Archive for the ‘Asha Bhonsle solo’ Category
I am not very good in remembering important dates viz birthdays etc, unless it happens to be my own . I remember my daughter’s birthday too because her countdown for the next birthday is an ongoing process.There are occasions when I have forgotten the birthday of my wife ( Disclaimer- Do not try it at home with your wife). In this blog, the only important days I remember are the obvious ones viz important natioanal holidays or important Indian festivals. On those days, I post songs relevant to those occasions.
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Shokh nazar ki bijliyaan
Posted on: September 8, 2010
I was under the impression that “Wo Kaun Thi” (1964) was all about Lata-Madan Mohan compositions. There were as many as three of them. But there were other singers in this movie as well.
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Nazren uthaa ke zaraa dekh le
Posted on: September 8, 2010
With time, most movie personalities become typecast in our minds, and we expect their performances to conform to our preconceived notions.
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I have mentioned it on several occasions that music director Ravi has composed the most number of iconic songs among all the music directors. You name the ocassion or the theme, and chances are , one can name a few iconic songs for the ocassion composed by Ravi.
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While posting songs from “Bandini” (1963), I had mentioned that even the “lesser” songs from this movie were gems. This movie has absolutely wonderful songs sung by Lata, Mukesh, S D Burman, Asha Bhonsle etc.
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Main jab bhi akeli hoti hoon
Posted on: August 21, 2010
I have received several farmaishes for songs of “Dharmputra” (1961) which was a somewhat “different” movie vis a vis the mainstream movies of those days.
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Chhotaa saa baalmaa
Posted on: August 17, 2010
The name of O P Nayyar is normally associated with racy songs. He was not a classical music trained music director, unlike many of his peers. But even then, O P Nayyar could still come up with lovely semi classical songs if the situation so demanded.
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O panchhi pyaare saanjh sakhaare
Posted on: August 13, 2010
When it comes to songs of the golden era, I have certain observations. One of these observations is that every movie had several nice songs. Some of the songs went on to become popular but even those songs which failed to become popular are worth listening to. In many cases, they may even be as good as, if not better, than the more popular songs of that movie.
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Here is a song whose farmaish was given by a reader Sunit but I was unable to post it since I was neither aware of this song nor was I able to locate it. Raja very kindly provided me the link of this song with the comment that this song was a popular song of his (and my) childhood days.
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