Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
Aaj huaa meraa dil matwaalaa
Posted on: August 5, 2010
“Chhote Nawaab” (1961) was R D Burman’s debut movie. He was given this break by Mehmood, and the rest, as they say, was history.
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Kaise samjhaaun bade naasamajh ho
Posted on: August 4, 2010
In Bollywood movies, showdown / competition songs were quite popular in 1950s to 1970s, where two artists, mostly of the same gender would try to score brownie points over their competitor.
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Mujhe pyaar ki zindagi dene waale
Posted on: August 4, 2010
I was not aware of this movie called “Pyaar Kaa Saagar” (1961). It turns out that this movie had Rajendra Kumar and Meena Kumari in lead roles.
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I have posted a few songs from “Dil Deke Dekho” (1959) in the past. Here is a song from this movie which was not known to me till recently.
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O sanam tere ho gaye ham
Posted on: August 3, 2010
Here is another popular song of its day which I thought I had already posted, but it is easy to get one’s facts wrong when there are so many nice songs to be posted. I have posted several songs of this genre as well as from this movie but this song was so far left out.
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During the golden era of Hindi film music, movies, irrespective of their grading (A, B, C or whatever) tended to have A grade music. Not just the big name music directors, even lesser music directors were just as good as any. It is just that opportunities were few and far between and any many great talents were starved of opportunities.
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Kahin door koyaliyaa gaaye re
Posted on: August 2, 2010
Here is another song that I first became aware of only a few hours ago.
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I just stumbled upon a song that is picturised on Suraiyya (then a superstar) and Madhubala (an emerging superstar). This song is from “Singaar” (1949) and it is a showdown song between the two.
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Raat suhaani jaag rahi hai
Posted on: August 1, 2010
“Jigri Dost” (1969) is a movie chokefull of awesome songs.With time, the movie as well as its songs have gone into oblivion but listening to these songs again is always a good and pleasant experience.
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Aay haay dilrubaa
Posted on: July 31, 2010
I have a catgory of songs in this blog called “dance competition” songs. In this category, typically two dancers compete against each other. This has led to some superb dance competitions between dancers of formidable reputations.
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