Archive for the ‘Dance song’ Category
Jaali lo dhimtaanaa
Posted on: September 18, 2009
While posting songs, I keep on stumbling upon unknown gems almost all the time. And there are countless such gems lying undiscovered.
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Dil de daala nazraana
Posted on: September 18, 2009
“Musaafirkhaana” (1955) is a forgotten movie, whose music too has been forgotten. But listening to these songs is enough to conclude that these songs are worth listening.
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“Kyaa ye Bombay hai ?” (1959) is as obscure a movie as any. This C grade movie had Maruti and Nishi in lead roles.
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Thoda sa dil lagaake dekh
Posted on: September 15, 2009
What a nice discovery this song is ! And I must thank Raja, who pointed out this song to me.
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Here is an absolutely delightful song from “Baiju Baawraa” (1952). I have listened to this song many a times, and still I was not clear which movie this song was from.
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“Kavi Kalidas” (1959) was a movie that was not a mainstream movie, rather the so called B grade movie. These were low budget movies whose subjects were often mythology . This particular movie, as its name suggests was the tale of the great Sanskrit poet Kalidas.
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Though western music was introduced in Bollywood music as early as in 1940s itself, such music remained peripheral for nearly two decades or so. It was only in the second half of 1960s that western music began to take centrestage in Bollywood movie music.
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“Pyaar Kiye Jaa” (1966) was a runaway hit. Though Shashi Kapoor was the hero of this movie, it had many other entertainers in it, viz Kishore Kumar, Mehmood, Mumtaz ( then an upcoming actress) etc.
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Here is a song from a movie called “Basant” (1960). It is a typical O P Nayyar song with his characteristic music. Asha Bhonsle sings this song. It is picturised on Nutan and another lady whom I am unable to identify. Both of course share the voice of Asha Bhonsle, when it comes to lip syncing this song.
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