Archive for the ‘Songs of 1953’ Category
“Laila Majnu” (1953) is a movie that had Nutan and Shammi Kapoor in lead roles. Nutan made it big in Hindi movies soon, whereas Shammi Kapoor, who till then was struggling to find his feet, would finally re invent himself four years later.
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I was under the impression that I had already discussed this song. But it turns out that I was wrong.
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Jaa ri jaa jaa nindiyaa jaa
Posted on: May 22, 2011
“Jhaanjhar” (1953) is a movie which is lost to movie watchers because all its prints were damaged in a fire. Now all that is left of the movie is its music. And what wonderful music this movie had. The songs of this movie were great craze among music lovers those days.
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Ae dil na sataa mujhko
Posted on: May 15, 2011
“Dil e Naadaan” (1953) is a movie starring Talat Mehmood, Shyama, Peace Kanwal etc. I have discussed three songs from this movie in the past.
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“Raahi” (1953) was a movie that was based on Mulkraj Anand’s novel “Ek Kali Aur Do Pattiyaan”(Two leaves and a bud). Dev Anand and Nalini Jaiwant were the main lead in this movie.
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So gayi chaandni
Posted on: May 8, 2011
“Aakaash” (1953) is a forgotten movie which had Agha, Balraj Sahni, Nadira, Manmohan Krishan, Shammi (not to be confused with Shammi Kapoor), Badri Prasad, Jillo etc in it.
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Aayi madhu ritu basant bahaar ree
Posted on: May 6, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A wonderful gem of a duet from Hamdard (1953). This is such a wonderful classical jugalbandi, such a pleasure to listen with your eyes closed. It is almost a divine composition, a signature composition by Anil Da, with more than one raga blended seamlessly into a single flow. A virtuous melody, and a pleasure to listen to.
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Bheegi bheegi raat aayi
Posted on: May 6, 2011
“Aakaash” (1953) is a less known movie that had Agha, Balraj Sahni, Nadira, Manmohan Krishan,Shammi(not to be confused with Shammi Kapoor), Badri Prasad,Jillo etc in it.
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“Gauhar” (1953) is an obscure movie with equally obscure songs. This movie was an All India Pictures production movie. It was directed by F H Hassan. The movie had Agha, Bina Ray, Cuckoo, Vijayalaxmi, Chanchal, Chaman Puri, Charlie etc in it.
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“Dil e Naadaan” (1953) is a movie that had Talat Mehmood, Shyama and Peace Kanwal in it. This movie, which apparently was a love triangle, had some nice songs in it. I have already discussed three songs from this movie.
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