Muse & Music, Music of the Golden Age |
Muse & Music, Music of the Golden Age |
swarapriya |
May 29 2009, 09:45 PM
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Muse & Music
Most film loving folks think that the music made for films from 50’s through 80’s represents golden age of music. This may be debatable. However, one thing is certain. Several great musicals emerged during this period and we saw the rise of many singing legends during this time. One way to take a closer look at the music of the Golden Age is to look into the period through the female stars who were popular in this time frame. Because it is just about impossible to cater for all the stars, I came to a conclusion that probably the following 12 stars will sufficiently represent movies that are part of this golden era. These are: Asha Parekh Hema Malini Mala Sinha Mumtaz Nutan Rekha Sadhana Saira Banu Sharmila Tagore Vyjayanti Mala Waheeda Rehman Zeenat Aman Others may come up with a different list. But for the music of the Golden Age I want to share with our fellow members these stars probably make a fair representation. Let us look at filmographies of these actresses and see if we can come to some conclusions. I will present the filmographies in the order listed above. |
swarapriya |
May 29 2009, 09:50 PM
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Asha Parekh
She shares her birthday with Mahatma Gandhi. She made more hit films than any other female star in the history of Hindi cinema after her spectacular debut in an adult role in “Dil Deke Dekho”. Asha was trained as a dancer. Bimal Roy was in attendance at a function in which she was dancing. He gave her a supporting role in his film “Baap Beti” when she was only 12 years old. Later Vijay Bhatt took her for the female lead in “Goonj Uthi Shehnai”. After a couple of shoots Bhatt dropped her saying that she doesn’t have the material to be an actress. But soon producer S. Mukherjee of Filmalaya and director Nasir Hussain signed her to star as heroine opposite Shammi Kapoor in “Dil Deke Dekho”. The movie was a super hit and Asha became instantly a star. Over the next several years she churned out hit after hit acting opposite many of the male stars of the day. Most movies she was in were also musical hits. She remained active in the film industry even after she retired from acting. She was the censor chief for four years and became unpopular with some tough decisions she made. One of the famous case was the rejection of censor certificate to the film “Elizabeth”. This movie was directed by Shekhar Kapoor and was nominated for several Oscars. Here is the first part of her filmography ... Attached image(s) |
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