Archive for the ‘Mujra song’ Category
Akeli hoon main piyaa aa
Posted on: July 23, 2011
Most music lovers, including myself, would think that O P Nayyar’s best phase as a music director was the 1950s. Indeed, professionally he ruled the roost in the 1950s, so much so that many other established music directors too were instructed by their producers to create O P Nayyar kind of music. and we have in fact noticed the music of some other music directors resembling O P Nayyar music in that decade.
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Balam kabhi aa sajan kabhi aa
Posted on: July 20, 2011
Lata was Madan Mohan’s female singer of choice, but it does not mean that he has not used other female singers in his songs. Curiously enough, Madan Mohan did not use the voice of Lata in the movie called “Bombay Race Course” (1965). The female singers in this movie were Asha Bhonsle and Suman Kalyanpur.
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I thought that I had already discussed this song from “Shamaa” (1961) but it turns out that I was wrong. I was confusing this song with another song from this movie.
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Koi maane na maane magar jaaneman
Posted on: May 5, 2011
“Chaar Din Chaar Raahen” (1959) was an ambitious movie that tried to deal with lots of issues and ended up as a confused hotch potch of a movie.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is another very wonderful duet dance, also a mujra, from the movie Guest House (1959).
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Haay mori daiyya jiyaa ghabraaye
Posted on: March 30, 2011
In Hindi movies, mujra songs are quite common, especially in Hindi movies of 1950s to 1970s. When one looks at the lyrics of these mujra songs, one finds that the lady, who is supposedly from the poorer and lesser educated section of society, uses quite sophisticated and high sounding words and highly evolved thoughts in her mujra songs.
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“Nastik” (1954) is a poignant and hard hitting movie about the aftermath of partition and the hypocrisy of organised religion. The effect of this movie is enhanced by the songs of this movie which are truly timeless and iconic.
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Raat bhi hai kuchh bheegi bheegi
Posted on: December 6, 2010
“Mujhe Jeene Do” (1963) is a movie with a moving message. It was about the lives of bandits. What lies in store for the bandits who want to get reformed and join the mainstream of society, with same hopes and aspirations for their kids like normal people ? This movie is a moving picturisation on this issue.
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