Archive for the ‘sad song’ Category
Chandaa bataa jaa re
Posted on: April 27, 2010
“Chaand” songs are one of the most popular genre of songs in Bollywood movies. There are countless songs on this topic, and many of them have gone on to become immortal.
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I had heard vaguely about a movie called “Dahej” (1950), possibly because one of the readers of this blog had mentioned this movie.
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Wo dekho jalaa ghar kisi kaa
Posted on: March 25, 2010
I have posted several songs from “Anpadh” (1962) and I need to post the remaining songs from this movie as well.
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Ab kaun sunegaa haay re
Posted on: March 3, 2010
Here is a rare song from an obscure movie called “Darogaji” (1949). This song is from an entirely different era over six decades ago. Those were the days when Geeta Dutt was still Geeta Roy, and Nargis had yet to become a very big name actress.
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Dil jaltaa hai to jalne de
Posted on: January 3, 2010
All these days, I thought that I had already posted this song. It is only just now that I have realised that this song is still missing.
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Hamen chhod piyaa kis des gaye
Posted on: December 28, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Do Bhai” (1947) in this blog. It is in this movie that Geeta Roy (later Geeta Dutt) made her debut as a playback singer. It is in this movie that she sang the well known “mera sundar sapna beet gayaa”.
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Kismat bigdi duniya badli
Posted on: December 9, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Afsaana” (1951). I am told that arguably the best song from this movie is one that is sung by Mukesh and picturised on Ashok Kumar.
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So jaa mere pyaare so jaa
Posted on: December 3, 2009
“Lori” (Lullaby) is a much loved category of song. Most popular lories of Bollywood movies were created in 1950s and 1960s.
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Madhubala and Dilip Kumar were a popular pair in Bollywood movies for much of the 1950s. they were infact romantically involved with each other during that period too.
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I love posting old songs in this blog. Here is a song that is old even by the standards of this blog. This song is from “Laal Haweli” (1944). Those were the days when the actors sang their sons themselves and the recordings were often live.
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