Archive for 2010
“Shaheed” (1965) was a movie based on Bhagat Singh’s life and most songs were patriotic songs. Even other songs of this movie evoke patriotic fervour, such is the feeling that this movie brings about in its listeners.
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O panchhi pyaare saanjh sakhaare
Posted on: August 13, 2010
When it comes to songs of the golden era, I have certain observations. One of these observations is that every movie had several nice songs. Some of the songs went on to become popular but even those songs which failed to become popular are worth listening to. In many cases, they may even be as good as, if not better, than the more popular songs of that movie.
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This song from “Kohinoor”(1960) is an ultimate “Chhaayaageet” song which is my way of saying that this romantic song is ideal for listening to at late night. And indeed many listeners may have listened to this song in the late night “Vividh Bharati” programme of this name.
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Gham ka fasaanaa kisko sunaayen
Posted on: August 13, 2010
“Mela” (1948) was a movie starring very young Nargis and Dilip Kumar in lead roles.
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“Prem Pujaari” (1970) seemingly had songs for all occasions. Here is a lovely heartwarming romamtic song from this movie.
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In India, making tall promises is not the sole preserve of politicians alone. Hindi movie heroes too are known to make tall tall promises to their beloved in matters of heart. They claim that their love is eternal and it spans across many births, not just the present birth.
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When one thinks on the movie “Modern Girl” (1961), one thinks of the song Ye mausam rangeen samaan. This song is a very popular Mukesh song,and I associate this song with this movie whenever I hear the name of this movie.
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When I was a youngster in my teens, I was under the impression that old songs meant boring songs, which were mostly like Ghazal, sad songs etc. But it is only much later that I realised that some wonderful light hearted songs too were created those days. I have already posted many of them in this blog.
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Though I have posted as many as six songs from “Madhumati” already, I need to post other songs from this movie as well, seeing that this movie has so many wonderful songs in it.
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Indian independence also brought partition, and it caused human suffering on a large scale. Quite a few movies were made on this subject. “Lahore” (1949), starring Karan Dewan and Nargis was one of the first such movies on this subject.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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