Archive for the ‘Songs of 1961’ Category
Raat raat bhar jaag jaag kar
Posted on: September 7, 2011
“Pyaar Ka Saagar” (1961) is a movie starring Rajendra Kumar and Meena Kumari. Rajendra Kumar was on his way to become Jubilee Kumar while Meena Kumari has already graduated to tragedy roles by that time.
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“Tel Maalish Boot Polish”(1961) is a B grade movie whaich was a Rajan Films productions and it was directed by Romney Dey. The movie had Chandrashekhar, Kumkum, Sheikh Mukthaar, Madanpuri, Radhika, Moppet Raja, Amar, Nasreen, Parashuram, JayKumar, JankiDass, Agha, Ravikant, JeevanKala, Ratan Gaurang , M.B.Shetty etc in it.
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“Bhaabhi Ki Choodiyaan” (1961) is a movie that, for most people, is associated with the immortal song Jyoti kalash chhalke. This song, written in chaste Sanskritised Hindi is so soothing to the mind that one can listen to this song every morning. And indeed there are readers of this blog who do just that every morning.
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There have been at least two movies called “Salaam Memsaahab”. One of them was produced in 1979 and another one in 1961. Both these movies apparently proved to be lame ducks at the box office.
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Main teri koi nahin re
Posted on: August 23, 2011
“Amar Rahe Ye Pyaar” (1961) is a movie about which very little information is available online. The only information I have been able to collect about the starcast of this movie is that it had Nalini Jaiwant, Rajendra Kumar and Nanda in it. Apparently, this movie flopped at the box office despite the presence of Jubilee Kumar in it.
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Chalaa hai kahaan
Posted on: August 21, 2011
I am aware of three movies called “Sanjog” and I have discussed songs from all three of these movies. I have discussed as many as five songs from “Sanjog” (1960). This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Anita Guha in lead roles.
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Dil ki lagan sainyya jaane naa
Posted on: August 9, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The decades of 50s and 60s are known as the golden age of Hindi film music, and that for a good reason. The quality of music and songs was absolutely superb, no matter what the content of the films used to be. One just has to untwine one thread on this time line, and immediately there is a gem of a song to be heard. Maybe it is an obscure film, maybe the song itself is unheard, or not heard for ages. Maybe the sound of the song is such that the first reaction is, whose voice is this, whose composition is this. But just let the song play and simply listen to it, and before long you will start loving it, and now the reaction would be, where has been this gem hiding all these years. Atul ji has written over and over again about this phenomena, about finding unheard gems from obscure movies, with every plunge one takes into this ocean of music.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This artcle is the 100th article by Sudhir in this blog.
Another one of those songs that must find its due place on this blog. This is a gem of a Talat rendition, that has been a favorite of mine since childhood. As I listened to it again today, I checked and realized it is not yet posted. And so here it is, a very melodious and hummable soft creation that simply steals into your heart.
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Kehti hai jhuki jhuki nazar
Posted on: July 22, 2011
I have listened to this song in the past, but I was not aware of any details of this song and that included the details about the singer too.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Music director Ajit Merchant is better known for his contributions to the Gujarati cinema and to the theatre world in Bombay. He did venture into the Hindi film world also, albeit his contribution is limited to less than 10 movies. Saperaa (1961) is one of the movies that Ajit Merchant composed music for. I have already discussed a wonderful Manna Dey solo from this movie, some days back. Here is another beautiful gem of a song from the same movie. This is a duet, that is rendered so lovingly by Manna Dey and Suman Kalyanpur. The lyrics are by Indeewar. The lead roles in this movie are played by Jyoti and Ranjan. Other actors in the film are Tiwari, Jeevnkala, Sunder, Uma Dutt, Neena, Rajan Kapoor etc.
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