Archive for the ‘Melancholic song’ Category
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.
Read more on this topic…
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.
Read more on this topic…
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 !
Read more on this topic…
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).
Read more on this topic…
I became aware of this movie called “Magroor” (1950) thanks to its review by Memsaab. This is a delightful movie, and it is worth watching even for someone like me who cannot normally sit through the length of an entire Hindi movie.
Read more on this topic…
“Aankhen” (1950) is the debut movie of Madan Mohan as a music director. I have written about three songs from this movie in the past. In the cases of these three songs, nly the audio was available.
Read more on this topic…
Hamaaraa kyaa hai ham tadpen
Posted on: September 17, 2010
There was a movie called “Zindagi Ya Toofaan” (1958), not to be confused with “Zindagi Aur Toofaan” (1975). This movie “Zindagi Ya Toofaan” (1957) had Pradeep Kumar and Nutan in lead roles.
Read more on this topic…
I was under the impression that I had posted nearly all the songs of “Aawaara” (1951) in this blog. But I was wrong, There are still songs from this movie that need to be posted.
Read more on this topic…
Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
Recent comments