Posted by: Atul on: May 23, 2012
“Maai Baap” (1957) is often confused with “Maa Baap”(1959). “Maai Baap” (1957) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. The movie had Johny Walker, Shyama, Minoo Mumtaz, Nazir Hussain, Raj Mehra, S. N. Banerjee, etc in it. “Maa Baap”(1959) on the other hand was a Ratandeep Productions movie. It [...]
Posted by: Atul on: May 11, 2012
“Baazi” (1951) was a Navketan International Films Production. It was directed by Guru Dutt. The movie had Dev Anand, Geeta Bali, Nirmal Kumar, Kalpana, Rashid Khan, Johnny Walker, K. N. Singh, Abu Baker, Roopa Verma, Krishna Dhawan, Habib etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: April 29, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Trawling, even for a few minutes, through the vast collection on the internet posted by so many lovers of Hindi music, the effort never goes unrewarded. And here is one delightful reward that I bumped [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 28, 2012
I have discussed as many as five songs from “Meri Soorat Teri Aankhen” (1963). They are all fantastic songs. And the interesting thing about these songs are, they are sung by different singers (more or less). Just imagine five outstanding songs in a movie sung by Rafi, Lata, Manna Dey, Mukesh ans Suman Kalyanpur !
Posted by: Atul on: April 23, 2012
“Aakhri Daao” (1958) was a Movie Stars Production. It was directed by Mahesh Kaul. The movie had Nutan, Shekhar, Minoo Mumtaz, Shammi, Shobha Khote, Jeevan, Nazir Hussain, Kamal Kapoor, Leela Misra, Tuntun, Bhudo Advani, Johnny Walker, Badri Prasad etc in it.
Posted by: Atul on: January 2, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. The first thing that comes to mind on hearing this song is ‘Wow’. No matter that I have heard this song umpteen times over the years, but yet, soon as this song plays, the mind [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 22, 2011
“Laal Pari” (1954) is an obscure movie about which little information is available online. That was how things stood when I discussed the first song from this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: May 8, 2011
I am aware of three movies called “Faraar” and they all came at exactly one decade intervals beginning from 1955. I have discussed songs from all these three movies in this blog.
Posted by: Atul on: February 26, 2011
Lyrics of this song are provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog Here is a song that I had discovered some time back and which I had put down at the back of mind (and also in the list of drafts) to be used for [...]
Posted by: Atul on: September 11, 2010
Golden era of Hindi movie music saw an embarrasment of riches in musical talent. So much so that several highly talented musicians of the era never got their proper due.
This blog discusses Bollywood songs of yesteryears. Every song has a brief description, followed by a video link, and complete lyrics of the song.
This is a labour of love, where "new" songs are added every day, and that has been the case for more than three years. This blog has over 6000 songs by now.
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