Archive for the ‘Party song’ Category
Leena O Leena dil toone chheenaa
Posted on: June 15, 2009
Considering that a large number of Bollywood songs are on the subject of love, it comes as some surprise to note that the subject of this love, be it a boy or a girl, is not named by his/her proper name, rather he /she is addressed by common nouns viz Saajan/ Sajni, mehboob/ Mehbooba, Aashiq etc.
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O mere dilbar jaaneman jaaneman
Posted on: June 12, 2009
This song is a rare song in more ways than one. First of all, this song from “Haay Mera Dil” (1968) is rare in the sense that I was neither aware of this movie nor of this song till recently. And secondly, this song is rare in the sense that this song is picturised on Kishore Kumar but the voice that sings the song is some other singer- Manna Dey in this case.
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Here is a piano cum party song from “Tu Nahin Aus Sahi” (1960). The lyrics in fact ensure that this is the title song of the movie as well.
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In 1970s and 1980s, small budget movies began to be produced which told the stories of boys and girls next door rather than the usual make believe stories that had little resemblance to reality.
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I have listened to this song in the past, but I was not aware which movie this song was from. This song, which is a party song and was picturised to welcome the then new year of 1959, is from “Anaadi” (1959).
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Aaja re aa zaraa aa
Posted on: June 6, 2009
When a product comes up and captures the market, often its clones come up. Some of the clones become nearly as successful as the original.
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Sawere ka sooraj tumhaare liye hai
Posted on: June 3, 2009
I have barely heard of this movie called “Ek Baar Muskura Do” (1972). this movie sank without a trace, and with that the aspirations of Debu Mukherji to become a Bollywood hero came to naught.
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Halka halka sa rang ghulaabi saa
Posted on: June 2, 2009
There are many great songs that end up being forgotten after its initial run. In may cases, these songs fail to eve take off.
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This is one song that was a long pending farmaish. But I was not able to post in earlier since I was unable to locate the video link of this song.
Now that this link is available, here is this post about this song from “Phir Subah Hogi” (1958). This movie had Raj Kapoor in the lead role and this song, which is sung by Mukesh, is picturised on Raj Kapoor.
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Dhak dhak se dhadakna bhulaa de
Posted on: May 25, 2009
Rafi, who had seen his crown as the leading male singer taken over in early 1970s, was in fact almost without work for nearly one year, that is how strongly the gale force of Kishore Kumar’s singing had hit Bollywood music scene those days. But towards the later half of 1970s, one witnesses a resurgence on the part of Rafi. He sang several great songs and it looked like he was yet again on the way to stake claim for the top spot before his untimely demise in 1980.
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