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Archive for April 2009

Tum bin jeewan kaise beetaa

Posted by: Atul on: April 30, 2009

It is a song from “Anita” (1967) which had Manoj Kumar and Sadhana in lead roles.

Tera mera pyaar amar hai

Posted by: Atul on: April 30, 2009

This song “Tera mera pyaar amar hai” is an iconic song. But all these days I was not aware which movie this song was from. Now I know, and this song is from a 1962 movie called “Asli Naqli”.

Ye na thi hamaari qismat

Posted by: Atul on: April 30, 2009

Mirza Ghalib was a legendary Urdu poet who was born in 1800s. Many of his poems have been sung by a host of singers.

Jab jab phool khile tujhe yaad kiyaa

Posted by: Atul on: April 30, 2009

Here is a lovely song from Shikast (1953). It is a duet sung by Talat Mehmood and Lata and it is picturised on Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant.

naa bol pi pi more angnaa

Posted by: Atul on: April 30, 2009

Here is another “new” song for me. This song is from “Dulaari” (1949). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and picturised on Geeta Bali.

Ham aaj kahin dil kho baithe

Posted by: Atul on: April 30, 2009

I wonder just how many piano songs are there in “Andaaz” (1949). I have posted more than half a dozen such songs already from this movie.

Do mastaane do deewaane

Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2009

“Main Sundar Hoon” (1971) was a movie which did not do much at the box office, but its music was something special. Its songs were very popular during those days, epecially among youngsters.

Ye duniya waale poochenge

Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2009

Umbrella is typically used in Bollywood movies to protect actors from rain, and sometimes sun. Hero and heroine sharing an umbrella and getting drenched makes for some of the modst romantic scenes in Bollywood movies. Of course, it is much more romantic if they dispense with umbrella and decide to get drenched in rain.

Kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa

Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2009

The music of “Chitralekha” (1964) was a labour of love for Roshan. He had great hopes that his music and the movie would be great success. But the movie as well as its music failed to win the approval of audience. Roshan was heartbroken.

Dheere dheere chal chaand gagan mein

Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2009

The word “Chaand” and its derivatives were quite common in Bollywood movies till 1970s, after which man reached the moon and mankind ( including Bollywood lyricists) would no longer look at “Chaand” with the same fascination.


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This blog discusses Bollywood songs of yesteryears. Every song has a brief description, followed by a video link, and complete lyrics of the song.

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