Archive for February 2009
Om Shanti Om
Posted on: February 6, 2009
Late 1970s and early 1980s was the time when Bollywood was in the grips of disco craze.
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Jhilmil sitaaron ka aangan hoga
Posted on: February 5, 2009
I have listened to this song many a times during my childhood. I had no idea which movie this song was from.
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Iint ki dukki pan ka ikka
Posted on: February 5, 2009
We have had quite a few songs talking about Bombay. But there have been few songs talking about other major cities.
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Ude jab jab zulfein teri
Posted on: February 5, 2009
“Naya Daur” was quite a path breaking movie in the history of Bollywood movies.
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Sajna saath nibhaana
Posted on: February 5, 2009
When it comes to singing songs or appearing in songs, it is only the lead actors who figure in songs. In some cases, bit actors too are seen singing a few songs. But when it comes to villains, there are very few songs featuring them.
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Bane huye ek khaakh se
Posted on: February 5, 2009
I have posted as many as 4 songs from “Aarti” (1962) already. But I have not run out of songs from this movie. There are a few nice songs yet to be posted from this movie.
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“Ham Dono” was a 1961 movie featuring Dev Anand ( double role) with Nanda and Sadhana. This movie had Dev Anand in the role of an army man.
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Kankariya maar ke jagaaya
Posted on: February 4, 2009
In Bollywood movies, we have party songs and we have folk dance songs and we have tapori songs.
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Jab liya haath mein haath
Posted on: February 4, 2009
“Vachan” was a movie produced by Devendra Goel. This movie was also the debut movie of Ravi as a music director. Ravi, who was till then an assistant of Hemant Kumar made a mark as an independent music director with this movie and he never looked back since.
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So gaya saara zamaana
Posted on: February 4, 2009
In most cases, the reel life that actors essayed on screen had little resemblance with their real lives. But in some cases, viz for Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari, their real lives followed their reel lives. Both of them played melancholic roles towards the later half of their careers, and their real lives proved to be no different. In fact, they both had tragic melancholic ends to their lives.
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