Archive for February 2009
Ek bangla bane nyaara
Posted on: February 18, 2009
Here is another K L Saigal classic from “President” (1937). Kidar Sharma was the lyricist ( can someone confirm it)and R C Boral was the music director.
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Mere tumhaare beech mein
Posted on: February 17, 2009
This Lata song from “Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan” is a new song for me, in the sense that I have never heard this song till today.
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Mere paas aao nazar to milaao
Posted on: February 17, 2009
“Sangharsh” was a movie as “recent” as 1968 when Rajesh Khanna had already taken over Bollywood as a superstar. So I am surprised that oldtimers like Dilip Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala were still playing lead roles in 1968.
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Likhe jo khat tujhe
Posted on: February 17, 2009
I have posted quite a few “chitthi” songs from 1970,1980 and 1990s. It is not that such songs were not there in the earlier decades. Not at all. There were such “Chitthi” songs in 1960s too.
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Stumbling upon a gem of a song, which I never knew existed, has been quite a regular experience for me over the last few months.
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Do hanso ka joda bichad gayo re
Posted on: February 17, 2009
I was looking for this song for quite some time, but I finally managed to come across this song only yesterday.
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Jab dil hi toot gaya
Posted on: February 17, 2009
Till 1970s, Radio Ceylon Hindi service had “Puraani filmon ke geet” programme from 7-30 to 8 AM every day. The last song of the programme was invariably a K L Saigal song.
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“Paraya Dhan” was a 1971 movie which had Rakesh Roshan and Hema Malini in lead roles.The movie is hardly remembered today, but R D Burman, who was on top those days, came up with great songs in this movie.
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Bombay to Goa
Posted on: February 16, 2009
“Bombay to Goa”(1972) which had a gawky looking Amitabh Bachchan playing hero was carried on the shoulders of Mahmood, and other comedians.
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Ik na Ik din ye kahaani banegi
Posted on: February 16, 2009
“Gora Aur Kala” was almost a swan song for Rajendra Kumar as a hero, who was pitted against a newcomer viz Hema Malini in this movie. An ageing Rajendra Kumar against a young Hema Malini- such mismatches were not quite unknown in Bollywood those days.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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