Archive for the ‘Drunkard song’ Category
One fine day in 1970s, I went to watch an old movie called “Kaajal”. I did not expect much from the movie, considering that it had Raj Kumar and Meena Kumari in it- and they were at their tragic “best” those days.
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Waqt waqt ki baat hai
Posted on: May 30, 2009
Rajesh Khanna’s decline from his superstardom began in the second half of 1970s. During this period, he worked in a few movies which have been consigned to the dustbin of history. How many people, for instance recall this movie called “Bhola Bhala” ? Very few indeed.
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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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sheeshe se pi ya paimaane se pi
Posted on: April 24, 2009
“Phool Aur Patthar” (1966) was the movie that gave Dharmendra his “He-Man” image, and made him the star that he was known as for much of his career, if I remember correctly.Or, am I confusing this movie with “Shola aur Shabnam” ?
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Aao huzoor tumko
Posted on: April 20, 2009
“Kismat” had some superb music composed by O P Nayyar. Though Rafi was not there to sing ( he had his differences with O P Nayyar those days) and Mahendra Kapoor had done a decent job filling in for him. And O P Nayyar had used the voice of Shamshad Begum for a song too.
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Ab wo karam karen ke sitam
Posted on: April 1, 2009
In 1950s and 1960s, there tended to be movies titled after important landmarks. For example, “Lal Quila” “Gateway of India” etc. These movies tended to go into oblivion soon after their release.
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Kabhi khole na tizori ka taala
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Now a days, we keep talking about the deterioration in the quality of Bollywood songs and we fondly remember the days gone by when there used to be high quality songs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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