Archive for the ‘joie de vivre’ Category
Naachoon re gaaun re
Posted on: January 8, 2010
I have posted as many as five songs from “Aab e Hayaat” (1955). Here is another song from this movie.
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Listening to music is not an objective exercise. It is a subjective exercise. And that is why different people with different mental make up have entirely different preferences as music lovers.
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Ho gayi re teri ho gayi
Posted on: November 26, 2009
“Sazaa”(1951) has a few very nice songs that I was aware of and whicch I have already posted. I stumbled upon another song from this movie about which I was just not aware. The song as well as the picturisation just bowled me over as soon as I got an opportunity to watch this song.
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“Aap Aaye Bahaar Aayi” (1971) was a musical blockbuster where every song from the movie was extremely popular. In fact these songs remain popular to this day.
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I have posted one song from “Miss Bombay” (1957) in the past. Today I stumbled upon another song from this song. And what a song it is ! Such a lively song ! I do not know too many songs that are this full of joie de vivre.
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Lahraaye jiyaa bal khaaye jiyaa
Posted on: October 24, 2009
I thought that I had posted songs from “Sharada” in the past. It turns out that I was confusing “Sharada” with “Sadhana”. Yes, those days we had movies with names like “Sharada”, “Sadhana”, “Kalpana” etc which were also the names of some well known actresses. Incidentally, the actress with the same name was nowhere to be found in these movies.
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Here is a truly “bhoola bisra” geet even by the standards of this blog.
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It is a well known fact that the second movie of Roshan, viz. “Baawre Nain” (1950) was a musical blockbuster and Roshan was on his way after this movie.
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Tim tim tim taaron ke deep jale
Posted on: October 14, 2009
What is the way to win a person over ? By treating him/ her well. Musically, it means making him/her listen to music that is soothing/ pleasing to the senses. Creators of music need not impress the listeners by their ability to create great music with impressive orchestra. The listeners gets impressed more when he gets so involved in the song that he begins to visualise the imagery alluded to in the song.
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Mila hai kisi ka jhumka
Posted on: September 30, 2009
One of the most lovable category of songs are those that I call “mental massage” category. These are basically sweet, melodious songs with simple lyrics and minimal music that do not tax one’s mental faculties and make one feel relaxed .
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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