Posted by: Atul on: February 12, 2012
As iconic songs go, this song is as iconic as any. I in fact was under the impression that this song was already discussed and that too long back. But I was wrong of course.
Posted by: Atul on: November 10, 2011
“Chalti Ka naam Gaadi” (1958) was a brainchild of Kishore Kumar. Legend has it that Kishore Kumar produced this movie to get over his tax problems. He wanted to produce a movie that he hoped would flop at the box office and that would enable him to balance his accounts for income tax purposes. He [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 25, 2011
“Saajan Ki Saheli” (1980) is a movie which came up in the last stage of the Golden era of Hindi movie music. Those were the days when Disco music was becoming the rage and lyrics were losing their importance in such songs. During those days, we fortunately still had the kind of music in some [...]
Posted by: Atul on: June 21, 2011
In Hindi movies, the rainy season is the season of love. And this rainy season has countless songs in Hindi movies in its various sub themes, viz Saawan, jhoola, phuhaar, rimjhim, full fledged rains etc.
Posted by: Atul on: May 9, 2011
Look what a remarkable gem I discovered just a few hours ago ! This song is from “Pardesi” (1957). Though I have discussed two songs from this movie already in the past, I was not aware of the fact that this movie was an Indo Soviet production which was made in Hindi as well as [...]
Posted by: Atul on: April 9, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog. Our country is a land of villages, and it lives in the hearts of the farmers of this land. There is an immeasurable bond that we Indians have with the mitti (soil) of this land; [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 9, 2011
Like most music lovers, I tend to know only about the better known songs from most movies and I am often in the dark about songs that failed to make it big. Often, one can come across special songs even among these forgotten songs.
Posted by: Atul on: February 27, 2011
“Pehchaan” (1970) is a movie starring Manoj Kumar and Babita in it. the movie itself is not remembered much now, but its songs are still popular. I have already discussed one song from this movie (Wo pari kahan se laaun ).
Posted by: Atul on: February 26, 2011
This post is written by Lalitha, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular visitor of this blog This is my first attempt at writing anything more than a couple of sentences on the Internet, and the thought fills me with trepidation. In a rash moment, I practically offered to do one for [...]
Posted by: Atul on: February 4, 2011
I have discussed one song from “Taangaawaali” (1955) in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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