Archive for the ‘Songs of 1953’ Category
While discussing old songs in this blog, I post video links from these movies. While doing that, I often tend to take them for granted. But the fact remains that much hard work is involved in getting these videos uploaded.
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Chitragupta is known as a music director, but just like a few other fellow music directors, he too had come to Bombay hoping to make it big as a singer, rather than as a music director. He became the assistant of S N Tripathi and then soon landed his first movie as an independent music director in 1946.
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This is the fifth song from “Shikast” (1953) that I am posting here. This shows that this movie had some lovely songs in it.
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I have listened to this song in the past, but that was when I was not paying attention and when I was unaware about the details of this song.
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Ae baandi tum begam bano
Posted on: October 28, 2009
I have mentioned earlier that the original “Parineeta”, viz “Parineeta”(1953) had some lovely songs in it, though they have been forgotten by now.
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Many people may only be aware of the new “Parineeta”, but in reality, the original and real “Parineeta” is the movie that was based on Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s story and it was picturised in 1953. It was made in Bangla, Hindi, and may be in other languages too.
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Here is a truly “bhoola bisra” geet even by the standards of this blog.
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Ritu aaye ritu jaaye sakhi ri
Posted on: September 22, 2009
When Bollywood movie music was in its early decades, it was carefully nursed and nurtured by some of the finest musical talents available. Most of the music dirrectors in the industry at that time had solid grooming in classical music. They were quality conscious while creating their music, and they were quite innovative and imaginative too.
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Tere sab gham mile mujhko
Posted on: September 21, 2009
I was not aware of this movie called “Hamdard” (1953). Now I have some information about this movie. “Hamdard” (1953) starred Nimmi, Shekhar and Smriti Biswas, and from the songs, the story appears a love triangle involving the abovementioned three actors.
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I have posted a song from “Teen Batti Chaar Raastaa” (1953) in the past. This movie was the story of a house maid, who is as plain looking as many house maids, but with a golden voice, and many people who listen to her voice on Radio think that she must be an attractive looking lady.
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