Posts Tagged ‘1959’
Nainaa hain jaadoo bhare
Posted on: April 2, 2011
“Bedard Zamaanaa Kyaa Jaane” (1959) was a B grade movie starring Ashok Kumar, Nirupa Roy,Sudesh Kumar, Jabeen Jaleel etc. This movie is quite significant from music point of view. It was with this movie that Kalyanji Veerji Shah made his debut as an independent music director. Till then, he was assisting to other senior music directors viz Hemant Kumar etc. After another movie (Madaari), Kalyanji was joined by his younger brother Anandji and they formed the by now legendary musical partnership known as Kalyanji Anandji.
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“Saawan” (1959) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had Bharat Bhushan and Ameeta in lead roles.
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Tu ladki main ladkaa ladkaa
Posted on: March 7, 2011
Songs and dances play a very important role in Hindi movies. In olden days, lead actors were needed to sing and dance. Once playback singing began, actors were thankfully no longer required to sing their own songs, but they were still required to dance. That is especially true for actresses and proficiency in dancing was an important skill for them.
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Arre apni khaatir jeena hai
Posted on: March 2, 2011
“Dhool Ka Phool” (1959) is a movie that had Ashok Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha and Nanda in lead roles. The movie had some nice songs in it. I have already discussed four songs from this movie.
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Lyrics of this song have been provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
It may be unimaginable today for the present generation, but when India became independent over six decades ago, the country was industrially undeveloped and there was hardly any infrastructure to speak of. Indian leadership of that time decided that India needed to adopt the Soviet Union model of planned economy for nation building. Accordingly, there used to be five year plans those days and based on the decisions taken for these five year plans, various infrastructure projects were undertaken.
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“Nayi Raahein” (1959) is an obscure movie that few people today are aware of. This movie had Ashok Kumar and Geeta Bali in lead roles.
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Till a few hours ago,I was not aware of any songs where Madan Mohan used the voice of Hemant Kumar. Not any longer. I have now discoverd a song where Hemant Kumar indeed sings under the music direction of Madan Mohan.
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Din raat badalte hain
Posted on: February 8, 2011
“Naya Sansaar” (1959) is quite an obscure movie. Few people seem to be aware of any details about the cast of this movie. This appears to be a B grade movie that failed at the box office.
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O mere bichhde balam
Posted on: January 30, 2011
Here is a lovely song from an obscure B grade movie. Only the audio of this song is available so it is not possible to tell about the artist on whom this song is picturised.
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Though the first few lines of this song are the same as Iqbal’s song, other lines of this song are different. This patriotic song is from “Bhai Bahan” (1959). This song is sung by ASha Bhonsle and picturised on a kid. I have no idea about the identity of the kid. I request my knowledgeable readers to help identify the actor.
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