“Champakali” (1957) is a movie which is known to music lovers for its iconic song Chhup gaya koyi re door se pukaar ke). All these days, this song was all I knew about this movie.
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Posted by: Atul on: December 12, 2010
“Gajre” (1948) is a long forgotten movie by now. This movie had Motilal,Suraiyya,Geeta Nizami etc in it.
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I can barely believe that this song is 60 years old, and that it was regarded as an old song even during my childhood. But just listening to this song even today makes me feel like I am getting a breath of fresh air.
This song is magic, an iconic song among iconic songs. It is from that perennial favourite “Barsaat”. I wonder how many great songs this movie had. I have given up counting them. Shankar Jaikishan was the music director and Lata the singer. And what about the lyricist who penned this memorable song ? It was someone called Ramesh Shastri. Kudos to him for writing this much loved, much sung and much copied lyrics.
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