Archive for March 2009
Wo subah kabhi to aayegi
Posted on: March 19, 2009
“Phir Subah Aayegi” was a different kind of movie where all the action happens in one night. And despite such a small time span, the movie manages to have time for several songs. This movie, I am told is based on the story “Crime and Punishment” by Russian Novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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Ai mere dil kahin aur chal
Posted on: March 19, 2009
In my younger days, “Daag” to me meant the Rajesh Khanna movie released in 1970s and the songs of this movie were big hits.
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Jee chaahe jee chaahe
Posted on: March 18, 2009
“Raja” (1975) was a movie starring Rishi kapoor and Sulakshana Pandit. Few people ( including me) were aware of the existence of this movie. I was of course aware about the songs without knowing which movie these songs were from.
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Jalta hai jiya mera
Posted on: March 18, 2009
“Zakhmee” (1975) had quite a few wonderful songs. For long I thought that these songs were composed by R D Burman. It was much later that I realised that this movie in fact was the debut movie of Bappi Lahiri as a music director.
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Aati rahengi bahaarein
Posted on: March 18, 2009
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In old Bollywood movies, main characters, whatever be their economic status, used to live in huge palatial homes.
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Jaa jaa jaa mere bachpan
Posted on: March 18, 2009
Apart from the more popular songs of “Junglee”, I do not have much idea about other lesser known songs. For example, I was not aware that “Kashmir ki kali hoon main” is song from “Junglee”. One would expect it to be from “Kashmir ki kali”, is it not ?
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Phool gendwa na maaro
Posted on: March 18, 2009
Manna Dey yet again gets to sing a song for a bit actor (Agha this time). And as usual, Manna Dey gives his best in the song. The song may not have won too many popularity contests those days, but for music aficionadoes, this song remains a Manna Dey classic.
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Rahte thhe kabhi jinke dil mein
Posted on: March 18, 2009
I have posted one song from “Mamta” (1966) sometime back. Here is another song from this movie.
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Na jaane kahaan tum thhe
Posted on: March 18, 2009
Here is yet another forgotten gem from a forgotten movie called “Zindagi Aur Khwaab” (1961).
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“Dost” (1974) had one iconic song viz “gaadi bula rahi hai” which has been posted in this blog already.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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