Posts Tagged ‘1957’
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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Ghar ki raunaq hai ghar waali
Posted on: September 27, 2009
I have posted two songs of contrasting moods from ‘Bandi” (1957) in the past. One was a comedy song, and the other was a poignant song. Both were sung by Kishore Kumar and picturised on himself.
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Few people have any idea that there was a movie called “Fashion” (1957). One does not expect much from the songs of a movie with such a name.
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It is only recently that I have discovered the music of “Ek Gaon Ki Kahaani” (1957). And what music this movie has !
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Jhoome re neela ambar jhoome
Posted on: September 19, 2009
Salil Chaudhary is one music director who believed in quality and not quantity. He worked in very few movies, but he left his stamp in the few songs that he composed.
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Unse rippi tippi ho gayi
Posted on: September 16, 2009
“Agra Road” (1957) is a very obscure movie. Neither this movie nor its songs are known to too many people now a days.
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The present generation of people are aware that India became an independent country in 1947 and a democracy in 1950, but it is difficult for them to imagine the changes, trannsformations, upheavals and paradigm shifts that the general poplulation had to suffer in the earlier years of this newly independent nation.
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Ye raah badi mushqil hai
Posted on: September 13, 2009
Listen to this song and one may think that this is an O P Nayyar composition. I thought so too. But when I found out the details of this song, I found that this song was composed by Madan Mohan.
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