Archive for the ‘Asha Bhonsle solo’ Category
Bheegi bheegi fazaa
Posted on: September 30, 2010
This song starts with a car moving in a road, with four people sitting in it. Good, so it is a car song, I think.
But for the rest of the song, the car remains parked. The four of them have come for a picnic. We see Shashikala, holding a picnic basket in one hand, singing this song, to no one is particular. Others have assembled there for picnic, but she seems to have gone there to sing this song. 😀 I see that her colleagues include Dharmendra, but he keeps a low profile throughout this song.
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Lata was Madan Mohan’s female singer of choice. But Madan Mohan has created some nice songs with other female singers as well.
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Jaane bhi de chhod ye bahaanaa
Posted on: September 24, 2010
We all know that when Kishore Kumar acted in movies, he sang his own songs. Sometimes, Kishore Kumar would be dressed in drags, and even there he would provide the female playback himself ( viz. Aake seedhi lagi(Half Ticket)(1962).
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There are people who think that Asha Bhonsle mostly sang light songs (cabarat etc) and she did not sing “serious” songs or song based on classical raagas. Of course that is not correct. Most songs in Hindi movies are indeed based on some Raag. The singers and music directors, whether they are trained or not follow the framework of raagas, unless it is a western song that they are composing.
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Songs play a very important part in the success of Hindi movies. If one leaves out songs, then on many occasions, not much of interest is left in the movie
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Ghar jaayegi tar jaayegi
Posted on: September 16, 2010
“Khushboo” (1975) was a movie which was a social drama which meant that it was a movie sans “maar dhaad” (fights) that had become the norm those days.
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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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