Posts Tagged ‘1955’
There are a few songs which become popular right from the time they are released and go on to become timeless classics. But most songs remain popular only for some time and after that they are forgotten, perhaps for all time to come.
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Ye chaar din bahaar ke
Posted on: October 6, 2010
Few people have heard of this movie called “Rukhsaanaa” (1955). It is interesting to note that this movie had actors like Kishore Kumar, Meena Kumari, Shammi Kapoor and Kumkum in it.
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Jo tum todo piyaa
Posted on: October 5, 2010
In case of most Hindi songs, lyrics of the song are written by the lyricist hired for this specific purpose. But there are occasions when the lyrics are already available and they are written by persons who lived much before Hindi movies came into existence.
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Mere ae dil bataa
Posted on: October 4, 2010
I just realised that I have discussed only one song from “Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje” (1955) in this blog. This movie has several amazing songs in it.
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Jaane bhi de chhod ye bahaanaa
Posted on: September 24, 2010
We all know that when Kishore Kumar acted in movies, he sang his own songs. Sometimes, Kishore Kumar would be dressed in drags, and even there he would provide the female playback himself ( viz. Aake seedhi lagi(Half Ticket)(1962).
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“Miss Coca Cola” (1955) is one of those few movies in which real life spouses Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali had acted together. And this is one movie whose prints are apparently all lost.
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I am not much familar with this movie called “Milaap” (1955). Apparently it was a suspense movie directed by Raj Khosla. The movie had Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, K N Singh, Tuntun,Johny Walker, Tuntun etc. The star cast is quite impressive, and this appears to be good movie to watch if one can get hold of it.
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When I was a kid growing up in Eastern part of India, Durga Puja used to be the biggest festival of the year there, lasting four days. And every evening, the Durga Puja organisers would organise a cultural programme where the locals were encouraged to participate.
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I am not much clued in on the movie “House No. 44” (1955). This movie had Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik in lead roles.
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Baanki adaayen dekhnaa ji dekhnaa
Posted on: August 22, 2010
I know of at least two movies called “Amaanat”. The earlier one was released in 1955 and it had Bharat Bhushan and Chand Usmani in lead roles. The later one was released sometime in 1970s and this movie had Manoj Kumar and Sadhana in lead roles.
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