Archive for the ‘Actor-Singer song’ Category
Behind that jovial and boisterous exterior, Kishore Kumar hid a soft and sensitive interior. After “Chalti Ka naam Gaadi”, whichever movie he made were made on serious and sensitive subjects and were made as labour of love by him.
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Permit permit permit
Posted on: April 21, 2009
These days, we take many things in life for granted. But that was not the case in the past. In India of 1950s, for example, one needed permits for even small things in life- viz drinking. Yes, though Indians had adopted democracy, the official mindset was very much that of socialism.
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Hawaaon pe likh do hawaaon ke naam
Posted on: April 19, 2009
Wow! What an amazing song ! I have listened to this song in the past, but only in passing and without paying much attention. Now that I have listened to it and watched the picturisation, I am just floored.
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Muthukodi kawaadi hadaa
Posted on: April 12, 2009
In Bollywood movies, singing any kind of songs is mostly the preserve of Hero and Heroine. One important category of songs that they sing is love songs. There too, some conventions have been set. For instance, the love songs would be sung in a very upscale dignified way, with refined sophisticated lyrics and the two characters acting in a socially acceptable way viz acting coy and restrained.
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Naghma e dil ko chhed ke
Posted on: April 11, 2009
Here is a forgotten but nice song from a forgotten movie called “Ek Raaz” (1963)
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Hamen tum bhool baithe ho
Posted on: April 5, 2009
This song is from a very old movie called “Shair” (1949). This movie had Dev Anand and Surayya in lead roles.
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Paanch rupaiyya barah aana
Posted on: March 30, 2009
As funny songs go, this song is hard to beat.
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Man darpan hai
Posted on: March 28, 2009
Here is an interesting song from “Dushman” (1939) sung by K L Saigal.
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Ye kaisi ajab daastaan ho gayi hai
Posted on: March 23, 2009
Suraiyya, who was a big name singer-actor in 1940s insisted on singing only for herself. As a result, when the era of specialist playback singers dawned in 1950s, Suraiyya found few takers for her acting-cum-singing. Had she agreed to be mainly a playback singer, she could have had a long innings, but she would not sing for others.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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