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Shaheedon tumko mera salaam
Posted on: August 15, 2011
This aricle is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings to all, on the 64th anniversary of Independence. A day to be remembered. And more than the day, it is important to remember those who laid down their lives to make this freedom possible.
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Jai Hind ye Hind ki kahaaniyaan
Posted on: August 15, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Greetings all on the 65th anniversary of Independence of our country from the rule of the Britishers.
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Ho meri ek nazar ke do do asar
Posted on: August 14, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Think of a music director from Punjab, preparing music for a film whose story is set in Bombay. And one of the songs is based on the local folk dance of Maharashtra. And guess what you will get? A Lavani based song spiced with exclamations of ‘haishaa’. And if you don’t believe me, well just go ahead and listen to this wonderful folk dance song from the 1957 film Miss Bombay. (NOTE: ‘haishaa’ is an exclamation that is used often in Punjabi folk songs.).
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Saigal Saab acted in 29 Hindi movies during his career of 15 years. Of these, 21 films were produced by New Theatres. In an unbroken association from 1932 to 1941, Saigal Saab appeared in 20 films by this production house in continuity. In 1942, Saigal Saab moved to Bombay, and started to work with the production houses there. Post 1942, there is only one more picture that is produced by New Theatres in which Saigal Saab appeared. This is the 1944 production My Sister. From the unbroken string of 20 films with New Theatres, the last one is Lagan produced in 1941.
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Raakhi kehti hai tumse bhaiyya
Posted on: August 13, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The festival of Raksha Bandhan is being celebrated today in many parts of the country. A tradition as old as our culture itself, it is a significant celebration of the brother-sister relationship in our country. By tying a piece of colored auspicious thread on the wrist of her brother, the sister is wishing for his well being, good health and prosperity, and in return the brother is making a promise to protect her and her honor. It is a much loved festival, that occurs on the full moon day of the month of Saawan.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Yet another non filmi ghazal offering from the genius of vocal expression. I have written about this before, and yet I am compelled to write again. Listening to Saigal Saab render a ghazal, is more than just good music and singing. There is an element of revelation, as one can feel that the singer is rendering each word with an understanding that gives a deeper import to the words of the ghazal itself. The singing comes through as not simply a rendering, but also comes through is a conviction, that the singer understands the words, and is making the effort to pass on the implication and the values of the words, and not just a vocal rendering.
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Sainyyaa beimaan haaye
Posted on: August 12, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.This Sajjad Hussain composition, which was presumed extinct till now has also been unearthed and provided by him
Here is one more offering from the film ‘Tilasmi Duniya’ (1946). Recordings from this movie have been obscure and missing from decades. In this era of online publications, the only reason a particular item is not available online, could be that the item is of absolutely no interest, or that it is completely obscure or even lost. That seems to be the situation with these records also. It is just providential that I found these records in the collection of a good friend of mine; and he thankfully agreed to share the recording.
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This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Found another lost gem today. What a racy and enthusiastic rendering by Rafi Saab !
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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