Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Ye aankhen jhuki jhuki si
Posted on: August 25, 2013
“Kab Kyun Aur Kahaan” (1970) was produced and directed by Arjun Hingorani. It was he who hit upon the idea of using three word titles, with each word beginning with K. That worked for him as well, seeing that the titles of his movies continued to be like that till 1990s, with titles like “Kahaani Kismat ki” (1973), “Khel Khilaadi Ka” (1977), Kaatilon Ke Kaatil(1981), Kaun Kare Kurbaani (1991) etc. Now you know where Ms Kapoor got her inspiration for all her TV serials with titles beginning with K.
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“Nishaan” (1965) was a Basant Pictures production. It was produced by Homi Wadia and directed by Aspi Irani. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, Nazima, Helen, Prem Chopra, Sheikh Mukhtar, Shammi, Mukri, Samson, Sulochana Latkar, Ratnamala, Babu Raje, Hiralal, Bismillah, Uma Dutt, Gaikwad, Korega, Mithoo Miyan, Yadav etc in it.
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Ai suru ai suru mera watan Japan
Posted on: August 23, 2013
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Disclaimer: If I appear to be even more incoherent in this post than I usually am (and that would be quite an achievement!), blame it on Saira Banu. 🙂 The line that comes to mind is “Kya kya na sahey hum ne sitam aap ke khaatir”. 🙂 Further explanation in the post.
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Nindiya ki nagri se pariyaan
Posted on: August 23, 2013
“Aurat” (1967) was a Gemini Combines production. It was directed by S S Vasan and S S Balan. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Nazima, Padmini, Feroz Khan, Lalita Pawar, O. P. Ralhan, Kanhaiyalal, Achla Sachdev, Nana Palsikar, Pran, Leela Chitnis, David Abraham etc in it.
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Naari jeewan jhoole ki tarah
Posted on: August 22, 2013
“Aurat” (1967) was a Gemini Combines movie. It was directed by S S Vasan and S S Balan. The movie had Feroz Khan, Padmini, Rajesh Khanna, Nazima, Pran, Achala Sachdev, O. P. Ralhan, Lalita Pawar, David Abraham, Nana Palsikar, Kanhaiyalal, Leela Chitnis, Mohan Choti, Niranjan Sharma, Revti, Baby Rani etc in it.
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When one talks of movies like “Mr India” and “Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja”, one thinks about Anil Kapoor- Sridevi movies of 1980s and 90s. But movies with these titles were originally made in early 1960s. If you ask most music lovers, they will tell you that the music of the early 1960 movies are still nice to listen to.
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Aaj ki haseen raat hans ke guzaar
Posted on: August 21, 2013
“Ek Raat” (1967) was an East and West Movies productions. It was directed by Rajnath. The movie had Sheikh Mukhtar, Shyama, Simi Garewal, Madan Puri, Samson, Laxmi Chhaaya, Ravi Kumar, David Abraham etc in it.
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Bhole piyaa jaane kya tumne kiya
Posted on: August 21, 2013
“Poonam Ki Raat” (1965) was produced and directed by Kishore Sahu. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Kumud Chhugani, Kishore Sahu, Nandini, Shiv Kumar, Rajendranath, Robin Banerji, Sapru, Jankidas, Prem Chopra, etc in it.
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Meri raakhi ki rakhiyo tu aan re
Posted on: August 20, 2013
“Naya Kanoon” (1965) was a movie with a different story line. Most movie goers of the time were not mature to appreciate such movies and as such the movie failed at the box office. Here is what Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia, has to say about this movie:
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“Aabroo” (1968) was made by the makers of “Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya” (1966). This movie too had B L Rawal as producer, C L Rawal as Director and G L Rawal as lyricist. This movie had Ashok Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Vimi, Rehman, Shashikala, Leela Naidu, Jeevan, Mukri, Sunder, Tun Tun, Lalita Pawar, Nirupa Roy, Niranjan Sharma, Praveen Paul, Ravi Kant, Uma Khosla, Nita etc in it.
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