Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
S D Burman was a very senior music director. He started giving music in Bollywood movies as early as 1940s itself.
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I have heard of “Usne kahaa tha” (1960), and I have heard of its song “aha rimjhim ke ye pyaare pyaare geet liye” too, but that is all I knew about this movie.
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Here is a movie about which I had little idea. This movie “Miyaan Biwi Razi” (1960) starred Mehmood and Bharati. Neither the movie nor its music is familiar to me, but when I listened to this song from this movie today, I liked it.
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Kashti Ka Khaamosh Safar
Posted on: July 12, 2009
I was not aware of this song. I listened to this song just now for the first time. What a wonderful song it is ! It must go down as one of the great romantic songs sung by Kishore Kumar.
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Lucknow chalo ab raani
Posted on: July 12, 2009
We are used to listening to songs sung by the usual voices. But sometimes, when we get to listen to some different voices, then it comes as a whiff of fresh air.
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O Taara tera mera nahin guzaaraa
Posted on: July 9, 2009
This song is from ‘Banphool” (1971). it is a dance song which the lead pair sing in a fair.
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Mahtaab teraa chehraa
Posted on: July 8, 2009
Mukesh is often regarded as an expert in singing sad songs. But he could bring out other emotions just as expertly in his singing.
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It is a very old song, exactly 62 years old to be precise. The Bollywood movie music then was in the process of evolving and maturing, and was still in a state of transition.
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Bollywood movies are supposed to be Hindi movies and their censor certificate mentions them as such. If one looks at the censor certificates of movies, one finds that a few movie are certified not as Hindi but as Urdu, For instance Nassir Hussain blockbuster “ham Kisi se ka nahin” is described as an Urdu movie by its censor certificate.
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I have mentioned in the past that Ganesh was an outstanding music director who unfortunately did not get his due from the Bollywood industry that he so richly deserved.
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