Among music directors still Shankar Jaikishan dominated Bollywood films. There were other critically acclaimed and good films released in 1961 like Raj Kapoor Vaijayantimala’s Nazrana, Balraj Sahani’s Kabuliwala, Rajender Kumar’s Sasural, Zindagi Aur Khwab, Dev Anand’s Hum Dono and Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai, Dharmender’s Shola Aur Shabnam and others. Vaijayantimala was at the top of her career in the early 1960s.
Bollywood was blessed with the superstar of his calibre who just gave hits after hits from 1957 to 1970. Rajender Kumar gradually became jubilee kumar and majority of his films started doing business of more than 25 weeks in the following years. Mukesh and Lata’s song “tum ruthi raho” was also hit.
SJ gave chance to Bengali singer Subir Sen, who sang the hit song “dil mera ek aas ka panchi”. The music of Shankar Jaikishan was awesome. He loved Vaijayantimala who married him inspite of the hard days he faced.
Rajender Kumar did not want to join the clerical job that his father Nasir Hussain used to do. It was a film based on the ambition of young persons in joining the Indian army, navy and air force. The music of the film was composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Raj Kumar and Rajender Kumar were elegant in their respective roles.Īas Ka Panchi was the fourth biggest blockbuster of 1961. Rafi’s songs “jab se tumhe dekha hai” and “husnwale tera jawab nahi” created magic. He received the best music director award for his music in Gharana. At the end of the film Bipin Gupta showed his personality and over powered the dominance of Lalita Power. Rajender Kumar married Asha Parekh and from that time there was peace in the house. So there was misunderstanding among the brothers and sisters in the house including Raj Kumar, Rajender Kumar, Shubha khote and others. It was a family story where the karta of the family Bipin Gupta did not have personality and his wife Lalita Power manipulated events in the house. It was a multi-starrer film directed by SS Vassan. Gharana was the third biggest blockbuster of 1961. Nitin Bose received the best director award for Ganga Jumna. Ganga Jumna received the best film award in 1961. Vaijayantimala received the best actress award for her performance in the film. Ganga Jumna also received a number of awards. All the films that acted before Ganga Jumna ended up being blockbusters including Naya Daur, Madhumati, Paigham. Dilip Kumar Vaijayantimala pair rocked Bollywood at that time. Even Lata’s songs “dhundho dhundo re saajna”, “do hanson kaa jora” became smash hits. All the songs were super hit including the Bhojpuri style song “nain lad jai he o manwama kasak hoy bekari”. The music of Naushad Ali and the Naushad Shakeel Mohammd Rafi combination created magic again in Ganga Jumna. Dilip Kumar loved Vaijayantimala who was killed at the end of the film. So Dilip Kumar became a dacoit while his brother Nisar Khan became a police officer. Dilip Kumar was his brother Nisar Khan faced huge amount of oppression at the hands of the zamindars. Ganga Jumna was produced by Dilip Kumar and directed by Nitin Bose. Dilip Kumar was the uncrowned king of Bollywood films between 1940s to 1970s. Ganga Jumna was the second biggest blockbuster of 1961. Shashikala and Lalita Power also did well in the film. The Rafi Shankar Jaikishan magic flabbergasted the music lovers of the country with songs like “meri yaar shabba khair”, “ehsan tera hoga mujhpar”, “yahoo, chahe koi mujhe jungle kahen”, “ai ai ya karoon me kya sukoo sukoo”. Shankar Jaikishan composed music in 22 films of Shammi Kapoor. The rock and roll image of Shammi Kapoor was created in the film Junglee which continued for the next 10 years. The story was related to an arrogant person Shammi Kapoor, who was ill-tempered and rude, who fell in love with an innocent girl Saira Banu who softened his character. Shankar Jaikishan was the music director of the film. It was produced and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. Junglee was the biggest blockbuster of 1961. Along with Vaijayantimala, Meena Kumari, the new comers created impression like Saira Banu, Sadhna, Nanda and others. In addition to the superstars Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, new stars gave hits like Rajender Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Joy Mukherjee, Biswajeet and others. A number of Indians became coloured in that year like Junglee, the producers and directors started shooting in romantic landscapes and the music got modernized to every extent possible. The biggest Bollywood blockbusters of 1961.ġ961 was an important transition phase in the history of Bollywood films in India.