Archive for the ‘Asha Bhonsle songs’ Category
Mere saamne waale kamre mein
Posted on: March 31, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
TAJ MAHAL is a beautiful symbol of Eternal Love. It is also one of the recognised seven wonders of the world. It was built by Shahjahan in memory of this wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
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Mere mann pawan sang udd chal
Posted on: March 28, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Ganesh Sharma, the prodigious composer and the creator of melodies of everlasting memories. Pick up any film done by him, any song created by him, and as you listen, and if you are not aware of the identity of the music director, you will surely wonder who would it be, the creator of such a lovely melody. Somehow, the combination of the tones, the octaves and the emphases make the tunes created by this hugely talented musician simply touch a very endearing nerve, and the heart simply wants to sing along with the flow of the song.
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Ae dil e naashaad tera shukriya
Posted on: March 28, 2013
“Aab e Hayaat” (1955) was a Filmistan Production. It was directed by Ramanlal Desai. The movie had Premnath, Shashikala, Helen, Smriti Biswas, Pran, Ameeta, Mubarak, S L Puri, P Kailash etc in it.
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Holi re holi rangon ki doli
Posted on: March 27, 2013
Today (27 march 2013) is the fifth occasion that this blog is celebrating the festival of Holi. When I look back at the previous Holi songs that were posted in the blog, I find some interesting statistics.
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“Laila Majnu” (1953) was an All India Production movie. It was directed by K Amarnath. The movie had Nutan and Shammi Kapoor in title roles, with Ratan Kumar, Ulhas, Begum Para, Kammo, Wasti etc also there in supporting roles.
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Waah re dildaar baanke
Posted on: March 24, 2013
“Ye Dil Kisko Doon” (1963) was a Bindu Kala Mandir Production. It was produced by B D Kapoor and directed by K Mishra. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Ragini, Jayashree Gadkar, Jeevan, Agha, Anwar Hussain, Sajjan, Kamal Mehra, Asit Sen, Kumar, Naazi, Madhumati, Kundan, Samson, Mirza Musharraf, Khurshid, W M Khan, Mirajkar, Mansaram, Tiger, Ameen Sayani, Vishi etc in it.
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Mere dil se aa ke lipat gayee
Posted on: March 23, 2013
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the Rafi-Asha duet recorded for Neela Akash(1965) but not used in the movie. It is a shame that such a song could not find place in the movie and was relegated to anonymity. Some might say that the other songs used in the film were better than this so this was edged out. But I do not agree.
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Chaahe koi mujhe bhoot kahe
Posted on: March 20, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During the early phase of Talkie films, all other regional Film producers, particularly the Southern ones looked up to Hindi films to provide them with ‘ Inspiration ‘.
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Keh doon tumhen kyaa chup rahoon
Posted on: March 18, 2013
“Deewaar” (1975) must be regarded as one of the most influential movies of its time. Unlike most Hindi movies, the music of this movie only had a marginal role to play in the success of the movie. In fact no song of this movie figured in the Binaca geetmala finals.
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“Ye Raat Phir Na Aayegi” (1966) was a Shri Krishna Films production. It was directed by Brij. The movie had Biswajeet, Sharmila Tagore, Prithviraj Kapoor, Madhumati, Mumtaz, Asit Sen, B M Vyas, Helen, Sailesh Kumar etc in it.
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