Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Dil tadpe tadpaaye
Posted on: December 24, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Rafi Saab on his 87th birth anniversary
It is thirty one years now that Rafi Saab left this mortal world. As per Hindu scriptures, ‘shabd’ or word / sound is eternal. And thus the voice of Rafi Saab. Probably the most mellifluous, and the most pliable voice that has ever graced the Hindi silver screen and the radio airwaves. The loss at a reasonably young and active age of 55, has been irreplaceable, as the past three decades have shown. Many contenders came and tried to take his place. But in the test of time, Rafi Saab towers above all and his voice, now emanating from electronic storage, still strums the strings of the heart, as they did decades ago.
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Dulhan Maarwaad ki
Posted on: December 21, 2011
I have discussed as many as six songs from “Anpadh” (1962) including the most well known songs from the movie, viz the two ghazals from it.
Here is another song, which is a lesser known song from this movie. This song is a stage dance song which is picturised as a cultural programme on stage which is watched by a houseful audience.
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Maano ya na maano
Posted on: December 21, 2011
“First Love” (1961) is a lesser known movie. This movie is a Natraj Production presentation. It was directed by Vedmohan. The movie had actors like Mehmood, Preetibala (Zeb Rehman), Naaz, Raj Mehra, Amar etc in it.
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Hamko tumse pyaar hai
Posted on: December 20, 2011
“Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye” (1963) is a movie produced by Y T U Baria Films. K Parvez was the director and the star cast of the movie included names like Mehmood, Shakila, Johnny Walker, Omprakash, Poornima, Sheila Kashmiri, Shammi, Anwar Hussain, Brahm, Amar, Altaf, Dilip Dutt, Baby Devika, Jeevankala, Madhumathi, Kallan, Babu Raje etc.
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“Jahaan Ara”(1964) is a movie that flopped big time at the box office. This movie was not meant for ordinary movie goers and the people appreciative of such movies did not add up to much those days.
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Dil dai dai o naa lai lai
Posted on: December 20, 2011
“Senapati” (1961) is a movie I know nothing about. This extremely obscure movie was a Mohla films production. It was directed by Kedar Kapoor. Starcast of the movie included names like Prithviraj Kapoor, Nalini Jaiwant, Amarnath, Tiwari, Durga Khote, K. N. Singh, Veena etc.
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Bachpan ki haseen manzil se
Posted on: December 19, 2011
Between 1950s to 1970s, there was a series of British movies whose titles began with “Carry on..” . These movies were low budget comedy movies, whose comedy consisted of parody, farce, slapstick and double entendre, as wikipedia puts it. In India, I S Johar took a leaf out of this “Carry On” series movies, and he produced a few such movies whose titles began with “Johar in..”.
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“Ek Saal Pehle” (1965) is a movie which was produced by S B Films. Dharam Kumar directed the movie and the “star” cast included names like Sujit Kumar, Saeeda Khan, Helen, Madhumati, K.N.Singh, Jagirdaar, Asit Sen, Sunder, Mohan Choti, Rajan Kapoor, Neelam etc.
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