Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs

About this blog


I am Atul, an India based male in my 40s.My interests are similar to the interests of a typical Indian- Bollywood, cricket, politics etc.

I already have two blogs under my belt- squarecutsblog.blogspot.com is where I discuss music in general, and I used atulblog.wordpress.com for humour. Now I felt the need for a blog where I could express my admiration of certain bollywood songs that I simply love.

In this blog I will discuss some wonderful songs that I have had the privilege of listening to, over the years.Here I will discuss the songs, (including its lyrics and its translation into English), and my reasons why I like the song.I hope that there are many like minded people who will find these discussions interesting.

Your comments are welcome. Or you may email me at squarecut.atul@gmail.com
Now you can email me at contact@atulsongaday.me

Update ( on 3 october 2008 )
I thank all the visitors of this blog for their encouragement. This blog has been regularly clocking more than 300 visits daily ( best being 506 visits a day). The home page now has a google page rank of 4. Many individual posts ( posted before 14 septeber 2008 ) now have google page ranks of 3 and some even 4. All this is entirely because of the readers of this blog.

I take this opportunity to thank all my visitors and I assure you all that I will try to live up to your expectations in future also. Please give your suggestions so that I may be able to improve this blog, which is a labour of love for me.

Update on 1 January 2009

I wish all my readers and their near and dear ones a happy new year. May this new year be the best ever for you.

I thank all my readers for patronising this blog and encouraging me by their visits, comments, and farmaishes.

Thanks to your encouragement, this labour of love now has as many as 480 outstanding Bollywood songs ( as on 1 january 2009) and growing at a good pace. This blog is clocking over 500 visits daily ( maximum being 995 in one day).

I thank all my visitors once again and assure you all that I will continue to bring more such songs regularly for your reading, listening and viewing pleasures.

Update on 12 november 2009
Now, the blog has over 2150 songs as on now. The traffic has also increased. Now the blog gets over 1500 hits a day on an average and the highest hit in a day has been 2301. The blog does very well on search engines for relevant searches. It is heartening to see the blog growing so nicely. Hopefully we will have exciting days ahead of us.

Update on 28 march 2010
Since november 2009, when I posted my last update, I have slowed down in my rate of posting. Still, 2365 number of songs as of now is quite a lot of songs.

I find that the number of visitors to this blog has stabilised to an average figure of around 1500 visits daily (2320 being the highest number of visits in a day), which works out to just under 50,000 visitors per month. This blog has received nearly 7,00,000 visits since it was started.

I may have slowed down, but Hopefully it is just the lull before the storm. There are still tens of thousands of great songs yet to be covered which will take a lifetime. In other words, I will be kept busy posting songs for a long long time and there is no possibility that I will be running out of songs to post any time soon.

Acknowledgements:

In this blog, I embed audio/video links from sites like youtube and dailymotion etc. I gratefully acknowledge the efforts and contributions that the uploaders of these songs make in making these songs available to us for our pleasure and enjoyment. Without these links, this blog would not be what it is.

I also provide information about songs that is culled from different sources, mostly by googling. I acknowledge their contributions too, which helps me provide some useful information about the songs that I discuss.

PS- Sometimes I get comments where new visitors ask me to send them various songs. I will like to point it out that this blog is a place to discuss songs and I am not in a position to send links to songs or the songs themselves. As can be seen, this blog is a labour of love where I discuss songs with people (many of them becoming good internet friends with me), and not a place to share download links.

DisclaimerI would like to believe that I have a sense of humour. Raja in fact has coined a term “Atulism” for this kind of humour. I often love to make light hearted comments about movies, songs, actors etc in my discussion of the songs. They are needed to be taken as such and should not be misconstrued as anything serious. I love to make light hearted observations and those observations need to be treated as such.

It has been made amply clear that this blog is a labour of love where we value the oldtime virtues of honesty and transparancy. By now we have a core group of regulars who are making invaluable contributions voluntarily through various means, viz sending lyrics, writeups, informations etc. Music lovers who are willing to join this music bandwagon are welcome.

