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Archive for September 2009

Ye hawa ye mastaana mausam

Posted by: Atul on: September 30, 2009

“Akeli Mat Jaiyyo” (1963) was one of those movies that failed at the box office despite boasting of names like Rajendra “Jubilee” Kumar and Meena Kumari. Madan Mohan yet again had the mortification of watching his music go down the drain because his songs from this movie failed to take off as a result of [...]

Mila hai kisi ka jhumka

Posted by: Atul on: September 30, 2009

One of the most lovable category of songs are those that I call “mental massage” category. These are basically sweet, melodious songs with simple lyrics and minimal music that do not tax one’s mental faculties and make one feel relaxed .

Wo to chale gaye ae dil

Posted by: Atul on: September 29, 2009

“Sangdil” (1952) is a movie that had Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles. This movie was a musical blockbuster, going the quality of its music.

Mast nazar dekh idhar ham hain wahi dilwaale

Posted by: Atul on: September 29, 2009

“Ek Dil Sau Afsaane” (1963) was a movie starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman. It had the usual musical team of Raj Kapoor.

Meethi meethi baaton se bachna zaraa

Posted by: Atul on: September 29, 2009

“Qaidi no 911″ (1959) was a “B grade” movie in the sense that it was an action thriller and it had Sheikh Mukhtar as action hero. When I say it was a B grade movie, I mean no disrespect. In fact, I think movies like this with Sheikh Mukhtar as hero were as good as [...]

Kah do kah do jahaan se kah do

Posted by: Atul on: September 28, 2009

I am aware that “April Fool” (1964) had some great songs. But even I was not aware of this song.

Mera bandar chalaa hai sasuraal

Posted by: Atul on: September 28, 2009

Dattaram is one of the “lesser” music directors who could becounted upon to compose great music every time he got an opportunity to work as an independent music director.

Chandaa chaandni mein jab chamke

Posted by: Atul on: September 28, 2009

We all know that Shammi Kapoor married Geeta Bali in 1950s, but did he work with her in any movies the way his nephews (Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor) worked in movies with their wives ? I am told that “Mujrim” (1958) was one such movie.

Hamen un raahon par chalna hai

Posted by: Atul on: September 28, 2009

The movie “Masoom” (1960) is known for the immortal song “Naani teri morni ko mor le gaye”.

Dhak dhak karti chali jeewan ki rail re

Posted by: Atul on: September 27, 2009

Bollywood movies and Indian Railways are two of the major unifying factors for this vast nation of India. And these two often come face to face. We have people sitting in railway trains and singing songs (ask beggars on local trains) and on the other hand we have movies depicting songs sung in trains.


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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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