Archive for the ‘Mukesh songs’ Category
Dil lootne waale jaadugar
Posted on: May 21, 2009
This song from “Madari” (1959) was what catapulted Kalyanji Anandji to big league.
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Nain dwaar se man mein wo aake
Posted on: May 21, 2009
I neither knew about this movie called “Saawan” (1959) nor about this song, but I find this song an interesting one.
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Raat nikhri huyi zulf bikhri huyi
Posted on: May 19, 2009
When we watch old Bollywood movies , we tend to have stereotypical images of certain characters of these movies. For example, we tend to think that villains and dancers were supposed to have no lives and no feelings unlike the heroes and heroines of the movies.
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Ae mere dil teri manzil
Posted on: May 13, 2009
I have become a big fan of music director Ganesh. He was the younger brother of Pyarelal ( of Laxmikant Pyarelal music director duo) and he was an amazingly talented music director on his own. It is unfortunate that Ganesh did not get many opportunities to showcase his talent. But whatever little opportunitiies he got are enough to establish his credentials.
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Tere hothon ke do phool pyaare pyaare
Posted on: May 8, 2009
“Paaras” (1971) is a movie that has been forgotten with time. But 1971 being a year of musical blockbusters, even lesser known movies of those days used to have great songs. And this movie is no exception.
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Ham hain to chaand aur taare
Posted on: May 5, 2009
This song from “Main Nashe mein hoon” (1959) is a “tonga” song, where the actors are seated on a tonga/ victoria/ tamtam ( whatever it was called) and sing this song.
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Suhaana safar aur ye mausam haseen
Posted on: May 4, 2009
In my series of posts on the songs of “Madhumati” (1958), here is the third song.
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Tum jo hamaare meet na hote
Posted on: May 3, 2009
I have posted a few songs from the movie “Aashiq” (1962). Here is another song from this movie.
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Dekho mausam kya bahaar aayi
Posted on: May 3, 2009
Perceptions about singers, lyricists and music directors can often be so misleading. For example, if Mukesh and Lata sing a duet written by Majrooh and composed by Chitragupta, then what does one expect ? A mythological song ? Or perhaps a sad song ? Or a song based on rural characters ?
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I had forgotten all about this song ! It was a song that was very popular during its time. I as a kid liked to listen to this song.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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