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Mere bichchde saathi suntaa jaa
Posted on: June 2, 2009
If a movie has Madan Mohan’s music, then two things were almost guaranteed. One, the movie would fare poorly at the box office, and second, the movie would have some memorable songs, including some unforgettable songs sung by Lata.
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O saba kehna mere dildaar ko
Posted on: May 24, 2009
I have already posted two songs from “Kaabuliwaala” (1960). This movie was a very moving tale of a Pathan from Afghanistan who lives in Calcutta away from his family, including his young daughter, and he misses her every day. He adores Minnie ( a young girl) in Calcutta and after initial apprehensions, she too takes to him.
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Laage naa moraa jiyaa
Posted on: May 13, 2009
Asha Parekh, who acted as a child artist for several years, first acted as a grown up in Aasha ( 1957), though she was not credited there. She then acted in Dil Deke Dekho, Ham Hindustani and Ghooghat.
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I have begun to post songs from “Madhumati” (1958) these days. Here is the second song from this movie.
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Khoya khoya chaand khulaa aasmaan
Posted on: April 27, 2009
By now I have posted more than a thousand songs from the golden era of Bollywood music. It can be easily noticed that lyrics played a very important roles in the success of these songs. In 1980s and later, lyrics lost its importance in the minds of the music directors and from that time onwards, songs lost their soul and their longevity. However great the singing and music may be, unless the singer and music director has a good song to work with, the song cannot hope to become popular.
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Mera man tera pyaasaa
Posted on: April 23, 2009
I have posted one song from “Gambler”(1970) in the past. Somhow I keep confusing among the songs of “Gambler”, “Guide”, “Prem Pujari” etc. All these movies had Dev Anand and Waheeda Rahman in them, if I am not mistaken, and all these movies had music by S D Burman.
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Mera qaraar le jaa
Posted on: April 16, 2009
I have posted two songs from “Aashiana”(1952) in ther past. One was a Lata song ( mere piya se koi jaake) and other was a Talat Mahmood song (main paagal mera manwaa paagal). Both these songs are superb memorable songs.
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Madan Mohan, who made his debut as a music director in 1950, began to deliver classy songs right from his debut movie viz “Ankhen”. His subsequent movie, viz “Madhosh” saw Madan Mohan create a remarkable song in the voice of Talat Mahmood.
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“Anurodh” (1977) was a Rajesh Khanna movie when his career was going downhill. In this movie he was cast opposite his sister in law viz Simple Kapadia.
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Mere piya se koi jaake kahde
Posted on: April 5, 2009
“Aashinana”(1952) was one of the earlier movies of Madan Mohan as a music director.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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