Posted by: Atul on: February 25, 2012
Singing filmy songs is a career not only for playback singers but also for small time beggars etc in real life. We in these pages have discussed beggars singing Hindi movie songs on Mumbai local trains. I wonder if beggars still sing such songs on these locals, seeing how crowded these train are. Singing these [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 20, 2011
“Mera Jeewan” (1976) is a “recent” movie by the standards of this blog.This movie was no great shakes at the box office, but its title song, viz Mera jeewan kuchh kaam na aaya was quite popular during its time, so much so that other songs of this movie were overshadowed as a result.
Posted by: Atul on: August 25, 2011
“Mashaal” (1950) is a movie starring Ashok Kumar, Sumitra Devi and Roomi Devi. This movie is today remembered as the movie that brought Manna Dey to limelight with his song Upar gagan vishaal .
Posted by: Atul on: August 3, 2011
This is a song from “Phir Subah Hogi” (1958) about which I was not aware. I came to know about this song after I received the lyrics of this song from nahm.
Posted by: Atul on: July 12, 2010
“Boot Polish” (1953) was a moving tale of orphan kids who struggle to come up in their lives. It is a kind of movie that I personally cannot bear to watch, and I have not watched this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: April 24, 2010
Music director Ravi (full name Ravishankar Sharma) does not occupy as much mindshare in public mind as many other music directors of the golden era of Bollywood movie music do . Many younger music lovers in fact ask “Ravi who ?” when his name crops up in discussions.
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