Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Here is yet another song of the genre “how come this song was not posted earlier !”. And all along, I was under the impression that this song was discussed long back. I was wrong in my assumption, of course.
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Dekho bijli doley bin baadal ke
Posted on: April 4, 2012
O P Nayyar would not employ the voice of Lata Mangeshkar in his compositions, but no one found it ironic that Lata Mangeshkar’s younger sister became the mainstay of O P Nayyar compositions.
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“Door ki aawaaz”(1964) was a Goel cine corporation movie. It was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The starcast had Joy Mukherjee, Saira Banu, Om Prakash, Pran, Johnny Walker, Durga Khote, Gogia Pasha, Rajoo, Manorama, Rajesh, Ajay Kashmiri, Malika etc in it.
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Pyaar kyaa hota hai
Posted on: April 2, 2012
“Ek Kali Muskaayi”(1968) was a Panchdeep Chitra Production. The movie was directed by Vasant Joglekar. This movie was meant to introduce the director’s daughter, viz. Meera Joglekar as a lead actress in Hindi movies. Here she was cast opposite Joy Mukherjee. Other actors in the cast included Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Om prakash, Nirupa Roy,
Lalita Pawaar, Nana Palsikar, Sunder, Neelam, Malika etc.
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“Ye Raat Phir Na Aayegi” (1966) was a Sri Krishna Films presentation. It was directed by Brij. The movie had Vishwajeet, Sharmila Tagore, Madhumati, Prithviraj Kapoor, Mumtaz, Asit Sen, B. M. Vyas, Helen, Sailesh Kumar etc in it.
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Kitna haseen hai ye jahaan
Posted on: April 2, 2012
“Hamsaaya”(1968) was Joy Mukherjee’s home production. Joy Mukherjee produced and directed the movie and acted in it too. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Sharmila Tagore, Mala Sinha, Rehman, Gajanan Jagirdar, D. K. Sapru, Malika, Madan Puri, Jankidas, Jagdish Kamal, Polson etc in it.
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Mera prem Himalay se oonchaa
Posted on: March 31, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The film songs of Mukesh do not even number 800, with the current research that is available, but it is still a great treasure. The voice behind these songs, this person, carries a link back into the soul itself – such is the power and the fascination in this voice. It would be a very tough job, to find a Mukesh song that one could say “naah, not worth the listen”. What maybe would seem lacking in numbers is more than made up by simply the quality of sound and the eminence of rendering.
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“Inspector” (1970) was a movie which was produced by Chand and directed by S K Kapoor. The movie had Joy Mukherjee, Alka, Helen, Rajendra Nath, Kiran Kumar, Zeb Rehman, Samina, Murad, M.B. Shetty, Asha Nadkarni, Jayant etc in it.
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