Archive for the ‘Songs of 1952’ Category
In Hindi movies of yore, Hero is shown seated on the piano and singing a song. I for instance recall Dilip Kumar perpetually seated on a grand piano in the movie “Andaaz” (1949). 😀
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Ab to aa jaao balam
Posted on: September 3, 2010
Few People of my generation may have heard of this movie called “Poonam” (1952) and same is the case as far as the songs of this movie are concerned. But when I listened to the songs of this movie, I was quite impressed.
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Taqdeer ka shiqwaa kaun kare
Posted on: September 2, 2010
I had never heard of this movie called “Poonam” (1952). Now I have found that it was a movie starring Ashok Kumar, Kamini Kausal, Asha Mathur etc.
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Dil matwaalaa laakh sambhaalaa
Posted on: September 1, 2010
I think I am familiar with most movies starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis, but even I was stumped when I came across this movie called “Bewafaa” (1952). This movie is not all that well known, which means that this movie did not do all that well.That way, this movie suffered the same fate as “Aashinaa”, another Raj Kapoor-Nargis starrer.
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Koi nahin mera iss duniyaa mein
Posted on: September 1, 2010
When one looks at songs that end up as timeless songs, sad songs will form a good proportion of these songs. Lyrics of these songs contribute the most in making these songs memorable.
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“Parbat” (1952) is an obscure movie by now. The movie as well as its songs have been forgotten by now.
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Kyaa bataaun muhabbat hai kyaa
Posted on: August 28, 2010
I was not aware of this movie called “Parbat” (1952). I have discovered that this movie has some superb songs in it.
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I have posted several songs from “Aan” (1952) and I thought I had posted this one too, but when I was looking at the list of old farmaishes, I found that I had yet to post this song.
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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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