Posted by: Atul on: August 6, 2011
“Rajdhani”(1956) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had actors like Sunil Dutt,Nimmi, Johny Walker,Durga Khote,Purnima,Naaz,Tiwari etc in it. This N C Films movie was directed by Naresh Saigal.
Posted by: Atul on: March 26, 2011
I could have sworn that I had this category called “Jhumka” song in this blog, but I was wrong. I had “ghunghroo” catgory, but not “jhumka” category which is clearly an oversight on my part.
Posted by: Atul on: July 12, 2010
I have been posting the songs of “Phagun” (1958) these days. In this series, here is the 8th song from this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: September 30, 2009
One of the most lovable category of songs are those that I call “mental massage” category. These are basically sweet, melodious songs with simple lyrics and minimal music that do not tax one’s mental faculties and make one feel relaxed .
Posted by: Atul on: May 14, 2009
In Bollywood,one actor usually sings in the voice of one playback singer, and in case another actor has to sing, voice of another singer is used for that.
Posted by: Atul on: May 10, 2009
Many of the songs that I have posted in this blogs are songs about which I had no knowledge. It is my more knowledgeable readers who gave me farmaish for these songs. And I located the links for these songs and posted them here.
Posted by: Atul on: March 30, 2009
This was a wonderful “paayaliya” song from “Jugnu” (1973), before the newer “paayaliya ” song came up two decades later in “Deewaana” (1992).
Posted by: Atul on: March 17, 2009
“Deewaana” (1992) was a movie starring Rishi Kapoor with newcomers Divya Bharti and Shahrukh Khan. One attraction of the movie was its songs.
Posted by: Atul on: February 9, 2009
In India, most couples have arranged marriages, but you could not realise that by watching Bollywood movies, where every hero and his sidekick seemed to fall in love and sing romantic songs. To the credit of Bollywood actors, a few on screen lovers of Bollywood movies actually tied the knots too. Examples being Amitabh-Jaya, Rishi [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 31, 2008
I have mentioned it earlier that “Mera Saaya” was full of outstanding Lata-Madan Mohan songs that have gone on to become immortal evergreen songs. But pray which of “Mera Saaya” songs became the most popular those days? It was none of these Lata songs, or even the Rafi one.
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