Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Mil mil ke gaayenge do dil yahaan
Posted on: August 27, 2011
“Dulaari” (1949) is a movie that starred Suresh, Geeta Bali, Madhubala etc. This movie is today known as the movie that launched the career of Rafi as a playback singer with the song Suhaani raat dhal chuki na jaane tum kab aaoge.
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Deewaane tum deewaane ham
Posted on: August 26, 2011
“Bezubaan” (1962) was a movie of Gope productions, which was a production house owned by Gope and his brother Ram Kamlani. Ram Kamlanai was also the director of this movie.
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In 1950s, Mukesh was trying hard to be an actor-singer. He was producing his own movies in which he would be the hero and naturally he would sing his own songs. His career as a singer was sugffering as a result, because he was not getting too many assignments as a playback singer. To make matters worse, the movies that he produced and acted in, were proving out to be box office disasters.
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Sheeshe ka ho ke patthhar ka dil
Posted on: August 26, 2011
“Baat Ek Raat Ki” (1962) is a movie starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman. When one looks at the songs of this movie, one notices that this movie had lots of singers singing lots of solos and duets. This movie had singers like Rafi,Lata, Manna Dey,Hemant Kumar,Asha Bhonsle and Suman Kalyanpuri. And this movie has duets sung by Rafi and Lata, Rafi and Asha Bhonsle, as well as Hemant Kumar and Suman Kalyanpur. In fact, Asha Bhonsle and Rafi sing as many as four duets in this movie.
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Mujhpe ilzaam e bewafaayee hai
Posted on: August 26, 2011
“Yaasmeen” (1955) is a movie that had Suresh and Vyjyanti Mala in lead roles. This movie had an Arabian nights kind of story line.
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Apni kaho kuchh meri suno
Posted on: August 26, 2011
“Parchhaain” (1952) is a movie produced by Rajkamal Kalamandir. It was directed by V Shantaram and it starred V Shantaram and Sandhya. This movie had some wonderful songs in it. I have discussed four songs from this movie in the past.
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“Baazaar” (1949) is a movie that starred Nigar Sultana, Shyam, Gope,Yaqoob,Kukku etc in it. I have discussed three songs from this movie in the past.
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“Chaand Mere Aaja” (1960) is a movie that had Bharat Bhushan, Nanda, Maruthi Rao, B.M.Vyas, Achala Sachdev, Lalitha pawaar,jeevan, D.K.sapru, Veena etc in it. This was a Murli Movies productions and it was directed by Raam Dariyaani.
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Koyal boley koo
Posted on: August 25, 2011
“Baap Beti” (1954) is a very obscure movie and its songs are even more obscure. But what nice songs this movie has !
Here is a lovely song from this movie. This song is sung by Lata and chorus. Only the audio of this song is available, so it is difficult to guess how and whom this song is picturised. My guess is that a music teacher is teaching music to her pupils in this song.
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Tadpaa ke mujhe ab chhod diyaa
Posted on: August 25, 2011
“Namoona” (1949) is a movie that had Kishore Sahu, Kamini Kaushal, Dev Anand and Leela Chitnis in lead roles. In this movie, Kamini Kaushal’s father fixes her wedding with Kishore Sahu, though she is in love with Dev Anand. And as is the case in Hindi movies, he resorts to emotional blackmail to get her to marry the person of his choice. Dev Anand, who overhears their conversation, also concurs with the old man and advises Kamini Kaushal that they needed to sacrifice their love for the sake of practical considerations.
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