Archive for the ‘Kishore Kumar-Asha Bhonsle duet’ Category
Chhaayi ghataa bijli kadki
Posted on: May 18, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another gem of a duet from the film Apna Haath Jagannath (1960). Three song from this movie are already discussed in these pages. This one is a fun filled duet by Kishore and Asha Bhosle. I had seen this song many years ago on Doordarshan in the Chitrahaar program. The words and the music was all lost from memory, just the visual of Kishore Kumar walking, and being followed by a lady in a car remained in the mind. Recently, browsing through YouTube, I chanced to see this visual as the thumbnail image, and lo, I found this lost friend once again.
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When India won the world cup on 2nd april 2011, it was a great feeling for millions of Indian cricket fans and they celebrated late into the nights and well into the next day and the next. The fact that the final was played on saturday and there were two days of holidays on the following days (Sunday being the normal holiday and monday being Indian calender’s new year day), people had enough time to celebrate and get over the hangover.
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Taak jhoom naacho nashe mein choor
Posted on: April 4, 2011
“Kaala Sonaa” (1975) to my mind is inspired from “Westerns”. In this movie, Feroz Khan plays Clint Eastwood. Unlike Clint Eastwood, who would barely speak, our desi tough guy would not be averse to multi task. He would find time to romance, sing and dance, in addition to performing his day job of seeking revenge for the murder of his father.
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O jee o hamen aaj koi na chhediyo
Posted on: March 5, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
With this post I am requesting Atul ji to add a new and peculiar category to this blog. This is a song sung on a ‘thhelaa’; and as far as I can recall, this is the only ‘thhelaa’ song in Hindi movies.
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Sa sa sa sa re
Posted on: February 23, 2011
This post is written by Raja,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of write ups to this blog
A couple of days back I got to see the movie Naughty Boy (1962). It is a comedy starring Kishore Kumar and Kalpana (often remembered as the heroine singing “main chali main chali” with Shammi Kapoor in Professor, or the object of Dev Anand’s “arrey yaar meri tum bhi ho ghazab” in Teen Deviyan).
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Ye chaar din bahaar ke
Posted on: October 6, 2010
Few people have heard of this movie called “Rukhsaanaa” (1955). It is interesting to note that this movie had actors like Kishore Kumar, Meena Kumari, Shammi Kapoor and Kumkum in it.
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Aap yahaan aaye kis liye
Posted on: September 15, 2010
This movie was the vehicle to launch the career of Randhir Kapoor. And Raj Kapoor pulled all stops to ensure that this movie was the perfect launching pad for his first born.
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Aankhon aankhon mein baat hone do
Posted on: August 13, 2010
In early 1970s, Hindi movie songs were becoming daring and we had many songs in those days where the lyrics were far too direct and to the point, instead of beating about the bush.
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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular visitor of this blog
Often the catchy songs that you sing in your childhood stay with you for the rest of your life.
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