Archive for the ‘Songs of 1964’ Category
Balmaa khuli hawaa mein
Posted on: March 9, 2010
“Kashmir Ki Kali” (1964) is an out and out entertainer of an movie. Shammi Kapoor and debutant Sharmila Tagore, not to speak of Pran, Anoop Kumar and co make this movie a great fun to watch.
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Aaye thhey huzoor bade tan ke
Posted on: March 4, 2010
I had never heard this song. In fact, I was not aware of this movie either. Now that I have heard this song, and watched the picturisation, I wonder where this song was lying hidden all these days. What an absolute gem of a song !
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“Dosti” (1964) was a simple movie with a simple uncomplicated message, and the message went home. This small budget movie with no stars (which was the first movie of Rajshree productions) went on to become a hit movie.
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Koyi jab raah na paaye
Posted on: January 8, 2010
I have posted as many as four songs from “Dosti” (1964). There were six songs in this movie as far as I remember. Who knows, there may have been more songs in it that I am not aware or which may have been excluded from the movie.
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Gudiya hamse roothi rahogi
Posted on: January 7, 2010
While watching old movie songs, sometimes we come across kids with names sounding familiar to present day fans. And they tend to believe that these kids are the same TV/ movie personality they know. But that is not always the case.
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Tere husn ki kyaa taareef karoon
Posted on: January 5, 2010
I am aware of this song, and I am aware of the movie “Leader” (1964) as well, but I did not know till yesterday that this song was from “Leader” (1964).
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I have posted nearly one hundred songs composed by Madan Mohan in this blog. Madan Mohan composed music for some 700 songs in Bollywood movies so I have posted nearly 15 % of Madan Mohan’s compositions.
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Listening to music is not an objective exercise. It is a subjective exercise. And that is why different people with different mental make up have entirely different preferences as music lovers.
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“Aapki Parchhaayian” (1964), like “Anpadh” (1962) was one movie that enhanced Madan Mohan’s repulation as being the ghazal king of Bollywood music world. In both these movies Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was the lyricist who penned some unforgettable songs.
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I have watched many old actors only in black and white movies. So it was quite a pleasant suprise to see Ameeta, one of the more lovable leading ladies of 1950s and 1960s in colour, and that too in a B grade movie.
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