Archive for the ‘Songs of 1956’ Category
Sharaabi ja ja ja
Posted on: June 5, 2013
“Bhai Bhai” (1956) was an AVM Productions movie. It was produced by A V Meiyappan and directed by M V Raman. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Nimmi, Nirupa Roy, Shyama, Om Prakash, David, Master Chottu, Kesari, Shivaraj, Master Arun, Master Babu, Roop Kumar etc in it.
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Ae meri topi palat ke aa
Posted on: May 29, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is one of my favourite songs from a film I like very much-Funtoosh-1956.
When this film was being advertised, there was quite a curiosity about the meaning of the word FANTOOSH. We had never heard this word- especially in the Non-Hindi belt- and no one knew what it meant. In those days, there was no Internet to find out. I was in college and we used to discuss about this word, advocating our guesses.
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Is duniya mein sab chor chor
Posted on: May 25, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is a song from Bhai Bhai-1956. It was famous not only as an entertainer, but also for its wonderful songs. Bhai Bhai-56 was one of those films of Madan Mohan which was Popular and a Hit film. Though Madan Mohan’s music was always appreciated by the experts, not many of his films were successful.
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Kanhaiyya tori murli bairan bhayi
Posted on: May 12, 2013
“New Delhi”(1956) was a Delux Films Production. It was directed by Mohan Saigal. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Prabhu Dayal, Dhumal, Radhakrishan, Nazir Hussain, Nana Palsikar, Mumtaz Begum, Shivraj, Sheela Kashmiri, Jabeen Jalil, Mirajkar etc in it.
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Aa chhua chhoo chhoo
Posted on: April 27, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Most readers of this Blog know Mr. Raja ji Swaminathan, as a very knowledgeable well wisher of this Blog and as a Blogger himself. His pioneering work of subtitling films is the most praiseworthy.
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Na taaj e shaahi na baadshaahi
Posted on: April 23, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Shirin Farhad’ (1956), is a legendary love story situated in the ancient Persia. Madhu Bala and Pradeep kumar played the title roles. I see Ameeta is also playing a role in the film, even has a song, which is not posted. Total 5 songs from this movie are already posted here.
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Aag raag se aag lagaa do
Posted on: April 19, 2013
“Sultaan e Aalam” (1956) was produced by H P Mehra. The movie had Mahipal, Chitra, Heeralal, Kuldip Kaur etc in it.
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Jis din se miley tum ham
Posted on: April 19, 2013
I have mentioned in the past that Hindi movie music is like an ocean and that some of gems in this ocean are buried deep and they can be brought up only by diving deep into it.
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