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Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category


Today (4 january 2013) is the birth anniversary of Nirupa Roy (4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004). To most moviewatchers, she was the eternally suffering Maa of Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor in several movies of 1970s, but that was only part of her impressive cv. She had made her debut an a movie actress in late 1940s and she acted as a leading lady in many movies throughout 1950s and early part of 1960s before easing into the roles of Bhabhi and later maa from late 1960s onwards. I find it curious to realise now that she at the age of 44, played the mother of Amitabh Bachchan (then aged 34) and Shashi Kapoor (then aged 38) in 1975 in Deewaar.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The film ‘Mohabbat Isko Kehte Hain’ from 1965 is simply a treasure house of wonderful songs. And so it is, given that the lyrics are coming from the pen of Majrooh Sb and the music is created by Khayyaam Sb, the genius of the understated melody who has remained always by the banks of the mainstream. Whatever may be the film, his creations are simply fantastic.
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“Krorepati” (1961) was a Saigal Brothers production. It was produced by Omprakash Saigal and directed by Mohal Saigal. The movie had Kisore Kumar, Shashikala, Kum Kum, K. N. Singh, Anoop Kumar, Mirza Musharaff, Radhakishan, Haroon, S. Bannerjee, Ramlal, Shamlal, Brahm Bharadwaj, Daya Devi, Pal Sharma, Prem, Dev Chand etc in it.
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The trendily titled movie “The Train” (1970) was produced by Ramesh Behl and directed by Ravikant Nagaich. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Nanda, Rajendranath, Madan Puri, Randhir, Tuntun, Helen, Aruna Irani, Sunder, Iftekhar, Chaman Puri etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

When the music is by Ganesh, one can be assured of a very lilting and melodious fare. ‘Anjaam’, a B grade film from 1968, has got a treasure of some excellent grade A music. Four wonderful songs from this film are already represented on this blog. Here is the fifth song from this film, another wonderful memory from the radio years.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

So there is one more film that makes its debut on the blog today. ‘Chale Hain Sasuraal’ is a film from 1966, produced under the banner of Krishnadeep Productions, directed by Dharam Kumar. A typical grade B film with Helen and Chandrashekhar in lead roles. The rest of the star cast includes Bhagwaan, Meenakshi, Madhumati, Sherry, Sunder, Tuntun, Aruna Irani, Mirza Musahrraf, Sheikh, Polson, Indira Bansal, Dilip Dutt, Jerry, Jilaani, Thakur, Anwari, Raj Deewan, Maqbool, Bimla Kashmiri, RN Nambiar. The music for this film comes from the baton of C Arjun. And the lyrics are from the pen of Qamar Jalaalabaadi.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

In the long string of ‘Ustad’ films, here is one that is a new entrant for this blog. ‘Birju Ustad’ is a 1964 film from the banner of Movie Miracles, Bombay, directed by Manu Desai. The cast of actors is almost the standard fare – Sheikh Mukhtar and Chandrashekhar are in this movie. The rest of the star cast includes Vijaya Choudhary, Mukri, Uma Dutt, Tuntun, Minoo Mumtaz, Ridkoo, Jyoti Desai, Nazir Kashmiri, Kamal Mohan, Fazal, Karim, Haroon, Ajit, Shamina, E Tarapore, Frooque, Prem Sagar, TN Charlie, Jerry Mason, Appa Khaire, Jeet Waala, Sunanda, Rafia Sultana.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.

The 1965 film ‘Johar Mehmood in Goa’ is a veritable treasure house of wonderful songs and music. A popular hit in its own time, this film still continues to be known for the songs. Of the total of eight songs, four song are already represented on this blog. This duet here now becomes the fifth song from this film to make it here.
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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.

Recently, I came across a non-filmy song on the internet, sung by Talat Mehmood which happened to be his first disc cut in 1941 for HMV. The mukhda of the song was

sab din ek samaan nahin thha
ban jaaunga kyaa se kyaa main
iskaa to kuchh dhyaan nahin thha

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