Archive for the ‘Songs of 1952’ Category
Vande Maataram
Posted on: August 15, 2010
“Vande Mataram” is perhaps the oldest of all the patriotic songs of India. It was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838-1894) as a part of his novel “Anand Math” in the 19th century. This song became a national song among many nationalists, and it so alarmed the British rulers that this novel was banned.
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Madan Mohan had composed music for just over 700 movie songs in his career. So far I have posted as many as 127 of these songs in this blog which constitutes 18 % of all Madan Mohan songs. I am sure that with time, I will be able to post many more Madan Mohan songs.
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Like in any other fields of activities, momentum matters a lot in a blog like this where regular posting of songs is a given. When I am cruising at a rate of six-seven songs in a day, it looks all to simple and comfortable. But often I hit a roadblock, and I find this momentum lost and then the energy needed to get back to the earlier pace takes some doing.
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“Sheesham” (1952) is by now a forgotten movie. This movie had Nasir Khan, Nutan, Kuldeep , Gope etc in lead roles.
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“Naubahaar” (1952) is a movie starring Ashok Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant. This movie was a musical block buster. I have posted a couple of songs from this movie in the past, and I need to post more songs from this movie.
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O bhole baalmaa o more saajnaa
Posted on: June 17, 2010
I was not aware about this movie called “Poonam” (1952). Once I became aware of this movie and I began to search for songs of this movie, I found that almost all these movies were sung by Lata and they were picturised on Kamini Kaushal as dance songs.
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Wo paas nahin majboor hai dil
Posted on: June 9, 2010
“Naubahaar” (1952) is a movie that was a musical blockbuster during its time.
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Look what a gem I have stumbled upon this time ! This song is from a movie called “Moti Mahal” (1952). This movie had Ajit, Suraiyya and others in it.
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“Raag Rang” (1952) is a movie that was a home production of Geeta Bali. This movie had Geeta Bali and her sister Sudha Bali acting in it and their brother Digvijay Bali was the producer. Ashok Kumar was the hero of the movie.
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I have posted a few songs from “Shrimatiji” (1952). The music of this song sounds far far ahead of its time. This movie had songs of several genres that were non-existent/ un heard of those days.
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