Archive for the ‘Song sung by three or more singers’ Category
Ek taraf jal rahaa deepak
Posted on: July 9, 2011
“Preet Ka Geet” (1950) is a movie that I became aware of only a few hours ago, when I discovered this song from this movie. Naturally, I became aware of the song too only just then. And what a lovely song it is !
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Ham jaag uthhe hain so kar
Posted on: July 3, 2011
“Ham Ek Hain” (1946) is a movie with a message. in this movie, Durga Khote, a noble widowed matriarch brings up many orphan kids in addition to her own son. These kids are her own son Shankar (Dev Anand), and orphans Yusuf (Rehman), John (Rane) and Durga (Rehana). As can be seen, she is raising three boys of three different religions as her own, thus sending a strong message of “Ham ek Hain” (We are one).
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Saaf karo insaaf karo
Posted on: July 1, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir,a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Vasant Desai had a fairly long stint of thirty plus years in the film industry, and yet his total assignments as a music director are less than fifty. It is said that he did not take up or did not get many assignments because of his style. His style is deeply rooted in the classical and folk traditions, and he maintained that style throughout his career. In the 60s and 70s, his assignments are few and far between, and yet, with each outing as a composer, he has left an indelible mark.
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Kaise bijli chamak gayi ho kaise
Posted on: June 30, 2011
“Do Gunde” (1959) is a movie where Raj Kumar and Ajit play the two Gunde (ruffians) and their love interests are played by Kumkum and Jayshree Gadkar respectively.
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“Shakuntala”(1943) is a mythological movie that had actors like Chandra Mohan, Jayshree, Ameena, Nimbalkar, Nana Palsikar etc in it. This story was based on Sasnkrit story “Aabhigyan Shakuntalam” written by the great Sanskrit author Kalidas.
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Choodi dheere pehna o choodi waali
Posted on: June 24, 2011
Obscure movies can sometimes (read often) throw up some pleasant surprises in the form of songs that one did not know existed ! I keep discovering many forgotten gems almost on a daily basis.
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Lab pe fariyaad hai dil barbaad hai
Posted on: June 22, 2011
“Naach” (1949) is a movie that I became aware of only recently. And I have since found that this movie has some lovely songs in it.
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Ye pyaar ki raaten ye aaj ki baaten
Posted on: June 16, 2011
“Baghdad” (1952) is a B grade Hindi movie starring Bhagwan, Begam Para, Bharti Devi, Hari Shivdasani, Anwar Hussain etc. Like most B grade movies, this movie too has entered the hall of obscurity.
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Kyun shiqwaa karen kyun aah bharen
Posted on: May 27, 2011
I had not heard of this movie called “Pagle” (1950). This by now obscure movie had actors like Sherry, Jagirdar, Begum Para, Agha Jan, Pratima Devi,Cuckoo etc in it.
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