obscure movie called “Bade Bhaiyya” (1951). It appears a B grade movie starring Suresh, Nirupa Roy, Agha and Yaaqoob.
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Waapas le le ye jawaani
Posted on: September 29, 2010
In Hindi movies, leading ladies take turns being happy and sad in movies. And that means they sing happy as well as sad songs in the movies.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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