Posts Tagged ‘1954’
Tera dil kahaan hai
Posted on: May 20, 2009
“Chandni Chowk” (1954) appears to be a treasure trove for some interesting songs. I have noticed that this movie has lyrics written by the likes of Shailendra, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Majrooh Sultanpuri,Vishamitra Adil and Saifuddin Sez. Similarly, this movie has songs sung by Rafi, Mukesh, Lata , Asha Bhonsle, Mubarak Begum,Sapan Chakravarty, Shyam Sundar and even Meena Mangeshkar.
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“Amar” (1954) was a movie starring Dilip Kumar, Nimmi and Madhubala. Few people today may have heard abut this movie. But as happened with many old movies of those days, this movie too has some very nice songs.
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Ye na thi hamaari qismat
Posted on: April 30, 2009
Mirza Ghalib was a legendary Urdu poet who was born in 1800s. Many of his poems have been sung by a host of singers.
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Dil ki umangen hain jawaan
Posted on: April 27, 2009
This is a rare song from “Munimji” (1954). So rare in fact that I heard this song for the first time only yesterday. 😉
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Tere dwaar khadaa ik jogi
Posted on: April 12, 2009
This song from “Nagin” (1954) must be one of the most hummable songs. All these days, I thought that it was a devotional song.
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Chhod de patang meri chhod de
Posted on: April 11, 2009
Though it is the music director who gets most of the credit for a song, it is the assistant music director/ music arranger who does the actual legwork, and should get the real credit.
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Chanda chamke gagan mein
Posted on: April 2, 2009
“Bahut Din Huye” (1954) had as many as 16 songs composed by two music directors. B S Kalla (14 songs) got the lion’s share whereas two songs were composed by E S Shastry.
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Kyun chameli khilkhilaati hai bataa
Posted on: April 1, 2009
This movie called “Bahut Din Huye” (1954) had as many as 16 songs.14 were composed by B S Kalla and 2 by E Shastry. With so many songs in this movie, I wonder if there was any time left for normal dialogues in this movie. 😉
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BA, MA, PhD
Posted on: March 30, 2009
Here is yet another song about whose existence I was totally ignorant. And what a superb song it is ! It is from the movie “Adhikaar” (1954) from which I have already posted an equally awesome song ( “kamaata hoon bahut kuch” sung by Kishore Kumar and Geeta Dutt).
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Kaanha bajaaye bansari
Posted on: March 22, 2009
“Nastik” (1954) is known for some very nice memorable songs. The well known song “dekh tere sansaar ki haalat kya ho gayi sansaar” is from this very movie, which I have posted in this blog.
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