Archive for the ‘“saawan” song’ Category
Kuchh kahta hai ye saawan
Posted on: March 12, 2009
“Mera Gaaon Mera Desh”, a spectacular “daaku” movie which was one of the major inspirations for ‘Sholay” has a few memorable songs.
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Jab chhaaye kabhi saawan ki ghataa
Posted on: March 9, 2009
I was not aware that Talat Mahmood had ever given playback for Manoj Kumar. But yet, it is true.
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This 1967 movie called “Milan” had its story based on reincarnation,where the same couple-Sunil Dutt and Nutan, would meet again and again in every reincarnation ( and expressed by the song “Hum tum yug yug se ye geet milan ke gaate rahenge”).
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Saawan ke maheene mein
Posted on: February 4, 2009
Like most people, I too thought that “Sharaabi” was a movie of 1984 with Amiabh Bachchan and Jaya Prada in it and with the music of Bappi Lahiri.
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Bollywood movie songs are typically light songs to cater to the lowest common denominator among the listeners. But many of these songs are based on classical music, and it is just that the audience are not aware about that.
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Abke sajan saawan mein
Posted on: November 4, 2008
“Chupke Chupke” was a lighthearted movie where some leading names in Bollywood were assembled and the result was a nice comedy. In a way, this movie was a forerunner of later day movies viz “Golmaal”, “Jaane bhi do yaaron” etc.
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This movie “Manzil” was one of the unsuccessful movies of Amitabh Bachchan, but this one song from this movie, viz “Rimjhim gire saawan” has become the stuff of legends already. It is one of the first songs that comes to mind when one thinks of rain songs.
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