Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
“Sasuraal”(1961) was a Prasad Production movie. It was directed by T Prakash Rao. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, B. Saroja Devi, Shobha Khote, Leela Misra, Anwar Hussain, Randhir, Mehmood, Jayshree Gadkar, Dhumal, Misra, Ratnamala, Wasti, Lalita Pawar, Bipin Gupta etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Wo bijli hain ham shola
Posted on: July 14, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The 14th of July is the birth anniversary of Roshan saab, one of my favorite music composers of yesteryear.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
July 14th is the 37th death anniversary of the great maestro Madan Mohan ( 25/06/1924 – 14/07/1975). An artillery man in the army during the second world war, he aspired to become an actor in the Hindi film industry. After the end of second world war, he quit army and came to Bombay (Mumbai). He did act in a few films like ‘Shaheed’ (1948) but the almighty seemed to have already decided him to be a music director. His father, Rai Bahadur Chunnilal Kohli was a big name in the Hindi film industry ( being partner in Bombay Talkies and later Filmistan) in the 40s. But he was against his son joining the film industry. As a result, Madan Mohan had to struggle a lot to get an entry into Hindi film industry of his own efforts. He started his career as an assistant to music directors Shyam Sundar and S D Burman sometime in the late 40s.
Read more on this topic…
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The personality personified in these two lines “Dil Hai Hamaara Phool Se Naazuk, Baazu Hain Faulaad” – that is the image of Dara Singh that I have always carried with me. A childhood hero, a super powerful man, who was always friendly and helpful for the needy, and was a scourge for the baddies.
Read more on this topic…
“Gunaahon Ka Devta” (1967) was a Janta Chitra Presentation. It was directed by Devi Sharma. The movie had Jeetendra, Rajashree, Mehmood, Aruna IraniLeela Chitnis, Jeevan, Asit Sen, Jankidas, Randhir, Sujata etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Aaj ko junli raat maa
Posted on: July 12, 2012
Today (12 july) is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar. On this occasion I have several songs to discuss, time permitting.
Read more on this topic…
“Chhoti Chhoti Baaten” (1965) was a Rajvansh Production movie. It was directed by Motilal. The movie had Motilal, Nadira, Moti Sagar, Majnu, Kumar, Krishan Dhawan, Leela Misra, Sangeeta, Mridula, Mubarak etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Today (12th july) is the death anniversary of Rajendra Kumar. On this occasion, I have several songs to chose from, time permitting.
Read more on this topic…
“Road To Sikkim” (1969) was a Kirti Films Production. It was directed by Ravindra Dave. The movie had Dev Kumar, Anju Mahendru, Helen, Dhumal, Jayant, Asit Sen, Tuntun, Jankidas, David Abraham, Lalita Pawar, etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Jaa re baadal
Posted on: July 11, 2012
“Kailashpati” (1962) was a B grade mythological movie which was an Alice Pictures production. It was produced and directed by Dhirubhai Desai. The movie had Sumitra Devi, Mahesh kumar Desai, Jeevan, Niranjan Sharma, Padma Rani, Premlata, Paul Sharma, Abhimanyu Sharma, Bhoj Kumar, Polson, Laxmi Kant Bagla, Champak Lala, Darshan Kumar, Dushyant, Nitin Kumar, S.P.Kalla, Deepak Kumar, Prakash Bagla, Indira Bansal etc in it.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments