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This article is written by Raja,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog
When I was growing up, a certain person in Bollywood was growing too. The difference was I was growing in primary school, he was growing towards superstardom.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles to this blog
I must admit that when I was a young boy, my appreciation of songs was very different from what it is today.
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Dekho mera dil machal gayaa
Posted on: August 18, 2010
Shankar of Shankar Jaikishan promoted Sharda in a big way and this led to considerably difference of opinion between the duo. Sharda had an unconventional voice and she obviously was limited in her range compared to say Lata who was the female singer of choice by default for them till then.
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I have posted several songs from “Aan” (1952) and I thought I had posted this one too, but when I was looking at the list of old farmaishes, I found that I had yet to post this song.
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Sadiyon puraani apni kahaani
Posted on: August 14, 2010
I am aware of at least two movies called “Shehnaayi”. One was “Shehnaayi”(1947) and another was “Shehnaayi” (1964). I have posted songs from both these movies.
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Chale aaye re ham to
Posted on: August 13, 2010
I have said in the past that even the lesser known/obscure songs of the golden era movies were wonderful songs, in case we care to dig them up and listen to them again.
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This song from “Kohinoor”(1960) is an ultimate “Chhaayaageet” song which is my way of saying that this romantic song is ideal for listening to at late night. And indeed many listeners may have listened to this song in the late night “Vividh Bharati” programme of this name.
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“Prem Pujaari” (1970) seemingly had songs for all occasions. Here is a lovely heartwarming romamtic song from this movie.
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In India, making tall promises is not the sole preserve of politicians alone. Hindi movie heroes too are known to make tall tall promises to their beloved in matters of heart. They claim that their love is eternal and it spans across many births, not just the present birth.
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When I was a youngster in my teens, I was under the impression that old songs meant boring songs, which were mostly like Ghazal, sad songs etc. But it is only much later that I realised that some wonderful light hearted songs too were created those days. I have already posted many of them in this blog.
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