Posted by: Atul on: September 11, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Kidar Sharma ‘Hasrat’, the famous lyricist, writer and filmmaker, recounts his association with Saigal Saab, while working on the film Tansen and Bhanwara. It was early 40s, and Saigal Saab was still associated with the [...]
Posted by: Atul 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 [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 20, 2011
I have discussed nearly twenty Holi songs in this blog during the three Holis that this blog has seen so far. That covers almost all the well known Holi songs and also a few songs that are not all that well known.
Posted by: Atul on: March 20, 2011
When I meet people and I tell them that I have a blog of old songs, I get some well meaning advices, suggestions etc. One of these well meaning suggestions is that I need not re invent the wheel as far as writing down the lyrics of the song is concerned. Lyrics of all these [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 20, 2011
I have discussed almost all the well known Holi songs of Hindi movies in this blog. But that does not mean that I have discussed all the holi songs of Hindi movies. There are lesser known Holi songs from Hindi movies too that are interesting songs on their own right.
Posted by: Atul on: March 20, 2011
“Baalika Badhu” (Child bride) as the name suggests was a movie made on the theme of child marriage. In this movie, Sachin and Rajni Sharma play the children who get married to each other. Sachin has some idea of what marriage is all about but his bride (played by a then thirteen year old Rajni [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 20, 2011
“Naya Raastaa” (1970) is somehow a movie that is largely unknown. It comes as a great surprise to me because it was an a grade movie starring Jeetendra and Asha Parekh.
Posted by: Atul on: March 20, 2011
Today (20 march 2011) is Holi, one of the major festivals in India. This festival is also one of the most popular festival in Hindi movies as it offers great opportunity for movie makers to show the lead actors and others letting their hairs down and singing and dancing rather more uninhibitedly than usual.
Posted by: Atul on: March 1, 2010
There are several well known Holi songs that everyone is aware of. Then there are some lesser known Holi songs that are just awesome.
Posted by: Atul on: March 1, 2010
Today is Holi and it is just the right occasion for me to post “Holi” festival songs. Last year I posted most well known Holi songs. But there are still a few nice Holi songs that still remain to be posted.
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