Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
“Anjaana”(1969) was an Em Kay Productions movie. Em Kay, viz Mohan Kumar also directed the movie. Star cast of the movie included names like Rajendra Kumar, Babita, Pran, Nazima, Prem Chopra, Sunder, Nirupa Roy, Mohan Choti, Tuntun, Mehmood Junior etc.
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Mujhe kehte hain Kalloo qawwaal
Posted on: January 17, 2012
“Dulha Dulhan”(1964) is a movie which was produced by Nagina Films. This movie was produced and directed by Ravindra Dave. Starcast of the movie included names like Raj Kapoor, Sadhana, Raj Mehra, K.N.Singh, Agha, Madhumati, Kumud Tripathi, Madhumati, Bhola, Yusuf, AnwariBai, Vishwa Mehra, Mridula Rani etc.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A film with the name ‘Baadshah’ was released in 1954, with music by Shankar Jaikishan. Three songs from this film are already posted on this blog. And then, in 1964, there is another film released by the same name. Produced under the banner of Navkala Niketan, the film is directed by Chandrakant Gaur. The lyrics are from the pen of Anand Bakshi, and the music compositions are by N Dutta. The film is a stunt costume drama with the cast of actors including Dara Singh, Nishi, Kumari Rani, Tiwari, Rajan Haksar, Kehsav Rana, Radheyshyam, Kumud Tripathi, Uma Khosla, Mumtaz Begum, Rafique Sultana, Shiela Devi, Shamina, Kesari etc.
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Muhabbat ho gayee jinse
Posted on: January 16, 2012
The movie CID (1956) inspired quite a few copycat movies in the years to come. “Kahin Din Kahin Raat” (1968) was one such movie with a storyline similar to CID (1956).
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“Naseehat” (1967) was a Deedaar Production movie which was a Production house set up by Dara Singh. The movie was directed by Om Patwar. Star cast of the movie included Dara Singh, Rajshree (South), Randhwaa, Helen, Madan Puri, Keshav Rana, Sunder, Sabita Chatterjee, Tiwari, Leela Mishra, Mohan Choti, Madhumati, D.K.Sapru, Rajan Haksar, Baby Farida, Rajan kapoor, Samson Kundan, Om Patwar, etc.
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A gem of a soft romantic duet. ‘Mere Armaan Mere Sapne’ is a somewhat better remembered film from early sixties (1963). Produced under the banner of Lalit Kala Mandir, Bombay, this film is directed by Arvind Soni. The lyrics for this film are penned by Rajendra Krishan, and the wonderful compositions are by N Dutta. The film has a good star cast that includes Pradeep Kumar, Jaishree Gadkar, Aseem Kumar, Kumari Naaz, Sumitra Devi, Pran, Asit Sen, Agha, Manmohan Krishan, Badri Prasad, Johnny Whisky, Paul Mahendra, Padma Devi, Paro Devi, Samar Chatterjee etc.
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Ye hariyaali aur ye raastaa
Posted on: January 16, 2012
What is the first song that comes to one’s mind when one talks of the movie “Hariyaali Aur Raasta” (1962) ? Its title song, did you say ? What about the song Bol meri taqdeer me kya hai or Ibtidaa-e-ishq mein ham or Kho gaya hai mera pyaar or Laakhon taare asmaan mein or Teri yaad dil se bhulaane chala hoon ?
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Ae sanam aaj ye qasam khaayen
Posted on: January 15, 2012
It is one occasion for this blog that I look forward to quite eagerly, the way a motorist on a highway looks forward to the next milestone. For this blog, every 100th song serves as a milestone, and the milestone that we touch with this song is the mark of 5300 posts !
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“Bedaag” (1965) was produced by Anoop Sharma and directed by R Bhattacharya. The star cast of the movie included names like Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Lalita Pawar, Shashikala, Shobha Khote, Raj Mehra, Mumtaz, Kammo, Sonia Lee, Mehmood, Walter Lavarre, Gyani etc.
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Jalwe tumhaare hon meri ho nazar
Posted on: January 14, 2012
While looking at the picturisation of this song, I wondered why this song does not qualify to be called a Mujra song. As it is, Mujra songs are those songs where the clients are ordinary folks or spoilt nawaabs. If the same dance is performed in a royal court, it becomes a royal court (Rajdarbaar) dance.
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