Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
Saanjh dhali dil ki lagi
Posted on: May 3, 2009
Most leading heroes had their standard playback singers. Thus Raj Kapoor had Mukesh, Shammi Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar had Rafi, Vishwajeet had Hemant Kumar, Sunil Dutt had Mahendra Kapoor ( in B R Chopra movies) etc.
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Mera naam Abdul Rehman
Posted on: May 3, 2009
Parents teach their small kids to introduce themselves before strangers and the kids, often feeling shy, hesitantly give their names, name of their schools, names of their parents etc.
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I have posted as many as ten songs from “Andaaz” already. Unbelievably, not one of these ten songs was a duet song between hero and heroine in this movie. Most songs were solo songs, except one, which was sung by two female singers ( Lata and Shamshad Begum).
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Do kadam tum bhi chalo
Posted on: May 1, 2009
Here is a song that can be called an iconic song. I have been listening to this song for decades and liking it too, but all this while I was totally in the dark about the creators of this song.
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Naach meri jaan fataafaat
Posted on: May 1, 2009
Like what was the case with other songs of “Main Sundar hoon”, I had listened to this song and liked it during 1971, but I was not aware that this song was from “Main Sundar Hoon”.
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Here is a lovely song from Shikast (1953). It is a duet sung by Talat Mehmood and Lata and it is picturised on Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant.
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Do mastaane do deewaane
Posted on: April 29, 2009
“Main Sundar Hoon” (1971) was a movie which did not do much at the box office, but its music was something special. Its songs were very popular during those days, epecially among youngsters.
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Ye duniya waale poochhenge
Posted on: April 29, 2009
Umbrella is typically used in Bollywood movies to protect actors from rain, and sometimes sun. Hero and heroine sharing an umbrella and getting drenched makes for some of the most romantic scenes in Bollywood movies. Of course, it is much more romantic if they dispense with umbrella and decide to get drenched in rain.
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Kaahe tarsaaye jiyaraa
Posted on: April 29, 2009
The music of “Chitralekha” (1964) was a labour of love for Roshan. He had great hopes that his music and the movie would be great success. But the movie as well as its music failed to win the approval of audience. Roshan was heartbroken.
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