Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
Ang se ang lagaa le
Posted on: February 3, 2011
This writeup is provided by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular conrtributor of posts to this blog
I love watching old movies (pre-1980, just to clarify!) and of late I’ve been watching a whole lot of them. Kala Pani, Kala Bazar, Kashmakash, Chhote Sarkar, Pagla Kahin Ka, Kasauti, Ma Beta, Waqt, Ek Bechara, Cobra Girl, Swayamvar, Raja Aur Runk, Jeene Ki Raah are just some of the movies I watched in January this year.
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All these days I was under the impression that I had discussed this song long back, but I was woken up from my complacency by a farmaish from this song. I have discussed as many as six songs from this movie, and it is a great oversight on my part that I forgot to discuss this song till now.
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Lyrics of this song have been provided by Atif M, a new visitor of this blog and a fellow enthusiast of hindi movies and their songs
“Dulhan Ek Raat Ki” (1966) is a movie that had Dharmendra and Nutan in lead roles. The movie itself failed at the box office though one song from this movie, viz Ek haseen shaam ko dil mera kho gayaa has gone on to become an immortal song.
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As music lovers, most of us only get to listen to well known songs. If one wants to listen to songs that were forgotten, one needs to dig deep and search for them. During this search, one often comes across some gems.
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Mythological/historical Lovers of the yore, viz Heer-Ranjha, Laila Majnu, Sohni Mahiwaal etc have inspired Hindi movie makers to make several movies on their stories.
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To the best of my knowledge, there have been two movies called “Jhoola”. The earlier one was released in 1942 and the later one came in 1962. These two movies may have been forgotten , but the music of both these movies are wonderful to listen to.
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I have discussed some well known lullabies from Hindi movies in these pages. Most of such lullabies (or lori as they are called in Hindi) were created in 1950s and 1960s.
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Jaagiye Gopal laal
Posted on: January 31, 2011
Here is another rare gem that I discovered hours ago. This song is from “Jawaahar” (1960). Like the song, I had never heard of this movie before.
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“Nastik” (1954) is a poignant and hard hitting movie about the aftermath of partition and the hypocrisy of organised religion. The effect of this movie is enhanced by the songs of this movie which are truly timeless and iconic.
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O mere bichhde balam
Posted on: January 30, 2011
Here is a lovely song from an obscure B grade movie. Only the audio of this song is available so it is not possible to tell about the artist on whom this song is picturised.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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