Archive for the ‘Songs of 1953’ Category
“Anarkali” (1953) was one of the all time great musical blockbusters. Its songs have gone on to become iconic songs. C Ramchandra was the music director of this movie and Rajinder Krishan had written the lyrics.
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Here is a lovely song from Shikast (1953). It is a duet sung by Talat Mehmood and Lata and it is picturised on Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant.
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Mitti se khelte ho
Posted on: March 28, 2009
I have posted a better known song song from “Patita” (1953) in this blog. But now I have realised that even the lesser known songs from this movie are quite nice to listen to.
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Sapnon ki suhaani duniya ko
Posted on: March 6, 2009
Wow ! What an old and timeless classic. This song is from a 1953 movie called “Shikast” starring Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaywant.
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Tera kaam hai jalna parwaane
Posted on: February 9, 2009
Name of the movie (Paapi) does not ring a bell and the music director ( S Mohinder) is just as unknown, but the song is wonderful. Written by Rajinder Krishan, the lyrics are so nice to go through. The song is sung by Rafi and picturised on Raj Kapoor.
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Shaam e gham ki kasam
Posted on: January 28, 2009
The movie called “Footpath” (1953) may not ring a bell, but this movie had some very nice music.
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“Anarkali” was a musical extravaganza, where just about every song went on to become evergreen.
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Jaag dard-e-ishq jaag
Posted on: December 18, 2008
“Anarkali” was a movie that was full of memorable songs that continue to enthrall its listeners even today. Several songs from this movie have attained iconic status by now.
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Yaad kiya dil ne kahaan ho tum
Posted on: December 18, 2008
It is a very old song, but very much a gold standard song. I have listened to this song for a long time and liked it very much. Sung by Hemant Kumar and Lata, this is such a lovely “chayageet” kind of song, ideal listening at sleep times, though one can enjoy it anytime, as befits any timeless song, which it certainly is.
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“Sacha Jhootha”(1970) had two Rajesh Khannas in it. One would sing hit songs, and the other would move around with shady characters.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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