Music lovers who are willing to contribute lyrics should ensure that their contributions are original in the sense that they should have listened to the lyrics themselves and noted them down. Please do not send incorrect/ incomplete lyrics copied from elsewhere on internet calling them your contributions. We in this blog are very particular about the completeness and accuracy of lyrics that are being posted.

Update on 27 december 2011
The primary domain name of this blog is now atulsongaday.me
Hopefully it is easier to remember for users.

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And here is translation for “Baar baar dekho” from Chinatown.

Look at her, look at her again
Keep looking at her a thousand times
For she is worth looking at, my beloved is
Tally Ho, Tally Ho
Look at her, look at her again
Keep looking at her a thousand times
For she is worth looking at, my beloved is
Tally Ho, Tally Ho

Yes Sir yes, there must be many young at heart here
Loads of hearts here
But no one quite like her
Yes Sir yes, there must be many young at heart here
Loads of hearts here
But no one quite like her
This incomparable beauty and exceptional style
Tally Ho, Tally Ho

Look at her, look at her again
Keep looking at her a thousand times
For she is worth looking at, my beloved is
Tally Ho, Tally Ho

Our hearts met, the desired stage was set
Friends, we reached our destination
Don’t ask me where it is
Our hearts met, the desired stage was set
Friends, we reached our destination
Don’t ask me where it is
This is the secret of my new-found love
Tally Ho, Tally Ho

Look at her, look at her again
Keep looking at her a thousand times
For she is worth looking at, my beloved is
Tally Ho, Tally Ho

Balle Balle, Where are you off to Mister
Why are you jealous of my love ?
Just sit down please
Balle Balle, Where are you off to Mister
Why are you jealous of my love ?
Just sit down please
Pray that you too get a sweetheart like mine
Tally Ho, Tally Ho

Look at her, look at her again
Keep looking at her a thousand times
For she is worth looking at, my beloved is
Tally Ho, Tally Ho

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Another one …Oye chali chali kaisi hawa (Bluff Master)..

O what sort of wind is this blowing
O what sort of wind is this blowing
That the flower is now falling for the bee
That the flower is now falling for the bee
O is this now the fate of the flower
O is this now the fate of the flower
That even the bee has started looking attractive
That even the bee has started looking attractive

On their lips these people have denial
But it is clear that they actually love me
On their lips these people have denial
But it is clear that they actually love me
You cannot hide a blemish
It will only get more visible if you try to suppress it
And if this heart gets more excited
I know how to handle it
And if this heart gets more excited
I know how to handle it
For I know how to bring back on track somebody gone astray

O what sort of wind is this blowing
O what sort of wind is this blowing
That the flower is now falling for the bee
That the flower is now falling for the bee
O is this now the fate of the flower
O is this now the fate of the flower
That even the bee has started looking attractive
That even the bee has started looking attractive

You call this matter of love just a game
In which world do you live my lord
You call this matter of love just a game
In which world do you live my lord
The matter of love is something entirely different
The heart pounds wildly, there are tears in the eyes
O what do you think of me
I am not one to shed tears
O what do you think of me
I am not one to shed tears
I am one who falls in love
And then seeks happiness in that love

O what sort of wind is this blowing
O what sort of wind is this blowing
That the flower is now falling for the bee
That the flower is now falling for the bee
O is this now the fate of the flower
O is this now the fate of the flower
That even the bee has started looking attractive
That even the bee has started looking attractive

I have made you a killer
I have shown you the way to love
I have made you a killer
I have shown you the way to love
You are teaching me love
You are daring to look me in the eye
If love is indeed true
Then there is only silence on the lips
If love is indeed true
Then there is only silence on the lips
This is that flame
That burns away in silence

O what sort of wind is this blowing
O what sort of wind is this blowing
That the flower is now falling for the bee
That the flower is now falling for the bee
O is this now the fate of the flower
O is this now the fate of the flower
That even the bee has started looking attractive
That even the bee has started looking attractive

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And here is “Subhan Allah, haseen chehra” from Kashmir Ki Kali (I posted this by mistake as a comment in the song itself 🙂 ).

