Posts Tagged ‘1955’
It has been pointed out to me that this song was missing from this blog. In fact there are so many nice songs that are yet to be posted, and it will take time before I am able to do justice to all these songs. One can only try and post as many of these songs as one can, and hope that time takes care of the rest.
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I am aware of at least two movies by the name “Seema”. One was released in 1955 and another was in 1971. Curiously, both these movies had music by Shankar Jaikishan.
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Hoon main ik nayaa taraana
Posted on: October 23, 2009
A female dancer singing and dancing in a club, paying particular attention to the table where the hero is seated was a standard fare in Bollywood movies of 1950s. Geeta Bali, Geeta Dutt and Dev Anand often figured in such songs.
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Tum hamse kyun darta hai
Posted on: October 22, 2009
“Ham Sab Chor Hain” (1955) is a movie of historical significance because here one can see many would be legends in action during their earlier days. For instance, it was one of the first movies as a music director for O P Nayyar. It is in movies like this that he began to groom Asha Bhonsle and gave her voice an identity.
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This song “jaane kahaan mera jigar gayaa ji” is a very well known song. One may not be aware of the movie of this song, but everyone is aware of this song.
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I do not have much information about “Lagan” (1955). It had Nalini Jaiwant, Sajjan, Shammi Kapoor and Naaz in it, among others.
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Dil de daala nazraana
Posted on: September 18, 2009
“Musaafirkhaana” (1955) is a forgotten movie, whose music too has been forgotten. But listening to these songs is enough to conclude that these songs are worth listening.
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Preetam aan milo
Posted on: September 18, 2009
C H Atma was a singer who was a devotee of K L Saigal and sang in K L Saigal style. There were many people who sang in Saigal style in 1940s during K L Saigal’s heydays. But C H Atma continued to sing in Saigal style in 1950s even when playback singing style had changed and Bollywood had moved on from 1940s.
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Palti palti kismat palti
Posted on: September 16, 2009
I came to know about the movie “Musaafirkhaana” (1955) recently. By now I have realised that though the movie is not great shakes, its songs are very nice to listen to.
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Thoda sa dil lagaake dekh
Posted on: September 15, 2009
What a nice discovery this song is ! And I must thank Raja, who pointed out this song to me.
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