The first Indian full length movie was made by Dadasaheb Phalke in 1913. 18 years after that, in 1931, Alam Ara, the first talkie movie got made in India. But a lot of people had started making movies in 30s and by 1940, movie making in India had started coming of age.
There were a lot of movies being made on mythology and historical periods but there were also movies being made with present day relevance. Sikander, the big epic was made in 1941 and if you see that movie today, you still can see how magical it must have been at the time, with really handsome Pritviraj Kapoor as Sikander and Sohrab Modi as Pouras. Towards the end of that decade, Raj Kapoor had already started making waves with Aag & Barsaat. K. L. Saigal was still singing in his rich voice, but this was the decade when Mohd. Rafi gave a new voice to Hindi cinema. And Lata Mangeshkar started singing in films in this decade; to go ahead and change the playback singing in Hindi films forever.
1950s saw a lot of new people come in and give a new face to the movies – The three big names of 50s were of course, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor. But this was also the period of superbly sensitive movies of Guru Datt and Bimal Roy.
1960s was the time when movies went color – and romance became a lot more fun, especially with Shammi Kapoor who got everyone singing and dancing to a different rhythm…
Here, on this blog, I want to talk about movies, music and people who made those from about 1940 to 1970, and maybe even beyond. This will not be in any chronological order, and the opinions would be strictly mine. I would write about what I have seen, what I have experienced from these movies and what I have thought and felt about what I have seen.
The reason for choosing this period is that I am really fascinated by movies of this period and I like the simplicity and passion that was there in these movies. The movies of this time had a different grace; people in these movies had a different dignity and class. Songs were the kind that you would want to hear again and again and again…. The lyrics were so meaningful and touching, the music was extremely melodious and there were very capable singers who would take these songs to amazing heights. Then there were such graceful dancers.
Of course, I am no authority on the history of Hindi movies, and this blog is not meant as official or authoritative say on ANYTHING about movies. These are only my impressions and those too only based on whatever movies I have seen from this era.
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