Glorious is the Lord, such a beautiful face
Glorious is the Lord, such a beautiful face
This bewitching style
May the Lord protect you from every evil, from every evil
When I set eyes on you, my heart said
When I set eyes on you, my heart said
That I should only bless you
May the Lord protect you from every evil, from every evil

I wonder in whose fortune is this moon-like face bestowed
I wonder in whose home a piece of this moon will shine
I wonder in whose home a piece of this moon will shine
If I am permitted, may I also
If I am permitted, may I also
Chance my luck
May the Lord protect you from every evil, from every evil
Glorious is the Lord, such a beautiful face
Glorious is the Lord, such a beautiful face
This bewitching style
May the Lord protect you from every evil, from every evil

This world looks at you with a lot of expectation
Everybody wants to narrate his tale to you
Everybody wants to narrate his tale to you
There is a heart(mood)
There is an atmosphere
Wherever you go
May the Lord protect you from every evil, from every evil
Glorious is the Lord, such a beautiful face
Glorious is the Lord, such a beautiful face
This bewitching style
May the Lord protect you from every evil, from every evil
When I set eyes on you, my heart said
When I set eyes on you, my heart said
That I should only bless you
May the Lord protect you from every evil, from every evil

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Thanks, Raja. I am sure many Shammi Kapoor fans will be eternally thankful for your translations. I do not think such high quality translations of these songs are available anywhere else.

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Atul,

I heard in a Lata interview that her first Hindi film song was a duet with Kishore Kumar in a film called Majboor by Khemchand Prakash something like ek? angrezi chhora chala gaya.

Have you ever come across this?

would love to hear this one!

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I have read about that. But I have yet to come across this song.

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I may not be able to post too many new songs in the first week of March 2009. So it is good news for those who complained that I post far too many songs for them to catch up. 😉

But who knows, I may still be able to post atleast a few songs during this lean period. I just thought I should keep the readers informed.

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As mentioned earlier, I am away for one week. So bear with me for that time, in case you find the lyrics of the songs not full and accurate.

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I have a few more farmaishes, Atul. I noticed that Mughal-e-azam had some great songs, and I found only the iconic Pyar kiya to darna kya here. Here are some of my favorites:

Mohe panghat pe … by Lata
Mohabbat ki jhooti kahani pe … by Lata
Jab raat hai aisi matwaali … Lata and Shamshad?
Khuda nigahbaan ho tumhaara … Lata again, and
Ae mohabbat zindabad … by Rafi

Thanks, Atul.

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Okay, I know you are not there now, but I was remembering some old Talat songs that I would love to hear again, so here they are:

Bechain nazar betaab jigar …

Main dil hoon ek armaan bhara …

raat ne kya kya khwab dikhaye …

maine chand aur sitaron ki tamanna ki hai ….

aankhon mein masti sharab ki …

ashkon mein jo paaya hai …

Teri chamakti ankhon ke aage yeh sitaare kuch bhi nahin … talat and lata

Gham ki andheri raat mein … talat and rafi

I think I had asked for the song “Pyar par bas to nahin hai …” earlier, from Sone ki Chidiya, in which Talat himself has acted, possibly as a hero.

Thanks for somehow finding all these oldies.

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Here are a few more Geeta Dutt favorites of mine:

Mujhko tum jo mile … G D and Hemant

Maane na maane naa

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga le

Yaad karoge yaad karoge ek din humko yaad karoge

and some songs from the movie Mamta

Vikal mora manwa

chhupa lo yun dil mein

in baharon mein akele na phiro

chahe to mora jiya leile sanwariya

and the hits, rahen na rahen hum (this may already have been posted, I haven’t checked) and rehte the kabhi jinke dil mein

I am trying to keep you from getting bored when you get back, Atul saab!

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Hey, I liked your song postings everyday. You and your readers might like this video that a friend sent me. It’s a Bollywood version of an iTunes spot. Keep up the good work sharing music with everyone!

– Kiran

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Just another farmaish to keep you busy, Atul! This is a song by Manna Dey – Kisne chilman se maara nazaara mujhe. I just found out that it is from the movie Baat ek raat ki, which seems to have some more nice songs, other than the usual Na tum hamen jano.

Thanks.

