Archive for the ‘Dance song’ Category
“Ujaala” (1959) was a career defining movie for Shammi Kapoor as well as for Raj Kumar. I have already posted a song from this movie which was picturised on Shammi Kapoor. Here is a song where Raj Kumar is visible, but the song is not sung by him. It is sung by a female ( Kumkum, I think).
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Sang basanti ang basanti
Posted on: January 22, 2009
“Raja aur rank” (1968 ) is a movie that the present generation of movie watchers are not much familiar with, and that is for good reasons too. The movie was eminently forgettable with a flimsy story line. The only well known actor in this movie was Sanjeev Kumar, and he too was a newcomer to Bollywood.
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Mera dil ab tera O sajna
Posted on: January 20, 2009
In Bollywood movies, leading ladies are required to sing and dance. Some leading ladies have been trained dancers,and they have given us some memorable dances in these movies.
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Dil mein kya hai
Posted on: January 14, 2009
Jeetendra, who can be said to have taken over from Shammi Kapoor when it came to roles that called for vigorous dancing, was nicknamed Jumping Jack. I have no idea which movie earned him that sobriquet. My suspicion is that it was the movie “Farz”. And just how vigoorously could he dance ? I think this song from “Jigri Dost” gives us some idea.
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Dilbar dil se pyaare
Posted on: January 13, 2009
When Shammi Kapoor began his bull run as a hero, Shankar Jaikshan was the music director for his movies, but when he ended his bull run,Shankar jaikishan was replaced by R D Burman ( in Teesri Manzil).
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Shammi Kapoor helped launch the careers of many heroines, because he was one hero who was not averse to acting opposite raw youngsters. In fact, actresses like Saira Bano and Sharmila Tagore actually made their debuts opposite Shammi Kapoor and that helped their career take off.
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Tumko piya dil diya kitne naaz se
Posted on: January 4, 2009
While posting songs in this blog, I have noticed that it is either the audio or the video, which is often better than the other. But there are some songs in which both audio and the picturisation are outstanding.
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Ham aa gaye phir dar kaahe kaa
Posted on: January 3, 2009
“pyaar hi pyaar” is a movie starring Dharmendra and Vyjyantimala and this movie has a couple of great romantic songs. But I was not aware that it has a great comedy song too.
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Tumse O haseena
Posted on: January 1, 2009
In 1960s when Shammi Kapoor was ruling the roost with his brand of movies, he had his clones too in the form of Joy Mukherjee and Vishwajeet.
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Jaag dard-e-ishq jaag
Posted on: December 18, 2008
“Anarkali” was a movie that was full of memorable songs that continue to enthrall its listeners even today. Several songs from this movie have attained iconic status by now.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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