Archive for the ‘Songs of 1961’ Category
Dil ka fasaana koi na jaanaa
Posted on: October 20, 2009
1960 was a decade that saw some memorable qawwalis being created. It is not just Roshan and Ravi who created them, even some lesser known music directors came up with nice qawwalis.
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Ye aankhen uff yumma
Posted on: October 12, 2009
The movie “Jab pyaar kisi se hota hai” (1961) had music by Shankar Jaikishan, lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri, songs by Rafi and Lata, the lead actress was Asha Parekh. All that this movie needed was Shammi Kapoor.
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One tends to associate Raj Kapoor’s movies of 1950s and 1960s with Shankar Jaikishan’s music, but there are quite a few Raj Kapoor movies even in those days which had music by other music directors.
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I thought that Suraiyya’s career as an actor-singer was over in 1950s, but it seems that a few of her movies were released in 1960s as well.
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Prabhu tero naam
Posted on: September 18, 2009
These days, I have been posting songs of “Ham Dono” (1961) and waxing eloquent about these songs. I have so far posted 5 songs from this movie, and every one of these songs is outstanding.
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The more one listens to the songs of “Ham Dono” (1961), the more admiration one feels for the creators of the music of this movie.
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There are many people who may think that this is a non filmy prayer. That is how well known this song is.
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This song as well as its movie is as obscure as a movie and a movie can get. “Flat no. 9” (1961) is the name of the movie.This movie is obviously a C grade movie which had Ashok Kumar, Saeeda Khan, Jagdish Sethi (?),Dinesh Kumar Tiwari (?),Helen etc in its cast.
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