Archive for the ‘Devotional song’ Category
Falak bola zameen boli
Posted by: Atul on: April 30, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Earlier today, in another post I had mulled over the decline of films with mythological themes. Extending that concern further, I would also include the theme of Muslim religious and social films, which seem to [...]
Jai Jaikaar karo maata ki
Posted by: Atul on: March 23, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Greetings to all on the arrival of the Navratri festival, a nine days celebration of Maa Durga, the Mother Goddess. And even more – hearty greetings for a Happy New Year, Nav Samvatsar 2069, the [...]
Meri jholi ko bhar de
Posted by: Atul on: December 27, 2011
“Maan Ke Aansoo” (1959) is a movie which had actors like Ajit, Nalini Jaiwant, Lalita Pawar, Kammo, Agha, Jankidas, Tuntun etc in it. It was a Sharad Productions movie and it was directed by Dhirubhai Desai.
Allah karam karna Maula tu reham karna
Posted by: Atul on: December 16, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. This write up comes about in response to a request for translation by Khyaati ji. In a recent comment, she has requested for translation of this song, and realizing that this song is not yet [...]
Ambe tu hai jagdambe kaali
Posted by: Atul on: October 4, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Greetings to all, on the occasion of Durga Ashtami festival today, as well as he continuing celebrations of Navratris. Jai Mata Di. ‘Navratri’ means ‘nine nights’, a celebration to honor the Mother Goddess, that lasts [...]
Mere hathheele Shyaam
Posted by: Atul on: September 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. In the 1920s and 30s, and also later, Pankaj Babu’s affinity for Rabindra Sangeet has had a significant influence in making this music form popular with the general public. He had made a choice of [...]
Gokul se gaye Girdhaari
Posted by: Atul on: June 15, 2010
Here is a song from the very early days of playback singing in Bollywood days. This song is from “Vidyapati” (1937). It is sung by K C Dey and it is picturised on him as well, as was customary those days.
Shaam dhale Jamuna kinaare aaja Raadhe aaja tohe Shyaam pukaare
Posted by: Atul on: May 25, 2010
In this blog, I post songs that I categorise into different categories. Among them, there is one artificial category of songs (not yet formalised). These are songs that were very popular in its days during my formative years. I enjoyed these songs a lot without having any clues about their details. After that these songs [...]
Darshan pyaasi aayi daasi
Posted by: Atul on: January 12, 2010
- In: Bhajan | Devotional song
- 1 Comment
When I watch many movie titles and story lines of old movies, I notice that many of them could not be made today because they would be regarded as politically incorrect in these days of being politically correct. I do not think we can have songs mentioning Bombay, Madras etc nor can we describe people [...]
Hamko bhi de de sahaara
Posted by: Atul on: November 5, 2009
“Zabak” (1961) was a movie that is not known to too many people, considering that it was an B grade movie. Its music was A grade, of course.
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