Archive for the ‘Songs of 1964’ Category
Daiyya re daiyya laaj mohe laage
Posted on: March 25, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In a recent post (“koi aaya lachak uthi kaaya”), I had talked about seeing the film Dastaan (1972) on a flight.
As it turned out, that was not the only film I saw on that flight. It was a long flight so I managed to see another film that I’d been wanting to see for a long time – Leader (1964), starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjanthimala.
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Pyaar ki manzil mast safar
Posted on: March 18, 2012
“Ziddi” (1964), not to be confused with “Ziddi”(1948) was produced and directed by Pramod Chakravarty. Starcast of the movie included Joy Mukherji, Asha Parekh, Dhumal, Shobha Khote, Raj Mehra, Sulochana, Ullhas, Madan Puri, Nazima, Majnu, Mehmood etc.
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Chaand takta hai idhar
Posted on: March 17, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
As my age advances, I have started realising that I am recalling memories of my childhood and younger days much better than before. The flip side is that I tend to get forgetful or absent-minded in respect of my immediate past events. While the old days’ remembrance can be nostalgic and some time makes me emotional, the positive side is that I have started remembering some of the old Hindi films songs which I had completely forgotten for many years. But here is a catch which places me in a piquant situation. In some cases, I just remember the tune of a song and not the starting words or in an other way round, I remember the starting words but struggle to get to the tune of the song. Obviously, I have no inkling about the names of the films concerning these songs.
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Rang rangeela mausam
Posted on: March 11, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Early sixties, and a new kid on the block is trying to catch attention with the clarion call “Banda Parwar, Thhaam Lo Jigar” (‘Phir Wohi Dil Layaa Hoon’ (1963)). Catapulting directly into the top bracket of leading roles, no one can say that Joy Mukherjee had a dearth of roles or big name pictures. The young lad was very handsome, with an open smiling face, and had histrionic talent also. And as is evident from the roles in the first decade of his career, he had lots of energy and had a lots of zeal. Btw, the song I mentioned in this paragraph, well it is not on this blog yet. (Hint, hint. :))
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The last few days have seen not one but two artists of the golden era departing from our midst. Music director Ravi left us one day before Holi and Joy Mujherji one day after holi. We, who in this blog discuss the songs of the golden era on a daily basis, are so familiar with the artists involved in these songs that they feel like close acquaintances. So any living artist breathing his/her last comes as a shock to us, even when it is well known that death is inevitable for everyone.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During my earlier stage of baptism to Hindi film songs of the golden era, whenever I came across some new songs I liked, I would want to know the name of the film, singers and themusic directors ( in that order) of the concerned songs. I never enquired about who wrote these likeable songs. One song that made me to know the name of the lyricist was “main zindagi ka saath nibhaata chala gaya” from HUM DONO(1961). This song virtually introduced me to a great Urdu poet and lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi. I feel shy to reveal here that though I liked those iconic songs of PYAASA (1957) but that did not trigger my brain to enquire as to who wrote those melancholic and the soul searching songs. As I came to know later, those songs were written by Sahir Ludhianvi.
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Ae dil machal machal ke yoon
Posted on: March 5, 2012
“Main Suhaagan Hoon” (1964) is a Nayyar Films Production. It was produced by V N Nayyar and directed by Kundan Kumar. Starcast of the movie had names like Mala Sinha, Ajit, Mishra, Kewal Kumar, Nazir Hussain, Nishi,Ramayan Tiwari, Durga Khote, Chand Burque, Najma, Raja, Kesri, Daya Devi, Altaf, Sarla, Mastram, Indira Bansal, T.N.Sinha, Sardul, Bimla, Rajnath, Manohar, Bihari etc.
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“Ye Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke” (1963) was based on a true incident,namely the case of K M Nanawati, though the makers of this movie issued an disclaimer that all people and incidents depicted in the movie were fictional, which fooled nobody.
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“Shabnam” (1964) was a Super Pictures production. It was produced and directed by Aspi Irani. The movie had actors like Mehmood, L.Vijayalaxmi, Sheikh Mukhtaar, Helen, Jeevan, Mukri, Shyam Kumar, Mohan Choti, Jerry, Cukku, Jeevan Kala, Fazal Khan, Uma Dutt, Suresh, Bismilla, Jullian, Khurshid Khan, Habib, Ramesh, Juggu, Surender, Mahabal, Tukaram, Gopal, Sinha, Narayan, Mithoo Miyaa, Shiraz, Shanta Kumari, Hiralal(Guest Artist), Moolchand etc in it.
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“Zindagi” (1964) was a Gemini Pictures Production and it was directed by Ramanand Sagar. Atarcast of the movie had Prithviraj kapoor, Rajendra kumar, Raaj kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Nirupa roy, Jeevan, Leela Chitnis, Dhumal, Moolchand, Mumtaz Begum, Heeralal, Kanhaiyyalal, Mehmood, Helen, Jayant etc.
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