Posts Tagged ‘Lata’
“Raahi” (1953) was a movie that was based on Mulkraj Anand’s novel “Ek Kali Aur Do Pattiyaan”(Two leaves and a bud). Dev Anand and Nalini Jaiwant were the main lead in this movie.
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So gayi chaandni
Posted on: May 8, 2011
“Aakaash” (1953) is a forgotten movie which had Agha, Balraj Sahni, Nadira, Manmohan Krishan, Shammi (not to be confused with Shammi Kapoor), Badri Prasad, Jillo etc in it.
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“Angulimaal” (1960) is a movie based on the life of angulimaal, a bandit who was a contemporary of Lord Budhha who got reformed after his interaction with the latter. This movie had Bharat Bhushan,Nimmi,Anita Guha,Helen etc in it.
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Aayi madhu ritu basant bahaar ree
Posted on: May 6, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A wonderful gem of a duet from Hamdard (1953). This is such a wonderful classical jugalbandi, such a pleasure to listen with your eyes closed. It is almost a divine composition, a signature composition by Anil Da, with more than one raga blended seamlessly into a single flow. A virtuous melody, and a pleasure to listen to.
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Koi maane na maane magar jaaneman
Posted on: May 5, 2011
“Chaar Din Chaar Raahen” (1959) was an ambitious movie that tried to deal with lots of issues and ended up as a confused hotch potch of a movie.
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Roothh ke tum to chal diye
Posted on: May 5, 2011
“Jalti Nishaani” (1957) is an obscure movie by now. It had Geeta Bali and Kamal Kapoor in lead roles. Kuldeep Kaur,Sundar,Ulhaas,Chaman Puri etc had also figured in this movie.
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If one creates one or two masterpiece songs in a movie that I suppose the creators of such songs in that movie could be justified in taking it easy while creating the remaining songs. But that is not how they worked in the (G)olden days. The created one gem after another in the same movie, as if this was the last movie of their careers. And they continued it for their other movies as well for their entire careers that lasted a few decades. and then there were many others who worked in the same way. No wonder we are left with a huge body of quality music that we can keep exploring for decades, without being able to exhaust it.
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Balmaa jaa jaa jaa
Posted on: May 3, 2011
The more number of songs I discover, the more I realise how less I know about the great musical gems. And that is the case when I have already discussed over 3800 songs !
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Beimaan tore nainwaa nindiyaa na aaye
Posted on: May 3, 2011
When a small kid has to be put to sleep, the mother sings him/her a soothing lullaby. It is not just that only small kids appreciate lullabies. Grownups are just as receptive to them. So I see no reason why a female should not sing lullabies to her husband/lover in case he too is required to be put to sleep.
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Kaise kaatoon ye kaali raaten
Posted on: May 2, 2011
While looking for songs of “Heer Ranjha” (1970), I discovered that this was not the only movie bearing this title. There have been as many as six movies called “Heer Ranjha” over the decades ! “Heer Ranjha” (1970) -the fifth movie bearing this title is the most well known of them, thanks mainly to its music. Prior to this movie, “Heer Ranjha” (1948) -the fourth movie with this title,was the most well known movie of this name.
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