Archive for the ‘joie de vivre’ Category
Nazren uthaa ke zaraa dekh le
Posted on: September 8, 2010
With time, most movie personalities become typecast in our minds, and we expect their performances to conform to our preconceived notions.
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Udan khatole pe ud jaaun
Posted on: September 5, 2010
In Hindi movies, Kids are supposed to be a straight line extention of grown ups, so they are shown behaving like grown ups. Lead actors who are shown in love with each other in their grown up age are shown to be in love with each other even in their childhood in case their childhood is depicted in the movie.
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Mat bolo bahaar ki batiyaan re
Posted on: September 5, 2010
While looking up information about Naushad, I found out that he made his debut as a music director in 1940 in a movie called “Prem Nagar”. In this movie he composed as many as 13 songs. Those are the days when actors themselves used to sing their own songs.
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Main jatt yamla paglaa deewaanaa
Posted on: August 25, 2010
In the picturisation of this song, Dharmendra has just realised that Hema Malini is in love with him. Having made this discovery, Dharmendra jumps up and down all over the place, singing this joyous song, and Hema Malini is naturally embarrased at this public display of Dharmendra’s love for her.
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Dekho mera dil machal gayaa
Posted on: August 18, 2010
Shankar of Shankar Jaikishan promoted Sharda in a big way and this led to considerably difference of opinion between the duo. Sharda had an unconventional voice and she obviously was limited in her range compared to say Lata who was the female singer of choice by default for them till then.
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Yaar chulbulaa hai
Posted on: August 8, 2010
I have posted several songs from “Dil Deke Dekho” (1959) and still it appears to me that this movie has an endless supply of wonderful songs in it.
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I never tire of saying that irrespective of the grading of the movie (A, B, C etc grade), the music of all these movies was always A grade.
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Kahin door koyaliyaa gaaye re
Posted on: August 2, 2010
Here is another song that I first became aware of only a few hours ago.
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Aayegaa koyi hamraaz mere pyaar kaa
Posted on: July 19, 2010
When it comes to remembering important dates, I am quite forgetful and absent minded. The only important date in my family that I never forget is my daughter’s birthday, because she looks forward to it from many days in advance. Other than that, details like my wife’s birthday, our wedding anniversary etc are dates that I always forget, much to the chagrin of my wife.
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Badraa chaaye..aaya saawan jhoom ke
Posted on: July 15, 2010
In western cultures, only one day in the spring season , called Valentine’s day is dedicated for love. In Indian culture , on the other hand, an entire season, viz the rainy season is the season of love. It did not begin with the advent of Bollywood movies. Even in ancient Sanskrit novels, for instance in Kalidas’ “meghdoot”, we find the rainy season described as the season when there is love in the air.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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