Archive for November 2008
Chal ri sajni ab kya soche
Posted on: November 24, 2008
I have posted two songs from “Bambai ka Babu” in this blog, and readers will agree that both of them were great songs. But as far as Binaca geetmala of 1960 was concerned, the most popular song from this movie was yet another song viz ” Chal ri sajni ab kya soche”.
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Tum to pyaar ho sajna
Posted on: November 24, 2008
“Sehra” was a musical blockbuster whose music was created by a less known music director viz. Ramlal. Lata had sung some very fine songs in this movie.
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Mujhe dekhkar aap ka muskuraana
Posted on: November 24, 2008
“Ek Musafir Ek Haseena” was a movie featuring Joy Mukherjee and Sadhana. The music was by O P Nayyar and lyrics were written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan ( known more for writing lyrics for Madan Mohan). Rafi, as is his wont creates magic with his divine voice in this song.
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Pyar maanga hai tumhi se
Posted on: November 24, 2008
In olden days, when one listened to songs on Radio, the listeners would need to have all the knowledge about a song, in case they wanted to send their farmaish for a song.
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Pankh hote to ud aati re
Posted on: November 23, 2008
Ring tones has become a big business after the advent of mobile phones. In India, ring tones of movie songs are very popular. Though many people have new songs as their ringtones, some people like old songs as their ring tones as well.
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O mere sanam
Posted on: November 23, 2008
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Here is a duet from “Sangam” picturised on Raj Kapoor and Vyjyanti Mala. The people involved in creating this song are the usual suspects, viz Shankar Jaikishan, Shailendra, Mukesh and Lata. This song is a party song, and this movie seemed to have quite a few party songs, I do not know why.
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O meri sharmilee
Posted on: November 23, 2008
Rajesh Khanna’s superstardom owes a good deal to the fact that Kishore Kumar was the playback singer for him. In fact, the next superstar viz Amitabh Bachchan too owes it to Kishore Kumar’s voice for much of his popularity.
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Deewaana mastaana hua dil
Posted on: November 23, 2008
“Bambai ka Babu” was a movie starring Dev Anand and a young Suchitra Sen.
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Dil ne phir yaad kiya
Posted on: November 23, 2008
Sonik and Omi who were mama and bhanja acted as assistants to many music directors viz Madan Mohan etc. It was in later half of 1960s that they started out as independent music directors.
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