Posts Tagged ‘Manna Dey’
Arre haan dildaar
Posted on: August 26, 2009
“Bewaqoof” (1960), as the name suggests, was a comedy movie which unfortunately has been forgotten with time. This movie had Kishore Kumar and I S Johar as lead actors cum comedians. Mala Sinha was also there in this movie.
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I was not aware about this movie called “Jyoti” (1969). This was obviously a movie that sank without its trace and the songs of this movie suffered as a result too.
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Darshan do Ghanshyaam
Posted on: August 20, 2009
In my school days, my Hindi textbooks used to contain poems by eminent Hindi poets. One such poet was called Gopal Singh Nepali.
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I have mentioned it in the past that “NeelKamal” (1968) was a movie that gave us some iconic songs.
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“Adhikaar” (1971) was a movie which was a musical blockbuster, though the movie itself flopped.
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Hariyaala saawan dhol bajaataa aaya
Posted on: July 17, 2009
Recently I posted a song from “Do Beegha Zameen” (1953). I am not aware about the songs from this movie and I am discovering these songs only just now.
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“Do Beegha Zameen” (1953) was a critically acclaimed movie. This movie won several prestigious awards, and it in fact swept the inaugural filmfare awards, if I am not mistaken.
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I have heard of “Usne kahaa tha” (1960), and I have heard of its song “aha rimjhim ke ye pyaare pyaare geet liye” too, but that is all I knew about this movie.
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As special songs go, this song is very special indeed. Let me enumerate why this song is special.
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Earlier I had posted a superb song sung by Geeta Dutt on Meena Kumari from the movie “Tamasha” (1952). Here is another forgotten gem from the same movie.
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