Archive for March 2009
Taar taar baj raha
Posted on: March 25, 2009
This is a song that I never heard before. For that matter I never heard the name of the movie “School Master” (1959) either.
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Dekho ji bahaar aayi
Posted on: March 25, 2009
Many people, including me, cannot make out what this song is all about by reading the lyrics. But once the song begins to play, it is quite a magical experience.
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Roun main saagar ke kinaare
Posted on: March 25, 2009
C H Atma was a devotee of K L Saigal who would sing in Saigal’s voice. All these days, I thought that he was a contemporary of Saigal, but no, it was not. C H Atma came into the scene after the death of Saigal.
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Kabhi khole na tizori ka taala
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Now a days, we keep talking about the deterioration in the quality of Bollywood songs and we fondly remember the days gone by when there used to be high quality songs.
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Aap mujhe achche lagne lage
Posted on: March 24, 2009
“Aap mujhe acche lagne lage” is a very nice song sung by Lata. But as happens with me for many songs, I was not aware which movie this song was from. When I googled, I was flooded with details of a 2002 movie titled “aap mujhe ache lagne lage”. What blasphemy ! This new movie has not only used the title of this Lata classic, this movie has even hijacked this phrase, and finding out the details of the Lata song has become a tall order.
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Ye do deewaane mil ke
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Watching old movie songs can often turn out to be lessons in history. For instance, how many people in India know that Goa was not part of India till 1961 and that it was still a Portuguese territory till 1961 ?
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Tum hi tum ho mere jeewan mein
Posted on: March 24, 2009
I found it interesting that the same Shankar Jaikishan, who were the regular music directors of Raj Kapoor were the regular music directors of Shammi Kapoor as well. But while SJ would use Mukesh ( and sometimes Manna Dey) for Raj Kapoor and create hit songs, they would create hit songs with Rafi for Shammi Kapoor.
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I listened to this song just now for the first time. And I was mesmerised.
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Phir tumhaari yaad aayi ai sanam
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Here is a song which I do not recall having listened to in the past. It is a qawwaali, and one that appeals to the listener the very first time one listens to it.
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Kisi ke dil mein rahna thha
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Here is a lovely song from “Baabul” (1950). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and Lata. The song was written by Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad was the music director.
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