Archive for January 2009
Seene mein sulagte hai armaan
Posted on: January 11, 2009
This movie is called “Tarana” (1951) and it had Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in the lead roles. This movie had some very good music composed by Anil Biswas on the lyrics written by Prem Dhawan.
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Jyot se jyot jagaate chalo
Posted on: January 10, 2009
“Sant Gyaneshwar” was a C grade small budget Bollywood, the likes of which routinely go into oblivion unnoticed. But the music of this movie elevated the movie so much that one of its songs went on to become a bhajan, as well a prayer in schools, homes, etc.
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When I was about to post this song, I came to know that this song was already posted. When I double checked, I came to know that the “tumse accha kaun hai” song that I had posted was from “Jaanwar”, where this “tumse accha kaun hai” song is from, well “Tumse accha kaun hai”.
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Ye dosti ham nahin chhodenge
Posted on: January 10, 2009
“Sholay” was a movie known for its dialogues and for its thrill a minute storyline, but it had some songs too, in case anyone noticed. And these songs too gelled well with the storyline. And come to think of it, Sholay had a dosti song, a holi song, a Helen song, a teasing song- in short, songs of different genres that were considered a must in any masala bollywood movies were very much there in Sholay.
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If you are an antakshari aspirant and need to come up with songs beginning from “A”, look no futher than “Aarzoo”. It has a song that goes “Ae nargise mastana”. If this song is already used up ( or posted in case of this blog) then here is another “ae phoolon ki raani bahaaron ki malika”.
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Rafi has sung songs of many genres. When it came to drunkard songs, he began to sing such songs in 1960s. Most of these drunk songs tended to be sung for Raj Kumar,but he sang such songs for other actors too.
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Do rang duniya ke aur do raaste
Posted on: January 9, 2009
“Do Raaste” was a musical blockbuster. It had great songs sung by Rafi, Lata, and Kishore Kumar. But it was Mukesh who got to sing the Title song, and needless to say, this song too is just as popular as the other songs of this movie. Mukesh has sung this song full of pathos, as was his wont.
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Shammi Kapoor helped launch the careers of many heroines, because he was one hero who was not averse to acting opposite raw youngsters. In fact, actresses like Saira Bano and Sharmila Tagore actually made their debuts opposite Shammi Kapoor and that helped their career take off.
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Aawaz deke hamen tum bulaao
Posted on: January 9, 2009
By now I have lost count of Rafi songs sung for Shammi Kapoor. Almost all these songs were popular then, are popular now and will remain popular in future ( to paraphrase a Rafi song).
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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