Archive for January 2009
Tumne mujhe dekha
Posted on: January 22, 2009
What can one say about the music of “Teesri Manzil” that has not been said ? It was the launch pad of R D Burman as a formidable music director in Bollywood music industry. The songs, all of them, broke new ground. Rafi and Asha Bhonsle were magical in this movie. Majrooh Sultanpuri came up ith some wonderful lyrics.
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Jab jab apna mel huaa
Posted on: January 22, 2009
Sonik Omi, who were assistants to Madan Mohan for a long time, tended to suffer a fate similar to Madan Mohan as independent music directors.They would create outstanding music, but the movies where their music would be included would fail at the box office without a whimper. As a result, the career of Sonic Omi failed to take off despite the brilliance of their music.
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Rasik balma dil kyun lagaaya
Posted on: January 22, 2009
“Chori Chori” was a movie that is still remembered for its music. This was a rare movie where Manna Dey had sung the songs picturised on Raj Kapoor and those songs had become very popular.
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Chakke mein chakka
Posted on: January 22, 2009
“Brahmachari” had so many wonderful songs, including a few immortal song. Even those songs that are not all that immortal can still be regarded as memorable, even though these songs were composed as time pass songs.
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Bole re papeehara
Posted on: January 22, 2009
Early 1970 saw a new voice in Bollywood music world and the Indian media, as hasty as always, announced that Lata finally had a rival.
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Kavi Pradeep was a lyricist cum singer who wrote with passion and sang with passion. And nowhere is this passion more evident than in this song from “Jaagriti” (1954).
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Ek daal par totaa boley
Posted on: January 21, 2009
Ravindra Jain was a newcomer when he got the opportunity of composing the music for “Chor Machaaye Shor”. And it was his music that revived the career of Shashi Kapoor as a hero.
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This song is a festival song, a “holi” song to be precise. Everyone is seen with some gulaal applied on their faces, and Rajesh Khanna is seated with Asrani. Rekha, with gulaal applied on her cheeks as well, comes with a lota full of bhang and pours Asrani some of it. Rajesh Khanna also proffers his glass forward. Rekha, not interested in pouring him the intoxicant, thrusts the lota on Rajesh Khanna’s hands and departs on a huff, only to be stopped on her tracks when a song begins.
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Andaaz mera mastaana
Posted on: January 21, 2009
How does one start liking a song? Does one start liking a song immediately the very first time one listens to it, or does the song grow on the listener ?
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Mama O mama
Posted on: January 21, 2009
I was not aware that Raj Kapoor and Mehmood had ever worked together in a movie. Now I know that they were together in a movie called “Parvarish” (1958).
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