Archive for September 2009
I have been posting songs of “Baiju Baawraa” (1952) these days. Every song that I post is a masterclass, and never fails to enthrall, even if I may have heard the song many times in the past.
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Zindagi khwaab hai
Posted on: September 17, 2009
I have posted some 30 songs in this blog that can be categorised as drunkard songs. But still there are many such drunkard songs that remain to be posted.
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Aap jabse kareeb aaye hain
Posted on: September 17, 2009
I was not even aware of this movie called “Noor Jahaan” (1967). I became aware of this movie only after I got a farmaish for a song of this movie.
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The more one listens to the songs of “Ham Dono” (1961), the more admiration one feels for the creators of the music of this movie.
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Here is a nice car song from “Shrimaan Satyawaadi” (1960). Unlike most car songs, where there is either one or two persons, here there are three persons in the car.
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Ae kaash chalte mil ke
Posted on: September 17, 2009
Just the other day, I posted a song from “Manzil” (1960) where Hemant Kumar had sung a song for Dev Anand.
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Aaj gaawat man mero jhoom ke
Posted on: September 17, 2009
“Baiju Baawraa” (1952) was a musical blockbuster the likes of which has never been seen again. It set such high standards that emulating them was going to be next to impossible for the movies that came.
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I had commented in the past that S D Burman had used many singers to sing for Dev Anand. In addition to Kishore Kumar and Rafi, S D Burman used the voice of Hemant Kumar and Manna Dey as play back singers for Dev saab. If one looks at movies of 1940s, one finds that some more singers sang for Dev Anand.
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I found Greta (Memsaab) discussing some sharaabi songs in her blog and that set me thinking. Obviously there must be a large number of such songs, and I too have posted many such songs in this blog. But there must be countless more.
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Palti palti kismat palti
Posted on: September 16, 2009
I came to know about the movie “Musaafirkhaana” (1955) recently. By now I have realised that though the movie is not great shakes, its songs are very nice to listen to.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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