Posts Tagged ‘S N Tripathi’
“Kavi Kalidas” (1959) was a movie that was not a mainstream movie, rather the so called B grade movie. These were low budget movies whose subjects were often mythology . This particular movie, as its name suggests was the tale of the great Sanskrit poet Kalidas.
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O pawan veg se udne waale ghode
Posted on: August 27, 2009
I had last heard this song over three decades ago. I was looking for this song for quite some time. I was finally able to locate this elusive song yesterday.
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Chalo chalo chalen
Posted on: July 2, 2009
Many movies have been made in Bollywood on the story of Alibaba and forty thieves. The first such movie, that I am aware of, was made in 1954. It was a C grade movie and it had Mahipal and Shakila in lead roles.
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Pyaara pyaara ye samaa
Posted on: June 22, 2009
“Laal Quila”(1960) was a C grade movie with lesser known actors and its music was by S N Tripathi, the biggest name in music direction in such movies.
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Baat chalat nayi chunari rang daari
Posted on: June 1, 2009
In 1950s, we had a few movies which showed musical showdown by two musicians. Both of them would contest against each other trying to score musical brownie points, before the hero ( singing in the voice of a mainstream singer) would be adjusted to have won against the lesser actor ( singing in the voice of a classical singer).
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Taaron ki thandi chaiyyaan
Posted on: April 1, 2009
As is usual with me, I have been discovering many forgotten gems almost on a daily basis as far as bollywood songs are concerned.
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Badli badli duniya hai meri
Posted on: March 4, 2009
Here is yet another example of a nice song from a forgotten movie.
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Shaam bhaye Ghanshyam na aaye
Posted on: March 4, 2009
While looking for some forgotten songs from forgotten movies of the past, I came across this song from a 1959 movie called “Kavi Kalidas”.
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Parwar digaare aalam
Posted on: March 3, 2009
This movie “Hatimtai” (1956) was a C grade movie, the kind of movie which is lucky to see the light of day, and which is destined to pass into oblivion soon thereafter.
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Aa laut ke aaja mere meet
Posted on: February 10, 2009
“Rani Roopmati” was a C grade movie, and songs from such movies typically failed to catch the ears of the mainstream listeners. But there were some exceptions.
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