Archive for the ‘Mukesh songs’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Daan Singh, a name that may not ring many bells or evoke many memories. But the mention of memorable songs such as ‘Mere Hamnasheen Mere Humnawaan’ (Geeta Dutt, Bhool Na Jaanaa, c1965, unreleased), ‘Zikr Hota Hai Jab Qayaamat Kaa’ and ‘Who Tere Pyaar Ka Gham, Ik Bahaanaa Thhaa Sanam’ (both Mukesh, My Love, 1970), or ‘Laagaa Mohey Pehli Baar, Pandrah Pe Ek Nayaa Saal’ (Asha Bhosle, Toofaan, 1969), is sure to vibrate some strings inside and the mind is sure to respond with a ‘wow’.
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Wo teekhi nazron se mere dil par
Posted on: August 27, 2011
“Veena” (1948) is a by now obscure movie. This movie had actors like Rahman, Yaqub, Sulochana Chaterjee, Veera, Hemawati etc in it and most of these names ring no bells in my mind.
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“Teesra Kaun” (1965) is a movie that had Feroz Khan and Kalpana in it. This movie was apparently a B grade spy thriller.
This was one of the earlier movies of the an up and coming music director called R D Burman.
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Rab mere araj sun meri
Posted on: August 6, 2011
The music of “Aag” (1948) is something that I can ever have enough of. The music of the songs of this movie is lovely and archtypically ancient, and at the same time timeless, as far as I am concerned.
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Armaan bharaa dil toot gayaa
Posted on: July 30, 2011
Here is a forgotten gem from a forgotten movie that I have just discovered. This song is from “Wafa” (1950). This movie had Nimmi and Karan Dewan in lead roles.
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Zindagi ka ajab fasaanaa hai
Posted on: July 10, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This is another beautiful ghazal from the film Chhoti Chhoti Baaten (1965), presented as a duet in this movie. The ghazal is sung by Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar, and on screen, it is picturized on Moti Sagar and Manju. Moti Sagar plays the role of Motilal’s son in this movie. Motilal leaves his children and comes to live in a village. After some time, one of his sons, Moti Sagar, disillusioned with his own life in his own ways, also follows him and starts to live with his father in the village. Here, he falls in love with a village girls, Radha, played by actress Manju.
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Ek taraf jal rahaa deepak
Posted on: July 9, 2011
“Preet Ka Geet” (1950) is a movie that I became aware of only a few hours ago, when I discovered this song from this movie. Naturally, I became aware of the song too only just then. And what a lovely song it is !
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Dekhiye yoon na sharmaayiyegaa
Posted on: July 8, 2011
“Bindiya” (1960) is a little known movie starring Balraj Sahni,Padmini etc. I had neither aware of this movie not its songs till recently.
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Kuchh sher sunaataa hoon main
Posted on: June 25, 2011
“Ek Dil Sau Afsaane” (1963) is a movie starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman. To my mind, the two were pair together in very few movies. The only other movie with the two that I can recall is Teesri Kasam(1966).
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I have discussed one song from “Grihasthhi” (1948) in the past. From the comments by our experts, I came to know that this movie had actors like Masood,Sulochana Chatterji,Pran,Sharada,Shyama,Kuldeep kaur,Faizi,Rajni,Yakub, Lalita Pawar,Mirza Musharraf etc in it.
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