Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
Aa laut ke aaja mere meet
Posted on: February 10, 2009
“Rani Roopmati” was a C grade movie, and songs from such movies typically failed to catch the ears of the mainstream listeners. But there were some exceptions.
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Kaho ji tum kya kya khareedoge
Posted on: February 9, 2009
This song from “Sadhana” (1958 ) did not have Sadhana in it, just as “Kalpana” (1960) did not have Kalpana in that movie. “Sadhana” had Vyjyanti Mala and Sunil Dutt in lead roles.
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I had heard this song as a child, but I never came to know what movie this song was from- till a few days ago.
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Ghar aaja ghir aaye badra
Posted on: February 7, 2009
R D Burman was an assistant to his father S D Burman for several years before he caught the eye of Mahmood who decided to give him his first break as an independent music director.
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Jhilmil sitaaron ka aangan hoga
Posted on: February 5, 2009
I have listened to this song many a times during my childhood. I had no idea which movie this song was from.
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Bane huye ek khaakh se
Posted on: February 5, 2009
I have posted as many as 4 songs from “Aarti” (1962) already. But I have not run out of songs from this movie. There are a few nice songs yet to be posted from this movie.
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Kankariya maar ke jagaaya
Posted on: February 4, 2009
In Bollywood movies, we have party songs and we have folk dance songs and we have tapori songs.
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So gaya saara zamaana
Posted on: February 4, 2009
In most cases, the reel life that actors essayed on screen had little resemblance with their real lives. But in some cases, viz for Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari, their real lives followed their reel lives. Both of them played melancholic roles towards the later half of their careers, and their real lives proved to be no different. In fact, they both had tragic melancholic ends to their lives.
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Madan Mohan always felt shortchanged by public and media since he never got the credit for his music that he richly deserved.
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Kisi ko phool mile kisi ko dhool
Posted on: February 3, 2009
I became aware of the movie “Do Dishaayen” (1982) while posting Yesuda’s Vishesh Jaimala programme’s transcript in another of my blogs. This movie is such an obscure movie that its songs were not available on internet in any form.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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