Posts Tagged ‘Suraiyya’
Wo marne se nahin darte
Posted on: September 22, 2009
This song is an important song for Shammi Kapoor fans. This song is from “Shama Parwaana” (1954) where Shammi Kapoor was cast as a hero for the first time in a movie, and that too opposite a big star like Suraiyya.
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Kuchh phool khile armaanon ke
Posted on: September 20, 2009
“Jeet” (1948) was a movie starring Suraiyya and Dev Anand. This movie, which had an idealistic storyline, which was in line with the enthusiasm that Indians felt about the prospects of their newly independent nation.
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I associate “Parwaana” (1947) with songs of K L Saigal, though in my younger days, “Parwaana” for me meant a movie of 1971 where Naveen Nischol was the hero and Amitabh Bachchan the villain.
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Bahe naa kabhi nain se neer
Posted on: September 12, 2009
“Vidya” (1948) must be one of the first movies in which Suraiyya and Dev Anand were paired together. And this movie was a musical blockbuster too.
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Chaahe kitni kathin dagar ho
Posted on: September 12, 2009
“Jeet” (1949) was an idealistic movie released just after India had become an independent nation. Its idealism may look naive today, but at that time, people actiually had high hopes and big aspirations. This movie “Jeet” (1949) must have struck the right chords with its audience at that time, I am sure.
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I had never heard this song before. I heard this song for the first time only just now.
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During early 1950s, the biggest name in male playback singing was Talat Mehmood, and like Suraiyya on the distaff side, he was foraying into acting too. In fact, many music directors at that time thought that he was not avaialble to sing for other actors ( like Suraiyya) and as a result he stopped getting offers for playback singing for other actors.
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I have been posting songs from “Vidya” (1948) over the past few days. It was interesting to note that this movie was full of lovely emorable songs that are nice to listen to even today.
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“Vidya” (1948) had Dev Anand and Suraiyya in lead roles. Suraiyya was the leading singing star of that time and she sang her own songs.
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Kinaare kinaare chale jaayenge
Posted on: August 16, 2009
“Vidya” (1948) was a movie released one year after India’s independence. Just about everyone associated with this movie was a newcomer.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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