Archive for the ‘Song sung by three or more singers’ Category
Chaandi ka badan sone ki nazar
Posted on: May 16, 2009
I have posted over a thousand songs in this blog so far. Most songs are 3 to 4 minutes long and their lyrics are about 200 words long. But this qawwali is nearly ten minutes long and its lyrics runs into 800 words !
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Khushiyaan hi khushiyaan ho
Posted on: May 12, 2009
“Dulhan wah jo piya man bhaaye” (1977) was a runaway hit of the year. In fact, this was a bigger hit than “Sholay” in the city where I was growing up.
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Soorat ho to aisi ho
Posted on: May 10, 2009
I have posted many songs in this blog which I call “teasing” songs, viz songs where the girl gets teased by the boy.
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Ham chale door ham chale door
Posted on: May 8, 2009
I had posted a superb song from “Ek Thhi Ladki” (1949) in the past. That song “lara lappa lara lappa” has got to be one of the greatest iconic songs of all time.
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Dil ki umangen hain jawaan
Posted on: April 27, 2009
This is a rare song from “Munimji” (1954). So rare in fact that I heard this song for the first time only yesterday. 😉
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Wow! What a song ! And what Picturisation ! This song must go down as one of the great fun songs of all time.
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O yaara dildaara mera dil karta
Posted on: March 29, 2009
Ravi, one of the most prolific music directors who tended to give hits in a clutch did not believe in lifing tunes, though he admitted to being inspired from songs that he had heard. And he would change the tunes of his inspiration so nicely that few people could guess the source of his inspiration.
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Phir tumhaari yaad aayi ai sanam
Posted on: March 24, 2009
Here is a song which I do not recall having listened to in the past. It is a qawwaali, and one that appeals to the listener the very first time one listens to it.
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Aati rahengi bahaarein
Posted on: March 18, 2009
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In old Bollywood movies, main characters, whatever be their economic status, used to live in huge palatial homes.
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I am surprised to see that as many as two memorable Holi songs are from 1980s. But when I look at the credentials of the lyricists and the music directors of these songs, I realise that they were very much throwbacks of the past, and so one should not necessarily be surprised that they came with such evergreen songs on the wrong side of the golden era of Bollywood music.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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