Archive for the ‘Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970)’ Category
Bolo jee bolo kuchh bolo jee bolo
Posted on: March 14, 2011
“Nishaan” (1965) was a B grade movie starring Sheikh Mukhtaar,Sanjeev Kumar, Nazima, Prem Chopra, Helen, Mukri, Sulochana etc. In these B grade movies, where Sheikh Mukhtaar used to act as the tough guy who let hisfists do the talking and singing for him, the job of singing and dancing as public understood was entrusted to the side hero and the lead lady. In this movie Sanjeev Kumar and Nazima are entrusted with the job of singing romantic duets while Sheikh Mukhtaar concentrates on his strong arm tactics.
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“Paalki” (1967) was the kind of a movie that is popularly described as a Muslim social movie. Such movies typically had good songs which were picturised in a typical manner.
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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 The movie, when it was released , was a monumental failure, and the movie was withdrawn from movie halls in less than a week.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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