Archive for the ‘Mahendra Kapoor songs’ Category
This song from “Purab Aur Paschim” is the most well known patriotic song from Manoj Kumar, along with the “Upkaar” song.
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Dulhan Chali O pahan chali
Posted on: January 26, 2009
Here is yet another nationalistic song from a Manoj Kumar movie. The movie is “Purab Aur Paschhim” and the song is “Dulhan chali”.
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Top priority task before India in 1950s was building roads, bridges, and dams. In 1960s, the nation realised that becoming self sufficient in food stuffs was even more important. And thus came the Lal Bahadur Shastri’s slogan -“Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” (Hail the soldier, hail the farmer).
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Laakhon hain yahaan dilwaale
Posted on: January 17, 2009
I have listened to this song many a times, and liked it as well.
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I have stumbled upon yet another “new” song for me. The movie is called “aao pyaar karen”. It has Joy Mukherjee and Saira Bano as the lead actors and this is a movie from 1964, so one can safely assume that the story line has got to be similar to Shammi Kapoor movies of those days.
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Aaja re mere pyaar ke raahi
Posted on: January 6, 2009
This is one song that I had never heard before. There is nothing new in that. It is becoming a habit with me. 😉
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Aadha hai chandrma raat aadhi
Posted on: December 23, 2008
I have mentioned in a few previous songs picturised on Sandhya that she rarely got an “easy” song. Unlike other leading ladies who mostly needed to just lip sync or act coy, Sandhya was called upon to perform some unbelievable tasks in the songs, in addition to singing.
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Chalo ik baar phirse
Posted on: December 18, 2008
Filmfare best male singer awards began in 1960. Mukesh was the first winner for Anari, and then Rafi won it for the next two years for “Chaudhvin ka chaand” and “Sasuraal”. Then there was no award for 1963. The 1964 award was won by a new voice, viz Mahendra Kapoor for Gumrah (1963). The song which earned him this coveted prize was this song “chalo ik baar phir se ajnabi ban jaayen hum dono”.
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Haath aaya hai jabse tera
Posted on: December 14, 2008
What are the odds of you walking on a beach and stumbling upon gems every few steps ? Well, I have been exploring Bollywood music and I am coming across gems after gems. In some cases, I at least knew the names of the movies, and in some cases, I was not even aware about the name of the movie. And when I listen to these songs, I am amazed to find that these songs are lying forgotten.
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Kahaan se laayi ho jaaneman
Posted on: December 9, 2008
Has anyone heard of this movie called “Dil Aur Mohabbat” ? I had not. But when I started digging, I found that it was a movie released in 1968 where Joy Mukherjee and Sharmila Tagore had played the main roles.
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