Archive for the ‘Songs of 1957’ Category
Do din ki muhabbat mein ham ne
Posted on: September 4, 2009
Many Madan Mohan movies are not even known, because these movies were box office disasters. These movies are very difficult to find. “Chhote Babu” (1957) is one such movie.
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I had posted a remarkable comedy song from “Bandi” (1957) which was sung by Kishore Kumar and picturised on hmself. Now I find that this movie has a great serious song too, once again sung by Kishore Kumar and picturised on himself.
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Ek roz hamaari bhi daal galegi
Posted on: August 25, 2009
When I look at the star cast of “Bandi” (1957), I notice that it had all the Ganguly brothers viz Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar in it and the three leading ladies in this movies were Bina Rai, Shyama and Nanda. That way this movie must have been like “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi”. I wonder what happened to “Bandi” at the box office. With this kind of star cast, the movie certainly promised so much.
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Here is a lovely song from “Nausherwaan e Adil”(1957).
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O mere sajnaa aaja re aajaa
Posted on: August 22, 2009
If Nargis was “Mother India”, then who was “Miss India” ? Few people may be aware of it, but both these movies were released in the same year viz 1957. “Mother India” went on to become a timeless classic, whereas “Miss India” was forgotten. And interestingly, Nargis herself was in the lead role of “Miss India” too.
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Darshan do Ghanshyaam
Posted on: August 20, 2009
In my school days, my Hindi textbooks used to contain poems by eminent Hindi poets. One such poet was called Gopal Singh Nepali.
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In 1940s and 1950s, Bollywood music was undergoing a paradigm shift. Initially the music was based on Indian classical music. But then other influences came in. Indian folk music was one, and that helped take Bollywood music to the masses.
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“Miss Mary” (1957) is a movie that I like a lot. It has Gemini Ganeshan (Rekha’s father), Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar etc in lead roles and it is a nice, heartwarming movie.
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Sainyaa kyun aaye mujhe angdaayi
Posted on: August 1, 2009
“Duniya Rang Rangeeli”(1957) was a movie starring Rajendra Kumar, Chand Usmani, Johny Walker etc.
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“Bhaabhi” (1957) is known for its iconic song viz “Chal ud jaa re panchhi”. This song overshadowed other songs of the movie, so much so that other movies of this song are not known to too many people.
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