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I don’t know if you have done this already but can you do these two sonf

“Chupoke se mile pyaase pyaase” Its a dev anand song

“Kuch dil ne kaha…kuch bhi nahi” its from Anupama picturised on Dharmendra.

btw i am getting my whole family addicted to this blog including my grandfather. And yes….I am only 16

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Kuch dil ne kaha has been posted in the past. Let me search for the Dev Anand song. Any idea which movie it is from ? Wait, I got it, it is from “Manzil”.

Your entire family getting addicted to this blog ? Thank you, thank you. It is just the kind of support and encouragement that I would make me keep going on adding more and more songs.

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our peevesie turns 20 on 23rd Dec.

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Okay, just to keep you busy, Atul, here is another farmaish from me. This is an old favorite of mine:

Jaa tose nahin bolun kanhaiya … Lata and Manna Dey

I haven’t checked on the movie, but it is based on Raag Hamsadhwani, and it is a beauty of a song.

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Atul,
Some afarmaishes from me after a long time.
Songs from my very young days (they are in my sub-conscious)
– Na sun sun sun bura (Priya)
Pretty pretty Priya (Priya)
Ruby o Rruby (Chaahat)
Aaye baithe khaaye piye khiske (Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati)

I don’t claim that these are very good songs 🙂 but I remember them fondly from that time.

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Can I get your direct e-mail address, because the blog name is not easy to remember. I have sent the query to Radio SLBC for the song “Din hai suhana…”. Hopefully I will get the response. Now a days Ms. Padmini Pareira And Ms. Jyoti Parmar are anchoring the morning transmission between 5.50 AM and 8.30 AM.
I again request to listen the song on April 1, 2009 at 7.30 AM.

I am sending emails frequently to Radio SLBC so that the station can be kept alive & ask my friends to do the same. Through your blog I request all the like minded people to do the same.

The person incharge of website and his email address is:
wijethilaka@yahoo.com

Ashwani Sharma

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Hi Atul
What a pleasant surprise to chance upon this site, while googling for ‘Khizaan Ke phool’.
I have been collecting Old Hindi Film Songs MP3, and tagging them for my personal use.
But your work is really great.
Keep it up.
Girish

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Mr Sharma, I have mentioned my e mail id at the top of this page.
It is squarecut.atul@gmail.com

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Mr Girish Bhatnagar, nice to read your comments. Like you, I too am collecting old Hindi movie songs and sharing them through this blog. I hope to read more from you in this connection, seeing that you are also doing the same.

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Dear Atul

I am searching for a song probably sung by Raj Kumari (I may be wrong) “Chhota Sa Balma More Aangna Maan Gilli Khele”.

Another one composed by “Sajjad” Dil Mein Sama Gaye Sajan” Sung by Lata & Male Voice is probably of Talat.

Please help if you have them.

Have you heard “Geetmala Ki Chhaon Mein” recently launched by “Shri Ameen Sayani”.

Ashwani Sharma

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I will look for these songs. The second song under Sajaad’s music direction is from ‘sangdil” and it is indeed sung by Lata and Talat Mahmood. Let me locate its audio or video.

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Second song is from “Sangdil”.

First one I donot know. I heard this one in Ameen Sayani’s Program “Sangeet Ke Sitaron Ki Mehfil” which was being aired on Red FM 98.3MHz about two years back.

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The song “Chhota Sa Balma Mora Angna Ma Gilli Khele” is probably from Film “Shehnai” released in 1947. MD is C. Ramchandra.

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I have managed to locate the “sangdil” song and I will post it soon. The other song is proving far too elusive.

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Dear Atul

I give you another job. The song from Film “Prince” Starring “Shammi Kapoor” “Madhosh Hawa Matwali Fiza Sansar Suhana Lagta Hai”.

Hope you remeber my request. Tomorrow is “Din Hai Suhana”. Do listen at Radio Ceylon.

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Now I recalled another song from Movie: SHADI (1961) Music Director: Chitragupta, KHEMCHAND PRAKASH sung by “Mohd. Rafi” – “Tere Pujan Ko Bhagwan Banaoon Bank”.

Please try if available somewhere.

