Archive for the ‘Mujra song’ Category
Meri patli kamar lambe baal re
Posted on: May 7, 2009
Lata Mangeshkar was very fond of a folk song that belonged to the village of her grandmother. In 1950s, she asked C Ramchandra to create a song based on this folk song and C Ramchandra created a superb dance song in “Aasha” (1957) that was picturised on Vyjyanti Mala. This song, which was written by Rajinder Krishan was “tu na aaya aur hone lagi shaam re”.
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“Ek Nazar” (1972) was an eminently forgettable movie and it was duly forgotten. Few people today remember that this movie had Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri in lead roles.
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Kaho ji tum kya kya khareedoge
Posted on: February 9, 2009
This song from “Sadhana” (1958 ) did not have Sadhana in it, just as “Kalpana” (1960) did not have Kalpana in that movie. “Sadhana” had Vyjyanti Mala and Sunil Dutt in lead roles.
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Ghar aaja ghir aaye badra
Posted on: February 7, 2009
R D Burman was an assistant to his father S D Burman for several years before he caught the eye of Mahmood who decided to give him his first break as an independent music director.
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I have posted a Lata-Madan Mohan classic from “Adalat” already. While doing so I had mentioned that there were more such songs in the movie.
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Yoon hasraton ke daag
Posted on: January 30, 2009
This is one of the first Lata-Madan Mohan classic songs. This song is from “Adalat” which had other great Lata songs as well.This song is written by Rajinder Krishan.
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In aankhon ki masti
Posted on: January 24, 2009
Somehow I feel that “Umrao Jaan” was to Rekha what “Paakeza” was to Meena Kumari. Both these movies were of a similar genre, showing a courtesan singing Mujra in a kotha.
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Sharaafat chhod di maine
Posted on: November 2, 2008
“Shraafat” must be one of the first movies where Dharmendra and Hema Malini were paired together, and they soon became the number one pair of Bollywood movies.
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I was a school kid less than 10 years of age, when Pakeejah was being released, and believe it on not, even us pre teens used to discuss Pakeejah in our class, how this movie was going to be Meena Kumari’s best performance, how this movie was supposed to be a magnum opus, etc. We all knew that this movie was in the making for many years.
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I have heard this song many a times, without knowing which movie it is from and how it was picturised. I assumed that this song was sung by a housewife whose husband was sulking.
When I finally watched the picturisation, I felt let down. It was not a housewife singing it for her husband, it was a mujra sung by a courtesan for her client. This was one standard form of item songs in those days. Other form of item song being cabaret, typically performed by Helen.
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