Archive for June 2009
Ghoonghat hataa na dena goriye
Posted on: June 14, 2009
Like many old classics, this particular song is “new” for me. I listened to this song for the first time only yesterday. And after listening to it twice, I was hooked.
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What a comic genius Kishore Kumar was ! I have posted several Kishore Kumar gems where he sang and enacted superb comic scenes. Songs from “Adhikaar”, “Miss Mary”, “Half Ticket”, “Padosan” etc readily come to mind.
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Nahin nahin koyi tumsa haseen
Posted on: June 12, 2009
“Swarg Narak” (1978) was a movie made by a South Indian production house who also published the popular children’s magazine “Chandamama”. At least I think so because I found the name of B Nagi Reddy in this movie as well in the “Chandanmama” magazine. And the plot of movies that this production house made were similar to the stories published in the magazine.
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O mere dilbar jaaneman jaaneman
Posted on: June 12, 2009
This song is a rare song in more ways than one. First of all, this song from “Haay Mera Dil” (1968) is rare in the sense that I was neither aware of this movie nor of this song till recently. And secondly, this song is rare in the sense that this song is picturised on Kishore Kumar but the voice that sings the song is some other singer- Manna Dey in this case.
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There are many Rafi songs picturised on Shammi Kapoor and most of them are very well known.
Here is a Rafi-Shammi Kapoor song that is a less known song. At least this song is a lesser known song to me.
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Teri dhoom har kahin
Posted on: June 12, 2009
I am aware of a few songs from “Kaala Bazaar” (1960) but this song is “new” even for me. This song “teri dhoom har kahin” is a lighthearted song that was not meant to become a timeless song, I am sure. But it is a nice song to listen to nevertheless.
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“Ladki” (1953) is a movie about which I know nothing. It appears that this movie was produced by some South Indian production house and they made this movie in Tamil and Telugu as well.
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Tumse milne ko dil karta hai
Posted on: June 11, 2009
Most of the songs posted in this blog are from 1970s and earlier. It is because I like to post those songs that people love to listen to even today. Most songs of 1990s and later are not as timeless as the earlier songs. In fact , many of these songs are forgotten within a few weeks after they are released.
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“Palkon ki Chhaon mein”(1977) was a movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini. Despite boasting such big names, and despite a very nice storyline, the movie was a box office failure.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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