Posts Tagged ‘Shamshad Begam’
Thanks to the farmaish by my readers, I have realised that “Mastaana” (1954) has some nice songs in it. When I listened to this song from “Mastaana” (1954), I realised that I had hit a goldmine.
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Taana der na taani tum
Posted on: August 8, 2010
“Pyaar Ka Saagar” (1961) was a Filrays Production. It was directed by Devendra Goel. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Meena Kumari, Madan Puri, O. P. Ralhan, Leela Misra, Jagdish Raaj, Moha Choti, S. K. Prem etc in it.
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Jaise ko taisaa nahle pe dahlaa
Posted on: July 2, 2010
If Nargis was “Mother India”, then who was “Miss India” ? This is my favourite quiz to movie lovers. And incidentally both these movies were released in the same year viz 1957.
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Halla gulla lailla halla gulla
Posted on: June 2, 2010
“Dholak” (1950) was a movie that is not remembered much, but I have discovered that this movie was one of the biggest musical blockbuster movies of all times.
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It is my belief that Roshan should be called the king of filmi qawwalis the way Madan Mohan is described as the king of Ghazals. Many of the qawwaalis that Roshan has created in movies have gone on to become immortal.
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I have posted a few songs from “Shrimatiji” (1952). The music of this song sounds far far ahead of its time. This movie had songs of several genres that were non-existent/ un heard of those days.
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Ye duniya ke mele magar ham akele
Posted on: April 4, 2010
One interesting genre of Bollywood songs is the one kind where the leading man/ leading lady reach the villain’s hideout and keep him amused by singing and dancing. The villains must be severely entertainment starved, seeing how eager they are in watching the song and dance performance. and this allows the colleagues of the dancing persons to enter the den unnoticed. 😉
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Kusoor aapkaa huzoor aapkaa
Posted on: March 31, 2010
Wow ! I was not aware of this song. What a rollicking and rocking song this is ! This song must be one of the first such songs sung by Kishore Kumar where he sings in the style that would become his trademark singing style.
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In 1950s, we had this trend where movies with the prefix “Naya” added to old movie titles were used to create new movies. “Naya Andaaz”(1956) was one such movie. This movie had Johny Walker, Kishore Kumar and Kumkum in lead roles.
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