Archive for the ‘Songs of 1952’ Category
Ghazals became a popular kind of songs in Hindi movies in 1960s. But it was in early 1950s that Ghazals began to get popular in Hindi movies.
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“Sheesham” (1952) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had Nasir Khan, Kuldeep, Nutan,Gope etc in it.
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In Hindi movies, one actor normally lip sync in the voice of one playback singer. But there are exceptions, when he/she sings different songs in the voice of different singers.
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Kishore Kumar made his debut as a solo playback singer in 1948, when he sang a song in “Ziddi”(1948) for Dev Anand. For much of the next two decades or so, Kishore Kumar sang either for himself or for Dev Anand. But it does not mean that he did not get opportunities to sing for other actors.
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In my bid to discuss all the Sajjad Hussain songs, I have made considerable progress. I have so far discussed as many as 40 songs, which is a big figure, considering that Sajjad Hussain composed only about 100 songs in Hindi movies.
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When one searches for forgotten gems from old Hindi movies,one does not have to dig deep. Scratch the surface and one can unearth a treasure of high quality gems lying all over.
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Barbaad huyi dil ki duniyaa
Posted on: October 29, 2010
Not too many people are aware of this movie called “Jalpari” (1952). But I have found that this movie has some superb songs in it.
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I had neither heard of this movie called “Neelam Pari” (1952) nor its songs till today. I heard this song for the first time just now and I decided that I needed to post this song in the blog.
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I was under the impression that I had posted this song already. But when I checked up, I find that I was wrong.
This is a song from “Deewaana” (1952). The lyrics “tasweer banaataa hoon teri khoone jigar se” came a couple of years prior to a fairly silmilarly worded song Tasweer banata hoon tasweer nahin banti(Baradari).
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