Archive for the ‘Pathos’ Category
Mohabbat ke maaron ka haal
Posted on: October 5, 2009
In “Baawre Nain” (1950), Mukesh did the playback singing for the hero (Raj Kapoor) whereas Raj Kumari and Geeta Dutt sang for Geeta Bali, the heroine. But they were not the only playback singers in this movie.
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Dil ne to diyaa dhokhaa
Posted on: October 2, 2009
Roshan had given music in 51 movies before his untimely death in 1967. A perusal of the songs posted in this blog tells me that I have posted songs from majority of these movies with music by Roshan. If I keep posting songs, soon I will have music from all Roshan movies in this blog.
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Jaane waale tera Khuda haafiz
Posted on: October 1, 2009
The musical combination of Shakeel Badayuni and Naushad delivered several great songs. “Paalki” (1967) was one of the last such movies which had lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni and music by Naushad.
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Hamen un raahon par chalna hai
Posted on: September 28, 2009
The movie “Masoom” (1960) is known for the immortal song “Naani teri morni ko mor le gaye”.
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I was not aware of this movie called “Kinaare Kinaare” (1963), but what a musical bonanza this movie turns out to be !
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Tere sab gham mile mujhko
Posted on: September 21, 2009
I was not aware of this movie called “Hamdard” (1953). Now I have some information about this movie. “Hamdard” (1953) starred Nimmi, Shekhar and Smriti Biswas, and from the songs, the story appears a love triangle involving the abovementioned three actors.
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I have been posting songs of “Baiju Baawraa” (1952) these days. Every song that I post is a masterclass, and never fails to enthrall, even if I may have heard the song many times in the past.
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Rote rote guzar gayi raat re
Posted on: September 14, 2009
“Buzdil” (1951) was a movie starring Premnath and Nimmi and Kishore Sahu. Yes, those were the days when Premnath used to act as hero in Bollywood movies.
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Maataa O maataa jo tu aaj hoti
Posted on: September 8, 2009
In Bollywood movies, most sad songs are sung by grown ups. Typically a lady, who cannot meet her beloved sings a sad song, or a gent, thinking that his beloved is a “bewafa”, takes to singing a sad song.
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I have been posting songs from “Shagoon” (1964) these days. These songs are very nice songs to listen to, though the movie itself was a box office disaster.
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