Posts Tagged ‘Ghulam Mohammad’
Mere dil ke musaafir khaane mein
Posted on: July 13, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When the name of Ghulam Mohammed is mentioned, the mind conjures up the classical and semi classical sounds and rhythms, foremost from Pakeezaah and then from many other movies like Shamaa, Mirza Ghalib, Laila Majnu, Dil e Nadaan, Shaayar, and other such movies. And so it is a surprise to come across lighter songs and foot tapping numbers that have been composed under his baton. On first hearing, if the details are not known, one can easily attribute these songs to OP Nayyar or Shankar-Jaikishan, Chitragupt etc.
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Kyun ae dil e deewaanaa
Posted on: July 13, 2011
The title of the movie “Bikhhre Moti” (1951) gives enough statutory warning that this movie is a melancholic movie with melancholic songs. Indeed, this movie which had Jayant, Jeevan, Kamini Kaushal, Neelam, Nigar Sultana, Ranjana etc in it have just that kind of songs in it.
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I have just come across this obscure song from an obscure movie called “Maang” (1950). This movie which was directed by Saghir Usmani, had actors like Zia,Wasti,Mubarak,Ramola,Amar,Pratima,Malhotra,Leela Pandey,Basu,Hemlata etc.Most of these names hardly ring any bells, obviously.
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Dil ka sahaaraa toot na jaaye
Posted on: July 11, 2011
“Paaras” (1949) is a movie starring Kamini Kaushal, Rehman, Murad, Madhubala, K N Singh,Cuckoo etc.
I have so far discussed four songs from this movie.
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Na wo hamaare na dil hamaaraa
Posted on: July 10, 2011
“Dil e Naadaan” (1953) is a movie starring Talat Mehmood, Shyama and Peace Kanwal.
Here is a song from this movie which is sung by Sudha Malhotra. The song is picturised on Shyama singing this melancholic song inside her room, with Peace Kanwal wondering outside what is going on.
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“Sheesha” (1952) is an obscure movie which was produced by Asian Picturs and it had actors like Sajjan,Nargis,Vimla,Amar,Achla Sachdev, Zebu, Anwari, Cuckoo, Majnu etc in it.
I have discussed three songs from this movie so far. Here is another song from this movi. This obscure song (at least for me) is sung by Lata. The song is written by an unknown lyricist called Umar Ansari. Music is composed by Ghulam Mohammad.
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Aansoo thhi meri zindagi
Posted on: July 8, 2011
“Bikhhre Moti” (1951) is a movie I have little idea about. But I have gathered that this movie had actors like Jeevan, Neelam, Kamini Kaushal, Nigar, Jayant, Ranjana, Sherry etc in it. From the movie title, the movie appears to be a tear jerker movie.
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Chham chhamaachham paayal baaje
Posted on: July 6, 2011
“Rail Ka Dibba” (1953) is one of the earliest movie of Shammi Kapoor. In this movie he is paired opposite Madhubala. By that time, Madhubala had already carved a niche for herself whereas Shammi Kapoor had yet to discover his niche.
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“Pugree” (1948) is a movie that had Amar, Wasti, Kamini Kaushal, Dikshit,Shashikala, Gope, Pratima Devi, Ram Avtaar etc in it.
This movie had some nice songs in it which were sung by Mukesh, Sitara Kanpuri and Shamshad Begam. I have so far discussed three songs from this movie.
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