Posts Tagged ‘Raja Mehdi Ali Khan’
Chhod mujhe na jaanaa
Posted on: April 13, 2011
“Madhosh” (1951) has one hero (Manhar Desai) and two heroines (Meena Kumari and Usha Kiran). In this movie, Manhar Desai got to lip sync in the voice of Talat Mehmood. The two leading ladies, who was seen to romance the same hero, were also made to lip sync in the same voice, viz that of Lata.
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Pyaar banke mujhpe koi chhaa gayaa
Posted on: April 13, 2011
1947, when India gained its independence and the country was partitioned was a period of transition as well as momentous changes in the Hindi movies and its music. Many big names of music world had departed from the scene and new artists were taking their place.
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Chheda jo dil ka fasaanaa
Posted on: April 12, 2011
“Naqli Nawaab” (1962) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar and Shalika. This movie and its songs have been forgotten with time. I discovered the songs of this movie only just recently and I liked them.
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Haay kisi ka rangeen aanchal
Posted on: April 12, 2011
“Chaubees Ghante” viz twentyfour hours is a movie that was released in 1958. This B grade movie had Premnath, Shakeela, K N Singh, Maruti, Nishi, Satish Batra etc in it. This movie was a B grade movie and I am not much aware of this movie. I in fact was more aware of a movie called “Chattees Ghante” (thirtysix hours) that was released in 1975.
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“Jaageer” (1959) is an obscure movie which had Premnath, Ulhas, Meena Kumari, Kuldeep Kaur etc in it.
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Meri aankhon ki neend le gayaa
Posted on: April 12, 2011
“Madhosh” (1951) is a movie starring Manhar, Usha Kiran and Meena Kumari. This movie is today known known for its music.
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Aankhon se aankh mili
Posted on: April 11, 2011
“Mitti Mein Sona” (1960) is a lesser known movie from the past. This movie had Pradeep Kumar and Mala Sinha in it.
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Jab aane waale aate hain
Posted on: April 11, 2011
When Madan Mohan began his career as a music director with “Aankhen” (1950), he used several singers and lyricists in that movie. Interestingly, Lata was not among those several singers. He began using Lata from his subsequent movies. And he also made use of less number of singers and lyricists in these movies.
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Dhoondhe tujhko nain deewaane
Posted on: April 10, 2011
“Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai” (1967) is a treasure trove of great songs, as I have been discovering these days.
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“Reshmi Roomaal” (1961) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar and Shakila. Like all B grade movies of those days, this movie has A grade music, even if the music director is a lesser known individual.
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