Posted by: Atul on: May 31, 2011
I am aware of two movies called “Do Phool”. One such movie was released in 1958 and another in 1973. I have discussed songs from both these movies.
Posted by: Atul on: May 31, 2011
I just stumbled against a rare and forgotten song over sixty years old. What a cute and lovely song it is !
Posted by: Atul on: May 31, 2011
“Tansen”(1943) is a movie starring K L Saigal, Kamla Chatterji, Khurshid, Mubarak ,Nagendra, Bhagwan, Raman etc. This movie was produced by Ranjit Movietone and it was directed by Jayant Desai.
Posted by: Atul on: May 28, 2011
I was under the impression that I had already discussed this song. But it turns out that I was wrong.
Posted by: Atul on: May 28, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of this blog Late 1940s, and especially the year 1949, is considered to be a watershed year in the annals of Hindi film music. considered by many to be the dawn of the Golden Age of Hindi film [...]
Posted by: Atul on: May 28, 2011
With time, I have become a big fan of K L Saigal and an even bigger fan of Kanan Devi (if that is possible). To the delight of fans like me, the two of them worked together in a few movies, where they acted and sang together.
Posted by: Atul on: May 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog. This is a gem of a ghazal presented in Mujra style. Once again, very beautiful, almost semi classical composition. The words are lovely, and the music is just wonderful. As with the other song picturised [...]
Posted by: Atul on: May 27, 2011
Here is a bhajan that people may have heard but they may not be aware that this bhajan is originally from a movie.
Posted by: Atul on: May 27, 2011
“Afsaanaa” (1951) is a movie that had Ashok Kumar and Veena in lead roles.It also had Pran,Kuldeep Kaur,Jeewan, Cuckoo etc in it. This movie was a musical blockbuster and I have discussed as many as seven songs from this movie in the past.
Posted by: Atul on: May 27, 2011
I had not heard of this movie called “Pagle” (1950). This by now obscure movie had actors like Sherry, Jagirdar, Begum Para, Agha Jan, Pratima Devi,Cuckoo etc in it.
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