Archive for the ‘Cabaret song’ Category
Itni badi mehfil aur ek dil kisko doon
Posted by: Atul on: December 4, 2011
When I was first exposed to Hindi movies as a young kid in 1960s, I noticed that the hero and heroine seemed to be the most miserable characters in the movie who looked sad and unhappy, and suffered at the hands of the villain (and/ or the society ) throughout the movie.
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Aaj raat hai jawaan dil mera na todiye
Posted by: Atul on: October 29, 2011
Most people are aware of “Bhai Bhai” (1956),but it turns out that there is another movie of the same name that was released in 1970.”Bhai Bhai”(1970) was produced by Ratan Mohan and directed by Raja Nawathhe. This movie had Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Aruna Irani, Rashid Khan, Mehmood, Pran, Leela Chitnis, Iftekhar, Manmohan Krishna, Madan Puri, Raj Mehra, Jeevan, Mukri, Mohan Choti, Asit Sen etc in it.
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Iss adaa se salaam lete hain
Posted by: Atul on: October 27, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
While Helen rules the roost as the phenomena of the dance number in Hindi films, there came a phase in the 1960s and 70s, when a number of contenders stepped in to the arena of dance item exponents. As the dance number became progressively an important ingredient of the formula, especially a cabaret, and then especially in the ‘cloak and dagger’ type of films, the demand for dance item experts increased. To fill in a void that was probably beyond the bandwidth of Helen’s availability, the opportunities were taken up by actresses whose names became synonymous with sizzling dance numbers on the screen, and they made a place for themselves in the B/C grade films. The leaders in this group of actresses are Bela Bose, Faryaal, Lakshmi Chhaayaa, and JaishreeT. In their own right, these dancers have carved out a niche in the annals of Hindi films dance item.
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Meri jawaani pyaar ko tarse
Posted by: Atul on: October 21, 2011
Today (21st october) is the birthday of not one, but two legends of Hindi movies. One is Shammi Kapoor and another is Helen.
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Mere gesuon se chhan kar bikhraa jo husn meraa
Posted by: Atul on: October 16, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Ek Raat (1967) is a B/C grade film produced under the banner of East and West Movietone, Bombay, and is directed by Rajnath. The music for this film is composed by Usha Khanna. The lyrics for this film are written by three poets viz., Anjaan, Yogesh, and Jalaal Malihabaadi. The star cast is made up of Sheikh Mukhtar, Ravi Kumar, Simi, Shyama, Madan Puri, David, Helen, Lakshmichhaaya, Samson, Haroon, Bhagwan Sinha, Nazir Kashmiri, CL Shah, Bihari, Vasanti. This film was the debut vehicle for actor Ravi Kumar. The name does not sound familiar from other films, and I would request our knowledgeable readers to add more information about this actor.
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Main jo galey lag jaaungi
Posted by: Atul on: October 15, 2011
The last time when I discussed songs composed by Ganesh,I had discussed almost all the Ganesh compositions that were they available. As things stand, this blog has as many as 31 songs composed by Ganesh. It may not look like much, but when one realises that Ganesh only composed 80 odd songs in his career, this figure is a lot !
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Aapki adaaon pe fidaa dil mera ho gayaa
Posted by: Atul on: October 12, 2011
I have not discussed a “Helen” song in the blog for quite some time. So here is just that kind of song.
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Dekh to kyaa hai aaj ki mehfil
Posted by: Atul on: September 25, 2011
This article is written by Greta (Memsaab), a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movies and its music and a regular visitor to this blog.
Atul is aware that this particular cabaret song and dance is one of my favorites, performed by the very lithe and graceful Faryal. It contains most of the peculiarly Indian cabaret traits that make me love them so: male background dancers, a fake Sheikh or two, a Boss lurking in silhouette, and a lively band clad in frilly outfits. So how perfect for it to be the 4700th song posted on this brilliant blog!
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Pyaar karte ho yaar
Posted by: Atul on: September 6, 2011
I am aware of the movie called ” Taxi Driver” (1954) which had Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, Shiela Ramani, Johny Walker etc in it.
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Kar le pyaar kar le
Posted by: Atul on: June 17, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song is a quintessential Helen song, which I would personally include in the top 10 list of Helen songs, if I were assigned to nominate. 🙂
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