Archive for the ‘Ameerbai Karnataki solo’ Category
Though Deewali is one of the most important festivals in India, Hindi movies do not have adequate number of Deewali songs in them. This is in sharp contrast to the songs for another major Indian festival, viz Holi. There are many more “Holi” songs than we have “Deewali” songs.
Read more on this topic…
Pahle na samjhaa pyaar thaa
Posted on: October 7, 2010
In this blog, I post songs mainly from the golden era of Hindi movie music spanning across three decades from 1950s to 1970s. The decades just prior to 1950s, viz 1940s and 1930s were where the decks were cleared for the golden era to commence Listening to songs from these two pioneering decades is an enriching experience as it helps us go down memory lane by more than six to seven decades back to an era when I was not born and even my parents were small kids at that time.
Read more on this topic…
Milke bichhad gayin ankhiyaan
Posted on: August 21, 2010
“Ratan”(1944), or ‘Rattan” as it is mentioned in old posters, was a turning point in Hindi movie music. Before this movie, the movie music was based on classical music. But the music of this movie broke new grounds and introduced music based on folk music. And the folks (ordinary public) lapped up this music. And soon, every other music director jumped onto the band wagon and Hindi movie music began to enjoy much higher level of popularity among public.
Read more on this topic…
Piyaa milan ko jaane waali
Posted on: July 23, 2010
“Dev Kanyaa” (1946) was a movie about which very little information is available. Those were the days when the present day legends had yet to become legends. For instance, Lata had yet to make her mark as a playback singer those days.
Read more on this topic…
maar kataari mar jaana
Posted on: June 24, 2009
“Shehnaayi” (1947) was a box office hit movie. One big attraction of this movie was its music. The movie had some path breaking songs in it.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments