Posts Tagged ‘Manna Dey’
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A wonderful “searching-for-a-lost-one” song. The movie is Chaalis Din (1959) with a reasonably good set of actors, i.e. Premnath, Shakeela, Nishi, KN Singh, Maruti, Shammi, Chaman Puri, Kuckoo etc. This particular song is picturized on Shakeela as the main singer on screen, supported by Shammi and Maruti. Maruti looks very different and somber, unlike his comical sidekick roles that he has played in many movies of Dara Singh, Sheikh Mukhtar etc.
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Har taraf ab yahi afsaane hain
Posted on: May 12, 2011
I listened to this song for several years without being aware of its details. It is only for the last few years that have found out the details of this song. This song , which is sung by Manna Dey, is from “Hindustan Ki Kasam” (1973). Raj Kumar playing an India Air Force pilot, is the hero of this movie. In this movie, Priya Rajwansh plays the romantic interest of Raj Kapoor.
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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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Paisaa hi maalik paisaa hi daataa
Posted on: May 5, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
I have seen the movie Sautela Bhai (1962) many years ago on Doordarshan, and have remembered it for a very strong performance by Guru Dutt. It is a family drama, based on the story of two step brothers. Guru Dutt, the elder, is a responsible and values oriented person. The younger one is an irresponsible weakling, who has a bevy of crooked friends around him. The storyline moves on a very predictable track, with a happy ending.
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Bade aaye shikaari shikaar karne
Posted on: May 5, 2011
“Angulimaal” (1960) is a movie that was based on the life of a bandit who got reformed after he met Lord Buddha. This movie was produced by Thai International Society and it was directed by Vijay Bhatt. Bharat Bhushan, Nimmi,Anita Guha etc acted in it.
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Earlier decades of Indian independence (1950s and 1960s) saw much enthusiasm for nation building in public life as well as in movies. And Soviet Union style socialism was considered the way to progress. Many movies were made on the theme of nation building in those days. and these movies naturally had songs to inspire people.
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O ashaadh ke pahle baadal
Posted on: April 20, 2011
When I first began this blog, this was not the only songs related blog that I began. I also began a blog on vishesh Jaimala where I would post the transcripts of vishesh Jaimala programmes presented by celebrities from the movie world. They would share their experiences and play a few songs. This programme, to my mind, is one of the best ever radio programmes that one can think of. And what celebrities ! Almost all big names (with a few exceptions) presented Vishesh jaimala programmes those days.
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Shrishti thhi anjaan
Posted on: April 20, 2011
“Stree”(1961) is a movie produced by V Shantaram and starring V Shantaram,Sandhya, Parda Chawan, Mumtaz etc. This movie, as well as its music may have been forgotten, but when I discovered the music of this movie some one year back, I loved it. And by now I have discussed as many as three songs from this movie.
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Baaje re paayal baaje
Posted on: April 17, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another gem of a song from the 1964 movie Hameer Hatth. This is a semi classical composition, rendered so well by Manna Dey. The composoition is by Sanmukh Babu Upadhyaya, and the beautiful lyrics in chaste Hindi, are by Neelkanthh Tiwari. The words are just beautiful, and need a careful listen.
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Naye naye rangon se likhti
Posted on: April 17, 2011
“Kavi Kalidas” (1959) is a movie in which Bharat Bhushan played the title role of Kalidas, the great Saskrit poet of the middle ages.
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