Archive for the ‘Sentimental song’ Category
Mat samjho neer bahaati hoon
Posted on: August 10, 2009
What a magical song this is ! but then I should not be surprised, considering that the music director of this song is S Mohinder. He is one of those music directors,who failed to get enough opportunities despite possessing as much talent and ability as any other music directors.
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Qismat mein bichhadnaa thhaa
Posted on: August 7, 2009
I have posted a few songs from “Shabnam” (1964). I just realised that there was another movie of the same name as early as 1949. This movie had Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal in lead roles.
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S D Burman was not only an outstanding music director, he had a unique singing voice too which he utilised very fruitfully. He would sing sparingly, but the few songs that he sang all went on to become immortal.
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Soonaa hai mere dil ka jahaan
Posted on: August 5, 2009
C Ramchandra was one of the earlier pioneers of Bollywood movie music. He was one of the first music directors to make the most of the voice of Lata. In fact, Lata-C Ramchandra compositions are comparable to Lata-Madan mohan compositions, which came later.
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Dil tootnaa thaa dil toot gayaa
Posted on: August 5, 2009
“Dilruba” (1950) is a by now forgotten movie. This movie had Dev Anand and Rehana in lead roles.
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Marne ki duaayen kyun maangoon
Posted on: August 5, 2009
I realised belatedly that 4 August is the birthday of Kishore Kumar, the much beloved multi faceted genius of Bollywood.
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Taqdeer bani ban kar bigdi
Posted on: August 3, 2009
“Mela” (1948) is a very old movie which had two raw actors, viz Dilip Kumar and Nargis, in lead roles. This movie turned out to be a hit and that certainly hepled their careers.
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Ham teer khaate jaayenge
Posted on: August 2, 2009
Here is a rare song from an obscure movie called “Deewaana” (1952). This movie had Suresh, Suraiyya, Sumitra devi etc in main roles.
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Believe it or not , there was a Hindi movie with a title like “Shin Shinaaki Bubbla Boo” as early as 1952. One may think that this movie, going by its title must be full of forgettable songs based on western music.
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Main kaun hoon kyaa hoon
Posted on: July 27, 2009
Kishore Kumar, who made his singing debut in 1948 with “Ziddi”(1948) soon became an actor-singer too. In 1950s, he began to come into his own in this role.
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