Archive for the ‘Talat Mehmood songs’ Category
Chaahe kitna mujhe tum bulaaoge
Posted on: May 3, 2012
This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I was in Kohima (Nagaland) during the first week of December last year to see the week long annual Hornbill Festival. The festival showcases the rich tribal traditions and culture of Nagaland including folk dances, music, sports etc. One day of the festival was reserved for the folk dancers and musicians of all the north-eastern states. My main interest was photography during the festival events and also capturing the tribal village life in the real sense by visiting a nearby Naga village. But some of the dances and musical performances became so rhythmic and foot tapping that I was completely engrossed watching them and in the process I missed taking pictures of some of those events. Surely, some of the dance and musical performances would have been a source of inspiration for Bollywood music directors and choreographers. I also observed that the younger generation In Kohima was very much into music. There are many rock music bands in Kohima. Even in a tribal village, it was a common sight to see young boys and girls moving with guitars.
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Mitwa mitwa
Posted on: April 10, 2012
I have often mentioned it that lyrics are the soul of songs. One of the main reasons why the songs of the golden era went on to become timeless classics was that great importance was given to lyrics of the songs. There have been instances when the music directors patiently waited for the lyricist to come up with the lyrics of the song.
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There have been several movies titled “Laila Majnu”. The movie of this name released in 1953 had very young Nutan and Shammi Kapoor in title roles. This movie also had some nice songs in it.
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Hai ye wohi aasmaan
Posted on: March 31, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
This song, I remember from many years ago, having heard it on the radio and then in collections of Talat Mehmood. Just browsing through the YouTube, I discovered this song again after a long time, and then an added bonus too. This song is also sung by Asha Bhosle in the same film.
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
I was not aware of the film MERA SALAAM (1957) until few days back when I came across while searching for some songs on a website. This was a period film produced under the banner of Sushil Pictures and directed by Harbans. Bharat Bhushan and Bina Rai were in the lead roles with Veena, K N Singh, Gope, Durga Khote, Nishi, Cuckoo in supporting roles. The film had some lovely songs which were written by Sheven Rizvi and set to music by Hafeez Khan. Some of the song’s orchestration appear to be somewhat different than what is normally heard in the songs of that period. For example, the song ‘husn kehte hain mujhe’ probably depicting a mushaira competition between Bharat Bhushan and Bina Rai is rendered without the use of any musical instrument. Then, it has a nasheed ( Islamic devotional song) ‘madinewale se mera salam keh dena’ sung by Mohammed Rafi, Bande Hasan and others, the composition of which, in my view comes close to the qawwali style.
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“Sansaar” (1951) was a Gemini Pictures Production. This movie was a remake of their own Tamil and Telugu movies, both called “Samsaaram”. “Sansaar”(1951) was directed by S S Vasan and the starcast consisted of Ishwarlal, M. K. Radha, Vanaja, Mohana, Agha, Meera, J. S. Kashyap, Anil Kumar, Kalla, Ratnappa, Pushpavalli, Swaraj, David Abraham. From the cast, it is seen that most characters of the original South Indian language movie were used in the Hindi version too.
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Teer chala teer chala
Posted on: March 17, 2012
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
There is a wonderful and very melodious song by Mukesh (already posted Palbhar ki hi pehchaan mein ). The film is Anuraag from 1953. The mukhda of this song is
“Pal Bhar Ki Hi Penchaan Mein Pardesi Sanam Se”
“Lagtaa Hai Ki Ham Jaante Hon Janam Janam Se”
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“Meenar” (1954) is a movie which had Bharat Bhushan, Beena Roy, Pran, Sheila Ramani, Pratima Devi etc in its star cast. This movie has been all but forgotten by now.
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Hai zindagi itni haseen
Posted on: March 12, 2012
“Apsara”(1961) is an obscure movie. Here are the details of this movie that our in house movie encyclopaedia Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh had given in the past :-
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This article is written by Sadanand Kamath, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog.
Talat Mehmood had sung most of his duet songs mainly with Suraiyya, Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and Sudha Malhotra. I get a feel of an affinity between the singers on the one hand and the actors on the screen on the other hand when I listen to Talat Mehmood-Geeta Dutt duets. This combination is pleasing to my ears and gives credence to what is intended in the lyrics. The song which comes to my mind in this context is ‘armaan bhare dil ki lagan tere liye hai’ from JAAN PEHCHAAN (1950).
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