Archive for April 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Talking about romantic pairing in Hindi films, Nanda – Shashi Kapoor pairing is probably the most attractive pair in the 60s. It is interesting to note their career graphs. Both of them started off in the films as child artists. Nanda’s father, Master Vinayak, passed away when she was just 8 years old. She was obliged to start working in films as a child artist, Baby Nanda, due to financial difficulties at home. On the other hand, as a child, Shashi was part of the already famous Kapoor clan, and the youngest son of Prithviraj Kapoor. And with all his family seniors in the cine business, it was only natural that followed their footsteps. He too appeared in many films as a child artist.
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Mitwa mitwa
Posted on: April 10, 2012
I have often mentioned it that lyrics are the soul of songs. One of the main reasons why the songs of the golden era went on to become timeless classics was that great importance was given to lyrics of the songs. There have been instances when the music directors patiently waited for the lyricist to come up with the lyrics of the song.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
In my younger days, my uncle used to play M S Subbulakshmi’s (MS) LPs of Venkateshwara Suprabhatam or Vishnu Sahastranamam early morning every day which I used to resent as it became virtually a wake-up alarm for me. But as days passed, I not only started liking her renditions, some of its verses got stored in my mind.
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Meethhe bol boley paayaliyaa
Posted on: April 9, 2012
R D Burman in 1970s was mostly known for composing songs that dazzled the senses. But he could also compose songs that touched the heart strings of the listeners. He tended to create the later kind of songs when he tied up with Gulzar as a lyricist. That way R D Burman was somewhat similar to Kishore Kumar who was known to be a happy go lucky character most of the time but when he produced movies, then most of his movies (with the exception of “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi”) were serious movies.
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“Ghar Sansaar”(1958) was a Pushpa Pictures presentation. It was directed by V M Vyas. The movie had Balraj Sahni, Nargis, Rajendra Kumar, Kumkum, Johnny Walker, Shammi, Kumari Naaz, Devika, Ansari etc in it.
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- In: Asha Bhonsle songs | Calling the beloved | Duet | Lyrics by Nitin Shah | Lyrics contributed by readers | Missing the loved ones | Shammi Kapoor songs | Shammi Kapoor songs by Talat Mehmood | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1953 | Talat Mehmood Asha Bhonsle duet | Talat Mehmood songs | Yearwise breakup of songs
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There have been several movies titled “Laila Majnu”. The movie of this name released in 1953 had very young Nutan and Shammi Kapoor in title roles. This movie also had some nice songs in it.
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Mausam aayegaa jaayegaa
Posted on: April 8, 2012
When I saw the lyrics of this song sent by Prakashchandra, who mentioned it as a rare melodious duet, I wondered what was this rare song. When I played this song, I immediately recognised this song as one that I had heard in the past without being aware of its details.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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