Archive for the ‘“baadal” song’ Category
O mitwaa badraa chhaaye re
Posted on: April 10, 2011
In the golden era of Hindi movies, the storyline of most movies were of the tried and tested nature. Few movie makers would try to be different, because it meant takling risks and such risks rarely paid dividends at the box office. Still, every movie maker (and the actors working in these movies) claimed that his/her forthcoming movie was “different”.
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Rumjhum matwaare baadal chhaa gaye
Posted on: April 10, 2011
Discovering musical gems by chance is something that I am quite used to. It happens quite regularly with me. Look what I discovered just now ! A pure gem of the highest purity !
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Ho umad ghumad kar aayee re ghataa
Posted on: April 9, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Our country is a land of villages, and it lives in the hearts of the farmers of this land. There is an immeasurable bond that we Indians have with the mitti (soil) of this land; that which cares for us and provides for all our needs.
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“Aagosh” (1953) is a movie that is well represented in this blog despite the obscure nature of this movie.This movie had Nasir Khan, Nutan, Agha, Shakila etc in this movie.
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I have discussed one song from “Taangaawaali” (1955) in the past. Here is another song from this movie.
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Baadal ki paalki pe hoke sawaar
Posted on: January 19, 2011
“Chakradhaari” (1954) was a B grade low budget movie as most movies with mythological/religious stories tended to be those days. Of course there was nothing B grade about the music of such movies considering that there was far too much of musical talent available those days to cater to movies of all budgets.
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Dheere dheere aare baadal
Posted on: December 20, 2010
“Kismat” (1943) was a landmark movie in the annals of Hindi movies. This movie was the first multi starrer movie in the Hindi movie industry. Its songs were hugely popular, and remain so to this day.
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Music was introduced in Hindi movies as soon as these movies began to talk (viz 1931). The first decade of talking movies saw actors singing their own songs, though playback singing too had started by 1935.
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Meghwaa gagan beech jhaanke
Posted on: December 17, 2010
In mainstream Hindi movies of the golden era, there used to be a dance situation in a night club, which was tailor made for a cabarat dance by Helen. Movie makers whose movies were based on pre cabarat dance eras (viz Historical/mythological/Fantasy movies)also found dance situations where Helen and other dacing ladies were shown to dance in the courts of Kings.
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I thought that “patang” songs were largely the preserve of Rajinder Krishan, but here is a patang song written by some other lyricist.
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