Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
This is celebration time again for this blog. And incidentally this is the third such occasion for this blog in this month that we are celebrating some landmark. On 11 july 2010, this blog completed 2600 songs and on 19 july 2010, this blog turned Two years old. And today on 30 july 2010, this blog completes yet another century.
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O P Nayyar, who ruled the roost in Hindi movie music scene in 1950s and 1960s had lost much of his ground by the end of 1960s. But I find that the music that he created in his last few movies was perhaps as outstanding as any music that he created in his earlier more heralded music. It is another matter that the music of these movies were not lapped up as much as they should have been for various reasons.
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This is a song that I was not aware of. I became aware of this song thanks to a farmaish by Raja.
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Long ago, when I was a school kid, I was an avid radio listener. One of the radio programmes that I regularly listened to was “Vishesh Jaimala” broadcast on saturday evening (and repeated on sunday afternoon). This programme was presented by a celebrity from Bollywood, but sometimes celebrities from other fields were also invited to present the programme.
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Bade hain dil ke kaale
Posted on: July 29, 2010
In Bollywood movies of 1950s and 1960s, we had “teasing” songs where the hero would tease the heroine, often too nastily in my view and get away with it, unlike how it is in real life in India, where “eve-teasing” is a serious offence.
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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.
Mere peechhe ik deewaanaa
Posted on: July 27, 2010
I became aware of this song only because of a farmaish for this song.
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Ae baby ae ji idhar aao aa gayaa
Posted on: July 27, 2010
“Love in Shimla” (1960), which predates all other “Love in …” movies in Bollwood was the debut movie of Sadhana and Joy Mukherji. And what a superb launch vehicle the two of them had got ! I have not watched the movie, but I have heard and watched a few songs of this movie, and if the songs are any indication, this movie was a great fun movie.
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These days I am posting songs from the movie “Saarangaa” (1960) which is a treasure of some superb songs.
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I have not posted a song featuring Dev Anand, Madhubala and Helen for quite some time. To make amends, here is a song that features all the three !
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