Archive for February 2009
This song is a landmark song from a landmark movie. “Rattan” (1944) was the first movie that drew upon folk music for its songs. And this particular song “ankhiyan mila ke” could well be described as the first such song sung by a female singer.
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I have been posting one evergreen song after another from “Badi Bahan”(1949). And readers may have noticed one thing about them- all these song were solo songs sung by a female singer. Wow ! Women’s lib had taken place so long ago as far as this movie was concerned.
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Here is another K L Saigal song from “My Sister” (1944). Lyricist is Pt. Bhushan whereas Pankaj Mullick composed the music.
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“Bathroom singing” is quite a popular hobby with many people. One reason for bathroom singing is that it is the only place where one could sing without being disturbed. Another esoteric reason is to tell people that you have occupied the bathroom. This is useful in case the door of the bathroom does not get locked ( especially useful for those staying in hostels).
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Ye kaun aaya mehfil mein
Posted on: February 25, 2009
“Saathi” (1968) was a movie with Naushad’s music and the movie had some very nice songs.
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Aaj ki mulaaqaat bas itni
Posted on: February 25, 2009
We are used to seeing Guru Dutt is tragic roles, so imagine my surprise when I found out that it is none other than Guru Dutt who plays this jumping jack kind of role in this song.
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I have realised that there have been quite a few songs on rivers in general, and the river “Ganga” in particular. So I have opened a new tag called “Ganga” songs, and I am sure there are quite a few such songs that I have already posted here.
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I am posting one great song after another from the 1949 movie called “Badi Bahan”. Here is another such song from this movie.
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The movie “Paaras” (1971) is by now a forgotten movie. But this movie was a nice threasure trove of some very nice songs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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