Archive for the ‘Theme song’ Category
In Bollywood movies, poor hero ( during his childhood) typically would earn his livelihood by acting as a shoeshine boy, whereas his mother would sit on a singer machine and sew clothes to earn her livelihood.
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This movie “Haseenon ke Devtaa” (1971) sank without a trace and few people now remember this movie. This movie had Sanjay Khan and Rekha in lead roles.
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Yahi hai wo saanjh aur saweraa
Posted on: August 25, 2009
Guru Dutt and Meena Kumari were two individuals who started their careers playing lighthearted sunny characters but then they began to play tragic roles. They got so immersed in such roles that their real lives too became an extension of their reel life tragedy roles.
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It is generally felt that longevity of a song is assured only if the song is serious in nature.
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Here is a superb song from “Bahaarein phir bhi aayengi” (1966).
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I have mentioned in the past that Ganesh was an outstanding music director who unfortunately did not get his due from the Bollywood industry that he so richly deserved.
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Ik nanhi munni ladki thhi
Posted on: June 30, 2009
I have been waxing eloquent about music director Ganesh in this blog. The more I listen to his songs, more is the sense of loss that I feel. If only he got a proper run in Bollywood, we would have had many more great songs to savour.
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Do akalmand huye fikrmand
Posted on: June 25, 2009
Here is a fun song from a lesser known movie called “Akalmand”(1966). This was a movie produced by I S Johar, and as was his wont his movie used to have a light hearted look at things. So in this movie he ties up with Kishore Kumar.
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Suno sajna papeehe ne
Posted on: June 20, 2009
Laxmikant (of Laxmikant Pyarelal) played this song when he presented Vishesh Jaimala programme on Vividh Bharati in 1970. From the lyrics, it can be seen that it is indeed the title song of the movie, but all these days I was not aware of this fact.
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Introduction songs were quite frequent in Bollywood movies till 1970s. Later on, they become less frequent.
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