Archive for May 2009
Mori cham cham baaje paayaliyaa
Posted on: May 14, 2009
In Bollywood,one actor usually sings in the voice of one playback singer, and in case another actor has to sing, voice of another singer is used for that.
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Ye duniya patang
Posted on: May 14, 2009
Rajinder Krishan liked to use the word “patang” (kite) whenever he got an opportunity to do so. And he has written some memorable “patang” songs in movies like “Nagin”, ‘Bhabhi” etc.
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Tum jo mil gaye ho
Posted on: May 13, 2009
By now I have realised that one should not typecast people. People, if given a chance can surprise us by coming up with performances that one do not normally associate with them.
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I have posted a few songs from “Talaash” (1969) already and I mentioned that Lata was perhaps at her best while singing the songs of this movie.
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He neele gagan ke tale
Posted on: May 13, 2009
“Hamraaz” (1968) was a musical blockbuster. The songs of this movie were hugely popular among all age groups of people.
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Ae mere dil teri manzil
Posted on: May 13, 2009
I have become a big fan of music director Ganesh. He was the younger brother of Pyarelal ( of Laxmikant Pyarelal music director duo) and he was an amazingly talented music director on his own. It is unfortunate that Ganesh did not get many opportunities to showcase his talent. But whatever little opportunitiies he got are enough to establish his credentials.
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Ye duniya badi luteri
Posted on: May 13, 2009
But for the farmaish of this song, I was neither aware of this song nor the movie called “patang” (1960).
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Laage naa moraa jiyaa
Posted on: May 13, 2009
Asha Parekh, who acted as a child artist for several years, first acted as a grown up in Aasha ( 1957), though she was not credited there. She then acted in Dil Deke Dekho, Ham Hindustani and Ghooghat.
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“Chaandni” (1989) was a movie full of classy songs. And that was no mean achievement at a time when the quality of music in Bollywood movie music had hit rock bottom.
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Kahaan se aaye badra
Posted on: May 12, 2009
“Chasme baddoor” (1981) was a small bugdet non mainstream movie. This kind of movie, sans fights and sans lost and found storylines had their own fan following. There were several movies like this in 1980s that did reasonably well.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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