Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
A grade music in B grade movies- this has by now become a common refrain while discussing many of the songs in this blog. B grade movies had their own big name musi directors, and one of the biggest such names was undoubtedly Chitragupta.
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“Sargam” (1950) is a movie that has been forgotten with time. It was a Filmistan production. It was directed by P L Santoshi and the star cast had names like Rehana, Om Prakash, Mumtaz Ali, Paro, Ratan Kumar, Chandabai, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra, David Abraham, Tabassum, Radha Krishnan, Samson, Vijayalaxmi, Ramsingh, S. L. Puri, Sudesh etc in it.
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Aapka chehra maashaa allah
Posted on: January 12, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Janaury 12th is the birth anniversary of the great maestro Ramchandra Narhari Chitalkar, well known in Hindi film industry as C Ramchandra and also Chitalkar as a playback singer. C Ramchandra (CR) was one of the prominent music directors belonging to the golden era of Hindi films songs. If one goes by the number of songs he had composed of joyous mood, I guess, he must have been a fun loving person.
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Chaand bhi koi deewaana hai
Posted on: January 10, 2012
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Mahendra Kapoor today, 9th Jan, his birth anniversary.
As I am searching for songs to post for today, I came across this simply super gem of a melody which I have heard long time back, and which has since been eluding me. This song just has to be counted amongst the best and softest duets ever. Rendered softer than silk and softer than velvet, this duet is by Asha ji and Mahendra ji. I am sure as you would hear this, the reaction is going to be, “wow, not posted yet?”.
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Mausam hai bahaaron ka
Posted on: January 9, 2012
Here is a song that could well be called the national anthem of truck drivers. I was under the impression that this song was already covered in the blog, but I was wrong and not for the first time either.
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“Pyaar Kiye Jaa” (1966) was a Chitralaya Pictures production. This movie was directed by C V Sridhar. The star cast included Shashi Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, Kalpana, Mumtaz, Rajshree (South), Mehmood, Om Prakash, Chaman Puri, Shivraj, V D Puraanik, Veena KUmari, Shyamlal, N S Bedi etc.
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Today (9th january) is the birthday of Mahendra Kapoor. For this day we have lots and lots of Mahendra Kapoor songs lined up for the occasion.
Here is a lovely song from “Kanyadaan”(1968). This song is sung by Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhonsle and chorus. The song is picturised as a picnic song o Dilip Raaj, Saeeda Khan and many actors playing their friends, including Chinoo and Laxmi Chhaayaa.
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Apne nainon ko samjhaa de
Posted on: January 7, 2012
Here is a Rafi Lata duet that I was not aware of till now. This song is from “Maa Aur Mamta” (1970), which had Jeetendra and Mumtaz in lead roles.
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Yaad mein teri jaag jaag ke ham
Posted on: January 7, 2012
I can see that the category “How come this song was not yet posted” would have become the most popular category of songs had I opened it earlier. 🙂 Here is a song that rightaway belongs to that category.
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