Archive for the ‘Songs of 1958’ Category
Nirupa Roy, whom most movie goers recall as the perenielly suffering Maa of Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor, was actually a full fledged heroine in 1950s. She mostly acted as a leading lady in mythological movies opposite actors like Pradeep Kumar, Mahipal, Bharat Bhooshan etc.
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Jaali lo dhimtaanaa
Posted on: September 18, 2009
While posting songs, I keep on stumbling upon unknown gems almost all the time. And there are countless such gems lying undiscovered.
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Madan Mohan is mostly known for his immortal ghazals, but he has created other genre of music as well. In fact, for much of 1950s, his music direction style was not well defined. His music during this period often resembled the music of many other sources.
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Bechain dil khoyi si nazar
Posted on: August 31, 2009
“Yahudi”(1958) was a mythological movie of foreign origin. The movie is of the Roman era of Marcus and Brutus. But I do not think there may have been too much of an authenticity in the portrayal of characters in this movie, even though this movie was made by the respected Bimal Ray.
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I was neither aware of this movie called “Talaaq” (1958) nor this song from the movie.
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Taam tai thaiyyaa
Posted on: August 28, 2009
“Panchaayat” (1958) is not a movie that will ring too many bells. This was a movie with Raj Kumar and Shyama in lead roles. If this movie deserves to be remembered, then it would be for its music. This movie had music by Iqbal Qureshi. Shakeel Numani was the lyricist.
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Aankhon pe bharosa mat kar
Posted on: August 14, 2009
I thought I had posted a few songs from “Detective” (1958) in the blog. Now it turns out that I was confusing this movie with “Inspector” (1956). 😉
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“Panchaayat” (1958) is not a movie too many people may have heard about. This movie had some names that are as obscure as the movie itself.
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This song from “Madhumati” (1958) is a magical song. I am mesmerised everytime I listen to this song.There is something magical about the music of this song that has elevated this song to a cult status. This song has become a favourite song among amateur singers who are called at the stage to sing a sing.
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Here is another archtypical Mukesh-Raj Kapoor song. It is from “Parvarish” (1958).
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