Archive for the ‘Asha Bhonsle songs’ Category
As qawwalis go, this qawwali was hugely popular in 1970s. In fact, if this movie “Dharma” (1973) is still remembered, it is solely because of this qawwali.
Read more on this topic…
In Bollywood movies, heroines take offers of help by the hero as signs of making passes on her, and she would feel righteously indignant about it. She would firmly refuse offers by the hero to help her.
Read more on this topic…
Tu naa bataa hamen sab hai pataa
Posted on: May 20, 2009
Here is another interesting song from “Baap re Baap” (1955). I call this a “jhoola” song, where a lady (Smriti Biswas? Chand Usmani ? ) is swinging on a “jhoola” and singing this song. Kishore Kumar is also there and he goes round and round trees, dancing his unique dance and playing a mouth organ all the time.
Read more on this topic…
Tera dil kahaan hai
Posted on: May 20, 2009
“Chandni Chowk” (1954) appears to be a treasure trove for some interesting songs. I have noticed that this movie has lyrics written by the likes of Shailendra, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, Majrooh Sultanpuri,Vishamitra Adil and Saifuddin Sez. Similarly, this movie has songs sung by Rafi, Mukesh, Lata , Asha Bhonsle, Mubarak Begum,Sapan Chakravarty, Shyam Sundar and even Meena Mangeshkar.
Read more on this topic…
Bachke rahna re baba
Posted on: May 19, 2009
When one talks of “Pukaar”, one means Sohrab Modi’s historical movie of 1939. But another movie of this name was released in 1983 which had Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman and Randhir Kapoor in lead roles.
Read more on this topic…
Chaand kyaa hai Roop ka darpan
Posted on: May 17, 2009
The Golden era of Bollywood music (1950 to 1980) saw many great music directors enrich Bollywood movies with their outstanding compositions. Many of them went on to have very long successful innings lasting for decades.
Read more on this topic…
Meharbaan mehboob
Posted on: May 16, 2009
Helen was known for her one mandatory dance in most movies of 1960s and 1970s. This would typically be a cabaret dance where she would sing and dance in a club. Another variation was where she would sing and dance to seduce the hero.
Read more on this topic…
Ham tere bina jee na sakenge sanam
Posted on: May 16, 2009
Ganesh, the younger brother of Pyarelal ( of Laxmikant Pyarelal fame) had assisted his brother in their earlier movies, including “Parasmani”. In fact, it is said that Ganesh and Shashikant ( brother of Laxmikant) had played big roles behind the success of their brothers in that movie.
Read more on this topic…
Chaandi ka badan sone ki nazar
Posted on: May 16, 2009
I have posted over a thousand songs in this blog so far. Most songs are 3 to 4 minutes long and their lyrics are about 200 words long. But this qawwali is nearly ten minutes long and its lyrics runs into 800 words !
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments