Posts Tagged ‘Talat Mehmood’
I was not aware of this song from “Kavi” (1954) till today. It is only when a regular reader of this blog (Dr. Rashmikant Vyas) informed me about this song that I have listened to this song for the first time just now. What a lovely song !
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Sunaaun kis ko afsaanaa
Posted on: April 18, 2010
Shirin Farhaad” (1956) was a movie with Pradeep Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles. This movie had one memorable song in it ( Guzra hua zamaana aata nahin dobaara) that I have posted earlier in this blog. Here is another song from this movie.
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Main pea ke nahin aayaa
Posted on: April 17, 2010
Here is a Talat Mehmood classic that I was searching for for a long time but I came across it only recently.
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Aankhon mein masti sharaab ki
Posted on: April 15, 2010
I had never heard this song before. And I would have remained blissfully unaware of this song but for a long pending farmaish for this song.
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Dil e naadaan tujhe huaa kyaa hai
Posted on: April 14, 2010
“Mirza Ghalib” (1954) was a movie based on the life of Mirza Ghalib, who was one of the greatest Urdu poets of all time. This meant that the makers of this movie did not have to hire a lyricist. Mirza Ghalib’s poems themselves served as the lyrics. And what superb lyrics they are too.
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Hain sabse madhur wo geet
Posted on: April 14, 2010
When I post songs in this blog, I am spoilt for choices. There are so many songs to post. When I think of one songs and I am planning to post it, I simultaneeously work on other songs too, and in the process, I often forget all about the song (s) that I originally had in mind. As a result, many sngs that I intended to post in the past remain unposted. This in fact has been the case with many farmaishes that I have received in the past.
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In the past, I had posted a song from a movie called “Insaaf” (1966) in this blog. Now I have come to know that there was another movie by the same name that was released 10 years earlier. This movie viz “Insaaf” (1956) had Ajit and Nalini Jaiwant in lead roles.
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Ae gham e dil kyaa karoon
Posted on: March 7, 2010
“Thokar” (1953) is one of the very first movies of Shammi Kapoor. Here Shammi Kapoor and Shyama were the lead actors.
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Shammi Kapoor was paired with Madhubala in his debut year (1953) itself in the movie “Rail Ka Dibba” (1953). Subsequently, he figured with her in a few more movies.
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Main dil hoon ek armaan bharaa
Posted on: March 6, 2010
It was sometime in 1940s that the tradition of “piano” songs began, where the hero/ heroine would be asked to sit in front of a piano and sing a song in a get together, organised in the palatial residence of the hero/ heroine.
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