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Nazar pher kar dil par bijli giraa dee
Posted by: Atul on: July 5, 2011
“Pugree” (1948) is a movie that had Amar, Wasti, Kamini Kaushal, Dikshit,Shashikala, Gope, Pratima Devi, Ram Avtaar etc in it. This movie had some nice songs in it which were sung by Mukesh, Sitara Kanpuri and Shamshad Begam. I have so far discussed three songs from this movie.
Sune na koi man ki vyathaa
Posted by: Atul on: March 31, 2011
I have often mentioned that the Hindi that one got to listen to in Hindi movies is not the same that I studied in my Hindi classes during my school days. The Hindi taught in the school was chaste Hindi whose vocabulary was mainly derived from Sanskrit. The Hindi,as used by Government of India is [...]
Jo pyaar toone mujhko diyaa thhaa
Posted by: Atul on: March 18, 2011
Hindi movies have several songs of the genre where the hero has a broken heart aften being betrayed in love. This genre of songs often tend to become repetitive after a while as far as their lyrics are concerned. The phrase “Toota huaa dil” viz “broken heart” often figures mandatorily in these songs.If one has [...]
Naam teraa hai zabaan par…jaanewaale ab to aajaa
Posted by: Atul on: February 24, 2011
When I was growing up as a kid in late 1960s and early 1970s, I noticed that old movie makers tended to give their movies the same title as the titles of new movies. When radio announcer announced songs from “Andaaz”, “Aankhen”,”Aarzoo”,”Adaalat”, “Parwarish” etc, I expected to listen to songs from the newer movies of [...]
Muhabbat par bahaar aati jahaan gulzaar ho jaataa
Posted by: Atul on: December 19, 2010
“Shair” (1949) is a treasure trove of nice songs.I have so far discussed five songs from this movie. There are man more songs in this movie that need to be discussed in these pages.
Na aadmi ka koi bharosaa na dosti ka koi thikaanaa
Posted by: Atul on: August 23, 2010
The farmaish of this song from “Aadmi” (1968) was given by Lalitha today.This is a kind of song where getting the lyrics right is a straightforward task without much challenge and so here is the song, in double quick time.
Bhari duniyaa mein aakhir dil ko samjhaane kahaan jaayen
Posted by: Atul on: August 23, 2010
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog Do Badan (1966) may not be the best-known movie of its times but at least in the songs department it could hold its head up with pride. A lively Asha solo, a typical [...]
Bhool gaye kyun deke sahaara
Posted by: Atul on: October 21, 2009
“Anokhi Ada” to me was a movie of 1970s starring Jeetendra and Vinod Khanna, but I came to know that there was another movie of this name in 1948 too. Why did these oldtimers choose the same name as a new movie and then had some boring music in that- this is what I used [...]
Jaane waale tera Khuda haafiz
Posted by: Atul on: October 1, 2009
The musical combination of Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad delivered several great songs. “Paalki” (1967) was one of the last such movies which had lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni and music by Naushad.
Wo marne se nahin darte
Posted by: Atul on: September 22, 2009
This song is an important song for Shammi Kapoor fans. This song is from “Shama Parwaana” (1954) where Shammi Kapoor was cast as a hero for the first time in a movie, and that too opposite a big star like Suraiyya.
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