Posts Tagged ‘Actor-Singer’
I have mentioned in the past that “Singaar” (1949) has many songs in it. I have not really counted them, but I am sure that there are more than a dozen great songs in it.
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“Dillagi” (1949) is a movie starring Shyam, Suraiyya, Shyam Kumar,Amar, Sharada,Amir Bano etc and out of these names, I am only familiar with Suraiyya and to some extent Shyam.
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O dupatta rang de mera rangrez
Posted on: December 12, 2010
“Gajre” (1948) is a long forgotten movie by now. This movie had Motilal,Suraiyya,Geeta Nizami etc in it.
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Laagi naahin chhoote raamaa
Posted on: December 11, 2010
December 11 is the birthday of Dilip Kumar. I take this opportunity to discuss a few songs picturised on Dilip Kumar.
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“Singaar”(1949) is a musical extravaganza. It has so many songs in it that I have been unable to satisfactorily count them.
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I have no idea if chana jor, moongphali etc are still sold today on street by vendors. Personally I have not seen such vendors for the past few decades, so chances are, such vendors are on the verge of extinction, if not already extinct.
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In 1950s, Talat Mehmood, then a leading playback singer, also tried his hands in acting. He started played leading roles in several movies.
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Arzi hamaari ye marzi hamaari
Posted on: December 3, 2010
Most music lovers, including yours truly, are aware of only one song from “Naukri” (1954) and that song is the evergreen Chhota sa ghar hoga baadalon ki chhaaon me. But there are other songs in it that are created with the same amount of love and care and those songs are also wonderful to listen to, if we only care to listen to them. These days I am digging these songs out and I am finding that these forgotten songs are gems.
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Duniya kyaa jaane mera afsaanaa
Posted on: December 2, 2010
“Dillagi” (1949) was a movie with some delightful songs in it. Who can forget songs like Tu mera chand main teri chaandni and Murli waale murli bajaa. These songs are timeless classics.
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I was not aware of this movie called “Aage Badho” (1947). As I can see, this movie had Dev Anand and Khursheed in lead roles.
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