Archive for January 2009
Main to bhool chali babul ka des
Posted by: Atul on: January 28, 2009
- In: Folk Dance | Folk song
- 10 Comments
“Saraswati Chandra” is not a movie that too many people remember now. This lead actors in this movie were Nutan and Manish (who ?) and it was a Black and white movie in an era when colour movies had become the vogue.
Baar baar tohe kyaa samjhaaye
Posted by: Atul on: January 28, 2009
- In: Dance song | Duet | Folk Dance | Folk song | Rafi-Lata duet
- 5 Comments
“Aarti” (1962) had some wonderful songs, and I am posting these songs now a days. This second song begins somewhat similarly to the other song. In the first song “Kahbhi to milegi”, Meena Kumari listens to a song on Radio, and then sings that song.
Mili khaaq me muhabbat
Posted by: Atul on: January 28, 2009
It is difficult to believe it now, but both Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari actually used to play happy roles when they began their acting careers. It was sometime in late 1950s that both began to act in sad roles and they both got typecast into such roles so much that their past roles were [...]
Huzoorewaala jo ho izaajat
Posted by: Atul on: January 28, 2009
- In: Party song
- 3 Comments
This song is a typically O P Nayyar tune as far as the use of ithe musical nstruments are concerned. This movie “Ye Raat Phir Na Aayegi” came in 1966 when O P Nayyar was on the decline.
Shaam e gham ki kasam
Posted by: Atul on: January 28, 2009
The movie called “Footpath” (1953)may not ring a bell, but this movie had some very nice music.
Chand si mahbooba ho meri kab aisa maine socha tha
Posted by: Atul on: January 28, 2009
This Mukesh song is from a 1965 movie called ‘Himalay ki God mein” . this song is written by Anand Bakshi and the music was composed by Kalyanji Anandji.
Wo hain zara khafa khafa
Posted by: Atul on: January 28, 2009
- In: "sulking" song | Duet | Rafi-Lata duet
- 6 Comments
In Bollywood movies, majority of songs are romantic songs. One small portion of such songs is the “sulking” song, where one party, typically the female sulks and the other person has to appease the sulking person.
Yahan wahan saare jahaan me tera raaj hai
Posted by: Atul on: January 27, 2009
I know an acquaintance who would casually go to a “paan” shop, buy “paan” and talk to the “paanwaala” in an UP Bhaiyya style. If he saw a Baraat coming up with the Baraatis dancing, he would nonchalantly join the Baraat and dance a few jigs himself.
Sabaa se ye kahdo
Posted by: Atul on: January 27, 2009
“Bank Manager” (1959) is a movie few people today may have heard about. If I say that this movie had the music of Madan Mohan, then many people may consider it inevitable in the sense that most Madan Mohan movies indeed ended up as consigned to the dustbin of time.
Kabhi to milegi kahin to milegi
Posted by: Atul on: January 27, 2009
“Aarti” was a musical blockbuster. It had many great songs in it that are listened to by the fans of old songs even today. And every song is just as good as the other. Here is the first song from this movie that I am posting in this blog.
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