Archive for the ‘joie de vivre’ Category
Ae zindagi gale lagaa le
Posted on: September 7, 2009
1980s was when I had begun to lose track of Bollywood songs and movies. The fact that it also coincided with the time when the quality of songs was going downhill was also one of the factors.
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In west , Valentine day is the day earmarked for love. In India, on the other hand, an entire season, viz the rainy season is earmarked for love.
And that affords plenty of opportunity for Bollywood movie makers to slip in a love song or two.
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Laage jab se nain laage
Posted on: August 7, 2009
“Daag” (1952) was a Mars and Movies Production. It was directed by Amiya Chaudhary. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Usha Kiran, Kanhaiyalal, Jawahar Kaul, Leela Misra, Krishnakant, Nimmi, Lalita Pawar, Chandrashekhar etc in it.
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Kisi Nargisi Nazar Ko Dil Denge Ham
Posted on: July 9, 2009
Mukesh in 1950s and 1960s was usually associated with sad songs accompanied by sombre music, which were usually sung on screen by Raj Kapoor.
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Kitna pyaara waada hai
Posted on: February 21, 2009
Happy bubbly songs are a category of song that everyone likes, be they young or old. And no songs can be as bubbly as those composed by R D Burman or Laxmikant Pyarelal.
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Most people may think that the most high energy Rafi songs have been sung for Shammi Kapoor. But which is the song where Rafi has been at his most energetic ?
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I know an acquaintance who would casually go to a “paan” shop, buy “paan” and talk to the “paanwaala” in an UP Bhaiyya style. If he saw a Baraat coming up with the Baraatis dancing, he would nonchalantly join the Baraat and dance a few jigs himself.
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Ye tera ghar ye mera ghar
Posted on: January 23, 2009
This song is written by Javed Akhtar and it is a beautifully written song, which has been sung so nicely by Jagjeet Singh and Chitra Singh under the music direction of Kuldeep Singh.
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Sang basanti ang basanti
Posted on: January 22, 2009
“Raja aur rank” (1968 ) is a movie that the present generation of movie watchers are not much familiar with, and that is for good reasons too. The movie was eminently forgettable with a flimsy story line. The only well known actor in this movie was Sanjeev Kumar, and he too was a newcomer to Bollywood.
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“Guide” is a movie whose music was voted as containing the best music among all Bollywood movies, when an Indian magazine polled the industry insiders ( viz singers, lyricists and music directors). Coming from those who themselves create music for Bollywood movies, this was high praise indeed.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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