Posts Tagged ‘Nakshab’
Zindagi hai ya koi toofaan hai
Posted on: August 7, 2011
“Zindagi Ya Toofaan” (1958) is a movie that had Pradeep Kumar,Nutan,Johny Walker and Minu Mumtaz in it. The movie as well as its songs are not all that well known these days. But that has not stopped me from discussing a couple of songs from this movie.
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Kyaa karoon kyaa karoon
Posted on: August 3, 2011
“Raftaar” (1955) is a movie starring Nadira and Talat Mehmood. Yes, it is a movie of those days when Talat Mehmood was trying hard to make it big as a singing acting hero.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Parwaana (1947) is sadly the last film of Saigal Saab. In January of 1947, Saigal Saab left this mortal world, with this picture being released after his departure. In the leading credits for this film, this is dedicated to the everlasting memory of Saigal Saab himself.
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There are several ways in which I come across musical gems. Arbitrarily clicking away at various youtube clips is one such way. But another, and far more effective way is to go through the farmaishes of readers on the farmaish page, and look for those songs. That is what I am consciously doing these days, and it has been a highly rewarding experience.
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Kahta hai ye dil chal unse mil
Posted on: December 18, 2010
“Naghmaa” (1953) is a movie about which very little is known. The video of its songs are apparently not available so we only have audio of songs of this movie. I have so far discussed two songs from this movie.
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Here is a song from “Naghma” (1953). Only the audio of this song is available so it is difficult to tell who the actor was on whom this song was picturised. For that matter I find it difficult to say who the singer is. All sources describe the voice as Shamshad Begam’s though the voice sounds rather different to me. Can anyone confirm/correct who the singer could be ?
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I was not aware of this movie called “Naghma”(1953). Now I know about this movie and I wonder how the songs of this movie have managed to escape the attention of music lovers.
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Mushqil hai bahut mushqil
Posted on: December 3, 2010
“Mahal” (1949) was a movie starring Asho Kumar and a very young Madhubala. This movie is also remembered as the one which launched Lata’s career as a playback singer. Her songs in this movie became very popular and one of the songs, viz Aayega aanewaala aayega became a timeless classic.
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In Hindi movies, one actor normally lip sync in the voice of one playback singer. But there are exceptions, when he/she sings different songs in the voice of different singers.
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Aahen na bharin shiqwe na kiye
Posted on: September 27, 2010
Most well known qawwalis in Hindi movies are from 1950s and 1960s. But the earliest hit qawwali is older than that.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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