Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
“Paakeezah” (1971) which was the last movie of Meena Kumari was full of some beautiful songs. I as a pre teen disliked those retro songs at that time, but as time has passed, I find myself warming up to these songs. Indeed, these songs have grown sweeter and more melodious with passage of time.
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Recently I had posted a bicycle song in which I was much mystified about the identity of the person who was pedalling away with a pretty young thing seated on the front bar.
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O mere sajnaa aaja re aajaa
Posted on: August 22, 2009
If Nargis was “Mother India”, then who was “Miss India” ? Few people may be aware of it, but both these movies were released in the same year viz 1957. “Mother India” went on to become a timeless classic, whereas “Miss India” was forgotten. And interestingly, Nargis herself was in the lead role of “Miss India” too.
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Ye tabla kahe dhik hai dhik hai
Posted on: August 21, 2009
“Smuggler” (1966) was a kind of movie which was regarded as B grade stuff in 1960s, but movies like this became mainstream by 1970s.
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Bhor suhaani aayi
Posted on: August 21, 2009
I talk a lot about “chaayageet” song that are best heard late at night. But how about songs that are best heard at other times of the day ? Yes, there are such songs too.
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Indian movies give lots of importance to Maa (mother). She is the one who keeps the family together on the face of adversity. On good times, she is shown as a caring housewife and mother.
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I had heard this song many a times as a kid in late 1960s. I had no inkling which movie this song was from but that did not prevent me from liking this song. From the voice I could make out that this song was sung by Lata. Yes, I could make out the difference between various singers even in those days.
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Mat samjho neer bahaati hoon
Posted on: August 10, 2009
What a magical song this is ! but then I should not be surprised, considering that the music director of this song is S Mohinder. He is one of those music directors,who failed to get enough opportunities despite possessing as much talent and ability as any other music directors.
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Sajan sang kaahe nehaa lagaaye
Posted on: August 9, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Main Nashe Me Hoon” (1959) in the past, but I was not aware about the existence of this song.
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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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