Archive for the ‘Cynical song’ Category
Ik jhooth hai jiska duniya ne rakkha hai muhabbat naam
Posted by: Atul on: February 7, 2012
“Jaadoo” (1951) was a Musical Pictures presentation. It was directed by A R Kardar and the star cast of this movie had names like Suresh, Nalini Jaiwant, Amanullah, Shyam Kumar, Sharda etc in it.
Waah ri duniyaa waah re zamaane
Posted by: Atul on: June 15, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Grihasthhi” (1963) and I have in fact discussed a song from this movie in this blog. Now I have come to realise that there was another movie of the same name that was released in 1948.
Paisaa hi maalik paisaa hi daataa
Posted by: Atul on: May 5, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog. I have seen the movie Sautela Bhai (1962) many years ago on Doordarshan, and have remembered it for a very strong performance by Guru Dutt. It is a family drama, based on the story of two [...]
Koi maane na maane magar jaaneman
Posted by: Atul on: May 5, 2011
“Chaar Din Chaar Raahen” (1959) was an ambitious movie that tried to deal with lots of issues and ended up as a confused hotch potch of a movie.
Zehar khaanaa magar dil lagaanaa nahin
Posted by: Atul on: April 28, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog. Sheesh Mahal is a movie by Sohrab Modi from 1950. Sohrab Modi has presented a series of very powerful and very well made movies, which include both historical epics (Sikander, Pukar, Jhansi Ki Rani, Prithvi [...]
Aurat ne janam diyaa mardon ko
Posted by: Atul on: March 8, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog. Ninety years ago, this day, the 8th of March, saw the birth of a certain Abdul Hayee in Ludhiana, Punjab. It may seem like a routine event. After all, aren’t people born [...]
Dhokhe mein na tum aanaa
Posted by: Atul on: November 19, 2010
Here is a forgotten song from a forgotten movie composed by a forgotten music director and obscure lyricist, but what a delightful song it is !
Din control ke aaye..itni lambi chaudi duniyaa
Posted by: Atul on: February 21, 2010
When we look back at the past, we tend to wear rosy glasses and look back into the past only selectively. The past is not always all that glorious, as we tend to believe.
Baap bhalaa na bhaiyya sabse bhalaa rupaiyya
Posted by: Atul on: February 2, 2010
I have been posting the songs of “Sargam” (1950) here these days. It is while posting these songs that I am discovering these songs for the first time. What wonderful songs these are ! And I am also surprised at the number of such songs. There are at least a dozen such songs, and all [...]
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