Archive for the ‘Songs of 1961’ Category
“Shamaa” (1961) is a movie starring Vijay Dutt (?), Suraiyya, Nimmi, Kammo, Leela Mishra, Tuntun etc. To me, this movie is notable more for its songs. I have discussed as many as five songs from this movie so far.
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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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Tera muskuraanaa banaa ik fasaanaa
Posted on: March 6, 2011
Recently reader Sudhir likened my knack of discovering musical gems to going into a coal mine and stumbling upon diamonds. It is a good comparison, and I in fact feel that the likelihood of coming up with musical diamonds in the metaphorical musical coal mine is far more, seeing how many of them I discover on a regular basis. I in fact liken it to walking on a beach, and coming across these gems lying undiscovered.
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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog.
As far as I know, Sasural (1961) was a pretty big hit. Produced by Prasad Productions and directed by LV Prasad, it starred Rajendra Kumar and B Saroja Devi.
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Bhool saktaa hai bhalaa kaun
Posted on: March 1, 2011
“Dharmputra” (1961) was a movie with a difference as it was a movie with a message made on a socially relevant topic. The fact that the movie did not do well does not detract from the relevance of the message.
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Zindagi hai kyaa sun meri jaan
Posted on: February 6, 2011
Lyrics of this song are courtesy Sudhir who is a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of lyrics to this blog
Most music lovers are aware of better known songs from movies and they are oblivious of the other songs from those movies. I have fond that these lesser known/forgotten songs can sometimes be real gems/ special songs.
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When I had begun this blog, my grand vision was to discuss 2500 songs. I had thought that by that time I would have discussed all the Hindi movie songs that are worth discussing. When I finally reached that magic figure (on 29 may 2010), I found that I had just scratched the surface, as far as discussing the great Hindi movie songs was concerned and that many great songs were not yet discussed.
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Hu tu tu tu tu
Posted on: February 4, 2011
This is a song that I had never heard before ! And this song is an unusual song in more ways than one.
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Ye kaisi deewaar hai duniyaa
Posted on: February 3, 2011
Here is a mourning song from “Batwaaraa” (1961). No one had died. It is the age old relations that have are getting severed though. The two brothers, who lived under the same roof, now want to partition the home as they cannot see eye to eye with each other. So a wall is being erected right in front of the courtyard to partition the house into two.
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