Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
When I was a school kid then I found most, if not all subjects as boring. Even out of all these boring subjects, history took the cake. It was extremely difficult to remember the names of the kings, their eras, and what they did during their reign. And in case these kings happened to be born before the era of Christ then remembering their dates of birth and death was even more confusing. 🙂 Emperor Ashok, for instance was born in 304 BC and died in 232 BC. What kind of kings they were who died before they were born, was the doubt in the minds of many students of tender years.
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Pehle beej akela
Posted on: May 1, 2013
I have received quite a few e mails today reminding me that today (1 may 2013) is the 94th birth anniversary of Manna Dey and that no Manna Dey songs have been discussed on the occasion so far. Have no worry, I was aware of the occasion and I fully intended to discuss quite a few Manna Dey songs on the occasion. It is just that it has taken me a bit longer to do that.
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Phool muskuraaye kyun
Posted on: April 30, 2013
“Sarfarosh”(1964) was a United Movies Arts Production. It was directed by Dharam Kumar. The movie had Jairaj, Nishi, Pratima Devi, Jeevan, Jagirdar, Sherry, Maruti etc in it.
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“Saawan Ki Ghata” (1966) was produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Sharmila Tagore,Mumtaz, Pran, Kundan, Jeevan, Sajjan, Madan Puri, Mohan Choti, Padma Kumari, S. N. Banerjee, Sunder, Mridula etc in it.
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Jaa jaa jaa re tujhe ham jaan gaye
Posted on: April 29, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the Rafi-Lata Duet from Film ‘Sehra” (1963). It is picturized on Sandhya and Prashant. I saw this song for the first time while looking for desert songs in this film. And it is clear from the picturization that it was a precursor to this song in Sangam (1964).
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Itni si baat ka fasaana na banaao
Posted on: April 29, 2013
“Ek Ladki Saat Ladke”(1961) was a Filmistan Production. It was directed by Roop K Shorey. The movie had Ravindra Kapoor, Ameeta, Badri Prasad, Manju, Durga Khote etc in it. The movie must have really sunk without a trace for it to have become such an obscure movie.
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Ye kaali raat kaali
Posted on: April 27, 2013
“Upkaar” (1967) was a Vishal Pictures Production. It was produced and directed by Manoj Kumar. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Asha Parekh, Sunder, Aruna Irani, Prem Chopra, Pran, Kamini Kaushal, David Abraham, Kanhaiyalal, Madan Puri, Manmohan, Manmohan Krishna, Asit Sen, Mohan Choti, Krishna, Gulshan Bawra, Shammi, Carolyne King etc in it.
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Sajna o sajna
Posted on: April 27, 2013
Watching the picturisation of this song makes one feel like one had come across one old acquintance after a long time. This old acquaintance is a song of the genre called “seduction” song. In such songs a lesser female actor would seek to seduce the hero by singing a song typically sung by Asha Bhonsle.
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Ek tu jo mila
Posted on: April 26, 2013
“Himalay Ki God Mein” (1965) was a Shri Prakash Pictures production. It was produced by Shankar Bhai Bhatt and directed by VIjay Bhatt. The movie had Manoj kumar, Mala Sinha, Shashikala, Achala Sachdev, Jayant, Kanhaiyyalal, Mukri,JeevanKala, David Abraham, D K Sapru, Rita Pandit, S K Prem, Keshav Rana, Ajit, Sitaram, Mohan Jerry, Harbans etc in it.
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Chori ho gayi raat nain ki nindiya
Posted on: April 26, 2013
“Ishaara” (1964) was produced and directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Vyjyantimala, Jayant, Subbiraj, Azra, Pratima Devi, Agha, Pran, Shammi, Sajjan, Murad, Praveen Paul, Hari Shivdasani, Kesari, Raja Amrohi, Ruby Meyers (Sulochana), Brahm Bhardwaj, Prem Sagar, Amrit Rana, Ravikant etc in it.
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