Posts Tagged ‘1955’
“Aab e Hayaat “(1955) was a movie which had Premnath and Shashikala in lead roles. This movie is known today for the memorable Hemant Kumar song “main ghareebon ka dil”.
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Aplam chaplam chap laayi re
Posted on: August 31, 2009
I thought I had posted this song earlier. I just realised that this song was still missing from the blog.
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Ho jabse mili tose ankhiyaan
Posted on: August 29, 2009
I stumbled upon this superb song just now. This song is from a forgotten movie called “Amaanat” (1955) which had Bharat Bhooshan and Chaand Usmaani in lead roles. This song is a duet sung by Geeta Dutt and Hemant Kumar. And what a wonderful song this is. Listening to this song just once is enough to make one like this song.
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Chup chup chup hone laga kuchh
Posted on: August 23, 2009
“Insaaniyat”(1955) was a movie that had both Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand in it for the first and last time. This mega movie of 1955 also had wonderful music by C Ramchandra.
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“House Number 44” (1955) is a movie so old that not too many people know about this movie. This movie had Dev Anand in lead role and it had music by S D Burman.
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Mat samjho neer bahaati hoon
Posted on: August 10, 2009
What a magical song this is ! but then I should not be surprised, considering that the music director of this song is S Mohinder. He is one of those music directors,who failed to get enough opportunities despite possessing as much talent and ability as any other music directors.
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Ruk jaa re piyaa
Posted on: August 1, 2009
“Sabse Badaa Rupayya” (1955) is a an obscure movie. This movie had Agha as its hero and Shashikala as the heroine.
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How the songs of “Azaad” (1955) were composed in an interesting tale in itself.
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“Insaaniyat” (1955) was one movie which brought Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand together. Bina Rai and Vijaylaxmi were also there in this movie.
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Suno suno ek nayi kahaani
Posted on: July 6, 2009
There are some songs which can be categorised as “story” songs. Here the singer tells a story in song form. In fact, telling story in song form is an old traditional art in India and Bollywood movies are definitely inspired from that tradition when coming up with such songs.
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