Archive for November 2008
In 1950s, there were a few movies, (now forgotten) that had Delhi (Dilli) in the title of the movie. These movies tended to have Kishore Kumar in the lead role. For example, Kishore Kumar acted in “Nai Dilli” (1957) as well as “Dilli ka thug” (1959).
Read more on this topic…
tan man dhan sab hai tera
Posted on: November 26, 2008
“Tan man dhan sab hai tera” was a song that I heard many a times in 1970s, without getting to know any details about this song. I could make out that the singer was Mukesh, but that is all I knew about this song.
Read more on this topic…
Tujhe kya sunaun main dilruba
Posted on: November 26, 2008
This is an immortal song from “Aakhri Daao”, a movie that was produced 50 years ago. This song is sung by Rafi and most people know this song thanks to the divine voice of Rafi.
Read more on this topic…
Ankhiyan bhool gayin hain sona
Posted on: November 26, 2008
Bollywood songs typically follow a few set patterns when it comes to their picturisation. Songs that are sung by the lead pair tend to be picturised with them running round trees ( I am told) and later running around open spaces ( presumably as a result of deforestation leading to absence of trees to run around).
Read more on this topic…
Ye parbaton ke daayare
Posted on: November 26, 2008
1968, the titanium year of Bollywood movie music had so many great songs that a sizeable number of such songs struggled to get into the popularity bandwagon. Many great songs found themselves forgotten without getting the chance to be heard by the audience.
Read more on this topic…
- In: Blog century song | Century songs for the blog | Eternal love | expression of love | Feelings of heart | Flashback song | Kishore Kumar solo | Kishore Kumar songs | Lyrics by Prakashchandra | Lyrics contributed by readers | Multiple version song | Songs of 1970s (1971 to 1980) | Songs of 1976 | Title song | Yearwise breakup of songs
- 14 Comments
It is one of the iconic songs of 1970s. It is the title song of the movie “Chalte Chalte”. It was a small budget off beat movie. The lead actors in this movie were Vishal Anand ( credited as Vishal in the movie), Simi Garewal and Nazneen.
Read more on this topic…
Hoga tumse pyaara kaun
Posted on: November 25, 2008
1980 was the decade when I started losing track of bollywood movies and its songs. Gone was the meticulous record keeping of songs etc. Songs and movies in that decade passed like a blur before my eyes, without registering much in my brain.
Read more on this topic…
Kaliyon ne ghoonghat khole
Posted on: November 25, 2008
“Dil ne phir yaad kiya” was a fantastic musical blockbuster. I have already posted the title song of this movie in this blog.
Read more on this topic…
“Loafer” saw Mumtaz teaming up with Dharmendra. This movie was full of very popular songs. Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music and Anand Bakshi’s lyrics created songs which were quite a rage in those days.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments