Posts Tagged ‘Hemant Kumar’
Billi bajaaye baajaa
Posted on: November 26, 2010
“Sahaara” (1958) is one of those movies that have been totally forgotten with time. But when one watches the movie, or listens to the songs, one realises that this movie and/or its songs deserve to be much better known instead of lying forgotten.
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“Aagosh” (1953), a forgotten movie by now, had Nasir Khan, Nutan and Shakila.
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Laut gayaa gham ka zamaanaa
Posted on: November 10, 2010
Most songs discussed in this blog are songs that are well known. Then there are songs that are lessser known. On the other end of the spectrum, there are songs which are so rare that not too many people are aware of their existence.
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Bheegi bheegi fazaa
Posted on: September 30, 2010
This song starts with a car moving in a road, with four people sitting in it. Good, so it is a car song, I think.
But for the rest of the song, the car remains parked. The four of them have come for a picnic. We see Shashikala, holding a picnic basket in one hand, singing this song, to no one is particular. Others have assembled there for picnic, but she seems to have gone there to sing this song. 😀 I see that her colleagues include Dharmendra, but he keeps a low profile throughout this song.
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I have heard of this movie called “Champakali”(1957). It had that song Chhup gaya koyi re door se pukaar ke(Champakali)(1957) which was quite popular on Vividh Bharati in 1970s.
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Tum aur ham bhool ke gham
Posted on: September 22, 2010
If you want to listen to a song to calm your nerves, you should listen to Geeta Dutt’s song or Hemant Kumar’s song. And if you can find a song where both of them sing together, then it is even better.
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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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“Saahib Bibi aur Ghulaam” (1962) is a movie par excellence.The songs of this movie are just as wonderful.
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I was not aware about the existence of this movie called “Paayal” (1957). Now I know that it is a movie starring Sunil Dutt and Padmini.
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I am not much clued in on the movie “House No. 44” (1955). This movie had Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik in lead roles.
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