Archive for the ‘Looking ahead’ Category
Jaago aur jagaao
Posted by: Atul on: January 17, 2011
Qawwalis are normally the longest songs in Hindi movies. But sometimes stage songs also give qawwalis a run for their money as far as their duration is concerned.
Dukh bhare din beete re bhaiyya
Posted by: Atul on: October 2, 2010
I always thought that the song “dukh bhare din beete re bhaiyya” from “Mother India” (1957) was a brief song, almost an afterthought. I do not know how I came to believe that. Perhaps I may have watched a brief portion of this song when I watched this movie (some 25 years after the movie [...]
Nayi zindagi se pyar kar ke dekh
Posted by: Atul on: November 9, 2009
This is the fifth song from “Shikast” (1953) that I am posting here. This shows that this movie had some lovely songs in it.
Ye zulf kaisi hai
Posted by: Atul on: May 6, 2009
In India, where boys and girls are not allowed to mingle freely like in the west, most wedding alliances are fixed by the parents, again without taking the kids themselves into confidence. And after the parents finalise it, they inform the parties. One important information, and perhaps the only important information that a person often [...]
Do kadam tum bhi chalo
Posted by: Atul on: May 1, 2009
Here is a song that can be called an iconic song. I have been listening to this song for decades and liking it too, but all this while I was totally in the dark about the creators of this song.
Hum dono milke kaaghaz pe dilke
Posted by: Atul on: October 4, 2008
I am sure no one recalls this 1978 movie called “tumhaari Kasam”. In fact I do not think this movie was ever released in the parts of the country where I was growing up in 1970s. But I recall having heard this song and liking it. Now that I have rediscoverd this song, after all [...]
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