Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
Baad muddat ke ye ghadi aayi hai
Posted on: March 14, 2011
“Jahaan Ara” (1964) was a movie based on the life of Jahaan Ara,daughter of Emperor Shahjahaan. The movie, when it was released , was a monumental failure, and the movie was withdrawn from movie halls in less than a week.
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Aankh mein shokhi lab pe tabassum
Posted on: March 13, 2011
“Reshmi Roomaal” (1961) is a B grade movie starring Manoj Kumar (then a newcomer) opposite Shakila (then over the hill). This movie and its songs are quite obscure as of now.
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Aaj baaje shehnaayi hamaare angnaa
Posted on: March 11, 2011
“Shehnaayi” (1947) must have been one of the biggest and most influential musical blockbusters of all time. The songs created in this movie went on to redefine the concept of music in Hindi movies.
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Gori chali piyaa ke desh
Posted on: March 11, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Shamaa”(1961) that had music by Ghulam Mohammad. Now it turns out that there is another movie by the same name that was released in 1946 and it had music by Ghulam Haider. I other words, both these movies with similar names have music by similarly named music directors as well.
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Do bechaare binaa sahaare
Posted on: March 10, 2011
In the early 1970s, when I was growing as a pre teen kid, I used to listen to Hindi movie songs and I longed to watch the movies containg these songs. The movies that I wold have dearly loved to see those days, since I loved their songs, were “Seeta Aur Geeta” (1972) and “Victoria No. 203” (1972). But unfortunately I could never see these two movies at that time. That remains a big regret of my life to this day.
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“Night in London” (1967) is a movie that was clearly inspired from “An Evening in Paris” (1966). “Night in Paris” (1967) had Vishwajeet and Mala Sinha (as against Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore in “An Evening in Paris”). On the music front, “Night in London” had the fast rising Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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Aise to na dekho
Posted on: March 10, 2011
“Bheegi Raat” (1965) is a movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Meena Kumari. This movie is mainly known to me for its superb romantic songs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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