Archive for the ‘Songs of 1956’ Category
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Filmistan’s Durgesh Nandini (1956) was an adaptation of the first ever Bengali novel Durgeshnondini. Published in 1865, it was written by none other than Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, immortalized as the composer of India’s national songVande Mataram.
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O sunta jaa o sunta jaa
Posted on: December 9, 2012
“Halaaku” (1956) was an All India Pictures Production. It was produced by P N Arora and D D Kashyap. The movie was directed by D D Kashyap.
The movie had Ajit, Meena Kumari, Pran, Minu Mumtaz, Veena, Sunder, Helen, Niranjan Sharma, Raj Mehra, Shammi etc in it.
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“Ek Hi Raasta” (1956) was a B R Films production. It was produced and directed by B R Chopra. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Meena Kumari, Daisy Irani, Shreenath, Yashodhara Katju, Jeevan etc in it.
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“Baadal Aur Bijli” (1956) was a B grade movie produced under the banner of Artists United. The movie was directed by Maurice. The movie had Ameeta, Manhar Desai, M Kumar, Yashodara Katju, Manorama etc in it.
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Pyaase nainon ki pyaas bujha le
Posted on: November 5, 2012
“Pocketmaar” (1956) was a Black and white Movies production. It was directed by H S Rawail. The movie had Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Sunder, Nadira, Gope, Bhagwan Sinha, Lalita Pawar, Tiwari, Kumud Tripathi etc in it.
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Hazaaron rang badlega zamaana
Posted on: November 1, 2012
Today (1 november) is the death anniversary of lyricist Tanvir Naqvi (6 february 1919 – 1 november 1972). Born as Syed Khursheed Ali in Lahore,,Tanvir Naqvi namy not be as well as some well known lyricists, but he has penned some well known songs in Hindi movies. He migrated to Pakistan in 1950s and died in Lahore on this date 40 years ago.
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This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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Lesser known singers- Singer 7 (Moti Sagar)
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In the Hindi film industry, there are 4 types of people.
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Kaise aaoon Jamuna ke teer
Posted on: October 8, 2012
“Devta” (1956) was produced by Narayana and co. It was directed by Pattana. The movie had Gemini Ganeshan, Anjali Devi, Vyjyantimala, Krishna Kumari, Agha, Daisy Irani, Indira, Nambiar, K Krishna, Bipin Gupta, Kamala etc in it.
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Whenever I am reminded of “Jaagte Raho”(1956), I am reminded of the wonderful drunkard song from this movie which is sung by Mukesh and picturised on Motilal. This song,Zindagi khwaab hai is picturised on a fully drunk Motilal swaying merrily in empty streets and going towards his home, with Raj Kapoor looking on.
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Dhitang dhitang boley
Posted on: September 26, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
AAWAAZ (1956) was a Mehboob Production film directed by Zia Sarhadi. I do not know the story of the film but when Mehboob and Zia Sarhadi come together for a film, one can expect that with their leftist ideologies, the film would depict the class conflict between rich and poor. The film had Rajendra Kumar and Nalini Jaywant in the lead roles with Usha Kiran, Zul Vellani, Nazir Hussain, Leela Chitnis, D K Sapru, Jagdeep, Anwar Hussain, etc in the supporting roles. With a story of class conflicts and Nazir Hussain and Leela Chitnis in the film, one can visualise that the film would have a lot of melodramatic contents.
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