Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 29, 2009
I had never heard of this movie called “Pehli Jhalak”, but there was one movie by this name in 1954. And now that I have stumbled upon the songs of this movie, I have realised that this movie has some lovely songs in it.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 21, 2009
When I had started this blog with the aim of posting old classic songs, I had assessed that if I posted about 2500 songs, I would have covered them all. How wrong I was. I have already posted over 2000 songs, and I still continue to stumble upon “new” songs almost every day. And I [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 21, 2009
“Sailaab” (1956) is an obscure movie and so is the case with its music.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 20, 2009
“Pyaar ki raahein” (1959) is an obscure movie by now and its music is just as obscure. But as far as the music is concerned, it deserved much better fate.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 20, 2009
I had mentioned it earlier that “Chaand” (1959) is one forgotten movie that had some lovely songs in it. I have posted two songs from this movie already and both these songs are forgotten gems.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 19, 2009
There are many songs from the past which despite their obvius class did not become very popular. one can say that such songs were not quite meant for the masses. And those who appreciated such compositions were in a very small minority.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 9, 2009
Shobhana Samarth, a leading actress of her time had launched her elder daughter Nutan through a home production called “Hamaari Beti”. When her younger daughter Tanuja too grew old enough to act in movies, Shobhana Samarth produced another movie called “Chhabili” (1960). In addition to Tanuja, Nutan and Shobhana Samarth had also acted in this [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 27, 2009
I have posted two songs of contrasting moods from ‘Bandi” (1957) in the past. One was a comedy song, and the other was a poignant song. Both were sung by Kishore Kumar and picturised on himself.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 26, 2009
“Anjaan” (1956) was a movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala. As far as I am concerned, I was not aware of this movie till now, now was I aware of the songs of this movie.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: September 23, 2009
Few people have any idea that there was a movie called “Fashion” (1957). One does not expect much from the songs of a movie with such a name.