Archive for the ‘Ghazal’ Category
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the story of a 16 year old boy born in Peshawar in a conservative Pathan family for whom the association with film industry was a strict taboo. The boy was attracted to Bombay (Mumbai) as a destination. While listening to some Hindi film songs in one of the shops in Peshawar, a few of his friends coaxed him to try his luck as an actor in Hindi film industry since he had a good face. The fascination for Bombay coupled with the remarks from his friends were sufficient motivational factors for this youngboy to leave ( rather run away from) Peshawar for Bombay some time in 1935. The young boy was Ghulam Mustafa Durrani (1919-1988), later known in the Hindi film industry as G M Durrani, the playback singer.
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Main tujhko agar ek phool kahoon
Posted on: July 10, 2012
“Salaam e Mohabbat” (1955) is a movie about which I know nothing about. I request our knowledgeable readers to throw light on this obscure movie.
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“Doraaha”(1952) was a Progressive Pictures Production. It was directed by Bal Chhabra. The movie had Shekhar, Nalini Jaywant, Agha, Jagdeesh Sethi, Murad etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A wonderful ghazal, presented in qawaali style of singing, and sung and performed by Kishore Kumar. Some combination you might say. Yes, the results are appealingly captivating. Well at least for Meena Kumari on screen, who appears to be completely bowled over by this roadside performance by the simple looking and freewheeling Kishore Kumar.
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This article is written by sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The name Sulochana Kadam may not ring bells for many except for old Hindi film songs buffs. I was not aware of this name as a playback singer in Hindi film industry until I got a 78 RPM gramophone record of her song ‘mausam aaya hai rangeen’ from film ‘Dholak’ (1951) sometime in early 70s. But I was aware of the name Sulochana Chavan as the famous lavani singer of Maharashtra.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
During the summer of 1940, Mahatma Gandhi was in Simla, as part of his travels around the country. A public meeting was arranged that was to be addressed by him. Incidentally, the same day, another public function was scheduled. This program was a music program, and a small child, little more than 12 years in age, was to sing. The public made a beeline for the music program and it is on record that Gandhi ji expressed irritation that his call for a public meeting was largely ignored, and the people preferred to attend a music presentation by a child artist.
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Yoon na reh reh kar hamen tarsaaiye
Posted on: June 16, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
A ‘raagini’ coming alive – that would be an experience worth paying for with everything in life, including life itself. Imagine the circumstance – a private ‘sangeet sabha’ – musical congregation. The singer singing at the request of and in the honor of his spiritual guru. He renders Raag Jaunpuri, with such intense affection – and after some time a moment comes to pass where the entire gathering is transported into a magical surrealism, and the people present actually envision a very beautiful lady bedecked in fine jewellery and attire, slowly ambling amongst them. It is not an individual experience, but a vision perceived by many who were present. A worried guru motions the singer to slow down, and fade away the singing. But the vision persists. Eventually, the guru directs the singer to render Raag Bhairavi, and slowly the apparition fades away.
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Bahut purdard hai ae sunanewaalon
Posted on: June 2, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This movie “Birha ki Raat” (1950) had Dev Anand and Nargis playing lead roles, which is a rare occurance. Video links are not available on youtube for the songs of this film, so we make do with only the audio links. Only one song, a duet by Rafi-Lata is posted in the blog so far. When I heard this Rafi solo “bahut purdard hai ae sunnewaalon daastan meri” for the first time, it touched me. Then on second hearing I found it to be a very endearing ghazal.
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Shama par jalke bhi parwaana
Posted on: May 26, 2012
This article is written by Shekher Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a new contributor to this blog.
Without detracting one bit from her merit, capability and musico-longevity, I have to admit that I am not a fan of Asha Bhosle in the same manner as I am of Lataji. That said, there are quite a few of Ashaji’s evergreens – some of them lesser known than her racy raunchy numbers – which touch me more or less the same as some of Lataji’s best.
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Tasweer teri dil mera behla na sakegi
Posted on: May 9, 2012
Talat Mehmood is today mainly known for the songs that he sang in Hindi movies. But he began his career as a non film singer. He had gone to Calcutta in late 1930s when he was still a teenager and he began to create waves there with his ghazals.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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