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As sad songs go, this song must rank among the saddest and most poignant. Sahir Ludhianvi’s lyrics sum up the situation with the force of a well oiled sledge hammer. Hemant Kumar’s voice conveys tha pain of the protagonist so well that listeners cannot help but be moved even today, more than six decades later.
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Saanwle salone aaye din bahaar ke
Posted on: April 21, 2009
“Ek Hi Raasta” (1956) was a heart warming movie, going by the songs of this movie. Meena Kumari, who later became known for playing tragedy roles, played a happy character in this movie. Sunil Dutt played her husband and Daisy Irani played their kid. I had earlier posted a nice song from this movie viz “chali gori pi ke milan ko chali”.
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I have no idea about the story of “House Number 44” (1955) so I do not know the context of this song, but this Hemant Kumar song is regarded as a classic.
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Tere dwaar khadaa ik jogi
Posted on: April 12, 2009
This song from “Nagin” (1954) must be one of the most hummable songs. All these days, I thought that it was a devotional song.
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Chhod de patang meri chhod de
Posted on: April 11, 2009
Though it is the music director who gets most of the credit for a song, it is the assistant music director/ music arranger who does the actual legwork, and should get the real credit.
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Ye raat ye chaandni phir kahaan
Posted on: February 24, 2009
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Most of the time, I do not remember more than the first one or two lines of a song, and therefore my appreciation of such songs is not all that indepth.
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There are different singers who have different effects on their listeners.
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