Archive for the ‘Cabaret song’ Category
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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Kare wo kyaa kyaa kyaa ke jisko pyaar ho gayaa
Posted by: Atul on: January 7, 2011
“Ustaad 420” (1969) was a B grade movie where many small time baddies played lead roles. Apart from Sheikh Mukhtaar, who was a B movies star, this movie also has Sudhir,Zeb Rehman,N A Ansari,Shetty etc in it.
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Thodi der ke liye mere ho jaao
Posted by: Atul on: October 30, 2010
“Akeli Mat Jaiyya” (1963) is a movie whose story line was as silly as they come. No, I have not watched this movie. This is what Raja told me about this movie.
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Jeene waale jhoom ke mastaanaa hoke jee
Posted by: Atul on: October 7, 2010
In Hindi movies, including its songs, we tend to typecast people and expect only certain kinds of songs from certain musicians and not other kinds.
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Deewaane aa zaraa nazrein milaa
Posted by: Atul on: June 6, 2010
Bar dance aka cabarat dance came into existence in Bollywood movies in 1950s and it became a staple diet in mainstream movies. It became so popular that even non mainstream movies began to have them.
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Dekhaa naa jaaye socha naa jaaye
Posted by: Atul on: September 26, 2009
This movie is called “Mr India”, though it has nothing in common with the Anil Kapoor Sri Devi movie of this name. But this movie, going by its story line appears to be the original movie which inspired Amitabh Bachchan’s “Don”.
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Jhinchak jhinchak…sab kuchh milaa tu na milaa
Posted by: Atul on: September 23, 2009
Bhupen Hazarika, who is a legend in Assam, is known in Bollywood circles mainly as a singer. But he had worked as a music director too towards the beginning of his career. This was in a movie called “Aarop” and he had created some very fine songs in this movie.
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