Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
Dard e dil zara zara
Posted on: December 6, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
“WOW” – the first reaction from my mind when I heard this song again after a very long time today. What a pleasant, delightful creation of joyous abandon this song is. One of those apparently never ending stream of gems that keep popping up from the most unexpected corners of this treasure house that we call the Hindi film music. Wow, what a song this is – a song that has stayed obscure. . . rather I would say, it has suffered obscurity for reasons that may never be completely understood. For why else would such wonderful creations of such bubbling music stay away from limelight and away from the listening pleasure of music lovers. I am sure you will believe my words when you hear it. And its obscurity is underscored by the fact that I was not able to locate it online, so far as I could search, and so I am posting this rare gem for my listener friends.
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This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Voice of Mukesh #6
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‘Pehli Nazar’ (1945) proved to be the take off film for Mukesh. Of course, the iconic “Dil Jalta Hai. . .” needs no introduction. The phenomenal longevity of this song did two things. First, it established Mukesh as a singing icon, to be reckoned with. And secondly, it put in shade the remaining songs of this film, which are now remembered only by the real die hard aficionados of Mukesh’s voice. The pathos and the depth of emotion that is subsumed in “Dil Jalta Hai. . .”, is without doubt matchless. But then, the other songs in this film are no less a delight, in their own rights.
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Koi kab tak rahe akela
Posted on: December 4, 2012
This article is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
We are born with whatever God has given us and we can not change it. Some are born handsome, some tall and some handicapped. Some are born with ‘silver spoon in their mouth’ and yet some are born with artistic inclination.
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“Chandan Ka Palna” (1967) was an Aarzoo Films Production. It was directed by Ismail Mohan. The movie had Dharmendra, Meena Kumari, Mehmood, Bipin Gupta, Durga Khote, Meena Kumari, Dhumal, Mukri, Mumtaz, Nazir Hussain, Asit Sen etc in it.
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Dheere chalo morey sainyya
Posted on: November 28, 2012
“Flat No 9” (1961) was a W S Films Production. It was directed by Ramesh Sharma. The movie had Ashok Kumar, Saeeda Khan, Dhumal, Helen, Dinesh Kumar, Tiwari, Jagdish Sethi etc in it.
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Kachhu samajh nahin aaye
Posted on: November 28, 2012
“Aasmaan” (1952) was produced and directed by Dalsukh M Pancholi. The movie had Nasir Khan, Shyama, Veera, Badri Prasad,Anwar, David Abraham, Asha Parekh, Lalita Pawar, etc in it.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I had no much idea about Jahanara Kajjan except that I was aware of a couple of her classical raag based songs in the film ‘Bharathari’ (1944). Very recently, I came across one more of her song ‘tumre darshan ka nainaa taras gaye ho’ from the film PRARTHANAA (1943). I heard this song for the first time and instantly liked it. The song is rendered in dadra style (crisp version of thumri ) based on raag Gaur-Malhar but with typical filmy musical orchestration of early 40s.
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Raat suhaani hanste taare
Posted on: November 25, 2012
“Aasmaan” (1952) was a Pancholi Production movie. It was produced and directed by Dalsukh M Pancholi. The movie had Nasir Khan, Veera, Badri Prasad, David Abraham, Asha Parekh, Lalita Pawar, Shyam, Anwar etc in it.
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Today (25 november) is the 31st death anniversary of R C Boral (19 October 1903–25 November 1981). One of the earliest pioneers in the field of Hindi movie music, it was he who introduced the concept of playback singing in Indian movies by first employing it it “Dhoop Chhaaon” (1935). He has been described as the father of Indian Cinema Music by Anil Biswas.
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“Saudamini” (1950) was a National Screen Production movie. It was directed by P C Joshi. The movie had Cuckoo, Leela Chitnis, P. Joshi, Sona Chatterji, Bikram Kapoor, Zubeida etc in it.
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