Posts Tagged ‘1961’
I have posted as many as five songs from “Ganga Jamuna” (1961) but this movie still has a few songs that
need to be posted.
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“Nazraanaa” (1961) is a movie which saw a rare combination of Rafi singing for Raj Kapoor, with Ravi composing the music. And what superb songs this movie had !
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In Madan Mohan songs, a few words play quite important roles. One word is “aankh” and it variants, viz “Naina” etc and the products thereof viz “aansoo”.
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Tumhi mere meet ho
Posted on: September 21, 2010
In late 1950s and early 1960s, several comedians were seeking to become heroes in Hindi movies. The names of Johny Walker, Mehmood and Jagdeep readily comes to mind. They all acted as heroes in a few movies each, but keeping a sombre face while acting out serious scenes (viz romantic scenes, sad scenes) was not exactly their strong suit. And that is why most of these ventures ended up in failures.
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“Zabak” (1961) was a B grade movie with an Arabian nights kind of a tale. It had Mahipal and Shyama in lead roles.
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From time immemorial, mankind has felt the need to be successful. This has led to the emergence of people who tell aam janta how to succeed. And by the 20th century, there were a host of experts telling us how to succeed. In olden days, they wrote books, which were bought by aam janta and the authors, who till then were unsuccessful themselves, went on to become successful and they would tell their readers to draw inspiration from their example and act likewise to succeed.
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Apni bhi kyaa zindagi hai niraali
Posted on: August 29, 2010
When one thinks about a drunkard going past a deserted street at night, then what Mukesh song appropriate to the occasion occurs to one’s mind ? Is it Zindagi khwaab hai (Jaagte Raho) ? This song was picturised on Motilal, who was a distant relative of Mukesh.
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It is difficult to imagine how Mukesh (of dard bhare naghme fame) would sound on Mehmood (known for loud comedy). Well, stereotyping aside,we actually have instances of Mukesh singing for Mehmood.
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Phir ek baar kaho
Posted on: August 27, 2010
I have posted as many as four songs from “Maayaa” (1961) and all these songs are timeless classics. Now it has been pointed out to me that there are more memorable songs in it. So based on the list of songs provided by Sid in the farmaish page, I am now geared up to post the remaining songs from this movie.
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Main jab bhi akeli hoti hoon
Posted on: August 21, 2010
I have received several farmaishes for songs of “Dharmputra” (1961) which was a somewhat “different” movie vis a vis the mainstream movies of those days.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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