Posts Tagged ‘1959’
Hello sweety seventeen
Posted on: November 9, 2011
“Dr Z” (1959) is as obscure a movie as any movie can ever be. This movie was a Baliwala Films presentation and it was directed by Jal. The cast of this movie had such B grade superstars as Mahipal, Nirupa Roy, Hiralal, Mirza Musharraf etc in it.
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Mere nadeem mere hamsafar
Posted on: October 25, 2011
“Bhai Behan” (1959) is by now an obscure movie, even though it was produced by an A grade producer namely G P Sippy. I S Johar wrote the story and the cast of the movie had names like Starcast: Daisy Irani, Naaz, Nishi Kohli,Rehman, Johnny walker, Kamaljit, Rajan Kapoor, Kathana,PraveenPaul,Rubi Pearl,Amrit Rana, Shammi,Tuntun, Hari Shivdasani,Anwar Hussain etc in it.
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O kali anaar ki na itna sataao
Posted on: October 17, 2011
“Chhoti Behan” (1959) is a movie which was produced by Prasad Productions. It was directed by L V Prasad. The movie had actors like Balraj Sahni, Veena, Rehman, Shyama, Sudesh kumar, Nanda, Dhumal, Radha Krishan, Mehmood, Shubha/shobha Khote, Badri Prasad, KanchanMala, HariShivdasani, Keshav Rana, Jeevankala, Sheela Vaz, Moolchand etc in it.
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Kal ke chaand aaj ke sapne
Posted on: September 20, 2011
While discussing lori (lullaby) songs, I have mentioned that most lullabies are sung by female singers and picturised on actresses playing mother to some tiny tot. But it does not mean that there have not been lories sung by male singers. There may be just a few such songs but they are there.
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I have discussed half a dozen songs from “Sujata” (1959) already and all these songs have been extremely well known songs, including songs that have gone on to become iconic songs.
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Megha re boley ghanan ghanan
Posted on: September 18, 2011
In Hindi movies sometimes one song follows another in a seamless manner, so that one finds it difficult to realise when one song changes into another.
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Andhe ne bhi sapna dekha
Posted on: September 16, 2011
“Sujata” (1959) is a critically acclaimed movie and it is a musical blockbuster too. I am aware of most of the better known songs of this movie, which have gone on to become evergreen classics. But this movie also has a few lesser known songs.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusist of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Asha Bhonsle – the name that conjures up the racy and spicy sounds of ‘udlayee udlayee udlayee o’, a voice that has a chirp, and an impish and naughty flavor to it, and the versatility that adorns thousands of music creations that have become a hallmark in the annals of Hindi film music. The second of the famous siblings of the Mangeshkar clan, Asha ji was born on this day in 1933. She started singing for films at a very young age of 10 years. Although her released recordings in 1950s were second only to Lata, she was considered as the singer for “bad girls” and vamps, and got the assignments that were turned down by Lata, Geeta Dutt and Shamshad Begum. Her voice started getting noticed from films like Sangdil (1952), Parineeta (1953) and Boot Polish (1954). And then came the real recognition of her talent in the mid 1950s, under the baton of OP Nayyar, with hits like CID (1956) and Naya Daur (1957). She became the voice of Helen, and has sung most of the songs that Helen has performed on the screen. Helen ji used to attend the song recording sessions personally, to better get a feel of how the song is to be performed.
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