Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
So I come across this foot tapping melody by Rafi Saab, and as I start looking for details, up comes the name of the picture – “Miss ‘58”. First reaction is ‘wow, ok’. But then, thinking of the film “Mr and Mrs ‘55”, well why not “Miss ‘58”. Then a little more browsing on the blog reveals that there are already six films represented here whose names start with ‘Miss. . .’. and eight films starting with ‘Mr. . .’, and of course ‘Mr and Mrs 55’. And a cursory browse through the list of films from other sources, shows that there still are more films starting with ‘Miss’ and ‘Mr’ that are awaiting entry on this website.
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“Shahnaaz” (1948) is by now an obscure and forgotten movie. Little is known about this movie today.This movie was a Wahab Production movie and it was directed by S Hassan. The star cast of the movie included names like Nihar, Begum Para, Sheikh, Shanta Patel, Shyama, Gulzar, Altaf etc.
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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.
If I send the lyrics of the song “wo ham se chup hain, ham unse chup hain”, for discussion, Atul may, probably send me a return e-mail saying that this song has already been discussed and here is the link – https://atulsongaday.me/2010/01/28/wo-hamse-chup-hain-ham-unse-chup-hain/ unless he reads the entire lyrics. This was exactly what had happened to me whenever I read the first line of the mukhda appearing as a caption of an audio clip on YT. Unfortunately, I did not proceed further than a cursory glance assuming that this was the song from “Sargam” (1950).
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Mujhe tumse muhabbat hai
Posted on: January 16, 2012
“Shahnaaz” (1948) is an obscure movie and little is known about this movie. In fact, there is uncertainty even about the title. I have seen the title being spelled as “Shahnawaaz” too in some site.
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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.
If some of the children’s songs in Hindi films are of any indication, we get an impression that children of our country grow up quite early in terms of their maturity and actions. Some of such songs are addressed to the parents, elders and even to God. Of course, this is but one of the cinematic liberties which those associated with making films is entitled to. However, I now find that most of the children in the internet age are indeed far ahead in terms of maturity and thinking than the children of our younger days. So kudos to our Hindi film fraternity for being ahead of time in this regard!
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Kitna haseen hai jahaan
Posted on: January 12, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
When the words “Kitna Haseen Hai Jahaan” cross the eyes, the mind may bring in the memories of an OP Nayyar melody sung by Asha ji from the 1968 film Humsaayaa. (That song is actually titled ‘Kitna Haseen Hai Ye Jahaan’). But there is another, very beautiful and enchanting melody from eleven years before, wherein once again, Asha ji has sung a similar titled song, and music this time around is by N Dutta. I am now writing about this song from the 1957 film ‘Mr. X’. A film that is more famous for probably the raciest song that Rafi Saab has rendered in Hindi films, “Laal Laal Gaal Jaan Pe Hain Laagoo”. Here is another delightful melody from this film, that must hold out to be one of the most endearing song by Asha ji, describing the setting of the sun and the oncoming nightfall, and the emotions it brings to a heart in love. The words are lovely, the composition is soft and melodious, all the right ingredients for an evening song for lovers.
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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 Mahendra Kapoor today, 9th Jan, his birth anniversary.
Mahendra ji was born in Amritsar, Punjab on 9th January, 1934. As a child and a teenager, he was very much enamored and inspired by Rafi Saab. Right from childhood, he had a very good singing voice and a penchant for singing, no doubt motivated by his singing idol. He received his education in music from some very well known names of that era, viz., Pt. Husnlal, Pt. Jagannath Bua, Ustad Niaz Ahmed Khan, Ustad Abdul Rehman Khan, and Pt. Tulsidaas Sharma.
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Ae gham e yaar bataa
Posted on: January 9, 2012
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Today (9th of January) is the birthday of Mahendra Kapoor. On this occasion, our readers have sent the lyrics of some special songs sung by Mahendra Kapoor. Some of them are well known songs and on the other hand there are some songs that are quite unheard of and rare songs.
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