Archive for the ‘Songs of 1953’ Category
Chali Radhe raani ankhiyon mein paani
Posted on: May 1, 2012
“Upar Gagan Vishaal, Neeche Gehraa Pataal” – the unforgettable sound from the film ‘Mashaal’ (1950). The words carry a thrill – they have been written by Kavi Pradeep. The music is an uplifting exuberant melody – composed by SD Burman. And voice, the sound of which will make one sit up or even stand up – such is the strong conviction and the deep exhortation that one feels on listening to it – the singing voice is the deep, strong and bass-ful voice of Manna Dey. The song that set this young singer on the path to popularity and success.
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Tera haathh haathh mein aa gayaa
Posted on: May 1, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, May 1st, is the 93rd birthday of one of the icons among the playback singers who has enthralled the listeners of both filmy and non-filmy songs with his versatile singing for over five decades. He is Prabodh Chandra Dey, popularly known as Manna Dey. We are fortunate that Manna Dey is with us to remain a source of inspiration for budding singers.
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Kaisa hai mere dil tu khilaadi
Posted on: April 27, 2012
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From the details furnished by Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our inhouse walking encyclopaedia, it was seen that “Gambler” (1970) had five songs and as many as four songs from the movie had already been discussed.
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Piyaa aaja re dil mera pukaare
Posted on: April 27, 2012
“Footpath”(1953) was a Ranjit Movie Company Production. It was directed by Zia Sarhadi. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Anwar Hussein, Ramesh Thapar, Achla Sachdev, Ramesh Thakur, Kuldip Kaur, Akhtar Farooqui, P. Kailash, Jankidas, Maruti, Sumati Lajmi etc in it.
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Bela bambina oy bela bambina
Posted on: April 24, 2012
“Ek Do Teen” (1953) was a Shorey Films production. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. the movie had Motilal, Meena Shorey, Yashodhara Katju, Kaushalya, Satish, Shamlal, Indira Bansal, Uma Dutt, Manju, Iftekhar in it.
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Naram naram ye hai garam garam
Posted on: April 12, 2012
“Rangeela” (1953) was a movie produced and directed by Bhagwan. Not too m,any people are aware of this movie. Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our in house encyclopaedia on matters of obscure Hindi movies has this to say about this movie:-
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There have been several movies titled “Laila Majnu”. The movie of this name released in 1953 had very young Nutan and Shammi Kapoor in title roles. This movie also had some nice songs in it.
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When one talks of a movie called “Rangeela” then most people are reminded of the Aamir Khan and Urmila Matondkar movie of 1995. But it turns out that there was another movie of the same name which was released as far back as in 1953.
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Hai ye wohi aasmaan
Posted on: March 31, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song, I remember from many years ago, having heard it on the radio and then in collections of Talat Mehmood. Just browsing through the YouTube, I discovered this song again after a long time, and then an added bonus too. This song is also sung by Asha Bhosle in the same film.
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