Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
O o o o baby
Posted on: January 24, 2011
One normally associates Hemant Kumar’s voice and music with soft romantic/sentimental songs. But that does not mean that he could not sing /compose other kind of songs.
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“Ek Jhalak” (1957) is a movie starring Pradeep Kumar,Vyjyanti Mala,Anita Guha,Rajendra Kumar,Om Prakash, Mubarak, Pran etc. This movie may have been forgotten today, but this movie to my mind should be remembered for the songs and music of Hemant Kumar.
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Thumak thumak chali Kaamini
Posted on: January 23, 2011
While looking for some other songs to discuss, I have come across this wonderful song about which I knew nothing. This song is from a forgotten movie called “Ek Do Teen” (1953). This movie had Motilal,Meena Shorey,Om Prakash,Indira Bansal,Majnu, Yashodhara etc in it.
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These days I am searching for songs of Hemant Kumar. During this search, I have come across many songs for the first time.
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Nayi manzil nayi raahein
Posted on: January 21, 2011
I keep repeating ad nauseum in these pages that there are many great gems lying forgotten out there as far as Hindi movie songs are concerned. I keep discovering such songs almost on a daily basis.
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Ye mehfil sitaaron ki
Posted on: January 19, 2011
“Arab Ka Saudaagar” (1956) , by now a forgotten movie had Pradeep Kumar,Smriti Biswas,Shashikala,Sundar ,S D Narang etc in it, with S D Narang being the director of this movie as well.
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Baadal ki paalki pe hoke sawaar
Posted on: January 19, 2011
“Chakradhaari” (1954) was a B grade low budget movie as most movies with mythological/religious stories tended to be those days. Of course there was nothing B grade about the music of such movies considering that there was far too much of musical talent available those days to cater to movies of all budgets.
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Songs of 1940s and 1950s are nostalgia lovers’ delight. These songs magically transport us back to the era when Rehana was a leading lady and Premnath was a lead actor.
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Jaago aur jagaao
Posted on: January 17, 2011
Qawwalis are normally the longest songs in Hindi movies. But sometimes stage songs also give qawwalis a run for their money as far as their duration is concerned.
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Haan maine bhi pyaar kiyaa
Posted on: January 16, 2011
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of articles to this blog
I think I will not be entirely wrong if I say that one of the reasons songs appeal to all of us is not just because of the song itself. This may be true for a large majority of songs but I am sure each one of us has his or her own bouquet of songs that are special mainly of memories these songs represent.
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