Archive for the ‘Songs of 1959’ Category
Un aankhon mein neend kahaan
Posted on: March 30, 2010
I have posted over 100 songs composed by Madan Mohan in this blog. It means that over 10 % of all Madan Mohan songs have been included in this blog. I hope that a time will come when almost all songs of Madan Mohan will be available here. In fact I hope that some day almost all the songs of all the great music directors will be available here.
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Jaa re jaa meraa dil na jalaa
Posted on: March 26, 2010
I have recently discovered a movie called “Jawaani Ki Hawaa” (1959). This by now forgotten movie had music by Ravi.
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“Jawaani Ki Hawaa” (1959) is quite an obscure movie. It was an All India pictures production and it was directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Vaijayantimala, Raj Mehra, Purnima, Badri Prasad,Shammi, Anil Kumar, Anwar, Amar, Helen, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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Love songs in Bollywood movies have often used “Chaand” to good effect. In such songs, “Chaand” symbolised beauty, what with female face being compared with “Chaand” (moon) and chaandni (moonlight) being used as a romantic backdrop for some memorable songs.
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Yaad aayi aadhi raat ko
Posted on: February 1, 2010
“Kanhaiyya” (1959) is a movie that had some very nice songs in it. I have already posted two lovelly songs from this movie, viz “mujhe tumse kuchh bhi na chaahiye” and “ruk jaa o jaane waali ruk jaa”.
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I am vaguely aware of the movie “Insaan Jaag uthaa” (1959). Now I know that this movie had Sunil Dutt and Madhubala in lead roles. I was not aware earlier that the two had worked together in a movie.
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Pata note karo hamaaraa
Posted on: December 11, 2009
I have mentioned it in the past that Bollywood movie music was enriched not only by legendary music directors, but also by lesser known names who often got to work in forgettable C grade movies.
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Aasmaan aasmaan tu kyaa jaane
Posted on: November 24, 2009
In Bollywood movies, when boy first sees a girl, he would sing a teasing song addressed to her. She would take exception, naturally, but later on, she would fall in love with him and then they would sing a duet, running round trees.
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