Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
In Hindi movies, most activities are carried out according to a set piece pattern, and that included songs as well. Teasing songs, romantic songs, expression of love song, all of them seem to follow some well laid down guidelines.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I apologize to the readers if they feel that I seem to be stuck in the second half of 60s, while I am selecting songs from Usha Khanna’s films. It seems to be true. Hard as I may try, I am not able to extricate myself from the films of the years from 1966 to 1970. And the reason is that I simply keep bumping into one wonderful gem after another, and the music itself compels me to continue writing about this era of Usha ji’s career. From all counts that I can admit so far, the 60s was the most prolific and the also the most tuneful decade for this composer.
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“Sunahre Qadam” (1966) is an obscure movie despite being of relatively recent vintage by the standards of this blog. This movie was a Saraswati Kala Mandir presentation. It was directed by Satish Nigam and its star cast consisted of names like Shashikala, Agha, Sabita Chatterjee, Randhir, Rehman who hardly held any star appeal to attract ordinary movie goers to the movie halls. So it should come as no surprise that the movie failed at the box office.
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Abhi to raat baaqi hai
Posted on: October 24, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A soft and very sensuous piece of music from the 1969 film, Bandish. The film is produced under the banner of JJ Films, Bombay and directed by Charandas Shokh, the star cast of the film includes Shailendra, Sonia Sahni, Azra, Ulhaas, Sham Kumar, Mirza Musharraf, Kundan, Brahmchari, SK Prem, Sarita Devi, Uma Dhawan etc. The lyricist is yet another new name for this blog, Akmal Hyderabadi. The music is composed by Usha Khanna.
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Ho ho ho matwaalaa saawan aayaa
Posted on: October 24, 2011
“Shree Ganesh” (1962) is a Combine Film Traders presentation. It was directed by S S Dharwadkar. The star cast of this religious B grade movie included names like Mahipal,Sahira,Jeewan Kala,Tiwari,Ramesh Desai, Uma Dutt, Indira, Krishna Kumari, Nilofar 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.
Insaan Aur Shaitaan, a film from 1970, came in the time when Sanjeev Kumar had already moved into significant and leading roles in A grade films. Probably this films would be one of his last few commitments in the action thrillers of the B/C category where he was fighting off criminals and saving the honor of young ladies and the nation.
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Mere khayaalon ka tu hi khudaa
Posted on: October 23, 2011
I was aware of a movie called “Alibaba Aur chaalis Chor” (1979) which was an Indo-Soviet Union Collaboration. But I was not aware that a movie on the same well known Arabian tale was prooduced in 1966 as well. This movie , titled “Alibaba and forty thieves” was a Basant pictures Production and it was directed by Homi Wadia. The movie had Sanjeev Kumar, L Vijaylaxmi, Veena, Tabassum,David Abraham, B.M.Vyas,Indira Billi, S.N.Tripathi, Kamal Mehra, Kishan Mehta etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As I am selecting more songs to post for the composer Usha Khanna, I am actually faced by the dilemma on which ones to post first and which to defer. Every film that she has composed for, contains such musical gems that it is a wonder. Being relegated to the B/C grade films most of the time, Usha Khanna has still done a yeoman’s service to the Hindi film music, producing one great melody after another. Coming across the names of the films for which she has composed music, the first reaction is ‘haanh?, what was that name again’, that is the level of obscurity which pervades her creations.
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Ye dil deewaana hai
Posted on: October 22, 2011
“Ishq Par Zor Nahin” (1970) is a movie which was produced by Suresh Saigal and directed by Ramesh Saigal. The star cast of the movie included names like Dharmendra,Sadhana, Kamini Kaushal, Biswajeet, Abhi Bhattacharya, Nadira, Leela Misra, Randhir, Jagdish Raaj, Meena, Uday Chandrika, Jagdeep, Madhumati etc.
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“Dulhan Ek Raat Ki” (1966) was a Taxila productions movie. It was directed by D D Kashyap and the movie had Nutan, Dharmendra,Rehman,Leela Chitnis, Niranjan Sharma, Kanhaiyalal, Tabassum, Mumtaz Begum, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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