Posted by: Atul on: November 24, 2010
I thought I had already discusssed this song from “Subah Ka Taara” (1954). So I was surprised to get a farmaish for this song. On checking, I realised that I had not posted this song, or for that matter any song from this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: November 23, 2010
“Zimbo” (1958) was a movie in which a chimp called Pedro had played the second lead. And by all indications, Pedro had stolen the show in this B grade movie produced by Wadia Movietone.
Posted by: Atul on: November 23, 2010
What is it that makes a song enjoyable ? It is not just one aspect of the song, rather one enjoys several things about it. It is the voice of the singer, as well as the music that appeals to the ears, it is also the lyrics. In fact, the contribution of lyrics in making [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 23, 2010
There is very little known about this movie called “Bedardi” (1951). I only know this much about this movie that it had actors like Nimmi, Geeta Bali, Jeewan, Jaswant (?), Amirbai Karnataki, I C Kapoor etc in it. This movie is obscure and the same can be said about its music as well, but the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 23, 2010
I have discussed three songs from “Dillagi” (1949) in the past which included timeless classics like Murli waale murli bajaa and Tu mera chand main teri chaandni. Other songs of this movie are also very nice songs to listen to.
Posted by: Atul on: November 22, 2010
Sajjad Hussain composed about 100 songs in Hindi movies and I have been trying to locate as many of these songs as I can and discuss them in this blog.
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2010
This is a song that is today known to the present generation thanks to a remix song.When I saw/ heard this remix song, then the first think that came to my mind was- why they cannot make their own original music. And in case they have to use old songs, why they should not acknowledge [...]
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2010
“Aas Ka Panchhi” (1961) is a movie starring Rajendra Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala. From music point of view, it had some superb songs in it that were sung by several singers ,well known ones as well as lesser known ones.
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2010
When I was growing up, I used to hear that the story of Hindi movies mostly consisted of hero and heroine falling in love with each other and then singing songs running around trees.
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2010
In Hindi movies, one actor normally lip sync in the voice of one playback singer. But there are exceptions, when he/she sings different songs in the voice of different singers.
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