Posts Tagged ‘Nargis’
The technology of recording Hindi movie songs in the earlier decades was not very advanced. It was not possible to use the same recording for both the movie as well as the record companies, so the same song was recorded twice- once for the movie sound track, and another time for the record company.
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Doob gaye aakaash ke taare
Posted on: January 4, 2011
I had never heard of this movie called “Angaarey” (1954) not had I heard any songs from this movie. This movie had Nasir Khan and Nargis in it alongwith Pran and others.
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Some times name of the movie gives you an idea what to expect. If the title of a movie begins with the adjective “Chhoti” and it is followed by a common noun depicting a female person then you can expect a movie full of sacrifices and sad songs. Movie makers have left no such combination unused while choosing titles for their movies.
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Chaman mein rah ke veeraanaa
Posted on: December 16, 2010
Here is a lovely grand piano song from “Deedaar” (1951). This is a song picturised on Nargis, with Ashok Kumar also visible in the picturisation.
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This is a very well known song- in fact an iconic song. This song is a bullock cart song sung by Mukesh. All these days I thought that this song was from a Raj Kapoor movie. So it came as a surprise to me when I realised that this song is actually from a Dilip Kumar movie.
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Everyone is aware that 1957 saw the movie “Mother India” in which Nargis played the central character. Few people know that the same year also saw the release of another movie called “Miss India”. And guess who played the central character in this movie ? It was none other than Nargis herself !
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Is dil ki haalat kyaa kahiye
Posted on: November 26, 2010
“Anhonee” (1952) is one of the lesser known movies with Raj Kapoor and Nargis in it. The movie apparently failed at the box office. The songs of this movie are decent songs to listen to, though.
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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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Kishore Kumar made his debut as a playback singer in 1948 when he sang for Dev Anand in “Ziddi” (1948). For nearly two decades after that, he remained a marginal singer who only sang for himself and occasionally for others (read Dev Anand).
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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