Archive for the ‘philosophical song’ Category
Just like we had Rafi-Shammi Kapoor songs, we also had Mukesh-Raj Kapoor songs.
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There were quite a few songs containing “Zindagi” in their lyrics those days, and almost all of them were very popular songs. In fact, it was like each one of these songs gave a different interpretation of “Zindagi”. Some song would call “Zindagi” “ek paheli”, some would call it a “naatak”, some would call it a “khel” etc.
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Bane huye ek khaakh se
Posted on: February 5, 2009
I have posted as many as 4 songs from “Aarti” (1962) already. But I have not run out of songs from this movie. There are a few nice songs yet to be posted from this movie.
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“Ham Dono” was a 1961 movie featuring Dev Anand ( double role) with Nanda and Sadhana. This movie had Dev Anand in the role of an army man.
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Daane daane pe likha hai
Posted on: January 31, 2009
Here is a nice comedy song from a movie called “Baarish”. The song may be a comedy song, but it is a philosophical song too. This song was written by Rajinder Krishan, whereas C Ramchandra is the singer as well as the music director.
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For most people living outside Bombay, Bombay means movie actors. When I was first going to Bombay as a 11 year old kid, my school mates were convinced that I was going to meet Hema Malini there.
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Kuchh to log kahenge
Posted on: January 20, 2009
Kishore Kumar, regarded as a singer of happy songs, has sung some fantastic sad/ serious songs in his career too. “Amar Prem” in fact had not one, but quite a few serious songs. Anand Bakshi was the lyricist and R D Burman was the music director of this movie.
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Bahut diya dene waale ne tujhko
Posted on: January 14, 2009
There are songs that play to the gallery and earn some cheap popularity before fading into oblivion. But there are some songs that talk about more important facts of life, about the philosophy behind our existence etc. Such songs tend to tug at our heart strings and influence us deeply. Such songs tend to remain with us for ages, as the messages contained in such songs are applicable for all times to come.
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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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