1951
-The Central Board of Film Censors, with the film industry represented by B. N. Sircar, was established.
-Chandulal Shah was appointed the first president of the Film Federation of India
-The Indian Express Group publishes the first issue of the weekly newspaper Screen.
-Guru Dutt makes his directorial debut with Baazi a Navketan films, starring Dev Anand and Geeta Bali.
-Awara became the No 1 hit Movie of that year followed by Baazi.
-99 Hindi Movies released that year.
-Awaara started a trend of releasing Hindi films in international markets
.-The debut of Vyjayanthimala in AVM’s Bahar (which was a remake of the Tamil film Vazhkai) was the beginning of her glorious career as the leading lady for about two decades.
-Kalpan Kartik in Baazi and Beena Rai in Kali Ghata also debuted this year.
-Sahir Ludhiyanvi, a renowned Urdu poet, entered the film world as a lyricist in the year and started his great association with SD Burman in Naujawan and Baazi.
TOP 10 HIT MOVIES OF 1951
TOP 10 HIT SONGS OF 1951
-The Central Board of Film Censors, with the film industry represented by B. N. Sircar, was established.
-Chandulal Shah was appointed the first president of the Film Federation of India
-The Indian Express Group publishes the first issue of the weekly newspaper Screen.
-Guru Dutt makes his directorial debut with Baazi a Navketan films, starring Dev Anand and Geeta Bali.
-Awara became the No 1 hit Movie of that year followed by Baazi.
-99 Hindi Movies released that year.
-Awaara started a trend of releasing Hindi films in international markets
.-The debut of Vyjayanthimala in AVM’s Bahar (which was a remake of the Tamil film Vazhkai) was the beginning of her glorious career as the leading lady for about two decades.
-Kalpan Kartik in Baazi and Beena Rai in Kali Ghata also debuted this year.
-Sahir Ludhiyanvi, a renowned Urdu poet, entered the film world as a lyricist in the year and started his great association with SD Burman in Naujawan and Baazi.
TOP 10 HIT MOVIES OF 1951
- Awara a social film directed by Raj Kapoor for his R. K. Films, had Raj Kapoor and Nargis in the lead roles. The music was composed byShankar Jaikishan. It was the top grossing film of the year. It was stated to be "the first Indian film" to become a success in the Middle-east, Russia and China. The film was nominated for the Grand Prize at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
- Kapoor's real-life father Prithviraj Kapoor stars as his on-screen father Judge Raghunath. Kapoor's youngest real-life brother Shashi Kapoor plays the younger version of his character. Prithiviraj's father Dewan Bashwanath Kapoor also played a cameo role in his only film appearance.
- The film Awaara and the song "Awaara Hoon" are believed to have been Chairman Mao's favourite film and song, respectively. In more recent years, Awaara was referenced in the 2000 Chinese film Platform.
- Due to the film's remarkable success with Turkish audiences, Awaara was remade in Turkey as Avare (1964) starring the Turkish actor Sadri Alışık, along with actress Ajda Pekkan
- Baazi, a Navketan production was directed by Guru Dutt. Based on the 1940s Hollywood "film noirs", it turned out to be a landmark role for Dev Anand, who co-starred with Geeta Bali and Kalpana Kartik. The film went on to become a "major commercial success.With this film Dev Anand picked up his style, which were to keep him on top, alongwith Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, for decades to come.
- Albela was directed by Bhagwan for his Bhagwan Art Productions and co-starred him with Geeta Bali. The film, with music by C. Ramchandrawent on to become a "hit musical".A Hindi classic, it was the third highest grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1951.The film features several westerinized songs such as Sholajo badhke and Ye deewana, ye parwana which are said to have "employed cabaret type dance/choruses featuring bongo drums, oboes,, clarinets, trumpets, saxophones, etc.
- Deedar directed by Nitin Bose was another hit from actor Dilip Kumar, who was by then known as the "Tragedy King" following films like Jugnu(1947), Mela (1948), Andaz (1949) and Babul (1950).[12] The film had popular music composed by Naushad, and co-starred Ashok Kumar and Nargis.Everlasting melodies like “Meri Kahani Bhoolne Wale”, “Hue Hum Jinke Liye Barbaad” and “Naseeb Dar Pe” make you bow to Rafi's divine magic DEEDAR (1951) was a golden jubilee hit all over India. Yes, a lot can be written about this movie.
