Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
Dil le ke chhupne waale
Posted on: June 23, 2011
During late 1940s and early 1950s, Rehman used to act as hero in Hindi movies. Unfortunately most such movies with him as the hero seem to have ended up as obscure movies, and he finally had to end up making his living as character artist in subsequent years.
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Lab pe fariyaad hai dil barbaad hai
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Naach” (1949) is a movie that I became aware of only recently. And I have since found that this movie has some lovely songs in it.
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Sainyyaa pyaaraa hai apna milan
Posted on: June 21, 2011
“Do Behnen” (1959) is not a movie that too many people know much about. this obscure movie had Rajendra Kumar and Shyama in lead roles.
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Aaja meri duniyaa mein
Posted on: June 21, 2011
In olden days, most radio programmes used to be live programmes and appearing in radio programmes was considered a big deal. Many movie artists in fact cut their teeth working on radio in their earlier years.
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Bichhde huye saajan ki
Posted on: June 20, 2011
Here is a song from a movie called “Pyaar Ki Manzil” (1950). It is sung by Lata. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist and music is composed by Husnlal Bhagatram.
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Taqdeer ki gardish kyaa kam thhi
Posted on: June 19, 2011
“Sitaaraa” (1955) is a by now forgotten movie that had Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyantimala in lead roles. The songs of this movie are just as obscure as the movie itself. But I have found that the songs of this movie are gems.
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Sainyyaa jaao jaao
Posted on: June 19, 2011
“Jhanak Jhanak Paayal Baaje” (1955) was a V Shantaram movie which starred Gopi Krishna and Sandhya in lead roles. This movie had several nice songs in it and I have discussed four songs out of them.
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Lehron se poochh lo
Posted on: June 19, 2011
I keep discovering rare musical gems on a regular basis. Look what I have discovered just now !
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Nigaahon ki jaadoogari
Posted on: June 18, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Shabnam (1964) is a fantasy adventure, a mix of comedy, action and intrigue in the royal palace. With the combination of Mehmood (still trying at that time to succeed as a hero), Sheikh Mukhtar, Jeevan, Helen, Vijay Laxmi, Mukri, Mohan Choti etc., the roles and story line is almost predictable. Memsaab’s blog carries a very interesting review of this movie (click here to go to the review). The movie has had a pretty successful run in its time, in the B circuit release cinema houses. But more than that, this movie is remembered for its music, rather it is a musical blockbuster, as Atul ji has mentioned in his post for one of the songs ‘Har Nazar Mein Sau Afsaane’.
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