Archive for April 2009
Ek tera saath
Posted on: April 3, 2009
This is a movie called “Wapas” (1969). It had Ajay and Alka in lead roles.
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Sakhi ri mera man uljhe tan dole
Posted on: April 3, 2009
“Chitralekha” (1964) was a labour of love for Roshan and he had composed some superb songs in this movie. So it was a heart break for him when the movie did not do well at the box office, almost like what happened with Madan Mohan with “Jahan Ara” in the same year.
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Hamne Tujhko pyaar kiya hai itna
Posted on: April 3, 2009
Here is a typical Mukesh-Raj Kapoor song, where Raj Kapoor lip syncs on a sad Mukesh song.
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Aigo aigo aigo ye kya ho gaya
Posted on: April 3, 2009
Here is a fun song from “Boyfriend” (1961) that I was intending to post for quite some time, but I was unable to do so earlier.
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Saaranga teri yaad mein
Posted on: April 3, 2009
The first time I listened to this song was in 1975 at about 6-30 pm in the evening in Vividh Bharati.
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Resham ki dori
Posted on: April 2, 2009
When one speaks about “Saajan”, most people think of the 1989 movie of this name which had some very nice songs composed by Nadeem Shrawan.
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I just realised that “aankh”( eyes) played a very important role in the songs created by Madan Mohan. Just name the movie, and chances are there will be a very well known “aankh” song in that Madan Mohan, be it “Anpadh” or “Mera Saaya” or any other movie.
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O lootnewaale duniya ko
Posted on: April 2, 2009
I was aware of movies called “Dushman” featuring K L Saigal in 1938 and Rajesh Khanna in 1971. But it appears that there was a third “Dushman” too which was released in 1957 and it had Dev Anand in lead role.
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Mohabbat yoon bhi hoti hai
Posted on: April 2, 2009
If there are beaches, then why should there not be songs picturised on beaches. Of course there are such songs, even if they are far less in number than songs supposed to be picturised around trees. 😉
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Chanda chamke gagan mein
Posted on: April 2, 2009
“Bahut Din Huye” (1954) had as many as 16 songs composed by two music directors. B S Kalla (14 songs) got the lion’s share whereas two songs were composed by E S Shastry.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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