Posts Tagged ‘1961’
“Shamaa” (1961) is a movie starring Vijay Dutt (?), Suraiyya, Nimmi, Kammo, Leela Mishra, Tuntun etc. To me, this movie is notable more for its songs. I have discussed as many as five songs from this movie so far.
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Aankh mein shokhi lab pe tabassum
Posted on: March 13, 2011
“Reshmi Roomaal” (1961) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar (then a newcomer) opposite Shakila (then over the hill). This movie and its songs are quite obscure as of now.
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Tera muskuraanaa banaa ik fasaanaa
Posted on: March 6, 2011
Recently reader Sudhir likened my knack of discovering musical gems to going into a coal mine and stumbling upon diamonds. It is a good comparison, and I in fact feel that the likelihood of coming up with musical diamonds in the metaphorical musical coal mine is far more, seeing how many of them I discover on a regular basis. I in fact liken it to walking on a beach, and coming across these gems lying undiscovered.
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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog.
As far as I know, Sasural (1961) was a pretty big hit. Produced by Prasad Productions and directed by LV Prasad, it starred Rajendra Kumar and B Saroja Devi.
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Bhool saktaa hai bhalaa kaun
Posted on: March 1, 2011
“Dharmputra” (1961) was a movie with a difference as it was a movie with a message made on a socially relevant topic. The fact that the movie did not do well does not detract from the relevance of the message.
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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog
In many of my posts I have talked about Rafi saab. And that is because I just love his voice. It goes straight to my heart. Apparently, from all accounts, he was also a simple, generous human being – and this only adds to the reason why I have extremely high regard for him.
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Zindagi hai kyaa sun meri jaan
Posted on: February 6, 2011
Lyrics of this song are courtesy Sudhir who is a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of lyrics to this blog
Most music lovers are aware of better known songs from movies and they are oblivious of the other songs from those movies. I have fond that these lesser known/forgotten songs can sometimes be real gems/ special songs.
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When I had begun this blog, my grand vision was to discuss 2500 songs. I had thought that by that time I would have discussed all the Hindi movie songs that are worth discussing. When I finally reached that magic figure (on 29 may 2010), I found that I had just scratched the surface, as far as discussing the great Hindi movie songs was concerned and that many great songs were not yet discussed.
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Hu tu tu tu tu
Posted on: February 4, 2011
This is a song that I had never heard before ! And this song is an unusual song in more ways than one.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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