Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 11, 2009
I have posted several songs from “Mughal e Azam” (1960) and many more need to be posted. Just about every song of this movie was a classic that is a feast for the ears and eyes even to this date.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 9, 2009
This is the fifth song from “Shikast” (1953) that I am posting here. This shows that this movie had some lovely songs in it.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 27, 2009
I have posted a few songs from ‘Baabul” (1950) already. Al these songs were (and still are) very popular. But one of the most popular (and as yet unposted) song from this movie is the iconic song “chhod baabul ka ghar mohe pi ke nagar aaj jaana padaa”.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 15, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Deedaar” (1951) but the most well known song from the movie is not one of them.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 12, 2009
One big reason why the songs of the golden era are still popular is the lyrics of these songs, which were meaningful and they in fact formed the soul of these songs.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 9, 2009
I had once mentioned that the version of song seen in the movie and heard in the records was often different because they were recorded on two separate occassions. Imagine a great song being recorded not once but twice ! Once for the movie sound track, and once for the record company.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 8, 2009
Just as the male singers of 1940s were influenced by the singing of K L Saigal, the female singers were influenced by Noorjahaan and sang in her style.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 3, 2009
I am aware that “Babul” (1950) had Dilip Kumar and Nargis in lead roles. So I was confused when I watched this song from “Babul”. I had no difficulty identifying Dilip Kumar singing in Talat Mehmood’s voice, but who was the lady. she looked unfamiliar. And she did not look like Nargis.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 1, 2009
“Paighaam” (1959) is a movie starring Dilip Kumar and Vyjyantimala. This movie, like most movies of that era, had some nice songs in it.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 1, 2009
Salim and Anarkali have been a favourite topic of Bollywood movies in 1950s and 1960s. In 1950s, there was in fact a movie called “Anarkali” (1953) which was a musical blockbuster. It had Pradeep Kumar and Bina Rai in the roles of Salim and Anarkali respectively. In 1960, “Mughal e Azam” was produced, where Dilip [...]