Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
Main jeeta jag haara haara
Posted on: July 1, 2013
“Jeewan Saathi””(1957) was a D S Films Production. It was directed by R S Tara. The movie had Pratima Devi, Usha Kiran, Anoop Kumar, Daisy Irani, Shammi, Murad, Ashok Kumar, Jabeen Jalil, Amarnath etc in it.
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Naana se kehti thhi naani hamaari
Posted on: June 29, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Many Colors of Love #4 — Romance in Golden Years
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And so wrote the scribe. . .
These first four words make an instant identification to this fabulous song that needs absolutely no introductions. The song made immortal, not just by Sahir-Ravi-Manna Da, but more so by the performance of Balraj Sahni (as Lala Kedarnath) on screen, with a coy Achla Sachdev (as Laxmi Kedarnath) getting all bashful and pink in face, realizing what a display of romanticism has been unleashed by ‘Lalaji’. A song that eventually became the signature performance for Balraj Sahni. And over the decades, the song has steadily grown on the collective minds of the people and assumed a cult status as the banner song for golden age romance. Yes, I hear this song played often at silver and golden anniversaries of marriages.
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Ye baat kitni sach hai
Posted on: June 27, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Many Colors of Love #3 — The Fancy Emotions of Childhood
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And so the scribe has written. . .
“Shabistaan” (1951) was a Filmistan Production movie. It was directed by B Mitra. The movie had Shyam, Naseem Bano, Cuckoo, Bipin Gupta, Bhujbal Singh, Murad, Sapru etc in it.
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Ik aisa geet sunaavo
Posted on: June 23, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Voice of Mukesh #21
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The year 1947 was very good for Mukesh, till then the best so far in his seven years career. In this year, he recorded a total of 21 songs in 10 films. We have so far covered 17 of his songs from this year, including all the songs from the film ‘Do Dil’ in which he sang as many as six songs.
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Suno suno mora mann kuchh boley
Posted on: June 21, 2013
“Chaandni” (1942), by now an obscure movie, was a Ranjit Production movie. It was directed by Jayant Desai. This movie had Ishwarlal and Khursheed in lead roles, with Dixit, Noorjahaan and Baby Kamla etc being the other actors.
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Mil lo raaja sadakiya pe mil lo
Posted on: June 21, 2013
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Here is the 8th song in the series of Lata singing with lesser known singers. This song is from the film Bikhare Moti-1951, where Lata sings with Raja Gul. This singer makes a Debut on this Blog. The Music Director is Ghulam Mohammed.
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Fariyaad na kar aansoo na bahaa
Posted on: June 20, 2013
We all are aware of the movie called “Ghar” (1978). It turns out that anotther movie with the same title was released as far back as in 1945. It was a Sunrise Production movie. It was directed by V M Vyas. The movie had Jamuna, Nawab, Molina, Yakub, Kalyani, Dulari, Iftikar, W. M. Khan, Mohan, Mirza Musharaff etc in it.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Remembering Motilal, a great artist and a peerless actor, who departed from this world on 17th June, 1965. A vivacious personality, so full of life and friendship all his life, he passed away friendless and penniless. Another sad commentary on the state of affairs of this industry.
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Aata hai dil pe pyaar kyun
Posted on: June 17, 2013
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
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The Many Colors of Love #2
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लिखने वाला लिख गया है. . .
(and so the scribe has written. . .)
“Mohabbat Aisi Dhadhkan Hai Jo Samjhaayi Nahin Jaati”.
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