Posted by: Atul on: August 13, 2011
Most Raakhi songs in Hindi movies are sung by females playing non working sisters and they genuinely pray for the well being of their sisters. With time, even sisters in Hindi movies have become working women. And they do not just do the usual jobs meant for ladies, but they often work in jobs of [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 13, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. The festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated today in many parts of the country. A tradition as old as our culture itself, it is a significant celebration of the brother-sister relationship in our country. By [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 13, 2011
Today ( 13 august 2011) is Rakshabandhan, also known as Rakhi, which is a festival where sisters tie rakhi on the wrists of their brothers.
Posted by: Atul on: August 24, 2010
Manoj Kumar who played a patriotic Indian named “Bharat” in his movies from late 1960s onwards played a different “Non-Bharat” kind of role in “Beimaan” (1972). Beimaan means Dishonest and Manoj KUmar played the title role in this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: August 24, 2010
“Hare Rama Hare Krishnaa” (1971) was a movie that was the biggest hit of the year. The movie as well as its music had taken the fans by storm at that time.
Posted by: Atul on: August 24, 2010
I have mentioned it on several occasions that music director Ravi has composed the most number of iconic songs among all the music directors. You name the ocassion or the theme, and chances are , one can name a few iconic songs for the ocassion composed by Ravi.
Posted by: Atul on: August 24, 2010
While posting songs from “Bandini” (1963), I had mentioned that even the “lesser” songs from this movie were gems. This movie has absolutely wonderful songs sung by Lata, Mukesh, S D Burman, Asha Bhonsle etc.
Posted by: Atul on: August 24, 2010
“Anpadh” (1962) is known as a movie that contained a couple of immortal ghazals that earned Madan Mohan the sobriquet of “Ghazal King” from Lata and earned high praise from Naushad who opined that these two ghazals was equal to all the musical creations of Naushad. Coming from Lata and Naushad, that was high praise [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 24, 2010
Today (24th August,2010) is the Indian festival of rakshabandhan, or Raakhi in brief. This is a festival when sisters tie Raakhi on the wrists of their brothers and the brother then vows to protect his sister.
Posted by: Atul on: August 5, 2009
Last year, when it was the day of Rakshabandhan (Rakhi), I had posted “bhaiyya mere raakhi ke bandhan ko nibhaana”. One yera has passed since, and today is Rakshabandhan again. Here is another immortal rakshabandhan song on this occasion.
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