Archive for the ‘joie de vivre’ Category
Phoolon se dosti hai
Posted on: July 3, 2012
In old Hindi movies, especially those of 1950s and 1960s, we often see songs picturised on “Taanga”, also called “Tonga”, not to be confused with a country of this name. 🙂
“Taanga” was actually a mode of public transport in India those days. With time, Taanga has all but vanished as a mode of public transport in India. But they have not become extinct. One can still find them in some small towns of India. I have noticed them in small places in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh etc. In fact, one can see them in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra in UP. I recall that we (I, my wife and daughter) actually rode on a Taanga to go to Fatehpur Sikri a few years ago.
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Kaun rokega ab pyaar ka raastaa
Posted on: June 25, 2012
“Ek Kali Muskaayi” (1968) was a Panchdeep Chitra Production. It was produced and directed by Vasant Joglekar. The starcast had Ashok Kumar, Meera Joglekar, Joy Mukherjee,Mehmood, Om prakash, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawaar, Mallika, Neelam, Nana Palsikar, Sunder etc in it.
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This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When I saw the caption of this song, “tere pyaar mein dildaar” I thought I recognised this song. When I started to play it, it turned out to be a Lata Mangeshkar song, while I thought it might be a Shamshad Begum sing a composition by O. P. Nayyar from 50’s. It has a very old worldy feel to it. Actually it is from the Film “Mere Mehboob” and it is composed by Naushad. It goes without saying that it is written by Shakeel Badayuni. This is a kind of song, which keeps going on and on in the head long after you have heard it. I heard this song yesterday, after a very long time. It has three long stanzas in rapid speed. I made doubly sure that it was not posted. This should one of the last 2 songs from the film posted here, if earthmusic.net information is correct.
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Cham cham chamka saara jahaan
Posted on: April 26, 2012
“Bade Ghar Ki Bahu” (1960) was produced by J J Puri and directed by Kundan Kumar. The movie had Geeta Bali, Abhi Bhattacharya, Kuldip Kaur, Niranjan Sharma, Sheela Vaz etc in it.
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Bela bambina oy bela bambina
Posted on: April 24, 2012
“Ek Do Teen” (1953) was a Shorey Films production. It was produced and directed by Roop K Shorey. the movie had Motilal, Meena Shorey, Yashodhara Katju, Kaushalya, Satish, Shamlal, Indira Bansal, Uma Dutt, Manju, Iftekhar in it.
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“Amaanat” (1955) was a Bimal Roy Production. It was directed by Arvind Sen. The movie had Bharat Bhushan, Chand Usmani, Ashim Kumar, Pran, Nazir Hussain, Asha Mathur, Kanhaiyalal, Achla Sachdev, Asit Sen etc in it.
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Jhanan ghoonghar baaje re
Posted on: April 18, 2012
“Ganga Jamuna” (1961) was a Citizen Films Production which was Dilip Kumar’s home production house. The movie was directed by Nitin Bose. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Vyjyantimala, Nasir Khan, Helen, Azra, Kanhaiyalal, Anwar, Nazir Hussain, S. Nazir, Akashdeep, Aruna, Naaz, Praveen Paul, Leela Chitnis etc in it.
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This article is written by nahm, a regular contributor of lyrics to this blog and a new contributor of write ups to this blog
I have been thinking for the last few days that it is high time that I make a serious attempt to do a write up. More than 200 song lyrics (Provided) by me are already posted here. When I found this blog in January last year, it was like I found heaven on the net. I was just sorry that 3000 plus songs were already discussed and I had found it so late. By then I was almost cut off from old hindi films, since I was engrossed in life’s issues and challenges. Radio channels like vividh bharati and All India Radio (Urdu Service), once my best friends, were a thing of the past that no longer figured in my life. My deep interest in film songs occasionally brought me to Youtube to find some song or the other which came to mind.
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Koi aaya lachak uthhi kaayaa
Posted on: March 23, 2012
This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
One of my many weaknesses is that at any given point in time I’m humming or singing a song, completely oblivious to the surroundings. This has resulted in embarrassing situations at times (like when I burst out singing “chhoo lene do naazuk honthon ko” once while waiting for a flight in the departure lounge in an airport causing some heads to turn). Now, if I’d been Rafi saab or Talat Mahmood or Kishore, I’d probably get away with it – but I have no illusions about my singing having anything close to a favourable impact on the unintended and hapless targets of my indiscretions. It is just one of those things that I need to watch out for, I suppose.
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“Gharaana” (1961) was a Gemini Production movie. It was directed by S S Vasan. The movie had a starcast consisting of Rajendra Kumar, Asha Parekh, Raaj Kumar, Shobha Khote, Agha, Minu Mumtaz, Lalita Pawar, Kanhaiya Lal etc.
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