Archive for the ‘Kishore Kumar songs’ Category
Hawaaon pe likh do hawaaon ke naam
Posted on: April 19, 2009
Wow! What an amazing song ! I have listened to this song in the past, but only in passing and without paying much attention. Now that I have listened to it and watched the picturisation, I am just floored.
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Paas nahin aana bhool nahin jaana
Posted on: April 18, 2009
It is generally belived that commercial (mainstream) bollywood movies were make belive ones whereas “art” movies depicted reality. Not always.
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Koi hamdam na raha
Posted on: April 17, 2009
Kishore Kumar, who was mainly known for acting in funny roles tended to make serious movies when he himself made movies ( “Chalti ka naa gaadi” being an exception).
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Phoolon ke rang se
Posted on: April 16, 2009
One reason why many old songs ( 1970s and earlier) are popular is of course to do with nice music in these songs. Moreover, the music directors ( there were many outstanding music directors at that time) recognised the value of lyrics. And they would wait for lyricists to write their songs.
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“Anurodh” (1977) was a Rajesh Khanna movie when his career was going downhill. In this movie he was cast opposite his sister in law viz Simple Kapadia.
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I recall listening to this song called “Likha hai teri aankhon me kiska afsaana” during my younger days,but I had no idea which movie this song was from. It is only yesterday that I came to know that this song was from “Teen Deviyaan”.
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Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz made a very popular pair of late 1960s and early 1970s. Their on screen chemistry was such that just about any movie and any song picturised on the duo became popular.
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Naghma e dil ko chhed ke
Posted on: April 11, 2009
Here is a forgotten but nice song from a forgotten movie called “Ek Raaz” (1963)
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Koi hota jisko apna
Posted on: April 10, 2009
Kishore Kumar has sung a large number of songs for the leading actors of their eras, viz Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. In addition, he also sang many songs for actors who were near the top, but who never quite reached there.
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