Archive for the ‘aspirations’ Category
Chanda hai tu mera suraj hai tu
Posted on: April 26, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another song from the Film “Aradhana” which I like a lot. Actually in this genre of songs my favourite is “mere ghar aayi ek nanhi pari” from “Kabhi Kabhi” which is already posted, and the post in written by Lalitha ji.
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There are many well known songs from yesteryears that are not yet discussed. In some cases, I am aware about this fact. In other cases, I was under the impression that these songs were already discussed.
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Raju ka hai ek khwaab
Posted on: November 12, 2010
Here is a song that I had never heard before. I became aware of this song only because of the farmaish for this song.
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“Dil Bhi Tera Ham Bhi Tere” (1960) was a movie that had Balraj Sahni and Usha Kiran in lead roles. Dharmendra made his debut in this movie.
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When one talks of “Dard” (1947), one is mostly reminded on the immortal song “Afsaana likh rahi hoon dile bekaraar ka” which took the nation by storm. It was sung by Umadevi (later known as Tuntun) and picturised on Munawwar Sultana.
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Rajshri productions had hit upon a sureshot formula for success in the decade of 1970s. They would make movies for a small target audience who wanted to watch love stories full of nice songs and heartwarming plots. This was a winning formula because love stories by definition required new faces ( and as such Rajshri Productions saved money on hiring big name actors). In these movies, story and music were the real stars and Rajshri productions had built up a small loyal audience for their movies.
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Sach huye sapne tere
Posted on: March 16, 2009
“Kaala Bazaar” (1960) was a movie featuring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rahman. This movie had some nice songs.
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Kuchh kahta hai ye saawan
Posted on: March 12, 2009
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“Mera Gaaon Mera Desh”, a spectacular “daaku” movie which was one of the major inspirations for ‘Sholay” has a few memorable songs.
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Prem nagar me basaaungi ghar main
Posted on: March 1, 2009
In my series of K L Saigal, here is another song. This is one of the ealiest song (1934) for a movie called “Chandidas”.
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