Archive for May 2009
Mera naam Abdul Rehman
Posted on: May 3, 2009
Parents teach their small kids to introduce themselves before strangers and the kids, often feeling shy, hesitantly give their names, name of their schools, names of their parents etc.
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I had forgotten all about this song ! It was a song that was very popular during its time. I as a kid liked to listen to this song.
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Late 1960s was a time of glut for quality songs, so much so that these songs jostled for space and many great songs failed to catch the ears of the audience. Though I very much lived through those yeras, even I missed out listening to quite a few such songs, as I am discovering these days almost on a daily basis.
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O mere yaar Tommy
Posted on: May 2, 2009
If Shammi Kapoor could act in “An Evening in Paris” then Vishwajeet could act in “Night in London”. If Shammi Kapoor’s movie could have lilting music by Shankar Jaikishan, then Vishwajeet movie would have the music of Laxmikant Pyarelal to match.
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Saathi na koyi manzil
Posted on: May 2, 2009
In late 1950s and early 1960s, there were quite a few movies with “Bambai” in their title. Thus we had titles like “Bambai ka chor” and “Mr X in Bombay” those days.
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Aawaaraa hoon
Posted on: May 2, 2009
Though Raj Kapoor’s career was launched with “Andaaz” and “Barsaat”,”Aawaara” was the movie that firmly established his image by which he is known even today.
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I have posted as many as ten songs from “Andaaz” already. Unbelievably, not one of these ten songs was a duet song between hero and heroine in this movie. Most songs were solo songs, except one, which was sung by two female singers ( Lata and Shamshad Begum).
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There are great songs that become all time great hits. And then there are some great songs that for some reason end up in obscurity. I have already posted a few obscure songs that deserved to be much better known among music lovers.
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Do kadam tum bhi chalo
Posted on: May 1, 2009
Here is a song that can be called an iconic song. I have been listening to this song for decades and liking it too, but all this while I was totally in the dark about the creators of this song.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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