Posts Tagged ‘1957’
Ude jab jab zulfein teri
Posted on: February 5, 2009
“Naya Daur” was quite a path breaking movie in the history of Bollywood movies.
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So gaya saara zamaana
Posted on: February 4, 2009
In most cases, the reel life that actors essayed on screen had little resemblance with their real lives. But in some cases, viz for Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari, their real lives followed their reel lives. Both of them played melancholic roles towards the later half of their careers, and their real lives proved to be no different. In fact, they both had tragic melancholic ends to their lives.
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Daane daane pe likha hai
Posted on: January 31, 2009
Here is a nice comedy song from a movie called “Baarish”. The song may be a comedy song, but it is a philosophical song too. This song was written by Rajinder Krishan, whereas C Ramchandra is the singer as well as the music director.
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I bet few people have heard about this movie called “Champakali” (1957). This movie had a hero on decline (Bharat Bhooshan) paired up with a very young Suchitra Sen, who would later become a legendary actress in Bangla movies.
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Ye desh hai veer jawaanon ka
Posted on: January 26, 2009
India became independent in 1947 but the course that the new nation would take was determined on 26th January, 1950 when Indians gave themselves their constitution.
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Pradeep, the lyricist of 1940s and 50s ( he in fact was active till 1970s and 80s too) has written some immortal songs in Bollywood movies. Be it religious songs or patriotic songs, his songs often became iconic songs.
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O raat ke musaafir
Posted on: December 30, 2008
I have watched the movie “Miss Mary” and I loved the movie. In fact, I liked its songs as well. The situation under which ths song is sung is quite a romantic situation. Gemini Ganeshan and Meena Kumari are posing as a married couple for the sake of their job,and their employer,Raybahadur feels that they are not spending enough time together as befits a married couple, so locks them up in their bedroom.
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The golden era of Bollywood music (1950-1980) saw an embarrassment of riches as far as talented music directors were concerned. Among all these music directors, Ravi is one of the lesser known names. But if one looks at his output, he must be regarded as the most successful and most classy music directors.
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