Archive for August 2009
Marne ki duaayen kyun maangoon
Posted on: August 5, 2009
I realised belatedly that 4 August is the birthday of Kishore Kumar, the much beloved multi faceted genius of Bollywood.
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Sona Rupaa laayo re
Posted on: August 4, 2009
“Josheela” (1973) was a movie featuring Dev Anand and Hema Malini. The makers of this movie were expecting the movie to succeed like “Johny Mera Naam” which had the same pair. But lightening did not strike the second time and the movie failed.
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We are so used to Mukesh being the voice of Raj Kapoor that we do not pause to think how it would be if Raj Kapoor sang for himself.
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Mere sapnon mein aana re sajnaa
Posted on: August 4, 2009
I have been posting songs in this blog for the last one year and I have wondered at the quantity and quality of songs that I did not know existed ! Many of my 1700 plus songs are songs which I had not heard before I began this blog.
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I have posted a couple of songs from “Aan” (1952) in this blog, but this song was not one of them.
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Taqdeer bani ban kar bigdi
Posted on: August 3, 2009
“Mela” (1948) is a very old movie which had two raw actors, viz Dilip Kumar and Nargis, in lead roles. This movie turned out to be a hit and that certainly hepled their careers.
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Mera naam jinny sone ki ginni
Posted on: August 2, 2009
“Sindbad AliBaba Alladin” (1965) was a B grade fantasy movie which failed at the box office. Perhaps the movie was created much before its time. If this movie was made now, this movie could well turn out to be a big hit. Greta has posted the review of this movie in her blog and the movie appears to be one that most present day movie watchers should find a highly entertaining movie.
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“Half Ticket” (1962) was a laugh riot which continues to be a much loved movie even to this day among those who enjoy watching comedy movies.
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Ham teer khaate jaayenge
Posted on: August 2, 2009
Here is a rare song from an obscure movie called “Deewaana” (1952). This movie had Suresh, Suraiyya, Sumitra devi etc in main roles.
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Kishore Kumar and R D Burman absolutely lorded over Bollywood music scene in late 1960s and early 1970s. Most of their creations , irrespective of the quality of the movie, were outstanding.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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