Archive for the ‘Ground reality’ Category
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 [...]
Hamen un raahon par chalna hai
Posted by: Atul on: September 28, 2009
The movie “Masoom” (1960) is known for the immortal song “Naani teri morni ko mor le gaye”.
Ye jo public hai ye sab jaanti hai
Posted by: Atul on: May 8, 2009
Rajesh Khanna was the reigning superstar in early 1970s and Kishore Kumar was the reigning king among male playback singer. and both of them has annexed their crowns almost at the same time.
Kal ki daulat aaj ki khushiyaan
Posted by: Atul on: May 4, 2009
“Asli Naqli” (1962) was a movie starring Dev Anand.
Dekh tere sansaar ki haalat…Kitna badal gaya insaan
Posted by: Atul on: January 14, 2009
It is a very common public lament that things were going from bad to worse, and people then long for the “good old day” when things were so nice.
Do rang duniya ke aur do raaste
Posted by: Atul on: January 9, 2009
- In: Ground reality | Pathos | philosophical song | Theme song | Title song
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“Do Raaste” was a musical blockbuster. It had great songs sung by Rafi, Lata, and Kishore Kumar. But it was Mukesh who got to sing the Title song, and needless to say, this song too is just as popular as the other songs of this movie. Mukesh has sung this song full of pathos, as [...]
Do deewane shahar mein
Posted by: Atul on: October 25, 2008
Here is a fantastic song from “Gharonda”. Neither the movie, nor the song were mainstream ones by the standards of 1977, but this song and this movie struck the right chords in the hearts of the audience.
Ramchandra kah gaye siya se
Posted by: Atul on: October 11, 2008
We are told that olden days were golden days and that the present day are much worse. The days of Ram Rajya were the stuff of dreams, and the present age of Kalyug has seen deterioration in human values, we are told.
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