- Jadoo was a psycho-social melodrama film produced and directed by A. R. Kardar. The film was inspired from The Loves of Carmen (1948).[14]It starred Nalini Jaywant and Suresh, with its popular music composed by Naushad
- Bahar, Vyjayantimala's debut film in Hindi directed by M. V. Raman, was a remake of her bilingual film, Vazhkai (1949) in Tamil, and Jeevitham(1950) in Telugu.The film was produced by A. V. Meiyappan with his production company, AVM. The music was composed by S. D. Burman with lyrics provided by Rajendra Krishan, Almost all the songs was a chartbusters and the album proved to be successful for music director S. D. Burman who previously taste success throughShabnam. Bahar also one of the rare soundtrack where Burman uses Shamshad Begum as his main singer."Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" becomes a hit.[9] The album also features Kishore Kumar's early hit song, "Qasoor Aapka" who later becomes as one of the leading male playback singer in Bollywood
- Afsana ,Bollywood family drama film. It was the directorial debut of Baldev Raj Chopra and starred Ashok Kumar as twin brothers, starting a trend for such dual roles, It co-starred Veena, Pran, Kuldip Kaur,Jeevan, Cuckoo, and Baby Tabassum. The story was written by I. S. Johar and the music composed by Husnlal Bhagatram
- Tarana The film stars Dilip Kumar andMadhubala for the first time together,[1] along with Shyama and Jeevan. Anil Biswas wrote the music for the film and one of the popular numbers was the duet "Seene Mein Sulagte Hain Arman", sung by Talat Mehmood and Lata Mangeshkar for Dilip Kumar and Madhubala
- Aaram directed by D.D. Kashyap and starring Dev Anand, Madhubala, Prem Nath and Talat Mahmood.Dev and PremNath do not have much to do in the film. Dev looks great but
gets a raw deal as far as role is concerned The music of "Aaram" would probably find a place among one of the best
scores ever in Hindi films
- Baadal Madhubala, Prem Nath, Purnima Directed by Amiya Chakrabarty
TOP 10 HIT SONGS OF 1951
There should be no doubt that music of Golden Era has begun in 1951 with musical landmarks likeAwaara (Shankar Jaikishan), Albela (C Ramchandra), Deedar (Naushad),Malhar (Roshan), Bahaar, Baazi, Naujawan and Saza (SD Burman) and Aaram and Tarana (Anil Biswas).
Awara hun became Indian and an international rage and made Raj Kapoor the cultural ambassador of India to Soviet Union and several other countries.
Awara hun became Indian and an international rage and made Raj Kapoor the cultural ambassador of India to Soviet Union and several other countries.
Aawaaraa hoon-This song, an out and out iconic song, was written by Shailendra and music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan. This song firmly established Mukesh as the voice of Raj Kapoor.
Tadbeer se bigdi huyi taqdeer banaa le-This immortal song is written by Sahir Ludhianvi. The music is by S D Burman. It is difficult to imagine that such a wonderful music was composed nearly 58 yeras ago and it sounds as fresh today as it did all those decades ago.The song is sung wondefully and it is picturised nicely on Geeta Bali and Dev Anand.
Bholi soorat dil ke khote-This song is sung by C Ramchandra himself along with Lata. It is picturised on Bhagwan, Geeta Bali and others. Rajinder Krishan is the lyricist.
Shola jo bhadke dil mera dhadke- This song took Bollywood by storm, because the movie goers had never seen or heard anything like this before. One can clearly see the influence of western music in the songs of this movie.
Bachpan ke din bhulaa naa denaa- picturised on two kids- a boy and a girl- playing the childhood roles of Nargis and Dilip Kumar, who are seen riding on a horse and singing this song.This ia duet,Lata sings for the girl while Shamshad Behgam sings for the boy.It is written by Shakeel Badayuni and the music by Naushad.
Ek main hoon ek meri beqasi ki shaam hai- A timeless classics by Talat Mahmood Dilip Kumar acts on this sad song The Velvet Voice in a blue mood. Dilip Kumar–Madhubala starrer Taranawas a high point of Anil Biswas’s music.
Shukriya ae pyaar teraa shukriyaa-This song is a ghazal, and this must be one of the earliest ghazals created in Bollywood movies. And it is this song that brought Talat Mehmood to limelight as a singer.lyrics Rajendra Krishna, music Anil Biswas and the film is" Aaram'“Aaraam” (1951) was a movie where Dev Anand was the hero. But in this movie one can also see a very young Premnath.This song is acted by Talat himself.
Sainya dil mein aana re-Almost all the songs of this movie"Bahar" were chartbusters and the album proved to be successful for music director S. D. Burman who previously taste success through Shabnam. Bahar also one of the rare soundtrack where Burman usesShamshad Begum as his main singer. Her voice for the song "Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" becomes a hit.
Ae jaane jigar dil mein samaane aajaa-Here is this superb “piano” song from “Aaraam” (1951).Premnath is playing Piano and singing this sad song.Rajinder Krishan has written a gem of a song which has been sung with his customary elan by Mukesh. Anil Biswas, a music director extraordinaire has composed the music.
Meri yaad mein tum na aansoo bahaana- This is easily a timeless classic. The singing of Talat Mahmood and the music of Madan Mohan were both outstanding, but let us not forget the lyrics of Raja Mehdi Ali Khan for the film "Madhosh"
These were the Top 10 songs of 1951 but there were many songs that year which are worth mentioning.-
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