Archive for the ‘Songs of 1961’ Category
I have heard this song several times in the past and I thought it must be a song from 1950s. But it turns out to be a song of 1961 and it is from “Shola Aur Shabnam”.
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Chaand kabhi thaa baahon mein
Posted on: August 23, 2009
Here is an obscure song from an obscure movie with some obscure names.
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“Chhaaya” (1961) was a movie with lovely songs. I have posted a few songs from this movie already. Here is another song from this movie.
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Sataa le ae jahaan
Posted on: July 17, 2009
Mukesh singing for Rajendra Kumar is not as common as Rafi singing for him. However, “Sasural” was one movie where Mukesh had given playback for Rajendra Kumar.
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Rajendra Kumar, known for copying Dilip Kumar’s mannerisms, was known as Jubilee Kumar, because almost all his movies tended to be jubilee hits. Those days,movies completing 25 weeks were called silver jubilee hits and movies completing 50 weeks were called golden jubilee hits. Almost every Rajendra Kumar movie was a jubilee hit.
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Lau lagaati geet gaati
Posted on: July 14, 2009
“Bhabhi Ki choodiyaan” (1961) is known for its memorable song “Jyoti Kalash chhalke”, but this movie has other superb songs as well.
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Mera nanha kanhaiyya ghar aaya
Posted on: July 8, 2009
I have posted a few “lullaby” songs in this blog, where the mother sings lullabies to her young one. But that is not the only kind of songs that Bollywood mothers sing to their children.
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Ek manzil raahi do
Posted on: July 1, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Sanjog” (1961) in the past. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Anita Guha in lead roles. This movie is mainly known for its songs, and not for any great story line or any great acting.
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Kaun ho tum kaun ho
Posted on: June 29, 2009
This song from “Stree” (1961) comes as a whiff of fresh air to me. It is so refreshing to see a Bollywood song from a lyricist who knew the topics he was writing about. Bharat Vyas, who mostly wrote songs in mythological movies, knew his mythology well. Moreover, he was one of the few lyricists at that time (Pradeep being the other) who used textbook Hindi words in their lyrics.
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