Archive for the ‘Feelings of heart’ Category
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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naa bol pi pi more angnaa
Posted on: April 30, 2009
Here is another “new” song for me. This song is from “Dulaari” (1949). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and picturised on Geeta Bali.
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The word “Chaand” and its derivatives were quite common in Bollywood movies till 1970s, after which man reached the moon and mankind ( including Bollywood lyricists) would no longer look at “Chaand” with the same fascination.
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Koyi mere dil me khushi banke aaya
Posted on: April 29, 2009
Here is a song from “Andaaz”(1949) where Dlip Kumar, for a change, is not seen seated on a piano. The fact that this song is sung by Nargis and picturised on Nargis certainly helps.
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I was not even aware that there was a Dev Anand movie called “Mahal”(1969). Of course I have heard the songs of this movie, without being aware that the song I was listening to was from this movie.
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Ek ladki ko dekha to aisa lagaa
Posted on: April 25, 2009
By late 1980s, R D Burman was struggling to get assignments, because Bappi Lahiri and Anu Malik kind of music had invaded the Bollywood music scene. And R D Burman died a rather unsung death in 1991, as limelight had deserted him by that time.
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Patta patta boota boota
Posted on: April 24, 2009
How many people are aware of a movie called “Ek Nazar” ? People may not be aware of such a movie, but there were in fact not one but two movies of such a name. One was released in 1957 and it had a few nice Talat Mahmood songs under the music direction of Ravi. Then there was another movie of this name in 1972, and it too had a nice song, which is the song under discussion here.
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Aaj main jawaan ho gayi hoon
Posted on: April 24, 2009
“Main Sundar Hoon”(1971) is not a movie that too many people may remember now. But this movie had some amazingly popular songs which were just the songs to appeal to youngsters.
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Here is another song that I never heard before. Not only is this song “new” for me, even the singer is “new” for me.
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Dhoondho dhoondho re saajna
Posted on: April 22, 2009
This song “dhoondho dhoondho re saajna” was on my list of farmaishes for quite some time. I have no idea whether the hero actually searches for the “baala” that the heroine asks him to do in the song, but I was certainly searching for this “gaana”. And finally I managed to locate it yesterday.
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