Posts Tagged ‘1959’
I had mentioned it earlier that “Chaand” (1959) is one forgotten movie that had some lovely songs in it. I have posted two songs from this movie already and both these songs are forgotten gems.
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There are many songs from the past which despite their obvius class did not become very popular. one can say that such songs were not quite meant for the masses. And those who appreciated such compositions were in a very small minority.
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Mohan ki baansuriyaa
Posted on: October 14, 2009
Here is a rare song. Needless to say that I was totally unaware about the existence of this song and indeed about this movie.
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When you need to look for iconic songs on any topic, you should look for songs composed by Ravi. I have noticed that majority of iconic Bollywood songs, whatever be their topics, have been composed by Ravi.
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Kaase kahoon man ki baat
Posted on: October 3, 2009
Here is a lovely semi classical song and dance performance from “Dhool ka phool” (1959). This movie which starred Rajendra Kumar and Mala Sinha had some nice songs i it.
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“Paighaam” (1959) is a movie starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjyantimala. This movie, like most movies of that era, had some nice songs in it.
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“Qaidi no 911” (1959) was a “B grade” movie in the sense that it was an action thriller and it had Sheikh Mukhtar as action hero. When I say it was a B grade movie, I mean no disrespect. In fact, I think movies like this with Sheikh Mukhtar as hero were as good as the A grade action movies of 1970s. Yes, action movies had begun to be regarded as A grade by 1970s.
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Raahi mil gaye raahon mein
Posted on: September 15, 2009
“Dil Deke Dekho” (1959) was one of the earlier Shammi Kapoor movies where Shammi Kapoor was seen with his tradmark mannerisms.
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“Kyaa ye Bombay hai ?” (1959) is as obscure a movie as any. This C grade movie had Maruti and Nishi in lead roles.
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Kaun ye aaya mehfil mein
Posted on: September 14, 2009
This song is neither written by Hasrat Jaipuri nor composed by Shankar Jaikishan. But this song sounds like a Shammi Kapoor song, and it looks like a Shammi Kapoor song, because other ingredients are very much there. Rafi is the singer, Asha Parekh is there, and most important of them all, Shammi Kapoor himself is there in this song.
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