Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Chaand kanwal mere chaand kanwal
Posted on: August 1, 2012
Meena Kumari, whose birth anniversary falls today (1 august) was not a legendary actress for nothing. She is well known ,and even typedcast in public mind for her melancholic roles, but she was very good in other roles as well.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song is from the film ‘Raaz’, the year is 1967. It is a duet by Mohammed Rafi and Krishna Kalle. It is picturized on the hero Rajesh Khanna and heroine Babita. The composer is the duo Kalyanji Anandji and lyricist is Akhtar Romani. There are two unknown or should I say less known persons connected with this song. The female playback singer and the lyricist. I would have identified Krishna Kalle with the song “meri hasraton ki duniyaa” which is a duet with Rafi from the film “Gaal gulaabi nain sharaabi”, but that was before I heard this duet song from ‘Raaz’. This must be the high point and defining moment in her career where she is getting to sing a song for an ‘A’ grade MD, heroine and Film. This film has a very well known song which is posted here.
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Janam din aayaa aayaa
Posted on: August 1, 2012
“Bahaaron Ki Manzil” (1968) was a Rizvi Brothers production. It was produced by Sibte Hasan Rizvi and directed by Yakub Hasan Rizvi. The movie had Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Rehman, Farida Jalal, TunTun, Mallika, Polson, Wasti, Anwar Hashmi, Shefali, Sheikh, Ramayan Tiwari etc in it.
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Gham nahin gar zindagi veeraan hai
Posted on: August 1, 2012
Today (1 August) is Meena Kumari’s (1 August 1932- 31 march 1972) birth anniversary. She achieved so much despite passing away so young. Incredibly, she had a thirty year long acting career beginning from the age of seven ! She acted in nearly ninety movies. She began to act in adult roles from 1949 onwards and her breakthrough came in 1952 with “Baiju Baawra” (1952). She won the inaugural Filmfare best actress award for this performance.
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Sooni sooni lag rahi hai
Posted on: July 31, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on the anniversary of his passing away today. And also, remembering Dara Singh ji, who left this earthly abode, nineteen days ago, 12 July earlier this month. This song brings to mind the memories of both these stalwarts together.
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Pardesi piyaa ho pardesi piyaa
Posted on: July 31, 2012
Today (31st july) is the death anniversary of Rafi. This date also happens to be the birthday of Mumtaz (born on 31 july 1947 at Mumbai), the much beloved leading lady of 1960s amd 1970s.
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Kaise kategi zindagi tere bagair
Posted on: July 31, 2012
“Jahaan Tum Wahaan Ham” (1968) was a movie that was started with Raj Kumar, Feroz Khan and Mumtaz in lead roles. But the movie was shelved due to financial difficulties. By that time a few songs of this movie had already been recorded, but their records were not released at that time.
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“Naag Mandir” (1966) was a B grade movie produced under the banner of Mayurkala Pictures. It was directed by Shantilal Soni. The movie had Mahipal, Vijaya Chaudhary, Indira Bansal, B M Vyas etc in it.
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When I met Sudhir Jee a few days ago, one of the things that we discussed was the fact that there are so many film personalities that we have discussed and many more that are not yet covered and not yet discussed. How we would like to have a comprehensive list of all the anniversaries of all the film personalities, so that we could discuss their songs on their anniversaries. Once we have our list of anniversary dates ready, we may have our hands full, what with every date of the year most likely having a few anniversaries.
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