Archive for the ‘Ameerbai Karnataki songs’ Category
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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Parbat pe apna deraa
Posted on: March 29, 2011
I have come across a forgotten movie from the past. The movie is called “Parbat Pe Apna Deraa”(1944). This movie was made by V Shantaram and it had Ulhas and Vanmala in lead roles.
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Aaj baaje shehnaayi hamaare angnaa
Posted on: March 11, 2011
“Shehnaayi” (1947) must have been one of the biggest and most influential musical blockbusters of all time. The songs created in this movie went on to redefine the concept of music in Hindi movies.
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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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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog.
There are many ways in which I get to learn of songs that are new to me.
I discover them on youtube or I sometimes find them on a blog (Atul’s blog is a very rich source for this purpose 🙂 ).
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Anokhaa jaadoogar Bhagwaan
Posted on: February 13, 2011
The 1975 blockbuster movie “Sholay” needs no introduction, but few people are aware that a movie of the same name was also made in 1953. This movie “Shole” (1953) had Ashok Kumar ,Beena Rai ,Poornima ,Manmohan Krishna ,Jeewan ,Mirza Musharraf,Baby Naaz etc in it.
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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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Stumbling upon unheard of musical gems has become almost a daily routine with me. Today is no exception.
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