Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Jin raaton ki bhor nahin hai
Posted on: August 4, 2012
As a human being, Kishore Kumar was quite a study in contrast. He was mainly known by his ability to bring a smile, if not whole hearted laughter in people’s mind. His joie de vivre was infectious with his fellow artists. If Kishore Kumar acted opposite actresses now known for playing tragedy roles (viz Nutan and Meena Kumari), then you can bet that the resultant movie would be a light hearted comedy, and not a serious melancholic stuff.
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Hum behnon ke liye mere bhaiyya
Posted on: August 2, 2012
Today (2 august 2012) is the festival of Raakhi. Like most Indian festivals, this date of the festival depends of the Indian Saka calender rather than on the Gregorian calender. As a result, this festival falls on different dates on different years for people familar with the Gregorian calender.
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Raakhi dhaagon ka tyohaar
Posted on: August 2, 2012
Today (2 august 2012) is the day of Raksha Bandhan, also known as “Raakhi”. It turns out that there are at least two movies called “Raakhi” which were made on this festival. One of these movies was released on 1949. The second movie of this title was released in 1962.
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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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