Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● January 20, 2010
While watching very old movies, one big attraction for me is to watch how places looked like in those days. It is especially for this reason that I watch movies of 1950s and earlier.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● January 1, 2010
There is little doubt that this movie “Phir Wohi Dil Laaya hoon” is known mainly for its music. I have already posted a song from this movie. But this was a musical extravaganza so I cannot help but post more songs from this movie. O P Nayyar, who ruled the roost in 1950s as a [...]
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● December 31, 2009
I have posted many songs of Rafi in this blog, and in each song I have raved about his voice. In fact one cannot help but remark on his voice quality whatever the song. In every song, he appered to give his very best.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● December 5, 2009
Kishore Kumar has sung some wonderful comedy songs in his career. One of the first such songs, that won widespread public approval was in “Dilli ka thug”. In this movie, Kishore Kumar sang songs of different moods.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● December 1, 2009
Most of the time, I discuss songs that are evergreen, popular, iconic, outstanding, of high quality etc. But there are occasions when I love to discuss songs that fall short of such high standards. But I still like them, because listeneing/ watching them is fun.
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● December 1, 2009
In 1950s, there were a few movies, (now forgotten) that had Delhi (Dilli) in the title of the movie. These movies tended to have Kishore Kumar in the lead role. For example, Kishore Kumar acted in “Nai Dilli” (1957) as well as “Dilli ka thug” (1959).
Posted by: squarecutatul in: ● December 1, 2009
This is an immortal song from “Aakhri Daao”, a movie that was produced 50 years ago. This song is sung by Rafi and most people know this song thanks to the divine voice of Rafi.