Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
Haseenon ki sawaari hai
Posted on: March 5, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Atul ji has already posted two hand rickshaw songs, both of them performed by Mehmood. Here is a third song in this category, in which the rickshaw puller is Joy Mukherjee and the lady passenger is Sadhna. The movie is Love In Simla.
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Babu bol kaisaa rokaa
Posted on: February 18, 2011
“Pyaase Panchhi” (1960) is a rather B grade movie where Mehmood was the hero opposite Ameeta. Going by the fact that Mehmood subsequently made his mark not as a hero but as a comedian, it appears to me that this movie may not have done well at the box office.
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Teri shokh nazar ka ishaaraa
Posted on: February 17, 2011
Lyrics for this song are provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of lyrics for this blog
By now, most music lovers who are a regular of this blog must have come to the same conclusion about Chitragupta as I have concluded- that he was a grossly underrated and underutilised music director. Most of his music was given in B movies which did not catch the attention of mainstream movie goers. But what music these movies had !
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O bal khaati sharmaati aajaa
Posted on: February 6, 2011
I have discussed as many as four songs from “Usne Kahaa Thha” (1960) but I was not aware of this song from the movie.
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Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten B grade movie called “Police Detective” (1960). This movie had Sujit Kumar and Shyama in lead roles.
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Saanjh bhayi sun ri sakhi
Posted on: February 6, 2011
“Honeymoon” (1960) is a movie that had Manoj Kumar, Kuldeep Kaur, Saeeda Khan, Vijay Choudhary in it.
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Jaane waale sipaahi se poochho
Posted on: January 31, 2011
“Usne Kahaa Thhaa” (1960) is a critically acclaimed movie starring Sunil Dutt and Nanda. And importantly for this blog, the movie has some nice songs in it as well. I have discussed as many as three songs from this movie already. here is the fourth song from this movie.
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Jaagiye Gopal laal
Posted on: January 31, 2011
Here is another rare gem that I discovered hours ago. This song is from “Jawaahar” (1960). Like the song, I had never heard of this movie before.
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