Archive for the ‘Songs of 1956’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Kavi Pradeep, the famous poet and lyricist, has been a well known figure both in the film industry and in the field of Hindi literature. He is one of the few poets who have sung their own writings in the films. Going by the numbers, probably Pradeep ji is a leader in this category of lyricist-singer. He has a fairly large number of songs to his credit, that he has sung himself.
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Usey mil gayi nayi zindagi
Posted on: February 1, 2012
I have discussed as many as five songs from “Halaaku”(1956) in the past. But this movie, like most movies of the golden era of Hindi movie music have many more songs that that in them.
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Dil jawaan hai aarzoo jawaan
Posted on: January 6, 2012
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
January 6th is the death anniversary of Jaidev Verma, known as Jaidev in Hindi film world. He was one of those unlucky music directors who, despite being extremely talented, did not make it to the top in Bollywood. He had given hit songs in Hum Dono (1961), Kinaare Kinaare (1963), Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), Reshma Aur Shera (1972) , Gaman (1979) and many more. He is the only music director who won National Award for best music direction three times for Hindi films – Reshma Aur Sehra, Gaman and Ankahee.
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“Khul Ja Sim Sim” (1956) is a B grade movie which was a Golden Films presentation. Produced by Mulkraj Bhakri,it was directed by Nanubhai Vakil and the star cast included names like Mahipal, Shakila, Maruti, Heeralal, Helen, Niranjan Sharma, Krishna Kumari, Naazi, Sadiq, Vijaya Kumari etc.
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Aji chale aao aji chale aao
Posted on: December 20, 2011
There are several well known songs that I believe have already been covered in the blog but I often turn out to be wrong in my belief.
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“Chhoomantar” (1956) is a movie which was produced by Sadiq Productions and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Karan Dewan, Shyama, Johny Walker, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, etc in it.
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“Inquilaab” (1956) is an obscure movie which was a W S Fims production. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor. The movie had Ranjan, Shyama, Kuldip Kaur, Tiwari, Sunder, Helen, Sapru etc.
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“Inquilaab”(1956) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was produced by Kailash Kapoor and directed by Kedar Kapoor. This B grade movie had Ranjan , Shyama, Kuldip Kaur, Tiwari , Sunder , Helen , Johny Walker etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music
A qawwaali with a difference. In that the performers on screen are not sitting down, but are prancing around in a completely free format. This is not the only non-sitting-down qawwaali performance, but I am sure it must be a very strong contender of being one of the funniest qawwaali performances to be seen on screen.
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Ae baad e sabaa paighaam mera
Posted on: November 11, 2011
“Inquilaab” (1956) was a W S Productions movie which was directed by Kedar Kapoor. this B grade movie had actors like Ranjan, Shyama, Tiwari, Sunder, Helen, Kuldip Kaur, Sapru etc.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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