Archive for the ‘Songs of 1951’ Category
Huye ham jinke liye barbaad
Posted on: August 26, 2010
I never tire of mentioning that this blog had over 2800 songs in it, but even I had not kept track of the number of movies whose songs have been posted in this blog. I just realised that there are songs from nearly 1000 movies in this blog ! Taking a look at the lists (movie wise, music director wise, or yearwise) can give some useful information.
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In Bollywood movies,”Mela” (Fair) plays a very important role in the progress of the story. Family members go to a “Mela” and enjoy themselves and then they get separated, only to meet at the last reel of the movie.
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Chali jaa chali jaa chali jaa
Posted on: July 25, 2010
In this blog, I post many well known songs from the past, but I get the most satisfaction when I post lesser known songs that very few people know about.
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When “Hum Log” is mentioned, most people remember the first mega serial in Indian TV which was aired on Doordarshan (India’s government TV channel, which was the only TV channel in India at that time) in 1980s. But three decades earlier, there was a Hindi movie by this name too.
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“Jaadu” (1951) was a movie starring Suresh and Nalini Jaiwant. I have posted one song from this movie in the past. This movie in fact had several nice songs in it.
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Bholi soorat dil ke khote
Posted on: July 12, 2010
It was in late 1940s and early 1950s that Indian movie music was discovering new sources of inspirations for its songs, apart from classical music. These new sources of inspiration being Indian folk music and western music.
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I was under the impression that I had posted nearly all the songs of “Aawaara” (1951) in this blog. But I was wrong, There are still songs from this movie that need to be posted.
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Thandi hawaayen lahraa ke aayen
Posted on: June 25, 2010
Here is a song that is nearly sixty years old, but it sounds as fresh as ever.
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I have posted as many as 8 songs from this wonderful musical blockbuster called “Dholak” (1951). Here is another wonderful song from this movie.
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