Archive for the ‘sad song’ Category
Jaa re jaa re ud jaa re panchchi
Posted on: March 25, 2009
When I read the title of the song, I thought it must be a clone of the “chal ud ja re panchi” song. And I was not expecting much.
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Roun main saagar ke kinaare
Posted on: March 25, 2009
C H Atma was a devotee of K L Saigal who would sing in Saigal’s voice. All these days, I thought that he was a contemporary of Saigal, but no, it was not. C H Atma came into the scene after the death of Saigal.
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I listened to this song just now for the first time. And I was mesmerised.
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Madan Mohan had the misfortune of composing songs for movies that often failed at the box office.
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“Aag” was one of the earliest movies in which Mukesh got an opportunity to sing.
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Dil aaj shaayar hai
Posted on: March 19, 2009
I have mentioned earlier that Dev Anand outlived his stay as a leading man in Bollywood movies. as a result, many stories with great ideas flopped just because Dev Saab insisted on playing the hero in those movies. In fact, legend has it that Prakash Mehra had wanted to cast Dev Saab in “Zanjeer”. Dev Saab liked the role, but he wanted Prakash Mehra to sell him the story so that he could make this movie in his own way ( and hopefully add one more flop to his CV). Thankfully Prakash Mehra refused and the rest, as they say, is history with Amitabh Bachchan playing that role.
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Ai mere dil kahin aur chal
Posted on: March 19, 2009
In my younger days, “Daag” to me meant the Rajesh Khanna movie released in 1970s and the songs of this movie were big hits.
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“Joshila” (1973) is one of the lesser known movies starring Dev Anand with the then young heroines Hema Malini and Rakhi. The movie failed at the box office and few people recall what this movie was all about.
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Hai duniya usi ki zamaana usi kaa
Posted on: March 15, 2009
“Kashmir Ki Kali ” has so many nice songs that this particular song somehow misses out in the popularity stakes. Though I have heard this song a few times, and for that matter I have even watched the movie, but I was not aware that the song “hai duniya usi ki zamaana usika” was from “Kashmir Ki Kali”.
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Chaah barbaad karegi hamen
Posted on: March 10, 2009
“Shaahjahan” (1946) was full of K L Saigal classic songs. I have already posted quite a few songs from this movie.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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