Archive for 2012
This article is written by Ava Suri, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
Excuse me, I am going to boast a bit here. In my last post here, on Dil ko hai tumse pyaar kyun sung by Jagmohan, I had written that I used to listen to the songs again and again till I knew them by heart. The lyrics of this song that I present today have been recounted from my memory of that song. I was checking out the robust discussion in the comments section of the previous post, and struck my head when I read in the comments that the lyrics were by Faiyyaz. It should have clicked in my head, because the song below has the line ‘Faiyyaz ki badnaam mohabbat ko dua do’.
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Tum miley pyaar se
Posted on: March 3, 2012
1970s, especially the first half of it was ruled by R D Burman as a music director. So much so that the other music directors too began to compose music that sounded like R D Burman’s music. And of course they began to use the voice of Kishore Kumar also, who had become the top male singer just as R D Burman had become the top music director.
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“Ye Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke” (1963) was based on a true incident,namely the case of K M Nanawati, though the makers of this movie issued an disclaimer that all people and incidents depicted in the movie were fictional, which fooled nobody.
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What came first ? Chicken or the egg ? This is perhaps one of the longest standing questions of all time. The question has not yet been resolved to this date. Naturally, of course.
Here is a fun song which begins with this line and then deals with some other equally and even more fun lines.
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Koi mujhse poochhe ke tum
Posted on: March 3, 2012
Today (3rd March) is the 86th birhday of Ravi. On this occasion, we in this blog wish him a very happy birthday and wish him a long and healthy life.
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Koi mere sapnon mein aaya
Posted on: March 3, 2012
“New Delhi” (1956) was a Deluxe Fims presentation. It was directed by Mohal Sehgal. Starcast of the movie had Kishore Kumar, Vyjyanti Mala, Prabhu Dayal, Dhumal, Radhakrishan, Nazir Hussain, Nana Palsikar, Mumtaz Begum, Shivraj, Sheela Kashmiri, Jabeen Jalil, Mirajkar etc in it.
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O beta jee
Posted on: March 3, 2012
I have commented in the past that Hindi movie songs are mostly based on topics that are of interest to Indians. But often there are day to day activities that have sadly gone underrepresented in Hindi movie songs.
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Khush rahe tu sada ye duaa hai meri
Posted on: March 2, 2012
In this blog, there are songs that belong to the category of “Why was this song not discussed earlier” category. Then there are cases of movies where the movie itself was/is not represented in the blog. “Aradhana” (1969) was one movie that was not represented for a long time. Same was the case with “Khilona”(1970).
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Chal chal re naujawaan
Posted on: March 2, 2012
When I saw the lyrics “chal chal re naujawaan” in a song from “Ek Phool Do Maali” (1969), I was surprised. People may wonder why I should be surprised if I had watched the movie. Indeed I had watched the movie, but my selective memory ensures that I only recall the details of movie watched in my younger days and details of movies that I watched much later are not retained in my memory (not enough space in the memory, perhaps 🙂 ).
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Jogiyaa aa aa
Posted on: March 2, 2012
“Khota Paisa” (1958) was a Sadiq Production movie. It was produced and directed by M Sadiq. This movie had Johny Walker, Shyama, Veena,Jeevan, Dhumal, Nissar Ahmed Ansari, Rajen Haksar,S.N.Bannerjee, Amir Bano etc in it.
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