Archive for 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A song awaiting to be posted for some time. One of the drafts that I lost a few weeks back when my computer had crashed. And now, here it is. A remarkable haunting melody, from the same composer who conjured up the refrain for “Kahin Deep Jaley Kahin Dil”. Maybe a lesser known and less often heard creation, nonetheless a melody that, once heard, will surely continue to echo through the corridors of the mind. When I had posted the song “Koi Bechaara. . .”, Derubala ji had specifically responded with a comment picking out this song as a favorite.
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“Jai Ambe”(1957) was a Mahesh Chitra Production movie. It was directed by Shanti Kumar. The movie had Sulochana, Manhar Desai, Jeevan, Sapru, Niranjan Sharma etc in it.
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Ae dil e naakaam
Posted on: October 22, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
With Kundan Lal Saigal towering above every other male singing star and singer of his era, it was inevitable that many a new-comer tried to sing in the Saigal idiom in the 1940s. Mukesh got noticed sounding like Saigal in Dil jalta hai to jalne de in Pehli Nazar (1945); the self-confessed Saigal devotee Kishore Kumar sang Marne ki duaayen kyun maangoon in Ziddi (1948) and Jagmag-jagmag karta nikla chaand poonam ka pyaara in Ziddi (1949) in the Saigal style; C. H. Atma always sounded like Saigal.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Voice of Mukesh #2
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Listening to the first song of Mukesh, ‘Dil Hi Bujhaa Huaa Ho To Fasl e Bahaar Kyaa’ from the film ‘Nirdosh’ (1941), one is suitably impressed by this maiden effort from a singer, whom we now know as a stalwart of the Hindi film music. But back then in 1941, this debut happened singularly unacknowledged, failing to impress the public, the music directors and film producers. With Saigal Saab’s voice reigning supreme at that time, most people wrote off this voice as another Saigal imitator, trying to make it good with a voice sounding like the great icon. And what with the icon still in full bloom and alive, this song by Mukesh failed to evoke any great level of interest. And so started the career of Mukesh, unimpressive and indifferent.
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Parmukh bani tu Kamla
Posted on: October 20, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
MUSIC is an inseparable part of Indian culture.
From the Vedic periods, music has been in use. Many Mantras and Richas are to be recited in musical notes. It was believed that sound waves have special powers.
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Kaise manaaun piyawaa
Posted on: October 18, 2012
“Chaar Deewaari” (1961) was produced by Chaaya Dhwani and directed by Krishn Chopra. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Nanda, Leela Chitnis, Manmohan Krishna, Satish Vyas etc in it.
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Bhiksha de de maiyya pingalaa
Posted on: October 18, 2012
I have read about this song “Bhiksha de de maiyya pingala”, but I was not aware of the details of this song and I had never heard this song before.
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Teri hai zameen tera aasmaan
Posted on: October 17, 2012
I find that the movies that I did not like often ended up as big hits (viz. “Muqaddar Ka Sikandar”, “Suhaag” etc). On the other hands , the movies that I like a lot end up getting lukewarm response from the public (viz “The Great Gambler”, “The Burning Train”, “Deshpremi” etc).
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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