Archive for June 2009
I just realised that I had not posted a single song from “Baiju Baawra” (1952) in this blog. What an oversight ! But then there are so many great musical blockbusters created over the decades that such oversights are not uncommon.
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Tujhe kho diyaa hamne paane ke baad
Posted on: June 16, 2009
“Aan” (1952) was a big budget blockbuster movie of its time. The movie, as well as its songs were big hits.
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Introduction songs were quite frequent in Bollywood movies till 1970s. Later on, they become less frequent.
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Leena O Leena dil toone chheenaa
Posted on: June 15, 2009
Considering that a large number of Bollywood songs are on the subject of love, it comes as some surprise to note that the subject of this love, be it a boy or a girl, is not named by his/her proper name, rather he /she is addressed by common nouns viz Saajan/ Sajni, mehboob/ Mehbooba, Aashiq etc.
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When I first heard this song, this song reminded me of the song “lag jaa gale ke phir ye haseen raat ho na ho” from “woh kaun thi”.
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“Haay Mera Dil” (1968) was a movie which had Kishore Kumar and Kumkum in lead roles.
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Kisi ke thukraakar armaan
Posted on: June 15, 2009
“Pocketmaar” (1956) was a movie featuring Dev Anand, Geeta Bali and Nadira.
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Jo hampe guzarti hai
Posted on: June 14, 2009
Suman Kalyanpur had a voice that sounded very similar to Lata, and that hurt her career. But having listened to lots of songs sung by Suman Kalyanpur, now I feel that I have become somewhat able to distinguish her voice from Lata’s voice.
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Saaz e dil chhed de
Posted on: June 14, 2009
Here is yet another “new” song for me though this song is older than me. Yes this song is from a movie called “Passport” (1961). I was neither aware of this song nor the movie till yesterday.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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