Posted by: Atul on: March 5, 2012
“Ye Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke” (1963) was based on a real life story, but the Indian censors, movie makers as well as the Indian audience were not matured enough to deal with the subjet. As a result, the topic got diluted, trivialised and sensdanalised to such an extent that the end product was no longer [...]
Posted by: Atul on: January 4, 2012
Here is one more of those “What ! This song was not yet covered ..” category of song. I was under the impression that this song had long been discussed but I was wrong. Now I realise that I had discussed this song in another of my (by now defunct) blog while discussing rail songs.
Posted by: Atul on: October 18, 2011
In Hindi movies, there are songs for all occasions including songs meant to assuage the hurt feelings of the beloved. Now, how can one go about assuaging the hurt felings of one’s beloved ? The common and gentlemanly method is to say sorry. But then Hindi movie heroes (like Government employees) can never see the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 14, 2009
When I started this blog,remembering which songs I had posted and which were yet to be posted was easy in the beginning. One could remember it in one’s mind. But as the number of songs increased, I needed to keep track of them, because sometimes ( on two or three occasions) I repeated the same [...]
Posted by: Atul on: June 27, 2009
Now that I have cleared my backlog of farmaishes from 2008, it is time for me to take up the pending farmaishes of 2009. The oldest farmaish of 2009 that I have not yet posted is from “Sachchaayi” (1969).
Posted by: Atul on: May 17, 2009
Here is a song from a forgotten movie called “Kal Hamara Hai” (1959). This song is sung by Rafi and picturised on Bharat Bhooshan.
Posted by: Atul on: December 26, 2008
The golden era of Bollywood music (1950-1980) saw an embarrassment of riches as far as talented music directors were concerned. Among all these music directors, Ravi is one of the lesser known names. But if one looks at his output, he must be regarded as the most successful and most classy music directors.
Posted by: Atul on: August 30, 2008
As sad songs go, Mukesh was unparalleled. And it is very difficult to say which of his sad songs were the best. In my opinion, appreciation of music is a highly subjective matter, so one should just enjoy it, without trying to rank them or trying to compare them. This movie ” Chhoti Behan” (1959) [...]
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