Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Haay haay rasiyaa tu bada bedardi
Posted on: May 5, 2013
“Dil Diya Dard Liya” (1966) was produced and directed by A R Kardar. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Pran, Johnny Walker, Murad, Rehman, Shyama, Rani, Sajjan, Sapru, Shah Agha etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During 1960-70, Lata Mangeshkar had sung some beautiful non-filmy ghazals. Two of these NFS, viz. dahar mein naqsh-e-wafaa and aankh se aankh milaata hai koi have already been covered in the blog. These ghazals were composed by Faiyyaz Shaukat and K Mahavir respectively. In 1969, a LP of her non-filmy ghazals of Mirza Ghalib composed by her brother Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar was released.
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Ud jaayegaa hans akela
Posted on: May 3, 2013
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In the Hindu mythology, Gandharvas are stated to be the male heavenly spirit and in the context of music, the term is used for a highly skilled vocalist. Maharashtra had the privilege of having four ‘Gandharvas’. First, Sawai Gandharva (real name : Rambahu Kundgolkar – 19/01/1886 – 12/09/1952). He was a popular Hindustani classical vocalist and Marathi stage actor-singer. He was the first disciple of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan of Kirana gharana. One of the disciples of Sawai Gandharva was Pandit Bhimsen Joshi who later started the annual Sawai Gandharva Festival at Pune in the memory of his guru.
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Jo dil ki tadap na jaane
Posted on: May 3, 2013
“Saawan Ki Ghata” (1966) was a Shakti Films Production. It was produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Mumtaz, Pran, Madan Puri, Mridula Rani, JeevanKala, Madhumati, Sajjan, Mohan Choti, S.N.Bannerjee, Padma Khanna, Kundan, Sunder, Jeevan, Master Anwar, Neelam, Ratan Gaurang, Mauji Singh, Karan Singh, Prakash Lahoti, Baby Kavita Oberoi etc in it.
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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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