Archive for the ‘Semi Classical song’ Category
Sakhi ri sun
Posted on: March 31, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Miss Mary” (1957) in the past. I described one of those songs (” O raat ke musaafir” ) as a Chaayageet song.
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Baalamwa bolo na bolo na
Posted on: March 28, 2009
Here is a song from a movie called “Picnic” (1966). This song is sung by Lata and picturised on Shubha Khote.
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Jaa re beimaan tujhe jaan liyaa
Posted on: March 27, 2009
This is an unknown song (at least for me) from an unknown movie called “Private secretary” (1962) composed by an unknown music director called Dilip Dholakiya.
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Man Mohana bade jhoothe
Posted on: March 23, 2009
“Seema” (1955) is a movie that launched Nutan’s career as a tragedy queen. I am sure Nutan may not have bargained for a career as a tragedy queen when she began her Bollywood career in early 1950s after becoming the first ever filmfare Miss India. Yes, Nutan won the Miss India award in 1952 in its inaugural edition.
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Phool gendwa na maaro
Posted on: March 18, 2009
Manna Dey yet again gets to sing a song for a bit actor (Agha this time). And as usual, Manna Dey gives his best in the song. The song may not have won too many popularity contests those days, but for music aficionadoes, this song remains a Manna Dey classic.
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Jeewan been madhur na baaje
Posted on: March 6, 2009
Here is a K L Saigal song from the 1938 movie called “Street Singer”. It is not the most popular song from this movie, but still this song is a nice song to listen to.
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Ae Kaatib e Taqdeer
Posted on: February 24, 2009
I have listened to this song quite a few times on Radio Ceylon’s a few minutes before 8 AM, but I must admit that I never paid any attention to the lyrics of this ( or any other ) K L Saigal song.
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Bainya na dharo balma
Posted on: February 21, 2009
“Dastak” was far ahead of its time in 1970 when it was released. Forget 1970, the movie is ahead of its time even if it was released in 2009.
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Parbat ke is paar
Posted on: February 20, 2009
“Sargam” (1979), which was a remake of a Telugu movie, was the movie where Jaya Prada made her debut in Bollywood movies.
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“Aashirwaad” (1968) was an offbeat movie. And obviously, Indian movie goers were not ready for such movies. So there is little surprise then that the mention of this movie would draw a blank from many Bollywood movie buffs.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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