Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
In Indian thinking, pursuit of money was considered bad and people who had too much money were considered evil. In fact, that stereotyping can be seen very much in older Bollywood movies, where the grocer aka lala ( often played by Kanhaiyalal, Jeewan etc) is always shown as an evil character.
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Saala main to saahab ban gayaa
Posted on: May 29, 2009
It was a song that I as a young kid just loved to listen to. I had not watched its picturisation till a few days ago, but that in no way prevented me from enjoying this song.
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This movie “Phaandebaaz” (1978) was rightly panned by the critics for being a hopeless movie, and so it proved. The movie failed at the box office and by now it is a forgotten movie.
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Many of the songs in this blog are “serious” songs- songs that are timeless classics, as I like to call them.
But one need not listen to timeless classics all the time. There are occasions when one would like to let his/her hair down and listen to light hearted songs that brings a smile to one’s face.
Here is just that kind of song.
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Daal kaise gale
Posted on: May 19, 2009
“Baap Re Baap” (1955) was one of the earliest movies of Kishore Kumar as an actor-singer. In this movie he sang a few comedy songs under the music direction of O P Nayyar.
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Dilli se aaya bhai Tingu
Posted on: May 9, 2009
I have posted two superb songs from “Ek Thi Ladki” (1949). This movie was far far ahead of its time, and that can be said about its music too.
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I had forgotten all about this song ! It was a song that was very popular during its time. I as a kid liked to listen to this song.
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O mere yaar Tommy
Posted on: May 2, 2009
If Shammi Kapoor could act in “An Evening in Paris” then Vishwajeet could act in “Night in London”. If Shammi Kapoor’s movie could have lilting music by Shankar Jaikishan, then Vishwajeet movie would have the music of Laxmikant Pyarelal to match.
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Ye munh aur daal masoor ki
Posted on: April 29, 2009
Not too many people know much about a movie called “Baarish”. It was a movie released i 1957 and it starred Dev Anand and Nutan.
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Dil ki umangen hain jawaan
Posted on: April 27, 2009
This is a rare song from “Munimji” (1954). So rare in fact that I heard this song for the first time only yesterday. 😉
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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