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This song sounds so much like Raj Kapoor’s signature songs of “Chhaliya”, “Shri 420”, “Aawaara” etc. But this song is not picturised on Raj Kapoor. and even the music is not by Shankar Jaikishan.
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Introduction songs were quite frequent in Bollywood movies till 1970s. Later on, they become less frequent.
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Mera naam Abdul Rehman
Posted on: May 3, 2009
Parents teach their small kids to introduce themselves before strangers and the kids, often feeling shy, hesitantly give their names, name of their schools, names of their parents etc.
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Aawaaraa hoon
Posted on: May 2, 2009
Though Raj Kapoor’s career was launched with “Andaaz” and “Barsaat”,”Aawaara” was the movie that firmly established his image by which he is known even today.
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Mera naam Rita Christina
Posted on: April 21, 2009
In Bollywood movies, action takes place mostly in India where everyone speaks Hindi/Urdu. But sometimes the action would take place in the Western counttries as well. There, even the Westerners would speak Hindi/Urdu and the western cabaret dancers would sing a cabaret song full of words like “ishq”, “husn” “haseena” etc. I suppose words like “blonde”,”bombshell” etc were not in use in West those days. 😉
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Here is the title song of the Raj Kapoor movie “Aashiq” (1962). Like what was the case in his earlier movies viz “Aawaara” and “Chhaliyya”, this song from “Aashiq” serves as an introduction song as well, where the hero inroduces himself as the “Aashiq” and describes in good detail what are the things for which he is the “aashiq” (lover)
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Chhaliya mera naam
Posted on: April 6, 2009
Movies, unlike books are meant for the lowest common denominator of the population, and that includes lots of people who are illiterates and of modest intelligence.That is why Bollywood movies have storylines where even the obvious needed to be stated clearly lest the audience be left in doubt.
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Main gareebon ka dil hoon
Posted on: February 13, 2009
It is a very old song from a very old movie. Premnath used to play roles of a hero those days.
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Main Bambai ka babu
Posted on: February 12, 2009
In Bollywood movies, singing songs is traditionally the preserve of lead actors. Lesser actors rarely got to sing. But there were exceptions.
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