Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
koyi matwaala aaya mere dwaare
Posted on: June 26, 2009
“Love In Tokyo” (1966) was a movie that came two years after the Tokyo Olympics, and it showed Indian viewers some stunning scenes that left Indians gasping. It was diffucult to believe that Japan, a country which was on the same boat as India just two decades ago had taken such rapid strides in just one generation.
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I have so far posted three songs from “Shaagird” (1967), but the most popular song of this movie was not one of them.
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So Jaa dukhiyaare
Posted on: June 24, 2009
Earlier, I have posted a Lata song picturised on Maa-Beta ( played by Meena Kumari and Daisy Irani) and the music was composed by Hemant Kumar.
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Raat hai suhaani o nindiyaa raani
Posted on: June 24, 2009
Just like there are hit pairs of hero and heroine in movies, there used to be a hit pair of mother and child in 1950s. Meena Kumari would play mother of Daisy Irani in several movies.
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Aayi abke saal deewaali
Posted on: June 23, 2009
“Haqeeqat” (1964) was a movie full of wonderful songs. The movie itself was depressing for the Indian audience, considering the storyline of the movie.
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Pyaara pyaara ye samaa
Posted on: June 22, 2009
“Laal Quila”(1960) was a C grade movie with lesser known actors and its music was by S N Tripathi, the biggest name in music direction in such movies.
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Dil hai lutaa huaa jahaan
Posted on: June 22, 2009
I was aware of “Talaash” of 1969, but I did not know that there was another movie of the same name that was released in 1957.
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Suno sajna papeehe ne
Posted on: June 20, 2009
Laxmikant (of Laxmikant Pyarelal) played this song when he presented Vishesh Jaimala programme on Vividh Bharati in 1970. From the lyrics, it can be seen that it is indeed the title song of the movie, but all these days I was not aware of this fact.
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Saanwariyaa tumhaari nazar laagi
Posted on: June 20, 2009
I do not think too many people may be aware of this movie called “Aadil e Jahangir”(1955). I certainly was not. I recently found out that this movie was directed by G P Sippy, who is better known today for being the producer of “Sholay” (1975). This movie was one of the five movies that he directed. Otherwise he was mainly a producer of movies.
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