Archive for the ‘Duet’ Category
Chanda re mori patiya le jaa
Posted on: March 28, 2009
I have read a lot about this song, but believe me, it is only yesterday that I heard this song for the first time. And I loved this song instantly.
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Sach kahta hoon bahut haseen ho
Posted on: March 28, 2009
“Jaali Note” (1960), by now a forgotten movie had Dev Anand and Madhubala in lead roles. Moreover, it had music by O P Nayyar.
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Dil ki girah khol do
Posted on: March 27, 2009
“Raat Aur Din” (1967) was the last time Nargis acted in a Bollywood movie.
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Adaa se jhoomte huye
Posted on: March 26, 2009
Chitragupta Srivastava, better known as Chitragupta, made his debut as a music director in 1946. He had to wait for 6 years to deliver his first hit song.
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O meri chammakchallo
Posted on: March 25, 2009
When I was a young kid, I was made to believe that the hero-heroine would always be seen singing their love songs while running around trees. I am not very sure because I have not seen too many such songs.
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Armaan thha hamen jinka
Posted on: March 25, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Aulaad” (1968) already. This movie had some nice songs that were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and composed by Chitragupta.
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Taar taar baj raha
Posted on: March 25, 2009
This is a song that I never heard before. For that matter I never heard the name of the movie “School Master” (1959) either.
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Ye do deewaane mil ke
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Watching old movie songs can often turn out to be lessons in history. For instance, how many people in India know that Goa was not part of India till 1961 and that it was still a Portuguese territory till 1961 ?
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Tum hi tum ho mere jeewan mein
Posted on: March 24, 2009
I found it interesting that the same Shankar Jaikishan, who were the regular music directors of Raj Kapoor were the regular music directors of Shammi Kapoor as well. But while SJ would use Mukesh ( and sometimes Manna Dey) for Raj Kapoor and create hit songs, they would create hit songs with Rafi for Shammi Kapoor.
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Kisi ke dil mein rahna thha
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Here is a lovely song from “Baabul” (1950). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and Lata. The song was written by Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad was the music director.
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