Archive for the ‘Melancholic song’ Category
“Jauhri” (1951) is a forgotten movie in which (believe it or not) Manorama was the lead actress and a few songs were picturised on her, too.
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There were some movies, especially those made in late 1950s by Guru Dutt that took melancholy to new heights (Depths ?). The Hero, always played by Guru Dutt, would remain gloomy and morose and he would make those around him gloomy and morose too. At least that is the general impression I get whenever I hear the name Guru Dutt. And in his case, life imitated art. He as well as his wife Geeta Dutt let miserable lives in their last few years.
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Alam par alam sitam par sitam
Posted on: October 12, 2010
Sajjad Hussain made his debut an an independent music director with “Dost”(1944). With the passage of so much time, very little is known about this movie today. What is known is that this movie had actors like Noorjahan, Vatsala Kumthekar, Motilal, Husnbano, Maya Banerjee, Kanhaiyalal etc in it.
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This song can be put into several categories. This song narrowly misses from becoming a “movie opening song”. The song begins immediately after the credits disappear from the screen. Guru Dutt and Mala Sinha are just married and it is their suhaag raat. But Guru Dutt, instead of taking interest in his newly wedded bride, complains that he cannot get sleep because of her.
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Here is a song which is from 1968 when I was very much around as a keen listen of Hindi movie songs. But I never got to listen to this song. I stumbled upon this song for the first time only a few hours ago.
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Waapas le le ye jawaani
Posted on: September 29, 2010
In Hindi movies, leading ladies take turns being happy and sad in movies. And that means they sing happy as well as sad songs in the movies.
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When I look at the roles of lead actresses of Hindi movies, I find that the ability to cry is an essential quality that they must possess. So I cannot help but feel that most actresses who entertained hopes of a successful careers in Hindi movies needed to have lots of practice of crying. In other words, it always helped if they came from families that offered them lots of opportunities to hone this skill. So does it mean that most actresses in Bollywood had unhappy childhood ? Shudder !
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Aa jaa ab to aa jaa
Posted on: September 25, 2010
Here is a song that can be called an iconic song among iconic songs. “Aa jaa ab to aa jaa” from “Anarkali” (1953) is one of the most well known songs in Hindi movie history. It is from “Anarkali” (1953) the original “Anarkali” movie, which came seven years before the other Anarkali movie namely “Mughal e Azam” (1960).
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