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Lyrics of this song have been provided by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog
It may be unimaginable today for the present generation, but when India became independent over six decades ago, the country was industrially undeveloped and there was hardly any infrastructure to speak of. Indian leadership of that time decided that India needed to adopt the Soviet Union model of planned economy for nation building. Accordingly, there used to be five year plans those days and based on the decisions taken for these five year plans, various infrastructure projects were undertaken.
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Lag gayin ankhiyaan tumse mori
Posted on: February 19, 2011
“Jeewan Jyoti” (1953) is a movie that had Shammi Kapoor, Chand Usmani, Shashikala etc in it. Personally I am not much aware of this movie. In fact, I am not much aware of its songs too. Or so I thought. Just a few hours ago, I stumbled upon this song, which I had heard many a times without being aware of its details. This time I realised that this song was from “Jeewan Jyoti” (1953). In fact, I thought that this song, which is fairly well known, was already in this blog. But I was wrong in my assumption, of course.
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This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of writeups to this blog
For a Bollywood old-song buff like me, one of the biggest pleasures of checking out youtube is to discover new “old” songs. Over the years I have not just listened to hundreds of songs that I already knew but have discovered several new “old” songs that have absolutely delighted me. The “suggestions” feature on youtube ensures that I spend several unintended hours listening to songs.
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Chhedo dhun matwaalon ki
Posted on: February 16, 2011
This post is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of writeups to this blog
I have talked before about the thrill of locating some of the less-known songs of your childhood days on the internet. You probably know just the first couple of lines, you may not even know any details more than this but you last heard the song in your childhood.
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Dekho taangaa meraa niraalaa
Posted on: February 7, 2011
Discovering forgotten gems from the golden era of Hindi movie music is quite a rewarding experience. Look at this discovery, for instance !
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Zindagi hai kyaa sun meri jaan
Posted on: February 6, 2011
Lyrics of this song are courtesy Sudhir who is a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie songs and a regular contributor of lyrics to this blog
Most music lovers are aware of better known songs from movies and they are oblivious of the other songs from those movies. I have fond that these lesser known/forgotten songs can sometimes be real gems/ special songs.
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O bal khaati sharmaati aajaa
Posted on: February 6, 2011
I have discussed as many as four songs from “Usne Kahaa Thha” (1960) but I was not aware of this song from the movie.
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Aankh jhuki si chaal ruki si
Posted on: February 4, 2011
This writeup is provided by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor of articles for this blog.
There are some songs that grow on you. And there are some songs you fall in love with the very first time you hear them. It is like “love at first hear” instead of “love at first sight”.
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Ye kaisi deewaar hai duniyaa
Posted on: February 3, 2011
Here is a mourning song from “Batwaaraa” (1961). No one had died. It is the age old relations that have are getting severed though. The two brothers, who lived under the same roof, now want to partition the home as they cannot see eye to eye with each other. So a wall is being erected right in front of the courtyard to partition the house into two.
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