Archive for the ‘Bhajan’ Category
Man re Hari ke gun gaa
Posted on: June 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
The film ‘Musafir’ (1957) is one of the most endearing movies for me. It is a remarkable and a representative perspective of the cycle of life. It is about a now forgotten era when our society was still sensitive to human values and faith was the bedrock of all relationships. The film brings forth reality of small town and the simple middle class folks of the 1950s engaged in punctilious fulfilling of their daily routines of life. Many of us, who toiled ceaselessly (or have seen our parents toil) after the 1947 partition to bring up their families in the 50s and 60s, would easily relate to these themes.
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Kis ne ye sab khel rachaayaa
Posted on: June 16, 2011
“Dharti Mata” (1938) is a musical extravaganza of its time. It has several songs sung by K L Saigal in it.
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Din neeke beete jaate hain
Posted on: June 15, 2011
“Pooran Bhagat” (1933) is one of the earliest Hindi movies “talkies” that came just two years after Indian movies began to talk. It was this movie that gave us K L Saigal.
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“Bhakt Dhruv” (1957) was clearly a B grade low budget mythological movie. The movie as well as its songs ended up getting forgotten and subsequently obscure.
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Bade bhole ho hanste ho sunke duhaai
Posted on: June 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Meena Kumari, born Mahajabeen Bano, lived a relatively short life of 39 years, of which all but 4 years, she was working on the silver screen. Born of parents both of whom were stage and cinema artists, she took to working in films at the fragile age of four. She wanted to go to school, but the domestic economic situation decided otherwise for her. Her career took off in 1952/53 with hits like Baiju Baawra and Madhosh, and by the time she breathed her last in 1972, she had already acted in ninety plus films, and won 4 Filmfare awards. In the year 1962, she made history as being the only actress with three nominations for the best actress award in the same year (for Aarti, Mein Chup Rahoongi, and Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam).
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Main kismat ka maaraa Bhagwan
Posted on: June 7, 2011
While looking for K L Saigal songs, I came across this quintessentially K L Saigal song from “Tadbeer” (1945). It is a movie that I know little about, though.
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Nainheen ko raah dikhaa prabhu
Posted on: June 6, 2011
I have found that “Bhakt Surdas” (1942) is a treasure of great K L Saigal songs. I have already discussed a few such songs.
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Madhukar Shyaam hamaare chor
Posted on: June 1, 2011
“Bhakt Surdas” (1942) is a treasure of some great vintage songs, as I have been discovering.
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Here is a bhajan that people may have heard but they may not be aware that this bhajan is originally from a movie.
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Tu hi saagar tu hi kinaaraa
Posted on: May 23, 2011
“Sankalp” (1974) is not a movie that too many people today are familiar with. It was a small budget movie that sank without trace.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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