Archive for the ‘Songs of 1956’ Category
Sunaaun kis ko afsaanaa
Posted on: April 18, 2010
Shirin Farhaad” (1956) was a movie with Pradeep Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles. This movie had one memorable song in it ( Guzra hua zamaana aata nahin dobaara) that I have posted earlier in this blog. Here is another song from this movie.
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All line clear
Posted on: April 13, 2010
I am aware of the more popular songs from this movie, but I had never heard this song from “Chori Chori” (1956) !
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I had been thinking of posting this song for at least one year, if not more. But somehow I was not able to bridge the gap between intention and implementation. One reason was that I was not able to get the lyrics right to my satisfaction. In addition to understandable words, this song also has gibberish (which could well be words in some other languages) that I was unable to note down correctly.
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In the past, I had posted a song from a movie called “Insaaf” (1966) in this blog. Now I have come to know that there was another movie by the same name that was released 10 years earlier. This movie viz “Insaaf” (1956) had Ajit and Nalini Jaiwant in lead roles.
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In 1950s, we had this trend where movies with the prefix “Naya” added to old movie titles were used to create new movies. “Naya Andaaz”(1956) was one such movie. This movie had Johny Walker, Kishore Kumar and Kumkum in lead roles.
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I have posted a wonderful song from “Makkhichoos” (1956) in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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Saawan ki aayi hai bahaar
Posted on: December 26, 2009
I was not aware of this movie called “Anjaan” (1956). This by now obscure movie has Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala in lead roles.
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When there are many great songs in a movie, and there are several movies like that, it is easy to lose track of songs that one has posted and that are not yet posted. I have posted several songs from CID (1956) and I thought I had posted this song too. But I just realised that I had not posted this song.
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Jaa tose nahin boloon Kanhaiyya
Posted on: November 11, 2009
I have posted a couple of songs from “Parivaar” (1956) in the past, and they were classy songs of different genres, even though they have been forgotten.
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In Bollywood, actors tend to be typecast, and most people tend to have a preconceived notions about the roles played by various actors.
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