Posts Tagged ‘1949’
Wo din kidhar gaye kaho
Posted on: September 24, 2009
“Singaar” (1949) is a movie starring Suraiyya, and there are some very nice songs sung by her in this movie.
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Kuchh phool khile armaanon ke
Posted on: September 20, 2009
“Jeet” (1948) was a movie starring Suraiyya and Dev Anand. This movie, which had an idealistic storyline, which was in line with the enthusiasm that Indians felt about the prospects of their newly independent nation.
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I had commented in the past that S D Burman had used many singers to sing for Dev Anand. In addition to Kishore Kumar and Rafi, S D Burman used the voice of Hemant Kumar and Manna Dey as play back singers for Dev saab. If one looks at movies of 1940s, one finds that some more singers sang for Dev Anand.
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Mast pawan hai chanchal dhaara
Posted on: September 14, 2009
“Jeet” (1949) was a movie starring Suraiyya and Dev Anand. Second lead was played by Madan Puri and Suraiyya Chaudhari, apparently.
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Chaahe kitni kathin dagar ho
Posted on: September 12, 2009
“Jeet” (1949) was an idealistic movie released just after India had become an independent nation. Its idealism may look naive today, but at that time, people actiually had high hopes and big aspirations. This movie “Jeet” (1949) must have struck the right chords with its audience at that time, I am sure.
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Raat rangeeli mast nazaare
Posted on: August 9, 2009
“Dulaari ” (1949) was a movie which launched the career of Rafi with the song “suhaani raat dhal chuli na jaane tum kab aaoge”.
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Qismat mein bichhadnaa thhaa
Posted on: August 7, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Shabnam” (1964). I just realised that there was another movie of the same name as early as 1949. This movie had Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal in lead roles.
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“Patanga” (1949) had that iconic song “Mere piya gaye Rangoon wahaan se kiya hai telephoon”. It is perhaps the only song from this movie that is known to most people.
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Balam tujhe mera salaam
Posted on: July 18, 2009
“Patanga” (1949) is known for its legendary song “mere piya gaye Rangoon wahaan se kiya hai telephoon”.
This movie in fact was a big musical blockbuster of its time, and it was full of great songs.
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Lo ji sunlo tumse kahte hain
Posted on: June 30, 2009
Here is a very old song from a movie called “Sunahre Din” (1949). In this song, one can see how a gramophone player looked like those days.
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