Archive for the ‘Asha Bhonsle solo’ Category
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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“Saawan Ki Ghataa” (1966) wasa movie starring Manoj Kumar and Sharmila Tagore. This movie had music by O P Nayyar.
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In Hindi movies, we often have hero teasing the girl and the girl, after initial resentment falls for the guy, which to my mind is not really how it happens in real life.
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I never tire of saying that irrespective of the grading of the movie (A, B, C etc grade), the music of all these movies was always A grade.
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Jiyaa sharmaaye nazar jhuki jaaye
Posted on: August 7, 2010
Recenly I have stumbled upon the songs of “Dulhan”(1958) and this movie has some very interesting songs in it.
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