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Ho leke pehla pehla pyaar
Posted on: November 5, 2009
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When one listens to old Bollywood songs, then one tends to form an idea about the actor on whom the song must have been picturised. If the movie has a song sung by say Rafi, then one expects it to be sung by the hero of the movie.
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I am aware of at least two movies by the name “Seema”. One was released in 1955 and another was in 1971. Curiously, both these movies had music by Shankar Jaikishan.
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I have listened to this song in the past, but that was when I was not paying attention and when I was unaware about the details of this song.
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Ae baandi tum begam bano
Posted on: October 28, 2009
I have mentioned earlier that the original “Parineeta”, viz “Parineeta”(1953) had some lovely songs in it, though they have been forgotten by now.
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I have posted a couple of songs from “Kaali Topi Laal Roomaal” (1959). Here I post another song from this movie. And what a gorgeous song it is !
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Paan khaaye sainyaa hamaaro
Posted on: October 25, 2009
I notice that I have posted only one song from “Teesri Kasam” (1966) so far. This movie is a goldmine of songs that have gone on to become classics.
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Lahraaye jiyaa bal khaaye jiyaa
Posted on: October 24, 2009
I thought that I had posted songs from “Sharada” in the past. It turns out that I was confusing “Sharada” with “Sadhana”. Yes, those days we had movies with names like “Sharada”, “Sadhana”, “Kalpana” etc which were also the names of some well known actresses. Incidentally, the actress with the same name was nowhere to be found in these movies.
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Here is a truly “bhoola bisra” geet even by the standards of this blog.
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Ham panchhi ek daal ke
Posted on: October 22, 2009
- In: Asha Bhonsle solo | Asha Bhonsle songs | Duet | Lyrics by Sudhir | Lyrics contributed by readers | Multiple version song | National integration song | Rafi songs | Rafi-Asha Bhonsle duet | Songs of 1950s (1951 to 1960) | Songs of 1957 | Theme song | Title song | Yearwise breakup of songs
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After India became an independent nation in 1947, nation building began in the right earnest. Movies too reflected it, and many movies of that era talked about nation building, and also about the values and aspirations of the newly independent nation.
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“Jaalsaaz” (1959) is a forgotten movie by now. But its songs were quite nice to listen to. If these songs are not known to many then it is the loss of the listeners.
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