Archive for June 2011
When I began this blog nearly three years ago, I discussed only one song a day. That gave me lots of time to discuss the song. I would have a detailed discussion on the song, and then I would also have a translation of the song.
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“Ram Rajya” (1967) is a movie that failed to do well at the box office because mainstream audiences of those days (and even today) by and large kept away from religious movies.
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Man dheere dheere gaaye re
Posted on: June 22, 2011
I have listened to this song a few times in the past, but I was not aware of the details of this song.
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Chaahe dil ki khidki na khuley
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Bhool Bhulaiyya” (1949) was apparently a light hearted B grade movie made on a shoe string budget. This movie had some funny songs in it.
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Lab pe fariyaad hai dil barbaad hai
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Naach” (1949) is a movie that I became aware of only recently. And I have since found that this movie has some lovely songs in it.
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Kabhi dil dil se takraayaa to hogaa
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Anokhi Adaa” (1948) is a movie that had actors like Murad, Surendra, Cuckoo,Naseem Bano etc in it. I have discussed one song from this movie in the past.
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Alla Hu Alla Hu Alla Hu
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Omar Khayyam” (1946) is a K L Saigal movie that I was not aware of. This movie had K L Saigal,Suraiyya,Leeta,Wasti,Shakir, Madan Puri, Suraiyya, Benjamin etc in it.
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Sainyyaa pyaaraa hai apna milan
Posted on: June 21, 2011
“Do Behnen” (1959) is not a movie that too many people know much about. this obscure movie had Rajendra Kumar and Shyama in lead roles.
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Gham na kar khushi ka daur aayegaa
Posted on: June 21, 2011
If you want to discover unheard of musical gems from Hindi movies, then the best bet would be to look for B grade movies. The catch is, finding such B grade movies can be a tall order as such movies as well as their music tends to be highly elusive.
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Aaja meri duniyaa mein
Posted on: June 21, 2011
In olden days, most radio programmes used to be live programmes and appearing in radio programmes was considered a big deal. Many movie artists in fact cut their teeth working on radio in their earlier years.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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