Archive for November 2008
Gham ka fasaana ban gaya achcha
Posted on: November 29, 2008
“Manchali” was a lovely romantic comedy movie starring Sanjeev Kumar and Leena Chandawarkar. The movie is also notable for its music and songs.
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This song is a forgotten gem from 1970s. I call it a gem on several counts.
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It was one of the earliest movies of Manoj Kumar’s career, and here he is paired with Sayeeda Khan.
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CAT cat, cat maane billi
Posted on: November 28, 2008
Kishore Kumar has sung some wonderful comedy songs in his career. One of the first such songs, that won widespread public approval was in “Dilli ka thug”. In this movie, Kishore Kumar sang songs of different moods.
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Jaana kahaan hai
Posted on: November 28, 2008
This movie is known for Bappi Lahiri’s memorable music. This was the second move as a music director for Bappi Lahiri. If his music was good in Zakhmee ( “Jalta hai jia mera bheegi bheegi raaton me”), his music was even better, in fact outstanding in “Chalte Chalte”. Its theme song has become an iconic song.
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Dil ka khilauna haaye toot gaya
Posted on: November 27, 2008
The movie “Goonj Uthi Shehnaai” has so many evergreen songs that one loses count. I have posted one of them in my blog so far, and there remains another half a dozen or so songs from this movie that deserve to be posted.
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Most of the time, I discuss songs that are evergreen, popular, iconic, outstanding, of high quality etc. But there are occasions when I love to discuss songs that fall short of such high standards. But I still like them, because listeneing/ watching them is fun.
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Kishore Kumar is known for singing happy songs bubbling with joie de vivre. But that is not all. He could sing sad songs just as well. In fact, he has sung some wonderful sad songs reflecting different shades of sadness.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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