Posted by: squarecutatul on: November 27, 2009
There are several movies called Dillagi, but the earliest movie of this name that I am awre of is “Dillagi” (1949). This movie had Shyam,Suraiyya, Amar, Sharda, Amir Bano etc in it.
Here is a song from this movie. It is sung by Rafi. Shakeel Badayuni is the lyricist and Naushad is the music director.
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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: 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 21, 2009
“Anokhi Ada” to me was a movie of 1970s starring Jeetendra and Vinod Khanna, but I came to know that there was another movie of this name in 1948 too. Why did these oldtimers choose the same name as a new movie and then had some boring music in that- this is what I used [...]
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 15, 2009
When one talks of “Dard” (1947), one is mostly reminded on the immortal song “Afsaana likh rahi hoon dile bekaraar ka” which took the natio by storm. It was sung by Umadevi (later known as Tuntun) and picturised on Munawar Sultana.
Posted by: squarecutatul on: October 14, 2009
“Mughal e Azam” (1960) was a musical blockbuster and almost all its songs have gone on to become iconic songs. Though I have posted a few songs from this movie, I need to post all the songs from this movie.
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.