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, [...]
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.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.
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.
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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