Archive for June 2010
Most of the songs discussed in this blog are from 1970s and earlier. By 1980s, deterioration in the quality of Bollywood songs had begun and the sun of the golden era of Bollywood music was on the verge of setting.
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The revised writeup of this song is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this song.
As one looks back on the history of cinema, one finds that even the main line actors who are considered A grade, and the movies sell by their name, also end up acting in movies that are obscure and did not catch the attention at the box office. This movie, Ek Ka Baad Ek, from 1960, is one such movie of Dev Anand. By the time this movie was released, Dev Anand was an established and expensive star with a huge number of hits from the 1950s behind him. Then in 1960, he acted in this movie whose rest of the star cast included Sharda, Heeralal, Tarla, Prabhu Dayal, SK Prem, Radha Kishen, Madhu Apte, Ravi Kant etc. The actress Sharda mentioned here is the elder sister of actor Vinod Mehra, who made his mark on the screen about a decade and a half later. From the memoriam message displayed at the beginning of the movie, this is the last movie that the great actor Radhakishen appeared in. In fact this movie is produced by his son but unfortunately, Radhakishen himself could not live long enough to see its release.
The movie was probably the first of the mainline movies that tried to tackle the issue of population growth, and promoted family planning. Maybe this could be the reason that this movie did not do well at the box office i.e. trying to project a serious and a delicate message in a movie that had the other trappings of formula films. But still, it was a commendable effort, and having a mainline actor such as Dev Anand to be associated with such a venture and with such stars, was almost a casting coup in those days.
The story revolves around a family of two brothers in a small town. The elder brother Mangal (played by the actor Prahu Dayal) has five children with a sixth on the way. His wife (played by actress Tarla) does not keep good health, for obvious reasons. Prakash (Dev Anand) is the younger brother, who studies in college. The economic and domestic situation of the family is not good, and there is another child on the way. The elder brother’s wife passes away during next childbirth. There is dejection in the household, and the children are not well looked after for some days. Then Dev Anand playing the good uncle, brings toys and sweets for the children to change their mood and make them happy. Sharda, who is his childhood sweetheart, joins with him in this effort. I am not able to place the young man who plays the bandmaster’s assistant to Dev Anand in this song.
This movie had some good songs, given the fact that the lyrics for the movie are written by Kaifi Azmi, and the composition is by SD Burman. It is a great combination to generate some very good music. This song is a playful song for children, and the words are really very imaginative, and reflect the kind of thoughts that small kids have, e.g. “haathi saare baandh diye, nanhi chiyunti ke par mein”. There is a very interesting use of cartoon animations in this song, that speaks of some pioneering technical innovations back then in 1960. And of course, Dev Anand also has some thoughts for himself, and he sings about landing in the home of a fairy with the help of a parachute of balloons, and the animation at this time in the song shows what is going on in his mind. 
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Get back to your childhood days, and enjoy this melodious fun song for children, that is sung by Mohammed Rafi.
Song-Chhidi ladaayi bhaari re chal chalam chal challam chal (Ek Ke Baad Ek) (1960) Singer-Rafi, Lyrics-Kaifi Azmi, MD-S D Burman
Lyrics
chali ye fauz hamaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
chhidi ladaayi bhaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
chali ye fauz hamaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
chhidi ladaayi bhaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
chali ye fauz hamaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
chhidi ladaayi bhaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
vardi pahni choohon ne
mendhak band bajaate hain
vardi pahni choohon ne
mendhak band bajaate hain
titli terath par baithe
ladne bhidne jaate hain
har kadam par Chunnoo Munnoo mithaayi khaate hain
chali ye fauz hamaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
chhidi ladaayi bhaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
haathi saare baandh diye
nanhi chyunti ke par mein
haathi saare baandh diye
nanhi chyunti ke par mein
baloonon ki chhatri se
utre pariyon ke ghar mein
phir kisi ko pakdaa
jakdaa kisi ko pal bhar mein
chali ye fauz hamaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
chhidi ladaayi bhaari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
abse murgi paalegi
bachche kaali billi ke
abse murgi paalegi
bachche kaali billi ke
ladna bhidnaa baat buri
kahen sayaane Dilli ke
kyun wo goli khaayen
paayen jo laddoo tilli ke
chhidi ladaayi bhaari re
tal talatam tallam tal
chali ye fauz hamari re
chal chalam chal challam chal
When I was a kid and I used to listen to songs on Radio, I thought that all the songs being broadcast on radio were being sung live by the singers. So I thought that singers whose songs were broadcast so frequently were so overworked, having to sing live so often !
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I have posted many songs from “Mamtaa” (1966) by now, but I still keep discovering “new” songs in this movie. Here is another “new” song (for me) though it is not new for others like my regular visitors and farmaish senders.
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Jhilmil taare karen ishaare sojaa
Posted on: June 27, 2010
I have posted two rare songs from a rare movie called “Mashukaa” (1953) which was a home production of Mukesh. In this movie, Mukesh and Suraiyya were the lead actors, and naturally they had sung for themselves in this movie.
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I have posted a song from “Kapaal Kundalaa” (1939) in the past. Here is another song from the same movie.
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Teri umar naadaan hai
Posted on: June 26, 2010
(The review of this song is written by Raja,a regular visitor of this blog and a fellow enthusiast of Bollywood music)
Hindi Films in the early 1970s could be clearly divided into two categories : “Rajesh Khanna” films and “Others”.
Such was Rajesh Khanna’s domination that unless you were a name already (like Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor or Sanjeev Kumar), it was tough for another hero to compete with the Rajesh wave. Ageing heroes like Rajendra Kumar and Biswajeet began getting rejected, aspiring heroes like Rakesh Pandey and Romesh Sharma began getting dejected. You needed tremendous staying power, patience and a lot of luck to ride through those times. Ask Amitabh Bachchan who had a string of flops till Dame Luck smiled on him, with the lead role in Zanjeer falling into his lap with Dev Anand rejecting it.
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Chal mere ghode tik tik tik
Posted on: June 26, 2010
(This song review is by Greta (Memsaab) who recently reviewed this movie in her blog.)
I had no idea when I first saw and heard this enchanting song a week ago that it is an integral part of Indian childhood. In the wake of my movie review, many people commented that they knew and loved the song but hadn’t known that it was a film song. Not only is the music beautiful (I’m still singing the refrain over and over), but the picturization of it is sublime. I had to rewind and watch the song two or three times before I could move on to the rest of the film.
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mere man mein uthe umang balam
Posted on: June 26, 2010
Yesterday I posted a song from “Mashukaa” (1953) and it was pointed out to me that this movie had Suraiyya as female lead and there must be songs sung by her in this movie too, that need to be posted.
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Aayi bahaar aaj aayi bahaar
Posted on: June 26, 2010
Watching this song is an education in history, I feel. This song is from “Doctor” (1941) which was a movie from an era when India was still under British rule and independence was still several years into the future. Even the “Quit India” movement by Indian leaders had yet to take place. This movie “Doctor” (1941) was produced by Calcutta’s New Theatre. Those were the days when even the landmark of Calcutta, viz the Howrah Bridge was not yet in existence !
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