Archive for the ‘Melancholic song’ Category
“Ziddi” (1948) was a Bombay Talkies production. It was directed by Shahid Latif. The movie had Kamini Kaushal, Dev Anand, Veera, Nawab, Kuldeep, Indu, Shivraj, Kishore Kumar, Amir Banu, Chandabai, Moshin etc in it.
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“Sabzbaagh” (1951) was a Nirmal Pictures Production. It was directed by Aziz Kashmiri. The movie had Shekhar, Nimmi, Cuckoo, Pran, Khanjar, Chand Burque, Rashid Khan, Om Prakash, Suraiya Choudhary, Kamal Kapoor, Majnu etc in it.
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Aansoo chhupaaye aankh mein
Posted on: August 3, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“Abhi Naa Jaao Chhod Kar, Ke Dil Abhi Bharaa Nahin”.
The manner of expression, the selective emphasis, the slow measured pace of eloquence, the first rendering of this line – and the soft melody simply steals your heart away. And the mind wants to beseech the departed souls, to kindly tarry, and stay for a bit more, for the heart is not satiated as yet. Words from the pen of Sahir Sb, the touching expression in Rafi Sb’s voice, and one can imagine the balding, somewhat simple and frail, bespectacled Jaidev, conducting the instrumentalists, as the song progresses.
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Pyaar hai ik nishaan kadmon ka
Posted on: July 15, 2013
This article is written by Pamir Harvey, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is the title song of Mukti (1977). Death and Loss play a central role in the film in different forms. Thus this song is used in bits and parts throughout the film. I have included the complete audio version and also the bits which I could find, which were used in the film. Since these bits give away the ending of the film, a SPOILER ALERT! Please don’t watch the videos of the film, if you don’t want the ending to be revealed.
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“Marine Drive” (1955) was a Sippy Films Production. It was produced and directed by G P Sippy. The movie had Ajit, Bina Rai, Roopmala, Vijayalaxmi, Yakub, Johnny Walker, K. N. Singh, Om Prakash, Tuntun etc in it.
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“Neeli” (1950) was a Ranjit Film Company production. It was directed by Ratibhai Punatkar. The movie had Dev Anand, Suraiya, Agha, Shyama, Dulari, Cuckoo etc in it.
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Na tadapne ki ijaazat hai
Posted on: July 11, 2013
“Pyaar ki Jeet” (1948) was a Famous Pictures production. It was directed by O P Datta. The movie had Rehman, Suraiya, Gope, Gyani, Raj Mehra, Manorama, Leela Misra, Yashodhara Katju, Niranjan Sharma etc in it.
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