Archive for April 2009
Teri duniya mein dil
Posted on: April 2, 2009
“Baawre Nain” (1950) was the movie that established Roshan as a music director of note. This Raj Kapoor movie had many immortal songs sung by several singers who went on to become legends.
Read more on this topic…
Jab chhaaye mera jaadoo
Posted on: April 1, 2009
I just posted a “Lootmaar” (1980) song as the 1000th song of this blog. Comments on that song indicated that the posted song (“piya ham saath mulk ka paani”) was not known to many.
Read more on this topic…
Madhosh hawa matwaali fizaa
Posted on: April 1, 2009
In Bollywood movies, title of the movies are often given in Hindi or English, and that was especially true for very old movies of say K L Saigal vintage.
Read more on this topic…
Kahin deep jale kahin dil
Posted on: April 1, 2009
“Bees Saal Baad” (1962), which is regarded as a milestone in Bollywood suspense movies, had some nice songs as well. Shakeel Badayuni was the lyricist and Hemant Kumar had composed the music.
Read more on this topic…
Taaron ki thandi chaiyyaan
Posted on: April 1, 2009
As is usual with me, I have been discovering many forgotten gems almost on a daily basis as far as bollywood songs are concerned.
Read more on this topic…
Ab wo karam karen ke sitam
Posted on: April 1, 2009
In 1950s and 1960s, there tended to be movies titled after important landmarks. For example, “Lal Quila” “Gateway of India” etc. These movies tended to go into oblivion soon after their release.
Read more on this topic…
Kyun chameli khilkhilaati hai bataa
Posted on: April 1, 2009
This movie called “Bahut Din Huye” (1954) had as many as 16 songs.14 were composed by B S Kalla and 2 by E Shastry. With so many songs in this movie, I wonder if there was any time left for normal dialogues in this movie. 😉
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments