Archive for the ‘Poignant Song’ Category
Dil dhoondhtaa hai sahaare sahaare
Posted on: May 24, 2009
In 1960, movie makers were fascinated with the word “Kaala”. We had movies called “Kaala Bazaar” as well as “Kaala Paani”. Some movie maker decided to make a movie called “Kaala Aadmi” too.
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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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Zameen bhi wahi hai wahi aasmaan
Posted on: May 21, 2009
This song from “Chandni Chowk” (1954) plays while the movie opens and the opening credits roll on the screen.
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Ye neer kahaan se barse hain
Posted on: May 19, 2009
Whenever someone talks of ‘Prem Parbat”, I am reminded of the song “Ye dil aur unki nigaahon ke saaye”. In fact, this movie and this song are almost synonymous for many people, including me.
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Laakh zamaane waale
Posted on: May 8, 2009
Here is a song from “Baazi” (1951). It is sung by Geeta Roy ( later Dutt). Sahir Ludhianvi is the lyricist and S D Burman is the music director.
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Chhupaana bhi nahin aata
Posted on: May 7, 2009
By 1990s, the golden era of Bollywood movie music was behind us. Still, one could witness a nice songs even in 1990s and beyond, though such songs were becoming few and far between.
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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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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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