Archive for the ‘Songs of 1957’ Category
Pradeep, the lyricist of 1940s and 50s ( he in fact was active till 1970s and 80s too) has written some immortal songs in Bollywood movies. Be it religious songs or patriotic songs, his songs often became iconic songs.
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O raat ke musaafir
Posted on: December 30, 2008
I have watched the movie “Miss Mary” and I loved the movie. In fact, I liked its songs as well. The situation under which ths song is sung is quite a romantic situation. Gemini Ganeshan and Meena Kumari are posing as a married couple for the sake of their job,and their employer,Raybahadur feels that they are not spending enough time together as befits a married couple, so locks them up in their bedroom.
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The golden era of Bollywood music (1950-1980) saw an embarrassment of riches as far as talented music directors were concerned. Among all these music directors, Ravi is one of the lesser known names. But if one looks at his output, he must be regarded as the most successful and most classy music directors.
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Kuhu kuhu bole koyaliya
Posted on: December 23, 2008
This song is among the most difficult songs that has been sung in Bollywood movies. For one, the singers are called upon to sing in a wide range of frequencies, and secondly, it is a semi classical song, where one needed to sing not just one raag, but as many as four raagas. Yes it is true. This song as raag Sohini, raag Bahaar, raag Jaunpuri and raag Yaman in it.
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“Dekh Kabira Roya” was a movie from 1957. This movie had some lesser known actors in lead roles, viz Anoop Kumar, Ameeta,Anita Guha, Shubha Khote etc. But that is not why this movie is remembered today. This movie is remembered for the absolutely outstanding music which was composed by Madan Mohan.
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Dekho kasam se kahte hain tumse
Posted on: December 9, 2008
There are many Shammi Kapoor fans out there. And they keep asking me to post Shammi Kapoor songs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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