Archive for the ‘Songs of 1956’ Category
“Heer” (1956) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Nutan in lead roles.
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Johny Walker was perhaps the first non Hero who began to have songs picturised on him on a regular basis. Many of these songs became very popular.
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Ye mehfil sitaaron ki
Posted on: January 19, 2011
“Arab Ka Saudaagar” (1956) , by now a forgotten movie had Pradeep Kumar,Smriti Biswas,Shashikala,Sundar ,S D Narang etc in it, with S D Narang being the director of this movie as well.
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In Hindi movies, we have several songs that allude to Lord Krishna and his baansuri (flute). I wonder why I did not have a category for such songs. Indeed there are so many songs of this category that I should have thought of it. Now I have finally opened a “Baansuri” category and hopefully this will cover most songs of this genre.
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Though few people today talk of this movie, “Durgesh Nandini” (1956) was a well known movie even in 1970s when I was growing up in the sense that I used to read about this movie in magazines.
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I have no idea if chana jor, moongphali etc are still sold today on street by vendors. Personally I have not seen such vendors for the past few decades, so chances are, such vendors are on the verge of extinction, if not already extinct.
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Kisi se pyaar hai hamko
Posted on: December 5, 2010
“Devtaa” (1956) was a Hindi movie produced by a South Indian production house and this movie had South Indian actors in lead roles. Gemini Ganeshan, Anjalai Devi, Vyjyanti Mala were the lead actors of this movie.
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Nirbal se ladaayi balwaan ki
Posted on: December 3, 2010
The movie “Toofaan Aur Diyaa” (1956) opens with this song as the credits roll on the screen. This song, in addition to being the movie opening song and the theme song, has to be one of the most inspirational songs of all time.
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“Ham Sab Chor Hain” (1956) was a light hearted movie which was written and directed by I S Johar. This movie had some interesting comedy songs in it that are nice to listen to.
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Aayi bahaar muskuraayi bahaar
Posted on: November 12, 2010
Here is an A grade song from a B grade movie called “Roop Kumari” (1956). This movie had Shakila and Mahipal in lead roles. Considering that the song is sung by Geeta Dutt, it can be assumed that the song was picturised on Shakila.
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