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Main yahaan tu kahaan
Posted on: April 9, 2011
It may be difficult to imagine today but actors like Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy used to act in lead roles five decades ago, before they began to play roles of parents. In fact, the two of them were paired opposite each other in lead roles in many movies of late 1950s.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another very wonderful duet dance, also a mujra, from the movie Guest House (1959).
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“Navrang” (1959) is a song that is well known for its songs. I have discussed three songs from this movie in the past. Here is another song from this movie. I was not aware of this till a few hours ago.
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Ab kahaan jaayen ham
Posted on: April 7, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog.
There are some songs that are close to my heart because of some association I have with them from my schooldays. Whenever I listen to them even today, memories of those days get triggered.
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Nainaa hain jaadoo bhare
Posted on: April 2, 2011
“Bedard Zamaanaa Kyaa Jaane” (1959) was a B grade movie starring Ashok Kumar, Nirupa Roy,Sudesh Kumar, Jabeen Jaleel etc. This movie is quite significant from music point of view. It was with this movie that Kalyanji Veerji Shah made his debut as an independent music director. Till then, he was assisting to other senior music directors viz Hemant Kumar etc. After another movie (Madaari), Kalyanji was joined by his younger brother Anandji and they formed the by now legendary musical partnership known as Kalyanji Anandji.
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“Saawan” (1959) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had Bharat Bhushan and Ameeta in lead roles.
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Tu ladki main ladkaa ladkaa
Posted on: March 7, 2011
Songs and dances play a very important role in Hindi movies. In olden days, lead actors were needed to sing and dance. Once playback singing began, actors were thankfully no longer required to sing their own songs, but they were still required to dance. That is especially true for actresses and proficiency in dancing was an important skill for them.
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Arre apni khaatir jeena hai
Posted on: March 2, 2011
“Dhool Ka Phool” (1959) is a movie that had Ashok Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha and Nanda in lead roles. The movie had some nice songs in it. I have already discussed four songs from this movie.
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Lyrics of this song have been provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
It may be unimaginable today for the present generation, but when India became independent over six decades ago, the country was industrially undeveloped and there was hardly any infrastructure to speak of. Indian leadership of that time decided that India needed to adopt the Soviet Union model of planned economy for nation building. Accordingly, there used to be five year plans those days and based on the decisions taken for these five year plans, various infrastructure projects were undertaken.
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“Nayi Raahein” (1959) is an obscure movie that few people today are aware of. This movie had Ashok Kumar and Geeta Bali in lead roles.
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