Archive for July 2009
I have posted a couple of songs from “Faulaad” (1963) in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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Kisi Nargisi Nazar Ko Dil Denge Ham
Posted on: July 9, 2009
Mukesh in 1950s and 1960s was usually associated with sad songs accompanied by sombre music, which were usually sung on screen by Raj Kapoor.
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O saathi re teri bina bhi kyaa jeena
Posted on: July 8, 2009
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“Muqaddar Ka Sikandar” (1978) was not a movie that I liked much but others liked it very much. To keep up with others who liked it, I too watched it, and then I wondered what the fuss was all about.
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The movie as well as this song from the movie lies forgotten today, but this song from “Banarasi Babu” (1973) was quite popular those days.
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“Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati” (1969) is not a movie about which I had any knowledge. same was true about its songs as well.
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Mahtaab teraa chehraa
Posted on: July 8, 2009
Mukesh is often regarded as an expert in singing sad songs. But he could bring out other emotions just as expertly in his singing.
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Mera nanha kanhaiyya ghar aaya
Posted on: July 8, 2009
I have posted a few “lullaby” songs in this blog, where the mother sings lullabies to her young one. But that is not the only kind of songs that Bollywood mothers sing to their children.
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It is a very old song, exactly 62 years old to be precise. The Bollywood movie music then was in the process of evolving and maturing, and was still in a state of transition.
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Bollywood movies are supposed to be Hindi movies and their censor certificate mentions them as such. If one looks at the censor certificates of movies, one finds that a few movie are certified not as Hindi but as Urdu, For instance Nassir Hussain blockbuster “ham Kisi se ka nahin” is described as an Urdu movie by its censor certificate.
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I have mentioned in the past that Ganesh was an outstanding music director who unfortunately did not get his due from the Bollywood industry that he so richly deserved.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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