Posts Tagged ‘1955’
I have discussed as many as six songs from “Shree 420” (1955) but it seems that a few songs from this movie are yet to be discussed.
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Achcha jee maaf kar do
Posted on: March 12, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Born with a silver spoon’ is a phrase which has often been used with reference to a person born in a rich family. It would not be out of place if If I coin a similar pharse ‘born with the golden Hindi film songs’ with reference to Bharat Bhushan and Pradeep Kumar. They were blessed with the best of the songs of the golden era by picturising on them. There was not much to talk about their acting capabilities but they were so lucky in their filmy career that they paired with some of the most prolific heroines with their impeachable acting capabilities. No doubt, most of their films became the box office hits. They are known today even to the new generation mainly because of the songs they got to sing on the screen rather than for their acting ability.
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Ravi, the creator of iconic songs (which is my favourite way of describing him) began his career as an independent music director in 1955, when “Vachan” (1955) and “Albeli”(1955) were released.
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Badi mushqil hai ajab mera dil hai
Posted on: March 7, 2012
“Chingaari” (1955) is an obscure movie by now. This movie was a co operative pictures production. It was directed by S Srivastava. Starcast of the movie included Shekhar, Nalini Jaywant, Leela Misra, Sunalini Devi, Pran etc.
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Dil ke sahaare jaan se pyaare
Posted on: March 7, 2012
“Taangawaali” (1955) was a Kuldip Pictures production. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. Starcast of this movie had Anita Guha, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Shammi Kapoor, Jayant etc in it.
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Manzil ki chaah mein
Posted on: February 29, 2012
There have been several adaptations of the novel Devdas, not only in Hindi movies, but in movies of other languages too. Among the various movies of this name, “Devdas” (1935) and “Devdas”(1955) are regarded as masterpieces.
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Dam hai baaqi to gham nahin
Posted on: February 27, 2012
“House No 44” (1955) was a movie produced under the banner of Navketan International Films. Dev Anand was the producer and M K Burman was the director of this movie. Starcast of the movie had Dev Anand, Kalpana Karthik, K.N.Singh, Kumkum, Bhagwan Sinha, Sheela Vaz, PrabhuDayal, Jambura, Anand Pal, Parashuram, Sarita, Shivraj, Rashid Khan, Kammo, etc in it.
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Dekh idhar o jaadoogar
Posted on: February 22, 2012
“House No 44″(1955) was a Navketan International Films Production. It was produced by M K Burman and directed by Dev Anand. Star cast of the movie included names like Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, K.N.Singh, Kumkum, Bhagwan Sinha, Sheela Vaz, Prabhu Dayal, Jambura, Anand Pal, Parashuram, Sarita, Shivraj, Rashid Khan, Kammo, Kumkum etc.
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“Milaap” (1955) was the debut movie of N Datta as a full feledged music director. This movie has by and large been forgotten by now alongwirh its music. But in the process of digging up the songs of this movie, we are coming up with one gem after another.
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