Archive for the ‘Mahendra Kapoor songs’ Category
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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Usko nahin dekha hamne kabhi
Posted on: January 27, 2009
“Maa” (mother) plays a very important role in Bollywood movies. A good son is supposed to be the one who stands by his Maa and a bad son is one who leaves her.
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Hamne jo dekhe sapne
Posted on: January 27, 2009
It was one of those songs that I loved listening to without having a clue which movie this song was from. And of course I did not know anything about lyricists and music directors those day. I used to think that the singers themselves wrote the song and composed the music too.
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Abke baras
Posted on: January 26, 2009
This song from “Kraanti” is Manoj Kumar’s version of a patriotic song from pre independence era.
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