Archive for the ‘Title song’ Category
Jab yaad kisi ki aati hai
Posted on: April 9, 2011
When I looked at the lyrics of the song, I thought that it was the song sung by Rafi that begins with the words- “Jiyaa ho jiyaa ho jiyaa kuchh bol to”, but I was wrong, I was confusing the title song of “Jab Pyaar Kisi Se Hota Hai” (1961) with the title song of “Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati Hai”(1967). But then the two titles are so similar, and it is only now that I have been able to distinguish between the two titles.
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When India won the world cup on 2nd april 2011, it was a great feeling for millions of Indian cricket fans and they celebrated late into the nights and well into the next day and the next. The fact that the final was played on saturday and there were two days of holidays on the following days (Sunday being the normal holiday and monday being Indian calender’s new year day), people had enough time to celebrate and get over the hangover.
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Parbat pe apna deraa
Posted on: March 29, 2011
I have come across a forgotten movie from the past. The movie is called “Parbat Pe Apna Deraa”(1944). This movie was made by V Shantaram and it had Ulhas and Vanmala in lead roles.
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Aaj baaje shehnaayi hamaare angnaa
Posted on: March 11, 2011
“Shehnaayi” (1947) must have been one of the biggest and most influential musical blockbusters of all time. The songs created in this movie went on to redefine the concept of music in Hindi movies.
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Using the word “Chaand” in the lyrics, if done carefully, has the effect of making the song a nice romantic song. and if the title of the movie itself is “Chaand”, and the song is picturised on a “chaandni raat” (full moon light), then the effect is incredible and it leads to the kind of songs that I describe as a “Chaayaageet” songs.
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Lo aaye jhoom ke pilpili
Posted on: March 4, 2011
After a somewhat longer wait than usual, here is that occasion again when this blog reaches a century and we celebrate it by discussing a special song ! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the 3600th song of this blog !
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Raahi tu mat ruk jaanaa
Posted on: February 18, 2011
There have been several songs sung by Kishore Kumar under the music direction of Hemant Kumar. But here is a song where the roles are reversed. Here it is Hemant Kumar singing under the music direction of Kishore Kumar !
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When I had begun this blog, my grand vision was to discuss 2500 songs. I had thought that by that time I would have discussed all the Hindi movie songs that are worth discussing. When I finally reached that magic figure (on 29 may 2010), I found that I had just scratched the surface, as far as discussing the great Hindi movie songs was concerned and that many great songs were not yet discussed.
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Stumbling upon unheard of musical gems has become almost a daily routine with me. Today is no exception.
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I was under the impression that I had already discussed this song in the past. It turns out that I have discussed as many as three songs from this movie, but not this one.
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