Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
“Anarkali” was a musical extravaganza, where just about every song went on to become evergreen.
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“Saraswati Chandra” was a movie with Manish and Nutan in the lead. Nutan was ofcourse a well known name for one decade, but this person Manish was a debutant and this movie turned out to be his first and last appearance on the silver screen and he was soon forgotten.
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“Khamoshi” (1969) was a superb movie, and it earned rave reviews when it was released. It was a labour of love for the director Asit Sen (not the comedian Asit Sen but a different person) and it was a remake of his own bangla movie called “deep jwele jaaye” (1959).
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“Prince” was one of the last movies as lead actor for Shammi Kapoor as well as for Vyjyantimala. And curiously, it was the first and last time that the two of them acted together in a movie.
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The songs of “Anamika” (1973) were so nice to listen to. The lyrics of Majrooh Sultanpuri and music of R D Burman were top notch and the singers, viz. Kishore Kumar and Lata had sung the songs wonderfully.
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Kishore Kumar worked with Laxmikant Pyarelal for the first time in 1965 in a movie called “Hum Sab Ustaad Hain”. The movie itself is no longer remembered by anyone, but what music this movie had !
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Bairan neend na aaye
Posted on: December 15, 2008
I first listened to this song last year, while researching Madan Mohan. And I absolutely loved this song. What a song ! I could not have enough of this song.
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“Imtihaan” (1974) was a movie that is best remembered for the iconic song “ruk jaana nahin tu kahin haar ke”.
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Lata gave some haunting songs in 1960s under the music direction of Madan Mohan. During that time two major music directors of the day, viz O P Nayyar and S D Burman were creating their music without Lata.
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Wo bhooli daastaan
Posted on: December 13, 2008
Here is a typical Lata-Madan Mohan composition, where both give their best. And indeed the lyrics of Rajinder Krishan enable them to create their magic.
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