Archive for 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A truck driver’s song, rendered by Mukesh. The film – ‘Pyaase Dil’ from 1974. Nothing remarkable to remember about this film. A new venture from the banner of New Ashoka International, Bombay. The film is directed by Charandas ‘Shokh’ and the partial credits for acting include Yash Tandon, Aziz Mirza, Alka, Benjamin Gilani.
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Bheegi huyi iss raat ka aanchal
Posted on: June 6, 2012
“Neend Hamaari Khwaab Tumhaare” (1966) was produced by Movie Monuments. Shiv Sahni was the director of this movie. The movie had Nanda,Shashi Kapoor, Rajendra Nath, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy, Manorama, Omprakash, Shashikala, Bela bose, Manmohan, Anwar Hussain, Vishwa Mehra, Madhumati, Lotan etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Some days back, I had posted the first song from the film ‘Dark Street’ (1961), first on this blog that is. The song is ‘Itne Badey Jahaan Mein, Apna Bhi Koi Hota’ . It was a farmaish from Prakash ji that was pending for some time. In that write up, I had written that the film has some more wonderful songs, and had promised I would be posting more songs from this film. So here is the next song from this film. This is a gem of a duet rendered by Manna Dey and Suman Kalyanpur. The lyrics for this film are penned by Indeevar and Gulshan Baawra. The YouTube post identifies the lyricist as Gulshan Baawra.
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Jo dil mein khushi ban kar aaye
Posted on: June 6, 2012
This blog discusses Hindi movie songs from its beginning (1931) onwards though majority of songs discussed in the blog are from late 1940s to late 1970s, which is a period that is often regarded as the golden era of Hindi movie music. The songs discussed in this blog is a fairly good representation of the Hindi movie music of the golden era. Likewise the statistics pertaining to these songs (on the some stats ! page) give us a fair idea about the artists who dominated in this era.
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Dil jawaani ke nashe se choor hai
Posted on: June 5, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song under discussion is from the film “Birha ki Raat”(1950). Another song I discussed from this film the other day “bahut purdard hai aye sunnewaale”” starts with the sh’er :
jahaan mein jin ki ummeedon ke bede
paar hote hain
woh khush qismat hazaaron mein kahin
do chaar hote hain
‘Beda paar lagaana’ is a saying in hindi/urdu meaning ‘achieving the ambition or reaching ones destination. The word ‘Beda’ literally means a “Fleet of big ships”. The opposite of this saying in a curse “Beda garq ho teraa” or a lament “beda garq hogayaa”. “Garq’ is drowning in water. The special thing about these sayings or muhaavra’s which are used in urdu/hindi, is that they can be used backwards, forwards, in singular/plural,past/present tense, negative/positive and in varied situation they can be applied.
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Bhajo re bhaiyya Ram Govind Hari
Posted on: June 5, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
‘Kehat Kabeer Suno Bhai Saadho. . .’
A refrain that is now a well known by line by which one can recognize that a particular bhajan is by Kabeer. A name that is now a household word wherever Hindi is spoken and understood. And a poet whose verses and dohas (couplets) have found their way into the everyday spoken Hindi, as proverbs and adages. Yesterday, the Jayeshtha Poornima, was the birth anniversary of this great poet saint of India.
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Raaste mein ik haseen
Posted on: June 4, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today is the birthday of Nutan, one of Hindi movies’ most loved actresses of yesteryear. She also just happens to be one of my own favourites and therefore I am very happy to write up a song for her.
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Ye waqt na kho jaaye
Posted on: June 4, 2012
Today (4th june) is the birthday of several film personalities, viz na Rai, Nutan and also S P Balasubrahmanyam.
S P Balasubrahmanyam or SPB in short was born on 4 june 1946 and he is celebrating his 66th birthday today. Most of his playback singing has been in South Indian languages, but he has also sung several songs in Hindi movies that are well known among music lovers.
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Kayi din se dil hai bekal
Posted on: June 4, 2012
4 june is the birth anniversary of not one but two actresses of the golden era of Hindi movies. One is Bina Rai and another is Nutan. And what a coincidence that both of them were born on the same day in the same year. Both of them were born on 4 june 1936.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, the 4th of June, is the birth anniversary of Bina Rai.
It also happens to be the birth anniversary of Nutan. In fact both Nutan and Bina Rai were born on the exact same date – the 4th of June 1936. What a coincidence!
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