Archive for the ‘Drunkard song’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Yahudi Ki Ladki” (1933) is the first movie in which K L Saigal’s voice was first heard in a Hindi movie. And this voice took the nation by storm.
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Alla Hu Alla Hu Alla Hu
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Omar Khayyam” (1946) is a K L Saigal movie that I was not aware of. This movie had K L Saigal,Suraiyya,Leeta,Wasti,Shakir, Madan Puri, Suraiyya, Benjamin etc in it.
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I have mentioned it that drunkard songs, in which an actor is seen getting drunk and singing asong is mainly a preserve of male actors. On the other hand, a woman getting drunk and making a spectacle of herself is considered rather unheard of. That is why one rarely finds songs in which female actors are seen singing drunkard songs.
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Tumhi rehnumaa ho meri zindagi ke
Posted on: March 18, 2011
Early 1970s had seen some non mainstream movies made on “bold” subjects. The movie watchers, as well as the movie critics were not mature enough to appreciate these movies. These movies were badly panned by the critics and such movies flopped. “Dastak”, “Chetna” and ‘Do Raahaa” were a few such movies.
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Hoon abhi main jawaan ae dil
Posted on: September 21, 2010
I thought that a woman getting drunk and singing a drunkard song in an Indian movie began only in 1960s, but I was wrong. This began in 1950s itself.
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Peene ke din aaye piye jaa
Posted on: September 21, 2010
Here is one of the earliest drunkard songs from an Hindi movie. The movie is “Khazaanchi” (1941) and the song is “peene ke din aaye piye jaa”.
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Apni bhi kyaa zindagi hai niraali
Posted on: August 29, 2010
When one thinks about a drunkard going past a deserted street at night, then what Mukesh song appropriate to the occasion occurs to one’s mind ? Is it Zindagi khwaab hai (Jaagte Raho) ? This song was picturised on Motilal, who was a distant relative of Mukesh.
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I have posted all but one song from “Madhumati” (1958) so far. This movie is arguably one of the biggest musical blockbuster movies of all time in Hindi movie history. Here is the last song from this movie that was yet to be posted.
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