Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
We in this blog like to celebrate milestones. The most frequent form of milestone that we achieve in the blog are century of songs. So far we have achieved as many as 65 such centuries.
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Jayshree Gadkar (21 feb 1942- 29 aug 2008) was an actress in Hindi and Marathi movies. In Hindi she has acted in lead and/or major roles in movies like ” Do Gunde”(1959), “Madaari” (1959), “Saaranga” (1960), “Jai Bhawaani” (1961), “Ye Dil Kisko doon” (1963), “Subhadra Haran” (1964), “Bhagwan Parshuram” (1971) etc. Nearly a dozen songs picturised on her in these movies have been discussed in this blog in the past. And as far as Marathi chitrapat was concerned, she was a legend of Marathi cinema where she acted in over 250 movies in four decades.
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Here is yet another song of the “how come this song was not discussed earlier” genre. This evergreen song from “Sangam” (1964) added a new term to the Hindi lexicon, viz “Buddha Mil Gaya” to indicate mismatched pairings where the boy is many years senior to the girl. Such pairings were not unusual till a few decades back. This phrase was used in the title of a 1971 movie as well. And if I remember correctly, one song (either this song or another song from “Buddha Mil Gaya” (1971)) found itself in troubles with Indian censors. I have forgotten which song it was and I request our knowledgeable readers to throw more light on this matter.
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“Deewaana” (1967) was aa Anupam Chitra Production movie. It was directed by Mahesh Kaul. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Saira Bano, Lalita Pawar, Tiwari, Salim, Kanhaiyalal, Kamal Kapoor, Ullhas, Ravindra Kapoor, Hiralal, Leela Misra, Jankidas etc in it.
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Mast bahaaron ka main aashiq
Posted on: August 27, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A few days ago the blog completed 6500 songs and also 1600 songs of Rafi Sahab. Moreover Lata Mangeshkar also has achieved 1900 songs in the blog. So the two of them have featured in more than 3000 or almost 3500 songs in the blog. The difference being the Rafi-Lata duets and some more songs like group songs where they both are singing alongwith others.
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Main to ek khwaab hoon
Posted on: August 25, 2012
“Himalay Ki God Mein” (1965) was a Sri Prakash pictures production. It was directed by Vijay Bhatt. The movie had Manoj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Shashikala, Jayant, Mukri, Kanhaiyalal, Sapru, Achla Sachdev, Jeevankala, Ajit, David Abraham etc in it.
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“Sangam” (1964) was a R K Films production movie. It was produced and directed by Raj Kapoor. The movie had Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Vyjyantimala, Iftekhar, Raj Mehra, Nana Palsikar, Lalita Pawar, Achala Sachdev, Hari Shivdasani etc in it.
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Today (23 august) is the birthday of Saira Bano. Saira Bano made her debut in 1960s and when one thinks about it, her career was mainly confined to the decade of 1960s, with a few sporadic appearances in 1970s.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Again, a long gap, which actually troubles me more than anything else. I am sure one of these days, Atul ji will add the following header to the top of one of my posts ; “This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a MOST-IRREGULAR-regular contributor to this blog.” 😀 😀
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Phoole ban bagiyaa
Posted on: August 18, 2012
This article is written by Ava Suri, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I came across this beautiful unknown song just today. It is from the movie Sautela Bhai starring Guru Dutt and Raaj Kumar. The beautiful song is set to music by Anil Biswas and the peppy lyrics are by Shailendra. There is almost a mathematical precision to the way the song is arranged, the singers and the chorus sing in a set pattern, after listening to one paragraph you know exactly who is going to sing the refrain, and when the chorus is going to repeat lines. Such patterns are usual in good poetry, and it enhances the rhythm of this song too. A special word for fantastic singing by Manna Dey and Meena Kapoor. Meena’s voice sounds so rich and full, like Geeta Dutt’s. She complements Manna Dey’s amazing voice perfectly.
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