Archive for the ‘Moral song’ Category
Andher nagri chaupat raja
Posted by: Atul on: November 10, 2010
Many of the songs discussed in this blog are well known songs. But in this blog, I also discuss songs that are rare and not known to many people. In fact, this blog may be one of the very few places on internet where such songs may find mention.
Yaar hamaari baat suno aisa ek insaan chuno
Posted by: Atul on: July 14, 2010
“Roti” (1974) was a lovely Rajesh Khanna-Mumtaz movie. It had a good and different story line and it was a nice movie to watch.
Meethi meethi baaton se bachna zaraa
Posted by: Atul on: September 29, 2009
- In: Moral song
- 4 Comments
“Qaidi no 911″ (1959) was a “B grade” movie in the sense that it was an action thriller and it had Sheikh Mukhtar as action hero. When I say it was a B grade movie, I mean no disrespect. In fact, I think movies like this with Sheikh Mukhtar as hero were as good as [...]
Nirdhan ka ghar lootne waalon…insaan bano
Posted by: Atul on: September 20, 2009
It has been pointed out that “Baiju Baawra” (1952) set a lofty musical standards, which has remained unsurpassed to this date.
Iktaara bole kuchh kahe wo tumse
Posted by: Atul on: April 13, 2009
- In: Moral song | Satirical song | Theme song
- 9 Comments
Manoj Kumar was a movie maker who would make movies with simplistic messages telling India was good, west was bad ( Purab aur paschim), Villagers were good, city folks were bad ( Upkaar ) etc. In this connection, here is this movie “Yaadgaar” (1970) where Manoj Kumar continues to shove his ideals down the throats [...]
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.
Bura mat suno bura mat dekho bura mat kaho
Posted by: Atul on: September 20, 2008
- In: Moral song | Stage song
- 2 Comments
As a small kid, I had heard about three monkeys of Gandhiji that symbolised- “bura mat suno, bura mat dekho, bura mat kaho.” So when I actually heard a song with the same lyrics, I naturally liked this song. It became one of my favourite songs of that era.
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