Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
Aa jaa ab to aa jaa
Posted on: September 25, 2010
Here is a song that can be called an iconic song among iconic songs. “Aa jaa ab to aa jaa” from “Anarkali” (1953) is one of the most well known songs in Hindi movie history. It is from “Anarkali” (1953) the original “Anarkali” movie, which came seven years before the other Anarkali movie namely “Mughal e Azam” (1960).
Read more on this topic…
I have heard of this movie called “Champakali”(1957). It had that song Chhup gaya koyi re door se pukaar ke(Champakali)(1957) which was quite popular on Vividh Bharati in 1970s.
Read more on this topic…
- In: "Mother" song | Artist century song in blog | Blog century song | Century songs for the blog | Guest posts | Lata solo | Lata song | mother-child song | Motherhood song | needing each other | Post by Raja | Sentimental song | Songs of 1960s (1961 to 1970) | Songs of 1966 | Thousandth song for the artist | Thousandth song for the blog | Thousandth song in the blog | Yearwise breakup of songs
- 16 Comments
This post is written by Raja, a regular contributor of posts to this blog and a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs
Today is a very special day for this very special blog. It is a day that we celebrate not just one milestone for the blog but two. And two really special milestones too.
Read more on this topic…
Aayi aayi raat suhaani
Posted on: September 18, 2010
Here is a delightful song that has two versions. In the first version, Kamini Kaushal, who finds a young girl, who is separated from her mother, and she calms her nerves by singing this song which acts as a lullaby to the girl.
Read more on this topic…
If one has to see how one can express one’s feelings of joy and happiness through a semi classical song and dance, then look no further than this song.
Read more on this topic…
Jaao jaao Nand ke laalaa
Posted on: September 12, 2010
“Rangoli” (1962) is a movie starring Kishore Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala. I have so far posted a couple of nice songs sung by Kishore Kumar and picturised on himself.
Read more on this topic…
“Raajhath” (1956) was a movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Madhubala. The movie had some nice songs in it.
Read more on this topic…
When I was a kid growing up in Eastern part of India, Durga Puja used to be the biggest festival of the year there, lasting four days. And every evening, the Durga Puja organisers would organise a cultural programme where the locals were encouraged to participate.
Read more on this topic…
We are all familar with the names of music directors whose names figure in the credits of a movie. Sometimes, when one looks closely, one may be able to have a glimpse of the Assistant music director. When I look at the credits of a Hindi movie, I especially look for the screen showing the list of assistants and sometimes I manage to read the name.
Read more on this topic…
“Free Love” (1974) was not a sleazy movie, despite its title. It was a C grade movie though and it had Kiran Kumar and Yogita Bali in lead roles. The movie sank without trace. I for one never knew in 1974 that a movie of this name was doing the rounds in movie halls. In my town this movie was never released.
Read more on this topic…




Recent comments