Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960’ Category
Aaj ronaa padaa to samjhe
Posted on: January 24, 2011
“Girl friend” (1960), not to be confused with “Boyfriend” (1961) was a movie starring Kishore Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Daisy Irani, Nazir Hussain, Bipin Gupta, Leela Mishra etc.
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“Miyaan Beewi Raazi” (1960) was a small budget movie made with unknown actors like Kamini Kadam, Shrikant Gaurav, Seema, Raja Gosavi and Mehmood. This movie apparently failed at the box office, seeing that the names of the lead actors of this movie do not ring any bells.
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Many people have known Nirupa Roy in mother roles and Ashok Kumar in elderly avuncular roles. But that is not how they began their careers. They both acted in lead roles when they were young.
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Talat Mehmood is widely regarded as the King of Ghazals as far as singing Ghazals is concerned. And Madan Mohan is described as the king of Ghazals as far as composing ghazals is concerned.
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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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