Archive for the ‘Mahendra Kapoor solo’ Category
Kaun ho tum kaun ho
Posted on: June 29, 2009
This song from “Stree” (1961) comes as a whiff of fresh air to me. It is so refreshing to see a Bollywood song from a lyricist who knew the topics he was writing about. Bharat Vyas, who mostly wrote songs in mythological movies, knew his mythology well. Moreover, he was one of the few lyricists at that time (Pradeep being the other) who used textbook Hindi words in their lyrics.
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“Zindagi aur Maut” (1965) is not a movie I am familiar with. But today I stumbled upon a song from this movie which is regarded quite highly by music lovers.
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Kisi patthar ki moorat se
Posted on: May 14, 2009
This is a piano song cum party song in the sense that this song is sung by Sunil Dutt seated on a piano in a party.
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He neele gagan ke tale
Posted on: May 13, 2009
“Hamraaz” (1968) was a musical blockbuster. The songs of this movie were hugely popular among all age groups of people.
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Tum agar saath dene ka waada karo
Posted on: May 11, 2009
Mahendra Kapoor was one singer who was a B R Chopra loyalist and he was the male playback singer of choice in all the movies made by B R Chopra’s banner.
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Iktaara boley kuchh kahe wo tumse
Posted on: April 13, 2009
Manoj Kumar was a movie maker who would make movies with simplistic messages telling India was good, west was bad ( Purab aur paschim), Villagers were good, city folks were bad ( Upkaar ) etc. In this connection, here is this movie “Yaadgaar” (1970) where Manoj Kumar continues to shove his ideals down the throats of public.
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kamar patli nazar bijli
Posted on: April 12, 2009
If one watched a bollywood movie in 1960s and 1970s, one was sure to have a Helen dance accompanied by a song. This song will have little relevance to the story line of the movie and Helen will not be found anywhere else in the movie, but her dance was still regarded as a major attraction of the movie.
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Aankhon mein qayaamat ke kaajal
Posted on: April 8, 2009
O P Nayyar, a headstrong music director who ruled the roost for much of 1950s tended to alienate people even close to him. By the time he was creating the music of “Kismat”, he was not on speaking tems with Rafi and so he used the voice of Mahendra Kapoor in the songs of “Kismat”. Mahendra Kapoor was required to sing Rafi style, and he did a competent job of it.
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Music director Ravi deserved much more credit than he actually received as a music director. I have mentioned it in the past that a large number of iconic songs from Bollywood movies are his creations. Just name the subject, and he has an iconic song or two on the subject.
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