Archive for the ‘Semi Classical song’ Category
Jaa re badra bairi jaa re jaa
Posted on: June 22, 2012
“Bahaana”(1960) was a Silver Films Production. It was produced by Ram Kumar and directed by M Kumar. The movie had Mehmood, Meena Kumari, Sajjan, Krishna Kumari, Sheela Vaz, Helen, Sulochana Latkar, Anwar, Kumar, Pramila, Azurie, Anwari, Nissar etc in it.
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Jeewan jyot jaley
Posted on: June 21, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The Kishore Sahu directed Grahasthi (1963) was a Ashok Kumar-Nirupa Roy, Manoj Kumar-Rajshree starrer. Its four songs Jaa jaa re jaa deewaane jaa , Jaane teri nazron ne kyaa kar diyaa,Khile hain sakhi aaj phulwaa man mein , Zara dekh sanam mera jazba e dil (Grihasthi) plus a write up on the movie and all these songs is already on this blog.
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Bedardi dagaabaaz jaa
Posted on: June 18, 2012
Manmohan Desai’s name is synonymous with movies containing wholesome entertainment as commercial movies are described in official circles. Manmohan Desai’s movies brough great enjoyment to the lives of movie watchers, especially those who grew up in 1970s.
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Kalpana ke ghan baraste
Posted on: June 9, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
June 9, 2012 is the birth centenary of the music director Vasant Desai whom I regard as a man who worked in Hindi film industry on his own terms without being a part of the rate race among his contemporary music directors. Being a devotee of the traditional music, he did not succumb to the lure of money in composing music for mass appeal.
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Mujhe na bulaa
Posted on: June 8, 2012
This article is written by Shekhar Gupta, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Produced by P. Aadi Narayana Rao and directed by Vedantam Raghavaiah in 1957, the Hindi version Suvarna Sundari (original in Telugu) is rightfully remembered most for its iconic raagmalika (a multi-raag number) – perhaps a first in a Hindi movie – the famed Lata-Rafi duet Kuhu-kuhu bole koyaliya. It is already on this blog with a comprehensive write up both on the movie and this number.
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Sapt suran teen graam
Posted on: May 1, 2012
“Sangeet Samrat Tansen” (1962) was a movie based on Tansen’s tale. A movie on this topic was already made two decades ago where K L Saigal had played the title role.
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Tera haathh haathh mein aa gayaa
Posted on: May 1, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Today, May 1st, is the 93rd birthday of one of the icons among the playback singers who has enthralled the listeners of both filmy and non-filmy songs with his versatile singing for over five decades. He is Prabodh Chandra Dey, popularly known as Manna Dey. We are fortunate that Manna Dey is with us to remain a source of inspiration for budding singers.
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Jaao na sataao rasiyaa
Posted on: April 28, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The mention of the title “Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja” would immediately bring to mind the 1993 film starring Anil Kapoor and Sridevi. But no, we are talking about an earlier incarnation of this title, well almost 32 years earlier. Even though the year was 1961, and even though the lead pair of Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman were well established in their careers, yet this film, ‘Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja’ (1961) failed to make an impact on the box office. And now, when one mentions this name, people do not readily connect to the earlier film. In other words, it has become an obscure entity, that many people do not remember now.
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Ek lali ghar se chali
Posted on: April 22, 2012
This article is written by nahm, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
The title of the movie “Cha cha cha” is unique and one of its kind. It also indicates great songs. Four songs from the film are already posted here, which include songs like “woh ham na thhe woh tum na thhi”, “ek chameli and mandve tale” & “subha na aayi shaam na aayi”. There are more such gems still to be discovered from this movie.
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Mitwa mitwa morey man mitwa
Posted on: April 18, 2012
“Parinay” (1974) was an Art film. In other words it was a low budget film whose makers were so broke that they could not hire big names. So they made do with out of job artists. The actors of this movie were all newcomers, viz Shabana Azmi, Romesh Sharma, Asha Sachdev, Dinesh Thakur Preeti Ganguly, T.P.Jain etc. I remember watching a still of Shabana Azmi from this movie. It was obvious that the movie makers were too broke to even afford makeup men. Shabana Azmi looked ugly and I wondered how a lady with that looks can ever be chosen to work in Hindi movies, and that too as the leading lady.
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