Archive for November 2009
“Teesri Kasam” (1966) was a labour of love created by Shailendra. It had some lovely songs in it which were penned by Shailendra himself, excepting two. This song is one of the two songs that have been written by Hasrat Jaipuri.
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I have posted one song from “Miss Bombay” (1957) in the past. Today I stumbled upon another song from this song. And what a song it is ! Such a lively song ! I do not know too many songs that are this full of joie de vivre.
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Jab se pi sang nainaa laage
Posted on: November 8, 2009
Ever since Bollywood movies came into being, gossiping about the movies personalities and about their controversies have been a major activity of movie magazaines and other such publications. Often, some author would write something about some person purely from his fertile imagination and that would then become gospel for all times to come.
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I have posted three songs from “Baadal” (1951) in the past. Here is another lovely song from this movie.
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“Aaraam” (1951) was a movie where Dev Anand was the hero. But in this movie one can also see a very young Premnath.
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Identifying an O P Nayyar tune is easy for music buffs, but even music buffs will have difficulty believing that this song was composed by O P Nayyar.
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Aaja aaja tera intezaar hai
Posted on: November 7, 2009
I have posted a couple of songs from “Sazaa” (1951) already, but even I was not aware of this song.
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For people like me, who discuss songs from yesteryears all the time, feeling nostalgic about the past is no big deal. But this song is something exceptional even for nostalgia buffs.
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O mere dil ke chain
Posted on: November 6, 2009
Many of R D Burman’s songs in 1970s were fast paced songs that were loud, party songs. But when the sitauation demanded, R D Burman could come up with soft, sensitive romantic songs too.
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In Bollywood, actors tend to be typecast, and most people tend to have a preconceived notions about the roles played by various actors.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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