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Le dekh tere raaj mein ham lut gaye hain aaj
Posted by: Atul on: August 22, 2011
If one wants to get any work done from someone, then one needs to request them politely and respectfully. And in many cases, this works like a charm.
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Tum Prabhu bade dil ke kathhor nikle
Posted by: Atul on: August 19, 2011
“Chakradhaari” (1954) was an archtypical B grade mythological movie. It had Nirupa Roy,Trilok Kapoor and Shahu Modak in lead roles. Such movies normally have a very limited run among movie lovers and then these movies are forgotten.
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Arre waah re dayaalu waah waah re dayaalu
Posted by: Atul on: August 17, 2011
Though tens of thousands of songs have been uploaded on YT and other hosts, there are still lots and lots of great songs that are yet to be uploaded. I call them forgotten gems, because people are not even aware of their existence.
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“Kundan” (1955) was a movie based on the celebrated French novel “Les Miserables”. Adapting it to Hindi movies meant that there was enough scope for melancholic songs in it 🙂 And the cast included Nimmi, who specialised in just that kind of roles. 😀
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Sansaar banaane waale gareebon ko bhi yaad rakhnaa
Posted by: Atul on: July 7, 2011
I do not have much idea of this movie called “Aansoo”(1953). From the title of the movie, one can safely assume that the song should boast of some melancholic songs, as well as bhajan etc.
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Meri aan Bhagwaan
Posted by: Atul on: June 16, 2011
“Toofaan Aur Diyaa” (1956) as the name suggests is the fight of a figurative diyaa (lamp) against toofaan (storm) – sort of like a David vs Goliath fight, so to say.
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Tum dekh rahe ho ke mite saare sahaare
Posted by: Atul on: June 15, 2011
“Sheesh Mahal” (1950) is a movie whose songs are well represented in this blog. As many as three songs of different genres from this movie have already been discussed.
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Bhagwan tere sansaar ke hain khel niraale
Posted by: Atul on: June 12, 2011
When all else fails, Hero/heroine’s long suffering mother would go to the idol of the God and sing a prayer where she would berate the God for his inaction in coming to her rescue. 😀
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Ek tera sahaaraa
Posted by: Atul on: May 23, 2011
I am aware of a movie called “Shamaa” (1961) which was a musical blockbuster. There was another movie of this name which was released in 1946. I have in fact discussed one song from “Shama” (1946) in the past.
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Dekh li o duniyaa waale teri duniyaa dekh li
Posted by: Atul on: May 17, 2011
“Balam” (1949) is a movie that had actors like Agha, Nigar, Suraiyya, Masud, Jayant, Wasti etc in it. This movie had a mainstream storyline in it. And it is interesting to note that a mainstream movie like this was directed by Homi Wadia.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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