Archive for April 2009
“Pyaar Mohabbat” is not a movie too many people may have heard about. This was a movie featuring Dev Anand and Saira Bano.
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Koi aaya dhadkan kahti hai
Posted on: April 11, 2009
“Lajwanti” (1958) is a forgotten movie with unforgettable music. Most of the songs in this movie were sung by Asha Bhonsle for Nargis.
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Chhupa kar meri aankhon ko
Posted on: April 11, 2009
“Bhaabhi” (1957) has two iconic songs- one by Rafi and other by Lata.
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Chhod de patang meri chhod de
Posted on: April 11, 2009
Though it is the music director who gets most of the credit for a song, it is the assistant music director/ music arranger who does the actual legwork, and should get the real credit.
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Mushkil hai jeena bedardon
Posted on: April 10, 2009
I had listened to the two “Sahab Bahadur” songs sung by Kishore Kumar in the past and I have already posted them in this blog.
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Koi hota jisko apna
Posted on: April 10, 2009
Kishore Kumar has sung a large number of songs for the leading actors of their eras, viz Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. In addition, he also sang many songs for actors who were near the top, but who never quite reached there.
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O P Nayyar had fixed singing templates for his singers to follow. His female singers needed to sing in Asha Bhonsle style, and his male singers needed to sing in Rafi style. In case one of these singers were not available for recording the song, then the replacement singer was required to sing in the same way.
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Nazar na lag jaaye.. o my love
Posted on: April 10, 2009
In any field of activity, whenever a product succeeds, “me to” products with similar packaging come up, which hope to encash on the popularity of the original. Most of the clones fail, but some of the best clones often succeed, and in some cases, may become as successful as the original too.
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Aaja chhaaye kaare badra
Posted on: April 10, 2009
In 1950s, it was difficult to imagine a music director making his mark without using the voice of Lata. But there were two music directors who achieved this seemingly impossible feat. One was O P Nayyar who never used Lata’s voice in even once in his career. Another music director who stopped using Lata’s voice in 1950s was S D Burman.
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Dam bhar jo udhar munh phere
Posted on: April 10, 2009
It is a boat song, chaayageet song, sensuous song, romantic song, all rolled into one.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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