Archive for the ‘Geeta Dutt solo’ Category
“Sailaab” (1956) is an obscure movie and so is the case with its music.
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This song must be one of the very first songs of its genre namely a party/ club song, where a lady sings in a bar/ club to entertain the customers, and one of the customers is the hero.
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We all know that Shammi Kapoor married Geeta Bali in 1950s, but did he work with her in any movies the way his nephews (Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor) worked in movies with their wives ? I am told that “Mujrim” (1958) was one such movie.
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Bollywood movies and Indian Railways are two of the major unifying factors for this vast nation of India. And these two often come face to face. We have people sitting in railway trains and singing songs (ask beggars on local trains) and on the other hand we have movies depicting songs sung in trains.
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Kitni sach hai ye baat re
Posted on: September 27, 2009
“Mashaal” (1950) was a musical blockbuster which had some very nice songs. For example, ‘Upar gagan vishaal”, which announced the arrival of Manna Dey as a playback singer, was from this movie.
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Dil de daala nazraana
Posted on: September 18, 2009
“Musaafirkhaana” (1955) is a forgotten movie, whose music too has been forgotten. But listening to these songs is enough to conclude that these songs are worth listening.
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Preetam aan milo
Posted on: September 18, 2009
C H Atma was a singer who was a devotee of K L Saigal and sang in K L Saigal style. There were many people who sang in Saigal style in 1940s during K L Saigal’s heydays. But C H Atma continued to sing in Saigal style in 1950s even when playback singing style had changed and Bollywood had moved on from 1940s.
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Soch samajh kar dil ko lagaana
Posted on: September 13, 2009
Here is a “party” song from “Jaal” (1952). It is the kind of song that would later become Cabarat songs in 1960s.
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Ye raah badi mushqil hai
Posted on: September 13, 2009
Listen to this song and one may think that this is an O P Nayyar composition. I thought so too. But when I found out the details of this song, I found that this song was composed by Madan Mohan.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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