Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten movie.
This song is from “Anuradha” (1960) which had Balraj Sahni and Leela Naidu in lead roles.
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Dil apnaa aur preet paraayi
Posted on: November 25, 2010
By late 1950s, Meena Kumari was moving over from happy bubbly roles to weepy sentimental roles. “Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraayi” (1960) is one of the first such movies where Meena Kumari was seen in such a role, though her role here is not as melodramatic as it would become in her subsequent movies.
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Gaal gulaabi kiske hain
Posted on: November 8, 2010
“Love in Shimla” (1960) was the debut movie of Joy Mukherji and Sadhana. And one must say that the two of them made an impressive debut.
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Poochho na hamen ham unke liye
Posted on: October 30, 2010
I had vaguely heard about this movie called “Mitti Mein Sona” (1960) but I have no idea what this movie is all about.
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When I was a kid, I thought that most Hindi movie songs were love songs, and there were few songs of other categories. But now I know better. One can see that the Hindi movie songs fall into several categories. One song itself can belong to several categories.
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Dil ki kahaani rang laayi hai
Posted on: October 16, 2010
“Chaudhvin Ka Chaand” (1960) was a movie that could be described as a quintessential Muslim social movie. In this movie, Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman played lead roles.
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Ye rang bhare baadal
Posted on: September 25, 2010
I am always on the look out of rail songs. Once I had collected a list of about 25 rail songs from Hindi movies and I thought that I had covered just about all the songs that were there on that genre.
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Ae mere hamsafar
Posted on: September 20, 2010
“Chhabili” (1960) was a movie that Shobhana Samarth had produced to launch the career of her second daughter, viz Tanuja. One decade ago, she had similarly launched the career of Nutan, her eldest daughter with a movie called “Hamaari Beti” (1950).
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I have posted many songs in this blog where the hero and heroine are going on a drive and the hero (if he is a singing type, viz Dev Anand) bursts into a song. Then we have cases of historical/ mythological movies where the duo are riding on a chariot. If the hero is a non-singing type (like Dara Singh) then the onus of singing falls on the tender shoulders of the heroine (typically Mumtaz).
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Aa gaya mazaa pyaar ka nashaa
Posted on: September 15, 2010
I was not aware of this movie called “Sarhad” (1960). This movie had Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen,Raagini, Laita Pawar etc. in lead roles.
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