Posts Tagged ‘Prem Dhawan’
“Nayi Raahein” (1959) is an obscure movie that few people today are aware of. This movie had Ashok Kumar and Geeta Bali in lead roles.
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Ye zindagi hai ik safar
Posted on: February 17, 2011
“Raahi” (1953) is a K A Abbas movie based on novelist Mulkraj Anand’s novel of the same name. This movie had Nalini Jaiwant, Dev Anand, Balraj Sahni etc in it.
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Dekho taangaa meraa niraalaa
Posted on: February 7, 2011
Discovering forgotten gems from the golden era of Hindi movie music is quite a rewarding experience. Look at this discovery, for instance !
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Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten B grade movie called “Police Detective” (1960). This movie had Sujit Kumar and Shyama in lead roles.
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I have discussed one song from “Taangaawaali” (1955) in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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Halke halke chalo saanwre
Posted on: February 3, 2011
I have heard of a movie called “Taangaawaala” of 1970s, but I was not aware that there was a movie called “Taangaawaali” too, which in fact came some two decades prior to “Taangaawaala”. In any case, I have not discussed any songs from either movie in this blog so far.
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Jaagiye Gopal laal
Posted on: January 31, 2011
Here is another rare gem that I discovered hours ago. This song is from “Jawaahar” (1960). Like the song, I had never heard of this movie before.
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Tum meet mere tum praan mere
Posted on: January 25, 2011
“Jeet” (1949) is a movie that paired Suraiyya (a popular star of the time) with Dev Anand, then a new comer.
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These days I am searching for songs of Hemant Kumar. During this search, I have come across many songs for the first time.
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I have mentioned it several times that there are lots of songs that I know nothing about. I get to know about them either on my own while I stumble upon them, or through the farmaishes of my knowledgeable readers.
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