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One more Farmayish please. The song is infrequently played on FM Gold (AIR) 106.4 MHz Delhi.

“Chhoti si kahani se Baarishon Key Pani se Saari Waadi Bhar Gayee
Na Jaane Kyon Dil Bhar Gaya Na Jaane Kyon Aankh Bhar Gayee”

Sung By “Asha Bhosle”. Film “Izzazat” Lyricist – “Gulzar”

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Atul, here are a few more of my favorite duets:

Chand jaane kahan kho gaya … Rafi and lata in Main chup rahungi
Tum to pyar ho sajna … Rafi and Lata in Sehra
Tumhen paake humne jahan paa liyaa hai … Rafi and Lata in Gehra Daag
Jhukti ghata gaati hawa sapnen jagaaye … Asha and Mahendra Kapoor in Dhool ka Phool
Bheegi chandni chhaayi bekhudi … Manna Dey and Lata in Suhagan

Thanks, Atul

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Atul, a few more farmaishes from me
Yeh khamoshiyan yeh tanhaiyaan (I think I requested this earlier, am not sure it is posted. Even with the tags, I find it difficult to search for a paticualr song…just stupid me !). Anyway this song is from “Yeh Raaste Hain Pyar Ke” (with Sunil Dutt and the beautiful Leela Naidu).

And songs of Anuradha (music composed by Ravi Shankar). Every song of this movie is really nice to listen to.

Thanks.

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Now I have two versions of same song for you.

“Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan”

By “Rafi Saheb” and “Kishore Da”

Thanks with profound regards

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I was looking for this song, Jo dhaye phal paaye sukh laaye tero naam … by Lata, but it doesn’t look like it is here. I think it is from Hum Dono, but I could be wrong. So if it hasn’t already been uploaded, I guess this is my farmaish.

Thanks, Atul.

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Two Songs from the film “Hum Dono” in the name of God are

1. Jo Dhyaye Phak Paye Sukh Laye Tero Naam

2. Allah Tero Naam Ishwar Tero Naam

Ms. Lalitha your guess is correct. I endorse your farmayish too.

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I am sorry Please read “Phak” as “Phal”

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I could not find “Muttu Kodi Kawadi Hadaa” under “Fun Time Pass” category.

Please upload if it has not been donw yet.

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Dear Atul

We belong to Punjab and have a true faith in Maa Vaishno Devi.

I request you to put some original videos of Shri Narender Chanchal and Shri Sardool Sikander under devotional category.

Today is our weekly off therefore I have gone through the whole blog.

With this I am shutting down my PC with full praise for your efforts.

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Mr. Raja, You are great. After going through your comments I cannot make out whether you belong to South India. Your vocabulary (or Glossary) of songs is marvellous. Your comments for “Tumhari Nazar Kyon Khafa Ho Gai”reminded me of one more famous song from “Night in London”.

“Nazar Na Lag Jaye” Sung by “Mohd. Rafi”.

Now it is your turn Mr. Atul (my farmayish) to put it ASAP.

The song was also the favourite of Milan Singh (Lady Singer) usually singing “Rafi Saheb’s” songs.

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Dear Atul

The song from “Do Kaliyan” reminded me of my childhood. At that time we were in Lucknow. I was just 8-9 years old. The mode of advertisement was a rickshaw coming with large banners of Film posted over it.

We used to run after the rickshaw to had handouts etc. of the film. Sometimes these were air-dropped.

The most favourite song of that time, also played by the advertisers, was “Bachche Mann Key Sachche”. At that time I did not know the name of Neetu Singh. I knew it only when she became heroine.

The song, as goes on, following lines are touching one’s heart:
“Bachche Baron Se Behtar Hain …..”

I think I must view the video ASAP on your blog.

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You are very right that movies playing on movie halls those days were advertised on rickshaw and leaflets were thrown for kids to catch.
I think I have mentioned it on one of my posts here.

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And yes, Raja, my good internet friend is a South Indian but brought up in Eastern parts of India, and he shares the same passion for Bollywood movie songs as you and I.

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That is true. Lived my early life in Eastern India.
That song from Night in London (“nazar na lag jaaye”) is very good. I remember seeing this movie as a young boy. It was around the same time as “Evening in Paris” (I don’t want to compare Shammi and Biswajeet 🙂 ).

