Posted by: Atul on: June 10, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. As with many movies of that era, I saw Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahaani (1946) on Doordarshan as a child. Sometimes, I am thankful for the times and the circumstances I grew up in. As [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 24, 2010
This is a song that I have heard in the past, but my recollections of this song has been vague. In other words, I had little idea about the details of this song.
Posted by: Atul on: April 11, 2010
“Udan Khatola” (1955) is a movie that had some nice songs in it. As many as three songs from this movie had figured in the list of top 16 songs of the year 1955 in the Binaca geetmala annual list of 1955.
Posted by: Atul on: September 30, 2009
“Akeli Mat Jaiyyo” (1963) was one of those movies that failed at the box office despite boasting of names like Rajendra “Jubilee” Kumar and Meena Kumari. Madan Mohan yet again had the mortification of watching his music go down the drain because his songs from this movie failed to take off as a result of [...]
Posted by: Atul on: July 4, 2009
These days, when people go on a long drive in cars, they switch on their car music system and enjoy listeneing to music. But that was not always the case. In olden days, when mp3 players and cassette players were not invented, keeping a record player in the car was not a viable option.
Posted by: Atul on: April 7, 2009
“Suraj”(1966) was the biggest musical blockbuster of the year and its song “bahaaron” phool barsaao” went on to become the most popular song of the year in Binaca geetmala finals.
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