Archive for the ‘Mukesh songs’ Category
There are many kinds of patriotic songs. Some are those in which one’s own nation is praised, some are those in which facts are not always presented correctly.
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Kahta hai Joker saara zamana
Posted on: January 19, 2009
India of 1970 was a much more simple,unsophisticated, and underdeveloped in most respects. So much so that movie makers who decided to make different off beat movies were left in the lurch. Raj Kapoor was one such movie maker who paid heavily for overestimating the calibre of his audience. His ambitious labour of love “Mera Naam Joker” fell flat at the box office.
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“Chetna” was one of those offbeat movies which were far too ahead of its time to appeal to the audiences who were still unwilling to patronise such movies. As a result, these movies fell flat at the box office. Other movies of the same genre were “Dastak” and “Do Raaha”.
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“Laal Bangla” was a C grade movie with unknown names playing lead roles in it.
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Jhoomti chali hawa
Posted on: January 15, 2009
This movie “Sangeet Samrat Tansen” was a C grade movie and its music director was S N Tripathi who was the biggest music director of such movies alongwith Chitragupta.
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Bahut diya dene waale ne tujhko
Posted on: January 14, 2009
There are songs that play to the gallery and earn some cheap popularity before fading into oblivion. But there are some songs that talk about more important facts of life, about the philosophy behind our existence etc. Such songs tend to tug at our heart strings and influence us deeply. Such songs tend to remain with us for ages, as the messages contained in such songs are applicable for all times to come.
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Ae dil na mujh se chhupa
Posted on: January 14, 2009
It is interesting to note that many film personalities in Bollywood had gone there to look for some other jobs than the one in which they finally made their marks.
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I have listened to this song for the first time only now. And this song is from a 1964 movie called Shabnam. The music director is Usha Khanna, but the lyricist is an unknown person for me called Jawed Anwar.
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Laakhon taaren aasmaan mein
Posted on: January 12, 2009
I have listened to this song many a times. This song is regarded as an evergreen Mukesh-Lata duet. This song is from “Hariyali aur raasta”. I have already posted two songs (which are equally evergreen) from this movie in this blog.
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Hamsafar mere hamsafar
Posted on: January 12, 2009
Mukesh, known for singing memorable sad songs, has also sung some memorable happy/romantic songs. In fact, Mukesh’s voice sounded like that of a man who wore his feelings on his sleeve, whatever the nature of the song. Perhaps the listeners regarded him as common man’s voice.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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