Archive for the ‘Actor-Singer song’ Category
Zindagi dene waale sun
Posted on: June 17, 2009
Among all the timeless classics sung by Talat Mahmood, this song from “Dil e Naadaan” (1953) must be considered special. The lyrics are so nice that anyone who listens to this song cannot forget them. Shakeel Badayuni, the great lyricist of those days, has come up with this superb lyrics.
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Kyaa muhabbat ka yahi anjaam hai
Posted on: June 17, 2009
Ashok Kumar was a trained singer, whereas his younger brother Kishore Kumar was not. Even then, it was the untrained sibling who made it big as a playback singer.
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What a comic genius Kishore Kumar was ! I have posted several Kishore Kumar gems where he sang and enacted superb comic scenes. Songs from “Adhikaar”, “Miss Mary”, “Half Ticket”, “Padosan” etc readily come to mind.
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“Ladki” (1953) is a movie about which I know nothing. It appears that this movie was produced by some South Indian production house and they made this movie in Tamil and Telugu as well.
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Duniya Ye duniyaa toofaan mail
Posted on: June 9, 2009
When one listens to old songs and watches their picturisation, one often gets to know about that era. That way, these songs serve as good historical references.
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panthhi hoon main us path kaa
Posted on: June 8, 2009
Kishore Kumar, after making a laugh riot “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” (1958) subsequently made serious movies touching upon serious topics. In these movies, Kishore Kumar gave his all. He was not just the producer of these movies, he acted and sang and even composed the music in these movies.
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Pyaar par bas to nahin hai
Posted on: June 6, 2009
I have listened to this song in the past, but that was without knowing any details about this song. The details of this song come as quite a surprise, and a pleasant one at that.
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Daal kaise gale
Posted on: May 19, 2009
“Baap Re Baap” (1955) was one of the earliest movies of Kishore Kumar as an actor-singer. In this movie he sang a few comedy songs under the music direction of O P Nayyar.
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Murli waale murli bajaa
Posted on: April 24, 2009
I had posted a sopng from “Dillagi” (1949) and described that song as one that was played quite frequently in Radio Ceylon’s “purani filmon ke geet” programme in 1960s and 1970s.
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Ghata ghanghor
Posted on: April 23, 2009
I had never heard this song before. And few people may have heard this song considering that this is from a very old movie called “Tansen” (1943). This movie, as the name suggests was the story of Tansen, the court singer of Akbar. The lead actors in this movie were K L Saigal and Khursheed.
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