Archive for the ‘Lata -Asha Bhonsle duet’ Category
Bachpan ka mora tora pyaar
Posted on: June 17, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Heidi” is a world famous children’s novel, written by the Swiss author Johanna Spyri. First published in 1880, it carried a tag line “For children and those who love children’. ‘Heidi’ is one of the most enduring works of children’s literature, being one of the most popular children books in the twentieth century. Even after 130+ years, the story still reads very fresh and has not lost its charm over the decades. My own first introduction to this work was probably at the age of 6 or 7, when I read a Hindi translation of this work, and got to read the English version later.
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Naach re man badkamma
Posted on: April 1, 2011
I have discussed as many as five songs from “Rajkumar” (1964) so I naturally got complacent (like a good Indian cricket fan 🙂 )and thought that I had discussed all the songs from this movie.
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O chaand jahaan wo jaayen
Posted on: December 15, 2010
What a delightful song it is ! In this song, two ladies are singing about their beloved. I hope they are not singing about the same person, though knowing Hindi movies, a situation like this is not uncommon in Hindi movies.
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Mere mehboob mein kyaa nahin
Posted on: October 16, 2010
Two female singers dancing in tandem was a staple diet of B grade historical/ mythological movies of 1960s. But here we find the same thing happening in a Muslim social movie. The movie is “Mere Mehboob” (1963) and here Sadhana and Ameeta are found dancing and singing joyously. They sing in the voices of Lata and Asha Bhonsle respectively.
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Meri veena tum bin roye
Posted on: September 7, 2010
“Dekh Kabira Roya” (1957) was a movie made with lesser actors, and I have no idea how the movie fared at the box office, but today this movie is regarded as a musical blockbuster.
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Main qayaamat hoon
Posted on: August 11, 2010
Mujra songs in Hindi movies typically have one female dancer lip syncing in the voice of Lata or Asha Bhonsle. Here is a special mujra song where not one but two female dancers perform Mujra.
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Jaa jaa re jaa saajnaa
Posted on: July 29, 2010
In Bollywood movies, “Mujra” songs is one of a standard category of songs. Most people, including me, discuss such songs as a matter of course, without thinking much about this matter. But the songs of “Adalat” (1958), which are all “Mujra” songs force me to think about it.
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Dabe labon se kabhi jo koyi
Posted on: June 23, 2009
I stumble upon so many “new” songs from yesteryears that I have stopped getting surprised. I am just pleased every time I get to listen to such songs for the first time.
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Sakhi ri sun
Posted on: March 31, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Miss Mary” (1957) in the past. I described one of those songs (” O raat ke musaafir” ) as a Chaayageet song.
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I have discovered another nice song. And like many such discoveries, this song too came to my notice thanks to the farmaish of Raja.
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