Archive for September 2009
Jhuk jhuk jaaye nazar sharmaaye
Posted on: September 9, 2009
Of late, I have been posting songs from “Aab e Hayaat” (1955) in this blog. Most of the songs in the movie have been sung by Geeta Dutt and picturised on the heroine, though I have also posted a song sung by Asha Bhonsle ( picturised on Helen) and one sung by Hemant Kumar ( picturised on Premnath).
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Chappa chappa charkha chale
Posted on: September 8, 2009
“Maachis” (1996) had two songs that I was aware of and which I liked. I have posted one of them yesterday. Here is the second song from this movie.
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Though this song is from a movie of 1961, I first heard this song just a few days ago. And since then, I have come to the conclusion that this song must be one of the greatest songs created in Bollywood movies. And I am really surprised that this song is not all that well known. A song like this should form part of all the “all time classics” that music companies come up with periodically.
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Maataa O maataa jo tu aaj hoti
Posted on: September 8, 2009
In Bollywood movies, most sad songs are sung by grown ups. Typically a lady, who cannot meet her beloved sings a sad song, or a gent, thinking that his beloved is a “bewafa”, takes to singing a sad song.
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Now I have listened to this many a times, but I did that without paying much attention and without knowing any details about it.
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Mera dil meri jaan chaahe le le
Posted on: September 8, 2009
These days I am posting the songs of “Aab e Hayaat” (1955) in this blog. This movie had Premnath, Shashikala and Pran in lead roles.
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I have posted a couple of songs from “Dilruba” (1950) in the past. This movie, which is largely forgotten by now, had Dev Anand and Rehana in lead roles along with Yakub and others.
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Chhod aaye ham wo galiyaan
Posted on: September 7, 2009
Most of the songs in this blog are from 1950s and 1960s, so going by the standards of this blog, this song is a brand new song, in mint condition. 🙂
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Ae zindagi gale lagaa le
Posted on: September 7, 2009
1980s was when I had begun to lose track of Bollywood songs and movies. The fact that it also coincided with the time when the quality of songs was going downhill was also one of the factors.
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Do ankhiyaan jhuki jhuki si
Posted on: September 7, 2009
I have discovered that “Prempatra” (1962) is a movie that had some sweet melodious songs in it that were composed with loving care by Salil Chaudhary.
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