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Archive for the ‘Ghazal’ Category

Shama par jalke bhi parwaana

Posted by: Atul on: May 26, 2012

This article is written by Shekher Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog. Without detracting one bit from her merit, capability and musico-longevity, I have to admit that I am not a fan of Asha Bhosle in the same manner as I am of Lataji. That said, [...]

Tasweer teri dil mera behla na sakegi

Posted by: Atul on: May 9, 2012

Talat Mehmood is today mainly known for the songs that he sang in Hindi movies. But he began his career as a non film singer. He had gone to Calcutta in late 1930s when he was still a teenager and he began to create waves there with his ghazals.

Do roz mein wo pyaar ka aalam guzar gayaa

Posted by: Atul on: April 16, 2012

“Pyaar Ki Raahen”(1959) is an obsure movie which was a Thakur Pictures Production. It was directed by Lekhraj Bhakri. The movie had Pradeep Kumar, Anita Guha, Pran, Kuldeep Kaur,Helen, Sunder, Tiwari, Om Prakash, Jeevan, etc in it.

Dil shaam se doobaa jaata hai

Posted by: Atul on: April 14, 2012

This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. When one would sit down to list and compile a gold collection of Asha Bhonsle, this ghazal is a ‘must have’ in such a compilation. It is a short ghazal, by many standards. Just three [...]

Pehle jo muhabbat se inkaar kiyaa hotaa

Posted by: Atul on: April 14, 2012

This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Khursheed Bano ( 14/04/1914 – 18/04/2001), the singer of immortal songs such as “panchhi baawara chaand se preet lagaaye” , “ghataa ghanghor ghor” , “jiske milne ki tamanna thhi wo pyaara mil gayaa” was [...]

Na tum mere na dil mera

Posted by: Atul on: March 4, 2012

Kamla Jharia is one of the earliest,biggest and most respected names among singers in the world of Hindi NFS.

Zindagi jab bhi tere bazm mein

Posted by: Atul on: March 1, 2012

“Umrao Jaan” (1981) is a treasure of some of the finest ghazals that have been created in Hindi movies. Most of these songs are sung by Asha Bhonsle in the movie, but there are songs in other voices too in this movie.

Zindagi mein jab tumhaare gham nahin thhey

Posted by: Atul on: February 9, 2012

“Dooriyaan” (1981) is a recent movie by the standards of this blog. The era of nerve jangling and mind numbing disco had begun by then, but on the other hand, soothing ghazals were making a brief return in a few movies, including this one. So the songs of this movie belong to this blog.

Badi naazuk hai ye manzil

Posted by: Atul on: February 8, 2012

Today (8th February) is the birthday anniversary of Jagjit Singh. On this occasion, here is a ghazal sung by him. The ghazal is from a movie that is quite new by the standards of this movie. Mr Sadanand Kamath, who sent me the lyrics of this movie allayed my fears by assuring me that the [...]

Na aasmaan na sitaare fareb dete hain

Posted by: Atul on: January 23, 2012

“Neela Aakaash” (1965) is a movie which was produced and directed by Rajendra Bhatia for Kiron Productions. Starcast of the movie included names like Mala Sinha, Dharmendra, Madan Puri, Manorama, Shashikala, Madhvi, Raj Mehra, Sulochana Latkar, Sabita Chatterjee, Mehmood, Mumtaz Begum, Jeevan Kala, Hari Shivdasani etc.


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