Posts Tagged ‘1961’
When we talk about old evergreen classics, most of the the time we are talking about the creations of big name music directors who have become legends by now. But there are quite a few evergreen classic songs that are the creations of less known music directors.
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“Ham Dono” was a 1961 movie featuring Dev Anand ( double role) with Nanda and Sadhana. This movie had Dev Anand in the role of an army man.
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Husn waale tera jawaab nahin
Posted on: January 6, 2009
Rajendra Kumar, also known as Jubilee Kumar was the most successful male star in 1960s and Rafi was the most successful male playback singer.
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Kya mil gaya haay kya kho gaya
Posted on: January 5, 2009
What a beautiful song from Sasuraal (1961) ! I had never heard this song before, and but for the farmaish of this song, I would have remained oblivious of this song.
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“Junglee” (1961) was in some ways the movie that launched Shammi Kapoor’s career and set the tone for the Shammi Kapoor movies with their set formula. The formula called for a debutant heroine pitted against Shammi Kapoor, Rafi singing some fantastic songs, Rajendranath as the sidekick, and the resultant movies would be lapped up by the public.
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Kashmir ki kali hoon main
Posted on: December 27, 2008
Till recently I thought that this song “Kashmir ki kali hoon main” was the title song of “Kashmir ki kali”. Only when I began to research this song that I realised my ignorance. It is indeed a Shammi Kapoor song, but from “Junglee” and its music was by Shankar Jaikishan (“Kashmir ki kali” had its music by O P Nayyar).
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Dil mera ek aas ka pancchi
Posted on: December 25, 2008
This is a “bicycle” song where Rajendra Kumar plays an NCC cadet. He releases a dove into sky and then sings this song riding a bicycle with his fellow bicyclists.
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Listening to this song is enough to make you feel rejuvenated and energised. And watching the video will leave you spellbound. That is what happened with me yesterday.
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Do ghoont chai pee
Posted on: December 15, 2008
“Sanjog” (1961) is known for some evergreen and timeless Lata- Madan Mohan compositions which were picturised on the heroine viz Anita Guha.
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Teri pyaari pyaari soorat ko
Posted on: December 14, 2008
This song swept every award that it was eligible for. This song from “Sasuraal” was the top song in Binaca geetmala final of 1961, and Rafi won Filmfare best male singer award for this song. This was the second time one particular song won these two coveted honours. Rafi himself had achieved the same distinction in the previous year for “Chaudhvin ka chaand ho” for “Chaudhvin ka chaand”.
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