Archive for the ‘Pathos’ Category
Ek Raaje ka beta
Posted on: March 12, 2009
Here is a poignant K L Saigal song from “President” (1937).
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Ye zindagi ke mele
Posted on: March 4, 2009
This song has become an iconic song, and I just realised that this song was composed 60 years ago.
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Mujhe darde dil ka pata na tha
Posted on: February 26, 2009
Dharmendra had begun his career in 1960 and he had a long career spanning four decades. During hisearlier yeras, he got to work with many legends of Bollywood, before he became a legend himself.
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Aaja tujhko pukaare mera pyaar
Posted on: February 24, 2009
“Neelkamal” (1968) is known for its iconic song “Baabul ki duaayen leti jaa, jaa tujhko sukhi sansaar mile”.
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Gham diye mustaqil
Posted on: February 19, 2009
Much like how Radio Ceylon would play a K L Saigal song at the stroke of 8 AM every morning, I too am posting a K L Saigal song as the first song every day. 😉
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Dil gham se jal raha hai
Posted on: February 11, 2009
Here is an old song from 1961 which I had never heard before till yesterday. This song is sung by Lata Suman Kaltanpur for Nimmi and the movie is “Shama”.
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Tera kaam hai jalna parwaane
Posted on: February 9, 2009
Name of the movie (Paapi) does not ring a bell and the music director ( S Mohinder) is just as unknown, but the song is wonderful. Written by Rajinder Krishan, the lyrics are so nice to go through. The song is sung by Rafi and picturised on Raj Kapoor.
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Daaman mein daagh lagaa baithe
Posted on: February 6, 2009
“Dhool ka Phool” (1959) was a moving tale about an unwed mother and her child. Mala Sinha falls in love with Rajendra Kumar and they have a pre marital fling,assured in the knowledge that they would get married to each other. But then Rajendra Kumar ditches her and gets married to a girl of his parents’ choice. And Mala Sinha, as can be expected, is pregnant.
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Kishore Kumar is mainly known for singing happy, bubbly kinds of songs but he was an allrounder.
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“Prem Nagar” (1974) was a movie where the reigning male superstar and the biggest female star were brought together in the same movie for the first time. Perhaps the hype was too much, or may be the contents were not good enough. Whatever the reasons, this movie failed at the box office despite the presence of Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini.
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