Archive for the ‘Ameerbai Karnataki solo’ Category
In Hindi movies, there used to be a case where a character would decide to leave his/her family/neighbours/friends for ever, not knowing where he/she would go. I call such songs as “chal ud ja re panchhi” song, in honour of the iconic song from “Bhaabhi” (1957) that depicted this scenario.
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Ae dard zaraa dam le
Posted on: May 17, 2011
Now a days, electronic gizmos do not merit a second look. Every household now a days have itms like TV, computers, mobile phones etc.
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“Kismat” (1943) was the first ever multistarrer Hindi movie. It had Ashok Kumar and Mumtaz Shanti in lead roles.
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I have been discussing the songs of “Parbat Pe Apna Dera” (1944) these days. This movie is a treasure of songs that have been forgotten with time, but which deserve to be much better known. And the fact that the artists singing these songs are those who were active in the pre golden era of Hindi movies, make these songs even more valuable.
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Koi roke usse aur ye kah de
Posted on: March 7, 2011
The more I listen to the songs of “Sindoor” (1947), the more interested I am to find about this movie. Unfortunately I have not been able to find any meaningful details about this movie.
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I have discussed a song from “Saawan Aaya Re”(1949) in the past. Here is another song from this movie. The song shows a lady asking the man (Kishore Sahu) to marry her whereas the man who is having a parallel affair with her sister as well, naturally tries to stall her, asking her that there is all the time in the world for all that and one should rather spend that time in activities such and singing and dancing. On his prompting, this song and dance commences.
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Dheere dheere aare baadal
Posted on: December 20, 2010
“Kismat” (1943) was a landmark movie in the annals of Hindi movies. This movie was the first multi starrer movie in the Hindi movie industry. Its songs were hugely popular, and remain so to this day.
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I was not aware of this movie called “Naghma”(1953). Now I know about this movie and I wonder how the songs of this movie have managed to escape the attention of music lovers.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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