Archive for the ‘“Sales pitch” song’ Category
Phoolon ke haar le lo roop ka singaar le lo
Posted by: Atul on: May 27, 2012
“Inspector”(1956) was a Pushpa Pictures presentation. It was directed by Shakti Samanta. the movie had Ashok Kumar, Geeta Bali, Pratima Devi, Maruti, N. Hussain, Achla Sachdev, K. N. Singh, Mehmood, Pran etc.
Beema Life Insurance Policy
Posted by: Atul on: May 15, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. It is with great pleasure that I write this tribute today to Johnny Walker, one of the greatest (if not the greatest) comedy actors we have seen in Hindi cinema. Today happens to be his [...]
Babu aanaa sunte jaana
Posted by: Atul on: May 11, 2012
“Jhumru” (1961) was a labour of love by Kishore Kumar. Kishore Kumar wore multiple hats in this movie. He was the producer, director, actor as well as the music director of this movie.
Evening news evening news
Posted by: Atul on: May 1, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Is there another song for selling newspapers? I cannot off hand recall one. This one I do remember – film ‘Dooriyaan’, year is 1979, and this film I remember seeing on the big screen.
Pyaaraa hindola mera
Posted by: Atul on: April 26, 2012
“Us Paar” (1974) is an obscure movie by now, even though this movie is a recent movie by the standards of this blog. This movie was a Cine Eye Films Production. It was produced and directed by Basu Chatterji. The movie had Vinod Mehra, Mausami Chatterji, Raja Paranjape, Padma Khanna, Jalal Agha, Lalita Kumari, Paintal, [...]
Mooliram aur bhindimal ka nikal gaya hai deewaala
Posted by: Atul on: April 14, 2012
Hindi movie songs cover lots of ground as far as depicting various human feelings as well as activities of Indians are concerned. But there are still a few regular activities that have been sadly underrepresented. For instance, there are hardly any songs for an activity as common as buying and selling of vegetables.
Naram naram ye hai garam garam
Posted by: Atul on: April 12, 2012
“Rangeela” (1953) was a movie produced and directed by Bhagwan. Not too m,any people are aware of this movie. Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh, our in house encyclopaedia on matters of obscure Hindi movies has this to say about this movie:-
Chhoodi main laaya anmol re
Posted by: Atul on: April 12, 2012
This article is written by Ava Suri, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. A few days back I found myself translating a song from Achhut Kanya for Raja who is subtitling the movie for the famous DVD restorer Tom Daniel. The movie is one of the most [...]
BA MA PhD ye diplomaay ye degree
Posted by: Atul on: January 2, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Trying to think of all other songs on the Hindi screen that contain the names of the educational degrees and qualifications. How far back do you think this trend goes? Well, all the way back [...]
Aahen na bhar thandi thandi
Posted by: Atul on: November 5, 2011
What is the most popular drink in India ? Tea, or ‘Chai”, as they call it in Hindi and many other Indian and foreign languages. If you visit and Indian household or office, you are likely to be served “chai”. When you go to a railway station, then the most ubiquitous vwndor you may come [...]
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