THere was a good Helen song in the movie – “mera naam hai jameela”.

ANother song I remember from my early days is Sharada’s “titli udi, ud jo chali” from Suraj. Could you post that one too please, Atul ? For old times’ sake.
Thanks.

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Atul, here are a few “timeless classics” farmaishes from me. Not obscurer songs like I sometimes come up with. 🙂 Mainly Lata-centered, this time. You may have posted some of them already, but in case you havce not.

– mera dil ye pukaare aa ja (Nagin) : one of my Lata favourites
– Jaadugar saiyaaan (Nagin)
– terri jaad mein jalkar dekh liya (Nagin)
– tere dwaar khada ek jogi (Nagin) – Hemant Kumar
– ghar aaya mera pardesi (Awaara)
– aa jaao tadapte hain armaan (Awaara) – what a beautiful song
– jabse balam ghar aaye (Awaara)
– dhoondo dhoondo re sajna (Ganga Jamuna)
– do hanson ka joda (Ganga Jamuna) (maybe already posted ?)
– O chaliya re chaliya re man mein hamaar (Ganga Jamuna) – Lata/Rafi

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Mr. Raja; you have posted a lot of translations of hindi songs. May I request you (if you understand Tamil) to post the Tamil version of Lyrics from the film “Kottai Marriaman”.

The music of song is really wonderful. I have a glimpse of Tamil version “Sri Rang Nather Ni Tangchchee Amman, Andman ni purver Mirachi Amman, Kanchi Kamakshi Amma” (Please forgive me for misspelt words). I downloaded the video from web.

Moreover, again you reminded of Sharda. Her songs from “Suraj” one mentioned by you and another “Dekho Mera Dil Machal Gaya” are really classics.

Her songs in “Arround the World”,

1. Chale Jana Jara Thehro
2. Jane Bhi De-e-Sanam Mujhe
3. Kauwa Chale Hansh Ki Chal
4. Yeh Munh Aur Masoor Ki Daal (Duet with another Female singer)

are entertaining.

Mr. Atul, Please post them if they are not posted.

I think I have made a volley of farmyish(es). But after going through the standard of your blog I cannot resist myself.

Once again for Mr. Raja a request. Do you have any idea of songs sung by Lata in Tamil. Your Lata-Centered request remided me this.

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May I take liberty to tell you about myself.

I had been a fan of Dharmendra & Hema Malini and did not have interest in watching movies. Though collecting songs of all ages is my hobby. TV is only to watch Cricket, for me. Listening Radio (especially Ceylon) and FM Gold, Delhi is my passion. Basically I am Electronics Engineer but at present I am working as Software Developer and Trainer in a Govt. Department and used to travel the whole Southern India, Maharashtra, Northern India in connection with training programs. Another obsession is for Instrumentals. I used to collect them also.

Today I am running high fever but believe me the lust for quality material on your blog could not stop me from sitting on the computer.

This is all for today. Thanks

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an immortal song from Anupma…

kuch dil ne kaha… kuch bhi nahin…

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hi
i managed to find the meaning of the word mushtakil—
it means a tenant.
i just realised that listening to these songs over and over again will make us proficient in urdu. think we shd have more of the older songs of majrooh. what say we might learn chaste hindi and hindustani as it used to be called

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i have a few farmaishes

“Bolna Halke halke” – Jhoom barabar jhoom
Arziyan – Delhi 6
katra katra mehki hai – ijazzat
saare niyam tod do – Khoobsurat
kayda kayda – khoobsrat
“Genda phool” – Delhi 6

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Ashwaniji, I do not know any Lata songs in Tamil unfortunately. That song you mention is also not familiar to me. In fact, I am not familiar with Tamil songs at all.

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Atul, a few more farmaishes from me (songs with Helen dances in Biswajeet movies) :
– Merra naam hai Jameela (Night in London) – already requested
– Kamar Patli (Kahin Din Kahin Raat) – I remember this from my early days
– One two three baby ya ya ya (Kismat) – Biswajeet’s dance is quite funny in this.

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