Archive for the ‘Multiple version song’ Category
In 1970s, alternative cinema was gaining strength where stories of real life common people was told, instead of telling make believe stories.
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Tu auron ki kyon ho gayi
Posted on: May 24, 2009
Joy Mukherji, Debu Mukherji and Somu Mukherji were brothers and they were from a well connected family. Their father was Shashdhar Mukherji, a big name in Bollywood movie making. Their uncle (chacha) was Subodh Mukherji, the well known movie producer. From their mother’s side, they were connected to Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar and Anup Kumar, who were their mamas.
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“Devar” (1966) was a musical blockbuster. I have already posted three songs from this movie, all of them all time classics.
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Ae dil kahaan teri manzil
Posted on: May 23, 2009
Till sometime back, I was not even aware of this movie called “Maaya” (1961). Now I have become aware of this movie because of its remarkable songs. Like the movie, its songs were unknown to me too, but not any more.
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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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Ye duniya patang
Posted on: May 14, 2009
Rajinder Krishan liked to use the word “patang” (kite) whenever he got an opportunity to do so. And he has written some memorable “patang” songs in movies like “Nagin”, ‘Bhabhi” etc.
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Tum jo mil gaye ho
Posted on: May 13, 2009
By now I have realised that one should not typecast people. People, if given a chance can surprise us by coming up with performances that one do not normally associate with them.
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Tu mera chaand main teri chaandni
Posted on: April 23, 2009
When I listened to “Purani filmon ke geet” programme on Radio Ceylon in my younger days, this song “tu mera chand main teri chandni” used to get played so very often in that programme. If they had a popularity contest among all those old songs then this song would have won hands down in popularity, it seems to me.
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Mera qaraar le jaa
Posted on: April 16, 2009
I have posted two songs from “Aashiana”(1952) in ther past. One was a Lata song ( mere piya se koi jaake) and other was a Talat Mahmood song (main paagal mera manwaa paagal). Both these songs are superb memorable songs.
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Iktaara boley kuchh kahe wo tumse
Posted on: April 13, 2009
Manoj Kumar was a movie maker who would make movies with simplistic messages telling India was good, west was bad ( Purab aur paschim), Villagers were good, city folks were bad ( Upkaar ) etc. In this connection, here is this movie “Yaadgaar” (1970) where Manoj Kumar continues to shove his ideals down the throats of public.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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