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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. |
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Jayasimha (1955)
After her appearance as an "item" girl in the Telugu movie "Rojulu Maaraayi" was a smashing success, it was inevitable that Waheeda was flooded with many offers in the southern film industry. She was offered the second lead role opposite N.T. Rama Rao (NTR) in this movie which she readily accepted. Actress Anjali Devi had the primary role, even though she was not heroine in the movie. But before long, Guru Dutt came along and frisked her away to act in Hindi movies. This movie, if I am not mistaken, was based on a short story by one of Telugu literary giants, Vishwanatha Satya Narayana. NTR revered him, so he may have the story made into this movie. This second movie starring Waheeda was also a huge hit. "Jayasimha" is loaded with some beautiful songs. I will upload them in two back-to-back posts. One last note. In this section, Maheshji has a fine thread going on the music director Ramesh Naidu. The name of the thread topic is "Ramesh Naidu-the Andhra Giant". There are several songs from a movie called "Jaisingh", made in 1959, are listed in this thread. If I am not mistaken, "Jaisingh" was a dubbed version of the Telugu movie "Jayasimha". The only surprising part is that the music for Telugu version was provided by T.V. Raju. But the music for "Jaisingh" is credited to Ramesh Naidu. May be Hindi version was actully a remade one after all. Here is the first set of songs from the Telugu "Jayasimha" ... This post has been edited by swarapriya: Jun 20 2009, 10:31 PM Attached image(s) ![]() ![]() |
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