Archive for the ‘Shamshad Begam solo’ Category
Kaahe koyal shor machaaye re
Posted on: July 22, 2009
I have read about this song,though I had never heard this song before. yesterday I searched for this song and listened ( and watched) it for the first time.
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“Patanga” (1949) had that iconic song “Mere piya gaye Rangoon wahaan se kiya hai telephoon”. It is perhaps the only song from this movie that is known to most people.
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Balam tujhe mera salaam
Posted on: July 18, 2009
“Patanga” (1949) is known for its legendary song “mere piya gaye Rangoon wahaan se kiya hai telephoon”.
This movie in fact was a big musical blockbuster of its time, and it was full of great songs.
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I have posted a great song from “Dholak” (1951) in the past which was sung by Sulochana Kadam. I just now came across another superb song from the same movie.
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Tamtam se jhaanko naa raniji
Posted on: June 20, 2009
“Namoona” (1949) was one of the earlier movies of Dev Anand, though Kishore Sahu was credited as the main hero of this movie. Kalpana Kartik was the heroine of this movie.
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Roop ki dushman paapi duniyaa
Posted on: May 27, 2009
In Bollywood movies, western music was used as early as 1940s itself. Early pioneers of this kind of music were C Ramchandra, Vinod etc.
Here we find Naushad using “western” kind of music. In fact it is more like a fusion of desi and western music.
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naa bol pi pi more angnaa
Posted on: April 30, 2009
Here is another “new” song for me. This song is from “Dulaari” (1949). It is sung by Shamshad Begum and picturised on Geeta Bali.
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Jaadu bhare nainon mein
Posted on: April 25, 2009
Many of the songs that I post in this blog may be chronologically old, but they are new for me since I have been discovering them only just now. And I find them such refreshing songs to listen to, and watch to. It is as if one magically gets teleported to that era and gets an experience of living in that era for a few minutes. And it is a wonderful experience.
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Sainya dil mein aana re
Posted on: April 8, 2009
I have heard this song many a times without being aware of its details except the name of the singer.
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Boojh mera kyaa naam re
Posted on: March 26, 2009
Here is a cute song from “CID” (1956). This movie had extremely popular songs composed by O P Nayyar.
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