Archive for the ‘Dance song’ Category
Dekho mausam kya bahaar aayi
Posted on: May 3, 2009
Perceptions about singers, lyricists and music directors can often be so misleading. For example, if Mukesh and Lata sing a duet written by Majrooh and composed by Chitragupta, then what does one expect ? A mythological song ? Or perhaps a sad song ? Or a song based on rural characters ?
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Mera naam Abdul Rehman
Posted on: May 3, 2009
Parents teach their small kids to introduce themselves before strangers and the kids, often feeling shy, hesitantly give their names, name of their schools, names of their parents etc.
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Naach meri jaan fataafaat
Posted on: May 1, 2009
Like what was the case with other songs of “Main Sundar hoon”, I had listened to this song and liked it during 1971, but I was not aware that this song was from “Main Sundar Hoon”.
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Ghadi ghadi mora dil dhadke
Posted on: May 1, 2009
I recently realised that I have not posted even one song from “Madhumati” (1958) so far. As it is, there are so many great songs from so many movies that such an ommision is not really unexpected. There are just too many great songs that I have not yet posted. Despite posting more than one thousand songs, I am just scratching the surface.
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Suno gazar kyaa gaaye
Posted on: April 28, 2009
Here is a “western” style song and dance from “Baazi” (1951). It is sung by Geeta Roy (later)Dutt and it is picturised on Geeta Bali and her troupe.
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Honth hain tere do laal heere
Posted on: April 23, 2009
O P Nayyar was one music director who reached the top without using Lata’s voice. He groomed Asha Bhonsle and he was responsible for her singing style.
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Dilip Kumar was known as tragedy king during the days I was growing up, but he would act in non tragedy roles too, though I was not aware of that in my younger days. And moreover, He was from the earlier generation, and I was growing up with the next generation of heroes ( Rajesh Khanna etc).
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Dhoondho dhoondho re saajna
Posted on: April 22, 2009
This song “dhoondho dhoondho re saajna” was on my list of farmaishes for quite some time. I have no idea whether the hero actually searches for the “baala” that the heroine asks him to do in the song, but I was certainly searching for this “gaana”. And finally I managed to locate it yesterday.
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Ghar aaya mera pardesi
Posted on: April 13, 2009
“Awaara” was one of the earlier movies of Raj Kapoor, and considering that it was produced nearly 60 years ago, the special effects and the grand sets of this movie are quite spectacular.
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kamar patli nazar bijli
Posted on: April 12, 2009
If one watched a bollywood movie in 1960s and 1970s, one was sure to have a Helen dance accompanied by a song. This song will have little relevance to the story line of the movie and Helen will not be found anywhere else in the movie, but her dance was still regarded as a major attraction of the movie.
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