Albela (1951 film)

Albela
Directed by Bhagwan Dada
Written by Bhagwan Dada
Starring Bhagwan Dada, Geeta Bali
Release date(s) 1951
Country India
Language Hindi

Albela is a 1951 Bollywood musical comedy film directed by and starring Bhagwan Dada and Geeta Bali.[1] A Hindi classic, it was the third highest grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1951 and its soundtrack by C. Ramchandra was acclaimed.[2][3]

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Cast

Music

The music director of the film was C. Ramchandra and the soundtrack was acclaimed, cited as a "classic".[3][4] 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."[5] Famous playback singer Lata Mangeshkar sang the song Balama bada nadan re.[4]

References

  1. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. http://books.google.com/books?id=R0EOAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
  2. ^ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1951". boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ==. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Sruti. P.N. Sundaresan. 1 January 2000. http://books.google.com/books?id=uywqAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
  4. ^ a b Journal of the Indian Musicological Society. Indian Musicological Society. 1988. p. 81. http://books.google.com/books?id=TckJAQAAMAAJ. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 
  5. ^ Cinema vision India. Siddharth Kak. 1 January 1982. p. 61. http://books.google.com/books?id=vZQHAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 7 August 2011. 

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