Posts Tagged ‘N Datta’
Main jab bhi akeli hoti hoon
Posted on: August 21, 2010
I have received several farmaishes for songs of “Dharmputra” (1961) which was a somewhat “different” movie vis a vis the mainstream movies of those days.
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During the golden era of Hindi film music, movies, irrespective of their grading (A, B, C or whatever) tended to have A grade music. Not just the big name music directors, even lesser music directors were just as good as any. It is just that opportunities were few and far between and any many great talents were starved of opportunities.
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Few people, including me have heard of this movie called “Apna Ghar Apni Kahani” (1968). This movie had come in an era when we had a glut of classy songs, and I do not recall ever listening to songs of this movie. Not that I could have been able to identify the songs as belonging to this movie, had I heard the songs then.
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I had never heard this song, and indeed I had no inkling about the movie this song is from, but what a superb song it is !
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Tang aa chuke hain
Posted on: March 8, 2010
“Light House” (1958) was a movie featuring Ashok Kumar and Nutan. This movie is not remembere much today.Its music too is not very well known now a days. But this movie had a few nice songs in it.
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Dil ki tamanna thhi masti mein
Posted on: December 26, 2009
Believe it or not, there was a movie called “Gyaarah hazaar ladkiyaan” (eleven thousand girls). This 1962 movie had Bharat Bhushan and Mala Sinha in lead roles.
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Here is yet another song that I heard for the first time only just now. And I loved the song immediately.
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“Dhool Ka Phool” (1959) is a movie that has some very nice songs in it. I have posted a few songs and more songs from this movie are need to be posted here.
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Ham panchhi ek daal ke
Posted on: October 22, 2009
- In: Asha Bhonsle solo | Asha Bhonsle songs | Duet | Lyrics by Sudhir | Lyrics contributed by readers | Multiple version song | National integration song | Rafi songs | Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duet | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1957 | Theme song | Title song | Yearwise breakup of songs
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After India became an independent nation in 1947, nation building began in the right earnest. Movies too reflected it, and many movies of that era talked about nation building, and also about the values and aspirations of the newly independent nation.
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“Jaalsaaz” (1959) is a forgotten movie by now. But its songs were quite nice to listen to. If these songs are not known to many then it is the loss of the listeners.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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