Archive for the ‘Folk song’ Category
Allah megh de paani de
Posted on: February 10, 2013
“Guide” (1965) was a Navketan International films production. It was directed by Vijay Anand. The movie had Dev Anand, waheeda Rehman, Jagirdar, Anwar, Ulhas, Parveen Paul, Purnima, Krishan Dhawan, Kishore Sahu, Leela Chitnis, Rashid Khan etc in it.
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Choli ke peechhe kyaa hai
Posted on: December 23, 2012
This article is written by Peevesie’s mom, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I am on a different thought track today. I was thinking of the approaching birthday season in my family. Thats what I call it as 3 from a family of 4 have their birthdays in the 15 day period from 23rd December to 6th January. My daughter leads the pack and son (he is the older one) brings up the rear. So I was down memory lane thinking of the time when they had just begun to walk, talk, sing or dance etc. So that put me on to the song I want to discuss today. This was a song to which my one year old daughter first shook her leg for.
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Dheere baho nadiya dheere baho
Posted on: August 31, 2012
- In: Chakki song | Feelings of heart | Folk song | Rare song
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I wonder if anyone has made a list of “Chakki” songs in Hindi movies. Present generation people may not be aware of a “Chakki”. “Chakki” was a manual rotaty grinder- a home appliance of previous generations which was used to grind grains. You poured grains on the hole near the centre of the “chakki” and rotated the “Chakki”. The grain got crushed and came out from the edges which was then collected.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Baarood’ from 1960 is a relatively better known film, probably that being a Sheikh Mukhtar film, it does get some attention. The film is a social drama produced under the banner of Super Pictures, Bombay and is produced and directed by Aspi Irani. The main star cast is Sheikh Mukhtar, Kumkum, Honey Irani, Sudhir, Veena, Heeralal, Husnbano, Mukri, Uma Dutt, Babu Rajey, Tuntun, Shakeel Nomaani, Suresh, Mantobai, Baby Ratan, Fazloo, Balaram, Andaleep.
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Kaun rang mungwa kawan rang motiyaa
Posted on: May 12, 2012
Munshi Premchand (31 July 1880- 8 october 1936) was a premier Hindi novelist whose novels and stories have had an enormous influence on modern Hindi literature. When I look at his literary output, I am amazed at his vision. His vision was unbelievably progressive and futuristic, especially considering the era he lived in (late 19th century to early 20th century).
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Chali Radhe raani ankhiyon mein paani
Posted on: May 1, 2012
“Upar Gagan Vishaal, Neeche Gehraa Pataal” – the unforgettable sound from the film ‘Mashaal’ (1950). The words carry a thrill – they have been written by Kavi Pradeep. The music is an uplifting exuberant melody – composed by SD Burman. And voice, the sound of which will make one sit up or even stand up – such is the strong conviction and the deep exhortation that one feels on listening to it – the singing voice is the deep, strong and bass-ful voice of Manna Dey. The song that set this young singer on the path to popularity and success.
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- In: Dance song | Folk song
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In the earlier days of Hindi movie music, the songs were based on classical songs alone. With time, folk music based songs became to be composed and that led to a surge in the popularity of Hindi movie music.
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“Pehle Aap” (1944) was one of those early movies which decided the course of action that future Hindi movie music was to take. This movie, like other movies where Naushad was the music director, had its music based on folk music, and that enabled public to readily connect and identify with this music.
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Hori ho Brajraaj dulaare
Posted on: August 29, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Saigal Saab, a person, a name – who went beyond being a legend in his own lifetime. He was an institution, with no parallel in the entire heritage of Hindi film music, during the years that he actually graced the stage of the world, or in all the years since. Having entered the cine world almost with the inception of talkies, as the stream of film music was still trying to find its feet, groping in the dark, he took this music to unprecedented heights, and left behind a benchmark that has not been equaled since he departed.
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- In: Dance song | feel good song | Folk Dance | Folk song
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I have posted as many as five songs from “Ganga Jamuna” (1961) but this movie still has a few songs that
need to be posted.
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