Archive for the ‘Mujra song’ Category
Maane naa maane naa maane naa
Posted on: November 30, 2010
I have mentioned it in the past that “Saweraa” (1958), though a forgotten movie, was a musical blockbuster with some wonderful songs in it.
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Miyaan jee chori chori
Posted on: November 14, 2010
“Parda” (1949) was a K pictures presentation. It was directed by A G Soorma. This movie had Rehana, Chand, Amar, Kusum Thakur, Ansari etc in it.
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Dil ki kahaani rang laayi hai
Posted on: October 16, 2010
“Chaudhvin Ka Chaand” (1960) was a movie that could be described as a quintessential Muslim social movie. In this movie, Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rehman played lead roles.
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Umrao Jaan was a legendary courtesan of Lucknow, though few people outside Lucknow may be much aware of her. But all that changed in 1980 when the movie “Umrao Jaan” was released. And now, whenever one mentions Umra Jaan, one is reminded of Rekha. Just like many people think that Emperor Akbar looked like Prithviraj Kapoor, many people now think that Umrao Jaan looked like Rekha.
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Normally I post a mix of songs everyday that span decades, singers, actors, music directors etc. But there are special occasions when the songs posted in the blog may have something in common.
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Lata was Madan Mohan’s female singer of choice. But Madan Mohan has created some nice songs with other female singers as well.
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“Anjaan” (1956) is a movie starring Pradeep Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala with Premnath, Jeewan, Johny Walker, Minu Mumtaz,Helen,Raj Mehra,Mubarak etc in it.
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Main qayaamat hoon
Posted on: August 11, 2010
Mujra songs in Hindi movies typically have one female dancer lip syncing in the voice of Lata or Asha Bhonsle. Here is a special mujra song where not one but two female dancers perform Mujra.
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Nazar laagi raaja tore bangley par
Posted on: August 4, 2010
I have heard this song “Nazar laagi raaja tore bangley par” several times, and from the voice I knew that it was a song sung by Asha Bhonsle. And I was also vaguely aware that the music of this song was composed by S D Burman. That is all I knew about this song.
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