Archive for the ‘Songs of 1952’ Category
While listeneing to the songs of old movies, we often praise the singer and/ or the music director, but many of us tend to underestimate the contribution of the lyricist. However great a tune, or however wonderful a voice may be, unless the singer gets a good well written song, it is not very likely that the song is going to catch the imagination of the public.
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Roshan made his debut at nearly the same time as most legendary singers (Rafi, Mukesh, Kishore Kumar etc). But is is interesting to note that Roshan used Kishore Kumar’s voice only 8 times, all all these songs were in 1952 and 1953.
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Mere dil ki dhadkan kyaa bole
Posted on: October 2, 2009
Mukesh is traditionally regarded as the voice of Raj Kapoor, but that was not always the case. In his earlier movies, it was Rafi who often sang for Raj Kapoor.And we all recall that Manna Dey had famously sung for Raj Kapoor in “Chori Chori”.
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Wo to chale gaye ae dil
Posted on: September 29, 2009
“Sangdil” (1952) is a movie that had Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles. This movie was a musical blockbuster, going the quality of its music.
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“Jaal” (1952) has many well known songs. And most of these songs are sung by Geeta Dutt.
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It has been pointed out that “Baiju Baawra” (1952) set a lofty musical standards, which has remained unsurpassed to this date.
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Man tadpat Hari darshan ko aaj
Posted on: September 19, 2009
I have posted several songs from “Baiju Baawra” (1951) in this blog. Each one of these songs is immortal, outstanding, a timeless classic.
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I have been posting songs of “Baiju Baawraa” (1952) these days. Every song that I post is a masterclass, and never fails to enthrall, even if I may have heard the song many times in the past.
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Aaj gaawat man mero jhoom ke
Posted on: September 17, 2009
“Baiju Baawraa” (1952) was a musical blockbuster the likes of which has never been seen again. It set such high standards that emulating them was going to be next to impossible for the movies that came.
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I have mentioned in the past that “Baija Baawraa” (1952) was a musical blockbuster. Others have remarked that this movie in fact set the musical standards for Bollywood movies.
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