Archive for the ‘Songs of 1962’ Category
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When I saw the list of songs remaining to complete the score of films in this blog, given by our own in house encyclopedia, Deshmukh Sir, I was actually thrilled that one song from ‘Asli Naqli” was remaining. The song in question is “Laakh chhupaao chhup na sakegaa raaz ho kitna gehraa” is something I am familiar with and very fond.
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Husn ki dekhiye bahaar
Posted on: April 18, 2012
“Bombay Ka Chor” (1962) was a New Original pictures Production. It was directed by S D Narang. The movie had Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, Helen, Pratima Devi, Honey Irani, Amar, Krishna Kumari, Iftekhar etc in it.
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Na bhanwra na koi gul
Posted on: April 14, 2012
“Aarti” (1962) was one of the first (if not the first) movie of Rajshree Productions. It was directed by Phani Majumdar. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Pradeep Kumar, Shashikala, Peace Kanwal, Jagirdar, Rajendranath, Vijaya Choudhry, Surekha, Niranjan Sharma, Ramesh Deo, Chandrima Bhaduri, Keshto Mukherjee etc in it. That sounds like quite an impressive starcast, though quite a few of them were newcomers at that time.
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When it comes to Shammi Kapoor, the popular image of him is as a suave gentleman who romances his ladies by singing great songs in Rafi’s voice. But I have realised that it is only part of the larger picture.
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Mujhko sahaara dene waale
Posted on: March 23, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A lovely and endearing song – a song that I encountered just today for the first time. Sometimes, well not only sometimes, but quite often, some of the songs by Asha Bhosle, give you a sudden surprise – oh OK, so it is Asha. On first hearing in passing, if one did not know the singer’s name, the mind would not easily pick out Asha ji’s name as the singer. Yes, a very soft, a very humble, and a very mellow composition.
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“Bambai Ka Chor” (1962) was a New Original Pictures presentation. It was directed by S D Narag. Starcast of the movie included names like Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha, Helen, Pratima Devi, Honey Irani, Amar, Krishna Kumari, Iftekhar etc.
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Kenya Uganda Tangenika
Posted on: March 21, 2012
“Hongkong”(1962) was produced and directed by Paachi. Starcast of the movie included names like Ashok Kumar, B Saroja Devi, Helen, Lily, Leo, Bhalla, Baburao, Kitty, King Kong, Kundan, Om Prakash, K. N. Singh etc.
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“Hongkong”(1962), I am discovering, is full of some amazingly different kind of songs. These are all light hearted songs picturised on foreign locations.
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