Archive for the ‘Stage song’ Category
Dilli se aaya bhai Tingu
Posted on: May 9, 2009
I have posted two superb songs from “Ek Thi Ladki” (1949). This movie was far far ahead of its time, and that can be said about its music too.
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Tu naa aaya aur hone lagi shaam re
Posted on: May 5, 2009
Many of the songs in Bollywood movies are based on folk music. This particular song was based on a folk song from the village of the grandmother of Lata. And in fact Lata herself suggested to C Ramchandra to use this folk music.
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Zulfon se baandh ke
Posted on: May 5, 2009
I never knew that there was a movie called “Sheikh Chilli” (1956). This B grade movie starred Bhagwan, Mahipal and Shyama. This movie may not have done anything spectacular at the box office otherwise I would have surely heard about this movie.
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One two three four
Posted on: April 20, 2009
Though most Bollywood songs in 1950s were based on desi music ( classical and folk music), western music were also being introduced those days. C Ramchandra was one of the main pioneers who introduced western music in Bollywood. Another such pioneer was N Dutta.
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The Bollywood movie “It happened one night” was quite an “inspiring” movie. It inspired many Bollywood movies. One such movie was “Chori Chori”.
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It is widely believed by people that western music was introduced in bollywood in 1960s by R D Burman and that Hinglish lyrics began to be used in 1980s. One is way off the mark if one believes so.
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Meri paayaliyaa geet tere gaaye
Posted on: March 30, 2009
This was a wonderful “paayaliya” song from “Jugnu” (1973), before the newer “paayaliya ” song came up two decades later in “Deewaana” (1992).
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BA, MA, PhD
Posted on: March 30, 2009
Here is yet another song about whose existence I was totally ignorant. And what a superb song it is ! It is from the movie “Adhikaar” (1954) from which I have already posted an equally awesome song ( “kamaata hoon bahut kuch” sung by Kishore Kumar and Geeta Dutt).
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“Nai Dilli” (1956) was a movie starring Kishore Kumar and Vyjyanti Mala. This movie to my mind was a landmark movie in my mind because one could see the New Delhi of that time and amuse oneself by comparing that with the present day New Delhi. Many present day landmarks of New Delhi were non existent or looked very different those days.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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