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Main teri huyi re baalma
Posted on: May 22, 2013
“Gehra Daagh” (1963) was produced and directed by O P Ralhan. The movie had Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Ratnamala, Usha Kiran, Madan Puri, Mumtaz, Tuntun, Lalita Pawar, Ragini, Bhupet Raja, Moppet Shahid, Manmohan Krishna, Bihari, Ram Mohan, Sunder etc in it.
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“Sehra” (1948) is an obscure movie and hardly any information is available online about this movie. One song from this movie has been discussed in the past. Our beloved inhouse encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh shared some rare information about this movie at that time. Here is what he has to say about this movie:-
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Muhabbat hai kyaa cheez humko bataao
Posted on: May 20, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Many Colors of Love #1
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“Mohabbat Hai Kyaa Cheez, Hamko Bataao”
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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.
Among the present generation of music directors of Hindi films, I like the songs composed by A R Rahman the most. If the songs composed by him are written by poets like Javed Akhtar, Prasoon Joshi or Gulzar, they are like icing on the cake. I must confess that the initial listening of his songs does not give me an extra-ordinary feeling. But after the release of the films and exposure of the songs to my ears multiple times, most of his songs begin to sound great. It takes time at least for me to develop a taste for his brand of music – from ‘Roja’ (1992) to ‘Gajini’ (2008), the last of his film I watched so far. Obviously, songs of ‘Rang De Basanti (2006) composed by A R Rehman gave me the same experience. I used to feel not so great about songs like the title song ‘rang de basanti’, ‘masti ki paathshala’ and ‘roobaroo’. It was only after watching the actual picturisation of these songs with contexts that I developed the taste to appreciate them. The film of course won many awards for its music and songs.
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Phir wahi raat aayi jaan e jaan
Posted on: May 20, 2013
“Phir Wahi Raat” (1980) was produced by N N Sippy and directed by Danny. The movie had Rajesh Khanna, Danny, Kim, Aruna Irani, Lailta Pawar, Jagdeep, Shashikala, A K Hangal, Shubha Khote, Mukri, Suresh Oberoi etc in it.
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Din jaa rahe hain
Posted on: May 20, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The failure of Doosri Sita(1974) at the box-office resulted in the disappearance of the good musical score of this film from the collective memory. My favourite from this film is this highly melancholic background song.
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O paise tu Bhagwaan nahin
Posted on: May 20, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The song under discussion today is from the funny film, “Main shadi karne Chala”-62, sung by manna Dey and Mohammad Rafi.
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Pyaar mera majboor pardesi sainyyaan
Posted on: May 20, 2013
“Madaari” (1959) was a Ratan Pictures Production. It was directed by Babubhai Mistry. The movie had Chitra, Ranjan, Manhar Desai, Jayshree Gadkar, Sunder, Indira Bansal, Kavita, Polson, Julian, Sheela Vaz, Kanchanmala, Padamini, Priya Darshani, Dalpat, Raj Adib, Uma Dutt, R. S. Dube, T. N. Sinha, Shekhar Purohit, Vasantrao Pahlwan, Niloo, Geeta, Paro, Rehana, Sundari, Korega, Yadav, Murari, Vithal, Bhomiya, Menka, Sheela, Saroj, Shobha, Chanda, etc in it.
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Main reh gayi ankhiyaan malti re
Posted on: May 20, 2013
“Roomaal” (1949) was a Varuna Films Production movie. It was directed by Ramchandra Thakur. The movie had Rehman, Jairaj, Nargis, Jilloo Maa, Cuckoo, Badri Prasad, Jeevan, Majnu, Mukesh etc in it.
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Ghazab ka hai din socho zara
Posted on: May 20, 2013
This article is written by Peevesie, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Our parents are our first friends. They were the first ones who understood that we are hungry or upset or just bored without our even speaking (of course we would cry very very loudly at all those points but still). But before we came in and wreaked havoc in their lives, the best families are the ones where they were each other’s best friends.
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