Archive for 2010
I have been posting the songs of “Sargam” (1950) here these days. It is while posting these songs that I am discovering these songs for the first time. What wonderful songs these are ! And I am also surprised at the number of such songs. There are at least a dozen such songs, and all of them just mind boggling. And it is just as mind boggling to realise that this movie has been forgotten today.
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Yaad aayi aadhi raat ko
Posted on: February 1, 2010
“Kanhaiyya” (1959) is a movie that had some very nice songs in it. I have already posted two lovelly songs from this movie, viz “mujhe tumse kuchh bhi na chaahiye” and “ruk jaa o jaane waali ruk jaa”.
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Khayaalon mein tum ho
Posted on: February 1, 2010
Sajjad Hussain was a highly talented music director who enjoyed great reputation for his music among his peers. But his inter personal relationships left a lot to be desired, especially when it came to his relations with influential people. As a result, he got to work as a music director in very few movies and the number of songs that he composed add up to barely a hundred songs or so.
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I have posted one song from an obscure movie called “Fareb” (1953). Here is another song from the same movie.
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Likhne waale ne likh daale
Posted on: January 28, 2010
I have posted a song from “Arpan” (1983) in this blog. This movie has some nice songs in it that are wonderful to listen to even today.
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Many people, including me, may only be aware of “Sargam” (1979), which had some nice songs in them. But there was another movie of this name, viz “Sargam” (1950). This older movie was one of the biggest hit movies of its time and its songs were just amazing.
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Main tere pyaar mein paagal
Posted on: January 27, 2010
When I was young, I loved making records- no, not the kind of records that played on record players, but the kind which gave you gloating rights. For instance, there were people who would have the record of watching every movie on the first day, first show, and there were some people who would boast of watching the same movie 100 times.
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Husn bhi hai udaas udaas
Posted on: January 27, 2010
Kishore Kumar is known for his light hearted songs, but he has sung many great serious songs.
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I was not aware about this movie called “Gajre” (1948) nor about this song.
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“Jaagriti” (1954) was an idealistic movie that was produced just a few years after Indian independence when people of India were in an idealisting and nation building mode. Several songs of this movie went on to become iconic songs. It is in this movie that we have songs like “Aao bachhon tumhen dikhaayen jhaaki Hindustaan ki” and “De di hamen aazaadi bina khadg bina bhaal”.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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