Archive for the ‘Lata solo’ Category
Pankh hote to ud aati re
Posted on: November 23, 2008
Ring tones has become a big business after the advent of mobile phones. In India, ring tones of movie songs are very popular. Though many people have new songs as their ringtones, some people like old songs as their ring tones as well.
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Chhoti si ye duniya
Posted on: November 19, 2008
Considering that it is Shailendra who wrote the lyrics and Shankar Jaikishan who composed the music, it could as well be Mukesh singing for Raj Kapoor, but here it is Kishore Kumar singing for himself in “Rangoli”.
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This song is among the many evergreen songs which listeners have listened to for the last four decades and more. I am also among those. But I had no idea which movie this song was from and how it was picturised.
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Nagin was one of the earliest and biggest musical blockbusters in Bollywood movies. And this movie coincided with the beginning of Binaca geetmala countdown show. The nagin been music had the entire nation swaying like the nagin in the movie.
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Aayega aayega aane waala aayega
Posted on: November 11, 2008
Though Lata Mangeshkar made her debut as a playback singer in 1947, it was not like she became a singing legend almost overnight. For three years she was just another struggler in Bollywood. But the song that catapulted her to nationwide name and fame was the 1949 song “Aayega aanewaala aayega” from “Mahal”.
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Mausam hai aashiquaana
Posted on: November 10, 2008
The music of “Pakeeza” though considered outdated by the standards of 1970s by aam janta ( like yours truly) became surprisingly popular. Two of the songs from this in movie in fact became second and third in Binaca geetmala final of 1972.
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Babul pyaare
Posted on: November 8, 2008
This movie had an ageing ( read already aged) Dev Anand paired against the rising star Hema Malini. The movie turned out to be a hit. The story line was quite engrosing and the movie was shot in exotic places like Nepal and elsewhere.
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Tu kya jaane bewafa
Posted on: November 7, 2008
Hema Malini tended to figure in rather “Bhartiya Naari” kind of songs, but there were occasions when she was seen singing in front of lowly creatures aka “kuttons and kameenos” much to the chagrin of Dharam ji.
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Abke sajan saawan mein
Posted on: November 4, 2008
“Chupke Chupke” was a lighthearted movie where some leading names in Bollywood were assembled and the result was a nice comedy. In a way, this movie was a forerunner of later day movies viz “Golmaal”, “Jaane bhi do yaaron” etc.
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Kaamdev jaisi teri sooratiya
Posted on: November 4, 2008
I may regard myself as a bollywood music buff, espdecially of songs circa 1970 or so. But there are still songs from that era which I never heard when they were first released.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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