Archive for the ‘Songs of 1964’ Category
Behind that jovial and boisterous exterior, Kishore Kumar hid a soft and sensitive interior. After “Chalti Ka naam Gaadi”, whichever movie he made were made on serious and sensitive subjects and were made as labour of love by him.
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Tumhe jo bhi dekh lega
Posted on: April 22, 2009
I wonder how many movies were there titled as “Majboor” ? The one I knew while growing up was Amitabh Bachchan’s 1974 movie of this name. And it appears that there was a movie by this name sometime in 1940s too. And now I find that there was a 1964 movie of this name too.
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Mera naam Rita Christina
Posted on: April 21, 2009
In Bollywood movies, action takes place mostly in India where everyone speaks Hindi/Urdu. But sometimes the action would take place in the Western counttries as well. There, even the Westerners would speak Hindi/Urdu and the western cabaret dancers would sing a cabaret song full of words like “ishq”, “husn” “haseena” etc. I suppose words like “blonde”,”bombshell” etc were not in use in West those days. 😉
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Ye nayan darey darey
Posted on: April 21, 2009
Hemant Kumar has sung some outstanding songs for Vishwajeet. That way, in my mind, Hemant Kumar-Vishwajeet combination of songs made for as potent a combination as say Rafi-Shammi Kapoor.
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Wo ham na thhey wo tum na thhey
Posted on: April 14, 2009
Few people are aware of this 1964 movie called “Cha Cha Cha”. It had a by now forgotten hero called Chandrashekhar, and Helen, a one dance wonder in most movies, was the heroine of this movie !
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Sakhi ri mera man uljhe tan dole
Posted on: April 3, 2009
“Chitralekha” (1964) was a labour of love for Roshan and he had composed some superb songs in this movie. So it was a heart break for him when the movie did not do well at the box office, almost like what happened with Madan Mohan with “Jahan Ara” in the same year.
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Hamne Tujhko pyaar kiya hai itna
Posted on: April 3, 2009
Here is a typical Mukesh-Raj Kapoor song, where Raj Kapoor lip syncs on a sad Mukesh song.
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Madan Mohan had the misfortune of composing songs for movies that often failed at the box office.
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Yoon na hamen dekhiye
Posted on: March 21, 2009
Few people may have heard the name of this movie called “Jantar Mantar” (1964). Few people now have any idea what this movie was all about.
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Phool gendwa na maaro
Posted on: March 18, 2009
Manna Dey yet again gets to sing a song for a bit actor (Agha this time). And as usual, Manna Dey gives his best in the song. The song may not have won too many popularity contests those days, but for music aficionadoes, this song remains a Manna Dey classic.
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