Posts Tagged ‘1956’
“Fifty Fifty” (1956) was a Roopnagar production. It was directed by R L Malhotra. The movie had Om Prakash, N. Jaywant, Manmohan Krishna, Gope, Amar, Tuntun, Mumtaz, Sunder, Helen, M. Rajan, David Abraham, Lalita Kumari etc in it.
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Aa aaja o jaane wafaa
Posted on: September 8, 2012
Today (8 september) is the birthday of S Mohinder, a music director of yesteryears who gave us some wonderful songs in the golden era of Hindi movie music. Born in 1925, S Mohinder composed music in movies like “Sehra” (1948), “Jeewan Saathi” (1949), “Shrimatiji”(1952), “Bahaadur” (1953), “Paapi” (1955), “Naata”(1955), “Shehzaada” (1955), “Kaarwaan” (1956), “Shirin Farhad” (1956), “Mehlon Ke Khwaab” (1960), “Picnic” (1966) etc. He is one of those music directors who were criminally underutilised by the Hindi movie music industry.
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Aaja re aajaa na sata re piya
Posted on: August 23, 2012
“Chhoomantar” (1956) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Shyama, Karan Dewan, Jagirdar, S. Banerjee, Raj Mehra, Amar, Anita Guha, Johnny Walker etc in it.
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Chamka ban kar aman ka taara
Posted on: August 15, 2012
On the occasion of India’s 65th Independence day today (15 august 2012), here is a song from “Ek Hi Raasta” (1956). This song is a patriotic song enacted on the stage by Meena Kumari and several kids.
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Today (13 august) is the birthday of Vyjyanti Mala. So we in this blog, as is our practice, discuss a few songs featuring Vyjyanti Mala on this occasion.
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Hamen koi gham hai
Posted on: August 9, 2012
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Over one thousand duets have been discussed in the blog. The most prolific team of duet singers in the blog (as well as in Hindi movies) must be Rafi and Asha Bhonsle. As many as 256 Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duets have been discussed in the blog. These 256 Rafi -Asha Bhonsle duet are composed by as many as 44 music directors.
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“Sipah salar” (1956) was an Eagle Pictures presentation. This movie was directed by Md Hussain. The movie had Shammi Kapoor, Nadira, Kumkum, Cuckoo, Helen, S. Nazir, Kamal Mehra, Samson, Uma Dutt, Habib, Rajan Kapoor etc in it.
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Today (29th july) is the death anniversary of Sudhir Phadke (25 july 1919- 29 july 2002). He got the opportunity to compose in very few Hindi movies, but he has left an indelible mark in the annals of Hindi movie music. Who can forget the immortal song Jyoti kalash chhalke from “Bhaabhi Ki Choodiyaan”. Another timeless classic, viz. Din hai suhaana aaj pahli taarikh hai is also his creation.
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