Archive for the ‘Songs of 1953’ Category
After Mukesh had become a well known singer in late 1940s and early 1950s, he tried to become a hero and tried his hand in acting. He in fact began to produce movies as well with himself as hero.
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Lagaa kar dil pareshaan hain
Posted on: May 27, 2010
In the past, I had posted a song from a little known movie called “Nayaa Ghar” (1953). At that time I was given farmaish for two more songs of this movie. But those songs were as elusive as the movie was obscure.
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“Baaz” (1953) is a movie that brought Guru Dutt and O P Nayyar together for the first time. This movie has Guru Dutt as well as O P Nayyar in rather unfamilar roles. Guru Dutt is shown riding a horse (that makes this song a “horse” song) and O P Nayyar composes a music that is so un O P Nayyarish (stated with the benefit of hind sight, of course).
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Ek do teen chaar paanch
Posted on: May 11, 2010
I have posted two songs from “Teen Batti Chaar Raastaa” (1953) in the past. Those songs were picturised on the leading lady viz Sandhya.
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Hain sabse madhur wo geet
Posted on: April 14, 2010
When I post songs in this blog, I am spoilt for choices. There are so many songs to post. When I think of one songs and I am planning to post it, I simultaneeously work on other songs too, and in the process, I often forget all about the song (s) that I originally had in mind. As a result, many sngs that I intended to post in the past remain unposted. This in fact has been the case with many farmaishes that I have received in the past.
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Shammi Kapoor made his Bollywood debut in 1953. One of his movies that were released that year was “Rail Ka Dibba” (1953). Here where Shammi Kapoor was paired opposite Madhubala.
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Ae gham e dil kyaa karoon
Posted on: March 7, 2010
“Thokar” (1953) is one of the very first movies of Shammi Kapoor. Here Shammi Kapoor and Shyama were the lead actors.
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Aapne chheen liyaa dil
Posted on: February 11, 2010
When it comes to playback singing, especially female playback singing, Mangeshkar family of siblings rules.
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Ae pyaar teri duniyaa se ham
Posted on: February 9, 2010
There are a few great movies in 1950s whose songs were hugely popular in 1950s. One was “jhaanjhar” and other was “Jhamela”. The prints of these movies were lost in a fire and we no longer have any prints of these movies.
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I have posted one song from an obscure movie called “Fareb” (1953). Here is another song from the same movie.
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