Archive for the ‘"western" dance’ Category
Ek do teen dil gayi chheen
Posted by: Atul on: October 24, 2011
Today India follows the decimal system as far as currency is concerned where 100 paise = 1 rupee. But that was not always the case. The decimal systen was adopted by India in 1957. Before that one rupee was equal to 64 paise, and one anna equalled 4 paise. Thus half a rupee was 8 [...]
Ab raat milan ki beet chuki
Posted by: Atul on: October 17, 2010
In Hindi movies, majority of songs have their origins in Indian classical music or folk music. Other source of inspiration has been Western popular music, which in fact became a standard fare in Hindi movie music of 1970s and 1980s.
Dekho ab to kisko nahin hai khabar
Posted by: Atul on: September 12, 2010
This review is written by Greta (Memsaab), a regular visitor of this blog and a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movies and its music This song is not your regular boy meeting the girl and running around the trees song. That stage is over, at least as far as Rajendranath and Madhavi are concerned. Yes,they have [...]
Nazren uthaa ke zaraa dekh le
Posted by: Atul on: September 8, 2010
With time, most movie personalities become typecast in our minds, and we expect their performances to conform to our preconceived notions.
Ham kaalaa tum white
Posted by: Atul on: May 19, 2010
This is one song that must be as rare a song as they come. Listen to this song and try to judge the people involved in the creation of the song. It is easy to notice that the song is picturised on Dhumal and Tuntun. One can also notice that the song is sung by [...]
Mr John ya Baba Khan ya Lala Roshandaan
Posted by: Atul on: August 18, 2009
In 1940s and 1950s, Bollywood music was undergoing a paradigm shift. Initially the music was based on Indian classical music. But then other influences came in. Indian folk music was one, and that helped take Bollywood music to the masses.
Roop ki dushman paapi duniyaa
Posted by: Atul on: May 27, 2009
In Bollywood movies, western music was used as early as 1940s itself. Early pioneers of this kind of music were C Ramchandra, Vinod etc. Here we find Naushad using “western” kind of music. In fact it is more like a fusion of desi and western music.
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