Posted by: Atul on: March 6, 2012
I have heard this song many a times and liked this song too, but all this while I was totally unaware about the details of this song. Now that I have heard this song again, I recall that this song was one of the songs that Sunil Gavaskar had played during the Vishesh Jaimala programme [...]
Posted by: Atul on: February 22, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Of the many movies out there on my need-to-see list, I can now tick off one – Mujhe Jeene Do (1963).
Posted by: Atul on: November 9, 2011
Late 1960s and early 1970s were a period which saw the creation of several songs that have now become integral parts of Indian weddings. These are songs whose tunes are played in most Indian baaraats almost without fail.
Posted by: Atul on: September 20, 2011
There are several well known songs that I think have already been discussed in the blog when in reality they are as yet unrepresented in the blog.
Posted by: Atul on: June 6, 2011
I am back from the place where electricity and internet, (among many basic things in life) were at a premium. Hopefully I will be able to catch up with lost time. Just imagine being able to discuss just 18 songs in a week !
Posted by: Atul on: April 1, 2011
There are some Hindi movie songs that become so popular that they get adopted as part of life. For instance, many prayers in Hindi movies have actually become school prayers as well as prayers during religious festivals. Then there are lullabies in Hindi movies that have become integral part of the growing up process of [...]
Posted by: Atul on: March 11, 2011
“Shehnaayi” (1947) must have been one of the biggest and most influential musical blockbusters of all time. The songs created in this movie went on to redefine the concept of music in Hindi movies.
Posted by: Atul on: March 11, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Shamaa”(1961) that had music by Ghulam Mohammad. Now it turns out that there is another movie by the same name that was released in 1946 and it had music by Ghulam Haider. I other words, both these movies with similar names have music by similarly named music directors [...]
Posted by: Atul on: February 2, 2011
As music lovers, most of us only get to listen to well known songs. If one wants to listen to songs that were forgotten, one needs to dig deep and search for them. During this search, one often comes across some gems.
Posted by: Atul on: January 12, 2011
“Grihasthhi” (1963) was a family drama in which Ashok Kumar and Nirupa Roy (the standard couple of those days) play the parents of no less than seven daughters ! So naturally, much of the movie revolves around the efforts of the parents to get their daughters married off.
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