Posted by: Atul on: April 9, 2012
R D Burman in 1970s was mostly known for composing songs that dazzled the senses. But he could also compose songs that touched the heart strings of the listeners. He tended to create the later kind of songs when he tied up with Gulzar as a lyricist. That way R D Burman was somewhat similar [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 25, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. In a recent post (“koi aaya lachak uthi kaaya”), I had talked about seeing the film Dastaan (1972) on a flight. As it turned out, that was not the only film I saw on that [...]
Posted by: Atul on: February 24, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Sometimes when I think back at how my taste in movies and songs has changed since I was a young boy, I can hardly believe that I’m the same person who, way back in the [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 22, 2011
“Kathputli” (1957) is a movie produced by Sreerangam Production.Amiya Chakravarty and Nitin Bose were the directors of this movie. The movie had Balraj Sahni, VYjyantimala, Kamla Laxman, Jawahar Kaul, Agha, Sheela Kashmiri, Poonam etc in this movie.
Posted by: Atul on: October 31, 2011
S D Burman, a highly influential music director during the golden era of Hindi movie music was around for nearly the entire duration of the golden era. Born on 1 october 1906,S D Burman began his career as a Hindi movie music director in 1946 and he continued to enthrall music lovers with his compositions [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 29, 2011
Most music lovers love to listen to light songs and run away from songs based on classical music. I certainly belonged to that category of music lovers who ran away a mile from classical music.
Posted by: Atul on: February 19, 2011
This post is written by Raja,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog I would not go so far as to say that I have learnt to appreciate art and culture as I have grown old. I am still very much a novice when it comes [...]
Posted by: Atul on: December 22, 2010
“Naubahaar” (1952) was a musical blockbuster and critics continued to rave about the songs of this movie for decades. I, who disliked old songs as a pre teen kid had also read about the songs of “Naubahaar” in 1970s.
Posted by: Atul on: September 13, 2010
If one has to see how one can express one’s feelings of joy and happiness through a semi classical song and dance, then look no further than this song.
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