Archive for February 2009
Aa lag ja gale dilruba
Posted on: February 13, 2009
“Das Lakh” (1966) is known for its iconic title song that went- “gareebon ki suno wo tumhaari sunega”.
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Main gareebon ka dil hoon
Posted on: February 13, 2009
It is a very old song from a very old movie. Premnath used to play roles of a hero those days.
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Here is yet another Piano cum Party song that was almost a must in Bollywood movies of 1960s. The hero typically would sing a song seated on a piano kept near a big staircase. The big hall would be full of the invitees to the party. Except the main characters, others would be under strict orders not to make any movements.
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Aap huye mere balam
Posted on: February 13, 2009
Kishore Kumar was a versatile artist. There was little he had not done in movies. He has been producer, director, actor, singer, lyricist, music director etc etc. in movies. Though most commonly, he would play actor cum singer in many movies of 1950s and 1960s, before he turned a full time playback singer in late 1960s.
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Aa mere hamjoli aa
Posted on: February 12, 2009
“Jeene Ki raah” had some very popular songs sung by Rafi. I have already posted one song from this movie.
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Main Bambai ka babu
Posted on: February 12, 2009
In Bollywood movies, singing songs is traditionally the preserve of lead actors. Lesser actors rarely got to sing. But there were exceptions.
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Patthar ke sanam
Posted on: February 12, 2009
There are many well known songs, names of whose movies are often unknown. That is unlikely to happen with this song since this song “Patthar ke sanam” is also the title of the movie.
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Dafli waale dafli bajaa
Posted on: February 12, 2009
Jaya Prada made her Bollywood debut with “Sargam” (1979) opposite Rishi Kapoor. In this movie, she played a dumb woman. But you would not know that, seeing that she sings many great songs in this movie.
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O shama mujhe phoonk de
Posted on: February 12, 2009
Here is a typical Raj Kapoor song. Typical Raj Kapoor song meant it was sung by Mukesh, lyricist was Shailendra and the music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan.
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