Archive for 2010
Ham tum gum sum raat milan ki
Posted on: May 10, 2010
This is one of those songs that I liked a lot in my younger days without having any inkling about the details of the song, and after some time, such songs would be forgotten by one and all for all time to come.
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When Kishore Kumar is in the frame, you expect him to take the centre stage and dominate the singing. Here is this song where Kishore Kumar for a change is at the receiving end of a song.
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Dil ki shikaayat nazar ke shikwe
Posted on: May 10, 2010
I am fond of saying that Bollywood movies have one great “Chitthi” (letter) song every decade, beginning from 1960s. Thus we had Likhe jo khat tujhe(Kanyadaan)(1968) in 1960s, Daakiya daak laaya(Palkon ki chhaon mein)(1977) (Palkon Ki Chhaaon Mein” in 1970s, “Chitthi aayi hai aayi hai” (Naam) in 1980s and Sandese aate hain(Border)(1997) (Border) in 1990s. All these songs are already posted in this blog.
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Pyaar bhari ye ghataayen
Posted on: May 9, 2010
Manna Dey is not a singer who got as many singing assignments as the other leading playback singers. Despite that, the list of Manna Dey’s songs makes for very impressive reading.
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Le gayaa dekho dekho dil bhi hamaaraa
Posted on: May 9, 2010
“Samundar” (1957) was a movie where Premnath had played lead role opposite Bina Rai, who later on became his wife. His brother Rajendranath also figured in this movie.
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O zaraa ruk jaa
Posted on: May 8, 2010
In Bollywood movies, singing is mostly the preserve of lead actors (Hero/ Heroine). Others are required to serve as fillers.
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Kitna badal gayaa Bhagwaan
Posted on: May 8, 2010
In 1954, the iconic song Kitna badal gaya insaan(Nastik)(1954) was released and that song took the nation by storm. This song in fact must be regarded as a song that has broken all barriers of time and this song has assured immortality for itself as well as its creators (namely Pradeep and C Ramchandra).
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I have posted a couple of songs from “Door Ki Aawaaz” (1964) in the past. The evergreen “ham bhi agar bachhe hote” is one of these songs that has been posted earlier.
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I recall listening to this song in my younger days. But as was the case with me for most songs, the only thing I knew about this song was what I heard, and no more. In other words, my knowledge of this song was confined to the fact that the song was sung by Rafi. Yes, I could identify Rafi’s voice even then. But I was not aware that songs had lyricists and music directors too. I used to think that the singer did everything !
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Aate hi jawaani ka mausam
Posted on: May 6, 2010
Ravi as a music director was a favourite of movie makers making movies on “muslim social” theme. There are several well known and not so well known movies of this genre in which Ravi gave music.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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