Archive for June 2011
Ye pyaar ki raaten ye aaj ki baaten
Posted on: June 16, 2011
“Baghdad” (1952) is a B grade Hindi movie starring Bhagwan, Begam Para, Bharti Devi, Hari Shivdasani, Anwar Hussain etc. Like most B grade movies, this movie too has entered the hall of obscurity.
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Chupke hi chupke na jaane
Posted on: June 16, 2011
The movie 1857 (1946) was obviously based on the year 1857 which saw an uprising in India that was described by Indians as a war of independence against their British rulers whereas the British rulers described it as a sepoy mutiny.
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Kis ne ye sab khel rachaayaa
Posted on: June 16, 2011
“Dharti Mata” (1938) is a musical extravaganza of its time. It has several songs sung by K L Saigal in it.
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Yahaan raat kisi ki rotey katey
Posted on: June 15, 2011
The experiences of listening to songs sung by different singers are different. When one listens to a song sung by Mukesh, one expects a song that one would begin to hum as soon as one listens to it. One also expects the fabled Midas touch of Mukesh in full flow which ensured that most songs sung by Mukesh became popular.
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Thandi thandi hawaa jo aaye
Posted on: June 15, 2011
It always makes for a refreshing change when one gets to listen to a song sung by a “fresh” voice that one has not heard much.
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Ae ishq hamen barbaad na kar
Posted on: June 15, 2011
“Naach” (1949) is a movie that I have become aware of only recently and I havre discussed one wonderful song from this movie.
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Waah ri duniyaa waah re zamaane
Posted on: June 15, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Grihasthhi” (1963) and I have in fact discussed a song from this movie in this blog. Now I have come to realise that there was another movie of the same name that was released in 1948.
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Din neeke beete jaate hain
Posted on: June 15, 2011
“Pooran Bhagat” (1933) is one of the earliest Hindi movies “talkies” that came just two years after Indian movies began to talk. It was this movie that gave us K L Saigal.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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