Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
Mera yaar banaa hai dulhaa
Posted on: September 20, 2011
There are several well known songs that I think have already been discussed in the blog when in reality they are as yet unrepresented in the blog.
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Among all the genres of songs that one can have in Hindi movies, rail songs are a genre that is quite fascinating. The rail songs are in fact a very interesting topic and I had done a long and deailed discussion on rail songs where I had discussed some 30 odd songs in my by now almost defunct blog.
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Maine kahaa Miss what is this
Posted on: September 8, 2011
“Mitti Mein Sona” (1960) is a movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha. For some reason, the songs of this movie are not easy to come across. It is music lovers’ loss because this movie has some awesome songs in it.
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I am very much aware of this movie called “Tu Nahin Aur Sahi” (1960). I have in fact discussed as many as three songs from this movie in the past.
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“Chaand Mere Aaja” (1960) is a movie that had Bharat Bhushan, Nanda, Maruthi Rao, B.M.Vyas, Achala Sachdev, Lalitha pawaar,jeevan, D.K.sapru, Veena etc in it. This was a Murli Movies productions and it was directed by Raam Dariyaani.
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“Duniya Jhukti Hai” (1960) is a movie starring Shyama and Sunil Dutt. I do not have much information about this movie. But it appears that this movie has some nice songs in it.
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Ae ishq ye sab duniyaa waale
Posted on: August 18, 2011
A movie like “Mughal e Azam” (1960) can boggle one’s mind even today, more than half a century after this movie was released. And I am not just taliking about the movie. I am talking about several aspects of the movie. It was a magnum opus in every respect.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The energy and the vitality that Shammi Kapoor brought on to the screen was unprecedented and unparalleled. Starting off with Jeewan Jyoti in 1953, there was a fair number of films, almost 20 or so, that he did between 1953 and 1957. In many of the films in this period, he was trying to emulate his elder brother, Raj Kapoor. He did attract some attention with films like Rail Ka Dibba, Laila Majnu, Gul Sanobar etc., but somehow the histrionics and the on screen presence in those roles did not come across as a comfortable performer. In hind sight, one can say, that there was a different personality hidden inside that was impatient to explode, but was not finding the right expression.
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Tum laakh chhupaanaa chaahoge
Posted on: August 16, 2011
In his earlier days,Shammi Kapoor used to ape the mannerisms of Raj Kapoor, his elder brother and a successful hero of those days. But Shammi Kapoor finally found his calling when he developed his own style which helped him carve a unique niche for himself.
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