Posts Tagged ‘Shailendra’
Rulaa kar chal diye ik din
Posted on: December 9, 2010
Hemant Kumar was one of those all rounders who was equally competent in singing as well as composing songs. And though he was a music director, he was not averse to singing under the music direction of others. That way, he is different from other music directors, who mostly sang only under their own music direction. Hemant Kumar, on the other hand , sang under the direction of several leading music directors of those days.
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Arzi hamaari ye marzi hamaari
Posted on: December 3, 2010
Most music lovers, including yours truly, are aware of only one song from “Naukri” (1954) and that song is the evergreen Chhota sa ghar hoga baadalon ki chhaaon me. But there are other songs in it that are created with the same amount of love and care and those songs are also wonderful to listen to, if we only care to listen to them. These days I am digging these songs out and I am finding that these forgotten songs are gems.
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Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten movie.
This song is from “Anuradha” (1960) which had Balraj Sahni and Leela Naidu in lead roles.
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Ye din din hain khushi ke
Posted on: November 30, 2010
“Jab se Tumhe Dekha Hai” (1963) is a lesser known movie from the past. It had Pradeep Kumar and Geeta Bali in lead roles. As was the case with most movies of those days, the songs of this movie too are nice to listen to.
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I am surprised to realise that I have discussed only one song from “Naukri” (1954). This movie had some very nice songs in it.
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Dil apnaa aur preet paraayi
Posted on: November 25, 2010
By late 1950s, Meena Kumari was moving over from happy bubbly roles to weepy sentimental roles. “Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraayi” (1960) is one of the first such movies where Meena Kumari was seen in such a role, though her role here is not as melodramatic as it would become in her subsequent movies.
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Ghazals became a popular kind of songs in Hindi movies in 1960s. But it was in early 1950s that Ghazals began to get popular in Hindi movies.
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Songs in which actors, especially male actors would accuse female actors of “bewafaayi” were quite common in Hindi movies. Such songs would often be sung in isolation, but often such songs would be sung in get together/ parties too. The male actor would go on with his accusation and the female would feel embarrased as well as guilty in full public view. The public, viz the other participants in the party would consist of people standing/ sitting in their positions like statues.
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“Aagosh” (1953), a forgotten movie by now, had Nasir Khan, Nutan and Shakila.
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“Sawera” (1958) is a forgotten movie by now. This movie had Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari in lead roles. Like most movies of those days, this movie too had some nice songs in it.
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