Archive for the ‘Song sung by three or more singers’ Category
In 1950s, Talat Mehmood, then a leading playback singer, also tried his hands in acting. He started played leading roles in several movies.
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Andher nagri chaupat raja
Posted on: November 10, 2010
Many of the songs discussed in this blog are well known songs. But in this blog, I also discuss songs that are rare and not known to many people. In fact, this blog may be one of the very few places on internet where such songs may find mention.
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Main idhar jaaun yaa udhar jaaun
Posted on: October 3, 2010
“Paalki” (1967) is what is popularly described as a Muslim social movie. Like most movies of this genre, this movie too boasts of some superb songs in it.
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Toot gayaa haaye toot gayaa
Posted on: October 3, 2010
These days, I have been posting songs from “Magroor” (1950). So far I have posted three songs from this movie. One of them is a serious song, another is a romantic song and yet another is a light hearted song. All these songs are rare gems.
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Dukh bhare din beete re bhaiyya
Posted on: October 2, 2010
I always thought that the song “dukh bhare din beete re bhaiyya” from “Mother India” (1957) was a brief song, almost an afterthought. I do not know how I came to believe that. Perhaps I may have watched a brief portion of this song when I watched this movie (some 25 years after the movie was released) or perhaps because I have not heard this song in detail in the past.
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Aahen na bharin shiqwe na kiye
Posted on: September 27, 2010
Most well known qawwalis in Hindi movies are from 1950s and 1960s. But the earliest hit qawwali is older than that.
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“Zabak” (1961) was a B grade movie with an Arabian nights kind of a tale. It had Mahipal and Shyama in lead roles.
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This review is written by Greta (Memsaab), a regular visitor of this blog and a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movies and its music
This song is not your regular boy meeting the girl and running around the trees song. That stage is over, at least as far as Rajendranath and Madhavi are concerned. Yes, they have got married and this song takes place on the occasion of their wedding reception.
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Dil meraa naache thunak thunak
Posted on: September 4, 2010
There are several Hindi movies with grand sounding titles, but here is a very homely kind of a title for a movie. It is called “Mera Ghar Mere Bachche” (1960), which means “My home and my kids”. How very plebian !
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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