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Archive for October 2010

Tera dard dil mein basaa liyaa

Posted by: Atul on: October 22, 2010

I have discussed two songs from “Rukhsaanaa” (1955) so far in this blog. This is one of the Sajjad Hussain movies whose songs are available on internet rather more easily, at least as of now.

Tumhe ham yaad karte hain

Posted by: Atul on: October 21, 2010

“Rukhsaana” (1955) is movie with Sajjad Hussain’s music and a few songs of this movie are available on internet. This movie had Kishore Kumar,Meena Kumari, Kumkum, Randhir, Sundar etc in it.

Ham to muhabbat karegaa

Posted by: Atul on: October 20, 2010

“Dilli Ka Thug” (1958) was the first movie where Kishore Kumar worked with Ravi and their maiden collaboration gave us some memorable songs that are remembered even to this day.

Bhajan binaa baawre

Posted by: Atul on: October 20, 2010

Here is a rare bhajan from an obscure movie called “Rooplekha” (1949). Very little is known about this movie which was obviously a B grade movie.

Aaj mere naseeb ne mujhko rulaa rulaa diyaa

Posted by: Atul on: October 20, 2010

I yearn for the day in future when my readers will struggle to think of songs to give as farmaishes, because most of the songs would already have appeared in the blog. We are nowhere near that stage at present, of course.

Jaate ho to jaao ham bhi yahaan

Posted by: Atul on: October 19, 2010

I have mentioned in the past that I intend to discuss all Sajjad Hussain songs in this blog that I could locate. Out of about 100 Hindi movie songs that Sajjad Hussain composed in his career, I have already discussed 27 songs. Searching for the remainder of the songs is turning out to be rather [...]

Main keh doon tum ko chor

Posted by: Atul on: October 18, 2010

Playful romantic songs, especially those that are picturised on a pair of actors who were actually romantically involved always makes for good listen/watch. Dev Anand and Suraiyya were one of the first such on screen couple.

Ab raat milan ki beet chuki

Posted by: Atul on: October 17, 2010

In Hindi movies, majority of songs have their origins in Indian classical music or folk music. Other source of inspiration has been Western popular music, which in fact became a standard fare in Hindi movie music of 1970s and 1980s.

Durga Mata O sukh daataa

Posted by: Atul on: October 17, 2010

Not all Hindi movies are made by big producers. There are many movies that are made by lesser producers with lesser names. Most of these movies, which are known as B and C grade movies, end up remaining unsung and unwatched as majority of such movie do not get proper exposure with the public.

Jaane bhi de sanam mujhe

Posted by: Atul on: October 16, 2010

“Around The world” (1967) which is an abbreviation of “Around the world in eight dollars” was basically a movie where Raj Kapoor and Jayshree are seen going on a world tour. Most tourists go to their destinations to watch those places and soak in the atmosphere there, whereas our lead actors go there to sing [...]


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