Archive for the ‘Public lament song’ Category
Wo ghar ghar ke diye bujhaakar baney huye dhanwaan
Posted by: Atul on: March 24, 2012
I have discussed songs from “Ham Bhi Insaan Hain”(1959) in this blog. It turns out that there was another movie of the same title which was produced in 1948. This movie was produced by Ghanshamdas and directed by Phani Majumdar. This movie had Dev Anand, Ramola, Anand Pal, Ganshamdas, Jerman, Vinodini etc in it.
Thukra rahi hai duniyaa
Posted by: Atul on: July 18, 2011
K L Saigal had less than thirty songs in the blog two months ago. Thanks to the conscious decision to discuss one K L Saigal song a day, we now have as many as 82 K L Saigal songs in this blog. And hopefully we will have a century of K L Saigal songs by [...]
Zor lagaa le arre zamaane kitna zor lagaayegaa
Posted by: Atul on: July 15, 2011
Though I have discussed as many as seven songs from “Nastik” (1954), I was not aware of this song till a few hours ago. This song is a bhajan cum public lament. In this song, Ajit, Usha Kiran and others are sitting in a temple in front of the idols of gods and Ajit sings [...]
Waah ri duniyaa waah re zamaane
Posted by: Atul on: June 15, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Grihasthhi” (1963) and I have in fact discussed a song from this movie in this blog. Now I have come to realise that there was another movie of the same name that was released in 1948.
Duniyaa mein gareebon ko aaraam nahin miltaa
Posted by: Atul on: March 5, 2011
In India, being a “gareeb” (poor) has often been equated to being good and nice. And likewise, being rich has been considered being bad and evil. So it is not uncommon to find Hindi movies, especially old ones, championing the cause of gareebs, the way Indian politicians champion their cause even today, instead of asking [...]
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