Archive for July 2010
khuli khuli zulfon ko baandh bhi lo
Posted on: July 12, 2010
I have recently stumbled upon the songs of “Banarasi Thug” (1962) and I have posted a couple of songs from this movie.
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O sajnaa barkhaa bahaar aayi
Posted on: July 12, 2010
This is one song that I thought I had already posted but I was wrong, and this fact was pointed out to me by some readers too.
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chhun chhun ghungroo boley
Posted on: July 12, 2010
I have been posting the songs of “Phagun” (1958) these days. In this series, here is the 8th song from this movie.
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It has been pointed out by my readers that the song “Ramaiyya vasta vaiyya” from “Shree 420” (1955) is missing from the blog. Not just this song, I am sure many great gems of yesteryears are missing from the blog. But I will gradually add all these songs. The fact that so many great songs are still missing from this blog despite the blog boasting of over 2600 songs is an indication that there are far too many great songs that were created during the golden era of Bollywood movie music.
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“Boot Polish” (1953) was a moving tale of orphan kids who struggle to come up in their lives. It is a kind of movie that I personally cannot bear to watch, and I have not watched this movie.
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Bholi soorat dil ke khote
Posted on: July 12, 2010
It was in late 1940s and early 1950s that Indian movie music was discovering new sources of inspirations for its songs, apart from classical music. These new sources of inspiration being Indian folk music and western music.
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(This article is written by Raja, a regular visitor of this blog and a fellow enthusiast of Bollywood songs)
This song is the 2600th on this blog. That’s quite a milestone, considering every song is a construction on its own.
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“Banarasi Thug” (1962) was a B grade movie with Manoj Kumar and Vijaya Chaudhary in lead roles. The movie was B grade, but there were so many underemployed talented music directors those days that movie makers had no trouble getting A grade music composed even in B and C grade movies.
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Sun jaa pukaar
Posted on: July 11, 2010
These days I am posting songs from “Phagun” (1958). Here is another song from this movie.
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I was under the impression that I had posted nearly all the songs of “Aawaara” (1951) in this blog. But I was wrong, There are still songs from this movie that need to be posted.
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