Archive for the ‘philosophical song’ Category
Pradeep, the lyricist of 1940s and 50s ( he in fact was active till 1970s and 80s too) has written some immortal songs in Bollywood movies. Be it religious songs or patriotic songs, his songs often became iconic songs.
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Do rang duniya ke aur do raaste
Posted on: January 9, 2009
“Do Raaste” was a musical blockbuster. It had great songs sung by Rafi, Lata, and Kishore Kumar. But it was Mukesh who got to sing the Title song, and needless to say, this song too is just as popular as the other songs of this movie. Mukesh has sung this song full of pathos, as was his wont.
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Aane waala pal jaanewala hai
Posted on: January 2, 2009
“Golmaal” was a light hearted movie, and I doubt that its songs were planned to be of anything more than timepass nature. But trust the Gulzar-R D Burman combination to take their jobs so seriously that they came up with this song in a timepass situation which went on to become an evergreen composition. In fact, for a long time, I used to wonder why people take this song so seriously. Finally I have shrugged my shoulders and reconciled myself to the fact that this song must be treated as a serious classic song.
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Aadmi musaafir hai
Posted on: January 1, 2009
Late 1970s and early 1980 were the years that saw Reena Roy playing some nice roles. It began from Apnapan and led to movies like “Asha”, “Dhanwan” etc.
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Jaane ham sadak ke logon se
Posted on: December 31, 2008
Jeetendra has been picturised in Bollywood movies while riding all kinds of vehicles from bullock carts to trains, and from buses and trucks. In one movie, Jeetendra was even shown riding an elephant.
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I have already mentioned that the movie “Dosti” (1964) was made memorable thanks to its music. Rafi sang some immortal songs in this movie and Laxmikant Pyarelal’s career was launched big time with this movie.
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Zindagi kaisi hai paheli haay
Posted on: December 24, 2008
Hrishikesh Mukherjee saw a Japanese movie in a film festival and he was so impressed with that movie that he not only made it into “Anand”, but he also later remade his own remake ( with the protagonist a female this time) into “Mili”.
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Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam
Posted on: December 19, 2008
I, as well as my readers are not ashamed of being nostalgic. It is a natural outcome of enjoying songs that were created many decades ago. When we listen to these songs and watch their picturisation, the experience is very much like walking down the memory lane and reliving the past.
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“Khamoshi” (1969) was a superb movie, and it earned rave reviews when it was released. It was a labour of love for the director Asit Sen (not the comedian Asit Sen but a different person) and it was a remake of his own bangla movie called “deep jwele jaaye” (1959).
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Dil ko dekho chehra na dekho
Posted on: December 18, 2008
These days, corporates, and even places viz states and countries have their brand ambassadors who sell their products in a particular market. For instance, SRK sells Hyundai cars, Big B used to sell Uttar Pradesh, and so on.
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