Archive for the ‘Pathos’ Category
Beqaraar dil tu gaaye jaa
Posted on: May 28, 2009
I have heard this song earlier, but I did not pay much attention while doing that. And afterwards I have read lots and lots of nice things about this song. People regard it as one of the best songs that Kishore Kumar has ever sung.
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I thought I had already posted this song. It is only when I checked up that I realised that I had posted two other songs from this movie, but not this one.
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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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Here is another interesting song that I stumbled upon today.
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Music director Ravi is one person who entered Bollywood music scene in 1940s ( as an assistant music director) and he was around for the entire period that is regarded as the golden era of Bollywood music. He in fact can be described as one of the very few such persons who was there when the golden era began and he was still around when that era was over. All this while, he held his own . He was never jobless and he continued to churn out hit songs without fail.
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When it comes to music of a movie, it is the music director that gets much of the credit for the song ( alongwith the singer and the lyricist, of course). It is often the assistant music director/ arranger who is often does the real work and still he remains unsung.
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Saathi na koyi manzil
Posted on: May 2, 2009
In late 1950s and early 1960s, there were quite a few movies with “Bambai” in their title. Thus we had titles like “Bambai ka chor” and “Mr X in Bombay” those days.
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Tum bin jeewan kaise beetaa
Posted on: April 30, 2009
It is a song from “Anita” (1967) which had Manoj Kumar and Sadhana in lead roles.
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Ye na thi hamaari qismat
Posted on: April 30, 2009
Mirza Ghalib was a legendary Urdu poet who was born in 1800s. Many of his poems have been sung by a host of singers.
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