Archive for June 2009
In 1970s and 1980s, small budget movies began to be produced which told the stories of boys and girls next door rather than the usual make believe stories that had little resemblance to reality.
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O zaraa bachke o baliye bachke
Posted on: June 9, 2009
Listening to this song, one may think that it is an O P Nayyar composition. It has the typical O P Nayyar kind of music and it is sung by Mahendra Kapoor and Asha Bhonsle.
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I have listened to this song in the past, but I was not aware which movie this song was from. This song, which is a party song and was picturised to welcome the then new year of 1959, is from “Anaadi” (1959).
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Tumhaare bulaane ko jee chaahtaa hai
Posted on: June 9, 2009
Here is a very old song from “Laadli” (1949). This song is sung by Lata who was then a newcomer.
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Toone meraa yaar naa milaayaa
Posted on: June 9, 2009
It is interesting to realise that Shammi Kapoor was around since early 1950s, and he in fact acted opposite a top actress like Suraiyya, no less. This was in a movie called “Shama Parwaana” (1954).
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Duniya Ye duniyaa toofaan mail
Posted on: June 9, 2009
When one listens to old songs and watches their picturisation, one often gets to know about that era. That way, these songs serve as good historical references.
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panthhi hoon main us path kaa
Posted on: June 8, 2009
Kishore Kumar, after making a laugh riot “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” (1958) subsequently made serious movies touching upon serious topics. In these movies, Kishore Kumar gave his all. He was not just the producer of these movies, he acted and sang and even composed the music in these movies.
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“Tajmahal” (1963) is one movie that is one of the biggest musical blockbusters of all time. Almost every song from this movie went on to become a timeless classic. The songs of this movie became hugely popular with masses and classes both.
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Madan Mohan is often recalled for composing many superb songs that were sung by Lata. Quite a few of these Lata songs have gone on to become timeless classics.
Madan Mohan has composed many superb songs with other singers as well.
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In Indian thinking, pursuit of money was considered bad and people who had too much money were considered evil. In fact, that stereotyping can be seen very much in older Bollywood movies, where the grocer aka lala ( often played by Kanhaiyalal, Jeewan etc) is always shown as an evil character.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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