Archive for the ‘Songs of 1958’ Category
Zindagi hai ya koi toofaan hai
Posted on: August 7, 2011
“Zindagi Ya Toofaan” (1958) is a movie that had Pradeep Kumar,Nutan,Johny Walker and Minu Mumtaz in it. The movie as well as its songs are not all that well known these days. But that has not stopped me from discussing a couple of songs from this movie.
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Surma mera niraalaa
Posted on: August 4, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Celebrating and remembering Kishore Da on the anniversary of his birth today. 🙂
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Sab ki ho khair baba sabka bhalaa
Posted on: August 3, 2011
This is a song from “Phir Subah Hogi” (1958) about which I was not aware. I came to know about this song after I received the lyrics of this song from nahm.
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Haay unki wo nigaahen
Posted on: August 2, 2011
1950s saw a trend of suspense movies in Hndi movies. These movies were obviously inspired by Western movies of the same genre. Some nice suspense movies got made in that decade.
Hindi suspense movies had one thing that was missing in Western suspense movies, viz songs. 😀 And seeing what great musical talents Hindi movies had at that disposal, music lovers have been left with a rich legacy of great songs from such movies.
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Duniyaa kyaa hai hamse suno
Posted on: July 31, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
The versatility of one voice has been unmatched in the annals of Hindi film music. A voice that is a match for any emotion, from one end of the spectrum to another. A voice that renders gaiety and fun as effortlessly as sadness and regrets of life. A voice that could woo the lady love and call out to the Almighty God with the conviction that one actually strains the hearing, expecting an answer come back from the heavens. A voice that has the capability to merge itself into any personality so totally and unobtrusively that the listener could never separate the voice from the character. That is the voice of Rafi Saab, a divine gift that dwelt on this earth for single lifetime, and left behind a legacy that would span an eternity. It is indeed a matter of good fortune to be born in this era, and be touched by the voice of this marvelous, unearthly tenor – a sound that appears maybe once in an aeon.
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Dekh ke teri nazar beqaraar ho gaye
Posted on: July 29, 2011
“Howrah Bridge” (1958) was a landmark movie in the annals of Hindi movie club songs. This movie had not one but two club songs that went on to become immortal clu songs. One was of course the Helen song Mera naam Chin Chin Choo and the other was the Madhubala song Aayiye meharbaan (Howrah Bridge) .
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Beliyaa beliyaa beliyaa beliyaa
Posted on: July 23, 2011
I came across this song a few hours ago. And I wondered where this song was hiding all these days from my view.
This is a nice club/part dance song from “Parvarish” (1958). The song is sung by Lata and Manna Dey. Hasrat Jaipuri is the lyricist and the delightful music is composed by Dattaram.
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Dil na jalaao door door se
Posted on: July 17, 2011
“Sim Sim Marjeena” (1958), as the name suggests, is a B grade movie based on the famous Arabian tale story of Alibaba and forty thieves. This movie had Mahipal,Shakeela,Hele, Heeralal,Maruti, Tiwari etc in it.
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O babusaab o memsaab
Posted on: July 17, 2011
In Hindi movies, we have seen several songs of the “Roothhna-Manaanaa” (Sulking appeasing) genre where one partner (usually the male) tries to appease the sulking partner and succeeds just before the penultimate line in the song is to be sung. 😀
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Kyaa dhadak dhadak dil dhadkey
Posted on: July 16, 2011
Music director Roshan was born on 16 july in the year 1917. He had a very successful career lasting nearly 18 years before he was snatched away at a relatively young age of only 50, when he was at the peak of his musical prowess.
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