Posts Tagged ‘Shamshad Begam’
“Pugree” (1948) is a movie that had Amar, Wasti, Kamini Kaushal, Shashikala, Gope, Pratima Devi, Ram Avtaar etc in it. This movie has some delightful songs in it. I have discussed two songs from this movie in the past.
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Jiyaa bechain mera din rain
Posted on: May 6, 2011
“Sheeshaa” (1952) is an obscure movie that had Sajjan, Nargis, Kumkum, Amar, Achla Sachdev, Vimla, Cuckoo etc in it.I have no idea about the fate of this movie at the box office, but I guess that this movie failed to set the box office on fire.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sheesh Mahal is a movie by Sohrab Modi from 1950. Sohrab Modi has presented a series of very powerful and very well made movies, which include both historical epics (Sikander, Pukar, Jhansi Ki Rani, Prithvi Vallabh, Mirza Ghalib, Nauserwan-e-Adil, Raaj Hatth etc.) and contemporary social dramas (Kundan, Meetthaa Zeher, Talaaq, Jailor etc.) Sheesh Mahal belongs to the latter category of his productions.
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Aaj baaje shehnaayi hamaare angnaa
Posted on: March 11, 2011
“Shehnaayi” (1947) must have been one of the biggest and most influential musical blockbusters of all time. The songs created in this movie went on to redefine the concept of music in Hindi movies.
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Gori chali piyaa ke desh
Posted on: March 11, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Shamaa”(1961) that had music by Ghulam Mohammad. Now it turns out that there is another movie by the same name that was released in 1946 and it had music by Ghulam Haider. I other words, both these movies with similar names have music by similarly named music directors as well.
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Pyaar mein tumne dhokhaa seekhaa
Posted on: March 7, 2011
“Shabnam”(1949) is a movie starring Kamini Kaushal, Dilip Kumar, Cuckoo, Jeewan etc. This movie seems to have lots and lots of songs in it that get played in the movie one after the other. Of course, I have not seen this movie and my observation is based on the number of songs that this movie has. As it is, I have discussed four songs from this movie and there seems to be many more songs in this movie.
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Mera dil tadpaa kar kahaan chalaa
Posted on: March 6, 2011
“Shabnam” (1949) is a movie that starred Kamini Kaushal and Dilip Kumar. This movie apparently was a box office success. And the music of this movie must have played a big role in the success of the movie.
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In India, being a “gareeb” (poor) has often been equated to being good and nice. And likewise, being rich has been considered being bad and evil. So it is not uncommon to find Hindi movies, especially old ones, championing the cause of gareebs, the way Indian politicians champion their cause even today, instead of asking the basic question as to why gareebs should even exist in the first place.
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This post is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
I came across a veritable gem today, that I had once heard many many years ago; I had no info about this song, just remembered the tune and some words, that would sometimes just come up in my mind by themselves and I would hum them, always longing to hear this song again. And today, while searching for something else, I accidentally bumped into this old long lost friend of mine.
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