Archive for the ‘Asha Bhonsle songs’ Category
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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In this blog, I post songs from the golden era of Hindi movies which is roughly from late 1940s to early 1980s, though several great songs are to be found beyond this time frame too.
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Hamaaraa kyaa hai ham tadpen
Posted on: September 17, 2010
There was a movie called “Zindagi Ya Toofaan” (1958), not to be confused with “Zindagi Aur Toofaan” (1975). This movie “Zindagi Ya Toofaan” (1957) had Pradeep Kumar and Nutan in lead roles.
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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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Dil de de dil le le
Posted on: September 16, 2010
We all love Johny walker songs and we all love Helen songs as well. How about a song that has both of them ! Here is one such song.
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Aap yahaan aaye kis liye
Posted on: September 15, 2010
This movie was the vehicle to launch the career of Randhir Kapoor. And Raj Kapoor pulled all stops to ensure that this movie was the perfect launching pad for his first born.
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Aa gaya mazaa pyaar ka nashaa
Posted on: September 15, 2010
I was not aware of this movie called “Sarhad” (1960). This movie had Dev Anand, Suchitra Sen,Raagini, Laita Pawar etc. in lead roles.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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