Archive for the ‘Songs of 1963’ Category
Maazandaraan Maazandaraan
Posted on: October 7, 2009
I became aware of this song only recently when I read a review of “Rustam Sohrab” (1963) at MemsaabStory . The Prince of Turannak hatches a plot to Kidnap the Shah of Iran at the behest of the king of Mazandaraan. The prince goes to Shah’s court disguised as a poet and sings praises of Mazandaraan. The song suitably impresses the Shah and he, throwing cautions to the winds , accompanies the disguised prince to Mazandaraan. Here he is suitably underwhelmed to find that the promised land was nothing but desert. To add insult to injury, he is kidnapped too.
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Ye hawa ye mastaana mausam
Posted on: September 30, 2009
“Akeli Mat Jaiyyo” (1963) was one of those movies that failed at the box office despite boasting of names like Rajendra “Jubilee” Kumar and Meena Kumari. Madan Mohan yet again had the mortification of watching his music go down the drain because his songs from this movie failed to take off as a result of the failure of this movie.
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“Ek Dil Sau Afsaane” (1963) was a movie starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman. It had the usual musical team of Raj Kapoor.
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I have posted a couple of songs from “Kinaare Kinaare” (1963). The movie was a sad melancholic movie and its songs matched the mood of the movie.
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Har aas ashqbaar hai
Posted on: September 26, 2009
I recently posted a song from “Kinaare Kinare” (1963). This movie was a melancholic movie with melancholic songs.
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I was not aware of this movie called “Kinaare Kinaare” (1963), but what a musical bonanza this movie turns out to be !
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“Mujhe Jeene Do” (1963) was a Daaku movie starring Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. This movie was a critically acclaimed movie. And its music was outstanding.
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I have posted several “lullabies” (lori) in this blog. This song too is a lori, but with a major difference from the normal lallabies.
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When it comes to picturising melancholic songs, Guru Dutt was just the person. For someone who started out his career playing happy roles, his transformation into a melancholic person, in reel as well as real life, must make for an interesting case study from a psychiatric point of view.
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