Posts Tagged ‘1951’
If one creates one or two masterpiece songs in a movie that I suppose the creators of such songs in that movie could be justified in taking it easy while creating the remaining songs. But that is not how they worked in the (G)olden days. The created one gem after another in the same movie, as if this was the last movie of their careers. And they continued it for their other movies as well for their entire careers that lasted a few decades. and then there were many others who worked in the same way. No wonder we are left with a huge body of quality music that we can keep exploring for decades, without being able to exhaust it.
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Balmaa jaa jaa jaa
Posted on: May 3, 2011
The more number of songs I discover, the more I realise how less I know about the great musical gems. And that is the case when I have already discussed over 3800 songs !
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Beimaan tore nainwaa nindiyaa na aaye
Posted on: May 3, 2011
When a small kid has to be put to sleep, the mother sings him/her a soothing lullaby. It is not just that only small kids appreciate lullabies. Grownups are just as receptive to them. So I see no reason why a female should not sing lullabies to her husband/lover in case he too is required to be put to sleep.
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Mil mil ke bichhad gaye nain
Posted on: April 29, 2011
“Aaraam” (1951) is a movie that starred Dev Anand and Madhubala. I have discussed five songs from this movie in the past.
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Mose roothh gayo moraa saanwariyaa
Posted on: April 29, 2011
“Taraanaa” (1951) is a movie starring Dilip Kumar and Madhubala. This movie, in addition to being a treat for movie goers was a treat for music lovers too. I in fact have already discussed as many as six songs from this movie.
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Mere dil ki nagariyaa mein aanaa
Posted on: April 14, 2011
“Madhosh”(1951) is a movie that had Manhar Desai, Meena Kumari and Usha Kiran in lead roles. Talat Mehmood sung for Manhar Desai, whereas Lata sang for both the leading ladies. Thankfully the two leading ladies did not sing a duet together, else we do not know what the music directors would have done. 🙂
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Chhod mujhe na jaanaa
Posted on: April 13, 2011
“Madhosh” (1951) has one hero (Manhar Desai) and two heroines (Meena Kumari and Usha Kiran). In this movie, Manhar Desai got to lip sync in the voice of Talat Mehmood. The two leading ladies, who was seen to romance the same hero, were also made to lip sync in the same voice, viz that of Lata.
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Meri aankhon ki neend le gayaa
Posted on: April 12, 2011
“Madhosh” (1951) is a movie starring Manhar, Usha Kiran and Meena Kumari. This movie is today known known for its music.
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Jab aane waale aate hain
Posted on: April 11, 2011
When Madan Mohan began his career as a music director with “Aankhen” (1950), he used several singers and lyricists in that movie. Interestingly, Lata was not among those several singers. He began using Lata from his subsequent movies. And he also made use of less number of singers and lyricists in these movies.
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Yaad aane lagee
Posted on: April 1, 2011
“Daman” (1951) is a movie that had Karan Dewan, Nigar Sultana, Ajit etc in lead roles. This movie has ended up becoming an obscure movie by now, and not much is known about this movie.
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