Posts Tagged ‘1957’
I have posted one song from “Miss Bombay” (1957) in the past. Today I stumbled upon another song from this song. And what a song it is ! Such a lively song ! I do not know too many songs that are this full of joie de vivre.
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Sapne mein sajan se do baaten
Posted on: November 4, 2009
“Gateway of India” (1957) is a forgotten movie from the past. It had Pradeep Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles. The movie flopped at the box office.
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Ae dil tu na dar iss jahaan se
Posted on: November 1, 2009
In 1950s, there were a few movies where Johny walker was the hero and O P Nayyar was the music director. One of these movies was in fact called “Johny Walker”.
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“Pyaasa” was a movie full of serious “dard bhare” songs and all of them went on to become iconic songs.
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In the world in general and in India in particular, it often so happens that a person’s value is not appreciated during his life time. But when he departs, rich tributes are paid to him and his creations, which never sold during his life start selling like hot cakes. The beneficiaries fully capitalise on the newfound sealeability of the works of the departed soul.
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There are many musical blockbuster movies whose songs are under represented and in some cases even unrepresented in this blog. But then the reason is that there are far too many gems lying there than need to be posted. There are literally a goldmine of great songs that are still left to be posted.
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Arri O makki ke phoote daane
Posted on: October 24, 2009
“Mirza Sahibaan” (1957) is an obscure movie which had Shammi Kapoor and Shyama in lead roles.
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Lahraaye jiyaa bal khaaye jiyaa
Posted on: October 24, 2009
I thought that I had posted songs from “Sharada” in the past. It turns out that I was confusing “Sharada” with “Sadhana”. Yes, those days we had movies with names like “Sharada”, “Sadhana”, “Kalpana” etc which were also the names of some well known actresses. Incidentally, the actress with the same name was nowhere to be found in these movies.
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O haay koyi dekh legaa
Posted on: October 23, 2009
In the past, I have posted a couple of memorable songs from “Ek Gaaon Ki Kahaani” (1957). Both the songs were sung by Talat Memmood and picturised on him.
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Ham panchhi ek daal ke
Posted on: October 22, 2009
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After India became an independent nation in 1947, nation building began in the right earnest. Movies too reflected it, and many movies of that era talked about nation building, and also about the values and aspirations of the newly independent nation.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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