Posts Tagged ‘1961’
There are many people who may think that this is a non filmy prayer. That is how well known this song is.
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This song as well as its movie is as obscure as a movie and a movie can get. “Flat no. 9” (1961) is the name of the movie.This movie is obviously a C grade movie which had Ashok Kumar, Saeeda Khan, Jagdish Sethi (?),Dinesh Kumar Tiwari (?),Helen etc in its cast.
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In Bollywood movies, poor hero ( during his childhood) typically would earn his livelihood by acting as a shoeshine boy, whereas his mother would sit on a singer machine and sew clothes to earn her livelihood.
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Though this song is from a movie of 1961, I first heard this song just a few days ago. And since then, I have come to the conclusion that this song must be one of the greatest songs created in Bollywood movies. And I am really surprised that this song is not all that well known. A song like this should form part of all the “all time classics” that music companies come up with periodically.
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I recall this song from my younger days. This has to be the ultimate chaayaageet song. I recall listening to this song emanating from radios late at night after 10 PM and wondering why they had to play such boring songs at that time. And now, when I stumbled upon this song again, I felt like I had discovered a great treasure.
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Helen is mostly seen in Videshi naach, but here she is seen dressed in desi outfits and dancing a desi dance. The occasion is a wedding, where she is performing.
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O pawan veg se udne waale ghode
Posted on: August 27, 2009
I had last heard this song over three decades ago. I was looking for this song for quite some time. I was finally able to locate this elusive song yesterday.
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I have heard this song several times in the past and I thought it must be a song from 1950s. But it turns out to be a song of 1961 and it is from “Shola Aur Shabnam”.
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Chaand kabhi thaa baahon mein
Posted on: August 23, 2009
Here is an obscure song from an obscure movie with some obscure names.
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