Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Baad muddat ke ye ghadi aayi hai
Posted on: March 14, 2011
“Jahaan Ara” (1964) was a movie based on the life of Jahaan Ara,daughter of Emperor Shahjahaan. The movie, when it was released , was a monumental failure, and the movie was withdrawn from movie halls in less than a week.
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Chaandi ki deewaar na todi
Posted on: March 13, 2011
I think I may have decoded the formula for the inclusion of Hindi movie songs in mainstream movies of the golden era. 🙂
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Aankh mein shokhi lab pe tabassum
Posted on: March 13, 2011
“Reshmi Roomaal” (1961) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar (then a newcomer) opposite Shakila (then over the hill). This movie and its songs are quite obscure as of now.
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Andhere mein jo baithhe hain
Posted on: March 11, 2011
“Sambandh” (1969) was a movie based on a Bangla novel. This movie had Pradeep Kumar,Deb Mukherji,Anjana Manjrekar (later Anjana Mumtaz),Sulochana etc in it. The movie was produced by Shashdhar Mukherji to launch the acting career of his son Deb Mukherji, just as he had helped launch the career of his eldest son Joy Mukherji one decade back with a home production movie, viz ‘Love in Shimla” (1960).
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“Nayaa Kaanoon” (1965) is a movie that had Ashok Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Bharat Bhushan, Om Prakash etc. This movie was a miserable failure at the box office as far as I can tell.
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Kaise bane dil ki baat haay
Posted on: March 11, 2011
Movies called “Faraar” have been released in 1955, 1965 as well as 1975. All these movies had some nice songs in them and I have in fact discussed songs from all these movies.
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“Night in London” (1967) is a movie that was clearly inspired from “An Evening in Paris” (1966). “Night in Paris” (1967) had Vishwajeet and Mala Sinha (as against Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore in “An Evening in Paris”). On the music front, “Night in London” had the fast rising Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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