Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
When “Hum Log” is mentioned, most people remember the first mega serial in Indian TV which was aired on Doordarshan (India’s government TV channel, which was the only TV channel in India at that time) in 1980s. But three decades earlier, there was a Hindi movie by this name too.
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“Jaadu” (1951) was a movie starring Suresh and Nalini Jaiwant. I have posted one song from this movie in the past. This movie in fact had several nice songs in it.
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Ik baat bataa de jogi
Posted on: July 22, 2010
Music of “Naagin” (1954) became so popular that it led to many movies with similar plots and indeed similar music. Not just other music directors, even Hemant Kumar (music director of “Naagin” ) created similar music in subsequent movies.
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Teri yaad mein jalkar dekh liyaa
Posted on: July 20, 2010
“Naagin” (1954) has so many songs that it is easy to lose track of them. And there are songs which seem like extensions of earlier songs. For instance, the song “teri yaad mein jalkar dekh liyaa” is immediately followed by “Oonchi oonchi duniyaa ki ” song.
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Aayegaa koyi hamraaz mere pyaar kaa
Posted on: July 19, 2010
When it comes to remembering important dates, I am quite forgetful and absent minded. The only important date in my family that I never forget is my daughter’s birthday, because she looks forward to it from many days in advance. Other than that, details like my wife’s birthday, our wedding anniversary etc are dates that I always forget, much to the chagrin of my wife.
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“Alif Laila” (1953) was a movie starring Asha Mathur, Vijay Kumar and Nimmi. The movie apparently had the love triangle story. Of course, my guess is purely based on the songs of this movie. How did I deduce that ? well, in the earlier songs, I saw Asha Mathur and Vijay Kumar singing love songs for each other. On the other hand, the song that is the subject of discussion here has Nimmi singing a sentimental song where she expresses her love for Vijay Kumar and states that it was not possible for her to forget him.
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I have been posting the songs of “Banarasi Thug” (1962) these days and I have posted as many as 6 songs from this movie already.
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“Naubahaar” (1952) is a movie starring Ashok Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant. This movie was a musical block buster. I have posted a couple of songs from this movie in the past, and I need to post more songs from this movie.
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Here is a ghazal from a 1967 movie called “Jaal”.
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Bahaar aayi khilin kaliyaan
Posted on: July 15, 2010
I recently stumbled upon the songs of “Alif Laila” (1953) and I am posting them these days,at the rate of one song a day.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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