Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
I have posted several songs from “Anaadi” (1959) in this blog, but even I was not aware of this song. I have listened to this song for the first time just today, viz 50 years after this song was created.
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Soonaa hai mere dil ka jahaan
Posted on: August 5, 2009
C Ramchandra was one of the earlier pioneers of Bollywood movie music. He was one of the first music directors to make the most of the voice of Lata. In fact, Lata-C Ramchandra compositions are comparable to Lata-Madan mohan compositions, which came later.
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Mere sapnon mein aana re sajnaa
Posted on: August 4, 2009
I have been posting songs in this blog for the last one year and I have wondered at the quantity and quality of songs that I did not know existed ! Many of my 1700 plus songs are songs which I had not heard before I began this blog.
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Ham teer khaate jaayenge
Posted on: August 2, 2009
Here is a rare song from an obscure movie called “Deewaana” (1952). This movie had Suresh, Suraiyya, Sumitra devi etc in main roles.
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Believe it or not , there was a Hindi movie with a title like “Shin Shinaaki Bubbla Boo” as early as 1952. One may think that this movie, going by its title must be full of forgettable songs based on western music.
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“Bhaabhi” (1957) is known for its iconic song viz “Chal ud jaa re panchhi”. This song overshadowed other songs of the movie, so much so that other movies of this song are not known to too many people.
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“Naya Zamaana” (1971) was one of the first movies where Dharmendra and Hema Malini were seen together. In this movie, Dharmendra plays a union leader of a mill, whereas Hema Malini plays the daughter of the mill owner.
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Kisi ko pataa na chale baat kaa
Posted on: July 29, 2009
Producers on a shoestring budget tended to make Arabian nights kinds of movies in 1960s. These movies typically had lots of songs and dances. And being short of budget, these movies used to be partly in colour.
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Sunte thhe naam ham jinka bahaar se
Posted on: July 29, 2009
I have been posting songs of “Aah” (1953) all these days, and I am realising that just about every song of this movie is as good as the others.
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Tum sang preet lagaayi rasiyaa
Posted on: July 28, 2009
“New Delhi”(1956) is a movie that I find interesting. This movie had Kishore Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala in lead roles. This movie is interesting because it shows New Delhi as it was more than fifty years ago. Many important landmarks that we take for granted today in New Delhi were non existent at that time, as we can see from watching this movie.
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