Archive for the ‘Mahendra Kapoor songs’ Category
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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O yaara dildaara mera dil karta
Posted on: March 29, 2009
Ravi, one of the most prolific music directors who tended to give hits in a clutch did not believe in lifing tunes, though he admitted to being inspired from songs that he had heard. And he would change the tunes of his inspiration so nicely that few people could guess the source of his inspiration.
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I am surprised to see that as many as two memorable Holi songs are from 1980s. But when I look at the credentials of the lyricists and the music directors of these songs, I realise that they were very much throwbacks of the past, and so one should not necessarily be surprised that they came with such evergreen songs on the wrong side of the golden era of Bollywood music.
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Arre ja re hat natkhat
Posted on: March 10, 2009
As Holi songs go, this is the second oldest of all well known Bollywood Holi songs. This song from “Navrang” is exactly 50 years old by now.
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Zindagi hai kya
Posted on: March 6, 2009
“Satyakaam” (1969) is a movie that has long been forgotten though it was a movie that had received rave reviews during its time.
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Badli badli duniya hai meri
Posted on: March 4, 2009
Here is yet another example of a nice song from a forgotten movie.
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“Bathroom singing” is quite a popular hobby with many people. One reason for bathroom singing is that it is the only place where one could sing without being disturbed. Another esoteric reason is to tell people that you have occupied the bathroom. This is useful in case the door of the bathroom does not get locked ( especially useful for those staying in hostels).
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Aaj ki mulaaqaat bas itni
Posted on: February 25, 2009
We are used to seeing Guru Dutt is tragic roles, so imagine my surprise when I found out that it is none other than Guru Dutt who plays this jumping jack kind of role in this song.
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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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I have talked a lot about Rafi-Shammi Kapoor songs as well as the clones of Shammi Kapoor, wh got to sing Shammi Kapoor style in the voice of Rafi.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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