Archive for the ‘Ghazal’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim “Zauq” is considered as a leading light amongst the Urdu poets across all ages in the subcontinent. Born in 1789, he was the son of a lowly placed soldier in the Mughal Army. He was educated in the ‘maktab’ (elementary religious school) under the tutelage of Hafiz Ghulam Rasool. Hafiz saab was a poet himself, and used to write ghazals under the pen name of ‘shauk’. Under this influence, Muhammad Ibrahim got addicted to poetry, and himself started to write under the pen name of ‘Zauq’.
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Hasraten khaamosh hain
Posted on: July 1, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Hain Sabse Madhur Wo Geet Jinhen Hum Dard Ke Sur Mein Gaate Hain” – so are the lines that Shailendra has written for the song in Patita (1953), echoing the words of another great poet, Percy Shelley who wrote (150 years earlier) – “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought”. So it is not a wonder that the songs that tell of sorrow, are the ones that sound the sweetest and are the dearest to our hearts.
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Mohabbat ke gul haa
Posted on: June 29, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
It is said that illustrious poets and their marvelous, amazing poetry has existed and will continues to exist till the end of time. Alas, the divinity that was bestowed by the cadence of KL Saigal’s rendition, was reserved for a privileged few. Any piece of poetry that was fortunate enough to be sung by this singer, came to life in his voice, as nothing else ever before or after him. From the simple, to the truly inspired creations of famous poets, each rendering was as if the singer himself was living the very life that the verse manifested. There may be words to describe the voice and the tone of KL Saigal, but there is no words, no comparison to the vitality and the liveliness that his voice imparted to the words.
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Kisi ko banaanaa kisi ko mitaanaa
Posted on: June 26, 2011
Here is a song from a forgotten movie called “Sheeshaa” (1952). I had never heard this song before. After listening to this song, I wondered how a gem like this had so few takers among music lovers.
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Gham na kar khushi ka daur aayegaa
Posted on: June 21, 2011
If you want to discover unheard of musical gems from Hindi movies, then the best bet would be to look for B grade movies. The catch is, finding such B grade movies can be a tall order as such movies as well as their music tends to be highly elusive.
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Jo khushi se chot khaaye
Posted on: June 10, 2011
“Dil e Nadaan” (1953) is a movie produced by A R Kardar. This movie had Talat Mehmood, Shyama and Peace Kanwal in it.
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Dekh lo aaj hamko jee bhar ke
Posted on: June 8, 2011
The dominant kind of music in 1980s was disco music. It was this kind of music that sounded the death knell of the golden era of Hindi movie music.
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Ishq mujhko nahin vehshat hi sahi
Posted on: June 3, 2011
I have discussed as many as eight songs from “Mirza Ghalib”(1954) in this blog. Here is the ninth one.
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Phir mujhe deedaa e taar yaad aayaa
Posted on: June 2, 2011
I had given up hopes of discussing any songs today seeing that I found myself internet deprived today. I managed to get hold of a computer, which, though falling short of the usual standards of a computer that one is normally used to, has at least a working internet connection. Taking advantage of my good fortune, I have posted discussion on one song just now, and here is another, which I need to discuss before the gift horse decides to bolt away. 🙂
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