Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
Assalaam aalekum baabu
Posted on: March 12, 2013
“Kalpana” (1960) was an Ashok Pictures Private Limited production. It was produced by Ashok Kumar and Ganesh and directed by Rakhan. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Padmini, Ragini, S Nazir, Sunder, Balam,Pachhi, Achala Sachdev, Sarita Devi, Baby Farida, Rani Kumar, Harbans, Amrit, Khatana, Iftekhar, Brahm Bhardwaj, Keshav, Ibne Hasan, Shakil Nomani etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
If one browses through the Hindi films made in the 1940s, it will be observed that there were many lesser known music directors who had tried their luck in Hindi films. My guess is that the number of such lesser known music directors in the 1940s may be a close to 50. Sadly, most of these talented music directors could not sustain their careers for long in the Hindi film industry. This blog has covered songs of many of lesser known music directors of the 40s such as Neenu Majumdar, Shanti Kumar Desai, Shyambabu Pathak, Madhulal Damodar Master, Ramchandra Pal etc. V Balsara was one among such music directors who started his career in Hindi films but could not sustain it for long as a music director. But he changed the track of his career and became a famous instrumentalist, orchestra conductor, a music teacher and the music director of non-filmy songs and a few Bengali films during rest of his life. I became aware of his name in the 1970s mainly for his beautiful compositions of some non-filmy Hindi songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Talat Mehmood (24 february 1924- 9 may 1998) on the anniversary of his birth today(24 february 2013).
The soft velvety voice that has lent itself to a wonderful array of musical creations, and made an indelible mark in the annals of Hindi film and non-film music. Whether the song is of happiness or it is of sadness, the first thing that comes to mind on hearing Talat Sb’s voice begin to sing, is a feeling of utmost comfort. A feeling that releases all other compulsions in the mind, and the mind wants to sit back and relax and just listen to this soft sound serenading the matters of heart.
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Mere geeton ka singaar ho tum
Posted on: February 24, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Khayyam is one of the music directors of Hindi film industry who made a significant contribution in propagating the NFSs. By his own admission, he had started declining most of the offers for Hindi films’ music direction during late 50s and early 60s as he did not feel comfortable in working in such films in which interference of producers and distributors in music direction had become the order of the day. It was during this period that he devoted his time and energy in composing some of the finest NFSs especially with Talat Mehmood and Mohammed Rafi.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
My browsing through non-filmy songs on the internet for the last few months have been like a nostalgic journey in the down memory lane. Some of the NFSs I have listened to in the recent period took me back to 60s and 70s when I had heard those on the radio. I had completely forgotten some of them until I rediscovered them on the internet. My latest rediscovery of a non-fllmy ghazal is less than 24 hours old but I have already listened to it umpteen times and still listening. This Shakeel Badayuni’s ghazal is ‘nazar nawaz nazaaron mein jee nahin lagtaa’ sung by Shanti Hiranand, a well known classical vocalist and a disciple of Mallika-e-Ghazal Begum Akhtar. I has heard this ghazal many times in the 60s on the radio but had completely forgotten it until I came across the audio clip of this ghazal again.
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Tum mere saath ho
Posted on: February 10, 2013
“Miyaa Biwi Raazi” (1960) was an Anupam Chitra Production movie. It was directed by Jyoti Sawroop. The movie had Mehmood, Seema Dev, Shreekant, Raja Gosavi, Sabita Chatterjee, Niranjan Sharma, Daisy Irani, Manorama, Kamini Kadam, Mehmood, David Abraham, Gourab etc in it.
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Nainon se nainon ki baat huyi
Posted on: February 8, 2013
“Chandramukhi” (1960) was a Kanti Production movie. It was directed by R Thakur. The movie had Manhar Desai, Kavita, B. M. Vyas, Maruti etc in it.
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Kya haseenon ka dil nahin hota
Posted on: February 7, 2013
“College Girl” (1960) was a Rawal Films production. It was produced by B L Rawal and directed by T Prakash Rao. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Om Prakash, Tabassum, Raj Mehra, Purnima, Nana Palsikar, Randhir, Achla Sachdev, Leela Misra, Mohan Choti etc in it.
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“College Girl” (1960) was a Rawal Films Production movie. It was produced by B L Rawal and directed by T Prakash Rao. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Vyjayantimala, Om Prakash, Tabassum, Raj Mehra, Purnima, Nana Palsikar, Randhir, Achla Sachdev, Leela Misra, Mohan Choti etc in it.
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