Archive for the ‘philosophical song’ Category
During early 1950s, the biggest name in male playback singing was Talat Mehmood, and like Suraiyya on the distaff side, he was foraying into acting too. In fact, many music directors at that time thought that he was not avaialble to sing for other actors ( like Suraiyya) and as a result he stopped getting offers for playback singing for other actors.
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Ik pyaar ka naghmaa hai
Posted on: July 24, 2009
“Shor” (1972) was a Manoj Kumar movie. Going by the usual over the top story lines of Manoj Kumar, this movie was apparently a better movie.
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Oh re taal mile nadi ke jal se
Posted on: July 22, 2009
“Anokhi Raat” (1968) was the last movie in which Roshan composed music. He died before the movie was released and the remaining work of music direction was taken up by his assistant.
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Chal akelaa chal akelaa chal akelaa
Posted on: July 20, 2009
“Sambandh”(1969) is not a movie that too many people know much about. Very few people had watched this movie when it was released and the movie flopped.
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Ham kathputle kaath ke
Posted on: July 20, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Shikast” (1953) in the past. This movie had Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant in lead roles.
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“Do Beegha Zameen” (1953) was a critically acclaimed movie. This movie won several prestigious awards, and it in fact swept the inaugural filmfare awards, if I am not mistaken.
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Phool aahistaa phenko
Posted on: June 18, 2009
I had listened to this song quite a few times in 1970s and later forgot all about it. I was so pleased to stumble upon this song again yesterday, like one meets long lost acquaintances in Bollywood movies.
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panthhi hoon main us path kaa
Posted on: June 8, 2009
Kishore Kumar, after making a laugh riot “Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi” (1958) subsequently made serious movies touching upon serious topics. In these movies, Kishore Kumar gave his all. He was not just the producer of these movies, he acted and sang and even composed the music in these movies.
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Waqt waqt ki baat hai
Posted on: May 30, 2009
Rajesh Khanna’s decline from his superstardom began in the second half of 1970s. During this period, he worked in a few movies which have been consigned to the dustbin of history. How many people, for instance recall this movie called “Bhola Bhala” ? Very few indeed.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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